Ryotaro Dojima is a detective for the Inaba Police Department, partnered with Tohru Adachi. In addition to investigating the murders which take place within Inaba, he is also the uncle and guardian of Yu Narukami, whose parents have moved away from Japan for a year. Due to the death of his wife prior to the start of the game, the only other family member who lives with him is his daughter, Nanako. Although he has a tendency to be stern and pose a number of questions to the people he meets both on and off the job, he is nonetheless well-intended and seeks only to resolve the lingering problems and mysteries in his life and the town.

Ryotaro Dojima's oice sounds like John White (JB Blanc)