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Note: this list includes characters that were confirmed by the creators outside of the games, characters whose identities were confirmed in the canon storyline of the game(s) and/or anime(s), and characters whose identities were confirmed in non-canon events in the games; reasoning is that these events were meant for us to get to know the characters better, and therefore their attraction to certain genders or gender expression should be viewed as apart of their character — especially considering every character feels romantic attraction towards the protagonist of their game, meaning it's specific to those characters and interpreting their character as a whole.

Also, confirmed, canon, coded, and implied all have different meanings when being used.

Confirmed: the creators said this to be true explicitly.

Canon: true based off of events that take place in the game(s) and/or anime(s).

Coded: when an author uses subtext to show the audience that a character is queer, or gives attributes to a character that allows them to be interpreted as queer.

Implied: strongly hinted at based off of canonical evidence.

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Aoi Asahina — lesbian coded.

In Hina's last Free Time Event with Makoto, she confides to him that she's never been in love with a man, and asks him to help her "practice" so she can fulfill her purpose as a woman. After Makoto reluctantly agrees, Aoi starts to play into roles of common straight tropes (housewife, angry girlfriend) in order to mimic what she is "supposed" to do. Aoi does not genuinely like Makoto romantically. She is forcing herself into a stereotypical heterosexual role because that is what is expected of her as a woman.

Aoi's relationships with the women in the cast are much more prominent than her relationships with the men, something that is consistent throughout the game. Most notably is Sakura Ogami, who Hina becomes fast friends with. The two of them are inseparable, Hina comments on how strong and cool Sakura is often, and she defends Sakura from the other students when Monokuma reveals her to be the traitor. When Sakura dies by sacrificing herself, Aoi has a complete breakdown, even going so far as to frame herself for murder because she blames everyone (including herself) for Sakura's death thanks to a forged note by Monokuma. Even by the end of the game, Aoi is still thinking about and bringing up Sakura. It's very clear that she cared about Sakura deeply. Her grief is even more prominent than Makoto's over Sayaka's death, despite Makoto and Sayaka being canon love interests.

Even if she's not as close with them as she is Sakura, Hina's relationships with the other women in the cast are also worth mentioning. When Makoto hurts Kyoko's feelings by not telling her about something, Hina is immediately hostile towards him and defensive of Kyoko. Then there is Toko Fukawa, who is generally rude towards Hina and insults her often; however, Hina still cares about her and worries over her when she does things like pass out due to her hemophobia. Compare this to Byakuya Togami, who is also rude, but Hina never seems to forgive him like she does with Toko. (Note: One of the insults that Toko hurls at Aoi is "filthy", rambling about how perverted she is. Lesbians are often unjustifiably viewed as overly sexual and perverse.)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru — confirmed men-love-men, implied to be gay.

Spike Chunsoft stated that Kiyotaka and Mondo would have both lived together and fallen in love if they survived.

Taka believes that he can bond with other men more closely if they both get naked; and has stated that he thinks his bonds with men are inherently closer than his bonds with women, and he values them more.

In Abridged series, Makoto claims he heard some moaning in the sauna [at the time Mondo and Kiyotaka were inside], which causes Taka to shout at him to forget it. 

Mondo Owada — confirmed bisexual.

Mondo has stated that he tends to be very nervous around girls that he likes.

Spike Chunsoft stated that Kiyotaka and Mondo would have both lived together and fallen in love if they survived.

In Abridged series, Makoto claims he heard some moaning in the sauna [at the time Mondo and Kiyotaka were inside], which causes Taka to shout at him to forget it. 

Mukuro Ikusaba — canonically bisexual.

Due to the constant abuse, Mukuro developed a deeply and unhealthy incestuous attachment to Junko. She turns ecstatic and feverish when thinking about or explaining Junko's relationship with her and despair, considering her own relationship with Junko special because she truly is the only one who understands her. She claims that is why Junko needs her, though she's pretending she hadn't realized it yet, believing Junko is "shy."

School Mode, Danganronpa IF, and various spinoff materials reveal that Mukuro had a crush on Makoto before the events of Monokuma's Killing Game.

Makoto and Mukuro's relationship can be explored through optional Free Time and School Mode events, where Mukuro shows a clear attraction to Makoto. In their first event, Mukuro describes Makoto as a passive boy and says that he needs an aggressive girl. She promises to get him acquainted with somebody like that once they escape the academy (likely referring to herself).

