Byakuya Togami, a student at Hope’s Peak Academy’s class of 78th and is a participant in The Killing School Life featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. His name”Ultimate Affluent Progeny.
Personality Byakuya Togami
Byakuya Togami is an unassuming and self-centered individual who is extremely shy. He has no interest in cooperating with others because of his self-centered sense of superiority and the belief that other people generally inferior to him. This belief in superiority and a black-and-white view of the world comes because of his childhood; Byakuya had to prove his worth by fighting his siblings to gain his place in the family as the heir-apparent while his siblings who failed in the battle were exiled from their families and financially cut off, being deemed “unfit for the name of Togami”. Since Byakuya had been brought up in high-stakes competition with “haves” and “have-nots” and believes that everyone should are focused on themselves, and is dismissive of emotional connections as unimportant and trivial according to the words of his father:
“You’re not about to claim she wouldn’t kill a close friend, are you? You still don’t get it, do you? The game we’re playing here isn’t so kind. Honeyed words like friendship don’t matter here. What matters is outwitting the opponent, defeating them… Not a person alive would sacrifice themselves for another. In the end, we’re all in it for ourselves.”
Because of his absence of emotional bonds with students, Byakuya was able to mentally distance himself from the terrors associated with The Killing School Life, and consequently proved to be one of the most skilled and knowledgeable investigators in the class due to his superior intelligence.
His intense competition led him to see this Killing School Life as simply an exercise, one which he sincerely hoped to win, just like it was his victory to become the leader of the Togami family, to the displeasure of other students. A prime example of this occurred following Chihiro Fujisaki’s death. Chihiro Fujisaki. In this instance, he placed Chihiro’s body in a frame in order to frame Toko Fukawa to “make things more interesting” while interpreting Chihiro’s body as dead. Chihiro as “an object”.
However, Byakuya’s detachment from emotion as well as her lack of compassion for the other members of his group caused it to be very challenging for him comprehend the reason why people act altruistically or out of pure emotion. It was evident in the circumstances surrounding Sakura Ogami’s passing, when it was difficult for him to comprehend why anyone would want to risk her life in order to save their loved ones, or the reason Aoi Asahina was willing to risk her and other lives of others to honor the memory of Sakura.
The detachment could cause him to focus on suspects in red herrings, and take them on because he couldn’t imagine an emotion-driven motive. Sakura’s story was an important turning point in Byakuya’s perspective on the Killing School Life, going from treating all other students as enemies in the game to focusing his efforts on finding and eliminating the Mastermind:
“Sakura and Hina were both willing to sacrifice their own lives to deny the reality of the game. Thanks to them, it would appear the others have cast aside their fear for this game. There’s no point in participating in a game which has lost that sense of excitement. Which is why I will no longer be participating in it. Now I have only one thing to look forward to. And that is to heap the harshest possible punishment onto the one who thinks they can control me!”
While maintaining his cold and dismissive attitude towards other people, Killing School Life did appear to change his perspective and made him more considerate and cooperative with other people but he still claims the fact that they’re his acquaintances. While initially being drawn to Despair after Junko informed him of the entire Togami family and the company being destroyed, he appeared especially affected by Makoto’s constant search for hope and an improved future for all although Makoto was able to deny it in his face.
He smiled a rare smile during Danganronpa the second Episode in which he was struck by Makoto during the last trial, declaring the fact that “hope keeps on going” and agreed that Makoto and him were working together toward the same goal, which was to end the battle of Despair against Hope. From that point he made use of his wealth and power to largely support Makoto in their common cause and in particular, helping help to save and restore those who were Remnants of Despair, as despite their terroristic acts, the victims who survived that Killing School Life were uniquely capable of relating to their experiences of being in the grip of Despair.
He also was instrumental in The Final Killing Game, coming to Makoto’s aid, and securing his life as well as bringing in his own troops to assist in the defense of the survivors. The kind and thoughtful actions, even at the risk of his reputation, which is his essential value — could be out of character for him prior to the incidents that took place in The Killing Game, but show the impact the events he’s experienced and the people he’s come across have been on his character.
The newfound appreciation for other people did not seem to be extending to Toko Fukawa However. Toko and her alter-ego Genocide Jack was able to develop an unnatural obsession and attraction to Byakuya soon after having met the man, and began to stalk him and call his name the name of her “Master”. The feelings she felt were not reciprocated and, in actual the actual fact Byakuya found herself disgusted with her especially her inability to bathed. Byakuya usually hid from his peers by slamming them, but this inclination in fact attracted Toko more, openly inviting him to insult her and make her feel inferior and seeing it as an “lover’s quarrel”, which caused him to be unable to shake her off.
His behavior towards Toko revealed his manipulative nature and he took advantage of the obsession of Toko in order to force her perform a menial task for him, and having zero regard for her, that he revealed his identity as Genocide Jack in front of Makoto and the other survivors almost when she confessed her secrets to him with confidence. Contrary to others, Genocide Jack’s perception of her was not a change following his involvement in the Killing School Life ended, however, he appeared to be more indifferent to her than aggressive.
