Kyoko Amasawa

Kyoko Amasawa (, Amasawa Kyōko) is a character featured in Lost Judgment, and a key character in the School Stories. She is a third-year student at Seiryo High School and president of the Mystery Research Club.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Amasawa has a slim build and chin-length hair.
===Attire===
Amasawa wears the standard female Seiryo High uniform.
While incognito, she wears a gray short trench coat over a light gray turtleneck sweater, black jeans, white laced sneakers, and black-tinted sunglasses.
===Personality===
Amasawa is very sharp and able to pick up on subtle details, stemming from her enjoyment of mysteries. A forward thinker, Amasawa supposedly planned out her life at the age of 3. She is also thorough with her work, though she is lacking in practical fieldwork experience and sometimes gets into trouble from being overeager.
==Background==
Amasawa was inspired by her grandfather's mystery writing and solving, and he imparted his wisdom while she was young, training her by giving hints to a mystery. She watched a historical drama with him and, inspired by it, swung around a hotdog, causing ketchup to fall on the lucky cat statue he would brag about. Kitan would tell her "When that cat cries, misfortune comes calling," and instructed her to never approach the study if she heard meowing. 
One night around 2014, at the age of 11, Amasawa heard a "meow" when she passed his study to get a glass of water, and ran back to her room as she was told. She found Kitan dead the next morning in his study, apparently from the statue falling on him, and the mysterious death had occupied her mind since.
She founded the MRC in her second year with her grandfather as the inspiration for it, and planned to finish the final entry of his most popular work, as the draft was only halfway done with no notes left for the remaining story after he died. Though the MRC would not have much work and frequently left Amasawa feeling bored, this changed when talk of "the Professor" made its way around campus and recent acts of delinquency were linked to the individual. Amasawa began investigating this new major case.
==Involvement==
===Lost Judgment: 2021===
Amasawa discovers one of Takayuki Yagami's hidden cameras. To lure out the one who set it, she sets a trap and has a teacher ready to assault the presumed pervert. When Yagami arrives, she springs the trap and he runs off. When Yagami later checks out the bulletin board for any clubs he could join, Amasawa confronts him and reveals she put evidence on his shoes, forcing Yagami to reveal himself as a detective trying to be an outside counsellor for a club in order to proceed with his investigation. She puts him through a test to see if he is truly a trustworthy detective: infiltrate the Dance Club to investigate a "sugar baby" incident. He passes and she allows him to be the club's outside counsellor, and also partly guesses his reason for investigating the school.
During the Dance Club investigation, Amasawa tails the sugar baby Maika Takanashi and helps get Kotoko Itokura back to school. She looks into the Professor's website and discovers a request to injure Yurie Norizuki at the Dance Jam made by DancingBunny, and lures out the user who made another request under the name; Sayaka Nishizono, who did not make the assault request. She join Yagami in heading to the Dance Jam and the two are able to arrest the one who made the assault request: Kaoru Komekado. They learn the Professor is not motivated by money.
Yagami infiltrates the Robotics Club to investigate a thief-bot. While he is getting close to the members, Amasawa sees Itokura make a mystery database after having read many mystery books. Amasawa is able to get a picture of the robot to show to Yagami and learns it has been upgraded. Later, she looks into its leader Doumu Okitegawa's background, and learns that the shopping district that was supposedly sponsoring him had ended their partnership two months prior.
Amasawa is called by Yagami when Okitegawa entrusts him with the key to the club's locked cabinet, and they open it to see blueprints that match the thief-bot's design, seeing it was made by Tetsuro Kurumazaki, who could remember the design. Kurumazaki admits he was manipulated by the Neo Keihin Gang into making robot designs for them thanks to the Professor, then leads Yagami to a hideout, where he obtains a laptop. He gives it to Makoto Tsukumo to investigate, and Amasawa learns from his findings that the Professor is working with the Neo keihin Gang and targeting eight students to lure into delinquency.
The "Payback Boxer" case makes its way to Amasawa, and she approaches Go Todoroki after suspecting a member of the Todoroki Boxing Gym is the Payback Boxer, which he denies. With a button from a Seiryo High uniform found at one of the crime scenes, she suspects Kenya Oshikiri is the Payback Boxer, and asks Yagami to investigate Todoroki's gym. 
Amasawa informs Yagami of two Payback Boxer victims and Oshikiri's participation in the Genbukai from her own research, including learning of illegal gambling at the tournament. She heads to the venue and takes a picture of two of its sponsors standing in front of it. While incognito, Amasawa informs Yagami outside the gym of this information, learning that one of the two is Renji Honda, and tells him 8 of 10 of the Payback Boxer's victims had previously lost to Oshikiri in the Genbukai. 
