Keiko Sakai (坂井 佳子, Sakai Keiko) is the biological mother of Sana Kurata who called the Kurata Mansion after "My Daughter and I" was published and the day she abandoned Sana on a park bench twelve years later. She went and met with Sana and told her everything that had happened. They met once more in the anime, and Misako Kurata met with Keiko once briefly after that. But after that Keiko had no more appearances.
Appearance[]
Keiko is a quite young woman who looks a lot like Sana.
Personality[]
Keiko has quite a nervous personality.
History []
In the Manga[]
Keiko's uncle impregnated her, but she kept it a secret from her family because she loved her uncle so much. She didn't want to hurt her family if they found out that she became pregnant and ended up giving birth to Sana in a bathtub when she was only 14 years old.
In the Anime[]
When Keiko was growing up, her mother was never around much: she was always busy with her job or boyfriend. Keiko never knew her father and it was hard for her to be alone all of the time. She began dating a man named Takeshi Gojo, and although she was young, she really loved him and the feelings were mutual. When she found out she was pregnant, she couldn't tell anyone, even him. She was frightened and didn't know what to do, so she had the baby all alone. Takeshi disappeared without a word before this happened and she presumed he was dead.
Later, in her twenties, she met and married a kind and understanding man, who didn't mind at all of Keiko's past when she told him where she had a daughter named Mariko Sakai.
Relationships[]
Sana Kurata[]
Sana is Keiko's daughter from her ex-husband, but she abandons her right after she was born, leaving her crying in a park bench. Misako Kurata later hears a little girl crying and adopts her. After discovering Sana again, Keiko asked Sana to live with her once, but Sana said she already had a mother. She thanked Keiko for bringing her into this world before she said she and Keiko wouldn't be seeing each other again.
Mariko Sakai[]
Mariko is Keiko's daughter from her current husband who is a huge Sana fan, but she is unaware that Sana is her half-sister.
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Etymology[]
- The name Keiko means "good, beautiful" (佳) (kei) and "child" (子) (ko).
- Keiko's surname Sakai means "slope" (坂) (saka) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (i).