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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !!Minor Characters |
| 6 | [[folder:Rumiko Chie]] |
| 7 | !!Rumiko Chie |
| 8 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/FumikoOrikasa (JP), Sam Carr (EN, Bang Zoom), Creator/MacyAnneJohnson (EN, Funimation) |
| 9 | !!!Portrayed by: Hitomi Miwa (film) |
| 10 | [[quoteright:145:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/higu_chie_3182.png]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | The female teacher of Keiichi's class, who is a parody character of ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'''s Ciel-senpai (permission for her usage was given by [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Type-Moon]]). The voice actress for her character in the anime series is the same as the voice actress for Ciel from the Tsukihime anime. Going along with the parody, her favorite food is curry rice, just like Ciel. |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | * BerserkButton: Don't you dare insult curry in front of her. It won't be pretty. Sometimes she can hear an insult even when she's not in the room! |
| 15 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has blue hair and blue eyes. |
| 16 | * {{Expy}}: She's clearly based on Ciel from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', and Type-Moon even granted permission to 07th Expansion to do so. She seems to be more specifically based on Ciel-sensei, the version of Ciel that appears in ''Tsukihime'''s "Teach me, Ciel-sensei!" segments; she even wears the same pendant.[[note]]Unlike Neko Arc, her status as just Ciel in a teacher's uniform or as a separate character is not quite confirmed. At least one story in Kagetsu Tohya seems to suggest Ciel-sensei is a separate character, which would make Chie an Expy of an Expy.[[/note]] If that wasn't enough, in ''Higurashi Daybreak'', many of Rumiko's moves are direct references to some of Ciel's moves from ''Melty Blood''. In the ExpansionPack, one of Rumiko's alternate outfits is Ciel's nun outfit and, if the player uses this costume, she will talk very much like her ''Tsukihime'' counterpart. |
| 17 | * HotTeacher: Parodied in Kira with Keiichi "sketching" her as punishment game in the Soul Brother's delusion. |
| 18 | * MyNaymeIs: Her name is oddly spelled "Lumiko Cie" in the French version, most likely to make her PunnyName more obvious. |
| 19 | * PunnyName: Her name in Japanese order is Chie Rumiko. If you combine "Chie" and "Ru", you get "Chieru", which sounds very similar to the Japanese pronuncation of [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Ciel]]'s name. |
| 20 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unfortunately, there's generally little she can do. |
| 21 | * {{Schoolmarm}}: She's the only teacher at the school the main characters attend, which isn't surprising since Hinamizawa is a rural village and the school is a one-room schoolhouse with a single class of children of different ages. Keiichi is impressed that she manages to teach a class full of students from different grades. Higher grade students are also expected to teach to lower grade ones during free study periods, effectively raising the number of teachers. |
| 22 | * SeriousBusiness: Curry, both cooking it and respecting its history. Rena says she's a tyrant when it comes to curry. |
| 23 | * SternTeacher: In the visual novel Rena states that Rumiko would not hesitate to discipline her students who had crossed the line with harsh methods such as hitting them with a wooden ruler. This is never brought up in the anime where she's generally nice to her students. |
| 24 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Curry, which is yet another indication that she's an {{expy}} of Ciel. Satoko mentions that she has heard a rumor that Chie eats curry for three meals a day, and when she has to eat something else, she adds her own curry flavor to it. |
| 25 | [[/folder]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:Tatsuyoshi Kasai]] |
| 28 | !!Tatsuyoshi Kasai |
| 29 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/FumihikoTachiki (JP), Creator/SteveKramer (EN) |
| 30 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/higu_kasai_4170.png]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | An employee of the Sonozakis and Shion's personal bodyguard who looks like a secret agent. |
| 33 | ---- |
| 34 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He's always dressed in a black suit as expected from a bodyguard and retired {{Yakuza}}. |
| 35 | * CoolShades: He wears sunglasses as part of his stereotypical tough bodyguard look. |
| 36 | * HiredHelpAsFamily: He works as Shion's personal bodyguard, yet he's more like real family to her than any Sonozaki except for maybe Mion and Akane. [[spoiler:When Kasai tells her he can't protect her if she's going to be punished for sneaking inside the Saiguden, Shion feels the most betrayed because she had hoped Kasai would side with her even if no one in the Sonozakis did.]] |
