Noh Mask's victim

This woman was the owner of the Noh Mask before it killed her.

History
She was traveling to the Higurashi shrine by taxi for an exorcism. She told the driver that she inherited an ancient mask from her father that recently passed away. She explained that the mask was rumored to be cursed by forcibly attaching itself to someone and could only be removed if the wearer died. She dreaded having to deal a mask that she found to be creepy, proceeded nonetheless. When she arrived at the shrine, the mask broke out of the box it was kept in and took hold of the woman's face. Kagome and Sōta were heading off to school and saw the woman just after the mask possessed her. They saw her and Kagome thought there was something strange about her face.

The mask began to wander around Tokyo using her body. It had been run over by Umao and Shikako as they were driving one night, but it was still able to move.

The mask arrived at the park the following night. It remarked how the woman's body was too broken to be of anymore use and killed four delinquent teenagers. Her body was later found without her head by the police the next morning.

Personality
The woman is not happy that she inherited the Noh Mask and finds it creepy. She also does not believe the legends about the mask. Despite her misgivings, however, she is still willing to bare with it in order to get it exorcised.

Manga vs. Anime

 * The woman does not appear in the anime. Instead, the Noh Mask is originally owned by the Higurashi family and is being kept in their storehouse before it roams free.