Ezaki Kotaro

Ezaki Kotaro (2002–2020) was a suspect in the murder investigation of drifter Matsushima Haruto in Say Hi to Kobe (Case #0 of Kobe Town) before getting murdered in Take the Last Breath (Case #1 of Kobe Town).

Profile
Ezaki was a 18-year-old Kudo High student with blond hair and black eyes. He wore a white top with black horizontal stripes underneath a dark green jacket. It is known that Ezaki was right-handed and used Crème de la Terre.

At the time of his death, Ezaki was seen shirtless and wearing black swimming trunks.

Killer and motives
The killer turned out to be his class teacher, Minamizawa Hanako.

Admitting to the murder, Minamizawa said that Ezaki had found evidence of her committing frauds with some students, who had paid her a large amount of money for higher marks so that they would not need to study at school but still had good grades. Judge Sato Natsuko sentenced her to 25 years in jail.

Case appearances

 * Say Hi to Kobe (Case #0 of Kobe Town)
 * Take the Last Breath (Case #1 of Kobe Town)