Summary

  • Yuri Lownethal appears to have just confirmed the Persona 4 Remake is real.
  • Lowenthal revealed he begged to be brought back for the remake, but he will not be a part of it.
  • While there have been hints, Atlus still hasn't confirmed the remake is real.

There have been hints that a Persona 4 remake has been in the works for a while, but Atlus has remained silent, refusing to confirm whether the project is real or not. Well, it seems the opportunity for Atlus to reveal the project has now been taken from it, as an actor who starred in the original version of the game has done it for them.

Yuri Lownthal, who played Yosuke in the original Persona 4, took to Bluesky to share what they assumed to be strictly disappointing news. "For those who keep asking, no, I will not be returning as Yosuke for the Persona 4 remake," Lowenthal's post reads. "I asked. Maybe I even begged, but they don’t want me to come back."

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That will be disappointing to hear for a lot of Persona fans, of course, as many would have loved to see Lowenthal back playing the role of Yosuke for the remake. However, the incredibly thick silver lining is that, in revealing he begged Atlus to bring him back for the remake, Lowenthal has inadvertently given the world the most concrete evidence yet that it exists.

Wait, Yuri, No, You're Not Supposed To Say That

We Definitely Didn't Already Know A Remake Is Almost Certainly About To Be Revealed

And for those who keep asking, no, I will not be returning as Yosuke for the Persona 4 remake. I asked. Maybe I even begged, but they don’t want me to come back. — Yuri Lowenthal (@yurilowenthal.bsky.social) 2025-05-28T13:37:47.019Z

Some have joked in the replies to the post - which is rather surprisingly still up at the time of typing this - that Lowenthal is so upset at seemingly being recast, he has reacted by revealing the remake is real before Atlus had the chance. The more likely scenario is that Lowenthal has seen all of the same hints and rumors we have and assumed that the Persona 4 remake had already been revealed, and therefore, he was safe to share his attempts to return to the series with the rest of the world.

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Lowenthal not being asked back for the remake likely won't surprise fans of the Persona series. Atlus went with new actors for Persona 3 Reload, so it was always likely that Persona 4 would get the same treatment once its time to be remade arrived. A disappointing decision, but not one that seemed to affect the popularity or critical acclaim of Persona 3 Reload.

Until now, the remake rumors were built on a Persona 4 domain name similar to the one used ahead of Persona 3 Reload's reveal, and a musician recording tracks for a new Atlus project in the same studio used for previous Persona projects. Add Lownethal straight up confirming the remake is real to the pile, and I think it's safe to assume an official reveal is imminent, probably during Summer Game Fest, or maybe the Xbox Showcase that same weekend.

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Persona 4

JRPG Systems Released July 10, 2008 ESRB M for Mature: Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Violence Developer(s) Atlus Publisher(s) Atlus Engine RenderWare Franchise Persona
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