Hajime Hinata

Hajime Hinata, also known as Hope’s Peak High School Reserve Course Student and Izuru Kamukura, is one of the main protagonists from the Danganronpa series.
== Charactah Account ==
A young man who has always admired Hope's Peak Academy and finally achieved his dream of attending the school. Unfortunately, he has forgotten his past and the Ultimate talent that he was selected for. Hajime is a decent guy but his personality is rough around the edges and is very skeptical.
The truth is that he has no Ultimate talent, but his obsession with Hope's Peak led him to become the subject of the "Ultimate Hope Project", in which his identity would be completely erased and rebuilt as "Izuru Kamukura", the multi-talented "Ultimate Hope". Unfortunately, Izuru fell under the thrall of Junko Enoshima and triggered "The Worst, Most Despair-Inducing Event In Human History" by his participation in the first "School Life of Mutual Killing", causing the death of the student council. During the final trial he is faced with the dilemma of remaining as "Hajime Hinata" and letting AI Junko win, or reverting back to "Izuru Kamukura". He ultimately chooses the latter, accepting responsibility for his bloodied past and resolving to create a new future for himself and his classmates, but as a result is indicated to retain his old self.
== 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
* Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World
=== Manga ===
* Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
* Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair
* Super Danganronpa 2: Chiaki Nanami's Goodbye Despair Quest
* Super Danganronpa 2: Dangan Island Heart Everlasting Summer, Here Ronpa ♪
* Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Academy - 4 Frames KINGS
=== Video Games ===
* Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
* Divine Gate
* Houkai Gakuen 2
* Identity V
== Trivia ==
* While the pronunciation of Hajime's first name often means "beginning", the kanji it is written with, 創, primarily means "injury" or "flaw". "Hinata" means “a sunny place” or “to face the sun”. His full name can altogether translate as either “to face a new day” or "to face an imperfect day".
** The names "Hajime" and "Hinata" are very common names in Japan, with either having many written forms. Hinata itself is both a surname and a given name. This 'common' quality of his names is parallel to how Hajime was a common student with no extraordinary talent.
** Matching the meaning of his given name, Hajime's birthday is January 1, the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
** His full name can also be read as Kamukura according to Kodaka in a tweet he made, foreshadowing his identity before entering the Neo World Program.
* Hajime's alternate identity is foreshadowed during one of Gundham's Free Time Events, where Gundham asks Hajime to reveal his “true name”.
* Hajime shares his English voice actor, Johnny Yong Bosch, with Rantaro Amami.
* During the final trial, in his temporary "Awakened Form", Hajime bears a striking resemblance to Kiyotaka Ishimaru's "Kiyondo" form; both have their dark hair turn pure white and their eyes bright red (Kiyotaka's were already red, however).
** They both also changed into their respective forms because of memories of their deceased friends; Kiyotaka became Kiyondo due to his love for his friend Mondo, and Hajime entered his "Awakened" form due to the memory of Chiaki helping him overcome his despair.
* Technically being the same person as Izuru Kamukura, Hajime is the first character in the Danganronpaseries that has participated in two Mutual Killing Games and survived. The others are Makoto, Aoi Asahina, and technically Kyoko Kirigiri.
* According to the text seen on the computer screen in the episode 6 of Despair Arc, both Hajime and his parents gave their consent for the Izuru Kamukura Project and agreed that the school would not be held liable for the said actions, although it's unclear if they were fully aware of the consequences considering the school's tendency to lie and hide information.
* Hajime's former high school before he enrolled in Hope's Peak Academy, Kodaka High School (kodaka koukoo) is named after the creator of Danganronpa, Kazutaka Kodaka.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Hajime Hinata at Danganronpa Wiki
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