Danganronpa: First Blood - Staff Side

(Yah-soo-duh)

Gender: Male

Yasuda is the director of the killing game. He is also, along with the rest of the staff, a disgraced employee of Hope's Peak's Department of Research. He has an aura of calm, cool, and collectedness, although he can certainly get angry. For example, he is intensely angry at Hope's Peak, which led him to beginning the killing game and moving forward with the many crimes committed in the process.

His voice should be commanding. He's a middle-aged man, struggling to keep up with much of the slang and behavior of the younger people on staff. He is rather full of himself, and enjoys people kissing up to him. A deeper voice is suggested, but voice actors are free to make alternate choices.

(Koh-hah-koo Mee-ur-uh)

Gender: Non-Binary (Leaning fem)

On the surface, they are a model employee. Gets her job done, makes sure no authorities discover anything before they're meant to, and makes sure they don't find any of the staff in their hideout. However, if you look even the slightest bit past their surface, they're immediately unsettling. An underlying menace lies in every word they say. They are the true leader of the staff, even if Yasuda believes he is. Their behavior gives an air of inhumanness, as if they have become so dedicated to their work that they don't have any mind to anything else.

Their voice should express the general unease they exude. Generally monotoned, but with a penchant for unnerving monologues about the nature of life that should unsettle not only the characters around them but the audience as well. They are likely slightly feminine leaning vocally, but androgyny is appreciated in any audition. Don't be afraid to get a little bit strange with any audition for Miura.

(Mah-sah-hee-koh Ah-kah-bah-nay)

Gender: Male

Akabane is a theatre kid at heart, and is the mastermind not behind the killing game, but its mascot. He is relatively moral compared to the rest of the staff and takes greater issue with the killing game than most of the others (he is still a part of the killing game, so don't give him too much credit). Near the start of the killing game, he is very energetic, and works very hard as Monokuma through a mo-cap suit in order to fulfil his part of the plot. He is a relatively charismatic and charming person, and can function as some slight morale for the staff.

Vocally, any actor who wants to voice Akabane will need to also voice Monokuma in the killing game. If a voice actor is unable to do one of the two voices, then they are allowed to only audition for one of the two. However, this will heavily weaken chances of getting cast.

Monokuma's voice should be similar to, if not identical to the performance of Brian Beacock in the original Danganronpa series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0IkVpowoJ0

Akabane is (at least at the beginning) a happy-go-lucky and bright person, and any voice should reflect that in tone. However, he also explores a great deal of deeper emotions through growing struggles with his work on the killing game. His voice does not need to be any particular pitch, and is very flexible for any voice actor.

(Chee-ay Ee-why)

Gender: Female

One of the hardest workers in the staff, as well as one of, if not the most dangerous. Whenever the Research Department needs a cop or witness removed from a situation, they send Iwai, the job gets done. She is a former member of a Hope's Peak mercenary team, having been recruited as a child like many of the other members. She works closely with several other staff members, such as Nakahara, and is quick to fix and calm a situation if something goes wrong. She cares very little about emotions, and focuses on getting thing finished and out of the way.

Her voice should be strong, stern, and probably a little cool. She's the most casually menacing person in the staff, and doesn't usually speak more than she has to. However, she is not soulless, and is able to make jokes occasionally as well as be pissed at her coworkers. She might be somewhat monotone, but should still have depth and range as a voice.

(Nohr-ee-ah-kee Foo-jee-tah)

Gender: Male

Fujita is a bit of a sleaze. He's one of the youngest staff members, and uses this fact to infuriate some of the older employees (Yasuda). While he gets his work done, he often waits for the last moment and chooses instead to aggravate his coworkers and waste time. He often teases his coworkers and functions as a bit of comedic relief. On another note, he has a habit of acting as if he knows a lot more than he should, and it is difficult to tell if he is bluffing most of the time.

Fujita should have a relatively laid back and sarcastic tone. He is quite jokey in a lot of his dialogue, and teases a lot of his coworkers. His voice should be rather young sounding (in a college student sort of way) and should feel distinctly more up-to-date on things than someone like Yasuda. His voice is likely a pretty medium pitch, though there is nothing specific in mind.

(Ray Hah-gee-hah-rah)

Gender: Female

A hard worker who gets her job done whenever she needs to. However, she is not purely obsessed with her work, being one of the few staff members with a consistent social life prior to the game, including a girlfriend that brings in conflict to her work at the killing game. She's got a slight temper and often fights back at Fujita's teasing, but is typically levelheaded.

Her voice should be confident, but not overly strong. She is someone who is sure of who she is but doesn't go out of her way to make herself known. A voice actor for her should be able to deliver lines very naturally, and should be able to make the thoughts and criticisms she has feel real and understandable. She might have a slightly lower voice, but she is very open to interpretation.

