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Renko Kitami (北見 蓮子 (きたみ れんこ) Kitami Renko) is a superintendent in Hokkaido Prefectural Police. She went on an alias named Narumi Fuwa (不破 鳴美) from a girl who committed suicide. She is the one responsible for the death of Suzue, Yukio, Ryuta, and her own twin-sister Karen.

She was hunting for the Red Beard St. Claus but she found out that the person died from an overdose at the Western Hotel. She soon found out that Suzue and Yukio have conspired to buy narcotics from Red Beard St. Claus. When she went to present evidence to arrest both of them. She found out that her twin sister Karen was the foster child of Suzue. The moment Karen said Renko's name.

She felt betrayed, not only because her true identity was revealed, but she was wanted for the murder of Renko's own foster father. Suzue and Yukio realized that Renko was on the wanted board and decided to blackmail her by dealing drugs to them. She also spited Karen because she thought that she was betrayed twice by her own sister. She killed Suzue by spiking the glass of wine that she was meant to drink at the play. And killed Yukio by luring him with a phone call thinking that Yukio was hearing Karen's voice to the pool and murdered him. She also killed Ryuta because he recorded a part of the script that shows how Suzue was guaranteed to drink the spiked wine. And she poisoned Karen so she could be the scapegoat of the entire crime.

Appearance[]

She is appeared to be a middle aged woman despite being in her twenties. She has the same facial features with Karen Fumizaki but she took plastic surgery. She doesn't change her face after being arrested.

Her face as Narumi Fuwa is said to be similar to Medusa from Greek Mythology both by Hajime and Ryuta Saki.

Personality[]

Renko appeared to be kind-hearted when she was young. When she was adopted by a foster faster. She felt abused because her foster father was a drug dealer. After the moment when she became Narumi Fuwa. She is a strict and disciplined person who was described by Hajime Kindaichi as some kind of "witch". She maintained security and seriousness when it comes to her job.

Like Akechi, who is also a superintendent, she graduated from the University of Tokyo and has an unpleasant personality. From the beginning, he didn't welcome him (rather, he treated him as a nuisance). At the time of Saki's murder, Hajime was briefly arrested on suspicion of said murder.

Relationships[]

Victims[]

Total victims: 4 or 3 (depending on version)

Etymology[]

  • The name Renko means "lotus, water lily" (蓮) (ren) and "child" (子) (ko).
  • Renko's surname Kitami means "north" (北) (kita) and "see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible" (見) (mi).

Trivia[]

  • She's one of the few members of the police department to commit a crime along with Bob Davis and Misa Yukimine.
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