Yosuke Hanamura

Moving to a sleepy town like Inaba left Yosuke Hanamura desperate for anything resembling excitement, and the Midnight Channel gave him exactly that. As the protagonist's first friend in town, he becomes a founding member of the Investigation Team chasing down a string of murders in Persona 4 Revival, Atlus's upcoming remake of Persona 4 Golden.

Yosuke Hanamura’s Personality and Story Role

Behind the wisecracks sits a kid who feels constantly overlooked, the son of the manager running the local Junes branch, a chain locals blame for squeezing out Inaba’s small shops. That tension trails him even as he plays class clown, rides his bike around town, and saves up for a scooter of his own. Guitars and a weakness for fruit flavored cough drops round out his hobbies, alongside a well documented hatred of tofu and a fear of cockroaches that fans have tracked since the original 2008 release. His Magician Arcana social link charts his growth from insecurity to self acceptance, mirrored by his Persona shifting from Jiraiya into Susano-o and finally the disco styled, afro sporting Takehaya Susano-o.

Who Voices Yosuke Hanamura in Persona 4 Revival?

Paul Castro Jr. takes over the English dub for Persona 4 Revival, a role he joins after building a résumé that includes Freminet in Genshin Impact and Rindo Kanade in NEO: The World Ends with You. The Japanese performance comes from Showtaro Morikubo, reprising a part he has voiced since the original Persona 4 and best known elsewhere as Shikamaru Nara in Naruto.