(Yoo-kee-oh Nah-kah-hah-rah)

Gender: Male

One of the most important staff members, and also one of the most mysterious. In any public records, Yukio Nakahara is a convenience store cashier. However, the real person by that name has been dead for nearly forty years. It is simply a name placed upon this character in order to give him an alibi for existing. He does not have memories of life more than a few years prior to the game, and has levels of strength and ability that are nearly inhuman. He was, at one point, a normal person, but has been formed by experiments and illegal technology into a living weapon. That is, mostly living.

Throughout his story, Nakahara has two major conflicts: discovering who he was, and his body literally crumbling and rotting as he lives in it. As such, he emits almost an uncanny valley feeling in the way he moves and exists. The part he plays in the killing game is similar to Iwai, removing any threats to the sanctity of the game and the staff. The two frequently work together, and both take part in certain other important aspects of the game.

Nakahara's voice needs to make the viewer uncomfortable. Not in any concrete way that a normal person might, but in a way where he sounds almost inhuman. Again, for a significant portion of his story he is essentially a walking corpse, and his voice should have a similarly eerie sense to it. A voice actor attempting to play Nakahara should be able to convincingly show a great deal of existentialism through his uncertainty with his own person, and should be able to express a very wide range of emotion. He can sound like anything, but perhaps a slightly deeper voice could work.

(Soh-mah-dah)

Gender: ???

Somada is not one of the staff. However, they are certainly involved in the staff's interworkings. An outside observer, finding ways to hack and compromise many secrets of the staff, but not immediately doing anything about it. Somada is just interested in seeing where it goes, and only occasionally interacts with things in the game itself. They do, however, interact with several of the staff members directly, most often Oshiro.

Somada's voice actor functions most heavily as either a narrator for the staff or an online avatar of Somada messaging several of the staff. They need to have an air of bored playfulness to them, harboring a sick fascination with the game while not doing anything to help or harm the staff or students. Their voice can sound like anything, although androgyny is most recommended.

(Ree-oh-noh-skay Oh-shee-roh)

Gender: Male

Oshiro is the youngest staff member at only 19, and is (by technicality) the person who accidentally created the killing game via mentioning a death game manga. He previously worked directly under the headmaster as a chauffeur, but was transferred to the Research Department after accidentally hitting a high schooler who was riding his bike. He is considerably more normal and moral than a majority of the staff, and progressively becomes more and more stressed about all the circumstances.

He is young, nervous, and stressed by all sorts of factors, and his voice should reflect this. At times, it should make the audience realize that he is barely older than the students in the killing game itself. He experiences a wide range of emotions, and voice actors who want to play him should be able to play both his straight-man comedy and his more serious moments. Likely a higher voice, but anything can work given the right tone.

(Hie-ah-tay Kah-toh)

Gender: Male

While Iwai and Nakahara typically function as the hitmen of the staff, there is still the issue of removing the bodies, whether they be inside or outside of the killing game. This task falls to Kato. He's a rather lax member of the staff, as he doesn't usually have much work to do. He gets along well with the rest of the team, often lightening the mood through sarcastic remarks and jokes. Despite this, he is a skilled worker that works tactfully, no matter how tense the circumstances.

His voice should reflect his cool demeanor. He's the second oldest of the staff, and as such cares less about a lot of the melodrama and personal issues within the team. A voice actor for him should be good with deadpan humor and be able to get a sort of uncaring calmness in relation to much of the killing game. A deeper voice would likely work, but there are no specifics.

(It-soo-kee Kah-mee-yuh)

Gender: Male

Kamiya is the most active participant (other than Akabane in the form of Monokuma) in the students' lives in the killing game. Early in the game, he functions as something of a secondary host to Monokuma in order to have someone taken slightly more seriously. He introduces the idea of the killing game to the students, and is the ultimate authority over the rules of the game. He also does the morning and nighttime announcements. To the staff, he is the person most involved in the aspect of the killing game that harms Hope's Peak. He has anger issues, and has a pension for exploding at certain members of the staff at times.

He's the oldest staff member, and should sound like it. He's somewhat curmudgeonly, full of himself, and tries to be a bit more of a showman than he actually is. A voice actor for him should be able to balance both a sternness and the vibe of a slightly problematic grandfather. He should still sound realistic and be able to be scary when he needs to. There is no specific pitch for him, but he should not sound like a young man.

A place for anyone who is capable or passionate about audio mixing and editing! There is going to be a lot of speaking in this project, and as such, there will be a lot of need for editing. Any voice actors who also have experience or are interested in audio editing should feel free and encouraged to audition for this as well! We will need all the help we can get.

There will be some very long videos within this series, and as such there will be legitimate need for people experienced in video editing. This should not, however, dissuade newer or more amateur video editors from giving this a shot. It will not be a complex job, simply an extensive one.