Fictional character
The following is a list of characters from the Spike Chunsoft video game series Danganronpa. The series follows the students of Hope's Peak Academy who are forced into a life of mutual killing by a sadistic teddy bear named Monokuma. The series consists of three games, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, along with a standalone sequel game, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, various spin-off novels and manga including Danganronpa Zero, Kirigiri, Genocider Mode, Togami, and Killer Killer, and two anime television series, one an adaptation of the first game and the other a sequel and finale, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School. Where available, this article uses spellings and terminology featured in the English video games.[1][2][3][4][5]
Monokuma
- Voiced by (English): Brian Beacock (game);[6] Greg Ayres (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Nobuyo Ōyama (2010–2015);[8][9] Tarako (2016 – present)[10][11][12]
Monokuma (モノクマ, lit. bear-thing or bear-person) is the antagonist of the series. He is an anthropomorphic teddy bear who proclaims himself to be the headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy and initiates a life of mutual killing among the students. He has various copies of himself throughout the academy and punishes anyone that attempts to attack him or breaks the academy's rules.
Visually, Monokuma is divided into two halves. His right half is a cute white teddy bear with black details and grey shading; his left half has black fur, a red eye, and an evil smirk.
The identity of Monokuma's controller, as well as his motives for bringing the students together, are central to the mysteries that the students must investigate. In the first two games, Monokuma was used as a proxy for Junko Enoshima in her trials; in Another Episode, he is a series of different types of robots created by Monaca Towa for an army; in Danganronpa 3, recordings of him are set up by Kazuo Tengan to force Ryota Mitarai into brainwashing the entire world for the sake of hope. He is the only returning character in Danganronpa V3 as a part of the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, now controlled by Team Danganronpa and accompanied by the Monokubs (Monokuma Kubs). His execution is named "Ultimate Annihilation".
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Makoto Naegi
- Makoto Naegi (苗木 誠, Naegi Makoto)
- Voiced by (English): Bryce Papenbrook[13][7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Megumi Ogata[8][9][12]
- The protagonist of the first game. An ordinary high school student who was accepted to the academy by raffle. He has no spectacular talents, aside from his belief that he is a bit more optimistic than most people, and was given the title of Ultimate Lucky Student (超高校級の「幸運」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Kōun", lit. Super High School Level Good Luck) due to winning a raffle run by Hope's Peak Academy. He falls prey to bad luck more often than not. It is revealed in a short story that Makoto's luck comes from the fact that his bad luck is so powerful that it cancels the good luck of anyone around him, to the point where he got a fellow Lucky Student candidate eliminated just by standing near the mailman carrying her acceptance letter. Though his good luck rarely manifests, it is immensely powerful in its own right, allowing outcomes that are nearly statistically impossible to occur, such as getting the Escape Switch from the item machine or surviving his near-execution. His talent also proves instrumental in undoing Junko's plans, as his bizarre luck completely throws off her analytical abilities. While having the tendency to panic or let his emotions get the better of him, he can remain focused under pressure and shows a keen sense of logic when piecing together mysteries. He is instrumental in solving all of the murder mysteries, and foils Monokuma's plot, earning the title of Ultimate Hope (超高校級の「希望」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Kibō", lit. Super High School Level Hope). He escapes from the academy alive and joins an organization called the Future Foundation, dedicated to rebuilding the world and fighting against Junko's legacy.
- During the events of Danganronpa 2, he and the other survivors attempt to rehabilitate some of the Remnants of Despair by placing them inside a virtual world which would get rid of their despair brainwashing. However, because of a virus containing Junko's Alter Ego, the world is turned into another killing game, prompting Makoto, Kyoko and Byakuya to eventually enter the virtual world themselves to help the surviving students activate a shutdown sequence to stop Junko once and for all. Makoto also appears in Danganronpa Another Episode. He returns as the protagonist of Danganronpa 3, where he becomes involved in Monokuma's Monokuma Hunter game. His forbidden action is "running in the hallway." After surviving the Monokuma Hunter game, Makoto becomes the headmaster of the rebuilt Hope's Peak Academy,[14] a role he retains in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony within Tsumugi Shirogane's "Flashback Light" false narrative as a part of the "Ultimate Real Fiction" Danganronpa reality television series.
Kyoko Kirigiri
- Kyoko Kirigiri (霧切 響子, Kirigiri Kyōko)
- Voiced by (English): Erika Harlacher (game);[15] Caitlin Glass (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Yōko Hikasa[8][9][12]
- Kyoko is a mysterious woman who has amnesia but also possesses a cool head and reasoning skills. At the beginning of the game, her talent is unknown, so her presented title is Ultimate ??? (超高校級の「???」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "???", lit. Super High School Level ???). While generally untrusting of others, she comes to believe in Makoto and helps him out on many occasions and in the class trials. She later finds out her title is Ultimate Detective (超高校級の「探偵」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Tantei", lit. Super High School Level Detective), having had more of her memories removed than the others due to how her talent would hinder Monokuma's plans. She always wears a pair of gloves, which is later revealed to be for hiding burns scars she received on her hands. She is also the daughter of Hope's Peak Academy's headmaster, Jin Kirigiri. She survives the game, escapes from the academy, and becomes a member of the Future Foundation.
- In Danganronpa 2, she joins Makoto and Byakuya in confronting Junko's Alter Ego. In Danganronpa 3, she becomes involved in the Monokuma Hunter game alongside other Future Foundation members. She is presumably killed by the poison in her wristband as a result of her forbidden action, "passing the fourth time limit with Makoto still alive." At the end of the series, it is revealed she had survived thanks to an antidote created by Seiko, which slowed the poison's effects and put her in a coma until Mikan revived her. She then becomes a teacher at the new Hope's Peak Academy. She is the title character of the spin-off novel series Danganronpa Kirigiri, where she, along with her friend and assistant Yui, becomes involved in a series of deadly "Duel Noir" death games.
Byakuya Togami
- Byakuya Togami (十神 白夜, Togami Byakuya)
- Voiced by (English): Jason Wishnov (game);[16] Jessie James Grelle (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Akira Ishida[8][9][12]
- The successor of a highly successful family corporation who considers himself superior to all the other students in the academy. He is cold towards others, seeing them as competition and, as he hates losing, initially refuses to cooperate with their attempts at escaping and investigating. He identifies Makoto as a potential competitor, and after the second murder, in which Mondo Owada bashes Chihiro Fujisaki's skull in with a dumbbell in a fit of jealous rage, alters the crime scene and frames Toko Fukawa for Chihiro's death. He becomes more amicable to the group after Sakura's death. He is one of the survivors that escape from the academy and become members of the Future Foundation. His title is Ultimate Affluent Progeny (超高校級の「御曹司」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Onzōshi", lit. Super High School Level Scion). He appears in Danganronpa 2 alongside Makoto and Kyoko. In Danganronpa Another Episode, he comes to Towa City to rescue Komaru and gives her a Hacking Gun, but gets captured by the Warriors of Hope and is used as a hostage, eventually getting rescued with the help of Komaru and Toko. He stars in the spin-off novel series Danganronpa Togami and reappears in Danganronpa 3.
Toko Fukawa
- Toko Fukawa (腐川 冬子, Fukawa Tōko) and Genocide Jack / Genocide Jill / Genocider Sho (ジェノサイダー翔, Jenosaidā Shō)
- Voiced by (English): Amanda Celine Miller/Erin Fitzgerald (game);[17][18] Carli Mosier (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Miyuki Sawashiro[8][12]
- A gloomy girl with a persecution complex who is a best-selling novelist. She possesses a split personality, her other half being a serial killer named Genocide Jack (known as Genocider Sho in the Japanese version and English anime dub), or as she prefers it, Genocide Jill, who crucifies attractive males with sharp scissors. Toko switches between the two whenever she sneezes or passes out, usually due to the sight of blood, allowing Jack to take control. The two personalities share knowledge and emotions, such as their crush on Byakuya, but their memories are separate from each other. As such, Jack is the only one of the group who has memories of the past two years. She is one of the survivors that escapes from the academy. Toko's title is Ultimate Writing Prodigy (超高校級の「文学少女」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Bungaku Shōjo", lit. Super High School Level Literary Girl) and Jack calls herself the Ultimate Murderous Fiend (超高校級の「殺人者」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Satsujinsha", lit. Super High School Level Serial Killer).
