Hiruto Iwada

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## Hiruto Iwada

* Splash Art
* Sprite

## Fangan Info

### Voice Actors

* Megumi Ogata

 —Hiruto's Profile

**Hiruto Iwada** (이와다 히루토 *Iwada Hiruto*) is the main character and protagonist of **Danganronpa Mauve**, made by **Team Mauve**. He is the **Super High School Level Lucky Student** (<초고교급 행운> *lit. Super High School Level Luck)*.

## Profile

> A boy without any talent who has been admitted to Hope's Peak Academy through a lottery held once a year. He tries to be as positive as possible, but he seems to be struggling with a few things outside his own abilities.
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## History

### Background

Little is currently known about Hiruto's life before the killing game. At some point he won a random lottery and gained the title of Super High School Level Lucky Student.

### Killing School Life

Hiruto was one of sixteen freshmen student's set to attend Hope's Peak Academy. After waking up in the school building he met Mayu Ego, who joined him while they explored the rest of the building. As they did so they introduced themselves to thirteen other freshmen student's, who they eventually reunited with at the school's entrance. While they discussed the situation they were in, an anonymous announcement interrupted their conversation and asked everyone to meet in the Gymnasium, where the opening ceremony was set to begin.

Upon their arrival Hiruto and the rest of his class met Monokuma, a monochromatic bear who called himself their headmaster. Soon after meeting him Monokuma revealed the true nature of the school; and that everyone would be forced to participate in a killing game. Forced to kill another person to escape the school building, one of Hiruto's classmates became severely angered by this revelation and tried to apprehend Monokuma. At that moment, a low beep emitted throughout the room, and just a few moments later Monokuma exploded after being thrown away.

To the classes shock, Monokuma reappeared just a few moments later and started to explain the rules of the killing game. With the graveness of their situation setting in, everyone split up to investigate the school building. Despite this, Hiruto was the only one who didn't, instead opting to return to his dorm room, deeply troubled by what was happening. Later, Misaki Kuzu brought him to the Dining Hall, where everyone talked about what they found. It quickly became apparent that there was no escape from the school building, with every possible exit either shut-off or blocked.

Yet again, their conversation was interrupted by Monokuma, who asked everyone to return to the Gymnasium, where he introduced a latecomer; Nozomi Miyuki. While they tried to get to know Nozomi better, it became apparent he suffered from a strange case of amnesia, with all of his past memories wiped from his brain. Due to this, he became a prime suspect by several of his classmates, especially Erika Jumonji who believed he could be involved in the killing game. Unable to learn anything else from him, everyone split up for the day. A couple of days later Hiruto bumped into Nozomi after leaving the Dining Hall. Equally suspicious of him, he left soon into their conversation.

### Isolation

Deeply troubled by the events of the killing game, and later the motive video he received, Hiruto was one of several participants to close himself off from the others. Opting to hide in his room for safety, Hiruto's mental state quickly deteriorated into a state of paranoia, feeling unable to trust any of the other participants. Worried about this Misaki, Shoji Shinano, Hiyori Tsubaki, and a hidden Nozomi visited Hiruto's dorm. Hoping to get him to rejoin the other's, their attempts were eventually successful in spite of Hiruto's initial reluctance.

### The Concert

That night Hiruto visited Nozomi's dorm, wanting to apologise for his actions in the previous days. After accepting his apology Nozomi invited him inside, where they talked about their interests and favourite things. However, the conversation soon turned negative as it delved into questions about their situation. Not long after this happened Hiruto returned to his dorm room, where he was once again visited by several of his classmates. Led by Hitomi Tadaira, the Super High School Level Cellist, the group asked Hiruto to join them in organizing a small concert for everyone.

Only barely convinced, Hiruto joined the other classmates, meeting them in one of the vacant classrooms. Before they were able to organize anything their conversation was cut short by the the nightly announcement. Otherwise left with very little time Hiruto agreed to set-up the classroom according to Hitomi's specifications. Later that night Hiruto was interviewed by Shoji.

### Fate

Early the next morning Hiruto went to the classroom and started to organize it for that day's concert. While setting up the room he was briefly distracted by the morning announcement, which allowed Kotori Fukuoka to ambush him with a knife. With his lungs penetrated by the knife, Hiruto choked on his own blood, causing him to die soon afterwards. Not long after this, Hitomi searched for Hiruto but due to her condition was unable to see his corpse. When she reported this to Misaki, she, Nozomi, and Rintaro Tomoe investigated the school building for Hiruto. His corpse was later found by Misaki and Nozomi.

## Creation and Development

Little is currently known about Hiruto's conception. On May 4, 2020, his beta design was shared through the projects Twitter account, alongside his reworked profile. There were minimal changes between his beta design and finalized design, other than him originally wearing a shoulder bag.

### Name Etymology

Hiruto's surname is written with the Kanji '岩' (Iwa) which translates to 'rock', and '田' (Da) which translates to 'rice paddy'. His first name is written using the Kanji '昼' (Hiru) which translates to daytime, and '斗' (To) which translates to big dipper.

## Appearance

Hiruto is a tall young adult with tidy black hair and gray eyes. He has a lock of hair which sticks out from the side and curls upward.

