lead character vs persona

lead character

noun
  • The main protagonist in a work. 

persona

noun
  • A character played by an actor. 

  • A social role. 

  • The mask or appearance one presents to the world. 

  • An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them. 

How often have the words lead character and persona occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )