Seriously, how many of you actually remember who Noriko is without looking her up? She's the girl with the short black hair and the pigtail bun things who wears the white tracksuit...y'know...Anna's...sidekick is the only word I can think to use.
Oh, you mean Ginji. Yeah, hardly anyone remembers him. I mean that's a running joke in the comic as well. It's weird though that he's the most forgettable when he's the one you spend the 2nd most amount of time with as far as Masked Circle members go.
I think he's forgettable because the others are:
Tatsuya Sudou: Insane, funny, and important to EP.
Anna: Yukino tries to help her as she sees her former self in Anna, plus Anna is Tatsuya Suou's friend.
Junko: Jun's mother and family members are always memorable.
That is one thing I think Persona 3 and 4 did better. Making NPC characters more memorable. It's a lot easier to recall who everyone is while Persona 2 had a lot more characters you forget since they only pop up once or twice.
I think it depends. I mean the NPCs I do remember in P2 I remember REALLY well. The newer games do have quite a few forgettable characters in the social link department.
Tatsuya Sudou: Insane, funny, and important to EP.
Anna: Yukino tries to help her as she sees her former self in Anna, plus Anna is Tatsuya Suou's friend.
Junko: Jun's mother and family members are always memorable.