Takaya Togami

**Takaya Togami** (十神鹰夜 *Togami Takaya*) was a supporting character in *Danganronpa: Togami*. He was one of the selected participants in the Legacy Crown Championship and was ranked Gold.

## History

### Prior Life

Takaya was the youngest child of Yoshie Togami, making him the younger brother to Mitsuzō Togami. During his teenage years, Takaya would get involved in international events, being responsible for re-igniting a near quiet conflict between two countries to writing speeches to leaders of militant countries. As a result, he would get scouted for Hope's Peak Academy's Junior High School Division as its Super Junior High School Level Agitator. Takaya would would later be selected to be apart of the Legacy Crown Championship, serving as one of the chosen fifteen picked to compete in it. Prior to the championship's official start, he would attend vacances at the site of the competition, Tōajō Castle - a castle built on the Togami Family's private island, with the other chosen siblings as a way to gauge the competition prior to its start.

### Legacy Crown Championship

When the championship begun Takyaa was taken to Tōajō Castle to begin the competition for real, learning that in order to win the 'reliance' must be found. During the first day, Takaya tried to spark back up a conflict between Jirō Togami and Yūsuke Togami, though once the heat was turned on him, he apologized and blamed it on his nature. Following that, Takaya was apart of the crowd of siblings to hear hear most of the others give out their dreams should they happen to win, but he kept his desire to himself.

On the fourth day, following the discover of the deceased Asagao Togami's headless body, Takaya was among those in the cafeteria to become aware of the news. Takaya came in-between Yūsuke and Jirō to prevent a fight from breaking out between them, and advises they should blow off some steam. When Yūsuke pushed for the authorities to be called, and Aloysius Pennyworth was against this, Takaya tried to alleviate things by suggesting they investigate the crime themselves, which Yūsuke agrees to doing.

He would join the search party to find Asagao's head, a search that eventually lead them outside. When they find it, Takaya tries to urge Yūsuke from grabbing it since it would interfere with the crime scene, but is roughly shoved aside and told to stop playing detective. After Jirō knocks out Yūsuke, Takaya notes that the beheading was not a clean job. Following that, the search party would meet with Ichirō and several others who were at the pond and had discovered Wasuke Togami's corpse. Ichirō gathered the siblings that he could into the cafeteria to announce that Wasuke died on the third day and it was from a stab wound.

After dinner, the group of Ichirō, Shirō, Takaya Togami, Blue Ink and Kazuya Togami investigates Yūsuke’s room. There, Takaya notes during an observation of Yūsuke's window (namely it can't be opened from outside without a gadget) that there isn't any amongst them that was good with machines. During this, its wondered how does Takaya even manages to open his window, but the agitator doesn't bother in answering it. Takaya would eventually notice that Kazuya found a spot where a note would have been placed, and believes that a suicide note could have been written there (which gets Kazuya to ponder where it could have gone).

On the fifth day, Ichirō, Takaya and Jirō ‘interrogate’ Yūsuke whose screams can be heard from outside of the room they were in. They leave the room to announce that Yūsuke hasn’t confessed to anything, and Takaya lamenting how his agitator talent doesn't make him good for negotiations. On the sixth day, Takaya attends the meeting following the gourmet's death, but arrives later on only after he found both Yūsuke's missing head and the suicide device. He asked if anyone would like to see it, which gets Mitsuzo to become upset. Ichirō confiscates the suicide device and, having taken leadership, assures everyone no more murders will be happening under his watch. Five hours later, Ichirō is found dead.

Mitsuzō is heavily panicking and is talking with Takaya on escaping the island. Takaya, however, reminds him that they can't leave since they on an island and that his agitator talent (something that Mitsuzō told him to use in order to win and escape quickly) was unsuitable for winning the championship. Mitsuzō begins to think and comes to conclusion that while participants were stuck there, that doesn't mean they can't send the Makabes in their boat to retrieve help for this situation (something that gets Takaya to tease Mitsuzō that his talent is using people). Mitsuzō makes a call and on the seventh day, Suisei Nanamura and his assistant, Polaris P. Polanski arrives on the island to solve the deaths on their client's behalf (with Mitsuzō paying them a good fee as a down payment). Aloysius Pennyworth disagrees with their involvement, but the Makabes had already taken the last boat to ditch the championship, thus Suisei and Polaris were stuck there.

