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A page for miscellaneous clients (and victims) from the Hell Correspondence debuting in non-anime media.
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2006 Drama
Daisuke Nizushima
Daisuke Nizushima
Portrayed by: Ochiai Buiki
A Hikkikomori traumatized by the death of his father.- Bittersweet Ending: His father is dead, his sister is put into a coma at Shinoda's hands, and he is damned to Hell, but he at least finds the will to escape his sheltered life.
- Creepy Child: He shuts himself in a dark room with the windows taped shut 24/7.
- Hikkikomori: After his father's death, although he already preferred the isolation of his room before that.
- My God, What Have I Done?: After he listens to his father's recording of his suffering at work, he regrets being so cold to him.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: His father was constantly at work despite his promises to spend more time with Daisuke, which is why his relationship with him fell off a cliff.
- You Killed My Father: He confronts Shinoda with this, although the man only finds it highly amusing.
Makoto Shinoda
Portrayed by: Satoru Jimbo
A Corrupt Corporate Executive that overworks his employees.- Asshole Victim: A corrupt, murderous suit with Social Darwinist leanings that bragged about his crimes to a child just before he's sent to Hell.
- Bad Boss: He brutally overworks his employees and bullies them if they don't perform to his standards.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: At one point, he even claims ethics are for losers and all that matters is profit.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears glasses and has no soul.
- Hate Sink: Hilariously so.
- Kick the Dog: When he's confronted by Daisuke, he throws him onto the floor and tells him to hang himself, saying it would make his sister and society at large if a shut-in like him died.
- Ironic Hell: He is tormented by an illusion of Daisuke's father before being hung on a noose after he told his son to hang himself. On the boat ride to Hell, Ai warns him his fate is to be overworked for all eternity.
- The Social Darwinist: A huge believer of this. He claims he overworks his employees in the hopes he can weed out the "incompetent" workers in the hopes they die, saying society has no need for the weak.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He shares some notable similarities to Riho Kaifu as roles are concerned, although their personalities and motives are quite different.
Saeko Tsuruta
Saeko Tsuruta
Portrayed by: Sachiko Suzuki
A despairing woman under great strain from her double-crossing lover.- Driven to Suicide: Attempts this but Ai intervenes. She changes her mind, afterward.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: Considering she was forced to have three abortions, she understandably has these.
- Was It Really Worth It?: Discussed amongst Ai's minions. Tsuruta may have gotten revenge on Toriumi, but now she is damned to Hell and will never meet her (deceased) children she praays for.
Seichi Toriumi
Voiced by: Kanji Tsuda
A pathologically lying hedonist cheating on his two lovers.- Asshole Victim: He's such a sleazy and callous bastard that it can't be argued he didn't have it coming.
- Death Glare: When he realizes Shoko is pregnant again, he has a chilling glare of this while staring down the floor.
- Hate Sink: He's a complete slimeball that lies out of his ass 24/7 while manipulating his second wife into multiple abortions.
- The Hedonist: A man that cheats and manipulates both his wives to satisfy his desire for sex.
Nakashima Kenta
Nakashima Kenta
Portrayed by: Yusuke Nagaoka
A man whose sister was killed in a traffic accident. He firmly believes it wasn't an accident, however.- Hair-Trigger Temper: He is easily riled up, but considering his circumstances, who can blame him?
- This Is Unforgivable!: Said verbatim when confronting Yoshitaka and witnessing his sociopathic attitude.
- Vengeance Feels Empty: After he pulls the string on Yoshitaka, he dejectedly walks off, feeling no satisfaction over his death.
Katsuragi Yoshitaka
Portrayed by: Teruo Ishiyama
Another Corrupt Corporate Executive that runs a traffic accident charity on the side.- Asshole Victim: He's a guy that stages traffic accidents for PR and money. It doesn't get much worse than that.
- Dirty Coward: Even relative to many other victims, he's positively pissing himself in fear when being rowed off to Hell, making feeble attempts at bribing Ai and squealing like a little girl.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Tells Kenta he can get away with anything, even murder, with money. Ai rebukes him, however.
Misato Honda
Misato Honda
Portrayed by: Mayu Fujimori
The latest captive of an insane Serial Killer.- Bound and Gagged: Although she temporarily breaks free to access the Hell Correspondence.
- Broken Bird: From her torture and already having witnessed Abe murder other captives in front of her.
- Made a Slave: She's forced to fulfilling Abe's twisted fantasies lest he kill her.