| 37 | * RedBaron: "Shotgun Tatsu". Do ''not'' mess with this guy! |
| 38 | * RomanticRunnerUp: According to Shion, her father, Kasai and Akane had a LoveTriangle in their youth. Kasai lost but stayed close to Akane as right-hand man. It didn't end so badly for him at all since he does get to watch over Shion. |
| 39 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter: He wields a shotgun during [[spoiler:the assault on the Irie clinic]] in ''Matsuribayashi''. A single slug from it tears a massive hole through the door and the table the guards were using as cover, scaring them shitless. A second shot gets them all to surrender [[spoiler:except for one]]. |
| 40 | * RetiredBadass: He was a more active member of the local {{Yakuza}} in the past but has settled down to become Shion's caretaker. |
| 41 | * SunglassesAtNight: He is ''always'' seen wearing sunglasses. |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Katsuya Kumagai]] |
| 45 | !!Katsuya Kumagai |
| 46 | !!!Voiced by: Shumpei Otani (JP), Creator/KyleHebert (EN, Bang Zoom), Anthony [=DiMascio=] (EN, Funimation) |
| 47 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kuma_sifuku_3.png]] |
| 48 | |
| 49 | A police officer in Okinomiya who assists Ooishi in his investigation. |
| 50 | ---- |
| 51 | * StraightMan: He plays the calm ByTheBookCop to Ooishi's BunnyEarsLawyer, oftentimes being the level-headed {{Foil}} to his boisterous antics. |
| 52 | * TheWatson: Ooishi often explains what's on his mind to Kumagai, letting the audience know what the authorities know in the process. It's especially prominent in the TIPS where no protagonists are present for Ooishi to play off of. |
| 53 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The credits of ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' state that Kumagai went missing alongside Ooishi; neither of their bodies were found. |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Teppei Houjou]] |
| 57 | !!Teppei Houjou |
| 58 | !!!Voiced by: Katsuhisa Hoki (JP), Creator/SteveKramer (EN, Bang Zoom), Creator/BryanMassey (EN, Funimation) |
| 59 | !!!Portrayed by: Riki Takeuchi (film), Tomohiro Waki (drama series) |
| 60 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/higu_teppei_285.png]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | Satoko and Satoshi's uncle/foster father. He and his wife Tamae were forced to take care of Satoko and Satoshi after the deaths of their parents but abused them. He left Hinamizawa after Tamae's death and currently lives in Okinomiya. |
| 63 | ---- |
| 64 | * AbusiveParents: He's [[EvilUncle Satoko's uncle]] but ends up as her direct guardian in some arcs, making him a parental figure. Not only does he treat Satoko like crap and hit her but one of the TIPS flat out states if she were a few years older [[CreepyUncle he would have no qualms about abusing her sexually]]. It doesn't end well for him in any of the arcs. |
| 65 | * ArcVillain: Rather than being simply an AssholeVictim to kick off the main plots like in ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'', Teppei, along with the stigmatization of his family in Hinamizawa, is the main obstacle to overcome for a large chunk of ''Minagoroshi-hen'', as Rika and her friends have to figure out how they can save Satoko from his abuse ''without'' resorting to murdering him. |
| 66 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He gets by Keiichi and Rena in ''Tatarigoroshi-hen'' and ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' respectively for tormenting their loved ones but in ''Miotsukushi-hen'' [[BigBad Takano]] injects him with [[PsychoSerum H173]] to induce the [[ClawingAtOwnThroat final stages of Hinamizawa Syndrome]]; he'd been abusing Satoko earlier in that last arc so no tears are shed.]] |
| 67 | * BookDumb: Teppei is not a very well-educated man. As the VN puts it when he's visited by Ms. Chie asking about why Satoko stayed home from school that day, "Teppei hated schools, and teachers." |
| 68 | * ChildHater: Part of the reason why he's so abusive to Satoko is that he hates children. |
| 69 | * ClawingAtOwnThroat: [[spoiler:His fate in ''Miotsukushi-hen'' is being selected by Takano as Tomitake's replacement the night of the Watanagashi Festival. She injects him with H173 and he dies by tearing his own neck open.]] |
| 70 | * CreepyUncle: While he is not one in the story proper, one of the TIPS outright says that if Satoko had been some years older, Teppei would more than likely add sexual abuse on top of the emotional and physical abuse he already subjects her to. |
| 71 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: |
| 72 | ** [[spoiler:He has his head split open by Rena for playing a part in Rina's scam regarding her divorced father and his body is wrapped up in cloth with hers to be hidden in a junkyard.]] |
