Satoko Houjou

北条沙都子

Female11-17 ans

Satoko is a younger classmate in [Keiichi](https://anilist.co/character/1851/Maebara-Keiichi)'s school. She has a distinctive style of speech, ending all of her sentences with 'wa' which, at times, is grammatically incorrect. In spite of her young age, she is quite clever in setting up traps, and likes to practice on Keiichi. Despite her extremely energetic and playful disposition she is actually quite the crybaby, which [Mion](https://anilist.co/character/1611/Sonozaki-Mion) and Keiichi often tease her about. Satoko is also very close with [Rika](https://anilist.co/character/1534/Furude-Rika), who she lives with. ~!Although her personality is quite energetic and mischievous during the events of the games, Satoko's past was full of trauma; her parents died in an accident, she was abused by her foster parents (her aunt and uncle), and her beloved brother Satoshi disappeared. However, in Matsuribayashi-hen, Irie suggested she killed her parents, as she had a bad relationship with them and felt threatened, and so to her it was an act of self-defense. She is suffering from the Hinamizawa Syndrome at that time, and though Takano wanted to disect her alive for study, Irie fought to sa