| Katsuya Suou
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| Responsible Detective
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| Status
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| Full Name |
周防克哉 (すおうかつや)
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| Arcana |
VIII - Justice
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| Nature |
Persona-User
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| Gender |
Male
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| Height |
5'10"
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| Date of Birth |
December 30th, 1983 (Capricorn)
Canon: December 30th, 1973
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| Age |
26
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| Guardian Dragon |
Purple Dragon
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| Persona |
Helios
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| Weapon |
Handguns
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| Faction |
D4
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| Team |
Frontliners
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| Police Rank |
Sergeant
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| Voice Actor |
English: Dave Wittenberg
Japanese: Hiroshi Takata
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| Player |
ianthefira
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| Quote
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"I am an officer of the law. I can't just let it go."
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| Profile And Skills
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Profile: Son of a former officer, it's perhaps no surprise that Katsuya became a cop himself. His forthright nature and diligence have earned him the rank of sergeant in his years with the Sumaru Police Force... and also irritated his superiors. Formerly assigned to the force in Port Island, he's since been reassigned to the Inaba police to assist with their investigations into a bizarre serial murder case. This wasn't the end of it, though; supernaturally-related crimes of various stripes across the Five City area resulted in Katsuya falling in with the governmental task force, Department 4, of which he's now a hard-working member in addition to his day-job. Much to his younger brother's dismay, however, the distance hasn't stopped him from attempting to meddle in Tatsuya's life. After all, his brother has his future to consider.
Skills: You're All Under Arrest!, In My Father's Name, Drawing a Line in the Sand, Overachiever, Overprotective, Overdoing It, Sol Nigredo, One Long Extended Cat Pun, Wishes His Little Brother Would Just Stop Getting into Trouble, No Skill With the Ladies, Terpsimbrotos, Just the Facts Ma'am, Can Deny It Pets (Because It Makes Him Sneeze), Just a Part of One Hundred Stories, Secret Skill: Dessert Chef, Secret Skill: Flamenco Guitar
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| History
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Born in Sumaru City, Katsuya is the elder of the two Suou boys. In 1999, two events occurred that would change his life: first his younger brother was badly injured by an arsonist, and then his father was arrested for accepting bribes from the yakuza. Going on to college, he later entered the police academy and then the force in Sumaru. Shortly after rising to the rank of sergeant in 2009, he was reassigned to Tatsumi Port Island to work with a student organization there. During this time, he experienced the Dark Hour and awoke to the power of Persona. After about a year, his position was changed again, this time to Inaba to assist in the serial murder investigation.
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| Social Stats
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| Courage |
4 |
Police Officer
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| Diligence |
5 |
Relentless
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| Expression |
1 |
Needs To Lighten Up
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| Understanding |
4 |
Softy!!
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| Big Brother Complex |
5 |
...Yes
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| Knowledge |
4 |
Went To College
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| Equipment
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- Weapon
New NANBU M60: A standard-issue police firearm. It's not very powerful, but then, it doesn't need to be.
- Body
Dark Suit: An expensive dark grey suit.
- Feet
Work Shoes: Comfortable, durable and good-looking men's shoes.
- Accessory
Fashionable Sunglasses: Stylish sunglasses. Not only do they look good, but they're prescription, too.
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| Contacts
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- Interrogation: "The first thing I'd like to know... where were you on the night of the incident?"
Katsuya interrogates the demon.
- Lecture: "Stop being so careless with your life. You need to take things more seriously..."
Launching into a lecture, Katsuya expounds on the necessity of being productive with one's life.
- Sharing Sweets: "Hmm, it seems like I have some extra candy here. You can have it, if you want."
Retrieving a spare treat, Katsuya offers it to the demon in a display of kindness.
- Lay Down The Law: "Now, listen up! You're all under arrest!"
Katsuya arrests the demon.
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| Trivia
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- His surname can be roughly translated as 'defend the area', while his first name can be read as 'how do I overcome?'.
- Katsuya has 20/40 vision without glasses.
- He has a driver's license and owns a Nissan March.
- He is terribly allergic to cats. This is worse for him than it might seem because he finds them absolutely adorable but he just can't handle being around them.
