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The Protagonist
Ayumu Fujimori
Ayumu Fujimori
Ultimate Unlucky Student
Voiced by: kel
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The protagonist of the story. A shy girl whose talent has caused her to become withdrawn from the world around her. She has the ability to detect the feelings of others.
It's revealed early on that Ayumu is actually a boy who was forced to dress up as a girl by his abusive sister. He ends up surviving the killing game.
- And the Adventure Continues: After reuniting with his family and explaining everything that happened, Ayumu reveals that he intends to finish what Narumi started.
- Bad Liar: Ayumu has a hard time with telling lies. It's considered so bad that Seishi suggests that she wear a mask if she wants to get away with lying.
- Born Unlucky: Ayumu has an unfortunate history of bad luck to the point that anyone around her also suffers some form of misfortune. Also, unlike past Ulimate Lucky Students, Ayumu stands out as the first one who is Unlucky.
- Broken Pedestal: After learning what a twisted monster Seishi was, the first thing Ayumu does when they get back home is to burn all of his mystery novels.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Deconstructed in the English dub. During his flashback as a child, Ayumu admits that he used to be severely bullied by the other kids because of how feminine he looked despite being a boy.
- Driven to Suicide: In the third case, Ayumu tries, and comes dangerously close, to convincing everyone into giving up the trial so they can die together. The reason behind this is because he would rather they all die then come to the conclusion that Seishi is more wicked than what he appears to be.
- The Empath: Ayumu is able to notice the real feelings of a person after interacting with them.
- Extreme Doormat: One of Ayumu's defining traits is how easy it is for people to take advantage of her. This is Played for Drama with the reveal that his crossdressing began when Ayumu's older sister forced him to dress up like a girl and he was too weak willed to say no.
- Fangirl: She is a huge fan of both Seishi for his mystery novels and Marin for her weather forecasts.
- Gender Reveal: His identity as a boy is revealed in the first chapter of the original series by Miwashiba and in the second chapter for the unofficial English dub.
- It's All My Fault: With each passing trial, Ayumu blames themselves for failing the victims and for sending their killers to be executed.
- Sailor Fuku: Her uniform is dark grey with navy blue.
- Security Blanket: Despite having his secret identity revealed to everyone, Ayumu occasionally dons his feminine attire for the sake of comfort.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: The reveal that Ayumu used a girl persona to protect himself from bullies makes him similar to Chihiro Fujisaki.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: He dresses as a girl because his sister makes him, not because he wants to. Once it's revealed he's a boy, he starts dressing as his real gender.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: For the third chapter, Ayumu becomes the Ultimate Lucky Student and is blessed with good luck thanks to Monodora's talentswap motive. The only problem is that if he wants to keep it, he has to kill someone.
Female Students
Aruma Todoroki
Aruma Todoroki
Ultimate Animal Trainer
Voiced by: Sonotrachel, later replaced by Kae
She claims to be able to tame any animals, including humans. Although she was born in Japan, she joined a French circus early on in her life to build up her skills as an animal trainer. She tends to make alot of sexual comments.
In the unofficial dub, she ends up as the main victim of the third murder case as she's stabbed in the stomach and bleeds to death while trapped in an exhibit case.
- Adaptational Sexuality: According to the creators of the English dub, Aruma is confirmed as pansexual.
- All Women Are Lustful: She rivals Miu Iruma in terms of lewd commentary along with how easily 'flustered' she gets from everyday conversations.
- The Beastmaster: Her talent allows her to control all types of animals and sometimes humans.
- Bound and Gagged: Her killer taped her mouth and tied her up before stabbing her.
- Circus Brat: Her bio states that she traveled in a circus when she was a little girl which was how she developed her animal training talent.
- Dominatrix: When she's not being flirty and playful, she can be assertive and tough on anyone who needs it. Kazuomi seems to be her main target of her assertiveness.
- Everything Sounds Sexier in French: For the English dub, her first voice actress gave her a French accent along with French words sprinkled in her dialogue to highlight her lustful personality. Eventually she was replaced with another actress who nixed the French aspect all together.
- Hidden Depths: She has an appreciation for classical music. She recognizes it as beautiful and important when soothing the most savage of beasts.
- Lady in Red: She wears a dark red jacket and red heels to match.
- Men Like Dogs, Women Like Cats: Inverted. In her bio, Aruma actually likes dogs but dislikes cats. In the third chapter, she even becomes the owner of an injured dog she names Joilette.
- Whip of Dominance: She always carries a whip and isn't even afraid to use it, complementing her image as a Dominatrix and an animal trainer.
Kasumi Izumo
Kasumi Izumo
Ultimate Spirit Medium
Voiced by: Somni
A dangerous person with real spiritual powers. She can perform all sorts of hexes and curses. She considers spirit possession disgusting, but will perform it on rare occasions. However, her powers are quite weak and usually drain her energy for several days.
