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==Origin==

Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu is a character from Square Enix's ''{{w|The World Ends with You}}'', being Neku's second partner during the Reapers' Game. A sly and precocious boy with an incredibly deep view of the world around him, Joshua is actually the god-like Composer of Shibuya, the leader of the Reapers and the ruler of the Underground. His role was originally to oversee the Reapers' Game, but decided to erase the district and everyone in it, accepting the challenge of Shibuya's Conductor, Megumi Kitaniji, to see if Shibuya deserves to be saved within three weeks of the Reapers' Games. To that end, seeking a proxy to use against Kitaniji, Joshua arranged [[Neku Sakuraba]]'s enrollment by personally killing him. Joshua partners with Neku in the beginning of his second Reaper's Game for various reasons, becoming an illegal player as he did not die to enter the game. During the week, Joshua looks for the "Shibuya River" with Neku, using a tracker Mr. Hanekoma installed in his and Neku's cellphones. By the end of the week, Joshua was seemingly killed by the Reaper Sho Minamimoto in protecting Neku from Minaminoto's final attack. However, during the final battle with Kitaniji on the final day of the third Reaper Game, Joshua appears and reveals himself to be the Composer. Once Kitaniji is killed, instead of destroying Shibuya as he had won the bet, Joshua offers Neku a chance to determine Shibuya's fate: by killing him in a pistol duel. Though Neku lost as he refused to shoot, the total change of the boy's personality and trust in him convinced Joshua to spare Shibuya. In the end, while Neku and the others meet up, Joshua and Mr. Hanekoma watched them from afar atop the 104 building before flying off.

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