Genta was a student in Teitan Elementary when Edogawa Conan was enlisted into his class. Genta is the overweight, self-proclaimed leader of the Shounen Tanteidan. He loves food, especially braised eel on rice. He also tends to mess up certain Japanese terms with similar-sounding words (especially if the latter are related to food) and is quite inept in reading even the most common Kanji, which on occasion evicts some ridicule from his classmates and friends.