Ryoma Hoshi

**Ryoma Hoshi** (星 竜馬 *Hoshi Ryōma*) is a student in Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles and participant of the Killing School Semester featured in *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony*.

His title is **Ultimate Tennis Pro** (超高校級の「テニス選手」 *chō kōkō kyū no “tenisu senshu”* Super High School Level Tennis Player). Despite his promising career, he killed a whole mafia organization and became a prisoner on death row before being shut in Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles.

## Appearance

Ryoma is the shortest character in *Danganronpa V3*. Contrary to his soft appearance, he has a very deep voice. He has black eyes with no visible pupils and pale rosy cheeks.

He wears a black hat with two points that has a picture of two blue tennis rackets on it. He wears a black leather jacket, and a black and dark blue striped jumpsuit underneath, similar to that of a prisoner. He wears brown shoes and has a metal cuff attached to his left leg with a bit of a chain attached to the cuff.

His legs are notably much more muscular than the rest of his body. He always has a candy in his mouth, which may give the impression of a cigarette.

## Personality

Ryoma is a hard-boiled dandy character.[6] Though he looks like a child, it's been said that his life experience would put an adult to shame. He has a coolness that common high school students don't have, heightened by his very deep, mature voice. He is the calmest, composed, and an unperturbed person in the killing game. He isn't shaken by murders nor even if he is personally harmed. He often mentions how he refuses to do something "uncool" and doesn't want to show his softer side.

Due to his grand past as an assassin, he considers himself a killer, the kind of person other people should not get close to. While generally not appearing very aggressive, he is apparently willing to harm and even kill people if he believes they deserve it, and he occasionally gives others a very piercing look as a warning. In the bonus mode Ultimate Talent Development Plan of *Danganronpa V3*, he is very amused by the idea of "crushing" Nagito Komaeda.

Younger Ryoma was a big animal lover with a positive and proactive nature, but he states that he is now just a shadow of his former self and his old self no longer exists. Nevertheless, he still has certain kindness in him and retains his great love for animals, and he is still interested in tennis even though he strongly denies this. He will not stand seeing an animal in trouble, considering such situation an emergency. He also empathizes with Kaede Akamatsu's wish to escape and become friends with everyone, considering it "not bad" option. However, he has a tendency to push other people away. He feels others shouldn't get close to him, because along with being a murderer he is on a death row and thus likely to die soon, which would cause his close ones emotional burden. During class trials, he generally trusts others but doesn't hesitate to voice his doubts and use calm judgment. He is also willing to immediately apologize for incorrect doubts.

Due to his past, Ryoma appears to be depressed and suicidal, assuming he has very little time left and is unable to have any close ones. He has little regard, if any at all, for his own life. He believes that being a death row inmate automatically makes his life worth less than anyone and he is very much willing to die for the sake of the other students. In Chapter 1, he offers to have one of the others kill him so that they may escape the school, allowing everyone to continue on with the killing game. Rantaro Amami manages to convince him otherwise, but he is still in a lot of doubt. He decided to look for a reason to live but became even more suicidal after his motive video revealed that he apparently has nobody to care about him in the outside world, causing him to find no reason to live.

Ryoma has mentioned that he doesn't feel anything anymore concerning sexual matters, supposedly due to his depression. Such situations also make him uncomfortable because he suffered from harassment while he was in prison.

## Talent

### Ultimate Tennis Pro

Ryoma was a tennis player with a promising future, world famous since his middle school days and winning many international matches. He is able to use the Shukuchi Method, a type of rapid movement that takes advantage of the opponent's blind spot. He would always enter the tennis court using his right foot, which he felt gave him good luck.

The Mastermind's claim that Ryoma's talent as the Ultimate Tennis Pro is a fabrication made by Team Danganronpa. Due to that fact, it is unclear whether Ryoma is a tennis champion in the past.

## Free Time

### Presents

 **Likes:** | 003. Ginger Tea, 005. Non-Alcoholic Drink of Immortality, 009. Astro Cake, 018. Silver Earring, 023. Workout Clothes, 025. Autumn-Colored Scarf, 030. Beret, 031. Ladybug Brooch, 032. Cufflinks, 037. Travel Journal, 045. High-End Headphones, 046. Teddy Bear, 061. Hand Grips, 062. Commemorative Medal Set, 069. Potted Banyan Tree, 074. Sports Towel, 077. Clock-Shaped Gaming Console, 095. Home Planet, 105. Bear Ears, 106. Dangan Werewolf

## Quotes

*Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Demo Version)* (English)

**Introduction:**

* "Ryoma Hoshi, the man called the Ultimate Tennis Pro... no longer exists. I'm nothing more than his empty shell."
* "Well? What do you think of the loser before you who used his talent to kill?"
* "I didn't need a future anymore... No... it's nothing. It's not like me to talk so much. Anyway... I'm warning you. It's dangerous to just walk up to a killer like me."