Even after Toko assisted in rescuing Byakuya from the clutches of from The Warriors of Hope during the Demon Hunting game, when she informs Komaru she believes that “Master and I are rock solid. Even if we’re far apart, our feelings towards each other will never change” He responds to her lie by telling her “Yes you’re right. That’s what you said. Even if we’re not together but my feelings of resentment towards you will not change”. But, talking about the incident with Makoto He acknowledges that the two of them owe him a debt Toko and Komaru for saving his life.
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History Byakuya Togami
Early Life
Byakuya Togami will be the next heir to the global financial conglomerate known as The Togami family. The Togami family is known for its “peculiar inheritance system”, that is, their male leader doesn’t get married and instead, couples with women who are exceptional from all over the globe, to be able to have as many children as they can. In this way, Byakuya was the half-sibling of fifteen, each of whom could be heirs to the Togami family , and the fortune.
Byakuya and his family members were made to fight one another in order to be the next family head The battle was fought until Byakuya stood as the final standing. It was this was for the first time ever in the history of the Togami family that the eldest male taken the victory. The brothers who lost the fight were removed from the family, being considered “unfit for the name of Togami” and granted a normal life. Byakuya compares it to the death penalty, since being exiled is akin to dying.
After the battle was won, Byakuya became the chosen successor to The Togami family. In spite of the Togami Corporation’s vast size and power (being the case, as he explained to Makoto at the end of Chapter 2, part of the Council of Global Controllers, the secret council that rules the world in within the darkness), Togami aimed to increase the power of the Corporation to new levels.
He started managing business activities within the family and was able to access vast financial assets, putting his share in day trading — trading shares, stocks, and other assets. By doing this, he was able to accumulate a fortune of more than 4 billion dollars, in spite of his youthful age. In his family members, the most close individual who was close to Byakuya was the butler named Aloysius Pennyworth. He called Byakuya in the form of “Young Master”.
Byakuya was a student at Green Hills High School in the sixth grade and was then sought out by the Hope’s Peak Academy part of the Class 78th class as the ultimate Affluent Progeny.
Creation and Development
Byakuya was designed to make a cool and cool character from the beginning, however, because the character designer Rui Komatsuzaki was not comfortable in drawing bishounen/bishoujo characters, He ended as the character who received the most retakes. After having read the plot of the game, Rui imagined Byakuya as an anti-hero who was cold and sarcastic, “so I added some traits here and there, most relevantly my personal brand of high fashion, but still designing in a way he would be easily recognizable as an affluent heir”.
As per Kazutaka Kodaka Togami has been designed to be hot, sexy and fashionable, yet he was actually the chosen as the “butt-monkey” on the team that created the game. As an example when they were considering the possibility of a light novel featuring Togami as the main character, the discussion veered off into jokes such as “It’d be nice to have a story where the Togami Conglomerate goes bankrupt and Togami lives in poverty”, “Togami is a very proud man, so he would totally dress fancy to pretend he’s not broke”.
The word “Shi” is a Japanese Kanji, his name is written as Shi Shen Bai Ye . His name Byakuya is “white night”, referring to the Midnight Sun experienced in the Arctic or Antarctic circles. His name Togami is “Ten Gods”, refering to the ten gods that comprise the Four Pillars of Destiny.
Talent and capabilities Byakuya Togami
Ultimate Affluent Progeny
Byakuya’s talents gave him many different talents. He’s extremely smart and was the first person to realize an individual of members of the group had been betrayed. He also beat all his siblings, and operated multiple locations of the Togami Empire and also as being able to make a wealth for himself.
His skills helped him in his job as a senior part of the Future Foundation’s 14th branch. Although he served in the shadow of Kyoko Kirigiri Byakuya had the ability to leadership role when the circumstances required it. He made use of his fortune and power to help in the battle of Hope against Despair and, in particular, the rescue of the remaining Remnants of Despair from the Future Foundation and in trying to find and save the loved ones of his fellow classmates who were held captive or in hiding away from Warriors of Hope in Towa City.
Trivia
- Byakuya as well as Makoto Are the sole characters that be featured in every game and anime in the Hope’s Peak Series.
- He seems to be proficient in French and was able to easily read the Mukuro’s Fenrir Mercenary Corps profile that was written in French He also can play the various instruments and he may have learned as part of a regular Togami training.
- He loves watching movies, reading and pool games.
- Byakuya’s previous high school, Green Hills High School is a reference to Green Hill Zone Green Hill Zone, one of the levels in Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
- Byakuya is an extra character In Chain Chronicle: Brave New Continent.
- The voice actor of Byakuya, Jason Wishnov, also is the voice actor for The Ultimate Imposter from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Monodam in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
