Suou Tatsuya

A character from Persona 2 Duology who first appeared as counterbalance to the SMT character added, and is the main character of Season 6's Act 2 & 3. He is a senior student enrolling in Seven Sisters High School in Sumaru City. Rumor has it that he's gay.

Savior From Another Dream
People mistake him for the archetypical "bad boy" because he rides a motorcycle, but he's just a loner.

Season 2
Tatsuya takes an interest in wrestling as an activity to do outside of class hours after hearing so many rumors that it's what a guy like him would be into.

Episode 12

With a lot of chaos going on in his debut night, he fights some hoyboy and wins.

Season 3
Tatsuya has gained an appreciation for wrestling and continues doing it.

Episode 0

He teams up with a fellow japanese highschooler to fight the hoyboy and his greatest ally.

Episode 1-4

During the Dimensional Merge, he spends time with his old friends or something instead or wrestling.

Episode 5

When almost everyone returns to the present time, Tatsuya is the first to notice something was wrong with Battler, he was looking kind of... weird.

Episode 6

Defeats the power of the jobhand, feat which is not too rare.

Episode 7

During this multiman match, he spots a weird guy who looks kinda similar...

Episode 8

Claiming that he needs to either save the world or destroy it, this man claims to use a Persona. Tatsuya, using a Kamen Rider, engages the man and defeats him.

Season 4
Was one of the persons' who was left in Universe 2K19 and had participated in dark matches all season.

Episode 10

Has one last match awaiting The Final Impact.

Season 5
After attending school for a while, he's back to participate in TFR.

Season 6
Although Tatsuya doesn't have many friends, even the sheer despair of the tragedy is enough to get to him.

Episode 1

Tatsuya fights in a match against once again Kadoya Tsukasa, but also fights and meets Mitake Toujirou for the first time, who makes a surprise inclusion of himself into the match for some reason. He wins the match by pinning Kadoya once again.

Episode 2

Is suddenly questioned by the grieving Mitake Miyao if he didn't kill his father Mitake Toujirou. Miyao explains that he was told someone saw him attacking someone backstage, and his dad has shown up dead. Tatsuya expresses that he doesn't have anything to do, but he could question Kadoya Tsukasa, since the two of them are often confused. Miyao apologizes, and Tatsuya offers his help if he is ever to need it.

Later, he becomes friends with fellow highschooler Yuki Makoto and team up for a tag match.

Episode 3
While talking backstage, Komaeda Nagito mentions that Miyao talked to him and he's going to confront Kadoya himself. Tatsuya thinks that he could be getting into something dangerous, but he's in the right for fighting his own fights. Nevermind that, Tatsuya gets to the point and asks Komaeda to join him for a 3v3 match later tonight since he has a spot open. Yuki thinks he's a bit weird, but Tatsuya says it'll be fine.

They manage to defeat The Coomer Gang for the titles.

Episode 4
During the chaos, Aniki asks the people gathered to help search for the people missing, and Miyao & Komaeda go separate directions. Miyao finds Kadoya, despairing over the fact he failed his mission, he could not save, nor destroy, the world. Miyao wonders why he was spared, and Kadoya sees him as naive, not knowing better. Miyao begs him to be told the truth, and as Kadoya sees him still carrying on with hope despite his actions, he asks him to help him look for survivors and escape.

Komaeda wanders the backstage searching for people during the assault of the rioters when a demon appears and attacks him, but he is saved by Rando and escapes. He meets up with Miyao again, and seeing Rando fighting, he rushes in to help him. Kadoya tries to warn him that the traitors Duke and Hellcarder will finish him off, but no use, he's already decided. Komaeda, luckily, finds Tatsuya and Makoto but they have to escape from a masked man with a bat, a girl? with a golf club, and a zombie with gym equipment.

After Broken Man goes on to face BANS, Kadoya, Makoto, Tatsuya and Komaeda are the last ones remaining. Kadoya keeps clearing the way as they run for the exit, but the tremors keep intensifying. However, after BANS' match ends, it's already too late. Kadoya desperately tries one last thing as the rumbling reaches it's peak.