| 73 | ** [[spoiler:He's knocked off his moped, chased down and beaten with Satoshi's baseball bat (the same one used to kill Teppei's wife) by Keichii for abusing Satoko and is buried deep in the woods.]] |
| 74 | ** [[spoiler:He's drugged and shot upon awakening by the same niece he'd relentlessly mistreated and gets his corpse's skull bashed in by her missing brother's old baseball bat.]] |
| 75 | * EvilUncle: He has a history of beating his niece and nephew Satoko and Satoshi. He's not even their real uncle as his older brother was their stepfather. |
| 76 | * HairTriggerTemper: Rage and violence are second nature to Teppei, as he himself is even fully aware of. In ''Minagoroshi-hen'', calls from Child Welfare Services about how he's taking care of Satoko force him to restrain himself from beating Satoko, and he hates that he has to do so. However, one slip-up of hitting her in a rage once again is all it takes for him to slide right back into it, assaulting her even more and even harder when her crying infuriates him. |
| 77 | * HatedByAll: Everyone in Hinamizawa either fears or despises him. PlayedForDrama in certain instances where his abysmal social standing makes it easier for people to believe he's behind crimes even when he isn't, such as the murder of his girlfriend Rina, which is what brings him back to Hinamizawa to begin with. |
| 78 | * HateSink: A [[HairTriggerTemper violent]] [[WouldHurtAChild child-abusing]] pimp and all-around scumbag that has had a hand in ruining the lives of Rena and Satoko. With his limited screentime only used to illustrate how vile he is Teppei was clearly meant to be a character the audience wants to suffer; Teppei is gruesomely murdered in almost every loop except the rare ones he lives through. |
| 79 | * TheIrredeemableException: Aside from Nomura (who we never learn the real name and identity of), Teppei and Rina are the only characters in the story to be depicted as thoroughly evil people without any redeemable qualities to them, and are offered no chances to reform and atone for their sins in any of the loops whether they die or not. [[spoiler: This is played with for Teppei in ''[[Anime/HigurashiWhenTheyCryGou Gou/Sotsu]]'' where even in loops where he does get more humanized and becomes TheAtoner, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam he's unable]] to make good on fully changing his life and making better choices and better relationships with people he'd hurt like Satoko, and the trope is straight up averted only in the loop of ''Tatariakashi-hen'' and in the final miracle fragment seen at the end of the series.]] |
| 80 | * {{Jerkass}}: Even when he isn't doing anything morally reprehensible he's still an asshole. |
| 81 | * KarmicDeath: In most arcs he's killed by one or several members of the club to either free Satoko from his abuse or get back at him for Rina extorting money from Rena's father. |
| 82 | * KnightOfCerebus: His presence always signifies things getting unpleasant. [[spoiler:[[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Rika: in any world where Satoko's uncle returns to Hinamizawa she feels she might as well give up at trying to fight against any circumstances.]] |
| 83 | * LoanShark: One of his activities is threatening people into signing loans with him and Rina. |
| 84 | * MoreHateableMinorVillain: While far from the BigBad and in fact not even remotely involved in the plot of Oyashiro's curse, Teppei still manages to be among ''the'' most reprehensible figures in the story for his disgusting actions and morally degenerate character. |
| 85 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: The only reason he and his wife agreed to become Satoshi and Satoko's new guardians was for the insurance money they could pick up from doing so. [[spoiler: This is also ultimately why Teppei ever returns to the Houjou family house in Hinamizawa, as in addition to hiding from the police for a murder he'd be suspected of, he wants to find the bank checkbook belonging to his late brother so that he can then leave the village with money in hand.]] |
| 86 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:That's how normal people react to putting the light on and seeing a cute teenage girl brandishing a large blade ready to slice your brains. Or seeing a furious teenage boy charging at you with a baseball bat while screaming like a banshee. Or waking up to find the niece you've abused for a long time aiming a loaded firearm at your forehead.]] He doesn't have the time to say it out loud in any scenario though. |
| 87 | * OutlawCouple: According to Kasai he is a pimp and uses his lover Rina to swindle men out of their money. |
| 88 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Whenever he's killed it's because someone found his actions so horrible they thought he no longer had the right to live. |
| 89 | * PragmaticVillainy: It should be noted that as abusive as Teppei and Tamae were they maintained custody of the kids by not being overt about it and keeping them fed and clothed, meaning he still fulfills his role as guardian just enough to stop child protective services from coming down on him. |