- Berserk Button: She finds spirit channeling to be disgusting and hates it when other people bring it up.
- Blessed with Suck: She's gifted with extraordinary powers which involves casting spells and channeling spirits. But Kasumi finds the latter to be disgusting and too much work for her to perform. It also makes her a target for potential killers as she can channel the ghosts of her fallen classmates who can reveal vital information.
- Exhausted Eyebags: She's always shown with these.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has a long flowy pair of these that reach to her knees.
- Gratuitous Latin: Most of her spells involve Latin chanting.
- Innocently Insensitive: In Chapter 2 of the dub, Kasumi makes a shrine to honor Maiko and Nico. While it was a nice gesture, it brought back painful emotions for Saiji who was fond of Maiko.
- Jerkass Has a Point: The reason she keeps making shrines despite Misuzu telling her not to is because she claims its disrespectful to ignore the spirits of the fallen. They can't truly move on if the people who knew of them don't pay them their respects.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She may be grouchy and quick to antagonize, she has a good heart and does mean well. This is best shown with the reveal that her shrines were also a way for Misuzu to perform her talent as a shrine maiden.
- Kick the Dog: In the same scene from above, she mocks Saiji for his grief for the late Maiko despite knowing her for a week and rudely tells him to get over it.
- Kick the Morality Pet: After being fed up with Misuzu, she decides to curse her with itching and burning skin. She immediately regrets it.
- Recurring Element: Design-wise, she follows a popular theme of a DR character having pale skin, red eyes and black hair.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: She has dark red eyes and is pretty hostile if you cross her.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Misuzu's blue.
- Sailor Fuku: Her uniform is the dress version with black and faded red colors.
- Lady Swears Alot: She starts to swear aggressively when she gets agitated.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: A gloomy girl wearing a long sailor fuku uniform with pigtails and is both petty and spiteful? Touko Fukawa, is that you?
- Third-Person Person: Kasumi referred to herself in the third person in the Japanese version.
- Unhappy Medium: Kasumi's spirit channeling and curses are the real deal but she isn't very keen on using the former as it's gross and takes up alot of her energy.
- Wicked Witch: Can be considered this since she has a rather dark appearance and uses hexes and curses on anyone who rubs her the wrong way.
Maiko Kagura
Maiko Kagura
Ultimate Dancer
Voiced by: Garbagegothic
A dancer who was recognized after performing internationally with the granddaughter of a certain Ultimate Musician. She's optimistic, and only sees the best in everyone. However, she has a weak mentality that can easily break.
She dies in both versions of the story. In Miwashiba's version, she's the first killer who went after Saiji while in the English dub she was the first victim who died by drowning courtesy of Nico.
- Big Eater: In her report card, she loves big servings of ramen.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: In the original version by Miwashiba, her execution involves her being forced to wear a ballerina outfit and made to perform to soft ballet music. While doing so, barbed wire began to entangle her body as she continued to spin followed by razor blades resulting in her body being hacked apart.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Her left sock is blue and reaches past her knee while her right sock is yellow and small.
- Genki Girl: She's cheerful, friendly and full of energy.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has golden blonde hair and is a good friend who is always willing to lend a hand. Even after she's outed as Saiji's killer in the original version, she openly admits defeat and is prepared to face execution without a fight.
- Last Request: In the dub, before losing consciousness after being shoved by Nico, Maiko asks her to kill her so Nico can escape.
- The Lost Lenore: In the dub, she becomes this to Saiji.
- My God, What Have I Done?: In the original, before facing her execution, Monodora decides to return some of Maiko's lost memories which causes the dancer to break down in tears for killing her friend Saiji.
- Secret-Keeper: In the Japanese version, she's learns early on that Ayumu is a boy and promised to keep it a secret. Eventually she would reveal this secret to everyone during the trial in hopes of distracting them from her crime and possibly pinning the blame on Ayumu.
- Tomboy: Her appearance makes her come across as this.
Marin Mizuta
Marin Mizuta
Ultimate Weather Forecaster
Voiced by: Siri
The weather forecaster of a major news show. Her bubbly nature and odd style of speech have made her popular across the country. Her weather predictions are always correct. She is narcoleptic and has even fallen asleep on live TV.
In the English dub, she unintentionally becomes Seishi's killer after giving him mouth to mouth in a failed attempt to save him which ultimately suffocated the boy.
- Character Tic: She finishes most of her sentences with poka poka.
- Cool Big Sis: Tries to invoke this trope by referring to herself as everyone's Big Sis.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Her execution involves her being hit by a tsunami made of acid.
- The Ditz: Tends to space out at inconvenient times.
- Emoticon: The English dub uses emoticons during her speech text, most likely to highlight her cheerful and carefree personality.
