Kenji Hagiwara

Kenji Hagiwara
Profile
Japanese name:	萩原 研二 (Hagiwara Kenji)
Age:	22 (deceased seven years ago)
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	unknown
Relatives:	Chihaya Hagiwara (older sister)
Occupation:	Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 1021 Anime: Episode 304
Appearances:	Chapters: 5 Chapters: 3 Chapters: 13 Episodes: 9 Episodes: 2 Movies: 1 OVAs: 0 Specials: 1 Openings: 1 Closings: 1
Cases solved:	unknown
Keyhole number:	N/A
Actors
Japanese voice:	Shinichiro Miki

Kenji Hagiwara (萩原 研二 ,Hagiwara Kenji) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. He is also one of the main characters in Wild Police Story manga.

Background

Kenji's father was a mechanic and he wanted to become a mechanic too, but later their shop went bankrupt. He decided to become a policeman because the police will never go bankrupt. He attended police academy with Jinpei Matsuda, Rei Furuya, Hiromitsu Morofushi, and Wataru Date. He was popular with girls. All five friends graduated together.

Kenji Hagiwara then joined the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department bomb squadron with Jinpei Matsuda. However, he died in the first of a series of bombings seven years prior to the current timeline.

Personality

Kenji is a pretty carefree guy who always has time to joke a bit. He is a heavy smoker and does the job right. He prevents other people so they can be saved before him and always respect his friends. In Wild Police Story, Jinpei Matsuda revealed that Kenji is not the guy who tells lies whenever he gives an excuse. Though Kenji changed some characteristics in his excuse to be received better.

Appearance

Kenji is an average height man with long black hair and white skin. He is pretty well-built and strong.

Abilities

He has the ability to defuse bombs quickly but not as quick as Matsuda. He was one of the bests in the police academy which granted him a quick hire in the MPD Bomb Squadron. He can put on and off his defusal suit faster than average people.

Appellations

Picture	Name	What they call Kenji Hagiwara	What Kenji Hagiwara calls them
	Jinpei Matsuda	Hagiwara Hagi	Matsuda Jinpei-chan Jinpei
	Rei Furuya	Hagi	Furuya Furuya-chan Zero
	Hiromitsu Morofushi	Hagiwara	Morofushi-chan
	Wataru Date	Hagiwara	Squad leader (Hanchou) Squad leader Date (Date-hanchou)
	Juzo Megure	Hagiwara-kun	-

Plot overview

Serial Bomber Case (Manga: 369-373, Anime: 304)

In the case, there is a flashback of seven years ago in a residential building where two bombs were planted by two serial bombers in Shinjuku who had just started his bombing spree. Jinpei Matsuda defused the first with ease and the city paid the ransom for the second bomb so the bombers stopped the bomb. The second bomber died as he panicked when he ran and to avenge himself, the other bomber restarted the second bomb. Kenji Hagiwara and a few other squad members were called to room twenty on the floor before the last to defuse the bomb. At first, the squad members paused to wait until everybody had been evacuated and Kenji lit his cigarette to chill. Everybody waited patiently until they received a call from the operators telling them they could start. Then, as they got started, Hagiwara's friend Jinpei Matsuda called him to tell him to quit playing and to defuse it already but Hagiwara told him the bomb's timer stopped. Upon analyzing the bomb, he deduced the bomb would take a bit more than three minutes to defuse but he quickly realized that there were only six seconds left and unfortunately, part of the squad members died along with Hagiwara. Four years later, it was Matsuda's turn to die and that year, the bomber multiplied his attacks.

Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: 1021, Anime: 984)

Hagiwara appears in a flashback along with Jinpei Matsuda, Wataru Date, Hiromitsu Morofushi, and Rei Furuya.

Hiroshi Agasa Abduction Case (Manga: 1075, Anime: TPD)

Kenji appears in Chihaya Hagiwara's flashback, in which Matsuda broke Chihaya's phone. They were gonna meet up at a concert and she can't find her without her phone. But, Kenji took Chihaya to the venue and called out to her friend. Her friend found her and Kenji tells Chihaya "See, I told you, right? There is no need to give up!".

Relationships analysis

Jinpei Matsuda

Matsuda and Hagiwara.

Jinpei Matsuda and Hagiwara were really good friends and always did missions together. They also attended the same police academy. Although Jinpei was more careful with his friend, Kenji was more carefree. On Kenji's last mission, Jinpei called him like he always did and chatted with him. He told him he should have worn his bomb defusal suit to which Kenji replied he was fine. Unfortunately for him, he died, and Jinpei decided to avenge him. However, he died at the hands of the same bomber four years later. Although Kenji died, Jinpei still sent emails to his email even after.

Rei Furuya

Rei Furuya had a good friendship with Kenji and was acquainted with him since he went to the same police academy as Kenji and they all graduated together.

Wataru Date

Wataru Date attended the same police academy as Kenji. They also graduated together.

Hiromitsu Morofushi

Kenji was well acquainted with Hiromitsu Morofushi since they were good friends along with the three others and attended the academy together.

Chihaya Hagiwara

Kenji was younger brother of Chihaya Hagiwara.

Different looks

Episode 304

Ending 57

Name origin

His surname meaning was "bush clover", while his given name has various meanings, from strong and vigorous to iron and purpose, which explains his tenacity and laid back when facing a life-death situation.

Quotes

“	...three minutes is more than enough. Right?	„
— Preceding Jinpei in his sentence (episode 304).

In other languages

Language	Given Name	Family Name
French	Kenji	Hagiwara
Thai	เคนจิ	ฮางิวาระ

Trivia

• Even if he was introduced in the manga in volume 36, it wasn't before file 1021, more than sixty volumes later, that his face was shown. Nevertheless, the anime showed his face in its adaptation of the case and in opening 47.
• He appears with Matsuda in a poster for The Private Eyes' Requiem, but with a halo, on his head, since he's deceased.
• In Wild Police Story, it was revealed that his favourite car was Mazda RX-7 FD3S.

See also

• List of notable case characters
• Wild Police Story