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Makoto Naegi

Super Duper High School Good Luck/Average Joe/Screams-Like-A-Bitch

Voiced by: Faulerro
"I'm Makoto Naegi and I'm a new student here at Hope's Peak Academy. I'm just your everyday teenager who was lucky enough to be invited to this prestigious school."

An Ordinary High-School Student who was accepted to the extraordinary Hope's Peak Academy, only to find himself locked in a killing game with 14 other students. Now, with the threat of murder all around him, he must solve the mystery of each chapter and get out unharmed - though, given how his classmates act, this might be harder than he expected.

Tropes associated with Naegi:

  • Agent Mulder: While he's generally one of the saner students, he has a tendency to comically overreact to things. Even when he discovers Maizono's body, he ends up screaming for several minutes, according to the other students.
  • Catchphrase:
    • Tends to begin his internal dialogue with "At this time, I realized..."
    • "You've got that wrong!" in Class Trials. Once used "Sore wa chigau yo!" when caught up in Maizono's gratuitous Japanese.
    • Subverted Catchphrase: When Oowada admits to knowing Togami's browsing history, something he shouldn't be able to know, Naegi yells "You've got that...right?!"
  • Comical Overreacting: The "Meet the Students" special states that the only reason he's in the show is because of this. It's in his title, after all.
  • Covert Pervert: His internet browsing history Monokuma used as blackmail mostly consisted of trying to find naked pictures of Maizono.
    • Chivalrous Pervert: He never tried anything funny with Maizono while she was alive and freaked out over the idea of naked pictures of her being made public. He did accept the pictures of her, though.
  • Deadpan Snarker: He often assumes this role when the other students start acting stupid. He especially does this with Togami, either bluntly refusing his order or sarcastically going along with them.
  • Fetish: Heavily implied to have one for girls with noodle cups on their head, if his browser history in episode 4 is anything to go by. May have been a Call-Forward to Kirigiri (his Implied Love Interest in the actual canon) having a noodle cup on her head in one episode.
  • Giving Up on Logic: Appears to go through this in episode 5. It's hard to blame him, considering the insanity he goes through.
    Naegi: Yeah, sure. As if anything else had to make sense today.
  • Nice Guy: Shown by how he actually is willing to put up with some of the others, and calls some of the people out on their more callous behavior.
  • Not So Above It All:
  • Only Sane Man: After Kirigiri, he's the most sound-minded of the students. Among other things, he realizes that murdering others is only playing into Monokuma's paws, and he leads the trials alongside Kirigiri.
  • Rousing Speech: In the middle of the third trial, Naegi gives one in order to encourage his classmates to work together as friends so they can overcome Monokuma's despair inducing influence.
  • Screams Like a Little Girl: It's in his title for a reason. Maizono's death is a good example of this.
  • Sweet on Polly Oliver: Gender-inverted - he is certain that he won't regret having the hots for Chihiro.
  • Took a Level in Badass: When it comes to the Class Trials, Naegi goes from pretty incompetent (First Trial) to being able to somewhat hold his own but need Kirigiri to help (Second Trial) to handling the whole trial on his own and exposing the culprit (Third Trial) singlehandedly. He also stands up to Byakuya in the Second Trial, despite being more of a pushover before.
  • Took A Level In Cynicism: Compare the tone of Naegi's first line in the series (hope and a bit of excitement) to his lines by DRAT to the Future (dry sarcasm and unenthusiastic).

Kiyotaka Ishimaru

Super Duper High School Hardass

Voiced by: Faulerro
"Do not listen to such poison! Games are not welcome in a school environment!"

A stickler for the rules (to the point where he's practically sticky), Ishimaru is a morally-focused young man who is good at deciding what is and is not acceptable in a school environment... and not much else. He later develops an intense friendship with Oowada (which is heavily implied to have gone even further than that) that leads to tragedy when the latter is found guilty and executed.

Tropes associated with Ishimaru:

  • Ambiguously Gay: Starts getting rather obvious with Oowada in episode 4. Not only do they really not care how homoerotic their spa contest looks, but they get very physically affectionate with one another as well.
  • Badass Boast: Declaring that his balls are made out of brass, and forged in the line of duty as hall monitor.
  • Blunt "Yes": Two in rapid succession in Episode 4.
    Oowada: Man, you must have some big balls to try telling me what to do, bitch!
    Ishimaru: Precisely! I have brass balls, forged in the line of duty as hall monitor!
    Oowada: All right, bro, then let's see those balls! It's time for a bro-off! (they head to the sauna)
    Naegi: You guys are aware of how this looks, right?
    Ishimaru: Absolutely! And we care not for appearances!
  • Fetish: Episode 3 reveals that he has one for debates.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Telling Oowada, "You could stand to control your voluuuuume!"
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: Played for Laughs when he attempts to use his Forget Beam (particularly after a noticeably homoerotic encounter with Oowada).
  • Mad Libs Catchphrase: "X is not welcome in a school environment!" (Or, in episode 3, "This debate was very much welcome in my pants environment.")
    • Gets a bit more variation in "The Pursuit of Happiness" with "This is not welcome in a ship environment" and "Your social life is not welcome in this moon environment."
  • No Indoor Voice: Which is why he doesn't have much of a leg to stand on to criticize Oowada for being loud.
  • No Social Skills: Lampshaded in the Meet the Students video. An extra on Faulerro's Tumblr shows 'HOW DO I MAKE FRIENDS' in his Google search history.
  • Obstructive Bureaucrat: Downplayed. He continuously tries to enforce the rules of a "school environment", despite the fact that he's nowhere close to having any authority. Nor is the killing game the time or place to get into those things.