- In Danganronpa Another Episode, she has become an honorary member of the Future Foundation, carrying with her a stun-gun that can be used to control Jack at will on the condition that she no longer kill anyone at all. She is sent to Towa City to serve as an escort for Komaru, whom she eventually befriends, as well as to search for Byakuya, who has been captured. She reappears alongside Komaru in Danganronpa 3, where they both confront Monaca.
In developing Toko's characterization, writer/scenario creator Kazutaka Kodaka from Spike Chunsoft considered "[t]he easy thing [to] have been to make her the final boss, the last enemy, the culprit. But my goal in this series is to play to people's expectations, so I said, "No, no, no. Let's turn this around. Let's move to the next level with the personalities and let's go for it." Ultimately, despite the talent of "Ultimate Murderous Fiend", Toko does not kill any characters in the first game, and the game's mastermind is presented as deceased "Ultimate Fashionista" Junko Enoshima.[19] In a subsequent interview with Siliconera, Kodaka stated:[20]
"[Toko Fukawa] is an excellent representation of the series. When I was writing the first game and figuring out what was going to happen to Junko, I started to write Genocide Jack and how different that character was from Toko. While I was writing this I felt this is the kind of tension and tempo I want the series to carry. At the end of the day, I felt Toko represented what Danganronpa was and the kind of storytelling might have." — Kazutaka Kodaka[20]
The character's design was created by lead artist Rui Komatsuzaki, who considers Toko Fukawa and Genocide Jack/Jill his favorite characters, "a unique character all by herself, but with Genocide Jack included we managed to make her ten times more so." Originally designed as a potential mastermind inspired by the character of Alyssa Hale / Mr. Bates from the 1998 video game Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within, Genocide Jack/Jill was designed with the most facial expressions in the first game, having a separate sprite file from her Toko form. This initially proved difficult in order to make a contrast between the personality of Genocide Jack/Jill and the more plain design of Toko, with Komatsuzaki having "thought it would be incredibly tough to make such a severe personality change using the same character design, so my original plan was to base Genocide Jack on Toko's design but change it considerably. I fell back to the current transformation after being told having them look too different would be messy since she transforms back and forth so often."[21][22] Elements of the original character designs were additionally incorporated into those of Junko Enoshima, Peko Pekoyama, and Tsumugi Shirogane.[23] Toko's English voice actresses were cited as the most challenging to find due to the portrayal of her psychopathic personality Genocide Jill/Jack; ultimately, voice actresses Amanda Céline Miller and Erin Fitzgerald (who also voiced Junko Enoshima) were chosen to voice the characters.[24]
Aoi Asahina
- Aoi Asahina (朝日奈 葵, Asahina Aoi)
- Voiced by (English): Cassandra Lee Morris (game);[25] Felecia Angelle (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Chiwa Saitō[8][12]
- Nicknamed "Hina" in the English version. A well-meaning, air-headed student who excels in athletic sports, especially swimming, and has a love of donuts. She bonds with Sakura and, following Sakura's suicide, tries to steer the jury towards an incorrect verdict as penance. She is one of the survivors that escape from the academy, becoming a member of the Future Foundation. In Danganronpa 3, she is forced to participate in the Monokuma Hunter game but manages to survive. Her forbidden action is "getting hit with a punch or kick." Her title is Ultimate Swimming Pro (超高校級の「スイマー」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Suimā", lit. Super High School Level Swimmer).
Yasuhiro Hagakure
- Yasuhiro Hagakure (葉隠 康比呂, Hagakure Yasuhiro)
- Voiced by (English): Kaiji Tang (game);[27] Christopher Bevins (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Masaya Matsukaze[8][12]
- Nicknamed "Hiro" in the English version. A laid-back and dimwitted student who is a rising star in the fortune-telling community. He is the eldest in the group, as he was held back several grades, and often ends his sentences with "da be" in the Japanese version of the game. He is one of the survivors that escape from the academy and becomes a member of the Future Foundation (in demo versions and previews, he is the first victim). He appears in the spin-off novel Ultra Despair Hagakure included in Danganronpa Another Episode, helping Kanon Nakajima escape from Towa City. He reappears in Danganronpa 3, where he ends up separated from the other Future Foundation members after the Future Foundation headquarters is attacked, leaving him outside the building. His title is Ultimate Clairvoyant (超高校級の「占い師」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Uranaishi", lit. Super High School Level Fortune Teller).
Sayaka Maizono
- Sayaka Maizono (舞園 さやか, Maizono Sayaka)
- Voiced by (English): Dorothy Elias-Fahn (game);[28] Monica Rial (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Makiko Ohmoto[8][12]
- A cheerful girl who is the leader of a five-member idol group that is nationally popular and attended the same middle school as Makoto. She has particularly good intuition, and thus makes a habit of jokingly claiming to be a psychic. Having learned about her group being captured, Sayaka plans to escape the academy and find them by murdering Leon and placing the blame on Makoto. However, her plan backfires and she is stabbed with her own kitchen knife in her stomach, becoming the first murder victim. Her title is Ultimate Pop Sensation (超高校級の「アイドル」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Aidoru", lit. Super High School Level Idol).
Leon Kuwata
- Leon Kuwata (桑田 怜恩, Kuwata Reon)
- Voiced by (English): Grant George (game);[29] Justin Cook (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Takahiro Sakurai[8][12]
- A brash teenager who is exceptionally good at baseball. Despite this, he desires to quit baseball and become a punk musician instead, as he dislikes the restrictions being a baseball player puts on his style. Having learned about his cousin, Kanon Nakajima, being captured, Leon plans to escape the academy and find her. He stabs Sayaka with her own kitchen knife after her botched attempt to kill him, becoming the first murderer. He is found guilty after Sayaka wrote his name in blood before her death. He is executed by being tied to a pole and getting pelted by a baseballs with a high-speed batting machine. His title is Ultimate Baseball Star (超高校級の「野球選手」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Yakyū Senshu", lit. Super High School Level Baseball Player), while his execution is named "The 1.000 Blows".
Chihiro Fujisaki
- Chihiro Fujisaki (不二咲 千尋, Fujisaki Chihiro)
- Voiced by (English): Dorothy Elias-Fahn (game);[28] Kara Edwards (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kōki Miyata[8][12]
- A shy, soft-spoken student and a skilled programmer. Chihiro is a boy with a deep insecurity about his weak physique, resorting to cross-dressing to hide his gender. After Monokuma threatens to expose everyone's secrets, Chihiro becomes determined to overcome his own weakness and shares his secret with Mondo. However, this angers Mondo who, in a fit of jealous rage, smashes Chihiro's head in with a dumbbell, making him the second murder victim. Before his death, Chihiro leaves behind a laptop containing the Alter Ego program to help the others, thinking he was not going to survive. His title is Ultimate Programmer (超高校級の「プログラマー」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Puroguramā", lit. Super High School Level Programmer). In Danganronpa 2, artificial intelligence programs Usami, Chiaki Nanami and Alter Ego consider Chihiro their "dad".
Mondo Owada
- Mondo Owada (大和田 紋土, Ōwada Mondo)
- Voiced by (English): Keith Silverstein (game);[30] Christopher R. Sabat (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kazuya Nakai[8][12]
- A hot-blooded student who is the head of the largest motorcycle gang in the country. He keeps it secret that his older brother died protecting him from getting hit by a truck during a motorcycle race. When Monokuma threatens to reveal this secret, he becomes envious of Chihiro for his true strength and cracks his skull with a dumbbell in a fit of jealous rage, making him the second murderer. He is found guilty and he is executed by being put on a motorcycle and spinning in a cage so fast, he liquifies and turns into butter. His title is Ultimate Biker Gang Leader (超高校級の「暴走族」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Bōsōzoku", lit. Super High School Level Biker). His execution is named "The Cage of Death".
