Villains In Persona 4 The Animation

Mitsuo Kubo

Kubo is a juvenile from Inaba who becomes the second suspect the group believes to be behind the murder case after Kinshiro Morooka's death. He makes a pass at Yukiko Amagi at the beginning and is rejected. He is later revealed to be an isolated student who was expelled from a different high school prior to the beginning of the story. Eventually the group manages to find him in the TV World and save him from being killed by his Shadow. Claiming he was responsible for all murders in Inaba to get people's attention, Mitsuo is taken away by the authorities. Due to the fact the kidnappings do not cease after his capture, the group then comes to the conclusion he was a copycat killer and is in fact mentally unstable.

Taro Namatame

Namatame is a council secretary who is married to popular enka singer Misuzu Hiiragi, fired from his position as a result of his affair with TV reporter Mayumi Yamano, the first victim of the case. Namatame is later revealed to be responsible for sending people to the TV world, using his family's delivery truck to be unnoticed by the victims and hiding a plasma TV inside for transporting them after knocking them out. When kidnapping Nanako Dojima, Namatame is tracked down by Ryotaro Dojima and forced to escape with Nanako to the TV world. There, the Investigation Team confronts him, when he claims he is instead saving people. His Shadow then absorbs several other Shadows to become Kunino-Sagiri. Following Kunino-Sagiri's defeat, Namatame is arrested, but the police are unable to build a case due to lack of evidence.

Tohru Adachi

Tohru Adachi is a young police officer in the Inaba police department, and Ryotaro Dojima's junior partner. He often accidentally reveals crucial information regarding the investigation and is constantly reprimanded by Dojima for running his mouth. Following the revelation that Taro Namatame is not the culprit behind the murders and was not aware that the TV world was dangerous until he escaped into it, it is revealed that Adachi is actually behind the two first murders. He became interested in Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi until he pushed them into TVs when they spurned his feelings. After the two initial murders, he tricked Namatame into kidnapping people under the idea that he was keeping them from danger. His Persona is Magatsu Izanagi.

Ameno-sagiri

Ameno-sagiri, the God of Fog, and the being that was partially influencing Tohru Adachi's actions. Responsible for the fog appearing on rainy days, it takes the form of a gigantic eyeball with a golden disc for an iris and black pipes protruding from its form. It believes itself to pursue mankind's desires. Ameno-sagiri itself is not malevolent, promising Yu that it will lift the fog after being defeated, although it is revealed through its final words that it is not dead but will remain dormant until enough people wish for the fog to return.

Izanami

Izanami is the mastermind behind the event. Claiming that it is what humans desire, she aims to cover the world in dense fog and turn mankind into Shadows, which would cause all humans to only see and believe what they wish were true and cease all suffering. Disguising herself as a Moel gas station attendant, she was able to directly grant outsiders like Taro Namatame, Tohru Adachi and Yu Narukami the ability to enter the TV. She also created the entrance to that world as well as the rumor of the Midnight Channel to see how humans would use it. During the battle, her initial form is that of a goddess, but after she is defeated first time her true form is revealed: a massive, skeletal corpse monster called Izanami-no-Okami.