Komatsuzaki was a sculpture graduate before becoming involved with Spike, and Danganronpa was his first experience as a character designer.
[1] The word Danganronpa originated from Komatsuzaki, which was first written in kanji but was later changed to katakana for the logo.
As a result, Komatsuzaki designed Makoto Naegi to wear a hoodie to complement his look, thinking the player was going to see his back a lot.
[4] Besides Danganronpa, Komatsuzaki was one of many artists to design characters for Fate/Grand Order, an RPG mobile game based on the Fate/stay night series.
Cindy H. Yamauchi adapted Rui Komatsuzaki's original character designs for animation.