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Gekka Ryuzōji is one of the minor characters mentioned in Danganronpa Kirigiri vol. 1 and temporarily appearing in Danganronpa Kirigiri vol. 2, however, Gekka becomes a main character in Danganronpa Kirigiri vol. 3.

Gekka is also a member of the "Victims Catharsis Committee".

History
Gekka Ryuzōji is a detective who reached the ranks of 000, the highest DSC card rank one can get. According to Yui Samidare, he has the title of being the 'Armchair Detective', being famous for solving cases without even having to go to the crime scene, though Kyoko Kirigiri just sees it as laziness. Yui says that from his picture he is extremely handsome and he is about 42 years of age.

Johnny Arp is one of the minor characters mentioned in Danganronpa Kirigiri.

History
Johnny Arp is an American detective, who has reached the ranks of 000, the highest DSC card rank one can get. He is known as the only detective allowed to carry a gun in Japan, and his position is 'Executive Judge'. Kyoko Kirigiri says that she learned marksmanship from him when she visited the US. Yui Samidare says that he looks like, and that she wants Kyoko to introduce her to him, while Kyoko states that she hopes her English is good

Danganronpa Kirigiri - List of Detectives
Taehime Uozumi (魚住 絶姫) is a character featured in Danganronpa Kirigiri.

Tokichiro Endo (円堂 藤吉郎) is a character featured in Danganronpa Kirigiri.

Tokichiro is a mysterious old man whose name is only revealed once he introduces himself. His business card states that he works for the "Victims Catharsis Committee".

Appearance
Tokichiro is a pale old man with white sideburns and a short beard. He wears a black jacket over a white dress shirt with a black necktie and black dress pants. He also wears a black fedora hat with a wide rim that shades his eyes and walks using his black cane.

Personality
As a member of the Victims Catharsis Committee, Tokichiro is a very professional man who holds great manipulation skills to sway potential challengers to face off in a Duel Noir, despite his shady appearance. He is polite and cool-headed when facing the hot-headed Tadashi and has a fair play mentality when it comes to the idea of delivering 'Catharsis' and the potential benefits/consequences of agreeing to the terms of the Duel Noir. He is impressed and takes same personal enjoyment by those who has determination to go through with a such a high risk game.

As a member of the Victims Catharsis Committee, he agrees with their philosophy in allowing victims of crime to get a chance to take back their way. However, if someone were to fall short of this, he merely believes that just weren't prepared enough to gain 'Catharsis'.

Danganronpa Kirigiri Volume 1
Tokichiro Endo first appeared at the hospital where Tadashi Asakura was at in order for the latter to receive medication. He notes that Tadashi isn't getting paid nearly enough for what had happened to him, causing Tadashi to become suspicious and nearly walk away, believing he was apart of some religious sect. Tokichiro piques Tadashi's interest by asking if he wants vengeance and to take back his own life which had been ruined by the arsonist of five years ago. He hands over the card for the Committee and tells Tadashi that if he was interested he'll have to come to the park outside.

When Tadashi's arrives to hear Tokichiro out, the old man says he'll reveal the true culprit's identity on one condition: Tadashi has to kill him the culprit himself. After Tadashi accepts he explains the Committee's meaning of 'Catharsis' which needs three things. First, Determination to kill (Which Tadashi has). Second, Money (which Tadashi didn't have but in that case they'll fund him to get it). Third, and finally, Techniques since killing someone requires a technical touch, though these Techniques have to be purchased. Tadashi thinks that they really are just scammers since they demand money for their Techniques but Tokichiro explains that the cost is covered by the 'sponsorship' which is funded by the wealthy who seek to gain entertainment from watching someone back their own life. Or to put it simply, using Tadashi's revenge as a means of a game.

He then details the means of getting true Catharsis. While Tadashi could bludgeon the true culprit to death with a bat, it would be revenge but not Catharsis. He explains that Tadashi will have to buy the Techniques which are comprised of different 'cards' that range from murder weapons or suitable locations to kill. After a suitable 'deck' is built, the cost will determine the Detective summoned for the game. Tokichiro also inform him the Detective will learn of his tricks and he isn't allowed to kill the Detective for 168 hours. While Tadashi considers this unfair, Tokichiro explains this is just for game balance.

