Kazuko Saotome

Kazuko Saotome (早乙女 和子, Saotome Kazuko)
Physical info
Type	Human
Gender	Female ♀
Age	Unknown
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Height	155-157cm
Social info
Japanese pronoun	watashi (私)
Residence	Mitakihara City
Job	Teacher in Mitakihara Middle School
Background info
Character designer Primary artist	Ume Aoki
Voiced by	Japanese: Junko Iwao English: Karen Strassman Italian: Debora Magnaghi Spanish: Mª Rosa Guillén Russian: Marina Volkova Mexican Spanish: Dulce Chino Brazilian Portuguese: Mariana Ferrari

"I have a very important issue to discuss today. So eyes front, ears open! The correct way to fry an egg is sunny side up or down? Come on, Nakazawa. I don’t have all day."
— Kazuko, Madoka Magica Episode 1.

Kazuko Saotome (早乙女 和子, Saotome Kazuko) is a supporting character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

She is the homeroom teacher of Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Hitomi Shizuki and Homura Akemi, often ranting about her love life during class. She is also a close friend of Junko Kaname.

Appearance

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Personality and Traits

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History

In Madoka Magica

Kazuko demands an answer from Nakazawa

During class, Kazuko tells everyone she has important things to talk about. She then asks Nakazawa what's the correct way to boil an egg. He answers that both sunny side up and down are okay, she agrees and snaps her pointer as she rants about judging a woman's beauty from how she boils her eggs. She advises the girls to not go for men that refuse to eat eggs fried sunny side down. Sayaka jokes that her last relationship must have not worked. She then advises the boys to not grow up to judge based on eggs. She clears her voice and introduces the new student, Homura Akemi, to the class. Kazuko struggles to write her last name (Akemi) on the board, so Homura writes it herself.

The next day she teaches her class about active and passive verbs, using the phrase "He likes me" as an example.

Another day she teaches the class about the past subjunctive, using fertility in women as an example, ranting that infertility in women isn't a way to determine if a woman is suitable for marriage. She argues specifically for women above 30 (once again talking about herself).

Kazuko at the bar with Junko

After Sayaka's death, Kazuko goes out with Junko Kaname to a bar. She discusses Sayaka's death and how she heard that she was having boy problems with Hitomi. She asks Junko how Madoka is taking all of this, Junko tells her how helpless she feels because Madoka doesn't tell her anything anymore. Kazuko advises Junko to trust Madoka, knowing that she is a teenager going through grief and needs time. Kazuko points out how Junko was never good at being patient.

In Wraith Arc

Kazuko appears briefly in Wraith Arc where she introduces a new student, Homura Akemi, to her class, just like in the original anime.

In Rebellion

Kazuko talking about the end of the world to her class

During class, Kazuko tells her class that even though Mayan Apocalypse's date has passed, it doesn't mean they shouldn't be scared. She asks Nakazawa what will happen to earth by 2050, but he has no idea what she is talking about. She believes the second coming of Christ will happen in the next 40 years, also mentioning the seven trumpets of revelation (The Biblical Apocalypse). She thinks that the end of the world wouldn't be so bad, as she had her fair share of men and is reaching her 40s. She then snaps back to reality as she remembers she has to introduce the new student, Homura Akemi, to her class.

It's eventually revealed the movie takes place in a Witch's barrier, and that Kazuko was abducted from the real world. She returns from the barrier unharmed. At the end of the movie, she repeats her boiled egg rant from the original anime and introduces the new student, Madoka Kaname, to her class.

In Oriko Magica

Kazuko appears briefly in the third volume of Oriko Magica. After Oriko and Kirika take over the school's assembly broadcast during a school day, Kazuko tells her class not to worry and that teachers are going over to the broadcast room to figure this out. The classroom is then covered in a Witch's labyrinth, and as Kazuko tries to keep the students calm she gets eaten by an Orkos.

Gallery

Anime Screenshots

Madoka Magica

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  Kazuko with Hitomi, Madoka and Sayaka in the opening
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  Nakazawa tries to answer her question
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  Kazuko introducing Homura in the first timeline
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  Talking with Junko Kaname
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Rebellion

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  Kazuko talking about the end of the world to her class
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  Gotz carrying Kazuko after she's out of Homura's labyrinth

Manga

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  Kazuko in the manga
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  Kazuko in the Rebellion manga
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  Kazuko in Oriko Magica

Games

Madoka Magica Mobage

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  Kazuko in Madoka Magica Mobage

Madoka Magica Online

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  Kazuko in Madoka Magica Online
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Magia Record

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Magia Exedra

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Official Art

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  Art from the Art book
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  Character height chart
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  Art of Hitomi, Kyosuke and Kazuko by Ume Aoki

Collaboration Art

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  Princess Punt

Observations

• Kazuko's obsession with the end of the world in Rebellion might have been caused by Homulilly, as most of the movie, including that scene, takes place in her labyrinth. When Kazuko is outside of the labyrinth in the new world, she is back to her normal rants about men.

Etymology

• The characters in her first name mean "harmony" (和) and "child" (子) respectively.
• The characters in her last name mean "quickly" (早), "secondary" (乙), and "woman" (女) respectively.