Shinichi Kudo
Shinichi Kudo, known as Jimmy Kudo, is the protagonist of the series. Shinichi is a brilliant high school detective who often solves difficult cases for the police. After getting in over his head with a certain case, he is attacked and forced to take an experimental poison by a member of a mysterious secret crime organization that he was investigating. The drug was supposed to kill him, but due to a rare side-effect, he was inadvertently shrunk back to his childhood body. In order to keep his true identity a secret, he now goes under the alias Conan Edogawa and pretends to be a real child to throw off suspicion while he secretly solves many cases and looks for clues about the organization. He fears the organization will come back and kill him and everyone he knows if it is discovered that he isn’t really dead. He also has always had a crush on his childhood friend, Ran Mouri who he is openly in love with but cannot reveal his feelings to in his current condition. Before he was shrunk, Shinichi was a popular detective, a great soccer player, and was sometimes a bit full of himself before he became “Conan”.
Personality:
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is a 17-year old student at Teitan High School. He was already well-known as a brilliant young detective who closed many difficult cases that the professionals could not, and known as “The Savior of The Police Force”. Jimmy was born to Yusaku Kudo, a mystery writer and Yukiko Kudo, a former movie star. He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age, was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father, and the generally laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels. Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes sixth grade which inspired him to be a Detective. Besides for Shinichi’s intelligence, he is also an extremely skilled soccer player. At first, it was to hone his reflexes but he grew fond of the sport. Jimmy is also known for his inability to sing, but was revealed to have perfect pitch. He is also a skilled violinist, taking after his idol Sherlock Holmes. He apparently can speak English, as he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat.
Shinichi is very fond of his friend Ran Mouri whom he has known since kindergarten. Shinichi has not found any interest in other girls and their classmates already considered them a married couple. After changing into Conan, Shinichi calls her over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the voice-changing bow-tie, so that she is not worried about him. He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes. Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran; the most obvious example being his getting nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit, or when Ran pulled him into an onsen (bath) with her.
Nicknames:
Detective of The East, The Savior of The Police Force, Modern Sherlock Holmes of The 90’s
Age:
17
7 (as Conan)
Date of Birth:
May 4th
Known Relatives:
Yusaku Kudo (Booker Kudo), writer
Yukiko Kudo (Vivian Kudo), actress
Ran Mouri
Ran Mouri, known as Rachel Moore, is Shinichi’s best friend since elementary school. Both are in love with one another but neither have the courage to admit their feelings. She is skilled in martial arts and is the captain of her karate team, though her resolve can be easily broken if she has to face anything related with the horror genre. Besides that, she is also very lucky in gambling. She spends most of her home life looking after Conan and her irresponsible father.
Age:
17
Date of Birth:
October 2nd
Known Relatives:
Kogoro Mouri (Richard Mouri), private detective
Eri Kisaki (Eva Kadan), lawyer
Richard Moore
Kogoro Mouri known as Richard Moore, is Ran’s father, a former police officer turned incompetent private detective. He was married to Eri Kisaki, a successful lawyer and childhood friend, but now they are living separately. Despite his irresponsible ways, he appears to care deeply for his daughter, and at times shows some flashes of honor and strict ethics.
Personality:
Kogoro is a private investigator, but he prefers to laze around all day. Kogoro can easily become infatuated with beautiful women. His dream woman is pop idol Yoko Okino, and he never misses her television show. Because of his behavior around attractive woman, he often embarrasses his daughter Ran Mouri and while it is not the reason why Kogoro’s wife left him, it is why she hasn’t come back.
While he is never outright called an alcoholic, Kogoro has a tendency to get intoxicated at social events, and Shinichi/Conan makes sarcastic remarks about him spending money on alcohol. In the anime, his office is littered with empty beer cans, and he keeps a well-stocked liquor shelf.
In college, Kogoro was the ace of the Judo team, however, he was highly vulnerable to stage and height/s fright. He is also an excellent marksman.
Kogoro’s daughter, Ran, is also the daughter of Eri Kisaki, who is now living separately after an argument ten years prior. Despite constantly feigning disinterest in her, Kogoro still has feelings for his wife — he has even asked her to move back in with him, but she pretends not to hear him because she is not “ready” yet, though she still has feelings for him as well. These are expressed through jealousy when he comments on other girls’ looks.
In the Japanese version due to his name Kogoro Mouri he is often mistaken for the famous astronaut Mamoru Mohri when he introduces himself, because they both are in the news frequently, of Japanese decent, and have the same last name.
