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| data1 = <!--Voice acting is primary in animation and video game franchises.-->'''English:''' [[Erika Harlacher]] (games)<ref>{{cite web |title=Credits |url=https://erikalynnharlacher.com/credits/ |website=Erika Lynn Harlacher |access-date=23 April 2020 |archive-date=23 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423192909/https://erikalynnharlacher.com/credits/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br>[[Caitlin Glass]] (anime)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.funimation.com/blog/danganronpa-the-animation-english-cast-announcement/ |title=Danganronpa the Animation English Cast Announcement – Funimation – Blog! |date=2015-04-04 |newspaper=Funimation – Blog! |language=en-US |access-date=2017-01-20 |archive-date=2018-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204145328/https://www.funimation.com/blog/danganronpa-the-animation-english-cast-announcement/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br>'''Japanese:''' [[Yōko Hikasa]]<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Kyoko Kirigiri Voices (Danganronpa) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Danganronpa/Kyoko-Kirigiri/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626033237/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Danganronpa/Kyoko-Kirigiri/ |url-status=live }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its
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{{nihongo|'''Kyoko Kirigiri'''|霧切 響子|Kirigiri Kyōko|lead=yes}} is a [[fiction]]al [[Character (arts)|character]] from the [[Spike Chunsoft]] [[visual novel]] [[action-adventure game]] series ''[[Danganronpa]]''. She was introduced in the 2010 game ''[[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]'' as a high school student and the "'''Ultimate ???'''" of Hope's Peak Academy. Kyoko finds herself sealed within the building alongside her classmates, who
Kyoko Kirigiri was created by the writer [[Kazutaka Kodaka]]. Kodaka wanted to have a detective character in the first game who would support Makoto in solving cases. Their bond was intended to be initially friendly before taking a romantic shift in ''The End of Hope's Peak High School.'' This was Kodaka's way of showing a notable [[character arc]]
Critical response to Kyoko has been positive. Multiple writers enjoyed her role in the first video game, due to how she solves cases alongside Makoto while also developing the narrative. Her return to the anime was also the subject of praise, but her fate was mixed based on the impact it brought to the story. Nevertheless, Kyoko remained as one of the most popular ''Danganronpa'' characters, appearing in multiple polls. The performance of Kyoko's three voice actresses also attracted a positive response.
==Creation==
[[File:Kyokosketches.png|thumb|left|Early designs of Kyoko rejected as Spike requested the staff a more colorful design of the character.]]
In the early versions of ''[[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]'', the demo ''DISTRUST'', the character was known as {{nihongo|Gyaru Kirigiri|霧切ギャル|Kirigiri Gyaru}} and was the original first victim in the narrative's killing game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/403/403355/|title=【まり探】始まりはアドベンチャーの否定から――CEDECで『ダンガンロンパ』開発陣が語る|website=Dengeki Online|accessdate=April 21, 2021|language=Japanese|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420223053/https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/403/403355/|url-status=live}}</ref> In later parts of development of the games, the characters of [[Leon Kuwata]] and [[Sayaka Maizono]] were both used to establish a base body type and height. The
In order to balance the cast, Kodaka conceived the idea of giving the students
Although artist [[Rui Komatsuzaki]] made Kyoko, Kodaka was responsible for most of the elements
Komatsuzaki has claimed that Kyoko was one of the most difficult female characters to create in the first game of the franchise.
===Development and casting===
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In contrast to her cold personality from the first game, Kodaka envisioned Kyoko in the anime sequel as more considerate of her friends. While other returning characters like [[Aoi Asahina]] and [[Byakuya Togami]] show a more caring side in the anime too, Kyoko's personality was Kodaka's favorite. Furthermore, in contrast to the first game, Kyoko's relationship with Makoto in ''[[Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School]]'' was written to implicate a more intimate tone than in the original game. Kodaka carefully planned this through a scene where Kyoko takes off her gloves for the first time in the series in order to comfort Makoto. This was also meant to provide a parallel between the romantic relationship between two other characters from the same series, [[Kyosuke Munakata]] and [[Chisa Yukizome]] who are also implied to be involved romantically.<ref>{{cite video |year = October 2016|title =Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Mirai-hen Character Profiles II|medium = [[Blu-ray]] |publisher =NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan}}</ref> Makoto's voice actor, [[Megumi Ogata]] said she found the anime too dark not only for the gruesome moments but also because of Kyoko's apparent death which has a parallel with Chiaki Nanami's death from the ''Despair Arc''.<ref name="transition">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IZd9PEsNl4|title=Danganronpa 10th Anniversary Special - Dangan TV: Hope Keeps on Going! 5th Period|via=Youtube|access-date=February 6, 2021|work=Spike Chunsoft|date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212161122/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IZd9PEsNl4|url-status=live}}</ref>
