wife who appears in Himatsubushi-hen. In this chapter, she stays in a hospital while she is pregnant and after praying on the hospital's rooftop for her husband's safety while he is in Hinamizawa, as she was coming down back to her room, she fell down the stairs which was covered with faulty tiles and dies, while fortunately their child, Miyuki, survives. In the Minagoroshi-hen, Matsuribayashi-hen and Miotsukushi-hen chapters, however, it is revealed in these alternate timelines that Mamoru returned early after heeding Rika's warning, thus preventing her death. A very talented baseball player who was first mentioned in Onikakushi-hen, and appears for the first time in Tatarigoroshi-hen. Keiichi who uncovered his perverted side (comparing girls with cute desserts) and advised him to confront it. After this Keiichi becomes his idol and friend. He used to be a player of the Okinomiya Titans baseball team, but later he became a Koshien player for Ōshima High School. In Minagoroshi-hen, he helped to save Satoko from her uncle with all of his comrades from Angel Mort. A high school student at St. Lucia Academy, an all girls school. One day, she saw a teacher's dead body in a swimming pool. A lot of the students in her class says that she is always alone and does not open up to anybody. Yukari, the class rep, always seem to bully her like in the first chapter she takes her notebook, only to have Shion steal it and give it back to Mizuho. She later develops a friendship with Shion. It is revealed in Chapter 3 of Utsutsukowashi-hen that she was about to be killed by her grandmother when she was very young, just like Shion. A younger classmate at the Hinamizawa Branch School, and best friend of Tomita Daiki. He is in the same year as Satoko and Rika. His appearance differs in the Higurashi media. He is sometimes shown to be chubby, and other times he's not. Also he is sometimes shown with closed eyes. In Watanagashi-hen, it was revealed that he has a crush on Rika. He and Tomita like to watch the club members after school, hoping to see Rika and Satoko in a cosplay punishment. He and Tomita play baseball for the Hinamizawa Fighters. Suguru's best friend. He is in the same year as Satoko and Rika. His appearance is somewhat different in the Higurashi media, but he is always