History Characters / DanganronpaKyokoKirigiri

'''''Characters/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''''' | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3MaleStudents Male Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaKokichiOma Kokichi Oma]]) | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3FemaleStudents Female Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaMiuIruma Miu Iruma]])-]\\

'''''Characters/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''''' | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3MaleStudents Male Students]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3FemaleStudents Female Students]]\\

'''''Characters/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''''' | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3FemaleStudents Female Students]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3MaleStudents Male Students]]\\

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Potentially in the 5th chapter; Kyoko is the catalyst of the Mastermind's scheme who attempts to frame Kyoko of the murder out of spite because she stole the master key from the Headmasters room and because there was no specific rule to punish her for it, the Mastermind resorted to this. This trial can actually result in the bad ending of the game where if Makoto reveals that Kyoko had the key, she will be executed and the others will remain locked in the school.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Potentially in the 5th chapter; Kyoko is the catalyst of the Mastermind's scheme who attempts to frame Kyoko of the murder of spite because she stole the master key from the Headmasters room and because there was no specific rule to punish her for it, the Mastermind resorted to this. This trial can actually result in the bad ending of the game where if Makoto reveals that Kyoko had the key, she will be executed and the others will remain locked in the school.

* DoubleThink: Resolves never to fall into the Mastermind's traps, and shows herself to be one of the most paranoid people in the group who [[IWorkAlone refuses to work with others]] in accomplishing the ([[{{Irony}} two traits the Mastermind loves to see used for despair]]). [[ProperlyParanoid Not that this isn't justified]] most of the time. She's also one of the only students to openly claim to be solely looking out for herself during a random conversation before a Free Time Event, and yet she tries several times to keep the group safe and also is the only one willing to put herself at risk to stop the Mastermind.

* MagicSkirt: Invoked [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/0/0b/Kirigiri%27s_undergarments.png/revision/latest?cb=20140930124607 in-game]] and [[http://s415.photobucket.com/user/TheIneffablePlan/media/DR%20Artbook%20Translations/CHARACTERPROFILING-KirigiriKyouko.png.html in the art book]] for a series generally not afraid of the occasional {{Fanservice}}.

->''"If you spend all your time trying to avoid danger, you'll never move forward."''\\
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'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (games), Creator/CaitlinGlass (anime - English)\\

* HiddenBuxom: It's hidden by her shirt, but [[https://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_3_Preorder_Bonus_Storage_Box_Design_from_toranoan.jpg official art]] reveals Kirigiri's gone up at least one cup size in the time since the first game. They are actually pretty close to Asahina's bust size, based on this [[https://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_3_Preorder_Bonus_Cloth_from_Sofmap.jpg promotional artwork]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Rule of thumb - despite having her emotions work fine by her own admission, she suppresses her reactions as much as humanly possible out of her fear of giving tells of weaknesses. So her genuinely struggling or not even ''hiding'' her emotional responses to something is a sign something went horrible wrong:
** Kyoko is untypically emotional around the subject of her father. While it's true that her being an EmotionlessGirl is a facade and it makes sense to drop that when she's talking to her family, but even then, it's very rare to see her being openly mad at someone, which establishes her complex feelings about her troublesome relationship with Jin.

* ImpliedLoveInterest:
** The amount of ShipTease she has with Makoto is pretty damn high. While it helps that [[ShipperOnDeck several characters seem to support it]], when alone they tend to refer to each other as friends. But if nothing else, they agree to work together solving the school's mysteries in her School Mode ending, [[HoldingHands and eventually hold hands]].
** They get even more ShipTease in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' and whilst it is still very vague as to whether or not they're together, she eventually becomes vice principal of the new Hope's Peak Academy alongside Makoto as the principal.
* InsufferableGenius: She's smug, quiet, monotonous, easily irritated, mentally dominant over submissive people, and doesn't hesitate to insult the rest of the cast's lack of wit by working out the cases for herself. Monokuma (Junko, who is already enough of an insufferable genius) notes her attitude as "spoiled" once he can't tolerate her infiltration of his plan anymore. However, compared to Byakuya she's not as careless about the other students' personalities, and because of this one difference, she's eventually able to exploit his competitive behaviour in Sakura's case by disproving Aoi's role as the culprit. The behaviour she has here is lessened by ''Danganronpa 3'', as she is seen praising Makoto and accepting Aoi's embrace.
* KidDetective: "Teenage Detective" would be more accurate, but her prequel novels plays this one much straighter. [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1075061 A certain yonkoma has Makoto picturing her years when she played this completely straight]].

