Identity, English pronouns, Japanese self-reference, and gendered speech are separate facts. This fictional example shows the minimum useful record.

Core ledger

Character / identity	English reference	Japanese self-reference / address	Speech evidence	Context or progression	Avoid
Aster	man; he/him	`アタシ`; `あなた`	feminine endings, poised evaluations, playful tags	More formal in public; blunt with Mina	She/her pronouns or camp catchphrases.
Mina Kurose	woman; she/her	`私`; surname + title	clipped professional questions, restrained politeness	Contracts more under pressure	Turning formality into emotional coldness everywhere.
Hana and Nana	two women; she/her individually, they/them jointly	`私`, `私たち`, names used as self-reference	singular and collective identity alternate by scene	Solo action can expose one sister's “I”	Flattening every first person to “we.”
The Courier	reveal-sensitive alias	source-compatible pronouns only	voice overlaps another character but is not proof	Civilian identity locks only after B1:0144	Global replacement with the later name.

Identity axes

Record these independently for every recurring character:

current displayed name, aliases, titles, and who uses each;
identity and approved English pronouns;
Japanese first- and second-person forms;
gendered, regional, foreign-marked, or otherwise nonstandard speech;
public/private code-switching and route progression;
earliest line where each identity fact is available to the player.

Speech style never proves identity or pronouns by itself. A male speaker may use feminine forms; a woman may use rough masculine forms; 僕 does not imply youth.

First-person audit examples

Line	Source cue	Scene subject	Required English	Reason
A1:0082	omitted subject	Mina acts alone	I	Previous and following actions remain singular.
A1:0191	`我々`	Mina speaks for the bureau	we	Institutional plural, not intimacy.
B1:0047	`私`	Hana is physically separated from Nana	I	The singular viewpoint is plot evidence.
B1:0060	`私たち`	both sisters speak as a unit	we	Explicit collective self-reference.

An automated I/we search is only an inventory. Every candidate still needs scene-level adjudication, including lexical false positives and reciprocal English constructions.

Address changes are events

Track movement from title to surname, surname to given name, polite second person to blunt address, or adult self-reference to a childlike form. These changes can carry relationship or plot information and must not be normalized globally.

Release check

Every displayed speaker label maps to one ledger entry.
Every alias has a timeline and viewpoint rule.
All first-person singular/plural candidates were audited in context.
Gendered Japanese is reflected through voice, not unsupported English gendering.