__Height:__ 177 cm (5'10")
__Persona:__ Castor

Shinjiro is Akihiko&rsquo;s good friend, as well as a Senior in Gekkoukan High School. In battle, Shinjiro wields a hefty axe and relies on his brute strength. His Persona uses physical attacks. Tough-talking, foul-mouthed Shinjiro was one of the original Persona users who made up SEES, alongside Akihiko and Mitsuru. However, during one fateful mission his Persona went out of control and accidentally killed an innocent bystander: Ken&rsquo;s mother. Shinjiro forced himself away from the group after the incident. He began skipping school and living as an outcast. He also started doing shady deals with Strega, in order to get drugs that could help control his Persona. Shinjiro and Akihiko stayed in touch, but Shinjiro refused Akihiko&#039;s invitations to rejoin SEES until he learned that Ken had signed up for the group. He was fully aware of Ken&#039;s desire for revenge and ready to take responsibility for his actions. Though he put on a brave front, the guilt of having killed an innocent woman ate away at him.     

~! On the second Full Moon mission after he rejoined SEES, Shinjiro meets Ken at the site where Ken&#039;s mother was killed. Shinjiro has no intentions to resist to Ken&#039;s attempt to extract revenge, but warns the boy that if he carries, he could end up just like Shinjiro. As Ken struggles to go through with his plan, the two are interrupted by Takaya. Takaya takes a shot at Ken and Shinjiro jumps in front of the bullet, ending his own life. He earns Ken&#039;s respect and inspires Akihiko&#039;s resolve with this final sacrifice. Later the members of SEES discover that the drugs Shinjiro was taking were slowly killing him. During his final confrontation with Nyx, the Main Character hears Shinjiro&#039;s voice cheering him on, along with the voices of the living SEES members.!~

A teenager who was orphaned as a young boy returns to the city of his childhood. Shortly after transferring to Gekkoukan High School, he is attacked by Shadows &mdash; creatures that feed on the minds of their victims. The assault awakens his Persona, Orpheus, his only chance at defeating these creatures of the night. He soon discovers that he shares this special ability with other students at his new school. From them he learns of the "Dark Hour," a hidden time that exists between one day and the next, swarming with Shadows. He joins the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), and with his new friends, confronts the threat of the Shadows.<br><br>
After signing a contract in which he "accepts his fate of his own free will," the main character battles with the other members of SEES against the Greater Shadows, incarnations with traits and appearances similar to those of the first 12 Major Arcana of the Tarot. While this is occurring, he continues to encounter and eventually befriends the child who gave him the contract to sign at the very beginning of the game, an entity who refers to himself as Pharos, and is really the incarnation of Death, the 13th Arcana.

The manga adaptation of the latest RPG in the Persona series from ATLUS: Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. The Persona 4 Hero and the Investigation Team are drawn into an alternative Yasogami High School during a culture festival. But out of nowhere, a mysterious bell rang...

Terrible creatures lurk in the dark, preying on those who wander into the hidden hour that lies between one day and the next—the Dark Hour. A secret school club known as SEES defends humanity from horrors and disasters while working to solve the mystery of the Dark Hour once and for all.<br><br>
A movie based on the 2006 RPG Persona 3, announced at the end of the Persona 4 movie, The Factor of Hope.

__Awards:__ Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Seiyuu Awards (2011)

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**Non-Anime Roles:**~!
• Sakai Jin (Ghost of Tsushima)
• Garu (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger)
• Partitio Yellowil (Octopath Traveller 2)
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After realizing the value of life and the importance of his own allies, Makoto finally got his smile back. He finds himself learning more about those comrades and getting closer to them. Makoto wishes that everything will continue just as they are. However, little by little, the pieces and people in Makoto's new, happy life begin to fall apart.

The comic anthology follows the female protagonist and not the male protagonist from Persona 3 Portable.

As the season turns to autumn, Makoto and the other members of S.E.E.S. inch ever closer to the end of their battles with the Shadows. Through the battles, some must face the deaths of friends and family, some must notice what precious things must be protected, and some must find meaning in the conflicts that have occurred.

To know death, to gaze at death, to face death. Makoto and his allies have grown through the many meetings and partings they have experienced. Their fight might not be for the sake of the world, but for themselves. Even so, they have continued to fight, believing that there are peaceful days waiting at the end of the battle.

Shinjiro Aragaki