---
title: "Time Hollow ~Ubawareta Kako o Motomete~"
description: "Life is full of regrets...if only we had the power to change the past.  Ethan is a perfectly ordinary high school student who lives with his parents. The day be"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/79/98679.jpg"
---

# Time Hollow ~Ubawareta Kako o Motomete~

![Time Hollow ~Ubawareta Kako o Motomete~](https://t.vndb.org/cv/79/98679.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** Time Hollow ～奪われた過去を求めて～

**Developer:** KONAMI / Tenky

**Release date:** Mar 19, 2008

**Platform:** NDS

**Language:** German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Chinese (simplified)

**Rating:** 6.7/10 (674 votes)

## Description
Life is full of regrets...if only we had the power to change the past.

Ethan is a perfectly ordinary high school student who lives with his parents. The day before he turns 17, he has a strange dream... when he awakes he is separated from his parents, but in possession of a device that can control time.

[from the back of the box of the european release of Time Hollow]

## Characters
### Tokio Horou (時尾 歩郎)
The main character of Time Hollow, a normal high school student who lives with his family. On the morning of his seventeenth birthday, he discovered that the world had changed into one where his parents went missing 12 years ago. In order to solve this mystery, he takes up the Hollow Pen, which has the power to change history.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Role:** Son, Nephew, Friend, High School Student
- **Engages in:** Time Travel, Dimensional Travel
- **Voiced by:** Yonaga Tsubasa

### Forou (フォ郎)
[url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s pet cat, who is attached to Ethan, and often sleeps on his bed.

'Forou' can also be pronounced as 'Horou' (Hollow).

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Follow
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Clothes:** Collar
- **Role:** Cat
- **Engages in:** Dimensional Travel
- **Body:** Non-Humanoid

### Juunibayashi Kanon (十二林 かのん)
The mysterious girl that is at the center of all of this. [spoiler][url=/c15885]Timothy[/url] pulls her out of time when she falls off the roof, to prevent [url=/c15887]Derek[/url] from killing himself. Both [url=/c6258]Ethan[/url] and [url=/c15887]Derek[/url] have feelings for her.[/spoiler] Being pulled out of time, she also gets flashbacks and can move when time holes are open.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Violet, Long, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Subject of:** Accident
- **Role:** Wife, Mother, High School Student
- **Voiced by:** Sugiura Naoko

### Tokio Tamotsu (時尾 保)
[url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s uncle, [url=/c15885]Timothy[/url]'s younger brother. A freelance writer engaged in chasing the long-ago incident. He's brusque, and has a serious disposition. Although it seems he did not get along well with his older brother, he took Ethan in after [url=/c15885]Timothy[/url] and [url=/c15886]Pamela[/url] disappeared. He was the original founder of the Chronos café.

Derek's Japanese name means "to preserve time".

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Pale, Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Jacket, T-shirt
- **Role:** Husband, Father, Full Brother, Uncle
- **Personality:** Short-tempered
- **Voiced by:** Higuchi Tomoyuki

### Goshima Nagi (五島 凪)
One of [url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s friends. He is extremely serious about studying, and can be easily stressed about his marks. Ethan briefly confides in him, but he forgets after reality is rewritten. He drops out of high school and starts up a dog-walking service in one of the alternate realities.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Violet, Ponytail, Shoulder-length, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Clothes:** Suit, Cravat
- **Role:** Friend, High School Student

### Kuri Shouko (九里 祥子)
[url=/c15928]Ashley[/url]'s shy, bespectacled friend. She takes up fortune-telling and accurately predicts incident points for [url=/c6258]Ethan[/url], which doubles as an in-game hint device.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Twin Tails, Shoulder-length, Straight, Green
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Personality:** Shy
- **Role:** Friend, Kouhai, High School Student

### Mihara Motoki (三原 元樹)
One of [url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s friends. He was once a basketball star, but he broke his ankle. He is often resentful of his [url=/c15928]sister[/url], but is concerned when something happens to her.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Clothes:** T-shirt
- **Role:** Full Brother, Friend, High School Student
- **Subject of:** Illness
- **Voiced by:** Yanai Hitoshi