Episode 5
A vision of a ruinous world. A world brought together with Komaeda Nagito. A world where hope and talent can change anything.

A vision of a trapped world. A world brought together with Yuki Makoto. A world that brings back the peace before everything. The group awakens in a shining place, being greeted by Hagakure Yasuhiro. He tasks them with obtaining the blessing of Jah before they can continue. He instructs Komaeda to fight the "alien" behind one of the doors that stole his hamburger. Komaeda wins and receives Jah's Blessing.

Then, he instructs Makoto to stop the dude making his walls all red and blasting metal music behind one of the doors. Makoto wins and receive's Jah's Blessing.

Kadoya says they must've realized by now that he's not who they think he is. What moves him forward is the future, or rather, his past. Because... Kadoya Tsukasa is Suou Tatsuya. He comes from another time, where everything happened just like it is right now. Tatsuya doesn't believe him, so Kadoya instructs him to close his eyes...

Tatsuya wonders... why did he kill Toujirou? But the truth is that he didn't. As for the Hunter, he was one of the key figures from his world in launching The Final Rumble, he thought they would gain time by killing him.

In his world, in the 12 years since the rumbling, the company divided and casualties were everywhere. Until a group formed by former member of the Order of the Locker Room started gaining strength. But then...

Nevermind that, he was approached by Delta. He offered him a second chance. To put a stop by stopping Ushiromiya Battler and Agent 47's match. But due to the dimensional merge before the fight, he lost his memories. He adopted his name for his Persona abilities, "Kado Yatsukasa", Card User. His purpose only came back to him after the Death Game, but it was already too late. However... Mitake Miyao gave him hope. That's why he hasn't given up.

As Hagakure reveals, though, only one blessing is left. Thus, Kadoya decides, and Tatsuya knows, what to do. Kadoya wants Tatsuya to prove he can change the future, and Tatsuya shows him things can change.

After the "training" is over, Hagakure tells him they can go home now, and Kadoya opens a portal.

They are dropped far from the ground, and are greeted by a young man who helps them. He introduces himself as Albus Bernstein, which reminds them of someone... Tatsuya mentions if they can meet Central, and asking if they are with "The Final Resistance", the claim that they lost contact with them in a field mission. As Albus takes them to TFR HQ, Komaeda thinks a city standing tall after the apocalypse is truly a hopeful thing to see, when he sees a posted for "King of the Ring Board Tournament III".

When they reach HQ and Albus introduces them, Central, looking way older, initially doesn't recognize them until he mentions his name, they were one of the missing people after "The Disaster". The company was divided into two factions: The Three Kings, who want to relive the "glory days", and BANS Army, who want a world where nothing can hold people back, and The Final Resistance in the middle. With this truth, Kadoya is confronted that it must've been a particularity of the Diamond Realm, and now they are at the heart of the conflict with no preparation.

The Resistance is preparing two parallel raids to strike subsidiaries of both sides, and are holding qualifying matches. Tatsuya and company agrees to watch for now.

After The Coomer Gang's victory over The J.O.B Squad, Zoomer re-introduces himself to the group; he is still part of the J.O.B Squad and also has a son: Jonesy, even thought Boomer wanted him named "Alphoomer". Kadoya and the group decided they are going to join the action too, and Central agrees to put them in the raid.

Central calls everyone qualified for the raids and asks Kadoya's group to take a step back from the front line since it's their first time. The man they are going to raid, is none other than the one who built his fortune on the misfortune of The Disaster by creating his own currency: Tazuna Joe.

Episode 6

As they go to the raid on Tazuna Industries, Tatsuya and Kadoya are tasked with cleaning up the front. Tatsuya wonders how Kadoya's life was during those 12 years, but before he can give it, a familiar roar resonates: They end up against a team of monsters, but defeat them.