Nicknames:
Sleeping Kogoro
The Sleeping Sleuth
Age:
37
Friends:
Hiroshi Agasa
Hiroshi Agasa, also known as Hershel Agasa, is an absent-minded professor who invents several devices to help out Shinichi. He serves as one of the few roles in the story who learns about Conan’s true identity and helps the little detective in cases. He often takes care of the Junior Detective Boys and takes them on trips on his beetle which often breaks down. He lets Ai Haibara live with him when he finds her collapsed on the street.
Sonoko Suzuki
Sonoko Suzuki, also known as Serena Sebastian, is Ran’s best friend. Sonoko comes from a wealthy family with a high social status though she does not show any. She is a typical, social girl, and is usually chasing after and flirting with attractive boys. Her current boyfriend is Makoto Kyougoku, a promising martial artist whom she maintains a long distance relationship with. She admits she wants Kaito Kid and Makoto to become candidates to be her boyfriend. Her sister is named Ayako Suzuki /Ayako Sebastian (Viz) or Angie Sebastian (FUNimation). She thinks Shinichi is a loser and is always trying to set Ran up on dates with new guys.
Hattori Heiji
Hattori Heiji, also known as Harley Hartwell, is Shinichi’s rival detective from Osaka and his father is the chief of the Osaka police department. He later becomes friends with Shinichi after he reveals his secret as Conan. He has a relationship with Kazuha Toyama, his childhood friend and would-be love interest similar in the case of Shinichi and Ran. He is also one of the few people who knows that Conan is really Shinichi. He persistently builds friendship with Conan/Shinichi despite Shinichi’s seeming disinterest because they share the same goals of becoming greatest detectives and Shinichi is the only person he finds in his age group that can rival his deduction skills. Harley is also a master Kendo fighter. Unlike Shinichi, his favorite author is Ellery Queen rather than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote Sherlock Holmes. He often helps disguise Jimmy to help hide Conan’s secret.
Kazuha Toyama
Kazuha Toyama, also known as Katie Thompson/Katrina Tolliver, Heiji’s childhood friend and a daughter of a commissioner who is positioned high in the Osaka police department. Heiji and Kazuha’s fathers are close friends, which would explain how they’ve had close relationship since childhood. Her relationship with Heiji closely mirrors Ran’s with Shinichi; she is too shy to admit that they feel more than ‘friendship’ for their respective partner. She and Heiji share a pouch with broken handcuffs which is their good luck charm. She forms a close bond with Ran after her initial jealousy. She is skilled in Aikido. This is similar to Rachel who is skilled in karate. Also, both of them are scared of ghosts because “karate and aikido won’t work on them.”
Makoto Kyogoku
Makoto Kyogoku is Sonoko’s boyfriend, and the karate champion of Haido High School; his skills are up to the point where he can take on a gang of fifty sword armed men. He first appears in episode 153, and is a suspect during a case where Sonoko is a target for a killer. He saves Sonoko from the real killer, however, and hints that he is actually attracted to her. In his own way, he can be considered a valuable ally because of his Karate skills. Because of his participation in several tournaments inland and overseas, and a well-hidden shyness towards Sonoko, they do not get to see each other often. Although he is regarded by Conan as a brainless fighting champion, he saves him along with Ran and Sonoko many times by stumbling through the moronic clues left by Sonoko, which was originally made to find her and have one of her romantic fantasies come true.
Nicknames:
The Prince of Attack
Prince of Kicks
Law Enforcement:
Tokyo Metropolitan Police
Inspector Joseph Megure
Inspector Juzo Megure, also known as Inspector Joseph Megure,is a veteran police officer who has been working with Shinichi Kudo, Yusaku Kudo and Kogoro Mouri. In fact, Kogoro used to work under him 10 years ago. He always wears his hat to hide an old scar which reminds him of a special case from 20 years ago, during his early police days which involved his then-future wife Midori. That time he was still a new police officer in charge of protecting a Midori who planned to lure out a culprit who uses his car to run over high school girls with long skirts. Megure saved the girl’s life, at the cost of a scar on his head.
Miwako Sato
Miwako Sato is a young female officer who works with Megure. Her father was also a police officer who was killed on duty when she was only six years old. Her former partner Matsuda was killed in an explosion. She made her debut as a cameo appearance in Volume 19 of the manga or Episode 130 and was properly introduced in Volume 21 or Episode 146.
