Wataru Date (伊達 航,Date Wataru?) is a character in the manga franchise Detective Conan.
Background
Wataru Date was a former police officer from Tokyo Metropolitan Police District under the Criminal Investigation First Division. He was later assigned to be the mentor of Wataru Takagi,[2] and together they became known as the "Wataru Brothers."[3] Unfortunately, he got caught up in a car accident after one his stake outs with Takagi and died.[2] A year later after his death, it was discovered that Date was an acquaintance of Tooru Amuro, whom he had met while attending a police academy.[4]
Personality
Date was considered to be a "carnivore"-type of a man compared to Takagi (by Miwako Sato)[3] and could be described as an aggressive person.[5] In addition to these, he was also a kind and caring person as attested by his interactions with Takagi and his text message to Amuro.[5][4]
Wataru Date shares his first name with police sergeant Wataru Takagi, which prompted him to make a nickname for the both of them: "Wataru Brothers." However, the kanji that represented his first name was different to that of Takagi's. His name is written with the kanji 航, which has the ON-reading of kou (コウ?). Meanwhile, Takagi's is written with the kanji 渉, which has the ON-reading of kyou (キョウ?).[3] This similarity in first name became an important factor in the Overnight Deadline case. Date's last name played an important role in the said case as well.[6]
References
^In File 805 p16, Sato pointed out that Date was a year older than her and Takagi.
