Kanji Yuhain

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Danganronpa Kirigiri

**Kanji Yuhain** (夕覇院完二) is a supporting character introduced in Danganronpa Kirigiri Volume 7. He is a member of the Detective Library that has earned the Zero Class, thus making him one of its higher-ranking members. Kanji's full rank is 880, with his specialty being kidnapping. He is one of the five detectives that participated in the Final Duel Noir.

## History

### Prior Life

After the creation of the Detective Library, Kanji registered as a detective and worked his way into becoming one of the Library's Zero class members. However, what people didn't know at the time was that Kanji had been raising his rank by kidnapping children and working on the investigations to help solve them, with it being implied that he had been murdering such victims in the process.

One of Kanji's victims was Mayu Samidare, Yui's little sister. When their parents weren't home, and prior to Yui's return, Kanji had went to kidnap her. When Yui returned prior to his departure, he fought her and, in the process, get a gash in his leg as a result. Still, he managed to get away. Later on, Kanji would send a ransom note telling Yui's father to arrive at the park's local restroom. However, when they arrived to do the exchange, Kanji wasn't there, and Mayu was already dead. Kanji also served on the investigation team for Mayu's murder, with none on the police force or other detectives knowing none the wiser he was the culprit.

Following the death of Mikado Shinsen, Kanji received word that his legacy was at the Sirius Observatory, thus he set off on a white horse towards it.

### Final Duel Noir

It was during his travel that he met with the group of Shiroko Yukimura, Yui Samidare and Kyoko Kirigiri, who were lost and unsure of where to find the Observatory. He dismisses Yui and Shiroko as 'no's' and Kyoko a 'barely yes', but getting told off by Shiroko. Kanji claims that only a man of rank should be able to acquire Mikado's funds and goes off towards it. Shiroko explains that Kanji is an old acquaintance of hers and (aside from dressing uncool) it would be best to avoid him for the sake of her sanity. Still, they figure he's heading towards the observatory and trail him. On this way, Yui asks if Kyoko if she believes Mikado is dead now. Kyoko admits while she is reluctant, two Zero class detectives having such information makes it credible. She wonders what she should do now if Mikado is dead, but Yui notes that its her role to find the killer as the assigned detective. They arrive at the entrance and noticed Kanji's horse trotting out of the door and into the forest. Realizing that Kanji must be inside, all three enter.

They they meet Kanji and a fifth detective on the scene, Senshi Kadomi who is in front of a door. Senshi just dismisses three as just 'a woman and two kids' and is glad since it means less rivals for him. Kyoko deduces that Mikado's legacy is just a center piece for the true culprit's motives. Senshi says they can't proceed further until everyone registers in a device at the door. Such a device recognizes a vein pattern and once everyone finishes, does the door finally open. However, before they can proceed, Kyoko points out a buried light in the floor. Still even after she unscrews the bolt to it, it won't come undone. Instead it seems to be covered in ice instead of glass. Shiroko hurries them along the passage before they can delve deeper into it.

When the five detectives got to the next room, they see a pillar of ice encasing a black box. They try to keep their door open so that they can escape, but an intercom noise started ringing so loud they close the door to silence the noise. They also notices handcuffs connected to long chains that connect through all rooms together. If they want to proceed with this game, they need to put on the handcuffs. Once all were wearing the shackles they gathered at the pillar of ice. Senshi asked if anyone had a lighter, but no one came forward (though Yui did have one on her). As such, he pulls out a gun and fires at the pillar. However, the ice is too thick and it fails. When Kanji and Senshi return to their rooms, the remaining three began talking together, concluding they needed to get to the box before the other two did.

Sometime later, they heard a noise and back out to investigate. There, they saw Senshi standing over a dazed Kanji, having done so after finding that Kanji had a lighter on him. In addition, he noticed that Kanji's money had knocked away from him. Kanji told him to stop, but Senshi kicked him away and took the money. Using the lighter he lit a bill on fire, and it easily burned away. Proving that the bills were coated with some substance that made them burn easier. Senshi demanded Yui cooperate, but Shiroko defended her and told her to go with her own discretion. Angered, Senshi goes for his gun, but realizes its missing. Kanji stole it when he was kicked away and, while also holding his frame to line up the shot, was about to shoot Senshi. The shot, however, hit the wall and with that the gun was out of ammo. Kanji then destroyed the gun, thus preventing its use. Kanji states he's not giving up his money, but Senshi replies that he doesn't want to either, but that box contains Mikado's assets. Enough money to shake the world. Shiroko asked if he was out to rule the world, which gets Senshi to say he rather be on the side that controls rather than be the one getting controlled. The remaining four worked to chip away at the ice some more, but Kanji eventually grew frustrated and went back into his room.

