Kohji Haneda

Kohji Haneda (羽田 浩司), a Professional Shogi Player who was poisoned by APTX 4869, is a minor character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background
Kohji Haneda was a talented Shogi Player who was deeply respected by Shukichi Haneda, an avid fan of Kohji who claims to be his non-blood-relative. Many people had high hopes that Kohji would win all seven major Shogi Titles due to his remarkable and extraordinary skills on shogi, however, he had only won four major Shogi Titles as he was involved in a murder case that occurred years ago.

Seventeen years ago, Kohji Haneda died under mysterious circumstances while in the United States participating in a Chess Tournament, which was a game that he also enjoyed. Ai Haibara stated that Kohji could have been murdered with the enigmatic drug APTX 4869 since she remembered a person having the same name listed on APTX 4869's Victim List. When Conan Edogawa and Subaru Okiya investigated the deaths of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes, also an avid fan of Kohji and a wealthy American who had both contacts of the FBI and CIA, they discovered that the Black Organization Member Rum may have been involved in the murder case due to the missing letters on Kohji's dying message could be rearranged to spell "ASACA RUM".

​Appearance
Kohji Haneda appears to be a man with a pale skin, indigo eyes and a spiky black hair. Furthermore, he is usually seen wearing his eyeglasses and Kimono.

Trivia

 * Kohji Haneda's Full Name comes from Kōji Tanigawa and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was previously named Hideyoshi Hashiba
 * Furthermore, the "Hane" of Kohji Haneda's Family Name also comes from Yoshiharu Habu, a real-life Professional Shogi Player who has won all Seven Titles.
 * Gosho Aoyama stated that there was a "red herring" in Volume 18, the same volume where APTX 4869's Victim List first appeared, pertaining to Kohji Haneda.
 * justify">Kohji Haneda is right-handed.

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