Mukuro subtly slips out hints of her identity several times throughout their interactions, and her attraction toward Makoto becomes increasingly apparent.

Depending on the Events and dialogue options chosen by the player, Mukuro will even openly flirt with him in some scenarios.

At the end of School Mode, Mukuro resolves to reveal her true identity to Makoto, despite pretending to be her sister for as long as they've known each other. In turn, Makoto offers to help her find a new dream to chase after they escape, and he promises not to abandon her, even if she seems different from before.

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Ibuki Mioda — confirmed asexual, canonically biromantic.

Ibuki was confirmed as asexual outside of the games by the creators, and states in her Free Time Events that she doesn’t want to focus on a temporary physical relationship, but rather a deep emotional one.

During the Chapter 1 optional event "Coconut Party," she joins the party after noticing the group while holding hands with and going for a walk with Peko Pekoyama. Peko denies this. She also tells Peko in the same scene that she might just fall in love with "those quiet words of hers."

In Chapter 2, when Hiyoko Saionji tells Mahiru Koizumi "I love you Mahiru! I'll give you a kiss!", Ibuki comments: "Welcome to the world of girl love! It's slippery when wet!"

Also in Chapter 2, Ibuki admires all the girls when they come to the Diner in their swimsuits, particularly Chiaki who is wearing a white bikini: "My heart's not just thumping, it's thumping all sporadically like 'Badump, thump! Thump, badump!'"

In the Danganronpa 2 art book, Ibuki comments that she wishes she could have seen Sonia in a bikini.

Ibuki was also shown to have a crush on Byakuya Togami/Ultimate Imposter in one of the unofficial Super Danganronpa 2 manga. Byakuya is perceived as a boy at the moment, though the imposter themselves does not have a confirmed gender.

Mikan Tsumiki — canonically bisexual.

Mikan refers to Junko Ennoshima as her "beloved," and is shown to have romantic feelings for her on multiple occasions.

Danganronpa 3's Despair Arc confirms that Junko brainwashed and manipulated Mikan into falling in love with her.

She is also shown to have feelings for Hajime during her Free Time Events, along with when she first met him; where Mikan asked him if she could remember his name, as well as staring at him.

Nagito Komaeda — canonically gay.

Nagito is confirmed to be in love with Hajime. Several times throughout the story, it's shown that Nagito feels a genuine closeness to Hajime, such as when he claimed he doesn't like being around him and to hurry up and leave when under the influence of the despair disease which forced him to lie. He indicates that the reason he feels this way is because despite knowing what kind of person he is, Hajime still tried to understand him and spent time with him while no one else never did. This is confirmed in the official drama CD, in which Nagito tells Hajime: "I'll continue to do anything in my power to assist you. Because... I like you. I love you, for being willing to talk to me like this, even after knowing what a hopelessly incompetent person I am..."

During his Free Time Events, Nagito tells Hajime in the original Japanese line, "どうか忘れないで… ボクはキミを…キミの中に眠る希望を心から愛していると。" The closest translation would be "Please don’t forget that I love y-… The hope sleeping inside you… from the bottom of my heart."

In Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, Nagito reappears as “The Servant,” where at one point Kurokuma taunts him by calling him a “hard gay.”

In the English dub of Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School: Hope Arc, near the end of the episode, in the background when Nagito is talking to Makoto, Hiyoko can be heard in the background making fun of Nagito for being gay.

Nekomaru Nidai — canonically men-love-men.

Nekomaru's Island Mode drops heavy-handed hints towards Nekomaru's attraction towards Hajime. While most characters never refer to the outings as dates, Nekomaru directly calls it a date should Hajime choose a poor result during an outing. Nekomaru then insists that Hajime can't expect him to fall in love with him if he acts like that, heavily implying that Nidai views the outings as a means to get together, and not just a means to hang out.

Nekomaru tells Hajime he found something deep inside of him during their time together. The correct answer is hope, but should Hajime guess 'love,' Nekomaru realizes that he did indeed have feelings for Hinata, only to have Hajime quickly insist he was 'just kidding.'

Teruteru Hanamura — canonically bisexual.

Teruteru says “Eh? Rubbing lotion on a muscular man...? All right, no problem! My tastes are pretty open, you know!” during the prologue of Danganronpa 2.

