Sayaka Maizono

**Sayaka Maizono** is a student at Hope's Peak Academy featured in Danganronpa: Despairs Loss. Her title is 'Ultimate Pop Idol'.

## History

Sayaka Maizono grew up as a poor girl in a rural area. Her mother passed due to an illness when she was just a baby. Her mother's death left her father saddled in debt as he took out a loan from the **Togami Corporation** to pay for her medical bills at the time. From a very young age, Sayaka worked shifts at a local fast food joint. The manager was kind to her, and she acted almost like a mother figure to the girl - teaching her about the things her father had no time to.

One day, Sayaka was on break and watching a show in the breakroom when a advertisement for a new pop idol girl group played. These girls wowed Sayaka, prompting her to research more about idols in general. In her research, Sayaka stumbled upon a company that was holding auditions for a new member in their youth girl group. This excited Maizono as she told her father and manager, both of which encouraged her to audition.

Sayaka worked hard at a routine, practicing day and night with little to no breaks, yet remaining as energised as ever (She would later learn that this was due to her having the 'Ultimate' gene, which she wasn't aware of until later in life). On managed to dazzle the judges to the point that they asked everyone else to leave since their search was over, despite the fact that Sayaka was one of the first contestants to audition. That was Sayaka's first girl group, of which many more would come. Balancing school and her Idol work became a bit of a chore, but she got used to having people fawn over her, wherever she went.

Sayaka eventually found a permanent group of whom she grew to love. She was with them through the majority of her teenage years and got along with all but one of them. This girl dropped out of the group after a few years to peruse a solo career in music.

On her last day of Junior high, she received an offer to attend Hopes Peak Academy. Believing that there might be a chance she wasn't treated so specially in an Academy full of people who were just as talented as her, she eagerly accepted.

## Appearance

Sayaka wears a plain white shirt with frills at the sleeves, neck and bottom. She has a large and mauvelous pink bow around her neck and a similarly coloured bracelet on her left hand. Her skirt is short and indigo and she wears large, ivory, knee high boots with heels. Her hair is long and a dark azure as she bears a pink, love-heart hairclip in it. Her eyes are cerulean.

## Personality

Sayaka is a sweet girl who can come off as accidentally superficial at times. She adores her femininity and holds a strong passion towards her dreams and beliefs, willing to do nearly everything for them. Because of this, she finds it hard to understand others who have extremely contrasting ideas to her own. She can also be very easily flustered and daydreams of romance often. She values hard work and dislikes those who have everything handed to them.

## Relationships

### **Leon Kuwata**

At first, Sayaka tries to kill Leon in order to escape. But when this fails and she realises how awful she's been, she attempts to get closer to the man, offering to teach him how to play guitar as a peace treaty of sorts. The two become much closer overtime as Leon eventually forgives her, and even have a song prepared to play by the beginning of Episode 3 - Secret Meetings .

### **Junko Enoshima(?)**

Sayaka admired Junko's physique from the moment she saw her. The two are very close due to their talents being so similar. Despite this, Sayaka sometimes feels Junko has no idea what she's talking about - but she finds it cute regardless. Junko was also the one to comfort Sayaka during her breakdown in Episode 2 - Bridges Amended , tying her hair up whilst she was crying. Sayaka is seen blushing after the encounter, implying her friendship with Enoshima may go even beyond that.

## Trivia

* Sayaka is a lesbian.
* She is blasian.
* Her Idol agency tried to set her up with a man for her image sake one time, but Sayaka vehemently refused and even threatened to quit over it.