Yui Uehara

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Yui Uehara

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Profile
Japanese name: 上原 由衣
(Uehara Yui)
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Relatives: Yoshiro Torada (husband, deceased)
Naonobu Torada (father-in-law)
Shigetsugu Torada (brother-in-law, deceased)
Mrs. Torada (mother-in-law, deceased)
Tatsue Torada (mother-in-law)
Occupation: Police detective
Status: Alive
Aliases: Yui Torada (married name)
Statistics
First appearance: Manga: File 613
Anime: Episode 516
Appearances: Chapters: 32
Episodes: 21
Movies: 2
OVAs: 0
Specials: 0
Openings: 3
Closings: 1
Keyhole number: Volume 66
Actors
Japanese voice: Ami Koshimizu
English voice: Ghia Burns (Macias Group)

Yui Uehara (上原 由衣 Uehara Yui?), formerly known as Yui Torada (虎田 由衣 Torada Yui?), is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Yui Uehara grew up together in a village somewhere in Nagano prefecture. She was close to Kansuke Yamato and to the popular village policeman Kuroto Kai. Inspired by him, Yui joined the police force in her early twenties. Soon after that, Officer Kai died under mysterious circumstances, prompting Yui (and Yamato, who was also close to Officer Kai and became a policeman, following his example) to investigate the case. They were not able to make much progress during the next five years (presumably), until Yamato heard that a robber arrested by Kai two years before his death broke out of jail. Yamato, believing that he had something to do with Officer Kai’s death, went after him personally, but while on the chase he suffered a deadly accident, and subsequently went missing. As Yui thought that Yamato was dead, she thought that she must do more to investigate the case, and thus married Yoshiro Torada (and changed her surname as a result), whose family she believed had something to do with Officer Kai’s death. Yui did not really love her husband, although his feelings for her were genuine.

Despite spending a year in the Torada household, she was not able to obtain sufficient information to find the truth, and the case was resolved only when another string of mysterious murders occurred (with her husband winding up as the first victim) that that case was solved. Yui contributed to solving the case, and Yamato, Conan and Heiji also were able to figure the case out.

Soon after the resolution of the case, and after Yamato urged her to do so, Yui rejoined the police force, and changed her surname back to “Uehara” (she did feel badly for her husband though). She is now an assistant police inspector working under Yamato at Nagano’s prefectural police headquarters.

Personality

Yui is a friendly and considerate person, which offsets Yamato's harsh appearance and behavior, complementing the two so different personalities. It is frequently hinted by her behavior that she is in love with him, but his professionalism has as yet prevented any serious personal engagement, although Yamato himself seems not reluctant to it.

Yui, just like Yamato, is very aware of Conan's intelligence, telling Conan about how Yamato believes that he is more intelligent than Kogoro Mouri, sneakily trying to get Conan involved in investigating the crime.[1]

Appellations

Plot overview

Furinkazan Case (Manga: 613-618, Anime: 516-517)

  • Yui makes her first appearance in this case. Her husband has just died a few days ago, and her surname is still “Torada”.
  • When Yamato calls her “Uehara” and orders her to tell him the time (as he needs to know when exactly they discovered the body), Yui does so without second thoughts, and it is only after she answered that both suddenly realize that she is no longer his subordinate. Yamato apologizes, as Yui says that it is ok.
  • Yui, knowing that Kazuha likes Hattori, advises her to not follow her path: Yui waited for too long, and before she was able to confess her feelings he was already gone, resulting in irreversible and immeasurable losses to her.
    • Here, Yui is probably regretting over the fact that as she hesitated and did not confess to Yamato in time, he went missing, which (indirectly) drove her to marry Yoshiro Torada, which eventually resulted her current status as a widow.
  • Yamato announces that Yui (and six other people, including some from the Torada family) are suspects, and orders them to go home and pray before he makes an arrest. Yui, hearing Yamato’s cold words, says “Kan-chan, you no longer call my name as you did before” with some sorrow on her face.
  • Yamato replies that due to the case, instead of treating her as a childhood friend or as a former subordinate, he needs to see her as a suspect and as the widow of a victim.
  • Yui is later shown to be looking at a photo taken with Yamato and Officer Kai when they were both still kids. Yui recalls asking Officer Kai to marry her, and remembers that he replies, amused: “Spare me of this, please! Kansuke would loathe me!”
  • Yui is able to solve the case and predict that the culprit’s next target is Akira Tatsuo. She thus goes to his household to protect him, but is not anticipating the culprit to bring subordinates. Yamato, Conan and Heiji, who are anticipating this, are able to save her and Akira Tatsuo and defeat the culprit and her men.
  • After the case concludes, Yui tells Yamato why she married Yoshiro Torada, adding that she feels sorry for him. Yamato tells that she should rejoin the police force once she feels ready, and jokes that their superintendent misses the coffee that she makes, although her coffee-making skills were terrible.

