Yūichirō Sawamura

Yūichirō Sawamura (澤村 雄一郎 Sawamura Yūichirō) was a sea captain who was killed by a minor boat accident/incident during the Korean War while he was on his home from delivering.

Appearance
Sawamura was known to be a handsome young man before his death. He appears to be in his late 30's donning a white collared shirt typical to what sailors wear.

Story
Ryoko and Yuichiro were lovers - but Ryoko's parents disapproved of their relationship because of Yuichiro's job as a sailor. The two ran away together and eloped - in the following years, they had three children.

Umi was the couple's first child, however while Ryoko was still pregnant with her. Yuichiro took a newborn Shun under his wing to prevent him from being sent to an orphanage but was then subsequently given to Akio Kazama and his wife.

After a few years have passed, Sawamura still retains his job as a sailor and taught a young Umi about flag codes.

He died during the Korean War as his ship sunk leaving behind Ryoko and their three children. Umi, who never missed a day raising flags for his father to come home from the sea still does so after his death many years later.

Personality
As a sea captain, it is needless to say that he had great leadership skills. He was also a kind and caring person as he took in the newborn baby of his friend who passed away.

Ryoko also described him as a loving husband who was very supportive of her studies.

Relationships

 * Ryōko Matsuzaki (Wife)
 * Umi Matsuzaki (Daughter)
 * Sora Matsuzaki (Daughter)
 * Riku Matsuzaki (Son)
 * Yoshio Onodera and Hiroshi Tachibana (Close friends during the Korean war)

Etymology

 * The name Yuichiro means "hero, manly" (雄) (yu), "one" (一) (ichi) and "son" (郎) (rou).
 * Yuichiro's surname Sawamura means "marsh" (澤) (sawa) and "town, village" (村) (mura).

Yūichirō Sawamura