Ann Takamaki
Aliases: Panther
Gender: Female
Pronouns: She/her
Birthday:December 11
First appeared: December 2017
Relationship Status: Single
Canon: Persona 5
Species: Human
Leadership positions: None
Guild Membership: None
Brief Overview
Ann is a member of the Starfall Collective. She is previously from Tokyo, and is interested in fashion. She prefers to think of herself as being a person from another universe, instead of psychologically created.
Early Life
Ann was born in Japan to a Japanese-Finnish couple. She spent several years in Japan before her parents moved to the United States, where Ann perfected her English skills and became interested in fashion and modeling. She moved back to Tokyo before entering high school at Shuujin academy. Having spent so long overseas, Ann has few friends in Japan. Shiho Suzui is one of her best friends before she meets Ryuji and the leader of the Phantom Thieves.* She is also somewhat isolated because of her looks; her being half Finnish makes her looks very unique.
* The name of this person is different in several different universes, and the person she knew is not the same as Katsuhiro.
TW: SUICIDE, IMPLIED SA
After Shiho attempted suicide as a consequence of being coerced by a teacher at her school, she meets and joins up with Ryuji, Morgana, and the leader of the group known as the Phantom Thieves. They are a group of Persona users, those who possess a power when in the realm of the subconscious. Ann awakens her persona after being confronted with a illusory version of herself in the teacher's subconscious. She angrily rebuffed the teacher's objectification of her body and gained the use of the Persona Carmen, and taking on the code name Panther. The group goes on to force the teacher to apologize and confess his crimes by confronting him in the subconscious realm. Shiho eventually recovers.
As the group continues fighting corrupt adults with subconscious realms of their own and gaining more allies along the way, Ann makes friends with them and starts modeling, making a unique impression by being genuine and showing her enthusiasm for fashion.
System Life
Ann still retains her love of fashion despite not being able to pursue it as strongly. She enjoys meeting more people and making friends; She, Hilda, Rise, and Yukari get along well. She's not sure how she wants to incorporate her interests into a hobby just yet, but is looking forward to figuring it out.