Shunsuke Utsugi

Shunsuke Utsugi is the tritagonist of the Detective Club Series by Nintendo.
==Biography==
===The Girl Who Stands Behind===
While the protagonist (Known in promos as Taro Ninten) is running from two strange men, Utsugi stands in his path where it turns out the strange men were cops. Utsugi reveals himself to the cops and asks them if he can have custody of the teen. Taking Taro to a cafe, he proceeds to interview him at the cafe to inquire what he can on him. The middle-aged detective strives to be a great Samaritan like others. After asking Taro's name, they worked on cases for months until an incident occurred.
Upon being summoned to the incident, they find the cops having safeguarded the place where a high school student's carcass washed upon the riverbanks. Although it seemed to be accidental, Taro's investigation into the river found that the girl who died was Yoko Kojima thanks to an item that fell from her body. Once Taro inspects what her hair covered on her neck, it turns out she was strangled to death before being dropped into the river.
They return to the detective office to discuss the circumstances regarding Yoko's murder with Taro being placed in charge of the case and introduces him to Ayumi Tachibana who was one of Yoko's friends when they previously ran a detective club where they looked into rumors across town and solve crimes prior to Yoko strangely behaving differently over events from fifteen years ago which led to her (Yoko's) death before leaving Utsugi's agency and taking Taro to Yoko's home. As Taro talks about the circumstances that lead to Yoko's death, namely the ghost story, Utsugi explains he is working on a case that will expire soon and lends him Yoko's notebook to him. After hearing of Shinobu Asakawa when he learns more on the ghost story, Taro talks about this missing female student with Utsugi and learns that the case his mentor was investigating was on the murder of a bar owner named Genjiro Kaneda from 15 years ago and they realize that there might be a connection between Shinobu being missing and Kaneda dead.
Utsugi takes Taro to the police station where the latter learns of how unliked Kaneda was due to his illegal activity from Inspector Maruyama along with how brutal the con man's death had been and Shinobu went missing after finding herself at a bad place while waiting for Goro when the murder happened and presumably died escaping from the killer with a car speeding off when her disappearance occurred. After interviewing Ryoko in regard to the cases, Taro receives a message from Utsugi assuring he stay updated.
Following the murder of Goro Kaneda, Taro contacts Utsugi and the police to investigate it, having seen a man run from the apartment complex via emergency exit in Goro's room. They notice Goro's dead body had a pen with the initials T.U., making whoever had them the prime suspect. Utsugi had Taro seek out witnesses, but ended up heading back to the detective agency with his mentor's blessing when he could not find any.
As the statute of limitations for Genjiro's murder is coming to a close and the atmosphere gets bleaker, the protagonist infers that Urabe was the culprit and Shinobu's body was hidden in the old school building leading to Utsugi heading to the police station to monitor his progress from there. After the real killer Hibino made a failed attempt to kill Taro and Ayumi, he broke open the mirror to reveal Shinobu's corpse which horrified him. This nets the opportunity for Utsugi and Maruyama to apprehend him.
Afterwards, Utsugi laments how poor a state of mind Hibino had been and the circumstances of Shinobu's cause of death may not have been how Hibino remembered it. He also revealed he took Ayumi in as a new assistant before heading out for lunch.
===The Missing Heir===
At the start, Ayumi explains to the amnesic protagonist that Utsugi is on a business trip is not going to come back for a period of time.
===Emio - The Smiling Man===
Shunsuke returns alongside his assistants in the new game.
==Gallery==
===Famicom===
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===Nintendo Switch===
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Category:Video Game Heroes
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Category:Non-Action
Category:Determinators
Category:Guardians
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