Junko Enoshima
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kanji: 江ノ島 盾子 Katakana: エノシマ ジュンコ Hiragana: えのしまじゅんこ Romaji: Enoshima Junko Latin Alphabet: Junko Enoshima |
| Occupation: | High School Student |
| Relationships: | Mukuro Ikusaba (twin sister; ally; deceased) Mikan Tsumiki (former alluded-to one-sided crush on Tsumiki's end; former master/servant relationship; alive) Makoto Naegi (reluctant enemy on Naegi's side; alive) |
| Fandom: | Dangan Ronpa |
| Other: | Talent: 超高校級の「ギャル」lit. Super High School Level Gyaru Official English Translation: The Ultimate Fashionista JPN Voice Actor: Megumi Toyoguchi |
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Junko Enoshima is a student from Dangan Ronpa. She was an extremely prominent character within the series and popular with fans. Enoshima debuted in the first game of the series, Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, though did not survive the killing game.
Enoshima is the central antagonist in Trigger Happy Havoc, and her shadow lingers in the central antagonists of Dangan Ronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, (Izuru Kamukura,) and Dangan Ronpa V3: Killing Harmony, (Tsumugi Shirogane.) She is also an antagonist in Dangan Ronpa 3: End of Hope's Peak High School.
Enoshima is the "mastermind" of Dangan Ronpa's first killing game and she is the originator of the killing game formula overall. Many Alternate Universes, called Mastermind AUs, focus on other students being the mastermind instead of Enoshima. She also went by Ryoko Otonashi in Dangan Ronpa Zero, a manga spin-off.
Canon Overview
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Enoshima's birthday is December 24th. She shares this birthday with Mukuro Ikusaba. On Twitter and Pixiv, art tagged with #江ノ島盾子生誕祭[year value] are commonly released on her birthday. More birthday tag listings can be found on Dangan Ronpa Birthday and Anniversary Tag List.
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Non-Despair!Enoshima Junko
- Enoshima Junko Being Enoshima Junko
- Enoshima Junko Being An Asshole
- Warning: Enoshima Junko
- Nice!Enoshima Junko
- Dead!Enoshima Junko
- Sane!Enoshima Junko
- Despair!Enoshima Junko
- Mastermind!Enoshima Junko
- Good Sibling!Enoshima Junko
- Nonbinary!Enoshima Junko
- Enoshima Junko Lives
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Enoshima with one or all of these attributes.
Enoshima is also popular for self-shipping works.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
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Cosplaying Popularity
Alongside the mascot character Monokuma, Enoshima is considered one of the most recognizable Dangan Ronpa characters, even by those outside the fandom. She is incredibly popular, and in 2018 was even named the "most popular game character for cosplay" in the Gamers Edition of Guinness World Records[1]. This popularity often mystifies, and sometimes even spoils, new fans who are confused about how a character who seemingly dies in the first chapter of the first game has become so iconic.
Snowthesaltqueen / Yandere.Freak / Mary-Anne Oliver-Snow
Snow is an infamous, yet popular cosplayer in various fandoms. For many, they're most known for their Enoshima cosplays.
On January 27th, 2019, Snow (as Mikan Tsumiki) and a friend, Discount.yam (as Nagito Komaeda), did a CMV and a photoshoot in West Hill Cemetery. They sat on graves with in their cosplay without permission from the cemetery or the deceased, causing a major stir on Instagram by those in the Danganronpa cosplay scene. Later, both Snow's and Yam's accounts were mass flagged and deleted. The cemetery was called by multiple people, and now both have since been banned from the location. Much of the fandom's reaction to this is archived on the #snowthesaltqueenisoverparty2k19 IG tag.
Around January 18th, 2021, Snow accidentally killed their friend Helen Hastings in an accident with a gun Snow believed was unloaded. Helen was a fellow cosplayer, having done Karkat Vantas and Mystery Girl from Steven Universe in the past[2]. When this news got out in October, the already infamous Snow flounced from the scene, returning in 2023. Many major news outlets covered the story and often referenced Danganronpa by name in them.
