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| Personal Status | |
|---|---|
| Romaji Name | Miyanoshita Kayako |
| Kanji Name | 宮ノ下 (Kayako) |
| Age | 34 |
| Sex | Female |
| Eyes | Green |
| Hair | Reddish-Brown |
| Professional Status | |
| Status | Deceased |
| Occupation | Housewife (former), Exorcist (former) |
| Relatives | Unnamed Mother (deceased) Reiichirou Miyanoshita (Husband) |
| Informal Status | |
| First appearance | Tonight the Spirits Will Be Resurrected! Amanojaku |
| Last appearance | The Picture That Swallows People: Da Vinci |
| Actor/Actress | Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese)
Marcy Bannor (English) |
Kayako Miyanoshita (née Kamiyama) (1961-1995) (Voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi in the original Japanese dub and Marcy Bannor in the ADV English dub) is a fictional character in the Ghost Stories anime series. She was the late wife of Reiichirou Miyanoshita and the late mother of Satsuki Miyanoshita and Keiichirou Miyanoshita.
Appearance[]
Kayako was a woman with fair skin, red hair, and green eyes, much like her daughter. She wore a variety of outfits. As a child, she had dark brown hair which she wore with a yellow ribbon, a long-sleeved white blouse, and a dark blue skirt with identically-colored suspenders.
Personality[]
What little is shown of Kayako indicates that she was a kind and caring person, who loved her family dearly.
In the ADV Dub, Kayako is considerably more crass and crude, such as when she tells her elementary school-age children Satsuki and Keiichirou (through a letter) about how she loved "the hot, sweaty, wall-slammin' sex" she used to have with her husband.
Story[]
Kayako went to Amanogawa Elementary School, "The Old School House", in 1973. Her mother was principal of the school at the time. Her future husband, Reiichirou, also went to same elementary school, which was where they first met.
Kayako was very talented in art and won first prize at an art contest. In honor of her winning the contest, Reiichirou gave her a musical box that she kept until she died 28 years later. Kayako always believed in ghosts, so she became a medium. She also developed spiritual powers, where she was able to put all the ghosts she encountered to spiritual sleep. Fearing that someday the ghosts might be resurrected, she wrote down information of all the ghosts she had put to spiritual sleep in a diary which she called "the Ghost Diary".
Many years later, Kayako married Reiichirou. She gave birth to their first child Satsuki in May 1990 and their second child Keiichirou in 1994. In 1995, Kayako developed an illness and was sent to St. Rosario Hospital. Her family would pay her a visit when they got their off days from work and school. During her time at the hospital, Cursed Nurse ghost visited her and told her she was going to die soon. One night, she met Momoko in the cafeteria area. While talking, Kayako seemed to have accepted the fact that she was going to die and told herself with a gloomy expression "it's alright now". The day before she died, Kayako wrote a letter to her family, telling them she was sorry for leaving them so soon and hoping she would be able to see them in the next world.
Several years later, her family moved back to her hometown where her daughter discovered her old ghost diary in the old school house. Kayako's spirit has haunted the ghost diary and appeared a few times to help Satsuki put the ghosts to spiritual sleep. She also possessed Momoko in order to help and talk to Satsuki and her friends.
- In Episode 3, she possessed Momoko to explain how to trap Kutabe
- In Episode 4, she possessed Momoko to explain how to trap the piano ghost
- In Episode 10, while Momoko was in the spirit world, Kayako spoke directly to her
- In Episode 20, she possessed Momoko to give Satsuki one last word of encouragement
After Satsuki successfully put back all the ghosts back to spiritual sleep, Kayako was able to move on because her diary contents were gone. Afterwards, her family attended her second memorial service.
Trivia[]
- Her Maiden Name is Kayako Kamiyama.
- In Episode 11, Satsuki wanted to know if her mother was a great cook, her father stated she wasn't a bad cook, that her cooking was average to him, but she was quite good at making dumplings.
- In Episode 13, when Satsuki and Hajime went back in time, they met Kayako when she was a child, her hair color was different: instead of being reddish-brown, her hair was dark brown.
- In the final episode, Satsuki stated that Kayako's favorite flower are daffodils.
- In the English version, it was stated that Kayako was bisexual.
- Satsuki inherited Kayako's features, eyes, hair, art skills and spiritual power.
Quotes (dub)[]
- "Hasta La Vista, baby" Episode 4
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