Satsuki and Haruhiko

Name is Satsuki Iranami

Appearance: Satsuki is a teenage girl with fair skin, golden yellow eyes, and short cobalt blue hair which is cut above the nape of her neck. She does not possess front bangs and instead has two bangs loosely hanging from each side of her head.

Satsuki wears a clown's outfit consisting of a one-piece symmetrical costume, colored sky blue on the right side and cotton candy pink on the left side, with white ruffled collar and golden yellow buttons, white gloves, and a matching jester hat with white polka dot patterns, golden yellow trim, and a golden crescent moon and star dangling from each side. She also wears a detachable red clown nose and white Aladdin's sandals with dark blue soles.

It was stated that Satsuki does not actually wear anything underneath these clothes.

Personality: A performer at heart, Satsuki is one of the most carefree and joyful students of the class. Perhaps due to her carefree nature, Satsuki is an oblivious person, and doesn't easily catch onto peoples hints or cues. This causes her classmates to get annoyed by her, which in turn, causes her to believe they dislike her, a thought that greatly upsets Satsuki. Even in these moments however, she acts in a lighthearted manner, and tries to lighten the mood whenever possible.

Despite her carefree nature, she feels conscious about her abilities as a performer, and believes she is the worst performer of her family. Satsuki says her parents have 'sub-zero' interest in her due to her abilities. These actions have caused Satsuki to practise as much as possible at Hope's Peak, even if her performances can often be dangerous to herself and others. One of her biggest goals before attending the school, was to become a 'super skilled performer'.

Throughout her childhood, Satsuki was raised by her older brother, Keisuke. He taught Satsuki how to be brave, and to always keep a cheerful personality despite anything that happened to her. These actions caused them to develop a close relationship,

Satsuki speaks in an unpredictable and difficult to understand manner, which often confuses her classmates. She often refers to herself in third person.

Background: The youngest of a world-famous circus family, Satsuki was born into a large family of eleven older brothers, and nine older sisters. Satsuki's parents are believers of absolute meritocracy, and so, when creating their circus, rewarded each siblings based on the audiences perception of them. This action caused rivalries between all of Satsuki's siblings. Deemed the worst of the family, her parents neglected her, and gave up on Satsuki from a young age.

After this started, Satsuki's seventh older brother started to take care of her, teaching her the abilities she now knows, and raising her in place of their parents.

Unlike most other students, Satsuki was sent to Hope's Peak Academy by her parents, and attended the school under the 79th class. Sometime during her school years, she started dating Haruhiko.

Talent and Abilities: Clown The youngest of a circus family, Satsuki possesses all sorts of acrobatic abilities. Although she believes she only shines when onstage with her siblings, Satsuki is still an entertaining performer. She is able to juggle plates, perform somersaults, run faster than the average person, and more. and As a clown, Satsuki believes acting is a must-have skill. From facial expressions to body language, she wishes to catch her audiences by surprise. Satsuki started performing at a young age, and was taught most of what she knows by her older brother, Keisuke Iranami.

In contrast to her siblings, Satsuki believes her own abilities are lacking, and so constantly practises her acts. Choosing to attend Hope's Peak Academy to impress her siblings, she focuses on her talent every day, even during the events of the killing game. Satsuki often gets injured during her practises.

Background Sheet: Iranami Satsuki Our odd, cheerful fool Iranami. The character motif is “mood-maker”. She is a character that showed a great spirit of sacrifice in chapter 4... I think that the surviving students only survived till the end because of Iranami’s actions. She is a character who greatly impacts other characters. She is a character who shares fierce love(?) with Kobashikawa, but actually, the love story between them was not planned. While making chapters 2 and 3, I realized that these two together looked very cute, and while they were both planned to sacrifice themself originally, I added that they were past couples. Looking now, I feel like that was a great choice. To reveal a secret, the original plan had Kobashikawa and Iranami’s positions switched. Kobashikawa was supposed to kill Iranami and get executed for that sacrifice. Both of them show a great spirit of sacrifice so it didn’t matter if I went with the original plan but the reason I switched... It was because Kobashikawa’s planned execution was too hard to make in-game(...) I’ll talk about this part in Kobashikawa’s character background sheet. Anyways, without her, the overall tone would have been very dark, and the final survivors would not have had any hope. The quote “hope is not found, but made” that is emphasized throughout the game was her quote, after all.