From there Tokichiro tries to dissuade Tadashi form thinking about losing, but does inform them that if he does the Committee will cut ties with him and want the money back. Since Tadashi can't pay them back normally, they have insurance policies placed in his name in case he dies. With that in mind, Tokichiro encourages Tadashi to try not to lose. Tadashi accepts playing the game, The Duel Noir, since he wants to find out the truth of the arson and its true culprit. Tokichiro laughs and tells him he likes that look in his eyes, before informing him the detective win rate is over 28%, meaning most who choose to go through with a Duel Noir usually succeed. Tokichiro informs him to come back to the park again at 10 AM as a way to let Tadashi think about the Duel Noir before fully accepting it. He also warns him to never tell this to anyone or else the Committee won't appear before Tadashi again.

With the Duel Noir at the Sirius Observatory, it's evident that Tadashi accepted the challenge.

Danganronpa Kirigiri Volume 6
Tōkichirō’s business card is seen in an image at the end of volume six, within a black envolope addressed to Yui Samidare.

Victims Catharsis Committee
Tokichiro is immensely loyal to the Committee and it's ideals to the point he dutifully scouts out potential challengers for their Duel Noir. It's to the point that if someone scouted were to fail in the Duel Noir he blames it on them as their 'Catharsis' is perfect in his eyes.

Tadashi Asakura
Tokichiro scouted Tadashi to be the challenger in a Duel Noir and seemed to be impressed by the determination he held in going through with it, encouraging him further by mentioning the win rates. However, this seems to be merely professional as he (alongside the rest of the Committee) cut ties as soon as Tadashi loses. Likewise, Tadashi only uses him to get his revenge and has no qualms in giving out any information to see Tokichiro and the Committee stopped.

Trivia

 * "Endo" (円堂) means "round hall".
 * "His given name, "Tokichiro" (藤吉郎), is composed of the characters 藤 - "", 吉 - "good luck" and 郎 - "son". Its meaning altogether could be translated as "Fortunate Son of the Wisteria".
 * The demonic figure seen behind Tokichiro in the photo above could be Tadashi Asakura as a way to hide his appearance before the reveal on who he was.

Danganronpa Kirigiri-Volume Two/Duel Noir Participants
Mikado Shinsen (新仙 帝) is a character featured in Danganronpa Kirigiri.

Mikado is a man with a mysterious air about him, who has claimed his ability to sense impending death has brought him to Norman's Hotel, where the second Duel Noir would then take place - getting him involved in it without ever having received an invitation. He presents himself as a business employee.

Mikado's true identity is revealed throughout the course of the novel. Mikado Shinsen is actually the chairman of the "Victims Catharsis Committee", standing behind the Duel Noirs, and a rogue master detective on par with Fuhito Kirigiri in terms of skill (and so, in theory, could be regarded as a rank 000 detective).

Appearance
As Mikado is a master of disguise, his true appearance is unknow. However, in his main disguise, Mikado appears to be around the age of thirty. He is tall and lean, has short dark brown hair, neatly slicked upwards into a single pointed tip, as well as sideburns. He has a pale complexion, brown eyes, a small, thin nose and wrinkle marks on his forehead.

His outfit consists of a black suit worn over a white dress shirt with a grey necktie, alongside his mask.

Personality
Upon first meeting him, Yui Samidare comments about Mikado seeming to be the most sane of all people who have gathered at the hotel. He has a calm demeanor, as well as a polite speech tone which shows both naivety and intelligence. Despite being one of the older people in the group, he is actually quite naïve and curious. From the wrinkle marks on his forehead Yui deduces that he could be hiding several secrets - an assumption which is later on revealed to be true.

Mikado has the ability to sense impending death, as well as deaths that have previously occurred, similar to Kyoko Kirigiri. However, unlike Kyoko who describes this form of intuition as something similar to hearing, Mikado claims to sense death through sight.

Trivia

 * "Shinsen" (新仙) means "new hermit" or "new wizard" - referring to how he is a master detective like Fuhito Kirigiri and the other founders of the Detective's Library, yet does not look as old as all of them are implied to be.
 * The name "Mikado" (帝) means "emperor". It is used specifically to refer to the Japanese emperor and is also used in a similar manner to the phrase "The Lord". Both of these meanings could be meant to hint at how Mikado Shinsen is actually the mastermind behind the Duel Noirs, which are the central events in the first two volumes of Danganronpa Kirigiri, and also personally observes his creation in the second volume.

Norman (ノーマン, Nōman) is an antagonist featured in the second novel of Danganronpa Kirigiri.

Suisei Nanamura (七村 彗星) is a character featured in Danganronpa Kirigiri and Danganronpa: Togami, serving as a major character in both. In the former, serves as a participant of the Norman's Hotel Murder Case, as well as the detective assigned to it. He is also known as The Fastest Passion "Allegro Agitato" (激情にして最速 "アレグロ・アジタート"). Suisei is an elite detective specializing in homicide, therefore bearing the relatively rare DSC rank of 900, making him one of the Detective Library's small number of Double Zeroes.

