In a lot of ways she and her daughter, Mutsumi, are exact duplicates of one another; both seem slightly air-headed yet mischievously capable and prone to injury. When the Hinata House was still an Inn, Natsumi worked at the lodge for Hina Urashima, the then current landlord. She would bring Mutsumi with her, usually working while Mutsumi played with the other children; Naru Narusegawa and Keitaro Urashima.