Yukichi Fukuzawa

Age: 45 Height: 186 cm (6'1") Likes: Cats, beef hot pot, alcohol, equality Dislikes: Feudalism Yukichi Fukuzawa (福ふく沢ざわ 諭ゆ吉きち, Fukuzawa Yukichi?) is the president of the Armed Detective Agency

Fukuzawa is a tall man who almost always has a stern expression on his face. He has long silver hair, which ends just above his shoulder, and metallic blue eyes, which appear to have wrinkles eyebags under them. He is always seen wearing a green yukata under a black haori (a traditional Japanese thigh-length kimono-style jacket, commonly worn by men) with golden borders with a zigzag pattern, and zori (flat sandals) with white tabi (toe-divided socks). Twelve years ago, before the Agency was founded and Fukuzawa was still under Sōseki Natsume's tutelage, he wore a black hakama (a pair of large, pleated, traditional trousers), a kimono underneath a longer haori and a small scarf with a circle pattern on it. His hair was also shorter, just reaching past the nape of his neck.

Fukuzawa is, as expected from the president of the Agency, a serious man, capable of maintaining his calm expression at every time, even in front of an adversary. As a leader, he prioritizes the welfare of his subordinates, especially seen when he once ordered all the personnel from the Agency to focus on finding and rescuing Atsushi Nakajima and put their ensuing work to a freeze. Moreover, he places great value in the Agency and its members, unyielding to give them up even in crucial situations and once threatening some assassins to target him alone rather than involve the Agency. Hence, he naturally became indignant when he learned that the Port Mafia lured in the Guild with their Agency clerks, even breaking a pen with his bare hands out of rage.

His undisputed authority is prevalent over his subordinates, to the point that even the confident Ranpo Edogawa dropped the idea of finding a murder case to solve rather than helping look for Atsushi after Kenji Miyazawa warned him against Fukuzawa's wrath if he did so. Moreover, Fukuzawa has a rather commanding aura within him that some Agency members, including Doppo Kunikida and Atsushi, occasionally flinch possibly out of intimidation whenever in the presence of the President. Nevertheless, he knows his subordinates' capabilities and will not hesitate to seek them out when the situation calls for it.

As one-third of the constituents of the Tripartite Framework, Fukuzawa has an overflowing regard for the order and peace of Yokohama and for wanting justice to prevail in however way he can, which ultimately caused Fukuzawa to found the Agency. He further asserts that praise and rewards are a "light drizzle" to their primary endeavor of preventing chaos to ensue within the city. Even when afflicted with the Cannibalism virus, Fukuzawa strugglingly issued out the orders to his subordinates not to fight the Port Mafia in protecting him, lest it disrupt the balance and tranquility of Yokohama.

While Fukuzawa is emotionally reserved and impassive, he can display a scathing sense of humor: twelve years ago, while he was on his way to save Ōgai Mori from low-level criminals, the criminals threatened to kill the doctor and Fukuzawa wished them to have fun doing so, though this may be also be partly out of his hunch that Mori could handle the situation himself. When reunited with his childhood friend Ōchi Fukuchi, while Fukuzawa complemented the latter for being a Hunting Dogs commander, he nonetheless claimed that his leadership is "five times better" than Fukuchi, albeit admitting that it had quite dropped. He's never seen smiling, although it's heavily implied he has a soft spot for cute things.

His ability, All Men Are Equal (人上人不造ヒトノウエ二ヒトヲツクラズ, Hito no Ue ni Hito o Tsukurazu?), allows him to suppress the abilities of those in the Armed Detective Agency. According to Dazai, it can "adjust the power of their abilities so that they may be controlled." However, applicants have to pass an "exam entrance" (i.e. they have to display values compatible with the Agency's in perilous situations) to fall under the range of the ability.

Skills=Martial Arts: Fukuzawa proficiency in martial arts since a younger age are unmatched, as seen at his past before founding the agency. He possesses enough strength and reflexes to take on a group of assassins. As such, he is noted to have never lost a match to his mentee, Kunikida, and keep a intense combat against Mori even facing his unpredictable fighting style. Kote gaeshi: One of Fukuzawa's trademark defenses is kote gaeshi (小手返, lit. "forearm return"), a throwing technique in aikido that uses an opponent's momentum against them. Seoi nage: Fukuzawa is also proficient in seoi nage (背負投, lit. "shoulder throw"), a shoulder throw (throwing technique) in jujutsu. Iaido: Fukuzawa also has a mastery of iaido Shukuchi: Fukuzawa can close the distance between himself and other using this martial arts technique that uses the body's weight to instantly bring them into range with their opponent. Muto Dori: Fukuzawa also knows the technique muto dori (無刀捕, lit. "No sword capture"), a jujutsu technique for grappling and disarming an opponent wielding a sword. Swordsmanship Skills: Fukuzawa used to practice swordsmanship, trained at a government-run school of martial arts and was one of the greatest swordsmen in the government known as Goken. When Fukuzawa was young, he trained at a government-run school of martial arts. He was good friends with Fukuchi while in martial arts training. They had a friendly rivalry and spent time together after Fukuzawa took in Ranpo as well. Fukuzawa was a part of the Goken, the five greatest swordsmen in the government. He worked as an assassin who was tasked to kill war hawk bureaucrats and the leaders of foreign military parties who supported them towards the end of the Great War. At some point, he earned himself the nickname of the Silver Wolf (銀狼, Ginrō?), as his skills were unanimously praised He stepped down from this position after he realized that he was starting to look forward to killing his targets because of how simple and easy assassinations were to him. He was shunned for this decision, but he ultimately permanently laid down his sword and became a lone wolf. He soon worked as a professional bodyguard for two types of job, namely contract jobs and one-off bodyguard gigs. During this time, he met Ranpo and assisted him in solving a case involving a theater murder case. He ultimately lost his job shortly after he began looking after Ranpo. Nevertheless, the two were requested by various clients and became notorious throughout Yokohama for their services, with Ranpo's detective skills and Fukuzawa's extraordinary strength. Sometime during their partnership, Fukuzawa and Ranpo were able to locate Natsume, who was rumored to have connections in the government and underground organizations in Yokohama. Fukuzawa then sought his help in acquiring a skilled business permit for his Armed Detective Agency, which he envisioned to be an organization that would comprise strong and kind detectives based around Ranpo even after he would be gone.