Leon Kuwata

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Leon Kuwata is a character from the Danganronpa anime and video game.

The star player of Japan's champion high-school baseball team who, oddly enough, doesn't care much for baseball. Leon stays on the team so he can rake in athletic scholarships and attention from girls. His real dream is to become the lead vocalist for a punk rock band, and change his title to Ultimate Musician. He is the culprit of Chapter 1, stabbing Sayaka to death (after she tries to kill him first) and is found guilty at the school trial. Despite his argument that he acted in self-defense, he is executed by Monokuma, bludgeoned to death by a barrage of one-thousand baseballs.

In the AWA fics, Leon is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

In the XP4 fics, Leon debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries.

Appearance[]

At the beginning of the Killing School Life in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Leon appears to be young high school-aged teenager, but due to the memory loss he is two years older than he believed. He is notably shorter than almost all of his classmates. He has dyed orange spiked hair, a goatee, and pale blue eyes. He wears a white blazer jacket with a popped collar, a white shirt with a red grunge skull design, dark blue jeans and white platform shoes with a black sole. He accessorizes with a padlocked chain necklace, two overlapping studded belts, rings, and an oversized safety pin on his lapel. He has several piercings - his labret, his tongue, and six in his right ear.

When he was practicing baseball, he wore a standard baseball jersey with his number, 18, and his last name, Kuwata, on the back.

Personality[]

Leon is a passionate, hot-blooded young teenager. He often slacks off from studying and baseball practice; however, his baseball skills were never diminished due to his status as Ultimate Baseball Star. Leon is also very determined to change his current title to Ultimate Musician. In Leon's Free Time sequence, the reason for that determination is revealed: to win a heart of a girl that he happened to meet at the hair salon. Later, Leon himself states that he somewhat missed playing baseball; something that he used to do every day since he was young. He even invited Makoto to play baseball with him once they get out of their current situation.

During the main story, Leon is shown to be easily intimidated and agitated, such as when Makoto spends time with him for the first time and he thinks it's a trap to kill him, or during the first class trial when he asks and finds out who Sakura Ogami is. When he becomes nervous or intimidated, Leon tends to smile awkwardly, often the right corner of his mouth stretching farther.

In the official artbook, Leon is described as an optimist who wants to get better at everything he does. He is also mentioned to be a player, and he had a new girl with him every few days. He is always flirting with girls and he's single-mindedly focused on studying "the secret of success with the ladies". He's also mentioned to be into pure-hearted girls.

In School Mode, Leon is portrayed as easily offended; for example, when asked how he managed to style his hair, he immediately becomes annoyed, automatically accusing Makoto of making fun of it and saying he should shave his hair like his baseball team made him do. He also can come off as impatient and agitated at times, like instantly becoming angry and snapping at Makoto for not knowing what to talk about. School Mode also shows that whenever he's upset or depressed, Leon likes to take naps. According to Kazutaka Kodaka, Leon can't stand the heat and hot weather.

XP4 Fanfics[]

Leon is spared from canon fate. Leon is part of the Heroes Coalitions and is a member of The Bullies. He also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries[]

In Chapter 11, Leon, alongside Mondo Oowada, are seen being interviewed by Amelia Sainthearts and Duke Armstrong about the recent results of the Unification Ceremony. Leon the admitted that Lazaris Gemstone is cute, much to Duke's annoyance.

In Chapter 12, Leon, alongside Red, Haru Glory and Mondo Oowada, are seen running around the tracks in the Training Camp.

In Chapter 31, Leon is present inside the auditorium of the Training Camp where he witnessed the formation of the New Age Avengers.

In Chapter 41, Leon, alongside the rest of the Bullies, are seen in the streets of Neo-City and after parting ways with Chicken, he had no idea that Chicken found himself caught in a stray portal.

In Chapter 45, Leon is present inside the auditorium of the Training Camp where he witnessed the formation of Team Idolo.

In Chapter 62, Leon, alongside Chicken, Kenji Harima and Mondo Oowada, are seen messing around with a potion in a yard of one dorm in the Dormitory Village when they accidentally put Regan Bladeworks to sleep via potion and they immediately fled the scene.

XP4 Heroes Coalition - Welcome to Herowood[]

In Chapter 12, Leon, alongside Bartlomiej Agbayani, Chicken, Dash Baxter, Kenji Harima, Mondo Oowada and Scott Wallis, is amongst the people who've attended the Royal Musical Gala at the Majestic Dome in Herowood when Aria Blaze and Indigo Zap met up with them, and the boys wonder why are they sporting black eyes to which the girls chuckled nervously.

In the Epilogue, Leon, alongside the rest of the Bullies, are seen walking around the courtyard of the Vanguard Academy.

XP4 Heroes Coalition - Kemono Friends[]

In the Epilogue, Leon, alongside the rest of the Bullies, reunited with Chicken upon his return to Neo-City but they were tasked in cleaning up the city for putting too much missing posters of Chicken. They were later introduced by Chicken to Crested Ibis and Suri Alpaca.

XP4 Heroes Coalition - Magical Movie Night[]

In Chapter 2, Leon, alongside Dash Baxter, Kenji Harima and Scott Wallis, are seen playing a game of catch in the Canterlot Park somewhere in Canterlot City.

XP4 Heroes Coalition - Date A Live[]

In the Epilogue, Leon, alongside the rest of The Bullies, are mentioned as a whole group by Sakura Haruno.

DreamTheater Intermix: The World Within[]

Leon is a student in the City Saints Academy.

Biography[]

In Chapter 21, Leon is seen having a conversation with Kenji Harima, Kevin Dorscherr and Mondo Oowoda in the cafeteria of the Corona House.

Abilities[]

Leon is a natural born baseball star despite his hatred towards baseball practice. His only motivation to play baseball is to become famous with girls. It also helps him to continue his school life without studying hard and taking the entrance exam. Leon's talent in baseball surpasses even his coach and teacher's pride who begged him to play so that the team could win a quick and easy win. He states that he never needs to practice because baseball is so easy to him. His pitch is clocked at 160 kilometers per hour.

Leon proves his skills with his talent during his murder of Sayaka when he threw a crystal ball through the Trash Room gate to activate a small button on the incinerator at nearly thirty feet away, followed by throwing his own blood-stained shirt into the small opening.

Trivia[]

Notable Trivia specifically about his execution, The 1,000 Blows:
- Due to the brutality of it, it was censored in the Danganronpa: The Animation when it first aired on television. However, on the anime DVD, the execution can be seen uncensored.
- The design on Leon's shirt foreshadows his fate, as it depicts a skull being shattered from a heavy blow.
- The Execution the same execution he undergoes in DISTRUST, the prototype of the first Danganronpa game. This explains why his execution is more brutal and gruesome compared to the others.
Leon's former high school, LL Academy, might be a reference to Little League.
In the Danganronpa 1 (Trial Version), unlike the actual Bullet Time Battle with Leon that happens in the end of the first class trial, the player will engage in a Bullet Time Battle at the beginning of the trial when Leon accuses Makoto of being the killer because he stutters multiple times.