Unfortunately, he got caught up in a car accident after one of his stakeouts with Wataru Takagi and died one year ago. A year later after his death, it was discovered that Date was an acquaintance of Rei Furuya, whom he had met while attending a police academy. He also knew Jinpei Matsuda, Kenji Hagiwara, and Hiromitsu Morofushi from the police academy. Before his death, he receives a package meant to be passed on to Hiromitsu's older brother Taka'aki, but it was left untouched in his locket for over a year.
