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Masumi Sera

2012-02-18T15:13:04Z

AJ-kun:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Masumi Sera
| japanese-name = 世良真純 (Sera Masumi)
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| image = Masumi_Sera.JPG
| age = 16-17? 
| gender = Female
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| relatives =
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| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 73|Chapter 768]] Anime: [[The Phantom Hotel Deduction Showdown|Episode 646]]
| appearances = {{:Masumi Sera Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 73]]
| japanese-voice = [[Noriko Hidaka]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://combination.jp/blog/2012/02/post-383.html|date=2012-02-01|accessdate=2012-02-01|title=新しいお仕事 | Blog | コンビネーション|publisher=combination Co.Ltd.|author=Noriko Hidaka}}</ref>
| cases-solved = ?
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'''{{nihongo|Masumi Sera|世良真純|Sera Masumi}}''' is a self-proclaimed high school detective and practitioner of the martial art [[wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]]. After making a mostly correct deduction during a murder case, she transfers to [[Setting#Teitan High School (帝丹高校)|Ran's high school class]]. She seems to know that Conan is a detective.

==Background==
Sera is a high school detective and skilled at Jeet Kune Do, the martial art founded by Bruce Lee. She can fight in the same level as [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]. She transfers to Ran and [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]'s class at Teitan High. Since three years ago, she'd been living in America with her parents. She claims she'd rather live in Japan where she was born and raised, so she came to Tokyo and is currently living in a hotel.

==Personality==
Sera has a "cheery, sociable, boyish" personality<ref>Manga Volume 73, File 9, Page 3, "Let's hear your brilliant deduction!"</ref> and is well liked by her classmates at Teitan High. On their first meeting, Sera fails to correct Sonoko's mistaken impression that she is a man and even makes it worse by declaring that Ran is "his type".<ref name=pronouns>The Japanese pronoun used is gender neutral and can refer to either males or females.</ref> On another hand, Sera purposefully lured a hostage-taker into a sniper's sight with a smile, hoping he would be shot without showing any apprehension about the man dying a presumably messy death in front of her. Sera is especially quick minded, coming up with clever plans and adapting them to sudden changes rapidly. Sera seems to be prone to dramatics like most detectives are, but perhaps to a lesser degree than [[Shinichi]] or [[Hattori]] as she bluntly says who the criminal is without preamble. Although she has crime scene experience<ref name=769p3>Manga Volume 73, File 7, pg 3: "A Detective Just Like You, Little Boy"</ref>, Sera seems to be less skilled as a detective than Conan, apparently missing a critical clue that was necessary to understand how the murderer's setup worked, although Conan opines that Sera purposely made an error in order to test him. Her catchphrase may be "case closed".

==Appearance==
[[Image:Sera_transfers.png‎|thumb|left|110px|Sera transfers to Teitan High School.]]At first, she wears a fedora and a dark jacket which gives her an androgynous appearance. When she transfers to Teitan High, she gets rid of her fedora and wears female clothing. Her hair is dark, wavy, and short; it doesn't even touch her shoulders. Even then, she is rather tomboyish; Genta mistakes her for a man, and Sonoko comments she has a petite figure. Later, Genta and Mitsuhiko comment that her bosoms are rather small.
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==Plot overview==
===Sera's Introduction (Manga 768-770)===
[[File:Sera_Kick.png|thumb|right|Sera defends herself from Ran.]]
Sera first met [[Sonoko]], [[Ran]], and [[Conan]] on a bus after she was mistaken for a [[Wikipedia:Chikan|groper]]. After Sonoko declared Sera was the groper, Sera and Ran got into a fight, with Sera's Jeet Kune Do holding even against Ran's karate. Conan and Sera cleared up the misunderstanding by pointing out the real groper. Sonoko then mistook Sera for a boy, an impression which wasn't helped by Sera declaring that Ran was "his type".<ref name=pronouns/> Sera and Ran both discovered they were heading to the same hotel, about which Conan is less than pleased.

Sera finds out the hotel she is staying at doesn't have a room available and complains at the front desk. A man then falls into the parking lot and dies. Conan runs to the source of screaming while Sera told the guard to watch the elevators before running to the roof. She immediately declares the crime to be a murder, giving her reasoning. She then reveals her name, Sera, that she is a detective, and knows Conan is a detective as well.

[[Inspector Megure]] is not pleased to have another high school detective underfoot but lets Sera and Conan investigate regardless. After listening to the suspect testimony, police observations, and examining the crime scene, Sera announces that she has solved the case.

However, Sera's deduction leaves out a critical detail; Conan is therefore forced to use Shinichi's phone to call his own, give Inspector Megure Conan's phone, and speak through Shinichi's as Shinichi using the voice-changer bow tie. Shinichi figures out the detail that had Sera stumped, although a look she gives Conan as he runs off suggests her omission was possibly intentional, and once during the phone conversation she tries to trick Shinichi into admitting that he is physically present at the crime scene instead of being explained the details by Conan and Megure.

The following day, Sera transfers to Teitan High School, surprising both Ran and Sonoko. She was rather popular at school surrounded by students asking her questions about herself.