Byakuya Togami

Super Duper High School Prick

Voiced by: Faulerro
"Oh, would you stop your screaming, you penniless vermin? You're damaging the esteemed ears of Byakuya Togami!"

The son of the owner of a wealthy corporation, Togami's immense wealth is overshadowed by the fact that he is a gigantic prick. He's detached from the other students and treats every single one with contempt (except Celes). Episode 4 reveals that he searches for murder mystery porn in his spare time, which contributes to his tampering with the crime scene.

Tropes associated with Togami:

  • Blunt "Yes": After it turns out that he's been stringing everyone along by altering the crime scene of the second murder to make Genocider Syo look like the suspect.
    Oowada: Man, you're a prick!
    Togami: And your point is?
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: While investigating Fujisaki's corpse, he tells Naegi to "throw bits of evidence at the screen with no real explanation," prompting Naegi to ask if he's OK.
  • Catchphrase: "Oh, yes" and, starting in episode 4, "Tell them, Naegi".
  • Character Blog: Here, as seen in episode 4.
  • Fetish: Apparently, murder mysteries. He loves making things harder for everyone else in the name of this.
  • It's All About Me: He is a very self-centered snob. He frequently declares the trials to be a game, intentionally makes them harder for fun, and tries to screw over everyone else (in spite of the fact that getting the culprit wrong will also get him killed).
  • Jerkass: It's in his title. He even smugly responds to Oowada calling him "a prick," by saying "And your point is?"
    • Jerkass Has a Point: Hagakure calls him "an asshole with a point" after Togami says that the mastermind has a traitor among them and sees Alter Ego as "an unfair advantage" against him, which is why it was stolen. Then again, he is most likely wrong about said traitor stealing Alter Ego in this abridged series.
  • Lack of Empathy: He shows no sorrow over the murder victims. Even considering Maizono is The Friend Nobody Likes, he's the most open in rejoicing over her death, and he fairly callously says "Enough of this mourning bollocks, let's get straight to the investigation," when investigating Fujisaki's corpse. After running around chasing the alleged creeper in Episode 5, his reaction to Yamada screaming sells it.
    Togami: [exasperated] This had better be a bloody corpse this time.
  • Mad Libs Catchphrase: "You have [verb]ed the esteemed [noun] of Byakuya Togami!"
  • They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: On his Tumblr account, he demands to be referred to as "The Esteemed Lord Togami."
  • Troll: Another reason for his crime scene tampering, as deduced by Kirigiri.
  • Upper-Class Twit: So high and mighty that he pretty much considers Naegi to be his slave. Apparently, he doesn't even know how to use a computer; the one time he tries, he taps the same key on a keyboard over and over, expecting that it's going to do something.

Mondo Oowada

Super Duper High School Needless Violence

Voiced by: Faulerro
"Those iron walls don't scare me! I'm sure if I hit 'em a bunch, it'll solve our problems, and yes, that is my answer to everything!"

The head of a famous Japanese biker gang, whose title befits his Hair-Trigger Temper. Episode 4 reveals that he's secretly a furry, and after Chihiro meets with him and tries to console him about it he snaps and kills him in a fit of rage, and ends up turned into butter in his execution. Don't question it.

Tropes associated with Oowada:

Leon Kuwata

Super Duper High School Jock

Voiced by: xthedarkone
"C'mon, you can't kill me off like this! Don't you guys want to know about my backstory? My boredom with baseball? My dream of being a rock star? C'mon, dudes!"

A star baseball player whose excellence at sports excuses him from being a complete idiot otherwise. He ends up being the first murderer, being executed by Monokuma with a thousand baseballs.

