Kirari Momobami (桃喰 綺羅莉) is a major antagonist of Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler and Kakegurui Twin. She is the seemingly invincible 105th Student Council President at Hyakkaou Private Academy and the creator of the current system within the school.
She is the head of the Hundred Devouring Families, a conglomerate of various rich and powerful clans that are aligned with the family of Yumeko Jabami.
Appearance[]
Kirari is an attractive, very light-skinned and average height girl. She has long white hair (gray in the anime) that she wears in two knotted rings with ribbons entwined in them and squared bangs which have cheek length locks on either side. Her eyes are blue and she is shown with matching blue lipstick and blue painted nails (though she is also shown with pink lipstick in some official art[1][2]).
She wears the standard Hyakkaou Private Academy school uniform which is a red blazer with black trim on the cuffs and around the neck and it is decorated with gold buttons that is complete with a black tie. Kirari sports a gray colored skirt with patterns on it, black tinted panty hose and Hyakkaou Private Academy's brown loafers with black soles. Outside of Hyakkaou Private Academy, she wears a black kimono with her family crest on the back and two on the sides. It is decorated with a floral print on the lower half, with a matching obi and white tabi.
Personality[]
Although Kirari is a refined and proper lady on the outside, she is in truth a calculating, manipulative, psychopathic individual with little regard for anything other than herself. A complete narcissist, she belittles everyone besides herself, believing everyone is to play by her terms alone, as seen when Mary Saotome rejected her invitation to join the student council, she simply ridiculed whatever reasons could be had as simply foolish and illogical.
Kirari enjoying to be "devoured"
Being the creator of the infamous pet system, where she purposefully encourages mistreatment, bullying and sub-human conditions on other students, reveals a sadistic side to her as well. Kirari has no regard for human life and simply follows through what interests her. She actually doesn't worry about herself too much either, as she believes as long as the journey is entertaining, the outcome doesn't matter.
Kirari entertained by Yumeko's challenge
She likes calling the academy her aquarium and enjoys observing how people act, when they are at their lowest and have to fight for the top. She doesn't care about winning or losing and simply craves excitement and with this she masks all her other emotions. Kirari often bets on everything she has and since she takes many risks, her outcomes always favor herself. Being an incredible gambler, she has many similarities with Yumeko Jabami, as Kirari is also thrilled by the fading of the last spark, when a person's life comes to an end and states. She takes great pleasure in watching people suffer at the hands of her gambling outcomes, setting up life plans and being overly confident knowing that she will win. Ririka describes her as a very selfish person who believes that her every wish will be granted, which is why she’s willing to risk everything in order to do so.
However despite her generally inhumane and detached demeanor to others and the suffering she has caused, Kirari is shown to possess a genuinely close sisterly relationship with her older twin sister, Ririka Momobami. As seen during her interactions with her, where she stated to truly treasure and love her and was stated to be delighted in her slowly developing confidence due to her friendship with Mary Saotome. She also is affectionate towards her personal assistant, Sayaka Igarashi.
Profile[]
Past[]
Kirari was born alongside her older twin sister Ririka as members of the Momobami family. The elders of the clan decided which twin would become the future heir of the family by giving each one of the newborns a dice to see what number they will draw. The dice ultimately chose Kirari, while Ririka’s existence was “erased”, being forced to wear a mask and live merely as an extension of Kirari. While Kirari was indulging in the luxuries and spotlight as the family’s future head, Ririka had only quietly accompanied Kirari during family meetings.
Despite this, the twins’ bond was still very strong. In private, they would talk about their desire to escape from their family, stating that they never liked them in the first place. Although they had mixed feeling towards this decision, both of them came to the conclusion that they are the same, so they perfectly understand each other's feelings.
Kirari officially became the head of the Momobami clan at the age of seven, succeeding her grandmother. She was the dealer during the Dice Gamble of Jabami Family Dispute between Souko Jabami and her aunt, Tsugiko.
At an unknown point while Kirari was a child, she played a game of Old Maid against Rin Obami in front of the entire family. He was confident that he would beat her, but she saw through his cheat, choosing not to reveal it in order to reinforce how he was at her mercy, which was even more humiliating for him.
Kirari making Sayaka Igarashi her secretary
Two years prior to the start of the series, Kirari became the student council president when she was a first year high school student through gambling against the former student council president. She was the one who created the Housepet system, with the donation and the "dog" and "cat" system. Her win causes the discrimination already present at Hyakkaou Private Academy to become stronger with the oppression increasing strongly against those weak at gambling. Kirari also showed some interest in the then third-year middle schooler Sayaka Igarashi, and chose her as her secretary.
