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Ryuukishi confirmed that his characters are all actors and that the Higurashi All Cast Review Sessions are the highest level of meta. But which characters are supposed to be played by the same actor? So far, the only semi-confirmed ones are:

Furude Rika - Bernkastel

Tanashi Miyoko (as a child) - Lambdadelta

Ushiromiya Battler - Philip Butler

Okonogi Tetsuro (Higurashi )- Okonogi Tetsuro (Umineko) - Maurice Mononobe

Tomitake Jirou - James Tomitake

Sakutaro - Sakunoshin (some people suspect that the same actor played Houjou Satoshi, but maybe they just look similar).

All the ages match up. Miyoko and Rika are 10-11, while Lambda and Bern appear to be around 13 or 14. Butler is played by the same actor as Battler after 5 years or so.

I suspect that Tomita (that one kid from Higurashi who got bribed by K1 in every chapter) eventually got his big role as Nonomiya Takeshi in Higanbana. He did a pretty good job, he's one of my favorite characters in the novel.

"Nomura" from Higurashi and Hachijo Ikuko are OBVIOUSLY the same actress. You can see her face in the manga and the anime, and she's identical to Ikuko. She plays a big role in both stories but her characters are always manipulating shit behind the scenes.

Meryl and Stella in RGD are obviously an intentional reference to Lambda and Bern. Same with Yukari and "Reiko" in Higanbana. But they are obviously different actresses with completely different faces, and they aren't even supposed to be incarnations of those witches in-universe or anything of the sort. It's just a reference, it doesn't mean anything.

It's possible that Renoir the youkai also played the weird EP7 Manga version of Yasu.

And no, Mion and Shion are not the same person. They are legit twins IRL and you can even see them interact in the All Cast Review Sessions.