Tsutomu Mukae (迎 勉 Mukae Tsutomu) is the owner of the record shop where Sentarou Kawabuchi and Kaoru Nishimi play jazz and the father of Ritsuko Mukae.
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- The name Tsutomu means "to make effort, exertion" (勉).
- Tsutomu's surname Mukae means "welcome, meet, greet" (迎).