Hunt For The Mystical Medals
Disclaimer:
Detective Conan is owned by Gosho Aoyama
Kamen Rider OOO is owned by Ishimori Productions
The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.
Now the story for this arc intensifies as you will get to see Akira Toudou's past…and the events that led him to seek out a job that eventually brought him to the Kougami Foundation's "good graces" and why he accepted the job of becoming "Birth"…
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Within less than an hour, Akira has arrived at the eastern part of Tokyo and decided to head to his destination by foot as he is about to pass by an establishment before heading to his destination, opting to take time and not rush things over as he thinks of how to accomplish his goal without resorting to underhanded tactics since he wasn't raised to accomplish his goals through cheating and at the expense of someone else's.
He knew he has a long way to go, but he is fine with it and has learned some great deal about what he has gotten himself in to.
"Well…too late to regret it…after all…I accepted this job and there's no turning back…I'm doing this for one reason – Natsumi…and I hope what I'm doing will help her…and I hope this is worth the risk I'm taking…"
Anything Goes by Maki Oghuro
(Opening Song from Kamen Rider OOO)
(You count the medals 1,2 and 3
Life goes on Anything goes Coming up OOO)
ira nai mota nai yume mo mi nai
furii na joutai sore mo ii kedo
(kokkara hajimaru The show we're waiting for
Count the medals 1, 2 and 3 )
unmei wa kimi hanattoka nai
kekkyoku wa susumu shika nai
(michi naru tenkai Give me energy Count the medals 1, 2 and 3)
daijoubu. ashita wa itsu datte hakushi (Blank)
jibun no kachi wa jibun de kimeru mono sa
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on!
Anything Goes! sono kokoro ga atsuku naru mono
mitasa reru mono o sagashi te
Life goes on! honki dashi te tatakau no nara
makeru ki shi nai hazu!
102: Puraido, Tanjō, Gōru part 2
At the Agasa house, where the scene shifts to Agasa's "personal lab", Kyuji and Ankh stood before a table where they surveyed the Core Medals they acquired following the destruction of the chimera-like Greed, while they assume that Mezeru and Gameru are destroyed though Ankh had a feeling that they may be revived if someone supplied the Core Medals of the two Greed with Cell Medals. At the same time, Ankh is bothered at the mysterious "Birth", who showed up at the critical moment and helped O's in defeating the mutated Greed before it could go on a rampage.
"Looks like we got an advantage so far…"
"Yeah…with Mezeru and Gameru gone…at least for now…and with the Core Medals we got…a careful strategy is what we need to defeat Kazari and Uva…but we should be careful and alert…"
"How so?"
"We failed to obtain the other Core Medals…if anyone got hold of them and supplied them with Cell Medals…that's a recipe for disaster…"
"I see…"
"Now then…"
"Huh?"
"About that mysterious armored human…he may be a foil to us considering he is using Cell Medals to power up his weapons…"
"Don't be like that, Ankh…"
While Kyuji believes that the mystery armored being is a good person and wants to meet him in person, Ankh is suspicious as he recalled that at the climatic moment during the airship incident, aside from the Core Medals, most of the Cell Medals went missing, and seeing that the Core Medals mysteriously went to Gameru, he suspected that either Maki or Kougami play a hand in this.
By then Ran Mori came and greeted the two while giving Ankh a case where several coin-shaped objects can be stored. There she tells him that he can place the Core Medals there when not in use so that Shinichi's body won't suffer from "undetected side effects" from storing various Core Medals so as to keep his comatose body safe from any sudden complications.
"Hey, guys…"
"Ah, Hello, Ran…"
"I heard that you beat a giant monster near Jirokichi's house…thanks…"
"Ah, that's nothing…"
"Ankh…here…this is for you…"
"What's this?"
"That's a medal case…it's originally used to store coin-like objects…and since you store Core Medals inside…you might accidentally cause some unwanted side effects on Shinichi's body, so…"
"How convenient…thanks."
Ran is surprised when Ankh uncharacteristically thanked her, which is also a surprise for Kyuji. By then Ankh took out an ice cream bar and began eating it while discussing about what their next step would be in case the mysterious "Birth" shows up again.
Meanwhile, Shiho and Professor Agasa are watching TV to see what are the current events on NHK News TV, and there a reporter reported a documentary about the "rise and fall" of Hinamizawa Village there Shiho recalled how her "contact" informed her about the situation there while through Ankh and O's efforts she gained the data on the "Hunamizawa Syndrome", and began to work on a cure but after a few days she and Kyuji are shocked to learn the mysterious destruction of the village.
Kyuji then joins in on the discussion, and there he mentioned how he and Ankh came into an encounter and conflict with the enigmatic "Yamainu", who are working for the mysterious "Tokyo", and though they believed that Tokyo members are dead due to the Yummy attacks, they wondered if there are survivors as they don't know the exact number of the villagers there, as well as if there are those who left the village before it was mysteriously destroyed.
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Elsewhere, the scene shifts to a local clinic located at a rural area within the eastern part of Tokyo, where a young woman, about age 20, staring at the window, and looking at the sky, where birds are flying freely. Then she is glancing at a picture of a man, who is identified as Akira Toudou, and there she anxiously looked at the window again, where a nurse passed by and saw her getting a bit impatient and decided to talk to her.
"Um, are you feeling okay?"
"Ah, yes…I am…"
"Is that your husband?"
"Yes he is…I'm waiting for him to arrive…"
"I know you are…but you shouldn't strain yourself…"
"Don't worry…I won't…"
"Okay, just call me if you need anything…"
"I will…"
As the girl assured to the nurse that she will be patient, the nurse decided to keep her company and the girl is identified as Natsumi Kimiyoshi, and she smiled innocently as she waits of Akira to arrive so she can greet him with open arms, though the nurse can see that while Natsumi is cheerful on the outside, deep inside she holds a very tragic past.
It was then a flashback scene is played on how she and Akira first met and the events that took place that led to her and Akira's current situations.
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-FLASHBACK-
It starts off with Natsumi Kimiyoshi waking up late. On her way out the door Natsumi's grandmother draws her attention to a small altar and reminds her to worship Oyashiro-sama before she leaves. It is revealed that Natsumi's grandmother is from Hinamizawa Village, and Oyashiro-sama is a matchmaking god that helped people get along with each other and get along with the demons. Her mother scolds her, saying that she will be late for school.
"Natsumi, stop daydreaming! You'll be late for school!"
"Ah, sorry, mom!"
"Get going, already!"
"I'm off!"
She sets off without praying to Oyashiro-sama. On her way to school, she thinks about how Oyashiro-sama gave demons a human appearance and enabled them to coexist with humans and how the blood of humans and demons eventually mixed to give birth to the feared mountain hermits.
"Does this story about Oyashiro-sama is true…?"
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In class, she is daydreaming about how the descendants of Oyashiro-sama still feel indebted to him and wonders if demon blood runs in her family since her grandmother is from Hinamizawa. Her best friends, Chisato and Tamako, remind her that the three of them need to go to gym class before the locker room is full.
"Hey, Natsumi!"
"Yo, Natsumi!"
"Chisato! Tamako!"
"Come on! Let's go to the gym class!"
"We got PE classes!"
"Coming, coming!"
"How are things?"
"Yeah…"
"Fine, as usual…"
On their way out, a boy named Akira Toudou comes to retrieve his book that Chisato borrowed. While looking at Akira, Natsumi remembers that Oyashiro-sama is a matchmaking god. Akira turns out to be a childhood friend of Chisato and Tamako.
"Hmm…I wonder if Oyashiro-sama would match me and that boy…?"
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After gym class, Natsumi is tasked with cleaning up. On her way to the shed, she almost falls, but Akira catches her. After helping Natsumi clean up, Akira says that he heard she likes movies and wants to know what her favorite movies and books are. Then, he asks if Natsumi would get to like him, because he likes her. He tells her that she doesn't have to answer right now and walks off. Natsumi tells him that she doesn't have a favorite movie and likes stories that have a happy ending.