The next day, Kanji met Yui and a tired Kyoko outside in the common room. When Kanji came out he declared he had a way to destroy the ice pillar, but was also asking for help, even promising to Yui he would make her secretary to the Detective King. Yui rejects the offer but wonders about the Detective King part. Kanji says that the Detective King was someone who ruled over all detectives, and that Mikado was the closest one to ever getting earning that, but fell short. Yui asked if Kanji wanted to be the second Mikado, but Kanji explains that while he doesn't look Mikado's aesthetics as a detective, as an artist he holds high appreciation for Mikado's sense of architecture and functional tricks he uses for his Duel Noirs. Kanji believes the Victims Catharsis Committee as a whole was a waste, and that only detectives should be using such assets. His main goal is to use Mikado's assets as a cornerstone for his own detective organization that he believes the world needs. Kanji offers both to join him, but Kyoko dodges the question by saying she found the means to destroy the pillar (and refuses to explain to Kanji when he asks what it is). After a while, Yui goes to wake up Shiroko (noticing some frost on the floor that leaves her footprints, as well), but when she enters her room they find her dead, with a knife sticking out of one of her shoulders.

Senshi arrives on the scene since he took a while doing his makeup, thus all four begin to investigate. They conclude that the knife was coated with the poison listed on the letter for the Duel Noir. Senshi believes a master key was used to enter the room by the culprit and kill Shiroko, but both Yui and Kanji believe that it didn't fit Mikado's style. Kyoko supports the other two and that the culprit didn't come through the door, citing the frost at the door didn't have footprints leading to Shiroko. Senshi refutes this by saying the culprit could have killed before the frost or the frost covered it up. Kyoko admits to that possibility but refuses to admit that the culprit couldn't have killed through the door way. Senshi grabs her by the shirt and demands she explains why she's so certain. Kyoko reveals that she has been watching the doorways all night from the chain hoops, which is why she's so tired. Senshi, irritated, decided to drop the matter.

Kanji reasoned the culprit was still in the room, but their search turns up empty, aside from an empty water bottle by the door. It's then that Senshi has come up with a theory of his own. Basically, the culprit went outside in the blizzard, was invited inside by Shiroko and that give the culprit a chance to kill her. When it came to the method of escape, the culprit used the empty water bottle left as the scene to to stop the windows from closing, snuck out, and then pushed the bottle out so that it could close (though during this, Yui notes the room's length shouldn't have allowed the bottle to reach the door). Senshi believes that Shiroko wouldn't have invited a stranger into her room. Thus, the only explanation left is that the culprit is someone she was familiar with. Senshi points the finger to Yui being the culprit since, according to his reasoning, the culprit had to be in chain length in order to enter Shiroko's room. Yui tries to refute, but ultimately has to call ony Kyoko to help. Kyoko defends Yui and reasons that its impossible since the chains would nevHer be able to reach give anyone enough reach with the observatory's architecture in play. Thus, they are forced to consider that a third party might be in involved. When its suggested the culprit might be hiding somewhere near Building B, near its entrance, both Kanji and Senshi go off to investigate. Alone, Yui is grateful for Kyoko sticking up for her, though Kyoko just tries to downplay it as being supported by math.

