Kazuichi Souda

Kazuichi Souda, also known as Ultimate Mechanic, is a character from the Danganronpa series.
== Charactah Account ==
A mechanical genius with the ability to fix anything. In spite of his scary appearance, Kazuichi is actually rather timid and is prone to freaking out at the drop of a hat. He survives the final trial and returns to the real world with the other survivors.
Kazuichi is a highly emotional character, though he tries to play it smooth and acts carefree at first. He is a very jumpy person, easily scared and often screaming in fear. People tend to note his scary appearance does not match his compulsive and cowardly personality. Naturally, he has a great fear of dying on the island, which causes a lot of stress and panic for him.
Kazuichi also has a tendency to neglect his need for a verbal filter and blurts things out without thinking. He also seems to be a very bad liar, leading him to be contradictory at times. While he is a genius with machinery, he appears to be a bit slow-witted otherwise. Like Mikan Tsumiki, he is commonly Monokuma and Hiyoko Saionji's target and often ends up being the butt of their jokes.
== 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: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair
* Danganronpa Togami
* 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
* Super Danganronpa 2: Kazuichi Souda in the Middle of Despair-Inducing Causality
=== Video Games ===
* Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
* Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
* Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
* Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle
== Trivia ==
* The kanji for "Kazuichi" simply means "Peaceful One", while his surname translates as "Rice Field of Dominance" (being an expression literally meaning "Left & Right").
** It could be that Kazuichi's name and surname are meant to have a bit of irony to them, considering that while he originally seemed to be very self-confident and carefree, he quickly turned hysterical following the appearance of Monokuma.
* Kazuichi originally had black hair and wore glasses.
* Despite becoming a mechanic who is an expert in vehicle machines, Kazuichi has motion sickness. This is most likely the reason why Kazuichi would rather take apart machines than ride them.
* Kazuichi appears to know how to read English, telling Hajime what a sign written in English meant.
* Kazuichi likes comic books and action movies and dislikes novels and horror movies.
* It's revealed in one of Mahiru's Free Time Events that Kazuichi never washed his jumpsuit.
* Even on Mean difficulty, Kazuichi's Rebuttal Showdown arguments only take a single strike to dispel in Chapter 4.
* It was confirmed in Kazuichi's official spin-off manga titled "Super Danganronpa 2: Zetsubouteki Ingaritsu no Naka no Souda Kazuichi" that he can indeed sew. He learned from watching his parents.
* Kazuichi's English voice actor Kyle Hebert also voices Danganronpa V3's Kaito Momota.
* One of Kazuichi's sprites is a reference to the horror manga "The Drifting Classroom", specifically the one used when he's shocked and his pupils appear to be in pieces.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kazuichi Soda at Danganronpa Wiki
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