Initial Design & Others Iranami’s original design. There is not much difference in appearance, but in the initial setting, she was supposed to be a silent, cool-type character. However, there was already a silent type character like Kurokawa, and I needed more bright, talkative characters so she was changed into the oddball we see today. To be honest, the truth behind Iranami’s creation is while making the character pixel arts, I got lazy(...) and just decided to alter the default clown character that was already there. Iranami was created by me thinking, “Oh, is that a clown? I’m too lazy to make new character pixel art so let’s just edit this one. -> I finished the pixel art, now let's think up a character that fits the art.” Well, even if she had a different talent she probably would have had the same appearance, but at least she probably wouldn’t be in that ridiculous clown outfit. But, with the beauty sealer (!) clown outfit, she feels like a more playful character so I am very satisfied with this outcome.

Iranami Keisuke Iranami Satsuki’s seventh older brother This is Keisuke, Iranami’s seventh brother who was mentioned in Iranami’s free-time events. Iranami has a LOT of family members, which include 20 siblings who are all older than her, her parents, and her grandparents... A family of 25 including Iranami herself(...) As said in her free-time events, her family runs a circus where they get paid based on their skills and must fight each other for their parent’s love. Keisuke was the most skilled of her brothers, and not only was he skilled, but he also had a good heart so he took care of Satsuki when everyone else abandoned her. Keisuke was the one who told Satsuki to “always live happily” too. By the way, although there are a lot of siblings, their age difference is not that big. Most of them are twins or triplets and Iranami’s mother is like a child-birthing machine(...) The reason why they had so many children is because one, they are a family circus but two, they wanted to choose the most talented to pass on their family heritage. This family is also another one in which you don’t want to be born into. Keisuke is around his early/mid-20s. After Satsuki had been chosen to go to Hope’s Peak, he supported Satsuki to the fullest such as giving her tickets to go to the movies with her boyfriend, Kobashikawa (chapter 0). This could be seen as a sister complex(...) Of course, due to the biggest, most awful event in human history, Keisuke would be... I wouldn’t want to think about it.

Report Card: |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Gender] - Female | [Height] - 158 cm | [Weight] - 45 kg | [Birth Date] - March 7 | [Chest Size] - 79 cm | [Blood Type] - AB | [Likes] - Seventh brother, Noisy atmosphere | [Dislikes] - Gloomy atmospheres | [Undergarments] - There is simply a colored outline, implying she doesn't wear any underwear. | | Ultimate Clown |There are 11 older brothers and 9 older sisters in her family. She trains hard to develop her acrobatic skills and surpass her siblings. | | Thanks to her great acting skills... i was fooled! Since childhood, she was raised by her seventh older brother. The other siblings constantly competed with each other and ignored Satsuki. No one but her brother took care of her. Even her parents... | | When she entered the Hope`s Peak Academy, her family almost kicked her out. Only the seventh elder brother stood up for her, but in the end she left by her own decision. On the advice of her seventh brother, she lives a brave life and always remains bright. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Name is Haruhiko Kobashikawa

Appearance: Haruhiko is a tall teenager with dirty blonde hair, hidden by a brown cap with an attached pair of black goggles near the front of the hat. When this hat is removed, it’s shown that his hair is tidy and kept for, though having one area where it sticks out.

He's shown to wear a long-sleeved white shirt, which transitions into a brownish pink colour, though it's unknown if this is dirt or not, with a blue gem necklace worn over it. Over the shirt he wears a sleeveless dark brown jacket with two chest pockets. He wears a pair of dark grey trousers and plain brown shoes.

Personality: Haruhiko is one of the most carefree, laid-back, and cheerful of his class, constantly able to boost his classmates moods during the killing game. Alike his girlfriend Satsuki, and his friend Kiyoka, Haruhiko maintains a generally optimistic outlook throughout the killing game. After the first motive is presented to the group, he is seen playing with his friends, rather than giving in to the stress. As the killing game progresses, Haruhiko's optimism began to waver, although he tried to stay strong nonetheless.

Throughout his freetime events with Yuki Maeda, and during the events of the killing game, Haruhiko is shown to have an extremely perverted nature. After hearing his female classmates would be going to the bathhouse, he can convince Yuki to watch them bathe, further evidencing his perversion. As a result of this, his classmates often get upset with him. In the past, Haruhiko was broken up with due to his obsession with girls.

Underneath his carefree and perverted nature, is genuine care for his classmates. When the rest of his classmates decide to sign themselves up for a murder plan after they begin to experience starvation, Haruhiko is the only one who protests their plan, and even begs Tsurugi for help. He also joined the rest of his class in comforting Kizuna, and tried to help Akane after he found her cutting herself.

