Junko Inuyama (犬山 純子 Inuyama Junko) is the wife of Yūichi Inuyama and the mother of Mana Inuyama who appears in the 2018 anime.
Appearance[]
Junko is a woman of average height, that has fair skin, blue eyes, a mole under the left side of her mouth, and long maroon hair. Her household attire consists of a light pink sweater, pale yellow apron, teal pants, and pink slippers. Additionally, she wears a cross-shaped hairclip above her left ear.
Personality[]
Junko is a kind and caring mother who loves her daughter and husband. She is also confident in her husband's safety during a panic.[1]
History[]
2018 Anime[]
Junko first appears in the eighth episode of the sixth anime adaptation, Menace! Kagami-Jijii's Plot. After school, Mana Inuyama comes home and greets her mother, noting that she is home early. Junko greets her and back and informs her that she is going on a business trip day, also telling her that she is cooking her favorite, burger steak, for dinner and asks her to wash her hands to which she happily obliges. When Mana comes home the next day, she frantically calls for her help as something is after her, but forgets that she was on a business trip.[2]
When a second moon floats above Tokyo Bay, news of it starts to spread. She worries, wondering what to do, but finds her daughter occupied with the inability to send messages. Mana telling her that she is worried about her dad, which Junko is is not as she is confident in her husband. Suddenly the network is hijacked by the 808 Tanuki, as they warn that things will just be worse. Later she and her husband join other people as they are being evacuated when Mana comes to them, both worried about her, as all three head to the evacuation center together. Later the 808 Tanuki managed to takeover Japan's government and instilled their rule.[1] As more and more people are being arrested for being anti-tanuki, Junko warns her husband to be careful in his workplace, as he also warns her. They begin to argue, until Mana exclaims that it is the tanuki's fault, who they both shush her. After the 808 Tanuki were defeated, things return back to normal.[3]
She and Yūichi Inuyama finally arrive at Sakaiminato, touring the streets with Mana as they look at the new Yōkai statues built by the townsfolk.[4]
Trivia[]
Etymology[]
- The name Junko means "pure, clean, simple" (純 jun) and "child" (子 ko), while her surname, Inuyama, means "dog" (犬 inu) and "mountain, hill" (山 yama).
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| Allies | |
| Inuyama-Sawada Family | Mana Inuyama • Junko Inuyama • Rie Inuyama • Shōji Inuyama • Toshiko Sawada • Yūichi Inuyama |
| Mana's Friends | Aya Ishibashi • Himeka • Hiroto • Miyabi Momoyama • Sōma • Yūta |
| Sōkai Apartment | Aki • Fuyuko • Haruo • Natsumi |
| Sakaiminato | Kadonaga • Katsumi • Kinopi • Rie Inuyama • Shōji Inuyama |
| Other Youths | Arimoto • Masashi Uchida • Tōma • Tsutomu Takagi |
| Young Adults | Atsushi Kitajima • Natsumi • Shun • Yayoi Kuzumi • Yuna Yamamoto |
| Other Adults | Akinori Uchida • Shō • Sumitomi • Yuna's Mother |
| Elderly | Masae • Michiko & Farmer |
| Hidden Village | Chiyo • Ichinoshin Arao • Kosuke • Matayoshi |
| Past | Mizuki |
| Threats | |
| Others | Company Boss • Gōhara • Hiro • Mammoth • Rodriguez Bebe |
| One World Adamas Syndicate | Nakamura |
| Incarcerated | Ameyama |
| Government | Prime Minister |
| Onikubo Family | Aiko Onikubo • Kozo Onikubo • Yusuke Onikubo |
| Past | Pursuer |
| Others | |
| Youths | Gōhara's Daughter • Hina • Karin Yamane • Kirara Fusano • Kazuki • Mikoto Onozaki • Tōma • Yumi Okakura • Yūsuke |
| Young Adults | Charatomi • Hikkakin |
| Adults | Akimura • Gōhara's Wife • Hina's Mother • Kariman Foresty Foreman • Kotani • Paulo • Shōgo Onozaki • Yuriko Igarashi |
| Elderly | Mr. & Mrs. Ogata • Uchimura |
| The Batteries | Alkaline Yuriko • Nickel Kana • Manganese Ayana |
| Kidōshū | Rei Isurugi • Saya |
| Government | Minister of Defense |
| Past | Fuku • Kumiko Dote • Princess • Soujiro • Torakichi |
| Deceased | Kunishige • Shiota • Sugimoto • Shibazaki • Tsutomu's Mother |