Tropes associated with Kuwata:

  • Adaptational Villainy: In the game, he killed Maizono in what was arguably a case of self-defense, although the fact that he went back to get his toolbox and open her door throws that into question. In DRAT, he kills her for calling him a "weenie."
  • Butt-Monkey: His lines repeatedly get cut off by other characters, he gets called a weenie by the girl he tries to get with, and nobody is interested enough in his character's Hidden Depths.
  • Casanova Wannabe: As he confesses in a Motive Rant. He "hadn't gotten any in forever," and thought he had a chance with Maizono. But her rejecting him and calling him a weenie drove him into a rage.
  • Curse Cut Short: When he's locked in the batting cage about to be pelted to death with baseballs, he says "You son of a-!" before they start shooting at him.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Kills Maizono for calling him a "weenie."
  • Dumb Jock: As Naegi points out concerning his attempts to cover up his crime. He also uses his talent with baseball to get away with being a complete idiot outside of the sport.
  • Hidden Depths: Defied. He tries to invoke this as an excuse for why he shouldn't be executed. Monokuma flat out tells him that no one cares.
  • Implausible Deniability : Claims his first name is not Leon, despite wearing a name tag that shows his name is Leon.
  • I Think You Broke Him: After Naegi accuses him of murdering Maizono and he enters his Madness Mantra.
    Byakuya: What is he even saying?
    Celestia: I think he is broken.
  • Madness Mantra: During his Villainous Breakdown, he starts repeatedly calling Naegi an asshole. This eventually devolves into "AHO-AHO-AHO-AHO-AHO!" which Naegi compares to quacking.
  • Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"!: Maizono called him a "weenie", which enraged him enough to kill her.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Naegi remarks that only he would be stupid enough to fail to cover up the murder the way he did, failing to notice Maizono's Dying Clue or the piece of his shirt falling out of the incinerator.
  • When All You Have Is a Hammer…: It's pointed that "throwing a round object at something" (more specifically, throwing his shirt into the incinerator and throwing Hagakure's crystal ball at the "on" button) was the only way he could dispose of the evidence.
  • You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Utters this when he finds out what his punishment is going to be.

Hifumi Yamada

Super Duper High School Dork Supreme

Voiced by: Faulerro
"This reminds me of a video game. I like video games. Do you like video games? I refuse to associate with you if you don't."

Perhaps the biggest nerd in the entire country, who won't give the time of day to anyone who doesn't know about comics, cartoons, video games, sci-fi series, or other things of that nature. He's also an amateur pornographer (though he prefers "artist").

Tropes associated with Yamada:

  • Adaptational Villainy: In the game, Celes claims Ishimaru attacked her and stole Alter Ego, to which he responds with This Is Unforgivable! Here, she claims Ishimaru supports women's rights and fair criticism of video games, and he doesn't even notice when she tosses in Alter Ego on the side.
  • Fat Comic Relief: Referenced by Asahina upon discovering his body the first time.
    Asahina: Not the fat guy! He was funny, because of his weight...
  • His Name Is...: He dies midsentence, only managing to tell the gang that his murderer is "the Bum...", getting Hagakure framed. In the trial, Naegi realizes that he was actually trying to say 'Thebumphor'.
  • Insistent Terminology: Regarding Alter Ego.
    Kirigiri: Apparently Yamada mistook Alter Ego for an advanced porn game.
    Yamada: The correct term is eroge!
  • It's Not Porn, It's Art: What he considers his... passion.
  • Otaku: Same.
  • Out of Focus: He doesn't get very many lines in episodes 2, 3, or 4.
  • Phrase Catcher: "Yamada, no." Said by Naegi whenever his mind goes in the gutter, and gets used as an Ironic Echo when he turns up dead.

Yasuhiro Hagakure

Super Duper High School Bum

Voiced by: Faulerro
"Ha ha! Sucks to be you, man! (gets struck in the eye with a dart) OH, VISHNU, WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

A man who is way too old to even be in high school, but was admitted to Hope's Peak primarily on how hilarious his tendency to bum off other people was.

Tropes associated with Hagakure:

  • Anime Hair: An afro-like... thing.
  • Butt-Monkey: Gets repeatedly "penalized" by Monokuma in episode 3 (which returns in a brief scene at the end of episode 4). The third time he gets penalized in Episode 3 is for something Oowada did.
  • Comically Small Bribe: He admits that he would kill for a popsicle when Monokuma declares that it'll be the fourth motive.
  • The Ditz: His talent is being a bum. Do the math.
    • This is used in his defense in Episode 6 where Naegi points out that Hagakure is too incompetent to pull off such an elaborate murder.
    Hagakure: "It's true, I'm useless!"
  • Eye Scream: Both his eyes are hit with darts as a penalty by Monokuma.
  • Fortune Teller: His future seeing abilities are heavily downplayed in favor of showing his bum side.
  • Frame-Up: Gets framed by the third culprit and by Yamada's dying words, but Naegi sets everyone straight by pointing out how he can't even button his shirt right.
  • Groin Attack: After the above two incidents, Monokuma's third dart lands straight in his crotch instead.
  • I Always Wanted to Say That: His reason for yelling "OBJECTION!", which gets him a dart in the eye from Monokuma.
  • Lazy Bum: It's his title and his first scene involves him asking Naegi for money.
  • Third Eye: Episode 4 has this part of him getting hit by a pair of Genoscissors.

