Okonogi Tetsurou

Tetsuro Okonogi, also known as just Okonogi, is a villain from the When they Cry franchise, appearing in both Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and its successor, Umineko no Naku Koro ni. He is the leader of the Yamainu employed by Tokyo.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
In Higurashi, he is employed to help Miyo Takano cover up her research on the Hinamizawa Syndrome at first. At the end of Matsuribayashi-hen, he betrays her and willingly surrenders to the Banken after the rest of the Yamainu are defeated by the protagonists and their friends and surrender to them.

Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Okonogi later appears in Umineko as an older version of himself, under the full name "Tetsuro Okonogi", wheras in Higurashi he was just called "Okonogi". He is the president of a company that has ties to Rudolf and Hideyoshi Ushiromiya's companies. In Alliance of the Golden Witch, he tells Ange Ushiromiya that her hatred for Eva Ushiromiya prevents her from fully understanding what happened on Rokkenjima, because he explains that, "Without love, it cannot be seen". He allows her to escape as the Sumadera attempt to capture her and arranges for Juuza Amakusa to act as her bodyguard.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira
Okonogi also makes an appearance in Ayakashisenshi-hen (Higurashi Kira Episode 2) as one of the four generals of the secret magic society, Tokyo Magika, alongside Nomura, Takano, and Teppei Hojo. He and the other generals attempted to break into the Furude Shrine's storage and steal magic power generated by the malice contained within the torture devices put away there that grew over time, and destroyed the storage in an explosion that scattered the devices everywhere and transformed them into Ritual Tool Devils despite Oyashiro Rika's attempts to stop them. He is later seen conversing with Nomura and Teppei about the news they got of Takano's defeat. Okonogi states with a smile that Takano was just the weakest of the four generals and plans to move out the Wild Dog unit. The three raise their hands in declaration that they would definitely make plans and try many times to defeat Oyashiro Rika.