Persona 6/Green

"Well, well, well... you've certainly kept me waiting for quite some time, haven't you? I was beginning to think you'd never meet me! you came so close so many times and yet every time you failed... but now that you've finally succeeded, we can finally officially begin. Tell me, do you know who I am...? mm... I suppose it doesn't matter either way. You'll find out in just a few seconds... now confirm our pact... I am thou... and thou art I."

- Ezekiel to Green

The protagonist of Persona 6 (often called Green) is a 16 to 17-year-old high school student who moves to Tokyo after their father gets a new job. Green's personality is shaped by the player themselves, but the personality they show on their own is that of a quiet and intelligent, if somewhat ditzy, student.

Later on in the game, they begin helping people after being transported to the parallel world known as .New, which lives inside of people's computers and is a digital recreation of a person's soul. On their journies, they also encounter the mysterious Igor, who is in charge of a place called the Velvet Room, which shapes itself after Green.

Appearances

 * Persona 6: Protagonist
 * Persona 6 (manga): Protagonist as Shinobu Funaki
 * Persona 6: The Animation: Protagonist as Hikari Nakajima
 * Persona 6 Emerald: The Animation: Protagonist as Hikari Nakajima
 * Persona 6: On Stage: Protagonist as Sōji Kobayashi
 * Persona 6: Battle Royale: Playable character as Hikari Nakajima
 * Persona 6: Dancing Under the Moon: Protagonist as Hikari Nakajima
 * Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight: DLC partner as Hikari Nakajima
 * Persona Q3: Labyrinth Evermore: Protagonist

Design
Green is intentionally androgynous, having very feminine facial features contrasted by a more masculine body. They also have longish brown hair that they don't change from the moment they wake up and brownish-gold eyes. While not at school, they wear a mostly green coat, though it is black from their elbows and below, and a pair of jeans. They sometimes take off their jacket and reveal they wear a black and pink tank top underneath.

Their school uniform is the same as everyone else's, being a button-up black jacket, though they don't wear the bottom part of the uniform, wearing their jeans instead (as to keep their gender ambiguous due to girls specifically wearing skirts). They rarely change their outfit, only ever doing it in specific situations, such as exercising, where they remove their jacket.

The only time they completely change their uniform is during snowy days in the winter, where they wear an extra padded jacket over their normal one for warmth. They also keep ear muffs around their neck and put them on when they are outside.

While at the beach they remove their jacket and start wearing a pair of boxers and sandals.

Near the end of the game, Kazuya Kitazawa starts using Green's home street as a base of operations in order to inconvenience the team and so Green tries to get back into their home wearing a black hoodie and a surgical mask to hide their identity from any guards that spot them.

In Persona 6: Dancing Under the Moon they once again wear two jackets, their usual green sweater jacket and a grey zipper underneath it. Both jackets are unzipped, revealing their pink and black shirt underneath. They also wear yellow-tinted glasses and have headphones around their neck.

Personality
As per usual, Green is a silent protagonist whose personality is shaped by the player. However, they do seem to have some personality that is brought up throughout the game. They appear to be a shut-in, as their father says that before the move they spent most of their time on the internet and never went outside too much. In the Japanese version of the game, Green's father goes as far as to call them a "hikikomori", which in Japan is someone that recoils from society and doesn't enjoy speaking to people.

The internet and technology mean so much to Green that even Igor brings it up, mentioning the fact that "a person whose life is dominated by technology created a very interesting Velvet Room". Throughout the game, they are seen using their phone and computer less and less, instead choosing to hang out with their friends in real life.

Their face remains mostly emotionless throughout the game and it is brought up as a big deal whenever they smile. The anime adaptation of the game takes this and runs with it, having Green's face very rarely change and making them flatly respond to people in a monotone voice no matter what they're saying.

Etymology
Hikari (光) means "light", which is their main Persona, Ezekiel's skill. Nakajima (中島) can mean "middle" (中) and "island" (島) meaning if their surname is put before their last name (which is common in Japan), their name can read "the middle of the island of light.

The Nakajima Hikari was also the name of an aircraft engine built during World War II. This doesn't likely mean anything other than being a pun. The anime adaption of Persona 6 gives Hikari's father the name Sakae Nakajima, which was also the name of an engine designed in the Nakajima line.

