Misae Nohara (nee Koyama) is the mother of the Nohara family, and its caretaker. She is 29 years old and the classical housewife of post-war Japan, she cleans, launders, cooks, sews, mothers, and lazes all to varying degrees of success. While at heart a caring and nurturing individual, her positive aspects are often offset by her many shortcomings. A paragon of hypocrisy, after handing out irrevocable edicts to her husband and children, she will not hesitate to immediately break them once they are out of sight and has even been known to display double standards while in their company. She administers brutal punishment to her husband, son, and on rare occasions her year-old daughter whenever they disobey her. While she spends as little as possible on the less-essential needs of her husband and son, she loves to splurge on Himawari and herself, though she is noted to have instances of great generosity. She is the source of boundless diet and savings plans, all of which fail within the first week. For example, she is prone to immediately partake in bargain sales when she sees them, thinking she is saving the family money. However, she buys in extreme quantities, which defeats the purpose. Additionally, she secretly hoards money for her own personal use to get breast implants. Shin-chan often teases her about how small her bottom and breasts are. Tamiko's breasts are big than Misae's. Her birthplace is Aso, Kumamoto.
Family[]
- Hiroshi Nohara (husband)
- Shinnosuke Nohara (son)
- Himawari Nohara (daughter)
- Ginnosuke Nohara (father-in-law)
- Tsuru Nohara (mother-in-law)
- Semashi Nohara (brother-in-law)
- Yoshiji Koyama (father)
- Hisae Koyama (mother)
- Masae Koyama (older sister)
- Musae Koyama (younger sister)
- Fusae (maternal aunt)
Trivia[]
- Misae's maiden name is Koyama prior her marriage with Semashi's younger brother Hiroshi.