Battle Royale: Remastered (Koushun Takami)

## **Setting**

In the Republic of Greater East Asia ninth grade class B of the Shiroiwa Junior High School is going on a field trip. However, unknown to the students of this class they have been selected for a battle to the death on a remote island, which can only have one survivor.

The class is divided into two distinct groups: the boys and the girls. The boys will be listed first, followed by the girls. Each student is assigned a number which will be given, as well as any remarkable accomplishments or activities.

Boys:

* Hiroki Sugimura (#11, trained in kempo)
* Hiroshi Kuronaga (#9)
* Kazuhiko Yamamoto (#21, in a relationship wih Sakura Ogawa)
* Kazuo Kiriyama (#6)
* Kazushi Niida (#16, plays as a forward in soccer)
* Keita Iijima (#2)
* Kyoichi Motobuchi (#20, the class leader for the boys)
* Mitsuru Numai (#17)
* Ryuhei Sasagawa (#10)
* Shinji "The Third Man" Mimura (#19, plays as a guard in basketball)
* Sho "Zuki" Tsukioka (#14, he's gay)
* Shogo Kawada (#5, last year's survivor of the Program)
* Shuya "Wild Seven" Nanahara (#15)
* Tadakatsu Hatagami (#18, plaus baseball)
* Tatsumichi Oki (#3, plays handball)
* Toshinori Oda (#4, plays violin)
* Yoji Kuramoto (#8, in a relationship with Yoshimi Yahagi)
* Yoshio Akamatsu (#1)
* Yoshitoki "Mister Nobu" Kuninobu (#7)
* Yuichiro Takiguchi (#13)
* Yutaka Seto (#12)

Girls:

* Chisato Matsui (#19)
* Fumiyo Fujiyoshi (#18)
* Haruka Tanizawa (#12, plays volleyball as a hitter)
* Hirono Shimizu (#10)
* Izumi Kanai (#5, plays volleyball)
* Kaori Minami (#20)
* Kayoko Kotohiki (#8, studies Tea Ceremony)
* Mayumi Tendo (#14)
* Megumi Eto (#3)
* Mitsuko Souma (#11)
* Mizuho Inada (#1)
* Noriko Nakagawa (#15)
* Sakura Ogawa (#4, in a relationship with Kazuhiko Yamamoto)
* Satomi Noda (#17)
* Takako Chigusa (#13, a member of the track team specialising in the 200 meter dash)
* Yoshimi Yahagi (#21, in a relationship with Yoji Kuramoto)
* Yuka Nakagawa (#16, plays tennis)
* Yukie Utsumi (#2, the class representative for the girls, plays volleyball as a setter)
* Yukiko Kitano (#6)
* Yuko Sakaki (#9)
* Yumiko Kusaka (#7, plays softball)

Other non-students make an appearance and these will be listed below.

* Ahura-Mazda: the god of Light and part of Mizuho Inada's delusions.
* Andy Warhol: an artist from the United States.
* Anna Kitagawa: the actress who portrayed Mizue.
* Armstrong: a famous astronaut.
* Ayako: Takako Chigusa's little sister.
* Billy Joel: a musician.
* Bob Dylan: a musician.
* Bob Marley: a musician.
* Bruce Springsteen: a musician.
* Captain Columbus: a legendary sailor and captain.
* Eddy: a dog that lived in the House of Mercy and Love.
* Fourteenth Dalai Lama: a Buddhist religious leader.
* Frank Sinatra: a musician.
* Fumiyo Fujiyoshi: the school's nurse.
* Gap-tooth: a high-school bully who once tried to rob Shinji Mimura.
* Hanako: Takako Chigusa's dog.
* Ikumi: Shinji Nimura's little sister.
* Joan Baez: a musician.
* John Lennon: a musician.
* Junya Kenzaki: a musician from the boyband "Flipside".
* Kahoru Kitazawa: Takako Chigusa's best friend.
* Kato: a soldier of the Nonaggressive Forces.
* Kazumi Shintani: a student that is one year above this class, she plays the saxophone.
* Keiko Onuki: one of Shogo Kawada's classmates who take part in the previous year's Program.
* Kyoka Shimazaki: Shogo Kawada's girlfriend.
* Lou Reed: a musician.
* Kazuko Okazaki: the class' Japanese teacher.
* Mister "Dragon Fly" Hayashida: the teacher for the class, he opposed his class' participation in the Program.
* Mister Kondo: one of Sakamochi's assistants from the Nonaggressive Forces.
* Mister Minato: the school's baseball coach.
* Mister Nomura: one of Sakamochi's assistants from the Nonaggressive Forces.
* Mister Tada: the school's track coach.
* Mister Yamamoto: the class' English teacher.
* Mrs. Miyata: a music teacher at the school.
* Pope John Paul the Second: a Catholic religious leader.
* Private First Class Tokihiko Tahara: one of Sakamochi's assistants from the Nonaggressive Forces.
* Program Administrator Kinpatsu Sakamochi: a government official, the leader of the Combat Experiment 68th Program.
* Ryoko Anno: the director for the House of Mercy and Love, a Christian orphanage, she is opposed to the Program.
* Tadanori: Toshinori Oda's older brother.
* Van Morrison: a musician.
* Walt Disney: known for creating the Disney animation company.

Throughout the source material references are made to fictional characters, these will be listed below.

* Elwood: one of the Blues Brothers.
* God: the Christian deity.
* Jake: one of the Blues Brothers.
* Jesus Christ: God's mythological son.
* Miki: a friend of Mizue's from the series "Tonight, At Our Rendezvous".
* Mizue: a friend of Miki's from the series "Tonight, At Our Rendezvous".
* Santa Claus: the personification of Christmas.
* Terminator: a movie villain.
* Warrior Lorela Lausasse Kaori: technically not a fictional character, but one of Mizuho Inada's delusions, it is the persona she created for her friend Kaori Minami.
* Warrior Prexia Dikianne Mizuho: technically not a fictional character, but one of Mizuho Inada's delusions, it is the persona she created for herself.

In a preface to the actual source material an unknown person mentions a series of pro wrestlers in his explanation of the term Battle Royale. These mentions are listed below.

* Aja Kong
* Akira Hokuto
* Akira Maeda
* Animal (one of the Road Warriors)
* Bull Nakano
* Chigusa Nagayo
* Cutie Suzuki
* Davey Boy Smith
* Dynamite Kansai
* Dynamite Kid
* Genichiro Tenryu
* The Great Sasuke
* Hawk (one of the Road Warriors)
* Hayabusa
* Hikari Fukuoka
* Keiji Mutoh
* Kengo Kimura
* Kenji Takano
* Kyoko Inoue
* Manami Toy
* Masakatsu Funaki
* Mayumi Ozaki
* Mitsuharu Misawa
* Nobuhiko Takada
* Riki Choshu
* Shinobu Kandori
* Shinya Hashimoto
* Super Delfin
* Takako Inoue
* Tatsumi Fujinami
* Toshiaki Kawada
* Yoji Anjo
* Yumiko Hotta