Kyoko Kirigiri

Kirigiri Kyouko (霧切 響子 Kirigiri Kyōko) is one of the characters featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and a participant in the Killing School Life and the Final Killing Game.

Kyoko was an amnesiac and was titled as Ultimate ??? at first. Later, it was revealed that her true identity is the Ultimate Detective (超高校級の「探偵」 chō kōkō kyū no “tantei”) She is also the daughter of Jin Kirigiri, the deceased Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy.

In Chapter 5, the mastermind attempts to have her executed for the murder of Mukuro Ikusaba, a crime she didn't commit, due to her interference in the mastermind's plans. However, Makoto Naegi sees through this but is almost executed himself, which was stopped due to the interference of Alter Ego. If the player chooses to call out her lie, Kyouko will be executed in the bad ending.

Kyouko survives the final trial and escapes Hope's Peak Academy with the other survivors.

Kyouko also appears in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair as a member of the Future Foundation, along with Makoto and Byakuya Togami.

She's also seen in Danganronpa/Zero. A light novel series based on Kyoko's past with Yui Samidare has been published, titled Danganronpa Kirigiri. Kyouko also returns in the spin-off manga of Danganronpa 3, Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer.

Kyouko returned in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy and is the leader of the 14th Division.

Kyouko was poisoned after her NG code was unintentionally triggered by Makoto. However, it was revealed that Kyoko had taken some of Seiko Kimura's medicine, allowing her to resist the poison by falling into a comatose state and later being revived by Mikan Tsumiki, being one of the five survivors of the Final Killing Game.

At the end of Danganronpa 3, Kyoko and the Future Foundation rebuild the Hope's Peak Academy, with her assisting Makoto, the new headmaster of the Academy.