- Genius Ditz: While acting as a sleepy sweetheart, Marin is shown to be quite insightful about the actions of those around her.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has a long pair of these draped over her shoulders and reaching to her chest, tied with little black bows.
- In the Hood: Marin is always wearing a mustard yellow hoodie.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Marin was the only student who tried to help Seishi after being a target of multiple assassination attempts from the other students. Unfortunately, her giving him CPR was the final nail on his coffin which leads to her being executed.
- Sleepyhead: Marin has a tendency to fall asleep at random.
- Third-Person Person: She refers to herself as Big Sis.
- Workaholic: The original version states that Marin spends most of her time collecting data to perfect her weather forecasting. This also becomes the reason why her parents signed her up for the removal program as they feared that she was spending so much time with her work that she wasn't bonding with her family or friends anymore.
Mikoto Itsuki
Mikoto Itsuki
Ultimate ??? / Secret Agent (original) / Bodyguard (dub)
Voiced by: Arakachi
A woman who refuses to reveal her talent. She appears not to care for the other students trapped in the killing game and acts rude to them. She gets agitated easily and never goes anywhere without her music player.
In Miwashiba's version, She is actually the Ultimate Secret Agent who was assigned to infiltrate the killing game and capture Zen Katagiri, the Ultimate Hitman, before he completed his crime.
In the English dub, her new talent is the Ultimate Bodyguard. And while she winds up as Mitsunari's killer in the 5th chapter, she gives the group an advantage by taking Monodora with her to be killed aswell.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: During the third trial of the English dub, she becomes the POV protagonist in order to properly convict Seishi of murdering Misuzu. Ayumu was unable to do so since he still had romantic feelings for Seishi.
- Big Good: She is this in both versions of the story.
- For the Japanese version, she was hired by the government to capture Zen Katagiri in order to protect Ayumu.
- In the English version, she was born and raised by the original founders of the New Hope's Peak Academy and was assigned to infiltrate the killing game to stop it.
- Call-Back: During the trials, she has a tendency to have Ayumu reveal important facts to the others ala "Tell them, Ayumu!" in a similar vein to Byakuya Togami.
- Deadpan Snarker: She has a tendency to make snarky remarks.
- The Determinator: Mikoto is driven to survive no matter what and won't jeopardize her life with stupid or pointless risks. It's because of her drive that she's able to snap everyone out of their decision to kill themselves in the third trial.
- Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: During the third case, Monodora threatens Mikoto with execution if she revealed the new talents that were given to the group. She takes on his bluff and openly states that he has no authority to kill her for any sudden reason. She wins and manages to make Monodora look like a fool.
- Good Is Not Soft: She won't sugarcoat things or offer much comfort, but she stands as a valuable ally who won't fall into despair.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: She often gets angered over the antics of her classmates.
- Ice Queen: She has a cold personality and is difficult to get along with.
- Iconic Item: Is always shown with her music player and headphones. It also services a Comm Links to her home organization the Phoenix Foundation.
- Idiot Hair: Has a small one on top of her head.
- Knight in Sour Armor: Despite her bitter attitude, she still makes the effort to protect everyone from dying during the trials.
- Perpetual Frowner: Is never shown in a happy mood.
- Recurring Element: She takes on the role of the Solitary Protector.
- Related in the Adaptation: For the English dub, Mikoto's parents are revealed to have been part of the original core group of the New Hope's Peak Academy. Unfortunately there's no solid evidence on who her parents were.
- Spoiled Brat: Mikoto was given everything to her as a child due to her parents not being around to provide for her.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She brings to mind Kyoko Kirigiri based on her serious, cold-hearted and mature appearance. She even has the same jacket and tie.
- In the original version, this even extends to the reveal of her true talent as the Ultimate Secret Agent which is similar to Kyoko's detective talent, while also becoming the main protector of the protagonist.
- Taking You with Me: After being outed as the killer of the 5th case, Mikoto takes advantage of Monodora's rule of allowing her to choose anyone she wants to be executed with her by choosing the stuffed cat toy himself.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Averted. She likes tofu but she doesn't consider it to be her all-time favorite food.
- Tsundere: She shows shades of this when her classmates catching her showing her soft side.
Misuzu Aisaka
Misuzu Aisaka
Ultimate Shrine Maiden
Voiced by: Ruka Samuels
A young woman who is known throughout Japan for her incredible dedication to her local shrine. She is stern and strict towards others, but will take the time to cheer up anyone who needs it. It is said that she has the ability to communicate with the spirits.
For the English dub, she ends up becoming the second victim of Chapter 3 as she was slowly killed by poison thanks to Seishi stabbing her with a knife coated in it.
- Cool Big Sis: Sometimes fills this role for the other students.