"I heard you like movies…what are your favorites?"
"Er…"
"Would you like to know me better…?"
"Ah…"
"You don't have to answer right away…you can think about it later…see you."
"Ah…see you…"
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On her way home, she thinks about how fortunate it was when she moved away from Okinomiya, and, upon arriving at her house, announces that she's back. Inside the house, her mother and grandmother are watching television with worried expressions. Natsumi asks what happened when an announcer on the television says that an eruption of volcanic gas occurred in Hinamizawa and its residents were all presumed dead.
"My goodness…"
"Look at that…"
"What a tragedy…"
"Mom…grandma…what's on the news…?"
"Hinamizawa Village…it was destroyed…"
"Eh? Seriously?"
"Watch the news and you'll soon know why…"
"Eh? A volcanic gas?"
"It is the curse…"
"Oh, please…don't start with that again…!"
Natsumi's mother asks her if she remembers Hinamizawa, because it is where Grandma came from and many of their relatives live there. A few moments later, Natsumi is with her grandmother in the living room. She says that they're lucky that they moved to their current home, because they could have been in the mess. Her grandmother, however say that it is Oyashiro-sama's curse.
"Ah…that was a tragic news…"
"Indeed it was…"
"Glad we got out of there…or else we'd be corpses by now…"
"What did you say?"
"Why? If we stayed there longer before that tragedy took place…we'd be killed…"
"You have no right saying that!"
"Eh? Why?"
"Because it is the curse of Oyashiro-sama! We are about to be punished for leaving Hinamizawa Village because of our selfish reason!"
"But…"
On the television, a reporter says that the disaster was predicted in the people of Hinamizawa's ancestral traditions. When protector god of the village unleashes his curse, "miasma" will be released into the air, and it will engulf and annihilate the entire village.
When the scene changes back to the living room, Natsumi asks her grandmother what Oyashiro-sama is, because she thought he was a matchmaking god. She responds by saying that he is a very important god. Then, Natsumi wonders why he committed this act. Grandma says that Oyashiro-sama is usually a very merciful god but is strict with religious precepts.
"I thought Oyashiro-sama is a match-making god…why would he…?"
"He is a very important god…"
"Why? And why would he kill his own people for…"
"Oyasahiro-sama is usually a merciful god…but a strict one with religious perspective…"
"What do you mean?"
"Perhaps now is the right time for you to know about Oyashiro-sama…and you must know about him before it is too late…"
"About what?"
"Listen carefully at what I'm about to tell you…"
Grandma Kimiyoshi continues by saying that the Hinamizawa Disaster was caused by Oyashiro-sama's rage. The reporter is heard again saying that a similar catastrophe may have occurred a long time ago, and it remained as a legend. Natsumi says that the reporter is probably right, but her grandmother scolds her, saying that it is definitely the curse of Oyashiro-sama. She grabs her granddaughter by the wrist and takes her to the small altar.
"Hmm…looks like a legend indeed…"
"Insolent brat! You have no right saying that! Come with me!"
"Ow! You're hurting me!"
"Pray with me now or else the curse will fall upon you!"
She tells Natsumi to pray with her, but Natsumi feels uncomfortable in doing so. Her grandmother pleas with her and says to do it as a favor for her grandma so she won't get cursed. She grabs her granddaughter's wrist once again, and Natsumi says that it hurts. Her grandmother pleas even more, but a very afraid Natsumi replies, "NOOO!" and pushes her grandmother to the ground.
"Stop it!"
"Natsumi! Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy…, Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy… Oh Oyashiro-sama…I beg you for mercy…"
Then, Natsumi's grandmother bows down and begged to Oyashiro-sama not to curse Natsumi and to curse herself instead.