| 90 | * TheSociopath: Teppei shows all the characteristics of a low-functioning sociopath; a LackOfEmpathy, a HairTriggerTemper, DomesticAbuse, [[WouldHurtAChild willingness to hurt children]] [[HarmfulToMinors and such]], being a LoanShark, {{Gaslighting}} and being a {{Sadist}}. Naturally this always leads him to meeting miserable but karmic ends. |
| 91 | * SmokingIsEdgy: While he is far from the only adult character who smokes (the story takes places in the 1980s after all), his standard sprite always depicts him with a cigarette hanging from his mouth, as if to underscore his unsavory personality. |
| 92 | * TheyKilledKennyAgain: He tends to die a messy death in every chapter he appears in, mostly due to his own evil acts biting him in the ass. |
| 93 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: And a repeat offender at that. [[spoiler:Rika considers his return to Hinamizawa to be one of the worst possible omens for a new timeline. In timelines where he comes back to the village his presence -- in particular his destabilizing influence on Satoko -- invariably dooms any and all efforts at making things better. It gets to the point that when he appears in ''Minagoroshi-hen'' she considers simply killing herself to save the heartache as she's convinced that despite the timeline having excellent luck thus far his mere presence in the village has doomed it beyond hope of recovery.]] |
| 94 | * VigilanteExecution: Vigilante action (for NASTY child abuse and badger games) is the common motive in his many deaths throughout the arcs. |
| 95 | * WouldHurtAChild: As long as he has someone to hit he's not picky about the age. He also [[spoiler:kills Rika for protecting Satoko in an unseen world]]. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Rina Mamiya]] |
| 99 | !!Rina/Ritsuko Mamiya |
| 100 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/KyokoHikami (JP - drama CD), Creator/MisaWatanabe (JP - anime), Jean Smart (EN, Bang Zoom), Creator/MorganGarrett (EN, Funimation) |
| 101 | !!!Portrayed by: Aya Sugimoto (film), Rei Yoshii (drama series) |
| 102 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/higu_rina_4354.png]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | A woman who appears in Rena's life in ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen''. She is the lover of Teppei Houjou. |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:She's killed by Takano and the Yamainu after sneaking into the Irie Clinic in ''Miotsukushi''.]] |
| 107 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: When Rina confronts Rena about the fact that she doesn't like her and Rina puts on a pretty convincing act about how she genuinely loves Rena's father. Rena falls for it and starts to reconsider her view before overhearing her and Teppei badmouthing her father. |
| 108 | * BlatantLies: "I'm pregnant. And since I'm a Christian, I can't have an abortion." |
| 109 | * BludgeonedToDeath: In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' [[spoiler:Rena kills her by beating her skull open with an iron pipe.]] |
| 110 | * ConsummateLiar: For a moment she managed to fool Rena into thinking she really loved her father. That's until Rena overhears her speaking with Teppei and discovers Rina makes a living out of lying and scamming people. |
| 111 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: |
| 112 | ** In the scenarios where she steals from the [[TheDreaded Sonozaki family]] her mutilated corpse is found washed up in the sewers. Her nose and ears are cut off, one nail is driven through each of her finger joints and her belly is slit open. |
| 113 | ** In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' [[spoiler:Rena cuts her stomach open and beats her to death with a pipe.]] |
| 114 | * DistinguishingMark: A red star-shaped tattoo on her belly. Useful for identifying her mangled, rotted corpse. |
| 115 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: In case you don't spot her right from the beginning, the first TIP of ''Tsumihoroboshi'' after she appears tells us her name and her work: the same as Teppei's mistress who was killed horribly three arcs earlier. Whoops. [[spoiler:In other words, if she dies early Teppei returns to Hinamizawa.]] |
| 116 | * GoldDigger: In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'', she's only dating Rena's father to extort money from him. |
| 117 | * HateSink: Like Teppei, she's made unsympathetic and hateable so we feel bad for [[spoiler:Rena]] when the latter kills Rina as revenge for scamming her father. |