Episode 7
Komaeda and NagitoMakoto go on the raid to Serge's Fort, tasked with investigating the Reservoir of Souls that is important to Dark Serge. As Komaeda is just lucky enough to find the correct room, they enter and see... Sweet Tooth!...'s cardboard cutout. However, the real one steps behind Komaeda and knocks him out, and a beeping sound emanates from the cardboard cutout. Before Makoto can do anything, the bomb explodes, and Komaeda is gone. He beats the shit out of Sweet Tooth.

As it turns out, however, it was lucky that Komaeda survived and just fell through the explosion's hole. He finds himself in front of the Reservoir of Souls, and seeing the fate of the souls, he can't stop himself from tasting their hope... just a sip...

Makoto makes it out of the fort just before it's set on fire, but there was not a sight of Komaeda leaving.

Episode 8

As they rest and wait for the raid on Ruber's Castle to end, Tatsuya wonders bullies Kadoya about wearing glasses and wonders if his taste will get that bad in 12 years. Feeling useless about the situation, Kadoya says trusts Central they need to move faster. Makoto wonders what they can do without Komaeda, but Kadoya heard of the fire in his eyes when beating up Sweet Tooth, and comments that Tatsuya could learn from him, as they are one and the same. Just then, Tatsuya receives a message: it's Komaeda wanting in a city cafe.

...honk. Take my bloon.

Episode 9
Makoto, Kadoya and Tatsuya go to the raid into The Factory.

As they are exploring the back area, the sound of a motorcycle resonates, and Tatsuya is taken to a fiend's realm where he is sentenced to 10 pure strikes. Kadoya and Makoto hurry up and go to search for him.

As they search, they hear screaming from the basement area, and find The Circus beating up Tatsuya. Makoto and Kadoya move in to fight, but Makoto tells him to take Tatsuya and run for it, if Kadoya sacrified everything to come to this timeline and save them, then he will do the same. Makoto closes the door after Kadoya drags Tatsuya, and guards it with his life.

As Tatsuya lies in the hospital bed, a voice tells him to wake up. Makoto is glad he's back, Kadoya had a hard time carrying him back. He makes him promise one thing: To take care of the people around him, and never give up fighting the enemy. As Makoto begins to fade away, he also asks one last thing...

Episode 10
As Kadoya makes his way to HQ from visiting Tatsuya at the hospital, he notices the guys entering it are members from The Three Kings' forces. He remembers on how he tried advert Central that this could happen, but apparently he wasn't paying attention. Trying to avert such a future from happening again, Kadoya sneaks around a fat monster, when he spots Robo Jensen shutting down the facility with the controls. He steps in and they engage in a fight. Jensen shoots Kadoya in the chest...

Somehow still alive, Kadoya drags himself with all his willpower into the controls and opens the door, allowing people to escape. Tatsuya arrives sometime later being discharged from the hospital, finding the place has been vacated, and finds Kadoya struggling to stay alive.

He rushes and picks him up in his arms, and wonders, just why they couldn't destroy this fate...? But... even if he couldn't change everything, he could defy destiny... in his history, not a single person was let alive... this is where timelines diverge. Kadoya closes his eyes. It's all on Tatsuya now.

Episode 11
Tatsuya wanders around the land looking for the survivors, depresedly wondering if they aren't being hunted down right now and blaming himself.

When suddenly, he is attacked and defeated by a fiend, Power the blood demon. Tatsuya tries to negotiate with her by giving her 20 Joecoins, but not satisfied, Tatsuya imitates a fighter jet, which scares her. Power forcefully joins Tatsuya's Party so he can defend her!

Episode 12
As Tatsuya (and begrudgingly, Power) walk through the city as a ton of smoke rises and roads are blocked, Mr. America. Tatsuya tries talking to him... Mr. America spots Emir in the air. Mr. America tells him to get his eyes checked, as he's heading for the neo twin towers. He needs some motivation."AMERICA..." Mr. America leaves cheered up for Emir. Tatsuya gives in and goes to eat something.

As he goes to McDonalds with Power and meets up with Mitake Miyao again, who is now a muscular reporter. Before they can speak more, Power goes on a joyride with his motorcycle. When Tatsuya leaves he is approached by God-Emperor II but before he can do anything, he is run over by Power who eats the Summoning Key in his possession.