===Kogoro Detective Agency Hostage Crisis (Manga 771-774)===
====Let's hear your brilliant deduction! (771)====
According to Sonoko, Sera has become very popular at Teitan high for being "cheery, sociable, boyish, and cute...and on top of that, she is a jeet kun do-using female detective!"<ref>Manga Volume 73, File 9, Page 3, "Let's hear your brilliant deduction!"</ref> One classmate compares her to [[Shinichi Kudo]] who has been taking a break from school. Sera tells inquiring classmates that she has been staying in America with her parents since three years ago, but "rebelled" because she would rather live in her Japan where she was born and raised. She sneaks up behind Sonoko and Ran after school because she wanted to speak to Conan at the Mouri Detective Agency. At the agency, Sera is unhappy to hear that Conan and the rest of detective boys are staying at Agasa's house and will be camping the following day. She settles for asking Kogoro if Conan is always at his side when he solves cases, hinting that she suspects Conan is the real brains behind "Sleeping Kogoro".

[[File:Sera_slide_kick.png|thumb|left|Sera sweeps out the Hostage Taker's legs]]
Just as Sera is about to walk out the door, three female mystery writers and a man enter the agency. After a moment of confusion, the man suddenly fires a gun into the roof and takes the detective agency hostage. His demands are that Kogoro figure out which of the three writers killed his sister at a ryokan one month ago. The quick thinking Sera sidles up to Ran and tells her to go for the man's gun after she takes his legs out. Sera's leg sweep sends to man to the floor, and Ran removes the gun from the man's hand with a kick; however, Sera leaps back when the man reveals he has bombs strapped around his chest and will detonate them if they try to stop him.

Meanwhile at Agasa's, Haibara is angry that Conan used Shinichi's voice to solve a case around the suspicious Sera. Conan's response is that Sera is familiar somehow, like they have met before or she looks like someone, and Conan feels she isn't an enemy. Meanwhile, Genta and Mitsuhiko told Conan they saw a high school student walking home with Ran, so the jealous Conan calls Ran's cellphone to hear about it from her.

The hostage taker man orders Ran to answer her phone, but Sera snatches the phone away and says hello to Conan (who is shocked that Sera is with Ran). Sera then tricks the hostage taker and keeps the line connected so Conan can listen in by closing Ran's [[Yaiba#Characters|Sea Cucumber Man]] cellphone strap in between the screen and keypad of the the flip phone.

====Nickname Rules (772)====
Sera asks a few insightful questions about the case; however the hostage taker man discovers Ran's phone is still connected. Under gunpoint, Sera steps in front of Ran takes the blame, but Conan, using Shinichi's voice, says he ordered Ran to do it. Sera is mystified by why Shinichi is now on Conan's phone. Sera meanwhile spots a glint of light across from the detective agency and declares that the case will come to an end without Shinichi's help.

====Possible Sniping (773)====
[[File:Sera773.png|thumb|right|Sera surprised by Ran's attitude.]]
Sera explains to Ran that she secretly kept the call to Conan connected so he could call the police and research into the case. While Sera is still surprised that Shinichi was on the other end of the line instead of Conan, she had initially hoped that Shinichi would somehow be able to talk down the would-be-murderer. She suspects that Shinichi has already figured which one of the suspects is the murderer in the ryokan case, but Shinichi is unable to reveal the truth because the hostage taker would then kill the named culprit and then himself. Sera's plan changed when she noticed the lights from the police snipers on the building across from Mouri Detective Agency. She explains to Ran in detail the names and functions of the various police divisions responsible for hostage situations, and tells Ran in a roundabout fashion that this situation will end with the hostage taker being killed by the police.

Sera launches a plan to bring the hostage taker into the snipers' range by telling him he should charge Ran's phone battery. Ran foils Sera's intentions by shutting the curtains, blocking the snipers' shot. To Sera's utter astonishment, Ran tells her that she doesn't want to see anyone die in front of her and declares that "Shinichi won't allow anyone to die. He absolutely wouldn't!"<ref>Volume 73, File 11, page 13, "Possible Sniping." Shinichi then begins to present his deductions over the phone and Sera wonders how he will manage to resolve this situation without bloodshed.</ref>

====The book with unturned pages (774)====
Sera and Ran take the opportunity to disable the hostage taker when he loses his composure and grip on the detonator after Shinichi tricks him into believing his sister committed suicide. Sera yells for the waiting bomb squad to secure the area. With the hostage taker arrested, Shinichi then reveals the true culprit. Sera realizes the mistake in her deduction and explains the correct timeline of events before the murder. Sometime soon after the conclusion of the case, Sera, walking with Ran and Sonoko speculates aloud that there must be some reason Shinichi left Agasa's before Ran could meet him there. She then exclaims that "due to what just happened, she really gets it", that Conan and Shinichi are on very good terms with one another, and that Ran "is tougher than Sera thought". Conan isn't sure what to make of these last comments.

