Joseph Oda

Joseph Oda is introduced as a detective colleague to long-time partner, Sebastian Castellanos, and rookie detective, Juli Kidman. He’s an efficient and hard worker; Oscar often finds him staying late in his office late after work hours. Sebastian deems him trustworthy and dedicated to his work. But he can be careless at times; jumping into action before thinking things through. This often leads to Sebastian needing to save him; “Sebastian, I am not a ‘damsel in distress’; now put me down dammit!”

Joseph’s been immaculately well-kept and neatly dressed since day one working at the precinct. Dons a clean white shirt everyday tucked into his black slacks with polished shoes to match. Probably irons his clothes the night before so that they’re

Joseph takes nearly 10 minutes each day trying to put the damn thing on. You’d think after 10 years of being on duty he’d’ve figured out which hole his arm needs to loop into first and which strap gets pulled to be tightened.

At least he knows how to pin his badge on in practically no time.

Joseph and Sebastian have been, not only partners, but friends for a long time, close to 10 years. They are also the perfect example of the typical ‘good cop, bad cop’ duo. Go on, guess which one is the ‘good cop’. The two have opposing personalities, easily perceived by their physical appearances. But more often than not, the contrast in their traits works in their favour.

Joseph may look lean and slender, but he can hold his own; can hold Sebastion back when the physically larger man loses temper because a culprit isn’t giving them the answers they need. It often falls upon his responsibilities to keep Sebastian in line, he’s always been there to tone down Seb’s ‘bad cop’ attitude.

Joseph is Japanese, but he was born and raised in Canada. On days that Sebastian pisses him off, Joseph probably swears at him in his native language; that or it just slips out without him realising, or while he’s under