Satoshi Abe
Portrayed by: Daiki Sano
A police detective who is actually an insane Serial Killer targetting women.- Adaptational Villainy: Kisaragi of the anime may have been a stalker with a murder and several attempted murders to his name, but he wasn't an all-out Serial Killer like Abe.
- Ax-Crazy: He makes the character who he's based on look sane.
- Dirty Cop: He has this job to cover his tracks.
- Psychopathic Manchild: As we see from what he does to his captives, he has a raging sister complex and throws (murderous) tantrums for perceived slights.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: A fairly obvious import of detective Kisaragi from the anime.
- Would Hurt a Child: Kidnaps Tsugumi and tortures her all the same as his adult victims.
Sachi Sanada
Sachi Sanada
Portrayed by: Meguru Ishii
A schoolgirl being terrorized by her Yandere "best friend."- Bittersweet Ending: Sanada struggles to adjust to life without Mako's company, and she now has to own up to the consequences of their actions.
- Broken Bird: Nearly being raped severely damaged her life since childhood.
- Rape as Backstory: She was nearly raped as a kid, which is where her second personality, Mako, manifested to intervene and save her.
- Self-Harm: Mako enforces this on Sanada as "punishment" for her wavering faith to her, although it may be Sanada just engaging in self-harm considering her state of mind.
Mako
Portrayed by: Aimi Tokaibayashi
An obsessive girl murderously determined to never let Sanada see other friends.- Ax-Crazy: She is willing to murder others to keep them away from Sanada, and makes her engage in self-harm as "penance" for any wavering loyalty to her.
- Split Personality: Mako is half of Sanada's soul that manifested from when she was nearly raped.
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: Although "protective" is probably the wrong term here, she's willing to repeatedly push people off stairs to keep them away from Sanada.
- Yandere: Her defining characteristic. In fact, it's all she exists for.
Miharu Koyama
Miharu Koyama
Portrayed by: Taeko Nishino
A co-worker of Hajime, whose marriage (and life) is being ruined by her bumbling father.- Here We Go Again!: She is last seen accessing the Hell Correspondence again after her father commits suicide.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She is Yuuko Murai in all but name.
- A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: She lashes out at her father for his naivety and the damage its caused to her life. Unfortunately, this heavily contributes to his suicide.
Kozo Kayama
Portrayed by: Kenji Mitamura
A grieving man that's lost his wife and is currently being swindled by a Gold Digger.- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Pleads with Miharu's fiance to not file for separation, to no avail. Later on, he begs Matsui to stop pretending she doesn't know him, again to no avail. This leads to his suicide.
- Driven to Suicide: He jumps off a railing when Matsui feigns ignorance of who he is after she's through with him.
Kiriko Matsui
Portrayed by: Nao Oikawa
A calluous Gold Digger preying on the Koyama patriarch.- Flat Character: She doesn't get much screentime, and most of what we know of her is via word of mouth.
- Gold Digger: She makes a killing off swindling men for their money and hanging them dry.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: While her actual character resembles Namiko Todaka, the nature of her role effectively makes her a gender-flipped Ryousuke Sekine.
Takuto Onda
Shinji Onda
Portrayed by: Yoshihiro Nozoe
An ex-college teacher whose life has been ruined since a student claimed he tried to rape her.- Accidental Pervert: He gets into a minor physical scuffle with Natsuko, loosening her clothing up and allowing her to make it seem like he tried to rape her (again).
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: He barges into Natsuko's house and gets on his knees begging for her to confess the truth.
- Good Parents: To Takuto.
- Too Dumb to Live: Seriously, the man goes to the house of someone that ruined his life and expects them to come out with the truth out of the goodness of their heart. When she rebukes him, he tackles her in her own home, irrevocably ruining his life.
Kanejo Natsuko
Portrayed by: Mayuko Iwasa
A college student. She ruined her teacher's life after he rejected her application to a university.- Asshole Victim: Oh so very much.
- Evil Is Petty: Completely ruins a man's life for turning down a university application.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Inverted. Ai's team is disgusted by horrible a person she is.
- False Rape Accusation: She falsely accuses Onda of attempting to rape her twice.
- Hate Sink: She has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and is nothing more than a sadistic, sociopathic bitch.
- Hoist by Her Own Petard: Natsuko was unaware Ai rejected her request and the straw doll she had all along was a phony passed along the neighborhood. This means her bargaining tool against Takuto is meaningless and only she's sent to Hell.
- The Vamp: She's very aware of her good looks and seduces Shinji for a moment before rebuking him as a complete idiot.
