A freelance writer who first appeared in &quot;Legend of Lake Hiren&quot; and they become friends after the case. Later on, he helped Kindaichi during his run in &quot;Kindaichi the Killer&quot;. Since then he has become a press/media contact for Kindaichi and uses his position as a writer to perform background checks on suspects. His sources are very reliable -- however, in &quot;Kindaichi the Killer&quot;, Itsuki will discover that one of his friends, who supposedly tries to help, may be a prime suspect... Also appears in a small role in &quot;The Gentleman Thief. (Wiki)&quot;

Kindaichi Hajime may look dumb, but he is one of the smartest you will ever see. He encounters mysteries after mysteries with his good friend, Miyuki, and he swears to solve them in the name of his grandfather, which was a great detective.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Kindaichi (frequently with best-bud, Miyuki) travels to various places where a murder has taken place, typically involving ghosts, curses, myths and folklore of significant events from the distant past, and solves the mystery using ingenious deductions of curious clues and his cool magic. 
(Source: Tokyopop)

A series of 17 short cases of Kindaichi.


With the genius-level reasoning ability he inherited from his grandfather Kousuke Kindaichi, Hajime Kindaichi has solved a great number of very difficult cases. But he is just a regular high school student. Though he wants to get closer to his childhood friend Miyuki, he can't manage to make a move on her because no matter where they go, a terrible crime always occurs! Kindaichi hardens his resolve and invites her on a one-night mini-vacation! "This time it'll work for sure!" he says to himself. 

(Source: MangaBox)

Yosuke Itsuki