Tough, energetic, and a dedicated police officer that her “dates” tend to turn into police investigations, but she also can be quite lively and cheerful. Sato is hugely popular with the male members of the police department, but to their chagrin she, albeit hesitantly, begins to develop feelings for her colleague Takagi. A running joke in the series is that their relationship never progresses because of interruptions by the rest of the police force. However, in chapter 673, she kissed Takagi when he was hospitalized, after Conan and the Detective Boys warded off Megure and some others who were about to enter. She has come to value Conan’s aid in several tough cases and trusts his judgment implicitly. She can tell he is no ordinary boy, and accepts him as a member of the police.
Takagi Wataru
Takagi Wataru, also known as Harry Wilder, is an officer who works with Meguire and has a crush on Sato which is somewhat awkwardly requited. He first appeared in the anime in episode 21/22 (Lights… Camera… Murder), and made his first manga appearance in Volume 18 Chapter 171.
Takagi has an appearance of ineffectual nervousness, but he’s not as useless as he seems. He is quick to assess a situation and take immediate and decisive action when necessary are points in his favor. He also appeared to know (or at least suspect) about Conan/Shinichi”s secret identity and problem; this is seen when he makes close observation to Conan in some investigation and in the end of Volume 36 or Episode 304 when Conan wants to defuse the time bomb. Like Sato, he sees that Conan is extraordinary. When Conan and Takagi have a talk about the time bomb, he asks Conan “Who are you?” Conan says that he’ll tell him, but only in the afterlife.
Officer Isshin Chiba
Officer Isshin Chiba is Takagi’s partner who likes to eat a lot. He’s nice and very encouraging towards his friend. He made his debut in the fourth Detective Conan movie, then as a cameo appearance in Volume 29 of the manga and was properly introduced in Volume 32. Later in the series it’s revealed he is a fan of the children’s show Kamen Yaiba.
Ninzaburo Shiratori
Ninzaburo Shiratori, also known as Ninzaburo Santos, is another officer who works with Meguire and likes Sato; however, she does not feel the same about him. He made his first appearance in the first Detective Conan movie and his manga appearance was in Volume 21, along with Officer Sato. Later in the series he makes overt advances towards Sato, relying heavily on his status as the scion of a wealthy family (and doing his best to make the shy and awkward Takagi feel inferior in the process).
Kiyonaga Matsumoto
Kiyonaga Matsumoto, also known as Kiyonaga McLaughlin, is the superior officer of Juzo Meguire and his underlings. His brutish appearance and the scar running down his left eye easily hide the fact that he is a caring, if somewhat stern, father figure. He is widowed and has a single daughter, Sayuri Matsumoto/Catherine McLaughlin, who used to be Shinichi’s, Ran’s, and Sonoko’s music teacher in middle school. He received the scar on his face during a confrontation with a serial killer 20 years prior to the series.
Jinpei Matsuda
Jinpei Matsuda is Sato’s parter who died while trying to stop a bomb from exploding. He chose to stay inside a Ferris wheel ride with a bomb because a message came that another bomb’s location would be displayed on the casing three seconds before the explosion. He originally meant to redeem his partner Hagiwara, who died four years before in a related incident, but was unable to succeed. Sato was partnered with him for less than a week, but his intense personality and subsequent death left a huge and lasting impact on her for years to come. Judging from her reactions to him shortly before he died, it is believed Sato was starting to fall in love with him. She has now carried the love on to Detective Takagi, though she does not admit it.
Yumi Miyamoto
Yumi Miyamoto is a traffic officer and Inspector Sato’s best friend. She is a gossip who knows about Takagi’s crush on Sato and, while often teasing the two about their relationship, she tries her best to help them get underway. Yumi is also quite attractive and popular in her own way, and she owns two dogs named Suta and Hachi. She is also allergic to cats.
Ginzo Nakamori
Ginzo Nakamori, also known as Mace Fuller, is the inspector who is the head of the Phantom Thief Kid Task force, and can never quite catch him. He is known for his colorful, loud curses and temperamental demeanor. He mistakenly believes that the current Kaito Kid is the one that he started chasing after more than 20 years ago. He is unaware however, that the best friend of his daughter, Aoko, is the current Kaitou Kid. He appears in the manga Magic Kaitou as well.
Inspector Yuminaga
Inspector Yuminaga is part of the Arson’s Department. During the Red Horse Arsonist Case, it is revealed that Kogorou was once a part of the Arson Department with Yuminaga as his supervisor. He is described as “the fiery old man” by Kogorou, but in fact is not a bad officer.
