Sho Minazuki

Sho Minazuki is a character appearing in Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold. He claims to be the culprit behind the Red Mist incident in Inaba. While Sho himself can't use a Persona, and is jealous of Persona users, he has a second personality that can use the Persona Tsukiyomi.

Appearances
Sho appears to be a young man with short bright red hair, grey eyes with rings circling his pupils similar to Aigis and Labrys, and a very pale complexion. He has an x-shaped scar across his face, which is close in design to Master Daidara or Takahisa Kandori. Strangely, the scar glows in the arcade ending. He wears the coat of the Yasogami High uniform around his waist, with a dark green collared shirt and a yellow armband with a black star on his left arm and yellow sneakers.

His "TV world glasses" are shown to be a pair of shades.

Personality
Not much is known about Sho, except that he has a vicious streak and appears to be very interested in fighting. A loner who dismisses companionship as he mocks Yu Narukami for his "useless" friendship with others, viewing people as weak to rely on such things. He also seems to want to reach the top of Tartarus before the other characters are able to do so, even throwing a tantrum when they do so. Junpei Iori even calls him a brat due to his tantrums. Sho is described as a misanthrope, loathing humanity and feels it needs to "change" or face destruction. He questions Teddie on why he would ever desire to be human. Sho also has a habit of making puns, which are so terrible that not even Teddie nor Yukiko Amagi find them funny. His terrible puns are similar to Shuji Ikutsuki's habit.

However, the two Shos appearing in the game possess radically different temperaments. Sho without his Persona awakened is: puerile, flippant, hot-headed, and is described as "bratty". On top of this, Sho also harbors an intense jealousy towards Persona users. Yu and Aigis are the objects of his chagrin more so due to their unique ability that sets them apart from the rest of the cast. Sho, the other personality suffused through the Plume of Dusk, on the other hand, is composed, methodical, callous, and manipulative. And unlike the former, is capable of summoning a Persona.

Trivia

 * Ironically, despite the heavy moon theme in his attacks, name and Persona, Sho's Arcana is the Sun.
 * Sho's Solo version, Kanji Tatsumi, and Mitsuru Kirijo are the only three characters in the game to have charge-motion special moves.
 * The Solo version of Sho has a similar traits from the original Arc System Works games:
 * He has Order-Sol's move traits in Guilty Gear XX Slash, in which both don't have an Instant Kill in their default move list (though Order-Sol via a low health requirement can perform an Instant Kill from one of his Overdrives).
 * His playstyle input is similar to that of a BlazBlue character, in that he relies on his own strength and despite not having a Persona, he is able to burst regardless. He also has a special ability to dodge attacks, similar to that of a Drive move from BlazBlue as well, but his main touch is that he uses a three-basic attack button system instead of two.
 * Regarding developer Daisuke Ishiwatari's past affiliation with company SNK, Sho's dodging commands are similar to the King of Fighters series sidestep commands (with the Persona fighters having a universal dodging mechanic similar to the rolling mechanic commonly seen in SNK games).
 * Sho with Persona's Instant Kill is a mixed up between these Blazblue characters' move traits:
 * Hazama's Hungry Darkness of 1000 Souls (Senkon Meiraku/Thousand Souls Dark Branding): first hit.
 * Yuuki Terumi's Unholy Wrath of the Basilisk (Kamigaeri: Orochizantou Reppuuga/Return of the Gods: Great Serpent Beheading Violent Sealing Hunger) barrages with Ragna's Black Beast-like color effects in parabolic way.
 * Hakumen's Kokuujin (Empty Air Form) Astral Heat silhouette on last hit.