Saehara, Takeshi

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Takeshi is Daisuke's best friend at school and the son of Police Inspector Saehara, who chases Dark under Hiwatari Satoshi's orders. He typically provides comic relief, being highly excitable, friendly, rude, and irresponsible. An enthusiastic reporter, he leverages his father's contacts; however, he is quite reckless, as shown in his plans, which Hiwatari frequently and rightly criticizes as ineffective. Saehara also tends to offload his tasks, such as homework and cleanup duties, onto Daisuke so he can leave early to secure a good vantage point for photographing Dark.
In the anime, Takeshi bribes students with photos; he trades pictures of Dark with girls in exchange for copying their notes, and he offers Daisuke photos of Risa Harada in a bikini in return for Daisuke cleaning the art room for him.