Morofushi Takaaki

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| **Taka'aki Morofushi** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 諸伏 高明   (Morofushi Taka'aki) |
| Age: | 35 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | unknown |
| Relatives: | [Mr. Morofushi](/wiki/Mr._Morofushi "Mr. Morofushi") (father, deceased)   [Mrs. Morofushi](/wiki/Mrs._Morofushi "Mrs. Morofushi") (mother, deceased)   [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi") (younger brother, deceased) |
| Occupation: | Nagano Prefecture Police Inspector |
| Status: | Alive |
| Nicknames: | Komei (高明) |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | Manga: [File 682](/wiki/Volume_65#Red_Wall_Case "Volume 65")   Anime: [Episode 558](/wiki/The_Mansion_of_Death_and_the_Red_Wall "The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Taka%27aki_Morofushi_Appearances "Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances") Chapters: (/wiki/Taka%27aki_Morofushi_Appearances "Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Taka%27aki_Morofushi_Appearances "Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances") Movies: (/wiki/Taka%27aki_Morofushi_Appearances "Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances") Openings: (/wiki/Taka%27aki_Morofushi_Appearances "Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances") Closings: (/wiki/Taka%27aki_Morofushi_Appearances "Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances") |
| Keyhole number: | [Volume 65](/wiki/Volume_65 "Volume 65") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Sho Hayami](/wiki/Sho_Hayami "Sho Hayami")   [Nobuhiko Okamoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Nobuhiko_Okamoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Nobuhiko Okamoto (page does not exist)") (young) |
| English voice: | [Rayner Gabriel](/wiki/index.php?title=Rayner_Gabriel&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rayner Gabriel (page does not exist)") (Macias Group) |
**Taka'aki Morofushi (諸伏 高明 ,*Morofushi Taka'aki*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))**, more commonly known as **Komei (高明 ,*Kōmei*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is a character in the manga and anime franchise *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Personality](#Personality)
* [3 Skills](#Skills)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [5.1 Red Wall Case (Manga: 682-686, Anime: 558-561)](#Red_Wall_Case_.28Manga:_682-686.2C_Anime:_558-561.29)
+ [5.2 Eye for an Eye (Manga: 783-784, Anime: 653-654)](#Eye_for_an_Eye_.28Manga:_783-784.2C_Anime:_653-654.29)
+ [5.3 The Red Woman (Manga: 874-875, Anime: 754-756)](#The_Red_Woman_.28Manga:_874-875.2C_Anime:_754-756.29)
+ [5.4 Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: 913-917, Anime: 810-812)](#Kawanakajima_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_913-917.2C_Anime:_810-812.29)
+ [5.5 Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: 1018-1021, Anime: 983-984)](#Kaitou_Kid_and_the_Fairy.27s_Lips_.28Manga:_1018-1021.2C_Anime:_983-984.29)
+ [5.6 Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: 1028-1031, Anime: 1003-1005)](#Nagano_Snowy_Mountains_Case_.28Manga:_1028-1031.2C_Anime:_1003-1005.29)
+ [5.7 Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: 1082-1084, Anime: 1123-1124)](#Nagano-Gunma_Prefectural_Border_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_1082-1084.2C_Anime:_1123-1124.29)
+ [5.8 Middle-Aged Detective League Case (Manga: 1137-1140, Anime: TBA)](#Middle-Aged_Detective_League_Case_.28Manga:_1137-1140.2C_Anime:_TBA.29)
* [6 Non-canon plot overview](#Non-canon_plot_overview)
+ [6.1 One-eyed Flashback (Movie: 28)](#One-eyed_Flashback_.28Movie:_28.29)
* [7 Relationships analysis](#Relationships_analysis)
+ [7.1 Hiromitsu Morofushi](#Hiromitsu_Morofushi)
+ [7.2 Kansuke Yamato](#Kansuke_Yamato)
+ [7.3 Misao Yamamura](#Misao_Yamamura)
* [8 Name origin](#Name_origin)
* [9 Quotes](#Quotes)
* [10 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [11 Different looks](#Different_looks)
* [12 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [13 See also](#See_also)
* [14 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Morofushi's parents died prematurely, and while he remained in Nagano, his younger brother Hiromitsu was taken in by relatives in Tokyo and thus separated from Morofushi.
