Kinji Uehara

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(우에하라 킨지 *Uehara Kinji*) is a character featured in the Korean fangame *Danganronpa Another ~ Another Despair Academy ~* created by LINUJ. He is known as the **Super High School Level Priest** (초고교급 신부 *Cho go gyo geup sinbu*).

## Gallery

📷 For more images of Kinji, see Danganronpa Another/Image Gallery and Kinji Uehara/Sprite Gallery.
## Appearance

Kinji is a teenager reaching up to 183 CM in height with just above shoulder-length grey hair and dark blue eyes.

His outfit heavily resembles a priest's outfit, befitting of his talent. He's seen wearing a black suit jacket with six golden-yellow buttons, a long sleeved plain white shirt with a neatly folded collar, a golden cross which hangs from his neck, a white sash with two large red crosses on the end of each side, a pair of plain black pants, and a pair of plain black shoes partially showing a pair of plain white socks.

In Kinji's talent card and sprites, he can be seen carrying around a bible.

## Name Etymology

Kinji's first name uses the kanji 近 (*kin*), which means "near" or "close", and 次 (*ji*), meaning "next". His surname, Uehara, uses the kanji 上 (*ue*) meaning "up", "over", or "above", and 原 (*hara*) meaning "meadow" or "wilderness". His given name and surname combined together could mean "near (or next to) God's wilderness."

## Initial design and others

In Kinji's previous design, we only get to see the headshot. Though it does differ slightly from canon. In the initial design Kinji was supposed to have a cross mark on his cheek. That was later removed because LINUJ said, ¨It is unbelievable for a priest¨. It also meant ¨Crazy killer¨ which could have been foreshadowing in a way. Later, it was changed because the motive had changed, so it didn't make too much sense. Other than that, not much is different from Kinji's design.

## Personality

Kinji is a serious and reticent person, to the point where he barely reacts to what is going on around him. Despite being a priest, he does not particularly force his own view of faith onto other people because he respects freedom of religion of different individuals.

Albeit known for being a good conversationalist, Kinji is rather reserved and laconic, in which Yuki also pointed out during his introduction to him.

While Kinji is depicted to be a calm and reserved person, it's shown that he can breakdown when put under pressure, best shown during the Chapter 3 trial.

## History

### Killing Game

#### Prologue

Kinji is one of the fourteen students to introduce himself to Yuki, who would comment that Kinji was a faithful conversationalist who could move the hearts of many. Once heading into the main school building, he would fall unconscious.

Once awoken, Kinji would regroup with the others at the entrance hall, until an anonymous announcement played, directing everyone towards the gym area. Having no other option, they headed there. At arrival, Monokuma would appear, announcing the start of the Killing Game.

#### Chapter 1

The first day of the killing game, Kinji investigates the school with an unknown group, but would meet up in the kitchen area with Satsuki, where Monokuma tells them that they don't need to worry about food, as it is replenished each day. A few days after the start of the killing game, Monokuma would hand out the first motive in the form of a video. The contents of his video and his reaction to it are unknown.

#### Chapter 2

After Mitsuhiro’s execution, Tsurugi created a group to ensure the safety of the students. Of the students, everyone would join with the exception of three people. Kinji was one of the three, along with Kizuna and Rei. While he had left the dining hall before breakfast could commence, he is found investigating the newly opened second floor, namely the classroom 2-2. A few days later, Monokuma would call them all to the gym and give them the second motive: each other's secrets. While they aren't allowed to choose their own secret, they can choose each other's secrets. Kinji's secret and the secret he receives is unknown.

Just before the second investigation, Kinji was on the second floor when a fire broke out in the switchium. Along with Rei, Tsurugi and Ayame, he would extinguish the fire, and per Tsurugi's request, inspect the glass shards of the broken window while the other three would investigate the inside of the switchium, find Kizuna's dead body and trigger the body discovery announcement.

#### Chapter 3

The day after Ayame's execution, the students, with the exception of Akane, would investigate the areas that had newly opened up, Kinji being found in the entrance hallway of the third floor. After investigations conclude, Mikako would call everyone to the dining hall to corroborate their findings.

