Character Relationship Map: Sadako 3D

Characters

• Akane Ayukawa (played by Satomi Ishihara) — protagonist

  A homeroom teacher with telekinetic powers. She becomes the primary target of the cursed video created by Kashiwada. After witnessing a student's death and being attacked by the ghost, she teams up wi...

• Takanori Ando (played by Koji Seto) — protagonist

  The son of a previous film's character and Akane's supportive boyfriend. He is initially safe indoors when the video plays, but is abducted by a giant ghost projected from an LCD truck. Later, he is t...

• Kiyoshi Kashiwada (played by Yusuke Yamamoto) — supporting

  An online artist who created the cursed video. Motivated by revenge against humanity for past persecution, he kidnapped long-haired women and threw them into a well to resurrect Sadako Yamamura. When...

• Yugo Koiso (played by Ryosei Tayama) — supporting

  A skeptical detective investigating a series of mysterious deaths linked to the cursed video. Despite his partner's suicide and mounting evidence, he doubts the supernatural until he discovers Kashiwa...

• Sadako Yamamura (played by Ai Hashimoto) — supporting

  The vengeful ghost central to the plot. She appears in the cursed video and attacks viewers. After Akane destroys multiple imperfect versions of herself, the real Sadako confronts Akane on a roof. Cla...

• Risa (played by Hikari Takara) — supporting

  A schoolgirl and best friend of a deceased student. She investigates the deleted cursed video, which plays automatically when she is alone. After watching it, she is attacked by the ghost but is rescu...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Akane Ayukawa → Risa (Professional Teacher And Student)

  Akane is Risa's homeroom teacher and arrives in time to save Risa when the ghost attacks her.

• Yugo Koiso → Kiyoshi Kashiwada (Professional Investigator And Suspect)

  Koiso investigates the mysterious deaths, searches Kashiwada's apartment, and discovers the notes explaining Kashiwada's resurrection plan.

• Kiyoshi Kashiwada → Sadako Yamamura (Power Resurrection Agent)

  Kashiwada attempts to resurrect Sadako by throwing long-haired women into a well and later creates the cursed video to find her a perfect host.

• Akane Ayukawa → Takanori Ando (Romantic Boyfriend)

  The plot identifies Takanori as Akane's boyfriend and shows them living together and fleeing the ghost together.

Story Dynamics

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

• Takanori Ando → Sadako Yamamura (Conflict Abducted Victim)

  A giant projection of Sadako snatches Takanori from the street, and he is later trapped inside a mobile phone.

• Risa → Sadako Yamamura (Conflict Cursed Video Victim)

  Risa investigates the deleted cursed video, watches it when alone, and is attacked by the ghost afterward.

• Yugo Koiso → Sadako Yamamura (Conflict Skeptical Opponent)

  Koiso doubts the cursed film until he encounters the supernatural evidence and is attacked by a Sadako facsimile near the well.

• Yugo Koiso → Akane Ayukawa (Alliance Investigative Ally)

  Koiso previously interrogates Akane and later finds her and travels with her to the old Yamamura household.

• Kiyoshi Kashiwada → Akane Ayukawa (Conflict Targeting Antagonist)

  Kashiwada engineers the cursed video so it will find a perfect host, and the ghost identifies Akane as the one.

• Akane Ayukawa → Sadako Yamamura (Conflict Primary Adversaries)

  Sadako targets Akane as the intended host, while Akane destroys imperfect Sadako facsimiles and confronts the real Sadako on the roof.

Story Analysis

A cursed video created to resurrect Sadako forces Akane to oppose a supernatural cycle of persecution, possession, and sacrifice.

Plot Progression

1. The Video Finds Its Victims
2. The Ghost Reaches the City
3. Secrets Beneath the Wallpaper
4. The Derelict Well
5. A Sacrifice Beneath the Hair