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| name                = Shuichi Akai
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| name                = Rumi Wakasa
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| japanese-name      = {{lang|ja|赤井 秀一}} <br> (Akai Shūichi)
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| japanese-name      = {{lang|ja|若狭 留美}} <br> (Wakasa Rumi)
 
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| image              = Shuichi Akai Profile.jpg
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| image              = Rumi Wakasa Profile.png
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| age                = 32<ref>Q4 of Super Digest Book 90+ Interview with Gosho</ref><br> 27 as [[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]]
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| age                = 37
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| gender              = Male
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| gender              = Female
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| relatives          = [[Tsutomu Akai]] (father, missing, presumed dead) <br> [[Mary Sera]] (mother) <br> [[Shukichi Haneda]] (younger brother) <br> [[Masumi Sera]] (younger sister) <br> [[Elena Miyano]] (aunt, deceased) <br> [[Atsushi Miyano]] (uncle-in-law, deceased) <br> [[Akemi Miyano]] (cousin, ex-girlfriend, deceased) <br> [[Shiho Miyano]] (cousin)
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| date-of-birth      =
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| occupation          = FBI Agent
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| relatives          = Mr. Asaka (father, deceased) <br> Mrs. Asaka (mother, deceased) <br> [[Amanda Hughes]] (adoptive mother, deceased) <br>
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|status              = '''Alive''' (Under disguise as [[Subaru Okiya]]) <br> Dead (for the [[Black Organization]]) <br> Missing (presumed dead)
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| occupation          = [[Teitan Elementary School]] deputy homeroom teacher
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| nicknames          = Shu ([[Jodie Starling|Jodie]]) <br> Dai-kun ([[Akemi Miyano|Akemi]]) <br> Akai-kun ([[James Black|James]]) <br> Silver Bullet ([[The Boss]] &amp; [[Vermouth]]) <br> Shu-nii ([[Masumi Sera|Masumi]]) <br> Niisan ([[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]])
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| aliases            = Rye <br> Dai Moroboshi <br> [[Subaru Okiya]]
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| aliases            = Rachel Asaka (real name)
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| first-appearance    = Manga: [[Volume 29#Bus Hijacking Case|File 287]] <br> Anime: [[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 230]]
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| status              = Alive
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| appearances        = {{:Shuichi Akai Appearances}}
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| first-appearance    = Manga: [[Volume 91#The Old Warehouse of Teitan Elementary School|File 966]] <br> Anime: [[The New Teacher's Skeleton Case|Episode 889]]
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| cases-solved        = 6 (5 as Subaru)
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| appearances        = {{:Rumi Wakasa Appearances}}
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| keyhole            = [[Volume 37]] <br> [[Volume 60]] (Subaru Okiya)
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| cases-solved        =
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| japanese-voice      = [[Shuichi Ikeda]] <br> [[Yuki Kaji]] (young)
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| keyhole            = [[Volume 91]]
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| english-voice      = [[Keith Silverstein]] (Bang Zoom!) <br> [[Clay Cartland]] (Macias Group) <br> [[Christopher Wehkamp]] (Studio Nano)
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| japanese-voice      = [[Fumi Hirano]]
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| english-voice      = [[Amanda Lopez]] (Macias Group)
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'''{{nihongo|Shuichi Akai|赤井 秀一|Akai Shūichi}}''' is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent and a major figure in the battle against the [[Black Organization]]. He once assumed the identity of '''{{nihongo|Dai Moroboshi|諸星 大|Moroboshi Dai}}''' and infiltrated the Organization, where he was given the codename '''{{nihongo|Rye|ライ|Rai}}'''. During this time he made enemies with [[Gin]] and became romantically involved with [[Akemi Miyano]]. He is the older brother of [[Shukichi Haneda]] and [[Masumi Sera]].
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{{nihongo|'''Rumi Wakasa'''|若狭 留美|Wakasa Rumi}}, real name {{nihongo|'''Rachel Asaka'''|レイチェル·浅香|Reicheru Asaka}}, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.
  
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
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[[File:Long haired Akai.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Shuichi as "Dai Moroboshi" during his infiltration of the Black Organization.]]
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Due to an increase in the number of transfer students to [[Teitan Elementary School]] over the past year, they have hired new teachers. She is the new deputy homeroom teacher for class 1-B.
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Shuichi Akai is a British American of Japanese descent, originally from England, and is a member of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, on special assignment in Japan to capture [[Gin]]. His superior is [[James Black]] and his partner is [[Jodie Starling]].<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple 5</ref> He had infiltrated the Black Organization under the name Dai Moroboshi - and the codename "Rye" - as a mole<ref>Manga Chapter 599: Akai's Past</ref> and dated [[Akemi Miyano]], one of their low-ranking members, to feed information to the FBI. In order to facilitate the latter, and later because he had genuinely developed feelings for Akemi, Shuichi saw himself forced to break up his then on-going relationship with Jodie.<ref>Manga Chapter 677: The Fated Individual</ref> Later on, his cover in the Black Organization was accidentally blown by his colleague [[Andre Camel]], and when Akemi was killed, he declared her murderer, [[Gin]] (with whom he seems to have had some tensions even before his exposure), his personal enemy.<ref>Manga Chapter 504: Black Organization vs. FBI 2</ref>
 
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=== The disappearance of his father ===
 
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17 years prior to the current timeline, Shuichi's father, [[Tsutomu Akai]], got himself involved in the murder case of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes and disappeared. In his last message he instructed his pregnant wife Mary and their two sons to hide in Japan. Shuichi, determined to investigate his missing father's "incident," convinced his mother to let him study in America. After he left Japan, his younger sister Masumi was born. Shuichi didn't get to meet her until he returned to Japan after seven years in the states, but Shukichi sent him pictures of her. After he had finished school, he joined the FBI.
 
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=== Infiltration of the Black Organization ===
 
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Five years prior to the current time-line, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent Shuichi Akai infiltrated the [[Black Organization]] using the alias Dai Moroboshi as a mole and dated [[Akemi Miyano]], one of their low-ranking members, in order to meet [[Shiho Miyano]], a high-ranked member codenamed Sherry, and use her influence to get into the Black Organization.<ref name=599p9>Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past"</ref> Although at first he was simply using Akemi as a tool, they both fell in love with each other. Shuichi distinguished himself as an agent and two years prior to the current time-line received the codename Rye and was called to work under executive agent [[Gin]]. The FBI laid a trap hoping to capture <!-- The plan was to capture Gin, who would lead them to the boss (File 599, pg 9) -->Gin at a warehouse where the meeting was supposed to take place,<ref name=599p9/> but the Black Organization discovered Akai's true allegiance and <!-- The plan was to capture Gin, who would lead them to the boss (File 599, pg 9) -->Gin never appeared.<ref name=599p10>Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 10: "Akai's Past"</ref>
 
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He broke up with Akemi to protect her and he lost contact with her after the mission to capture Gin failed. Two years later Akemi got killed by the organization to cut loose ends.
 
  
 
== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==
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Shuichi is a tenacious but stoic agent. Even in personal matters, he remains cool, even detached, from anyone, but his redeeming value is a great sense of loyalty to anyone he knows. He is a skilled and relentless pursuer and detective, qualities which have labeled him the number one enemy of the [[Black Organization]] and earned him the nickname "[[Silver Bullet]]". He looks forward to opportunities to hunt the Black Organization down and get revenge for [[Akemi]]. While usually professional, he often acts independently of the FBI, and even his boss [[James Black]] has trouble getting ahold of him. Shuichi gets along well with Conan, who share many personality traits. Despite that he has American citizenship, he still considers England as his home country.
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Her personality seems to be that of a well meaning but really clumsy and incapable teacher. She approached the [[Detective Boys]] on the grounds that she is scared of the old warehouse at the school and needed them to come with her. However, once she was out of sight of them, her personality changed dramatically to that of a skilled fighter with a scary face, where she rendered three assailants unconscious with a broom in what could have been seconds.
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James Black describes Shuichi as an introverted person who doesn't easily get close to people, and further notes that Shuichi has become even more closed off since Akemi's death.<ref name=502p13>Manga Volume 49, File 2, page 13: "New Order"</ref> Shuichi doesn't often voice what he is thinking and has an unhealthy tendency to prioritize his missions above the emotional well-being of his friends, co-workers, family, and love interests.<ref>Shuichi's fake death, while preserving Kir and allowing her to pass confidential information to the FBI, has caused significant dysfunction within the FBI who believe him to be truly dead. While Shuichi has technically been fulfilling the promise he made to look after Haibara's welfare as Okiya, he has executed it in such a way that made Haibara terrified of his presence and refused to be alone at Agasa's house when he was around.</ref> Conflict between his missions and the interests of those he cares about has lead to significant sorrow for him<ref>Shuichi didn't inform Akemi he was an FBI agent despite being in love because it might jeopardize his mission (and his relationship). Even though Akemi figured out Shuichi was an FBI agent and wished to leave the Organization and date him seriously, she kept it secret from him either because she was not sure how he would react, or because she thought it could cause him harm. Thus, the infiltration mission was the root cause of their secretkeeping which prevented them from coming up with an exit strategy for Akemi in case the mission failed. The following chain of events led to Akemi's death.</ref> and others.<ref>Shuichi's faked death to save Kir's mission and get her to pass information to the FBI as well demoralized the FBI, especially Jodie. <br/>Shuichi's infiltration mission required that he seduce Akemi even though he was dating Jodie at the time. When he fell in love with Akemi for real, Shuichi decided to break it off with Jodie. When justifying his decision to Jodie, he mentioned that he didn't want the onus of loving two women at once, but he also mentioned he thought the "sacrifice" was important to his mission to destroy the Black Organization. This implies that love was not the only factor in Shuichi's decision, he thought choosing Akemi over Jodie would help his mission -- perhaps because he was afraid he would be caught as a spy if anyone discovered his relationship with Akemi was fake. [http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=980&p=16431#p16431]</ref>
 
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Shuichi prefers to plan secretly, and will readily trick his friends and coworkers, even injuring them, if helps the success of his missions.<ref>FBI vs Org, Shuichi didn't tell the rest of the FBI he would cover Kogoro's agency. In Red vs Black, the return Kir plan and the fake death plan were both kept secret from the FBI. He ordered Camel to remove by force if necessary anyone who interfered which resulted in Jodie being knocked out. He later told Kir to hit Camel for real to make her escape look authentic.</ref> Shuichi is often forgiven for these transgressions because his judgment is usually sound and his plans work out well.<ref>In FBI vs Org, Shuichi was forgiven for covering Kogoro without telling his boss and for making the decision on his own to let the Black Organization leave without much resistance because he thought it might lead to a dangerous firefight downtown. In Red vs Black, Shuichi was forgiven after being told off for hiding his secret plan to return Rena to the Org.</ref> Shuichi's secret plans, while strategically robust in the short term, often cause emotional problems for others that he does not fully appreciate.<ref>In particular, his faked death had a major impact on the FBI and [[Jodie Starling]]. [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] was able to take advantage of the emotional confusion surrounding his death to approach the FBI for his own ends. Jodie's sorrow has reduced her effectiveness and led her to blunder into dangerous situations.</ref>
 
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Even though he means well, Shuichi is notably clumsy at trying to comfort and connect with others. He is especially dense at recognizing the motives behind the feelings of others and thus how to modify his own behavior to improve relations. As [[Subaru Okiya]], his technique to approach [[Ai Haibara]] leaves her terrified of him, and repeated contact only intensifies her loathing. Ten years ago, he was also cold to young Masumi on their first meeting, brushing Masumi's silly antics aside without realizing that she simply wanted him to smile and treat her kindly, though he most likely was simply in a bad mood, since he just had an intense argument with his mother, in which they traded physical blows, because of his plan to join the FBI after his studies to pursue the case of his father and because he had lied to her about that. Later that day, during the investigation of a case, Shuichi gives both Shinichi and Ran a task to help with the investigation, so Masumi approaches Shuichi shyly and asks for a task as well. Now Shuichi responds kindly and gives her a task that makes her feel important.<br>
 
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Despite his social awkwardness, Shuichi is not apathetic. He gives Jodie some hope by leaving her a message in his own handwriting, and leaves her a very roundabout hint about his identity after knocking her down even though he cannot reveal the truth to her yet. Eventually he also realized that Masumi was looking up to him, so he began to send her videos of him doing Jeet Kune Do.
 
  
 
== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
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Shuichi is a tall and fit man of Japanese descent with short wavy hair with strands hanging over his right eye. He is very handsome, as mentioned by Yukiko Kudo. His trademark features, by which people close to him have identified him are his eyes which have permanent bags underneath them that make him appear sleep deprived. Other characters often describe him as evil eyed or having a sharp gaze. His eyes are blue in the manga (like every other character) and green in the anime. He and [[Masumi Sera]] presumably more closely resemble their mother then their father. The second trademark feature is his knit cap, which he is always shown wearing. When he was younger he had a grey fedora which Masumi now wears herself. Up to one year ago, he had very long waist length hair, which he cut after the death of Akemi Miyano "to freshen up." Shuichi is left-handed. Ten years before the present timeline, Shuichi still had short hair, which means he grew it out sometime during the next five years.<ref>File 973</ref> He is a heavy smoker and his favorite drink is whiskey- he has recently taken to drinking bourbon rather than scotch.
 
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His outfit is a grey jacket on top of a collared black shirt, black pants, shoes, and his trademark black knit cap.
 
  
 
== Abilities ==
 
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[[File:783-5.jpg|thumb|200px|Conan ft. Shuichi]]
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While well-hidden, she is a skilled fighter, much stronger than [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]. So coordinated and precise, she can seamlessly create the illusion that her taking down foes is a mixture of clumsiness and pure luck. It is still unknown what style she uses, but she has shown proficiency in [[Wikipedia:Jōdō|Jōdō]] and elbow strikes.
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Shuichi is a highly intelligent man, recognized as a threat even by Gin. Extremely observant and excellent instincts, he has a knack for seeing through deceptions and reading the patterns of people. Once, after realizing that a transmitter had accidentally been attached to the Black Organization, he set up a sniper ambush at a nearby building to Kogoro's detective agency, knowing that the enemies would try to kill Kogoro after finding the transmitter under the belief Kogoro was spying on them, all to trick the Organization into thinking the bug was his personal trap."<ref>Anime Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out</ref> He is also very alert to threats on his person, able to sense Rei Furuya/Bourbon and his desire to kill Shuichi under the belief that Shuichi killed Scotch. Basically on par to Shinichi/Conan, Shuichi has a remarkable talent for analysis and deductive reasoning, able to survey the situation and accurately determine the cause of it. During Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case, Shuichi figured out the key point of Sanada coins, solving the case before Conan and even providing him the hint of "Kumogakure Saizou" to lead him to the same conclusion. In the Paper Airplane Case, Shuichi (disguised as Subaru Okiya), he also showed knowledge of Morse code and origami. He was able to deduce along with Yusaku Kudo that the hints of ASACA and MASCARA lead to the name of the Boss of the Black Organization, Karasuma Renya.
 
  
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[[File:The Scarlet Return-Shooting Shuichi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shuichi aiming with a Glock]]
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She has also shown her reasoning and deductive abilities, giving hints to [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] to solve a case. She may also be aware of Conan's peculiar use of gadgets as she has witnessed him tranquilizing [[Misao Yamamura|Yamamura]], and using the voice changer bow tie to perform a sleeping deduction show. Conan mentioned using his tranquilizer watch to her on her first appearance.
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Shuichi, is an exceptional crackshot with firearms, the most skilled seen so far. He can shoot a small piece of gum out of Gin's hand from about 700 yards away, even snipe at 1300 yards, well-beyond the range the Black Organization's professional snipers [[Chianti]] and [[Korn]].<ref>Anime Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out</ref> Shuichi is good at handling shotguns as well; he accurately shot Vermouth from the hip faster than she could aim at him with her subcompact pistol. He is capable of busting a moving car's tire from a speeding car with just a single shot.<ref>Manga Volume 85 File 4 Page 5</ref>
 
  
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While naturally left-handed, he is ambidextrous, able to wield firearms basically as effectively with his right hand. At the same time Akai is unusual in that he is "eye-bidextrous" while shooting. Like hands and feet, most individuals have a dominant eye they prefer to use when lining up a shot, but Shuichi is shown using both eyes at different times.<ref> Left eye for shooting Vermouth in New York, Right eye for shooting Rei's subordinates' car in Scarlet Showdown.</ref>
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She is shown to be able to paint a life-sized tiger in a realistic style in one afternoon, and is able to easily fix a smudged painting.
  
