Kayo Hinazuki is the deuteragonist of the manga and anime series ERASED. She's one of the first three victims of Gaku Yashiro's serial kidnapping and murder case. The other victims were Hiromi Sugita and Aya Nakanishi. She is one of Satoru Fujinuma's classmates at elementary school and is lonely due to her mysterious home environment.
Personality[]
Kayo doesn't have much of a presence in class. She had nothing to call her own and hardly spoke to anyone until she became friends with Satoru Fujinuma's group. She considered Satoru and herself to be "fake." Because they both distanced themselves from others, were often irritated by someone's behavior, and had trust issues. This stemmed from her abusive home, as she believed that if Kayo numbed her emotions, her mother would not cause any more pain. She often dreamed of escaping her cruel life and living freely on an island far from society. She is very unfriendly and tends to call people stupid, usually towards Satoru.
After Satoru tries to save her girlfriend, Kayo begins to open up to him, although she initially feels uncomfortable with his generosity. Kayo, who stayed at Fujinuma's house, breaks down in tears at the kindness of Sachiko Fujinuma, who has never experienced altruistic acts. After Satoru went into a coma, Kayo frequently visited her in the hospital and helped her mother. The two developed a close relationship, and Kayo came to think of Sachiko as her own mother. Kayo, now an adult, tells Satoru that he has found her happiness, and is depicted smiling as she gently holds her child.
Biography[]
A lonely Kayo finds herself a target for kidnapping. In order to stop her from being kidnapped, Satoru Fujinuma returns to her past and desperately tries to make friends with her.
Kayo's mother was quite abusive to Kayo throughout her life. Many of her injuries included suffocation, bruising, and other forms of torture. Kayo, who met Satoru at a "revival'' for the first time in 18 years, asked Satoru to kill someone in her place, but in reality, Kayo wanted Satoru to kill his mother out of depression due to the abuse from his mother.
Eventually, she married Hiromi Sugita and she became Kayo Sugita. They have a son named Mirai Sugita, who is said to have the eyelashes of his father.
When Satoru wakes up, she visits him with her son. She reflects on her discomfort in leaving him behind, and she is in turn chided by Satoru.