===Video Site (775-777)===
Sera stops [[Genta]] and [[Mitsuhiko]] outside of [[Agasa]]'s house to ask them if they are acquaintances of Professor Agasa. The topic of [[Shinichi]] comes up when she talks to the two detective boys about the prior hostage case. Mitsuhiko mentions that [[Haibara]] told them to keep Shinichi's involvement secret. After asking about Haibara, Sera mentions that she saw Haibara in one of the professor's online videos. Next, Sera asks who is currently living in the Kudo house because she saw the curtains shift slightly. The detective boys tell her that [[Subaru Okiya]] has been staying there since his apartment burnt down. [[File:Ai image.png|thumb|right|Sera deletes Ai's image]] Sera cryptically comments with a smirk on her face, "And here I thought that someone had just settled in without permission...But it seems I was just getting worked up over nothing..." while looking up at where Okiya Subaru is hiding.

At the end of the case, Sera is in her hotel room deleting various files. One of her deleted files was a still image from Agasa's video blown up to show Haibara reflected in Agasa's glasses. This indicates that she is not only keeping an eye on Conan but also on Haibara.
"Delete... Delete... For data, at least is an easy task to accomplish...", were her words while she was doing it.

===East vs. West Rematch (778-780)===
[[File:Sera FBI.png|thumb|left|Sera thinks about FBI]]
The case opens with Ran talking to Sera about [[Heiji Hattori]] who is stopping by for a visit. Sera is curious whether Hattori or Shinichi is the better detective. After Hattori is introduced to Sera, Kazuha then calls Heiji and tells her that she is stuck at a restaurant because someone died and a foreigner is keeping everyone from leaving. Sera proposes Hattori and Shinichi (via Conan's cellphone) have a deduction match. At the crime scene, Sera becomes curious about the foreigner, [[Andre Camel]] who secured the area. The police and Conan reveal Camel is an [[FBI]] agent and Sera takes interest. Meanwhile Camel finds that Sera looks familiar, but can't quite place why. He takes a picture of her and mails it to [[Jodie]] and [[James Black]] who are waiting outside. Jodie and James Black think Sera resembles someone too, but only James Black correctly identified Sera as female.

Meanwhile Sera is busy helping with the case, asking questions and making comments about various deductions. Hattori nearly slips up with Conan's identity in front of her earning a pointed question from Sera, but Hattori rescues himself by saying he thinks of Conan as Kudo when Conan gets smug have hearing Shinichi's deductions over the phone. Sera doesn't seemed to be fooled though, her thoughts show that she seems to know Conan, not Shinichi, is the one solving the case while watching Conan come to his final conclusion.

===EYE (781)===
Conan, Heji, Sera, and the rest of the group return to the Mouri detective agency after the poisoning case at Danny's restaurant. Hattori reveals the case that brought him to Tokyo; he received a mysterious letter signed in the name of a person who was murdered in Karuizawa requesting an investigation. Sera takes an immediate interest in the case and wants to tag along, but Hattori refuses saying that the people he is visiting are only expected five people. Sera is peeved at being left behind.

===Kogoro-san is a Good Man (787)===
Sera is walking with Conan, Ran and Sonoko. While they wonder why Kogoro has been coming home late, Sonoko thinks he's found himself a mistress. Sera thinks that he is just investigating a case. When an old lady named Takae Kiritani comes, she claims that Kogoro has been helping her. Sera asks what he does for her to which she replies that its small things like helping around the house. Sera isn't seen again for the rest of the case.

===Murder at Mouri Detective Agency (797-800)===
[[File:Sera's motorcycle.jpg|thumb|right|Sera in her motorcycle.]]
During a murder case at Mouri Detective agency, after meeting Kogoro's new apprentice [[Tooru Amuro]], [[Megure]] comments that the number of detectives around Kogoro has increased again, referring to Sera. Amuro takes interest in Sera. Later, Kogoro and friends go over to a suspect's apartment. Sera calls Ran after hearing about the murder on the news because she is worried about her and Conan. The call has an usual amount of static which alerts Amuro that there are listening devices present. Amuro abruptly hangs up Ran's phone on Sera. Meanwhile, Conan intentionally gets himself kidnapped by the primary suspect. After Ran enables calling again, Sera calls back immediately and is very upset because she was worried something had happened to Ran. Ran tells her that Conan has been kidnapped, and details to Sera the murder at Kogoro's agency. In order to figure out where the kidnapper is headed, Kogoro and Amuro search the apartment and decide to go to the address of one of the other suspects.

Sera arrives at suspect's home on [[Cars|her motorcycle]], but just misses Kogoro and the gang leaving. She hears the elevator descending and rushes back downstairs in time to follow Amuro's [[Cars|car]]. Meanwhile, the culprit has been driving around with Conan while Haibara has been directing Okiya's car towards them using the criminal tracking glasses. Okiya catches up to the kidnapper and relays what the car looks like to Kogoro. Amuro sees the suspect's car heading in the opposite direction so he quickly wheels around after it. Sera, who has been following Amuro's car this whole time, u-turns after Amuro and continues chasing. Amuro gets in front of the suspect's car and stops it. The suspect gets out of the car holding Conan at gunpoint, but Sera drives up onto the roof of the car. She swings her motorcycle around so that the rear wheel slams into the woman's face knocking her unconscious. With tears of relief, Sera squeezes Conan, happy he is safe. Amuro, Okiya, and [[Vermouth]] look on.

