History Characters / DanganronpaKyokoKirigiri

* DependingOnTheArtist: The amount of studs on her gloves ranges from eight to twelve, depending on the scene in which she's drawn.

* TheCoroner: Her role along with being the GreatDetective.

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Makoto attempts to suggest this regarding Headmaster Kirigiri (or at least give the man a posthumous PetTheDog moment) after the two find the family photo in his office, but she cuts him off by saying no amount of deduction based on a single photo can change her feelings or her past.

* TookALevelInKindness: She's a lot less stoic and a lot more trusting around her friends, even showing them physical affection like hugging or even taking off her glove to hold Makoto's hand.

** She came to the conclusion that Munakata was the mastermind before her "death," albeit admitting he did seem a bit ''too'' ObviouslyEvil. It apparently didn't occur to her that the one who put everyone in this situation was already dead.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome / DyingMomentOfAwesome: Her notebook held the identity of the attacker, meaning she solved the mystery of the Final Killing Game right before her supposed death; the reason she didn't mention it was probably that she suspected Ryota and trusted her friends to find the information.

'''''Characters/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''''' | [[Characters/Danganronpa2MaleStudents Male Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaHajimeHinata Hajime Hinata]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaNagitoKomaeda Nagito Komaeda]]) | [[Characters/Danganronpa2FemaleStudents Female Students]]\\

* HeroOfAnotherStory: She is the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' and TheHeroine of ''LightNovel/DanganronpaKirigiri''.

* ShesGotLegs: Showcased nicely in the artwork.

* StoryBreakerPower: In a series largely revolving around solving murders and uncovering secrets, Kyoko's status as 'The Ultimate Detective' makes her incredibly useful. Acknowledged in-universe as Monokuma realizes this from the beginning, first erasing any memory of her past, including her Ultimate talent, and then trying to get her killed in Chapter 5.

* CryCute: It almost happens when she becomes so upset and angry about her father withdrawing her from the investigation that tears are nearly dropping from her eyes.

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.

* AbusiveParents: While her relationship with Jin Kirigiri is too complicated to be called abusive or good, her relationship with her grandfather, Fuhito Kirigiri, is a lot more suspect. He considered her a throwaway child to the family and never particularly good enough to carry on the Kirigiri tradition due to her father choosing away, and generally put her through TrainingFromHell to get her to the rigor she is now. Nevermind how death was a common-place occurence in her childhood, and after she burnt her hands, she went from there to try her best to hide her emotional weaknesses in fear of having them be exploited. This tactic works as it helped mold her into an ''extremely'' resilient young woman, but it's not perfect as per her irrationalities and paranoia make it apparent.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Once she realizes she's been putting her own desires ahead of Makoto's safety, she risks herself to save him from the garbage room.

* RapunzelHair: Even the braid almost reaches her waist while the rest easily goes down past her hips.

!!Warning: Unmarked spoilers for the whole Danganronpa series

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (games), Creator/CaitlinGlass (anime - English)\\

-->''(While Byakuya attempts to turn the laptop on)'' "Not that I believed we could ''Website/{{Google}}'' our way out of this mess, but it did cross my mind."

-->''"Detectives don't have superpowers. We can't just look at a crime and divine the truth right then and there."''

-->"Yes, there's a chance I could be killed. But... could any of you really kill me? I don't think I'll die that easily."

-->''Nothing comes to mind. Is it a problem if we just stay here in silence? It's annoying when people try to bury the silence with some absurd attempt at "small talk."''

** The fifth trial marks a turning point in this attitude, because [[ItsAllMyFault the extent of her failure there]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone forces her to see the hypocrisies in her thinking]] (Naegi TakingTheHeat for her frame-job showing which one deserved to be trusted, while showing how many truths she can miss out on [[IWorkAlone by working alone]]). She ultimately apologizes in the trash dump for all of this, finally vowing to tell him everything. This goes a great length towards showcasing how susceptible to being emotional (and therefore illogical) she truly is, and learning to step down from the self-appointed pedestal of [[SeekerArchetype truth seeker]] by working with others ends up being some important CharacterDevelopment for her.

-->'''Makoto''': ''(Internally)'' "What does she think a boy is?"[[note]]The Project Zetsubou translation goes "Just what do you think guys are made of, exactly?" while the Website/SomethingAwful translation is "'Man enough'... What does she even think that means?"[[/note]]

-->"[Glaring][[VisibleSilence ...]] Is that a serious suggestion? What's the point of such an action? All we could do with them would be to [[FlowersOfRomance give them to each other]]. [HandBehindHead] [[GibberishOfLove B-But...]] I suppose... If you promise you would accept, then... I suppose I don't mind the idea."

-->'''Monokuma''': A demon! She's a demon! ''(running away)'' You're too cruel!

-->"You still haven't realized? We don't all act according to calculations and cost-benefit diagrams. That's what makes us so complicated. That's what you don't understand, and that's why you couldn't solve this case. ''(Byakuya is left speechless)'' See? Didn't I tell you? When you dismiss other people's feelings, it'll always come back to bite you in the end."

* UnwittingPawn: We find out in the final trial that The Mastermind actually ''wanted'' the AwfulTruth to come out in order to heap as much despair as possible on the students. This revelation essentially reduces her [[StoryBreakerPower obsession with solving mysteries]] from a thorn in The Mastermind's side (like she believed) [[TheChessmaster to a calculated factor]] in their [[DespairGambit grand scheme]]. Needless to say, [[StunnedSilence she doesn’t take this]] [[DespairEventHorizon very well]].

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nearly becomes victim to this, as she witnesses the death of one of the Steering Committee's members at first hand.

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-->'''Makoto''': ''(Internally)'' "What does she think a boy is?"[[note]]The Project Zetsubou translation goes "Just what do you think guys are made of, exactly?" while the Website/SomethingAwful translation is "'Man enough'... What does she even think that means?"[[/note]] She may have shed this mentality regarding Makoto after their BreakUpMakeUpScenario, though.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A pinkish-silver. She's one of the odd characters for whom this is remarked upon, with 'Junko' in chapter 1 referring to her as "that silver-haired girl."

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

* CutenessOverload: In spite of her [[TheStoic stoic characterization]], she becomes defensive in School Mode over the notion that she's somehow not allowed to like cute things, after admiring a porcelain doll in the School Store. {{Fanon}} sometimes turns it into a full-blown weakness ([[http://i.imgur.com/fdCkDFp.jpg such as in one yonkoma in which she makes off with an adorable cub version of Monokuma]]).

* TheNarrator: She narrates the introduction in Episode 1.