"Oh, Oyashiro-sama…please spare Natsumi…and curse me instead…I offer myself to you…hear my prayer… Oh, Oyashiro-sama…please spare Natsumi…and curse me instead…I offer myself to you…hear my prayer… Oh, Oyashiro-sama…please spare Natsumi…and curse me instead…I offer myself to you…hear my prayer… Oh, Oyashiro-sama…please spare Natsumi…and curse me instead…I offer myself to you…hear my prayer… Oh, Oyashiro-sama…please spare Natsumi…and curse me instead…I offer myself to you…hear my prayer… Oh, Oyashiro-sama…please spare Natsumi…and curse me instead…I offer myself to you…hear my prayer… Oh, Oyashiro-sama…please spare Natsumi…and curse me instead…I offer myself to you…hear my prayer…"
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The scene changes to the dinner table, and Natsumi's grandmother says that she was against moving from their current home. Natsumi's mother responds by saying that they had no choice, because her husband was promoted and transferred here.
"What? No I refuse!"
"But we can't…my husband got promoted and needs to stay here!"
"Regardless of the reason, we cannot move away from Hinamizawa…we are bound to be there and cannot afford to live away from there!"
"You know we can't go back there!"
"I can't see why you keep saying that we are bound to that village for life…"
"Because it is the fact!"
"About what?"
"That we are bound there because it is Oyashiro-sama's wishes…! If you keep on insisting on what you want…we will be curse for all eternity!"
Her grandmother speaks again saying that the people of Hinamizawa cannot leave Hinamizawa, because they will be cursed if they live too far away. Natsumi's mother counters by saying that, even if she's from Hinamizawa, the rest of the family is not and no one else wants to return to that inconvenient town.
"But grandma…just because Hinamizawa is the place we were born doesn't mean we are obligated to stay there for life…"
"You are wrong…we are obligated to be at Hinamizawa Village from birth to death…for it is Oyashiro-sama's will and that cannot be denied!"
"Oh, you talk too much…"
"What? How dare you say that to me?"
"Well you keep saying that we are bound by that unproven curse and that this Oyashiro is acting like a dictator to all of Hinamizawa…!"
"No one has the right to rebel or disobey Oyashiro-sama…you must remember that!"
"And why is that?"
"The blood that runs within the village's ancestry is the same blood that flows in our veins…"
Grandma speak yet again saying that Haruko (Natsumi's mother) and Natsumi both have Kimiyoshi blood running through their veins and are people of Hinamizawa. Haruko responds by telling her mother that they should have left her in Okinomiya. Natsumi asks her father if Grandma was against moving here, and he says that she was, saying that she would be cursed if she did.
"Dad…"
"Is it right that grandma is against moving here from Hinamizawa Village?"
"Yes…"
"Why? I don't see any…"
"Because of her belief that we will be cursed if we leave Hinamizawa Village…that's…"
"But that doesn't justify anything…"
"And that includes your grandmother's religious faith…"
He also says that grandma is a very religious person. Haruko and her mother are seen arguing again and Grandma exclaims that the curse of Oyashiro-sama is real. Natsumi's father tells Natsumi that Grandma is shocked by what happened to her hometown and will go back to being the Grandma they all love again soon. Natsumi, looking unconvinced, agrees.
A moment later, Natsumi sees her grandmother praying to Oyashiro-sama. She says that her family won't listen to her, asks him to appease his rage, and asks him to protect her family from curses. Natsumi thinks that worshiping Oyashiro-sama is stupid.
The scene closes by showing a fuzzy television screen with people asking Oyashiro-sama not to curse them.
-END FLASHBACK-
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Back at the Agasa House, Ankh is doing something in front of a PC where he is glancing at the medal holder where the Core medals ar enow stored, and right now is is thinking of new tactics that would help Kyuji in fighting off Kazari and Uva now that they too have the rest of Gameru and Mezeru's Core Medals. Since he now has some of the other Core Medals, he wisely thought carefully and came up with several forms using the Core Medals he and Kyuji acquired and types them on the PC and is now studying evey possible "forms" depending on the situation given.
