Ren is a second-year high school student who is expelled after being falsely accused of assault. He moves to Tokyo to serve probation and transfers to a new school where he and other students discover they have a supernatural power called the Persona.
Morgana is a major playable character of Persona 5. He is a mysterious being with ties to Mementos. He doesn't know who he is, and seeks answers to restore his memories.
While investigating Palaces, he encounters the protagonist and would have stuck with him since. During the group's activities as Phantom Thieves, Morgana acts as their second-in-command, mascot and guide. To his teammates, he's also known as Mona during missions.
Ryuji Sakamoto is a playable character from Persona 5. He is a student at Shujin Academy and a former track star who lives a double life as a Phantom Thief. He is the protagonist's best friend and the Phantom Thieves' charge commander.
Ann Takamaki is a playable character from Persona 5. She is a student at Shujin Academy who lives a double life as a Phantom Thief.
After ridden with guilt over her helplessness to protect others and herself, which led to her letting her best friend Shiho Suzui fall victim to Suguru Kamoshida, she would sacrifice herself to support her friends while facing, overcoming and promising not to return back to her old self.
Yusuke Kitagawa is a playable character from Persona 5. He is an art student from Kosei High School who becomes involved with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
Makoto Nijima is a playable character in Persona 5. She's the student council president of Shujin Academy and younger sister of Sae Nijima who lives a double life as a Phantom Thief.
Futaba Sakura is the Navigator of the Phantom Thieves from Persona 5. She is different from the main crew of the Phantom Thieves, as prior to Persona 5 Strikers, she was a shut-in who does not attend school and rarely, if ever, leaves her house.
Haru Okumura is a playable character from Persona 5. She is a wealthy girl who attends Shujin Academy, and lives a double life as a Phantom Thief. She is the only daughter of Kunikazu Okumura, the Thieves' fifth major target.
Her life controlled by her father, Haru would look away from the truth of both her own desires and her father's intentions, substituting for vague notions and superficial motivations. Aware of that, she would instead face her desire of freedom and betray him with the support of her newfound friends of the Phantom Thieves.
Goro Akechi is a playable character from Persona 5. He is a public celebrity, touted by his fans and the media as the second coming of the detective prince (after the first appeared in Persona 4), and is investigating the mysterious Phantom Thieves Of Heart case sensationalizing Japan.
During the course of the story, Akechi would condemn the Phantom Thieves' actions. He temporarily cooperates with them for professional reasons, using the codename Crow. He also acts as the protaganoist's rival. His past having produced inherent feelings of hatred that would become a stigma for him, Akechi tries to perfect himself to be acceptable to others.
Sumire Yoshizawa is a playable character from Persona 5 Royal. She is a first-year transfer student at Shujin Academy and a talented gymnast who gets involved with the Phantom Thieves Of Hearts. She is overcome with guilt after her older sister Kasumi gives her life to save her. For most of the game, thanks to Takuto Maruki's cognitive intervention, she believes she is her sister Kasumi.
With the help of the Phantom Thieves, she recovers her true identity, faces up to her guilt, and finds faith in herself. She helps to take down Maruki, who has rewritten reality in an effort to erase all pain and suffering. Her code name is Violet.