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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
Once a former police officer, he sustained gunshot injuries to his legs which restricted him to a motorized wheelchair. It is the events after his ordeal that drove him down the path of solving crimes. Gekka Ryuzōji is now 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
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 take 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, which causes Tadashi to get the hint. With that in mind, Tokichiro encourages Tadashi to try not to lose. Tadashi accepts playing 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.

In actuality, Mikado Shinsen was the Chairman of the Victims Catharsis Committee, thus making him the mastermind behind the Duel Noir. He's also the co-founder of the Detective Library and one of the Library's four Triple Zeroes detectives. His title was The Variationist, someone who was a master of disguise.

Appearance
As Mikado is a master of disguise, his true appearance is unknown. 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. 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.

Throughout the Duel Noir, he remains skeptical and levelheaded, as well as being willing to point the finger to accuse someone else of being the culprit, such as accusing Meruko on the basis she was left to her on devices. He also has no qualms with offering assistance to the Victim of the Duel Noir if he needed, but has no attachment to them and follows the Committee's philosophy of cutting ties with those who lose given how leaves the hotel prior to the end of the Duel Noir without care for Sae (the culprit of the Norman's Hotel case) safety.

Mikado is a highly intelligent man and more than capable detective, something proven with him being of one of the four top ranked detectives in the Detective Library. His ability in orchestrating for years killing games without anyone of the general public being aware of them or who was organizing them, leads credence to him having exceptional leadership skills and competence in running a shadowy organization. His ability to garner so many allies proves that he quite the high deal of charisma and persuasion as well. He has a strong sense of justice, and became a detective as a result of it, even if initially it seemed as if his skills was merely lackluster.

He despises unfairness, something best shown with how the Duel Noir is meant to give both Victim and Detective an equal chance to win as possible. Given that he is hosting a killing game, it can be said that he is not above having people be harmed, framed or even murdered in the event, be it the target or an innocent. Outside of such circumstances, he is content to be affable and is even willing to show kindness to opposition, such as wiping away blood from the wound of Yui's ear. He also appears to carry a rather eccentric attitude given that his reason for joining the Norman's Hotel Duel Noir was his way of welcoming the New Year.

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. As a result of this ability, Mikado has taken to showing up to various sites of tragedy to witness such events. Befitting a master of disguise, Mikado is skilled in deception and capable of fooling even those with high skills in observation, such as Kyoko Kirigiri when he posed as her maternal grandfather, Tohachiro Uzuchi, and acting as him for a long period of time without her notice until only after meeting Mikado at the Duel Noir.

Prior Life
Mikado was born in some pocket of Japan in winter as the third son to his family. At ten years old, he became a detective, though it was noted that his skills weren't really anything special, but his sheer desire to pursue justice in the world kept him going. When he was working with a group of similar young detectives, he ended up meeting Fuhio Kirigiri and became partners with him. As they grew older, eventually both would create the Detective Library, a neutral organization meant to get the public towards the detective of their choosing without having any bias behind it. When it came to the Detective Library's DSC system, Fuhito would disapprove of such a system, and refuse to register himself in the Library. During this time, Mikado has worked his way into becoming one of the Library's Triple Zeroes, however later on would scrub his name and existence from the history of the Library. When it came to his affiliation with Fuhito, while Fuhito had originally considered him to be the heir to the Kirigiri name since there was no heir at the time. Unfortunately, once Kyoko was born, the title of heir was passed to her. Mikado, displeased at such a thing, broke off his partnership with Fuhito and disappeared.

During this period, he created the Victims Catharsis Committee, an organization that revolved around giving those victimized by crime a chance to take back their lives in a Duel Noir, which involves killing the person responsible for their suffering and trying to outwit the detective that will be assigned to stop them. He recruited other Triple Zero detectives, Gekka Ryuzoji (who shared his philosophy) and Johnny Arp (who didn't share such philosophy, but joined for excitement), for their intelligence in creating tricks and for assassination purposes respectively. Beyond those two, his influence gathered him numerous of backers that help fund such events in exchange for being allowed to view them, as well workers in various parts of organizations (such as the police) allowing them to go about their business unopposed or able to scout potential people to take up Duel Noirs.

The year Kyoko was to return to Japan to attend junior high school, Mikado killed her maternal grandfather and posed as him, filling her grandfather's house with his personnel to act as maids as well. He buried her grandfather on the property without Kyoko being unaware of the switch.

