Junko Enoshima

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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
ENG Voice Actor: Amanda Céline Miller and Erin Fitzgerald

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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

[characterization, story role, further important appearances]

TBA

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

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.

Relationships

This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Enoshima is shipped with much of Dangan Ronpa's cast. Please add any notable relationships in fanworks if they are missing.

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
Mikan Tsumiki Enoshima x Tsumiki GL Junkan 罪江 (Tsumien) つみえ (Tsumie), つみえの (Tsumieno) (Seen on its page.)
Makoto Naegi Enoshima x Naegi NL Naejunko 絶望×希望 (Zetsubō×Kibō, meaning Despair×Hope) n/a (Seen on its page.)
Mukuro Ikusaba Despair Sisters GL Despair Sisters 絶望シスターズ (Zetsubō Shisutāzu, meaning Despair Sisters) n/a (Seen on its page.)
Mukuro Ikusaba Despaircest Combi Despaircest 絶望姉妹 (Zetsubō Shimai, meaning Sisters of Despair) n/a (Seen on its page.)
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.

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