Osaka Prefecture Police
Heizo Hattori
Heizo Hattori, also known as Martin Hartwell, is Hattori’s father is the chief commissioner of the Osaka police department. While a very serious and stern police officer and family man, he has come to admire his son’s abilities, though he rarely shows.
Commissioner
Kazuh Toyama’s father and member of the Osaka police department who works closely with Heizō Hattori.
Goro Otaki
Goro Otaki is a member of the Osaka police department who is also a close friend to Heiji Hattori and has learned to trust him in the face of hard-to-crack cases.
Other State Police
Yokomizo Sango
Yokomizo Sango, also called as Detective Worthington, is a stern-looking police inspector from Saitama who later he transfers to Shizuoka whom Conan has run into on several occasions. He is a serious and capable police officer, though he tends to be skeptical about theories and to intimidate suspects by moving up close and staring at them.
Yokomizo Jugo
Yokomizo Jugo, also known as, Detective Jugo, is the twin brother of Detective Yokomizo Sango, who works at the Kanawaga police department. As intimidating as his older brother, he is much neater and much less easy-going, which does not make him particularly popular with the people he encounters.
Misao Yamamura
Misao Yamamura is a young police officer from the Gunma Prefecture. Thanks to watching too much TV, he is very enthusiastic about his work but is totally naive, bumbling and child-headed, and thus totally unsuited for the job. The first reaction of Conan and all who know him whenever they happen to encounter him is exasperation, but once set on the right track he is very supportive. His grandmother, Nonna Yamamura , made an appearance in manga volume 52.
Kansuke Yamato
Inspector Kansuke Yamato is a Police officer from Nagano Prefecture with a prominent pair of criss-crossed scars over his blinded left eye. He walks with a crutch on his left arm. His first appearance in manga volume 59. In the same case, it was revealed he sustained those injuries during his disappearance for six months previously, while pursuing some criminals. His name seemed to have been inspired by Yamamoto Kansuke, a brilliant strategist and advisor of Takeda Shingen, a background character in the case. Yamamoto Kansuke was also disabled in one eye and one leg. Kansuke is also a childhood friend of Yui Euhara, as well as her superior in the Nagano police. They were very close, but when he was presumed dead during his disappearance, she resigned and took it upon herself to marry into the Torada family to investigate the death of another well-loved colleague.
FBI:
Jodie Starling
Jodie Starling appeared in episode 226 as Ran’s English teacher under the name of Jodie Saintemillion. For a long time she was suspected by Conan’s friends to be Vermouth in disguise, and even investigated by Conan and Heiji on these suspicions in episodes 277-278, but is later revealed to be an FBI Agent in episode 345. She has a personal vendetta against Vermouth concerning the death of her father. She likes to call Conan “cool kid” but does not know his secret as she asks Vermouth （who knows Conan’s identity) the reason she called him “cool guy” instead of “kid”.
Shuichi Akai
Shuichi Akai first appeared in episode 230-231 as a mysterious man spying on Conan. He is later revealed to be an FBI agent and Jodie’s partner. He joined the Black Organization to spy on them but was found out. He is also the boyfriend of Miyano Akemi, the sister of Ai Haibara. Gin refers to him as a very dangerous man after Vermouth informs him about her encounter with Conan and the FBI agents. Shuichi wants revenge on the Black Organization after the death of Miyano Akemi. After confronting Kir, he is shot and killed. Recently, someone who a huge resemblance to Shuichi has been seen.
James Black
A high ranking FBI Agent who works with Shuichi and Jodie. He first appears in episode 258, mistaken for a celebrity whom he resembles.
Andre Camel
A new FBI introduced in Chapter 600 of the manga, and episode 497 of the anime. He works as Jodie’s partner, and at first, both Jodie and Conan were very suspicious of him. He and Shu’ichi appear to have somewhat of an alliance. It is revealed that he feels as though he owes Shu’ichi because he’s the one who blew his cover while working as an undercover BO member, thus, getting his girlfriend Akemi killed.
CIA:
Ethan Hondou
Ethan Hondou a deceased and a hard-boiled CIA agent. He is Hidemi and Eisuke’s father. He was originally thought by Conan and friends to have been a member of the Black Organization, but it turned out he had infiltrated them for the purposes of destroying them. When he and his daughter put a plan in motion to place a new CIA agent within the organization (her), Ethan noticed that the syndicate had bugged Hidemi’s clothes. To protect his daughter, Ethan was forced to injure Hidemi and kill himself – making it look like he had interrogated her and she had killed him.