Outside of their rooms, all four would investigate until noon, where they take a break to eat it. When the subject goes about the black box, Kyoko brings up the idea of using their chains to use as a literal 'chain' saw. As such, the rest agree to it and begins to shave off the ice with such technique. However, midway to it, Senshi stops and says that he will be taking that box. Kanji protests, but Senshi knocks him out with a kick to the head. Yui tells him not to be violent or else she won't cooperate, but Senshi just says he'll get Kyoko to do it in that case. Yui wants to know why he is obsessed with Mikado's legacy, and Senshi responds that he wants to rule the world instead of being ruled over. He says he's been used so many times in the past, he just wants to get even and be on the dominating side for once. Senshi admits he was once thrown in jail for five years for someone's else crime, causing Yui to be dumbfounded since he was a Zero class detective. Senshi responded that, while he doesn't know why he's so good at being a detective, he realized he can use such talent to try and rule the world, and even discovered Mikado. It's then that it hits Yui, that Senshi was one of the many people whose lives were ruined as a result of Mikado's actions. Senshi hopes that Yui realizes the 'truth': that its okay to use power to control others. Senshi declares he'll be the one getting that legacy and use Mikado's organization as he's sees fit, becoming ecstatic at the thought.

However, Kyoko points out that Senshi was nowhere near the level of Mikado since he lacks Mikado's 'crystal-clear' madness. Senshi heads back into his room, thus leaving the two girls about to continue the saw work whilst, Kanji slowly wakes up and heads into his room to recover. However, late on, Senshi has him to work chipping away ice with Yui and Kyoko. When the deadline to head back into their room approaches, there's only 30cm of ice left to shave off. Senshi orders them not to touch it until tomorrow on his word.

The next day, Senshi is found dead in the same method as Shiroko. Yui and Kyoko both discovered the body first, thus when Kanji appeared, it caused both to become on edge since he was the last one left. Kanji continues to say he is innocent of the crime and asks for a truce of sorts. He just wants Mikado's legacy, and they just want to go find the truth. He suggests they agree to mutually keep out of each other's way, with him working alone on the pillar, whilst the others keep to themselves in one of the rooms. They agree, and Kanji gets to work on the pillars.

### Kanji's Fate

When Yui wakes up after having been drugged, she smells an odor and look to see smoke pouring into the door. Frantically, she wakes up Kyoko and they both leave their room only to find that the pillar room was on fire as a result of loads of flammable money being burned. They also find Kanji lying on the ground, with an arrow in his left eye and his handcuffs off. Yui wants Kyoko to escape, but Kyoko notes that they both are still handcuffed. Kyoko notes the black box in the pillar is gone and goes deeper into the flames once she notices Kanji was clutching it. Debris separates Yui and Kyoko, but as the former gets she gets handed a black card instead. The card unlocks the handcuffs and Kyoko urges Yui to go outside from her way while she finds a way from her end. As such, the duo make their way out, with Yui doing so from Shiroko's room.

During Kyoko's reasoning for why Yui was the culprit for the Duel Noir, the former also deduces that it wasn't Yui that killed Senshi. Instead, Kyoko states that Kanji was the one to kill Senshi in order to get the legacy without having to fight for it. She believes that Yui got Kanji to do it by suggesting it while they were at work on the pillar, with there being multiple chances for Yui to suggest the trick to Kanji without him knowing. When Yui says says that it can't be true since Senshi would have made a commotion, even if Kanji took advantage of the trip. Kyoko notes that Kanji could mixed the drugged water with the regular water when they weren't looking since they were sharing the food and Senshi would've gotten the drugged water instead. Yui points out if this was a copycat, then how could have Kanji killed Senshi the same way without being the culprit, who was the only one with access to the poison and knives. Kyoko refutes by saying that Kanji could've taken the knife from Shiroko's body, stabbed Senshi and when morning came, after ushering the two of them out, took the knife to place back in Shiroko's body so that they would be unaware that he had done something like that.

Yui moves the subject to the case of Kanji's case, where Kyoko believes Yui was the one to drug her. However, Yui retorts it could have been Kanji to do it and wonders why the hall was on fire. Kyoko points out that Kanji melted the pillar by using the dead's money, but after he took the box he got shot with the arrow. Yui responded that since Kyoko checked her bag on multiple occasions, and didn't find an arrow, Yui couldn't be the culprit. However, Kyoko retorts that Yui could've separated the arrow into pieces and hid them in her writing utensils until the moment came. However, on the topic of the bow, with there being none, Kyoko suspects that instead, Yui pulled a similar trick like in the Takeda Haunted Mansion case. With the chains acting as a bow, she set up an arrow to fire at Kanji through the hole in the ice that they had been chipping away. Yui tries to point out how she had no string to pull of this murder, but Kyoko responds that there was something she could have used. The ribbon that Yui bought her. While Kyoko may have took them to that store, ultimately it was Yui that bought such a ribbon.