When it comes to their name in the manga, Shinobu (忍) means "endurance". Funaki means both boat (舟) and tree/wood (木). Unlike Hikari Nakajima, there doesn't appear to be a meaning behind this name.

In the stage play, their name is Sōji Kobayashi. Kobayashi (小林) means "small forest" while Sōji (総司) can mean "general administrator". "General administrator" could refer to the fact that they are the leader of their group.

Main Story

 * "I refuse to forget..." (First line spoken in the game)
 * "I don't like school." (After Mahiro reminds them it's a school day)
 * "Leave him alone..." (Threatening Shadow Eiji)
 * "Evil bastards." (Finding out about the conspiracy)
 * "I am an Archangel. Expect me..." (Threatening Junji)
 * "Bastard..." (Upon seeing Kazuya)
 * "I, um... guess so." (Response to Eiji's comments on Eiko's big boobs)
 * "Bullshit!" (Response to Daizo)
 * "Father... son... spirit... Dynamis!" (Summoning Dynamis)
 * "Let's tear them down..." (Before The Great Father boss fight)
 * "Devils belong in hell..." (Threatening Nyarlathotep)

Battle Quotes

 * "Come, Ezekiel!" (Or any other Persona name, summoning Persona)
 * "Persona!" (Summoning Persona)
 * "My other self..." (Summoning Dhu al-Kifl, Emerald only)
 * "You should've tried harder." (Hitting enemy weakness)
 * "I'm counting on you." (Using Baton Pass)
 * "Finish them for me." (Using Baton Pass)
 * "Make me proud." (Using Baton Pass)
 * "I will do what I can." (Receiving Baton Pass)
 * "You won't regret it!" (Receiving Baton Pass)
 * "Try harder!" (Dodging enemy attack)
 * "Not fast enough!" (Dodging enemy attack)
 * "Sorry." (When healed by an ally)
 * "Thank you for this." (When healed by an ally)
 * "All-Out-Attack!" (Initiating All-Out Attack)
 * "Let's tread forward." (Battle Results)
 * "Another victory." (Battle Results)
 * "A well-deserved win." (Battle Results)
 * "I leveled up!" (Leveling Up)
 * "Nng!" (Inflicted with status ailment)
 * "Here I come!" (Ambushing Shadow)
 * "Get ready!" (Ambushing Shadow)
 * "Hm..." (Backing out of Perona menu)
 * "No..." (Backing out of Persona menu)
 * "That doesn't seem right..." (Backing out of Persona menu)
 * "Wait..." (Backing out of Persona menu)
 * "That's not it..." (Backing out of Persona menu)
 * "Maybe something else..." (Backing out of Persona menu)
 * "What to do..." (Idle in Persona menu)
 * "What now..." (Idle in Persona menu)
 * "Which one..." (Idle in Persona menu)
 * "Go get 'em!" (Switching Party member)
 * "You'll do great!" (Switching Party member)
 * "Continue the fight!" (Switching Party member)
 * "Show me what you've got!" (Switching Party member)
 * "Stay by my side!" (Backing out of Party menu)
 * "Let's get going!" (Backing out of Party menu)
 * "We're doing great!" (Backing out of Party menu)
 * "Stick with me!" (Backing out of Party menu)

Trivia

 * To keep their gender ambiguous, they are almost always referred to with gender-neutral pronouns. To go along with this, they are always referred to with the honorific "san", which can be used to mean both mister and misses.
 * In the stage play, they are portrayed as male due to it being hard to convey gender ambiguity when it is a live-action play rather than an animation.
 * Kana Hanazawa was unable to return as the protagonist in the anime adaption. Due to this, she was replaced with the voice actor Soma Saito (Joe Zieja in the English dub), a fact that confused many fans due to Saito being male and replacing a female voice actor.
 * When promotional material for the game was released, the protagonist was mistakenly referred to using she/her pronouns. This was later changed to have the pronouns alter, referring to them with both he/him and she/her pronouns.
 * This fact originally made some fans believe the protagonist was genderfluid, which was quickly debunked when Atlus revealed the protagonist was gender-neutral.
 * In the manga, they have a habit of slipping into their Osakan accent when angered. In the English translation, this was changed to them slipping into a Southern accent.