Sakura Toyama

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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 遠山 櫻   (Tōyama Sakura) |
| Age: | 42[[N 1]](#cite_note-1)[](#cite_note-2) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Occupation: | Former [Anti-firearms squad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Police_Unit "wikipedia:Riot Police Unit") member |
| Status: | Alive |
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| First appearance: | Manga: [File 1129](/wiki/File_1129 "File 1129") (disguised as Kazuha Toyama)   [File 1133](/wiki/File_1133 "File 1133") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Sakura_Toyama_Appearances "Sakura Toyama Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Sakura_Toyama_Appearances "Sakura Toyama Appearances") |
**Sakura Toyama** (遠山 櫻 ,*Tōyama Sakura*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a character in *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. A former member of the Osaka Police [Anti-firearms squad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Police_Unit "wikipedia:Riot Police Unit"), she is the mother of [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama") and the wife of chief superintendent [Ginshiro Toyama](/wiki/Ginshiro_Toyama "Ginshiro Toyama").
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [3 Personality](#Personality)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [5.1 Previous mentions](#Previous_mentions)
+ [5.2 Detective Play Murder Case (Manga: 1129-1133, Anime: TBA)](#Detective_Play_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_1129-1133.2C_Anime:_TBA.29)
* [6 Name origin](#Name_origin)
* [7 See also](#See_also)
* [8 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [8.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [8.2 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Sakura Toyama studied at the same school with [Hitoshi Kudo](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinichi_Kudo_(episode_610)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinichi Kudo (episode 610) (page does not exist)")[[N 2]](#cite_note-3),[](#cite_note-4). She later started a career as a [Anti-firearms squad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Police_Unit "wikipedia:Riot Police Unit") member, the branch of the Riot Police Unit tasked with counterterrorism and arresting criminals with firearms[](#cite_note-F1131-5). She likely met [Ginshiro Toyama](/wiki/Ginshiro_Toyama "Ginshiro Toyama") while in the force and married, taking on the surname "Toyama" and quitting her job. She probably later became a homemaker[[N 3]](#cite_note-7).
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Appearance")]
Sakura disguised as her daughter.
Sakura is an average-height woman, the same height as Kazuha and about the same height as Ran Mouri, but is about a foot shorter than her husband[](#cite_note-F1133-8). She looks youthful despite being in her fourties and easily passed off as her daughter, since their looks and voices are similar[](#cite_note-F1133-8). She however does not have the same hairstyle as Kazuha, her hairstyle being short curly hair tied by a leopard-patterned banada[](#cite_note-F1133-8). She is only seen wearing her daughter's dress. While pretending to be Kazuha, she described herself as being "a beauty" and "super strong"[](#cite_note-F1131-5).
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Personality")]
She is a playful and cheerful mother, willing to pull pranks on her daughter's friends[](#cite_note-F1133-8).
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Sakura Toyama | What Sakura Toyama calls them |
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|  | [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama") | Okan (*Mom*)[](#cite_note-9) | Kazuha[](#cite_note-F1133-8) |
|  | [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori") | - | Heiji-kun[](#cite_note-F1133-8) |
| Picture | Name | What they call Sakura Toyama | What Sakura Toyama calls them |
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|  | [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") | - | Ran-chan[](#cite_note-F1133-8) |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Previous mentions[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Previous mentions")]
Despite not appearing in person until file 1133, she has been mentioned several times before by either [Heiji](/wiki/Heiji "Heiji") or Kazuha. She is first mentioned in [Furinkazan](/wiki/Furinkazan "Furinkazan"), during which Heiji said that Sakura asked him to buy some miso soup pouches from [Nagano](/wiki/Setting/Prefectures_of_Japan "Setting/Prefectures of Japan"). Later, in [Kazuha's Charm case](/wiki/The_Whereabouts_of_the_Embarrassing_Charm "The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm"), Heiji says that Sakura asked him to bring Kazuha a [thermos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_flask "wikipedia:Vacuum flask") of tea for her aikido practice. Later, during the [Shinichi Kudo murder case](/wiki/The_Victim_is_Shinichi_Kudo "The Victim is Shinichi Kudo"), it is revealed that she was classmates with the victim and that she asked Heiji to come help Shinichi on behalf of her busy husband. During the [East vs. West case](/wiki/Conan_vs._Heiji,_Deduction_Battle_Between_the_Detectives_of_the_East_and_West "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West"), Heiji mentions that he was asked by Sakura to buy curry pouches from [Danny's](/wiki/Danny%27s "Danny's"). In the [Vampire Mansion case](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori_and_the_Vampire_Mansion "Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion"), Kazuha mentions that her mother used to put dried seaweed leaves in the fridge to keep them from getting moist.
### Detective Play Murder Case (Manga: [1129-1133](/wiki/Volume_106#Detective_Play_Murder_Case "Volume 106"), Anime: TBA)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Detective Play Murder Case (Manga: 1129-1133, Anime: TBA)")]
Sakura Toyama made a bet with her daughter that she can pass off as her if she wore a mask and a wig and Kazuha accepted the bet. She and her daughter assisted to a play at the Naniwa Arts Theater along with Heiji, Conan, Ran and Kogoro, with the two switching places every once in a while. After meeting with the actors, murders start happening between rehearsals, but Sakura and Kazuha to keep the trickery going. Later, when her husband arrives at the crime scene, he notices the switch right away and is irritated at his wife. However, it is not until the end of the case that the switcheroo is found out, with Ginshiro jockingly slapping his wife to force her to remove her disguise. Ran, Conan and Kogoro were all fooled by her disguise. Later, when her daughter and Heiji come back from the Naniwa Harukas observation deck, she is happy to notice that their relationship is progressing, seeing them holding hands.
## Name origin[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sakura_Toyama&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Name origin")]
Just like her husband and daughter, The name "Toyama" comes from Edo period "police detective" [Kagetomo Toyama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dyama_Kagemoto "wikipedia:Tōyama Kagemoto"), aka [Toyama no Kin-san](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dyama_no_Kin-san "wikipedia:Tōyama no Kin-san")[](#cite_note-10). Her first name "Sakura" (櫻), which is the [kyūjitai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABjitai "wikipedia:Kyūjitai") form of "桜", means [cherry blossom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sakura "wikipedia:sakura") and likely comes from the fact that the cherry blossom is the symbol of the Japanese police.