Unable to argue back, Yui goes silent, essentially admitting her guilt. Kyoko snapped her memento handcuffs onto Yui, with the intention of handcuffing both together so Kyoko could protect her and see that Yui is taken into justice fairly. However, before she could do that, Yui is shot in the back with an arrow.

The attacker is a severely burnt and injured Kanji, holding a crossbow, and who wants the black card. Kyoko tries to lure him away, but Kanji is set on Yui. After kicking her repeatedly, Kanji takes the arrow out of her back, loads it into the crossbow and points at Kyoko. He demands that she give him the black card, whilst Kyoko demands that he get away from Yui or else she would destroy it. From her spot, Yui notices a knife in Kanji's hands. Yui warns Kyoko, but its too late. Kanji throws it at Kyoko. The knife sticks in her the back of her left hand, and Kyoko drops to the ground since the knife still had traces of poison that was guaranteed to paralyze someone for a while. Kanji aims the crossbow at Kyoko, intending to kill her, when Yui handcuffs his left leg. Given Kanji's condition, Yui is able to stand up and send Kanji to the ground.

From there, she turns towards the cliff the observatory was next to and begins dragging Kanji to it. Even when Kanji stabs her again with the arrow, Yui keeps her resolve and moves towards it, even while Kyoko begs for her to stop. As they reach the edge, Yui demands to know how many children Kanji had kidnapped in order to to get to his Zero rank, and that seven years ago he was the one that killed Mayu. Kanji denies having killed her and insists he was only just apart of the investigation. However, Yui points out that he has the same scar that she inflicted on the intruder years ago. It was then that Kanji admits it, and wondering if he was set-up or if this was coincidence. Kanji also admits he didn't kill Mayu for money or honor, but rather because Mayu was a 'yes'. Filled with rage, Yui can't forgive him at all. Internally calling Kanji a filthy creature, she's about to kill him when Kyoko's voice rings out. She was dragging herself to Yui due to the poison, but Yui had insisted that she doesn't move forward. She tells Kyoko she didn't do anything wrong and to live a normal life. That's when the Observatory explodes, sending both Yui and Kanji careening off into the cliff. At the bottom of the cliff, Kanji, was dead, with his body buried under the burning rubble.

Following the aftermath of such incident, Kyoko thinks back to the oddity concerning the case. Namely, Kanji acquiring the crossbow. She deduces that Yui didn't shoot the arrow at Yuhain, but rather that the crossbow was a trap set-up. Specifically, it was in the 'light' that she had noticed prior to all five moving forward deeper into the Duel Noir. When Kanji go the black box, he tried to go back from where they came only to get shot in the eye when he tried to leave, thus explaining the scene where they found his body on the ground. Furthermore, Kyoko initially believed that Yui was the killer of Shiroko, given that their room was connected and the Observatory's trick (the rooms being able to tilt) would have allowed Yui to make the distance and stab Shiroko with a poison covered knife. However, after being treated in the hospital and thinking back over the case, Kyoko realizes that Kanji would have been the one to kill Shiroko. While Senshi and Yui were to the sides of Shiroko's room, Kanji would have been able to make it after tilting Senshi's room (which wouldn't arouse suspicion since Senshi has been sent into a deep sleep from the drugged water), with the reason for being likely stemming of a need to take out the competition. Kyoko comes to the conclusion that the Duel Noir was set-up so that even if Yui accepted the role, but hesitated to kill people herself, she could still use 'pawns' (namely Kanji) in order to enact the murderous deed. Ultimately, she also concludes that the trap that hit Kanji was from a third party connected with the Committee or, to be specific, Mikado prior to his death.

## Appearance

Kanji is described as being a tall man with long, reddish, hair tied back in a ponytail. He wears a coat that's hem is embroided with a symbol of some country. He has narrow eyes eyes and described as being western. On one of his legs, there's a scar from Yui stabbed him. Kanji carries large picture frame with him as well.

