Nanako Dojima

Nanako Dojima
Persona character
Nanako Dojima, as she appears in Persona 4
First appearancePersona 4 (2008)
Voiced byEN: Karen Strassman
JA: Akemi Kanda
In-universe information
NationalityJapanese

Nanako Dojima (Japanese: 堂島 菜々子, Hepburn: Dōjima Nanako) is a character in the 2008 PlayStation 2 video game Persona 4 by Atlus. She is initially shy to player-character and cousin Yu Narukami, but eventually grows more comfortable. She struggles through the game with loneliness, the loss of her mother, and concern over her father Ryotaro Dojima, who is often absent due to his job as a detective. She appears as a playable character in Persona 4: Dancing All Night, where designers made a point to try to avoid her dancing style seem too adult. She has been well-received and is regarded as one of the best characters in Persona 4. Multiple critics held her as an example of a quality child character in video games.