Keita Kaneko

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| **Keita Kaneko** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 金子 圭太   (Kaneko Keita) |
| Age: | 57 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Occupation: | Kaneko Jewerly Store owner |
| Status: | Alive |
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| First appearance: | Anime: [Episode 989](/wiki/The_Case_of_Ayumi%27s_Illustrated_Diary "The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary") |
| Appearances: | Episodes: (/wiki/Keita_Kaneko_Appearances "Keita Kaneko Appearances") |
| Cases solved: | 0 |
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| Japanese voice: | [Koji Ochiai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Ochiai "wikipedia:Kōji Ochiai") |
| English voice: | [Carlos Alayeto](/wiki/index.php?title=Carlos_Alayeto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Carlos Alayeto (page does not exist)") (Macias Group) |
**Keita Kaneko** (金子 圭太 ,*Kaneko Keita*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a character in the anime franchise *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Personality](#Personality)
* [3 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [5.1 The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary (Anime: 989)](#The_Case_of_Ayumi.27s_Illustrated_Diary_.28Anime:_989.29)
+ [5.2 The Lost Article that Smells Like a Case (Anime: 1009)](#The_Lost_Article_that_Smells_Like_a_Case_.28Anime:_1009.29)
+ [5.3 The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2 (Anime: 1040)](#The_Case_of_Ayumi.27s_Illustrated_Diary_2_.28Anime:_1040.29)
+ [5.4 The Troublesome 20 Million Yen (Anime: 1100)](#The_Troublesome_20_Million_Yen_.28Anime:_1100.29)
+ [5.5 The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 4 (Anime: 1125)](#The_Case_of_Ayumi.27s_Illustrated_Diary_4_.28Anime:_1125.29)
+ [5.6 Girls Day Mystery 3 (Anime: 1140)](#Girls_Day_Mystery_3_.28Anime:_1140.29)
* [6 Different looks](#Different_looks)
* [7 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [8 See also](#See_also)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
His favorite watch.
Keita Kaneko is the proprietor of Kaneko Jewerly Store, between Café Haronbo and Ogino Produce Store. He is also the owner of an ultra rare diamond watch: "Blue Diamond Limited Tourbillon Cage No. 3", made by renowned watchmaker C. Soumillon, there's only five of them in the world.
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Personality")]
He likes his jewels and protects them with all of the necessary security.
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Appearance")]
He is a man with black hair and a little mustache, and also wears an elegant suit and uses glasses.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Keita Kaneko | What Keita Kaneko calls them |
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|  | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | Mister (*Oji-san*) |  |
|  | [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi") | Kaneko-san |  |
| Picture | Name | What they call Keita Kaneko | What Keita Kaneko calls them |
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|  | [Sadaharu Nishimura](/wiki/Sadaharu_Nishimura "Sadaharu Nishimura") | Kaneko-san |  |
|  | [Masako Ogino](/wiki/Masako_Ogino "Masako Ogino") | Kaneko-san |  |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary (Anime: (/wiki/The_Case_of_Ayumi%27s_Illustrated_Diary "The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary (Anime: 989)")]
His expensive luxury watch is almost robbed by [Yuji Fujioka](/wiki/Yuji_Fujioka "Yuji Fujioka"), a Cheetah delivery employee, but [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa"), [Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara"), and the [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys") stop the robbery.
### The Lost Article that Smells Like a Case (Anime: (/wiki/The_Lost_Article_That_Smells_Like_a_Case "The Lost Article That Smells Like a Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: The Lost Article that Smells Like a Case (Anime: 1009)")]
The [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys") consulted him if someone bought a bracelet in his shop. He said no one bought something like that.
### The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2 (Anime: (/wiki/The_Case_of_Ayumi%27s_Illustrated_Diary_2 "The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2 (Anime: 1040)")]
His jewelry store is robbed again by a pair of robbers who used a man to help them fool the police. Again, Conan and the Detective Boys expose the culprits and the police returns the jewels to him, who is happy to have them again.
### The Troublesome 20 Million Yen (Anime: (/wiki/The_Troublesome_20_Million_Yen "The Troublesome 20 Million Yen"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: The Troublesome 20 Million Yen (Anime: 1100)")]
[Kogoro](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") was investigating a 20 million yen incident and found out that there was a robbery case that happened three months ago in his jewelry store. The Mouri family approached him for consultation. He thus disclosed that it was when he was having a transaction with the president at a trading firm, Kizushima. Their meeting was interrupted by a robber wearing a ski mask. The robber forcibly stole the 20 million yen box that was prepared by him to do the deal. After further investigations, it turned out that Kizushima's son was the robber and stole the money on a whim when passing by.
### The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 4 (Anime: (/wiki/The_Case_of_Ayumi%27s_Illustrated_Diary_4 "The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 4"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 4 (Anime: 1125)")]
Haibara suggested Conan and the Detective Boys to come to Kaneko Jewelry Store, as Ayumi was finding a case to have something written in her illustrated diary. However, the five kids only ended up seeing three ordinary customers (with two of them entering Kaneko's store), and not any of them was a thief at all, despite their appearance suggesting the opposite.
### Girls Day Mystery 3 (Anime: (/wiki/Girls_Day_Mystery_3 "Girls Day Mystery 3"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Girls Day Mystery 3 (Anime: 1140)")]
He was bounded and gagged by an unknown robber as they were taking the Kingscote Crown. He fell unconscious after being found by [Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato"), [Sonoko](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki"), [Ran](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"), [Ayumi](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida"), and [Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") and was taken into the hospital.
## Different looks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Different looks")]
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## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keita_Kaneko&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* In episode 1081, while he did not make an appearance, his jewerly store got again robbed by two robbers wearing ski mask. Which resulted a gem-studded tiara and armband stolen. The police also checked the security footage of the Kaneko Jewerly Store to identify the robbers' identity. He never appeared directly in episode 1162 as well. Ayumi only mentioned Kaneko to have switched back to regular security, as the thieves got in no matter how tight he made the security.