- His favorite foods include any kind of curry and anything sweet. He has no particular disliked food, aside from foods that are way too spicy. He's also not fond of drinking coffee after curry.
- He can play flamenco guitar. He learned how during a series of outside classes during his college years.
- Katsuya used to smoke, but he quit.
- His blood-type is A.
- His parents' names are Katsukuni and Saya.
This is unofficial MUSH canon! Enjoy.
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| Combat Information
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As a police officer, it should come as no surprise that Katsuya can handle himself well in combat. Tough and strong, he's capable of running down and wrestling with a suspect if need be. He is skilled with firearms and possesses good aim and reflexes. He also has the mentality required of an officer, the ability to make split-second decisions. On the other hand, though, slight misfortune seems to dog much of his life.
Special: Action Roll - Taking a very dramatic action, Katsuya aims and fires with his handgun in the same motion.
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| Persona Information and Resonance
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"I am Helios... Bearing the ancient sun, I am the one who violates the night! I shall become your loyal chariot!"
Helios was the Greek personification of the Sun, much like his Roman counterpart Sol Invictus. Charioteer of the Sun, he was often linked with Apollo, but remained to the Greeks a separate entity. Among his children was Phaeton, who met with a cruel fate when he mishandled the Chariot of the Sun. His father was Hyperion, the lord of light and the east. Another story about Helios relates to him spying upon Ares and Aphrodite while they engaged in one of their trysts, and reporting it to Hephaestus, who then ensnared his wife and her lover in golden nets.
Resonance:
Hard work and persistence. Those two sensations make up the main theme of Katsuya's resonance. It's much akin to the progress with which the sun rolls across the sky, slow but steady, but not without impact upon what lies beneath. But rather than scorching rays, there's the sense of illumination, that what is Right and True is illuminated.
By smell, it's surprisingly clean, like laundry left out to dry in the sun, with just a hint of something... cat-like, as if some feline took an afternoon nap right on top of the aforementioned sun-warmed laundry. By sound, it's most notably the creak of a turning wheel, but it's also punctuated by something softer, something that seems to rustle in the wind.
His connection with Helios, the god with the epithet of Panoptes or 'all-seeing', has granted him the ability to feel a very vague awareness of the nearby presence of another person, Persona-user or not, no matter how quiet they may be. This is by no means infallible, of course, and he cannot determine anything more than 'someone is nearby'. He also has some general talent with detecting resonance, although it can again fail at times and only works at a fairly close range.
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| Gallery
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Katsuya: official Kaneko concept art
Helios: official Kaneko concept art
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Notable Social Links
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- 0 - The Fool
- Tohru Adachi: "Difficulty" - While Katsuya counts him as a friend, his interactions with Adachi have been no less than awkward of late, particularly since he told Adachi about what happened in Maboroshi. Little does he understand just what Adachi has done to him in revenge.
- V - The Hierophant
- Ryotaro Dojima: "Perseverance" - Katsuya respects him and his position. Also recruited to head up Department 4.
- VI - The Lovers
- Hikaru Kurosawa: "Stability" - D4's resident psychologist. While Katsuya's first impression of Hikaru was honestly not all that positive (he seemed flighty and frankly silly), that's shifted, thanks to Hikaru's unwavering support for the rest of D4 and Katsuya himself. Katsuya's thought that he needs to speak to Hikaru soon, though.
- IX - The Hermit
- Izo Imaizumi: "Instability" - Not someone Katsuya got on with well to say the least. Is currently in a coma, which is Katsuya's fault.
- X - The Wheel of Fortune
- Ran Itoh: "A Realization" - Prior, just a member of SEES to his awareness of things, but more recently he's become aware that Ran conceals quite a more dangerous edge to her. He discovered she was taking Cint as well, and based on his own experiences, he asked her to stop.
- XI - Strength
- Enoha Koinose: "Complication" - Complicated, to put it mildly. Katsuya struggles a lot with his feelings for her, and recent events have made things even more difficult. Extremely difficult. Yet, despite what he's done, she says she won't abandon him, and whatever he might feel aside, he's grateful for that.
- Jason R. Butler: "Opposites" - One of the few people Katsuya calls a friend, though their friendship is marked by lots of arguing.
