Umeko Sawamura

Umeko Sawamura (澤村 梅子, Sawamura Umeko) is a supporting character in Mashiro no Oto. She is the daughter of Matsugorou Sawamura, the ex-wife of Genzou Tanuma and the mother of Wakana Sawamura and Setsu Sawamura.

Appearance
Umeko is an attractive young woman with long blond/silver hair that has blue highlights at the end with square bangs hanging over her forehead, blue eyes and she wears a thick amount of red lipstick.

She wears a red choker and a simple red short-sleeve red dress with a large white gold buckle belt. She tends to mix up her outfit a lot as well to fit her company, as well as changing her makeup and hair color.

Personality
Umeko wants to keep the "sound" of her father, Matsugorou Sawamura "alive", roping Setsu Sawamura along to take her father's place. She gets disappointed when he expresses his desire to find his own sound, expressing this in very cruel ways. Her actions in the series come across as selfish and sometimes cruel, only looking to care about keeping a good image.

Etymology

 * The name Umeko means "Japanese apricot, plum" (梅) (ume) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * In Japan, the ume blossom is regarded as a symbol of spring and a ward against evil.
 * Umeko's surname Sawamura means "marsh" (澤) (sawa) and "town, village" (村) (mura).

Trivia

 * Umeko owns Ume-Marujirushi, a beauty and skincare company.
 * Umeko shows to have an interest in singing, specifically Enka singing, as she performs an Impromptu performance of "Tsugaru Ohara Bushi" with Setsu Sawamura in his bedroom.