Kiyotaka Ishimaru
- Kiyotaka Ishimaru (石丸 清多夏, Ishimaru Kiyotaka)
- Voiced by (English): Sean Chiplock (game);[31] Austin Tindle (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kōsuke Toriumi[8][12]
- Nicknamed "Taka" in the English version. An enthusiastically straight-laced student who is a stickler for rules and order and wishes to one day become Prime Minister in order to redeem his family for his grandfather's failures during his time in government. He bonds with Mondo, revering him as his brother, and is traumatized by Mondo's execution. After Alter Ego cheers him up, he takes on Mondo's rude personality, represented by a change in his hair color and combining his name with Mondo's. He is killed by Hifumi under orders from Celeste with a wooden mallet to the head, making him the third murder victim. His title is Ultimate Moral Compass (超高校級の「風紀委員」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Fūki'īn", lit. Super High School Level Disciplinarian).
Hifumi Yamada
- Hifumi Yamada (山田 一二三, Yamada Hifumi)
- Voiced by (English): Lucien Dodge (game);[32] Tyson Rinehart (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kappei Yamaguchi[8][12]
- An obese otaku student who is a popular dōjin manga artist. He proclaims that his interests are "solely in the 2D world." After taking a romantic interest in Alter Ego, he is manipulated by Celestia into murdering Kiyotaka with a wooden mallet to the head with the promise of escaping the academy alongside her. However, he is murdered by Celestia in a similar fashion in order to cover her tracks, making him the fourth murder victim. His title is Ultimate Fanfic Creator (超高校級の「同人作家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Dōjinsakka", lit. Super High School Level Dōjin Artist).
Celestia Ludenberg
- Celestia Ludenberg (セレスティア・ルーデンベルク, Seresutia Rūdenberuku)
- Voiced by (English): Marieve Herington (game);[33] Lindsay Seidel (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Hekiru Shiina[8][12]
- Known as Celeste (セレス, Seresu) for short. A student in Gothic Lolita costume who is a famous gambler and known as the Queen of Liars. She claims to live by the ethic that one must adapt if they want to survive. She is typically calm and collected, but occasionally has outbursts if something annoys her. Appealed by a cash reward for graduating, which she wishes to use to buy a European castle, she manipulates Hifumi into killing Kiyotaka with a wooden mallet to the head, before killing him herself in a similar fashion, hoping to pin the crime on Yasuhiro. She is found guilty when Hifumi's dying words are found to be referring to her real name, Taeko Yasuhiro (安広 多恵子, Yasuhiro Taeko). She is executed by almost being burned at a stake in front of a crowd of Monokumas, before suddenly being run over by a speeding firetruck. Her title is Ultimate Gambler (超高校級の「ギャンブラー」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Gyanburā", lit. Super High School Level Gambler). Her execution is named "The Burning of the Versailles Witch".
Sakura Ogami
- Sakura Ogami (大神 さくら, Ōgami Sakura)
- Voiced by (English): Jessica Gee-George (game);[34] Rachel Robinson (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kujira[8][12]
- A fearsome yet gentle student, a world-class fighter nicknamed "The Ogre" by Yasuhiro. Despite her long hair and feminine dress style, she is sometimes mistaken for a male due to her muscular build and deep voice. Having been coerced to become a mole for Monokuma due to her family being taken hostage, Sakura commits suicide by ingesting poison in order to protect the others, making her the fifth victim. Her title is Ultimate Martial Artist (超高校級の「格闘家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Kakutōka", lit. Super High School Level Fighter).
Junko Enoshima
- Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子, Enoshima Junko)
- Voiced by (English): Amanda Celine Miller/Erin Fitzgerald (game);[17][18] Jamie Marchi (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Megumi Toyoguchi[8][9][12]
- A charismatic gyaru fashion model who has modeled for many popular magazines. She is thought to have been impaled by several spears as punishment for assaulting Monokuma. The one who was really killed was her twin sister, Mukuro Ikusaba. Junko is actually the mastermind behind the events of the game, who erased the memories of all the students except Mukuro and put them in a death game. Her personality constantly changes as she gets bored easily and thrives to drive people to despair. She is also the cause of the current state of the school and the world, having manipulated and brainwashed the school's disgruntled reserve course students into rioting over their unfair treatment, which the school tried to cover up until it spilled out into the outside world and caused a worldwide uprising against those perceived as special or privileged. When her plans are foiled by Makoto's dedication to never give up hope, she revels in the ultimate form of despair and commits suicide with a combination of the executions she inflicted on the other students. Her body is dismembered by several members of Ultimate Despair and the parts grafted onto their bodies. Her initial title is Ultimate Fashionista (超高校級の「ギャル」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Gyaru", lit. Super High School Level Gal), which is replaced by Ultimate Analyst (超高校級の「分析力」, Chō kōkō-kyū no Bunsekiryoku, lit. Super High School Level Analytical Prowess) and Ultimate Despair (超高校級の「絶望」, Chō kōkō-kyū no Zetsubō, lit. Super High School Level Despair), the latter title also referring to the pair's organization. Her execution is named "The Ultimate Punishment".
- In Danganronpa 2, an Alter Ego version of Junko, her consciousness having been copied to Monokuma at the moment of her death during the first game, infiltrates the virtual world as a virus, turning what should have been a rehabilitation program into another killing game intended to both provide a physical host for her consciousness and to jog the memories and personalities of the students she was able to manipulate into her nihilistic philosophy. She attempts to get the remaining students to graduate so that her personality can take over the real world bodies of those that died within the virtual world, but she is ultimately thwarted by Hajime Hinata and the other students, being destroyed when the virtual world is shut down. Her avatar appears as a fully three-dimensional giant version possessing a video cell phone that she uses to communicate with the students in the virtual world. She reveals that, after having failed twice, she shows semblance of regret further implied in with her characterization in Danganronpa Zero.
Mukuro Ikusaba
- Mukuro Ikusaba (戦刃 むくろ, Ikusaba Mukuro)
- Voiced by (English): Amanda Celine Miller (game); Jamie Marchi (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Megumi Toyoguchi[8][9][12]
- The sixteenth student of Hope's Peak Academy, who the others only become aware of when she is announced as the sixth murder victim. She comes from a mercenary unit known as Fenrir and holds the title Ultimate Soldier (超高校級の「軍人」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Gunjin", lit. Super High School Level Soldier). Mukuro is Junko's twin sister and is disguised as Junko during the killing game under the guise of Ultimate Fashionista (超高校級の「ギャル」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Gyaru", lit. Super High School Level Gal). However, Junko became bored with the original plan and killed Mukuro on a whim. In the alternative story depicted in the Danganronpa IF digital novel included with Danganronpa 2, Mukuro is saved from being killed by Junko thanks to Makoto and decides to turn against Junko and help everyone escape from the academy alive once she realizes that Junko is beyond saving. During the novel, it is revealed that Mukuro does not share Junko's nihilist philosophy and only involved herself with Ultimate Despair because she loved Junko too much to abandon her. She also has a crush on Makoto, since he was not intimidated by her military background and talked to her like a normal person. In Danganronpa 3, we do see when she was still loyal to Junko willingly following orders
- In Killer Killer, Mukuro is apparently revealed to be alive and a prisoner of the Future Foundation, but this is only a fake from an army of Mukuros made by the main antagonist. Several years before "The Tragedy" takes place, Mukuro is also revealed to have massacred everyone within a middle school but for two young boys hiding in a pair of lockers, who grow up to become the vigilante serial killers known as "Killer Killer", the former having at that moment fallen in love with Mukuro from the incident at the beauty of her killings, killing any whose killings he believes to have been perpetrated without proper motivation, and the later growing to hate all killers in general regardless of motivation.
