Tohei Benzaki

Tohei Benzaki

Profile

Japanese name:

弁崎 桐平
(Benzaki Tōhei)

Age:

35

Gender:

Male

Date of birth:

unknown

Occupation:

Office worker

Statistics

First appearance:

Manga: File 850
Anime: Episode 734

Appearances:

Chapters: 4
Chapters: 1
Episodes: 3

Cases solved:

0

Keyhole:

N/A

Actors

Japanese voice:

Yoshiyuki Kono

Tohei Benzaki (弁崎 桐平 ,Benzaki Tōhei) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Tohei Benzaki is a Tokyo officer worker and lives in a humble appartment. He is single and has difficulty to find a wife and became an easy target for Vermouth and Bourbon so they could knock him out and impersonate him in order to take information from Jodie about whether or not Akai is dead. He asked Jodie who was the one with her thinking it was Akai even if he knew it was only a disguise since Bourbon disguised himself as both Scar Akai and him.

It is stated that he can drive since police found his driver license in his wallet. He went to the bank to register his paycheck and knew Jodie, but a group of robbers made a bank heist and asked people to put tape on their mouths. He is religious since he recollected himself to a shrine to honor the traditions and watch the cherry blossoms.

According to the Tokyo MPD, he was a single and, as Conan deduced, Motoe Benzaki, his pretended wife, was in fact Vermouth in disguise. She pretended she was his pregnant wife even though it was impossible since he was single and she couldn't have put the tape on people's mouths at the Teito Bank heist since only singles could put tape on people to eliminate any emotion involved.

Appearance

He is a man in pretty good shape and has a simple haircut with light bangs. He appears wearing a coat with a turtleneck and a medical mask to disguise his voice when Bourbon used it. He has an average height.

Personality

He is a normal working man who doesn't like to be disturbed. He lives calmly and was irritated when the police went to question him. When Bourbon disguises as him, he seem more polite and inviting and likes conversation which really contrasts giving more clues to him having been impersonated. He is precautious since he only brings few money because when he was pickpocketed, he wasn't stolen a large amount of cash.

Plot overview

A Shrine to Remember (Manga: 850-852, Anime: 734)

Bourbon knocked him out to ask Jodie further information about Akai.

Cocktail of Sorrow (Manga: 855, Anime: 739)

Takagi told Conan that he is strange, since there is a contradiction in bank robbery case. Then, the real one said that he does not remember he was involved in the preview pickpocket murder case and he is unmarried. Conan suspected that fake couple is Bourbon and Vermouth.

Appellations

FBIRelativesLaw enforcementProtagonistsBlack Organization

Picture	Name	What they call Tohei Benzaki	What Tohei Benzaki calls them
	Jodie Starling	-	That foreign lady
	Shuichi Akai	-	A close friend of yours

Picture	Name	What they call Tohei Benzaki	What Tohei Benzaki calls them
	Motoe Benzaki	-	My wife

Picture	Name	What they call Tohei Benzaki	What Tohei Benzaki calls them
	Wataru Takagi	That Tohei Benzaki guy	-

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Picture	Name	What they call Tohei Benzaki	What Tohei Benzaki calls them
	Conan Edogawa	One of the hostages That couple	-

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Picture	Name	What they call Tohei Benzaki	What Tohei Benzaki calls them
	Scar Akai	The guy with the scar next to you	-

Name origin

Tohei Benzaki (弁崎 桐平), just like the other suspects in his introductory case, has a name related to "flower viewing" (花見 ,hanami). It comes from "bento boxes" (弁当), which are often brought as a quick way to eat while enjoying the flowers. Moreover, Motoe Benzaki (弁崎 素江), the name used by Vermouth and Bourbon to create a fake wife for him, is an anagram of Vermouth as "benmoto" sounds similar to "berumotto", the Japanese word for Vermouth.

Gallery

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  Jodie and Tohei.
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  His driver license.
• 
  Motoe and Tohei.

See also

• List of notable case characters
• List of Black Organization related characters