Sakae Jinnouchi

Sakae Jinnouchi (陣内 栄 Jinnouchi Sakae) is the indomitable matriarch (a woman who is the head of a family or tribe/an older woman who is powerful within a family or organization) of the Jinnouchi family and the 89-to-90-year-old great grandmother of Natsuki Shinohara who holds the family together and she also has connections in the highest ranks of political and financial circles, despite her advanced age.

Appearance
Sakae is depicted wearing red glasses and traditional Japanese clothing. She has short, gray hair and dark brown eyes.

When she smiles, Sakae has two teeth in the top row that stick out.

History
Sakae is first mentioned when Natsuki Shinohara (Sakae's great granddaughter) says that it is her grandmother's birthday and asks if Kenji Koiso wants to come with her. She is duped into believing that Kenji is actually Natsuki's boyfriend, even though he isn't. Later, after Kenji receives the enigmatic message and OZ stops working, she encourages important people to keep doing whatever they can until OZ starts up again.

Later on, Natsuki's uncle, Wabisuke Jinnouchi, appears and has an argument with Sakae about Love Machine. Things get really heated when Sakae picks up a naginata and almost attacks Wabisuke, who promptly drives away in his car. Afterwards, Sakae and Kenji play a game of koi-koi while having a talk. Sakae tells Kenji that even though he is not Natsuki's real boyfriend, he should take care of her.

A little later, Sakae dies. Because of Love Machine's takeover of OZ, the program which her son Mansaku was using to monitor her heart rate was taken down, leaving her vunerable.

Her death inspires Kazuma Ikezawa, Kenji, and a few others to challenge Love Machine and avenge her.

Voice Actor

 * Sumiko Fuji (Japanese)
 * Pam Dougherty (English)