Michiko Kurogane

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| **Michiko Kurogane** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 鉄 美智子   (Kurogane Michiko) |
| Age: | 12-13 (photo)   37-39 ([Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba"))   40-42 ([Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") epilogue and [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Relatives: | [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane") (husband)   [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") (son)   [Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane") (daughter) |
| Occupation: | Head of Kurogane Group   Kendoka |
| Aliases: | Michiko Tsubaki (maiden name) |
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| First appearance: | [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") Manga: [Chapter 237](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_23#True_Samurai "Yaiba Volume 23")   Manga: [File 276](/wiki/Volume_28#File_276_-_The_Client_Full_of_Lies "Volume 28") (photo)   Anime: [Episode 220](/wiki/The_Client_Full_of_Lies "The Client Full of Lies") (photo) |
| Appearances: | Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane_Appearances&action=edit&redlink=1 "Michiko Kurogane Appearances (page does not exist)")   Detective Conan Manga: (/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane_Appearances&action=edit&redlink=1 "Michiko Kurogane Appearances (page does not exist)")   Detective Conan Anime: (/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane_Appearances&action=edit&redlink=1 "Michiko Kurogane Appearances (page does not exist)") |
**Michiko Kurogane (鉄 美智子 ,*Kurogane Michiko*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))**, born Michiko Tsubaki (椿 美智子 ,*Tsubaki Michiko*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a supporting character in [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s third manga series *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*, the wife of [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane") and the mother of [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") and [Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane"). She is briefly mentioned in *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* and shown on an old photo.[](#cite_note-special_booklet-1)
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [2.1 Yaiba plot overview](#Yaiba_plot_overview)
- [2.1.1 Nobunaga Oda Tournament Arc (Yaiba Manga: 237-254)](#Nobunaga_Oda_Tournament_Arc_.28Yaiba_Manga:_237-254.29)
- [2.1.2 Epilogue (Yaiba Manga: 255)](#Epilogue_.28Yaiba_Manga:_255.29)
+ [2.2 Detective Conan plot overview](#Detective_Conan_plot_overview)
- [2.2.1 Old Photograph Murder Case (Manga: 276-278, Anime: 220-221)](#Old_Photograph_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_276-278.2C_Anime:_220-221.29)
* [3 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Michiko Kurogane is the wealthy owner of the Kurogane Mansion and current head of the Kurogane Group (鉄グループ ,*Kurogane Gurūpu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), a company actually inherited by her husband [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane"), who ran away with their infant son [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") to train him in the wilderness to become a master samurai. While protecting and developing the Kurogane Group, she never forgave Kenjuro for this and raised their second child, Yaiba's sister [Moroha](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane"), to despise her father, telling her the lie that he's an impostor who killed her "real" dad. She doesn't refrain from physical punishment, slapping Moroha when she objects, to the visible shock of Yaiba, [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") and [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto").
## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Yaiba plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Yaiba plot overview")]
#### Nobunaga Oda Tournament Arc (Yaiba Manga: [237-254](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_23 "Yaiba Volume 23"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Nobunaga Oda Tournament Arc (Yaiba Manga: 237-254)")]
#### Epilogue (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24#Are_You_Coming.3F "Yaiba Volume 24"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Epilogue (Yaiba Manga: 255)")]
In the epilogue, set three years after the manga, Kenjuro Kurogane was reluctantly reinstated as the head of the Kurogane Group, which prompts him to steal some food from his own mansion and escape from it, while an angry Michiko and the family's servants under Tanaka are looking everywhere for him to lead his company.
### Detective Conan plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Detective Conan plot overview")]
#### Old Photograph Murder Case (Manga: [276-278](/wiki/Volume_28#Old_Photograph_Murder_Case "Volume 28"), Anime: [220-221](/wiki/The_Client_Full_of_Lies "The Client Full of Lies"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiko_Kurogane&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Old Photograph Murder Case (Manga: 276-278, Anime: 220-221)")]
Michiko on Shizuka's old photo (the blonde girl in the back).
The blonde (brown-haired in the anime) girl to the right of Shizuka Hattori in the background of her old photography is Michiko in her first year of middle school, still called by her maiden name Tsubaki back then and looking a lot like her daughter, Moroha Kurogane. Shizuka lost against her in the tournament and cried, because Michiko was only in the first year, while she was already in the second year of middle school and still lost to her.