Haruhiko Kobashikawa

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## Haruhiko Kobashikawa

* Splash Art
* Halfbody Sprite

## Characteristics

### Likes

* Military
* Women

### Dislikes

* Studying
* Unmanly deeds

### Family

* Unnamed father
* Unnamed mother
* Unnamed older brother

## Fangan Info

### Origin

Danganronpa Another~ Another Despair Academy~

### Artists

LINUJ

**Haruhiko Kobashikawa** (코바시카와 하루히코 *Kobashikawa Haruhiko*) is a main character featured in the Korean fangame Danganronpa Another~ Another Despair Academy~, created by Korean game-developer LINUJ. He is known as the **Super High School Level Pilot** (초고교급 파일럿).

## Galleries

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## Appearance

Haruhiko is a tall highschool student with tidy blondish-brown hair, and brown eyes. Although most of Haruhiko's hair is obscured by his hood, his character sheet and party outfit reveal he has a small lock of hair which points to the side. He wears a pair of square black-rimmed goggles on top of his head. After his death, Teruya Ōtori incorporates them into his appearance.

His outfit consists of an untucked brownish-white dress shirt with a patch on his right sleeve, a sleeveless brown vest worn overtop with its hood worn over his head, a pair of grey pants, and a pair of brown shoes. In addition to this he wears a blue pendant necklace.

When he was attending Kibogamine Gakuen, Haruhiko wore a white dress shirt and a black tie.

During Satsuki Iranami's party, Haruhiko wears a red coat with a black belt around his waist, golden clips which keep it closed, a folded chestpiece with a golden trim and buttons, and a shoulderpad with a blue cape and dangly pieces. He also wears a pair of dark gray pants.

If Haruhiko had survived to join the Kisaragi Foundation, he would've worn a similar outfit to his in-game one. Instead of a dress shirt he would've worn a long-sleeved shirt. He would have worn a belt over his torso, a belt, and a long albeit damaged scarf. He would've still worn his goggles.

## Personality

Haruhiko is one of the most carefree, laid-back, and cheerful of his class, constantly able to boost his classmates moods during the killing game. Alike his girlfriend Satsuki, and his friend Kiyoka, Haruhiko maintains a generally optimistic outlook throughout the killing game. After the first motive is presented to the group, he is seen playing with his friends, rather than giving in to the stress. As the killing game progresses, Haruhiko's optimism began to waver, although he tried to stay strong nonetheless.

Throughout his freetime events with Yuki Maeda, and during the events of the killing game, Haruhiko is shown to have an extremely perverted nature. After hearing his female classmates would be going to the bathhouse, he can convince Yuki to watch them bathe, further evidencing his perversion. As a result of this, his classmates often get upset with him. In the past, Haruhiko was broken up with due to his obsession with girls.

Underneath his carefree and perverted nature, is genuine care for his classmates. When the rest of his classmates decide to sign themselves up for a murder plan after they begin to experience starvation, Haruhiko is the only one who protests their plan, and even begs Tsurugi for help. He also joined the rest of his class in comforting Kizuna, and tried to help Akane after he found her cutting herself.

After Kiyoka Maki's death Haruhiko began to feel immense guilt, believing he caused her death. Manifesting as a result of his guilt, Haruhiko started to experience frequent nightmares where Kiyoka gets her revenge on Haruhiko.

## History

### Early Life

Little is known about his life before the killing game.

Sometime before attending Hope's Peak Academy, Haruhiko dated a girl for a single day. He was later dumped for being 'a cowardly idiot who's obsessed with girls'.

### 79th Class Killing Game

    Haruhiko was one of sixteen students scouted by Hope's Peak Academy under its 79th class. After entering the Hope's Peak school building, Haruhiko and his classmates fall unconscious, and each wake up alone in different locations. After regrouping together in the main hall, an anonymous announcement lead them to the Gymnasium, where they meet a robotic bear, Monokuma, the school's self-proclaimed headmaster. Monokuma soon reveals the true nature of the school, announcing the start of a mutual killing game, where the only way they could leave were to murder another person. Enraged by this, Tsurugi Kinjo attempts to apprehend Monokuma, but is pushed back by a machine gun, leaving him startled and in silence. After this incident the class splits up until the next morning.

