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    Kaoru Adachi 
Kaoru Adachi

Super Highschool Level Musical Conductor

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"You see, the reality of the truth lies in the matters of learning to accept it."

The Player Character.She claims that she has hardly any memory of anything happening before the moment she woke up in an unfamiliar room, to the point of barely remembering her own name and talent. She's mainly noted for being a cynical person who is skeptical of her peers.


  • Abusive Parents: After the death of her mother when she was nine, her father had resorted to alcoholism as a coping mechanism, and it’s vaguely implied that he used to hit her and her younger brother nearly weekly before he died of alcohol intoxication, which ultimately led to her cynical personality.
  • Amnesiac Hero: States to have no memory of anything before her awakening.
  • Brutal Honesty: She isn't afraid to speak her mind when she feels the need to.
  • Chekhov's Skill: Even though Kaoru has forgotten nearly all of her life thus far, she still retains her incredible sense of hearing and is successful in distinguishing both sounds and voices from one another, much like Kaede and Ibuki in past installments.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes and her hair share the same orange color.
  • The Cynic: Very much so in both internal dialogue and externally. She has her reasons for behaving this way.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Same as above, this part of her personality tends to be showcased a lot.
  • First-Person Smartass: Displays a lot of snark in her internal dialogue.
  • Idiot Hair: Typical Danganronpa protagonist fashion.
  • The Protagonist: She’s this game’s player character.
  • Sailor Fuku: She wears a short-sleeved white blouse with a bright yellow necktie and a dark blue skirt.
  • Smart People Wear Glasses: Kaoru wears glasses and is said to be very observant and perceptive.

    Ageha Isozaki 
Ageha Isozaki

Super Highschool Level Dōjin Creator

"Fear is the very essence of what keeps us alive."

Ageha has been known for creating such beautiful literary works that have struck the hearts of men, women, and children alike. Inspired by comic books sold in the western markets, it’s not unusual for her works to have some western elements in place. She is known by her colleagues for being strikingly stoic for a girl her age and is said to be devoid of any sort of emotions.


  • Curtains Match the Window: Both her eyes and her hair share the same red color.
  • Legacy Character: She’s been noted to share the exact same talent with Hifumi Yamada.
  • Nerves of Steel: Considering the situation the students have found themselves in, she seems to be the most composed here.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Averted thus far, but considering its a Danganronpa fanfic, who knows how long this’ll last.
  • Sailor Fuku: She wears a heavily customized periwinkle blouse with a lengthy necktie, along with her pristine white sailor-style collar that had partially covered her shoulders. In terms of her lower half, she has a short pleated skirt of the same blue hue.
  • Sequential Artist: Quite literally her job.

    Sonoko Higashikokubaru 
Sonoko Higashikokubaru

Super Highschool Level Choreographer

"There’s no such decision as right or wrong. After all, intuition is just what you put your faith in."

The heiress of her mother’s dancing company, despite being the twin sister of Naoki Higashikokubaru. She was taught under the way her mother on dancing and was assigned to help lead her mother’s star dance team at a tournament out of bias, the start of her rise to stardom. She’s known by many for being rather blunt and rather down-to-earth, a clear contrast from Naoki.


  • Abusive Parents: After losing in a pivotal dance tournament, her mother has had very harsh and unrealistic expectations of her daughter to the point of parental neglect.
  • Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Downplayed. She certainly has dark brown hair and is rather mature for her age, but she’s only 167 centimeters tall.
  • Brainy Brunette: She’s very intelligent and mature for someone her age.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Both her hair and her eyes have a dark brown color to them.
  • Overly Long Name: She has the longest surname out of the entire cast with fifteen letters, beating Hinata's surname at eleven letters.
  • Polar Opposite Twins: While Naoki is the more open-minded and charismatic twin, Sonoko is the one that's blunter and more practical.

    Aiko Satoyama 
Aiko Satoyama

Super Highschool Level Storybook Author

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"I believe that love means that you’ve started caring for the happiness of someone else."