Alter Ego
- Alter Ego (アルターエゴ, Arutā Ego)
- Voiced by (English): Dorothy Elias-Fahn (game);[33] Kara Edwards (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kōki Miyata
- An artificial intelligence program left behind by Chihiro following his death. He generally speaks with Chihiro's voice and likeness, but can also imitate other students. After the others discover him on a laptop Chihiro fixed, he decrypts some data on the laptop to help the other students and is treated as a friend. Alter Ego asks Makoto and Kyoko to help connect him to the school network so he can find out more, but he is discovered by Monokuma and destroyed by a bulldozer following the fourth trial. However, he leaves behind a virus in the network which saves Makoto when Monokuma attempts to execute him. In Danganronpa 2, a reconstructed Alter Ego appears within the Neo World Program as its Master Program before being restricted by a virus brought by Izuru Kamukura: Junko Enoshima is revealed to have used Alter Ego offscreen during the events of the first game to transfer her consciousness into Monokuma at the moment of her death, becoming an A.I. herself. His execution is named "Excavator Destroyer" (serving as a replacement for Sakura Ogami).
Jin Kirigiri
- Jin Kirigiri (霧切 仁, Kirigiri Jin)
- Voiced by (English): Keith Silverstein (game) [35] J. Michael Tatum (anime)[7]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kappei Yamaguchi (game), Rikiya Koyama (anime)[36][37]
- The principal of Hope's Peak Academy and Kyoko's father who did not spend much time with her in her youth. When Junko executes her plan to bring the world to despair, he tries to protect the students by locking them in the academy. However, he is captured by Junko and killed by being sent up in a rocket. He is discovered by Makoto and Kyoko when they find his skeletal remains inside a gift box. His execution is named "Blast Off!". In Danganronpa Zero and Danganronpa 2, Jin is revealed to have been one of the creators of Izuru Kamukura.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Hajime Hinata / Izuru Kamukura
Hajime Hinata (日向 創, Hinata Hajime) /
Izuru Kamukura (神座 出流, Kamukura Izuru)
- Voiced by (English): Johnny Yong Bosch[38][39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Minami Takayama[9][12]
The protagonist of the second game, an amnesiac boy with a deep admiration for Hope's Peak Academy. Over the course of the Killing School Trip, he discovers that he is in fact a member of Hope's Peak's Reserve Course Department and has no ultimate talent. Driven by his desire for talent, Hajime agreed to take part in the Izuru Kamukura project and was surgically implanted with every talent known to man, lobotomizing him in the process. Reborn as Izuru Kamukura, he brought Alter Ego Junko into the Neo World Program in order to pit hope against despair and see who would triumph. Coming to terms with his past with the aid of Makoto Naegi, Hajime rallies the remaining students to defeat Alter Ego Junko and becomes one of the survivors who manages to escape to the real world. He returns in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, where he has retained Izuru's talent and Hajime's personality. After reviving the students who were killed in the Neo World Program during the Killing School Trip, he leads them in battle to stop the unhinged Mitarai from using his hope video on humanity. Afterwards, the 77th Class scapegoats themselves for the Final Killing Game in order to protect the Future Foundation's reputation and exiles themselves to the real Jabberwock Island along with a repentant Mitarai.
Izuru first appears in the light novel Danganronpa Zero as detective Kyoko Kirigiri investigates him. Izuru is described as a student of indeterminate gender hiding on the grounds of the school, and the perpetrator of "The Tragedy", an event involving mass murder that resulted in the decay of mankind. Izuru's identity is also briefly adopted by Yasuke Matsuda in snapping Yuto Kamishiro's neck.
Chiaki Nanami
- Chiaki Nanami (七海 千秋, Nanami Chiaki)
- Voiced by (English): Christine Marie Cabanos[40][39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kana Hanazawa[9][12]
- She is a sleepy, laid-back student who is inexperienced in the ways of the world, but very skilled at video games. Along with Hajime, she becomes a central figure of the trials. She accidentally kills Nagito, falling into his trap which was meant to ensure her survival alone, but she thwarts his plans by confessing her identity and offering herself to be executed by getting crushed by a Tetris block in order to save the remaining students. It is learned during the graduation that she is actually an AI program created by the late Chihiro Fujisaki designed to observe and protect the students during the Future Foundation's experiment. However, some of her consciousness remains, allowing her to help Hajime Hinata° during his conflict. Her title is Ultimate Gamer (超高校級の「ゲーマー」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Gēmā", lit. Super High School Level Gamer). Her execution is named "Please Insert Coin".
"Chiaki Nanami"
- In Danganronpa 3, it is revealed that the Chiaki Nanami computer program was based on an actual student who attended Hope's Peak Academy along with the rest of the 77th class of Hope's Peak, the true Ultimate Gamer (超高校級の「ゲーマー」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Gēmā", lit. Super High School Level Gamer). Chiaki quickly befriended Hajime before becoming Izuru and was unanimously elected class representative after bringing video games to the class to help everyone bond. However, it was because of these traits that she was chosen to be executed by Junko in order to drive the rest of her class into becoming Remnants of Despair, forced to go through a dungeon filled with deadly traps before being skewered to death. Recognizing hope as an equal force to despair upon witnessing her death, Izuru decides to take on a neutral role in the coming war. Chiaki is the only student of Class 77-B who stays dead permanently, as she was physically killed by Junko, compared to the other victims who died within the simulation, fell into comas, and were subsequently revived by Hajime. The ending of Danganronpa 3 shows Izuru finally bidding farewell to the memory of both Chiakis, as he embraces and chases his own future by joining Nagito and his other classmates.
Nagito Komaeda / The Servant
Nagito Komaeda (狛枝 凪斗, Komaeda Nagito) /
The Servant (召使い, Meshitsukai)
- Voiced by (English): Bryce Papenbrook[13][39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Megumi Ogata[9][12]
- Nagito is a deliberate foil to the previous protagonist, Makoto. Like Makoto, Nagito is an optimistic, subservient student who was accepted to the academy by raffle and received the title of Ultimate Lucky Student (超高校級の「幸運」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Kōun", lit. Super High School Level Good Luck). Unlike Makoto, his title is more literal, as he experiences an extraordinary cycle of good and bad luck that ultimately works to his benefit when good or causes some sort of harm to him when bad. Initially thought to be a friendly, upbeat, somewhat meek young man, he is shown to be quite deranged in his pursuit of hope, believing it to be an absolute good that only his talented classmates can achieve. Because of his beliefs, he is completely willing to let his talented classmates walk over him, for he sees himself as inferior to them, all while keeping his cheerful, optimistic attitude and frequently referring to himself as a "stepping stone for [their] hope." He is the sixth and final murder victim, orchestrating an elaborate death trap to trick the Future Foundation traitor into throwing a canister of poison at him and becoming his killer.
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu
- Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu (九頭龍 冬彦, Kuzuryū Fuyuhiko)
- Voiced by (English): Derek Stephen Prince (game);[41] Aaron Dismuke (anime)[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Daisuke Kishio[9][12]
- A wary student who is the successor of the largest yakuza family in Japan. He threatens violence to anyone who mentions his babyish face. He meets with Mahiru after learning of her involvement in his sister's death, but becomes enraged and nearly kills her when she calls him out for the murder of her friend, Sato, the girl who killed his sister, which the academy had covered up to preserve its reputation. Peko suddenly steps in and kills Mahiru herself, planning to claim he ordered her to do so to get him off the island. When Peko is found guilty, he tries to protect her but is severely beaten and loses an eye after Peko accidentally cuts him with her blade, subsequently using her own body to shield his. He becomes humbled by the experience, becoming a far more level headed and reliable member of the group, who tries to atone for both Peko and Mahiru's deaths even attempting suicide to show Hiyoko how sorry he was about Mahiru and is one of the surviving students who manage to escape to the real world. His title is Ultimate Yakuza (超高校級の「極道」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Gokudō", lit. Super High School Level Gangster).
Akane Owari
- Akane Owari (終里 赤音, Owari Akane)
- Voiced by (English): Wendee Lee (game);[42] Morgan Garrett (anime)[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Romi Park[9][12]
- A dimwitted, athletic student who specializes in gymnastics and greatly enjoys food. Having come from a rough neighborhood and home life has made her exceedingly blunt and confrontational. She forms a close bond with Nekomaru. She is one of the survivors who manages to escape to the real world. Her title is Ultimate Gymnast (超高校級の「体操選手」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Taisō senshu", lit. Super High School Level Gymnast).