During the Danganronpa 3's Despair Arc, he says “Ah! It's a man now? Oh! I can work with this!” 

Teruteru flirts with both men and women, appearing equally genuine.

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School

Juzo Sakakura — canonically gay.

Above everything else, Juzo is deeply insecure about his sexuality and his secret romantic feelings for Kyosuke, which is likely made worse by his status as the world champion and his country's rather negative views of homosexuality. 

Juzo is incredibly loyal to Kyosuke, described as willing to "dirty his hands without regret" for him. He is mostly seen smiling, joking and generally showing a softer side in Kyosuke's company. He values Kyosuke's life and opinions over his own, being very determined to support him in every situation. Being seen as useful to Kyosuke is the one thing that seems to make him happiest, and he seems to relax in his presence. 

Sato — canonically women-love-women, implied to be lesbian.

It was implied that Sato may have had romantic feelings for Mahiru Koizumi. She was very protective of her, to the point of appearing somewhat obsessive.

During one scene, she insisted that Mahiru had great talent and that her photos would become famous (in the English dub, Sato described it as the beauty Mahiru brings into the world), of which Mahiru was surprised and flattered. 

In the English dub, Natsumi also mocked Sato's behavior towards Mahiru by calling her "lovesick". With this implication, Sato's feelings appeared to be one-sided, though this has not been confirmed.

In Twilight Syndrome Murder Case, when Mahiru (Girl D) went to Sato (Girl E) to talk about the murder, Sato assumed Mahiru was going to confess her love to her, which further implied Sato's potential romantic feelings.

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Kiibo — canonically nonbinary (agender), implied to be bisexual.

Kiibo is canonically agender as he’s a robot, but is considered male by others. When asked by Tenko in Chapter 2 about his gender, he replies that it’s a good question that he’s never thought about before. 

With Miu, he becomes jealous at one point of her working on computers in the computer room, which can be read as him wanting that attention on him specifically (whether that be in a romantic/sexual way or not), especially following a suggestive scene between the two of them earlier on.

Also, Kiibo's Love Suite event shows him asking Shuichi to form a “romantic pair bond” with him. Although Love Suite events have Shuichi take on a character’s “ideal,” Kiibo expresses that he couldn’t go to anyone else about this, showing that his ideal in this scenario may very well be Shuichi.

Kokichi Oma — implied men-love-men.

In Kokichi's last Free Time Event with Shuichi, Kokichi explains that he wanted to play all of those dangerous games with him in the previous Events because "After I said I'd kill you, I was on your mind the whooole time, right? You thought about whether or not I was serious, or why I would say something confusing... Ha, even now! You're concerned about me from the bottom of your heart!" 

He also claims he doesn't need to "steal [Shuichi's] life anymore" as he's already "stolen his heart". The full quote is "I stole your heart, so now I'm satisfied! I don't need to steal your life anymore!" However, he claims it's a lie afterwards and he never wanted Shuichi's life to begin with.

Shuichi Saihara — canonically bisexual.

Because Shuichi and Kaede spent so much time together, many other students pointed this out and some more or less jokingly assumed they were dating, with Miu crudely assuming that they're having a sexual relationship.

While talking to Ryoma at the courtyard, he points out that he "always" sees Shuichi and Kaede together all the time or one of them is always nearby the other.

Angie has noted that Kaede and Shuichi are "pretty buddy-buddy" in chapter one's class trial. 

Kokichi Oma also cheekily asked Kaede about how far she's gone with Shuichi, but then claims that he simply meant how far they've gone investigating the building.

In chapter 3, Maki asks Shuichi if he liked Kaede. Shuichi doesn’t reply, but he has flashbacks of Kaede.

During Kaito's Free Time Events, Shuichi even gets a bit flustered by his own thoughts and feelings towards Kaito, considering that he's a boy.

During the Love Suite Event, he also gets flustered when Kaito corners him against the wall, and thinks it's hard to stay calm with Kaito so close to him in such a place.

In Chapter 4, when the other students agree that Shuichi is a masochist, Maki points out seriously that Shuichi always looks so pleased whenever Kaito gives him orders and appears happy as the sidekick, and that he might just be into that sort of thing. 

In Kaito's free time events, Shuichi and Kaito are speaking, and something comes up about the fact that Shuichi should not be thinking about another male like that, implying he has feelings for Kaito.

Tenko Chabashira — canonically women-love-women, implied to be lesbian.

