Wataru Date

For Wataru disambiguation see [Wataru](/wiki/Wataru "Wataru").
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| **Wataru Date** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 伊達 航   (Date Wataru) |
| Age: | 28[](#cite_note-1) (a year ago) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Relatives: | [Mr. Date](/wiki/Mr._Date "Mr. Date") (father) |
| Occupation: | Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective |
| Status: | Dead |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | Manga: [File 804](/wiki/Volume_76#Overnight_Deadline "Volume 76")   Anime: [Episode 681](/wiki/The_Life-Threatening_Broadcast_of_Love "The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Chapters: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Chapters: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Movies: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") OVAs: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Specials: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Openings: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") Closings: (/wiki/Wataru_Date_Appearances "Wataru Date Appearances") |
| Keyhole number: | [Volume 77](/wiki/Volume_77 "Volume 77") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Keiji Fujiwara](/wiki/Keiji_Fujiwara "Keiji Fujiwara") (Episodes 681-683)  [Hiroki Tochi](/wiki/Hiroki_Tochi "Hiroki Tochi") (Wild Police Story and Movie 25) |
**Wataru Date (伊達 航 ,*Date Wataru*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is a character in the manga and anime franchise *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. He is also one of the main characters in [Wild Police Story](/wiki/Wild_Police_Story "Wild Police Story") manga.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Personality](#Personality)
* [3 Abilities](#Abilities)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [5.1 Overnight Deadline (Manga: 804-808, Anime: 681-683)](#Overnight_Deadline_.28Manga:_804-808.2C_Anime:_681-683.29)
+ [5.2 Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: 1021, Anime: 984)](#Kaitou_Kid_and_the_Fairy.27s_Lips_.28Manga:_1021.2C_Anime:_984.29)
+ [5.3 Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: 1079-1081, Anime: 1109-1110)](#Wataru_Date.27s_Notebook_.28Manga:_1079-1081.2C_Anime:_1109-1110.29)
+ [5.4 Shinichi, Ran and the Haunted House (Manga: 1134-1136, Anime: TBA)](#Shinichi.2C_Ran_and_the_Haunted_House_.28Manga:_1134-1136.2C_Anime:_TBA.29)
* [6 Non-canon plot overview](#Non-canon_plot_overview)
+ [6.1 The Bride of Halloween (Movie: 25)](#The_Bride_of_Halloween_.28Movie:_25.29)
* [7 Relationships analysis](#Relationships_analysis)
+ [7.1 Wataru Takagi](#Wataru_Takagi)
+ [7.2 Rei Furuya](#Rei_Furuya)
+ [7.3 Natalie Kuruma](#Natalie_Kuruma)
+ [7.4 Jinpei Matsuda](#Jinpei_Matsuda)
+ [7.5 Kenji Hagiwara](#Kenji_Hagiwara)
+ [7.6 Hiromitsu Morofushi](#Hiromitsu_Morofushi)
* [8 Name origin](#Name_origin)
* [9 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [10 See also](#See_also)
* [11 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Wataru Date was an officer from [Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department](/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police "Tokyo Metropolitan Police") under the Criminal Investigation First Division. He was later assigned to be the mentor of [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi"),[](#cite_note-f804-2) and together they became known as the "Wataru Brothers."[](#cite_note-f805-3) He was dating an English teacher, Natalie Kuruma. Unfortunately, he got caught up in a car accident after one of his stakeouts with Takagi and died one year ago.[](#cite_note-f804-2) A year later after his death, it was discovered that Date was an acquaintance of [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya"), whom he had met while attending a police academy.[](#cite_note-f808-4) He also knew Jinpei Matsuda, Hagiwara and Hiromitsu Morofushi from the academy. Before his death, he received a package meant to be passed on to Hiromitsu's older brother Taka'aki, but it was left untouched in his locker for over a year.
