The Club in Higurashi no Na ku Koro ni originally consists of Sonozaki Mion, Ryūgū Rena, Furude Rika, Hōjō Satoko, and Maebara Keiichi. Later Sonozaki Shion and Furude Hanyū join. Matsuribayashi-hen reveals that Mion formed the afterschool club to help keep Satoko and Satoshi away from their abusive aunt and uncle as long as possible as well as letting them have fun and relieve stress. However, in the "perfect world" of Saikoroshi-hen where none of the tragedies take place and the other students see Rika as a "spoiled princess," the club does not exist. Rena overhears Rika describing it, and Mion decides to create a club to help Rika become more of a classmate and friend to the other students, especially Satoko.
As the leader of the club, Mion usually decides what game to play and suggests the punishment for losing. In Matsuribayashi-hen, she also tries to shield the others from Takano by taking the responsibility as the club leader and offering to sacrifice her life if it saves the others.
In parts of the new anime series Gō and Sotsu which take place after 1983, Keiichi, with Rena, takes over running the Club after Mion's graduation. The two modify the rules to disallow cheating to attract other students to join, which disappoints Satoko. Much later, when Rika and Satoko attend St. Lucia Academy – Arg! –
In the 20th Anniversary released manga series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (ひぐらしの な く頃に令, When the Cicadas C ry: Rei) their children recreate the Club at the Okinomiya middle school, college student Mion invites them to return to Hinamizawa for a reunion of the Club with the rest. This being Higurashi, this unfolds with no negative consequences whatsoever, goodness no! [Citation Needed. – Ed.]