===Meeting with Scar Akai (801)===
Sera is walking with Sonoko and Ran, and Ran is talking by phone with Conan. Masumi hears Haibara's voice in the background and becomes curious. She asks the two others what Ai is like, and Sonoko says Haibara is like a woman in a child's body. When Ran hangs up her cellphone, the topic switches over to Amuro. Sera says to Ran she wants to meet Amuro because she never got a really good look at him from the last case, but Sonoko thinks she wants to meet Conan. instead. Ran says Shinichi and Conan are big fans of Sherlock Holmes. Sera mystery thinks about she has known that for a long time.

Suddenly, Masumi sees [[Scar Akai]] in the crowd ahead. She runs after him, but she can't catch him. Ran wonders who Sera was chasing, but Sera replies she thought it was someone she knew, and silently appends in her mind that it would be impossible for the man she was chasing to be the person she thinks it was.

==Speculation==
[[Image:Sera Knowing Conan's Name.png‎|thumb|right|170px|Sera mentioning Conan's name.]] Sera knew Conan and [[Ran]]'s identities before they introduced themselves. Although she claimed to know Ran from Karate tournaments, she additionally recognized Conan as a detective. This may indicate Sera has done research or follows stories about Conan's achievements or that she has had direct or indirect contact with Conan and Ran. However, Ran and Conan didn't recognize Sera. Sera might be one of Ran's martial arts rivals, although Ran, did not recognize her. In file 771, it is revealed that she also knows Professor Agasa, although she calls him "Professor whatshisname". Furthermore, Sera seems to decipher Conan's identity from Chapter 779, Abe-chan, where she can predict that Conan would be able to solve this case, successfully. {{clear}}
===Shuichi Akai's younger sister===
[[Image:Sera_and_Shuuichi.png|thumb|right|300px|Sera and [[Shuichi Akai]].]]
Sera might be the younger sister of [[Shuichi Akai]]. Sera has bags under her eyes identical to Shuichi Akai's. Also, Masumi Sera's name is also incredibly similar to Mobile Suit Gundam character [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Sayla_Mass Sayla Mass] (セイラ・マス, ''Seira Masu''). [[Shuichi Akai#Name origin|Akai's name is derived]] from Sayla Mass's older brother's name, Char Anzable.
Also, Conan said he has a feeling he had met her before. {{cquote|Somehow I feel like we've met somewhere before, it might be that person resembles someone I know, that's why the feeling that we've met before is on my mind...<ref>Manga Chapter 771: Let's Hear Your Brilliant Deduction! p.11</ref> }}
[[File:Akai's picture 338.PNG|thumb|left|The picture of the Detective Boys the mystery assistants captured]]
Sera lived in Japan until three years ago when her family moved to America. This matches with the time when Akai was infiltrating the Black Organization. The family's move to America could be the FBI's attempt to protect them should something go wrong with Akai's mission. It's also interesting to note that [[Andre Camel]] and most likely [[James Black]] seem to recognize her from somewhere. On another interesting note, James Black was the first to recognize that Sera was a girl. Everyone else thought that she was a guy when they first saw her. Since James was Akai's boss, he would most likely know that Akai has a younger sister and what she would look like.

In 801, Sera chased after [[Scar Akai]] who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Detective agency. Although Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew". She then thinks there is no way it was possible, which would make sense if she thought Akai was dead. This implies she isn't Bourbon, since Bourbon believes he is the only one who can kill Akai and that Gin failed to do so, hence he wouldn't think that it was impossible to meet Akai again in the street.

Sera has an interest in Conan and Haibara. While her interest is suspicious, if Sera is Akai's sister, the interest may come from the pictures of Conan and Haibara that Akai took back during the Vermouth arc. It is standard procedure in the US to send the personal belongings of the dead back to their families. If Akai mixed these pictures in with his own things when he took them out of his truck before meeting with Kir, it's possible they were overlooked when the FBI sent Akai's things to his family. If Sera was interested in finding out how and why Akai died, she would begin by researching the people in those pictures and those connected with them in hopes of finding clues.


==Name origin==
{{Nihongo|Masumi Sera's|世良・真純|Sera Masumi}} name comes from the [[wikipedia:Mobile Suit Gundam|Mobile Suit Gundam]] character {{Nihongo|[[wikipedia:Sayla Mass|Sayla Mass]]|セイラ・マス|Seira Masu}}. <ref>http://detectiveconanfanclub.com/others/aoyama-gosho-interviews/2011/</ref>

==Quotes==
{{cquote|Deletion. For data at least ... is an easy task to accomplish.|Sera, on deleting a picture of Haibara from her computer, File 777 pg 16}}

==Trivia==
*The kanji for Sera's last name mean 'good world.' The kanji for her first name, Masumi, mean 'true' and either 'pure' or 'net.'