    Female Students 

Sayaka Maizono

Super Duper High School B-List Celebrity

Voiced by: Sydsnap
"Well, sumimasen, Naegi! You think that just because Maizono is a super famous sugoi idol and a totally kawaii princessu she'd forget the little people?"

A member of the somewhat popular idol group "The Kawaii Choir", whose grating use of weeaboo speak annoys everyone who listens to her (except Naegi). Leon has a crush on her, and when she rejects him and calls him a weenie he stabs her with a knife, marking the first murder of the series.

Tropes associated with Maizono:

  • Ambiguously Bi: She's sweet on Naegi (until given motive to backstab him) and also claims to have had a drunken orgy with the rest of the Kawaii Choir.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Was planning to murder someone and frame Naegi for it.
  • Catchphrase: "Sumi ma-sen!", delivered in much the same way one would say "Ex-cuuuse ME!" and no actual Japanese person would ever use that expression.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: Everyone except Naegi can't stand being around her, finding her constant anime references and Japanese fangirl tendencies annoying. As such, they're all very pleased once she kicks the bucket. Naegi even uses this fact in his defense during the first trial; since he was the only person who could stand to be around Maizono for more than ten seconds, he couldn't have been the one to kill her.
    Naegi: Look, how could I kill Maizono? I'm the only one amongst us who could tolerate her!
  • Gratuitous Japanese: She uses it constantly, even though she is already Japanese.
  • Occidental Otaku: She's a parody of this kind of character. She constantly inserts Japanese words into her speech (like saying "sumi masen" instead of "excuse me"), refers to herself as a "kawaii princessu", and generally acts like anime is the greatest thing in the world, much to everyone's annoyance.
  • Old Shame: In-Universe. Monokuma's first motive is of pictures of Maizono without her idol clothes. Her reaction afterwards shows that she regretted taking them (though to be fair, she has every reason to given the way the Japanese idol industry works).
  • Third-Person Person: As if her speaking style wasn't annoying and cutesy enough, she refers to herself only by her last name.
  • Too Dumb to Live: The person she tries to murder is a jock several times stronger than her.

Kyouko Kirigiri

Super Duper High School Mystery Chick

Voiced by: Megami33
"I looked at the crime scene for longer than five seconds, something the rest of you could try doing some time."

An Emotionless Girl who solves the murder mystery plots much more efficiently than everyone else (save for perhaps Naegi and even more questionably Togami). Though her voice is stoic, she frequently expresses her disapproval of the other students' idiocy.

Tropes associated with Kirigiri:

  • Agent Scully: Is unable to solve the last bit of the third trial because "it doesn't make any sense."
  • Ambiguously Bi: After noticing that Monokuma offered every student naked pictures of Maizono, she admits to being curious, and also takes offense to Makoto unintentionally implying she isn't pretty.
  • Brutal Honesty: When Alter Ego asks about what happened to Chihiro, she types, "Oowada crushed their head."
  • Catchphrase: "If I have to guess..." and "Ah. My suspicions are confirmed."
  • Daddy Issues: Her relationship with her father is just as bad as in canon. This is evident by Jin's search history.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Practically every line she has involves her snarking at something.
    Kirigiri: Yes, it's hard to believe pressing the same button over and over isn't yielding any results.
  • Emotionless Girl: She isn't the Mystery Chick for nothing. Her introduction in the "Meet the Students" special says it all:
    Monokuma: Mention the fact that she's emotionless as crap!
  • Expy: As the episodes progress, it becomes less difficult to imagine her most of her lines being said by Daria.
  • "Not So Different" Remark: Celestia claims that Kirigiri alone shares her cynicism and indifference to her classmates. Kirigiri is less than thrilled.
  • Only Sane Woman: 24/7, especially considering that she seems to be the only one who does actual investigation work. If it wasn't for her, everyone but the culprit would have died during Maizono's trial.
  • Sophisticated as Hell: "Let's show these dense motherfuckers some logic, shall we?"
  • The Stoic: Even the occasional moments where she's clearly feeling some emotion don't have her raising her voice beyond the usual monotone.

Aoi Asahina

Super Duper High School Donut Nut

Voiced by: Lady Nanaki
"If we carry on like this, then we're like donuts... without the holes."

An avid swimmer whose main claim to fame is her love of donuts - it's believed that she will die if she doesn't consume them enough.