Sonia Nevermind
- Sonia Nevermind (ソニア・ネヴァーマインド, Sonia Nevāmaindo)
- Voiced by (English): Natalie Hoover[43][39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Miho Arakawa[9][12]
- A noble student from overseas who is the princess of Novoselic, a small European monarchy that imports large amounts of Japanese media, leading Sonia to become fascinated with Japan and thus deciding to attend Hope's Peak Academy. Generally demure and elegant, she also possesses some odd quirks such as a penchant for profanity in her native language during tense moments and has an excessive love of pop culture, especially horror movies. She is also a fan of serial killers due to their warped pathological behaviors. She is one of the survivors who manage to escape to the real world. Her title is Ultimate Princess (超高校級の「王女」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Ōjo", lit. Super High School Level Princess). In Danganronpa Togami, she is depicted as the secondary antagonist after usurping the Novoselic throne and massacring the Council of Global Controllers, alongside hundreds of citizens of Prague.
Kazuichi Soda
- Kazuichi Soda (左右田 和一, Sōda Kazuichi)
- Voiced by (English): Kyle Hebert[44][39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Yoshimasa Hosoya[9][12]
- A flashy but cowardly student who is skilled with mechanics and has a tendency to overreact. Once a meek and bullied student, Kazuichi completely changed his appearance once he was accepted to Hope's Peak academy in order to turn a new leaf. He has a crush on Sonia Nevermind, but it is generally unrequited. He is one of the survivors that manages to escape to the real world. He is later discovered to have been the one to build the Monokuma robots. His title is Ultimate Mechanic (超高校級の「メカニック」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Mekanikku", lit. Super High School Level Mechanic). In Danganronpa Togami, he is depicted as a minor antagonist and Novoselic Minister of Defense, in the service of Queen Sonia Nevermind.
Ultimate Imposter
- Ultimate Imposter (超高校級の「詐欺師」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Sagishi", lit. Super High School Level Imposter)
- Voiced by (English): Jason Wishnov (Byakuya disguise; game);[45] Jessie James Grelle (Byakuya disguise; anime); Justin Briner (Ryota disguise; anime); Eric Vale (actual self; anime)[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Akira Ishida (Byakuya disguise and actual self);[9][12] Kanata Hongō (Ryota disguise)[46][39]
- A mysterious person whose real name, along with any other information besides his Ultimate title, is unknown. The Ultimate Imposter has the ability to impersonate any other student, including their voice, personality, and talent, with the only notable difference from the original being an overweight appearance and an obsession with eating. In Danganronpa 2, he impersonates Byakuya, appointing himself as the group's de facto leader, proclaiming that no one will be killed while under his watch. He is the first to be murdered after being inadvertently stabbed by Teruteru, who was trying to murder Nagito, with a kabob stick. In Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc, he impersonates Ryota so the latter can stay at home to work on his anime. The Despair Arc also reveals the Imposter's true appearance: long black hair and gray eyes.
- In the second volume of Danganronpa Togami, the true identity of the Ultimate Imposter is implied to be that of Kazuya Togami (十神 数や, Tōgami Kazuya), Byakuya's adoptive half-brother, who hijacks their father's tournament for the title of Ultimate Affluent Progeny by killing him and several of their siblings. but this is later revealed to be not the case. In the first and third volumes, set during the events before "The Tragedy", the Ultimate Imposter impersonates Byakuya in taking control of the Togami Conglomerate and sending out a "World Domination Proclamation" announcing the end of the world less he (Byakuya) be assassinated within the following 24 hours, at which point the perpetrator would receive total control over the assets of the Togami Conglomerate.
Teruteru Hanamura
- Teruteru Hanamura (花村 輝々, Hanamura Teruteru)
- Voiced by (English): Todd Haberkorn[47][39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Jun Fukuyama[9][12]
- A diminutive student who is known for his culinary skills and inappropriate remarks, and is a bisexual pervert. He often claims to be an urban chef but is in fact from a highly rural area of Japan where his mother and his siblings (candidates for the title of Ultimate Escort) ran a restaurant, which he wanted to help save by finding success. He finds out about Nagito's plot to murder and tries to prevent the plot by killing Nagito first but inadvertently ends up killing Byakuya instead. Teruteru feigned disbelief at the situation but was actually the most worried, as his concern for his dying mother and her poor health drove him to panic. He is executed by being coated in eggs and breadcrumbs, then being deep-fried in a volcano. His title is Ultimate Cook (超高校級の「料理人」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Ryōrinin", lit. Super High School Level Cook), but prefers to be called the Ultimate Chef (超高校級の「シェフ」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Shefu", lit. Super High School Level Chef), claiming it sounds more sophisticated. His execution is named "Deep Fried Teruteru".
Mahiru Koizumi
- Mahiru Koizumi (小泉 真昼, Koizumi Mahiru)
- Voiced by (English): Carrie Keranen[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Yū Kobayashi[9][12]
- A strong-minded, common-sensed girl who is good at taking portrait photographs and has ill feelings towards men. She is the second murder victim, killed by a blow to the head with a baseball bat by Peko, who jumped in to do the deed to stop an enraged Fuyuhiko from doing so after he finds out she was involved in his sister's death, albeit indirectly, and had tried to cover up the killer's actions after the fact before Fuyuhiko himself had killed her. Her title is Ultimate Photographer (超高校級の「写真家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Shashinka", lit. Super High School Level Photographer).
Peko Pekoyama
- Peko Pekoyama (辺古山 ペコ, Pekoyama Peko)
- Voiced by (English): Clarine Harp (anime)[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kotono Mitsuishi[9][12]
- An emotionless and observant student who is a master of kendo and always carries a wooden sword. She is also a servant of the Kuzuryu family and a childhood friend of Fuyuhiko. She murders Mahiru with a baseball bat, doing so to stop an enraged Fuyuhiko from committing the crime and also pave the way for him to escape. Believing herself to be a mere tool to be used as Fuyuhiko sees fit, Peko tries to convince Monokuma that he is the killer and the others had in fact voted incorrectly. Monokuma takes Peko's claim into consideration, but due to Fuyuhiko's true feelings, it's decided that Peko is not a tool in Fuyuhiko's eyes, but instead, a person in her own right, therefore making her the blackened. She is executed after losing a fight against an army of sword-wielding soldiers. Fuyuhiko attempts to save her by interrupting her execution, but gets injured by Peko in the process. Her title is Ultimate Swordswoman (超高校級の「剣道家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Kendōka", lit. Super High School Level Kendo Practitioner). Her execution is named "One Woman Army".
Ibuki Mioda
- Ibuki Mioda (澪田 唯吹, Mioda Ibuki)
- Voiced by (English): Julie Ann Taylor (game) [48]Brina Palencia (anime)[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Ami Koshimizu[9][12]
- An outgoing, energetic student who is a guitar member of a popular all-female band and has a sensitive sense of hearing. Her current music is implied to be an acquired taste, showcasing elements of screamo music. She is the third murder victim, having been strangled to death and then hung on a noose by Mikan. Her title is Ultimate Musician (超高校級の「軽音楽部」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Keiongaku-bu", lit. Super High School Level Light Music Club Member).
Hiyoko Saionji
- Hiyoko Saionji (西園寺 日寄子, Saionji Hiyoko)
- Voiced by (English): Kira Buckland[49][39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Suzuko Mimori[9][12]
- A cute, yet malicious and selfish student who is a popular performer of nihon-buyō dance. She has a generally cheeky personality but will often show harshness towards the other students, most notably Mikan. She grows a close bond with Mahiru and is devastated by her death, and holds thinly veiled contempt for Fuyuhiko for a while. She is the fourth murder victim, having her throat slit by Mikan after she accidentally stumbled upon her killing Ibuki. Her death is played as an example of dramatic irony: despite the amount of abuse she heaped upon Mikan, despair-crazed Mikan, the "real" Mikan, did not even care enough to plan her murder; she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Her title is Ultimate Traditional Dancer (超高校級の「日本舞踊家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Nihon buyōka", lit. Super High School Level Japanese Dancer).