Eisuke Hondou
Eisuke Hondou is Ran’s new classmate and is very clumsy. At first, Conan suspects he works for the Black Organization because not only does he look a lot like Rena Mizunashi, but he uses the same lie-detecting skills as she did. Conan is the only one having second thoughts about Eisuke; the others think that he’s just a smart misguided student. Eisuke becomes an increasingly suspicious character as he begins looking for his sister, who looks almost identical to Rena Mizunashi; however, Eisuke insists that it is not Rena. However, his lie is revealed when he tracks down Kir/Rena to the hospital where she is hidden by the FBI, where it is revealed that Kir/Rena is indeed Eisuke’s sister, and an undercover CIA agent. It is also revealed that Eisuke is the son of a deceased CIA agent, Ethan Hondou. The FBI offers him protection, but he refuses it. Currently, he intends to move to America to join the CIA like his sister and father. In episode 464, Eisuke tries to dig for information on how Kogoro Mouri figures out his cases, and Conan mentally notes that Eisuke may be a threat to his secret identity. This thought becomes reality when Eisuke later tricks him by telling Conan that he is in love with Ran, provoking Conan to reveal his identity.
Hidemi Hondou
Hidemi Hondou is Eisuke Hondou’s sister. She was originally introduced as a newscaster under the name Rena Mizunashi. Hidemi Hondou also serves as a member of the Black Organization under the codename Kir. She is later knocked into a coma and detained by FBI agents after being involved in a traffic accident. It is revealed that her name is most likely an alias that refers to “007”. She later wakes up and it is ultimately revealed that she is an undercover CIA agent, working as a double agent within the Black Organization, trying to bring them down. The FBI manage to trick the Black Organization to take her in again. To prove her loyalty, she was ordered to kill Shuichi Akai. Under heavy surveillance, she reports information to Jodie Starling.
Junior Detective Boys:
Ayumi Yoshida
Ayumi Yoshida, also known as Amy Yeager, is a girl who becomes friends with Conan. Ayumi was the sole female member of the Junior Detective League until they got Ai Haibara to join. She has a crush on Conan which makes him uncomfortable, though Ayumi thinks that he loves Ai because he tries to protect her and she often sees them talk amongst themselves in private. She is a naive and innocent little girl who shows courage from time to time and acts as the team’s cheerful spirit. Ayumi later becomes better friends with Ai, allowing Ayumi to use the more informal term Ai-“chan” to address her.
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, also known as Mitch Tennison, is a friend of Ayumi and Genta who enjoys reading science books and takes a scientific approach to problem solving. He seems to be infatuated with both Ayumi and Ai. He is a smart and well-read first-grader who believes that technology can solve most problems. It was shown that his parents are both teachers, and he has an older sister, Asami Tsuburaya, two years his senior.
Genta Kojima
Genta Kojima, also known as George Kaminski, is an overweight, self-proclaimed leader of the Junior Detective Boys. He loves food and can eat more than all the other Detective Boys combined. Even though he can be intimidating, he is actually very kind. He is a friend of Ayumi and Mitsuhiko, and has been shown to admire his father, who owns a liquor store. Both he and Mitsuhiko have a crush on Amy, and they both envy Conan since she likes him.
Shiho Miyano
Shiho Miyano was a former member of the Black Organization under the code name “Sherry”. A gifted chemist at a young age, she was the inventor of APTX 4869, the poison that shrank Shinichi. Shiho betrays the organization after Gin killed her sister, Akemi Miyano. Shiho took the drug in a suicide attempt, but rather than dying, she, like Shinichi, became small. She is taken in by Dr. Agasa and becomes Conan Edogawa’s right hand under her alias Ai Haibara. She shows affection towards Shinichi, but she denies having said feelings. Despite being constantly in the company of the Junior Detective Boys and Ran, she was very reserved and only opened up a little more to Ayumi and Ran after sometime. In Episode 330, she allowed only Ayumi to call her “Ai-chan”. She often helps Conan solve cases and find information on the Black Organization to help bring them down in addition to working on the cure to their condition.
Family:
Yusaku Kudo
Yusaku, also known as Booker Kudo, is Shinichi’s father. He is a famous author of detective stories, and he created the popular character, “Knight Baron.” He is extremely intelligent, and often had helped the police many times in the past solve cases that no one else could solve. His deduction skills are often superior to Shinichi’s. He was the one who created the name Phantom Thief Kid from Phantom Thief 1412. It was even hinted that he may have known Toichi Kuroba was the Phantom Thief Kid he was facing. He and Yukiko moved to Los Angeles to pursue their careers leaving Shinichi behind in Japan.