Aiko was born and raised in the rural town of Amagi, a heavily religious town known for its promising boarding school: The Palace of the Goddess Institute. For a living, she decided to volunteer to read children’s books to the kindergarteners after school and thoroughly enjoyed reading them. As a past-time hobby, she decided to write her own children’s books with the hopes of getting them published. Her roommate at the time had taken her work and shown it to her literature teacher, who promoted her to start publishing her own books. She’s known by her colleagues for her extremely carefree and lighthearted personality.


  • All-Loving Hero: She really just wants everybody to get along, no matter the circumstances.
  • Color Motif: Pink.
  • Feminine Women Can Cook: Explicitly states in her first free time event that she's an expert cook who would make food for her classmates on a daily. Not only that, but she cooks for Kaoru and the others.
    HEIHACHI: Woah! I didn't expect the food here to be THIS good!
    GINKO: Well, there's nothing Mamá Aiko just can't do!
  • First-Name Basis: One of the few characters in the killing game to address others by their first name.
  • The Heart: Known for wanting to see everyone be the best they can be and often encourages them not to give up in times of turmoil.
  • Tareme Eyes: In addition to her loving personality, she has round eyes to match.
  • Team Mom: She's the person whose the most actively involved in trying to bring the group together, to the point of even being a motherly figure for some of the characters.
  • Token Religious Teammate: She’s an avid Shintoist and heavily dislikes anybody who tries to SLANDER her religious beliefs. Regardless, she is respectful of those who believe in other religions or do not believe in any at all.

    Mami Momodani 
Mami Momodani

Super Highschool Level Fashionista

"You should love someone for who they are, not what they are."

Said to be one of the most powerful people inside and outside of the fashion world, Mami Momodani has been the cover girl for a multitude of famous women’s magazine publishers for years on end. She became inspired to become a model like her mother after seeing her mother in a couple of women’s magazines. Even though she’s said to be airheaded by many people, in actuality, Mami has a very kind-hearted and nice personality which completely overshadows the serious side of her, although this is rarely seen from her.


  • Alliterative Name: Mami Momodani. She's the only character in the entire cast with an alliterative name, too!
  • Color Motif: She's both a mixture of purple and pink when it comes to this.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Shares a near identical purple eye color compared to her hair.
  • Dude Magnet: Being a popular fashion icon, it's only natural for a girl like Mami to have a few male admirers around.
  • Meaningful Name: Her name, Mami (真美) means "true beauty".
  • Technicolor Eyes: Well, she certainly has purple eyes.

    Ginko Nishimuraya 
Ginko Nishimuraya

Super Highschool Level Jeweler

"The confianza de los inocentes will become the tool of a mentiroso."

Originally from Japan, Ginko now lives in an orphanage in Sinaloa due to an accident involving her parents. She picked up a part-time hobby of making necklaces out of the seashells she found on the beach. She’s said to be an extremely carefree person, although a tad bit confusing at times due to how she always likes to merge Spanish into her sentences.


  • Gratuitous Spanish: Since she was raised in Spain, she tends to implement Spanish into her sentences as she finds it easier to speak Spanish rather than Japanese.
  • Meaningful Name: Her full name means "The silver child from the store in the northern village." Sinaloa is a northwestern state in Mexico.
  • Motor Mouth: She actually becomes this when talking about the things she's very passionate about, such as Sinaloa itself.
  • Orphan's Ordeal: Her parents are both deceased due to a fatal car accident, resulting in her living in an orphanage in Sinaloa.

    Wakana Yonei 
Wakana Yonei

Super Highschool Level Musical Genius

"The art of music is to express the words you couldn't say on your own. That’s the reason many people can find some music to be powerful, and others relate to the song itself."

The heir of her clan’s music-producing company, Wakana has been the star in numerous orchestras and concerts. She’s trained herself tirelessly for over a whole decade and has mastered twelve instruments as of currently. She’s described as a cordial person who always wishes for perfection amongst anything else. Regardless, she’s still kind at heart and is easily befriended.