Following the visual novel prequel centered around Kyoko, ''[[Kirigiri Sou]]'', writer Kitayama Takekuni was selected as the lead much to his surprise. Takenkuni admitted that Kyoko was his favorite character from the franchise and thus aimed to write her story with the idea that the title character would stand out cool, believing Kodaka does the opposite to the cast in his works. This also led to the inclusion of sidekick characters who would come across as less appealing than Kyoko in the process. However, Shikiba Santa was selected as a character who does activities other than Kyoko. Some scenes from the game, like Kyoko's
In all of her appearances in Japan, Kyoko is voiced by [[Yōko Hikasa]]. The actress commented that she grew to like playing the game and thus enjoyed her new works in the first anime. When asked about her role, Hikasa found Kyoko mysterious and cool, but felt she was too distanced from
==Appearances==
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===''Danganronpa'' video games===
Kyoko Kirigiri is introduced in the video game ''[[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]'' as a mysterious
Kyoko begins to take a central role in the story in the later chapters, when it is revealed that she has learned about the presence of a sixteenth student among the group: [[Mukuro Ikusaba]]. The mastermind, growing threatened by Kyoko's growing knowledge, decides to create a murder that frames Kyoko as Mukuro's killer. At the end of the class trial for Mukuro's murder, Makoto can decide to indict himself or Kyoko. If Kyoko is chosen to be the killer, she dies and the remaining students live out the rest of their lives in Hope's Peak Academy. However, if Makoto chooses to protect Kyoko, he is blamed for Mukuro's death. Fortunately, during his execution, Chihiro's [[artificial intelligence]] program manages to save Makoto from Monokuma. Kyoko then finds a way to rescue him and return him to the group, at which point she apologizes to Makoto for prioritizing her investigation over him, and reveals she used to be called the {{nihongo|"Ultimate Detective"|超高校級の「探偵」|Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Tantei"|{{lit.}} ''Super High School Level Detective''}}. Kyoko ended up being subjected to more forced amnesia than the other students, as her talent would hinder Monokuma's plans. She then recalls that she is the daughter of Hope's Peak Academy's headmaster, Jin Kirigiri; however, she detests her late father. In the final investigation, she learns more about her father and herself as the remaining students attempt to uncover all of the school's secrets and win their freedom from the killing game. During the final class trial, Kyoko and Makoto (alongside their classmates) confront Monokuma one last time and expose the robot as [[Junko Enoshima]], the true mastermind of the killing game and the one behind Mukuro's death. Since the group successfully discovers all of the secrets around Hope's Peak Academy, Junko loses and decides to execute herself. Following Junko's suicide, the survivors abandon the school to confront the apocalyptic world.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc|year=2014|developer=Nis America|publisher=Spike|level=Chapter 6}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc|year=2014|developer=Nis America|publisher=Spike|level=Epilogue - Goodbye Despair Academy}}</ref>
During the climax of ''[[Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair]]'', Kyoko joins Makoto and Byakuya in confronting Junko's Alter Ego and stop the main characters from bringing about Junko's physical resurrection. It is revealed that the cast members from ''Goodbye Despair'' are the [[Ultimate Despair]] terrorist leadership, the Remnants of Despair, whom Kyoko and company had prevented from being executed by the Future Foundation (a paramilitary "Hope" group they themselves had joined shortly after leaving Hope's Peak Academy) upon their capture in order to attempt to rewrite their memories to their cause after sealing them in a virtual world.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair|year=2014|developer=Nis America|publisher=Spike|level=Chapter 7}}</ref> [[Hajime Hinata]] convinces the other Remnants into killing themselves again to stop his (as [[Izuru Kamukura]]) and Junko's plans, freeing Kyoko, Makoto and Byakuya and allowing them to return to the real world.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair|year=2014|developer=Nis America|publisher=Spike|level=Epilogue}}</ref> Beating the game unlocks the novel ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc IF'', an alternate version of the first game. There, Kyoko meets Mukuro as Makoto prevents her death from Junko. Despite initially suspecting Mukuro for being allied with Junko, Kyoko agrees to help her to protect the wounded Makoto, eventually leading to the Killing Game's cancellation and all the students leaving the Academy in the process.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair|year=2014|developer=Nis America|publisher=Spike|level=Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc IF}}</ref>▼
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During the climax of ''[[Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony]]'', Kyoko's persona is taken on by the new [[wiktionary:mastermind|mastermind]] to reveal the truth of the world of ''Danganronpa'', with her character being praised by "the people of the outside world."
