Mina Katsumata

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| **Mina Katsumata** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 勝又 水菜   (Katsumata Mina) |
| Age: | 23 years old |
| Gender: | Female |
| Relatives: | [Chikara Katsumata](/wiki/Chikara_Katsumata "Chikara Katsumata") (father) |
| Occupation: | Professional [shogi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi "wikipedia:Shogi") player |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | Manga: (/wiki/Volume_98#Shogi_Player_Serial_Murder_Case "Volume 98")   Anime: [Episode 1033](/wiki/Taiko_Meijin%27s_Shogi_Board "Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Mina_Katsumata_Appearances "Mina Katsumata Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Mina_Katsumata_Appearances "Mina Katsumata Appearances") |
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| Japanese voice: | [Minako Kotobuki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minako_Korobuki "wikipedia:Minako Korobuki") |
**Mina Katsumata** (勝又 水菜 ,*Katsumata Mina*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a character in the manga franchise *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [3 Personality](#Personality)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
* [6 Name origin](#Name_origin)
* [7 References](#References)
* [8 See also](#See_also)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mina_Katsumata&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Mina Katsumata is a shogi player from Tokyo, who lives in an apartment although, just like the five other members of her shogi practice group, she pays a part in the rent of an apartment for practice. She is the daughter of [Chikara](/wiki/Chikara_Katsumata "Chikara Katsumata"), the actual tenant of the *Osho* title. She knows [Shukichi](/wiki/Shukichi_Haneda "Shukichi Haneda") very well, since he is her father's rival and is known to be quite good at shogi. She used to go out with a shogi player who committed suicide because of the pressure he had from his shogi group.
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mina_Katsumata&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Appearance")]
She is quite short and has an asymmetric haircut and short black hair.
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mina_Katsumata&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Personality")]
She is a gentle and nice person, and cannot withstand being in a crime scene. Although she wasn't best friend with the first victim, she still cried a lot.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mina_Katsumata&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Mina Katsumata | What Mina Katsumata calls them |
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|  | [Chikara Katsumata](/wiki/Chikara_Katsumata "Chikara Katsumata") | - | Katsumata Chikara |
|  | [Shoko Uryu](/wiki/Volume_98#Shogi_Player_Serial_Murder_Case "Volume 98") | Mina | Uryu Shoko   My rival (*Watashi no aite*) |
|  | [Kinji Uryu](/wiki/Volume_98#Shogi_Player_Serial_Murder_Case "Volume 98") | - | Kinji-san |
|  | [Kosuke Hishinuma](/wiki/Volume_98#Shogi_Player_Serial_Murder_Case "Volume 98") |  | - |
| Picture | Name | What they call Mina Katsumata | What Mina Katsumata calls them |
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|  | [Yumi Miyamoto](/wiki/Yumi_Miyamoto "Yumi Miyamoto") |  | Yumi-san   Taiko-meijin's girlfriend (*Taikō meijin no kanojo*) |
| Picture | Name | What they call Mina Katsumata | What Mina Katsumata calls them |
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|  | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | Katsumata Mina   Mina-san | - |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mina_Katsumata&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
While [Yumi](/wiki/Yumi_Miyamoto "Yumi Miyamoto") was tailing her boyfriend, Conan followed her and both met Shukichi, who was talking with Mina and another woman. They reveal themselves to be part of a Shogi practice group and, as they come to the shared apartment of the five players, they discover their friend's lifeless body. They are all suspects. After the police comes, a second murder occurs as another member of the practice group, who had taken a leave, is found dead in his house. She returns to her house frightened about the death of her two rivals, but the serial killer is arrested.
## Name origin[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mina_Katsumata&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Name origin")]
Her name, just like the names of the other suspects in her introductory case, is related to typefaces on shōgi pieces. Mina Katsumata (勝又 水菜) comes from the Minase typeface (水無瀬), invented by the Minase family of shogi calligraphers, as well as the player [Kiyokazu Katsumata](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyokazu_Katsumata "wikipedia:Kiyokazu Katsumata"), from which her father's name is also derived from.[](#cite_note-1)