Anju

Anju (アンジュ, Anju) is a young woman who is most often depicted as a cucco keeper. She has appeared in three games, but her most significant role is in Majora's Mask, the only game where she is not the cucco keeper.

Ocarina of Time
In Ocarina of Time, Anju can be found in Kakariko Village watching over the cuccos. When Link first meets her, the cuccos will be running around all over the village, and it is his job to round them up and bring them back to their pen. Ironically, Anju is allergic to cuccos, so she cannot do it herself. For Link's help, she will reward him with an empty bottle.

When Link returns to Kakariko Village as an adult, he may speak to Anju to begin the Biggoron's Sword quest. She will tell him that she bred a special new breed of Cucco that does not give her an allergic reaction. She gives him an egg which he must carry until it hatches (similar to the one Malon gave him as a child). After the egg hatches, Link must give the new Cucco to Anju. She will then give Link her brother Grog's blue Cucco.

She is confirmed to be the daughter of Mutoh, at least in this game. This is confirmed by the fact the man who leaves the Poacher's Saw in the Lost Woods is verbally confirmed to be Mutoh's son, and that Anju calls Grog her brother.

Majora's Mask
In Majora's Mask, Anju is the inn keeper at the Stock Pot Inn. She is one of twenty characters in the game with an entry in the Bombers' Notebook, and nearly all of her entries are related to the "reuniting Kafei and Anju" sidequest which she plays a key role in.

Anju is portrayed as apologizing quite often and appears somewhat nervous. She does not appear to be a very good cook and, according to Kafei's diary, tends to leave things until the last minute. She also seems to have trouble remembering customers' faces. The Stock Pot Inn keeper is also best friends with Cremia, the owner of Romani Ranch.

Because of her involvement in the largest sidequest in the game, Anju is one of the most developed non-playable characters in the game. If Link hangs out around the Stock Pot Inn for an entire three day cycle, he can quickly learn a lot about Anju and her personality.

Reuniting Kafei and Anju
The Anju and Kafei sidequest is the only sidequest in the Bombers' Notebook that takes an entire 3-day cycle. The two lovers had promised each other when they were children to marry on the day of the Carnival of Time, exchanging the masks of the sun and the moon during the event; however, Kafei disappeared with his wedding ceremony mask one month before the event due to the fact that he was turned into a child by the Skull Kid. Despite Kafei's terrible fate, Anju does not know what has become of him or why he disappeared. She is afraid to meet his fiance and hear the reason as to why he escaped, for she fears his disappearance might have been caused by Anju.

Anju's Mother puts ideas into Anju's head that Kafei might have run off with Cremia since she needs strength from a partner and business support from Madame Aroma, who is Kafei's mother. If Kafei really did run off with Cremia, she could have both.

When Link intervenes to help reunite Kafei and Anju, the young hero hands over Kafei's pendant to Anju, the Pendant of Memories. Once the young inn keeper receives this important item, she will once again believe in Kafei and decide to wait for his return despite that everyone else will be taking refuge in Romani Ranch.

On the night of the Final Day, with just a few hours left until the moon falls, Anju is desperately waiting for Kafei in her room with the Moon's Mask. The two lovers at last reunite and exchange their masks and oaths when Kafei returns from having retrieved the Sun's Mask that was stolen from him. Even though the moon is just hours from destroying Termina, they urge Link to take refuge, for they will stay and greet the morning together.

During the ending credits, Anju and Kafei can be seen outside of Clock Town having their wedding ceremony.

Moon Mask
See Couple's Mask for information on this mask.

The Minish Cap
In The Minish Cap, Link must go and collect her cuccos in a certain time limit. If he does so, she will give him Rupees and Mysterious Shells or Kinstone pieces. The next time Link talks to her, Anju will either heighten the number of cuccos needed, or time limit will change (or both). Upon the return of all of her cuccos, she will give Link a Heart Piece, and if the task is refused, she will be rather disappointed. In The Minish Cap Manga, Link tries to look up her skirt as a minish, but instead gets stepped on.

Trivia

 * In Ocarina of Time, Anju did not have a name, she was only known as the Cucco Lady.