Morofushi first met [Kansuke Yamato](/wiki/Kansuke_Yamato "Kansuke Yamato") in elementary school.[](#cite_note-Komei-1) Morofushi's exploits were so well known there that a book about a child solving a case in an elementary school, titled "Kōmei-kun from Second Grade Class A!", was based off of him (another character in the book was based off of Yamato).[](#cite_note-Komei-1) Morofushi cherishes the book, keeping it in the glove compartment of his car, as the author was a friend of his.[](#cite_note-Komei-1)
After (presumably) graduating from high school, Morofushi went to Tokyo to do a university degree, and finished top of his class. Then (presumably) he returned to Nagano and joined the prefectural police force, where climbed the ladder over the years and eventually became an Inspector. He once abandoned his job briefly in an attempt to save Yamato (who had been left to die in an avalanche),[](#cite_note-Komei-1) and while Yamato was eventually safe, Morofushi was demoted and sent to work at a local police station.[](#cite_note-Komei-1)
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Personality")]
Morofushi is generally shown to be calm and well-mannered, in contrast to the quick-tempered Yamato. According to Yamato, Morofushi tends to ignore others completely while investigating a case, and sometimes even goes out of his jurisdiction. If he has to, Morofushi will put his life on the line.
## Skills[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Skills")]
Morofushi is highly skilled at the art of deduction, unlike many of the other police characters in Detective Conan. He also knows a lot about the [Three Kingdoms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms "wikipedia:Three Kingdoms") era (an era in Chinese history lasting from 220 CE to 280 CE), and frequently quotes two of the most prominent military strategists of that era, namely [Zhuge Liang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuge_Liang "wikipedia:Zhuge Liang") (诸葛亮) and [Zhou Yu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Yu "wikipedia:Zhou Yu") (周瑜).
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Komei | What Komei calls them |
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|  | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | Inspector Morofushi (*Morofushi-keibu*)[](#cite_note-file917-2) | - |
|  | [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") | Inspector Morofushi (*Morofushi-keibu*)[](#cite_note-file917-2) | - |
|  | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") | - | Mouri-san |
| Picture | Name | What they call Komei | What Komei calls them |
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|  | [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi") | Niisan[](#cite_note-file1021-3)  Taka'aki-niichan[](#cite_note-file1021-3) | Hiromitsu[](#cite_note-file1021-3) |
| Picture | Name | What they call Komei | What Komei calls them |
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|  | [Hyoue Kuroda](/wiki/Hyoue_Kuroda "Hyoue Kuroda") | Morofushi[](#cite_note-file914-4) | First Division Chief Kuroda (*Kuroda-sōsa-ikka-chō*)[](#cite_note-file913-5)  Chief (*Kachō*)[](#cite_note-file913-5) |
|  | [Kansuke Yamato](/wiki/Kansuke_Yamato "Kansuke Yamato") | Komei[](#cite_note-file915-6)  Morofushi[](#cite_note-file917-2) Morofushi Taka'aki[](#cite_note-Komei-1) | Kansuke-kun[](#cite_note-file915-6)  Yamato Kansuke[](#cite_note-file913-5) |
|  | [Yui Uehara](/wiki/Yui_Uehara "Yui Uehara") | Inspector Morofushi (*Morofushi-keibu*)[](#cite_note-file917-2) | Yui-san ([Gosho](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s thought)[](#cite_note-7) |
|  | [Ginzo Nakamori](/wiki/Ginzo_Nakamori "Ginzo Nakamori") |  | Inspector Nakamori (*Nakamori-keibu*)[](#cite_note-file1018-8) |
| Picture | Name | What they call Komei | What Komei calls them |
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|  | [Jirokichi Suzuki](/wiki/Jirokichi_Suzuki "Jirokichi Suzuki") | Inspector Morofushi Taka'aki (*Morofushi-Takaaki-keibu*)[](#cite_note-file1018-8) | Adviser Suzuki Jirokichi (*Suzuki Jirokichi-sōdan'yaku*) |
|  | [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid") |  | Kid[](#cite_note-file1018-8) |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Red Wall Case (Manga: [682-686](/wiki/Volume_65#Red_Wall_Case "Volume 65"), Anime: [558-561](/wiki/The_Mansion_of_Death_and_the_Red_Wall "The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Red Wall Case (Manga: 682-686, Anime: 558-561)")]
Morofushi is the first to realize that by looking at red things for a long time and then looking at something white, one sees green in the afterimage (this dying message thus implies the Italian flag, a vital clue to uncovering the culprit). While he texts Yamato "the late Kōmei" as a hint, he is abused by the culprit, who smacks Morofushi's head and renders him unconscious. The culprit later sets the house on fire to kill Morofushi, but he is able to escape before the whole house is engulfed by flames.