Yagami informs Amasawa of Oshikiri's Omi Alliance background, and when informing Itokura of researching it, she swiftly gives her an article with a picture of Kenya Oshikiri's father Fudo Oshikiri, who was the second sponsor, and information on Fudo. Further research into Oshikiri's past opponents reveals a final participant whom Oshikiri had not yet targeted. Though the non-Genbukai marks continue to elude her, Kento accidentally tells them he was the one who assaulted those two. After giving him a reprimanding, the Amasawas and Yagami set a trap for the Payback Boxer by disguising Kento as the final mark, and learn the Boxer is Oshikiri, who wanted to prove his strength after learning his matches were fixed for him to win.
Oshikiri accepts to having a rematch with Yagami, and both Amasawas witness Yagami emerge victorious and free Oshikiri from his killer instinct. Afterward, the Neo Keihin Gang and Fudo arrive to take Oshikiri, and Kento wants to fight them, but Amasawa stops him. After they are repelled, they return to the MRC and Oshikiri tells them he received a letter from the Professor containing proof of the matchfixing, which causes her to note that sabotaging the Genbukai like that would work against the interest of the Neo Keihin Gang, meaning the Professor may not truly be allied with them. Amasawa researches the article Itokura presented to her, but learns it was digitally taken down years prior.
Made in Heaven having disciplinary committee member Yuma Suou as its leader is very suspicious, and Amasawa tasks Yagami with infiltrating the biker gang to find out why. She asks her father for a bike he can use, as well as a garage for him to store it in when not in use, and has Kento give him a biker jumpsuit. After all is done, Suou informs Amasawa that he was beckoned by the Professor into investigating the biker gang, which led to him joining them due to being forbidden from chasing his motocross dream. The Professor dropped a letter in the disciplinary committee suggestion box, which is on campus and only accessible by people affiliated with Seiryo High.
Mei Toribe approaches the MRC for help with delinquents, and Yagami joining her leads to the discovery that Kanto Hikawa was directly contacted by the Professor, a rare occurence. She also asks Yagami to investigate Shinnosuke Shikishima, who joined the Ijincho Hounds. They learn from Shikishima that the Professor encouraged him to paint graffiti, and he used a motif of the Professor, but it was from his imagination rather than their true appearance. 
Machio Toki asks the MRC to investigate Genya Sanbonmatsu, who was accused of cheating. They find evidence of him doing so, but help convince administration to give the eSports Club another chance. Kento is considering joining the club, but Amasawa forbids him, stating he is harmiong his grades by playing video games too much. Amasawa has Yagami investigate a student who has been frequenting a casino, but they learn Kohaku Hayakawa had no involvement with the Professor. Although an investigation into Girl's Bite reveals Kizuna Ashihara is not personally involved with the Professor, they learn from him that Matsuhisa Koga sees the Professor as a "brat."
With their investigations complete, Amasawa and Yagami have seven targeted students and are reviewing their information when Kento calls her, telling her he is in danger. They rescue Kento and he admits to having a sugar mama who was seeing a yakuza after being contacted by the Professor. Amasawa realizes Kento is the eighth, and Kento sees that all eight targeted students were part of the school festival committee. He shows a picture of the committee and they are able to see that out of the students in the photo, Itokura is the only one not targeted and she has a motive for vengeance against the others for abandoning her in the summer. Her techonological skills and age match the profile they have of the Professor.
Amasawa calls Itokura to the MRC room, who promptly flees after realizing she has been caught. They try to reason with her, but Koga arrives to take her away, and she states she is willingly joining him. After discussing their course of action, they decide to convince her to return. Yagami calls the students he befriended to help find Itokura to avoid needing to call the police, and Amasawa tries to reach Itokura's parents. She learns Itokura had been living alone due to her father's death and mother's hospitalization. She can not ask Itokura's mother of the case, and informs Yagami of what she learned over the phone, but hangs up upon hearing people approaching. She takes a picture of them, who are of the Neo Keihin Gang, and sends it to Yagami.
Koga is defeated, and Amasawa is present to see him jump into the ocean to escape. When they return to campus, she is surprised by Itokura's intention to resign from Seiryo High to atone for her actions. The students apologize for how they treated her in the cultural festival committee, and she encourages Itokura to stay because of all the friends she now has. With the MRC reunited and the case closed, Kento reminds her that exams are coming up and she has not studied due to chasing mysteries. Itokura offers to find answer keys, but she declines the offer.
====The Kaito Files: 2022====
Amasawa makes a cameo appearance in M Side Cafe with her brother during an optional conversation with Yasutaka Shirakaba.
==Related Side Cases==
*Trying the Patience of a Saint
*The SRC's Hunt for the Truth
*Dastardly Detective: Seiryo High in Danger
*Squirrels Just Wanna Have Fun
*Big Squirrels Don't Cry
*Curse of the Amasawa Family Heirloom
==Gallery==
LJ - Headshot - Kyoko Amasawa.jpg|Headshot, seen in Case Files.
LJ Kyoko & Ranpo.jpg|Amasawa with her beloved dog, Ranpo.
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:Lost Judgment Supporting Characters
Category:The Kaito Files Characters
Category:Seiryo High School