Initially, Suisei serves as an ally to Kyoko Kirigiri and Yui Samidare, collaborating with them in giving information relating to the Victim's Catharsis Committee. He allows them to accompany him to the Norman's Hotel Duel Noir where all three become participants in the event. However, during this time, Suisei switches sides in order to to let the culprit of the Duel Noir, Sae Yozuru, succeed in order to gain wealth. When the plan fails, Suisei tries to murder the remaining survivors of the hotel in order to get the funds used in it for himself. Before he can succeed, he is intercepted by the higher-ups of the Victim's Catharsis Committee and forced to kill himself.

Appearance
Suisei appears to be a man in his late twenties to mid-thirties. He has pink eyes and relatively long, grey hair with a tint of green which he styles in a very peculiar fashion. He wears a pink suit with a white dress shirt and a light orange necktie.

Personality
Just as Suisei's whole appearance strongly implies, he is a very dominant, flamboyant person, as shown when he jumps from a helicopter. He is very confident in his abilities as a detective, showing much enthusiasm to delve into the Duel Noir case he was invited to take part in. When it comes to facing against these culprits, he has an immense desire to take them down himself, even showing disapproval to Yui when she suggests to call the police (though by then, neither could as the Duel Noir had blocked their cell phone signal) and claims its an insult against the culprit. That being said, while he understands why the culprits take up the Duel Noir, he doesn't care and only sees the event as a challenge. He believes that one can't be a detective without request from a client, and lacking a semblance of principles makes a detective rather untrustworthy.

During the fancy dinner Suisei invites Yui Samidare and Kyoko Kirigiri to after offering them to join him on the upcoming Duel Noir, he makes quite a few playful remarks, giving Yui a very clear impression of what kind of a person he is. He is quite eccentric, doing things such as finishing eating before his dinner guests got their first plate and leaving them to pay the bill, throwing dishes and flatware over his shoulder for the waiters to catch, randomly having a trumpet seemingly out of nowhere which he uses to break an argument and then throws it over his shoulder to the waiters, and excusing himself by parachuting out of a high rise window. At one point, he randomly dropped a Santa hat on Kyoko’s head without her noticing. However, when Yui offered to make a deal with him, he stated that he has no interest in "solicitations from children".

Despite what his demeanor suggests, Suisei is very intelligent and clever. Through the Duel Noir, even without having a good sense of all the details, he quickly adapts to the situation and takes actions to get ahead of the Duel Noir, even if they're quite risky, such as bidding all his money in the first auction in order to guarantee he got the Detective's Right first, as well as deducing that even without it, since he was the chosen detective for the Duel Noir, he wouldn't get murdered regardless. As the case progresses, it becomes clear to Kyoko that he had gotten a solid grasp on the Duel Noir since the first auction, but had decided to use it for his own benefit, showing an opportunistic atittude.

Despite his flamboyant actions, Suisei is a very observant person, as he can sense the true natures of people just by looking at their clothing and states that knowing the value of what someone wears can help find a person's true nature. In addition, he has immense desire for money, believing it buys time and vice versa, thus allowing him to do what he wants quickly. Thus, he also has a stingy streak, ditching the girls so that they would pay for dinner. This trait takes a severely darker turn when he is even willing to let a homicide culprit get away with their crimes if there was a way he could get a pay cut out of it and he is even willing to commit mass homicide in order to get large monetary gain without any form of hesitation or regret. He believes that his actions are rational and that the world would be better off investing in people like him in order to advance society, heavily showcasing his vanity and self-centered nature. While shocked by the Committee's appearance, he somberly accepts his fate and follows through with committing suicide.

Prior Life
Suisei Nanamura is a thirty-seven year old detective that has achieved the rank of Double Zero in the Detective Library, something that out of thousands of detectives, only twenty has ever been able to achieved. During his career, he had been called to take part in about five previous Duel Noirs, having been called to these Duel Noir's due to his high rank. He was also involved in investigations into the Duel Noir, thus acquiring knowledge that they were being broadcasted to an audience of wealthy people who enjoy seeing such a thing, as well as knowing that more than a dozen detectives have wounded up missing when they investigated into the Committee. He also learned more about the Victim's Catharsis Committee and how they act as a regular non-profit organization, as well knowing that the Committee is run by only one Chairman, though doesn't know who. He does hypothesize that it could be the Triple Zero's who's file is missing in the Detective Library, someone who was also the founder of the Detective Library.