When in the dining hall, the students would tell the others about what they found, Kinji in particular finding a cellphone in a drawer in one of the classrooms. Since Kinji doesn't know how to use the phone to call for help, he gives it to Kakeru, who finds that there's no signal. He then gives it to Rei, who figures out that the issue is the area, and discovers that Kiyoka was the original owner of the phone through looking at the phone background. The phone leaves the students confused, as since they are believed to be in the middle of Tokyo, there should be cellphone service, as well as wondering why only Kiyoka's phone is in the school. The phone is left in the hands of Kinji for safekeeping. Mikako would then show everyone the reason for calling them all to the dining hall, taking them to the storage room and saying she'd heard someone's voice from behind it, explaining that it was the reason she was late to the trial elevator the day before. After Kakeru and Haruhiko moved the bookshelf, the students saw a giant hole in the wall with a staircase leading down. When they go to enter, Monokuma stops them, showing them a gun attached to the ceiling that would shoot if they attempted to enter. With Monokuma guarding the entrance, the students are forced to give up, but Rei and Kanata reason that there must be something important down there.

The next day, Monokuma would call the students to the gym and present the third motive to them, a video that would show the students their desires or something they want to obtain. Unlike the first motive videos, these videos would be viewed in a soundproofed dark room, so no one other than the student viewing each video could see. The students are also told they can't say tell anyone else the contents of their video or show their reactions. The contents of Kinji's video are Monokuma telling him that it's time for him to act, as well as the children at his church that he assists in taking care of. His motive also included Monokuma giving him a choice of killing and releasing the children and escaping if he didn't get caught, or Monokuma killing them. The order the students went in is largely unknown. Everyone was extremely uncomfortable by the time the motives ended. Shortly after Monokuma left, Akane would snap out of her shell-shocked state, screaming and running out of the gym. The others would question why she did so, with Kinji proposing it may have been due to the motive video.

The night after, Kinji would ambush Kanata in the infirmary and take her to the art room to kill her. Kakeru would walk in on them and push Kinji into a statue as he picked up Kanata and ran away in an attempt to save her, but Kinji slashed his neck as he did so. Kakeru weakly asked Kinji to leave Kanata alive, but Kinji would say he couldn't. Kinji would then put Kakeru's body into a locker, wipe up the blood on the floor with Kanata's white coat, and clean the murder weapon with tarp.

Kinji would then take Kanata to the science lab. He would tie up her body and attach her to a table to prevent her from moving, set the vibration function on Kiyoka's phone to 8:30 the next morning, and attach it to a stun gun. He would then place the phone on the edge of the table at such an angle that it would fall off due to the vibrations. He would then turn on the faucet on the table and leave, locking the science room door using a wooden stick to create a locked room.

During the night, Rei and Tsurugi were on the second and third floors investigating. In order for them to not find out what he was doing and blow his cover, Kinji first ambushed Rei, knocking her out using chloroform, not knowing she would mark his hand with glowing paint. He would take her to the art room and replace Kakeru's body with hers in the locker. He'd take Kakeru's body to the library to use it as bait for Tsurugi, who Kinji would then knock unconscious while he was in shock.

When morning was approaching, Kinji went to the infirmary to retrieve blood transfusion packs to spread on and around Kakeru's body in order to make it look like he was recently murdered and the bleeding was fresh, along with sprinkling a bit of blood onto himself to make it look like he was ambushed. He laid down in the second floor hallway, and was later found by Akane, Haruhiko and Mikako in their search for Kanata and Kakeru, with Satsuki, Yuki and Teruya coming in a bit later. He explains to them that he remembers going to the library at night and then a pain in his head, but can't remember anything after that. They all then hear a banging noise coming from the third floor, electing to split into two groups to investigate the two floors. Kinji, along with Mikako and Yuki, opt to search the third floor.

Kinji would investigate the science lab, and sometime later Mikako would come by there as well, noticing they couldn't open the door. Mikako would then fetch Yuki and Rei, who had been the source of the banging noise, for assistance. During their attempts to push the door open, the phone's alarm would go off at 8:30 AM. This caused the stun gun to fall into the water, which electrocuted Kanata on the spot. Rei then uses her elbow to break the window in the door, managing to get the door open. Water immediately floods into the hallway, and Rei urgently tells everyone to not touch the water. When they all look into the science lab from a distance, they find Kanata's burned, tied-up body on the floor, triggering the body discovery announcement.