==See also==
* [[Characters]]

==References==
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2011-11-19T17:45:37Z

AJ-kun:

* Latest episode: November 19, 2011: '''[[The Most Useful School in the World Case#Part 2|The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2)]]'''
* Latest manga chapter: November 16, 2011: '''[[Manga#Chapters not yet included in a Volume|File 797: Intertwined Lies and Mysteries]]'''
* Latest Kid special: October 29, 2011: '''[[The Fated Blue Birthday]]'''
* The 32nd Detective Conan opening is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[GARNET CROW]]''' and is titled '''"[[Misty Mystery]]"'''.
* The 40th Detective Conan ending is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[Mai Kuraki]]''' and is titled '''"[[Your Best Friend]]"'''.
* Detective Conan's '''15th anniversary''' in anime television and film is now commencing.
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2011-11-19T17:43:51Z

AJ-kun:

* Latest episode: November 19, 2011: '''[[The Most Useful School in the World Case#Part 1|The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2)]]'''
* Latest manga chapter: November 16, 2011: '''[[Manga#Chapters not yet included in a Volume|File 797: Intertwined Lies and Mysteries]]'''
* Latest Kid special: October 29, 2011: '''[[The Fated Blue Birthday]]'''
* The 32nd Detective Conan opening is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[GARNET CROW]]''' and is titled '''"[[Misty Mystery]]"'''.
* The 40th Detective Conan ending is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[Mai Kuraki]]''' and is titled '''"[[Your Best Friend]]"'''.
* Detective Conan's '''15th anniversary''' in anime television and film is now commencing.
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2011-11-12T21:23:10Z

AJ-kun:

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| name = AJ M.
| image = AJ_in_Detective_Conan.jpg|200px
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = August 29
| nicknames = AJ AJ-kun Heiji-kun
| aliases = DCW's Hattori Heiji
| first-appearance = August 16, 2011
| appearances = Numerous
| cases solved = Unknown
}}
AJ M. is one of the newer members of DCW who deliberately browses through forums during his free time. A die hard Detective Conan fanatic, he has watched every episode, movie, OVA, and special there ever was; as a result, he joined the DCW community to further discuss with other fans about this popular series. Since [[Heiji Hattori]] is his favorite character and the one he can relate to most, AJ took on the role of becoming DCW's Hattori Heiji. He is also known and admired for his fantastic drawing and breath-taking coloring skills, whilst remaining humble about his artistic ability. Although he has constantly deals with studying, schooling, and other pastimes, AJ is relatively active on DCW (posting on an average of about 9 posts a day).

==Personality==

AJ is generally kind-hearted and welcoming to members, but at times, he can be argumentative when he feels there is something DC related that is worth debating about. When he makes an argument, he puts forth his best effort to back himself up and to support his claims. AJ is never influenced by others to change his opinion on certain subjects. He will stick to one side and will remain on that side no matter how many members are against it. In the aspect of honesty, AJ will be upfront about anything necessary.

He can be quite a humorous guy who loves to laugh and to make other people laugh. AJ can also be very sarcastic at times, but not to the point of being arrogant and rude.

Overall, AJ is a pretty positive person who is determined to overcome any obstacle that comes his way. He focuses more on the now and future, rather than dwelling on the past. When others are feeling upset, he will sympathize with them in order to lighten up their mood because he hates seeing a DCW member become depressed.

==Background==

AJ was born and raised in the state of Texas. He is 100% Filipino, but unfortunately, he can't speak the Philippines native language: tagalog. He was raised by two fluent tagalog-speaking parents who never taught him how to speak the language during his upbringing. Therefore, english is his first and only language.

==Interests==

[[Image:Shinichi and Heiji.jpg|150px|thumb|left|AJ's drawing of Shinichi and Little Heiji]]

===Drawing===
Drawing is one of AJ's main interests and hobbies. He always loved drawing anime ever since he was a little boy. As of now, he is still learning the ways of Gosho Aoyama's drawing style, but he has gotten the hang of it for the most part. He just needs to work on his proportions a slightly bit more. As of now, AJ has uploaded 7 drawings on DCW for the community to see, and he plans to upload much more in the future. He usually uploads a new drawing at least once every two weeks. His more notable Detective Conan drawings can be viewed at DeviantArt.com by clicking '''[http://ajkun.deviantart.com/ here].'''

===Coloring===
AJ always had a natural talent in coloring. Even as a child in grade school, he was admired by his teachers and fellow classmates for his vibrant coloring ability. He knows exactly which parts of a drawing to shade and highlight with little margin of error. AJ pictures the desired image in his head to create a "3D" drawing.

===Pokemon===
Pokemon has always been of interest ever since AJ was 5. After being introduced to him by his sister, Pokemon never failed to amuse him. Nowadays, however, AJ is unable to play any video games due to substantial amount studying and schooling he has to do (when he's not on DCW, that is).

===Debating===
Debating is another pastime for AJ on DCW or in school. He loves to put forth a great argument and to prove points he is trying to ensue. AJ M. and DCW member Kyuu have a reputation of having extensive arguments over DC related subjects.

'''To learn more about AJ's interests, check out his [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/user/10795-aj-m/ Profile Page].'''

== Quotes ==

{{cquote|Discovering our destiny in life, in itself, is our destiny in life.}}

{{cquote|It's better to regret something you did do than to regret something you didn't have the courage to do.}}

{{cquote|Influence is like a virus. As soon as one person obtains the influence, it will spread about to more people, until every single person is affected by this cultural epidemic.}}

==Trivia==

*AJ M. currently ranks #56 for DCW's overall top posters
*AJ started out as a Case Closed fan, then transitioned into becoming a Detective Conan fan
*AJ M. is one of the only members to have 3 letters in his Display Name.