Mikan Tsumiki
- Mikan Tsumiki (罪木 蜜柑, Tsumiki Mikan)
- Voiced by (English): Stephanie Sheh[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Ai Kayano[9][12]
- An anxious but devoted nursing student who is easily intimidated, often to tears. She once suffered cruelty and an extremely abusive childhood, and still takes a servile attitude. A common running gag with her is her clumsiness, as she often falls into physic-defying, compromising positions. She gets infected with the "Despair Disease", a pathogen created by Monokuma to drive the students into paranoia and irritability and which evolves into a different disease for each student. In Mikan's case, it became the "Remembering Disease," causing her original persona as one of Junko's minions and would-be lover to resurface. Hoping to impress Junko and eventually rejoin her, she murders Ibuki by strangulation and Hiyoko by a slit to the throat. She is executed by being launched into space on a large steroid-injected arm. Her title is Ultimate Nurse (超高校級の「保健委員」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Hoken'īn", lit. Super High School Level Health Committee Member). Her execution is named "Bye Bye Ouchies".
Nekomaru Nidai
- Nekomaru Nidai (弐大 猫丸, Nidai Nekomaru)
- Voiced by (English): Patrick Seitz[39][50]
Voiced by (Japanese): Hiroki Yasumoto[9][12]
- A sturdy, outspoken student who is passionate about supporting athletes but suffers from dyspepsia. After being gravely wounded by Monokuma while protecting Akane from one of Monokuma's attacks, he is rebuilt into a cyborg known as Mechamaru. Shortly afterward, he is killed by Gundham after falling to his death, becoming the fifth murder victim. Following his death, some of his remaining parts are rebuilt by Kazuichi into Minimaru, a vibrating alarm clock, which is given to Akane and displays limited sentience. His title is Ultimate Team Manager (超高校級の「マネージャー」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Manējā", lit. Super High School Level Coach).
Gundham Tanaka
- Gundham Tanaka (田中 眼蛇夢, Tanaka Gandamu) / Tanaka the Forbidden One (封印されし 田中, Fūinsareshi Tanaka)
- Voiced by (English): Chris Tergliafera (game); Scott Frerichs (anime)[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Tomokazu Sugita[9][12]
- A cryptic, assertive student who excels at animal husbandry. He is dramatic in appearance and manner, but fiercely protective of animals, particularly his own pet hamsters: San-D, Jum-P, Maga-Z, and Cham-P, which he collectively calls the Four Dark Devas of Destruction (破壊神暗黒四天王, Hakai-shin Ankoku Shiten'nō). He murders Nekomaru after being forced to choose between murder or starvation and is executed by being trampled to death by a stampede of animals. It is shown in a flashback that both he and Nekomaru understood that if one of them did not kill the other, there was a good chance all the students would remain trapped and starve to death, and thus they engaged in honorable hand-to-hand combat, with Gundham emerging victorious with the help of his hamsters. His title is Ultimate Breeder (超高校級の「飼育委員」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Shīkuīn", lit. Super High School Level Animal Breeder). His execution is named "Gundham Tanaka Stampede".
Usami / Monomi
- Usami (ウサミ) / Monomi (モノミ)
- Voiced by (English): Rebecca Forstadt (game);[52] Anastasia Muñoz (anime)[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Takako Sasuga[9]
- Also known by her full name Magical Girl Miracle Usami, Usami is a strange stuffed rabbit who proclaims herself to be the academy's teacher and oversee the school trip on the island. Like Monokuma, who seems to have the ability to teleport, Usami has magical powers which she can use to kill monsters or turn chickens into cows. After taking over the school trip, Monokuma refits Usami with a pink monochrome appearance and forcefully changes her name to Monomi. Her favorite catchphrase is "love, love." Despite being usurped by Monokuma, she still does what she can to help the students. It is later revealed that her true purpose was to serve as a monitor for the students' rehabilitation, working alongside Chiaki. She is executed alongside Chiaki in the execution "Please Insert Coin" when all of her backup bodies are destroyed, but she reappears to destroy Alter Ego Junko when the virtual world is shut down. She later appears in the 'Future Arc' of Danganronpa 3 as a program on Miaya's computer, which is also converted by Monokuma into Monomi. Usami also appears in the Vita version of the first game as part of the School Mode.
Natsumi Kuzuryu
- Natsumi Kuzuryu (九頭龍 菜摘, Kuzuryū Natsumi)
- Voiced by (English): Apphia Yu[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Haruka Yamazaki[53]
- Fuyuhiko's younger sister who was a transfer student in Hajime's Reserve Class, wanting to one day obtain a talent so she could stand alongside her brother. She was killed by being repeatedly hit over the head with a swimsuit filled with pebbles by Sato.
Sato
- Sato (サトウ, Satō)
- Voiced by (English): Luci Christian[39]
Voiced by (Japanese): Ai Shimizu[54]
- A student of the Reserve Class who was close friends with Mahiru, Mikan, Hiyoko, and Ibuki. She killed Natsumi, believing that she would try to harm Mahiru, before being slowly beaten to death with a metallic baseball bat by Fuyuhiko.
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Shuichi Saihara
- Shuichi Saihara (最原 終一, Saihara Shūichi)
- Voiced by (English): Grant George[68]
Voiced by (Japanese): Megumi Hayashibara[11][12]
- The protagonist of Danganronpa V3, whose title is "Ultimate Detective" (超高校級の「探偵」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Tantei"), the same as that of Kyoko Kirigiri. A soft spoken, unsure boy, Shuichi lacks the self-confidence to strive to his full potential. Though well known in the police department for solving numerous murder cases as an apprentice to his uncle, he believes he doesn't deserve his Ultimate title due to him solving cases by chance. However, after developing a close bond with Kaede, she motivates him and helps raise his self-esteem, which results in Shuichi quickly becoming a central figure during the class trials. Following Kaede's death, Shuichi becomes close with his fellow students, Kaito and Maki. He later survives the game alongside Maki and Himiko and resolves to discover whatever reality awaits him in the real world.
Kaede Akamatsu
- Kaede Akamatsu (赤松 楓, Akamatsu Kaede)
- Voiced by (English): Erika Harlacher[69]
Voiced by (Japanese): Sayaka Kanda[11][12]
- The false protagonist of Danganronpa V3 whose title is "Ultimate Pianist" (超高校級の「ピアニスト」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Pianisuto"). She is claimed to be a cheerful, optimistic hard worker with blooming talent. She is called "piano freak" by her friends before coming to the academy because she dedicates herself to piano so thoroughly. After winning numerous competitions, she was given her title. While encouraging the other students to trust one another and work together, she strives to get them all out of the school, repeatedly reaffirming, "Once we get out, we'll all be friends." Kaede's desperation to end the killing game drives her to concoct a plan to murder the Mastermind, seemingly leading to the death of the innocent Rantaro. She is executed by a noose being tied around her neck, where she is dragged and dropped by the Monokubs, dropping her body to play each note. She suffocates and dies while her classmates watch. The lid of the piano, covered in spikes drops down on her, crushing her and hiding her body away. In Chapter 6, it is revealed that Kaede's plan had actually failed to kill anyone, but that the Mastermind proceeded to kill Rantaro and have Kaede framed for the murder anyway. Prior to entering the game, much like everyone else, it's believed Kaede was an ordinary individual who willingly had her previous life's memories erased in order to compete on the killing show with talent and fake background. Her execution is named "Der Flohwalzer".