** Even when she's nearly killed by a desk or when she's confronted by the Madarai brothers. She also has the nerves to tell them that Ryoko (she's referring to Enoshima) has no idea about The Worst Incident in Hope's Peak Academy's History.

* OfficialCouple: With Makoto. The relationship between the two is a huge driving factor throughout the series. Either one of them being in mortal peril is enough to drive the other near a breaking point, as Kyoko is wracked with shame when Makoto almost takes the fall for Junko's machinations in her place.

** One of the biggest and quickest ways to genuinely piss her off is, implicitly or explicitly, put her skills into doubt. She shows the slightest hint of genuine outrage when Byakuya says her information was wrong, and she hands Makoto an irrational cold shoulder for two entire chapters after he couldn't trust her enough with telling her a secret of his discoveries (which, as {{Hypocrite}} details below, is pretty rich given how secretive she is in general). Considering how much effort she puts into her information gathering, her genuine fury at the idea she's not good enough is pretty justified.
** Another Berserk Button is bringing up her father, the Headmaster of Hope's Peak. While normally composed even in extreme situations, Kyoko has difficulty hiding her emotions when she has her meeting with her father. She even shouts at him at one point.

* BrokenBird: Life has been far from easy on her, between her complicated relationship with her father, surviving a killing game that left many of her friends dead, and then almost dying herself from a lethal poison. But that's positively why she comes off as one of the most focused characters.
* BrutalHonesty: When finally it comes time to speak up, let's just say she never wastes time getting to the point, even if that means speaking rudely to do it. That said, her Brutal Honesty faces both ways. Despite Makoto wanting to rationalize it by the precarious position the Mastermind had placed her in during the last trial, she doesn't pull her punches on holding herself accountable for her actions, refusing to shift responsibility or allow any excuses. This leads to her apology being peppered with some uncharacteristic SelfDeprecation.

* TheComicallySerious: Her stoicism lends well to this sort of humor. Best exemplified by when she calmly rescues Makoto from their school's dump with a flipped container of cup noodles on her head, showing that even [[TheStoic the most stoic of stoics]] isn't immune to moments of humor.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: [[ZigZaggedTrope Sort of]]. Kyoko admits that her emotions and horror to certain other instances works normally; she's just ''very good'' at repressing it. As a detective, she's accustomed to handling gruesome imagery on a daily basis. Any prequel material she appears in has her witnessing more than her fair share of death. It gets referenced in the fourth investigation of ''Trigger-Happy Havoc'' where she says Makoto's reaction is normal and explains that by contrast she's had enough experience with dead bodies that they don't affect her anymore.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows:Has purple eyes to match her pale purple hair, which makes her seem even more mysterious.

* DefectiveDetective: Despite being one of the best detectives in the world, and certainly the best in her age bracket, Kyoko possesses a massive InferioritySuperiorityComplex, has incredible ParentalAbandonment and paranoia issues, and despite trying her best to come off as poker faced, admits she can be ''very'' turbulent and even driven to pettiness if she feels somebody's obstructing her from her work. [[DysfunctionJunction Not that it's particularly unique in this franchise]], but like many detectives in fiction she has quite the laundry list of mental issues.

