Maiko Kagura

> "*I'm Maiko Kagura! The one and only Ultimate Dancer! You don't need to worry about a thing with me around!*"
> ― Maiko Kagura (Meet the Ultimates - Maiko Kagura)[[source]]
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## Personal Status

### Affiliation

* Participants of the Killing Game
* Precept's Peak Academy

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### English

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**Maiko Kagura** *(神楽 舞子, Kagura Maiko)* is a student in Precept's Peak Academy and a participant in the killing game located there.

Her tiltle is **Ultimate Dancer***(超高校級の「ダンサー」, chō kōkō kyū no "dansā" lit. Super High School Level Dancer)*.

## Appearance

Maiko has a fair skin tone, aquamarine eyes, and light orange hair that she wears in a ponytail. She wears a backwards blue-gray cap, and an ahoge comes out in front.

She dons a white blouse over a light red shirt. On the left side of the blouse is a pocket and she wears a brown bracelet. She also wears blue shorts that are covered by a yellow jacket tied around her waist. She has yellow sneakers with a blue sole. On the right side, she wears a long, ombre, blue-to-white plaid sock that goes up to her mid-thigh. On the left, she wears a short, orange striped sock that goes up to her ankle.

## Name

Her given kanji name *舞子* *(Maiko)* translates to "dancing child" or "dancing girl". In Japanese, a maiko is also an apprentice geisha. Her surname kanji, *神楽* *(Kagura)* is composed of the characters *神* *(kami)* meaning "gods", "mind" or "soul", and *楽* *(raku)* meaning "music". The word **Kagura** ("god-entertainment") also refers to a specific type of Shinto theatrical dance—with roots arguably predating those of Noh.

## Personality

Maiko is a kind girl who likes to socialize with others. She can be a bit air headed and get distracted easily which may cause people to get annoyed. She absolutely loves dancing with a passion and knows every type of dance you can think of.

## Talent and Abilities

She, being the Ultimate Dancer, is able to dance quite impressively.

## History

### Before Killing Game

She was recognized after performing internationally with the granddaughter of a certain Ultimate Musician. Sometime after this she received the title, Ultimate Dancer.

### Killing Game

#### Prologue

During the prologue Maiko introduces herself to Ayumu Fujimori (Ultimate Unlucky Student) and Seishi Yodogawa (Ultimate Mystery Novelist). She also meets Saiji Rokudou and befriends him after learning about his talent, as well as taking an interest in it.

#### Chapter 1: Thicker Than Water

One night during Chapter 1, Maiko meets up with Nico Himuro (Ultimate Poet) and tells her how she was the one to receive Monodora's motive weapon. Although she simply wanted to talk with her, Nico was worried that Maiko was gonna betray her and fatally harms her in the process. Nico regretted what she had done immediately and apologized to her friend. Despite her inevitable demise Maiko forgives her and tells Nico to get out of the school alive. Afterwards she dies, making her the first victim of the killing game.

Later on her body is found by Kazuomi and a Class Trial is held to find the killer. Near the end of the trial, Ayumu reveals that it was Nico who had killed her that night. Nico confessed to everything even mentioning her regret doing so. In an attempt to cheer her up, Misuzu asks Kasumi to channel Maiko's soul, bringing her back to life temporarily. Maiko, after coming back to life, reunites with Nico, Saiji and her other classmates and receives a warm embrace from them. She gives a farewell to everyone and departs into the afterlife.

#### Chapter 2: Beyond the Surface lies a Deadly Sin

One night, Maiko (and Nico) appeared in Ayumu's dream, blaming him for their deaths.

Kasumi makes a shrine for both Maiko and Nico. One of the objects she used for said shrine was a spare hat that had come from Maiko's now abandoned dorm. Still not over Maiko's death, Saiji grows upset at Kasumi and demands her to bring her back so he can see her again. When Kasumi refuses to do so and insults Saiji in the process, he grows angry and storms out in a furious rage. Misuzu then ordered Kasumi to take the shrine down.

Kasumi mentions the shrine she had made for Maiko and how mad she was at Misuzu for not liking it.

## Relationships

### Mitsunari Koga

She and Mitsunari have a good relationship with each other during the Ultimate Talent Development Plan, Maiko helps Uma and Shika deciding to wear suits, Mitsunari says that he is not sure but he now agrees when his children begged him.

### Nico Himuro

Nico was a close friend of Maiko. One night, after she had received the motive weapon from Monodora, she had asked Nico to discuss it with her (due to her trusting Nico the most out of the other students). Nico thought she was planning to betray her so she took hold of the weapon and struck Maiko with it. Although she was dying, Maiko had forgiven Nico and told her to make it out alive. She also happily reunites with Nico after she is temporarily brought back to life by Kasumi.

### Ayumu Fujimori

Maiko is good friends with Ayumu and is really kind to him. When Maiko is brought back to life by Kasumi, Ayumu joins some of the other students in giving her a group hug.

### Saiji Rokudou

She is very kind towards Saiji, she was one of the first people to speak to him and the first person to admire his talent. Saiji was devastated when he had discovered Maiko's body and placed his bracelet on her body to help her soul move on. Maiko happily reunites with Saiji after being temporarily revived by Kasumi. When Saiji asks if what he did helped Maiko in some way, she simply replied that what Saiji did was "really cool". After Maiko had left, Saiji continued missing her greatly.

## Trivia

* In the original version of Miwashiba, Maiko was the first blackened and killed Saiji Rokudou.
	+ Nevertheless, she dies in the first chapter, but as the victim this time.
* The circumstances around her death in the first chapter differ quite between the original audio drama and the rewrite of the chapter.
* Her talent is similar to the talent of canon Danganronpa character, Hiyoko Saionji. The difference being that Hiyoko's talent is more specific.

## Gallery

Meet the Ultimates - Maiko Kaguraダンガンロンパ-Re Birth- 自己紹介動画（神楽舞子）

## References

1. ↑ Meet the Ultimates - Maiko Kagura=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkm7OHEW7nc&%7C
2. ↑ Meet the Ultimates - Maiko Kagura (Japanese)=https://youtu.be/UkLKwPbJlmc
3. ↑ Ultimate Title: Translation
4. ↑ Name Meaning
5. ↑ 舞子 (meaning)
6. ↑ Wikipedia: Maiko
7. ↑ 神 (meaning)
8. ↑ 楽 (meaning)
9. ↑ Wikipedia: Kagura
10. ↑ [Danganrebirth-Voices: Chapter 2, Daily Life (Part 1)=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10yppf28M6Q]
11. ↑ [
Danganrebirth-Voices: Chapter 2, Daily Life (Part 2)=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5CGJ37atOo]
12. ↑ [Danganrebirth-Voices: Chapter 2, Daily Life (Part 3)=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CqK\_Z\_tpKo]
13. ↑ Miwashiba: Class Trail 1 (Part 1)=https://youtu.be/ZJHGTt5SNg0
14. ↑ Miwashiba: Class Trail 1 (Part 2)=https://youtu.be/8zZh4sNv82w
15. ↑ [Danganrebirth-Voices: Chapter 1, Class Trial (Audio Drama, Part 1)=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdRuVHsv2pc]
16. ↑ [Danganrebirth-Voices: Chapter 1, Class Trial (Audio Drama, Part 2)=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0JBzpKWzF0]
17. ↑ [Danganrebirth-Voices: Chapter 1, Class Trial (Audio Drama, Part 3)=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjbfio9o1LY]

Danganrebirth-Voices: Chapter 2, Class Trial (Part 1)=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLIHl8L7diQ