Norman's Hotel Case
Prior to the Norman's Hotel Duel Noir, he continued his disguise of being Kyoko's maternal grandfather well into Christmas, with him attacking Yui by knocking her to the ground and even groping her to ensure she was female and not a male. When Yui apologized and explained the situation regarding Kyoko being late, he brushed it off and allowed Kyoko to go to the Duel Noir on the basis that she was a detective of the Kirigiri clan, and that her work was more important then even the deaths of family members. Once that was cleared up, he offered to call a taxi for Yui, but she denied, thus leaving Mikado to head back inside the house.

When the time came, Mikado traveled over to the Norman's Hotel in his businessman disguise where he introduces himself as someone who visited the hotel, not due to an invitation, but rather because he sensed that people will soon to be murdered there. Once his introduction was finished, he addressed Sae Yozuru and got her to introduce herself. Until the auction could start at 6PM, Mikado spent the time reading a book. During the proceedings when the cast met Norman, he was skeptical of receiving so much money upfront and was one the few that could remain calm despite learning their life would be in danger and after Taehime Uozumi's brutal demise.

For the first auction, Mikado was pressured into opting not to bed after witnessing Suisei's display of his empty bag. With the Detective's Right belonging to Suisei for the day, Mikado followed him alongside the others to their hotel rooms. After the rooms were distributed, he stayed in his room until being left by Suisei after the murder of Akio. Once free and learning of the events that lead to the body's discovery, he accused Meruko of being the culprit since she was left alone in the hallway. However, with Yuzen and Sae speaking on Meruko's defense, Mikado relents and apologizes. For the second auction, Mikado opts to bid, having not been swayed by Seiunsai's plead of them boycotting the auction.

However, he fails and the Detective's Right is won by Yuzen, who makes no qualms that he will only save himself. That night, Mikado remained in his room with Seiunsai becoming the next victim of the culprit. During the third day, Suisei questioned everyone if they had done any serious crimes with Mikado denying such a thing with such conviction that the detectives present do no suspect him of any wrongdoing. During that time, however, Sae reveals she had done marriage scams, with her latest having the death of her fourth husband, thus making her a potential target. For the third auction, Mikado opts not to bid and the Detective's Right is won by Yui after she and Kyoko managed to outwit Yuzen for it. With Yui caring about her fellow participants, she immediately goes to free the others before the culprit could do anything, meaning no deaths for the third day.

On the fourth day, Mikado aligns himself with Sae, claiming that since she was a criminal she'd likely be targeted and he would rather try to save someone's life. In doing so, he relinquishes his funds to her. The fourth auction is between Sae's faction of herself, Suisei and Mikado versus Yui, Kyoko, Meruko and Yuzen. In the end, the opposing faction gained the Detective's Right for Meruko, but at the cost of all their funds, whilst Sae still had all of hers. Sae claimed that she couldn't part with her money, but in reality, due to her being the culprit, it would conflict with her getting the Detective's Right, thus forcing her to being unable to get it for herself.

On the fifth and last day, Mikado stood next to Sae, who bid nothing, but felt reassured that the other side had nothing left to bid. Unfortunately for her, Kyoko had used one million yen she had gotten Taehime's corpse before it could be destroyed. Thus, Kyoko gained the Detective's Right, which would effectively block Sae from killing Meruko and ruin her chances of winning the Duel Noir. After her defeat, Mikado joined the others (sans Sae) in staying the night in Kyoko's room, where he slept in the corner in order to wait for the Duel Noir's time limit to run out given that the culprit has not admitted defeat. The next day, Mikado had left the hotel prior to the others due to his standing as the Chairman of the Victim's Catharsis Committee. The correct decision given that Suisei had begun to murder the remaining survivors, with only Kyoko and Yui being left alive.

Outside, he met with Johnny Arp and Gekka Ryuzoji and all three stood outside to wait for the Duel Noir to officially be closed and the door's to open. Both Yui and Kyoko ran past them as they were trying to escape from Suisei. When Suisei came out, the detective was stunned to find all three Triple Zeroes to await him. Mikado then received a gun from Johnny Arp, walked up to Suisei, and calmly placed it into his hand. Suisei understood the implications of what Mikado desired and so shot himself. Mikado then set his sights towards the pair of student detectives.

