* To copy Kogoro’s voice, Conan dials #59 on his voice-changing bowtie.
* Shinichi Kudo’s birthday is May 4. It is also the date when Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty had a showdown at Reichenbach Falls.
* The name Shinichi means “ONE TRUTH”
* The name that the main character made up after his accident, Conan Edogawa, is derived from Sir Arthur CONAN Doyle as well as EDOGAWA Rampo, both very famous mystery/detective authors.
* Kaitou Kid shares the same birthday with OUR beloved author, Gosho Aoyama!
* Ran’s name are derived from both Edogawa Ranpo and Maurice Leblanc.
* The name Eri Kisaki came from the mystery writer Ellery Queen (who was Heiji’s favorite detective). Kisaki means “Queen” in Japanese.
* Kogoro came from “Kogoro Akechi,” the detective created by Edogawa Ranpo, while Mouri came from Maurice Leblanc.
* Ai Haibara’s name came from the word Hai, meaning gray (Cordelia Gray) and Ai, meaning “love.”
* The name “Hattori” comes from historical figure Hattori Hanzo (1541 – 1596), a ninja of the Iga Clan from Hyogo prefecture in Western Japan.
* Professor Hiroshi Agasa’s name probably was derived from a famous detective story author, Christie Agatha.
* In Kaitou’s name, the word Kuroba means “Black Feather.”
* Kogoro first rises to fame in Case Closed Volume 4.
* Kaitou (with the long ‘o’) means Phantom Thief.
* Kuroba Toichi, Kaitou’s father, has a name that means “The Stealing One.”
* The 4869 in APTX 4869 stands for “shiyaroku” meaning Sherlock (in Japanese).
* According to nglish-language Case Closed Volume 1: The Secret Life of Jimmy Kudo, Gin’s real name is “Kaspar” and Vodka’s real name is “Melkior.”
* In the English version of Case Closed, Jimmy thinks with his adult voice, Jerry Jewell while he is Conan. However in Japanese, Shinichi thinks with just a more relaxed and matured tone of his young Conan voice, Minami Takayama.
* Clash of Red and Black was actually the longest episode of Detective Conan since it was a 2 hour special.
* Eri Kisaki’s cat was named Goro-chan.
* Yumi’s dogs name were Suta and Hachi.
* The Sign of Four was Conan’s favorite Sherlock Holmes story.
* Maeda Satoru was the name Ran’s Karate Idol.
* Ran’s favorite subject was Japanese Verbal section.
* Hirota Masami was Akemi Miyano’s fake name.
..more to come..
The Transcendental Detective 