Yūko Saeki

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Yūko Saeki
Information
Kanji	冴木 由子
Rōmaji	Saeki Yūko
Personal Information
Age	unknown
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Former shrine maiden
Relatives	Takemitsu Saeki (father) Tatsuo Saeki (husband) Makoto Saeki (daughter) Etsuko Toyokura (sister-in-law)
Ability	Can see Gods' herald.
Status	Deceased
Voice Actors
Seiyū	unknown
Debut
Anime	The 15th Successor and Gintaro
Manga	Chapter 1
Image Gallery

Yūko Saeki (冴木 由子, Saeki Yūko) is one of the minor characters of Gingitsune series. She was the 14th successor of the Saeki Shrine, the late wife of Tatsuo Saeki and the mother of Makoto Saeki who receives "The Sight", the day her daughter is born and she asks Gintaro to watch over Makoto in her stead.

Appearance

Yūko looks very much like Makoto Saeki, though unlike Gintaro's flashback (where she has a similar hair to Makoto's), she actually has long black hair.

Personality

Gintaro described Yūko as a very kind and polite lady.

Synopsis

Yūko was the person who had the sight before Makoto Saeki and she was a shrine maiden at the Saeki Shrine. Tatsuo Saeki fell in love with her and he left the brewing business his family had to his sister and husband where they later got married and had Makoto. Due to her illness, she died when Makoto was just four, leaving her with The Sight and Gintarou.

She is mentioned a few times in the story, mostly people commenting that Makoto looks like her.

Abilities

Like Makoto Saeki and Satoru Kamio, Yūko had The Sight - the ability to see and speak to heralds and she was also a very good shrine maiden.

Quotes

I'm sorry, all I have is a tangerine.

Etymology

• The name Yūko means "reason, case, cause" (由) (yū) and "child" (子) (ko).
• Yūko's surname Saeki means "clear, serene, cold, skillful, clear" (冴) (sae) and "tree, wood" (木) (ki).

Trivia

• According to Tatsuo Saeki, Yūko had a fragile health and weak body, which had lead her to choose to be a shrine maiden .
• Unlike Makoto Saeki, Yūko had long black hair.