Persona 5 Name Generator
Phantom Thief characters, codenames and Personas
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Generate Persona 5 style names: Shujin-style Japanese character names for OCs and confidants, Metaverse codenames like Joker and Panther, mythological Persona names, and Palace and Shadow titles. Covers the original game, Royal and Strikers.
About persona 5 names
Persona 5 character names follow the conventions of a modern Tokyo high school drama, not a fantasy world. The cast are ordinary Japanese names written Western-style in the English release: Ren Amamiya, Ryuji Sakamoto, Ann Takamaki, Makoto Niijima. The trick Atlus uses is picking given names and surnames that quietly describe the character. Ryuji's surname contains the kanji for 'slope', Yusuke's 'Kitagawa' is a river and Futaba's 'Sakura' ties her to Sojiro. For an original Phantom Thief, choose a plausible two-part name and then let the surname carry a hint of their arcana, their Persona or the adult who wronged them.
The other naming layers are just as important. Every thief takes a one-word Metaverse codename drawn from their outfit or Persona (Skull, Panther, Fox, Queen, Oracle, Noir, Crow, Violet), and every Persona is named for a rebel, trickster or outlaw from myth and fiction: Arsène Lupin, Captain Kidd, Carmen, Goemon, Johanna, Necronomicon, Milady, Zorro, Robin Hood. Royal and Strikers expanded the roster with Cendrillon, Valjean and Zenkichi's Wolf, and the demon compendium supplies hundreds more, from Jack Frost to Satanael.
Canon names come first for reference, then original names that fit at Shujin or Kosei, a bank of Personas and demons, codenames for a new crew, and Palace and Shadow titles for fan campaigns.
Tips for choosing a name
- Pick the codename after the Persona, not before. Canon codenames describe the outfit and Persona (Fox for Goemon's kitsune mask, Queen for Johanna's biker armour), so decide who your character awakens to and let that suggest a one-word alias.
- Give an OC a Persona from a story about rebellion or theft that is not already taken. Scheherazade, Robin Goodfellow, Sinbad, Spring-Heeled Jack or one of Sun Wukong's companions all fit the picaresque theme; avoid Arsène, Zorro, Cendrillon or Valjean (Zenkichi's Persona in Strikers), which are already claimed.
- Keep Japanese names realistic. Two or three syllable given names (Aoi, Kaito, Nanami, Haruto) with common surnames read as classmates; over-elaborate or fantasy-sounding names break the Tokyo setting.
- For a Palace ruler, follow the formula 'Name's Palace' and a building that reflects a deadly sin (Castle of Lust, Museum of Vanity, Bank of Gluttony). The building should be how the ruler sees their own domain, not how it really looks.
- If you are naming a confidant, match the arcana's theme: a Hermit keeps to themselves, a Hanged Man is caught between two loyalties, a Star is hopeful. The name and job should suggest the card before you ever show it.
Frequently asked questions
What is the protagonist's real name in Persona 5?
The game lets you choose it. The manga uses Akira Kurusu and the anime, Dancing in Starlight and Strikers use Ren Amamiya, so both appear in fan works. His codename is always Joker and his initial Persona is Arsène.
How do Persona 5 codenames work?
After a Phantom Thief awakens, the group picks a single short word based on their Metaverse outfit or Persona: Ryuji is Skull for his skull mask, Ann is Panther for her catsuit, Futaba is Oracle because she supports from the Necronomicon. Good original codenames are one or two syllables and easy to shout mid-battle.
Are the Persona names real mythological figures?
Yes. Party Personas are picaresque heroes and outlaws from literature and legend, while the compendium draws on world mythology: Norse (Loki, Thor), Japanese (Yatagarasu, Susano-o), Hindu (Shiva, Kali), Judeo-Christian (Metatron, Lucifer) and folklore (Jack Frost, Pixie). Any trickster or rebel figure from myth can become a fitting original Persona.
Can I use these names for Persona 5 Royal and Strikers characters?
