Rumi Wakasa

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Rumi Wakasa
Profile
Japanese name:	若狭 留美 (Wakasa Rumi)
Age:	37
Gender:	Female
Relatives:	Mr. Asaka (father, deceased) Mrs. Asaka (mother, deceased) Amanda Hughes (adoptive mother, deceased) Kohji Haneda (love interest, deceased)
Occupation:	Teitan Elementary School deputy homeroom teacher
Status:	Fake identity
Aliases:	Rachel Asaka (real name)
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 966 Anime: Episode 889
Appearances:	Chapters: 37 Episodes: 17 Openings: 4 Closings: 3
Keyhole number:	Volume 91
Actors
Japanese voice:	Fumi Hirano
English voice:	Amanda Lopez (Macias Group)

Rumi Wakasa (若狭 留美 ,Wakasa Rumi), whose real name is Rachel Asaka (レイチェル·浅香 ,Reicheru Asaka), is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Due to an increase in the number of transfer students to Teitan Elementary School over the past year, they have hired new teachers. She is the new deputy homeroom teacher for class 1-B.

Personality

Her personality seems to be that of a well meaning but really clumsy and incapable teacher. She approached the Detective Boys on the grounds that she is scared of the old warehouse at the school and needed them to come with her. However, once she was out of sight of them, her personality changed dramatically to that of a skilled fighter with a scary face, where she rendered three assailants unconscious with a broom in what could have been seconds.

Abilities

Martial arts

While well-hidden, she is a skilled fighter, much stronger than Bourbon. So coordinated and precise, she can seamlessly create the illusion that her taking down foes is a mixture of clumsiness and pure luck. It is still unknown what style she uses, but she has shown proficiency in Jōdō and elbow strikes.

Keen observation and deduction skills

She has also shown her reasoning and deductive abilities, giving hints to Conan to solve a case. She may also be aware of Conan's peculiar use of gadgets as she has witnessed him tranquilizing Yamamura, and using the voice changer bow tie to perform a sleeping deduction show. Conan mentioned using his tranquilizer watch to her on her first appearance.

Painting

She is shown to be able to paint a life-sized tiger in a realistic style in one afternoon, and is able to easily fix a smudged painting.

Firearms

She is shown to be a capable sniper and counter-sniper, tricking assailants into shooting at a decoy to reveal their positions, before successfully returning fire.

Appellations

Picture	Name	What they call Rumi Wakasa	What Rumi Wakasa calls them
	Conan Edogawa	Sensei Wakasa-sensei Wakasa Rumi-sensei	Conan-kun
	Ayumi Yoshida	Sensei Wakasa-sensei Wakasa Rumi-sensei	Yoshida-san
	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Wakasa-sensei
	Genta Kojima	-	Genta-kun
	Ai Haibara	Wakasa-sensei	Haibara-san
	Hiroshi Agasa	-	Professor (Hakase) Agasa Hiroshi-san
	Sumiko Kobayashi	Wakasa-sensei	Kobayashi-sensei

Picture	Name	What they call Rumi Wakasa	What Rumi Wakasa calls them
	Amanda Hughes	Ma'am Amanda	Asaka
	Kohji Haneda	Japanese guy with glasses	-

Picture	Name	What they call Rumi Wakasa	What Rumi Wakasa calls them
	Ninzaburo Shiratori	Wakasa Rumi-Sensei	Detective-san (Keiji-san)
	Hyoue Kuroda	Wakasa-Sensei Wakasa Rumi-Sensei Wakasa Rumi Amanda Hughes' bodyguard	That tall man
	Juzo Megure	Wakasa-Sensei	-
	Inspector Yuminaga	Sensei	-

Picture	Name	What they call Rumi Wakasa	What Rumi Wakasa calls them
	Shinichi Kudo	-	Shinichi-kun
	Subaru Okiya	Wakasa-sensei	Okiya-san
	Kanenori Wakita	Wakasa-sensei Rachel Asaka Asaka	-

Plot overview

The Old Warehouse of Teitan Elementary School (Manga: 966-968, Anime: 889-890)

Rumi about to attack the robbers.

