Ginshiro Toyama
Ginshiro Toyama | |
Japanese name: | 遠山 銀司郎 (Tōyama Ginshirō)[1] |
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English name: | Chief Thomas |
Age: | unknown |
Gender: | Male |
Relatives: | Mrs. Toyama (wife)[2] Kazuha Toyama (daughter) |
Occupation: | Osaka Prefecture Police Chief Criminal Investigator |
First appearance: | Manga: File 185 Anime: Episode 118 |
Appearances: | Chapters: 10 Episodes: 6 Movies: 4 Openings: 1 Closings: 1 |
Keyhole number: | Volume 31 |
Japanese voice: | Masato Sako (episode 118) Shinji Ogawa (episode 263; movies 10, 14 & 17) Masaki Terasoma (Starting Movie 21) |
English voice: | Doug Burks (FUNimation) Kyle Hebert (Bang Zoom!) |
Ginshiro Toyama (遠山 銀司郎 Tōyama Ginshirō ), also known as Chief Thomas in the Funimation dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. Toyama is the Chief Criminal Investigator in the Osaka police district, and is close friends with the police chief of Osaka, Heizo Hattori. It is due to their friendship that Toyama's daughter, Kazuha, met Heizo's son, Heiji. Very little is known about Detective Toyama, though his first name was finally revealed in The Lost Ship in the Sky.[1]
Contents
Background
Little is known about Detective Toyama's past. Fans originally speculated as to whether Kazuha's parents are divorced or her mother has died, as her mother remained unmentioned until episode 573.[2]
Personality
He is a loving father who cares for his daughter and is protective of her, like when heiji yelled at her he glared at him until Heiji started talk politely. He also thinks Heiji is good man for her daughter. He is close friends with Heizo Hattori. He also cares for his subordinate like when one of his men murdered some people for revenge, a man which hadn't still been murdered and was saved tried to hit him, but he protected him and said he is still his men.[3]
Appellations
Plot overview
Stabbed Wallet Case (Manga: 185, 188, Anime: 118)
Tiger Scroll Case (Manga: 317, 319-321, Anime: 263)
Toyama joked that he would prefer for Kazuha to marry Heiji Hattori than any other boy.
Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation (Manga: 390, Anime: 323)
Yuki-Onna Murder Case (Manga: 521, Anime: 490)
=== Kaiju Gomera VS Kamen Yaiba (Anime:965-968)
Relationships analysis
Heizo Hattori
Ginshiro Toyama appears to be Police Chief Heizo Hattori's closest friend.
Kazuha Toyama
Ginshiro Toyama is very protective of his daughter. Once, when Heiji dared yell at her, he glared at him until he stopped and said everything very politely in episode 263.
Name origin
The name "Toyama" comes from Edo period "police detective" Kagetomo Toyama (遠山 景元 Tooyama Kagetomo). "Ginshiro" is a play on "Kinshiro" (金四郎), the first name of the main character in the fictionalized Toyama no Kin-san stories based on the historic Toyama's life.