Nakata Izumi

### Occupation

DetectiveRats in the House of the Dead member (former)Circus animal tamer (former)

### Affiliation

Armed Detective AgencyRats in the House of the Dead (former)

## Relationships

### Family

Unnamed Mother†Unnamed Father† Kyōka Izumi

## Appearances

### Manga Debut

Bungo Stray Dogs: Untold Stories Chapter 6

### Anime Debut

Bungo Stray Dogs: Untold Stories Episode 6

### Light Novel Debut

Bungo Stray Dogs: Murderer in Agency

**Nakata Izumi** also known as **Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky** or **The Ratcatcher** is former member of Rats in the House of the Dead and a Armed Detective Agency detective, Kyōka's older brother. His ability is **Magic Flute**.

## Appearance

Nakata is a short man with brown hair, that is tied into one ponytail. He has a brown eyes. He's described by many people such as e.g. Naomi Tanizaki or Ranpo Edogawa, as cute. He has very childlish look for a 21-year old man, and often nicknamed Nakkun, even by much younger people.

He always wears a black jacket, white shirt under it and a black bowtie. As animal trainer he was wearing a red studded jacket with black dog-collar.

## Personality

In orphanage, Nakata was a very shy and not very talkative person, he was severely depressed at this time. After escaping for a long time he didn't trust anyone.

As member of Rats in the House of the Dead member, he was cold hearted, silent killer, known as The Ratcatcher. He barely was showing any emotions publicly. But when he was alone, or with people who he trusted, he became a very kind and empathetic person. He opens yourself and starts talking about his life and problems to Fyodor Dostoevsky, his best friend at this time. After some time, he left organization to be a normal person, because he don't liked killing people and hurting them.

When joined Armed Detective Agency he was very open-hearted and sympathetic man, his only problem now is his inferiority complex.

## Ability

Nakata's ability, **Magic Flute** allows him to control mind of person or animal who is hearing him playing his flute. Person or animal will obey him, and would do all he desire within the bounds of his morality.

After joining the Agency, being under All Man Are Equal, his ability can affect only person he wants to control.

**More will be added here in future**

## Skills

* **Fencing and Sword Play**: Nakata has mastered fighting with spade and a khopesh.
* **Sneaking**: As a former killer, he can silently approach his target.
* **Lockpicking**: He can lockpick doors, even without a picklock, he can even use a paper clip or his khopesh to do this.

## Background

Nakata lived happily with sister and parents. After death of his parents, he got separated with Kyōka, and was sent to orphanage. There, he was humiliated and oppressed by other kids for his shyness. He was also molested and raped by staff and director. After escaping in the day of his 17th birthday, he was severly depressed, and was looking for revenge on orphanage director and staff.

Few days later he saw Fyodor Dostoevsky entering Rats in the House of the Dead headquarters. He silently got inside and overheard an conversation about revenge on orphanage for unpaid debts to them. Then he revealed himself and asked about joining organization. He introduced himself as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. As assassin working for Rats he discovered that his flute has some powers and he can control others with it. He shortly after was nicknamed The Ratcatcher and became one of the most wanted criminals of all time. He later revealed his real name to Rats, but was shocked, that they already know his real name.

After leaving Rats in age of 20, he was looking for a job. He found job in circus as animal tamer. Shortly after he was fired from it, from unknown reasons. Same day, he met Atsushi Nakajima and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki solving an mystery. He offered help, but they refused. Some days later he discovered Agency building and wanted to join them.