TAKAHIRO FUKUSHIMA

The senior Section 2 administrator caught between Goto's habit of doing what he thinks is right and a police hierarchy that would very much prefer everybody follow procedure. Fukushima worries about appearances, rank and the political cost of Division 2's latest incident, which makes him an easy target for comedy. He is not simply a cowardly bureaucrat, though. When a situation becomes serious he can bend, share information and back his officers, even while looking like Goto has personally removed another year from his life.