- XII - The Hanged Man
- Baofu: "Distance" - To be honest, Katsuya doesn't like this guy very much. He seems to have a talent for getting under his skin. Yet, his talents are hard to deny, and lately, necessity has forced him to trust in the rumormonger's intentions. He owes Baofu a favor.
- XIV - Temperance
- Naomi Suzuno: "Downward Spiral" - He's pretty sure she hates him for what happened to Yisa. This is a problem, because she might be his sister-in-law someday.
- Shion Katsuragi: "Old Wounds" - He trusted Shion and counted her as a friend, but one day, she left and joined the NWO. Worse, he thinks he's starting to understand what she meant.
- XV - The Devil
- Daisuke Itami: "Tension" - A man who sets Katsuya's teeth on edge, but remains a valuable source of information.
- Leigh Anne O'Hara: "Bewilderment" - Katsuya is terrified of her.
- XVI - The Tower
- Mikiya Ryouhara: "Skewed" - Nailed Katsuya to the floor with a sword once. Katsuya doesn't like him for reasons that go way beyond this encounter, most pointedly regarding the way Mikiya has targeted his friends and colleagues, and Mikiya's worldviews and intentions. He is not in fact dead at all, though to judge by their latest (violent) encounter, Mikiya may be instead a sort of 'dead man walking'.
- XVIII - The Moon
- Eien Seida: "Unclear" - While he trusts Eien as well as he can (if remaining somewhat wary of her for her tendency to tease him), he's been worried about her ever since Kyo's SHU.
- Maya Amano: "Positivity" - Someone dear to Tatsuya. That makes her someone he needs to look out for, too.
- Yoko Nakashima: "Dimmed" - After Kyo murdered her parents and caused the both of them to end up in the Midnight Channel, she succumbed to her Shadow. Now unhinged and dangerous, it's all Katsuya can do to ensure that Yoko doesn't hurt anyone and remains safe herself. He intends to restore her, if it's at all possible.
- XIX - The Sun
- Kyo Taimiev: "Violence" - Wants him dead. Quite possibly also wants to destroy the world. The first is Katsuya's fault thanks to the SHU, and the second may also be Katsuya's fault. He murdered Yoko's parents and caused both Katsuya and Yoko to end up in the Midnight Channel. If they met again now...
- Tatsuya Sudou: "Unbalanced" - He is the person who nearly killed Katsuya's brother when he was eight years old. If there's anyone in the world Katsuya despises, it's him.
- Tatsuya Suou: "Inadequate" - The most important person to Katsuya. Things were looking better between them, but... with the revelations about the SHU and Kyo and Yisa, things seem to Katsuya to be just as divisive as before. Katsuya hasn't spoken to Tatsuya since before his own dungeon, a state of affairs that is a mix of what's happened lately and just what came out while in the dungeon. Even if Tatsuya's not aware of any of it, as far as Katsuya knows, he still feels as if he has absolutely let his brother down.
- XX - Judgement
- Hajime Shidou: "Guidance" - A fellow detective, and a good man. He has a young daughter, Mayumi; for that reason, Katsuya hopes to keep Hajime safe.
- Yisa Taimiev: "Misanthropy" - A woman who first declared herself judge, jury, and executioner, and now may just want to destroy humanity. The latter is Katsuya's fault, something he has come to realize more fully as he encounters the now unhinged woman time and again.
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| Soundtrack
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- Assemblage 23 - Alone Again
- "I thought that I could overcome this all, but now I see I was wrong."
- E.S. Posthumus - Ushas
- Greg Laswell - Days Go On Enoha
- "My, my, what a fool am I for allowing this to be, But this fool cannot ignore the light when he sees you."
- Imagine Dragons - Monster
- "I'm only a man with a candle to guide me, I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me."
- Noel Gallagher - Teotihuacan Sumaru City
- Steve Conte - Blend In
- "Well, when the night comes falling in, then I know why I chose this life."
- The Crüxshadows - Winterborn (Club/Radio Edit)
- "Hold your head up high, for there is no greater love. Think of the faces of the people you defend."
- VNV Nation - Rubicon
- "Something I can hope for, something real that I can see."
- ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man Gag track
- "They come runnin' just as fast as they can, 'cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man."
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