Tsuru Nohara is the mother of Semashi Nohara and Hiroshi Nohara, the wife of Ginnosuke Nohara, the mother-in-law of Misae Nohara (nee Koyama), and also the paternal grandmother of Shinnosuke and Himawari. She is 62 years old. Her reactions to her husband's slightly adulterous behavior is similar to Misae's, although not as violent. Although she seems to be more mature than her husband, she acts more strangely in front of her grandchildren Shinnosuke and Himawari respectively. She went to Juliana's with Ginnosuke and Shinnosuke. She gets along very well with her daughter-in-law's mother, Hisae Koyama.