Ikuto Suzuki

Ikuto is a very soft-spoken and calm young man, with a very polite attitude toward almost everyone he meets. He has a bit of trouble approaching people he doesn't already know, which can make him come off as introverted or shy at times. He usually keeps his emotions in check, and will rarely show aggression or other negative emotions, even if he may be feeling them at the time.

His biggest insecurity lies in the fact that he's practically gone blind. Ikuto has a hard time opening up to people due to a deep-seated fear of being judged or belittled because of his visual impairment, and will even go as far as to lie or cover it up when he meets someone new. When his blindness is inevitably made known to the rest of the Phantom Thieves, however, they still treat Ikuto like an equal, shattering this fear and allowing Ikuto to truly be himself around them. He holds a deep care for his friends, and values time with them above anything else.

Before awakening to his Persona, he had a tendency to sit back and let his parents and helpers do everything for him. After his awakening, however, he becomes determined to let himself be coddled no longer, and starts to stand up for himself more.

Ever since the day Ikuto was born, his vision had always been poor, though it took a few years before it descended into full blindness. Of course, his parents didn't notice anything was hugely amiss, until he went in for an eye test when he was about six years old. That was when it became apparent that his vision was fading... and it was anticipated that by the time he turned ten, he would be blind.

After receiving that news, Ikuto's parents started to be increasingly overprotective of their son. They hired a private homeschool teacher who specialized in schooling visually impaired students, they wouldn't let Ikuto be home by himself, and they were rarely comfortable with the boy going outside for fear of him getting lost. Ikuto spent most of his time with his "big sis" Natsuka (later to be known as Nina) Tomoe. The two were incredibly close, and unlike his parents, Natsuka didn't treat Ikuto any different after she found out about his decaying eyesight. She would sing while he played piano, help him pick out his outfits... the two could easily be called best friends.

Unfortunately, such sunny days couldn't last forever.

As the years passed and Natsuka began to enter the music industry for her singing talent, the time she spent with Ikuto became less and less. The times she visited became limited to when Ikuto's parents would ask her to watch over the boy while they were away at work. Of course, Ikuto didn't complain about this... he knew that his sister was busy following her dream as a pop star. What worried him was the change in her behavior. It got to a point where she almost seemed upset to come see him, where she used to be so willing to drop everything for her little brother. Not only that, but Ikuto noticed Natsuka became a lot more susceptible to outbursts of anger when things didn't go her way. Ikuto even began to hear rumors of her being physically violent toward her former idol group before she went solo.

By the time Ikuto turned sixteen, Natsuka had stopped visiting altogether.

About a year passed, and Ikuto was doing his best not to think about how much he worried for his sister. It was around this time that Natsuka's solo career as a pop star had really begun to take off, and she had even scheduled her first concert tour outside of Japan that would kick off by the end of summer. Despite that, rumors about Natsuka continued to circle... and even though Ikuto didn't want to believe them, he knew they were true.

However, about a month before Natsuka was meant to go on her big tour, Ikuto caught wind of a mysterious group known as the Phantom Thieves, who could supposedly change people's hearts. He had a brief moment of hope that maybe these thieves could help his sister. Of course, that moment was short lived, as he knew he would likely never be able to find the thieves and ask them for help.

Little did he know, on one of the rare days where he ventured out into the city, he would overhear a group of teenagers talking about Phantom Thief matters among the crowd. This moment of extreme luck would open the door for Ikuto to help his sister... and gain a group of friends who would forever change his life for the better.