Kyoko also appears in the visual novel ''[[Kirigiri Sou]]'' where she investigates a seemingly abandoned mansion in the woods with [[Kouhei Matsudaira]], encountering her apparent duplicate.<ref name="4gamer">{{cite web |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/504/G050494/20200820136/ |title=「ダンガンロンパ」10th anniversary を記念して，アニメシリーズを為录したBlu-ray BOXの発売がDecision |language=Japanese |author=Otsuki, Aki |date=August 20, 2020 |website=[[4Gamer.net]] |publisher=Aetas Inc. |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101113114/https://www.4gamer.net/games/504/G050494/20200820136/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kyoko is also present in the [[action video game]] ''[[Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle]]'',<ref name="sili1">{{cite web |title=Danganronpa Reimagined As A Cooperative Action Game |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/18/danganronpa-reimagined-cooperative-action-game/ |author=Spencer |work=Siliconera |date=2014-12-18 |access-date=2015-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208125752/http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/18/danganronpa-reimagined-cooperative-action-game/ |archive-date=2015-12-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[virtual reality]]
===''Danganronpa'' printed media===
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She is the title character of the spin-off novel series ''[[Danganronpa: Kirigiri]]'', where she, along with her friend and assistant [[Yui Samidare]], becomes involved in a deadly game in an abandoned hotel.<ref>{{cite book|title=Danganronpa Kirigiri|volume=1|year=2013|publisher=Seikaisha|isbn=978-4061388758|author=Kitayama, Takekuni}}</ref> Kyoko reprises her role from the first game in a manga adaptation written by Hajime Tōya and Takashi Tsukimi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-19/danganronpa-kibo-no-gakuen-to-zetsubo-no-kokosei-manga-ends-in-famitsu-comic-clear |title=Danganronpa Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei Manga Ends in Famitsu Comic Clear |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2013-10-28 |access-date=2013-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022061210/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-19/danganronpa-kibo-no-gakuen-to-zetsubo-no-kokosei-manga-ends-in-famitsu-comic-clear |archive-date=2013-10-22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Danganronpa: The Animation|volume=1|author=Tsukimi, Takashi|year=2016|isbn=978-1616559281|publisher=Dark Horse Manga}}</ref> She is also present in a series of comedy shorts based on ''The End of Hope's Peak High School''.<ref>{{Cite
In the manga series ''[[Killer Killer]]'', Kyoko appears as a superior of Future Foundation agents Misaki Asano and Takumi Hijirihara investigating the titular "Killer Killer", questioning Takumi over his former association to her suspect of being the [[serial killer]], his former classmate and [[Mukuro Ikusaba]] survivor Shūji Fujigawa, while remaining unaware that Takumi himself is the true Killer Killer, information of which her own superiors are aware, to her lack of knowledge.
===''Danganronpa'' anime===
[[File:KyokoEndofHopePeak.png|thumb|right|Both Kodaka and Glass consider the scene of ''The End of Hope's Peak High School'' where Kyoko comforts Makoto as one of their favorites for
Kyoko appears as a protagonist of the 2013 anime ''[[Danganronpa: The Animation]]'', adapting ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc''.<ref name="anime"/>
In the 2016 anime ''[[Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School]]'', Kyoko and
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==Reception==
Critical reception to Kyoko has been positive. ''The Gamer'' listed her as the third best ''Danganronpa'' character after Makoto and Monokuma based on the mystery she initially provides in the narrative such as why she always wears gloves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/ranking-main-danganronpa-characters/|title=Ranking All The Main ''Danganronpa'' Characters|last=Baker|first=Benjamin|date=April 19, 2019|work=The Gamer|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121023607/https://www.thegamer.com/ranking-main-danganronpa-characters/|url-status=live}}</ref> In two 2013 polls from Anime Trend, Kyoko was voted as the best female character of the year based on her appearances in ''Danganronpa: The Animation''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://anitrendz.net/news/2020/07/15/decade-awards-monogatari-series-second-season-wins-summer-2013-run-off-polls/|title=Decade Awards: Monogatari Series: Second Season wins Summer 2013 Run-off Polls|website=AniTrendZ|date=15 July 2020
''Manga News'' praised Kyoko's characterization in the ''Danganronpa: The Animation'' manga as, despite starting as a cold stoic character, she opens up to Makoto during their team up to investigate the class' trials presented through the narrative. The inclusion of her backstory during the climax was also the subject of praise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Danganronpa/vol-2|title=Danganronpa Vol. 2|website=Manga News|access-date=January 15, 2021|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518101915/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Danganronpa/vol-2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Danganronpa/vol-4|title=Danganronpa Vol. 4|website=Manga News|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164007/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Danganronpa/vol-4|url-status=live}}</ref> Her role in ''Danganronpa/Zero'' was also well received by ''[[Kotaku]]'' for how she interacts with the main character.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/danganronpa-zero-is-the-ultimate-danganronpa-novel-1633849483|title=Danganronpa Zero is the "Ultimate" Danganronpa Novel|website=Kotaku|date=12 September 2014
In regards to her role in the anime, ''The Fandom Post'' listed her as one of the most beautiful characters from Summer 2016, claiming she retained her charm from the video games despite having little screentime in the anime.<ref>{{cite
The voice actress behind the character has been popular. [[Erika Harlacher]]'s work was cited as passable by video game writers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/20/danganronpa-trigger-happy-havoc-review|title=Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Review|first=Colin
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