Goro Akechi is a fictional character from Persona 5 and a playable charaxcter. He is the rival of Joker
== Background ==
Goro Akechi is an 18 year old Detective in Persona 5, said to be the second coming of the Detective Prince (after Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4). Throughout most of the game he antagonizes the Phantom Thieves group, and receives heavy in game backlash for it. He eventually joins the party under the code-name Crow and is a temporary party member in Sae Nijima's palace. He eventually is revealed as the team traitor, (hinted at in the start of the game) and has his own boss fight in Masayoshi Shido's palace. After the boss fight he is killed off screen fighting Shido's cognition of him. Before dying he saves the Phantom Thieves group in one last stand against Shido, and the group promises him that they will defeat Shido.