**Investigation:**

* "Instead of saying a bunch of vulgar things, why not use your brain a little?"
* "Hmph... You're rather motivated to stay alive. I wish I had... No, never mind."

*Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony* (English)

**Prologue:**

* "We may be trapped, but it's pretty cool here. Compared to prison anyway..."

**Chapter 1:**

* "We fell apart pretty quick for a group that decided to be friends and work together."
* "He's not wrong, though. If we want to stay alive, standing around grumbling's not gonna change anything. As things are, we're not going to escape together...we're going to die together. Are you guys okay with that?"
* "You can't protect yourself when you're alone."
* "If you really want to live through a situation like this, grumbling won't help."
* "I understand that you want to believe in everyone, but... Idealistic thoughts like that won't save anyone. You might end up losing what you tried to save."
* "The best thing to do is live life with confidence."
* "Do what you want. Whether you guys live or die is up to you."
* "The way the world works is that those who speak, win. The truth can easily be twisted. In order to fix a twisted truth, you need something even more powerful."
* "I guess the one who still has a ways to go...is me."

**Chapter 2:**

* "This world can be too big and bright for eyes that have spent too long staring down. So be careful. Don't let your eyes deceive you..."
* "I've got no intention of getting in your way. I'd never do something so uncool."
* "Good things...are when your wishes, hopes, or dreams are fulfilled, right? What does that have to do with someone like me with no wishes, hopes, or dreams?"
* "It's like your eyes have stopped focusing on the past... Hmph, your face looks more dependable."
* "I win simply because I'm confident in my skills. That's all it takes."
* "Well, of course. If I was just lucky, I wouldn't be undefeated on the court."
* "By the way...I'm sorry. For saying something so uncool like "I've got no reason to live.""
* "I'm going to say this so we're clear. I'm not so stupid that I'd waste my life. I...only said something like that because I was jealous of you. If I had a stronger attachment to life, I could try my best alongside you all—"
* "If you've got something to live for, it means your life has value."
* "Once I know I've got something important to me, I'll have a reason to live..."

**Free Time Events:**

* "Hmph...I get that. Once you start petting one, you forget about all your worries..."
* "But, don't just get one on a whim. Taking care of a living thing is a big responsibility. Hmph, but I guess that's not something a killer like me should be saying." (to Kaede)
* "Geez...don't go judging people by their appearance." (to Kaede)
* "Ultimate Pianist, huh...? Your words and voice...inspire people's hearts...like the melody of a piano."
* "Aren't you a detective? Such honesty might be seen as foolish, you know."
* "We'd all give everything we had... Being defeated only made us stronger. That was the type of world I lived in."
* "Hmph...it's foolish to assume your common sense applies everywhere..."
* "Listen up. I'm no longer the Ultimate Tennis Pro. That's just the shell of who I used to be. I threw away my past." (to Shuichi)
* "If there was one regret I was carrying around...it'd be...her..."
* "Hmph, you scared? Don't stop halfway, detective. You'll never find the truth like that."
* "See? You shouldn't have asked. I'm just a helpless fool."
* "Geez...so this is what it's like to be at a loss for words. You're a bigger idiot than me. But...I don't dislike that about you."
* "You can't become that big of an idiot? Well too bad. Come on. Join me in my stupidity. This is the only way I can test your resolve."
* "Huh? I'm not saying we should have a match. I want to see yourresolve. This is a test of feelings, not skill."
* "Hey, Shuichi... Even if we get out of here, I'll still be in prison, but... If I ever get out...I'm going to go and pick up everything I threw away. It's too late for a lot of things, but if I can still reach some... I'd like to bear those stains again. Just like how I'm bearing you on my back right now."

**TMNT X Pokemon:**

* "Such a group of weird-looking robots."
* "You don't understand how it feels to become a prisoner."
* "The reason I hang out with you because you are part-cat. And I love cats since I have a pet cat of my own."
* "Shinigami is one mysterious woman. And a good fighter at that."
* "Dani, are you jealous or something?"

## TMNT X Pokemon

Ryoma likes to keep quiet about his past. He and Rach can relate as Rach is the daughter of the Brooklyn Mafia boss and she can handle things herself with her tough appearance. She often teases his small height much to his dismay.

## Trivia

* Ryoma has a very deep voice despite his small appearance. This contrasts Daisaku Bandai from *Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School*, who has a high-pitched, feminine voice with a very bulky appearance.
* Ryoma is the shortest character in *Danganronpa V3*, and the shortest human character in the entire *Danganronpa* series.
* Ryoma's English voice actor, Chris Tergliafera, also voices Gundham Tanakain *Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair*.
* In a poll hosted by MyNavi, fans voted Ryoma the 15th most popular *Danganronpa V3* student.[9]
* When investigating Ryoma's Research Lab in Chapter 2, Shuichi Saiharacomments that it looks like it belongs to the **Ultimate Prisoner** (超高校級の囚人) instead of the **Ultimate Tennis Pro**.