Atsuko Urameshi

Atsuko Urameshi (浦飯温子) is Yusuke's 29-year-old alcoholic mother, who got pregnant with him when she was only fourteen (14) years old.

Atsuko wants nothing more than for her son to turn out to be better than her, but she does not succeed. While Yusuke rarely gets along with her, she truly loves him, which he only really understands when he sees her weeping in grief at his wake. After he revives, she starts to become more protective and involved in his life, becoming terrified at a mere dream of him leaving her or never waking up again and (in the anime) also making sure he doesn't skip school.

Abilities

Like her son, Atsuko is spiritually aware as she can see and sense demons in the manga storyline.

Knownable Relatives

• Unnamed Father
• Unnamed Mother
• Unnamed Ex-Husband
• Yusuke Urameshi (Son)

Trivia

• The name Atsuko means "warm" (温), "deep, true, sincere" (篤) or "honest" (敦) (atsu) and "child" (子) (ko). Atsuko's surname Urameshi means "bay, creek, inlet, gulf, beach, seacoast, seashore" (浦) (ura) and "food" (飯) (meshi).
• In the first opening of the anime, Atsuko is seen in the audience at the Dark Tournament, although she never attends the tournament in the anime.
• Atsuko is shown to be an alcoholic as she is shown to be either drunk or passed out numerous times.
• Atsuko seems to be a good fighter, as she is seen beating up a demon security guard with Shizuru in the manga at the Dark Tournament. Also, when she sees Yusuke fighting, she claims that watching the scene reminded her of her, "salad days".
• Her birthday is ???, and her bloodtype is ???.

Voice Actresses

• Japanese : Yoko Somi
• English : Meredith McCoy, Minae Noji (Live Action Series)

Played by in (Live Action) : Ayumi Ito