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"Hello! I'm Kanami Mashita, your prize cow! My meat is marbled, my movement is slow, and I sleep off every meal!"
—Kanami Mashita, Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Kanami Mashita is a character from Persona 4: Dancing All Night.

Appearances[]

Design[]

Kanami appears to be around the same age as Rise Kujikawa, with a similar height and build. She wears a bright pink wavy wig tied into a ponytail with a red ribbon and brown eyes (possibly contacts). She wears a bright yellow sleeveless collar shirt with red collar, and a pink apron with an orange trim and multiple red flowers at the hem. In addition, she wears puffy bright orange shorts laced with many light red ribbons, and dark orange red-laced shoes with a red ribbon tied to her left leg.

In her casual outfit, she has long natural dark brown hair tied in pigtails with a red cherry blossom clip holding her bangs. She wears rectangular glasses, a white T-shirt with black Kanji (人生, meaning "life"), dark green sweatpants with her jacket tied to her waist and yellow crocs.

As a child during her first audition, she wore a light blue short-sleeved dress patterned with golden flowers, white socks and blue shoes. In addition, she wears a light orange flower ornament on her head.

In the anime adaptation, Kanami has shoulder length dark brown hair and dark gray eyes. She wears a white/light blue blouse and a blue hairband with an ornament. This design was presumably her image in her early days as an idol.

Personality[]

She is shown to be a very carefree and energetic idol, making various catchphrases about food subjects to fit the Kanamin Kitchen theme, although she seems to be self-conscious about her weight. Kanami appears to be friendly and kind toward Rise.

Profile[]

An idol singer in the Persona series. First mentioned by name in Persona 4, Kanami makes her first physical appearance in the game Persona 4: Dancing All Night.

Persona 4 / Golden[]

Kanami is an idol contracted by the same company as Rise and is referred to as Kanamin by fans. In the wake of Rise's break from work as an idol, she is promoted more heavily by the company. When discovering this, Rise does not appear to be surprised. However, she becomes frustrated overhearing fans perceiving Kanami's image as being less fake than Rise's image as an idol.

In Golden, Kanami was supposed to appear in Inaba as honorary head police. However, due to Naoto Shirogane's disappearance, this event was canceled. It is also revealed by Teddie that Kanami was supposed to perform a concert at Junes until Rise appeared as Kanami's replacement.

Persona 4 The Animation[]

Kanami is mentioned by Minoru Inoue, Rise's former manager. After Rise's retirement, Inoue states that he will try his best to make Kanami successful after being the main lead actress in a movie (where Rise was originally cast). She is also mentioned by several male students of Yasogami High during the school's beauty pageant.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night[]

Kanami appears as a playable character alongside the members of the Investigation Team and Nanako Dojima. She is the lead idol of the Kanamin Kitchen idol group, and one of the hosts of the Love meets Bonds Festival being held during the game. She makes various catchphrases relating to food to fit the Kanamin Kitchen theme, although she seems to be self-conscious about her weight and appearance. In her character trailer, she states that the reason she became an idol was due to someone she admired. She also felt insecure during her childhood due to her small stature and had no friends.

After witnessing Kyoka Ochimizu's, Kanamin Kitchen's, and the Investigation Team's disappearances, Kanami becomes worried. After being saved by Ryotaro Dojima from a suspicious man who wanted her blood, she asks him, along with Nanako, to investigate. Although she tries to inform Inoue of the situation, he doesn't believe her. In her apartment, she considers watching the cursed video but instead falls asleep. The video appears on her monitor at midnight.

The following day, Kanami, Dojima, and Nanako start their investigation at the library to find some clues that might help find the others. After realizing how late it's gotten, Kanami goes to rehearse and asks to take Nanako along woth her. Dojima agrees and the two go ahead, leaving him to continue with the investigation alone.

Throughout her side of the story, Kanami has continuous headaches and forgets details that involve her connections to her past regarding Yuko Osada. At the LMB festival, as Inoue mentions a PIN that Ochimizu used for her files, Kanami surprises Inoue and herself when she easily rattles off the number. Because the passcode was decided privately between Ochimizu and the girl she used to manage, Kanami begins to wonder how she would even know something like that.

