Haruko Itsuka

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Haruko Itsuka
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Kanji	五河 遥子
Romaji	Itsuka Haruko
Age	44 (Approximately)
Status	Alive
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Hair Color	Red
Eye Color	Red
Nicknames	Haruko Homura (Birth Name)
Personal Status
Relatives	Tatsuo Itsuka (Husband) Kotori Itsuka (Daughter) Shido Itsuka (Foster Son)
Affiliations	Asgard Electronics
Occupation	Realizer Mechanic
Media
Novel Debut	Volume 11.5
Anime Debut	Date A Live Ⅴ Episode 4
Portrayal
Japanese	Aya Suzaki
English	Taylor Murphy

Haruko Itsuka (五河 遥子, Itsuka Haruko^?) is the mother of Kotori Itsuka and foster mother of Shido Itsuka.

Summary

The matriarch of the Itsuka family, Haruko is one of the employees in Asgard Electronics, <Ratatoskr>'s parent company. According to Kotori, she was part of the crew that was involved in the creation of Fraxinus. Consequently, she knows about the existence of Spirits. However, she does not know what they look like until the events of Itsuka Parents.

Appearance

Haruko has red hair, which she keeps in a short bob style. She often wears earrings as an accessory. She is often described as resembling an older and more mature version of her daughter, Kotori.

When she was younger, she wore her hair in twintails and often had a lollipop in her mouth, much like her daughter.

Personality

Unlike her somewhat naïve husband, Haruko is much more cautious. However, at the same time, she can be impulsive, easily misreading a situation, and running away before it can be cleared up. At these moments, Haruko is very emotional and can make rash decisions on the spot. However, upon calming down, Haruko has also shown embarrassment over her outbursts.

History

Background

Born Haruko Homura (穂村 遥子); during her youth, she was noted to be best friends with Mana Takamiya. She eventually got married to Tatsuo Itsuka, changing her last name to Itsuka, and had a daughter named Kotori.

Haruko and Tatsuo adopted Shido at a very earlier age when he was abandoned by his mother. Due to the nature of their work, both she and her husband had to relocate to the United States, leaving Shido in charge of the household chores in their Japanese home and looking after their daughter.

Plot

Itsuka Parents

One day, Haruko and her husband suddenly make a surprise phone call to Shido while he is shopping for dinner ingredients. At first, they begin with a prank call by pretending that someone is kidnapped. However, after their disguise is seen through, they soon tell him without prior warning that they are already at the front entrance of their house. Thinking of the Spirits that are currently there, Shido makes a desperate request for his parents to not enter the house. But since he is unable to properly explain why, his parents believe that he was merely hiding something naughty and proceed to enter their domicile anyway with the mischievous promise to search through Shido's possessions meticulously.

However, upon entering their house, the couple finds themselves ambushed by the Spirits, who thought that they are burglars attempting to rob them. After the initial misunderstanding and some threats of torture from Origami, the Spirits quickly realize that they had accidentally traumatized Shido's foster parents. Afterward, the Spirits plan a Japanese style welcoming for the Itsuka parents, since they fear that their awful first encounter could cause Shido's parents to prevent them from seeing Shido again.

Media

• Light Novel
  • Appearances:
    • Volume 11.5
    • Volume 18 (Flashback)
    • Date A Live Encore 9-11

• Anime
  • Appearances:
    • Date A Live Ⅴ: Episode 4

Trivia

• The name Haruko contains the kanji for "distant" (遥, haru) and "child" (子, ko).
• Haruko's surname Itsuka contains the kanji for "five" (五, itsu) and "stream" (河, ka).
• Her maiden name Homura has the kanji for "ear grain" (穂, ho) and "village" (村, mura).