During the middle of the week, bored from the lack of any death yet, Monokuma joins one of the class's morning meetings. There he reveals the class's first motive, clueing them in to explore the CV Room. Cautious due to the headmaster's previous actions, the class convince Yuki Maeda, the Super High School Lucky Student, to check out the area. In the room Yuki finds a box with numerous DVD's, all with a participants name on it. The rest of the class meet up with Yuki after he lets out a panicked scream, causing everyone to check the contents of their DVD, revealing someone close to them in grave danger. Distrust falls among the group after this, causing them to split up from each other. Unbeknown to them at the time, one of them was already plotting their crime.

Shortly after receiving the motive, Haruhiko, Kiyoka Maki, and Satsuki Iranami, play together near the dormitories, spinning around and all sorts else. After losing balance however, he crashes into the doors behind him, smashing Kiyoka's and Tsurugi's nameplates. Monokuma soon appears to the scene. Fearing for his life, Haruhiko tries to beg for Monokuma's forgiveness, but is told he would be 'severely punished' for breaking the rules. After Haruhiko panics at this Monokuma sadistically laughed at him, before handing two replicas of the nameplates he broke. He is then left alone to place them on the correct doors, but mistakenly switches them.

    That next morning the class realize Rei Mekaru and Kiyoka had gone missing, and start to search for them both. After the class discover Kiyoka Maki's hung-up corpse, the investigation to find her killer begins. During the investigation, Haruhiko testifies about what happened the previous night, and panics after realizing that he'd become involved. In the class trial for Kiyoka's murder, Mitsuhiro Higa is found guilt for the crime, and is soon dragged away to his execution. Witnessed by the rest of his class, everyone is left in shock.

### Comforting Kizuna

    During the second week of the killing game, Monokuma reveals his next motive, giving everyone a note revealing one of their classmates deepest, darkest, secret. Throughout that same week, Kizuna Tomori, the Super High School Level Cheerleader, had closed herself off from the rest of the group. During one of the groups morning meetings, the class discusses Kizuna, and decides to confront her together, and try to convince her to rejoin the group. Haruhiko joins the rest of his class and watches while Akane tearfully tries confides in Kizuna. This action causes Kizuna to rejoin the group, but unbeknown at the time, their acts were in vain. The next day Kizuna is found dead in the switchium. During the investigation for her murder, Haruhiko is unable to find any clues.

    In the class trial for Kizuna's murder, the truth about her case is revealed. During the previous night Kizuna and Akane met together, after the former had devised a plan to murder one of her classmates. Revealing her plan to Akane, she tries to convince her that they should work together, but she refuses. Understanding what this would've meant for her safety, Kizuna removes the knife on her person and lunged toward Akane. During their struggle Kizuna was stabbed. Panicked by what she'd done, Ayame Hatano, a close friend to Akane, witnesses her running away, covered in blood. In order to protect her friend, Ayame removes the knife from Kizuna's torso, and stabs her a second time in the throat. A few minutes later she died from blood loss. The class are able to correctly deduce who killed Kizuna, and she is soon sent to her execution by Monokuma.

### Kiyoka's Phone and Casino Machine

    The morning after Ayame's execution, the group meet together as per usual. By the end of their morning meeting, Monokuma reveals the existence of an impostor, planted within the game from the very beginning. Already suspicious due to the note Kizuna received, Yuki is removed from the main group. During one of the groups morning meetings, Kinji Uehara reveals the existence of a phone. Lacking any signal, the class deem it to be useless, but Rei investigates it anyhow. As soon as she powers up the phone, a picture of the already deceased Kiyoka appears, with two friends in the background. Although the class is troubled by the existence of this photo, they are unable to find any answers. Rei gives the phone back to Kinji after this, and the class split up for the day.

Later that week, after investigating the school for clues, Yuki is confronted by Haruhiko, who begged him to use his talent to help him. After discovering the 'jackpot' in the casino, Haruhiko decided that, due to his talent, Yuki would be the best person to ask. Although initially reluctant, Yuki agreed to help Haruhiko, and joins Teruya Ōtori, Kinji, and Satsuki, as they play on the casino machine together. While playing he is able to score multiple tripe '7' scores, activating the machines jackpot time and time again.

Soon afterward, Monokuma summons the surviving students to the gymnasium, where he reveals their third motive. One-by-one, each participant is shown a video of what they desire most, with the promise that they would receive anything in the video if they murdered someone. The group decide to stay strong however, believing in each other, and the fact that nobody would kill anyone.

### The Third Case

Towards the night of the same day, a loud scream from the dormitories leads Yuki and Mikako Kurokawa to the area. At the scene they discover blood on the ground, after Akane cut her wrists with a pair of scissors. Although he tries to help, he, Satsuki, and Teruya are unable to do anything. Desiring to see Ayame, and feeling immense guilt after being involved in her death, nobody is able to calm Akane down. This is until Mikako grabs her by the shoulders, and reminds Akane of her friends final words. Mikako soon falls unconscious however. After making sure Akane is safe, and taking Mikako back to her room, the group splits up for the day.

