Goryu Tachibana (橘五柳) was a non fiction author. He was murdered in the Murder Committed by Young Kindaichi case.
He was a very famous writer who had revealed exposed cases and a lot of publishing houses competed for his manuscrits. As a result of his sales, he was rich and owned a large mansion which was where he held his birthday party. In that party, he challenged the representive of various publishing houses to a contest with the rights of his latest work as the prize. Goryu also announced that his novel would reveal the crimes of someone who was present at the party. Kindaichi was invited by Itsuki to help solve the code, however, Goryu was murdered in the reading room of his mansion the next day.
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He is known to be a pervert, which is shown with his behavior towards Miyuki, Nonaka and Aoi. He is also arrogant and violent, as shown by his behavior when Kindaichi reveals his wig. However, Itsuki, who have known him in the past, says he cares about others.