Shouko and Yuzuru's maternal grandmother. A caring, wise woman, she cared for Nishimiya and Yuzuru when their father left and their mother was at work. She bought Yuzuru her first camera and tries to convince Yuzuru that her mother means well for both her and her sister.

~!Ito dies of old age and leaves a letter that Yuzuru asks Ishida to read at the funeral. The letter tries one last time to convince Yuzuru to forgive her mother, but she grows angry and does not hear the end of it.!~

After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shouko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shouya Ishida. As Shouya continues to bully Shouko, the class turns its back on him. Shouko transfers and Shouya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shouya finds Shouko to make amends.
 
(Source: Eleven Arts)

**Height:** 157cm

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Non-anime roles:
~!Gon in "Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos" (VG)  Kojiro in "Brave Fencer Musashi" (VG)  Laharl in "Disgaea: Hour of Darkness" (VG)  Lola in "Grim Fandango" (VG)  Mikey in "Radiata Stories" (VG)  Pat in "Galerians:Ash" (VG)  Red in "Fraggle Rock"  Ryoko Leingod in "Star Ocean: Till the End of Time" (VG)  Silva in "Suikoden V" (VG)  Spike in "Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed" (VG)  Voice of Rita Repulsa in "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" (TV)  Zeldalia in "Atelier Iris:Eternal Mana" (VG)!~

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A special side story of Koe no Katachi distributed at the movie's premiere in Japan.
 
Yaeko Nishimiya is a cold-hearted single mother tasked with raising Shouko, her daughter, who has impaired hearing. Though Shouko’s disability is a cumbersome one, Yaeko remains determined to raise her daughter into an independent young woman—no matter what parenting tactics she must use.

Based on a one-shot that won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award. 
Shouya is a bully. When Shouko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shouya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shouko is forced to leave the school, and Shouya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shouya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late? 
(Source: Kodansha USA) 
Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Ito Nishimiya