Sonosuke Izayoi

**Sonosuke Izayoi** (十六夜 惣之助) is a character featured in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School.

During his time in Class 76th at Hope's Peak Academy, his title was the **Ultimate Blacksmith** (超高校級の「鍛冶屋」 lit. Super High School Level Blacksmith). After leaving Hope's Peak, his title was updated to the **Former Ultimate Blacksmith**.

He is a member of the Future Foundation and is the Branch Office 9 Director. His responsibility as the director is preparation, development, and management of armaments/weapons. He, along with the other Future Foundation Directors, is forced to participate in the Final Killing Game.

## Appearance

He has a tall, lean build, pale blonde hair, sharp brown eyes, pale skin and a serious expression. He wears a red trench coat and wears his Future Foundation ID on his left shoulder. Sonosuke wears dark red finger-less gloves, baggy black pants, and dark brown boots. He carries a multitude of weapons hidden in his coat.

During his high school days, Sonosuke wears Hope's Peak Academy uniform and a red tie underneath his red jacket.

## Personality

Sonosuke is stated to be a "silent type", who avoids talking to others, the only exception being his romantic partner Ruruka. He is incredibly loyal and very protective of her, drawing a hidden weapon from his coat on any person who gets close to her. Sonosuke loves Ruruka's candy and Ruruka seems to feed him as a reward, him often resting his head on her lap. Though otherwise calm and serious, the way he eats candy and says "dewicious" is rather comical.

Sonosuke is very loyal to Ruruka as he never hold back and show his full splendor towards his enemy in order to protect her. Without any remorse, he set a trap that severely injured Seiko Kimura's right hand and took out all of his hidden weapons to fight her until she reached her demise.

Once Sonosuke's trust is broken, it is very difficult to gain it back, as he believes "once a traitor, always a traitor". However, he doesn't mind when Ruruka betrays him or even when she takes his life, as he loves her very much and thus doesn't consider it a betrayal.

Even though he is described as "cool" silent character and has a calm voice, in the official English dub he can sound notably angrier and more aggressive, and sometimes he uses language unlikely for the character (for example, "babe").

## Talent & Abilities

### Ultimate Blacksmith

Being the former Ultimate Blacksmith, Sonosuke is skilled at developing and using different weapons, and he stocks all kinds of hidden weapons inside his coat. Though usually meant for practical use, he can also make ones for collection purposes and he will forge basically any blade upon request.

Sonosuke's parents, who apparently were also blacksmiths, taught him from a very young age. As a result of the endless teaching and experience, Sonosuke became very skilled at forging materials mainly weapons. In the Academy, he has opened his own shop and take requests from people to forge any weapons that requested. He created weapons for two purposes, for practical and collection purposes. He takes a special interest in weapons that would typically used by ninja.

In addition to forging several types of weapons, Sonosuke is shown to be able to create many kinds of traps, such as explosives that can be triggered with a switch or pressure activated traps.

When he joined the Future Foundation, Sonosuke is trusted with the distribution of their weapons.

### Fighting Abilities

Sonosuke has much fighting experience. He is shown fighting against the Ultimate Despair and Seiko with his knives, and he is quite tactful when it comes to battle as he always prepares extra weapons and traps before engaging into a fight, even carrying a multiple loads of weapons hidden inside his coat.

Sonosuke has exceptional aim, being able to throw his knives where he chooses and rarely misses. Ruruka often tells Sonosuke to throw knives at whoever is being disrespectful to her. Sonosuke is also seen throwing knives to protect his lover.

## Quotes

* MTU
* TMH

*Monokuma Theater Universe*

**TBD Timeline:**

*Trigger Meme Havoc Universe*

## Trivia

1. ↑ Official Artbook Profile translated by @jinjojess on Tumblr.