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2011-11-09T23:50:42Z

AJ-kun:

* ... that '''[[Setting|Beika District]]''' is named after ''Baker Street'', the location of Sherlock Holmes's flat?
* ... that '''[[Detective Conan]]''' was renamed to ''Case Closed'' in North America due to copyright issues?
* ... that in between [[Toichi Kuroba]] and [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s stints as [[Kaitou Kid]], Toichi's (and later Kaito's) assistant, '''[[Konosuke Jii]]''' was the Kaitou Kid?
* ... that '''[[Azusa Enomoto]]''' has had a handful of makeovers in the series?
* ... that '''[[Ran Mouri]]''', '''[[Shinichi Kudo]]''', and '''[[Conan Edogawa]]''' share the same blood type?
* ... that [[Shiho Miyano]] made a silhouette appearance in [[Volume 2]]?
* ... that [[Officer Tome]] appeared in both manga and anime?
* ... that [[baijiu]] was used as the main ingredient for the [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote prototype]] to [[APTX 4869]]?
* ... that [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Kazuha Toyama]] were chained by a pair of handcuffs when young?
* ... that '''[[Conan Edogawa]]''' has appeared in every '''[[Magic Kaito]]''' special so far?
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2011-11-05T16:40:00Z

AJ-kun:

* Latest episode: November 5, 2011: '''[[Be Careful When Going on a Diet]]'''
* Latest manga chapter: November 1, 2011: '''[[Manga#Chapters not yet included in a Volume|File 795: Destined to Re-Enter The Flames]]'''
* Latest Kid special: October 29, 2011: '''[[The Blue Birthday of Fate]]'''
* The 32nd Detective Conan opening is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[GARNET CROW]]''' and is titled '''"[[Misty Mystery]]"'''.
* The 40th Detective Conan ending is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[Mai Kuraki]]''' and is titled '''"[[Your Best Friend]]"'''.
* Detective Conan's '''15th anniversary''' in anime television and film is now commencing.
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2011-11-03T23:35:48Z

AJ-kun:

* Latest episode: October 15, 2011: '''[[The Crime Scene is a Very Narrow Shop|The Crime Scene is a Very Narrow Shop]]'''
* Latest manga chapter: November 1, 2011: '''[[Manga#Chapters not yet included in a Volume|File 795: Destined to Re-Enter The Flames]]'''
* Latest Kid special: October 29, 2011: '''[[The Blue Birthday of Fate]]'''
* The 32nd Detective Conan opening is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[GARNET CROW]]''' and is titled '''"[[Misty Mystery]]"'''.
* The 40th Detective Conan ending is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[Mai Kuraki]]''' and is titled '''"[[Your Best Friend]]"'''.
* Detective Conan's '''15th anniversary''' in anime television and film is now commencing.
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2011-10-29T21:39:45Z

AJ-kun: uploaded a new version of "File:AJ in Detective Conan.jpg"

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2011-10-28T15:57:17Z

AJ-kun:

* Latest episode: October 15, 2011: '''[[The Crime Scene is a Very Narrow Shop|The Crime Scene is a Very Narrow Shop]]'''
* Latest manga chapter: October 26, 2011: '''[[Manga#Chapters not yet included in a Volume|File 794: Genome]]'''
* Latest drama episode: September 29, 2011: '''[[Drama Episode 13|File. 13]]'''
* The 32nd Detective Conan opening is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[GARNET CROW]]''' and is titled '''"[[Misty Mystery]]"'''.
* The 40th Detective Conan ending is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[Mai Kuraki]]''' and is titled '''"[[Your Best Friend]]"'''.
* Detective Conan's '''15th anniversary''' in anime television and film is now commencing.
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User:AJ-kun

2011-10-23T20:00:10Z

AJ-kun:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = AJ M.
| image = AJ_in_Detective_Conan.jpg|200px
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = August 29
| nicknames = AJ AJ-kun Heiji-kun
| aliases = DCW's Hattori Heiji
| first-appearance = August 16, 2011
| appearances = Numerous
| cases solved = Unknown
}}
AJ M. is one of the newer members of DCW who deliberately browses through forums during his free time. A die hard Detective Conan fanatic, he has watched every episode, movie, OVA, and special there ever was; as a result, he joined the DCW community to further discuss with other fans about this popular series. Since [[Heiji Hattori]] is his favorite character and the one he can relate to most, AJ took on the role of becoming DCW's Hattori Heiji. He is also known and admired for his fantastic drawing and breath-taking coloring skills, whilst remaining humble about his artistic ability. Although he has constantly deals with studying, schooling, and other pastimes, AJ is relatively active on DCW (posting on an average of about 13 posts a day).

==Personality==

AJ is generally kind-hearted and welcoming to members, but at times, he can be argumentative when he feels there is something DC related that is worth debating about. When he makes an argument, he puts forth his best effort to back himself up and to support his claims. AJ is never influenced by others to change his opinion on certain subjects. He will stick to one side and will remain on that side no matter how many members are against it. In the aspect of honesty, AJ will be upfront about anything necessary.

