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The next Persona 5 character to join the free-to-play, mobile gacha spin-off Persona 5: The Phantom X is Yusuke “Fox” Kitagawa with Goemon. The official social media account shared the teaser trailer for him and confirmed his launch date will come up during the 5am PT/8am ET 1.2 broadcast on July 23, 2025. We’ll see him in the update after the July 23, 2025 maintenance.
Fox will be a five-star character. He’ll be a Sweeper in this installment. That means that his various attacks will all be designed to hit multiple characters at once. He also focuses on ice elemental damage, just like in the original game. Tomokazu Sugita will return as his voice actor.
There are the two pieces of official art of him to see ahead of launch:
Here’s the teaser trailer for Fox in Persona 5: The Phantom X.
Previously, Joker appeared in-game at launch. Skull and Panther also showed up in the game and during its story. Joker and Panther also fall into the Sweeper category, just like Fox.
One of the last characters to join the game was Minami “Marian” Miyashita. She’s known as one of the better healers and supporters.
Persona 5: The Phantom X is on the PC and mobile devices, and we’ll see Yusuke “Fox” Kitagawa and Goemon show up as as a new character in 1.2.
Published: Jul 22, 2025 03:00 pm