Kanae (daughter) Kouta and Kanae's Grandmother (mother/mother-in-law) Yuka (niece) Yuka's Parents (in-laws or siblings) Occupation Unknown Chapter 33 Chapter 38 Daisuke Ono (Japanese, father) John Swasey (English, father) No information No information Kouta's Parents have a clear impact on the series, even if they are not seen much at all in-series. They lived in Hokkaido, the northernmost island province in Japan, though their life there is never depicted or discussed. Like many secondary characters in Elfen Lied, their given and family names are never given.