- Dude, Not Funny!: She calls out Narumi and the others when they make jokes during the class trial.
- The Generic Girl: Comes off as this since she's the most normal girl in terms of personality and appearance.
- Innocently Insensitive: She frequently reprimands Kasumi for creating shrines to the fallen victims believing them to be insensitive to the living students. What Misuzu didn't realize is that the shrines are made to honor the deceased victims so they can rest in peace. Not to mention that Kasumi made them for her specifically so she could perform her shrine maiden duties.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: Her Rebuttal Showdown with Ayumu is cut short as she ends up dying from poison.
- Miko: It's her talent and she even dresses like one.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: She has pale white skin and dark hair.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Kasumi's red.
- The Spock: Misuzu is mature for her age, takes her duties seriously and isn't afraid to bring her classmates back to reality when necessary.
- Taking the Bullet: She pushes Kasumi out of the way and takes a knife to the stomach from "Mitsunari". Unfortunately for her, the knife had been coated with poison, leading to her death.
- Token Religious Teammate: This was a given on account of her talent.
- Workaholic: In the original version, Misuzu was fiercely dedicated to her work as a miko that she wasn't involved in her home life. This became the reason for why she was signed up for the Talent Removal Program.
Narumi Ōsone
Narumi Ōsone
Ultimate Gourmet
Voiced by: Bblackroses
She is quite childish and stupid, but has excellent critique skills, to the point that she may start critiquing things other than food. She has intense mood swings, and can jump from one emotion to its polar opposite in a moment's notice.
For the English dub, she's to be the true director/mastermind of the killing game. While she doesn't face execution, she's sentenced to several years in prison for forcing her classmates to kill each other.
- Affectionate Nickname: Referred to as "little sunshine" by her big sis Marin.
- All of the Other Reindeer: Her uncontrollable bloating made her a laughingstock for her school peers.
- Ambiguously Brown: She's the sole dark skinned student for the Rebirth cast.
- Balloon Belly: She has several sprites that feature her with this trait. In the English dub, Narumi admits that she bloats whenever she eats no matter how big or small the portion is.
- Big Eater: In Miwashiba's version, she tends to overeat to the point that she gains a large amount of weight instantly.
- Brainy Brunette: Subverted. She isn't very bright and is an emotional disaster. It's double subverted when she's revealed to be the mastermind and had an extensive plan regarding her overall goals.
- Daddy's Girl: In the Freetime Events of the dub, she credits her food tasting talent to her father, a Former Ultimate Chef, whom she was very close with.
- The Ditz: Doesn't exactly think things through and has been called stupid because of it.
- Does Not Like Spam: Despite her love of food, she cites junk food as the one thing she dislikes.
- Faking the Dead: The dub creators on Discord revealed that Narumi learned about Akira attempting to murder Kēgo and how the DJ was only knocked out rather then killed like everyone believed. At some point, Narumi replaced the real Kēgo with a look-a-like doll and placed him in hiding for the rest of his coma.
- Frame-Up: In the second trial of the English dub, someone took advantage of Narumi's feast as a way of drugging everyone in order to murder Kēgo. The killer even drenched Narumi's body in blood in the hopes of pinning the blame on her.
- Her endgame goal is to pin the Japanese government as the ones responsible for creating the killing games.
- Genki Girl: During her more pleasant moments.
- It's All My Fault: She blames herself for Kēgo being killed since the feast was her idea which resulted in his death.
- Kick the Dog: While discussing Ayumu's Gender Reveal, Narumi feels disgusted with the implications that Ayumu was crossdressing just to live out some "perverted fantasies". It escalates with her calling him a freak which drives him to tears.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: She's stated to have a huge number of siblings with Narumi being one of the middle children.
- Mood-Swinger: Her emotional state is all over the place, much to the confusion and frustration of her peers.
- Must Make Amends: After realizing how cruel she acted towards Ayumu, Narumi makes a public apology to him by baking him a chocolate cake with an apology written in frosting.
- The Napoleon: She shows her aggressive side in Chapter 2 while leading the others with their assignments for the upcoming feast.
- No Sympathy: She has an unforgiving nature and will hold grudges on killers and people who cross her.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: She purposefully acted like an immature, emotional mess in order to keep her identity as the mastermind a secret.
- Prone to Tears: Will burst into tears for anything that upsets her.
- Supreme Chef: Comes with her talent as a professional food taster.
Nico Himuro
Nico Himuro
Ultimate Poet
Voiced by: Roxy
A depressing girl who became famous after one of her poems was stolen and shared online. She tends to mix poetic expressions into her speech and constantly puts herself down. She considers her bandages a fashion statement against the world that hurt her.
In the English dub, she is the first killer who went after Maiko.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In the dub, she has alot of self-loathing issues and believes that she deserves to suffer.
