Joker

For fighter info, see Joker (SSBU).

Ren Amamiya/Joker
Ren’s Artwork (as Joker) from Persona 5
Universe	Persona
Debut	Persona 5 (2016)
Appears in
Console of origin	PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair color	Black
Homeworld	Japan
Created by	Masayoshi Suto Shigenori Soejima
English voice actor	Xander Mobus
Japanese voice actor	Jun Fukuyama

Ren Amamiya, better known as Joker of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, is the main protagonist of Persona 5, the sixth (as there are two games titled Persona 2, which are Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment) main entry in the Persona series, which is a subseries to the Megami Tensei series. He first appeared in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the first downloadable character. He wields the Persona Arsene (based off Arsène Lupin, a character featured in multiple Maurice Leblanc books)

Character Description

Originally a nameless protagonist, a tradition to the original video game release of entire main Persona game entries for the most part (except for the Persona 2 duology, whose protagonists, Tatsuya and Maya are silent in their own game, but not in the other, and Persona 3 FES, which featured Aigis, and established character of the main game as the last main protagonist of epilogue, titled The Answer). Since Persona 4’s anime adaptions (which featured a nameless protagonist who is now named Yu Narukami), many updated versions of the main games and spin-offs (some of which are canon, such as the fighting game Persona 4 Arena (Ultimax)) that relate to voice acting mostly began using the protagonists’ anime names, with Persona 3’s nameless protagonist, who received the official name Makoto Yuuki in the OVA movie, and Persona 5's protagonist being named Ren Amamiya in his anime adaptation.

Ren Amamiya is a second-year high school student who meets Morgana and transfers to Shujin Academy in the spring in Tokyo near Aoyama-Itchome. He lives in a coffee shop called Cafe Leblanc, located in Yongen-Jayaand owned by Sojiro Sakura, an acquaintance of his parents. He becomes classmates with Ryuji Sakamoto and Ann Takamaki, who join him in his endeavors alongside the mysterious Morgana. Additionally, he is the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a group whose purpose is to steal the hearts of corrupted adults in order to create a reformed society. Later, more members join the Phantom Thieves: Yusuke Kitagawa, Makoto Niijima, Futaba Sakura, Haru Okumura and Goro Akechi.

Trivia

• Much like Cloud Strife, Joker is also originates from PlayStation.
• He is the only avatar-based playable character to have no alternate gender.
• Joker shares a same Japanese voice actor as Roy. He also shares his English voice actor with Xander Mobus, SSBWU/3DS and Ultimate’s voice actor for the Announcer, Master Hand, and Crazy Hand.
• Joker and Richter are the only playable third-party characters to make their fighting game debut in Smash, however, Joker did make a cameo appearance in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle as a palette swap for fellow Persona protagonist, Yu Narukami.
• Joker is one of only four playable characters to appear in M-rated games, the others being Snake, Bayonetta and Simon.
• Joker is the most recently-created third-party character in Smash Bros. as Persona 5 was released in Japan on September 15, 2016. This also makes him the second third-party character to debut in the 21st century, alongside Bayonetta.