The player can also choose to customize Taro at the start of the game.
He wears a Japanese male secondary school uniform unless changed by the player. He has short black hair with eyebrow-level bangs, and otherwise completely average. He is average height with pale complexion and gray eyes. His whole name, Taro Yamada, is the Japanese equivalent of 'John Doe', which is a placeholder name for an unknown identity in the UK and USA. In kanji, it is written as 山田 (山 meaning 'mountain' and 田 meaning 'field, rice paddy'). His surname 'Yamada' is the 12th most common surname in Japan. In kanji, it could be written as 多朗 meaning 'many bright', 太郎 meaning 'big son', 立楼 meaning 'standing tower', or 汰滝 meaning 'selected waterfall'. His forename 'Taro' is written as タロウ in katakana.
