JOKER

''"I'm the Joker, baby." - JOKER''

JOKER is the protagonist of the Persona 5 video games and is the re-occurring protagonist of PersoNAH 5.

JOKER is the illegitimate son of Kei Ibuchi, conceived with Tatsuya-san's financial stability. He is introduced as Ren Mamamia. He speaks of his intention to form the powerful gang Phantom Thief of Heart and his dream of becoming a "The Dragon of Shibuya".

JOKER is a natural-born Persona User wielding Arsene in battle.

Appearances
When JOKER first appeared in Persona 5, set in the Shibuya during a fictional time period, he was an awkward teenager whose sole ambition in life was to be a Phantom Thief. JOKER, although portrayed as an attractive lad in closeups, is a scrawny blonde youth with minimal amounts of courage, intelligence and charisma. His primary talent is the ability to hold his breath for ten minutes and he certainly appears to be an unlikely candidate to be a buccaneer. He does exhibit plenty of persistence, however, and doggedly attempts to complete the three trials of thievery.

In the course of exploring Shibuya, he meets and immediately falls in love with the Yakuza's beautiful daughter, Elaine. JOKER is not the only one interested in Elaine, however: the fiend Shimano has long been smitten with her; Elaine, however, does not return his affection. She told him to 'drop dead', so he did. When the villain kidnaps Elaine, JOKER is compelled to try to rescue her from Shimano's HQ. She proves capable of protecting herself (as she is the former captain of Shimano's family), easily escaping Shimano's clutches (unbeknownst to the bumbling JOKER). JOKER, improbably enough, manages to destroy the fiendish Yakuza Shimano and becomes a phantom thief.

Personality
''"This is toasters! It is to carve out your breakfast routine through the burnt bread!" - Makoto, whichever ones you think.''

JOKER's childhood was filled with unhappiness and loneliness due to bullies and the abuse by the society. During his early childhood, he was initially cold and uncaring towards anyone and believed himself to be scum just for the way people treated him. Those that knew him easily thought he'd grow up to become a hobo. This changed when he befriended a bitch faced gangster he saved. As the man protected JOKER from those that did him wrong in return for his aid, he learned that he could do people favor via substory events. Since then, he has become a more confident and solicitous person.

An ambitious individual, he readily takes any occasion to achieve his final goal of becoming a Phantom Thief. Upon beginning to cooperate with the gangster Theodore, JOKER wastes no time in infiltrating the Korean Mafia, and steadily works his way up the ranks. His assassination of Dojima was partially a way to get a promotion for Theodore. Later, JOKER also tried to personally approach the Korean Mafia Patriarch, and kick his ass.