{"id":69142,"date":"2026-07-03T13:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=69142"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:07:07","slug":"persona-5-the-phantom-x-to-feature-p3ps-female-protagonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-5-the-phantom-x-to-feature-p3ps-female-protagonist\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 5:\u00a0The Phantom X to feature P3P\u2019s female protagonist\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlus&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/1TTjYud-9Ro?si=hizWKtolesoY43x0&amp;t=671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that Persona 3 Portable\u2019s female protagonist is coming to&nbsp;<strong>Persona 5: The Phantom X<\/strong>&nbsp;as a playable phantom idol. The character will be&nbsp;using&nbsp;her canon name, Kotone Shiomi, and will be part of an upcoming collaboration event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u30da\u30eb\u30bd\u30ca\uff15: The Phantom X\u300f\u00d7\u300e\u30da\u30eb\u30bd\u30ca\uff13 \u30dd\u30fc\u30bf\u30d6\u30eb\u300f \u30b3\u30e9\u30dc\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fc\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc|\u300eP3P\u300f\u30b3\u30e9\u30dc\u958b\u50ac\u6c7a\u5b9a\uff01\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhwwfT3xVeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0devs\u00a0weren\u2019t able to finalize the characters\u2019 illustrations before the\u00a0announcement\u00a0(the\u00a0teaser\u00a0only\u00a0shows\u00a0the silhouettes of Kotone and her golden Orpheus Persona),\u00a0but\u00a0the overall story\u00a0and tone of the\u00a0event has been finalized.\u00a0Work\u00a0on other dev processes like 3D models has just started, so\u00a0it seems that it will be some time before the collab is ready to go\u00a0live.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given&nbsp;her absence&nbsp;in 2024\u2019s Persona 3 Reload,&nbsp;Kotone\u2019s last appearance in a Persona game was in&nbsp;2019\u2019s&nbsp;Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, a crossover RPG between Persona 3, 4, and 5. Outside of Persona, she has made crossover and cameo appearances in games like&nbsp;Super Smash Bros. Ultimate&nbsp;and the mobile puzzle game&nbsp;Puzzle &amp; Dragons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We already know that the developers at&nbsp;Atlus\u2019s&nbsp;P-Studio&nbsp;have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-3-reload-devs-havent-changed-their-minds-about-adding-portables-female-protagonist-we-have-a-mission-to-tackle-new-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no intention of adding Kotone to Persona 3 Reload<\/a>.&nbsp;With her addition to Persona 5: The Phantom X,&nbsp;fans of the character will hopefully find some consolation when she releases&nbsp;(Makoto Yuki, the male protagonist of Persona 3, is already in the mobile game).&nbsp;Failing that,&nbsp;players&nbsp;can make use of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240219-27381\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fan-made Persona 3 Reload mod<\/a>&nbsp;that adds her into the remake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Persona 5:&nbsp;The Phantom&nbsp;X is available for mobile (Android&nbsp;and&nbsp;iOS) and&nbsp;Windows.&nbsp;More information on the Persona 3 Portable collaboration will be&nbsp;released at a later date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-3-reload-devs-initially-wanted-to-port-to-both-switch-systems-but-that-would-have-delayed-launch-by-a-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 3 Reload devs initially wanted to port to both Switch systems, but that would have delayed launch by a year<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240117-25670\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 3 fans shudder at real-life Dark Hour spotted in Tokyo<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an upcoming P3P collaboration event, Persona 5: The Phantom X will feature female protagonist Kotone Shiomi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":69144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-07-03T04:05:49+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mppo74oc762a","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mppo74oc762a\",\"cid\":\"bafyreifj2b55zos53g5xrqtxpnv6w5tg774updxvrt5fxhv32ktglhx4na\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreifugub27aag3czyc27v2v5udqcsc5w4h73oenrb537swsii734rna\",\"rev\":\"3mppo74omww2a\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-69142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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