Norman's Hotel Case
Suisei was one of the seven Double Zeroes given a letter on asking if they could help Yui and Kyoko in their investigation into the Victim's Catharsis Committee. He appears, arriving in a helicopter and wishing Yui and Kyoko a "Merry Christmas". Yui assumes the appearance of Suisei, a very high ranking detective, has something to do with the Committee, to which he agrees. Suisei holds up a black letter and asks Kyoko and Yui to join him in the discussion of the letter.

He takes Kyoko and Yui to a very fancy restaurant, to discuss the Duel Noirs, though he messes around frequently during the discussion (ex. putting a Santa hat on Kyoko) and uses his deduction skills on how much Yui's clothes cost in order to get a good read on her life. During this discussion, he explains to the two girls about the information he gathered and why they would want to chase the Committee, but that question earns a brief argument between the two that he stops via trumpet noise. He remarks that after their little fight, between the two of them, they each make up half of what makes a good detective. He also notes that if the Chairman was a Triple Zero detective that it would be almost impossible to really catch them outside of state-level assistance. However, there would be a slight possibility of getting to the Committee if they could catch the culprit of the Duel Noir and have them admit to what they know, since they would need to get into contact with a representative of the Victim's Catharsis Committee. With Yui and Kyoko accepting his offer of joining him for the Duel Noir, he reminds them that since they weren't the detective for this letter, there was a high chance that they could die and that the culprit would be during their very best to win since it was also their life on the line as well. From there, he leaves the premises by jumping from a window with a parachute strapped to his back, as well as leaving the students to the bill which he didn't pay for.

The next day, he met with Kyoko and Yui and traveled to Norman's Hotel by taxi. Entering the hotel, he met the other seven participants of the Norman's Hotel and quickly learned that once they entered they couldn't leave nor could they get any calls out, in addition he also discovers the walls were concrete by breaking a table, meaning no escape from there either (something that earned him ire from the participants there). After introductions were complete, and the other participants were aware of crime notice (without knowledge of the Duel Noir or Victim's Catharsis Committee), Suisei suggested that they all just wait until the time the auction would start, which earned complaints from Yuzen Minase, but otherwise everyone did listen without something else to do.

When 6PM arrived, he led everyone to the now unlocked dining hall where they met Norman, who began explaining the rules of the auction. During this explanation, Suisei asks Norman if the rules will be changed or added midway during the auction, but was met with silence, confirming that Norman was only using prerecorded messages. Compared to some of the others, he kept a cool head when Norman revealed the murderous game of the auction and even sprung into action when Taehime was shot and burst into flames by Norman. He ordered the others to throw their jackets onto the fire to smother it, but only Yui and Kyoko followed through. By then it was too late and Taehime was already dead.

For the first auction, in order to guarantee he got the Detective's Right, he bid all of his money and flaunted his bag to discourage anyone else from bidding. As others began to bid, he was confronted by Yui, but refused to go into it since it would violate the rules. Aside from Yui, everyone else opted not to bid, thus making the right his for the day. With it secured, he lead the others back to their hotel rooms on 4F for the night and stayed in room 301, the closest to the stairwell. The plan was that after curfew, Suisei would open their room doors and let the remaining participants out before the culprit could kill one of them. He had managed to get Meruko and Yui out, but that's when they noticed a figure heading into room 312 (the empty room remaining thanks to Taehime's demise). Suisei and Yui give chase and enter the room, where they found no one. By now, Suisei already knew what the culprit was up to, but spent twenty minutes investigating the room before concluding there was nothing there to give culprit enough time to pull off their murder trick. Then he leaves the room, which briefly trapped Yui in there and went into Akio's room, which was right next to the empty one, and discovers his corpse, as well as finding the deceased's money. Seeing an opportunity, he hid the money before reporting the death of Akio to Yui, and after he escorted the two ladies to the living room at 3F of the hotel, he stole Akio's funds and hid them in his room. After that, he let everyone else out of their rooms, and gathered them to the 3F to discuss what had happened. From there, he waited for morning and spent that eating breakfast with the remaining male survivors.

During the second auction, with all his funds (aside from the now acquired funds from Akio) drained, he couldn't bid and thus was unable to participate, sharing the no bid spot with Kyoko Kirigiri. The auction was won by Yuzen, who revealed that he wouldn't bother protecting anyone. When Yui asked if he was close to discovering the culprit, Suisei gave a vague reply that the things will be revealed in time. That night, Suisei decided the remaining empty room with Kyoko, and during that night Seiunsai was murdered by the culprit.

