{"id":72846,"date":"2026-09-24T10:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=72846"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:57:38","slug":"danganronpa-2x2s-mysterious-john-danganronpa-is-sakutaro-higashi-the-ultimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-2x2s-mysterious-john-danganronpa-is-sakutaro-higashi-the-ultimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Danganronpa 2&#215;2\u2019s mysterious \u201cJohn Danganronpa\u201d is Sakutaro Higashi, the Ultimate ???"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Spike Chunsoft unveiled some details regarding the new mysterious student that appeared in the latest trailer for <strong>Danganronpa 2\u00d72<\/strong>, which was premiered on <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-2x2-gets-january-14-release-date\/\">this month\u2019s Nintendo Direct<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30c0\u30f3\u30ac\u30f3\u30ed\u30f3\u30d1\uff12\u00d7\uff12 [Nintendo Direct\u00a02026.9.9]\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKV9J0zY3lY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lovingly nicknamed \u201cJohn Danganronpa\u201d by fans, the new addition to the character roster is Sakutaro Higashi, the Ultimate ??? who gets dragged into the Class Trials in the game\u2019s new Slayhem Mode. He is voiced by Natsuki Hanae in Japanese and Griffin Burns in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who is John Danganronpa? \ud83e\udd14<br><br>This is Sakutaro Higashi, a mysterious new student voiced by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheGriffinBurns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheGriffinBurns<\/a> who demands Monokuma puts the class trial on hold. \ud83e\udef5\ud83d\udc40<br><br>Meet Sakutaro in the brand new Slayhem Mode in Danganronpa 2&#215;2, coming January 14, 2027! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kafFYZGQMw\">pic.twitter.com\/kafFYZGQMw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Spike Chunsoft, Inc. (@SpikeChunsoft_e) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpikeChunsoft_e\/status\/2102925992650056176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danganronpa 2\u00d72 is a remake of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, the second installment in the Danganronpa series, originally released for the PSP in 2012. While Danganronpa 2\u00d72 features a full remake of the original story, it also includes the aforementioned Slayhem Mode, with a completely new scenario supervised by series creator Kazutaka Kodaka, as well as new twists, culprits, victims and murder tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though all we know so far is his name, it will be interesting to see how Sakutaro fits in the new story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danganronpa 2\u00d72 is scheduled to release on January 14, 2027, for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3751230\/Danganronpa_2x2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3751230\/Danganronpa_2x2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>\/Epic Games Store).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spike Chunsoft unveils details regarding Danganronpa 2&#215;2&#8217;s new Slayhem Mode character Sakutaro Higashi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":72233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-09-24T01:57:44+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mwa5qk454b2y","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mwa5qk454b2y\",\"cid\":\"bafyreichwtchq3kzsrzyrhgu7spaknfrrgamvedy6da5skpetgo3db2qlu\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreicaa2reyidd2dmkgpx747i2ksueun7htcohhi7qrnlxyouirbgoke\",\"rev\":\"3mwa5qk4gur2y\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Danganronpa 2x2\u2019s mysterious \u201cJohn Danganronpa\u201d is Sakutaro Higashi, the Ultimate ??? 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