Kou reveals that not all is lost, however. Because of her strict traditional ways, she frowns upon Kou's participation in basketball, calling the sport 'barbaric.' The family is led by the grandmother, who decides for the family and is pretty much the defacto head of the House. Kou's life at home revolves around tea ceremonies and other traditional activities. He is apparently from the House of Ichijo, a distinguished family in Inaba who keeps strictly to age-old traditions and customs. Social Link Main article: Social Link/Kou Ichijoīy interacting with Daisuke, however, it is revealed that Kou keeps a lot to himself. He could also be seen chatting with other students or on the basketball court. Aside from this, he also has a lot of admirers. Kou is frequently seen with Daisuke Nagase, who was childhood friends with him since they were young. When the protagonist officially joins, this will unlock the Strength Arcana Social Link. Kou was glad to have the protagonist on the team, as the basketball team has very few members to keep it afloat. When the protagonist decided to join the basketball team, he meets Kou Ichijo, the spirited team leader. His favorite restaurant is Chinese Diner Aiya. He has a crush on Chie Satonaka and was shown flustered about it. During one of the conversations, Kou also expresses his dislike towards his name, as he believes that the name 'Kou' sounds bland and boring.

With a cheerful and carefree personality, Kou would always attempt to joke around to lift up the mood around his friends. In the summer he wears a white shirt with a blue and white striped collar along with brown pants.

When he is in basketball practice he wears a white v-neck tank top with red lines on the sides and short black pants with yellow lines. In Persona 4 The Animation he has dark grayish indigo hair with similarly colored eyes. On the weekends off, he wears a short sleeved white polo shirt and black pants. During basketball club he wears the black basketball uniform with the name of the school. At school he wears the standard Yasogami High school uniform. Persona 4 The Golden Animation: Supporting Character.Persona 4 The Magician: Minor Character.Persona 4 The Animation: Supporting Character Strength Arcana.Persona 4 / Golden: Supporting Character Strength Social Link.'Chie, they picked you! You're going to be the new Aiya Chinese Restaurant Sumo Girl!'Įven then, she realized her life would never be the same. Weeks went by, and both girls naturally assumed that someone else - Fuuka, probably - had won the contract.Ĭhie woke up one morning to a bombardment of phone calls Yukiko was on the line, and she said. Chie and Yukiko went to a casting call with dozens of other young hopefuls, and then waited. 'If we don't try, we'll be jealous of whoever they do pick.'Īt last, they realized they had to try.

'Plenty of guys like bigger girls these days.' 'With that money, think of what you could do with your family's Inn.' 'Rise seems to be pretty happy with how it all turned out.' 'I mean, if you didn't like it, you could always quit and lose the weight.' who would want to subject themselves to such a change, even though the amount of money they were offering was enormous? They say it's the journey and not the destination?'Ĭhie and Yukiko, like the rest of their peers, were studying the job posting from UniCal, the global conglomerate that owned the popular Aiya Chinese Restaurant chain, 'The home of the Bottomless Beef Bowl.' Their marketing department wanted to cash in on the new gaining craze and find 'the next growing global sensation.' It was intriguing but daunting. Everyone wanted to follow them last year, to watch them get that big and cheer them along and support their products. 'Come on, Chie, you saw what happened with Rise and Mitsuru. 'I don't get it,' Chie asked Yukiko, 'why don't they just find a plus-size model who is already fat?' Rise and Mitsuru's sequences are followed by this one, brought to you by Kamenmaster!

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