Sake Ikeda

Seinosuke Ikeda (brother)

**Sake Ikeda** was a survivor of the Outbreak in The Walking Dead. She was a bartender

## Overview

Sake Ikeda is a very laid back 21 year old. Sake appears to go with the flow in many instances.

Despite this demeanor, for people she cares about, she does seem to regret certain actions of hers, such as not checking to see if Kiyoshi Akiyama's family was still alive. She also seems to hold grudges, such as when she implied, she almost hoped her family was dead.

## Pre-apocalypse

Not much is known about Sake before the Outbreak. What little is known is that she was a bartender. She befriended Kiyoshi Akiyama many years ago, and was liked by his family. She seems to dislike her own family, implying she hoped they died in the Outbreak, hoping Jack Sanders wasn't a movie buff, and even asking Kiyoshi's family if they could adopt her.

At some point she took up drinking, as, according to Sake herself, she just enjoyed drinking.

## Post-apocalypse

Shortly after the Outbreak, a drunk Sake drove her and Kiyoshi to Naporia, destroying the car. They were allowed to stay in Naporia, and Sake took up a role as the sole bartender, Kiyoshi acting as her assistant and making sure she doesn't go too far.

At the beginning of the second phase, Sake was in her bar in Naporia, living the good life. Sake was seen having a drinking game with Jack Sanders before he had to go on a supply run.

Later Sake was seen talking with Officer Smith and Samantha Keys. At first, it was standard drunk conversation, with Samantha slightly flirting with Sake. Unfortunately, Samantha revealed that Seinosuke Ikeda, Sake's brother, wss in the town. Not only that, but he was assigned to Sake's residence.

Sake and Kiyoshi were not happy, Sake said that she didn't like Suke because their parents treated Suke as the only child, and often forgot Sake existed, this caused Suke to not treat her and Kiyoshi particularly well, either. Both Samantha and Officer Smith offered to help, but Sake replied that there was nothing they could do, for Suke had not broken any laws.

Later, Sake was seen helping survivors during the Raid on Naporia, and she was then saved by Saundra Sanders and Jack. Moving to the Palm Bay Campground.

At the campground, Sake set up a bar in the general store, and went back into her old habits she had back in Naporia. In the third phase, Sake is still alive and well.

When Abraham Allard put the whole campsite on lockdown due to the deaths of Tori Ishikawa, Jack Sanders, and Melodies Dubois, Sake was separated from Kiyoshi, and was extremely pissed by it. When Valentine Thompson came up with the plan to use walkie talkies, Sake volunteered to leave the cabin because of her concern for Kiyoshi, and therefore.

Due to Abraham being preoccupied at the lake, Sake slipped out of the cabin with no real issues.

## Relationships

### **Kiyoshi Akiyama**

Kiyoshi Akiyama appears to be Sake's oldest friend, with how Sake talks about Kiyoshi and his family. Kiyoshi voluntarily helps Sake out at the bar, even keeping her in line with her drinking. Sake is one of the few people Kiyoshi can be assertive towards.

Both also appear to have a bad experience with Seinosuke Ikeda, for even Kiyoshi had a negative rwaction to his name. Also, Kiyoshi keeps Sake in line with her own bar rules, and even works to get her sober after her normal drinking games.

When she and Kiyoshi were seperated, Sake volunteered herself to go on a potentially dangerous mission just to find a way to get Kills hi back into a safe place.

### Jack Sanders

Jack Sanders and Sake have a normal customer to server relationship. Though, both did have a drinking game.

It wasn't seen how Sake reacted to Jack's death.

### Seinosuke Ikeda

Seinosuke and Sake are on bad terms with each other. Suke was the favorite child, to the point that Sake's family forget about her. Suke's arrogance and own dislike of Sake and Kiyoshi certainly do not help matters. It's to the point that Sake wishes she was never related to Suke.

When Palm Bay went on lockdown, their strained relationship was so bad that Sake never brought up Suke when she volunteered herself to go outside.

### Officer Smith

Officer Smith is on good terms with Sake, being a bar regular. He and Sake have been seen cracking jokes.

When Suke was revealed to be in Sake's residence, Smith suggested that he could do something about it, but Sake declined the offer

### Samantha Keys

Samantha and Sake are on good terms, with Sam often seen in Sake's bar in both Naporia and Palm Bay.

Samantha has flirted with Sake in the past, though Sake doesn't seem to care much for it too much. When Sam revealed that Suke was in Naporia and in her home, Samantha felt awful for what this meant for Sake once she explained the situation, and offered to help, which Sake declined.

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## Trivia

* Sake Ikeda shares many similarities with Elena Strestkov
	+ Both are bartenders
	+ Both have a distinct drinking problem
	+ Both have a friend they spent a lot of time with, and care very deeply for. For Sake, this is Kiyoshi, for Elena, this is Melodie Dubois
	+ Both first debuted in a bar
	+ Both are non-American