During her second Free Time Event with Kaede, Tenko is directly confirmed to have romantic feelings for Himiko.

During the bonus mode Love Across the Universe, when Shuichi talks to Tenko in order to spend time with her, she repeatedly mutters Himiko's name while blushing and wonders why she is so cute.

She then calls her perfect and her ideal girl, and she and Shuichi then spend time talking about how cute Himiko is. Tenko has also referred to Himiko as her soulmate and said that they will be like an "old married couple" after getting past their argument.

I imagine Toko had a really hard time accepting that she was trans due to her abusive mothers. I think she was worried about having the same toxic femininity that they have, and just an overall fear of acting and turning out like them. One of the reasons she was hesitant to transition was because she was terrified of looking like them.

I think it was even harder to accept that she was attracted to women after transitioning. She thought that being a woman would mean that she was straight, and that she had to "prove herself" as a woman by doing the one thing all women do: love a man.

Her comphet was really bad, especially considering her crushes were never very healthy. She grew attached to people that were even remotely kind to her, and faced backlash from her other alters because of it — which she didn't understand at the time due to her DID still being in the early process of developing, and being unaware that she even had alters, which caused her to become even more self-destructive with her infatuation.

She would obsess over boys as a way to distract herself, but no matter how much she tried to ignore it, it always felt wrong. Her feeling always seemed ingenuine, which caused her to try and become even more obsessed, and further mske the problem worse.

Her attraction to other women was something she viewed as jealousy and gender envy, which grew into her resenting and hating other girls.

Toko Fukawa:

Age: eighteen (age of the body).

Gender: stealth trans woman.

Sexuality: closeted lesbian with comphet.

System role: host & core.

Virtues: intellectually gifted; extreme writing skills and reading comprehension, very kind and carring with those she trusts.

Vices: brutally honest to the point of being harsh, refuses to believe compliments from other people, extremely self-conscious, has a lot of self-hatred, easily jealous of others.

Likes: romance novels, writing, classical music.

Dislikes: blood, the dark, being alone with men, stressful situations.

Triggers: she doesn't need to be triggered into fronting as she's the host, but she does tend to front more when with people she trusts and cares for.

How To Tell When Fronting: slouches over, introverted body language, plays with hands/hair and bites lips a lot, voice cracking, stutters when flustered and/or upset, pulls on her hair when stressed.

Jack:

Age: nineteen.

Gender: stealth trans woman.

Sexuality: closeted lesbian (hypersexual).

System Role: sexual alter.

Virtues: extremely clever, good at debating, overly protective and is very emotionally connected to the rest of the system, sociable.

Vices: arrogant, overly flirtatious, perpetually sexual, easily irritable, doesn’t like to be interrupted.

Likes: horror movies, alcohol, parties.

Dislikes: being ignored, nativity, being called out, feeling vulnerable or exposed.

Triggers: sexual situations, physical violence.

How To Tell When Fronting: loud, good posture and carries herself very smugly, very teasing, flirts often, makes a lot of sexual innuendos and jokes, makes exaggerated and wild facial expressions, wears more revealing clothing.

Jill:

Age: twenty.

Gender: female.

Sexuality: lesbian.

System Role: protector.

Virtues: calm, polite, hard-working.

Vices: very expressionless, unsocial.

Likes: non-fiction novels, psychology documentaries, learning, being alone.

Dislikes: crowds, procrastinating, peer-pressure, distractions.

Triggers: extreme stress and anxiety; panic attacks.

How To Tell When Fronting: extremely quiet, makes a lot of eye contact, sits and stands very still, voice is very quiet and soft-spoken, wears more light colors.

Sho:

Age: age slides from thirteen to nineteen.

Gender: female.

Sexuality: unknown.

System role: destructive trauma holder.

Virtues: academically gifted, clever, cunning, calculating, analytical.

Vices: cold and callous to anyone not in the system, rude, can be manipulative and lashes out when uncomfortable, has self-harmed the body in the past when upset with the other alters, vindictive.

Likes: being alone, revenge stories, tea.

Dislikes: people outside the system, being touched, being around others, loud noises.

Triggers: physical violence, verbal abuse.

How to tell she's fronting: defensive posture, crosses and uncrosses her arms a lot, doesn't make voice as high as the other alters, wears baggy and bulky clothing to appear bigger than she actually is.