Sanae Mizuno

"Oh! Now you are reading a novel by Stephen King, Mr. Horror Shonen?"

- Sanae Mizuno to Kouichi in Episode 1. Sanae Mizuno is a nurse at Yomiyama Hospital. She is first seen at Kouichi's ward. She has a brother named Mizuno Takeru who is in the 9th Grade Class 3 at Yomiyama North Middle School.

Personality
She is a cheerful nurse and she is in charge of taking care of Kouichi when he is at the hospital. She suggested various mystery authors to Kouichi to read while he was in the hospital, and also when they used to meet casually. Sanae is also shown as a sociable, friendly and peaceful person. She is in good terms with Kouichi.

Appearance
Sanae has short brown hair and big light brown eyes. She is usually shown wearing her nurse uniform, a white cap, pale pink dress, pale pink shoes and a dark blue jacket. In Episode 4, she is seen wearing her casual clothes, which consists of a white dress and a blue bag. In the manga, she has short black hair and black eyes.

Story
She looked after Kouichi Sakakibara while he was sick in the hospital. She also helped him find informations about the Misaki that died in the hospital, and even offered to give him her phone number. They talked about the class' curse and how everyone thinks that Mei doesn't exist. Sanae tells Kouichi to be careful because they don't knew much about it yet. In Episode 4, she called him to ask if Mei really existed, since her brother claimed she didn't in a horrified manner, while returning from the roof top through the elevator. While she was in it, talking to Kouichi about Mei, the elevator's motor started to spark and malfunction, and suddenly the cable snapped causing the elevator to fall. Sanae is slammed into the elevator floor head-first, and she is crushed when the elevator collapses. This incident lead to her being one of the "Deaths of June". In Episode 9, she returns as a ghost and appears when Kouichi opens one of the classroom doors when he is shock from Yukari, Ikuo, and Mr. Kubodera's "ghost forms". She lies on a bed with blood covering her body, blaming Kouichi for her death.

Trivia

 * Her address is 1-9 Seitencho Yomiyama City.
 * Her first name, Sanae, means "rice seedlings".
 * She calls Kouichi Horror Teen (manga) or Mister horror lover (anime).
 * In the manga, Kouichi seemed more affected by her death than in the anime.