During the LMB festival, Dojima calls her and reveals that the only witness to Yuko's suicide was Kanami herself. Kanami, in denial, refuses to accept this. Dojima questions Kanami as to whose diary she is carrying. Afterwards, Kanami tries to open Yuko's diary to prove that it's her own and that all of Dojima's statements are false, but struggles to remember the passcode to the lock. Kanami suddenly remembers in the process that the code is none other than Ochimizu's PIN number, 1324. She then unlocks the diary and finally remembers that she once admired Yuko when she was ten years old and that she was why Kanami first auditioned to become an idol.

She auditioned because she wanted to be like Yuko, but she became traumatized when Yuko committed suicide by hanging herself in front of her. Because of this, she developed Acute Stress Disorder during police questioning and had to be hospitalized. She suppressed all of her memories of the incident from then on. She hid Yuko's diary after reading it due to the myriad of problems Yuko was having, in order to preserve the image of the Yuko that she admired. After she recovers her memories, her eyes turned golden yellow and the eerie voice drags her along with the LMB stadium to the Midnight Stage. Bound by ribbons and about to give up, everyone—her fans, Yu Narukami, Rise, the Investigation Team, Kanamin Kitchen and Ochimizu encourage her. Touched by her friend's words, Kanami manages to break free from her bonds. Kanami later assists the Investigation Team in the final dance with Mikuratana-no-Kami.

Persona 5 / Royal[]

Kanami makes a small cameo in Persona 5 in the Shibuya train station. Advertisements for her newest single, "Dropkick," are on display in the entrance alongside Rise's newest album, "Sapphire."

Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight/Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight[]

Kanami makes a cameo in Rank 4 of Futaba Sakura's Social Events, Futaba and Ann Takamaki, Ann asks what music Futaba likes to listen to on her headphones, Futaba talks about music genres she likes listening to, she also says "Lately I’m really into J-pop idols. You know, like Rise Kujikawa and Kanami Mashita."

Kanami also makes a cameo in both Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight by the DLC track "Dance! (OP ver.)" which is the opening cinematic to Persona 4: Dancing All Night.

Gallery[]

Persona 4 The Animation[]

Persona 4: Dancing All Night[]

Persona 5 / Royal[]

Persona 5 The Animation[]

Costumes[]

Etymology[]

  • Kanami's surname Mashita means "real, genuine" (真) (ma) and "under, below" (下) (shita).

Trivia[]

  • For some reason, Kanami's eyes are dark gray in the anime cutscenes, but in her character artwork, dance sprite, and portraits she has brown eyes.
  • Kanami may have hypoglycemic episodes as hinted at by her "emergency blood sugar candy." She also alludes to getting headaches other times aside from what is seen in the game which are also another sign of a dip in blood sugar. This may mean she is very easily overworked and prone to hypoglycemia as an idol's lifestyle is hectic.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Persona 4 Dancing All Night Official Visual Book


