Characters / Danganronpa: Dead on Arrival

General Tropes

• Famed In-Story: The majority of the cast qualifies as such.

Rumi Urogataya

Super High School Level Perfumer

• Blue Blood: Her family owns a wealthy cosmetics company, which she is to inherit.
• Idiot Hair: As with every Danganronpa protagonist.
• Nice Girl: Though a bit judgmental, she has a good relationship with the majority of the cast.
• The Nose Knows: As expected of a perfumer, Urogataya has an incredible sense of smell, which actually comes in handy during the first case.
• Sailor Fuku: Wears a black, purple, and grey one.
• Only Sane Woman: Fills this role as the protagonist.

Crane Omiata

Super High School Level Capoeirista

• Nice Guy: One of the friendliest people in the cast.

Minami Tachibana

Super High School Level Wedding Planner

• Break the Cutie: She's not only framed for the Chapter 2 murder, but shameful secrets about her past are also revealed during the trial.
• Cooldown Hug: Given one by Urogataya in Chapter 3 after she reveals why she never found love (see Dark and Troubled Past).
• Dark and Troubled Past: Revealed in Chapter 3 that she was sexually assaulted by one of her clients. This traumatized Tachibana so badly that she avoided love ever since.

Amida Goto

Super High School Level Bassist

• Hidden Depths: It's revealed during the Chapter 1 trial that because of his multitude of learning disabilities, he's developed an inferiority complex about his intelligence.
• The Rock Star: Bassist for a popular alternative rock band.

Kurenai Irie

Super High School Level Architect

• The Stoic: Blunt, serious, and to the point about pretty much anything.

Samuru Torisei

Super High School Level Cartographer

• Nervous Wreck: Extremely timid and constantly stutters when he speaks.

Daian Dazai

Super High School Level Dollmaker

• Alliterative Name
• Brutal Honesty: It's unclear if her jabs are meant to be this or are just her being mean.
• Everyone Knew Already: The secret that she killed her own father came as a surprise to no one. Subverted when it's revealed that it was a Mercy Kill.
• Insult Comic: Insults everyone.
• Surrounded by Idiots: Holds this attitude, as she does not outwardly display positive feelings towards anyone in the cast.

Noboru Murakami

Super High School Level Good Luck

• The Gadfly: Enjoys provoking people. Shares this trait with Nosaka.
• Nice Guy: Presents himself as such. Really isn't.

Giselle Vundergaarde

Super High School Level Chocolatier

Goro Ando

Super High School Level Cowherd

• Gorn: The second motive reveals that he, uh... "gets off" to gore, much to his mortification.

Chiemi Baisotei

Super High School Level Bodyguard

• Action Girl: Has threatened physical force before.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: Is mainly trained in martial arts.
• For Great Justice: Her moral code and sense of righteousness motivate most of her actions.
• Team Mom: Has a motherly nature, and makes it her duty to look after the rest of the cast.

Yasuo Nosaka

Super High School Level Hustler

• The Gadfly: Enjoys provoking people. Shares this trait with Murakami.
• Gonk: Described as having buck teeth, and has a distinctly ratty appearance compared to the rest of the cast.

Suzue Arakawa

Super High School Level Ballet Dancer

• My Death Is Just the Beginning: Urogataya ruminates on their relationship even after she dies.

Junichi Watanabe

Super High School Level Rock Climber

• The Big Guy: The largest member of the cast.

Rowena Christine St. Bathory

Super High School Level Horror Hostess

• Dark Is Not Evil: She presents herself as the "Mistress of the Night", but is ultimately harmless and her bark is worse than her bite.
• Large Ham: Incredibly so.
• Psychic Powers: Claims to have experience with these. Doesn't.
• Unfortunate Names: The second motive reveals that her real name is Hanako Hanakiyo, which translates to "flower child pure flower", a name that greatly contrasts her talent.

Akira Handa

Super High School Level Epicure

• Dark and Troubled Past: Implied.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Makes an attempt to become more amicable in Chapter 2. This did nothing to prevent his secret from staining his reputation, though.