Sayaka Maizono

Sayaka Maizono, also known as Ultimate Pop Sensation, is a character from the Danganronpa series.
== Charactah Account ==
Sayaka is the lead singer of an incredibly popular idol group. She and Makoto were classmates; he caught her eye one day when he freed a crane that was stuck in the school pool, but they've never spoken. Recognizing him from that day, she asks Makoto if she can be his sidekick during Monokuma's game. She's the first murder victim, stabbed to death by Leon after trying to kill him first.
Seeing as she's an idol, Sayaka has a cheerful, sweet, and supporting personality. Despite her idol career, Sayaka actually enjoys cooking.
Sayaka develops a bond with Makoto Naegi, whom she considers her friend, assisting him on every occasion in Chapter 1. However, she tends to hide her feelings when she is under great pressure by putting on her public persona. She also cares greatly for her band members, and would not hesitate to do something if anything were to happen to one of them, including things that could hurt others. When pushed to her limit, Sayaka will do anything even if it's a risk. After she watched Killing Among Loved Ones, she only thinks of how she could escape from the academy, even planning to betray Makoto.
== 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: The Animation
* Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World
=== Light Novels ===
* Danganronpa 1 ・2 Beautiful Days: Major
* Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc IF: Major
* Makoto Naegi Secret File: Mentioned
=== Manga ===
* Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair
* Danganronpa: The Animation
* Danganronpa: The Manga
* Small Danganronpa 1・2 Light
=== Video Games ===
* Crypt of the Necrodancer
* 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
* Identity V
== Trivia ==
* Sayaka says in her Free Time Events, in response to Makoto's answer 'crane', that she's the crane he rescued at that time during middle school and that she wants to weave clothes for him. This is actually a reference to a popular Japanese folktale, Tsuru no Ongaeshi or "The Crane's Return of Favor". In the story, a crane which was saved by a man disguised itself as a woman and devoted herself to help him make a living by weaving beautiful fabric for him to sell. However once the man realized that it was the crane who sustained him, she was already gone. The story is somewhat similar to chapter 1, where Makoto learns only during the class trial that in her dying moments, Sayaka used whatever power she had left to clear him of suspicion.
* In the original game, Sayaka is the one who discovers that the kitchen is restocked every day by Monokuma, however, in the anime adaptation, it was changed to Chihiro.
* A younger sister of Sayaka's was planned to be introduced as part of the Warriors of Hope's Hit List in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. This idea, however, was scrapped once the game's developers realized that Sayaka having siblings would be inconsistent with her back story mentioned in the original game.
* Sayaka's English voice actress, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, also voices Chihiro Fujisaki and Alter Ego, as well as Tsumugi Shirogane in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
* In a series of tweets from Kazutaka Kodaka during Valentine's Day of February 2013, he tweeted "in-character" as several of the Danganronpa cast, including Sayaka. The tweet translates into this: “I brought cookies! They’re handmade! …Hmm? Did I make any for anyone else? Of course not, you. That was a silly thing to ask.”
* Sayaka appears in Crypt of the NecroDancer as a skin for Dove, a character who is incapable of attacking enemies directly.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Sayaka Maizono at Danganronpa Wiki
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