Yukiko Kudo
Yukiko, also known as Vivian Kudo, is Shinichi’s mother. She was a former actress who gave up her career at age 20 to marry Yusaku against the will of her family. She had been a rival of Eri Kisaki in her high school years, and tied with Eri at the last Miss Titan beauty contest that was held at their school. It is later revealed that due to Kogoro’s poor English comprehension, he had failed to submit his vote to break the tie. Because of her reputation as the wife of a famous mystery author and for involving herself in some criminal cases which she occasionally helps to solve, she has been given the nickname, “The Night Baroness” after the main character that her husband created for his mystery novels. Despite all this, she is free-spirited and often acts childish, much to Shinichi’s chagrin. She occasionally shows up in Japan to see her son and to track particularly interesting cases at the request of her husband.
Eri Kisaki
Eri Kisaki, also known as Eva Kadan, is Ran’s big-shot lawyer mother that has been separated with Kogoro Mouri for the last ten years. She is known as “Queen” in the legal world. She still wears her wedding band and still cares for him and is not above testing if he still cares for her.
Shizuka Hattori
Shizuka Hattori is Heiji’s mother, wife of Hattori Heizo. She appeared in manga volume 28 to test Kogoro’s skills, noting how her son always seemed to come out second best in encounters with Kogoro. She is an expert in kendo. Her complexion is so fair that Ran could hardly believe she is Heiji’s mother.
Magic Kaitou Characters:
Phantom Thief Kid
Kaitou Kuroba is a male teenager who looks a lot like Shinichi. He also has a best friend named Aoko Nakamori, who looks a lot like Ran. Despite the fact that Shinichi does not care much about investigating thefts, Kid draws his attention by being an uncatchable magician. Curiously, in the anime, Kaitou discovers Conan’s true identity, but keeps his secret, and sometimes Shinichi can even count on Kid’s help to solve some of his cases. His codename in the police department is ‘International Criminal 1412’. Kaitou Kid appears in his own manga series, Magic Kaitou as well. The original Kaitou Kid (8 years prior to the start of the story) focused on mostly stealing antiques and high-valued art. However, he was murdered, and his son takes over for him by continuing in his guise, stealing mostly jewels with strange histories in order to find his father’s killers and lure them out. He is a noble thief at heart.
Age:
17
Nicknames:
“1412”, “Arsene Lupin of the 90’s”, “Magician in the Moonlight”, “The Last Magician of the Century”, “The Phantom Thief”
Saguru Hakuba
Saguru Hakuba is a famous high school detective based outside Japan, he is a character originally from the Magic Kaitou series. He is the son of a high police official. He is Kaito’s love rival for Aoko. He also attempts to catch the Phantom Thief Kid. Saguru believes that Kaito might be the Kaito Kid, but can never prove it. Sagura has also made appearances in the anime and manga of Detective Conan, though there are times Kaito uses him as a disguise. In his Detective Conan appearance, he appears to be of high nobility with a pet falcon. His opinion of Heiji is very low; an example would be in the Lavender Re-Murder case, where he presumed there were holes in the window and that Heiji broke it down in a rush. This lead Hakuba to the wrong criminal.
Black Organization:
Gin
Gin is one of the top-ranked members in the BO, as well as the person who gave the APTX 4869 poison to Shinichi. He is extremely cold-blooded and one of the most menacingly-drawn villains. It should be noted that he is also extremely perceptive, and as such it would be extremely difficult to catch him. His name is changed to Melkior in the Manga.
Vodka
Vodka is a member of the BO, who is usually seen alongside Gin, whom he refers to as aniki (“older brother”). Unlike Gin, Vodka is very slow and easy to trick and, as such, would have been caught many times if he didn’t stay with Gin so often. His name is Kasper in the manga.
Vermouth
Vermouth is an important member of the Black Organization. Her true identity is Sharon Vineyard, a famous American actress who mastered the skill of disguise alongside her friend Yukiko Kudo, Shinichi’s mother. They were both tutored through an acting class by the world famous magician, Toichi Kuroba, (who was secretly the original Kaitou Kid and who was later killed by an underground organization, though it has not been confirmed in the series to have been the B.O.).
