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| japanese-name      = {{lang|ja|赤井 務武}} <br> (Akai Tsutomu)
 
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| age                = unknown
 
| gender              = Male
 
| gender              = Male
| relatives          = [[Mary]] (wife)<br />[[Shuichi Akai]] (first son)<br />[[Shukichi Haneda]] (second son)<br />[[Masumi Sera]] (daughter)
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| relatives          = [[Mary Sera]] (wife) <br> [[Shuichi Akai]] (first son) <br> [[Shukichi Haneda]] (second son) <br> [[Masumi Sera]] (third daughter)
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| occupation          = MI6 agent
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| first-appearance    = Manga: [[Volume_92|File 974]]<br />Anime: N/A
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|status              = Missing (presumed dead)
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| first-appearance    = Manga: [[Volume 92|File 974]] <br> Anime: [[The Wizard of the Ripples|Episode 881]]
 
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'''{{nihongo|Tsutomu Akai|赤井 務武|Akai Tsutomu}}''' is [[Mary]]'s husband and the father of [[Shuichi Akai]], [[Shukichi Haneda]], and [[Masumi Sera]].
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{{nihongo|'''Tsutomu Akai'''|赤井 務武|Akai Tsutomu}} is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is [[Mary Sera]]'s husband and the father of [[Shuichi Akai]], [[Shukichi Haneda]], and [[Masumi Sera]].
  
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
17 years prior to the current timeline, Tsutomu Akai was involved in the double murder of [[Kohji Haneda]] and [[Amanda Hughes]]. What happened to him during and after the incident is currently unknown. Tsutomu was believed to be deceased by his family, however, his body was never found. It was his involvement with the murder case that prompted his son Shuichi to join the [[FBI]] in order to investigate what happened to him, and his apparent death led Shuichi to seek vengeance against those responsible.
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Seventeen years ago, Tsutomu Akai was involved in the double murders of [[Kohji Haneda]] and [[Amanda Hughes]]. He got a call from [[Yasuharu Haneda]] (Father of [[Kohji Haneda]]) to investigate the murder case of his son as he couldn't trust the local or Japanese police. So he visited America. What happened to him during and after the incident is currently unknown. He was believed to be deceased by his family, though his body was never found. It was his involvement with the murder case that prompted his first son [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] to join the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] in order to investigate what happened to him, and his assumed death led Shuichi to seek vengeance against those responsible.
  
Before his apparent death, Tsutomu sends [[Mary|his wife]] a message telling her that he had made enemies with "horrible people," asking her to take their children to Japan, and to think of him as someone who no longer existed.
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Before he went missing, Tsutomu sent his wife a message telling her that he had made enemies with "[[Black Organization|horrible people]]", asking her to take their children, Shuichi and [[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]], to Japan, and to think of him as someone who no longer existed. Sometime after his daughter [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] was born, so both she and her father never got to know each other.
  
 
== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==
  
 
== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
[[File:Papakai.png|150px|thumb|right|Tsutomu Akai as Mary last remembers him.]]
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He looks quite similar to his second son, Shukichi, having roughly the same hairstyle and facial design. Unlike Shukichi, he did not appear to shave his facial hair regularly. In Mary's memory, he wore a large jacket, a loose white tie, and a cap which, along with his hair, concealed part of his face.
Tsutomu Akai looks quite similar to his second son, [[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]], having roughly the same hairstyle and facial design; ''unlike'' his son, Tsutomu did not appear to shave his facial hair regularly. In [[Mary]]'s memory, he wore a large jacket, a loose white tie, and a cap which, along with his hair, concealed part of his face.  
 
  
 
== Abilities ==
 
== Abilities ==
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He did jeet kune do, which motivated Shuichi to do it too.<ref>Super Digest Book 90+</ref> He is termed as "Strong" by [[Mary Sera]] and [[Rumi Wakasa|Rachel Asaka]] who are already very strong by themselves.
  