* EmotionlessGirl: [[ZigZaggedTrope Heavily played with]]. She mentions in a Free Time Event that all her emotions are working fine and that she actually invokes this, as not only does it make her really hard to read, but also gives others someone to mentally lean on since she comes off as calm and composed all the time. Interestingly, one aspect of her character arc shows her frustrations at not being emotionless ''enough''. Despite her occasional rudeness and doing embarrassing things fairly often, such as marching into the boy's room looking for Hifumi and Kiyotaka, or her reputation as a dead body enthusiast, it says a lot that the one instance where she blushes outside a Free Time Event was while admitting to Makoto that she probably got more emotional than was necessary. Later on, she shows inward disgust at feeling such an emotional response to a dead father whose shadow she was supposed to have stepped away from in order to move on with her life. Finally, in her and Makoto's last conversation before the last class trial, she laughs solemnly at having to admit that her hatred for the Mastermind only intensified after learning how much her father suffered, and cynically declares that this haze of emotional confusion will probably never go away.

* DependingOnTheArtist: The amount of studs on her gloves ranges from rows of 2 x 4, 3 x 3 or even 3 x 4 depending on how many the artist wants to draw ([[LimitedWardrobe likely explained by owning multiple pairs]]).

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: She's a lot more subtle about it than most due to repressing a lot of her physical reactions, but despite putting a lot of pride into her talents, her poor responses to people doubting her ability to handle things by herself as well as her crippling reaction to having make errors in judgement shows a lot of that pride is held together by grit and shoestrings. It's best shown with her irrational reaction to Makoto and Togami doubting her at different points and her genuine look of terror upon realizing she miscalculated with her impending execution in 1-5's Bad Ending. She ''has'' gotten better about it over time, especially by ''3'', but her frustration complex still remains subtly there even after having warmed up.

* AppealToRidicule: Makes a particularly spiteful one towards Makoto in the fourth chapter. When Makoto finds another mysterious photograph of their dead friends, he brings it up in the discussion with everyone else telling him it has to be fake. After he says it's legit according to Monokuma, she calls him a {{hypocrite}} for talking so much about ThePowerOfTrust only to trust Monokuma more than his friends, said with the same smirking sprite used for when she's cornering a culprit (or delivering a ReasonYouSuckSpeech, as Byakuya later found out). She knows very well that's not what he meant, but their BreakUpMakeUpScenario put her in a mood to make him look dumb in front of everyone.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Despite appearing aloof and not particularity feminine in behavior and actions, [[DefrostingIceQueen this changes the more she opens up.]] It's telling that her list of favorite presents and certain School Mode dialogue options reveal that she enjoys dolls, flowers and perfumes.

* SecondLove: [[DownplayedTrope Somewhat.]] In ''Danganronpa IF'' it's stated that Makoto had a crush on her. However he was originally shown being interested in Sayaka, which seems to imply that at some point his affections turned towards Kyoko.

'''''Characters/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''''' | [[Characters/DanganronpaMaleStudents Male Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaMakotoNaegi Makoto Naegi]]) | [[Characters/DanganronpaFemaleStudents Female Students]] ('''Kyoko Kirigiri''' | [[Characters/DanganronpaTokoFukawa Toko Fukawa]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaJunkoEnoshima Junko Enoshima]])\\

* OfficialCouple: With Makoto. The relationship between the two is a huge driving factor throughout the series.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Sort of. Kyoko admits that her emotions and horror to certain other instances works normally; she's just ''very good'' at repressing it. As a detective, she's accustomed to handling gruesome imagery on a daily basis. Any prequel material she appears in has her witnessing more than her fair share of death. It gets referenced in the fourth investigation of ''Trigger-Happy Havoc'' where she says Makoto's reaction is normal and explains that by contrast she's had enough experience with dead bodies that they don't affect her anymore.

** She really doesn't like it when people keep secrets from her, as Makoto finds out.
** Her father, the Headmaster of Hope's Peak. While normally composed even in extreme situations, Kyoko has difficulty hiding her emotions when she has her meeting with her father. She even shouts at him at one point.
** She shows the slightest hint of genuine outrage when Byakuya says her information was wrong. Considering how much work goes into her information gathering, it's pretty justified.

* BrokenBird: Life has been far from easy on her, between her complicated relationship with her father, surviving a killing game that left many of her friends dead, and then almost dying herself from a lethal poison. But that's positively why she comes off as one of the most mature characters.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: As a detective, she's accustomed to handling gruesome imagery on a daily basis. Any prequel material she appears in has her witnessing more than her fair share of death. It gets referenced in the fourth investigation of ''Trigger-Happy Havoc'' where she says Makoto's reaction is normal and explains that by contrast she's had enough experience with dead bodies that they don't affect her anymore.

