Sayo Yasuda

Sayo Yasuda 安田紗代
Character Information
Classification	Human
Title	Territory Lord Ushiromiya Family Head The Golden Witch The Endless Witch
Gender	Male (Female)
Age	19 (16)
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Light brown
First Appearance	Legend of the Golden Witch (as Shannon and Kanon) Requiem of the Golden Witch (as Clair Vaux Bernardus) Lambda's Diary (implicitly)
Portrayed By	Rie Kugimiya (as Shannon) Yū Kobayashi (as Kanon) Sayaka Ohara (as Clair Vaux Bernardus) Daisuke Ono (End of the Golden Witch)
Relationships	Beatrice (alternate personality) Shannon (alternate personality, imaginary friend) Kanon (alternate personality, imaginary friend) Clair Vaux Bernardus (alternate personality, vessel) Lion Ushiromiya (alternate personality) Battler Ushiromiya (rival, love interest, nephew, cousin) George Ushiromiya (fiancée, nephew, cousin) Jessica Ushiromiya (love interest, niece, cousin) Maria Ushiromiya (best friend, niece, cousin) Natsuhi Ushiromiya (stepmother [miracle fragment], half sister-in-law, aunt) Krauss Ushiromiya (stepfather [miracle fragment], half-brother, uncle) Eva Ushiromiya (half-sister, successor, aunt) Chiyo Kumasawa (mother figure) Genji Ronoue (father figure) Beatrice Ushiromiya (mother, half-sister) Kinzo Ushiromiya (father, grandfather, predecessor)

Sayo Yasuda (安田紗代) is the true form of Beatrice and the writer of the message bottles. Sayo's true name is Lion Ushiromiya, and was given the fake name "Sayo Yasuda" after the cliff incident. After Kinzo's death, Sayo succeeded the headship and became the true head of the Ushiromiya family.

Umineko no Naku Koro ni hinges on the mysteries surrounding Sayo. Despite playing such a large role in the story, Sayo never makes a direct appearance in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.

Profile

Background

Sayo is the incestuous child of Kinzo and his daughter Beatrice Ushiromiya. In an attempt to keep Kinzo's deed a secret, Sayo was offered to Natsuhi for adoption as Natsuhi was having trouble conceiving children of her own. Unfortunately, Natsuhi reacted violently to the offer and pushed the servant carrying the infant Sayo off of a nearby cliff, resulting in the servant's death and the mutilation of Sayo's abdominals and genitals. Following this, Sayo was taken into the Fukuin House and was given the "blessed name" Shannon. At the family meeting of 1980, Sayo met Battler and fell in love with him. However, Battler left the Ushiromiya family shortly after the meeting and did not return to Rokkenjima until 1986. The loss of her first love caused Sayo a great deal of strife and plays a part in Sayo's creation of the character Beatrice.

Personality

Sayo appears as somewhat vindictive throughout Umineko no Naku Koro ni, particularly towards Natsuhi.