Dangerous Couple Case (Manga: 680-681, Anime: 557)

  • Yui reveals that she has rejoined Nagano’s police force already and that just a few months into the job, both she and her car have are already bruised.
  • Yui and Yamato come to Tokyo to ask Kogoro for help on a difficult case, and encounters Agasa and Ai, who are stranded in the forests of Yamanashi, on their way. They agree to take them to Tokyo.

Red Wall Case (Manga: 682-686, Anime: 558-561)

Eye for an Eye (Manga: 783-784, Anime: 653-654)

The Red Woman (Manga: 873-875, Anime: 754-756)

  • As both Yamato and Morofushi are occupied, she comes to the investigate the murder case without them. She is not able to make much progress on the case, and the truth is finally revealed by Sera, Conan, Yamato and Morofushi.

Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: 913-917, Anime: 810-812)

  • Since Yui cannot figure out the truth behind the case, she is misled to believe that Yamato is in grave danger and that his feud with Morofushi is real.
  • After the case is solved, Yui is relieved, but thinks that Yamato could have told her about their plans to mislead the culprit beforehand to not make her worry.
  • Yamato thinks that she is talking way to much and shouts at her to make her shut up, which prompts her to say bitterly that she will not be so concerned with him anymore, as he does not want attention from a widow anyways.
  • In a rare act, Yamato smiles and replies warmly that the huge scar on his face puts him in a similar situation. Yui blushes after hearing this.


Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: 1027-1031, Anime: 1003-1005)

  • Yui appears at the end with Yamato and Morofushi to investigate the crime scene.

Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: 1082-1084, Anime: TBD)

  • At the end of the case, the protagonists are at the hut that Yamamura and Hiromitsu built together when they were kids. Yamamura discovers that Hiromitsu left him a message, and Yui is curious about it and wants to know what it says. Knowing that Morofushi and Yamamura are trying having a discussion about the message and want some privacy, Yamato changes topic to distract Yui.

Non-canon plot overview

The Raven Chaser (Movie: 13)

Relationships analysis

Yoshiro Torada

Yoshiro was Yui's husband. She married him in order to investigate his family's connection to the death of a police officer she admired. He died due to a tornado. However Yui does seem to feel bad about her motives for marrying him.

Kansuke Yamato

Kansuke Yamato cares very deeply for his subordinate and childhood friend Yui. He was upset over her leaving the force and tried to distance himself from her,[9] but had no problem allowing her back on the force.[10] Yui in return cares for him and even seems to have feeling for him,[10][11] affectionately referring to him as Kan-chan, which he always scolds her for doing.[12] In LOVE PLUS Super Digest Book it reveals that Yui likes inspector Yamato for his passion and kindness.

Name origin

The two kanji for the name "Yui" (由衣) is derived from Princess Yu (由布姫 Yū-hime?) and Princess Koi (湖衣姫 Koi-hime?), the two names used in novels for the daughter of Suwa Yorishige, head of the Suwa clan. Her last name, Uehara, comes from Uehara castle, the main stronghold of the Suwa clan.

Different looks

Episode 516

Trivia

  • Her car is a 2008 Blue Honda Inspire [CP3], with the license plate number 新野 300, ま • 2-15 (Niino 300, Ma • 2-15).

See also

References

  1. ^ Episodes 558-561: The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall
  2. ^ a b c d e File 914 (Volume 86)
  3. ^ File 910 (Volume 86)
  4. ^ a b c d File 913 (Volume 86)
  5. ^ File 681 (Volume 65)
  6. ^ a b File 916 (Volume 87)
  7. ^ File:Postcard2016 6.jpg (Taka'aki (or Komei) calls her 'Yui-san', I think... probably... (laugh) )
  8. ^ Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
  9. ^ Manga Chapter 616: Furinkazan
  10. ^ a b Manga Chapter 618: Shadow and Lightning
  11. ^ Manga Chapter 617: War
  12. ^ Manga Volume 65-66: Files 682-686 (Red Wall Case)
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Nagano Police District Kansuke Yamato • Yui Uehara • Taka'aki Morofushi
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Osaka Prefectural Police Heizo Hattori • Ginshiro Toyama • Goro Otaki
Nagano Prefectural Police Kansuke Yamato • Yui Uehara • Taka'aki Morofushi (Komei)
Kanagawa Prefectural Police Jugo Yokomizo • Chihaya Hagiwara
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