Atsuro Heiwajima

A prodigy singer who resides in Laie University, and a bit of a living legend. Her singing range is absolutely astounding - one night she could be seen at an opera recital, the next she could be seen in Maya’s Coffee doing a small concert with her brother, Shizuo, and his friends. Popular, smart and witty, she has been making a name for herself -- up until the day she had disappeared.

She just recently made her re-appearance in the spotlight, after virtually dropping off of the map for a good week, and made even more news when she reported that she was going to be pursuing a career with SkyBreak Industries, instead of pursuing her music degree like she originally intended to do, cuasing her to loose much of her popularity. She is labled a "Pawn" of the Investigation Team by Nuevo Mundo.

Apperence
With long black hair and dark brown eyes, Atsuro is of Japanese decent. She has a petite frame and usually wears understated but feminane clothes.

Personality
Atsuro is a no-nonsense girl, prefering to focus on her goal and continue to push towards it until she cannot push anymore. Though she is determined, she is verbally frugal and prefers to listen and wait instead of jumping head-on. She does not stand for Deveroux's arrogence and is know to quip back at him to deflate his grandure as needed.

However, Atsuro is a hard-worker and will patiently do the work she needs to acheive her goals, personal or otherwise.

History
At the tender of 8, Atsuro was a normal elementary school girl with an enjoyment of singing. After joining her school's chorus group, Atsuro continued to persue her love of singing. During High school she began to upload her own songs with her older brother Shizuo playing guitar in the background. This gained her quite a bit of online fame and when she graduated high school, Atsuro had many offers from various recording studios. However, Atsuro prefered to attend university and gain a degree before officially launching her career as a singer. She decided to leave her hometown of Hokkaido and chose to study at Leia University in Hawaii, USA.

However, as time passed and her fame continued to rise, Atsuro began to feel the pressures of being a star. This conflict between her love of singing and her fear of fame caused a Gate to open in Leia University's Auditorium where she fell into her worst nightmare. Within her Shadow Realm - which was stylized to look like an extravegant mansion with a large collection of paitings and pitcures - Atsuro found that she had the unique ability to repeat the week she fell into the Gate as many times as possible. However, each time ended the same; she would fail to save herself and would be consumed by her own Shadow. It wasn't until Maya, Elenaand Laura came into her Shadow Realm that she was finally able to make her choice and accept her fear of the future and failure as a singer and gained the Persona Kanzeon.

Since gaining her Persona, Atsuro dropped out of Leia University and began to work for SkyBreak Industries as a secratary while helping the current Investigation Team as its scanner. She was also dubbed one of the "Knights" by Nuevo Mundo.

Shortly after the rifts in reality began to appear, SunProtagy - Atsuro's handle on the online Persona User chat room Alternia - was announced dead. No one is currently sure who or what caused her death.

Persona and Abilities
Atsuro's Persona is Kanzeon, a non-combatant Persona. Kanzeon has the ability to scan the area for hidden Shadows, find and locate other Persona users, and link the Investigation Team's psyche within the Gate so that they may stay in contact with one another and those outside the Gate. She has no ability to fight and typically scans from outside the Gate.

To summon her Persona, a blue card with the Sun Arcana on it floats down and Atsuro breaks it in her hand, much like Yuu Narukami in Persona 4.