Shiroko Yukimura

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## Characteristics

### Family

* Unnamed 5-year-old boy
* Unnamed 4-year-old daughter
* Unnamed police officer ex-husband

## Debut

### Novel

Danganronpa Kirigiri

**Shiroko Yukimura (雪村白弧)**is a supporting character introduced in Danganronpa Kirigiri Volume 7. She is a member of the Detective Library that has earned the Zero Class, thus making her one of its higher-ranking members. Shiroko's full rank is 880, with her specialty being kidnapping. She is one of the five detectives that participated in the Final Duel Noir.

## History

### Prior Life

Shiroko was a female detective in her thirties that registered in the Detective Library, solving high profile cases that eventually resulted in her earning the rank of Zero Class. Shiroko married to a police officer, and with him had two children, a boy and a girl. During this time, Shiroko briefly retired from her profession to raise them, but after a divorce with her husband, came out of retirement to support her children. Her former husband gave her information concerning the Chairman of the Victims Catharsis Committee, Mikado Shinsen, death and his legacy was apparently at the site of the former Sirius Astronomical Observatory Murder Case. Wanting to acquire his legacy herself in order to support her children, Shiroko set off in her jeep to Yui Samidare and Kyoko Kirigiri's school in order to recruit them to aid her since they went there before.

### Final Duel Noir

When she gets there, she shows off her ID to the duo (which causes Yui to gush since her specialty is the same as Shiroko's), and asks if they're heading to the crime scene. Kyoko doesn't want to enter a stranger's car, but when Shiroko mentions that its the Observatory specifically, it causes Kyoko to stop in her tracks and ask how was she aware. Shiroko states she is the best when it comes to information gathering, and declares that since they aren't strangers anymore, they can consider getting into her car. Kyoko isn't willing to budge, but Yui convinces her to go to at least get more information out of Shiroko.

They enter her car and she begins to drive off. When Yui asks what she knows, Shiroko admits she knows about the Committee's loss of its executives, and that the girls have been trying to stop them. She also informs them of Mikado's death, which causes both girls to be shocked (though for Yui its out of surprise that his death was already getting around quickly). When asked about her source, she says she can't give it out and rebutts Kyoko displaying her letter as proof, since she believes Mikado would have been the type to have his organization be still running, even without him being alive. Their talk also brings about Shiroko's reasoning for being there. She says she just wanted to help them out given their endeavors, but Yui isn't buying it, which finally makes Shiroko admit the other reason she's there. Namely, she's after Mikado's legacy, since running an organization of such stature as the Committee is bound to have made him rich thanks to his dealings with the Sponsors of the Duel Noir. Both point out how dangerous this would be, but Shiroko isn't daunted since traps are common when it comes to 'treasure' like this. Shiroko offers to split the share of the wealth with the duo if they help her find it, but Kyoko declines. Shiroko was banking on that in that in the end, and tells them to not complain if she finds it all for herself (as well as saying don't get in her way). Yui watches as Shiroko hums happily to the music, with her ears twitching all the way.

The group stops in the middle of snowy nowhere, with Shiroko stating that they have to walk from here and asks Yui for directions. However, Yui points out that the driver kicked them out before making it to Sirius and Kyoko points out that their location was different then usual. This causes Shiroko to panic since she swore she checked out the area beforehand. She goes to consult a map when the group hears something coming towards them.

Trotting up to them was another Zero Class detective Kanji Yuhain, on a white horse and carrying a large portrait fame. He dismisses Yui and Shiroko as 'no's' and Kyoko a 'barely yes', but gets 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 to ring so loud that they closed 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. They began to chip at the ice with a screwdriver and Yui's lighter, but only small dents were made. Shiroko went back into her room as Yui and Kyoko investigated some more.

Later on, she heard a noise coming from outside and went to check it out. There, she (as well as Kyoko and Yui) saw Senshi standing over a dazed Kanji, having attacked 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.

