Akari Sato

**Akari Sato** (佐藤明理) is a student in Hope's Peak Academy's Class 88-A, and a participant of the Chaotic Murderous School Life, featured in Danganronpa: Order of Chaos. Her title is the Ultimate Confectioner (超高校級の「お菓子職人」 lit. *Super High School Level Confectioner*).

## Name Etymology

Akari's first name has the kanji 明 (aka), wich means 'bright', and 理 (ri), meaning 'reason' or 'logic', wich could allude to the brilliance she claims was scouted by Hope's Peak Academy earlier for.

Her surname, Sato, consists of the kanji 佐 (sa), meaning 'help' or 'aid', and 藤 (to), meaning wisteria. This is the most common surname in Japan. 'Sato' (砂糖) is also the pronunciation for the Japanese word for 'sugar'.

## Appearance

Akari is a petite girl with a soft face and big, bright pink eyes with a heart-shaped pattern that makes her stand out from the rest of her classmates. She has medium length 'cotton candy' coloured hair she wears in an asymmetric bob cut that grows longer from left to right. She sweeps part of her bangs with two clips, which are shaped like white chocolate and a pink heart. On earlier designs she had a sickle-shaped ahoge.

She spends the Killing Game in her former school's uniform, wich consist on a white and purple sailor fuku, with the long-sleeved bearing the school's logo on both arms, and a light purple adjustable skirt with suspenders that has candy stick-like pattern. Her purple bow is decorated with purple and pink swirl lollipop. She also wears thigh high socks with a light purple details, and black mary-jane styled shoes wich have purple glittery platforms.

## Personality

Akari is as sweet and gentle as the pastries she creates, with a warm and kindhearted personality that endears her to everyone she meets. She is humble and modest about her talents, and always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need. She is also fiercely dedicated to her craft, spending hours perfecting her recipes and experimenting with new flavors and techniques.

Her passion for baking shines through in everything she does, and she takes great joy in sharing her creations with others.

## Talent and abilities

### Ultimate Confectioner

Akari's talent as the Ultimate Confectioner makes her a master of all things sweet and delicious. She has an incredible palate and is able to discern even the subtlest of flavors, and has a keen eye for detail and a delicate touch, able to craft intricate designs and decorations with precision. Her creativity knows no bounds, and she is always coming up with new and inventive recipes and flavor combinations. She is also a skilled problem solver, able to improvise and adjust recipes on the fly to ensure that her creations come out perfect every time.

 **Japanese**

 **Spanish**

## Trivia

* She's from Minami-senju, Arakawa City, Tokyo, and her house is located above her family's bakery.
* She has above average grades, but excells in Home Economics.
* Akari was initially going to be the Ultimate Astronomer, and her personality was going to be serious and stoic in contrast with her cute appearance. However, this was scrapped as there were problems and struggles with her design, so she was redesigned and assigned her new talent.
* Her birthday, July 1st, is the first day of the "Sweetness Week". This is a holiday celebrated in Argentina from the 1st to the 7th of July, in wich you exchange a candy (originally, a chocolate) for a kiss.
	+ She shares her birthday with Ryoma Hoshi.