Later on, together with [Conan](/wiki/Conan "Conan") and Yamato, Morofushi devises a scheme to trick the culprit to that the police can arrest him with ease.
### Eye for an Eye (Manga: [783-784](/wiki/Volume_74#Eye_for_an_Eye "Volume 74"), Anime: [653-654](/wiki/The_Design_of_Poison_and_Mirage "The Design of Poison and Mirage"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Eye for an Eye (Manga: 783-784, Anime: 653-654)")]
It is revealed that Morofushi has managed to get back to the prefectural police force.
### The Red Woman (Manga: [874-875](/wiki/Volume_83#The_Red_Woman "Volume 83"), Anime: [754-756](/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_the_Red_Woman "The Tragedy of the Red Woman"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: The Red Woman (Manga: 874-875, Anime: 754-756)")]
### Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_86#Kawanakajima_Murder_Case "Volume 86")-(/wiki/Volume_87#Kawanakajima_Murder_Case "Volume 87"), Anime: [810-812](/wiki/The_Darkness_of_the_Prefectural_Police "The Darkness of the Prefectural Police"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: 913-917, Anime: 810-812)")]
Taka'aki and Kansuke pretend to quarrel over many things, allowing Kansuke to investigate while Kuroda, who is also aware of their plan, helps catch the real culprit and prove Kansuke's innocence. Kuroda later asks where Kansuke went when he couldn’t be reached by phone, and they all have dinner with Yui afterward.
### Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: [1018-1021](/wiki/Volume_96#Kaitou_Kid_and_the_Fairy.27s_Lips "Volume 96"), Anime: [983-984](/wiki/Kid_vs._Komei:_The_Targeted_Lips "Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: 1018-1021, Anime: 983-984)")]
Morofushi arrives at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters to retrieve an envelope addressed to him, and stumbles upon a case involving [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid") after meeting [Jirokichi Suzuki](/wiki/Jirokichi_Suzuki "Jirokichi Suzuki"). While talking on the phone with Yamato, [Yui Uehara](/wiki/Yui_Uehara "Yui Uehara") mentions that he had a younger brother who had moved to Tokyo after their parents' deaths and working in MPD. Morofushi replies that he has not been in touch with his younger brother, and thus does not know where he is or what he is doing.
After seeing through Kid's tricks and "solving" the case, he meets up with [Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato") and [Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi"), who hands him the envelope. Inside, Morofushi finds a phone with a huge hole on the screen and the letter "H" written on the back. Morofushi thus realizes that it is his brother Hiromitsu's phone, and conjectures that he has been working for the [Public Security Bureau](/wiki/Public_Security_Bureau "Public Security Bureau") and died while carrying out some undercover mission. The number "0" is on the back of the envelope, which reminds Morofushi of the time when Hiromitsu called him and told him excitedly that he had made a friend nicknamed "Zero" in Tokyo.
### Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: [1028-1031](/wiki/Volume_97#Nagano_Snowy_Mountains_Case "Volume 97"), Anime: [1003-1005](/wiki/The_36-Cell_Perfect_Game "The 36-Cell Perfect Game"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: 1028-1031, Anime: 1003-1005)")]
Morofushi, along with Yamato and Uehara, investigates the video footage of the crime scene shot by [Kogoro](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri"). He sees [Amuro](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya") in the video and realizes that he has met him before. After thinking for a while, Morofushi recalls that when he was studying in Tokyo, he met up with Hiromitsu, who took "Zero" with him and told him that they were good friends and that both aspired to be a police officer. Morofushi thus suspects that the envelope was sent by Amuro. Shortly after this, his former boss, [Kuroda](/wiki/Kuroda "Kuroda"), talks to him in private; the conversation is not revealed to us readers, but it can be deduced from his subsequent behavior that Morofushi is instructed by Kuroda to pretend to not know Amuro.
After finally arriving at the crime scene, Morofushi greets Kogoro only and asks him who Amuro and Wakita are (Kogoro replies that they are his apprentices). As Yamato yells at him, telling him enter the church and start doing work, Morofushi goes past Amuro and says "every moment is precious and not a moment should be wasted." with the inner monologue "time is money, as the saying goes."
### Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: [1082-1084](/wiki/Volume_102#Nagano-Gunma_Prefectural_Border_Murder_Case "Volume 102"), Anime: [1123-1124](/wiki/The_Body_on_the_Gunma-Nagano_Border "The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: 1082-1084, Anime: 1123-1124)")]
Morofushi became acquitance with Yamamura learning that he was friends with Hiromitsu.
### Middle-Aged Detective League Case (Manga: [1137-1140](/wiki/Volume_107#Middle-Aged_Detective_League_Case "Volume 107"), Anime: TBA)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Middle-Aged Detective League Case (Manga: 1137-1140, Anime: TBA)")]
## Non-canon plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Non-canon plot overview")]
### One-eyed Flashback (Movie: (/wiki/One-eyed_Flashback "One-eyed Flashback"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: One-eyed Flashback (Movie: 28)")]
## Relationships analysis[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Relationships analysis")]
### Hiromitsu Morofushi[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Hiromitsu Morofushi")]
Taka'aki and Hiromitsu Morofushi are siblings. After their parents' death, Hiromitsu was taken in by relatives in Tokyo and was separated from Taka'aki, but they still kept a good relationship. Their contact was forced to stop when Hiromitsu quitted the Tokyo MPD and "took on another assignment" (i.e. began working for the PSB). Afterwards, Hiromitsu became an undercover and died during his mission, but Taka'aki was not aware of this until he retrieves Hiromitsu's broken phone four years later and infers from the phone the fate of his younger brother.
### Kansuke Yamato[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: Kansuke Yamato")]
The rivalry between Yamato and Morofushi is mostly friendly, in which they see who can solve a case first. The two are also friends, and although they sometimes clash (with Yamato being quite rude to Morofushi), the overall relationship is not affected, and they keep working closely.
Morofushi is grateful that Yamato has introduced him to Conan, as he realizes after the Red Wall Case that Conan is highly intelligent.[](#cite_note-Komei-1) He even believes, and confides this to Yamato, that if it were not for Conan's observations, they would have never even come close to solving the case.[](#cite_note-Komei-1) He even compares Conan to a young version of Zhuge Liang.[](#cite_note-Komei-1)
### Misao Yamamura[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Misao Yamamura")]
Yamamura and Morofushi are good acquaintances, although they are jokingly at odds since they are from neighbouring prefectures. When Yamumura first met Taka'aki Morofushi, he recalled how similar Taka'aki and Hiromitsu, Yamamura's childhood friend, looked. He revealed to Yamamura that he was his brother, which made them even closer, and both solved the case together along with Yamato, Yui and the Mouri family. He however kept it from Yamamura that his brother died, since Hiromitsu was a dear friend of his and he wants Yamamura to keep the hope that both made it to the force.
## Name origin[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: Name origin")]
The Komei nickname in kanji with a katakana reading.
Morofushi's name has a lot to do with Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮), a prominent Chinese military strategist living in the Three Kingdoms era. The courtesy name of Zhuge Liang is "孔明", which is pronounced as "Kōmei" in Japanese. Morofushi's given name "高明" is also pronounced in this way with the on'yomi reading, or the Sino-Japanese reading ("Taka'aki", on the other hand, is the kun'yomi reading, or native reading, of "高明"). Furthermore, the on'yomi reading of Morofushi ("Shofuku") is somewhat similar to the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese surname 诸葛 ("Shokatsu").
## Quotes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=21 "Edit section: Quotes")]
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| “ | Make no intrusion into others' affairs. When it comes to relationships between close people, outsiders must never interfere.[*[citation needed](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Wiki:Citation_needed "Detective Conan Wiki:Citation needed")*] | „ |
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## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=22 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* During Morofushi's first appearance, after hearing him noting that the case is under his department's jurisdiction and learning his name, Conan inwardly commented "*Shokatsu no Kōmei*" (Komei's jurisdiction). This is a pun on the Japanese reading of Zhuge Kongming.
## Different looks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=23 "Edit section: Different looks")]
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## In other languages[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Taka%27aki_Morofushi&action=edit&section=24 "Edit section: In other languages")]
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
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| Japanese | 高明 Taka'aki | 諸伏 Morofushi |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 高明 Gāomíng | 诸伏 Zhūfú |