 
== Appellations ==
 
== Appellations ==
 
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<tab title="Relatives">
 
<tab title="Relatives">
{{appellations/head|Tsutomu}}
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{{appellations/head|Tsutomu Akai}}
{{appellations|Mary|Tsutomu-san<ref name="file974">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 974]]</ref><br />Husband (''Shujin'')<ref name="file972">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972]]</ref>}}
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{{appellations|Mary Sera|Tsutomu-san<ref name="file974">Manga volume 92, file 4; anime episode 882.</ref><br> Husband (''Shujin'')<ref name="file972">Manga volume 92, file 2; anime episode 881.</ref><br> ''Ano hito'' (literally "that person", but the intended meaning is "husband")<ref name="file974"/>}}
 
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{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Father (''Chichi'')<ref name="file972"/>}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Father (''chichi'')<ref name="file972" />}}
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{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Father (''Chichi'')}}
 
 
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Father (''chichi'')}}
 
 
 
 
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Dad (''Otōsan'')}}
 
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Dad (''Otōsan'')}}
 
 
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Papa}}
 
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Papa}}
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<tab title="Black Organization">
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{{appellations/head|Tsutomu Akai}}
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{{appellations|Vermouth|Akai Tsutomu|-}}
 
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|}
 
</tab>
 
</tab>
 
<tab title="Others">
 
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Tsutomu}}
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{{appellations/head|Tsutomu Akai}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|[[Shuichi Akai|Akai-san]]'s father (''Akai-san no otōsan'')}}
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Akai-san's father (''Akai-san no otōsan'')}}
 
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== Plot overview ==
 
== Plot overview ==
=== The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku (Manga: [[Volume 81|859]]; Anime: [[The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku|744]]) ===
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=== A Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|974]], Anime: [[The Wizard of the Ripples|882]]) ===
[[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] tells [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] that while she and [[Shuichi Akai|her oldest brother]] resemble [[Mary|their mother]], [[Shukichi Haneda|her middle brother]] resembles her father.
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[[file:Tsutomu Akai Profile.png|thumb|200px|left|Shuichi remembers his father.]]
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Ten years ago, Mary reminds Shuichi of his father's last words before his death: "Pretend I never existed. I seem to have made some serious enemies". Shuichi reflects that Tsutomu's body still hasn't been found. When Shuichi speaks of being "infected by the disease called curiosity", Mary is immediately reminded of Tsutomu. Shukichi is also reminded of Tsutomu when Mary tells Shuichi to "purge the fog that covers the truth".
  
=== Red Woman Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|872]]; Anime: [[The Tragedy of the Red Woman|754]]) ===
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=== Antique Facet Case (Manga: [[Volume 98#Antique Facet Case|1037-1038]], Anime: [[The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden|1019-1020]]) ===
Masumi tells Conan that several things, including the apparent death of her father, led to she and her brothers each having three different surnames.
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After having talked to his sister, Shuichi recalls a flashback, where it said that his father was hired/requested by his friend Yasuharu Haneda, Kohji's father, to investigate his son's suspicious death in the United States, but after having found out that his enemy was in fact really powerful, instructed his wife and sons to leave England secretly for Japan, where it could be safer for them and it was at this time that Tsutomu disappeared, seventeen years ago. It's revealed that Tsumotu uses the phrase "It was 50:50 so we're both to blame", which is what Shuichi inherited from and Mary uses as well.
  
=== Shukichi's Envelope Case (Manga: [[Volume 89|945-947]]; Anime: TBA) ===
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=== Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 99#Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case|1048]], Anime: [[The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment|1045-1046]]) ===
Tsutomu had his name printed on [[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]]'s marriage certificate. However, the pronunciation of his name was not revealed.
 
[[File:Shuukichi Father Akai family name 947.png|left|thumb|200px|The name on the marriage certificate.]]
 
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=== The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters (Manga: [[Volume 90|949]]; Anime: TBA) ===
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=== Beach House Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 103#Beach House Murder Case|1099]], Anime: TBD) ===
[[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] tells Conan that his father's involvement in the [[Case from 17 years ago|Kohji case]] is why he joined the FBI.
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When [[Rumi Wakasa|Rumi]] witness [[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]] using jeet kune do and his words, causing her recalls of Tsutomu done the similar things seventeen years ago. She feels that Subaru can bring her a sense of secure, just like Tsutomu.
  