Vermouth is the Boss’s favorite member of the organization, and she is shrouded with mystery. The cold-blooded part of her personality doesn’t hesitate to carry out the B.O.’s top orders in the forms of murders and so forth, without the slightest bit of remorse. However, she shows affection for both Shinichi and Ran after they unknowingly save her life as she is disguised as a male serial killer in New York. She eventually realizes who Conan must really be later in the series, and supports him in a way, by protecting him and keeping his true identity hidden from the other B.O. members. She believes that if anyone is capable of bringing down the Black Organization, Conan/Shinichi is that “silver bullet”. She also does not seem to ever age, or ages extremely slowly. It is still a mystery as to why this is. She even goes to such lengths as to say she has a “daughter” named Chris Vineyard and she disguises herself as both “Sharon” and “Chris.” She is questioned about her agelessness by Jodie Starling, who has a personal vendetta against her. Jodie remembered that Vermouth killed her father, who was also an FBI agent, when she was just a little girl. Vermouth never gives her a straight answer. “Sharon” later supposedly dies, while “Chris” looks on at the funeral.
Chianti
A member of the Black Organization who serves as an assassin/sniper and replaces Calvados. She appears in volume 48-49 of the manga and episode 425 alongside her partner, Korn. Chianti is first introduced to the Detective Conan series in episode 425 as an experienced assassin. In the anime, her sniping range limit is revealed to be 600 yards, making her a less experienced sniper than her partner Korn, as well as her FBI rival, Shuichi Akai. Chianti hints that she had some kind of connection to Calvados before he killed himself, though it is unclear just what that may be. Along with Korn, Chianti does not appear to like Vermouth. As far as appearance goes, Chianti takes on a goth-like style. She wears a jumpsuit and dark lipstick, and has a dark tattoo resembling a butterfly’s wing on her left eye. In the anime, she speaks with a distinct accent, and unlike the other members (aside from her partner), she rarely smiles. However, she appears to have some sense of ironic humor, as proven in the beginning of episode 425 when she and Korn are practicing sniping and he misses. Her weapon of choice is a Heckler & Koch PSG1 sniper rifle, and she drives a blue and white Viper. Recently, she participated in a mission in bringing back Kir, which succeeded thanks to Gin. She was about to kill the FBI agent Andre Camel, but an explosion interfered. She is forced to flee with the other BO members when onlookers appeared and called the police.
Korn
Chianti’s partner, and fellow assassin/sniper. He appears in episode 425 and volume 48-49 of the manga. He is much older than his comrades, always wears a dark hat and sunglasses, and always has a cold emotionless expression on his face. Unlike the other members of the Black Organization, he never smiles. He and Chianti both resent Vermouth because of Calvados’s death. His face is designed in a way that makes him look as if he is perpetually frowning, and he has gray hair and wrinkles.
Bourbon
The newest member of the Black Organization, first mentioned in File 622 as having incredible investigative skills.
Boss
The mysterious leader of the Black Organization. Unseen and unheard, known only through text messages. This persons’ (Gosho hasn’t revealed the boss’s gender) phone number follows the tune of the children’s song “nanatsu-no-ko” (“7-year-old child”). No matter what the consequences are, the BO members follow this persons orders immediately and without questions, with the exception of Vermouth.
Akemi Miyano
Akemi Miyano was a member of the Black Organization under the alias Masami Hirota and Shiho Miyano’s older sister. She was also Shuichi Akai’s girlfriend which was the main reason she tried to escape from Black organization. She stole one billion yen to escape from the black organization but was killed by Gin. She’s also the one who knows Conan’s identity because Conan told her before she died.
Tequila
Tequila is a tall intimidating member of the Black Organization that is used to muscle people into making deals with his syndicate. He apparently comes from Osaka since he is heard to speak with a Kansai accent. He first appears in Volume 12 of the manga where Conan literally bumps into him at a video game convention in a hotel. At first, Conan only dismisses him as being a game company employee when he sees him pick up a suitcase with a game company’s logo on it. He is a giant BO henchman towering above 6’5″ (195.6 cm). He is accidentally killed by a briefcase bomb.
Sigehiko Nomiguchi
A 56 year old politician and member of the Black Organization. He appeared in Volume 24 or episode 176, he was being indicted for taking bribes, but was killed by the Organization’s member Pisco so he wouldn’t talk.
Pisco
Kenzo Masuyama, a 71-year-old car company owner and a high ranking member of the Black Organization. Appearing in Volume 24 or episode 176-178, he knew Ai’s parents, and her secret identity. However, Gin killed him for breaking the Organization’s code of secrecy after being caught on camera as he committed a murder.
Atsushi Miyano
Akemi and Shiho’s father, he was a scientist for the Black Organization. He had been working on a primitive version of what would eventually become the APTX 4869 drug for the syndicate. He was described as “The Mad Scientist” by the scientific community, but Hiroshi Agasa remembered him as a kind and gentle man. He was killed in an “accident” when Shiho was very young.
