Machiko

Appearance
Machiko is a young woman with brown tied hair and gray eyes. She wears earrings, her wedding band and a string necklace with a gold square that matches Takashi's. She is seen wearing a summer dress with a dark jacket and pink high heels.

Personality
Even since meeting him, Machiko has been deeply in love with Takashi. From following his advice and checking over his injuries, Machiko always thinks of the best way to help and please Takashi.

Her devotion goes so deep into her soul as to supposedly lie to him and make herself out to be a terrible person that Takashi shouldn't feel sorry for.

History
Machiko was introduced to Takashi by an acquaintance. She has fond memories from when she first met Takashi, cruising in the spring time, their first kiss, sex, her pregnancy test, and lastly, getting married. She remembers Takashi's promise of making her the happiest woman ever.

While it is proven that she had an affair, it remains unclear if the child was Takashi's or the man she cheated on him with. Takashi's continued suspicion of his wife resulted in both of their deaths, due to him attempting to grab her cell phone and subsequently driving off a cliff.

While Decim might consider her actions cruel towards Takashi, the black-haired woman believes she loved Takashi even after their deaths.

Plot
For more information read Episode 1, and Episode 2.

Takashi along with his new bride, Machiko, find themselves at Quindecim. Together they must play a game with "their lives on the line."

Takashi discovers that when the dart hits the board, pain is inflicted on a certain part of the opponent's body, depending on what part of the board was hit. They decide that they will miss purposely, as to avoid inflicting pain on one another.

Eventually, Machiko slips up and hits the part of the board connected to Takashi's eye, and he is momentarily enraged. Machiko tells him that he can get back at her if he would like, but to avoid hitting her belly. She then reveals that she is pregnant with his child.

Takashi briefly resolves that he would not inflict pain upon her, but soon and suddenly changes his mind as he recalls a fragment of his memories, in which he overhears a conversation between two of Machiko's friends, talking about how "Matchy" "Plays to win." He hits the part of the board connected to Machiko's belly, and the reasoning he gives for doing this is because he suspects that the child is not his, implying that Machiko cheated on him.

Machiko explains to Takashi that in her childhood, her friend was always unhappy with her masculine sounding name, and so she was given the nickname "Matchy." Takashi realizes that he assumed incorrectly, after recalling another fragment of his memory that cleared up his understanding of the last memory. Machiko, however, still throws her dart, hitting the part of the board connected to Takashi's heart, winning the game.

After the game, Takashi turns on Machiko and accuses her of having someone else's child.

Machiko tries to convince Takashi that she wasn't unfaithful, but after seeing how lost Takashi is, Machiko walks away and cries. She remembers his promise of making her the happiest woman ever. She then claims that she was cheating on him and was only after his money, confirming all his fears.

Decim escorts the couple back to their elevators and bids them farewell. Later Decim confirms that Takashi's soul was sent for Reincarnation and Machiko's to the Void. (Episode 1 and 2).

Episode 1
The viewer is made to think that Machiko was lying about loving Takashi, and was only marrying him for money and status.

Episode 2
In Episode 2, we see a different side of the story. The Black-Haired Woman says that Machiko probably greatly regretted her affair, and that it could have possibly been a one-time event, which is the opposite of what the first episode leads the viewer to believe. Before she turns around to reveal her affair to her husband, The Black-Haired Woman is able to see the remorse Machiko had but Decim was not able to see this side of her due to her back being turned. This lead him to believe Machiko was telling the truth when she reveals that she only married her husband for his money. The Black-Haired Woman also says that she believes the child Machiko was carrying was indeed Takashi's, but upon seeing Takashi break down at the loss of his child, lied to him and told him that the child was not his, to lighten his burden in his last moments. After she explains what she beleives to be Machiko's feelings, he is scolded for being careless.

Theories

 * 1) As evidenced by the masks above their elevators, upon arrival Takashi would be sent to the Void and Machiko would be Reincarnated. However, the decision is reversed, implied by the brief view of the masks above the elevators at the end of the episode. Decim confirms that Takashi was Reincarnated and Machiko was sent to the Void.
 * 2) The child that is referred to in this episode is probably Takashi's. In the flashbacks of Takashi's memories which he recalls once Machiko reveals her pregancy, it is clear that she became pregnant before their wedding. In the cheating scene, she (Machiko) is shown with the wedding band which Takashi placed on her finger.