Araya Kagami

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* Profile
* Rain Uniform

 Textbox:* Inspector\*
	+ 鑑識官 (*Forensic Officer*)\*

By Date:

* Kodaka\*
	+ Kujira\*
* Kaniza
* Taro
* Kagari
* Mogami

By Mizuki:

* Tsutsugamushi

NI:

* 30 years old (Past)
* 36 years old (Present)

ARG:

* 29-31 years old (present)

NI:

* Boss
* Mizuki Date
* Kuruto Ryuki
* Mikoto Ushidera

*AINI SPOILER** Mizuki Kuranushi

*"A-are you serious? It's Kagami!"*
–Kaniza fretting over Date forgetting his name
**Araya Kagami** (加賀見 阿頼耶, *Kagami Araya*), also known as simply **Kagami** (カガミ, *Kagami*) or **Inspector** (鑑識官, *Forensic Officer*), is a minor character featured in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES* and *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*.

Kagami is a forensic police officer who works for the CSI unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He's an expert investigator with remarkable skills. On November 1st, 2019, he was assigned as the lead forensic investigator for the murder of Shoko Nadami, and on November 3rd\* becomes the forensic investigator for the New Cyclops Serial Killings.

## Design

Kagami is an average looking Japanese man in his 30s. He's usually seen wearing a white face mask, and wears a blue Forensics Officer's Uniform and Hat. In the rain and cold weather, he is seen wearing a similarly colored raincoat with a hood.

## Personality

A normally professional and straight forward investigator, Kagami is a professional, and shows deference to his superiors, regardless of their age or gender. He's friendly with the people he works with, and appears to have a good working relationship with his peers, and appears to have a close working relationship with agents of ABIS.

However, he is the victim of people constantly forgetting his name, and often in increasingly bizarre and esoteric ways. Over time, he becomes increasingly confused, upset and eventually resigned to the fact that his name is simply extremely forgettable. He even manages to forget his own name on occasion after it happens enough. Kagami appears to have a bit of a horny side, and once openly admits to liking large breasts (albeit in Spanish).

## Story

### Murder of Shoko Nadami

On Friday, November 1st, 2019, Kagami was called to Bloom Park to investigate Shoko Nadami's murder, where he met Kaname Date. He had not made any significant progress with the investigation, and asked Date not to step too close to the merry-go-round while footprints were still being taken. Date later ignored his warning and ran onto the merry-go-round after hearing a sound from inside.

### A: New Cyclops Serial Killings

On the morning of Sunday, November 3rd, Kagami investigated Sunfish Pocket, the scene of Renju Okiura's murder. When Date visited with Mizuki Okiura, he informed him that the investigation had found no new leads.

#### AA: Inspect Bloodstain in Cold Storage Warehouse

On the fourth day after the incident, November 4th, Kagami was assigned to identify bloodstains that appeared in the Cold Storage Warehouse, after the battle between Ota Matsushita and the Bloody Polar Bear. However, he did not notice any suspicious clues in the course of his investigation.

#### AAB: Track Down Another Blood Sample

Date's Psync into Ota revealed that he injured the polar bear's left leg and left blood stains during the fight. During the day on the 5th, Date asked Kagami to collect the DNA information in the blood as soon as possible; at sunset, Kagami notified him, saying that the collection work had been completed.

#### AB: Inspect Murder of Iris and Ota

On the fourth day after the murder, November 4th, Kagami was assigned to identify bloodstains in the Cold Storage Warehouse to collect clues. He did not notice any suspicious clues in the course of his investigation, however.

### B: Disappearance of Renju Okiura

Kagami was out of Date's sights for a few days, as no new victims emerged for a long time after Shoko Nadami's body was discovered. After Manaka Iwai's body was found by Aiba, some inspectors came to the warehouse, but it's not sure if Araya was among them.

### Half Body Serial Killings

***WARNING!!***
***This article contains spoilers for*AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative *from this point on.Proceed with caution!***

It is known that Kagami participated in 4 crime scene identifications in the Half Body Serial Killings that occurred in 2020. Twice at Studio Dvaita, once at Yoyagi Park, and once at Misetan Rooftop Amusement Park, where the corpses of Jin Furue, Chikara Horadori, and Andes Komeji, were placed.

### 6 Years After Half Body Serial Killings

Six years later, he once again participated in the identification of the scene where halved corpses was witnessed. Once at Tokyo National Stadium and once at Naix Japan President's Office, where the bodies of Uru Somezuki and Tokiko Shigure were found respectively.

A week after the case ended, on February 22nd, he visited Sunfish Pocket, claiming to investigate the lives of young women.

## Gallery

Kagami's bio in the FILE, in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILESKagami's profile from 6 Years Ago, in nirvanA InitiativeKagami's profile from Present, in nirvanA Initiative
## Trivia

* One of the names for which Kaname Date misremembers Kagami is "Kaniza" (かに座), and states that his birthday is most likely between June 22nd and July 22nd. Kaniza is the Japanese name for the constellation Cancer, which is the time span associated with those dates in the zodiac horoscope. With his birthday as July 20, 1989, Kagami matches the horoscope of Cancer.
* Another set of names for which he is misremembered are "Kodaka" and "Taro." This is most likely a reference to Kazutaka Kodaka, the creator of the *Danganronpa* series, and Yoko Taro, director of the *Drakengard* and *NieR* games. They are both friends with Kotaro Uchikoshi, director of *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES*.
* In a fan-made Character Poll for *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES* held on Twitter, Araya Kagami came in 6th place, barely beaten by Iris Sagan by a single point.
* In the game's files, Kagami's assets for his models are tagged under the name "Kansiki," meaning "forensics."

## Navigation

Hitomi Sagan • Mayumi Matsushita • Renju Okiura • Mama • Shoko Nadami • So Sejima • Moma Kumakura • Rohan Kumakura • Cyclops Serial Killer

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers

## References

1. ↑ To-Witter Archives 2019 (Tesa): October 21st