Ultrashroomz on 21 May 2017
Persona 5's story and characters are completely standalone from past entries, so you're good.
Only thing you'd miss out on are a handful of character name drops and references from past games.
"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."