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Shuichi is also a highly proficient hand-to-hand combatant. Having extensive skill and knowledge of Jeet Kune Do, he taught his sister Sera much, who openly acknowledges him to still be much stronger than her.<ref>Episode 744</ref> In the Bus Jack case, Shuichi's combat skills was hinted as he was ready to strike one of the criminals before Conan hit him with the tranquilizer dart. During the Ikkaku Rock case, Shuichi expertly knocks a knife out of the criminal's hand unarmed. Though subtle, Shuichi also swiftly knocks out a drunkard harassing Officer Yumi (at the request of his younger brother) in the Policewomen Serial Murder Case. At the same time, he is noticeable resilient. While taking a serious kick to the face from Ran Mouri, he emerged virtually unharmed, a feat few people have accomplished against her.
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She is shown to be a capable sniper and counter-sniper, tricking assailants into shooting at a decoy to reveal their positions, before successfully returning fire.
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[[File:783-4.jpg|thumb|200px|Jodie and Camel are shocked to learn that Shuichi can cook]]
 
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Shuichi is a skilled driver. He can overtake many cars quickly in heavy traffic conditions and drift around a U-turn.<ref name=420p14>Manga Volume 41, File 7, page 14: "The Enclosing Surrounding Net" </ref> As Subaru, he hacked into Kogoro's computer to see what cases he had received from his website. Later he hacked into Haibara's Phone and saw the message that Vermouth had sent her. Shuichi learned how to act and properly apply his Subaru disguise by himself thanks to Yukiko Kudo and equipment from [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]].<ref>Manga [[Volume 85]], File 5 (898), pg 2: "Scarlet Epilogue"</ref>
 
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He also learned from Yukiko to be a very capable cook. This was meant to help better keep a low-profile as Subaru.<ref>[[The Scarlet Return]]</ref> At the same time, he would often uses his dishes as an excuse to interject himself into cases at Professor Agasa's house and save money on food. He apparently at one point held a part-time job playing the accordion, making decent money from it. In addition to his native language, having worked in the United States as an FBI agent for a long time, Shuichi is also fluent in English as shown in the episode 288.
 
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{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Akai-san<ref name="file950">[[volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 950: The Clipped Letters (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
 
 
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== Plot overview ==
 
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=== The Old Warehouse of Teitan Elementary School (Manga: [[Volume 91#The Old Warehouse of Teitan Elementary School|966-968]], Anime: [[The New Teacher's Skeleton Case|889-890]]) ===
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[[File:Rumi's secret.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rumi about to attack the robbers.]]
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[[Sumiko Kobayashi]] introduces her class to the new deputy homeroom teacher, Rumi Wakasa. She appears to be a clumsy, shy and fearful person. Rumi approaches the Detective Boys for their help retrieving quicklime from the old warehouse in the school yard which causes them to come across a dead body. Over the course of the case Rumi uses her clumsiness to give hints to Conan on how to solve the case. Once she was out of their sight, her personality completely changed and she beat up a few robbers.
  
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== Non-canon plot overview ==
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=== Rumi Wakasa's Neighbor Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 92#Rumi Wakasa.27s Neighbor Murder Case|978-980]], Anime: [[The Woman with White Hands|896-897]]) ===
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=== Dimensional Sniper (Movie: [[Dimensional Sniper|18]]) ===
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Rumi overhears an argument between her neighbor and his girlfriend, as she was leaving for school, and smiles. Later she accidently destroys a picture that was going to be used for a school play and she says that she will redraw it. Conan and the detective boys accompanied her to help. After they finish, Rumi treats them to dinner. But when they hear loud sounds from the neighbor, they goes over to check it out and finds a dead body and an unconscious man. Later back in Rumi's apartment, Conan finds a receipt that may prove that she knew the case would happen before hand and invited them there on purpose. Later Rumi incapacitates the culprit under the guise of falling over. The news crews outside happen to take a picture and Ayumi gives them Rumi's name. [[Hyoue Kuroda]] is shown reading the news article on his phone. [[Kanenori Wakita]] is shown reading a newspaper, but the article is not shown to us.
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Shuichi appeared in this movie as [[Subaru Okiya]]. At first he is seen watching the Detective Boys testing Professor Agasa's invention. Later after [[Masumi Sera]] gets shot, he is seen leaving the hospital, where she is hospitalized. After that he is seen involving himself in the sniper investigation. At the cllimax of the movie, he shoots the suspect with precise precision. We can see too that he turn off his voice changer and said to [[James Black|James]] {{nihongo|"Roger"|了解|ryōkai}} as signal that it's already finished.
 
  
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=== The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: [[The Darkest Nightmare|20]]) ===
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=== Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 93#Burning Tent Murder Case|987-989]], Anime: [[Mystery of the Burning Tent|909-910]]) ===
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In this movie, he shows as a FBI agent. He saves [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] from [[Gin]]. We see a fight between him and [[Rei Furuya]] until Conan arrive. They cooperate and takes down the black metal crow (helicopter) of [[black organization]].
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Rumi takes the Detective Boys camping. Conan is suspicious of her and thought of strange things that he noticed in her present. When they approach a group cooking curry over a fire nearby, one of them mentions that he has an injured eye and nearly had to get a prosthetic eye. Rumi clenches up, and Conan notices her gripping something in her pocket. Later one of the other campers is burned alive inside his own tent. Kuroda emerges from an adjacent tent and asks her whether the police should be called. However Rumi is standing in stunned silence, staring forward. When she snaps back to reality, Haibara seems to notice that Rumi can't see out of her right eye. Conan starts to wonder if Rumi is clumsy on purpose or because she cannot see. When Kuroda seems to know the order that everyone introduced themselves in, despite originally claiming to have had earplugs in while sleeping. Rumi accuses him of spying on someone. Rumi has the Detective Boys build an acorn balance toy, which leads to the solution of the case. After Conan and Kuroda uncover the culprit, the culprit uses Ayumi as a hostage, Rumi manages to distract him long enough for Kuroda and Yuminaga to arrest him. Kuroda showed interest in the intimidating words that Rumi used to distract him. On the other hand, Conan becomes more suspicious of Rumi, and notices a strange object in her back pocket that has a shape similar to that of a Shogi piece.
  
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=== The Scarlet Bullet (Movie: [[The Scarlet Bullet|24]]) ===
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=== Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Crimson School Trip Case|1005]], Anime: [[The Scarlet School Trip|928]]) ===
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Shuichi shoots Maiko Shirahato in the shoulder with a silver bullet in order to stop her from shooting Alan McKenzie.
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[[File:Rumi scars atpx.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rumi with scars.]]
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At the end of the case, news of Shinichi being one of the detectives that had solved the case spread to the internet. Both Kuroda and Wakita were shown seeing the information on their phones. However, Rumi was shown sitting in the dark looking at the [[List of Black Organization related characters#APTX 4869 Victims|APTX victims list]] on her laptop, with a smirk on her face. The names [[Shinichi Kudo]] and [[Kohji Haneda]] appear to be highlighted. Additionally this is the first time we see her without a shirt on and she has scars on her upper arms as well as her back.
  
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=== Black Iron Submarine (Movie: [[Black Iron Submarine|26]]) ===
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=== Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Higashio Case|1006-1008]], Anime: [[Search for Maria-chan!|941-942]]) ===
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Shuichi acquired a rocket launcher from the [[Wikipedia:United States Army, Japan|US Army]] to shoot the submarine from a helicopter with the help of Conan to light the position of the submarine from underwater.
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Rumi makes an appearance in this case, asking Haibara about Shinichi and if Haibara has met Shinichi before. Later, a shogi piece that looks like promoted bishop is lying next to her computer, while she reads a blog.
  