His father was a policeman and always had a toothpick in his mouth. One day when his father was off-duty, he and his father enters a store only to find a thug demanding money. His father noticed that the thug had friends and begged the robber to spare them, but the thug hit him numerous times before they got away. In the end, his father quit the police force. Wataru didn't know the truth and thought his father begged for his life for no necessary reason, so he decided to become a police officer. At the police academy, he learned the truth and decided to become like his father. Since then, he started to put a toothpick in his mouth.
He attended police academy with [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya"), [Jinpei Matsuda](/wiki/Jinpei_Matsuda "Jinpei Matsuda"), [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi"), and [Kenji Hagiwara](/wiki/Kenji_Hagiwara "Kenji Hagiwara"). He was the leader of the squad and held second place at the academy. All five friends graduated together.
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Personality")]
Date was considered to be a ["carnivore"-type](http://www.webcitation.org/65aNwvXMu) of a man compared to Takagi, by [Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")[](#cite_note-f805-3), and could be described as an aggressive person.[](#cite_note-f807-5) In addition to these, he was also a kind and caring person as attested by his interactions with Takagi and his text message to Rei.[](#cite_note-f807-5)[](#cite_note-f808-4) He was also very serious in his relationship with Natalie and was planning on proposing to her.
Date was described as very old fashion by Takagi.
## Abilities[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Abilities")]
He has great leadership skills as stated in [Wild Police Story](/wiki/Wild_Police_Story "Wild Police Story"). He was also skilled at fighting as he could beat ten people in a row with the use of martial arts at the police academy.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Wataru Date | What Wataru Date calls them |
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|  | [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato") | Date-san   Date Wataru | - |
|  | [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi") | Date-san | Takagi |
|  | [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya") | My friend Squad leader (*Hanchou*) Squad leader Date (*Date-hanchou*) Date | Zero Furuya |
|  | [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi") | Squad leader (*Hanchou*) | Morofushi |
|  | [Jinpei Matsuda](/wiki/Jinpei_Matsuda "Jinpei Matsuda") | Squad leader (*Hanchou*) Boss (*Taishou*) | Senpai |
|  | [Kenji Hagiwara](/wiki/Kenji_Hagiwara "Kenji Hagiwara") | Squad leader (*Hanchou*) Squad leader Date (*Date-hanchou*) | Hagiwara |
| Picture | Name | What they call Wataru Date | What Wataru Date calls them |
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|  | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | Date-san   Detective Date (*Date-keiji*)   Detective-san (*Keiji-san*) | - |
|  | [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima") | Detective Date (*Date-keiji*) | - |
|  | [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya") | Detective Date (*Date-keiji*) | - |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Overnight Deadline (Manga: [804-808](/wiki/Volume_76#Overnight_Deadline "Volume 76"), Anime: [681-683](/wiki/The_Life-Threatening_Broadcast_of_Love "The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Overnight Deadline (Manga: 804-808, Anime: 681-683)")]
### Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_96#Kaitou_Kid_and_the_Fairy.27s_Lips "Volume 96"), Anime: (/wiki/Kid_vs._Komei:_The_Targeted_Lips "Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: 1021, Anime: 984)")]
Date appears in a flashback along with [Jinpei Matsuda](/wiki/Jinpei_Matsuda "Jinpei Matsuda"), [Kenji Hagiwara](/wiki/Kenji_Hagiwara "Kenji Hagiwara"), [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi"), and [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya").
### Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_101#Wataru_Date.27s_Notebook "Volume 101")-(/wiki/Volume_102#Wataru_Date.27s_Notebook "Volume 102"), Anime: [1109-1110](/wiki/Takagi_and_Date_and_the_Notebook_Promise "Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: 1079-1081, Anime: 1109-1110)")]
He and Takagi were involved in a kidnapping case which got unsolved when Date died and one of the culprits died. The case went unsolved until a year later which was solve thanks to the Detective Boys, Miwako Sato and Rei Furuya help. It also revealed that after Jinpei death that he got transferred to Metropolitan Police Department.
