Mayuko Tajihi

 Mayuko Tajihi (多治比 真佑子 Tajihi Mayuko) '''is a second year at Shouan Girls' Academy in West Tokyo.

Appearance
Mayuko has long black hair tied into pig tails and brown eyes. She wears the standard Shouan Girls' uniform.

Prefectural Tournament Arc
Mayuko is briefly shown during the Saki anime being defeated by Awai Oohoshi during the West Tokyo prefectural finals.

Final Eight Arc
In Saki Achiga, Harue Akado and Shizuno Takakamo comment on Mayuko's match in the prefectures where they say Mayuko played pretty well until Awai Oohoshi declared ''double riichi. ''Harue also mentions she did amazingly during the individual tournament.

National Championship Arc
Mayuko went to Kyoto to visit her family home on her mother's side.

Etymology

 * The name Mayuko means "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "to assist; to help; to protect quotations" (佑) (yu) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Mayuko's surname Tajihi means "many" (多) (ta), "cure" (治) (chi/ji) and "ratio" (比) (hi).