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=== Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case|1032-1034]], Anime: [[Picking Wild Plants and Clovers|1011-1012]]) ===
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[[James Black]]'s English background may have assisted the young British-Japanese Shuichi Akai in fast-tracking his way to a US citizenship and then enrolling in the FBI.
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Rumi and Kobayashi take the Detective Boys out to collect edible plants. As they do so, Rumi detects the scent of blood blown by the wind and immediately thinks about Kohji's death. At the mention of good luck charms, Rumi remembers back to when Kohji said, "With the watchtower bishop, you can be sure of making a good move", while holding up a shogi bishop. Then he says, "So they're going to kill me despite that?" She then remembers him dead, with some sort of blood pouring out of his mouth, and she calls him a "foolish person", while pressing down on her right eye and crouching down on the ground. Conan sees her pressing down on her right eye and seems to connect it to an eye disorder. Rumi sees Conan tranquilizing Yamamura to make his deduction and gives a slight smirk. When Ayumi gives a 4-leaf clover to Rumi, saying that because Rumi is clumsy she needs good fortune, Rumi waits for the Detective Boys in front of her to look away, except Conan who is standing behind her looking at her, and throws away the 4-leaf clover. Conan notices her doing this and appears angry at her for it (or cognizant why she does not feel she needs it) as Rumi's face is in shadow.
  
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=== Trapped at Hatoyama Farm (Manga: [[Volume 99#Trapped at Hatoyama Farm|1051-1054]], Anime: [[The Spark That Fell on the Ranch|1053-1054]]) ===
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=== Family and friends ===
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Rumi and Kobayashi take the Detective Boys out to a farm to collect chicken. During the trip, she mentions Karasu being black, sly and a conspirator, making Conan suspicious of her as she might personally know [[Renya Karasuma]] as [[Rum]] candidate. They meet up with [[Tooru Amuro|Amuro]] who is also going to the farm with another purpose. She seems to have a strange glare upon hearing Amuro is a detective. Later, they receive a call from the [[Detective Boys Badge]], knowing that Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Kobayashi, and Amuro gets trapped inside the farmhouse's cellar as the farm's owner brother uses Ayumi as a hostage and calling them for the police. However, they are unable to contact police by their phone. Also, Rumi notices the shogi piece which has been kept on her back pocket is missing and finds out it has been picked up by Amuro according to Genta. After they are rescued from the cellar, Rumi uses the badge as a bait to lure Amuro back into the cellar and knocks him out in order to retrieve the shogi piece. Rumi tells Amuro that she lost her grip and let go for the trap door cutting all the light, which caused him to miss a step on the stairs.
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==== Akemi Miyano ====
 
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Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano were lovers while he was infiltrating the [[Black Organization]]. Shuichi's original mission was to date Akemi Miyano in order to meet Shiho Miyano. Shuichi used Shiho's influence to gain rank in the Organization, intending to become trusted enough to meet with high level agents so the FBI could capture one for questioning. As [[James Black]] later recalls, although Shuichi's relationship with Akemi was merely a stepping stone, Shuichi actually fell in love with Akemi, and considered her his real girlfriend. Because of this he broke up with [[Jodie Starling]].
 
  
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How Akemi and Shuichi met in the manga is unknown, but in the anime, Shuichi Akai originally met Akemi by an intentional accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he deliberately walked into the street in front of her in order to be hit by her.<ref>Episode 497</ref> Akemi was concerned, and helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi replied, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this they began dating.
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=== Kogoro in a Dilemma (Manga: [[Volume 99#Kogoro in a Dilemma|1057]], Anime: [[Yoko Okino and the Locked Attic|1060]]) ===
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Amuro is seen have a picture of Rumi which is taken from the preview case. He suspects that it was Rumi who attacked him to take the shogi pieces that he took earlier.
  
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[[File:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]
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=== Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Manga: [[Volume 101#Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule|1070-1072]], Anime: [[Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule|1093-1094]]) ===
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Sometime later, Akemi develops the suspicion that Shuichi really wasn't who he claimed to be. After Shuichi's expulsion, he confirms that he is an FBI agent to her. To Shuichi's surprise, Akemi doesn't seemed surprised by this, so Shuichi asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions that she was being used by him before, and Akemi hints it is because she loves him. Initially, the Organization couldn't do anything about Akemi because they needed the loyalty of her sister, but two years later they decided that the risk of her contact with Shuichi was too much. They decided to create a situation where they could eliminate her by having her do a bank heist she was supposed to fail. Sometime near the day of the heist, Akemi sent Shuichi a long text message, asking him if he wants to be her real boyfriend when she is finally free from the Organization. After the heist, Akemi is killed by [[Gin]], and it is unknown how Shuichi responded if at all. Shuichi treasures her final text message, and keeps it in his phone many months after Akemi's death. The message also contains a P.S. which has not been revealed yet.
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Rumi, Kobayashi, and the Detective Boys meet the Teitan Elementary School alumni as they are holding a reunion party. When one of them mentions that [[Akemi Miyano]] also attended the school before, he mistakes Haibara for [[Shiho Miyano]], Akemi's younger sister who he'd seen before. As Conan and Haibara are whispering about Akemi, Rumi suspects that Haibara is Sherry in a shrunken state, and that she betrayed the [[Black Organization]] following the death of Akemi. When Conan rushes outside the classroom to look for someone suspicious after someone triggers Haibara's anxiety, Rumi witnesses Wakita leaving after he delivered sushi.
  
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Until now, Shuichi probably still doesn't know that Akemi is actually his cousin.<ref>[[Volume 99#File 1049 - It's Unbelievable!|File 1049 - It's Unbelievable!]]</ref>
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=== Beach House Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 103#Beach House Murder Case|1097-1099]], Anime: [[The Detective Boys and the Two Leaders|1148-1149]]) ===
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Rumi takes the Detective Boys to Shizuoka. Conan is suspicious of her intentions regarding Haibara so he asks [[Subaru Okiya]] to join them. When Subaru asks her why she is concerned about Haibara, she lets slip that she believes Haibara is the daughter of a certain woman who ruined her life. When they encounter the criminal gang involved in the case, Subaru calls for Rumi to take the Detective Boys to a safe place while he uses Jeet Kune Do to fend them off, causing Rumi to have flashbacks of [[Tsutomu Akai]] seventeen years ago after hearing his words. Rumi locks the Detective Boys in a safe place, bending the doorknob to make it unusable, so she can secretly defeat their pursuers. When Subaru arrives and finds the criminals unconscious, Rumi lies to Subaru that they must have fought among themselves, unaware that he and Conan witnessed the scars on her hand.
  
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==== Jodie Starling ====
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=== Chess Tournament Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 104#Chess Tournament Murder Case|1103-1109]], Anime: [[The 17-Year-Old Truth|1164-1167]]) ===
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While Jodie and Shuichi's relationship had been viewed as mere colleagues, it is revealed later on in the series that Jodie and Shuichi had dated before about 5 years prior. However, after Shuichi infiltrated the Black Organization under the alias of Dai Moroboshi, he started dating Akemi Miyano in hopes of using her to attain information about the Black Organization. Despite this, Shuichi ended up falling in love with Akemi, leading him to break up with Jodie, stating that, "To be able to love two women at the same time…it's not that handy a personality."<ref name="677p5">Manga [[Volume 65]], File 3 (677), pg 5: "The fated individual"</ref> In spite of the break-up, Jodie still held strong feelings for Shuichi which never wavered as time passed and took his apparent death at Kir's hands especially hard, to the point of being reduced to tears. According to Super Digest Book plus 100 Akai-san and Jodie-sensei’s first impressions of each other were, Jodie’s was “What an arrogant man...”, Akai’s was “What a nagging woman”.
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Her true identity is revealed in the [[Case from 17 years ago|flashback]].
  
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==== James Black ====
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=== Parents' Day at Teitan Elementary School (Manga: [[Volume 104#Parents' Day at Teitan Elementary School|1110-1112]], Anime: [[The Mystery of the Man-Eating Classroom|1169-1170]]) ===
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[[James Black]] is the boss of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents in Japan and therefore the boss of Shuichi. He was one of those who know that Shuichi was alive after Shuichi's fake death, but only because he saw the glue on Shuichi's fingers and would have otherwise also been kept in the dark. The two maintain close contact with each other up to present.
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Yusaku theorizes that she is the one who uploaded the info relating to the Kohji Haneda murder case regularly on the internet to expose those involved with the Black Organization. She would then keep her eye on the people who kept accessing the site repeatedly, which led her to Professor Agasa's PC and in turn, Conan. Yusaku further theorizes that she would then slip her way into Teitan Elementary School so that she could approach Conan. After the case is solved Rum is seen wondering why Rumi would remain at the school and it shows her looking at Haibara while this is happening.
  
