Miyako Saitou

"Don't say that so lightly. I'd like to if I could, you know. The dream that Ai showed us was an experience I can't easily forget. But, that needs to be thought of as having essentially won the lottery. The longer I do this job, the clearer it becomes to me... Miracles like that don't happen twice. The reality is things just don't go that smoothly."

Miyako Saitou (ミヤコ) is a major supporting character in the Oshi no Ko manga series. She is the current president of Strawberry Productions and adoptive mother to Aqua and Ruby Hoshino.

Introduced as the wife of Strawberry's former president, Ichigo Saitou, she was initially hated being the twins' caretaker but, over time, grew to genuinely love them, taking them in after their mother passed away. She is especially close with Ruby, whose aspirations of becoming an idol like her mother she supports by lending her the agency's resources.

Appearance
Miyako Saitou is a woman with strawberry-blonde hair and radiant skin. She is initially stated to be a young wife and thus can be assumed to be in her mid to late 30s by the time Aqua and Ruby start high school.

Personality
Initially, Miyako appears to be a shallow woman who married her husband in order to meet hot actors. She was hot-headed and resentful of being made the twins' caretaker, hastily deciding to sell Ai's scandal before the twins stepped in to stop her. She is also shown to be somewhat of a pushover, as the twins are capable of manipulating her into going along with their whims.

However, Miyako gradually showed a more responsible and compassionate side as she took care of the twins and proved crucial to maintaining Ai's secret life. This culminates in her adopting them both after Ai's death, at which point she is shown to be a loving and dutiful mother and is specifically stated to be soft on Ruby.

Professionally, she demonstrates great ability in managing Strawberry Productions through a moment of struggle, pivoting away from the idol business and allowing the company to stay in business for over a decade, despite her lack of experience and connections.

Etymology

 * The name Miyako is written in katakana (ミヤコ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (美夜子), it could possibly mean "beautiful" (美) (mi), "night, evening" (夜) (ya) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Miyako's surname Saitou means "religious purification/purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike" (斎) (sai) and "wisteria" (藤) (tou).