Editing Makoto Niijima

|name           = Makoto Niijima

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|caption       = [[File:PersonaSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Makoto's official artwork from ''Persona 5''

|universe       = {{uv|Persona}}

|firstgame     = ''Persona 5'' (2016)

|games         = ''[[Ultimate]]''

|lastappearance = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Persona 5: The Phantom X}}'' (2024) {{flag|china}}

|console       = PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

|species       = Human

|gender         = Female

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|artist         = {{iw|wikipedia|Shigenori Soejima}}

|englishactor   = {{iw|wikipedia|Cherami Leigh}}

|japanactor     = {{iw|wikipedia|Rina Satō}}

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'''Makoto Niijima''' ({{ja|新島 真|Nījima Makoto}}, ''Niijima Makoto'') is a character that originates from ''Persona 5'', and a member of the Phantom Thieves of Heart, where her codename is '''Queen''' ({{ja|クイーン|Kuīn}}, ''Queen'').

In ''Persona 5'', Makoto Niijima is a third year student at Shujin Academy, and a senior to [[Joker|the protagonist]]. She is the school's student council president and a model honors student. Underlying her calm and composed demeanor however is a girl with extreme social and self-confidence issues, linked mostly to her orphanage: after the deaths of her parents, most of the responsibility was thrust onto her older sister, public prosecutor Sae Niijima. She hopes of getting a good job just to lay some responsibility off of her sister, and studies almost mindlessly as a consequence. Makoto is unable to register many social cues and has very few friends, making her very unpopular among the students despite being council president. This problem is exacerbated after the school's volleyball coach Suguru Kamoshida confesses to physically and sexually abusing his students (as a result of the Phantom Thieves changing his heart). As Makoto knew about his crimes, many believed that she chose to stay silent out of respect for Kamoshida, finding her to be concerned only with getting a good letter of recommendation from the faculty. In reality, however, Makoto wanted to say something but felt powerless against the principal, who encouraged her not to speak about it, as Kamoshida was an Olympic medalist who helped make the school famous with his achievements.

As the Phantom Thieves grow in popularity, Makoto is ordered by the principal to track the clandestine group down. After stalking the protagonist for a couple of days, she correctly deduces that they are Shujin students led by the protagonist, and threatens to reveal their identities to the principal; however, she makes a deal with them to have them change the heart of a mafia boss extorting Shujin students. When they are unable to get close to the mafia boss, she offers herself up as bait, allowing the Phantom Thieves to learn his name, Junya Kaneshiro, and gain a meeting with him at the expense of being set up for blackmail.

Feeling responsible for their predicament, Makoto enters the Metaverse with the other Phantom Thieves, which allows them to enter Kaneshiro's palace, as in Kaneshiro's distorted cognition, she is a customer of his bank (which, in the Metaverse, floats high above Shibuya, and was previously out of the Phantom Thieves' reach). Disgusted by what she witnesses and tired of following orders without questioning them, she awakens her Persona, Johanna, becoming one of the Phantom Thieves, with the codename Queen. As a member, she becomes the team's advisor, analyzing enemy weaknesses and a fighter. In battle, she uses fist weapons and revolvers, and has access to nuclear and healing spells. After joining the Thieves, she looks to break out of her shell with Joker's help.

 

 

When Takuto Maruki alters reality in ''Persona 5 Royal'', Makoto's father never died and Sae is much nicer. Makoto finally has a happy family life. When confronted by the protagonist, Makoto realized that this is an illusion and lets go of her desires. Her father disappears and Sae returns to her normal self, although by this point she is a steadfast ally of the Phantom Thieves after rediscovering her sense of justice with Makoto's help. Initially self-destructive about her selfishness, she resolves to move forward and protect her friends and loved ones. If her confidant had been completed before Maruki's actualization, Johanna and Anat will combine into Agnes, Makoto's ultimate Persona. Both herself and Haru then explain that they will move far away for college, but say they will return when they can. They do return for ''Persona 5 Strikers'', where Makoto admits she missed everyone.

[[File:Makoto Niijima Mementos.png|left|thumb|150px|Makoto on Mementos.]]

Makoto appears on the [[Mementos]] stage in her Queen costume. She, like the other Phantom Thieves, can also be heard randomly on the Results screen when Joker wins a battle.

 

Makoto appears in one of the variations of Joker's [[All-Out Attack]], fighting alongside [[Yusuke Kitagawa]] and [[Haru Okumura]].

==Names in other languages==

|ja={{ja|新島真|Nījima Makoto}}

|ko={{rollover|니지마 마코토|Nijima Makoto|?}}, ''Niijima Makoto''

*Article on the [https://megatenwiki.com/wiki/Makoto_Niijima Megami Tensei Wiki]