Kensaku Numata

Kensaku Numata (沼田 健作, Numata Kensaku) was Ikuo Takabayashi's grandfather and Keiko Numata's husband. He is the proprietor of Sakitani Kinenkan along with his wife.

Appearance
Kensaku is an old man with very short gray hair, black eyes and a gray mustache.

He wears a purple shirt and a yellow apron, like his wife.

Personality
He seemed to be a serious and rational old man.

Plot
He made his debut in the anime in Episode 10 when he welcomes a part of 9th Grade Class 3 who came at the Yomiyama Shrine to pray for their safety, hoping this action will stop the calamity, along with Keiko, his wife. The class accommodated at their restaurant-pension.

In Episode 11, he was stabbed to death by his wife, which was witnessed by Yuuya Mochizuki and Naoya Teshigawara. She later sets fire to the dining room which leads to the deaths of Takako Sugiura and Makoto Ouji.

Etymology

 * The name Kensaku means "healthy, strong" (健) (ken), and "make, production" (作) (saku)
 * Kenasku's surname Numata means "swamp" (沼) (numa) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta)

Trivia

 * In the original novel he is killed by his wife with a knife. The reason is unknown.