Kai Shimazaki

> Sooooo, drama is like music and music is like drama. Drama is superior though. Which is why I constantly try to cause it-! It’s just soooo fun~!
>
> - Kai Shimazaki, Danganronpa V2: Despairs Beginnings.

**Kai Shimazaki**, is a student in the Japanese Institute Of Ultimates. He is the secondary antagonist of Danganronpa V2: Despairs Beginnings. Her title is as the Ultimate Courtier.

## History

### Early Life

As a child, Kai was loved and was cared for by both his fathers. It was treated like royalty for most of her childhood and was always seen as such. Her parents, who were both local court officials, would often take Kai to court with them so she could learn their ways…little did they know that it would also learn some more corrupt methods to get her way in court…as time went on, she would announced as the Ultimate Courtier and would be chosen to attend the Japanese Institute Of Ultimates, which is more also commonly known as Hopes Peak Academy.

### Despair Arc

Kai was the first out of her class to attend Hopes Peak Academy as a prior reserve course student who later took on the role of the Ultimate Courtier. Once Junko Enoshima began to infect the word with the Despair Disease during the tragedy, Kai witnessed the murder of her fathers, which had a very large effect on him as a person. As time went on she became accustomed to the despairful world and eventually managed to wind up in Danganronpa V2…

### Fate

Kai ends up surviving the killing game. Solely because they made the smarter decisions rather than the more stupid ones. It is unknown what she chose to do after the killing game…she could have continued her court career but it’s highly unlikely.

## Appearance

Kai has short light blue hair which covers its left eye, and deep magenta eyes. She has tan skin and wears the Hopes Peak uniform. She has a red bow in her hair.

## Personality

Kai is rather manipulative and knifing. When he first woke up on the island, she managed to appear as kind and innocent to the other students, but when the first trial hit, she started to manipulate the other members of her group, continuously trying to get the side they pick to be on to win the class trial, even though, usually she was on the culprits side.

## Talent and Abilities

### Ultimate Courtier

Kai could win in a court battle. Though, his abilities seem to stop there as she’s much less skilled during class trials, constantly fumbling their words and failing to sway people and have them fully wrapped around her finger.

## Relationships

### Rantaro Amami

Kai finds Rantaro nearly insufferable but pretends to tolerate him throughout most of the killing game until the third trial where she completely looses at with him due to his false claims about her being the culprit.

### Kimiko Shimazaki

Her little sister. Kai pretends to care for her though has no real love for her.

### Her Fathers

Kai’s fathers were very important to her, so when she witnessed their deaths, it changed Kai in unimaginable ways…turning her from a good but slightly manipulative kid, into a cold, lying, criminal mastermind.

## Quotes

“The names Kai Shimazaki-! It’s nice to meet cha…!” — first introduction.

## Trivia

* While she is described as a ‘criminal mastermind’, Kai was not the mastermind of her killing game.
* Kai believes that she only survived due to her genius in class trials. The truth is, it was solely right place, right time. Not genius, but luck.