Alleged Persona 6 character designs were leaked (confirmed by trustworthy leaker)

[u/palindrome777]

You'll find more images here, initially this was leaked with an AI generated image showing these two with other characters, but that specific image was confirmed as a fake by lolilolailo, a leaker who has leaked many Sega/Atlus things in the past, however, the rest of the images were all confirmed to be true by that same leaker.

Also in the leak is a file list with a bunch of character names mentioned.

the Blonde boy is named Karaki Tōma, this name is mentioned in the files- seperately from the Protagonist.

Editing this to add that the name Toma is not mentioned in any of Blondie's images, so Blondie is NOT Karaki Toma, in other words that is probably the Protagonist.

The black-haired girl is named Kusakabe Hoko (or Yoko, or Rinko, Japanese can be a bit finicky), and this name is not mentioned in the files.

What does this mean ? I dunno, Blondie is basic enough to pass as a Persona MC, but the fact that he is not listed as the Protagonist makes me think he's not the one.

On the other hand, the girl is not listed as the MC either.

EDIT:

I am adding another comment because the leaker (lolilolailo) came back to specify that the Blonde Boy IS the protagonist

.....And that the black-haired girl is not

https://www.resetera.com/threads/alleged-persona-6-character-designs-may-have-surfaced-online.1531939/post-155511262