Yes. The list includes Royal additions such as Sumire Yoshizawa, Takuto Maruki and Cendrillon, and Strikers characters like Zenkichi Hasegawa, Sophia and Akira Konoe, alongside original names that fit any entry in the series or a tabletop Persona campaign.
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- Ren Amamiya
- Akira Kurusu
- Ryuji Sakamoto
- Ann Takamaki
- Yusuke Kitagawa
- Makoto Niijima
- Futaba Sakura
- Haru Okumura
- Goro Akechi
- Sumire Yoshizawa
- Kasumi Yoshizawa
- Morgana
- Sojiro Sakura
- Sae Niijima
- Tae Takemi
- Sadayo Kawakami
- Munehisa Iwai
- Chihaya Mifune
- Yuuki Mishima
- Toranosuke Yoshida
- Shinya Oda
- Hifumi Togo
- Ichiko Ohya
- Takuto Maruki
- Lavenza
- Caroline
- Justine
- Igor
- Masayoshi Shido
- Suguru Kamoshida
- Ichiryusai Madarame
- Junya Kaneshiro
- Kunikazu Okumura
- Shiho Suzui
- Wakaba Isshiki
- Zenkichi Hasegawa
- Akane Hasegawa
- Sophia
- Akira Konoe
- Alice Hiiragi
- Ango Natsume
- Mariko Hyodo
- Kuon Ichinose
- Jose
- Kaoru Iwai
- Eiko Takao
- Natsuhiko Nakanohara
- Shinichi Yoshizawa
- Kaito Amagi
- Rei Kurosawa
- Souta Shirogane
- Mio Tachibana
- Hayato Kisaragi
- Nanami Mizuhara
- Kazuki Tokimune
- Yui Ayasato
- Reiji Kagari
- Sora Sakurai
- Haruto Fujiwara
- Aoi Hasebe
- Itsuki Mikage
- Hinata Kuroba
- Riku Shinomiya
- Chika Hoshino
- Takeru Ichijo
- Miyu Kamishiro
- Shun Amakusa
- Kanon Tsukishiro
- Daichi Morinaga
- Emi Kazehaya
- Ryo Hanabusa
- Yuna Takasugi
- Kenji Arisugawa
- Ami Shiratori
- Taiga Kurogane
- Hana Ichihara
- Kyosuke Amano
- Mei Yukimura
- Satoru Kagami
- Rin Hayasaka
- Yamato Inukai
- Kaede Tsukino
- Jun Hakamada
- Moe Usami
- Tetsuya Kanzaki
- Ginji Kurata
- Sayo Amane
- Keigo Nishina
- Wakana Toudou
- Shuji Kurosaki
- Saki Arisato
- Kota Fuyutsuki
- Nao Minase
- Shingo Tachikawa
- Yuki Sagara
- Ryosuke Onodera
- Hikari Kujo
- Tomoya Aizawa
- Mizuki Kanbara
- Raito Kagura
- Azusa Hasumi
- Tsubasa Kanade
- Suzume Kitano
- Reina Ayanokoji
- Hiro Nakajo
- Momoka Ishigami
- Isamu Kitaoka
- Sakura Mochizuki
- Fumiya Sagawa
- Akari Hinomori
- Tatsuya Kanno
- Risa Wakatsuki
- Naoto Kuga
- Airi Tokugawa
- Ken Shiba
- Yuzuki Aragaki
- Kaname Inoue
- Chiyo Saionji
- Eiji Karasuma
- Izumi Kirigaya
- Kazuma Oribe
- Shiori Murasame
- Kohaku Ezaki
- Yukari Nanase
- Gaku Yoshimura
- Seira Kurokawa
- Ryuichi Tsukamoto
- Minori Kaminaga
- Haruki Date
- Nozomi Fushimi
- Teppei Sanada
- Ayame Koizumi
- Asahi Tokiwa
- Tsumugi Akagi
- Jin Kureha
- Koharu Sekiguchi
- Masaru Hidaka
