Leon Kuwata

**Leon Kuwata** is a student at Hope's Peak Academy featured in Danganronpa: Despairs Loss. His title is 'Ultimate Baseball Pro'.

## History

Leon grew up with an abusive father as a child. His mother ran out on him and his little sister to live with her new fiancé. Whilst he doesn't entirely hate her, he resents her for not taking his sister with her. Leon would often be responsible for hiding his sister from their father, taking up the role of father himself for her.

Leon knew he wasn't a girl from a young age, though never really made an effort to change his identity until middle school. One day, he returned home from school with his head in a buzzcut, skirt cut and sewed into pants and mud all over his clothes. His father was enraged, kicking Leon out for a week.

During that week, Leon was approached by a guy of tall stature and firm build whilst out on the streets. He claimed that he could "smell" Leon's athletic potential and asked him to sign up to the try-outs later that month. Until then, Kuwata had only casually played a few sports in school. He had noticed he was significantly better at these games - especially baseball - than his peers, but chalked it up to luck. He didn't exactly trust this random man, but he agreed anyway.

Leon attended baseball try-outs, at the suggestion of the man he met. He aced the competition with ease, gaining the favour of thousands of agencies that wanted to sign him immediately. His quick and immediate success angered his father. Realising he didn't need to rely on him anymore, Leon took his younger sister and ran away from home, permanently. Multiple times did his mother try to reach out to him after his success, to which Leon denied each time. The man who had sniffed out his potential offered them a place to stay until he got up on his feet - becoming his coach in the process.

Years later, he received an offer to attend Hope's Peak Academy. He was planning to reject it, but the Coach reached out to him, suggesting it'd be best to hone his abilities. To Leon, he didn't see why it was necessary, since he didn't have an actual passion for baseball. But, he accepted regardless.

## Appearance

Leon has short ginger hair and a ginger goatee that's tied by a silver clip on the bottom of his chin. He wears more silver in the form of a silver chain around his neck attached to a lock. He has a white shirt with a red marking in the middle that he wears under his light, greyish jacket. His pants are black with a studded belt around his waist. His shoes are white trainers with red accents and dark green bottoms. He also has many piercings in both ears.

## Personality

Leon can come off as a sleaze and a slacker at times. He dislikes having to work hard and only still entertains his talent in baseball because it's the easy way out. In reality, he loves music and wants to become a musician to many adoring fans. He also loves attention and looking cool in front of others. There are very few people he'll allow himself to be vulnerable with, this includes his **younger sister.**

## Relationships

### **Sayaka Maizono**

Leon was, reasonably so, disgruntled and distrusting of Sayaka after she attempted to kill him. However, the two became much closer during their practise sessions, to the point of genuine friendship. Sometimes, Sayaka even gives him girl advice.

## Trivia

* Leon is Bisexual
* Leon is a quarter Swedish - his mother was half.