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Taka , Tora, Batta
- Taka + Kamakiri + Batta
- Misago + Tora + Batta
- Misago + Kamakiri + Batta
Kabuto
- Kabuto + Tora + Batta
- Kabuto + Kamakiri+ Batta
Cheetah
- Taka + Tora + Cheetah
- Taka + Kamakiri + Cheetah
Ocelot
- Taka + Ocelot + Batta
- Taka + Ocelot + Cheetah
Sabaru
- Taka + Tora + Sabaru
- Taka + Kamakiri + Sabaru
- Taka + Ocelot + Sabaru
Kuwagata
- Kuwagata + Tora + Batta
- Kuwagata + Tora + Cheetah
- Kuwagata + Tora + Sabaru
- Kuwagata + Ocelot + Batta
- Kuwagata + Ocelot + Cheetah
- Kuwagata + Ocelot + Sabaru
Lion
- Lion + Tora + Batta
- Lion + Tora + Sabaru
- Lion + Kamakiri + Batta
- Lion + Kamakiri + Cheetah
- Lion + Kamakiri + Sabaru
- Lion + Ocelot + Batta
- Lion + Ocelot + Cheetah
- Lion + Ocelot + Sabaru
Gorilla
- Taka + Gorilla + Batta
- Taka + Gorilla + Cheetah
- Taka + Gorilla + Sabaru
- Kuwagata + Gorilla + Batta
- Kuwagata + Gorilla + Cheetah
- Kuwagata + Gorilla + Sabaru
- Lion + Gorilla + Batta
- Lion + Gorilla + Cheetah
- Lion + Gorilla + Sabaru
Bison
- Bison + Tora + Batta
- Bison + Tora + Cheetah
- Bison + Tora + Sabaru
- Bison + Kamakiri + Batta
- Bison + Kamakiri + Cheetah
- Bison + Kamakiri + Sabaru
- Bison + Ocelot + Batta
- Bison + Ocelot + Cheetah
- Bison + Ocelot + Sabaru
- Bison + Gorilla + Batta
- Bison + Gorilla + Cheetah
- Bison + Gorilla + Sabaru
Kuma
- Taka + Kuma + Batta
- Taka + Kuma + Cheetah
- Taka + Kuma + Sabaru
- Kuwagata + Kuma + Batta
- Kuwagata + Kuma + Cheetah
- Kuwagata + Kuma + Sabaru
- Lion + Kuma + Batta
- Lion + Kuma + Cheetah
- Lion + Kuma + Sabaru
- Bison + Kuma + Batta
- Bison + Kuma + Cheetah
- Bison + Kuma + Sabaru
Gaur
- Taka + Tora + Gaur
- Taka + Kamakiri + Gaur
- Taka + Ocelot + Gaur
- Taka + Gorilla + Gaur
- Taka + Kuma + Gaur
- Kuwagata + Tora + Gaur
- Kuwagata + Kamakiri + Gaur
- Kuwagata + Ocelot + Gaur
- Kuwagata + Gorilla + Gaur
- Kuwagata + Kuma + Gaur
- Lion + Tora + Gaur
- Lion + Kamakiri + Gaur
- Lion + Ocelot + Gaur
- Lion + Gorilla + Gaur
- Lion + Kuma + Gaur
- Bison + Tora + Gaur
- Bison + Kamakiri + Gaur
- Bison + Ocelot + Gaur
- Bison + Gorilla + Gaur
- Bison + Kuma + Gaur
Kani
- Taka + Kani + Batta
- Taka + Kani + Cheetah
- Taka + Kani + Sabaru
- Kuwagata + Kani + Batta
- Kuwagata + Kani + Cheetah
- Kuwagata + Kani + Sabaru
- Lion + Kani + Batta
- Lion + Kani + Cheetah
- Lion + Kani + Sabaru
- Bison + Kani + Batta
- Bison + Kani + Cheetah
- Bison + Kani + Sabaru
Akaei
- Taka + Tora + Akaei
- Taka + Kamakiri + Akaei
- Taka + Ocelot + Akaei
- Taka + Gorilla + Akaei
- Taka + Kuma + Akaei
- Taka + Kani + Akaei
- Kuwagata + Tora + Akaei
- Kuwagata + Kamakiri + Akaei
- Kuwagata + Ocelot + Akaei
- Kuwagata + Gorilla + Akaei
- Kuwagata + Kuma + Akaei
- Kuwagata + Kani + Akaei
- Lion + Tora + Akaei
- Lion + Kamakiri + Akaei
- Lion + Ocelot + Akaei
- Lion + Gorilla + Akaei
- Lion + Kuma + Akaei-
- Lion + Kani + Akaei
- Bison + Tora + Akaei
- Bison + Kamakiri + Akaei
- Bison + Ocelot + Akaei
- Bison + Gorilla + Akaei
- Bison + Kuma + Akaei
- Bison + Kani + Akaei
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Ankh smirked at seeing what cane out from the screen and now he is quite pleased that he and Kyuji has a lot of choices to choose when it comes to selecting a combination of various Core Medals that can form a "sub-combo" that would be strong enough to deal with a Yummy, as well as the remaining Greed. Moreover, since most of the Core Medals that they have are mostly for the arms and leg-types, it would at least prevent Kyuji from acting rash in using "full combos" which would result in causing greater strain to Kyuji's body.
