Mother

Mother is a supporting character in Tokyo Godfathers. She is the owner of a hostess club, employing women, including trans women and drag queens, to entertain guests through song and dance performances, as well as general socialising and flirting to encourage their guests to spend more in the bar. Their clientele seems to be predominantly men, both gay and straight. Host and Hostess clubs are fairly common forms of night time entertainment within Japanese cities.

She is the surrogate mother of Hana.

Personality
Much like Hana, Mother is also a loving, kind-hearted, generous, parental figure to both Hana and the women who work within the club. Mother seems to be a confident and capable woman, having successfully run her club for many years, settling disputes with unruly guests and regularly maintaining the peace.

Appearance
Mother appears to be somewhat similar to Hana, wearing both similar make up and a head wrap, however she is much older, appearing to be in her late 60s. She has red hair she keeps in an upright hair style, however at night, she keeps her hair in a silk bonnet. Mother is seen wearing a sleeveless purple sweetheart neck dress with a slit from below her bust to navel, over which she wears a long thin dark scarf, and occasionally a white feather boa.

She accessorises with large golden hoop earrings, a gold bangle on her right wrist, and 3 golden armlets on her upper left arm.

History
When Hana and Miyuki have nowhere to rest and can’t find Gin, Hana decides to go to the bar where she used to work and reunited with Mother. Mother welcomes Hana back with open arms and reveals that their fellow homeless member, Gin, is there recovering from a beating he received earlier. It’s revealed to Mother that Hana’s partner, Ken, has passed away; at first it was suspected that he died of AIDS, but Hana explains that he slipped and fell on some soap, implying that he suffered a catastrophic head injury.

Upon enquiring as to why Hana became homeless after losing Ken, rather than reaching out to her, Hana apologises to Mother, stating that her losing her temper with a drunken guest made her worry that she would cause Mother difficulties by staying. Mother quickly explains to Hana that no such thing would have happened, she simply offered the man money to drop his complaint. Although it's not stated explicitly, it's possible that the drunken man would not have taken the matter further anyway, especially to the police, due to the risk of the stigma in Japan of being labelled a homosexual during the height of the AIDS epidemic.

The next morning, Mother lets Hana know that she can come back anytime she chooses. It is implied that with everyone reuniting with their families, that Hana likely did return back to live with Mother.