- Rui Ichimonji
- Kohei Manaka
- Ichika Sendo
- Yosuke Hayami
- Fuka Orihara
- Renji Hasekura
- Mirai Amagai
- Itaru Kamiyama
- Noriko Hashiba
- Hikaru Mizutani
- Ayaka Seto
- Kenta Oshiro
- Natsuki Kurose
- Shouta Amemiya
- Rika Mizushima
- Kaoru Shinoda
- Miki Tendo
- Eita Kagurazaka
- Jiro Tsurugi
- Kanna Ayase
- Leo Fukami
- Nana Yagami
- Hibiki Ichinose
- Yua Tokiwagi
- Taichi Kuroda
- Sumika Hazuki
- Arata Mikoshiba
- Kirara Hoshimiya
- Rentaro Kuze
- Shiina Takamine
- Ryoma Shishido
- Akiha Nagumo
- Ryota Kobayashi
- Hotaru Minami
- Yuto Takeda
- Karin Oshima
- Kai Sasagawa
- Hiyori Yanagi
- Kaito Endo
- Sana Kuroki
- Seiji Ayukawa
- Tomoe Katsuragi
- Mamoru Onizuka
- Kureha Saotome
- Shiro Midorikawa
- Mika Yukishiro
- Ibuki Kanemoto
- Ritsu Hoshikawa
- Runa Kisaki
- Sho Takanashi
- Hanae Nakamori
- Kiyoshi Tadokoro
- Yuina Akashi
- Anzu Kamiki
- Ken Kurogami
- Mitsuki Asakura
- Himeka Aoyama
- Subaru Enomoto
- Touka Shirahama
- Kohaku Tsubaki
- Rio Kiyosumi
- Raiden Mikawa
- Noe Sakurazaka
- Yoshiki Fujisaki
- Honoka Tsurumi
- Shinji Kawasumi
- Madoka Aikawa
- Itsuki Rokudo
- Ayano Katsura
- Shu Yamashiro
- Kanae Morikawa
- Daigo Kuroe
- Nene Hisakawa
- Yusei Arakawa
- Asuka Hinode
- Sota Kinjo
- Yuria Shinjo
- Hibiki Tsuge
- Ena Konoe
- Mikoto Saeki
- Shizuka Kasai
- Towa Hojo
- Rintaro Yoshioka
- Fuyumi Kazama
- Issei Kanbe
- Chiharu Nishizono
- Kanata Takatsuki
- Kirie Hyodo
- Maho Isurugi
- Gen Ishizaka
- Yuiko Ayaori
- Yuuma Serizawa
- Mina Kitahara
- Soichiro Tokura
- Aya Nishikawa
- Ryuhei Kagetsu
- Renji Sumeragi
- Mayu Hanamura
- Hajime Kusanagi
- Yurika Tsuchiya
- Koki Narumi
- Chinatsu Kamijo
- Yuki Oikawa
- Rui Amachi
- Shion Kurebayashi
- Nagi Hirose
- Kyoko Sakakibara
- Takumi Shinohara
- Reo Asuma
- Mari Kuroyanagi
- Seiichi Nonaka
- Aoi Kagamihara
- Kazuhiko Wakaba
- Taiyo Kanamori
- Arsène
- Captain Kidd
- Carmen
- Goemon
- Johanna
- Necronomicon
- Milady
- Zorro
- Robin Hood
- Cendrillon
- Satanael
- Seiten Taisei
- Hecate
- Kamu Susano-o
- Anat
- Prometheus
- Astarte
- Mercurius
- Loki
- Hereward
- Vanadis
- Ella
- Azathoth
- Adam Kadmon
- Valjean
- Raoul
- Diego
- William
- Al Azif
- Agnes
- Lucy
- Ishtar
- Zephyrus
- Jack Frost
- Pixie
- Jack-o'-Lantern
- Silky
- Koppa Tengu
- Bicorn
- Kelpie
- Succubus
- Incubus
- Cait Sith
- Andras
- Nue
- Inugami
- Genbu
- Suzaku
- Byakko
- Seiryu
- Kikuri-Hime
- Sandman
- Thoth
- Anubis
- Ame-no-Uzume
- Lamia
- Naga
- Bishamonten
- Black Frost
- King Frost