The next day, the group realize five of their classmates have gone missing. After they split up to search for them, they discord an injured Kinji, with blood covering his head. He reveals he was attacked by a killer from behind, and joins the group in their searches. The first group, consisting of Yuki, Rei, Kinji, and Mikako, arrive to the science lab and hearing rushing water, and the sound of screams inside the room. After breaking into the lab, they discover Kanata Inori's burnt corpse. At that same moment Akane and Teruya discover blood pooling from underneath the library doors, where they then discover Kakeru Yamaguchi's corpse. Just a few minutes earlier Haruhiko discovered Tsurugi's unconscious body.

After concluding their investigations, the class is summoned to the trial grounds. During the trial contradictions in Kinji's alibi and testimony cause the class to suspect him. He soon breaks down and, after providing a conclusive piece of evidence, is voted for as the culprit. After the main trial ends Kinji explains the motives behind his crime, and is revealed to be the traitor, who was blackmailed by Monokuma. Just before his execution, Kinji asks Monokuma if he kept his promise, causing a monitor to activate. On it the class witness as the video pans on a pile of bodies, most decomposed, and some to the extent of bones showing. Kinji is soon dragged away to his execution, where his body is crushed from crashing into the ground.

Out of nowhere, Monokuma begins to experience malfunctions. While they have the chance, the surviving class rush to a mysterious staircase, which had been previously blocked off. Though they at first believe it to be an escape from the school, their hopes are crushed when they arrive, finding a prison-like area instead.

### The Party and Third Motive

After the third class trial, the class were left in a despair-induced state, due to a mixture of all of the events from the past three cases. Realizing the killing game had come to yet another standstill, Monokuma summons the class to the ballroom, where he claimed to have a gift for them. Although the class are hesitant at first, they decide to do as Monokuma says, having had no other choice. One-by-one the classmates left their dressing rooms, and revealed their outfits to each other. When most of the class finished changing their clothes, they realized Satsuki still hadn't left her room. Still suspicious about Monokuma's intentions, Akane and Mikako left their ballroom to search for her.

They soon returned with a joyful Satsuki. Upon seeing her, the class were left silenced. Threatened with punishment if they didn't dance together, Satsuki chose to dance with Haruhiko, leaving him flustered. After the class choose their partners, classical music began to echo throughout the ballroom.

After they finished dancing, the class are taken to the dining hall, By the end of their conversation, Tsurugi and Rei left the dining hall and discovered the doors out locked. During this time, Haruhiko and Satsuki stayed behind, and finished the rest of the food, angering his classmates, as the food was not unlimited.

Later that day, Monokuma summoned the class to the ballroom for a 'special announcement'. Upon arrival Monokuma handed each participant a key, belonging to one of the ballrooms dorms. Soon afterward, he revealed the fourth motive, where the class were trapped inside the ballroom with no other escape. The only way to leave was to murder another person.

### Effects of the Motive and Tsurugi's Plans

Over the course of the next few days, the class began to experience the effects of starvation, due to the food being completely depleted. Driven to insanity, the class began to volunteer themselves for murder, in order to save the rest of their friends. Despite Haruhiko's protests against this, nobody listened. As Tsurugi entered the dining hall, he begged him for his help. At this moment, Tsurugi threw a bundle of guns onto the dining hall table, and requested for everyone to join him in a mass suicide. Driven to complete insanity by the effects of starvation, Tsurugi does not listen to reason, and decides he would force the others into suicide, then kill himself shortly afterward. Angered by this, Haruhiko charged at Tsurugi, but was promptly knocked out.

As he tried to charge toward Yuki, the rug underneath Tsurugi causes him to slip. At this moment the rest of the class apprehended Tsurugi, and tied him up. After this, the group split up for the night.

### Haruhiko's Plan and Fate

That night, Haruhiko, experiencing a mixture of extreme guilt for having eaten all the food, and wanting to save the others, went to the arsenal with Satsuki. After meeting her there, Haruhiko confessed his love for Satsuki, and asked her to murder him. For some time the two argued, as Satsuki wanted to take Haruhiko's place, but eventually they both agree to kill each other, and save the other from the violent executions. However, as he turned his back to Satsuki, he filled his gun with dud bullets. When they are both ready, they shoot at each other. As he shoots the gun, it explodes in his hand, immediately blowing his hand off from his body, and causing him to start bleeding out.

