Yui Samidare

Yui Samidare (五月雨 結 Samidare Yui) is the 16 year old protagonist of Danganronpa Kirigiri. She acts as an assistant to Kyoko Kirigiri, who she is older than by 3 years. Her DSC number is 888.

Appearance
Samidare is a tall girl with short brown hair and red glasses. She has green eyes and has a blonde streak through her hair. She wears a black sweater on top of a white, collared shirt with a red ribbon. She also wears a black blazer and a brown backpack, and wears cream shorts on top of black tights and boots.

Prior to the Events
When Samidare was a child, her younger sister was kidnapped and killed, and the case remains unsolved. This fueled Samidare's desire to become a detective and resulted in her turning down an invitation to attend Hope's Peak Academy with her talent of jumping so she could become one. Samidare boards at an exclusive all-girls school which is known to be an extremely popular missionary school for wealthy girls. She is also the only detective in her school.

Role in Danganronpa Kirigiri
At first, Yui received a black envelope contains two letters, and of it was a letter from "Ooe Yoshizono" who says that he is speaking on behalf of his client and he wants Samidare to meet him at Hatesaki Station on December 22nd, 3pm to be picked up so she receive an interview with his client at Sirius Astronomical Observatory and upon his approval, become privy to details of his very important case, which Samidare looks up information on Sirius Astronomical Observatory online but finds limited information. She takes absence from school and arrives at Hatesaki Station, at this point is when the snowstrom is slowly beginning to fall. Because the station is pretty empty, she learns quickly that the other people who gradually join her at the station are other detectives who have also been called to this case, they're Eigo Amino, Shiita Enbi, Kou Inuzuka and Kyoko Kirigiri. When they are ready, the driver drops them off a bit away from Sirius Astronomical Observatory, telling them that his orders were to drop them off there and the groups will walk the rest of the way. Kyoko thinks something is wrong and suggests to Yui that they leave, but seeing the three men walking ahead in front of them, she whispers "can't leave them to die" and decides to stay on board.

After they arrived, they start to investigating the building and its furnishings. The detectives investigate the place while waiting for their client to come, who doesn't appear at the time. Eigo thinks they should leave, but Kou thinks this is one of the part of the interview and says they should wait it out. They all pick a room in the observatory to stay, with each person more or less with our without a change of clothes, when white smoke fills the hall and Yui falls to floor unconscious, leading to the current situation.

Kyoko Kirigiri
During the events of Danganronpa Kirigiri, she is seen as Kyoko Kirigiri 's accomplice. They met when Kyoko was in the 7th grade, in a situation where Kyoko was the only possible suspect. This led Samidare to initially distrust her, but the two eventually became close.

Trivia

 * Her first name is Japanese for "to tie or fasten", while her last name translates to "early summer rain".
 * At one point, she gives Kyoko an in-vitro rose. In Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, the in-vitro rose is one of Kyoko's favorite presents.