Guide Complete guide to Akane Hasegawa [Spoiler] - Persona 5 Strikers

Guide Complete guide to Akane Hasegawa [Spoiler] - Persona 5 Strikers

Akane Hasegawa is the young daughter of Zenkichi, the policeman who will help the Phantom Thieves throughout the duration of Persona 5 Strikers. At some point in the plot, for various reasons, it will be transformed into Monarch of the Kyoto Prison, so it will be your job to awaken her heart and save her from Madicce's sinister plans.


In this guide we will see how to deal with it, in particular how to manage the clash with the his Joker. For more information, please consult ours complete solution.


  • Personality
  • Stats
  • Weaknesses / Resistances
  • Ability
  • Ideal build
  • Strategy
  • Trophies

Personality and physical characteristics

Akane is a third year middle school student in Kyoto, where she lives with her grandparents when her father works.

She appears as a very responsible and independent girl, as well as being extremely strict towards Zenkichi.

Many years before the events narrated, in fact, he suffered a strong trauma with the loss of mother, who died after being hit during a walk with her daughter.

As if that were not enough, the culprit of the crime, the politician Jun Owada, he was never arrested because of his connections with the police, leading her to hate with all her heart not only the entire police force, but also her father, guilty in her opinion of having surrendered.


Guide Complete guide to Akane Hasegawa [Spoiler] - Persona 5 Strikers

Also for this reason she is a huge fan of the Phantom Thieves, not only owning different merchandise, but also managing a themed YouTube channel.


In a desperate attempt by Akira Konoe to stop the group, she is suddenly transformed into the Monarch of the Kyoto Prison, leading the father to awaken a person of his in an attempt to stop her.

Her Shadow version is in effect similar to her, but she wears a mask and hat that resemble the Phantom Thieves logo.

In battle it does not fight directly, but uses instead copies of Joker, Ryuji and all the other members of the group. In the actual fight, however, you will find yourself facing only the Joker.

Guide Complete guide to Akane Hasegawa [Spoiler] - Persona 5 Strikers

Akane's Joker stats

Akane's Joker is the only main boss in the game a not be reachable through the requests "Past painful".

Weaknesses and Resistances

Akane's Joker won't have any strength or weakness, except for the technical damage, to which it will be weak.

Skills used in battle

During the battle, it will also happen a couple of times to start some sort of duel with the shadow, where you just need to repeatedly press Y / ▢ to win and inflict a good amount of damage.



Ideal party build

In the fight you can only use Joker, so his defeat will lead directly to the Game Over screen.

Battle Tips

  • Prepare a good amount of salvaged items to quickly regain HP and SP in case the situation gets critical. Just buy them from Kyoto shops or cook them.
  • Use element damage as much as possible Ice to cause Freezing or, alternatively, element damage Divine.
  • Then use the physical damage to quickly break the KO bars
  • Use skills of strengthening e weakening to increase damage dealt and your overall stamina.

Guide Complete guide to Akane Hasegawa [Spoiler] - Persona 5 Strikers

  • If you win Akane's Joker duels you will not only deal good damage, but stun him for a few seconds.
  • Use the interactable objects in the arena, especially motorcycles as they will inflict Dizziness or On fire, paving the way for possible technical damage
  • Make use of technical damage in general, just remember to use physical damage when it has suffered Electrocution, Nuclear damage when it has suffered Freezing and Wind damage when it has suffered In flames

Obtainable trophies

Eliminated the Boss and finished the level of Kyoto prison you will get the trophy "Cage of Wrath collapsed“, And being the fifth prison that can be faced, the connection with the Sae Casino in Persona 5 base is clear.


For further details, however, please consult ours Persona 5 Strikers trophy guide.

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