Kyouko Kirigiri

Kyouko Kirigiri, also known as Ultimate ??? and Ultimate Detective, is one of the main characters from the Danganronpa series.
== Charactah Account ==
An enigmatic girl whose "Ultimate" talent is unknown. She radiates a cold and unfriendly attitude, and deflects any questions about her identity or past. Despite this, her insight and deductive abilities prove invaluable during the murder investigations. Her true identity is the estranged daughter of Jin Kirigiri, (Former) Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy. She is suffering from amnesia, which obscures this and her own talent as a "Ultimate Detective". When she begins to prove too meddlesome to Monokuma, he attempts to frame her for a fake murder so that she can be executed under the school rules. Along with Makoto, they work together to defeat Monokuma and lead the rest of the surviving students to freedom.
Kyouko is a stoic and mysterious girl who tends to hide her feelings. She has a calm demeanor and tends to be completely unfazed by most of the events that occur, even at the sight of a dead body. During the beginning of the game, Kyouko often keeps her distance from the other students while investigating. Prior to the investigation to find the way out with no casualties, Kyouko doesn't seem to cooperate with the other students and does most of the investigating by herself. She plays major roles in solving mysteries of the culprits in Class Trials and is also one of very few students that see things objectively and doesn't jump to conclusions in the trial, making her a valuable ally to Makoto.
Kyouko is very sensitive regarding the subject about the Hope's Peak Academy's headmaster (who later is revealed to be her own father), going as far as to even lose her cool and react with anger when Alter Ego mentioned the possibility of him being the mastermind. She also doesn't like it when people keep secrets from her, as Makoto finds out.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Hope Arc
* Danganronpa: The Animation
=== Light Novels ===
* Danganronpa Kirigiri
* Danganronpa/Zero
=== Manga ===
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy - Future Arc & Despair Arc Comic Anthology
* Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer
* Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair
* Danganronpa: The Animation
=== Video Games ===
* Cyber Danganronpa VR The Class Trial
* Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
* Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
* Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
* Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
* Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
* Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle
* Divine Gate
* Guns Girl Z
* Houkai School 2
* Identity V
* Sengoku Asuka ZERO
== Trivia ==
* The name Kyouko means "sound, echo" (kyo) and "child" (ko), which fits her composed, quiet speech and how, during the trials, she more than once guides Makoto Naegi to conclusions she has already reached herself and lets him be the one to voice them.
* Kyouko's surname Kirigiri means "fog" (kiri) and "cutter" (giri), which refers to her detective background.
* In the beta version of Danganronpa, Kyouko was named Gyaru Kirigiri and the victim depending on the players choices.
* Kyouko shares her title The Ultimate Detective with Shuichi Saihara.
* The very first trailer for Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (the original release), which begins teasingly by saying that the upcoming installment of the Danganronpa series is a sports game, which shows Kyouko playing basketball. The reason Kyouko was assigned this particular sport is probably because her Japanese voice actress, Youko Hikasa, is known for her role in the basketball-themed series Ro-Kyu-Bu! as Saki Nagatsuka. Hikasa is also part of a five-girl pop group of the same name along with four of her fellow voice actress who also portrays a part of the series' main cast.
* Kyouko is included in the collaboration of Danganronpa 3 and Guns Girl Z.
* Kyouko is one of the few characters to have participated in two killing games and survived. The others are Makoto, Aoi, and Hajime/Izuru.
* Kyouko's English voice actress, Erika Harlacher, also voices Kaede Akamatsu in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
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== External Links ==
* Kyoko Kirigiri at Danganronpa Wiki
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