### Shinichi, Ran and the Haunted House (Manga: [1134-1136](/wiki/Volume_107#Shinichi.2C_Ran_and_the_Haunted_House "Volume 107"), Anime: TBA)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Shinichi, Ran and the Haunted House (Manga: 1134-1136, Anime: TBA)")]
## Non-canon plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Non-canon plot overview")]
### The Bride of Halloween (Movie: (/wiki/The_Bride_of_Halloween "The Bride of Halloween"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: The Bride of Halloween (Movie: 25)")]
## Relationships analysis[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Relationships analysis")]
### Wataru Takagi[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Wataru Takagi")]
Date was [Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")'s mentor and close friend. He passed away in a traffic accident. As the pronunciation of his name was the same as Wataru Takagi's, Date said they were "Wataru brothers" (ワタル・ブラザーズ ,*Wataru Burazāzu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")). Just before his death, he entrusted Takagi a ring for [Natalie Kuruma](/wiki/Natalie_Kuruma "Natalie Kuruma"), but Takagi never got to give the ring to Natalie, because he was still affected by Date's death and Natalie committed suicide soon after. When Takagi realized that Date's girlfriend was Natalie he took contact with the one, who claimed her personal things to inform them the truth, most likely out of duty to his late friend.
### Rei Furuya[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Rei Furuya")]
Date and [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya") were friends in the police academy; Rei was the top-ranked student, while Date held second place. He protected Rei whenever Rei was mistaken as biracial or a foreigner. While Date went on to become an officer, Rei went somewhere else and fell out of contact with Date for unknown reasons. Date's last text to Rei asked him where he was and chided Rei to communicate once in a while. Rei was shown visiting Date's grave, and likely left a toothpick out of respect for Date; Date used them habitually.
### Natalie Kuruma[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Natalie Kuruma")]
[Natalie](/wiki/Natalie_Kuruma "Natalie Kuruma") was his girlfriend. After hearing Date died in a car accident, Natalie committed suicide out of despair. Due to Date's surname could be mistaken for the English word 'Date', since her mother was American, she would call him 'Wataru' when she told her parents about him. Date probably intended to propose to her after they had met each other's parents. A year later, her death was misunderstood as Wataru Date was the cause of her choice to suicide. It resulted in a trap, where Takagi almost got killed by Ryusaku Fuemoto, her ex-English teacher, mistaken as the 'Wataru' Natalie always told about.
### Jinpei Matsuda[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Jinpei Matsuda")]
[Jinpei Matsuda](/wiki/Jinpei_Matsuda "Jinpei Matsuda") attended the same police academy as Date. They also graduated together.
### Kenji Hagiwara[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Kenji Hagiwara")]
[Kenji Hagiwara](/wiki/Kenji_Hagiwara "Kenji Hagiwara") attended the same police academy as Date. They also graduated together.
### Hiromitsu Morofushi[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: Hiromitsu Morofushi")]
Date was well acquainted with [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi") since they were good friends along with the three others and attended the academy together.
## Name origin[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Name origin")]
Wataru Date shares his first name with police sergeant [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "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 *kō* (コウ [?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")). Meanwhile, Takagi's is written with the kanji 渉, which has the ON-reading of *shō* (ショウ [?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")).[](#cite_note-f805-3) 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.[](#cite_note-f806-6).
Similarly to the other suspects in his introductory case, his first name also comes from transports, as the "航" is similar to ships (船 ,*funa*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))[](#cite_note-A-7). As the case he appears first in happens in Hokkaido, his last name "Date" is also that of a [city with the same name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date,_Hokkaido "wikipedia:Date, Hokkaido") in the prefecture.
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Wataru_Date&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") revealed in a postcard response to a fan that Wataru Date is not [Scotch](/wiki/Scotch "Scotch").[](#cite_note-8)
* According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, the reason why Hiromitsu's smartphone ended up being left in Date's locker was because Date had that car accident just as he thought about sending it.