Fumimaro Ayanokoji (綾小路 文麿,Ayanokōji Fumimaro?) is a character in the anime franchise Detective Conan.
Background
Fumimaro Ayanokoji is an Inspector in plain clothes from Kyoto Prefectural Police. He is known to be polite and snarky, as well as of noble descent. He has no close friends, with the sole exception is the cute little chipmunk he takes everywhere with him.
As requested from Superintendent Matsumoto, who is actually Irish disguised, he helps Inspector Shiratori in a serial murder case involving five prefectures, also discovering that two hours before Heiji Hattori also came to Kyoto and investigated the same thing on behalf of Conan.
Along with Detective Kurumazaki, he is called on Hotaka warship to inform the officers about his investigations at the Maizuru Bay port, where it was found the body of Yousuke Sasaura, a Self-Defense Force member.
As requested from Detective Takagi by Inspector Megure's orders, he must to protect Jack Waltz, a former US Army Captain, who is in a Kyoto hotel along with his family and is reported by the FBI as a possible victim of sniping cases.
Manga
Fumimaro makes his manga debut appearance during the Scarlet Ceiling case.[3]
Kozo Umehara, age 63, is the new president of a famous Kyoto confectionery company from The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop. Ayanokoji seems to know him very well and they're always on good terms.