Peko Pekoyama

Peko Pekoyama, also known as Ultimate Swordswoman, is a character from the Danganronpa series.
==Charactah Account==
A master swordswoman and kendo champion whose skill at swordplay surpasses even the strongest adult fighters. A stern yet polite woman, Peko carries herself with an intimidating aura. She was an orphan taken in by the Kuzuryuu family, and serves Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu as a bodyguard to repay their generosity. She is the culprit of Chapter 2, beating Mahiru to death with a baseball bat on behalf of Fuyuhiko. Though she implicates herself so that Fuyuhiko can claim responsibility and win freedom from the island, she is found to be the sole guilty party and is stabbed to death by an army of samurai.
Peko initially appears to have a rather serious demeanor, expressing little emotion. Due to this perceived aura, she often comes off as intimidating. Despite this, she is neither impolite nor an antisocial person. She had no qualms about attending the party in chapter one, and furthermore apologizes for what she felt was a failing on her part due to her believing the power went out because she was in the bathroom from food poisoning so she was not guarding the room it was in. She comes off as cold but this isn’t because she means too. Rather than being emotionless, she simply doesn’t express much of her emotions. As she revealed in her free time event, she believed that she didn’t need to smile and therefore eventually forgot how to. She thought it was unnecessary at the time, although in her free time event she wanted to learn how to make her childhood friend (who is highly implied to be Fuyuhiko) happy. While she attempts to learn how to do so, she’s shown to be oblivious in the situation where Hiyoko makes up her own somewhat evil version on how to smile.
Due to being raised as a “tool” for the Kuzuryuu clan, she believes herself to be less than human and that her sole purpose is to carry out Fuyuhiko’s wishes. While Fuyuhiko loves her as a person and doesn’t want her to think of herself as a tool, she interprets it as Fuyuhiko's hate of relying on his family’s power, and therefore hating her along with it. This further fuels her desire to be useful to him, and to try to make him happy even if she claims that as a tool she has no will of her own. Eventhough she killed Mahiru, it was not an act of cold blood, but an act of desperation because she wanted to provide Fuyuhiko the opportunity to escape along with wanting to protect him from the consequences of him carrying out the murder himself.
==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
*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
*Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
*Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle
==Trivia==
*Peko's first name, is written in katakana (one of two Japanese syllabaries usually used to write loanwords and foreign names) and so doesn't have any special meaning. Pekopeko, however, is a sound effect onomatopoeia often used for bowing. The repetition effect is reflected in her name. It does mirror real feminine names, however, with -ko being a common suffix for female names.
**“Pekopeko” can also mean “obsequious” or “servile” - befitting the fact she was raised by the Kuzuryu family to be Fuyuhiko's “tool”.
*Her last name, Pekoyama is composed of “border” or “vicinity”, 古 - “old”, and 山 - “mountain”; making the meaning of the name “Pekoyama” something along the lines of “around the old mountain”.
*Peko and Sakura Oogami both used to attend Shiranui High School.
*Peko presumably learned about the serial killer Sparkling Justice from Sonia, since she heard Hajime and Sonia talk about the serial killer in the library when the group investigated the second island for the first time.
*The mask Peko claims to don in the second trial shares characteristics with one of Japan's most prominent mascots, Peko-chan of Fujiya Co., including the outward sticking tongue.
**Peko's mask, known as Sunny Witch ♪ Esper Itou-chan, is blond and wears a golden tiara with aquamarine gems - making her somewhat similar in appearance to Sailor Moon.
*Peko's death poster in the trial room is crossed out with two blades, in reference to her Ultimate talent.
*Peko's Japanese voice actress, Kotono Mitsuishi, also voiced Sailor Moon. She was one of the few voice actors specified by the creators to portray a specific character.
**She also shares the same birthday as Sailor Moon, June 30.
**Peko also shares her birthday with the headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy, Jin Kirigiri.
==Gallery==
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==External Links==
*Peko Pekoyama at Danganronpa Wiki
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