Hyoue Kuroda
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| Hyoue Kuroda | |
| Japanese name: | 黒田 兵衛 (Kuroda Hyōe) |
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| Age: | 50 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Occupation: | Police Superintendent |
| First appearance: | Manga: File 913 Anime: Episode 810 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 29 Episodes: 16 Movies: 2 Openings: 6 Closings: 1 |
| Cases solved: | 1 |
| Keyhole number: | Volume 86 |
| Japanese voice: | Yukimasa Kishino[1] |
Hyoue Kuroda (黒田 兵衛 Kuroda Hyōe), is the former Nagano Police First Division Chief and a character within the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. He is currently the Tokyo Police First Division Managing Officer.
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Background
Hyoue Kuroda was originally an officer from the National Police Agency.[2] At some unknown point in the past, he became the victim of an accident, which put him in a 10-year long coma; that accident was what caused him to lose his right eye. His hair turned white due to the stress of the accident and he looked like a completely different person, and he says that he's missing a few memories.[3]
After having recovered, Kuroda was assigned to Nagano Prefectural Police as the Chief of the First Division, where he first encountered Conan. Some time after the Kawanakajima murder case, he was transferred to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to replace Kiyonaga Matsumoto. He has heard rumors about Conan being 'the brain behind Sleeping Kogoro' and seems to have trust in him.
Personality
Kuroda is a very intimidating man, with the wound around his right eye being especially unnerving. Kogoro, Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko and even Haibara have been scared by his demeanor and his face. His no nonsense approach to cases, coupled with his enigmatic persona keep those he works closely with on their toes. Unlike other policemen like Jugo Yukomizo, he is willing to listen to others than the police's thoughts on a case.
Appellations
Plot overview
Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: 913-917, Anime: 810-812)
This case marks Kuroda's first appearance. He came to the crime scene right after Shigeru Takeda's head was found in the river. Conan got surprised as he was a well-built and old one-eyed man, which partially fits Haibara's description of Rum. He hinted knowing that Conan was the brain behind the Sleeping Kogoro, which was a rumor he heard from the National Police Agency.
He was shown to be a scary person but in the end he turned out to be on Kansuke Yamato and Taka'aki Morofushi's side, helping them to catch the real killer in the case. Yui Uehara said that he had been in a coma for ten years and had pitch black hair before that.
A Blog That Causes a Death (Manga: 918-920, Anime: 814-815)
Conan and Haibara were discussing about Kuroda. Ai said that they shouldn't worry because he didn't make any suspicious moves and he was in Nagano, far from the Black Organization. However, at the end of the case it was found out that he had moved to the Tokyo police department replacing Kiyonaga Matsumoto who presumably got promoted. A bit earlier in the case Takagi spoke with him (referring to him as the Superintendent), where he gave orders to Megure and Takagi that they should do what Conan tells them to do. When Takagi mentions that he was surprise to learn that Conan knew their new superintendent, he arrives saying that he had confident in at Conan could help with the case. He asked Conan to take care of him. Haibara got scared when Kuroda leaned in closer.
A Secret of the Big Couple (Manga: 925-927, Anime: 822-823 )
Haibara said to Conan that she hadn't felt the Black Organization Aura from Kuroda. She had only gripped his shoulder because his face was and his expression were really scary. In fact, she implied Kuroda couldn't be Rum as he saw her and should have noticed she resembles Shiho Miyano. If this had happened, things would have gone out of control and Rum would've broken into Agasa's house and this didn't happen.
Rumi Wakasa's Neighbor Murder Case (Manga: 980, Anime: TBA)
Speculation
Rum
Kuroda has one bad eye which he hides behind a darkened glasses lens, but it is shown to be scarred closed similar to Kansuke's eye socket and not an artificial eye like Rum is described to have. Kuroda is well built, and with his white hair he could be considered old, but it is not obvious how he could be mistaken as a feminine man. Haibara specifically explains to Conan that she does not detect the scent of the Black Organization when she meets him.
Relationship analysis
Family and friends
Nagano Police Detectives and Investigators
They have respect for him and follow his orders.
Name origin
The name comes from Kuroda Kanbei (黒田 官兵衛 Kuroda Kanbee, a.k.a. Kuroda Yoshitaka (黒田 孝高)), Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods.