It's the ninth day of the championship, following Yoru's demise, where Suisei calls the survivors to the cafeteria in order to solve the mystery, with only Saburō Togami and Suzuhiko Togami not coming to the location. First of all, he claims Asa Togami never existed and that what was by Yoru's side was just a doll made to look like her, with Yoru supporting said doll and making her talk via prerecorded lines. Suisei theorizes it was to increase Yoru's chances of winning, and that burning her was what Yoru thought was the 'reliance' Kijō had wanted: a brilliant mystery and to achieve that having a person's body completely disappear would be considered brilliant in her eyes. Suisei notes that while she was on the right track, Yoru's idea was poor and Kijō remained unimpressed. Takaya understands, and mutters on Yoru thinking that was the way to win. When Mitsuzō questions on what the 'reliance' is, Suisei says its their job to figure out, he's only being paid to solve the murders. Suisei says that there's only been three murders in the competition out of all these deaths so far: the murders of Wasuke, Ichirō and Yoru. He concludes that the only three that could do it based off of a lack of alibis, had to be Kazuya, Suzuhiko and Saburō. Suisei says that he had proof on who did the murders and after a long silence, he reveals that murderer was Kazuya Togami.

Kazuya denies such accusations, during of which he tries to redirect the blame towards Mitsuzō and Takaya pulling off the misdeeds, but Susei points out the duo both had alibis and it would be illogical to hire a detective if they wanted to get away with it. Ultimately, what drives the nail into Kazuya's coffin is Suisei producing Yoru's head, which he apparently found in Kazuya's room. This causes Mitsuzō to screech like a girl and call for Kazuya to be thrown into the dungeon, convinced the young man had did it.

Unfortunately for Mitsuzō, not long after Kazuya had been thrown into the dungeon, he would be manipulated by Takaya into writing a false confession of sorts, before being made to put a noose around his neck, which was connected to his ceiling. Because of Mitsuzō's room having the ability to move up and down, akin to an elevator, Takaya used such an ability to essentially hang his own brother and frame him for the murders. From there, Takaya had freed Kazuya and showed him the crime scene. Takaya says, while he dislikes the situation, they can now focus on the championship which is over at noon the next day. It’s then that they heard helicopters coming from outside. They go outside to see Suisei riding off in a helicopter. With his client dead, Suisei has no reason to stay and is at least grateful that Mitsuzō paid him in advance. He explains this to both Takaya and Kazuya (congratulating the latter for his innocence being cleared) as he flies off and even remarks that if things go according to the odds, Takaya (the only Gold ranked of the Togami siblings) would win the competition (causing both boys to glare at him). When the other surviving participants rush out and beg for him to take them as well, he remarks that the helicopter was overweight. Besides, they still had to complete the competition and wishes them all good luck.

After dinner, Takaya would approached a depressed Jirō and manipulated him into thinking that everyone else had been the reason that Saburō died. As a result, this causes the karate master to go on an enraged murderous rampage. By the time the chaos has settled, of the participants, only Kazuya, Suzuhiko, an injured Blue Ink and Saburō (who was hiding in his room) are left alive. The first three are gathered in Ink's room. Takaya, however, is standing right behind them at the doorway, looking confident. He notes that since only four of them remain (thought corrects it to five since Saburō is alive), they all should get along. However, Suzuhiko points out no one in that room would gullible enough to be swayed by Takaya. The agitator tries to sway Suzuhiko to his side, declaring he never wanted to go along with the championship to begin with. Instead, he just wanted to seize control of the Togami Corporation by force. He believes if Suzuhiko and himself were to work together they can create a new Togami Family that wash blood with blood, start and end wars before going to create new wars.

However, Suzuhiko refuses since he dislikes someone who would kill family for their own gain. Takaya points out the awful treatment he gives his own sister, but that is refuted by Suzuhiko who believes what they have is ‘love’. Kazuya is in disbelief over hearing this, but when glancing to Blue Ink, notes how she wasn’t denying anything and even sees some confirmation there. Kazuya calls everyone messed up, and doesn’t even know how blood-related siblings could love each other. Suzuhiko points out historically there have been cases where relatives have committed incest plenty of times. The young boy has believed Blue Ink to have been an unwilling participant, thus learning such information has gotten him questioning what is just.