- Death by Adaptation: In the original version, she survived the first trial as she was neither a victim or killer. In the dub, she was rewritten to be the first killer.
- Kill It with Fire: Her execution in the dub has her being burned alive while trapped in a wooden cabin.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Has this reaction after killing Maiko in the English dub.
- Pink Means Feminine: One of her main colors is pink and is very girly.
- Sailor Fuku: Her sailor uniform is white with a pink jacket and a blue skirt.
- Self-Deprecation: She constantly refers to herself as trash and believes she deserves no sympathy from anyone.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: She has quite a way with words.
- Troubled, but Cute: Despite her cute appearance, she's claims to have a depressing background.
Male Students
Akira Tsuchiya
Akira Tsuchiya
Ultimate NEET / Hacker
Voiced by: Bostoboy
He posts in particular intervals in order to amass the biggest follower count on a website, then gets bored and moves on to the next. He doesn't like talking to people who have nothing to prove, and will only tolerate those he considers talented like him.
In Miwashiba's version, he is the mastermind behind the killing game. Disgusted with how people were willing to give up their talents just to be normal, Akira was inspired by Junko Enoshima to recreate the killing games in order to revolutionize the world just like she did with her despair talent.
In the unofficial dub, he is now a co-mastermind along with Narumi. However he ends up being executed in the second trial after he's revealed to have murdered Kēgo, whom he has a grudge against.
- Adaptational Sexuality: According to
the creators behind the English dub on Discord, Akira is asexual. - The Cracker: Akira's true talent is that he can hack any computer system with minimal difficulty. It's thanks to this that he was able to find important information on the underground Future Foundation aswell as a copy of Junko Enoshima's A.I.
- Devil's Advocate: During the trials, he has a tendency to bring up unnerving facts and statements that causes everyone to doubt their thoughts and beliefs.
- Exhausted Eyebags: Most likely from all the time he spends on the computer.
- Foreshadowing: There's a big hint that Akira is hiding something big about his identity. When has an Ultimate student ever chosen a title for themselves?
- Freudian Excuse: His reason for killing Kēgo, along with helping Narumi organize her killing game, was to avenge the death of his grandmother the former Ultimate Ghost Writer. She was the only person who was ever close to Akira but she was unfortunately killed by Kēgo.
- Idiot Hair: An inverted example. He has an ahoge but it's decompressed and lays flat across his head.
- In-Series Nickname: His username is 0verthrown.
- Jerkass: He's openly vocal regarding his distaste in social interaction and anyone he deems unworthy of his time.
- Leitmotif: In the English dub, whenever Akira brings up a disturbing truth to his classmates, the OST Wonderful Story
can be heard in the background. - Loners Are Freaks: In Miwashiba's version, as the mastermind and a Junko fanboy, he's definitely this.
- Madden Into Misanthropy: He prefers to stay alone believing that the people around him are boring and not worth his time or attention.
- NEET: It's his talent.
- No Social Skills: It's what's expected of a NEET like him.
- Ordinary High-School Student: He admits that he's average in all his class subjects.
- Revenge Before Reason: Despite being one of the main directors of the killing game, he risks (and loses) his life trying to kill Kēgo.
- Self-Deprecation: After being convicted as Kēgo's killer, he admits that he feels insecure that he's unable to practice his talent and how he isn't as good as everyone else.
- The Shut-In: Befitting his profession as NEET, he prefers to stay indoors as much as possible.
- Troll: While being persecuted as Kēgo's killer, Akira begins to make hurtful and unflattering insults towards the other Ultimates.
Kazuomi Samejima
Kazuomi Samejima
Ultimate Karate Practitioner
Voiced by: Harena
A karate fighter that follows a creed of being "pure, correct, and beautiful". However, he will get angry if you call him feminine. He swears alot and always threatens violence. However, in fights, he never kills his opponents.
For the dub, he escapes the killing game and now cares after a cute dog that belonged to the late Aruma. It's also implied that he now has an effeminate appearance.
- Adaptational Personality Change: In the original version, Kazuomi was a very relaxed fellow who practically never swore. In the dub, his personality was radically changed into a Hot-Blooded manly figure who loved swearing, much like his canon predecessors.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Word of God from the dub version confirmed that Kazuomi is gay and that his character arc would be about him learning to accept his sexuality.
- Character Development: As the story progresses, Kazuomi begins to let go of his toxic masculinity and realizes that there isn't anything wrong with femininity.
- Cloudcuckoolander: He tends to say some rather odd things. In his introduction video for the English dub, he believes that Carmen Sandiego is the one behind their abduction and intends to kick her ass for it. He also admits that he had a huge crush on her ever since he was a kid.
- Driven to Suicide: In Chapter 4, he feels guilty for how he took Aruma for granted and tries to kill himself out of grief.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: It doesn't take much to set him off.