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Relationships
- Enoshima's most popular pairing is with Mikan Tsumiki, which is F/F, aka Girls' Love. In Japanese, this is most often called 罪江, meaning Tsumiki is the tachi and Enoshima is the neko in the coupling. It is the second-most popular cross-game F/F relationship in all of Danganronpa fandom after Fukawa x Komaru Naegi.
- See Enoshima x Tsumiki for more.
- Enoshima is also shipped with Makoto Naegi, which is F/M, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called 絶望×希望 (Despair×Hope).
- See Enoshima x Naegi for more.
- She also has a twin sister, named Mukuro Ikusaba.
- Their gen relationship, (combi in Japanese,) name is the Despair Sisters and their romantic interpretation is called Despaircest.
Less Popular Relationships
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Enoshima is shipped with much of Dangan Ronpa's cast. Due to the nature of Enoshima's popular couplings spoilering the plot twist of Trigger Happy Havoc, Japanese pairing names involving her are often specific phrases or keywords.
The order seen should be what's most popular unless marked with "possibly." ENG portmanteaus are also subject to change. Relationships listed fall into GL, NL, BL, Poly, Combi or Cargo.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Kanji | Hiragana or Katakana | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuke Matsuda | Enoshima x Matsuda | NL | MatsuShima | 松音 (Matsuo) (o comes from Ryoko Otonashi) | まつおと (Matsuo) (o comes from Ryoko Otonashi) | (Seen on its page.) |
| Nagito Komaeda | Enoshima x Komaeda | NL | Junkomaeda | 左手の恋人 (Left Hand Lovers), 盾狛 (Junkoma), 狛江 (Komaeno) | ひだりてのこいびと (Hidarete no Koibito), じゅんこま (Junkoma), こまえの (Komaeno) | (Seen on its page.) |
| Izuru Kamukura | Enoshima x Kamukura | NL | Junkozuru | 絶望×絶望 (Despair x Despair) and カム盾 (Kamujun) | n/a | (Seen on its page.) |
| Kyoko Kirigiri | Enoshima x Kirigiri | GL | Enogiri | n/a | n/a | (Seen on its page.) |
| Chiaki Nanami | Enoshima x Nanami | GL | Enonami, Chunko | n/a | n/a | Shippers may describe this pairing is toxic yuri. It appears to be more common in English DR fandom than Japanese DR fandom, though less so than Enoshima x Kirigiri. |
| Tsumugi Shirogane | Enoshima x Shirogane | GL | Shiroshima | n/a | n/a | More often a combi than a romantic pairing. Canonically, Shirogane was heavily inspired by Enoshima in Dangan Ronpa V3: Killing Harmony. |
| Celestia Ludenberg | Celeste x Enoshima | GL | Celesjunko | n/a | n/a | Both are keenly into fashion, though their tastes are different. Both wish for world power in one way or another. |
| Sayaka Maizono | Enoshima x Maizono | GL | Maizoshima | n/a | n/a | (Seen on its page.) |
| Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia | Enoshima & Midoriya | Combi | n/a | n/a | n/a | Midoriya may turn to despair in Darkfic AUs for this series. |
| Chihiro Fujisaki | Enoshima x Fujisaki | NL | Enosaki | n/a | n/a | Both have suvived partially after their deaths by AI counterparts of themselves. |
| Leon Kuwata | Enoshima x Kuwata | NL | Junkeon | n/a | n/a | Both are featured in fanart together with Sayaka Maizono to hide Enoshima's twist ending. Former Dangan Ronpa BNF Moodorbs likes this pairing. |
| despair | Enoshima/Despair | Cargo | n/a | n/a | n/a | It's what she loves. |
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Blogs
- ask-junkeon, an Enoshima x Kuwata askblog.
Cosplay
- untitled by gothchan666, Archived version (2023), a cosplay on TikTok with over one million likes.
- I hallucinate barbies by marulelee, Archived version (2019)
- untitled by magicallexi.png, Archived version (2021)
Fan Art
- worsties of all time by sicknastyjr, Archived version (2022), Enoshima with Izuru Kamukura and Hajime Hinata
Zines
References/Further Reading
- ^ Junko was named most popular charcter... reddit post.
- ^ They Were Close Friends and Cosplay Stars. Then Snow Killed Helen on RollingStone in October 21st, 2021