Namazu

**Namazu** (生須, *Namazu*) is the leader of the Special Crimes Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.

## Physical description

Namazu has black hair that is neatly combed to the side and split eyebrows. He also has a distinctive hook nose.

## Personality

Namazu is known for his explosive anger, and people say that "lightning strikes when he gets angry." For this reason, he was nicknamed "The Electric Catfish."

## Biography

### Genius Composer Kidnapping

On the announced kidnapping day of Nyo-Nyon, Namazu orders his subordinates around and makes sure that everyone is on their right position and that everything will go smoothly and they will be able to catch Hummingbird. He meets up with Totomaru Isshiki, and together they head to Nyo-Nyon's mansion. At the door, they are greeted by Nyo-Nyon and Ron Kamonohashi. Namazu asks Ron for his ID, but before he can check it, he receives a call that the Yamanashi Prefectural Police is here. They, led by Sannou, arrive shortly afterward at the mansion.

Namazu wants them to leave, insisting that despite the mansion's special location, the Metropolitan Police Department is in charge of this mission. Sannou informs him that his police station received a card from Hummingbird as well. Thus, they have the right to provide security for Nyo-Nyon. Hearing this, Namazu reluctantly agrees to work with the Yamanashi Police.

Later, Nyo-Nyon takes Namazu, Toto, Ron, Sannou, and Mitsubashi to the composition room on the top of the clocktower. Namazu thoroughly inspects the room and then says that Nyo-Nyon will stay there locked-in. Afterward, he and the others go downstairs to the living room and guard the inside. One hour later, the fire alarm is set off and the speakers announce that there is a fire in the living room. Knowing that there is no fire, Namazu and the others run upstairs to Nyo-Nyon, but she is already gone.

Namazu looks around the composition room again. Then, he orders Totomaru to search the mansion for clues and leaves to contact his subordinates at the base of the hill.

Namazu returns sometime later and tells Toto and the others that his subordinates have not seen anyone. Thus, Hummingbird has to be somewhere in the area around the mansion. Sannou then says that he believes that the culprit is, in fact, still inside the mansion and accuses Mitsubashi of being Hummingbird. He wants to take her to the Yamanashi Police for interrogation, and Namazu reluctantly agrees as he thinks that Sannou's deduction is sound. However, Toto objects and says that Mitsubashi is not Hummingbird. Before Totomaru can tell Namazu why she cannot be the talent kidnapper, Namazu gets a call from one of his subordinates at the bottom of the hill that someone suspicious has been found. Convinced that this suspicious person has to be the true Hummingbird then, Namazu rushes out of the mansion and to the hill's base in his overeagerness.

## Etymology

* The surname "Namazu" means "catfish" (生須).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 31, page 14
2. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 31, pages 14-18
3. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 32, pages 2-4
4. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 32, pages 7-18
5. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 33, pages 2-4
6. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 33, pages 13-19
7. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 34, pages 3-4