Naoto

Naoto is a genius prodigy detective that has worked solving crimes since her childhood. She lost both her parents in a car accident when she was very four, and is an orphan who acts very mature in spite of her age as a high schooler. As the 5th descendant of a respected lineage of famous detectives, she wears formal clothing and deepens her voice when she speaks in a sophisticated, stilted manner. She is generally very serious, focused, and job-oriented.

She hated being looked down on or left out because of her age and gender. To be more easily accepted by Japan's patriarchal societal norms, she disguised herself as a boy for many years. Most of the cool level headed detectives she read about like sherlock holmes were all men, and she felt she had to emulate that for the longest time. She has started to come out of her shell more, after making friends with a group her age, who helped her solve the mysteries of the murders in a town called Inaba. This is also when she learned to face her own weaknesses inside her and gain the power of a Persona.

Naoto has blue hair, blue eyes, and often wears a chest wrap to hide her breasts. The truth is that her breast size is quite larger than the average Japanese high school girl, a fact she finds rather embarrassing. She still struggles at times with accepting her own femininity, but she wants to try to make the effort nonetheless. She's interested in having a romantic partner, but she wants someone who would love her for her rather than just her fame, her brain, or her body. She's the kind of girl who crumples up love letters without even reading them because she believes that the people who send them don't even know her.

Despite her serious nature, she has a somewhat childish love of games, puzzles, and challenges. She loves matching wits with people, and she admires people who are brave and charismatic. Her often serious nature earned her the moniker "The 2000 IQ killjoy detective" so she does occasionally envy and admire those with good social skills.

Naoto views her friend Kanji as somewhat dim witted, but kind, strong, reliable, loyal, and someone she can trust. She is somehow blissfully unaware of Kanji's crush on her, because she doesn't think she's the kind of person he'd be interested in. She has been teased and bullied so many times in her youth, it's hard for her to believe when someone has genuine attraction to her. It would take someone with immense courage and confidence to win her heart, and someone of immense intellect or charm to get close enough to her to do so.