expand his field of research into paranormal activity, resulting in Yoichi being ostracized by his peers and termination from his position at the university. Yoichi was undeterred, and with guidance from Ryuji, would come across a case at a lighthouse in Glasgow, Scotland similar to the disappearance of his students. On his way to the lighthouse, the boat is damaged and Yoichi barely makes it to shore, where he enters the lighthouse and eventually disappearing into a black fog. Heihachiro Ikuma Doctor is Shizuko's lover and Sadako's father. He had an affair with Shizuko while working as a professor at Tokyo University. Ikuma displayed Shizuko's powers to gain fame, but soon the couple had to face the attacks of the scientific community, who branded them as frauds. Driven insane, Ikuma tried to activate possible psychic powers of his own by meditating below a waterfall, causing him to develop tuberculosis. He then spent the rest of his life in a TB ward in the Izu Peninsula, being cared for by his daughter. In the films, Ikuma is not Sadako's biological father, but he did raise her after Shizuko moved into his house. He noticed that Sadako had a murderous evil twin, locking the latter away for years in the attic. He eventually tossed her down the well after both girls reunited and killed numerous people. He died shortly after. He was played by Daisuke Ban. Akane Maruyama is Takanori Ando's girlfriend in S. She is twenty four years old high school teacher and is pregnant with his child. Akane came from a lower-class background, having been raised in an orphanage after her mother's death, and sometimes feels that she is unworthy of a man of Takanori's status. After Takanori receives a USB file containing the suicide video of Seiji Kashiwada, she becomes drawn by a force to watch it. In addition to this, Akane also feels stalked by a figure, whom she deduces is Seiji, a serial killer who nearly killed her ten years ago. It is eventually revealed that her stalker is actually named Hiroyuki Niimura, a former student of Ryuji Takayama. Ryuji had impersonated the real Seiji to protect the world's last Sadako clones, but he failed in saving all of them. However, he managed to save Akane when she became Hiroyuki's target, but ended up leading the real Seiji to be wrongfully executed. Ryuji then reveals that he