=== A Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92|972-974]]; Anime: TBA) ===
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=== Chess Tournament Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 104#Chess Tournament Murder Case|1109]], Anime: TBD) ===
While Mary and Shuichi believe him dead, Tsutomu's body was never found.
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Shuichi tells [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] that his father and Kohji's father are friends. Haneda called Tsutomu, a MI6 secret agent, to ask him for help him investigate his son's death because he couldn't trust the local or Japanese police. Tsutomu agreed to help him because he also wanted to visit Amanda's funeral, who was a friend of him. Tsutomu promised Mary he would return before their new child bornt, but Shuichi didn't expect that to be the last word he heard from his father.
  
When Shuichi speaks of being "infected by the disease called curiosity," [[Mary]] is immediately reminded of Tsutomu. Shukichi is also reminded of Tsutomu when Mary tells Shuichi to "purge the fog that covers the truth."
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== Relationships analysis ==
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=== Mary Sera ===
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[[Mary Sera|Mary]] trust her husband's judgment enough to go into hiding with their children, when he instructed them to.
  
== Speculation ==
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=== Shuichi Akai ===
So far, the amount of information on the patriarch of the Akai family is very vague. 17 years ago, he was involved in some way with the murders of [[Kohji Haneda]] and Amanda Hughes. During which, or shortly after, he became an enemy of "horrible people," prompting him to message his family that they should move to the safety of Japan. From this point on, the father is thought of as dead, however a body was never discovered.
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His father's disappearance drove [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] to seek revenge.
  
=== Fan Speculation ===
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=== Shukichi Haneda ===
Some fan theories have been floating around about ''how'', specifically, he was connected to the [[Case from 17 years ago|Kohji case]], as well as whether he's truly dead or not.
 
  
== Relationships analysis ==
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=== Masumi Sera ===
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[[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] was born after the family moved to Japan, so she never met her father. But a good friend of her father would provide for her. Tsutomu did know he would have the third child and really wanted to meet her.
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=== Rumi Wakasa ===
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As of now, it is unclear what the relationship Tsutomu and [[Rumi Wakasa|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 ==
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== Different looks ==
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* His name was first revealed via Shukichi's marriage registration in [[Volume 89]]. However, at the time, the exact pronunciation of the name was unknown.
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* His name was first revealed via Shukichi's marriage registration in [[volume 89]]. However, at the time, the exact pronunciation of the name was unknown.
* The kanji in his name, 務武, can also be read as "Zumu". This is a possible reference to {{nihongo|Zeon '''Zum''' Deikun|ジオン・ズム・ダイクン|Jion '''Zumu''' Daikun}}, the father of Char Aznable.
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* The kanji in his name, 務武, can also be read as "Zumu". This is a possible reference to {{nihongo|Zeon "Zum" Deikun|ジオン・ズム・ダイクン|Jion "Zumu" Daikun}}, Char Aznable's father.
 
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* According to [[Gosho Aoyama]] in ''JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book'', he went missing in America.
==In other languages==
 
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Characters]]
 
* [[Characters]]
 
* [[Akai family]]
 
* [[Akai family]]
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* [[Unsolved Mysteries]]
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* [[Mysterious man with sunglasses]]
  
 
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Tsutomu Akai

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Profile
Japanese name: 赤井 務武
(Akai Tsutomu)
Age: unknown
Gender: Male
Relatives: Mary Sera (wife)
Shuichi Akai (first son)
Shukichi Haneda (second son)
Masumi Sera (third daughter)
Occupation: MI6 agent
Status: Missing (presumed dead)
Statistics
First appearance: Manga: File 974
Anime: Episode 881
Appearances: Chapters: 6
Episodes: 5
Movies: 0
OVAs: 0
Specials: 0
Openings: 1
Closings: 0
Keyhole number: Volume 92
Actors
Japanese voice: Koichi Yamadera

Tsutomu Akai (赤井 務武 Akai Tsutomu?) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. He is Mary Sera's husband and the father of Shuichi Akai, Shukichi Haneda, and Masumi Sera.

