Commonly known as "Komei of the Precinct." An Inspector in the First Investigation Division of the Nagano Prefectural Police Criminal Department. 35 years old. Height is 190cm or close to it. A fair-skinned man characterized by a mustache and a wide forehead parted to the right. His car's license plate is "Mo 624" (Morofushi). After graduating at the top of his class from the Faculty of Law at Toto University, he joined the Nagano Prefectural Police as a non-career officer without taking the career exam. He was once demoted to the local Arano Station for ignoring a superior's orders and forcibly solving a case while trying to find Kansuke Yamato, who went missing during an investigation, but he later returned to the Prefectural Police Headquarters on his own merit. Despite being a troublemaker, he is a highly capable inspector rich in knowledge. He speaks in a calm tone and frequently quotes lessons from the sages of the Three Kingdoms and Chinese proverbs. He has a habit of clasping his hands behind his back when standing. He has been rivals with Inspector Kansuke Yamato since elementary school, though it seems Takaaki wins more often. He is the model for the great detective in the novel "Komei-kun of Class 2-A!" and keeps that book carefully in his car's glove box. He tends to lose sight of his surroundings when focused on a deduction, which once led to him acting alone and nearly being killed by a culprit. Kansuke calls him "Komei." He has a younger brother named Hiromitsu Morofushi. Aoi Kobashi and Takaaki Morofushi were classmates (childhood friends) in elementary, middle, and high school, and were each other's faint first loves. Takaaki's trademark mustache was grown because Aoi Kobashi once told him in their student days that "a mustache would suit you." "Komei-kun of Class 2-A!" was written by Aoi. However, Aoi Kobashi married a man named Shusaku Akashi and lived in a place called the "House of Hope." Three years ago, she died of a heart attack (myocardial infarction) in the warehouse of that mansion. Takaaki visits the mansion every year on the anniversary of her death to offer flowers. (Her husband Akashi also died later after being involved in an incident). Takaaki still thinks of Aoi Kobashi in his heart and is in a state of "clinging to the past." Because of this, he is not in a position to pursue romance. Takaaki's first person pronoun is "I" (Watashi) in formal settings. However, he uses "I" (Boku, soft/polite) for his childhood and with those he is close to. Second person is "you" (Anata). He basically uses polite language with everyone. He frequently quotes idioms and historical proverbs in conversation.