| 118 | * TheIrredeemableException: Aside from Nomura (who we never learn the real name and identity of), Teppei and Rina are the only characters in the story to be depicted as thoroughly evil people without any redeemable qualities to them, and are offered no chances to reform and atone for their sins in any of the loops whether they die or not. [[spoiler: Subverted for Rina in ''[[Anime/HigurashiWhenTheyCryGou Gou/Sotsu]]'' and the manga adaptation ''Meguri'', where she's able to become a better person and wants to love Rena and her dad for real, only meeting a CruelAndUnusualDeath at Rena's hands due to Rena's own Hinamizawa Syndrome induced paranoia.]] |
| 119 | * KarmicDeath: In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' [[spoiler:she's extorting money from Rena's father, which ends in Rena brutally beating her to death with a pipe.]] |
| 120 | * MoreHateableMinorVillain: Both she and Teppei are secondary antagonists and [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]] who don't amount to much in the grand scheme of things, but they are both more viscerally loathsome and unlikeable, and far less sympathetic, than the actual BigBad. |
| 121 | * MeaningfulName: Rena took the "i" out of her name to signify the removal of all ickyness from her life. Could it really be a coincidence that Rina is nothing ''but'' horrible? |
| 122 | * OutlawCouple: With Teppei; together they swindle men out of their money through intimidation and blackmail schemes. |
| 123 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her reddish eyes are a major hint that there's something not right about her. |
| 124 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Subverted. The pink-haired Rina at first presents herself as a nice and friendly woman who loves Rena's father and wants to get along with Rena even though the latter dislikes her. Then Rena discovers that's all an act and Rina's true self is a manipulative, vicious scammer who only wants her father's money and is ready to kill Rena when she exposes her as a fraud. |
| 125 | * TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: It has struck again. Poor Mr. Ryuugu. |
| 126 | * TattooedCrook: She's Teppei's partner-in-crime and has a star-shaped tattoo on her midriff. |
| 127 | * TooDumbToLive: |
| 128 | ** In ''Tsumihoroboshi'', [[spoiler:Rina is lured by Rena to an abandoned junkyard where no one can hear her scream. A junkyard that Rena comes by every day to look for treasures and she thinks she's got the upper hand. She learned the hard way when Rena beat her to death with a pipe.]] |
| 129 | ** In ''Minagoroshi'' [[spoiler:you learn her potential death can be caused by an attempt at swindling the {{Yakuza}}]]. |
| 130 | * VigilanteExecution: [[spoiler:The motive for her death in the ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'' and ''Oniakashi-hen''. Only in the latter Rina wasn't as deserving of her death.]] |
| 131 | * VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Once Rena outs her as a GoldDigger, she starts strangling her while laughing about how cursed her life has been from her parents' divorce to now. Rena manages to grab a pipe and furiously starts bludgeoning her with it. Now that Rena has the upper hand, she tearfully begs for her life, but only further enrages her by using the name "Reina".]] |
| 132 | * WouldHurtAChild: She doesn't have qualms with seriously attacking Rena when the latter realizes hers and Teppei's scam. |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder:Akane Sonozaki]] |
| 136 | !!Akane Sonozaki |
| 137 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/KikukoInoue (JP), Creator/MeganHollingshead (EN, Bang Zoom), Creator/ElizabethMaxwell (EN, Funimation) |
| 138 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/higu_akane_6792.png]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | Mion and Shion's mother. Although one of her daughters is still the family heir, Akane herself was disowned after marrying someone of whom her family disapproved. |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Green hair and eyes which her daughters got from her. |
| 143 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: She got married to a Yakuza boss from outside the village, which led to the {{Fingore}} mentioned below and changing the kanji in her name to remove the "oni". |
| 144 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: She claims to hate shiitake mushrooms as much as liars. |
| 145 | * {{Fingore}}: Akane had to rip off her own fingernails due to her feud with Oryou over marrying a guy the clan didn't approve. Unlike Shion, she can laugh it off now. |
| 146 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Her weapon is a katana. Mion must have got it from somewhere. |
| 147 | * KimonoIsTraditional: She's a YamatoNadeshiko who is always dressed in a kimono. |
| 148 | * LikeMotherLikeDaughter: An inversion of sorts from a narratological point of view. Akane’s personality is a combination of both her daughters. |
| 149 | * MarryForLove: She married an outsider of the village of her own choice instead of letting Oryou choose her husband for her. |
| 150 | * MissingMom: She's rarely on screen due to her estrangement. Like Shion, she lives in Okinomiya instead of Hinamizawa. |
