Character Relationship Map: Teke Teke

Characters

• Kana Ohashi (played by Yuko Oshima) — protagonist

  Kana Ohashi is a schoolgirl and the film’s central survivor. She helps arrange a date for her friend, is chased by Teke Teke, and escapes with Utsumi’s help. She researches the legend, investigates it...

• Rie Hirayama (played by Mami Yamasaki) — supporting

  Kana's cousin, whom she encounters while researching Teke Teke. Rie explains the legend's three-day death curse to Kana.

• Utsumi Keita (played by Ikkei Yamamoto) — supporting

  Utsumi Keita is a soccer player and Kana’s schoolmate. He shares the news of a mysterious death and explains the childhood legend of Teke Teke, including her habit of chasing people at night. When Kan...

• Kana's Mother (played by Kaoru Mizuki) — supporting

  Kana's Mother appears in the later aftermath of the supernatural events. One year after the attack that leaves Kana nearly catatonic, she is living with Kana at a new residence when Takeda visits them...

• Ayaka Sekiguchi (played by Mai Nishida) — supporting

  Kana's best friend and classmate. After becoming jealous over Utsumi's attention, Ayaka takes a different route home and is killed by Teke Teke.

• Takeda (played by Shinnosuke Abe) — supporting

  Takeda is a scholar’s assistant who helps Kana and her relative investigate the history behind Teke Teke. He leads them to information about the woman associated with the legend, shares rumors about a...

• Hiromi Shimizu (played by Kanako Kojima) — minor

  An office worker who encounters Teke Teke while walking home at night and is killed. Her death introduces the legend's threat.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Kana's Mother → Kana Ohashi (mother)
• Ayaka Sekiguchi → Utsumi Keita (Romantic Prospective Date) — Utsumi agrees to Ayaka's proposed date, but Ayaka later becomes jealous because she believes he likes Kana more.

  Ayaka asks Kana to ask Utsumi out for her, and Utsumi agrees to go on a date with Ayaka.

• Kana Ohashi → Rie Hirayama (Family Cousins) — Rie becomes Kana's family companion in researching the legend and searching for the fallen memorial; she is killed during their encounter with the threat.

  The plot identifies Rie as Kana's cousin. Rie explains the three-day death curse and later investigates the memorial with Kana.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Hiromi Shimizu → Kana Ohashi (Narrative Linked By The Curse Investigation) — Hiromi's death introduces the threat and becomes an early event that draws Kana into investigating the legend.

  After Hiromi's death, Utsumi shows Kana and Ayaka a news report about it, and the girls investigate the legend associated with the killing.

• Rie Hirayama → Takeda (Alliance Investigation Guides) — Takeda provides Rie and Kana with information and directions that enable their trip to the memorial.

  Takeda leads Kana and Rie to the landlord's daughter and shares the rumors about the memorial with them.

• Kana Ohashi → Takeda (Alliance Investigation Guides) — Takeda assists Kana's investigation by connecting her and Rie with historical information and directing them to the memorial.

  Takeda leads Kana and Rie to the daughter of a former landlord and later gives them directions to the fallen memorial.

• Kana Ohashi → Utsumi Keita (Alliance Schoolmates And Ally) — Utsumi first shares information about the legend with Kana and Ayaka, then directly helps Kana escape the pursuing threat.

  Utsumi is Kana's schoolmate. When she is being chased, he encounters her and helps her escape on his bicycle.

• Kana Ohashi → Ayaka Sekiguchi (Social Best Friends) — Their friendship is strained by Ayaka's jealousy over Utsumi, but the story establishes them as close friends before Ayaka is killed.

  The plot identifies Ayaka as Kana's best friend and classmate. Ayaka asks Kana to arrange a date with Utsumi, then becomes upset when she thinks he li...

Story Analysis

After a series of killings tied to an urban legend, Kana investigates its history and suffers a devastating loss.

Plot Progression

1. A Legend Takes Shape — Hiromi is killed after encountering an unseen pursuer. Kana, Ayaka, and Utsumi hear the report and learn the rules of the Teke Teke story.
2. Loss and Pursuit — Ayaka is killed after taking a separate route home, and Kana later hears Ayaka's voice at the site of her death. Utsumi helps Kana escape, while Rie warns her about the supposed three-day curse.
3. Tracing the Legend — Kana, Rie, and Takeda investigate the legend's history and learn about Reiko Kashima and her aversion to red. Takeda's account of the fallen memorial gives the investigation a destination.
4. The Memorial and Its Cost — Kana and Rie locate and raise the fallen memorial, but the threat appears behind them as they return to the road. Rie is killed during their flight, and the threat remains active.
5. A Traumatized Aftermath — Children later discuss rumors while the threat runs behind them. One year after Rie's death, Takeda's visit and a red box of sweets provoke Kana's hysterics.