Sumiko Kobayashi introduces her class to the new deputy homeroom teacher, Rumi Wakasa. She appears to be a clumsy, shy and fearful person. Rumi approaches the Detective Boys for their help retrieving quicklime from the old warehouse in the school yard which causes them to come across a dead body. Over the course of the case Rumi uses her clumsiness to give hints to Conan on how to solve the case. Once she was out of their sight, her personality completely changed and she beat up a few robbers.

Rumi Wakasa's Neighbor Murder Case (Manga: 978-980, Anime: 896-897)

Rumi overhears an argument between her neighbor and his girlfriend, as she was leaving for school, and smiles. Later she accidently destroys a picture that was going to be used for a school play and she says that she will redraw it. Conan and the detective boys accompanied her to help. After they finish, Rumi treats them to dinner. But when they hear loud sounds from the neighbor, they goes over to check it out and finds a dead body and an unconscious man. Later back in Rumi's apartment, Conan finds a receipt that may prove that she knew the case would happen before hand and invited them there on purpose. Later Rumi incapacitates the culprit under the guise of falling over. The news crews outside happen to take a picture and Ayumi gives them Rumi's name. Hyoue Kuroda is shown reading the news article on his phone. Kanenori Wakita is shown reading a newspaper, but the article is not shown to us.

Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: 987-989, Anime: 909-910)

Rumi takes the Detective Boys camping. Conan is suspicious of her and thought of strange things that he noticed in her present. When they approach a group cooking curry over a fire nearby, one of them mentions that he has an injured eye and nearly had to get a prosthetic eye. Rumi clenches up, and Conan notices her gripping something in her pocket. Later one of the other campers is burned alive inside his own tent. Kuroda emerges from an adjacent tent and asks her whether the police should be called. However Rumi is standing in stunned silence, staring forward. When she snaps back to reality, Haibara seems to notice that Rumi can't see out of her right eye. Conan starts to wonder if Rumi is clumsy on purpose or because she cannot see. When Kuroda seems to know the order that everyone introduced themselves in, despite originally claiming to have had earplugs in while sleeping. Rumi accuses him of spying on someone. Rumi has the Detective Boys build an acorn balance toy, which leads to the solution of the case. After Conan and Kuroda uncover the culprit, the culprit uses Ayumi as a hostage, Rumi manages to distract him long enough for Kuroda and Yuminaga to arrest him. Kuroda showed interest in the intimidating words that Rumi used to distract him. On the other hand, Conan becomes more suspicious of Rumi, and notices a strange object in her back pocket that has a shape similar to that of a Shogi piece.

Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: 1005, Anime: 928)

Rumi with scars.

At the end of the case, news of Shinichi being one of the detectives that had solved the case spread to the internet. Both Kuroda and Wakita were shown seeing the information on their phones. However, Rumi was shown sitting in the dark looking at the APTX victims list on her laptop, with a smirk on her face. The names Shinichi Kudo and Kohji Haneda appear to be highlighted. Additionally this is the first time we see her without a shirt on and she has scars on her upper arms as well as her back.

Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: 1006-1008, Anime: 941-942)

Rumi makes an appearance in this case, asking Haibara about Shinichi and if Haibara has met Shinichi before. Later, a shogi piece that looks like promoted bishop is lying next to her computer, while she reads a blog.

Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: 1032-1034, Anime: 1011-1012)

Rumi and Kobayashi take the Detective Boys out to collect edible plants. As they do so, Rumi detects the scent of blood blown by the wind and immediately thinks about Kohji's death. At the mention of good luck charms, Rumi remembers back to when Kohji said, "With the watchtower bishop, you can be sure of making a good move", while holding up a shogi bishop. Then he says, "So they're going to kill me despite that?" She then remembers him dead, with some sort of blood pouring out of his mouth, and she calls him a "foolish person", while pressing down on her right eye and crouching down on the ground. Conan sees her pressing down on her right eye and seems to connect it to an eye disorder. Rumi sees Conan tranquilizing Yamamura to make his deduction and gives a slight smirk. When Ayumi gives a 4-leaf clover to Rumi, saying that because Rumi is clumsy she needs good fortune, Rumi waits for the Detective Boys in front of her to look away, except Conan who is standing behind her looking at her, and throws away the 4-leaf clover. Conan notices her doing this and appears angry at her for it (or cognizant why she does not feel she needs it) as Rumi's face is in shadow.