Elena Miyano
Akemi and Shiho’s mother, she also worked for the Black Organization as a scientist. She was born in England, but fell in love with Atsushi and lived with him in Japan. In the organization, she was given the codename Hell Angel. She was remembered as a silent, shy woman. She died in what was believed to be an accident with her husband when Shiho was very young. On a case, Shiho discovered several audiotapes from her mother that were addressed to her.
Calvados
Sniper who aids Vermouth in almost killing Jodie, but near the end of episode 345 he eventually killed himself rather than being captured.
Kusuda Rikumichi
A member of the Black Organization who posed as a patient in hopes of tracking Rena Mizunashi; however, Conan and the FBI managed to find him out. He escaped the hospital, and Conan and Shuichi went after him, but he committed suicide for unknown reasons before they managed to get information. He is first properly introduced in volume 57 of the manga, however, he can be considered the mysterious man the boy who witnessed in the Kir Case informed that he had seen Rena Mizunashi.
Kiichiro Numabuchi
A hideously deformed killer who first appeared as the likely suspect in a murder spree in Osaka in Volume 19. Later, he turned out to have been employed by the Organization as an assassin, but he ultimately proved useless for them. He was going to be sent to Sherry’s lab to have the APTX 4869 tested on him, but he escaped. He then went into hiding, killing innocent people whom he believed to be Organization members sent to get him.
Others:
Midori Megure
Midori Megure is the wife of Inspector Megure. She first appears in episode 218.
Tomoaki Araide
Tomoaki Araide is a young doctor and the son of Kogoro’s physician. He was once the basketball coach on Ran’s school and, upon their first encounter, thought to be a rival for Shinichi affections for Ran. While Tomoaki had practised along with his father, he intended to move to Aomori for a job at a local clinic, along with his grandmother Mitsu Araide and his household helper Hikaru Yasumoto, especially after his father had been murdered by his stepmother Yoko for driving his actual mother (and Yoko’s friend), Chiaki, into alcoholism and eventual death. However, he has reappeared in Conan’s vicinity on several occasions – seemingly at least; his identity was used by Vermouth in order to track down Ai Haibara. He was almost murdered by her to facilitate the cover, but the FBI had temporarily moved him to safety in America. After Vermouth’s disguise was exposed, he returned as of volume #44 to Teitan High School and continues to practise in the area.
Hikaru Yasumoto
Hikaru Yasumoto is the young household keeper to Dr. Tomoaki Araide. She tends to be overly nervous about her chores, mostly because of the possibility that she may have a crush on her young employer that once was her doctor and therefore is too anxious about having to leave him.
Sumiko Kobayashi
Sumiko Kobayashi is the Detective Boys’ class teacher. Actually a kind person, in her initial period at Teitan Elementary she was known as “the witch” due to her harsh behaviour to her students, which was in fact prompted by previous bad experience and her innate stage fright. With the help of Conan and his little friends she has warmed considerably, and after having seen the Detective Boys in action she has even appointed herself as their manager. Incidentally, Ms. Kobayashi is a huge fan of detective story writer Rampo Edogawa – the author whose surname Shinichi had adopted for his alias. As yet, she has not guessed at that connection between the two.
Okiya Subaru
Okiya Subaru was introduced in file 622 as a nameless suspect of burning down an apartment. His appearance is that of a young blond haired man with glasses. He is currently staying in Shinichi’s house with his permission after his apartment burned down. He is a graduate student concentrating on engineering with deduction skills equal to that of high school detectives shown so far. Subaru was once seen drinking some creates speculation of his role as Bourbon. Sherry also senses the Black Organization stare from Okiya but it disappears as quickly as it comes.
Yoko Okino
Yoko Okino is a young pop star idol who is a regular focus of worship by Kogoro Mouri. She has a number of cameos throughout the series, mostly as a prominent guest at some social gatherings which turn into criminal cases.
Azusa Enomoto
Azusa Enomoto is a young waitress at the Poirot Cafe, which Kogoro occasionally visits for a snack. She seems to have a knack to bring some cases Kogoro’s way.
Reiko Kujo
Reiko Kujo is a public prosecutor, nicknamed “Madonna of the Courtroom”, who has appeared only in the anime. Each concerning a courtroom case in which she is Eri Kisaki‘s rival. She is replaced in episode 489 with another lawyer. It should be noted that she is the only anime character so far who has made a recurring appearance.
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