Characters
Playable Protagonist - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Yukiko Amagi - Kanji Tatsumi - Rise Kujikawa - Teddie - Naoto Shirogane
Social Link Margaret - Nanako Dojima - Ryotaro Dojima - Naoki Konishi - Kou Ichijo - Daisuke Nagase - Hisano Kuroda - Sayoko Uehara - Yumi Ozawa - Ayane Matsunaga - Ai Ebihara - Fox - Shu Nakajima - Eri Minami - Marie - Tohru Adachi
Major Igor - Mayumi Yamano - Misuzu Hiiragi - Saki Konishi - Mitsuo Kubo - Hanako Ohtani - Kinshiro Morooka - Noriko Kashiwagi - Taro Namatame - Old Lady Shiroku - Master Daidara - Minoru Inoue - Yuuta Minami - Kaneko - Aika Nakamura - President Tanaka - Chihiro Fushimi - Mr. Edogawa - Kanami Mashita - Moel Gas Station Attendant
Major enemies Shadow Yosuke - Shadow Chie - Shadow Yukiko - Shadow Kanji - Shadow Rise - Shadow Teddie - Shadow Mitsuo - Shadow Naoto - Kunino-sagiri - Ameno-sagiri - Kusumi-no-Okami - Izanami
Locations
Inaba Central Shopping District - Dojima Residence - Junes Department Store - Samegawa Flood Plain - Velvet Room - Yasogami High School
Midnight Channel Twisted Shopping District - Yukiko's Castle - Steamy Bathhouse - Marukyu Striptease - Void Quest - Secret Laboratory - Heaven - Magatsu Inaba - Hollow Forest - Yomotsu Hirasaka
Other Okina City - Shichiri Beach - Midnight Trivia Miracle Quiz - Tatsumi Port Island (Gekkoukan High School - Club Escapade - Iwatodai Station)
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (Persona 4 / Golden / The Animation) - Never More -Reincarnation- - Persona 4: The Golden Animation Special Arrange CD - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album - Re:BRiLLiANCE
Songs "Ain't Nobody Can Hold Me Down" - "Alone in this World" - "Aria of the Soul" - "Studio Backlot/Backside of the TV" - "Beauty of Destiny" - "Dazzling Smile" - "Falling into Right Places" - "Heartbeat, Heartbreak" - "Heaven" - "I'll Face Myself" - "Just Like The Wind" - "Key Plus Words" - "Koisuru Meitantei" - "Never More" - "Next Chance to Move On" - "Pursuing My True Self" - "Reach Out To The Truth" - "Shadow World" - "Signs of Love" - "Sky's The Limit" - "SNOWFLAKES" - "Someone Else's Man" - "Time For True Revelation" - "Time To Make History" - "True Feelings" - "True Story" - "The Way of Memories" - "We Are One and All" - "Ying Yang" - "Your Affection"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Ultimate) - Persona user - Glasses - Fog - Shadow - Shadow Self - Party - Tactics - All-out Attack - Shuffle Time - Arcana Chance - Fusion Forecast - Weather Forecast - Investigation Team - Mystery Food X - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R
Lists Arcana - Personas - Shadows - Skills - Items (Persona 4 / Golden) - Requests - Status Changes - Activities - Calendar - Golden Trophies - The Animation / Golden Animation Episodes - Patches and Updates - Steam Profile Items
School Life Weather Forecast - Seasons - Social Link - Social Stats - Yen - Class - Studying - Books - Movie Theater - Bed - Fishing - Cooking - Part-time Jobs - Shrine - Scooter - Gardening - School Club - Bug Catching - Refrigerator - Crane Machine - Chagall Café - Tanaka's Amazing Commodities - Cat
Other Media
Games Golden - Arena - Arena Ultimax - Dancing All Night
Productions The Animation / -The Factor of Hope- / The Golden Animation - Visualive / the Evolution - Persona Stalker Club - 「PERSORA AWARDS」 - PERSORA AWARDS 2 - PERSORA AWARDS 3 - Persora -The Golden Best- - Persona VS
Publications Manga - The Magician - Dengeki Comic Anthology (the Animation / The Golden / The Golden Animation) - Kiri no Amnesia - Your Affection - Persona x Detective Naoto (manga) - Yasoinaba Case File - Persona Magazine
Drama CDs Persona 4 (Vol.1 / Vol.2 / Vol.3) - Persona 4 The Animation (Vol.1 / Vol.2) - Persona 4 Golden (Vol.1 / Vol.2)
Mobile Games The Card Battle - Colors - Persona 4: The Slot - Persona 4 the Pachinko
Events Music Live 2008 - Music Live 2009 - Music Tour 2010 - Music Live 2012 - Music Fes 2013 - Music Box 2014 - Super Live 2015 - Livehouse Tour 2015 - Super Live 2017 - Super Live 2019- 25th Anniversary Symphonic Concert
20th Anniversary Festival - 25th Anniversary - 25th FES
Miscellaneous Merchandise
Characters
Playable Rise Kujikawa - Yu Narukami - Kanami Mashita - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Kanji Tatsumi - Teddie - Yukiko Amagi - Naoto Shirogane - Nanako Dojima - Margaret - Marie - Tohru Adachi - Hatsune Miku
Non-playable Protagonist - Ryotaro Dojima - Minoru Inoue - Sumomo Ujima - Tomoe Sayama - Tamami Uesugi - Nozomi Nakahara - Kyoka Ochimizu - Dance Instructor - Yuko Osada - Mikuratana-no-Kami - President Tanaka
Locations
Other Velvet Room - Yomotsu Hirasaka - Takura Productions - Inaba - Midnight Channel
Midnight Stage Kujikawa Rise (Stage) - Circus Tent - Sultry Lounge - Doll House - Romantic Castle - Mechanical Castle - Event Space - Mikuratana-no-Kami's Realm
Music
Albums Persona 4: Dancing All Night Original Soundtrack
Songs Dance! - Calystegia
Archive
Terminology Persona - Persona User - Shadow - Kanamin Kitchen - LMB Festival - Shadow Self - Investigation Team - Apathy Syndrome
Lists Trophies
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