Kazuha Toyama

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Kazuha Toyama (遠山和葉 Toyama Kazuha) is a fictional character in the anime and manga Case Closed (known in Japan as Detective Conan).

Toyama is the childhood friend of Harley Hartwell (Heiji Hattori). She frequently gets angry at Harley and often has arguments with him. Her relationship with Harley is much like Rachel Moore's (Ran Mori) relationship with Jimmy Kudo (Shin'ichi Kudo). Deep inside she cares deeply for him and worries about him whenever he goes out on a case. Toyama even gave Heiji a good luck charm (omamori) to carry with him to protect him. She is a close friend of Rachel and wishes to see Ran's childhood boyfriend, Jimmy.

Kazuha and Rachel's friendship actually got off to a rather stormy start. Kazuha hates Harley's female "groupies." After returning to Osaka after learning that Conan Edogawa was in fact Shin'ichi (Jimmy) Kudo, Harley often talked about Kudo to Kazuha. Kazuha became jealous and assumed that this mysterious Kudo was another female rival. When Harley brought Conan and Rachel to Osaka, Kazuha assumed that Rachel was "Kudo" and took an instant dislike to her. However, the misunderstanding was cleared up when Kazuha and Heiji attended the wedding of the son of a friend of Heiji's mother in Kyoto. Rachel was not angry or scornful toward Kazuha but advised her to love Harley bravely. From that point on, the two became very good friends. Since both girls are in love with boy detectives about whom they constantly worry, they form a special bond and support and help one another.

In the Japanese anime, Toyama is voiced by Yuko Miyamura, who is best known for her role as Asuka Langley Soryu in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

In the Case Closed card game, her name is Katie Thompson.