Tropes associated with Asahina:

  • Adaptational Dumbass: In the game, while she still had her scatterbrained moments, Asahina was still one of the more sensible students at the academy overall. This series ramps up the airheaded side of her character significantly, to the point where she barely understands what's going on if it doesn't involve food.
  • Catchphrase: From episode 5 onwards, she says different variations of "Holy Donut Holes"!
  • Deadpan Snarker: Despite being The Ditz, she actually gets a few moments of this. Particularly this line:
    Asahina: After all the junk swinging between those guys, I'd actually welcome amnesia.
  • The Ditz: Her head is as empty as the hole in one of her donuts.
  • Flat Character: Lampshaded:
    Asahina: I like sports, and donuts, aaaaaaaand...that's it!
    Naegi: Well, you're well-rounded, aren't you?
    Asahina: Like a donut?!
  • Nice Girl: After Naegi, she's the quickest to empathize and generally sees the best in everyone.
  • No One Should Survive That!: The amount of donuts she eats is greater than what a common person should normally eat. Monokuma even expresses surprise that she's still kicking during the Future Foundation killing game orientation.
  • Shipper on Deck: Supports Celes/Togami, much to Fukawa's displeasure.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Take a wild guess.

Touko Fukawa

Super Duper High School Shut-In

Voiced by: Jacksthemouse
"Excuse you, it has to be a male! Only m-m-m-men are capable of something so horrible!"

A reclusive author whose romantic novel Moist Dreams in Malaysia made her famous. Despite her success as a writer, her true passion is her social justice blog, where she vents her frustrations on all those who displease her: people. She especially dislikes cis white males like Naegi (despite everyone being Japanese).

Tropes associated with Fukawa:

  • All Love Is Unrequited: Her crush on Togami is both hopeless and ironic, since she Does Not Like Men.
  • Character Blog: The URL is briefly seen in episode 4 - see it here.
  • Does Not Like Men: While Fukawa hates everybody, she hates a special distaste for men. In the first class trial, Fukawa believes that the killer has to be one of the men because "only men are capable of something so horrible", and refers to Naegi as "cis white male scum" despite the fact that he's Japanese.
  • Flat Character: There isn't much to her outside of her hate for others (especially men) and Tumblr habits.
  • Misanthrope Supreme: The thing she hates the most is people. She hates social interaction, and has "half a mind to blog about" everybody else.
  • Political Overcorrectness: A big advocate of this, as her character is a satire of social justice warriors.
  • Split Personality: Genocider Syo. However, in this version, Syo has a Cockney accent.
  • Straw Feminist: She will blame anything and everything negative on men, regardless of how impossible it may be or how little sense it makes. She also calls Naegi "cis white male scum" when she suspects him of killing Maizono; when Naegi points out that he's Japanese (and therefore not white), Fukawa gets mad at him for derailing her argument.
  • Verbal Tic: She has a noticable stutter, which becomes more pronounced when she's flustered.

Sakura Oogami

Super Duper High School Beefcake

Voiced by: Faulerro
"I pray that we cross paths on the battlefield some day soon."

A very strong girl who "wouldn't look out of place in a Street Fighter game" and is very, very muscular and intimidating.

Tropes associated with Oogami:

  • Blood Knight : See Proud Warrior Race Girl below.
  • Dumb Muscle: When she thinks that Alter Ego is Fujisaki trapped in a computer.
  • Horrifying the Horror: Monokuma finds her terrifying, which says quite a lot about her.
  • Lady Looks Like a Dude: Lampshaded several times. The very first bit of her introduction in the "Meet the Students" special has Greg simply stating that she's a woman.
  • Proud Warrior Race Girl: As Greg's statement about her in the "Meet the Students" special clearly shows, she is obsessed with the honor of the battlefield and respects only those she estimates to be, in her own words, "followers of the warrior's way". The only people she dubbed as such so far are Oowada and, strangely enough, Naegi.

Celestia Ludenberg, a.k.a. Grand Spite Demon Thebumphor

Super Duper High School Hellspawn /Super Duper Hell School Actual Demon

Voiced by: SerenaMidori
"We should simply make ourselves comfortable and- I WILL WATCH YOU BURN! adapt to our new environment- YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED!- Don't you agree? (giggles)"

A gambler who is believed to have come from Hell itself, a theory which holds more weight due to her frequent outburts of demonic rage.

Tropes associated with Celes:

