Masae Atago

Masae Atago (愛宕 雅枝 Atago Masae) is the coach of the Senriyama Girls' High School, the aunt of team member Hiroko Funakubo and the mother of Hiroe Atago and Kinue Atago who go to Himematsu High School where she became 41 years old before the start of the 71st Inter High School Mahjong Championships.

Appearance
Masae has long greyish hair and brown eyes.

She tends to wears a blue business suit with a white dress shirt.

Personality
Masae is a strict and serious woman, but she is a very good coach of the Senriyama mahjong team where she is starting socializing with her students.

Practice Game Arc (Toki Manga)
She picks up Sera and Izumi after their practice game. Masae tells them to not speak loudly because Kinue is sleeping in the back. She then asks how the game was. When she hears Sera tell Hiroe that they'd have fun playing with her even if they knew she was a pro's kid, she thinks back to a previous conversation. Here Sera is pissed off because girls were talking badly about Hiroe. Masae tells her to create an alias when playing so that if they get famous, the Atago name will be overshadowed.

National Tournament Arc (Saki Manga)
Days before Senriyama's matches, Masae sends video's of their opponents matches to Hiroko.

Final Eight Arc
She later appears in a Toki Onjouji flashback. Here she was selecting people for the regional tournament and wished that the first years to be proactive during their practice matches. During Izumi' Nijou's match, she recalls Masae's declaration of Senriyama's goal. She appears in the Senriyama waiting room during Hiroko's match. Masae asks Sera Eguchi to visit Toki but she declines because she wants someone to be there when Hiroko gets back. She notices that FunaQ is playing well and says that its good because she doesn't want rumors that she put her on the team just because she's her niece. When Hiroko comes back from her match Masae and Sera greet her. Later in the captains match, she listens to Hiroko explain Awai Oohoshi's ability but after a while she notices nothing has happened. Masae then asks if Awai's prefered attack is the double riichi. When this is confirmed she says that before she calls a kan everthing is safe and it would be good if someone could get her before she gets them. After futher examination Masae and Hiroko notice Awai abilities has to do with the dead wall and the corners. She along with her niece then start to deduce Shizuno Takakamo's abilties. After the loss she is seen comforting Hiroko.

National Championship Arc
During the vanguard match, Suzu Ueshige was able to beat Toki's future vision during a few turns. Masae says this was because she hesitated and is some sort of countermeasure against it. After the match for 5th place happens, she pulls Yuu Matsumi and Kuro Matsumi aside and tells them a bit about their mother. She states that she was friends with Tsuyuko Matsumi and rivals but she quit to help the family business.

Etymology

 * The name Masae means "elegant, graceful" (雅) (masa) and "branch" (枝) (e).
 * Masae's surname Atago means "love, affection" (愛) (a) and "dawn" (宕) (tago).

Trivia

 * Masae has a younger sister, who is Hiroko Funakubo's mother.
 * Masae is married, but she did not change her surname.