Background

Seventeen years ago, Tsutomu Akai was involved in the double murders of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes. He got a call from Yasuharu Haneda (Father of Kohji Haneda) to investigate the murder case of his son as he couldn't trust the local or Japanese police. So he visited America. What happened to him during and after the incident is currently unknown. He was believed to be deceased by his family, though his body was never found. It was his involvement with the murder case that prompted his first son Shuichi to join the FBI in order to investigate what happened to him, and his assumed death led Shuichi to seek vengeance against those responsible.

Before he went missing, Tsutomu sent his wife a message telling her that he had made enemies with "horrible people", asking her to take their children, Shuichi and Shukichi, to Japan, and to think of him as someone who no longer existed. Sometime after his daughter Masumi was born, so both she and her father never got to know each other.

Personality

Appearance

He looks quite similar to his second son, Shukichi, having roughly the same hairstyle and facial design. Unlike Shukichi, he did not appear to shave his facial hair regularly. In Mary's memory, he wore a large jacket, a loose white tie, and a cap which, along with his hair, concealed part of his face.

Abilities

He did jeet kune do, which motivated Shuichi to do it too.[1] He is termed as "Strong" by Mary Sera and Rachel Asaka who are already very strong by themselves.

Appellations

Plot overview

A Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: 974, Anime: 882)

Shuichi remembers his father.

Ten years ago, Mary reminds Shuichi of his father's last words before his death: "Pretend I never existed. I seem to have made some serious enemies". Shuichi reflects that Tsutomu's body still hasn't been found. When Shuichi speaks of being "infected by the disease called curiosity", Mary is immediately reminded of Tsutomu. Shukichi is also reminded of Tsutomu when Mary tells Shuichi to "purge the fog that covers the truth".

Antique Facet Case (Manga: 1037-1038, Anime: 1019-1020)

After having talked to his sister, Shuichi recalls a flashback, where it said that his father was hired/requested by his friend Yasuharu Haneda, Kohji's father, to investigate his son's suspicious death in the United States, but after having found out that his enemy was in fact really powerful, instructed his wife and sons to leave England secretly for Japan, where it could be safer for them and it was at this time that Tsutomu disappeared, seventeen years ago. It's revealed that Tsumotu uses the phrase "It was 50:50 so we're both to blame", which is what Shuichi inherited from and Mary uses as well.

Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case (Manga: 1048, Anime: 1045-1046)

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

When Rumi witness Subaru using jeet kune do and his words, causing her recalls of Tsutomu done the similar things seventeen years ago. She feels that Subaru can bring her a sense of secure, just like Tsutomu.

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

Shuichi tells Conan that his father and Kohji's father are friends. Haneda called Tsutomu, a MI6 secret agent, to ask him for help him investigate his son's death because he couldn't trust the local or Japanese police. Tsutomu agreed to help him because he also wanted to visit Amanda's funeral, who was a friend of him. Tsutomu promised Mary he would return before their new child bornt, but Shuichi didn't expect that to be the last word he heard from his father.

Relationships analysis

Mary Sera

Mary trust her husband's judgment enough to go into hiding with their children, when he instructed them to.

Shuichi Akai

His father's disappearance drove Shuichi to seek revenge.

Shukichi Haneda

Masumi Sera

Masumi was born after the family moved to Japan, so she never met her father. But a good friend of her father would provide for her. Tsutomu did know he would have the third child and really wanted to meet her.

Rumi Wakasa

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.

Different looks

Manga.

Trivia

  • His name was first revealed via Shukichi's marriage registration in volume 89. However, at the time, the exact pronunciation of the name was unknown.
  • The kanji in his name, 務武, can also be read as "Zumu". This is a possible reference to Zeon "Zum" Deikun (ジオン・ズム・ダイクン Jion "Zumu" Daikun?), Char Aznable's father.
  • According to Gosho Aoyama in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, he went missing in America.

See also

References

  1. ^ Super Digest Book 90+
  2. ^ a b Manga volume 92, file 4; anime episode 882.
  3. ^ a b Manga volume 92, file 2; anime episode 881.
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