Takaya agrees that what they have is rather twisted and says that if no one will join him, he will rule the world alone. With gasoline in hand, he dumps the liquid on the ground and lights it on fire. Suzuhiko grabs Blue Ink and his younger brother follows him out. However, its then they realize Takaya had set the entire castle on fire in preparation for this moment. When Kazuya gets separated by the flames from his older siblings, a recording of Takaya on a tape recorder plays, saying that his siblings deaths won’t be in vain and he’ll present their skulls on a pike to the Togami Corporation. Takaya’s recording says anyone left alive should just sit tight and sing a children’s song as they die. From there the recorder melts from the heat of the fire.

Following the aftermath of the fire, Takaya's body would be discovered in the wreckage, charred and several knives sticking out of his back. His body was in a celebratory banzai pose. It's heavily implied that Suzuhiko had encountered Takaya during the escape from the castle and killed the agitator on the way out, leaving his body to burn in the fire.

### K2K System

Later on its revealed that the above was apart of a fabricated flashback created by the K2K System. As a result, it can be said that no person actually died during the actual Legacy Crown Championship, as according to Byakuya Togami's account. It is unknown if Takaya Togami actually existed or, if they did exist, their depiction is actually his personality. If Takaya did actually exist, he would have eventually be wiped out with the rest of the Togami Family, aside from Byakuya, according to Junko Enoshima during the Killing School Life.

## Appearance

Takaya is described being a young teenager with light brown hair and glass-like eyes, looking like a doll overall.

## Personality

Initially, Takaya comes across as an intelligent, mature, logical and level-headed teenager, even polite under some circumstances. He has a calm disposition, being unshaken by witnessing gruesome scenes such as headless bodies and entangled heads. Despite the grave situation, compared to his panicky and hands off brother, Takaya tried to cooperate in solving the murders, showcasing his deductive prowess and sociable nature. His comment after Yūsuke's interrogation, imply he wishes he was better when it came to negotiations, since his talent is more suited to riling others up. Despite his talent, Takaya is able to convince his siblings he's relatively passive and nonthreatening.

Underneath, however, is a very manipulative, opportunistic, and murderous person. Takaya's dream is to use the funds of the Togami Conglomerate to encase the world in endless wars and conflict, showcasing both his homicidal and chaotic nature. Takaya only cares for himself and has no regard for the people he uses or ends up getting killed due to his actions, only seeing those that he allies with as tools for his own gain. Takaya was utterly confident of his victory over his siblings, and had no qualms in recording himself mocking them in their supposed last moments and showing more of his cruel nature.

### Mitsuzō Togami

Mitsuzō is Takaya's older brother and, thus, the person Takaya is generally closest with during the championship. However, both personality's tend to heavily lead them to approach situations differently given Mitsuzō's fearful attitude compared to Takaya's relative casual air concerning horrific events. Thus, Takaya is more involved in trying to solve the murders, whilst Mitsuzō opted to do as little as possible until he felt pressed to do so. Mitsuzō wanted both to drop out and leave after the murders began, and even pushed Takaya to win in his desperate state. Ultimately, Takaya desired becoming the heir no matter what, and would even murder Mitsuzō to help achieve those goals, showcasing the lack of love he had for his elder brother.

### Jirō Togami

Takaya and Jirō seemed to have a fairly decent relationship, with both investigating together and Jirō even taking Takaya's advice on focusing their efforts to wards finding Asagao's head instead of fighting with Yūsuke. Likewise, both had no problems on working to torture Yūsuke in their interrogation of him. When Jirō fell into a depression, he had trusted Takaya enough to believe the agitator on the others being responsible for Ichirō's death. For Takaya, Jirō was merely a pawn used in an attempt to clear away the rest of the participants of the championship.

## Trivia

* Takaya is the only Gold ranked amongst the championship participants.
* Takaya is the only member of Hope's Peak Academy Junior High Division to participate in the championship.