Mineko Kazama (風間 みね子) is Toru's mother. She has the appearance of a rich man's wife. She lives with her son in a very luxurious house in Kasukabe.
She is very affectionate with her son, but also very strict as far as studies are concerned. In order to secure a position for Kazama in a good university, he is always demanding a lot in the many extracurricular activities that he does, such as English courses, playing piano, swimming, jazz dancing etc.
She also likes to try to make younger men swoon by her looks and fashion. She is friends with Misae and they get along really well. She also considers Shin-Chan as her "other" son.
Her husband always travels outside the country for his work.
Voice actors[]
- Japanese: Sakiko Tamagawa
- English (Funimation): Melinda Wood Allen
- Dutch: Marloes van den Heuvel