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Kotoko Fujioka (藤岡 琴子 Fujioka Kotoko), née Katayama (片山), was the wife of Ryouji "Ranka" Fujioka and the mother of Haruhi Fujioka who died from unknown illness when Haruhi was approximately five years old (four years old in the manga), based upon Haruhi's remark at the beginning of the series that ten years had passed since Kotoko's death. It is known that she was a fine attorney who remains a role model for her daughter, who takes after her in both brains and beauty.

Appearance

Kotoko was a slender woman with long brown hair that was tied in a ponytail with bangs hanging on either side and large dark-colored eyes.

Personality

When Kotoko was alive, she was a loving wife and mother as well as a fine attorney-at-law. One may also assume that she was a tolerant and open-minded individual as she accepted Ryouji's career choice and bisexual orientation without hesitation. She is remembered as intelligent, sweet and caring and that she wished nothing, but the best for her family. 

Her teachers and peers recognized her talent and expected her to become an elite, but Kotoko decided to take a small-time, altruistic job helping local citizens instead. After graduating, she also gave numerous speeches at her law school. Kouhai Yuko Kosaka, although she admired Kotoko's talent, saw her disconcern with money as a luxury of choice.

In Ep 19 - Lobelia Girls' Academy Strikes Back!, it is revealed by Ryouji that Kotoko was an alumna of Lobelia Girls' Academy and a former fan of the Zuka Club. This may explain Ryouji's reaction in the anime.

Story

Kotoko met Ryouji while he was working as a bartender, and he provided the winning testimony in her first court case. He fell in love after witnessing her talent as a lawyer and broke off his affair with a married man to be with her. At first, she found him to be annoying, but their relationship developed after Ryouji saved her from an enraged person in a public park. Kotoko was flattered that he cared so much about her safety and Ryouji was further smitten when it turned out that she could have easily defended herself with her karate skills. They began dating when she was 25 and he was 19. Their wedding was described as a "shotgun wedding" and many friends and family members who disapproved of their romance.

Kotoko's is mentioned by Haruhi Fujioka in  Ep 01 - Starting Today, You Are a Host! and "seen" in Ep 10 - A Day in the Life of the Fujioka Family! where she is seen in Haruhi's memory as she is best remembered - in her work suit, telling Haruhi that's she going to win her current legal case while holding up two fingers in a V for "victory." Kotoko actually speaks as a character in Ep 13 - Haruhi in Wonderland! in which she plays the role of the masked Queen. With the exception of the final scene, the entire episode is a dream-state wherein Haruhi explores her "place" at Ouran and is provoked into expressing some of her deepest still-held sorrow over her mother's death.

Relationships

Ryouji "Ranka" Fujioka

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Ryouji is Kotoko's husband and six years her junior. Despite her illness-related death when Haruhi is five years old and the passing of time afterwards, he still loves her deeply. When the two first meet, she finds him to be a strange and annoying person, but develops a better opinion of him when he saves her from an enraged person at a park and eventually falls in love with him. Ryouji maintains a family shrine in their home to honor Kotoko's memory. Even now, Ryouji only dates men because he swore to never fall in love with another woman.

Haruhi Fujioka

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Kotoko is Haruhi's mother. Kotoko's friends were shocked when her promising career as an attorney was interrupted by her unplanned pregnancy. Kotoko passed away when Haruhi was only five years old from an unspecified illness. While some people think this early loss is the reason Haruhi is so aloof, Haruhi disagrees, claiming it's just her natural-born personality. Haruhi's desire to follow in her mother's career footsteps is what leads Haruhi to apply to and enroll in Ouran Academy and to later study abroad in America. Haruhi also acquires her cooking skills by studying her mother's recipes after her passing. It is said that Haruhi inherited Kotoko's brains and beauty.

Etymology

  • The name Kotoko means "Japanese harp" (琴) (koto) and "child" (子) (ko).
  • Kotoko's surname Fujioka means "wisteria" (藤) (fuji) and "ridge, hill" (岡) (oka).
    • Her maiden name Katayama means "single, piece" (片) (kata) and "mountain, hill" (山) (yama).

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