- Queen Mab
- Oberon
- Titania
- Dionysus
- Fortuna
- Norn
- Skadi
- Baphomet
- Lilith
- Sarasvati
- Parvati
- Kali
- Shiva
- Vishnu
- Lakshmi
- Ganesha
- Garuda
- Yoshitsune
- Masakado
- Dakini
- Rangda
- Barong
- Cerberus
- Chimera
- Girimehkala
- Surt
- Thor
- Odin
- Yatagarasu
- Horus
- Isis
- Seth
- Nebiros
- Belial
- Beelzebub
- Lucifer
- Metatron
- Cu Chulainn
- Scathach
- Siegfried
- Lancelot
- Sir Gawain
- Valkyrie
- Hell Biker
- White Rider
- Red Rider
- Black Rider
- Pale Rider
- Trumpeter
- Mara
- Joker
- Skull
- Panther
- Fox
- Queen
- Oracle
- Noir
- Crow
- Violet
- Mona
- Wolf
- Sophie
- Raven
- Sable
- Ember
- Ash
- Vesper
- Nova
- Rook
- Harlequin
- Domino
- Phantom
- Wraith
- Shade
- Scarlet
- Indigo
- Cobalt
- Onyx
- Thorn
- Tempest
- Zephyr
- Frost
- Eclipse
- Bandit
- Outlaw
- Rogue
- Corsair
- Gambit
- Wildcard
- Trickster
- Lupin
- Kaitou
- Kokoro
- Kage
- Tsuki
- Hoshi
- Kitsune
- Tanuki
- Karasu
- Ookami
- Fukurou
- Akatsuki
- Kamoshida's Palace
- Madarame's Palace
- Kaneshiro's Palace
- Futaba's Palace
- Okumura's Palace
- Sae's Palace
- Shido's Palace
- Maruki's Palace
- Castle of Lust
- Museum of Vanity
- Bank of Gluttony
- Pyramid of Wrath
- Spaceport of Greed
- Casino of Envy
- Cruiser of Pride
- Laboratory of Sorrow
- Prison of Regression
- Mementos
- Qliphoth World
- Velvet Room
- Tower of Pride
- Hall of Hunger
- Vault of Avarice
- Theater of Vanity
- Garden of Sloth
- Cathedral of Envy
- Arena of Wrath
- Library of Regret
- Clocktower of Despair
- Greenhouse of Apathy
- Shadow Kamoshida
- Shadow Madarame
- Shadow Kaneshiro
- Shadow Futaba
- Shadow Okumura
- Shadow Sae
- Shadow Shido
- Cognitive Wakaba
- Samael
- Yaldabaoth
- Holy Grail
- Azazel
- Kazuya Shirakawa
- Miyako Hazama
- Ryuunosuke Ibara
- Yae Kurumizawa
- Sosuke Amahara
- Chiaki Mizorogi
- Renka Iwakura
- Tadashi Kuroiwa
- Mafuyu Shiraishi
- Yoichi Kagamine
- Haruo Nitta
- Kotori Sakuma
- Eiichi Mogami
- Ibara Yukimori
- Sanae Kurihara
- Kazane Fujimoto
- Akito Tsurumaki
- Sayaka Hiragi
- Tsubame Kudo
- Ayumu Hoshiyama
- Celestine
- Gorokichi
- Pithos
- Pandora
- Sakuya Hinohara
- Tomomi Isogai
- Keisuke Arima
- Mao Tsuzuki
- Shinobu Kageyama
- Kanako Umezawa
- Takahiro Sakuraba
- Chisato Mineta
- Yoshio Tamura
- Yuzu Kaminashi
- Daisuke Hoshina
- Mirei Sakaguchi
- Jester
- Magpie
- Lynx
- Viper
- Scheherazade
- Robin Goodfellow
- Sinbad
- Spring-Heeled Jack
- Till Eulenspiegel
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