  • Audience Surrogate: To Danganronpa's detractors, given her speech in Episode 6.
  • Birds of a Feather: She gets along greatly with Togami given their sophisticated backgrounds, their superiority over others and their mutual enjoyment of the killing game. Although in Episode 6 she admits that she was stroking his ego so he could make the investigations harder for everyone.
  • Compelling Voice: Makoto questions why the strawberries in the Danganronpa universe are all pink. Celestia eventually gets fed up with Makoto's stalling and screams "YOU WILL EAT THE STRAWBERRY, CREATURE OF FLESH!" at him, which makes Makoto eat it.
  • Dragged Off to Hell: And is perfectly fine with that; she's not only from Hell, but she found her other classmates so annoying that Hell is preferable to being around them anymore..
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Despises Monokuma's voice from the game's dub. Also, she finds The Legions of Hell less insufferable than her classmates.
  • Evil Sounds Deep: In "Hellspawn" mode, her voice gets very deep and has a slight reverb to it.
  • Face Death with Dignity: She's not upset about dying since that just means she's going home, and getting away from her classmates.
  • Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Her Elegant Gothic Lolita appearance and manner contrast greatly with her bouts of demonic rage.
  • Lipstick Lesbian: She has a thing for Kirigiri and promises to "show her a good time" if she wants when she goes to Hell.
  • Literal Metaphor: She's the Super Duper High School Hellspawn not because of her personality, but because she was literally spawned in Hell.
  • Nightmare Fetishist: A fan of Genocider Syo. Given that she's from Hell, this comes as little surprise.
  • Obviously Evil: Her title is an obvious indicator, for one. She also talks about people burning in "the pits of my home", and when she's outed as the murderer in Case 3, she doesn't really mind, since she'll just be going back home without any trouble.
  • Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: She starts doing this in the fifth episode, sometimes taken on a Southern accent.
    • She also does this in the sixth episode in a poor attempt to throw Naegi off his game.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives one before she's killed about how Asahina is nothing but a donut obsessed idiot and that she looks forward to Asahina having diabetes, Ishimaru was just a catchphrase spewer and how the only person she actually didn't hate was Kirigiri.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She's thrilled at her execution since she can finally get away from her annoying classmates.
  • See You in Hell: A quite literal example since she's a demon. She assures Kirigiri that she'll be ending up in hell.
  • Voice of the Legion: In her scarier moments. Turns out to be part of her being an actual hellspawn.
  • Xanatos Gambit: If she got away with murdering Yamada and Ishimaru, Monokuma would off her annoying classmates. If she was caught, she'd get a return trip to hell. Either way, she'd get what she wanted.

Junko Enoshima (actually Mukuro Ikusaba)

Super Duper High School Airhead

Voiced by: EileMonty
"O-M-G, like, do you have to like, talk about, like, school environments all the like, time? That's so-o-o, like, lame, like..."

A very attractive girl who (put frankly) isn't very smart and has very little personality. She's also a bit of a jerkass. Because of this, she gets personally killed by Monokuma early on. She reappears in "The End of Hope's Peak", not yet disguised as Junko.

Tropes associated with fake Enoshima:

Chihiro Fujisaki

Super Duper High School Totally-A-Chick

Voiced by: MasakoX
"Yeah, men sure are terrible, huh?"

A timid young student who spends most of his time on the computer. Even before "her" death at the hands of Oowada, many jokes are made about both his real gender and the Tumblr users who get upset over others interpreting him as cis instead of transgender.

Tropes associated with Fujisaki:

Junko Enoshima (the real one)

Voiced by: EileMonty

The spreader of despair.

Tropes associated with real Enoshima

    Other 

Monokuma

Totes Sinister Bear-in-Command

Voiced by: Faulerro
"I'm half hope, and half despair! Dis... bear... bear, ya- ya get it?"

The person running the whole killing game, Monokuma is a strange, remote-controlled teddy bear that can and will use various devious methods to keep the murders flowing.

Tropes associated with Monokuma:

  • Birds of a Feather: In one of Faulerro's videos, he finds himself in the company of Flowey. The two get along so well with each other that they decide to have a make out session after an Evil Laugh off.
  • Catchphrase: Often refers to things as "totes X" (usually "totes sinister").
  • Creepy High-Pitched Voice: Faulerro gives Monokuma a much higher voice than in canon.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Even he doesn't dare bring the wrath of Tumblr to his series.
  • Exact Words: At the end of the first trial, Monokuma decides to keep his word by sharing the pictures of what Maizono looks like under her idol clothes. They're pictures of a fully clothed Maizono with her idol clothes edited on top of her.
  • Fan Disservice: The first murder happens in part because he threatens to show them provocative pictures of himself.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Sometimes comes off as polite only to show a ruder or more sadistic side soon afterward.
  • Giggling Villain: Upupupu~
  • It's All About Me: Thinks of himself as sexy. Although if you remember who controls him, he's not exactly wrong.
  • Jerkass: He's trying to make the students murder each other and enjoys it.
    • He torments Naegi when he's in the shower after Maizono's death.
  • Killer Teddy Bear: He doesn't actually kill anybody (except Junko, but Monokuma insists that she doesn't count). Instead, he makes everyone else kill each other.
  • Laughably Evil: Still an amusing character despite the murder.
  • Made of Explodium: As shown when Oowada tries to destroy Monokuma 16 times in a row, throwing Monokuma makes him blow up. But Monokuma keeps coming back anyways.
  • The Nicknamer: Has a penchant for calling the students by certain nicknames.
  • Shut Up, Hannibal!: When Kuwata protests his execution by complaining that his character hasn't been developed enough, Monokuma tells him, "NOBODY CARES!"
  • Shut Up, Kirk!: When Ishimaru protests Oowada's execution.
    Ishimaru: You cannot kill my bro!
    Monokuma: I think you'll find I CAN AND WILL!