### Mihara Waori (三原 和織)
[url=/c15882]Vin[/url]'s younger sister. She and her friend [url=/c15929]Emily[/url] both seem to have a crush on [url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]. She often gets into trouble as a result of Irving's interference.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Clothes:** Scarf
- **Subject of:** Accident
- **Role:** Full Sister, Friend, Kouhai, High School Student
- **Personality:** Energetic
- **Voiced by:** Michelle Ruff

### Shidou Shunta (四堂 駿太)
One of [url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s friends. He has a problem with dogs because Shiloh was killed in a thunderstorm long ago when he was supposed to be watching him. He likes to chase after pretty, older girls.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Hoodie
- **Role:** Friend, High School Student

### Tokio Aki (時尾 秋)
[url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s Mother. She has a cheerful personality and doesn't focus on difficult problems, but she's a caring mother who always puts her family first. She's said to have disappeared 12 years ago along with her husband [url=/c15885]Timothy[/url].

Aki means "autumn."

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Ponytail, Shoulder-length, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Pale, Young-adult
- **Engages in:** Cooking, Dimensional Travel
- **Personality:** Carefree
- **Role:** Wife, Mother

### Tokio Wataru (時尾 亘)
[url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s Father. At his son's 17th birthday, both he and his wife disappeared. He investigated the death of one of his classmate's mother, Mary Onegin.

Timothy's Japanese is a homonym for "to cross time".

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Short, Straight, Grey
- **Body:** Pale, Old
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Role:** Husband, Father, Full Brother
- **Engages in:** Dimensional Travel
- **Voiced by:** Yuri Lowenthal

### Tokura Sonoka (十倉 想乃香)
Librarian at Kako Library. She often helps [url=/c6258]Ethan[/url] by looking up articles.

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Violet, Short, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Pale, Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Necklace
- **Role:** Librarian

### Ninomiya Sakutarou (二宮 朔太郎)
[url=/c6258]Ethan[/url]'s teacher. He also taught [url=/c15887]Derek[/url] and [url=/c15885]Timothy[/url].

[from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Hollow]wikipedia[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Short, Straight, Grey
- **Body:** Pale, Old
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Role:** Teacher

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://www.konami.jp/time_hollow/)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **2008-03-19**: Time Hollow ~Ubawareta Kako o Motomete~ - [Official website](http://www.konami.jp/time_hollow/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/702hic)

### English
- **2008-09-23**: Time Hollow
- **2009-02-06**: Time Hollow

### German
- **2009-02-06**: Time Hollow

### Spanish
- **2009-02-06**: Time Hollow

### French
- **2009-02-06**: Time Hollow

### Italian
- **2009-02-06**: Time Hollow

### Russian
- **2011-06-07**: Time Hollow - [Official website](http://narod.ru/disk/17158319001/xdeltaTHrus.nds.html)

### Polish
- **2011-07-29**: Time Hollow - [Official website](http://mziab.grajpopolsku.pl/?kat=prj&id=th)

### Chinese (simplified)
- **2011-12-04**: Shijian kongdong: Xunzhao bei duozou de guoqu - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20160720201108/http://bbs.tgbus.com/thread-2719959-1-1.html)

### Korean
- **2020-09-06**: Time Hollow ~Ppaeatgin Gwageoreul Chajaseo~ - [Official website](https://yubine.blog.me/222082204945)

## Tags
Mystery, ADV, Modern Day Earth, Male Protagonist, Linear Plot, Drama, Amnesia, Life and Death Drama, Family, No Sexual Content, Brief Branches Only, Time Travel, Alternate Dimensions, Only a Single Heroine, Cats, Dogs, Map Movement, Battle of Wits, Interactive Adventure Game, New Game Plus, Student Protagonist, Other Perspectives, Proactive Protagonist, Friendship, Death of Heroine, Single Save Slot, No Backlog, Central Heroine, Mid-game Videos, High School Student Heroine, High School Student Hero

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