Koichi Kizakura

**Koichi Kizakura** 黄桜 公一 *Kizakura Kōichi*) is a character featured in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School. During his time at Hope's Peak Academy, he was the original homeroom teacher of Class 77-B, being succeeded by Chisa Yukizome, and a talent-scout.

He is a member of Future Foundation and the leader of the 3rd Division. His responsibility as the leader is human resources, which include scouting for potential members and personnel assignments. He, along with the other Future Foundation heads, is forced to participate in the Final Killing Game.

## Appearance

Koichi is a relaxed-looking man with blue eyes and ragged blond hair. He has a pencil-thin mustache and goatee. He wears a worn down, white fedora, a faded dark blue tie and a black suit with the Future Foundation ID pinned to the jacket's lapel. He also wears light brown slip-ons.

During his time as Hope's Peak scout, he wore a white tuxedo, with a green undershirt and black vest top, with a blue, almost gray tie. He also wore a white hat with a black decoration going around the circumference, near the flappy bit.

## Personality

Koichi is a relaxed, passive and whimsical man who chooses not to get involved in arguments. He is sometimes carefree to a fault; before the events of the Tragedy, he was shown to be somewhat irresponsible and would rather get drunk than teach a class. Despite his attitude, he has been shown to be extremely loyal to the school's headmaster, Jin Kirigiri.

However, Koichi is also a reliable and quick-witted person with a sharp intuition, which allows him to assess people's talents, as well as their true character. He is also very observant and intelligent, although he does not usually show it.

## Abilities

### Scouting Ability

Koichi has the ability to sense a person's potential and recruit them. He recruited a lot of the students who participated at Hope's Peak Academy. He is also trusted by the Future Foundation to recruit new members and expand their forces.

### Keen-Intellect

Despite his relaxed appearance, Koichi is shown to be very intelligent and observant. He chooses to flat-out avoid confrontation with the other members and observes events from afar. When trying to find Kyoko, he stays with the bodies, knowing that she, as the former Ultimate Detective, would come investigate them. He also managed to take off all of Sonosuke Izayoi's traps and was able to set a successful trap for Juzo Sakakura even before he entered the lounge room. He also easily discovered Juzo's forbidden action because he didn't throw a punch.

### Sharp Intuition

Along with his intellect, Koichi has a keen intuition similar to Akane Owari, as he can often guess things accurately based on a hunch. Such hunches include Miaya Gekkogahara's status as the attacker immediately at the start of the Final Killing Game and Nagito's situation while he was suspended. It is possible that he immediately suspects Miaya as the attacker because he is Hope's Peak Academy's talent scouter, which means he personally scouted the real Miaya Gekkogahara, and noticed the differences between her and the fake one.

## Trivia

* Koichi's last name "Kizakura" (黄桜) means "yellow cherry blossom", a possible reference to his blond hair color, as well as to a brand of sake - fitting his liking for alcohol. His first name (公一) can mean "first official" or "first prince", referring to his role in building Future Foundation with Kazuo.
* According to a Weekly Famitsu Interview with Kazutaka Kodaka, he likes Koichi's character and he enjoyed Keiji Fujiwara's voice work.
* Koichi's English voice actor, Kaiji Tang, also voices Yasuhiro Hagakure in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Gonta Gokuhara from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.