- He-Man Woman Hater: He is one of the manliest characters of the cast and will go out of his way to ensure that you remember that. He also has a open hatred for anything girly or feminine.
- Improvised Training: To keep up his regiment, Kazuomi has taken Aruma as his unofficial trainer.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: By the time of the epilogue, Kazuomi has a more feminine appearance along with a soft-spoken voice and affectionately cares for Joilette.
- It's All About Me: He begins to act unreasonably whiny when Aruma puts more time towards taking of her dog Joilette and a recently injured Misuzu rather then making time to train with him like they used to.
- Kick the Dog: When he catches Ayumu wearing his feminine outfit, he outright tells him that real men don't wear girly shit like that.
- No Shirt, Long Jacket: He wears a jacket leaving most of his chest exposed.
- Only Sane Man: Despite his aggressive attitude, he's closer to Earth and staying focused when compared to his other classmates during the trials.
- Sir Swears Alot: It's his favorite thing in his report card.
- Testosterone Poisoning: Just like Kaito Momota, he has a severe case of toxic masculinity.
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: Despite his love of violence, Kazuomi boasts his ability to control himself and never go as far as to murder his opponents.
Kēgo Sakuma
Kēgo Sakuma
Ultimate DJ
Voiced by: Dangan Young
An underground DJ whose performances can completely change a person for life. He is dedicated to being "hot" and is always on the lookout to get lucky. Despite this, he appears to be suspicious of everyone around him.
In the unofficial English dub, Kēgo becomes the 2nd victim as his head is bashed from behind followed by him being left in a pool of freezing water. However, it turns out that he was actually alive and joins the killing game later on in the story. He survives past the 6th chapter but now has suicidal tendencies.
- Casanova Wannabe: He tries, and fails, to come off as a ladies' man.
- Connected All Along: He's revealed to be working with the underground Future Foundation and that Yasuhiro Hagakure has taken him under his wing.
- Driven to Suicide: The epilogue shows that he has suicidal idealization after feeling remorse for killing Akira's grandmother.
- The Empath: By looking at someone, Kēgo can identify which music would match a person's personality.
- Funny Afro: He has a bright green afro with light pink stars, which adds to his cartoony appearance. It's actually a wig that he uses for disguise reasons.
- Genius Ditz: In his intro video, Kēgo provides some reasonable speculations about the circumstances of their abduction along with who their kidnapper could be.
- Informed Attribute: The dub creators mention that Kēgo has a surprisingly muscular physique.
- Mythology Gag: In the dub, Kēgo can often be heard humming the opening beat of the NDRV3 opening theme music.
- Nonstandard Character Design: He fills this role for the Rebirth cast.
- Reformed Criminal: In the original version, he supposedly had ties to the criminal underworld but no longer wanted to be part of it, thus leading him to sign up for the Talent Removal Program.
- The Shut-In: Kēgo takes a great interest in the school garden in the English dub; it gets to the point that he spends all his time there and refuses to allow anyone to enter.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: In the English dub, he has many similarities to Ryoma Hoshi. Like Ryoma, he has a Nonstandard Character Design but is
well loved in the fandom for having a cool personality and not being a pervert as expected of past predecessors. He also has a fairly serious attitude and prefers to be alone rather then engage with the other students. And much like the tennis player, he becomes the 'victim' of Chapter 2 where the students find his corpse near a large body of water.
Mitsunari Koga
Mitsunari Koga
Ultimate Ventriloquist
Voiced by: Sword of Swords
A man that rose to fame after starring in an educational television show. He has two puppets, Uma the horse and Shika the deer, his children. He regularly uses his puppets to communicate with himself and the others, which strangers may find weird.
In the English dub, he and his children become the victim(s) of the 5th Chapter.
- Consulting Mister Puppet: Mitsunari often lets his children do the talking for him. Though the boy does speak for himself when necessary.
- Frame-Up: In the third chapter, Seishi disguises himself as Mitsunari and stabs Misuzu via hit and run while the real Mitsunari was nowhere to be found. This makes the puppeteer incredibly suspicious during the third case.
- Idiot Hair: He sports a curvy one on top of his head.
- Obfuscating Disability: Played With. Mitsunari isn't disabled, but having to wear his puppet children constantly makes it difficult for him to perform tasks that require the use of his hands.
- Outliving One's Offspring: In the second trial of the English dub, Mitsunari admits that he had a third child but was lost due to a rogue berry.
- Parents in Distress: Mitsunari is implied to be one. Uma claims that people take advantage of him alot so the horse along with Shika take it on themselves to protect their daddy.