Takuto Onda
Portrayed by: Keita Okada
Shinji's son.- I Regret Nothing: Says this verbatim when Hajime criticizes him over using the Hell Correspondence.
- Like Father, Like Son: Natsuko accuses him of being this when he starts stalking her after her second rape accusation against his father.
Kyoko Kazama
Kyoko Kazama
Portrayed by: Yoko Oshima
A hysterical woman suffering from a deteriorating mind after surviving a freak accident that left her daughter dead.- Bittersweet Ending: Between this and Downer Ending. She loses all of her memories and sense of identity after sending Honda to Hell, but Ai's team suggests her no longer having to live with the grief she's had to possibly be comforting until she dies.
- Death of Personality: She's slowly losing her sense of self and tries to keep it together with a notebook. By the end of her story, she's a vegetable.
- The Power of Hate: How she recollects her mind enough to invoke the contract against Honda.
Toshime Honda
Honda (left) with her lover Iwa (right)
Portrayed by: Mayuko Iwasa (Honda), Shinji Kasahara (Iwa)
A hospital orderly that accidentally hit and run Kyoko Kazama and her daughter.- Asshole Victim: Par for the course.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Inverted. Iwa is freaked out by his role in Kyoko's coma and wants to confess, but Honda convinces him to let her and her daughter die so word never gets out of their involvement.
- Hate Sink: Honda is a vicious, sociopathic thug that does everything she can to inspire resentment any time she's on screen.
- Kick the Dog: She tears apart Kyoko's notebook and laughs at her anguish when confronted by her.
- Mugging the Monster: Pulls a knife on Ai when she comes to reclaim the straw doll she stole from Kyoko. She scrams when Ai grabs the knife barehanded with no injury to herself.
Otaki
Inspector Otaki
Portrayed by: Tetsu Watanabe
A detective that spurs Hajime on the path of taking down the infamous Natsume group.- Ambiguously Evil: By the end, it's unclear if he was just using Hajime.
- Left Hanging: Due to the TV Drama being cut short of its Sequel Hook, we will never know his motives.
Junichiro Wakatsuki
Portrayed by: Ryuki Kitaoka
The head of the Natsume group, an infamous mafia-like holding corporation.- Asshole Victim: Given his past actions, occupation, and what little we saw of him illustrating him as a homicidal maniac, this is a given.
- Ax-Crazy: When Hajime doesn't cave to his interrogation tactics, he shoos his men out, then subsequently flies into a shrieking bestial rage and prepares to gun him down.
- Bad Boss: When Ren impersonates him to cover for his disappearance, his men flee in terror when he starts to seemingly get mad.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: What we know of the Natsume group is it's basically The Mafia in all but name.
- Disc-One Final Boss: He is the antagonist of the first half of the two-parter finale.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Collaborating with Inagaki in the past, he's responsible for why the show's true main antagonist is the way he is.
Ayumi's killer (spoilers)
Tetsu
Portrayed by: Yoji Tanaka
In the past, Takashi Inagaki was in debt to the mafia-like Natsume group. In order to repay his debts, he wrote a false story against the Sawazaki family under Hajime Shibata's name. The result was the Sawazaki patriarch murdering his pregnant wife in a murder-suicide. Her brother, Tetsu, sought revenge against Hajime and sent his wife to Hell through the Hell Correspondence, hoping he would suffer the same pain he did. Seeing him overcome his grief, however, Tetsu enacted a long-term plan for revenge by infiltrating his life and striking when it's least expected.- All for Nothing: Explicitly stated verbatim by Ai. She says his whole quest for revenge was meaningless; in his madness, he failed to uncover the actual truth in his quest of misplaced retribution.
- Arch-Enemy: To Hajime, who states even after he understands his plight, he cannot forgive him.
- Ax-Crazy: A very subdued example. He's not outright irrational or unstable even after the reveal, but Ai says he is a man whose sanity has long been consumed by hate and rage.
- Badass Longcoat: He switches to this for his Evil Costume Switch.
- Becoming the Mask: It's implied that through his conversations with Tsugumi in captivity, he grew to genuinely like her.
- Best Served Cold: This is the reason he got close to the Shibatas, hoping that when his betrayal is least expected, he will completely crush Hajime's spirit.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind: The fun-loving bartender was actually Ayumi's murderer and responsible for most of Hajime's grief.
- Driven to Suicide: When he realizes everything he's done is for nothing and that Hajime is unwilling to kill him, he takes his straw doll for himself and pulls the string.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His whole motive and reasoning for his insanity is based on his sister's murder.
