Ryō Ōba

**Ryō Ōba** is a supporting character featured in *Danganronpa Kirigiri*. He is a friend of Hajiki Yaki and a participant in the Goodbye BAR Case Duel Noir.

## History

### Prior Life

According to Ryō he grew up in a bad family and had a rather poor education, and its implied that it led him towards gambling. However, as time passed and he grew into adulthood, he befriended Hajiki Yaki and began helping him take down illegal gambling rings instead, and later on found a girlfriend. Following the birth of his kid, plus a brutal loss by the hand of Celestia Ludenberg, he eventually quit gambling for good to be on the straight and narrow.

### Goodbye BAR Case

Having grew up in the area, Ryō accompanied Hajiki to point out where the Goodbye BAR was at, since it used to be an illegal gambling site some time ago. During this car ride, Hajiki and Ryō got into a conversation over the validity of him getting defeated by Celeste. Ryō describes it as one moment she was there, but the next she was gone. Ryō asks who is their target, but is surprised to hear, and uncertain, when Hajiki admits they're tackling a homicide case (something that even made Hajiki admit that he was rather out of his league for). During the ride there, Hajiki asks him and Gunzō Arai for his birth date, which he reveals as September 29th, thus making him a Libra and not the Scorpio involved with this case.

Before they enter, Gunzō gets a phone call and has to take it. On the other end was Katsumi Kodama who was asking for help via phone, since he was tied up. Hajiki enters the GOODBYE Bar using the key that Gunzō gave them and all three enter the bar, but inside is pitch black. Hajiki asks for the lights to be turned on, but Gunzō informs them that the building hasn't had power in years. When Hajiki uses a a lamp for light to investigate, Ryō begins to panic and starts going on that he can't get arrested since he has a kid, which causes Hajiki to tell him to go back out front and guard the door with Gunzō. Hajiki finds Katsumi stabbed with a knife, unconscious but alive. Hajiki searches the scene, while also getting the others to start calling for the authorities. As Hajiki investigates, Ryō reminds him that there was a backdoor leading to the alleyway, but Hajiki finds that its locked. When Hajiki opens the door anyway to rush into the alleyway, Ryō asks whats he's doing. What he got in response was Hajiki uttering that he's going to 'take back his losses', what a gambler should never say, before he leapt into the alleyway.

This would be there last conversation, as Hajiki would later be found dead by authorities, close by to the bar. Presumably, Ryō would have given his testimony to the police on what had transpired, unaware of who the culprit of the bar is or who killed his friend.

## Appearance

Ryō is described as a young man wearing a hat with a visor, a bright t-shirt and a quilted down jacket.

## Personality

Ryō has been shown as being a fairly close to Hajiki, being able to chat with him with ease and more than willing to work with him in order to take down any gambling rings. However, unlike Hajiki, he isn't nearly as confident when it comes to handling homicide cases and panics quite easily during an investigation. Ryō has shown to be fairly knowledgeable when it comes to shady districts and having a good memory, as shown with him pointing out that there was a backdoor the culprit may have used for escape. Ryō also has a fair interest when it comes to actually participating in gambling, but retired from it partially because he wanted to try being an honest man for his family. However, given that the other reason was Celeste defeating him, it also showcases he's the type to quit when he knows he can't quite measure up.