Ginichirou Kuzuhara

Ginichirou Kuzuhara (葛原 実一郎, Kuzuhara Ginichirō) is a police officer in Ikebukuro and a member of the Kuzuhara family, a large family with most of its members in the police force.

Appearance
Ginichirou is a middle-aged man with a stern face and brown hair that flips out below his cap. He wears rectangular glasses and a police uniform with a radio on his left shoulder.

Personality
Ginichirou is a dutiful police officer who takes his job of protecting the public seriously. He does not exhibit the recklessness shown in his younger brother, Kinnosuke Kuzuhara, and instead has a calm, kindhearted demeanor. As a veteran member of the police force, he works with a younger partner who follows his lead.

Saika Arc
Ginichirou is first seen warning Anri Sonohara that she should not be out late at night. He offers to walk her home but is interrupted by a call over his radio summoning him to a fight in East Ikebukuro Central Park, where Shizuo Heiwajima is beating up Horada and his cronies. Ginichirou suggests Anri wait at the police box, and he and his partner rush to their cruiser.

Etymology

 * The name Ginichirou means "fruit, good result, truth" (実) (gin), "one" (一) (ichi) and "son" (郎) (rou).
 * Ginichirou's surname Kuzuhara means "arrowroot" (葛) (kuzu) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).

Trivia

 * Ginichirou's son Souta attends Raira Academy and is in class 1-A along with Anri and Mikado Ryuugamine. His son Souji is in middle school, and ten years after Durarara!! takes place, is a police officer and main character in Etsusa Bridge, another of Ryohgo Narita's works.
 * Japanese voice actor Keiji Fujiwara is the voice of Ginichirou, his brother Kinnosuke Kuzuhara, and the narrator of the first season.