As he comes back to McDonalds to talk further with Miyao, he finds the seat empty and the waitress tells him he went to the bathroom. When he goes there, he finds... a body. A lifeless body. A man's corpse. Was this a nightmare? No... It was very real.

Episode 13
Tatsuya tries to hurry out of the building, when Power is arguing with some girl. Tatsuya tries to get her to hurry, but the girl calls his name, wondering who it could be, she's introduced as Mitake Miyao. Tatsuya is terribly confused and frightened, wondering if he imagined it... Miyao is now a professional cat video uploader, and has never seen anyone like "Miyao" from before. As Power makes fun of him for being unnerved, Sarge shows up, but before Tatsuya can get ready to fight, he's summoned to another fiend's domain.

Attracted by the Summoning Key, the fiend Matador shows up, claiming that it belongs to those of power. The dishonorable proclamation angers the fiend and it attacks. Tatsuya defeats it and is liberated from the realm, and rushes in his motorcycle to grab Power. As they escape and Power tries her hardest to not be nice for saving her, her fiend-y senses tell her that going to Coolsville is the way to go. Tatsuya doesn't believe her, but he also feels something is calling him there.

As they make their way, suddenly Tatsuya drifts around a barbed wire across the road and they are thrown off. While getting up, The Circus shows up to kill Tatsuya for good, but before that Delta shows up stating that it's not yet Tatsuya's time and bringing his greatest masterpieces, The Delta Squad, to take his place against the clowns.

When they reach Coolsville, Power tries to say that coolsville SUCKS, but Tatsuya stops her saying it reminded him of sweet memories. Then, Power hears Joecoins falling from somewhere, and they close up to find they are coming out of a trashcan. On closer inspection, they find Kasuga Ichiban who is still angrily shouting at the non-present Troubleshooters for robbing Serge of his happy ending. Tatsuya wonders how Ichiban was shot as well but is still alive, but neither him understands it. Asking if he would tag along, Ichiban promises if it will lead him to avenge Serge. Ichiban joined Tatsuya's Party!

Episode 14
Power and Ichiban wonder what places to visit, while Tatsuya seems uncheery. Ichiban asks what's wrong, and Tatsuya thinks on Kadoya's words of acting fast and effectively to save others, so they should head to Coolsville Arena. Power just bites his arm.

On the entrance, he meets with... Yuki Makoto who has become the new messiah of the three kings who spreads the word of God. He reminds Tatsuya of the responsibilities that he carries; the dreams and hopes of those who passed, and the Summoning Key. He asks Tatsuya to come to his side, as he's the one that could guide humanity down the right path.

Tatsuya finally sees, that it's not the same Makoto he once knew. Makoto engages and along him come Dlanor A. Knox and Phoenix Wright?.

Tatsuya takes out the lowly swindler Wright, but he is prioritized as a target and eliminated by Dlanor, leaving his two friends leaderless. However, Power manages to eliminate Makoto (to try to steal his headphones) and Ichiban defeats Dlanor, fending off the LAW party.

Episode 15
Tatsuya finally is reunited with the resistance once inside the arena, Ichiban agreeing. Talking about to do with new resistance leader Narukami Yu, Ichiban gives up his title shot to Aleph. While Aleph feels unsure about taking it from someone who he failed to help and was even "against", Ichiban acknowledges he was against the odds of the rest of the troubleshooters and didn't get his hands dirty, and thus Ichiban entrusts him with taking the belt home.

Oh, and also, Ichiban got the image of that one cool pose they did and uses it for the cover of their band! ...Tatsuya would have preferred Mr. America or Matador join him instead than suffering this...

When Second Carlos defeats Pixy and he's about to pull something, Ichiban runs in with a sword and does a critical hit. However, Ichiban finds no "phoenix down" or any proof that Serge lived like him.