## Personality

Kanji is an arrogant man that believes only a person of 'rank' deserves to ever acquire Mikado's legacy. He acts haughty towards his peers present and believes himself to be superior to them, not even thanking them if they were to aid him when he was trouble. However, as frequently shown throughout the Duel Noir, Kanji has proven to be rather cowardly (backing down when Senshi offers to fight him for the box once out), prone to making poor choices (such as choosing to try to melt the ice with his lighter when there was a high chance someone would catch him), and often tries to makes himself come across as a dramatic and charismatic, but otherwise acts like a bumbling detective with no solid way to achieve his goal without help from others and often on the wrong end of getting hurt or forced into things by others.

Kanji has an artistic side to him, with deep appreciation for how Mikado constructs his Duel Noirs aesthetically, but dislikes how the Chairman utilized his funds (believing the Victims Catharsis Committee to be a waste) and his main desire is to be the ruler of all detectives. However, underneath such exterior is a ruthless, murderous, yet highly determined individual that has no qualms killing off his own colleagues or minors if it meant achieving his goal. Even when seriously wounded, his only concern was getting back the black card, and killing whoever stood in his way. He's also shown to hold some competence in regards to stealth endeavors, given how he was able to kill both Shiroko and Senshi without arousing too much suspicion to himself initially or stealing Senshi's gun during the latter's attack on Kanji, with the former being none the wiser until he reached for it. He also had a habit of 'framing' people with the frame he carried around with him in order to judge if they were a 'yes' or 'no.' With his last words, he reveals he doesn't kill for money or honor, but rather because he finds that his victims he deems were a 'yes' while grimacing, thus proving his twisted, cruel and psychotic mindset.

### Yui Samidare & Kyoko Kirigiri

When they both met Kanji for the first time, neither really had a good impression given his arrogant and stuck-up personality towards him. This impression never leaves as Kanji showcases his rather cowardly and bumbling demeanor, on top of both becoming suspicious of him possibly being the culprit as their allies drop. As for Kanji, he acts rather haughty and superior towards the duo, but throughout their Duel Noir, often finds himself needing to work with them. While he offers both spots in his potential organization, he cares quite little for their well-being as after obtaining the box from the pillar he was willing to let them potentially burn to death in their room as he tried to make his get away.

However, when it truly came to Yui, she hates Kanji for what he's done to her sister, and possibly countless others, with one of her reasons for taking up the Duel Noir as a means of getting revenge against him. During their confrontation outside the Observatory, Yui is willing to risk both plummeting off the side of a cliff to their deaths in order to get answers from him and why he would kill Mayu. For Kanji, he had completely forgotten that it was Yui who gave him that scar and hadn't recognized her back during their time in the Observatory. However, even when he might potentially die, he displays no remorse to Yui and even grimaces at her. This sends Yui into such a rage, she doesn't see Kanji as human anymore and considered him unforgivable.

### Senshi Kadomi

While Senshi and Kanji were acquainted with each other, neither really liked the other and were rivals in their attempt to get Mikado's legacy. Throughout the Duel Noir, Senshi frequently beat up Kanji, and even knocked him out at one point, either because Kanji opposed him or because he caught him not aiding 'the group'. In turn, Kanji had no qualms with murdering Senshi the second night in order to acquire Mikado's legacy without incident.

### Shiroko Yukimura

Kanji and Shiroko were acquainted in the past, however, neither really liked the other. Shiroko found Kanji annoying due to his pompous personality, and thought his style of dress was 'uncool'. Still, she was concerned during the situation where Kanji was getting beaten up by Senshi. Kanji didn't think much of her and, even after she helped him during the incident with Senshi, refused to thank her for the assistance. Kanji would later go on to kill her in order to remove a potential competitor for Mikado's legacy, proving that he only viewed her as a threat.

## Trivia

* Given Yui's comments on him, Kanji is likely of mixed race.
* Kanji has the distinction of being the only known Innocent (and technically Target) of the Duel Noir, to have been used as a pawn by the Victim, in order to murder by proxy.
* Kanji is one of five Zero class detectives to appear in the Danganronpa Kirigiri series.