Yusuke Kitagawa

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Yusuke Kitagawa
Makoto's official artwork from Persona 5
Universe	Persona
Debut	Persona 5 (2016)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Catherine: Full Body (2019)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Designed by	Shigenori Soejima
English voice actor	Matthew Mercer
Japanese voice actor	Tomokazu Sugita

Yusuke Kitagawa (喜多川 祐介, Yusuke Kitagawa) is a character that originates from Persona 5.

Origin

In Persona 5, Yusuke Kitagawa is the pupil of acclaimed Japanese artist Ichiryusai Madarame, the Phantom Thieves' second target. Yusuke is a passionate artist that began developing his craft at the age of three, at which point he had been orphaned and the artist had taken him in. Underneath Madarame's kind exterior however is a conniving con man who extorts his pupils and plagiarizes their work, a fact which, upon being confronted by the Phantom Thieves about it, Yusuke reflexively denies. In truth, Yusuke has long been aware of Madarame taking advantage of his students, for he is a victim of Madarame's crimes himself; however, he is unable to bring himself to believe that his caretaker for most of his life is such a terrible man. Yusuke himself is the last of Madarame's pupils, with several of his former pupils having their lives end up in shambles after resisting Madarame.

Upon entering Madarame's Palace with the Phantom Thieves, Yusuke winces in horror at the sight. Upon confronting Madarame's Shadow, Yusuke discovers that Madarame never truly loved him, and a piece of Madarame's art that Yusuke had admired for so long had in fact been a self portrait painted by his own mother, whom Madarame had left to die so he could steal her work. Enraged, Yusuke awakens his Persona, becoming a Phantom Thief with the codename Fox, and helps the group steal the Treasure of his now former mentor. He designs a logo for the group, which is depicted on all the calling cards they send from then on.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Yusuke Kitagawa appears in Mementos stage in his Fox costume.

In All-Out Attack, Yusuke appears in one of the variations of the attack, fighting alongside Haru Okumura and Makoto Niijima.

Spirit

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slot	Ability	Series
1,312		Yusuke Kitagawa	Grab	★	2	No Effect	Persona Series

Trivia

• Yusuke has the same voice actor as Chrom in both Japanese and English, Tomokazu Sugita and Matthew Mercer respectively. Coincidentally, both also have blue hair. Likely as a result, Yusuke is represented by Chrom in the former's Spirit battle in Ultimate.