

His Persona, Polydeuces, casts Electric spells, but can also heal and do physical damage.

In battle, Akihiko draws on his boxing experience to do his damage. If you play as her, you can form a Social Link with him with an optional romance path. The only girl he shows any real attraction to is the female protagonist from Persona 3 Portable. Despite this, he has a good number of fangirls that follow him around, singing his praises. The two are essentially brothers, having experienced the worst that life could throw at them from an early age together at the orphanage.Īkihiko is also, whether he likes to admit it or not, shy around girls. The two stay in contact, even after disagreeing about Shinjiro leaving SEES after accidentally killing Ken Amada‘s mother with his Persona, which at that time had gone berserk.įrom dialogue with Shinjiro, we learn that Akihiko has a soft side to him – as a kid he used to cry when he tried to beat up Shinjiro after doing something he considered morally questionable. He can seem blunt and harsh from the outside looking in, but his relationship with Shinjiro tells a different story. He’s like an older brother to the younger members of SEES and influences them, especially Junpei Iori. While it may seem like all that Akihiko thinks about is the next fight, he does show a caring side from time to time. He became consumed by his quest for strength, leading him to take up boxing and eventually become a champion and the captain of his high school team in the process. He wanted to become stronger – strong enough to prevent anyone close to him from dying a needless death ever again. Sadly, Miki passed away in a fire that consumed the orphanage, causing a transformation in Akihiko. His eagerness to throw down at a moment’s notice is partly due to a past filled with tragedy and a need to protect others.Īkihiko grew up an orphan along with his younger sister, Miki, and best friend and former SEES member, Shinjiro Aragaki. He’s also one of the original members of SEES, the group known as the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad created to investigate the Dark Hour and Tartarus. He’s the captain of Gekkoukan High School’s boxing team.

The most important thing to know about Akihiko is that he’s a natural-born fighter.

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He also makes appearances in subsequent entries in the series, including Persona 4 Arena.Īkihiko is a potential party member in the Persona Q spinoff series as well, which includes Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth. This includes Persona 3, Persona 3 FES, Persona 3 Portable, and Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight. Note : This guide contains some spoilers.Īkihiko Sanada is a character and core party member in the Persona 3 line of video games in the larger Shin Megami Tensei franchise developed by Atlus.
