Teiji Moriya

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Teiji Moriya

Teiji Moriya Profile.jpg

Profile
Japanese name: 森谷 帝二
(Moriya Teiji)
English name: Leo Joel
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of birth: unknown
Relatives: Mr. Moriya (father, deceased)
Mrs. Moriya (mother, deceased)
Occupation: Architect
Status: Under judicial custody
Statistics
First appearance: Anime: Movie 1
Appearances: Movies: 2
Cases solved: 0
Actors
Japanese voice: Taro Ishida
English voice: Kent Williams

Teiji Moriya (森谷 帝二 Moriya Teiji?) is a character in the movie franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Teiji Moriya is a famous architect and professor from Tohto University Architecture Department. He is a perfectionist and many buildings throughout Japan are from his hands. Thirteen years ago, he won the Japan Architectural Association Newcomer Award for designing the Sumida canal bridge.

Personality

Treat others exceedingly polite and possesses a strong passion upon architectural design. He is also very demanding on himself, which supports his perfectionism attitude.

Appearance

He has long face, big ears, striaght eybrows, black eyes, with brown hair. He wears a black stripped shirt, laced with a green suit jacket, plus a red-blue tie under his collar.

Appellations

Plot overview

The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Movie: 1)

Countdown to Heaven (Movie: 5)

Name origin

His name is adapted from James Moriarty, a character from Conan Doyle's novel, who is the rival of Sherlock Holmes.

Trivia

  • His original name was "Genji Moriya" and the reason that he changed it is to maintain symmetry, since each character from Japanese is symmetrical.
  • Gosho Aoyama indicated that he liked this character and added that it's abit "wasting" to only use him in one film.

See also

Supporting Characters
Family & friends Fusae CampbellMidori MegureShiro SuzukiAyako SuzukiTomoko SuzukiRuri UjoMisae YamamuraKazumi TsukamotoAsami TsuburayaGenji KojimaCoeurHiroshi YagisawaTamanosuke ItoMegumi ItoRenge KataokaSayo OhashiMidori KuriyamaMaroKatsumasa OguraTaiiGoroLupinMrs. TsuburayaMrs. SatoIsokichi KamoiYuzo TomizawaHina WadaYujiro TamakiIchiro TamakiMichiko YoshikawaMina KatsumataShinobu OoeSakura Toyama
Law enforcement Officer TomeInspector MomoseFemale forensics memberMasayoshi SatoOfficer NumataTsujimuraReiko KujoSasaki
Schools Ryujiro UematsuMaria HigashioTakuma SakamotoChiharu MatsubaraYumi SekizawaNatsuko ShibuyaToya
Media Naomichi MugikuraKoji YatsukawaMikihiko KamisuwaKaoru KodaMiyuki Tabeta
Case aquaintances Tohei BenzakiTeiji MoriyaNarumi AsaiRay CurtisKyosuke HagaNatsuki KoshimizuJunya TokitsuMinerva GlassReiko Akiba
Others Soshi OkitaSamizu KichiemonHikaru YasumotoChikara KatsumataTakeshi OnimaruShimogasa TwinsSatoru MaedaOsamu KenzakiHiroki OiKeita KanekoGomeraDetective SamonjiNight Baron
Related lists List of minor recurring anime charactersList of minor recurring manga charactersList of notable movie charactersList of notable case characters