With just the three left again, Shiroko admits that she no longer wants Mikado's legacy any more. She now had twenty million out of nowhere. It wouldn't be enough to last a lifetime, but it would help pay for the education of her two children. Kyoko offers him hers and Shiroko gladly takes the offer (and assuming Yui would give up hers as well), in exchange for revealing her information. Shiroko explains she learned about Mikado's death from her ex-husband whose a high ranking police officer and the police will eventually be able to confirm Mikado's corpse is actually his. After sharing a meal with Shiroko, she retires to her room as the common room becomes incredibly cold, with Kyoko and Yui heading into the latter's room.

### Shiroko's Fate

The next day, Kyoko, Yui and Kanji were in the common room, with conversation ranging from Kanji's motivations, to Kyoko finding a way to destroy the pillar. After a while, Yui goes to wake up Shiroko (as well as noticing some frost on the floor that leaves her footprints), but when she enters her room they find her dead, with a knife sticking out of one of her shoulders.

During the Observatory's destruction, Yui escapes through the window in Shiroko's room. She wonders if she could take her body out, but reasons that it would take too long. She tries to at least take the money for Shiroko's children to receive, but leaves after discovering it was all gone. When the Observatory exploded, its likely that Shiroko's body was destroyed by the blast.

While Kyoko initially believes 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.

## Appearance

Shiroko is described as a pale, bright-eyed woman in her thirties. Her hair reaches to her neck and is tied in a bun. During her endeavors at Sirius Observatory, she also wore a scarf.

## Personality

Shiroko is an opportunistic woman that loves obtaining wealth by however she can, with even Senshi describing her as a hustler, and is unafraid to risk her own life in order to obtain riches. However, such greed is just driven by the need to provide for her children, who she loves very dearly. Beyond that she can be friendly and approachable, acting almost akin to a big sister to the likes of Kyoko and Yui (such as encouraging Yui to not get intimidated by the likes of Senshi). When it comes to her fellow Zero Class detectives, she's unafraid to to snark at their antics or motivations and openly expresses her displeasure when it comes to them (like calling Kanji uncool following their meeting prior to entering Sirius).

Still, she is willing to jump in to help if either takes a violent turn, like when Kanji was attacked by Senshi during the first day. Given that she was willing to bow out of going after Mikado's legacy after receiving some high monetary amount, it showcases her acceptance of lesser rewards if her main desire can be fulfilled and a pragmatic mind that knows when to leave while the going is good.

### Ex-Husband and Children

As a mother of two children, Shiroko deeply loved her children to the point of heading into a possible death trap if it meant she could get the money required to provide for them. While she and her ex-husband may have divorced, given that he willingly gave her the info concerning Mikado's demise, it implies that they split amicably.

**Detective Library**

### Kyoko Kirigiri & Yui Samidare

Shiroko picked up the two, with the intention of getting their aid for getting to the Sirius Observatory given the girl's prior experience. Shiroko mainly held a friendly demeanor towards the duo, though was upfront with the two about her need for acquiring money to the point she warned them not to get in her way. Shiroko would even defend the girls from Kanji's antics, and Senshi's pressuring of Yui. Due to their prior experience with detectives, Yui and Kyoko didn't fully trust Shiroko, but were willing to work with her for information, and did seem to warm up to her as time went on. After her death, and prior to the destruction of the Observatory, Yui even wanted to take the money that Shiroko had to give to her children, but had to give up on it since the money was gone.

### Kanji Yuhain

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.

### Senshi Kadomi

Shiroko disliked Senshi, mostly for his aggressive and arrogant attitude towards herself and the girls. Senshi viewed her as just another obstacle in his way of obtaining the legacy of Mikado and had no qualms with wanting to threaten Shiroko and Yui with his gun (if Kanji hadn't stolen it) to force them to comply with his demands. When Shiroko died, Senshi made a cruel joke about what might happen to her kids and that Shiroko was a 'cheeky thin Mom'.

## Trivia

* Shiroko is one of only five Zero Class Detectives introduced in the Danganronpa Kirigiri.
* When she has a good feeling, her ears twitch.