- Face Death with Dignity: He calmly acknowledges he was in the wrong when being ferried to Hell.
- Foreshadowing: His subtle encouragements to Hajime to turn his life around and how he hurts others greatly foreshadows his actual character.
- Spiteful Suicide: He pulls Hajime's string on himself knowing he will curse him to Hell as well, spitefully telling him to "own up to his mistakes" as well.
- Would Hurt a Child: He planned on murdering Tsugumi in his grand revenge scheme. He changed his mind at the last moment and simply knocks her out.
2019 Film
Maki
Maki (real name: Honda Takaaki)
Portrayed by: Tomi Fujita
A successful music producer and band leader. He was Sanae's manager until her career-ending injuries and eventual disappearance.- Asshole Victim: Given that he is arguably the evilest human character in the franchise, his humiliating fate is richly deserved.
- Ax-Crazy: He's a violent cult leader that desires nothing less than the destruction of humanity and the planet itself, propping up an insane conspiracy to unleash a perceived demonic entity to do so. Ai scolds him for being so delusional when it's time to give him his just desserts.
- Bad Boss: When one of his singers underperforms to his standards, he slaps the shit out of him screaming profanities. One of the performers indicates this is not new and Haruka is doing a good job not disappointing him.
- Body Horror: His Mind Rape sees his body turning into a tree.
- Big Bad: Of the 2019 film.
- Chewing the Scenery: At the very end, when he realizes everything he's done is for nothing and he's going to die, he starts grasping at the air with both hands and hammily declares he will kill everyone.
- Cult: His band is actually a cover for a doomsday cult that also operates as a drug trafficking ring.
- Dirty Coward: He wants to bring death upon all others, but when he's confronted with his own, he is instead screaming and cowering in complete fear.
- The Dreaded: Kudo notes the reason why Maki has a difficult time socializing in the music industry is other studios and producers deeply fear him for his violent conduct.
- Drugs Are Bad: He used to be a junkie. Nowadays, he produces an extremely dangerous, borderline mind-altering drug to brainwash his followers. Very bad indeed.
- Ephebophile: He's 26 but has sex with Haruka, a high school student he's seduced into his group.
- Excessive Evil Eye Shadow: To fit for his gothic stage looks, although he is very, very evil as well.
- Hate Sink: It should be self-explanatory at this point.
- Hero Killer: He brutally and ritualistically stabs Kudo to death for snooping around his conspiracy.
- Laser-Guided Karma: It's not his actual death, as he's banished to Hell, but the last sight of his physical body was being squashed by the same trap he intended to sacrifice Haruka with.
- Misanthrope Supreme: He hates everyone and everything but himself, which is often reflected in his musical lyrics.
- Omnicidal Maniac: His singular goal in life is the destruction of Earth, which he believes can only be fulfilled through appeasing a God of Evil.
- Would Hurt a Child: He clearly grooms naive youths into his gang, subsequently giving them a lavish lifestyle and drugs to brainwash them into total obedience. On a more literal note, refer to Bad Boss.
Sanae Mikuriya
Sanae Mikuriya
Portrayed by: Mina Oba
An up-and-coming idol singer whose career (and life) was cut short by an attack from a deranged stalker.- Break the Cutie: She is turned into a cynical and bitter wreck after her scarring.
- Facial Horror: One side of her face is covered with scars after Takuro's attempt on her life.
- Irony: Had she lived, what Maki intended to do to her wouldn't have been much better than going to Hell.
- Too Dumb to Live: Sanae holds the crown for being the dumbest victim in the entire franchise. She tells Takuro's grieving mother everything about the Hell Correspondence, down to instructions and her son's fate, just to spite her to the bone; unsurprisingly, not long later, Masako invokes her own contract against Sanae. What keeps this from being A Tragedy of Impulsiveness is that when confronted by Ai, Sanae is absolutely surprised by the turn of events, somehow not knowing this would be the outcome.
- Would You Like to Hear How They Died?: Fed up with Masako's begging for forgiveness, she leans over and tells her everything about the Hell Correspondence and Takuro's agonizing fate in Hell.
Takuro Nagaoka
Takuro Nagaoka
Portrayed by: Yusaku Mori
A psychotic stalker. He attacks Sanae on stage with a knife, ruining her life.- Asshole Victim: When it's revealed he has no remorse for anything and instead gets a good night's sleep over his actions, he definitely deserves Hell.