The clowns are set up against Tatsuya's Party, with Komaeda stating that he had a choice to make with that bloon and he made the wrong one, they plan to take the Summoning Key in this battle of hopes to create their world of absolute talents. Tricky is sent to collect clown farts to brainwash them. However, before the 3-on-4 fight can begin, Rando decides he will not let this continue, having steeled himself to do the right thing. Rando joined Tatsuya's Party in the nick of time!

This incurs the fury of the betrayed clowns, who destroy Tatsuya's team in the rage of battle.

As everyone's on the ground and the clowns move in to finish them, Kadoya's voice resonates within Tatsuya and encourages him to defy his destiny, and summoning Kadoya's Kamen Rider Persona, he wills himself to stand up and protect everyone. Casting Deadly Burn on JOKER starts to burn away his mask, and the sheer force of his determination in his eyes is enough to scare even the clowns into fleeing. Clownmaeda stares at him and smiles, saying that he's glad he could embolden his hope, and that the world's fate is up to him.

Episode 16
As Tatsuya and party move to catch the General Manager, he realizes he's actually Kojima instead of Hideo, and accompanied by him are Todd Howard, Black Battler and Chris-chan. As Tatsuya claims again that he doesn't have the Summoning Key, Serge takes Power again to get it. As they prepare to engage the "Divine Powers", Agent 49 shows up just for the chance to fight FAGGLER. Agent 49 joins Tatsuya's Party without his consent!

The behemoths of Rando and Todd clash, but Rando ends up victorious. Ichiban takes out Chris-chan, but then Black Battler defeats both him and 49. Kojima turns into "Super Kojima" but for the sake of everyone's hope, Tatsuya doesn't falter and defeats him.

As Tatsuya thinks the battle is over and sends Ichiban to fetch Power, Kojima reiterates that nothing is over, and the Great Flood begins. And the rumors of Coolsville Skycity come true.

Kojima tells Tatsuya that the truth lies not in chaos or law, but inside the Cosmic Egg. 49 leaves now that he's done with faggler, and the party heads to their final destination.

Episode 17
The resistance heads inside the egg as well and splits up to put an end to both BANS and The Three Kings' plan.

As the party heads to the heart of the egg, Kojima promises the truth, but first they will face very special matches against their very own psyche.

Ichiban is put against Metal Pixy, but just like he already did, he overcomes it.

Rando faces against a metallic version of Master, but overcomes it.

Power instead has Philip U. Butler shows up for her. She manages to defeat him despite her hate for veggies and fear of the army.

Kojima finally reveals himself: Mitake Toujirou states that he put them against who they wanted to fight the most... because this world and all it's inhabitants are his mere toys, such is his power as the father of rumors.

A flying city. A holy belt. It's not fake but the opposite, rumors have made such ideas into reality. Including his favorite rumor, the one that changed the very destiny of the world, that destroyed the script at the very beginning... .

With The Heart of Cosmic Egg upon them, Toujirou walks away and tells Tatsuya to "put on a show". Before that, a complex voice resonates and gives his guidance: Nyarlathotep gives power to the darkest of humanity's wishes. Such one is The Plan, and a such Men With a Plan believe it will create paradise on earth. But The Plan starts with nothing but the extinction of the human race, that if the "Oracle of LEON!" is fulfilled, it will grant a new ascended humanity, the wish for Claire to become the mother of a new humanity in which everyone is a Redfield-Kennedy, and thus they wished for the Holy Belt. Delta then explains that without him, he would have no chances of winning as his victory is assured, but with the very Summoning Key he holds, if humanity wills it, he would be trapped in it forever.

Tatsuya arrives to the place where the final battle for humanity will take place, to end it once and for all. After waiting twelve years, Toujirou is ready for the battle of his eternal life. Before the match, however, he uses his power to swipe the Summoning Key from Tatsuya "until the victor is decided". Thinking he really does have a way with booking matches, hee believes wrestling will flourish with the few remaining humans in this new world, a New World RumbleTM.

And thus, they shall have this world's Final Rumble.

