Miyako Matsuoka

Miyako Matsuoka (松岡 都 Matsuoka Miyako) is the wife of Toraichi Matsuoka and the mother of Rin Matsuoka and Gou Matsuoka.

Appearance
Miyako is a young woman with chest-length maroon hair that is swept to the left and red-irised eyes.

Story
Miyako is married to Toraichi Matsuoka, a commercial fisherman named Toraichi Matsuoka who loses his life during a storm when his boat sinks only a few miles offshore leaving Miyako to raise their two children, Rin and Gou, while they are both still very young. She is a devoted mother and supportive of Rin's aspiration to become an Olympic swimming champion.

Trivia

 * The name Miyako means "capital" (都) as in a chief metropolis.
 * Miyako's surname Matsuoka combines "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (matsu) and "ridge, hill" (岡) (oka), thus creating an interpretation of "the strong tree on the hill".