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==== Andre Camel ====
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== Non-canon plot overview ==
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[[Andre Camel]] worked with Shuichi Akai before when he was an agent in the [[Black Organization]]. Camel was involved in the plan to capture Gin two years ago, but he gave away the plan of the FBI when he saw a member of the organization disguised as an old man. Because of this, Shuichi's identity became known to the Organization. However, Shuichi does not seem to bear a grudge against Camel but worked together well. Camel is willing to help Akai in any way he can to redeem for his mistake.
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=== The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase (Anime: [[The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase|918]]) ===
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Genta gets kidnapped at an eel vending fair and the Detective Boys, without Haibara, run after the kidnappers' car and embark [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]] and [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]]'s car to chase them. After losing track of them, Conan remembered who the kidnappers were and remembered they used signals at the fair so they try to figure out what they tried to communicate. Then, Mitsuhiko remembered the burning tent case and the reference to the counting system. A flashback of Haibara and Rumi's leg was shown.
  
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==== Ai Haibara ====
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=== The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 3 (Anime: [[The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 3|1087]]) ===
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When Haibara first met Shuichi, she thought he was a member of the Black Organization. Shuichi seems to know of Haibara's identity. Haibara knows him as Dai Moroboshi, her sister's boyfriend who betrayed the Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 802</ref> Haibara should know Dai was a spy and FBI agent, after hearing an exchange between [[Bourbon]] and [[Kaitou Kid]] through a microphone<ref>Manga Chapter 824,[http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b40277b84692b54c491654534be7ccf/tumblr_mpc528w9hS1qfn9zio1_r1_500.png]</ref>, but she does not know him by the name Shuichi Akai. During his time in the organization he became acquatained with Haibara, while she was still known as [[Shiho Miyano]], through Akemi and make use of it to slip into the organization. He made a promise with Akemi to look after Haibara's welfare.<ref>Manga [[Volume 77]], Files 3-5 (809-811)</ref>
 
  
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==== Conan Edogawa / Shinichi Kudo ====
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== Plot Exposition ==
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Shuichi and Conan get along well and are capable of thinking on par with one another. In the short time they have worked together, Shuichi has come to respect Conan's intellect and deductive skills and speaks to him professionally. After FBI had capture Kir, he asked who Conan was, hinting that he suspected that there was more to Conan that meets the eyes. He is also aware that [[Conan]] and [[Shinichi Kudo]] are really one and the same person<ref>Manga [[Volume 77]], File 813 p.16 and File 814 p.3 </ref>. There is further speculation amongst fans that Shuichi has figured out that Ai was formerly Sherry and (more than likely) learned about her research for the Black Organization and the two possible effects of [[APTX 4869]].
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=== Hints that Rumi Wakasa was not Rum ===
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*The descriptions of Rum were all of a man, but she is a woman.
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*Her name "Wakasa Rumi" seems too obvious.
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*Like Kuroda, she perhaps should have recognized Haibara as Sherry and acted against her. However, no action is taken against Haibara despite seeing her five days a week at school.
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*Despite the activation of her Black Organization sense, Haibara says she likes Wakasa.
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*The photo of the bodyguard Asaka, whose face was not shown, may mislead her as the main suspect because Kuroda and Wakita are both men while she is a woman.
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*Rum is a cautious person of whom nobody, not even inside the Black Organization, has an accurate description. If Rumi Wakasa was Rum, she wouldn't have allowed herself to be shown on the news, pro golfer case, with a name so close to the code "ASACA RUM". Members of the Black Organization, like Gin and Vodka, believe that he 'messed up' with the Haneda murder, so exposing herself on the news was a risk if she was really Rum.
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*She works as an elementary school teacher, meaning she cannot move around freely to outside of school during working hours and leaving work often will make her more suspicious. If she was Rum and were to move around freely, with or without disguise, there is a possibility that someone will remember her stalking around Mouri Detective Agency.
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*In a flashback, she seems to have been traumatized by Haneda's death. Rum was likely the murderer.
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*In Rumi's flashback, Kohji Haneda is seen dead and bleeding profusely from his mouth. The palm of Kohji's corpse was open. Which implies that Rumi is not the killer and neither took the piece after prying open Kohji's palm, she might have just picked it up after the real killer discarded it at the scene.
  
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[[Masumi Sera]] is Shuichi's younger sister. Masumi wasn't born yet when Shuichi went to America to study, so they first got to meet each other, when Masumi was seven. It's indicated at Shuichi cares for his sister. While Masumi was growing up, Shuichi would send her training tapes of Jeet Kune Do that she could practice after. During the [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|Mystery Train case]], when Masumi was knocked out by Vermouth and hidden in her room, Shuichi (disguised as Subaru) carried her back to her own room. As he was about to leave he overheard her calling out 'Shuu-nii' in her sleep, which made him smile. In the movie [[Dimensional Sniper]] he (as Subaru) was seen leaving the hospital, where Masumi was hospitalized after getting shot, hinting that he was visiting her. While she was unconscious, he left a bouquet in her room, which Ran and Sonoko find. During the [[The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden|Antique Facet Case]], when he realize Masumi showing suspicious movements around Agasa's house, he shows up as Subaru and keep an eye on her. He realize that Masumi was trying to pressure Haibara. He ended up by interrupting her investigation to prevent Masumi get involved into dangerous situation.
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=== Conan Edogawa, Ai Haibara, and Detective Boys ===
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[[File:EP889-group.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan, Haibara, the Detective Boys, Kobayashi, Wakasa, and Uematsu.]]
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
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Rumi is the new deputy homeroom teacher for [[Conan Edogawa]], [[Ai Haibara]], and the [[Detective Boys]]' class. She has approached them directly twice to lead them to the warehouse of the school that a robber group had used. Rumi is aware of three of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]'s gadgets given to the Detective Boys: the [[Wristwatch Flashlight|flashlight watch]], the [[Detective Boys Badge|detective badge]], and the [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer dart]]. Among the Detective Boys, Rumi shows special interest in Conan for unknown reasons. In the old warehouse case, Rumi was only paying attention to Conan and purposely used clumsiness in order to give Conan the necessary hints to solve the case. When a murder case occurred in her apartment, Conan found a receipt that has that day's morning and noticed she had bought additional plates and mugs. Conan eventually realized the reason behind his sensei's actions. Rumi sensed a murder might occur in her apartment and was from the very beginning planning to invite the Detective Boys, especially Conan so he would become involved in the case. It seems Rumi is somehow testing Conan's intelligence and skills for unknown reasons.
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[[Shukichi Haneda]] is Shuichi's younger brother. He keeps track of Shukichi Haneda's shogi matches. During a reunion ten years ago Shukichi shows concern over his choice of path in life. During the Policewomen Serial Murder Case, he received a text by Shukichi to protect [[Yumi Miyamoto]], indicating the brothers are in contact. When Yumi is accosted by drunkards, he disguised as Subaru incapacitates them and has them leave her alone.
 
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==== Mary Sera ====
 
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[[Mary Sera]] is Shuichi's mother. She hoped that he would become a father figure to Masumi to replace their missing biological father.
 
  
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==== Tsutomu Akai ====
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Rumi at one point seems to trigger Haibara's skill at detecting Black Organization members, but Ai Haibara later tells Conan that she likes Rumi and wants to hear nothing bad said about her. Conan becomes increasingly distrustful of Rumi as time goes on, being reluctant to use his tranquillizer dart in front of her. So in one case, he leads Yamamura, who is to play the role of the sleeping detective here, to a tree to try to evade Rumi's scrutiny. Regardless, she still sees him use the tranquillizer dart on Yamamura and smirks. At one point, Conan notices Rumi pressing down on her right eye and seems to connect it to an eye disorder. Conan sees Rumi throwing away the 4-leaf clover Ayumi gave her and appears angry at her for it. Later, Rumi demonstrated a concerning level of apathy towards the Detective Boys. She allowed them to be thrown in harm's way by letting their teacher, Sumiko, be bait by exchanging umbrellas, allowing her to snipe the Black Organization back.
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[[Tsutomu Akai]] is Shuichi's father. His father's disappearance cause him to seek revenge and is the reason Shuichi became an FBI agent.
 