He can be quite a humorous guy who loves to laugh and to make other people laugh. AJ can also be very sarcastic at times, but not to the point of being arrogant and rude.

Overall, AJ is a pretty positive person who is determined to overcome any obstacle that comes his way. He focuses more on the now and future, rather than dwelling on the past. When others are feeling upset, he will sympathize with them in order to lighten up their mood because he hates seeing a DCW become depressed.

==Background==

AJ was born and raised in the state of Texas. He is 100% Filipino, but unfortunately, he can't speak the Philippines native language: tagalog. He was raised by two fluent tagalog-speaking parents who never taught him how to speak the language during his upbringing. Therefore, english is his first and only language.

==Interests==

[[Image:Shinichi and Heiji.jpg|150px|thumb|left|AJ's latest drawing of Shinichi and Little Heiji]]

===Drawing===
Drawing is one of AJ's main interests and hobbies. He always loved drawing anime ever since he was a little boy. As of now, he is still learning the ways of Gosho Aoyama's drawing style, but he has gotten the hang of it for the most part. He just needs to work on his proportions a slightly bit more. As of now, AJ has uploaded 7 drawings on DCW for the community to see, and he plans to upload much more in the future. He usually uploads a new drawing at least once every two weeks. His more notable Detective Conan drawings can be viewed at DeviantArt.com by clicking '''[http://ajkun.deviantart.com/ here].'''

===Coloring===
AJ always had a natural talent in coloring. Even as a child in grade school, he was admired by his teachers and fellow classmates for his vibrant coloring ability. He knows exactly which parts of a drawing to shade and highlight with little margin of error. AJ pictures the desired image in his head to create a "3D" drawing.

===Pokemon===
Pokemon has always been of interest ever since AJ was 5. After being introduced to him by his sister, Pokemon never failed to amuse him. Nowadays, however, AJ is unable to play any video games due to substantial amount studying and schooling he has to do (when he's not on DCW, that is).

===Debating===
Debating is another pastime for AJ on DCW or in school. He loves to put forth a great argument and to prove points he is trying to ensue. AJ M. and DCW member Kyuu have a reputation of having extensive arguments over DC related subjects.

'''To learn more about AJ's interests, check out his [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/user/10795-aj-m/ Profile Page].'''

== Quotes ==

{{cquote|Discovering our destiny in life, in itself, is our destiny in life.}}

{{cquote|It's better to regret something you did do than to regret something you didn't have the courage to do.}}

{{cquote|Influence is like a virus. As soon as one person obtains the influence, it will spread about to more people, until every single person is affected by this cultural epidemic.}}

==Trivia==

*AJ M. currently ranks #61 for DCW's overall top posters
*AJ started out as a Case Closed fan, then transitioned into becoming a Detective Conan fan
*AJ M. is one of the only members to have 3 letters in his Display Name.

Kazuha Toyama

2011-10-23T19:27:38Z

AJ-kun:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kazuha Toyama
| japanese-name = 遠山和葉 (Tooyama Kazuha)
| english-name = Kirsten Thomas
| image = Kazuha Toyama Profile.jpg
| age = 17<ref name=CD57>Conan Drill page 57</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = unknown<ref name=CD57/>
| relatives = [[Detective Toyama]] (father) Mother (unnamed)<ref>[[Volume 74#File 778 - Which One is the Great(er) Detective?|Volume 74, File 778: "Which One is the Great(er) Detective?", Page 5]] - Kazuha's mother is mentioned for the first time.</ref>
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 185 Anime: Episode 118
| appearances = {{:Kazuha Toyama Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 19]]
| japanese-voice = [[Yuko Miyamura]]
| english-voice = [[Gwendolyn Lau]]
| drama-actor = [[Rei Okamoto]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kazuha Toyama|遠山和葉|Tooyama Kazuha}}''', also known as '''Kirsten Thomas''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is character in the manga and anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend and the romantic interest of [[Heiji Hattori]].

== Background ==
Kazuha and [[Heiji Hattori]] have been close friends since childhood. Their fathers work together at the Osaka Police station, where Kazuha's father, [[Detective Toyama | Chief Detective Toyama]] is a subordinate and close friend of Heiji's father, [[Heizo Hattori | Police Chief Hanzo Hattori]].

At one time in their youth, Heiji had had the unfortunate idea of locking themselves together with a set of old handcuffs which had no key to unlock it; as a result they involuntarily had to spend time together even on some rather intimate occasions (i.e., bathroom visits) before the cuffs could be removed. As a reminder of this 'closeness' and for good luck, Kazuha fashioned two identical lucky charms, each incorporating a chain link from the cuffs, which she and Heiji have been wearing ever since.<ref name="StabbedWallet">Manga Volume 19: File 185 (Stabbed Wallet Case)</ref> At some later point, Kazuha added a picture of Heiji into her own charm pouch.<ref>Manga Chapters 693-695: Kazuha's Charm Case</ref>