Genocider Syo

Super Duper High School Stabby McMurder

Voiced by: Jacksthemouse
"I'm that serial killer extraordinaire with the nonsense name, because what's a genocider? Who fucking knows?"

An infamous serial killer who happens to be the Split Personality of Touko Fukawa. She's not changed that much from her canon incarnation, aside from having a British accent.

Tropes associated with Genocider Syo:

  • Evil Brit: She's given a thick Cockney accent.
  • Hurricane of Puns: Has one when she introduces herself.
    "I'm Genocider Sho and I Sho am glad to Sho myself to all of ya, very much Sho!"
  • Incoming Ham:
    "How's it going, sluts? Genocider Syo is in the hooooooouse!"
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Lampshaded:
    "Because what's a Genocider? Who fucking knows?"
  • The Nicknamer: Mainly on Naegi so far.
  • Not So Above It All: Despite her love for Togami, Jane agrees to the group's pact of ignoring him since she'd go mad if she kept acknowledging his existence.
  • Tom the Dark Lord: In The Stinger of her episode debut, she admits to Naegi that "Genocider Syo" was a name given to her by the public and that she would personally prefer to go by "Jane".

Alter Ego

Voiced by: MasakoX

An Artificial Intelligence designed by Chihiro Fujisaki prior to their death.

Tropes associated with Alter Ego:

Chisa Yukizome

Super Duper High School Mom

Voiced by: Mystic Pyro Freak
"Now you'd better be ready to actually attend class, and if you're not, remember that I know where you live!"

The kindhearted teacher of Class 77-B at Hope's Peak Academy. Also the only person who can handle their Dysfunction Junction.

Tropes associated with Chisa Yukizome:

Jin Kirigiri

Hope's Peak Academy Master of Head

Voiced by: LittleKuriboh

The long suffering Principal and head honcho of Hope's Peak Academy, and the father of Kyouko Kirigiri.

Tropes associated with Jin Kirigiri:

Koichi Kizakura

Super Duper High School Alcoholic

Voiced by: DiGi Valentine

Class 77-B's old teacher. He's more than willing to pass off his students to Yukizome.

Tropes associated with Koichi

  • The Alcoholic: It's his title!
  • Apathetic Teacher: He doesn't mind what Yukizome does with his students, so long as it's in the completely opposite direction of him.
  • Drowning My Sorrows: He's not alright. Honestly, he never was.
  • The Eeyore: He suffers from PTSD because of what the SDR2 kids put him through.

    SDR2 Students 

Hajime Hinata

Literally Just Some Guy

Voiced by: Faulerro
"You may know me from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and by that, I mean various Let's Plays of it, because none of you speak Japanese and have to rely on others to play the damn thing for you."

The protagonist of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, who shows up briefly in a short with Komaeda.

Tropes associated with Hinata:

  • Deadpan Snarker: His dialogue so far clearly establishes him as this.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: He doesn't have an anime adaption, which is why he is just an animated sprite.
  • Only Sane Man: Much like Naegi, he's The Generic Guy in a group full of a colorful Dysfunction Junction.
  • Ordinary High-School Student: He doesn't have a special talent, noted by his lack of a SDHS title. He's obviously very out of place in Hope's Peak.
  • Take That!: He hopes that his game's anime won't be "a condensed rush job" like the Danganronpa anime.
  • Take That, Audience!: He suggests that if the viewers know of him, it's from the Let's Play, since there's little chance of them being able to speak Japanese. Though, now that both games have been localized...

Nagito Komaeda

Super Duper High School Hope Dope

Voiced by: Faulerro
"Oh, come on, Hinata-kun, I heard you mention hope and I had to get in on that."

Another Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair character who only shows up at the very end of the "Meet the Students" special, and accompanies Hinata in the 1,000 Tumblr followers "thank you" video. He is a strange white-haired boy with a preoccupation with the concept of hope, and will arrive on the scene the minute someone mentions the word.

Tropes associated with Komaeda:

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu

Super Duper High School Overcompensation

Voiced by: Faulerro
"The fuck happened to the other guy? He die or something? Cause if not, that can be arranged."

A short student who's the heir to the Kuzuryu Clan of yakuza.

Tropes associated with Kuzuryu:

  • Amazon Chaser: He notes that he's attracted to women with swords when Yukizome resorts to threatening him with one.
  • The Napoleon: His wealth and mobster accent don't hide how short he is.

Hiyoko Saionji

Super Duper High School Meta Brat

Voiced by: Sydsnap

A sweet looking little girl who is actually a huge bitch.

Tropes associated with Saionji:

Mahiru Koizumi

Super Duper High School Blogger

Voiced by: Kage-Ichihashi
"Did you know that alcoholism is a strictly male condition? It's true. I read it on the internet."

A girl who spews anti-men sentiments a la Tumblr. Yes, even more so than Fukawa.