Hiruto wears a standard school uniform which consists of a: white button-up shirt with its top buttons undone, a loose red tie, a pair of gray pants, and a pair of white sneakers with black vertical lines. Over his button-up shirt, Hiruto wears a black school jacket which has a light gray trim around its pockets, the end of the jacket, and the cuffs of his sleeves. The left side of his jacket displays the emblem of his previous highschool.

Although his splash art depicts him wearing white socks, he doesn't seem to wear any in his in-game sprites.

## Personality

Hiruto initially came across as an average yet friendly person who, despite feeling conscious for his lack of a talent, tried to work with everyone. However, after the killing game was accounted and Justin was nearly killed when he attacked Monokuma, Hiruto became gravely paranoid of everybody around him. In order to keep himself safe Hiruto often hid in his room; the one place he felt was safe. This only became worse throughout the killing game, especially after he received his motive video, which caused him to completely avoid the rest of his classmates. After several days of this thought process, Misaki was able to convince him to rejoin the rest of his classmates.

As a result of his title, Hiruto believes he is less useful than the rest of his classmates. Even so, he tries to make up for this in various ways, with the most prominent happening during the concert's organization, during which Hiruto decided he would set-up the classroom. Because of his lack of talent, Hiruto thought he was 'incompetent' and that he didn't belong in the school.

Even after he was convinced to rejoin his classmates, Hiruto sometimes relapsed into negative thoughts.

## Talent and Abilities

### Super High School Level Lucky Student

Hiruto was chosen to attend Hope's Peak Academy through a lottery, which awarded him the title of 'Super High School Level Lucky Student'. As a result of this Hiruto possesses no actual talent, and sees himself as an ordinary person. Ironically, despite his title, Hiruto was the killing games first victim.

## Relationships

> **Classmates:**
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### Nozomi Miyuki

Hiruto initially tended to avoid Nozomi, finding him suspicious and feeling great paranoid when around him. These feelings of paranoia then worsened when Monokuma revealed the first motive to everybody, which caused Hiruto to close himself off from the rest of his classmates. Later, when Misaki tried to get Nozomi to help get Hiruto to open up again, Nozomi instead opted to hide away in his doorway, knowing that seeing him would cause trouble. Having noticed him during this time, this act later allowed Hiruto to apologize to and reconcile with Nozomi.

### Misaki Kuzu

As a result of his actions at the beginning of the killing game, Misaki often tried to get Hiruto to interact with the rest of his classmates. When this later failed upon Nozomi's introduction into the game, and Hiruto's greatened paranoia by the event's of the killing game, she recruited Hiyori and Shoji to help reintegrate Hiruto back to the group. Following their success Misaki wanted Hiruto to be apart of the secret music concert, which she saw as a way to help announce his reintegration.

### Kotori Fukuoka

Although they weren't seen interacting often, Kotori and Hiruto initially worked together before the start of the killing game. Unbeknown to Hiruto, Kotori felt a great amount of resentment towards Hiruto, later resulting in his death. Kotori's feelings of resentment were caused by Hiruto's talent, and by extension, attendance at the school.

### Shoji Shinano

When Hiruto closed himself off from everyone, Shoji was one of four student's who tried to convince him to rejoin them. After their attempts are succesful Shoji, at some point, interviewed Hiruto about his time inside the killing game. Although Hiruto remains paranoid around him, they are shown to be on friendly terms.

### Hiyori Tsubaki

When Hiruto closed himself off from everyone, Hiyori was one of four student's who tried to convince him to rejoin them. Although they weren't seen interacting much after this, they are shown to be on friendly terms.

### Mayu Ego

Although they aren't seen interacting often, Mayu and Hiruto initially worked together before the start of the killing game.

## Trivia

### Miscellaneous

* Unlike most Fangan and Canon protagonists, Hiruto doesn't have an ahoge. This may be because of his eventual role in chapter one, where he becomes the killing game's first victim.
* Hiruto's birthday was originally listed as March 29. This was revised in his updated profile card, which lists his birthday as September 6.
* Hiruto is the mascot of the Fangan's Twitter account.
* Hiruto is unique, being one of two characters to not have a full set of Free Time Event's. He shares this with Hitomi Tadaira.
* Hiruto loves video games, especially those with action elements.
	+ While talking to Nozomi during Chapter One, Hiruto talks about several games he did and didn't enjoy. He references Nier: Automata ("Ni3r: 4utomata") and The Last of Us: Part II ("The Last of VS Part 2")
	+ Hiruto's favourite console is Nintendo.

### Pushoong Trivia

The following trivia was discussed through Danganronpa Mauve's Pushoong, and doesn't appear in the main game. The following information is STC.
* Hiruto's favourite food is cup ramen
* Hiruto is average at sports.
	+ Hiruto is the fifth strongest male character.
* Hiruto has never dated anyone before.
* As of the Chapter One release Carnival (카니발)'s favourite character is Hiruto.
* Hiruto is the third best artist of the male characters.
* Hiruto's fate was decided from the beginning.
* Hiruto rarely plays gacha games.
* If the surprise concert wasn't organised and there was no other opportunity, it is possible Kotori would have targeted someone else.

## References

1. ↑ Voice Actor Announcement
2. ↑ **Danganronpa Mauve:** Hiruto Iwada Profile (Translated by Zephirum)
3. ↑ **Danganronpa Mauve:** Hiruto Iwada Beta Design
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 **Danganronpa Mauve:** Pushoong Trivia