Kirari wanting to see the other side of an eye
She once gambled and won against Midari Ikishima. Since Kirari knew she wouldn't fit for a life plan, she had a different idea. She asked Midari whether she ever saw the other side of the moon, following up she stated that she always wanted to see the other side of someone's eye socket, deciding to buy Midari's left eye. She suggested the surgery would be done the next day, but Midari stabbed her eye with a pen in that moment. Kirari took a look and thanked her, but didn't think it was that interesting. Midari called her a pervert and wanted to play again, although Kirari refused, she promised to kill her one day.
Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler[]
Intrigued by Yumeko
After Yumeko Jabami won the gamble against Itsuki Sumeragi, Sayaka Igarashi enters the student council room where Kirari is sitting. She asks the student council members what they should do against Yumeko, which she responds to her that they will "intervene a little with her and see how it goes".
Kirari asking Mary to join the Council
After the debt settlement game, she is impressed by Mary Saotome and Yumeko cheating the system and profiting so much from it. She invites Mary to join the student council. She refuses, to which Kirari asks her why and becomes threatening and somewhat aggressive towards her. She states how she loves people like her, people that she can't understand. Mary says that she has a problem with the housepet system, but Kirari points out that she didn't always have a problem with it when she was profiting. Mary gets angry and leaves. After Midari Ikishima's game she has a meeting with the other branches of the Family but, Ririka Momobami goes and she stays behind and dresses up as her sister.
Kirari revealing herself
When Kaede Manyuda gets challenged by Yumeko, she steps in as the dealer and explains the game. When the bets get higher and higher, Kaede says that it is too much. Then, Kirari reveals herself to the shock of everyone. Kirari explains that she wanted to see Kaede lose personally, and she then asks Sayaka to do her braids and then continues on with the game. After Yumeko won, she is incredibly impressed and they decide to bet it all in a gamble.
Kirari looking forward to the risk
They play a Tarot card game and whoever loses must leave the school. She picks up the most valuable card to show to everyone and seems to have "accidentally" marked it with her nail polish. She then draws a very good card, while Yumeko a bad one. It was all up to Ryota Suzui, but he gave in to the rush of risk and picked a random one. With his pick it ended in a draw. Kirari then comforted a relieved Sayaka and said, that she cant wait to see more from Yumeko.
Kakegurui XX[]
Kirari intrigued by Terano Totobami's determination
Kirari announces that she wants to hold an election for a potential new president and disband the Student council. Everyone is shocked and against it, but then a visitor named Rei Batsubami bursts in. She introduces 10 people, who are all related to Kirari and want to become the new president. Kirari finds it very interesting to see them fight. She was later talking with Terano Totobami about her plans and Terano simply stated that she will take her down no matter what. Kirari found that very intriguing.
Kirari betting everything
During the Election, she quickly gambles her way to the top with having the most votes. After winning against Horo Jomaru, she sighed, stating it was so boring. Then, Rin Obami and Sumika Warakubami arrived and proposed to beat her themselves. She was getting excited and always bet all in. With this most people were already too scared to take her on, noted Rin. He found that to be foul and left, leaving Kirari behind surprised.
Telling Sayaka, she'll die a complete stranger to her
Kirari was in the council room when Sayaka Igarashi informed her that the Momobami's are rapidly gaining votes. She offers to get rid of them any way possible, but Kirari doesn't need that. She states that she looks forward to Yumeko stirring up her aquarium. During the later broadcast, Yumeko Jabami challenged her to a gamble. Kirari was ready to accept but wanted to set the stakes really high. However, Sayaka intervened and Kirari took the chance to challenged them both to a game she had always wanted to be played. She shows them the Tower of Doors, which was built for gambling alone. Whoever loses, will have to jump out of the fifth floor. She mentioned that if they found the solution they will live. But she knows that death wouldn't be losing everything for Sayaka. So Kirari says, that Sayaka must also die a complete stranger to her and Kirari will go on and forget she ever existed. Sayaka is determined to win.
Kirari jumping after Sayaka
However, Yumeko wins because she figured out the towers secret, in which Kirari is very pleased with Yumeko enjoying the tower. Then Sayaka chose one of the doors. Before she jumped out she confessed her love one last time and let herself fall. But Kirari jumped right after her and embraced Sayaka. They then landed on a safety mat placed under the flowers.
Kirari stating her own love for Sayaka
Kirari found the fall very fun and wished she had done it sooner. She explains to Sayaka that since she chose the door with the number 5 and she had to fall 5 floors, that was the solution that allowed her to live. Since they are now "strangers", Kirari asks her again to become her secretary. She tells Sayaka, how fascinating she finds her, because they are total opposites. She licks her wound and states that she also loves her and that it doesn't matter that neither of them will be able to understand the other.
