Keiji Higashino

Keiji Higashino (東野圭司 Higashino Keiji) is a detective hailing from Tokyo who ventured to Saga looking for one of his figuitive cases. He is introduced in Chapter 7 of the spin-off manga, Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie.

Appearance
Keiji appears to be middle-aged and thin in complexion with an inattentive appearance, his hair is short and somewhat disorganized. He wears a detective suit made up of lycra pants and black loafers, his jacket and shirt are disorganized and he does not wear a tie.

Personality
He is a detective with some malicious ideas in mind, when he caught Anna stealing, he used her and her thief skills to ambush future robberies that would take place in Tokyo. When they finally meet again years later, he asks for some answers from her and what she is doing with her life today, since she's still a runaway. Although his first encounter with Sagako ends up scaring him, he showed that he was not afraid to follow one and shoot him 5 times with his gun until he finally died.

Etymology

 * The detective in Japanese kanji and in word is very different. The difference is that the word (刑事, keiji) is a detective who belongs to the police, and while the word (探偵, tantei) is a detective who does not belong to the police, but sooner called as a private detective or investigator private.

Trivia

 * It is possible that it was previously someone who knew Anna very well since he mentions that he wants some answers from the past from her.
 * He arrives to Saga singing the song "Humpty Dumpty".

Keiji Higashino