- Ax-Crazy: He's a sadistic stalker that gets his kicks off hurting others.
- Dirty Coward: He can only complain when Ai and her servants arrive, whining he's done little wrong but "just assault." Yeah, right.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He feigns remorse and uses his little freedom to send Sanae a hurtful letter proudly professing his glee at what he's done.
- Off with His Head!: He is ceremoniously beheaded before he is sent to Hell.
Masako Nagaoka
Masako Nagaoka
Portrayed by: Reiko Kataoka
Takuro's mother. She frantically tries to make amends with Sanae's family, but they will have none of it.- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: She frequently gets on all fours begging the Mikuriya family for forgiveness. It only angers them.
- Death Seeker: After she sends Sanae to Hell, instead of feeling great, she becomes a disheveled wreck and begs her parents to kill her. When they refuse, she slashes her own throat open.
- Slashed Throat: Self-inflicted when Sanae's parents refuse to avenge their daughter by killing her.
- Spiteful Suicide: She condemns Sanae's parents for not being upfront about their hate for her like their daughter, slashing her throat with clear shades of pure spite.
- Vengeance Feels Empty: Sending Sanae to Hell literally did nothing but push her to the brink of despair.
Himamura Village (Mioyosuga)
Rui Rokudo
Rui Rukudo, Asuka Kambayashi, Yayoko Matsukata, Saya Shinozaki
SPOILER
The enigmatic guardian deity of Himamura. It is said and (supposedly) proven she will kill any dissenter or heretic in the village, causing its people to obey strict customs.
- Alas, Poor Villain: There is always a measure of great pity or sympathy in the scenarios Asuka's death is seen. Most poignant in Ayumi's most expansive route, where she finds peace from being free of the hate that defined her.
- Ax-Crazy: Next to Maki, she is doubtlessly the most insane character in the entire franchise. Best emphasized in her character route, where the player sees what it's like from her absolutely deranged perspective.
- Being Evil Sucks: A major theme of Asuka's episode is how being evil of her own volition has completely ruined her life and how she could have turned it around before it was too late.
- Big Bad: Of Mioyosuga.
- Big Bad Friend: The current mantle of Rui Rokudo is claimed by Asuka Kambayashi, who is systematically murdering Himamura's founding families.
- Cruelty Is the Only Option: There are options in her character route to deviate from the established canon by sparing certain characters. Doing so will have her sent to Hell by one of the various characters that deduce her true identity.
- Daddy's Little Villain: She constantly cites her late papa during her rampage, hoping to make him proud from beyond the grave. What's more, she used his leftover research to plan out her killings and methods - religiously abiding by its contents.
- Giggling Villain: She is giggling with insane laughter whenever she opens her mouth.
- Irony: While the whole Rui Rokudo myth is fake, Ai says Asuka possesses all the qualifications to be the next Hell Girl. The only thing preventing her from becoming this is Yuzuki being next in line.
- Jack the Ripoff: An interesting variation. Rui Rokudo is a fake Hell Girl persona created by the ancestors of Himamura to maintain their ideals of order. Asuka is ripping that off to exact revenge on the village.
- Laughing Mad: Whenever she successfully kills her would-be victims, she breaks into hysterical laughter.
- Legacy Character: The role of Rokudo Rui was forced upon selected young girls from generation to generation. The last official killing was six years ago, against the Kambayashi family. The surviving daughter has taken up the role for her own ends of revenge.
- Literal Split Personality: From her narration of two personalities going back and forth, it's clear Asuka is schizophrenic. It is confirmed outright in one of Ayumi's endings.
- Nightmare Face: 24/7 after the reveal.
- Peaceful in Death: In most routes, Asuka dies without any dignity, but Ayumi's route features one where she dies free of her hatred.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: It's a discussed plot point how Asuka is seemingly a dainty high school girl and wouldn't stand a chance against some of the men she targets for killings. To prepare for her revenge, Asuka underwent rigorous physical training and is actually much stronger than she appears.
- Professional Killer: The actual role of Rui Rokudo is that of a hitman. Asuka, though, is just a Serial Killer.
- Retired Monster: Rui Rokudo was last taken up by Yayoko six years ago. The current killer is an imposter using the name for revenge.
- Revenge: Asuka's whole motive is to avenge her murdered parents...by effectively destroying Himamura.
- Serial Killer: Asuka is this.
- The Power of Hate: Asuka's hate is so overwhelmingly strong that Ai even admits she would be a worthy candidate for a genuine Hell Girl.
