The former leader of the Boy Detectives Club, before leaving the position altogether and handing it to Hanazaki. He is smart, and even now continues to operate in the team's control tower.

It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorou Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorou Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.<br><br>

(Source: Official Website)

__Height:__ 173 cm
__Hobbies:__ classic music appreciation, piano, guitar, singing

[Profile](https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/294/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/UmeuMeumE_Y) | [Wiki (en)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yūichirō_Umehara) | [Wiki (jp)](https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/梅原裕一郎)

A voice actor affiliated with [Arts Vision](https://anilist.co/studio/6367).

He revealed on April 4th, 2024 that he has been married to his college classmate since 2016.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
- Alhaitham - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Leona Kingscholar - Disney Twisted-Wonderland (VG)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/jmichaeltatum)

Married to fellow voice actor [Brandon McInnis](https://anilist.co/staff/127809/).

The first episode will focus on the past between Kogorou Akechi and the Fiend With Twenty Faces, while the second will focus on the Boy Detectives Club before Kobayashi and Hanazaki met.

Ryou Inoue