Still alive at this moment, Satsuki quickly ran towards Haruhiko and tearfully held him in her arms. While still bleeding out, Haruhiko explained why he did what he did, claiming he found the 'secret treasure' Monokuma had hidden. Rewarded with a picture of him and Satsuki kissing, Haruhiko was met with a mix of emotions. Although he didn't remember such a thing happening before, he knew then that he wanted Satsuki to survive no matter what, even if it meant his own death. As he lay there bleeding, Haruhiko apologised for putting Satsuki in such a situation.

After Satsuki left the room and returned to her dorm, as a result of Haruhiko's final wish, he started to alter the crime scene. After making the scene look like a struggle took place, and blocking the doors with a wooden plank, Haruhiko lays against a wall and bleeds out. The next day, his dead body is discovered by Yuki and Teruya.

### Legacy

After the destruction of the school building, Haruhiko's body sinks to the bottom of the ocean. A gold statue of him is later found outside the Tower of Babel, causing Teruya to tear up at the reminder of him and Satsuki.

## Talent and Abilities

### Super High School Level Pilot

Sometime before joining Hope's Peak Academy, Haruhiko was involved in a passenger plane test flight at Narita Airport, which caused him to become a trending subject for sometime. Haruhiko started working towards his talent at the young age of five, when he flew a light aircraft. Ever since then, he has become an expert in operating all sorts of aircrafts, like airliners, helicopters, and space probes. A few days before he was admitted to Hope's Peak, Haruhiko was invited to fly a plane with real passengers, though it is unknown if he took up this offer.

Before being admitted to Hope's Peak, Haruhiko primarily worked on secret test flights, cargo transports, and acrobatics. Though he never received any formal training, Haruhiko was able to fly planes based on his senses.

## Creation and Development

### Creators Notes

Untranslated Info*The information below is currently untranslated. It will be re-written in more detail when more information is available.*

### Alternate Fates

Non-Canon*The information below is considered **non-canon**.*
**처형명 "출격! DEATHCRAFT"**

**장소는 구름보다 위에 있는 공중 활주탑. 코바시카와는 몸이 묶인채 1인승 비행기에 탑승하게 된다. 모노쿠마가 뒤쪽에 불을 점화하고, 폭탄이 터지듯 비행기는 이륙을 시작하는데, 구름 위까지 뻗어나온 탑들에 연달아 충돌하며 엉망진창으로 날아다닌다. 어지럼증에 새파랗게 질린 코바시카와가 눈을 뜨자 비행기는 거대한 종탑을 향해 일직선으로 날아가고 있었고, 종탑에 그대로 박힌채 폭발한다. 폭발음과 함께 종이 울리며 하늘에 뭔가의 잔해만이 휘날린다.**

During the bonus chapter 'EX', Haruhiko and his classmates are able to escape the killing game before it can begin. After this, he presumably joins the Kisaragi Foundation.

## Trivia

* Haruhiko ranked eighth in the official popularity poll, taken after the games conclusion.
* Satsuki's nickname for Haruhiko is 'Kobazing'. He is often called 'Haru' by his classmates.
* He is great at obstacle courses.
* After the first case, Haruhiko suffers from a frequent nightmare where he is killed by Kiyoka.
* Haruhiko is terrible at speaking foreign languages.
* Teruya inherits Haruhiko's goggles after his death. He incorporates them into his outfit for the remainder of the killing game, as well as throughout his work in the Kisaragi Foundation.

## References

1. ↑ https://linuj.tistory.com/entry/IF%E2%80%A6-%EA%B7%BC%ED%99%A9
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 **Freetime Events (Tempaccounts):** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a4Vxo9cacc
3. ↑ https://linuj.tistory.com/entry/%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0-%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95%EB%B9%84%ED%99%94-12-%EC%BD%94%EB%B0%94%EC%8B%9C%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80-%ED%95%98%EB%A3%A8%ED%9E%88%EC%BD%94
4. ↑ **Popularity Poll:** https://linuj.tistory.com/entry/%EB%8B%A8%EA%B0%84%EB%A1%A0%ED%8C%8C-%EC%96%B4%EB%82%98%EB%8D%94-%EC%9D%B8%EA%B8%B0%ED%88%AC%ED%91%9C-%EA%B2%B0%EA%B3%BC-%EB%B0%9C%ED%91%9C
5. ↑ **DRA Prologue (Tempaccounts):** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1KY1f6VIug