Character

Makoto Niijima

新島 真

Makoto is one of the main characters in Persona 5 and is the Priestess Confidant. Despite being the student council president, Makoto is an extremely unpopular student at Shujin Academy; she is considered by all the students to be an arrogant, selfish control freak who knew about the abuse but chose to do nothing about it because she only cared about getting a good letter of recommendation. While she does give off the impression of this during the Phantom Thieves' first few encounters with her, these rumors are ultimately revealed to be just that: rumors. Feeling overshadowed by her highly successful older sister, Makoto has almost no sense of self-worth, and so has made a habit of keeping her nose down and doing what is expected of her. After getting involved with the Phantom Thieves, however, Makoto realizes her frustration at the authority figures around her not living up to the expectations they've set for themselves, and vows from then on to fight for what she believes in, which triggers the awakening of her Persona. After deciding to stay with the Phantom Thieves, Makoto says that she's done being the "exemplary honor student" and that she's going to try to be more honest with herself. Makoto has brown hair in a bob cut with blunt bangs and a French-braid styled headband that matches her hair color. Her eyes are abnormal as they have been depicted as red, although her eye color in her portraits can be interpreted as a reddish-brown. She is of average female height, being taller than Futaba and Haru, but slightly shorter than Ann Takamaki. Voiced by JP: Rina Satou EN: Cherami Leigh