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The Narumi Detective Office (鳴海探偵事務所, Narumi Tantei Jimusho) is a detective agency based in Futo, located inside the Kamome Billiards Hall (かもめビリヤード場, Kamome Biriyādo Ba). The building was originally owned by Sokichi Narumi to which he founded and ran the agency as its head detective inside. After his passing, he passed ownership of the building to his daughter Akiko Narumi, who now serves as landlady of the building while Sokichi's protege, Shotaro Hidari assumed the position of the agency's current head detective.
Although the agency accepts typical and mundane cases such as finding missing pets and investigating marital issues, they particularly specialize in crimes involving Gaia Memories and Dopants, which the Futo Police Department cannot conventionally handle. The agency also has Philip for his ability to access the Gaia Library, allowing him to instantly track down suspects and/or identify the names of unknown Gaia Memories just by having a particular set of keywords. Due to the nature of their job, the agency's head detective is in possession of a Memory Driver, as well as purified Gaia Memories that allow them to transform into Kamen Riders and fight Dopants on the police's behalf.
The agency often receives support from Ryu Terui, the police Superintendent and fellow Kamen Rider who acts as the liaison between both parties. Due to his double position as well as his eventual marriage to Akiko, Ryu is often counted as a member of the agency as well.
Employees[]
- Former
- Sokichi Narumi (founder and field detective; Kamen Rider Skull; deceased)
- Seiichiro Matsui (field detective; Spider Dopant; deceased)
- Current
- Shotaro Hidari (field detective; Kamen Rider Double/Joker; active)
- Philip (tech support; Kamen Rider Double/Cyclone; active)
- Akiko Narumi (owner and field detective; active)
- Ryu Terui (police liaison; Kamen Rider Accel; active)
- Tokime (assistant field detective; active)
Cases Taken[]
| File Name | Client | Request | Acceptor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skull: Message for W | Melissa | Singer and longtime friend of Sokichi, Melissa, believed that she was under attack by her own manager, Kozo Yaguchi and asked Sokichi to protect her. | Sokichi Narumi |
| The W Search | Marina Tsumura | Marina's boyfriend Yousuke Togawa had gone missing, so she asked Shotaro to find him. | Shotaro Hidari |
| Don't Touch the M | Yuko Izumi's parents | To investigate their daughter's obnoxious behavior upon entering the rumored Million Colosseo. | |
| The Girl... A | Miyabi Kusuhara | To be her personal bodyguard when an assassin puts a contract on her life, following her husband. | |
| Find the C | Dango Inamoto | ||
| The S Terror | Mai Asakawa + 4 others | ||
| The Vengeful V | Mikio Aoki | ||
| Q on the Radio | Wakana Sonozaki | To identify the mysterious Mister Question whose actions are threatening her career. | Philip |
| The F Afterglow | Fuyumi Aso | To catch the famous imposter Kamen Rider, who is actually her partner-in-crime. | Shotaro Hidari |
| Farewell N | Master of Barber Kaze | To find his daughter's whereabouts. | |
| The I Doesn't Stop | Ryu Terui | To assist in a police investigation about a Dopant who has been freezing random victims. | |
| The T Returns | Shun Makura | To assist in an internal investigation about a crooked cop (just to impress a new female detective). | |
| L on the Lips | Queen & Elizabeth | To investigate the Fuuuuuutic Idol competition after the judges costed them their win in favor of a terrible singer. | |
| The P's Game | Rikako Horinouchi's spirit?? | Akiko Narumi | |
| The D Was Watching | Lily Shirogane | When her Invisible Memory starts showing glitches, she request to help find the mysterious loaner who gave her the Memory. | Shotaro Hidari |
| The Nightmarish H | Himeka Yukimura | ||
| The Wind Called B | Isamu Bito | ||
| Tragedy of Y | Yuko Fuwa | ||
| Beyond the R | Nagi's children visitors | ||
| Visitor X | Satoshi Yamashiro | To find his family he was seperated for a decade. | |
| The Potential of G | Ai Nijimura | ||
| The J Labyrinth | Mikio Jinno | To locate and apprehend an unknown diamond-ringed woman who framed him for jewel theft. | |
| O's Link | Yoshie Goto | To uncover the cirucmstances of her daughter who mysteriously aged into an old woman in one night. | |
| Forever: A to Z | Maria S. Cranberry | When a bunch of unnamed terrorists attack Fuuto, she enlists the Agency's assistance to recover the scattered T2 Gaia Memories which are crucial for their ambitions. | |
| Who the K Needs | Kyoko Todoroki | To help her uncover an artifact called the "Evil Tail" for Ryubei Sonozaki, head curator of the Fuuto Meuseum. | |
| The Abandoned U | Philip | After sensing his sister, Wakana Sonozaki is still alive after shutting down the Museum organization, Philip request a man search for her (while he still has time left). | |
| Goodbye to the E | Akira Aoyama | To find his missing sister, Yui, from a bunch of memory-selling thugs. | |
| Beware of t | Chuuta Tsubosaki | After having his bag with a secret Gaia Memory stolen by Tokime, Chuuta asked Shotaro to help him find the bag under the pretense that he wanted the money inside, while hiding both the fact he wanted to see Tokime as well as get his missing Gaia Memory back. | |
| The Terrible m | Shintaro Majima | After death threats were sent to the promotional idol from the game Monster El Dorado, Megu Kazamatsuri, whose true identity is in fact the game's lead developer Monako Moriguchi, Majima asked Shotaro to protect her. | |
| Whereabouts of c | Chujo Family | To look for their family's missing cat, who had originally belonged to their late patriarch. | |
| The Closed k | Kuuya Kagamino | To investigate true identity of the Alcohol Dopant, who has committed several homicides in the estate. | |
| pis a Devil | Denichiro Sugou | ||
| Superhuman r | Ritsuka Rando/Reiichi Rando | To find Rentaro Rando, Ritsuka's grandfather/Reiichi's father who had disappeared following a deal with Mamoru Nikaido, a member of Yukiji Bando's organization Street. | |
| Dark is o's Nest | Nana Ouse | ||
| Treasure of b | Genjurou Benzaiten | ||
| Thanking f | Nao Fujimi | To be her replacement as the Fudou-kun mascot after she was injured by an unknown gang assailant. | Tokime |
| Reaper is the Face of l | Kyoko Todoroki | Shotaro Hidari | |
| Maverick d | Yukiji Bando | Unwilling Unison Agreement | |
| h of the Maze Building | Hayato Honjou | Shotaro Hidari |
Behind the scenes[]
- The real-life filming location of the Narumi Detective Office's exterior is at the Old Tsurukawa-za (旧鶴川座, Kyū Tsurukawa-za) building located in the city of Kawagoe.[1] The building has since been torn down as of 2019.[2]
Notes[]
- Akiko created a website for the office, but it was made with a very feminine style, which clashes with the typical stereotype of a "noir detective" outlook. Akiko has not been known to change it since.
- In the net movie spin-off of Super Hero Taisen, Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taihen – Who’s the culprit?!, there exists a "Narumi Detective Agency" within that that continuity. However, the punch is that "Narumi" (鳴海) was derived from "Naru" in Narutaki's name (鳴滝), and "umi" from Urataros' sea (海) affinity.
- This is not to be confused with the detective office of the same name from the Devil Summoner game series.