  • Chekhov's Skill: Much like Kaoru, Wakana possesses advanced hearing. Due to her being able to play numerous instruments masterfully, she's also gained the ability to distinguish different sounds from each other.
  • Childhood Friends: Claims to be this when she meets Kaoru. However, Kaoru has no clue who Wakana is.
  • Elegant Classical Musician: Quite literally her talent, as she can play a multitude of classical instruments.
  • Huge Schoolgirl: Wakana’s 189 centimeters tall, making her the tallest character of the entire class.
  • Japanese Politeness: She’s very polite when it comes to about practically anything.
  • Ojou: Wakana is actually very rich and is treated like royalty by her family and servants, seeing as she is the heir to her clan.

    Sachiko Katsushika 
Sachiko Katsushika

Super Highschool Level Interior Designer

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"Trust is an essential asset when it comes to survival. Without it, you’re on your own, and surviving alone in such a world is impossible."

Being the heiress of one of the most famous designer firms, she’s known for her interior designing skills said to originate from her deceased mother. However, it’s said that she lives an ordinary teenage life, so not much else is really known about her. Regardless, she is well known for her polite nature and is very kind at heart.


  • Color Motif: Light pink.
  • Flower Motifs: Her shirt is decorated with bright pink flower designs, alongside the flower crown she wears.

    Hinata Kageyokouji 
Hinata Kageyokouji

Super Highschool Level Good Luck


  • Born Lucky: According to Shinsei Gakuen. However, Hinata thinks otherwise.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: In Hinata's freetime event, they mention that they're the only child of an infamous serial rapist and murderer. They still haven't been able to get over this.

    Aiki Narita 
Aiki Narita

Super Highschool Level Ballet Dancer


  • Deuteragonist: He follows Kaoru around after meeting up with her in the prologue, and even helps her learn her way around the school.
  • Friendless Background: In his first free time event, he explains that he was often bullied at school for unlisted reasons, and it got even worse when they discovered that he had been taking ballet lessons after school. As a result, he tends to distance himself from others and doesn’t have any friends.
  • History with Celebrity: States in his freetime that the only reason he became the Super Highschool Level Ballet Dancer was because of the fact that he performed a dance for the Prime Minister, and he became a sponsor of the company Aiki worked for.
  • Shrinking Violet: He’s very quiet and shy, and his stutters happen every so often. In addition to that, he has a lack of self-confidence and believes that he's a burden to his father.

    Heihachi Kitabatake 
Heihachi Kitabatake

Super Highschool Level Stained Glass Maker

The son of the former Super Highschool Level Glassblower Daichi Kitabatake and co-manager of the “Kitabatake and Co. Glass Makers Ltd.,” Heihachi has been working with different types of glass for as long as he could remember. However, after working on a project with creating stained glass windows for a church in America, he’s taken a particular liking towards it. Working after hours in his father’s workshop, he began creating his own versions of stained glass window designs and has them posted on his own online store. He’s said to be rather extroverted and can easily make friends.


    Hayato Yanaihara 
Hayato Yanaihara

Super Highschool Level Playwright


    Takahiro Nishibeppu 
Takahiro Nishibeppu

Super Highschool Level Naturalist Painter


  • Plant Hair: Not meant to be taken literally, but one of his main attributes is the green leaves embedded in his hair.
  • The Strategist: Doesn't really exhibit this much until Chapter 1, where he murders Hinata using a very complex plan. It failed due to minor miscalculations, but if the plan had succeeded, he would not have been found out to be the Darkened.

    Yasutarou Shishikura 
Yasutarou Shishikura

Super Highschool Level Make-Up Artist


  • Dumbass Teenage Son: He’s not essentially the brightest student.
  • Jerkass: He's obnoxiously rude, to the point where Kaoru calls him out on it, although not verbally.
    KAORU: [internal monologue] Jesus Christ, is he this much of an asshole on a daily? I feel kind of bad for Mami if this is the case.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: Very vulgar, kind of self-explanatory.
  • Trash Talk: He likes to do this a lot, whether it’s to your face or behind your back.

    Zeshin Akutagawa 
Zeshin Akutagawa

Super Highschool Level Cake Designer


    Naoki Higashikokubaru 
Naoki Higashikokubaru

Super Highschool Level Dancer


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