- Related in the Adaptation: In Miwashiba's version, Mitsunari referred to his puppets as his friends. In the dub, they became his children.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: His children are polar opposites of each other. Uma is masculine, brash, has a deep tone of voice, and is unafraid to pick fights while Shika is feminine, soft spoken with a falsetto tone, and prefers to use peaceful methods when interacting with others.
- Split-Personality Takeover: For the Japanese version, the reason he was assigned to the Talent Removal Program was in fear that his puppet friends were taking over his original personality.
- Talking to Themself: Technically fills this trope since his "children" are merely extensions of Mitsunari.
- Ventriloquism: It’s his talent.
Saiji Rokudō
Saiji Rokudō
Ultimate Undertaker
Voiced by: GT
He has trouble socializing, but otherwise is nothing more than a typical teenager. He is calm and quiet, and is polite towards everyone he speaks to. It's rumored that a soul will always enter the afterlife if you hire his services.
In Miwashiba's version, he is the first victim where he was strangled by Maiko and thrown into an open locker.
In the English dub, he becomes the third killer after he's manipulated into killing Aruma thanks to Seishi.
- Did Not Get the Girl: In the English dub, Saiji had a crush on Maiko but was unable to act on them since she was the first victim.
- Foreshadowing: Miwashiba's profile for him describes him as the group's corpse checker... with a conspicuous question mark. In Miwashiba's version, he never gets a chance to check a corpse... for he himself becomes the first corpse.
- Friendless Background: He admits that he never made friends before the killing game. He considers his classmates to be his first friends.
- The Generic Guy: Apart from his lack of social skills, Saiji is the most normal among the guys for his plain appearance and personality.
- Hidden Depths: He likes to practice meditation in his spare time.
- Mangst: In the dub, he has a tendency to reflect on his feelings for the late Maiko and how he blames himself for not being able to help her in time.
- Nice Guy: A little awkward but a genuinely friendly fellow.
- Nightmare Fetishist: A downplayed example. While discussing the state of Kēgo's corpse, Saiji went into unnecessary detail about the different parts of the decaying body.
- No Social Skills: He has a hard time socializing with kids his age since most of his time is spent around dead people and their families. In Miwashiba's version, this was the reason why his parents signed him up for the Talent Removal Program.
- Sanity Slippage: In the English version, Saiji's mental health becomes more deteriorated as the story progresses. It gets to the point that he becomes manipulated into killing Aruma. Averted in the Japanese version, as he dies before it can happen.
- The Smart Guy: Saiji's skills in handling corpses and analyzing the state of the body become very useful during the second trial.
- Spared by the Adaptation: He is the first victim in Miwashiba's version, but he manages to live until Chapter Three in the unofficial dub.
Seishi Yodogawa
Seishi Yodogawa
Ultimate Mystery Novelist / Hitman
Voiced by: Avenir
A mature and kind man who has been in the public eye for quite sometime. He has a large following of fans due to his looks. He acts like a stereotypical gentleman and is courteous towards those who offer him the same respect.
In the original version, it's all a front. His real name is Zen Katagiri who is actually the Ultimate Hitman. He joined the killing game because he was hired by the government to assassinate Ayumu in order to end his destructive bad luck.
For the dub, he still maintains his true talent and proves to be a dangerous threat to the group. After receiving several attacks from different students in the fourth chapter, he meets his end after Marin tries (and fails) to save him.
- Adaptational Sexuality: On Discord, the creators of the English dub stated that Seishi was bisexual.
- Bookworm: It was a given considering his talent. The dub emphasizes this in the Freetime Events with Seishi talking non-stop about different literature.
- Butt-Monkey: Goes through quite alot of misfortune while he and Ayumu meet the other students in the intro videos.
- The Confidant: He serves as Ayumu's closest friend throughout the killing game.
- Dark and Troubled Past: In the English dub, Seishi was recognized by the government for his talents and was kidnapped by them. After extensive torture and brainwashing, he became a cold-blooded assassin who would go on frequent killings under orders of the government.
- Eye Colour Change: In the Japanese dub, after revealing his true identity as the Ultimate Hitman, Seishi/Zen's eyes turn from blue to gold.
- False Friend: In both versions, he was this to Ayumu in order to get close to the unlucky boy to kill him.
- Genre Savvy: Thanks to his talent as a mystery novelist, Seishi is able to provide some insightful commentary and theories about the dynamics of the killing game.
- Inspirational Martyr: Narumi intended to invoke this trope to show the world how Seishi was an unfortunate victim of the oppressive and twisted government.
- Karma Houdini: Despite being outed as the mastermind of the double murder scheme of Chapter 3, Seishi doesn't face execution since Saiji, his puppet, was the first one to commit a murder.
- Laughing Mad: He does this after Mikoto reveals his dark side in the third trial.
- Master of Disguise: Thanks to Monodora giving him the talent of the Ultimate Makeup Artist, Seishi takes full advantage of it to disguise himself as Maiko and Mitsunari to pull off a double murder scheme.