Tropes associated with Koizumi:

Sonia Nevermind

Super Duper High School Eurotrash

Voiced by: SerenaMidori

A European princess who's also an exchange student in Japan.

Tropes associated with Sonia:

Mikan Tsumiki

Super Duper High School Hot Mess

Voiced by: RedAsATomato

The class nurse, who's also jittery and clumsy.

Tropes associated with Tsumiki:

Nekomaru Nidai

Super Duper High School Roids

Voiced by: Dizzasta

One of Class 77-B's absent students. Has a serious fiber deficiency.

Tropes associated with Nidai:

  • Addiction-Powered: Implied given his SDHS title.
  • Big Eater: Ate a whole five course meal before going to the bathroom. It... doesn't mix well with his fiber deficiency.
  • Shock and Awe: The electricity coming off his eyebrows isn't for show. Yukizome even tells him to use Thunderbolt when Owari appears.
  • Toilet Humor: Just like in canon. Nidai say more?

Teruteru Hanamura

Super Duper High School Stereotype

Voiced by: GameBuddy
"How would you like to sample my special dish? A picante, zesty number I like to call... my dick."

One of Class 77-B's absent students, Teruteru is a man burning with libido for the fairer sex.

Tropes associated with Hanamura:

Akane Owari

Super Duper High School Boobs

Voiced by Mystic Pyro Freak
"LOOK AT MY BOOBS! YEAH!!!"

One of Class 77-B's absent students. Has the biggest breasts out of everyone in it.

Tropes associated with Owari:

Kazuichi Soda

Super Duper High School Disaster

Voiced by KaggyFilms

One of Class 77-B's absent students. Builds monstrous contraptions that he has no idea what functions it has. Has a crush on Sonia Nevermind.

Tropes associated with Soda:

  • All Love Is Unrequited: He has a crush on Sonia... who calls him Dr. Pepper.
  • Amusing Injuries: Got ran over by a truck which allowed Komaeda to obtain dozens of soda cans. A fact that fills Komaeda with... happiness since Soda helped him to get soda.
  • Embarrassing Last Name: He despairs over the fact that Sonia called him Dr. Pepper because his name is Soda.
  • The Engineer: Builds massive machines but doesn't remember what they are or what they can do.

Dark Magician Tanaka

Super Dark High Spook Darkness

Voiced by Faulerro

One of Class 77-B's absent students, Dark Magician Tanaka is the Dark Emissary of Darkness and therefore, has no need for education.

Tropes associated with Dark Magician Tanaka:

Ibuki Mioda

Super Duper High School Metalhead

Voiced by xbubblemunkyx

One of Class 77-B's absent students, a metalhead whose songs are deafeningly loud.

Tropes associated with Mioda:

  • Brown Note: Her music is so damn potent that it busts the rest of her classmates' eardrums.
    Soda: WHAT IS SHE SAYING?! I CAN'T HEAR SHIT!!
  • Cluster F-Bomb: The most easily identified words in her lyrics are the many variations of "fuck".
  • Deceptively Silly Title: Her song "Snowflake Cinnamon Serenade". It's a metal song that bursts the eardrums of those who hear it.
  • Metal Head: Duh.
  • Perky Goth: When she's not singing, Mioda is a very pleasant person with a sweet voice.

Peko Pekoyama

Super Duper High School Tragic Past

Voiced by KrookedGlasses

One of Class 77-B's absent students. Her past is a tragic one filled with despair, if her title didn't already give it away.

Tropes associated with Pekoyama:

  • Dark and Troubled Past: It's her title. Though what exactly happened in her past that was so tragic for her to earn such title is quite unclear.
  • Emo: Type 2. Apparently her internal monologue is filled with a lot of brooding.
  • Mentor Occupational Hazard: The master who taught her how to use a sword is mentioned to have passed away.
  • Noodle Incident: Something that happened in her Dark and Troubled Past makes her believe that the world wouldn't understand her.

Ryota Mitarai (?)

Super Duper High School Commission Artist

Voiced by: BuddyVA

One of Class 77-B's absent students. He hides away in a room, choosing to only focus on his commissions.

  • Crazy-Prepared: Zigzagged. He's ready for when people try to make him leave his room, but his locks are no match for Yukizome. On the other hand, he did manage to fool her with the imposter.
  • Hikikomori: He'd rather live in isolation than have to go out and be a functioning adult.
  • It's Not Porn, It's Art: Subverted. Mitarai is exasperated by the amount of porn commissions he gets.
  • Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: What we've seen of him is actually the imposter pretending to be him.

Chiaki Nanami

Super Duper High School Let's Player

Voiced by: Kiane Chula King

One of Class 77-B's students, she spends her time playing as many video games as possible.

Tropes associated with Nanami:

Izuru Kamukura

Voiced by: Faulerro

A character who only appears in the short "Komaeda's Got a Gun". Supposedly he is Hajime Hinata's Superpowered Evil Side.

Tropes associated with this character:

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