Mentioning that Rei could become president
She later is talking to Terano and tells her how she always knew Rei Batsubami was going to do something but let her act because she found it interesting. She pitches the idea that maybe Rei will become president and flip everything on its head. Terano is shocked by this and again calls Kirari a maniac. She then later is proud of Rei for finding her purpose in life again and is present when Rei writes herself a new last name within the family. She called Rei breaking free, fascinating and thus rewarded her.
Later, drinking tea, she talks to Sayaka about the vote-buying going on. Sayaka response how she does it for Kirari's and her own sake and announces, how she will do what Kirari wishes. Kirari then laments about how all the pieces are falling into place and her "fishes" are eating each other. She wonders if the winner would then "starve" or break the aquarium itself. Kirari is eager to find out and decides to finally reap the harvest, collect all the votes gathered into one pile.
Kakegurui Twin[]
Aoi and Kirari challenging each other
Kirari has quite a few enemies, mainly the Council Executive named Aoi Mibuomi. A group of people opposing her has formed and they challenge her regime. She is quite intrigued by this uprising and hopes that it will bring a lot of thrill. Since she is aware of his plans and he knows, that she knows, the two often tease and challenge each other in the council room, as Kirari sees it only as a game. She also sometimes gambles with Sachiko Juraku, who shares a lot of her ideals and she shows interest in Mary Saotome after she transferred.
Kakegurui (Kakkokari)[]
Kirari in Kakkokari
In the spinoff parody, Kirari is drawn with big eyes and a constant smile on her face, rarely changing expression. While she doesn't commit any cruel act, she's always depicted as an extremely eccentric person; she enjoys teasing/pranking her fellow student council members or doing weird, unexpected things. In a chapter, she arrives at school on a Segway and appears very amused by her new vehicle, although Sayaka Igarashi is worried she might fall off it. In a different story, she announces she's getting married as a joke, making Sayaka depressed. She's also shown talking during her sleep, having bizarre dreams about her secretary and narrating them by herself. One time Sayaka catches her while she's calling Midari Ikishima mean names, apparently to help her decide which types of insults are the most exciting ones. She seems to enjoy bullying her and has called her a "bitch" in more than one occasion (which ended up turning Midari on, though).
Drama[]
Kirari in the drama
In the live action Kirari is played by Filipino Japanese actress Elaiza Ikeda. Instead of using blue lipstick, her lips are purple, like in the manga covers. On the cover of Season two, however, she is shown wearing light blue lipstick.
Kirari is mysteriously absent from the episodes of Season one and was replaced by Ririka Momobami and Kaede Manyuda during her important scenes (e.g., it is Kaede the one who invites Mary Saotome to join the Student Council). Sometimes she is shown in the shadows, but her face is never visible. It is only in Season two that Kirari starts being present. She is colder than her manga counterpart and hardly ever smiles.
Episodes[]
Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler[]
- A Woman Named Yumeko Jabami
- A Boring Woman
- Slit-Eyed Woman
- Tempting Woman
- Refusing Women
- Love-Dancing Woman (Non-Speaking, Disguised As Ririka)
- The Dreaming Woman (Non-Speaking, Disguised As Ririka)
- Selective Woman (Disguised As Ririka)
- The Woman Who Bets Her Life
- Gambling Woman
Kakegurui XX[]
- Gambling Women Again
- The Women of Momobami Clan
- Communicating Women
- The Girl who Changes (Pictured & Flashback) (?) The Connected Woman (?)
- The Hollywood Star (Flashback)
- The Winning Woman
- The Woman by her Side
- The Logical Woman
- The Null Woman
Kakegurui Twin[]
Relationships[]
Ririka Momobami[]
Her vice president is Ririka Momobami, her twin sister. At first they were very close, but throughout their history, they became estranged. Although Kirari showed a few times that she really cares about her twin sister and was proud to see her become her own person.
Sayaka Igarashi[]
To her, Sayaka seems intriguing and too rational. She feels that she cannot understand her because she values reason and dictates herself with it. Even with a mind free of desires and facing death, she chooses reason. Kirari considers her to be the perfect opposite and likes Sayaka as she is.
List of Gambles[]
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Etymology[]
- The name Kirari means "fine clothes" (綺羅) (kira) and "white jasmine" (莉) (ri).
- The kanji "綺" (ki) is used to write "kirei" (綺麗), which means "beautiful" or "clean".
- It can also mean "sparkle", "light" or "glitter" (きらり or キラリ).
- The kanji "綺" (ki) is used to write "kirei" (綺麗), which means "beautiful" or "clean".
- Kirari's surname Momobami means "peach" (桃) (momo) and "bite" (喰) (bami).
Trivia[]
- Kirari and Ririka Momobami are voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese) and Michelle Ruff (English).
- Kirari and Sinon from Sword Art Online have the same voice actors in both Japanese and English.