- Mr. Fanservice: Along with his handsome face, he's also shown to have a toned body.
- Off with His Head!: In Chapter 4, Mikoto decapitates Seishi in an attempt to kill him, unaware that he was already dead via suffocation.
- Professional Killer: In both versions, he's revealed to be the Ultimate Hitman.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: He wears a well kept uniform which contributes to his gentleman appearance.
- Tragic Villain: Despite his crimes and sadistic tendencies, Seishi was a regular kid who was forced to become a bloodthirsty tool for a twisted government system.
- Villainous Crossdresser: He disguises himself as Maiko in order to manipulate Saiji into committing murder.
Others
The Headmaster
Monodora
Voiced by: Mahou
A half-black, half-white tiger robot that seems to be the headmaster of Precept's Peak Academy and claims to be the mastermind of the killing game. Because it is an AI, it functions completely on it's own.
For the dub, he ends up being executed alongside Mikoto.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: He's a robotic A.I. and is the overseer of the killing game.
- Cats Are Mean: He has the head of a tiger plush toy and he's as mean as far as killing game mascots go.
- The Dragon: In Chapter 2 of the dub, he mentions that he's working under the director/mastermind of the Killing Game.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: He laments to himself with how the kids have no respect for him.
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: He boasts this ability when he decides to rewrite a rule into allowing him to kill the students should they fail to make progress with the trial. It's subverted in the third trial when Mikoto reveals that Monodora, being a programmed A.I., can't create new rules or kill the students on a whim.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Apart from his design, his personality is identical to Monokuma.
The Mastermind SPOILERS
Akira Tsuchiya and Narumi Ōsone
The main directors of the killing game in the English dub. Despite having contrasting motives and goals, the two Ultimates joined forces to take over the Precept's Peak Academy's system as part of their plan to revolutionize the world.
- Birds of a Feather: They relate to each other due to having lost a family member who was a former Ultimate and now wants justice for their death. Although they didn't get along since Akira is fueled by despair while Narumi was motivated by hope.
- Breaking Old Trends: Narumi stands out as the first mastermind who was motivated by hope rather than despair. Additionally, she also survives the killing game rather then being executed or killed for her actions.
- Demoted to Dragon: In the original version, Akira was the only person who organized the killing game. In the dub, he became Narumi's second-in-command while she became the main mastermind.
- Engineered Heroics: Narumi's Evil Plan involved infecting the Japanese public with despair using the Junko A.I. Akira found which would be impossible for the government to manage on their own. With everything going to hell, Narumi and her legion of Ultimates known as the Hope's Angels would swoop in to drive away the despair and restore society. This in turn would create a positive image for the Ulimates and allow them to return to the public eye without discrimination.
- Evil Wears Black: Akira wears a black jacket and he's the mastermind in both versions.
- Freudian Excuse:
- Akira's participation in the killing game was to avenge the death of his beloved grandmother: a former Ultimate who was the only person who was close to the boy. But due to reports that her written works were infecting the public with despair, she was assassinated by the Phoenix Foundation. So Akira became motivated to kill his grandmother's killer while also tearing down society with the power of despair.
- Narumi's reasons for organizing the killing game was because she blames the Japanese government for killing her father. Her father was a former Ultimate who frequently protested the rights of talented people who were now being oppressed but he lost his life after a police officer shot him on accident. Now Narumi intends to carry out his will by dismantling the oppressive government and creating a better world for everyone.
- For the Evulz: Apart from avenging his fallen grandmother, Akira's motivations are not as noble as Narumi's. He intended to unleash the Junko A.I. for the sake of watching the world crumble into ruin and wasn't interested in restoring it like his partner.
- Friendly Enemy: Despite being outed as the mastermind in the later chapters, Narumi proclaims that her feelings of friendship towards the remaining students are genuine. She even wishes them good luck during the final trial.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Despite her role as a mastermind of the killing game, Narumi's motivations were based on changing the corrupted values of modern society in the hope that Ultimates can be accepted without prejudices like before. She also stands out as a mastermind who is fueled by hope.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Her Evil Plan was to create a series of killing games that would draw the attention of the public to show how the talented masses were being mistreated and abused by the government. She even intended to pass off as one of the unfortunate survivors.
Emi Fujimori SPOILERS
Ayumu's older sister. She has a controlling nature and forced him to dress up like a girl so he can be the "sister" she always dreamed of.
- Big Sister Bully: She forced her younger brother Ayumu to dress up like a girl despite his protests.
- Karma Houdini: She faces no consequences for mistreating Ayumu and refusing to listen to what he wants.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She's only mentioned via flashbacks but she's responsible for Ayumu's crossdressing.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Emi looks exactly like her little brother.
