Juzo Megure
| "Inspector" Juzo Megure | |
| English name: | "Inspector" Joseph Meguire |
|---|---|
| Age: | ? |
| Gender: | male |
| Relatives: | Midori Megure (wife) |
| Nicknames: | Inspector Inspector-dono (Kogoro) |
| First appearance: | Manga: Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 1 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 336 Episodes: 546 Movies: 25 OVAs: 3 Specials: 4 Chapters: 2 Episodes: 1 Openings: 40 Closings: 6 |
| Keyhole number: | Volume 4 |
| Japanese voice: | Chafurin |
| Drama actor: | Masahiko Nishimura (Ep. 1) Masato Ibu (Ep. 2) |
Juzo Megure (目暮 十三 Megure Juuzou), also known as Joseph Meguire in the Funimation, but commonly referred to as Inspector Megure, is a character in the manga and anime Detective Conan. Megure is almost always there on the scene when a murder occurs, always interviewing the suspects, and acting as the commanding officer of the group of police he brings along with him. Megure and Kogoro Mouri were former co-officers in the district. His wife is Midori Megure, a woman whom he met on his first case as a police officer, a case which constantly haunts Megure, and is the cause of why he never takes his hat off.
Background
Shortly after Megure had come to the police force, he was involved in a case in which he would meet his future wife, Midori. As a result of the case, he has taken to wearing a hat in public in order to hide a scar which he gained and his own self-consciousness about how he came to his marriage.[1] Megure was also a good friend of star detective story novelist Yusaku Kudo, and would in the past consult him about one case or another. On many such occasions, Yusaku would take his son Shinichi with him, who would pick up his father's investigate skills and eventually become a detective in his own right.[2]
Personality
Megure is a capable veteran officer who cares much for his underlings, but he is prone to occasional shouting fits whenever something does not go right or when his excitement gets the better of him. He also has little patience for fools, but tends to be a bit too conservative, limiting his ability for flexible thinking.
After Shinichi solved their first mutual case for him, he has regularly consulted him in difficult cases and considered him a great help[3]. In stark contrast to this, he tends to think not much of Conan and the Detective Boys, usually thinking of them as a nuisance until they solve the ongoing case for him. Likewise, from their common police days, he has no high regard for Kogoro, and he thinks that he may actually be under some kind of jinx, since wherever Kogoro shows up, there is always some murder case nearby.
