Yuzuha Hitachiin (常陸院 柚葉 Hitachiin Yuzuha) is the mother of Hikaru Hitachiin, Kaoru Hitachiin and Ageha Hitachiin.
Yuzuha appears as a supporting character in the manga only, although the twins mention her in the anime. Yuzuha heads her own high-end fashion company, and her sons take after her. She loves her boys, but she tends to tease them by saying she can't tell them apart when she actually can. Her husband, Hayato Hitachiin, works at a software company and he took her family name when they married.
Appearance
Yuzuha is described as being very pretty with short light-colored or dark-colored hair and bright light-colored or dark-colored eyes.
In her first appearance, she wears a plaid jacket, a black skirt and dangling earrings.
Chapter Appearances
Quotes
- (To Haruhi Fujioka) Stand up straight. You should trim your hair a little more. Oh dear, your ribbon is tilted. Your vest is a bit too big. Hikaru, Kaoru, did you measure her properly?
- (To Haruhi) Please come join us for dinner sometime. I want you to try on a new dress of mine.
- (To Mei Yasumura in Chapter 45) Ara, what heavy make-up! Did you get tanned during vacation? Uhuhu, I'm joking! Would you like to try on my newest model?
- (Chapter 45) By the way, Hikaru, no, Kaoru. Or is it Hikaru? Let's see...
- (About Haruhi in one of her outfits in Chapter 45) Araara, how cute!! Just like a doll!!
Etymology
- The name Yuzuha means "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" (柚) (yuzu) and "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece" (葉) (ha).
- Yuzuha's surname Hitachiin means "always, ever, endless/endless time, infinity, sempiternity" (常) (hi), "land" (陸) (tachi) and "hospital" (院) (in).
Gallery
Yuzuha and Mr. Hitachiin
Yuzuha fixing Haruhi Fujioka's ribbon