- Taking You with Me: Asuka's most cohesive route (and most suggested canonical ending for the game) as a whole sees her killing all her targets and dying with Haruto in a murder-suicide.
- Through the Eyes of Madness: When we get to play her episode, we see Asuka's mental landscape is one soaked in blood and writings of "die" scrawled in every corner.
- Tragic Villain: Asuka is no different from the tortured souls that would be Hell Girls, and Ai even pities her.
- Together in Death: The final ending of the game sees Asuka die with Haruto in a tragic murder-suicide.
- Villain Episode: The last unlockable route is from her point of view.
- Walking Spoiler: Everything about her is this.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Asuka Kambayashi was just a sweet girl that saw her parents brutally and senselessly murdered, changing her life for the worst as she was yanked around from household to household. Feeling nothing is worth living for but revenge, she cast out her remaining family and prospects in life to pursue a fate she even knows she could have avoided.
Samon Fukasawa
Samon Fukasawa
- Asshole Victim: The only child of a pair of elderly folk he had executed eventually appeared and banished him to Hell.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Refer to above.
- Make an Example of Them: He does this to inspire fear and order. Of course, it bit him in the ass.
- Posthumous Character: Of course he's dead now. His story makes up the legend of Rokudo Rui at a glance.
- Rape, Pillage, and Burn: As expected of a warlord in the Azuchi-Momoyama era.
Yasaharu Kusao
Yasaharu Kusao
- Alas, Poor Villain: He's revealed to have some Hidden Depths at the last, and his pathetic and horrific death is meant to paint how wrong Asuka's actions are.
- The Alcoholic: He often goes out drinking at night, which Haruto initially chalks up his sudden absence to.
- Asshole Victim: He's a brutal Education Papa that screams at his son for the slightest mistakes and encourages him to discard his friends. He might not have deserved to die, but he was nevertheless a deeply unpleasant man.
- Education Papa: Of the very, very abusive kind.
- Pet the Dog: He reveals somewhere in his last moments deep down he does love Haruto; he would take the time to comfort him in moments of extreme distress and explain (with evidence) of how he used to be like him until he gained the tough responsibilities of leading a village.
- Posthumous Character: He's missing for most of the core story but was actually killed before it. We see how in the last route.
Hyoma Shinozaki
Hyoma Shinozaki
- Good Parents: Unlike Nobuhiko and Yasaharu, he is a wholeheartedly good guy and an awesome parental figure.
- Red Herring: His stone-faced disposition and dodginess in regard to his daughter's questions makes him seem like a suspect for a villain; he's only trying to avoid the topic of Rokudo Rui out of concern for Ayumi's safety.
- Secret-Keeper: His family descended from the man that banished Samon Fukasawa to Hell, and thus he is also aware of the the false legacy of Rokudo Rui.
Nobuhiko Matsukata
Nobuhiko Matsukata
- Abusive Parents: Only to Misaki. He was apparently doting enough on Tomohiko to the point his son deeply mourns his psssing.
- Asshole Victim: Biggest one in the game.
- Ephebophile: He adopted Misaki because he is a pedophile. He irregularly rapes her and manipulates her.
- Fat Bastard: He has a visible gut and is a pedophilic raping bastard.
- Hated by All: His reputation is bad enough that, when he is found dead, the implications of treachery cause his family to be shunned as well.
- Stout Strength: Overlapping with Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Asuka notes for her frail build, he would be tough to murder. She prevails regardless.
Kibitsu Takayasu
Kibitsu Takayasu
Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Maeda
A shady detective investigating the murders in Himamura.- Asshole Victim: Instead of turning Asuka over, he tries to stage a profitable story by coercing her with the threat of the straw doll. It backfires when Asuka proves to be much tougher than she looks.
- Blackmail: He tries to threaten Asuka with a straw doll when he deduces her identity.
- Hidden Depths: Despite being a sleazy and untrustworthy looking guy, he is a remarkably talented detective and figures out the whole incident on his own. This is lampshaded by Asuka, who notes it isn't his lack of skill in his field that holds him back, but his awful personality.
- Red Herring: He's literally the first client seen on-screen in an ambiguous scene that becomes relevant much later in the game, giving the impression he's a significant villain. His shady looks don't help either. He's not a villain, just an asshole.
- Slimeball: As Asuka points out his myriad of flaws, he's a sleaze whose underhanded personality traits hold his career and genuine talents back.
- Walking Spoiler: He makes few appearances until the last route where Asuka identifies him as her greatest threat.