K1-B0
- K1-B0 (キーボ, Kībo)
- Voiced by (English): Lucien Dodge[70]
Voiced by (Japanese): Tetsuya Kakihara[11][12]
- A well-mannered robot created by Professor Iidabashi (飯田橋博士, Īdabashi hakase), with a maturing A.I., meaning he is constantly evolving and learning. K1-B0, also known as Keebo, is the "Ultimate Robot" (超高校級の「ロボット」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Robotto"). He does not get along with Kokichi, as Kokichi often teases Keebo due to his nature of not understanding jokes and sarcasm, and often ridicules his possibilities, which annoys Keebo to no end since he is a strong defender of robot rights and an opposer of robophobia. Throughout the game, he hears a voice in his head telling him what to do, and often listens to said voice. However, after his ahoge is destroyed in Chapter 5, he ponders the nature of hope and despair and notes the absence of the voice inside his head, subsequently going on a destructive rampage and leaving Shuichi and the remaining survivors with only until dawn to unearth the Mastermind of the killing game. Keebo is later revealed to be a creation of the Danganronpa reality show production team, with his past memories of Professor Iidabashi having all been lies. Keebo temporarily becomes the playable character in Chapter 6, before having his A.I. erased and replaced with the audience to vote on the fate of the killing game show at the end of the trial. Although he survives the final trial, he launches an attack on the school and self-destructs to destroy the dome surrounding the school and execute Tsumugi, effectively making him the final casualty of the game.
Maki Harukawa
- Maki Harukawa (春川 魔姫, Harukawa Maki)
- Voiced by (English): Erica Mendez[61]
Voiced by (Japanese): Maaya Sakamoto[11][12]
- A quiet and cynical girl who rarely shows emotion during conversation. Despite her talent, she openly states she does not like children despite them liking her, as she was raised in an orphanage. Initially, Maki introduced herself as the "Ultimate Child Caregiver" (超高校級の「保育士」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Hoiku-shi", Super High School Level Nursery School Teacher), although this was later revealed to be a mere fabrication for the killing game. In Chapter 2, Kokichi unveils her true talent as the "Ultimate Assassin," (超高校級の「暗殺者」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Ansatsusha") after viewing Maki's motivation video which stated her talent. It is revealed in Chapter 4 that she had been sold out by the orphanage and lived with a group of assassins, where she learned her skills in murder that earned her title. Throughout the game, she gradually becomes close with Shuichi and Kaito, the latter of whom she develops romantic feelings for, identifying him as the first person whom she has ever opened up to; like every other event in the game, however, the mastermind states this to be the result of the Danganronpa reality show's production team's machinations. She later survives the killing game along with Shuichi and Himiko.
Himiko Yumeno
- Himiko Yumeno (夢野 秘密子, Yumeno Himiko)
- Voiced by (English): Christine Marie Cabanos[71]
Voiced by (Japanese): Aimi Tanaka[11][12]
- A young magician who can be considered lazy and drowsy, judging by her voice and behaviour. Due to her belief that her palour and basic tricks are real magic, she often offers to use her magic, but backs off after saying she hasn't enough MP. She is the "Ultimate Magician" (超高校級の「マジシャン」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Majishan"), but she prefers the title "Ultimate Mage" (超高校級の「魔法使い」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Mahōtsukai"). During the killing game, Tenko takes a liking to her, even though she doesn't realize it yet until after her death. Before Tenko is killed, she gives Himiko a piece of advice to express her emotions more often, and so she does. Her personality drastically changes to an optimistic go-getter. She survives the killing game with Shuichi and Maki.
Rantaro Amami
- Rantaro Amami (天海 蘭太郎, Amami Rantarō)
- Voiced by (English): Johnny Yong Bosch[72]
Voiced by (Japanese): Hikaru Midorikawa[11][12]
- A relaxed boy who has no memory of his talent. Unlike the other contestants, he can coldly interrogate Monokuma and the Monokuma Cubs. He is the first murder victim, supposedly being hit over the head with a shot-put ball by Kaede; in Chapter 6, this was revealed to be a trap by Tsumugi, who wanted both students out of her affairs. He is given the title of "Ultimate ??? (超高校級の「???」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "???", Super High School Level ???)" although his true talent is the "Ultimate Survivor" (超高校級の「生存者」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Seizonsha"), as it is revealed in Chapter 5 that he had previously survived one killing game. During School Mode however, he remembers his talent as the "Ultimate Adventurer," (超高校級の「冒険家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Bōken-ka") exploring the world in search of his lost sisters.
Ryoma Hoshi
- Ryoma Hoshi (星 竜馬, Hoshi Ryōma)
- Voiced by (English): Chris Tergliafera[73]
Voiced by (Japanese): Akio Ōtsuka[11][12]
- A short tennis player who murdered an entire mafia organization and was sentenced to death row before being enrolled at the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles. He is the "Ultimate Tennis Pro" (超高校級の「テニス選手」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Tenisu Senshu") and is nicknamed Tennis Killer due to his past. Despite his size, he talks with a very deep voice. He has a serious and pessimistic personality. In Chapter 2, he discovers that there is no one left who cares about him from his motivation video, which is completely blank, and subsequently willingly submits his life to Kirumi Tojo, he is drowned in a tank which was used for a magic trick by Himiko, where is body is devoured by pirahnas, making him the second murder victim.
Kirumi Tojo
- Kirumi Tojo (東条 斬美, Tōjō Kirumi)
- Voiced by (English): Kira Buckland[49]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kikuko Inoue[11][12]
- A loyal and serious girl who takes care of both chores and the students during the New Killing School Life, who goes by the saying "duty before self." She is the "Ultimate Maid" (超高校級の「メイド」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Meido"). Her motivation video given to her in Chapter 2 reveals that she is also the de facto prime minister of Japan, with the real one being a stand-in. Fearing for her people's safety in her absence, she planned to escape by killing Ryoma, due to his lackluster will to live, which results in the latter's death by drowning. She is later exposed as the culprit and undergoes an execution where she is forced to climb a thorny vine, where she is cut by sawblades before reaching the top, where the vine snaps and she falls to her death. Her execution is named "Strand of Agony".
Angie Yonaga
- Angie Yonaga (夜長 アンジー, Yonaga Anjī)
- Voiced by (English): Cassandra Lee Morris[74]
Voiced by (Japanese): Minori Suzuki[11][12]
- A very religious and spiritual student who sees herself as the vessel of the Island God Atua, often seeming unnaturally positive when plunged into a serious situation. Angie is the "Ultimate Artist" (超高校級の「美術部」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Bijutsu-bu", Super High School Level Art Club Member), but she believes that Atua is the one who is her muse when she creates something artistic. She speaks with a Polynesian accent. Angie also has a habit of mentioning blood sacrifices due to her following the Gods of the Island. During Chapter 3, she forms the Student Council to combat the killing game, while ultimately taking away most rights of her fellow students, making her a minor antagonist in the chapter. She is the third murder victim. After discovering Korekiyo's plan to commit murder, he knocked her out, fabricated an elaborate crime scene, and then killed her by plunging a katana into the back of her neck.
Tenko Chabashira
- Tenko Chabashira (茶柱 転子, Chabashira Tenko)
- Voiced by (English): Julie Ann Taylor[75]
Voiced by (Japanese): Sora Tokui[11][12]
- An energetic student with a loud nature and voice, often shouting to show her fighting spirit. She is the "Ultimate Aikido Master" (超高校級の「合気道家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Aikidō-ka"), having developed a new technique she refers to as "Neo Aikido" with her master, and which is uncharacteristically marked by striking first. Due to a misunderstanding in advice from her master, she has a hatred for boys, seeing that they always shift the blame away from themselves and that they always lie. She also does not like them complimenting or touching her. She is the fourth murder victim, having her neck pierced with a kama above the cage she was in during the Transfer Student ritual (which was actually a ruse by Korekiyo) trying to contact Angie from beyond the grave.
