History Characters / TheKindaichiCaseFiles

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Fellow employees at Otowa PR Company, they're coworkers of Kindaichi.

%%* GirlNextDoor

%%* AmateurSleuth

* SempaiKohai: Both are Kindaichi and Miyuki's kohai. Ryuuji is still in junior high but still call them "senpai" because they're clearly older.

%%* PermaStubble

* AchillesInHisTent: In the "Seven Mysteries of Fudo High" he briefly considers dropping the case because his carelessness [[spoiler:resulted in Miyuki getting attacked and hospitalized. Appropriately enough, it was Miyuki herself, upon waking up]], who talked him into getting back into action.
** [[spoiler:Saki's murder]] also left him [[HeroicBSOD nearly catatonic]] for a whole episode, that he didn't even rebuff the accusation that he's now the primary suspect.

* AmateurSleuth

* BigEater

* BuxomIsBetter: Let's just say she gets a LOT of commentary on her bosom.

* GirlNextDoor

* TheWatson

* CoolOldGuy

* PermaStubble

* TheWatson

* IdolSinger

** He's the GreaterScopeVillain for the 20 Years Later series. In spite of facing death row, he has trained at least a dozen new killers (including [[spoiler:a BlackWidow type SerialKiller that was the first killer exposed in the 20 Years Later series]], [[spoiler: the top male idol of the time]], and even [[spoiler:[[LoveInterestTraitor Fumi's boyfriend]]]]) that he set loose for Kindaichi and company to catch.

* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Takato commits murder to avenge his mother, who was killed by her students to claim ownership of her brilliant magic tricks. In ''Mansion of Rosenkreuz'', his half-sister Tsukuyomi Giselle's motivation for murder is also revealed to be revenge for her mother, an accomplished rose breeder who was killed by people who wanted to steal the blue rose she cultivated.]]

** OralFixation: By the time Kindaichi meets him 20 years later, his "cigarrette" has become little more than a mouth chewtoy as the result of his adoptive daughter pushing him into quitting smoking.

* TheRedBaron: The Puppeteer of Hell, due to his expertise in manipulating others while not getting directly involved.

* BigBad: The closest thing the series has to one, being a recurring villain behind the crimes of others.
** He's the GreaterScopeVillain for the 20 Years Later series. In spite of facing death row, he has trained at least a dozen new killers ([[spoiler:one of which is a BlackWidow type that was the first killer exposed in the 20 Years Later series]]) that he set loose for Kindaichi and company to catch.

* EraSpecificPersonality: When written by Yozaburo Kanari, Takato was a pretty strong AntiVillain: He [[IGaveMyWord always kept his promises]], he had friends he'd willingly team up with Kindaichi to avenge, and he had a policy of making the crimes he planned look completely impossible so [[NeverHurtAnInnocent there'd be no risk of innocents being falsely accused.]][[note]]Framing Kindaichi in ''Young Kindaichi's Trip of Death Preparedness'' aside, although even in that case he told Kindaichi he'd let him go if he'd just admit defeat.[[/note]] When Seimaru Amagi got a hold of him in ''New'', he thought that portraying a pleasure killer as such a stand up guy was sending a bad message, so Takato lost all his positive traits and became much more ruthless, organizing crimes specifically to [[ItsPersonal emotionally hurt Kindaichi]] such as framing Inspector Kenmochi or [[spoiler: [[TheCorruptor aggressively recruiting]] Kindaichi's childhood friend as a culprit]], [[YouHaveFailedMe making a policy of killing any culprit who got caught]], and [[EvilIsPetty refusing to admit defeat for incredibly minor reasons]]. Eventually, Amagi got bored of writing such a two-dimensional villain, so ''20th Anniversary'' and ''Returns'' Takato softened up considerably, sparing the lives of multiple culprits and being much less cruel in his rivalry with Kindaichi, though he still ignored most of his old code. This also marked when he suddenly became obsessed with his family, revealing a half-sister he was [[BigBrotherInstinct extremely protective of]] and that he'd always suspected that his "father" wasn't his biological father, leading him to orginizing cases specifically to take advantage of buildings designed by his birth father.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The case that introduced him as a murderer was motivated by his desire to avenge his late mother, who was killed by her disciples so they could steal her magic tricks.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was just a magician in a magic troupe, his only pedigree being that his mother was a brilliant magician, and even then, nobody knew he was her son. Afterwards, the man becomes a criminal mastermind who can outwit Kindaichi and the national authorities.
* GeneHunting: The closest thing the series has to a serialized story-line is Takato's search for his true father, a mysterious architect whose creations are the setting of and the main puzzle of some of Kindaichi's mysteries, including the Rosenkreuz mansion and the labyrinth-esque Antlion Lab, among others.
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Takato commits murder to avenge his mother, who was killed by her students to claim ownership of her brilliant magic tricks. In ''Mansion of Rosenkreuz'', his half-sister Tsukuyomi Giselle's motivation for murder is also revealed to be revenge for her mother, an accomplished rose breeder who was killed by people who wanted to steal the blue rose she cultivated.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: In his debut appearance, he posed as a nice but timid amateur magician in a magic troupe. Of course, this is all a facade, and by the end of the arc he reveals his true colours as a sociopathic criminal mastermind.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Having witnessed so many deaths in his teenage years most probably took a toll in Kindaichi that, 20 years later, he doesn't want to play detective anymore. Unfortunately, he's a DoomMagnet and a MysteryMagnet, so he winds up having to solve cases again. Very reluctantly.

* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. Miyuki is usually a sweet and even tempered young lady, but she gets ''pissed'' whenever Kindaichi does a perverted act.

* GratuitousFrench: He's shown to be a fluent one in a conversation with a French native speaker.

* CasanovaWannabe: He's not exactly ugly, but most of the girls he fancies find his flirty attitudes a turnoff. The first "Smoke and Mirrors" murder case shows him trying to flirt with the then-president of the Mystery Club, who flatout tells him she's not impressed with him. Later case arcs show him being fixated with Miyuki, who doesn't reciprocate his flirty behaviors, either.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: The first "Smoke and Mirrors" murder case shows him trying to flirt with the then-president of the Mystery Club, who flatout tells him she's not impressed with him. Later case arcs show him being fixated with Miyuki, who doesn't reciprocate his flirty behaviors, either.

* MadArtist: He describes his schemes in this fashion, comparing them to dazzling magic shows or plays that just so happen to have a body count.

* AlliterativeName: '''M'''akoto '''M'''akabe.

A student who's in the same year as Kindaichi and Miyuki, who encounter him during the "Smoke and Mirrors" murder case, he's a Mystery Club member with a rather haughty demeanor.

A student who's in the same year as Kindaichi and Miyuki, who encounter him during the "Smoke and Mirror" murder case, he's a Mystery Club member with a rather haughty demeanor.

* AsleepInClass: Expect him to do this or concentrate on other things (eating, playing mobile games) instead of paying attention during the class. Mind you it's not because of part-time work.

* BigOlEyebrows

* HyperCompetentSidekick: Marin can speak fluent Mandarin and French, [[InformedAbility even though the viewers have yet to witness her lingustic abilities in action]], is capable of script-writing, and is more up to date about a given work-related project at hand than Kindaichi at times.

* RapunzelHair: Reaches down to her waist.

* TheBigGuy: Occasionally serves as this due to his police training and experience.

A detective in the prefectural police department. After meeting Kindaichi in the second case of the series, Tawarada becomes impressed with Kindaichi's deduction prowess and supports him when needed.

[[folder:Otowa PR Company Work Force]]

Fellow employees at Otowa PR Company, they're coworkers of Kindaichi.