Jin Shirato

Jin Shirato
Japanese Name	白戸 陣
Romaji	Shirato Jin
First Appearance	Persona 3
Affiliation	Strega
Weapon	Hand Grenades
Arcana	Hermit
Persona	Moros
Japanese VA	Masaya Onosaka
English VA	Grant George

"Takaya showed me the light when I was in the darkness."

—Jin Shirato, Persona 3

Jin Shirato is a character from Persona 3.

Appearances

• Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Antagonist
  • Persona 3 (Manga): Antagonist
  • Persona 3 The Movie: Antagonist

Design

Jin has short, dark blue hair (with the right side being slicked back) and dark blue eyes. He is taller than Chidori and shorter than Takaya. He wears a green jacket with black straps with two dis-attached sleeves, and navy blue pants with a black pocket, and black shoes. He also wears orange-tinted glasses with black frames. He is always seen carrying a silver briefcase.

Personality

Jin's most prominent trait is his loyalty to Takaya, to the degree of a zealot. Jin shows to be quite intelligent being the information gatherer of Strega and web author of the Revenge Request website. He is very adept at locating their victims. Although, despite his intelligence, Jin is shown to have a very aggressive disposition as well as sharing the same misanthropic views as Takaya, though he is more rational than him acting as a voice of reason to Takaya's more impulsive behavior. He dislikes SEES, calling them hypocrites. Also in battle with Jin, if he is very near KO, he will complain that he lost to 'these amateurs' again, despite not having actually lost yet. This would make Jin an example of an enemy who knows when he's beaten.

Profile

Persona 3

Jin is Takaya's faithful right-hand man, acting as his tactical adviser and the webmaster of "Revenge Request". He uses hand grenades and other small bombs in battle, and is also a skilled computer hacker. He is "well-known" on the internet, according to Akihiko Sanada. Fuuka Yamagishi in particular recognizes the name Jin from her time online. In the Japanese version, Jin speaks in Kansai-ben dialect, suggesting that he may originally hail from Osaka or any other city in the Kansai area.

Jin appears very eager to be rid of SEES, since he believes that they are hypocrites who don't appreciate their own power. However, he is rational enough to limit Takaya's actions when necessary. Whenever Takaya takes a reckless approach, Jin is there to hold him back and remind him of what they are truly there for.

Jin is a zealot with strong belief in Takaya's goals. He is fiercely loyal to Takaya for "showing him out of darkness" and helping him through the Kirijo Group's experiments. In spite of this, he often inadvertently helps SEES by revealing important information. It is Jin who informs the Main Character about the truth behind Strega, their involvement in the coming of Nyx, and Shuji Ikutsuki's real allegiance.

Near the end of the game, Jin kills himself by setting off a grenade that holds back a horde of Shadows in Tartarus.

In battle, he use grenade bomb as his regular attack to deal fire damage instead of physical. His Persona, Moros, can use Fire and Darkness attacks as well as buffing attack power of his own or Takaya's.

Stats

First Battle 11/03

Level Arcana HP SP St Ma En Ag Lu 53 Hermit 1500 ? 35 35 35 31 30 Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almighty - - - Repel - - - Null Repel - List of Skills Skill Effect Fire Attack Normal attack using the Fire attribute. Mudo Darkness: instant kill, 1 foe. (30% chance) Mudoon Darkness: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Maragion Deals medium Fire damage to all foes. Tarukaja Increases 1 ally's Attack.

Second Battle 1/31

Level Arcana HP SP St Ma En Ag Lu 74 Hermit 5000 ? 45 50 45 45 45 Slash Strike Pierce Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almighty - - - Repel - - - Null Repel - List of Skills Skill Effect Fire Attack Normal attack using the Fire attribute. Fatal End Deals medium Slash damage to one foe. Blade of Fury Deals medium Slash damage to all foes. (2-4 hits) Gigantic Fist Deals heavy Strike damage to one foe. Swift Strike Deals light Strike damage to all foes. (1-3 hits) Torrent Shot Deals light Pierce damage to one foe. (2-4 hits) Arrow Rain Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes. (2 hits) Agidyne Deals heavy Fire damage to one foe. Maragion Deals medium Fire damage to all foes. Bufudyne Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (10% chance) Mabufula Deals medium Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) Ziodyne Deals heavy Elec damage / Shocks one foe. (10% chance) Mazionga Deals medium Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance) Garudyne Deals heavy Wind damage to one foe. Magarula Deals medium Wind damage to all foes. Hamaon Light: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mahama Light: instant kill, all foes. (25% chance) Mudoon Darkness: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Mamudo Darkness: instant kill, all foes. (25% chance) Megido Deals medium Almighty damage to all foes. Stagnant Air Doubles ailment susceptibility to everyone for three turns. Poison Mist Poisons all foes. (35% chance) Sexy Dance Charms all foes. (40% chance) Infuriate Enrages all foes. (35% chance)

Gallery

Persona 3
Jin Close Up Concept art of Jin Jin's expressions Jin as he appears in game

Persona 3 Movie
Jin's design in Persona 3 The Movie

Persona 3 (manga)
Jin in the manga adaption

Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade
Jin as he appears in Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade

Trivia

• Being left-handed, he is one of the two Persona-users in the game who uses the Evoker with his left hand (the other being Akihiko Sanada of SEES). In addition, his Persona Moros has only the left arm and is thus left-handed, too.
• His surname means "White Door".
• If you equip accessories to block each character's weaknesses (such as Mitsuru's to Fire), Jin will complain about you doing so. However, this can occur right before he claims you can't hide your weaknesses from him.
• Him being of the Hermit Arcana may be a reference to his proficiency at technology and the shut-in stereotype, suggesting Jin does not do much with his time other than using the computer.
• There is a small error during the battle with Jin on the Moonlight Bridge. It shows in the analysis that Jin is the Fortune Arcana, instead of Hermit. This is most likely due to Takaya being in the battle (Takaya's Arcana is Fortune).
• In Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade -Gunjou no Meikyuu-, he appear to be skilled at martial arts without his main weapon.