Kazuichi Soda

Kazuichi Souda (左右田 和一 Souda Kazuichi) is one of the characters featured in Super Dangan Ronpa 2: Farewell Despair Academy. He has the title Super High School Level Mechanic (超高校級の「メカニック).

Appearance
Souda, being a mechanic, wears a bright neon yellow jumper with a black streak on both sides and several hot pink markings that goes down to his ankles. He has hot pink hair that is considerably spiky, but it is usually coved by the gray beanie he wears. His eye color matches his hair, and he has sharp teeth that resemble a shark's. His shoes are also yellow, although they're a lighter shade than his jumpsuit, and seem to be Nike.

Personality
Souda is a highly emotional character, though he tries to play it smooth. People tend to note his scary appearance does not match his compulsive and rather timid personality. He normally tries to repair any broken items on the island with his ability and familiarity with mechanisms. He also has a great fear of dying on the island, which causes a lot of stress and panic for him. He tends to carry around a spanner/wrench. He is a very jumpy person, and tends to exaggerate his reactions. Souda is also seen to have taken a liking to Sonia, to an extent of being almost like a pervert and in constant jealously with Tanaka.

Pre-Despair Incident
It was mentioned in his Free Time events that his father ran his family’s bike shop, but nothing was ever sold, as they only had customers asking to fix their bike tires or inflate them, leading to the fact that their family is normally out of cash. Due to this, Souda has never attended any class trips before the Island Life of Mutual Killing. In addition, he was constantly bullied as a small child.

Island Life of Mutual Killing
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Relationships
Hinata is a close friend of Souda's, appearing almost as a wing man many times.

Quotes

 * "Name's Kazuichi Souda, "Super High School Level Mechanic." Atcha service!"
 * "Ah well. This ain't natural, but I guess it's nothing we can't handle, right?"

Trivia

 * Souda originally had black hair and wore glasses.
 * Souda seems to be a very bad liar, leading him to be contradictory at times; such as when Nidai reveals they had tied Komaeda up, or when trying to get into the all-girls beach party.
 * He's not too tactful, and tends to blurt things out.
 * Like Tsumiki, he's commonly Monokuma's and Saionji's target, usually ends up being the butt of their jokes. But, in his case, Souda gets into much more horrible things escalated to the point that in chapter 5 he flat out gets blown across the room by an explosion.
 * He latches onto Hinata, calling him his "soul friend". Includes a brief break up when he blames Hinata for "leading them" into Monokuma's trap and ends up turning to Komaeda instead.
 * After chapter 4's trial, he uses the leftovers of Mecha-Nidai to make a miniature Mecha-Nidai to cheer Owari up.
 * Apparently, the scenario writer for Dangan Ronpa, Kodaka Kazutaka, has a personality very similar to Souda.