Background: Yusuke’s mother dies when Yusuke is three years old, due to the fact that Madarame let her die from a seizure. Yusuke never knew his father and is soon taken in by Madarame because he wants to make sure that no information gets out that might damage his reputation and also that he’d be able to steal Yusuke’s mom’s painting Sayuri, which was of a woman holding her baby(AKA Yusuke’s mom and him). Yusuke develops art abilities all on his own and shows promise in becoming an art prodigy, so Madarame takes him as an apprentice. When the Phantom Thieves(Ann, Ryuji, Akira, and Morgana) meet him he wants Ann to be his model for his next piece, they use this to their advantage because of a tip they had got about an artist who abuses and steals his students and apprentices’ artwork, which ends up being Madarame. Eventually, after Morgana breaks into Madarame’s art room/safe in his house with tons of copies of Sayuri and other works that they eventually find out are stolen as well, Yusuke accidentally ends up in Madarame’s palace with the Phantom Thieves. He discovers that Madarame has been stealing his students’ artwork for a longtime, has created anything new in a longtime, is greedy, only cares about fame, and the truth about what happened to his mother. He then unlocks his persona Goemon and defeats Madarame with the Phantom Thieves, and joins the Phantom Thieves.

Personality: At a glance he is a collected and composed individual, but is really still trying to figure out how the world works. Yusuke acts with poise and elegance, displayed by his eloquent, poetic way of speaking. He is able to remain calm even in dire circumstances, but can also act dramatically at times; others have pointed him out as weird, and even Yusuke admits that he can be seen as eccentric. He is very honest and expresses his emotions and is quick to call people out when they’re wrong, even if it hurts their feelings. Having been unhealthily sheltered for most of his life, Yusuke acts with pure intentions, but ultimately is unaccustomed to many of society's norms. The naïveté born from it shows more times than not, in particular being unaware when he is coming off as intrusive until directly told.

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