Mrs. Yoshitani

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**Mrs. Yoshitani** is a supporting character in the movie *"Belle"*.

## Information

 Mrs. Yoshitani is the leader of the woman's choir working in the depopulated Kōchi Prefecture, and an old friend of Suzu's Mother. Ever since the death of her dear friend, she has been watching over Suzu and tries to give her life advice and support. Outside of her choir practice sessions, she works as a fisherman.

## Appearance

Mrs. Yoshitani is an elderly woman with pale skin, prominent dark grey eyebrows, and russet brown eyes. Her gray hair is kept very short and does not reach past her neck. Due to her age, her face is marked by wrinkles around her eyes, mouth, and neck area. Mrs. Yoshitani is seen wearing a light gray shirt over a reddish-pink, sleeveless turtleneck pullover. Matched with this shirt choice are a statured purple pair of pants, as well as red-brown slippers and white socks. Another clothing combination she is seen in consists of a pink shirt over a black turtleneck, matched with a white pair of pants. She sometimes matches her pink shirt with her reddish-pink turtleneck, and also owns a pullover in the same purple color as her first pants. Her ears are pierced by magenta colored, round earrings.

Inside "U", Mrs. Yoshitani appears as an AS with features resembling a male avatar, dark brown skin, and a beauty mark underneath her left eye. The areas around her eyes and lips appear light pink, and her nose has become more prominent while her eyebrows have become thinner. Mrs. Yoshitani's AS has wavy hair that reaches to shoulder length, with a single strand lying across her face, as well as a matching beard. Her attire consists of a black flouncy shirt decorated with a pink ribbon, as well as white pants held up by two red belts.

## BELLE

Mrs. Yoshitani first appears practicing for the annual Christmas concert together with the other choir members. When Suzu refuses to join in after Mrs. Nakai demands for her to do so, Mrs. Yoshitani insists that the youngest member of their choir should be singing in the center, noting her lack of ambition. When the choir asks if Suzu does not want to be happy, and are questioned by her in return what happiness means, Mrs. Yoshitani admits that, even at her age, she does not fully know what happiness really means.

After Suzu entered the Dragon's castle for the first time, she attends another meeting with the choir, where the choir members notice her mental absence and accuse her of being in love. The conversation that follows between the choir members motivates Suzu to write her song for the Dragon.

When Suzu gets crowded inside "U" and is blocked from helping the Dragon, the five choir members decide it is time to support Suzu, revealing that they had known her to be Belle all along. Mrs. Yoshitani leaves her fisher work and heads to Suzu's and Shinobu's old elementary school to join everyone's side, both physically and online. There, she joins Suzu's song to reach the Dragon and to motivate her to keep going. Once Kei's and Tomo's fate as sons of an abusive father are revealed and their lives appear to be in danger, Mrs. Yoshitani wastes no time to call child protective services, though is turned down due to existing rules regarding domestic abuse.

Together with the others, Mrs. Yoshitani welcomes Suzu home after she returns from her trip to Tokyo, where she had rushed to aid her newfound friends. With Kei and Tomo saved and peace returning to both "U" and the real world, Mrs. Yoshitani joins everyone for a stroll at the riverside, and everyone decides to sing Suzu's new song.

## Relationships

#### Suzu's Mother

Mrs. Yoshitani was a good friend of Suzu's mother and still keeps a choir group photo from before the accident on a dresser in the school gym, where they hold their practice sessions. Following her friend's death, she makes sure to take care of Suzu to her best extent.

## Trivia

* "Yoshitani" is a Japanese surname consisting of the first part meaning "good luck" or "joy", and the second part meaning "valley", roughly translating to "valley of luck/joy".
* Mrs. Yoshitani was originally designed to wear blue earrings. In the final movie, her earrings ended up magenta colored.

## References

1. ↑ Belle Official Website - Characters
2. ↑ culturetour-net - Yoshitani