List of Persona 4 Characters - Antagonists - Tohru Adachi

Tohru Adachi

Tohru Adachi (足立 透, Adachi Tōru?) 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 to the protagonist, and is constantly reprimanded by Dojima for running his mouth. Following the revelation that Taro Namatame is not the culprit behind the murders, it is revealed that Adachi is 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, which is reinforced as every person Namatame "rescues" is then saved by the protagonist's group.

Adachi explains that his reason for his actions is nothing more than to entertain himself and out of disgust for the human world. Adachi uses his handgun in battle. His Persona is Magatsu Izanagi (マガツイザナギ?, lit. "Corrupted Izanagi"), which resembles the protagonist's initial Persona. He is defeated by the party and arrested for his crimes. If the player continues towards the True Ending, the protagonist receives a letter from a recently convicted Adachi, stating his suspicions of a true conductor behind all of the events of the case, providing the investigation team with new insight to their reasoning. It is then revealed he gained his power from Izanami like Yu and Namatame. During the epilogue, Adachi's trial has yet to start but he still gets in contact with Dojima in his cell.

In Persona 4: Golden, Adachi is added as one of the new Social Links the player can build, initially represented by The Jester (道化師, Dōkeshi?, "The Pierrot" in Japan); at the game's climax, the player has the option of pursuing Adachi as the main culprit, which changes the Social Link name to The Hunger, or in the Japanese version The Lust (欲望, Yokubō?) of the Thoth Tarot, or the player can assist Adachi in destroying evidence and allowing him to escape, resulting in the new "Accomplice" game over ending.

Mitsuaki Madono voices Adachi in Japan, while Johnny Yong Bosch does his English adaptation voice. He is portrayed by Masami Ito in the musical.