Maes Hughes

Maes Hughes is a lieutenant colonel in the military, a devoted family man, and Edward Elric's dependable ally with a knack for turning up exactly when he's needed. He's endlessly proud of his wife and daughter, showing off photos to anyone in earshot, and behind the goofiness he's sharp, thorough, and quietly essential to the investigations unfolding around him.

The show leans hard into his running gag—phone calls hijacked by baby pictures, colleagues fleeing his enthusiasm—so completely that you stop expecting anything else from him, which is exactly the point. Fujiwara plays the warmth as wholly genuine rather than comic exaggeration, so Hughes reads as a real person whose happiness makes him instantly, disarmingly likable.