Sachiko Fujinuma
From Erased
Sachiko Fujinuma is a supporting character in Erased, Satoru's mother, a sharp-eyed former news reporter raising her son alone in their Hokkaido hometown. She notices everything, in both timelines, and her murder is the crime that sends Satoru back eighteen years. She is voiced by Minami Takayama in Japanese and Sara Cravens in English.
About Sachiko Fujinuma
Sachiko Fujinuma is Satoru's mother, a sharp-eyed former news reporter raising her son alone in their Hokkaido hometown. She notices everything, including the darkness returning to the town in 1988 and the truth her son is hiding in 2006. Sachiko's murder is the crime that sends Satoru back eighteen years, and her warmth is what he is fighting to come home to.
Appearance
Sachiko is a youthful-looking woman who is frequently mistaken for far younger than she is, with a bright, teasing expression that sharpens instantly when something is wrong. In 1988 she is the young mother at the school gate; in 2006 she looks barely older, to her son's embarrassment and her own satisfaction.
Personality
Sachiko is warm, witty and formidably perceptive, a former reporter's eye that misses nothing, including her son's moods in either timeline. She teases Satoru mercilessly and supports him completely, the single parent who made his childhood safe. Her warmth is what Satoru is fighting to come home to; her sharpness is what makes her dangerous to a killer's secret.
Background & Story
Sachiko raised Satoru alone in their Hokkaido hometown after his father left, working as a news reporter before becoming a full-time mother. In 1988 she is the observant parent at the edge of the children's world, already sensing darkness returning to the town. In 2006, visiting her son in Chiba, she reconnects a detail from the old kidnapping case, and is murdered for what she noticed, with Satoru framed. Her death is the wound the whole story works to undo, and her voice, teasing, kind, impossible to fool, is Satoru's compass in both eras.
Key Relationships
- Satoru Fujinuma: Her son, whom she raised alone, she knows him better than he knows himself, in both timelines.
- Kayo Hinazuki: Her son's classmate, whose situation Sachiko's reporter's eye registers early in 1988.
Quick Answers
Who voices Sachiko Fujinuma?
Sachiko is voiced by Minami Takayama in Japanese and by Sara Cravens in the English dub.
What was Sachiko Fujinuma's job?
Sachiko was a news reporter before raising Satoru full-time. Her reporter's instincts are why she notices the darkness returning to their town, in both 1988 and 2006.