At the end of the fight with Tatsuya's victory and his friends cheering him on, he is ready for it to end. Before that though, Nyarly has one last thing to do. He opens the briefcase he won and turns into "Butler"... and shoots power with the gun within. She can't even stop her own bleeding, as the "Job In Cutscene", "BCW", "Cope Island Gun" rumors combined make such wound impossible to survive, and Power vanishes fast. Tatsuya begs her to stay, Ichiban tries a revival bead, and Rando says clearly for power to LIVE. Just... Do me a favor... And s-stop that a-asshole...

I... D-Don't like h-humans... B-But I... Hate him e-even more... "The undeniable truth of the world that some things cannot be changed!", is what he just teached Tatsuya, and the fury within him only fuels Nyarlathotep further. Nyarlathotep just laughs, as his new world is about to be born, Tatsuya's time is up. To trust the crawling chaos to give the key back is truly within humanity's foolishness. With it, his plan will come at last... but...

Humanity's collective wishes make him drop the key and Tatsuya uses it to seal finish him, forever.

However, Delta shows up to explain... that all of the power of the key is used to keep Nyarlathotep sealed, and it cannot stop the birth of the Cosmic Egg any more. It was all for Delta's plan to stop him. Delta asks Tatsuya to wait for his friends to gather here.

The Key can't stop the new universe, but it can change it. The world the kings desire will be undone as long as he wills it. With small changes, eventually a domino effect will bring forth a way to stop the king's plan. The party promises to remember each other, and everyone wishes for something in this coming new world.

Tatsuya, however, questions why Delta never said any of this or took a more hands-on approach. From the start, Delta believed in his potential, his goal to get him into this current state of mind to bring forth the change into a new world. It was all part of his plan, starting from scratch but with the scenario set up to prevent the casualties that brought this broken world. A "happy ending". Tatsuya can't muster the words at being played with this entire time. Before it all ends, Delta gives Tatsuya one last choice.

Suou Tatsuya is a normal high-school student, save from his "bad boy" reputation and tendency for being anti-social.

One day, while walking on the street, he sees a screen on the side of a tall building. And it seems like the Mystery Masters have got a new member!

Let's take a look at what happened earlier tonight!

>Kyle Hyde joins the Mystery Masters He feels a strange nostalgic feeling. However, he doesn't feel like it's his thing at all.

Suddenly, a hopeful guy bumps into him, as he apologizes, he notices a song coming from an emo-looking guy's headphones, who asks him to let him pass. He notices he is a wrestler as well, and says how he's hopeful about his debut on TFR soon. Then, a girlish boy shows up, asking for some directions for the nearest McDonalds. The hopeful guy tells the kid that he doesn't, which makes him mad saying he's around his age but this baffles the emo guy, and the hopeful guy laughs at such a misunderstanding.

Episode 1/BCW
As he is late again for school, he watches into the screen again, when a murder is announced in Bogdanoff Championship Wrestling, and he wonders if Suou Katsuya knows about it. As a fiendish girl appears near the end, an immense sadness takes over him for no reason. He thinks about trying it out sometimes, but it's really not his thing. Still, why is he so inclined to watch every time...?

Episode 9
...

As time passed, that uneasiness in my chest grew.

Day by day, I tried to figure out what was the source of it.

But... After a while... I started to realize...

On Mondays and Fridays, I wouldn't miss a single show.

Be it BCW or TFR, I couldn't turn my eyes away. And I still didn't understand why.

But now... I do.

I've found exactly what I was looking for.

The piece inside me that had been missing the whole time...

...I'm finally here.

Feats

 * Ranked 04th place in Season 6's Popularity Poll〈056 votes〉.
 * Ranked 17th place in Season 7's Popularity Poll〈027 votes〉.
 * Ranked 19th place in Season 0's Popularity Poll〈022 votes〉.

Trivia

 * May or may not be actually the real Kamen Rider since he actually rides a motorcycle in his entrance
 * Is one fo the 2 Persona protagonist to not get his ass beaten by Joker, along Earring Boy.
 * "*AHEM* FUCK PHILEMON AND FUCK THE VELVET ROOM"