Goro Otaki
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| Japanese name: | 大滝 悟郎 (Ōtaki Gorō) |
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| English name: | Inspector Odin |
| Age: | unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Occupation: | Osaka Prefecture Police Chief Inspector |
| Status: | Alive |
| Nicknames: | Otaki-han (Heiji) |
| First appearance: | Manga: File 187 Anime: Episode 118 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 30 Chapters: 4 Episodes: 19 Movies: 5 OVAs: 2 Openings: 3 Closings: 1 |
| Keyhole number: | Volume 32 |
| Japanese voice: | Norio Wakamoto Masaya Onosaka (young) |
| English voice: | Bill Jenkins (FUNimation) Paul St. Peter (Bang Zoom!) Paul Louis (Macias Group) |
Goro Otaki (大滝 悟郎 Ōtaki Gorō), also known in the Funimation dub as Inspector Odin, is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.
Background
Otaki is the chief inspector of the Osaka police district, and good friends with Heizo Hattori and Ginshiro Toyama. Otaki is also close friends with Heizo's son, Heiji, whom often calls Otaki when he needs to find information for an important case. Sometimes, Otaki even assists Heiji, and has a few times before lent a big helping hand in helping Heiji and Conan solve cases.
When he was younger, Otaki wanted to be a professional baseball player. His team made it to the top 8 in the Detective Koshien.[1]
Personality
He is close to chief of Osaka prefecture police headquarter, Heizo Hattori. He and Heiji are good friends and they are close. At work he is serious and also seems to like to have as much help as he could, like in episode 966 when he work together with Fumimaro Ayanokoji to solve the case.
Appellations
| Picture | Name | What they call Goro Otaki | What Goro Otaki calls them |
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Heizo Hattori | Otaki | Chief (Honbuchō) |
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Ginshiro Toyama | Otaki | Old man Toyama-san |
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Wataru Takagi | - | Takagi-san |
| Picture | Name | What they call Goro Otaki | What Goro Otaki calls them |
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Heiji Hattori | Otaki-han | Hei-chan |
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Kazuha Toyama | Otaki-han Otaki-san |
Kazuha-chan |
| Picture | Name | What they call Goro Otaki | What Goro Otaki calls them |
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Conan Edogawa | Inspector Otaki (Otaki-keibu) | Boy (Bozo) |
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Kogoro Mouri | Inspector Otaki (Otaki-keibu) | Mouri-san Mouri-han |
Plot overview
Vampire's Mansion (Manga: 834-836, 839-840, Anime: 712-715)
Detective Play Murder Case (Manga: 1129-1133, Anime: TBA)
Otaki appears after the murder of the first victim Miku Narasawa and secures the crime scene. He remembers one of the suspects, Tenma Anzaka, from his younger days when he had to arrest Anzaka after he killed a thug in self-defense. After the murder of two more suspects, Otaki is severely reprimanded by chief of police Toyama, and takes it to heart. When the culprit tries to commit suicide, Otaki is ready to tackle them and manages to stop them from doing it.
Name origin
Otaki's name comes from the character Gorozo of Otaki from the long-running Onihei Hankachou series.
In other languages
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
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 Japanese |
悟郎 Gorō | 大滝 Ōtaki |
 Arabic |
Not given | أوتاكي Ōtāki |
 Bahasa Indonesia |
Goro | Otaki |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
悟郎 Wùláng | 大泷 Dàlóng |
 English |
Not given Goro |
Odin Otaki |
 Spanish |
Goro | Otaki |
| Spanish (Latin America) |
Not given Goro |
Archundia Otaki |
 French |
Not given | Otaki |
 Italian |
Not given | Otaki |
  Korean |
대용 Dae Yong | 김 Kim |
 Thai |
โกโร่ | โอตากิ |
 Vietnamese |
Goro | Otaki |
Trivia
- In the non canon Movie 10, he has a cousin named Aoki.
- According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, he got his scar just after he became a detective.
Different looks
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See also
References
- ^ Detective Conan episode 383