Kanji Tasumi in Persona 4

Kanji is a playable character in Persona 4 (part of the Persona series). According to one wiki, his “Shadow is homosexual” but “Kanji’s sexual orientation is kept ambiguous” (Kanji Tatsumi). In game lore, this suggests that Kanji struggles with his gender and sexual identity (Zaher, 2014). He develops feelings for Naoto when that character is passing as male, though Kanji does not express these feelings until it is revealed that Naoto’s assigned gender is female. There is an extended discussion of Kanji’s sexuality available here. LGBTQ content in this game series: Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999): Tatsuya Suou; Jun Kurosu Persona 3 (2006): Unnamed Female Student; Unnamed Beautiful Lady Persona 3 Portable (2007): Elizabeth; Female Protagonist; Aigis; Mitsuru Kirjo; Ryoji Mochizuki Persona 4 (2008): Kanji Tatsumi; Naoto Shirogane; Chie Satonaka; Yukiko Amagi; Yosuke Hanamura Persona 5 (2016): Two Gay NPCs; Lala Escargot; Yusuke Kitagawa See also QRM’s entry for this game series. Citations:

1. Kanji Tatsumi. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji_Tatsumi
2. Kanji Tatsumi. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Kanji_Tatsumi
3. List of Persona 4 Characters (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Persona_4_characters
4. Persona. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_(series)
5. Petit, C. (2013, March 1). Denial of the Self: Queer Characters in Persona 4. Gamespot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chie_Satonaka
6. Xu, Samantha. (2009, January 28). Opinion: Sexuality and Homophobia in Persona 4. Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112965/Opinion_Sexuality_And_Homophobia_In_Persona_4.php
7. Youngblood, J. (2013). “C’mon! Make me a man!”: Persona 4, Digital Bodies, and Queer Potentiality. Ada (2) http://adanewmedia.org/2013/06/issue2-youngblood/.
8. Zaher, T. (2014, September 18). Portrayal of LGBT Characters in Persona. Geeks Out. http://geeksout.org/blogs/troy-zaher/portrayal-lgbt-characters-persona