Minor Characters (Umineko)

	This article is about characters in Umineko When They Cry.

This page is for detailing information for the lesser characters of the Umineko When They Cry series.

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Main Story

Kawabata

Kawabata (川畑, Kawabata) is the plane pilot at the beginning of Legend of the Golden Witch who brings the Ushiromiya family to Nijima. Though he has the exact same name as the boat captain Kawabata, he is a different character.

Kinzo's legal wife

Kinzo´s wife in the Requiem of the Golden Witch manga

Kinzo Ushiromiya's wife, who he was forced to marry by the Ushiromiya elders before he became a soldier in World War II. Not much is known about her. She came from an aristocratic family. As Kinzo's wife, Krauss, Eva, Rudolf and Rosa were her children, and Jessica, George, Battler, Ange and Maria her grandchildren. Little reference was made to her throughout the series, and only by her family members. She was deceased by October 4th, 1986.

She was mentioned once by Kinzo during EP7. Kinzo did not feel strongly about her. It is unclear how she felt about him. She suspected Kinzo of having a mistress, and was aware of rumors of a blonde woman living in secret on Rokkenjima. Eva noted that Kinzo had cried at her funeral, though not as much as when he cried for Beatrice in EP7.

Like Asumu, she did not have a sprite in the original sound novels. She did have an appearance in the manga adaptation, though she only appeared for one panel.

President of Marusoo

A company president that Kinzo supposedly showed his legendary gold stockpile to. The president was allowed to take a gold bar from the pile and have it examined, which revealed the gold to be pure and genuine. Krauss received the gold ingot following the President's death, proving the epitaph's gold to him.

Hina

Hina (ヒナ, Hina) was a classmate of Jessica and Saku.

Dale Watanabe

Rudolf's lawyer for a case involving a foreign company.

Erika's former lover

A man referenced by Erika Furudo in EP6. As Erika explained to Dlanor, the reason she strongly denied magic was because of her experience with a man in college who claimed to love her. After Erika confronted him with evidence that he was cheating on her, the man reacted violently and threw her out. This scarred Erika emotionally, and was likely the reason she refused to believe in love or magic. Erika grew to despise him, as when Erika's mockingly referred to him after showing Dlanor her past kakera.

Maria's father

Photo of Rosa and Maria's father at the beach. From the Requiem of the Golden Witch manga Chapter 10.

The biological father of Maria Ushiromiya and former partner of Rosa Ushiromiya. He abandoned Rosa while she was pregnant. He and Rosa were never married, though Rosa loved him deeply. After getting Rosa to cosign on a loan to him, he left her, leaving Rosa in deep debt.

Ranko Edogawa

The unnamed Inquisitors from the Requiem manga.

Ranko Edogawa (江戸川 乱子, Edogawa Ranko) is an originally-unnamed Inquisitor who appears in the prologue of Requiem of the Golden Witch and argues with Will over a maid being the culprit. Her name was given in Episode 8 Shinsou Kaimei Dokuhon. The name is likely a reference to the author Edogawa Ranpo.

Diana

Diana from the Requiem manga.

Willard H. Wright's pet cat. She could only drink warm milk as a consequence of certain digestive issues. Despite her calm and cute demeanor, she was actually rather vicious.

Beatrice Castiglioni's father

Beatrice Castiglioni's father was a high-ranking official in the Salo Republic of Italy. An expedition to carry many gold bars to Italy put him alongside many sailors in a submarine. This submarine was hit by a mine, and he died.

First Lieutenant Yamamoto

Yamamoto from the Requiem manga.

Kinzo's commanding officer. He summoned Kinzo to act as an interpreter for the Italian soldiers when they were taken into the military base on Rokkenjima. After learning about the gold the Italians were carrying on their submarine, he tried to negotiate with them so he could have some of the gold for himself. However, when that failed, he commanded an attack on them in an attempt to steal it from them, resulting in a massive firefight.

Later in the firefight, Yamamoto took Beatrice Castiglioni hostage and killed Angelo with his pistol. After that, Kinzo came to Beatrice's rescue and Yamamoto shot at him and grazed his ear, thinking that Kinzo tipped the Italians off. Kinzo then shot Yamamoto in the chest, killing him.

Tajima and Warrant Officer Hiraoka

Soldiers from the Japanese Army and Kinzo's colleagues on the military base. A discussion between the Japanese and Italians turned violent, with the almost-dead Hiraoka being the first thing Kinzo saw when he heard gunshots. Tajima attempts to warn everyone else of what's going on and is shot and killed form behind by Italians. Both of their deaths discouraged Kinzo from wanting to die.

Lieutenant Angelo

One of the Italian soldiers taken into the Rokkenjima base on a damaged submarine. He wanted to keep the gold secret from the Italian government and the Allies but saw fit to try and embezzle it later. He discusses with Yamamoto and the Japanese soldiers about splitting the gold but when they get attacked he orders a massacre of the Japanese on the base. Angelo is ultimately killed by Yamamoto.

Gino and Rubens

Italian soldiers that were killed by Japanese soldiers on the base.

Painter

A painter who painted the portrait of Beatrice that hangs in the main hall of the Ushiromiya mansion. In Twilight of the Golden Witch, they are once again hired to make a new Beatrice portrait for the Fukuin House.

Side Arcs

Akihito

Akihito in the Tsubasa manga

Akihito (アキヒト) is a man that Rosa dates in Labor Thanksgiving Day Gifts. He's the chief producer of a design office.

Rudolf's mistress

A woman that Rudolf's dating in Labor Thanksgiving Day Gifts despite his marriage to Kyrie. He secretly talks with her over the phone and prepares a private meeting with her but soon reschedules after receiving a threatening gift from Kyrie.

Girl Who Swore to Become a God

A girl whom Lambdadelta repeatedly mentions to have met and granted a wish for in the past.

Memoirs of the ΛΔ depicts the actual encounter between the girl and Lambdadelta. Lambda recalls the girl "created a new witch and sent her to" Lambda afterwards.

In The Witches' Tanabata Isn't Sweet and Confession of the Golden Witch, the girl and her wish are mentioned by the narration and Lambda, respectively.

Notably, the girl resembles Miyoko Tanashi in Higurashi When They Cry, who shares the same voice actress, Fuyuka Ono, with Lambdadelta. In Symphony of Catbox and Dreams, Fuyuka Ono's voice also makes up part of the voice of the girl in Memoirs of the ΛΔ.

Trivia

• Ranko Edogawa's name is derived from Ranpo Edogawa, a Japanese mystery novelist. According to Shinsou Kaimei Dokuhon Episode 8, Ranko was to have a sprite and appear alongside two other characters named Yukiko Ayatsuji and Shoko Shimada as "The Three Tortured Sisters". Yukiko and Shoko are derived from Yukito Ayatsuji and Soji Shimada, respectively; both are also Japanese mystery novelists.
• A character with the exact same name as Akihito appears in Higurashi When They Cry Chapter 6: Tsumihoroboshi.