Satoko Houjou

Satoko Houjou, also known as Satoko Hatake, Satoko Yoshizawa and Satoko Matsuura, is one of the main characters from the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series.
== Charactah Account ==
A younger classmate in Keiichi's school. In spite of her young age, she seems to have an impressive arm strength and is quite clever in setting up traps, which she likes to practice on Keiichi.
Although her personality is quite energetic and mischievous during the events of the games, Satoko's past was full of trauma; her family were outcasts for supporting the dam project that would have destroyed the village, her parents died in an accident, she was abused by her foster parents (her aunt and uncle), and her beloved brother Satoshi disappeared. She greatly misses Satoshi, and feels that by being strong, he will return. She cannot tell the difference between cauliflower and broccoli because she is color blind.
Satoko has a distinctive style of speech, ending all of her sentences with 'wa' which, at times, is grammatically incorrect. In spite of her young age, she is quite clever in setting up traps, and likes to practice on Keiichi. Satoko dislikes japanese pumpkin, and cannot tell the difference between cauliflower and broccoli, because she is colorblind. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Specials
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-hen
=== Light Novels ===
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Dai 1-wa: Onikakushi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Dai 2-wa: Watanagashi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Dai 3-wa: Tatarigoroshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gaiden: Nekogoroshi-hen
=== Manga ===
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Matsuribayashi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Meakashi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Minagoroshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Tsumihoroboshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Hoshiwatashi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Oniokoshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Kokoroiyashi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tatarigoroshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Watanagashi-hen
=== Video Games ===
* Higurashi Daybreak
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jong
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Daiichikan Tatari
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Dainikan Sou
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Daisankan Rasen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Daiyonkan Kizuna
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Himatsubushi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Matsuribayashi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Meakashi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Minagoroshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tatarigoroshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tsumihoroboshi-hen
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Watanagashi-hen
* Higurashi When They Cry Hou
* SINoALICE
== Trivia ==
* Through much of the series, Satoko appears during events that take place in June of 1983 just prior to her 12th birthday. There are flashbacks to events in previous years. In the new anime-only arc Gou, she, thus far, reaches past June 1988 to reach 17. In the new manga, she is a 48 year-old mother in 2019.
* In Tsukiotoshi-hen, it was revealed by Rika that Satoko always eats Japanese style breakfast, usually rice with miso soup.
* It is suggested that Satoko has extraordinary strength for someone her age, as shown in Tatarigoroshi-hen when she shoved Keiichi twice across the room after he harmlessly petted her, and later even pushed him off of a bridge; however, another theory is this could be due to an adrenaline rush, rather than extraordinary strength.
* In the anime-only arc Yakusamashi-hen, it is shown that Satoko can detect sounds like a cat. She was able to hear a Yamainu member's leg graze a trap she set in the middle of the night.
* Originally, Satoko and Rika were supposed to appear on the cover of Meakashi-hen's fourth volume, but Yutori Houjou (the artist of Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen) dropped this idea and changed the cover characters to Shion and Satoshi.
* Satoko has the highest number of individual sprites in the original sound novels; most other characters have twenty or fewer sprites, while Mion and Rena have around fifty apiece, and Satoko has sixty-four.
* Her casual sprite in the original Visual Novels show her wearing a satchel behind her hip. She wears this in the third anime season's Nekodamashi-hen.
* In the original Tatarigoroshi-hen sound novel, on day 13, after stumbling upon Rika's corpse, Satoko drops her towel and a naked sprite of her can be seen. This sprite was removed from the Steam release and later versions of the arc.
* Her birthday is confirmed in the anime episode Cat Deceiving Chapter Part Four.
* Coincidentally, Satoko wears her St. Lucia Academy summer uniform in a similar manner as Shion: while most students tuck in their shirts and wear their skirts knee-length, Satoko chooses not to do so and wears her skirt mid-thigh length
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Hōjō Satoko at Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Wiki
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