* DefectiveDetective: [[DysfunctionJunction Not that it's particularly unique in this franchise]], but like many detectives in fiction she has quite the laundry list of issues.

* EmotionlessGirl: She mentions in a Free Time Event that all her emotions are working fine and that she actually invokes this, as not only does it make her really hard to read, but also gives others someone to mentally lean on since she comes off as calm and composed all the time. Interestingly, one aspect of her character arc shows her frustrations at not being emotionless ''enough''. Despite her occasional rudeness and doing embarrassing things fairly often, such as marching into the boy's room looking for Hifumi and Kiyotaka, or her reputation as a dead body enthusiast, it says a lot that the one instance where she blushes outside a Free Time Event was while admitting to Makoto that she probably got more emotional than was necessary. Later on, she shows inward disgust at feeling such an emotional response to a dead father whose shadow she was supposed to have stepped away from in order to move on with her life. Finally, in her and Makoto's last conversation before the last class trial, she laughs solemnly at having to admit that her hatred for the Mastermind only intensified after learning how much her father suffered, and cynically declares that this haze of emotional confusion will probably never go away.

* OnlySaneWoman: Her calm composure greatly contrasts the more out-there antics of her peers. In ''3'' she is basically the only one investigating the attacker's identity while everybody else is dealing with their personal issues.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:

* ReiAyanamiExpy: A pale, emotionally-distant girl with light purple hair and eyes and a connection to the original headmaster of the school. That can't be a coincidence.

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* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: She explains her approach to a case being one that leaves personal attachment as far away as possible from clouding her judgement. Funnily, she'll only tell you this during a Free Time Event, where it becomes evident in previous events that she may be hiding [[TheGadfly a vaguely playful personality]] when the opportunity for leisure arrives.
** She's far more open in School Mode as a requirement of its DatingSim format, and is somewhat more polite too. Likely because there isn't any immediate threat to the students’ safety.

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One of the deuteragonists of the Danganronpa franchise. Kyoko is the heir to a long line of detectives and the daughter of Hope's Peak Academy's headmaster, Jin Kirigiri. She was selected as a student of Hope's Peak Academy's 78th class, and given the title of the ''Ultimate Detective''. She and his classmates become the victims of the ''Killing School Life'' and is forced to survive as his classmates collectively try to get away with murdering each other. The Mastermind wipes most of Kyoko's memories beforehand, including about her talent, to keep her from solving the mysteries of the Killing Game, though this proves for nought as Kyoko helps the protagonist Makoto defeat the [[Characters/DanganronpaJunkoEnoshima mastermind]] in the end and escape Hope's Peak with four other classmates.

** Her father, the Headmaster of Hope's Peak.
*** While normally composed even in extreme situations, Kyoko has difficulty hiding her emotions when she has her meeting with her father. She even shouts at him at one point.

* TheCameo: Pops up briefly in Chapter 6 of ''Manga/KillerKiller'', much to [[{{Fangirl}} Asano's]] delight.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Considering how OutOfFocus she had been lately, episode 8 may be this, as it focuses on her and the group investigating the bodies.

* HopeSpot: And an extremely cruel one at that. At the late stages of Episode 9, there are heavy implications that either she or Ruruka will be killed by the traitor. After the countdown ends, we see Ruruka's dead body horribly mauled by the killer, giving hope that Kirigiri is still alive, only for it to turn out that she has been killed by her NG code.
** However, when they all rush over to Kirigiri's body, just before they check her NG code, if you watch the lower right side of the screen, you can see [[FreezeFrameBonus something that looks remarkably like Seiko's Cure W rolling away...]] and it turns out it was right to hope! Kyoko ends up being alive.

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* OnlyMostlyDead: Turns out she managed to take Seiko's Antagonist before the poison took effect, which kept her alive long enough for Mikan to find and revive her.

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