Korekiyo Shinguji
- Korekiyo Shinguji (真宮寺 是清, Shinguji Korekiyo)
- Voiced by (English): Todd Haberkorn[76]
Voiced by (Japanese): Kenichi Suzumura[11][12]
- Nicknamed "Kiyo" in the English version. A cool-headed and intelligent student who shares a deep love for human nature, having traveled all around the world. He is the "Ultimate Anthropologist" (超高校級の「民俗学者」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Minzoku Gakusha"). He always wears a zipper mask around his mouth, even when eating. Due to his appearance, he openly admits he looks like a potential murderer. Prior to the game, Korekiyo had been a serial killer who had taken to murdering women he found exceptional so that his deceased older sister (whom he was allegedly in an incestuous relationship with) would have company in the afterlife. He also has a self-fabricated split personality of her which is triggered every time he removes his mask, this split personality showed up when he was tortured with a rope by an unnamed tribe. Under his mask is lipstick, signifying his female split personality. He murders both Angie and Tenko in Chapter 3 and is executed by being boiled in a pot, before his spirit is banished to the afterlife by Monokuma and the spirit of his sister. His execution is named "Cultural Melting Pot".
Miu Iruma
- Miu Iruma (入間 未兎, Iruma Miu)
- Voiced by (English): Wendee Lee[77]
Voiced by (Japanese): Haruka Ishida[11][12]
- A brash narcissist who is renowned for inventing many useful inventions, but often regards them as failures due to her motto: "How can you live life when you're so relaxed it's like you're still asleep?" She is the "Ultimate Inventor" (超高校級の「発明家」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Hatsumeika"). Her persona of being dirty-mouthed, perverted and rude drops when her insults are flung back at her. She attempts to murder Kokichi and frame Kaito for it in Chapter 4 inside a Virtual World she modified. However, her plan backfires when Kokichi tricks Gonta into strangling her to death in the virtual reality world with toilet paper, which has the same effect in the real world, killing her.
Gonta Gokuhara
- Gonta Gokuhara (獄原 ゴン太, Gokuhara Gonta)
Voiced by (English): Kaiji Tang[78]
Voiced by (Japanese): Shunsuke Takeuchi[11][12]
- A gentleman and a large arthropod-lover, saying he can commune with the animal world after he was raised by wolves as a child (though later admits to it actually being dinosaur people). He is the "Ultimate Entomologist" (超高校級の「昆虫博士」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Konchū Hakase"). He is against violence and wants nothing to do with the killing game. He's shown to be extremely protective of the rest of the group and very often offers to risk his own safety to ensure the well-being of the rest. In Chapter 4 he is found to be Miu's murderer, having been tricked into doing so by Kokichi Oma after thinking it would be the only way to "save" her from the despair-inducing horrors of the "real world" he saw via Monokuma's motive. Despite suffering from amnesia due to a malfunction of the VR headset and not remembering anything on the trial, he's eventually outed as the culprit. He is executed via Monokuma shooting mechanical venomous wasps at him, before a giant wasp emerges out of Monophanie's stomach and impales him, before being set ablaze with a flamethrower. His execution is named "Wild West Insecticide".
Kokichi Oma
- Kokichi Oma (王馬 小吉, Ōma Kokichi)
Voiced by (English): Derek Stephen Prince[79]
Voiced by (Japanese): Hiro Shimono[11][12]
- A childlike and sly prankster who is the self-proclaimed leader of a group called D.I.C.E. with over 10,000 members, though it is later revealed the group was simply a gang of eleven pranksters and petty criminals whose motto is "no killing". His title is the "Ultimate Supreme Leader" (超高校級の「総統」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Sōtō"). Deceptive and clever, he tends to claim he enjoys the killing game and is often at odds with the rest of the group, most notably Kaito and Maki, though his true intentions are often ambiguous due to his habit of constantly lying. Investigating his talent research room in Chapter 6 reveals Ouma to be extremely intelligent, with him having correctly pinpointed the murderer, victim, and murder weapon of all previous killings up to that point. After blackmailing Kaito through saving his life, the two conspired together to create a virtually unsolvable murder and make it impossible for the game to continue. This was achieved by having Kaito crush Kokichi's body with a press machine beyond recognition, with the intent of hiding who the victim of the murder was.
Kaito Momota
- Kaito Momota (百田 解斗, Momota Kaito)
- Voiced by (English): Kyle Hebert[80]
Voiced by (Japanese): Ryōhei Kimura[11][12]
- A passionate boy whose dream is to go into space, going so far as to fabricate documents to bypass controls and become a proper astronaut at such a young age. His title is the "Ultimate Astronaut" (超高校級の「宇宙飛行士」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Uchū Hikō-shi"), despite how he never actually went to space prior to the killing game. He is also comical, over-exaggerating his emotions and actions. He quickly develops a brotherly bond with Shuichi and becomes interested in Maki in-game, going out of his way to protect them at all costs. Haunted by a chronic disease that is slowly killing him, he resolves to himself that he won't let himself die because of the killing game. Kaito murdered Kokichi at the latter's request in Chapter 5, and is sentenced to an execution in a similar fashion to that of Jin Kirigiri from the first game, but dies due to his chronic disease before he can be successfully executed. His failed execution is named "Blast Off! Second ignition".
Tsumugi Shirogane
- Tsumugi Shirogane (白銀 つむぎ, Shirogane Tsumugi)
- Voiced by (English): Dorothy Elias-Fahn[28]
Voiced by (Japanese): Mikako Komatsu[11][12]
- The antagonist of Danganronpa V3. A quiet student who is a plain-dressed otaku who tends to add famous anime quotes into conversations and often daydreams about the subject. Despite being the "Ultimate Cosplayer," (超高校級の「コスプレイヤー」, Chō kōkō-kyū no "Kosupureiyā") she only designs costumes for others, preferring not to wear them herself, and loathes dressing up as non-fictional characters to the extent that she breaks out in hives if she attempts to do so. She identifies herself as "the 53rd generation of Junko Enoshima" and the mastermind of the New Killing School Life during the Chapter 6 trial, being part of the production team responsible for creating the Danganronpa reality show and a violently obsessive fan of the show in her own right. She is also revealed as having set up Kaede as Rantaro's killer to dispose of the two for the sake of ratings. She attempts to break the remaining contestants by showing them Shuichi, Kaede, and Kaito's audition tapes, though it is heavily implied that the interviews were fabricated. Tsumugi is executed by Keebo when she orders him to launch an assault on the school after seeing that the audience no longer desires the continuation of the show; despondent at the loss of the one thing she loved, she allows herself to be crushed by a large boulder along with Monokuma. Hers and Monokuma's execution is named "Ultimate Annihilation".
Monokubs
- The Monokubs (モノクマーズ, Monokumāzu, The Monokumarz)
- Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera[11][12]
- The Monokubs, whom are Monokuma's self proclaimed children, serve as the secondary antagonists of Danganronpa V3 under Tsumugi's control. Each of them were killed during the executions. After the trial during Chapter 5, they came back to life as spares. During the trial of Chapter 6, they were blown up by Monokuma's detonator.[81]
Monotaro
- Monotaro (モノタロウ, Monotarō)
- Voiced by: Sean Chiplock[82]
- The leader of the Monokubs who is colored red and wears a scarf. He is the designated leader, though he is the most clumsy of the five. He meets his demise during Gonta's execution, being beheaded by a massive robotic wasp.
Monodam
- Monodam (モノダム, Monodamu)
- Voiced by: Jason Wishnov[83]
- A mostly silent, robotic Monokub who is colored green. His reason for being silent is said to be because he has closed off his heart from Monokid's bullying. He murders Monokid and Monosuke during the first and second chapter executions, respectively, then kills himself during the third execution for the hopes of his siblings to get along.
Monosuke
- Monosuke (モノスケ)
- Voiced by: Brian Beacock
- A chatty Monokub who is colored yellow with black stripes and wears glasses. He is killed during Kirumi's execution after being crushed by her fall.
Monokid
- Monokid (モノキッド, Monokiddo)
- Voiced by: Patrick Seitz[84]
- A brash, loud Monokub who is colored blue, carries a guitar, and has star shapes around his eyes. He is killed during Kaede's execution after being pushed into the giant piano by Monodam.
Monophanie
- Monophanie (モノファニー, Monofanī)
- Voiced by: Natalie Hoover[85]
- A flowery, gentler Monokub who is colored pink and holds flowers. She is killed during Gonta's execution after a giant mechanical wasp emerges from her stomach.
