Motoharu Shibasaki

Motoharu Shibasaki
Name
Kanji	柴崎 元治
Rōmaji	Shibasaki Motoharu
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Watchmaker
Status	Alive
Alice Game
Partner	Souseiseki
Voice Actors
Japanese	Ikuo Nishikawa
English	Kevin Seymour

Motoharu Shibasaki (柴崎 元治 Shibasaki Motoharu) is an elderly man who was Souseiseki's medium. He is married to Matsu Shibasaki who was in a coma after the death of Kazuki Shibasaki. Motoharu thought of Souseiseki as Kazuki, considering her very masculine appearance and speech.

Biography

Motoharu is an elderly watchmaker who became delusional after his young son died in an accident. Motoharu's wife, Matsu Shibasaki, fell into a deep coma from the shock not long after, causing him to eventually become lonely. At some point he received and winded up Suiseiseki and Souseiseki and became Souseiseki's medium, he also started to believe that Souseiseki was his deceased son and started calling her Kazuki.

Etymology

• The name Motoharu means "beginning, former time, origin" (元) (moto) and "cure" (治) (haru).
• Motoharu's surname Shibasaki means "brush, firewood" (柴) (shiba) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki).

Trivia

In the manga timeline another troubled elderly man named Kazuha Yuibishi serves a similar position to him as the man who wakes up the twins and becomes Souseiseki's initial medium in the modern era.