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Kuronuma-youko
Name
Japanese 黒沼 陽子
Rōmaji Kuronuma Yōko
Personal Information
Gender Female
Relatives Kitao Kuronuma (husband)
Sawako Kuronuma (daughter)
Shouta Kazehaya (son-in-law)
Professional Status
Occupation Housewife
Affiliation Kuronuma Family
First Appearance
Manga Chapter 00
Anime Episode 01
Voiced by
Japanese Sakurako Kishiro
English Julie Maddalena
French Amadine Longeac (Black Box)
Latin-American Spanish Elena Ramirez
Portrayed by
Movie Yasuko Tomita
TV series Naho Toda

Youko Kuronuma (黒沼 陽子 Kuronuma Yōko) is the mother of Sawako Kuronuma. She is married to Kitao Kuronuma.

Appearance[]

Youko has a slender and petite build much like her daughter, Sawako. She has pale skin, small black eyes usually seen as black dots with a single eyelash, and light brown hair styled in a shoulder-length bob with split fringe. She is seen wearing various pastel colored sweaters and t-shirts with slacks and a white apron.

Personality[]

Youko is a very kind and caring woman that you would consider the ideal mom.

Relationships[]

Kitao Kuronuma[]

Kitao is Youko's husband and the father of their only child, Sawako. They are very close and seem deeply in love with each other, but Youko still seems to enjoy watching her husband have meltdowns when Sawako chooses to see her friends over spending holidays with the family.

Sawako Kuronuma[]

Sawako is Youko's daughter and only child, they have a very close mother-daughter bond. Youko tries to be the good parent between her and her husband, and is often the one to give Sawako permission to see her friends and boyfriend even at the risk of them growing apart.

Trivia[]

  • Her name, Youko, is written with the kanji for "light, sun, male" (陽) and "child" (子). The second kanji of her name 子 is also a common ending for female names.
  • Her surname, Kuronuma, means "black swamp"[1]

References[]

  1. Volume 1 cultural notes (English edition)

Navigation[]

Characters
Kitahoro High School
Students: Sawako "Sadako" KuronumaShouta KazehayaAyane YanoChizuru YoshidaRyu SanadaUme "Kurumi" KurumizawaKento MiuraTomoEkkoJoeChigusaAndyShinoYuiYuka
Teachers: Kazuichi "Pin" AraiYoshiyuki "Zen" Arai
Relatives
Kazehaya Family: Mr. Kazehaya • Mrs. Kazehaya • Touta KazehayaMaru
Kuronuma Family: Mr. KuronumaMrs. KuronumaEiji Akahoshi
Sanada Family: Mr. SanadaMrs. SanadaToru SanadaHaruka KatayamaAyu
Yoshida Family: Mrs. Yoshida
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