| 151 | * NiceGirl: While she's calm and collected, in ''Meakashi'', she does held concerns for Shion's wellbeing as she gets [[spoiler:her three nails ripped off painfully]] and is quite warm and welcoming to Keiichi in the manga version of 'Minagoroshi'' as she hilariously willing to have him marry either Mion or Shion if he wants to. |
| 152 | * OddFriendship: Forms a friendship with [[spoiler:Ooishi]] in ''Matsuribayashi'' despite the years of hatred between them, thanks to [[spoiler:Ooishi realizing the Sonozaki family had nothing to do with the construction manager's death]]. |
| 153 | * OddNameOut: She's the only female of her family not to have the character for oni in her name. She used to, but had to change the spelling of her name when she was disowned. |
| 154 | * RedBaron: The "Demon Princess of Shishibone". |
| 155 | * ShipperOnDeck: She assumes that Keiichi's determination to save Satoko from Teppei in Minagoroshi means that they're a couple. When corrected by Mion, she offers him either of her daughters and invites him to start calling her "Mom", only to get smacked by both Mion and Shion. |
| 156 | * SilkHidingSteel: Oh, you'd better believe it. Despite coming across as calm, controlled, kindly, and even-tempered, Akane is a strong woman and when she puts her foot down, even Mion and Shion don't dare to cross her. |
| 157 | * WomenAreWiser: Of the final four victims of H-173, Akane is the only woman and the one who keeps her composure the most. More importantly, she develops an almost meta level of awareness of the situation, realizing the truth behind Satoko’s identity. Her only mistake is Satoko a demon instead of what she really is…a witch. |
| 158 | * {{Yakuza}}: Her husband is a crime boss. |
| 159 | * YamatoNadeshiko: Fits the trope to a T, from her traditional kimono garb, to her calm-yet-controlled personality, to her wiliness and resourcefulness in the face of hardship. Even her daughters respect her strength. |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:Kiichirou Kimiyoshi]] |
| 163 | !!Kiichirou Kimiyoshi |
| 164 | !!!Voiced by: Masaaki Tsukada (JP), Creator/KyleHebert (EN, Bang Zoom), Creator/MikePollock (EN, Funimation) |
| 165 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/higu_kimiyoshi_3627.png]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | The head of one of the Three Families and the official village chief of Hinamizawa. He seems to be a kindly old man, but is vehement in his hatred for Hinamizawa's enemies. |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | * MeaningfulName: The characters for "Kimiyoshi" can be rearranged to form the character "oni". |
| 170 | * ShipperOnDeck: In Miotsukushi-hen, [[spoiler:he supports Keiichi and Mion.]] |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Hifumi Takano]] |
| 174 | !!Hifumi Takano |
| 175 | !!!Voiced by: Kazumi Tanaka (JP), Charlie Campbell (EN, Funimation) |
| 176 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hifumi_5254.jpeg]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | A scientist who devoted his entire life to researching a disease he calls Hinamizawa Syndrome, which he thinks could shake the entire scientific knowledge about the human brain. However, his research is shunned and mocked by the academic world. |
| 179 | ---- |
| 180 | * AlphabeticalThemeNaming: His first name is written 一二三 (one two three). [[spoiler:Then Miyoko became Miyo (三四 three four).]] |
| 181 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: His adopted granddaughter only has wonderful memories of him and nearly idolizes him even years after his death. |
| 182 | * DotingGrandparent: He doted on his adopted granddaughter and practiced fun breathing exercises with her. |
| 183 | * DrivenToSuicide: When he realized he was [[SanitySlippage going senile]] in his late years, Hifumi jumped off the roof top of the hospital where he was admitted at. |
| 184 | * ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: The ''one'' timeline where Miyoko's parents survive and Hifumi's endless efforts in researching Hinamizawa Syndrome pays off is the one portrayed in ''Outbreak''... where the Japanese government uses his research as basis for turning Hinamizawa Syndrome into a ''weapon of biological warfare''.]] |
| 185 | * GodhoodSeeker: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He just thinks that if his research is acknowleged, he will become some kind of eternal being, just like a god. The problem is, his beloved granddaughter [[GoneHorriblyWrong took it a bit too seriously.]] His final letter to her really didn't help though as he asked her to become a god because he couldn't. |
| 186 | * JustInTime: Had he come to the orphanage only a day later, [[spoiler:Miyoko would probably have died with her head in that latrin.]] |
| 187 | * ParentalSubstitute: He adopted Miyoko after the death of her parents and raised her as her own child. |
| 188 | * PosthumousCharacter: Died several years before the start of the story. |
