Ryota Mitarai is a character featured in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy, as well as a participant in the Final Killing Game and the main antagonist turned protagonist anti-heroic. Ryota was a member of Future Foundation and is the leader of the 10th Division. His responsibility is to help oversee and implement education and culture to areas in need. During his time in Hope's Peak Academy, he is the Super High School Level Animator enrolled in Class 77-B. Ryota, along with four other people, is one of the five survivors of the Final Killing Game. However, because of Kazuo Tengan's manipulation, Ryota was persuaded into using his Hope Video to make the whole world unwillingly believe in hope, but aborted his plans after his revived classmates convinced him to join them in atoning for their sins as the former Ultimate Despair members.