  
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==== Miyano Family ====
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Rumi has an interest in Ai Haibara since she says she resembles the woman (Ai's mother) who ruined her.<ref>Beach House Murder Case</ref>
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In [[Volume 99#File 1049 - It's Unbelievable!|File 1049]], the flashback conversations between Vermouth and Mary confirmed that Mary and Elena are sisters. So that Shuichi is blood relatives with [[Miyano family]].
 
  
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=== Sumiko Kobayashi ===
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==== Hidemi Hondou ====
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[[Sumiko Kobayashi]] is her junior superior as homeroom teacher.
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Hidemi is a CIA agent undercover in the Black Organization as Rena Mizunashi, codenamed Kir. She agreed to supply the FBI with information of the organization in return for her brother's protection. She, Akai and Conan worked out the plan to send Hidemi back to the organization and fake Akai's death.
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However, in order to distract Chianti and Korn, she deliberately broke the umbrella and exposed Kobayashi to danger, so that she could take the opportunity to attack. This act is similar to "gambit" in chess, and was praised by Rum.
  
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=== Ryujiro Uematsu ===
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==== Gin ====
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[[Ryujiro Uematsu]] is the headmaster of her new school.
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Shuichi Akai and Gin are rivals and hate one another. It is implied that they didn't get along even before Shuichi was exposed as an undercover FBI agent. Shuichi refers to Gin as "Koibito", which ironically means 'lover.' Gin killed Shuichi's love Akemi, so Shuichi thinks of Gin as his archenemy.
 
  
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=== Hyoue Kuroda ===
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[[Hyoue Kuroda]] seems to have some knowledge about her. When he heard that she went camping with the Detective Boys, he comments that camping was something that she wouldn't do. Kuroda suspects it is possible that she thinks him as the murderer who killed Amanda and Haneda, because there was hostility in her eyes. However, it is more likely that she blames Kuroda for not saving them in time.
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Since joining the Black Organization, [[Rei Furuya]] has always considered Shuichi as a worthy rival, he wants to compare his capacity with Shuichi and thinks he is the only one who could defeat Shuichi. Shuichi always shows respect towards Rei, he admits Rei's capability and feels interest everytime he faces Rei, he also makes Rei feel quite confused sometimes. Their relationship is becoming more bitter and dramatic when Rei misunderstood Shuichi killed his best friend - [[Scotch]], but actually the one who indirectly caused Scotch to die was Rei himself. Shuichi chooses to keep a secret, continues to let Rei misunderstand him instead of letting Rei know that painful truth. Over time, Shuichi appears to help and protect Rei in some cases, he gradually wants to compensate for the losses which Rei has experienced, he also reveals that he doesn't want to be Rei's enemy. For now, Rei is temporarily lowering his hatred to working well with Shuichi and Conan in destroying the Black Organization.
 
  
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Rumi Wakasa/Rachel Asaka first met Kohji when she accompanied Amanda [[Case from 17 years ago|seventeen years ago]]. Kohji said she is his ideal girlfriend while she thought of him as a "foolish person" because he sacrificed himself to protect her from the Black Organization. She keeps Kohji's good luck charm, the shogi bishop, which was handed by him and has memories of Kohji hiding her in his bookshelf. His last words were "Huh? Why did I help you? I decided to do so. I must carry my initial dream through to the end" still ring in her head as she seeks revenge for both Amanda and Kohji's murders.
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=== Tsutomu Akai ===
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* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shuichi placed 12th in the poll with 53 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
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As of now, it is unclear what the relationship Tsutomu and Rumi had. During the beach house murder case, where after Subaru fends off a criminal gang and tells her to bring the Detective Boys to safety, she has a flashback of Tsutomu defending her, saying "The monster we are about to witness, is not an opponent a young girl should risk her life against, I alone will be enough". It is left ambiguous what the 'monster' that Tsutomu was referring to is.
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* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Shuichi placed 7th overall with 415 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>
 
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* In a poll held on June 5, 2020 by asking women age 20 to 40 who were their favourite Detective Conan character, Shuichi ranked eigth<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/hjkevu/detective_conan_character_popularity_poll_june_5/</ref>.
 
  
 
== Name origin ==
 
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Rumi Wakasa

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Profile
Japanese name: 若狭 留美
(Wakasa Rumi)
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Relatives: Mr. Asaka (father, deceased)
Mrs. Asaka (mother, deceased)
Amanda Hughes (adoptive mother, deceased)
Occupation: Teitan Elementary School deputy homeroom teacher
Status: Alive
Aliases: Rachel Asaka (real name)
Statistics
First appearance: Manga: File 966
Anime: Episode 889
Appearances: Chapters: 40
Episodes: 26
Openings: 7
Closings: 3
Keyhole number: Volume 91
Actors
Japanese voice: Fumi Hirano
English voice: Amanda Lopez (Macias Group)

Rumi Wakasa (若狭 留美 Wakasa Rumi?), real name Rachel Asaka (レイチェル·浅香 Reicheru Asaka?), is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Due to an increase in the number of transfer students to Teitan Elementary School over the past year, they have hired new teachers. She is the new deputy homeroom teacher for class 1-B.

Personality

Her personality seems to be that of a well meaning but really clumsy and incapable teacher. She approached the Detective Boys on the grounds that she is scared of the old warehouse at the school and needed them to come with her. However, once she was out of sight of them, her personality changed dramatically to that of a skilled fighter with a scary face, where she rendered three assailants unconscious with a broom in what could have been seconds.

Appearance

Abilities

Martial arts

While well-hidden, she is a skilled fighter, much stronger than Bourbon. So coordinated and precise, she can seamlessly create the illusion that her taking down foes is a mixture of clumsiness and pure luck. It is still unknown what style she uses, but she has shown proficiency in Jōdō and elbow strikes.

Keen observation and deduction skills

She has also shown her reasoning and deductive abilities, giving hints to Conan to solve a case. She may also be aware of Conan's peculiar use of gadgets as she has witnessed him tranquilizing Yamamura, and using the voice changer bow tie to perform a sleeping deduction show. Conan mentioned using his tranquilizer watch to her on her first appearance.

Painting

She is shown to be able to paint a life-sized tiger in a realistic style in one afternoon, and is able to easily fix a smudged painting.

Firearms

She is shown to be a capable sniper and counter-sniper, tricking assailants into shooting at a decoy to reveal their positions, before successfully returning fire.

Appellations

Plot overview

The Old Warehouse of Teitan Elementary School (Manga: 966-968, Anime: 889-890)

Rumi about to attack the robbers.

Sumiko Kobayashi introduces her class to the new deputy homeroom teacher, Rumi Wakasa. She appears to be a clumsy, shy and fearful person. Rumi approaches the Detective Boys for their help retrieving quicklime from the old warehouse in the school yard which causes them to come across a dead body. Over the course of the case Rumi uses her clumsiness to give hints to Conan on how to solve the case. Once she was out of their sight, her personality completely changed and she beat up a few robbers.

Rumi Wakasa's Neighbor Murder Case (Manga: 978-980, Anime: 896-897)

Rumi overhears an argument between her neighbor and his girlfriend, as she was leaving for school, and smiles. Later she accidently destroys a picture that was going to be used for a school play and she says that she will redraw it. Conan and the detective boys accompanied her to help. After they finish, Rumi treats them to dinner. But when they hear loud sounds from the neighbor, they goes over to check it out and finds a dead body and an unconscious man. Later back in Rumi's apartment, Conan finds a receipt that may prove that she knew the case would happen before hand and invited them there on purpose. Later Rumi incapacitates the culprit under the guise of falling over. The news crews outside happen to take a picture and Ayumi gives them Rumi's name. Hyoue Kuroda is shown reading the news article on his phone. Kanenori Wakita is shown reading a newspaper, but the article is not shown to us.

Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: 987-989, Anime: 909-910)

Rumi takes the Detective Boys camping. Conan is suspicious of her and thought of strange things that he noticed in her present. When they approach a group cooking curry over a fire nearby, one of them mentions that he has an injured eye and nearly had to get a prosthetic eye. Rumi clenches up, and Conan notices her gripping something in her pocket. Later one of the other campers is burned alive inside his own tent. Kuroda emerges from an adjacent tent and asks her whether the police should be called. However Rumi is standing in stunned silence, staring forward. When she snaps back to reality, Haibara seems to notice that Rumi can't see out of her right eye. Conan starts to wonder if Rumi is clumsy on purpose or because she cannot see. When Kuroda seems to know the order that everyone introduced themselves in, despite originally claiming to have had earplugs in while sleeping. Rumi accuses him of spying on someone. Rumi has the Detective Boys build an acorn balance toy, which leads to the solution of the case. After Conan and Kuroda uncover the culprit, the culprit uses Ayumi as a hostage, Rumi manages to distract him long enough for Kuroda and Yuminaga to arrest him. Kuroda showed interest in the intimidating words that Rumi used to distract him. On the other hand, Conan becomes more suspicious of Rumi, and notices a strange object in her back pocket that has a shape similar to that of a Shogi piece.

Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: 1005, Anime: 928)

Rumi with scars.

At the end of the case, news of Shinichi being one of the detectives that had solved the case spread to the internet. Both Kuroda and Wakita were shown seeing the information on their phones. However, Rumi was shown sitting in the dark looking at the APTX victims list on her laptop, with a smirk on her face. The names Shinichi Kudo and Kohji Haneda appear to be highlighted. Additionally this is the first time we see her without a shirt on and she has scars on her upper arms as well as her back.

Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: 1006-1008, Anime: 941-942)

Rumi makes an appearance in this case, asking Haibara about Shinichi and if Haibara has met Shinichi before. Later, a shogi piece that looks like promoted bishop is lying next to her computer, while she reads a blog.

Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: 1032-1034, Anime: 1011-1012)

Rumi and Kobayashi take the Detective Boys out to collect edible plants. As they do so, Rumi detects the scent of blood blown by the wind and immediately thinks about Kohji's death. At the mention of good luck charms, Rumi remembers back to when Kohji said, "With the watchtower bishop, you can be sure of making a good move", while holding up a shogi bishop. Then he says, "So they're going to kill me despite that?" She then remembers him dead, with some sort of blood pouring out of his mouth, and she calls him a "foolish person", while pressing down on her right eye and crouching down on the ground. Conan sees her pressing down on her right eye and seems to connect it to an eye disorder. Rumi sees Conan tranquilizing Yamamura to make his deduction and gives a slight smirk. When Ayumi gives a 4-leaf clover to Rumi, saying that because Rumi is clumsy she needs good fortune, Rumi waits for the Detective Boys in front of her to look away, except Conan who is standing behind her looking at her, and throws away the 4-leaf clover. Conan notices her doing this and appears angry at her for it (or cognizant why she does not feel she needs it) as Rumi's face is in shadow.

Trapped at Hatoyama Farm (Manga: 1051-1054, Anime: 1053-1054)

Rumi and Kobayashi take the Detective Boys out to a farm to collect chicken. During the trip, she mentions Karasu being black, sly and a conspirator, making Conan suspicious of her as she might personally know Renya Karasuma as Rum candidate. They meet up with Amuro who is also going to the farm with another purpose. She seems to have a strange glare upon hearing Amuro is a detective. Later, they receive a call from the Detective Boys Badge, knowing that Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Kobayashi, and Amuro gets trapped inside the farmhouse's cellar as the farm's owner brother uses Ayumi as a hostage and calling them for the police. However, they are unable to contact police by their phone. Also, Rumi notices the shogi piece which has been kept on her back pocket is missing and finds out it has been picked up by Amuro according to Genta. After they are rescued from the cellar, Rumi uses the badge as a bait to lure Amuro back into the cellar and knocks him out in order to retrieve the shogi piece. Rumi tells Amuro that she lost her grip and let go for the trap door cutting all the light, which caused him to miss a step on the stairs.

Kogoro in a Dilemma (Manga: 1057, Anime: 1060)

Amuro is seen have a picture of Rumi which is taken from the preview case. He suspects that it was Rumi who attacked him to take the shogi pieces that he took earlier.

Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Manga: 1070-1072, Anime: 1093-1094)

Rumi, Kobayashi, and the Detective Boys meet the Teitan Elementary School alumni as they are holding a reunion party. When one of them mentions that Akemi Miyano also attended the school before, he mistakes Haibara for Shiho Miyano, Akemi's younger sister who he'd seen before. As Conan and Haibara are whispering about Akemi, Rumi suspects that Haibara is Sherry in a shrunken state, and that she betrayed the Black Organization following the death of Akemi. When Conan rushes outside the classroom to look for someone suspicious after someone triggers Haibara's anxiety, Rumi witnesses Wakita leaving after he delivered sushi.

Beach House Murder Case (Manga: 1097-1099, Anime: 1148-1149)

Rumi takes the Detective Boys to Shizuoka. Conan is suspicious of her intentions regarding Haibara so he asks Subaru Okiya to join them. When Subaru asks her why she is concerned about Haibara, she lets slip that she believes Haibara is the daughter of a certain woman who ruined her life. When they encounter the criminal gang involved in the case, Subaru calls for Rumi to take the Detective Boys to a safe place while he uses Jeet Kune Do to fend them off, causing Rumi to have flashbacks of Tsutomu Akai seventeen years ago after hearing his words. Rumi locks the Detective Boys in a safe place, bending the doorknob to make it unusable, so she can secretly defeat their pursuers. When Subaru arrives and finds the criminals unconscious, Rumi lies to Subaru that they must have fought among themselves, unaware that he and Conan witnessed the scars on her hand.

Chess Tournament Murder Case (Manga: 1103-1109, Anime: 1164-1167)

Her true identity is revealed in the flashback.

Parents' Day at Teitan Elementary School (Manga: 1110-1112, Anime: 1169-1170)

Yusaku theorizes that she is the one who uploaded the info relating to the Kohji Haneda murder case regularly on the internet to expose those involved with the Black Organization. She would then keep her eye on the people who kept accessing the site repeatedly, which led her to Professor Agasa's PC and in turn, Conan. Yusaku further theorizes that she would then slip her way into Teitan Elementary School so that she could approach Conan. After the case is solved Rum is seen wondering why Rumi would remain at the school and it shows her looking at Haibara while this is happening.

Non-canon plot overview

The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase (Anime: 918)

Genta gets kidnapped at an eel vending fair and the Detective Boys, without Haibara, run after the kidnappers' car and embark Yumi and Naeko's car to chase them. After losing track of them, Conan remembered who the kidnappers were and remembered they used signals at the fair so they try to figure out what they tried to communicate. Then, Mitsuhiko remembered the burning tent case and the reference to the counting system. A flashback of Haibara and Rumi's leg was shown.

The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 3 (Anime: 1087)

Plot Exposition

Hints that Rumi Wakasa was not Rum

  • The descriptions of Rum were all of a man, but she is a woman.
  • Her name "Wakasa Rumi" seems too obvious.
  • Like Kuroda, she perhaps should have recognized Haibara as Sherry and acted against her. However, no action is taken against Haibara despite seeing her five days a week at school.
  • Despite the activation of her Black Organization sense, Haibara says she likes Wakasa.
  • The photo of the bodyguard Asaka, whose face was not shown, may mislead her as the main suspect because Kuroda and Wakita are both men while she is a woman.
  • Rum is a cautious person of whom nobody, not even inside the Black Organization, has an accurate description. If Rumi Wakasa was Rum, she wouldn't have allowed herself to be shown on the news, pro golfer case, with a name so close to the code "ASACA RUM". Members of the Black Organization, like Gin and Vodka, believe that he 'messed up' with the Haneda murder, so exposing herself on the news was a risk if she was really Rum.
  • She works as an elementary school teacher, meaning she cannot move around freely to outside of school during working hours and leaving work often will make her more suspicious. If she was Rum and were to move around freely, with or without disguise, there is a possibility that someone will remember her stalking around Mouri Detective Agency.
  • In a flashback, she seems to have been traumatized by Haneda's death. Rum was likely the murderer.
  • In Rumi's flashback, Kohji Haneda is seen dead and bleeding profusely from his mouth. The palm of Kohji's corpse was open. Which implies that Rumi is not the killer and neither took the piece after prying open Kohji's palm, she might have just picked it up after the real killer discarded it at the scene.