He notices that Yui's ear was grazed by Suisei's bullet and kindly wipes away the blood with a white handkerchief,. When she fearfully asks why Mikado had participated in the Duel Noir, he covers her face with the handkerchief and remarks that it was his way of celebrating the New Year's. When Yui was able to see again, the Norman's Hotel and its surroundings began to gradually disappear due to the modifications made to get it out of sight once the Duel Noir was over. Once all that was left was a barren wasteland surrounded by an iron fence, Mikado and the others head off. As he walked off, Mikado took off his mask and complimented Kyoko for her intelligence and expected nothing else from a girl of the Kirigiri clan. His final words to them is that when he will meet them again, he'll be wearing a different face.

Volume 5
When Fuhito Kirigiri returns to Japan, Mikado disguises himself as a taxi driver and picks him up at the airport. However, Fuhito sees through such a disguise, though Mikado expected such a thing to happen. Fuhito pointed out how Mikado lost his honor and innocence while he was away, but Mikado shoots back jokingly that Fuhito had gotten older. From there, Mikado explains that he gotten to Fuhito in order to celebrate his return. This celebration revolving around a friendly competition to see who can solve a locked room murder, that wasn't caused by the Victims Catharsis Committee, first. Seeing this a warm-up, Fuhito agrees to call a truce with Mikado and allows both to drive off to the murder scene.

Master of Disguise
As the Variationist, Mikado is capable of disguising himself with the use of various masks and is excellent enough in his deception that no one would be any wiser to his status as a member of the Victims Catharsis Committee or even be aware that he had replaced a loved one, such is the case with his replacing of Kyoko's maternal grandfather.

Triple Zero Detective
Mikado was one of the Detective Library's Triple Zero detectives, meaning that he is qualified to handle a case of just about any category, and is notably only one of four to ever achieve this during the fifteen year period the Library was established, proving his immense talent as a detective.

Fuhito Kirigiri
Being former partners, it can be said that Mikado once was close friends with Fuhito and respected him. This is supported given that Fuhito was heavily considering making Mikado become the new heir to the Kirigiri name after Jin defected and there was no one else to replace him, greatly implying that Fuhito did see him as having the qualifications to carry on their lineage. However, ultimately, Fuhito decision to make Kyoko the new heir once she was born caused them to break apart, with a displeased Mikado soon enough disappearing from public eye.

Victims Catharsis Committee:

Gekka Ryuzoji
Ryuzoji is one of the executives in Mikado's Victims Catharsis Committee and fellow Triple Zero detective. Ryuzoji aligned himself with Mikado because he believed in his philosophy of granting 'catharsis' to people who have been hurt by crime and even told Yui he wouldn't have joined Mikado if he had felt he was just some terrorist. Ryuzoji worked on developing new tricks for the Duel Noir and noted himself to be quite vital in setting things up for the Duel Noir.

Johnny Arp
Johnny is one of the executives in Mikado's Victims Catharsis Committee and fellow Triple Zero detective. However, unlike Ryuzoji, he finds the Committee's philosophy similar to that of a cult and joined just because of wanting to find some excitement in it. Despite being a high ranked member of the organization, Mikado has no issue with ordering for a Duel Noir to try and kill Johnny due to his antics creating issues during his own challenge against Yui and Kyoko.

Tokichiro Endo
Tokichiro is a member of the Victims Catharsis Committee and one that scouts out potential challengers for the Duel Noir. Tokichiro greatly believes in the Committee's philosophy regarding 'Catharsis' and is loyal to Mikado's cause.

Norman's Hotel Participants:

Kyoko Kirigiri & Yui Samidare
With their goal being to stop the Victims Catharsis Committee from continuing the Duel Noir, both Mikado and the girls are opposed to each other. However, on Mikado's end, he shows no animosity towards either once they figure out his true identity as Chairman, even protecting them from a murderous Suisei by having the Double Zero detective kill himself and wiping away blood from Yui's ear. He also compliments Kyoko's intellect and skill as a member of the Kirigiri family. Mikado, however, is not above murdering Kyoko's loved ones and even work against them by assisting Sae in her attempts to complete her Duel Noir.

Sae Yozuru
During his time in Norman's Hotel, Mikado treated Sae amicably, being the one to wake her up when it came time to introductions and was even willing to work with her in order for her attempt to become victorious in the Duel Noir, though hid it under the guise of believing Sae would get targeted by the killer instead. Being the Chairman of the Victims Catharsis Committee he would have known her true role of the culprit of the case, meaning he has no qualms with assisting a challenger like her if need be. That said, their relationship seemed to be merely formal, since once she lost, he secretly left the hotel without any regards for her safety afterword.

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 volumes of Danganronpa Kirigiri, and also personally observes his creation in the second volume.