Trapped at Hatoyama Farm (Manga: 1051-1054, Anime: 1053-1054)

Rumi and Kobayashi take the Detective Boys out to a farm to collect chicken. During the trip, she mentions Karasu being black, sly and a conspirator, making Conan suspicious of her as she might personally know Renya Karasuma as Rum candidate. They meet up with Amuro who is also going to the farm with another purpose. She seems to have a strange glare upon hearing Amuro is a detective. Later, they receive a call from the Detective Boys Badge, knowing that Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Kobayashi, and Amuro gets trapped inside the farmhouse's cellar as the farm's owner brother uses Ayumi as a hostage and calling them for the police. However, they are unable to contact police by their phone. Also, Rumi notices the shogi piece which has been kept on her back pocket is missing and finds out it has been picked up by Amuro according to Genta. After they are rescued from the cellar, Rumi uses the badge as a bait to lure Amuro back into the cellar and knocks him out in order to retrieve the shogi piece. Rumi tells Amuro that she lost her grip and let go for the trap door cutting all the light, which caused him to miss a step on the stairs.

Kogoro in a Dilemma (Manga: 1057, Anime: 1060)

Amuro is seen have a picture of Rumi which is taken from the preview case. He suspects that it was Rumi who attacked him to take the shogi pieces that he took earlier.

Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Manga: 1070-1072, Anime: 1093-1094)

Rumi, Kobayashi, and the Detective Boys meet the Teitan Elementary School alumni as they are holding a reunion party. When one of them mentions that Akemi Miyano also attended the school before, he mistakes Haibara for Shiho Miyano, Akemi's younger sister who he'd seen before. As Conan and Haibara are whispering about Akemi, Rumi suspects that Haibara is Sherry in a shrunken state, and that she betrayed the Black Organization following the death of Akemi. When Conan rushes outside the classroom to look for someone suspicious after someone triggers Haibara's anxiety, Rumi witnesses Wakita leaving after he delivered sushi.

Beach House Murder Case (Manga: 1097-1099, Anime: TBD)

Rumi takes the Detective Boys to Shizuoka. Conan is suspicious of her intentions regarding Haibara so he asks Subaru Okiya to join them. When Subaru asks her why she is concerned about Haibara, she lets slip that she believes Haibara is the daughter of certain woman who ruined her life. When they encounter the criminal gang involved in the case, Subaru calls for Rumi to take the Detective Boys to a safe place while he uses Jeet Kune Do to fend them off, causing Rumi to have flashbacks of Tsutomu Akai seventeen years ago after hearing his words. Rumi locks the Detective Boys in a safe place, bending the doorknob to make it unusable, so she can secretly defeat their pursuers. When Subaru arrives and finds the criminals unconscious, Rumi lies to Subaru that they must have fought among themselves, unaware that he and Conan witnessed the scars on her hand.

Chess Tournament Murder Case (Manga: 1103-1109, Anime: TBD)

Her true identity is revealed in the flashback.

Parents' Day at Teitan Elementary School (Manga: 1110-1112, Anime: TBD)

Yusaku theories that she is the one who uploaded the info relating to the Kohji Haneda murder case regularly on the internet to expose those involved with the Black Organization. She would then keep her eye on the people who kept accessing the site repeatedly, which led her to Professor Agasa's PC and in turn, Edogawa Conan. Yusaku further theorizes that she would then slip her way into Teitan Elementary School so that she could approach Conan. After the case is solved Rum is seen wondering why Rumi would remain at the school and it shows her looking at Haibara while this is happening.

Non-canon plot overview

The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase (Anime: 918)

Genta gets kidnapped at an eel vending fair and the Detective Boys, without Haibara, run after the kidnappers' car and embark Yumi and Naeko's car to chase them. After losing track of them, Conan remembered who the kidnappers were and remembered they used signals at the fair so they try to figure out what they tried to communicate. Then, Mitsuhiko remembered the burning tent case and the reference to the counting system. A flashback of Haibara and Rumi's leg was shown.

Relationships analysis

Conan Edogawa, Ai Haibara, and Detective Boys

Conan, Haibara, the Detective Boys, Kobayashi, Wakasa, and Uematsu.