The next day, Suisei questioned the remaining survivors, sans the detectives and Yuzen (who had left the group on his own after accusations of him being the culprit), on whether they had committed any serious crimes in the past. The only one that actually had anything was Sae Yozuru, who revealed her miscarriage scam business and he concluded that she might be the next target of the culprit. During the third auction, the Detective's Right was won by Yui and she managed to successfully get everyone out of their rooms that night, thus preventing a murder. Granted, Suisei did remarks that she took a bit long in releasing him, but notes she was also faster than he thought.

By now, he was already long aware that Sae had to be the culprit, but had no desire to defeat her with the opportunity to gain money on the line. When she came to him on the fourth day, she propositioned him: he gives her the funds from Akio to use for the next auction and that once they leave the Duel Noir (with her being the victor), she would pay him back tenfold. He agreed and joined her side, revealing their new little truce during the auction, much to the disgust of Yui and Kyoko (who had ifgured out the murder trick and that Sae was the culprit). When Yui accuses him of getting seduced by Sae, he reveals that he is homosexual and their deal, as well as rejecting Yuzen for not being his type when Yui tries to sway Suisei with him (much to Yuzen's annoyance, and strangely hurt). For the fourth auction, the side of Kyoko, Yui, Yuzen and Meruko won against the side of Sae, Mikado and Suisei, by bidding all of their combined funds to get the Detective's Right for Meruko (who was Sae's final target) and thus saving her for that day. However, Sae's side didn't bid, which would mean she would go virtually unopposed in getting the the Detective's Right for herself (though, in reality, she couldn't due to that conflicting with her status as the culprit).

However, during the final day, Kyoko had used the one million yen she had gotten from Taehime's corpse, thus acquiring the Detective's Right, thus putting the final stopping block onto Sae's plans. When Sae accuses him of betraying her (suggesting he paid off a schoolgirl in exchange for giving her one million) he retorts that he had done nothing of the sort and had not known Kyoko had the money. With Sae being virtually defeated, but unwilling to admit it, Suisei joined the survivors in staying in Kyoko's room (all aside from Sae) and waiting for the time for the Duel Noir to run out the next morning. However, Suisei wasn't content with letting nine hundred million yen escape his grasp so easily. The next day, he confronted Sae who was going to use such money to help pay back he the Victim's Catharsis Committee, and when she objected, he killed her in the empty room 312 with a hammer that was meant for the Duel Noir.

He steals her revolver in order to kill off the remaining people in the hotel to remove any witnesses, with him shooting Meruko in the dining hall and Yuzen in the head in the lobby. He pretended to be dead by laying next to Yuzen, and planned to kill Kyoko and Yui when they approached closer. However, they instead tried to head for the door, forcing him to get up and confront them. He explains that nobody would suspect him if there was no witnesses and it seems he'd be willing to let Kyoko live if she won't tell anyone, but to his disappointment Kyoko decides to be on Yui's side no matter what. He remarks that the world would be better by investing in people as quick as him, and that it has no use for 'slow' people. He wastes one bullet by firing into Yuzen's body and uses another bullet to graze Yui's ear, boasting the next time he won't miss. Before he can kill them, Meruko bursts into the room and commands his gun to 'bend'. He turns to shoot her, but it strangely stops working. When Meruko collapses he chucks the gun at her and it hits her unmoving body. Still, Meruko's actions distracts Suisei long enough for the entrance hall doors' opening time and the two female detectives to escape. He tries to chase after them, but is shocked to find himself facing with Triple Zeroes and leaders of the Victim's Catharsis Committee: Gekka Ryuzoji, Johnny Arp and, the Chairman, Mikado Shinsen. Wordlessly, Mikado hands Suisei a gun, with him getting the implication he was to take his own life. He mumbles that 'the fall' has already begun before committing suicide.

Danganronpa Togami
In Chapter 7 of Danganronpa: Togami, in a fabricated flashback Aloysius Pennyworth meet Suisei at the Touajou castle along with his assistant, Polaris P. Polanski. Suisei was hired by Mitsuzo Togami to investigate the murders happening on the island. Suisei reports to Aloysius that the Makabes ditched and fled back to the mainland and forced them to stay on the island.

Finishing a body check by Aloysius, Suisei gets the details of the current case he's about to start investigating.

Suisei is also mentioned in Chapter 11, by Kazuya Togami, recalling the events of the (unbeknownst to him at the time) false history, and that he was glad Suisei died.

Trivia

 * His first name, "Suisei" (彗星), means "a comet's trail"; somewhat matching the whole flamboyant air her has about him.
 * While his surname, "Nanamura" (七村) means "seven villages".
 * Suisei's nickname as "Allegro Agitato" in music refers to a tune that is merry and moves fast, much like Suisei.