"Hmm...at least with these...I can come up with a lot of choices in determining which forms would suit in a certain battle and situations. At least it would keep Kyuji from acting reckless should he decided to make a full combo on his own...and that would put him in a bigger fix."
However, Ankh noted that with Kazari and Uva having the rest of their fellow Greed's Core Medals, he couldn't help but wonder what would they do with it knowing what happened to Gameru and Mezeru, so he decided that it would be best if he and Kyuji would take the other Core medals from the remaining Greed and defeat them so as to increase their chances of winning.
However, neither he and Kyuji are aware that something more threatening would come their way in the coming days, as Kazari has plans for himself since he possessed some of Mezeru's Core Medals.
To Be Continued
Why Or Why Not by Rekka Katakiri
(Ending Song from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
To get my happiness I had done everything,
but had done nothing to be blamed and accused of.
The sound of footsteps became louder every day,
Then I noticed the fact there was no time.
I was a believer in life to be myself always,
and was asking whether I would be alive.
Give me a reason why not to adopt in this way,
or judge me to be guilty of so many incurable sins.
Tell me why, or why not. Complaining way too much,
maybe I overlooked something fatal for me.
Surprise…the mysterious armored figure has been revealed…and he is the main male protagonist from the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni manga: Onisarashi-Hen. Why I chose him…well…I find this character…intriguing, but this is also an accident after reading the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series and after reading his profile, I decided to use him as a secondary character in this fic that would act as a rival, and possible foil, to our heroes.
Okay...once again another character from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni graces here in this fic...and though I wasn't aware of this visual novel-turned anime, Kamen Rider Chrome's fics led me to know about this franchise and after some research, I accidentally discovered the manga of "Onisarashi-hen", and after reading it...well...I decided to use this as a plot device for this arc.
Since this arc's character is related to the Higurashi series, and since there is no anime version of "Onisarashi-hen", I decided to use the ending theme of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni since this arc will be...TRAGIC. You soon find out why once the next chapters come in to play.
Lastly, Ankh has "cooked up" something that would help him and Kyuji in future battles against the Yummies sent by either Kazari and Uva. With so many Core Medals in their disposal, O's would be sure to have a lot of options in selecting a battle tactic. But expect that Kyuji might lose these Core Medals since both Greeds are after them just to help "complete" their bodies.
Preview:
Akira Toudou's past will be revealed, as to why he chose to accept the offer of the job at the Kougami Foundation, and what motivated him to accept the job and what are his reasons for doing so. You'll be moved once his origins are revealed in the next chapters of this arc.
Characters appearing in this arc:
Now then…a modified list of characters that appear in every arc of this fic so that you'll know which series (or in this case, film) they came from…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onisarashi-hen (manga)
- Akira Toudou
- Natsumi Kimiyoshi
- Haruko Kimiyoshi
- Toji Kimiyoshi
- Aki Kimiyoshi
- Chisato Saeki
- Tamako Makimura