Rumi is the new deputy homeroom teacher for Conan Edogawa, Ai Haibara, and the Detective Boys' class. She has approached them directly twice to lead them to the warehouse of the school that a robber group had used. Rumi is aware of three of Professor Agasa's gadgets given to the Detective Boys: the flashlight watch, the detective badge, and the tranquilizer dart. Among the Detective Boys, Rumi shows special interest in Conan for unknown reasons. In the old warehouse case, Rumi was only paying attention to Conan and purposely used clumsiness in order to give Conan the necessary hints to solve the case. When a murder case occurred in her apartment, Conan found a receipt that has that day's morning and noticed she had bought additional plates and mugs. Conan eventually realized the reason behind his sensei's actions. Rumi sensed a murder might occur in her apartment and was from the very beginning planning to invite the Detective Boys, especially Conan so he would become involved in the case. It seems Rumi is somehow testing Conan's intelligence and skills for unknown reasons.

Rumi at one point seems to trigger Haibara's skill at detecting Black Organization members, but Ai Haibara later tells Conan that she likes Rumi and wants to hear nothing bad said about her. Conan becomes increasingly distrustful of Rumi as time goes on, being reluctant to use his tranquillizer dart in front of her. So in one case, he leads Yamamura, who is to play the role of the sleeping detective here, to a tree to try to evade Rumi's scrutiny. Regardless, she still sees him use the tranquillizer dart on Yamamura and smirks. At one point, Conan notices Rumi pressing down on her right eye and seems to connect it to an eye disorder. Conan sees Rumi throwing away the 4-leaf clover Ayumi gave her and appears angry at her for it. Later, Rumi demonstrated a concerning level of apathy towards the Detective Boys. She allowed them to be thrown in harm's way by letting their teacher, Sumiko, be bait by exchanging umbrellas, allowing her to snipe the Black Organization back.

Rumi has an interest in Ai Haibara since she says she resembles the woman (Ai's mother) who ruined her.

Sumiko Kobayashi

Sumiko Kobayashi is her junior superior as homeroom teacher. However, in order to distract Chianti and Korn, she deliberately broke the umbrella and exposed Kobayashi to danger, so that she could take the opportunity to attack. This act is similar to "gambit" in chess, and was praised by Rum.

Ryujiro Uematsu

Ryujiro Uematsu is the headmaster of her new school.

Hyoue Kuroda

Hyoue Kuroda seems to have some knowledge about her. When he heard that she went camping with the Detective Boys, he comments that camping was something that she wouldn't do. Kuroda suspects it is possible that she thinks him as the murderer who killed Amanda and Haneda, because there was hostility in her eyes. However, it is more likely that she blames Kuroda for not saving them in time.

Kohji Haneda

Rumi Wakasa/Rachel Asaka first met Kohji when she accompanied Amanda seventeen years ago. Kohji said she is his ideal girlfriend and it's implied that she also has feelings for him. She thought of him as a "foolish person" because he sacrificed himself to protect her from the Black Organization. She keeps Kohji's good luck charm, the shogi bishop, which was handed by him and has memories of Kohji hiding her in his bookshelf "Huh? Why did I help you? I decided to do so. I must carry my initial dream through to the end. "She still seeks revenge for both Amanda and Kohji's murders.

Tsutomu Akai

As of now, it is unclear what the relationship Tsutomu and Rumi had. During the beach house murder case, where after Subaru fends off a criminal gang and tells her to bring the Detective Boys to safety, she has a flashback of Tsutomu defending her, saying "The monster we are about to witness, is not an opponent a young girl should risk her life against, I alone will be enough". It is left ambiguous what the 'monster' that Tsutomu was referring to is.

Name origin

Gosho Aoyama claims to have named Rumi after Rumiko Takahashi, the author of the manga Urusei Yatsura, whom heroine Lum Invader is performed by her voice actress in the anime.

In other languages

Language	Given Name	Family Name
Japanese	留美 Rumi	若狭 Wakasa
English	Rumi	Wakasa
Thai	รูมิ	วาคาสะ
Vietnamese	Rumi	Wakasa

See also

• Characters
• Teitan Elementary School
• Unsolved Mysteries