Fresh install doesn't recognize password selected and verified at install time

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Possibly language/keyboard settings?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console/Keyboard_configuration

Similar problems have also been discussed on the forum before, such as;

missing MODULES:

Laptop keyboard not working at luks password prompt

I solved this by adding missing modules to mkinitcpio.conf. After boot with external keyboard I used lsmod to list all the modules when internal keyboard was working and then I put all modules that looked to me like keyboard or asus input devices related into MODULES section in mkinitcpio.conf and ran mkinitcpio -P.

keyboard layout and HOOKS:

Keyboard layout for Boot Encryption Password

What? Do you mean keyboard layout? If so, check this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/342353/problem-keyboard-layout-in-boot-with-luks