| 189 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Even though he only appears in a flashback during the final arc, he and his research are the biggest motivators of the BigBad in the story. |
| 190 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: You don't understand the first time (because it seems irrelevant in that arc), but [[spoiler:the first TIP of ''Minagoroshi'' is his [[DeadManWriting suicide letter]] to Miyoko. He tells her that he coudn't become a god and that she must become one in his stead.]] Worst. Will. Ever. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Miyuki Akasaka]] |
| 194 | !!Miyuki Akasaka |
| 195 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (JP) |
| 196 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miyuki_def_0.png]] |
| 197 | [[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as an adult]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miyuki_yoigoshi.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 198 | [[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a teenager]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miyuki_mei_casual.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | Mamoru Akasaka's daughter. Her mom died from falling down a set of hospital stairs when she was pregnant with Miyuki, and while the doctors were unable to save her mother, they were able to rescue her. While her father tries to raise her as a single father, due to his work in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he doesn't get to see her as much as he would like. |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | * AscendedExtra: Although she plays no actual role in the original arcs, she becomes a major character in the visual novel version of ''Yoigoshi-hen'' and later, a main character in the mobile game ''Higurashi Mei''. |
| 203 | * BlamingTheVictim: While most of the characters blame Yae simply for [[spoiler:murdering Takumi]], Miyuki goes a bit further in the visual novel of Yoigoshi-hen and also proceeds to blame her for Takumi's abuse, arguing that their relationship was one of co-dependency. |
| 204 | * BoyishShortHair: In ''Yoigoshi-hen'', he keeps her hair short possibly because of her job as a police officer. |
| 205 | * CanonForeigner: Her adult self gets added to the visual novel adaptation of the ''Yoigoshi-hen'' manga arc. |
| 206 | * DeathByChildbirth: While the exact order of events wasn't extremely clear, her mom was admitted to the hospital in advance of giving birth to Miyuki and died from falling down the stairs while at the hospital. At some point after her mom was admitted and before Akasaka learned that his wife had died, Miyuki was born. |
| 207 | * FairCop: In ''Yoigoshi-hen'', she's a good-looking young woman and her real job is a police officer. |
| 208 | * FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: At least in the bad endings, Miyuki eventually becomes a police investigator and pursues the truth behind the Great Hinamizawa Gas Disaster, just like her father. |
| 209 | * TheGunslinger: In ''Yoigoshi-hen'', her favored weapon when she needs to fight is a handgun. |
| 210 | * MissingMom: Her mother died while she was pregnant with Miyuki, a death that Akasaka often remembers he could have prevented [[spoiler:if he had listened to Rika's predictions.]] |
| 211 | * UndercoverCopReveal: In ''Yoigoshi-hen'', she introduces herself as a freelance writer, but [[spoiler:she's actually a detective investigating Hinamizawa]]. |
| 212 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: Unfortunately, Akasaka's work in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department often means that he is away from home for extended periods. Miyuki is [[RaisedByGrandparents raised at least as much by her maternal grandparents]] as by Akasaka himself. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:The Principal]] |
| 216 | !!Principal Kaieda |
| 217 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/YosukeAkimoto |
| 218 | The principal of the Hinamizawa School. |
| 219 | ---- |
| 220 | * BaldnessAngst: He is ''extremely'' sensitive about the fact that he is bald. This has resulting in that patting him on the head is a very common dare amongst the students, and anyone who tries tends to regret it dearly. |
| 221 | * TheFaceless: He has no character art or sprites in the VN. His face is first seen in the anime adaptation. |
| 222 | * LanternJawOfJustice: The anime underscores his ManlyMan characterization by depicting him with a square chin. |
| 223 | * ManlyMan: PlayedForLaughs. He is primarily a comedic side-character, with the joke often being how he is by all means a walking avatar for masculinity. |
| 224 | * NoNameGiven: He goes unnamed in the VN, where he is always referred to as "the Principal". Adaptations gives him the name "Kaieda". |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
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