Relationships analysis

Conan Edogawa, Ai Haibara, and Detective Boys

Conan, Haibara, the Detective Boys, Kobayashi, Wakasa, and Uematsu.

Rumi is the new deputy homeroom teacher for Conan Edogawa, Ai Haibara, and the Detective Boys' class. She has approached them directly twice to lead them to the warehouse of the school that a robber group had used. Rumi is aware of three of Professor Agasa's gadgets given to the Detective Boys: the flashlight watch, the detective badge, and the tranquilizer dart. Among the Detective Boys, Rumi shows special interest in Conan for unknown reasons. In the old warehouse case, Rumi was only paying attention to Conan and purposely used clumsiness in order to give Conan the necessary hints to solve the case. When a murder case occurred in her apartment, Conan found a receipt that has that day's morning and noticed she had bought additional plates and mugs. Conan eventually realized the reason behind his sensei's actions. Rumi sensed a murder might occur in her apartment and was from the very beginning planning to invite the Detective Boys, especially Conan so he would become involved in the case. It seems Rumi is somehow testing Conan's intelligence and skills for unknown reasons.

Rumi at one point seems to trigger Haibara's skill at detecting Black Organization members, but Ai Haibara later tells Conan that she likes Rumi and wants to hear nothing bad said about her. Conan becomes increasingly distrustful of Rumi as time goes on, being reluctant to use his tranquillizer dart in front of her. So in one case, he leads Yamamura, who is to play the role of the sleeping detective here, to a tree to try to evade Rumi's scrutiny. Regardless, she still sees him use the tranquillizer dart on Yamamura and smirks. At one point, Conan notices Rumi pressing down on her right eye and seems to connect it to an eye disorder. Conan sees Rumi throwing away the 4-leaf clover Ayumi gave her and appears angry at her for it. Later, Rumi demonstrated a concerning level of apathy towards the Detective Boys. She allowed them to be thrown in harm's way by letting their teacher, Sumiko, be bait by exchanging umbrellas, allowing her to snipe the Black Organization back.

Rumi has an interest in Ai Haibara since she says she resembles the woman (Ai's mother) who ruined her.[2]

Sumiko Kobayashi

Sumiko Kobayashi is her junior superior as homeroom teacher. However, in order to distract Chianti and Korn, she deliberately broke the umbrella and exposed Kobayashi to danger, so that she could take the opportunity to attack. This act is similar to "gambit" in chess, and was praised by Rum.

Ryujiro Uematsu

Ryujiro Uematsu is the headmaster of her new school.

Hyoue Kuroda

Hyoue Kuroda seems to have some knowledge about her. When he heard that she went camping with the Detective Boys, he comments that camping was something that she wouldn't do. Kuroda suspects it is possible that she thinks him as the murderer who killed Amanda and Haneda, because there was hostility in her eyes. However, it is more likely that she blames Kuroda for not saving them in time.

Kohji Haneda

Rumi Wakasa/Rachel Asaka first met Kohji when she accompanied Amanda seventeen years ago. Kohji said she is his ideal girlfriend while she thought of him as a "foolish person" because he sacrificed himself to protect her from the Black Organization. She keeps Kohji's good luck charm, the shogi bishop, which was handed by him and has memories of Kohji hiding her in his bookshelf. His last words were "Huh? Why did I help you? I decided to do so. I must carry my initial dream through to the end" still ring in her head as she seeks revenge for both Amanda and Kohji's murders.

Tsutomu Akai

As of now, it is unclear what the relationship Tsutomu and Rumi had. During the beach house murder case, where after Subaru fends off a criminal gang and tells her to bring the Detective Boys to safety, she has a flashback of Tsutomu defending her, saying "The monster we are about to witness, is not an opponent a young girl should risk her life against, I alone will be enough". It is left ambiguous what the 'monster' that Tsutomu was referring to is.

Name origin

Gosho Aoyama claims to have named Rumi after Rumiko Takahashi, the author of the manga Urusei Yatsura, whom heroine Lum Invader is performed by her voice actress in the anime.

In other languages

Language Given Name Family Name
Flag of Japan Japanese 留美 Rumi 若狭 Wakasa
Flag of US English Rumi Wakasa
Flag of Thailand Thai รูมิ วาคาสะ
Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Rumi Wakasa

References

  1. ^ The Fate Born from Chaos
  2. ^ Beach House Murder Case

See also

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Rum arc topics
Main interest Renya Karasuma • Rum • Case from 17 years ago
Potential suspects Hyoue Kuroda • Rumi Wakasa • Kanenori Wakita
Connections Kohji Haneda • Amanda Hughes • Tsutomu Akai • Asaka
Related Articles APTX 4869 • APTX 4869 Victim list • Rum arc timeline
Cases of interest The Scarlet Return • Three First Discoverers • Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene • The Spirit Detective's Murder • The Betrayal's Stage • Mystery of the Burning Tent • Search for Maria-chan! • The 36-Cell Perfect Game • The Spark That Fell on the Ranch • Yusaku Kudo's Detective Show • The Black Organization's Scheme • Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule • Kaitou Kid and the Crown Trick • The 17-Year-Old Truth • The Mystery of the Man-Eating Classroom • Bar Hostess Murder Case • Video Gamer Locked Room Murder Case • Blackmail Journalist Murder Case
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Main Characters
Protagonists Shinichi Kudo • Conan Edogawa • Ran Mouri • Kogoro Mouri
Detective Boys Ai Haibara • Ayumi Yoshida • Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya • Genta Kojima
Family & Friends Hiroshi Agasa • Sonoko Suzuki • Eri Kisaki • Yusaku Kudo • Yukiko Kudo • Heiji Hattori • Kazuha Toyama • Yoko Okino • Sumiko Kobayashi • Tomoaki Araide • Makoto Kyogoku • Shizuka Hattori • Jirokichi Suzuki • Eisuke Hondou • Azusa Enomoto • Subaru Okiya • Masumi Sera • Shukichi Haneda • Sakurako Yonehara • Rumi Wakasa • Momiji Ooka • Muga Iori • Elena Miyano • Atsushi Miyano
Tokyo Metropolitan Police District Juzo Megure • Wataru Takagi • Miwako Sato • Ninzaburo Shiratori • Yumi Miyamoto • Kazunobu Chiba • Naeko Miike • Kiyonaga Matsumoto • Inspector Yuminaga • Shintaro Chaki • Hyoue Kuroda • Kenji Hagiwara • Jinpei Matsuda • Wataru Date
Osaka Police District Heizo Hattori • Ginshiro Toyama • Goro Otaki
Nagano Police District Kansuke Yamato • Yui Uehara • Taka'aki Morofushi
Other police districts Sango Yokomizo • Misao Yamamura • Jugo Yokomizo • Chihaya Hagiwara • Fumimaro Ayanokoji
NPA and Public Security Bureau Rei Furuya (Bourbon) • Hiromitsu Morofushi • Yuya Kazami
FBI Shuichi Akai • Jodie Starling • James Black • Andre Camel
CIA Hidemi Hondou (Kir) • Ethan Hondou
MI6 Mary Sera • Tsutomu Akai
Black Organization The Boss • Rum • Gin • Vodka • Vermouth • Chianti • Korn • Shiho Miyano • Akemi Miyano • Tequila • Pisco • Calvados • Rikumichi Kusuda • Ki'ichiro Numabuchi
Magic Kaito Kaito Kuroba • Kaitou Kid • Aoko Nakamori • Ginzo Nakamori • Midoriko Nakamori • Toichi Kuroba • Chikage Kuroba • Konosuke Jii • Keiko Momoi • Akako Koizumi • Saguru Hakuba • Snake • Kaitou Corbeau
Others "The Criminal" • Hideo Akagi • Ryusuke Higo • Takahiro Sanada • Scar Akai • Kohji Haneda • Kamen Yaiba • Amanda Hughes
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Detective Boys
Members Conan Edogawa • Ai Haibara • Ayumi Yoshida • Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya • Genta Kojima
Guardians Hiroshi Agasa • Sumiko Kobayashi • Rumi Wakasa
Gadgets Detective Boys Badge • Wristwatch Flashlight
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