A second body discovery announcement would then sound, leaving the four confused until Mikako runs down to the second floor. Kinji would follow, eventually meeting up with the others and seeing Kakeru's corpse and Tsurugi's unconscious body with them. He would then be taken to the infirmary with everyone excepting Rei, Yuki and Akane to have his wounds taken care of. Shortly after, he would leave Tsurugi behind and return with them to the library. Monokuma would then appear in order to give the students the Monokuma File 3-1 for Kakeru and 3-2 for Kanata. Everyone is concerned about the prospect of a serial killer, so Monokuma implements the rules that no student can kill more than two people, and no one can kill after an investigation has started.

If you choose to talk with Kinji during the investigation, he would tell Yuki that Kiyoka's phone had gone missing since he fainted, speculating the killer had taken it.

As his plan is uncovered during the trial, he has a nervous breakdown. After his breakdown, he calms down and confesses to both murders. Shortly before his execution, he would reveal himself as the traitor, explaining he had been blackmailed by Monokuma. Monokuma had taken the children that Kinji assists in taking care of at his church hostage, and would release them if Kinji did as he was told. He also had a surveillance camera on him to catch any blind spots and was told to kill if there was a no-killing stalemate. Kinji had to do all this because Monokuma said he'd kill the children if he didn't. Monokuma then shows a video of the children that he had released as promised, but it is shown that the children were actually long dead, to the point their bones were visible. Kinji goes quiet and rigid, remaining that way even during his execution.

His execution goes as follows: Kinji is seen carrying a cross to a church. Once he arrives, his hands and feet are nailed to it as a crown of thorns is placed on his forehead, causing him to bleed. Suddenly, the cross launches up into space and lands in the middle east, burying him into the ground before being crushed by a massive gravestone that says: "Here lies Kinji Uehara". Here is a link to his execution.

##### Gambler's Ornament

This is a small scene unlocked if you have the **Gamble of Ornament** (or **Gambler's Ornament**) present in your possession by the third in-game day of chapter 3.

Upon leaving the dining hall on the third in-game day of chapter 3, Haruhiko would also leave, asking Yuki if he would like to try the slot machines in the casino, the reason being that Yuki would always get jackpots due to his luck. If you don't have the present in your possession, Yuki disagrees, and a normal free time event occurs, but if you do, he agrees, and he goes along with Haruhiko.

When Yuki and Haruhiko enter the casino, they find Teruya, Kinji and Satsuki already there. Haruhiko only knew of Satsuki and Teruya being there, so he asks Kinji why he was in the casino. Kinji responds that the casino was noisy and went to investigate, finding Teruya and Satsuki at a slot machine, and called it an "interesting nightlife entertainment". Kinji also explains that although gambling isn't something priests can really do, as long as it's confessed, there isn't a problem. After the conversation about religion ends, Yuki is forced onto the slot machine, the others witnessing and marvelling as he gets one jackpot after another.

#### Chapter 5

It is revealed Kinji's dead body is stored on the first floor of the laboratory/fifth floor of the presumed Kibōgamine Gakuen.

#### Chapter 0

When Yuki comes up to him, Kinji would remark that it's weird Yuki approached him first, then going back on his words as he was similar and therefore not in a position to talk. He then asks Yuki if there's something he's worried about, guessing what might be troubling him. He suggests showing more interest in his classmates as Yuki seems indifferent, then mention he's attempting to overcome his own anti-socialness by attending the activity Haruhiko was planning. He'd ultimately tell Yuki to do as he wishes as he knows they weren't very close.

#### Chapter 6

In a flashback of Utsuro's memories during the trial, Kinji is seen hiding in a small warehouse in the Kisaragi Foundation on the day the Monokumas attacked. He hides with Kakeru and Kanata and resolves to wait out the chaos until they can search for their classmates. Despite choosing a place to hide with a lock mechanism, a Monokuma would come into the room, Kakeru pinning it to the wall to give Kinji and Kanata attempt at escape. The door would lock however, and Kakeru would be thrown into the opposite wall. Trapped with no way out, Kinji would be captured.

## Talent & Abilities

#### Priest

Kinji is described to be a faithful conversationalist who was able to move many people's hearts.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 **linuj.tistory.com**: FAQ & Character Profiles (Full) (Korean)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 **Fanganronpa Wiki**: Korean Translations Thread by EverAyakari