Talent and Abilities: Pilot Sometime before joining Hope's Peak Academy, Haruhiko was involved in a passenger plane test flight at Narita Airport, which caused him to become a trending subject for sometime. Haruhiko started working towards his talent at the young age of five, when he flew a light aircraft. Ever since then, he has become an expert in operating all sorts of aircrafts, like airliners, helicopters, and space probes. A few days before he was admitted to Hope's Peak, Haruhiko was invited to fly a plane with real passengers, though it is unknown if he took up this offer.

Before being admitted to Hope's Peak, Haruhiko primarily worked on secret test flights, cargo transports, and acrobatics. Though he never received any formal training, Haruhiko was able to fly planes based on his senses.

Background Sheet: Kobashikawa Haruhiko If I quote the description from Enha (a Korean wiki)... The Ultimate Romanist! Kobashikawa. The character motive is “a guy you would want as a friend”. Kobashikawa is a character that is the same as his initial design. Being Iranami’s official couple was later, but he was designed to be the passionate dumb pervert character from the start. I originally thought of making him die more quickly, but he was just really fun to move around. XD In chapters 5 and 6 where both Kobashikawa and Iranami died, only Ootori was left as that type of character so it was a little hard for me... Some people who first played that game stated that his name is too hard, maybe it’s because it is the longest out of the16 students? If you get used to it, I think it actually sticks in your mind longer because it is a unique name. Kobashikawa and Iranami should be treated as a set, they were together in-game and have great chemistry. That is why if they died, they had to in the same chapter and if they survived, they both had to be survivors. Someone asked how Kobashikawa and Iranami first came to date, I’ll talk about that in the others section below. Kobashikawa is a great person... Like the character motive says, he would be a really fun friend to have around whether you are a girl or a boy. As a boyfriend... I don’t know? :D I can’t tell since I’m a male(...) Also, he is the one that leads the special events (Man’s fantasy, the Gambler’s accessory), but that was not intended. I guess that’s proof of how I loved moving Kobashikawa, since they’re both small daily life events. Anyways, I think Kobashikawa and Iranami are both really fun and a tragic couple...

Initial Design & Others To the right is Kobashikawa’s initial design, but there’s nothing really different than the current one. I feel like I am saying that for every single character(...) Seeing now, there is a weird tattoo on his left cheek, but like with Uehara, having a mark on your face is impactful but looked a little messy, so I got rid of it. The outfit... is similar sans for a few design changes. In the initial design, there was a necktie rather than a necklace! I don’t really know how I first designed Kobashikawa. I decided on the talent of pilot and started drawing, but I think I got the clothing design from MapleStory(...) Like... there is a cash item that looks like Kobashikawa’s clothes. In Comic - MapleStory (I miss that!) there was a thief character named... Aruru? that has similar clothes. Well, the design itself was similar to a pilot so I am content. You would say “what is this!” to the picture on the left, but it is the “picture of him and Iranami kissing” that Kobashikawa found in chapter 4. There are more pictures besides that one, but they are all pictures that would make you think “Ah, go get a room, you two”. He first freaked out when he found these photos, but the memories of school life flashed in his head for a second. His feelings overcame him. During his school life... Really, only their memories disappeared and their personalities were the same (except for a few) so you could probably imagine it. Like now, Kobashikawa and Iranami were going around doing stupid like, and since they had great chemistry and stuck together a lot, they slowly realized their feelings. Kobashikawa confessed first. Well, the general mood in the air was that Iranami was fine with it any time, but he got shy about it and confessed very late(...) When Kobashikawa first realized he liked Iranami, he was actually very conflicted about it. Iranami did have a pretty face, but her first impression was a weird clown and had a very odd personality... But in the end, Kobashikawa decided to be true with his feelings, and they became a couple. It was both of their first times so both of them were kinda awkward about it, but Iranami seriously thought about marriage as well (!) You can see a bit of that in chapter 0... Even if they both died together, I hope they are both happy in death.

Report Card: |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Gender] - Male | [Height] - 182 cm | [Weight] - 76 kg | [Birth Date] - June 23 | [Chest Size] - 82 cm | [Blood Type] - 0 | [Likes] - Military, Women | [Dislikes] - Studying, Unmanly deeds | | Ultimate Pilot |He has a very strange habit of praising girls. He had only met the girl once. But a day later he was abandoned... I feel so sorry for him. | | He doesn't just praise girls, he loves them with all his heart. Perhaps he is trying to overcome stress in his own way by talking about girls in difficult situations. | | Deep down, he feels extremely guilty about Maki's death, but when I told him that Maki didn't blame him, he smiled brightly. Although he is somewhat fixated on girls, he is still a good guy who knows how to think about his friends. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Both from the game "Danganronpa Another~ Another Despair Academy~"