After Heiji had met [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and discovered his [[Shinichi Kudo|true identity]], he talked about him so frequently and enthusiastically to Kazuha that she became convinced that Heiji was in love with a Tokyo girl named 'Kudo.' When Heiji invited Conan, [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] and [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] to Osaka, Kazuha spied on them, believing Ran to be 'Kudo.' At an okonomiyaki restaurant, when Heiji got up for a moment, Kazuha sat down in his seat and warned Ran to back off him, at which point Heiji returned, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and Heiji laughed at Kazuha's behavior.<ref name="SerialKillerofNaniwa">Manga Volume 19: Chapters 5-8(Stabbed Wallet Case)</ref> In their next meeting, Kazuha continued to treat Ran coldly, pointing out that Ran and Heiji's clothes had coincidentally matched the last few times they had been together. In response, Ran immediately changed clothes, after which point the girls became much friendlier. <ref name="Wedding Murder">Manga Volume 21: File 211 (Wedding Murder Case)</ref>

== Personality ==
Kazuha has a hot temper and can be highly critical of people around her. Moreover, she is highly confrontational and unafraid to let others know of her dislike. This trait leads to frequent shouting matches with Heiji, but it also allowed her and Ran to forge a strong friendship despite the fact that Kazuha, believing that Ran was Heiji's new girlfriend, took an initial deep dislike to Ran out of jealousy. Affection and approval are apparently much harder for her to express, most significantly with regard to Heiji; she is perfectly aware of her feelings for him and, after a few initial attempts to deny it to Ran, openly discusses her love for Heiji with her. However, even when a good opening appears to discuss her feelings with him, she instead panics and does her best to pretend that she and Heiji are 'only friends.'

She also has a marked belief in spirits, good-luck charms, and other superstitions. Right from her first experience, she displayed her belief in the importance of hers and Heiji's omamori, charms which Kazuha made to protect her and Heiji from harm. And indeed, during the same case, Heiji lent Conan his omamori, and the metal inside the charm stopped a knife blade that would have killed Conan.<ref name="SerialKillerofNaniwa">Manga Volume 19: Chapters 5-8</ref> On subsequent cases, Kazuha is quick to attribute mysterious shadows and strange events to ghosts and other malignant spirits, which usually sends Ran into a panic as well.

== Skills ==

Despite her fearfulness, Kazuha is also a 2-dan in aikido, and has exhibited her skills in taking down several criminals, including [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]].<ref name="SerialKillerofNaniwa">Manga Volume 19: Chapters 5-8</ref>

== Plot overview ==
''Main Article: [[Kazuha Toyama Appearances]].''
=== Introduction ===
Soon after [[Heiji Hattori]] made Conan/Shinichi's acquaintance, he invited [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] to Osaka. Several times throughout the day Ran felt herself being watched by a pair of malevolent eyes. At lunchtime that day, a girl sat down and, to Conan's horror and Ran's bafflement, addressed Ran as "Kudo." She warned "Kudo" to stay away from Heiji, who soon returned and sets her right. Heiji introduced her as his childhood friend Kazuha and introduced Ran as Kudo's girlfriend- which Ran hotly denied -, whereupon Ran asked them if they are together, which Kazuha and Heiji hotly denied in turn.<ref name="SerialKillerofNaniwa">Manga Volume 19: Chapters 5 (Stabbed Wallet Case)</ref>

=== Subsequent Appearances ===
[[image:408_Kaz_saves_Conan.JPG|thumb|right|180px| Kazuha saves Conan from Heiji's jealous rage, which she unknowingly caused by flirting with another man.]]Since her introduction, Kazuha has accompanied Heiji in the majority of his appearances. The two frequently visit Tokyo and stay at the Mouri residence, and Kazuha accompanies Heiji on several cases. Because of this, she has from time to time been in great danger. She was almost killed by the Spider Mansion murderer because she found a BB gun bullet that the criminal had used in his setup; only Heiji's arrival chased the murderer away before Kazuha was strangled.<ref name="Spider Mansion">Manga Volume 25: Chapters 4-8 (Spider Mansion Case)</ref> Later, in the Mermaid Island case, Heiji nearly fell off a cliff during his investigation. Kazuha saved him, but overbalanced and fell off the cliff herself. Heiji jumped after her, managing to grab her wrist with his left hand and a jutting branch with his right. However, the branch began to bend, so Kazuha stabbed Heiji's hand in an attempt to make him let her go and save himself. Despite the wound, Heiji did not let go, and managed to save the both of them.<ref name="The Mermaid Weeps Again">Manga Volume 28: Chapters 6-10 </ref> He still bears the scar on his left hand, and has been known to mock Kazuha about it.<ref name="Heiji's First Standalone Case">Manga Volume 31: Chapters 8-10</ref> In a later case, Heiji and Kazuha were kidnapped by a corrupt lawyer in an attempt to force Heiji to crack a code. When he wouldn't comply, the lawyer decided to kill them both. Heiji asked to be allowed to say a few last words to Kazuha, claiming he had to tell her something he had wanted to say for a long time. This, it turned out, was a ploy to distract the lawyer, but when it failed, Heiji, with a gun to his head, told Kazuha that "I meant it when I said my last words were for you" and promised, if they survived, to tell them to her "until you're sick of hearing it." Afterward, when she asked him what he was going to say, he panicked and insisted that he had wanted to tell her that her ponytail had been tickling him while they were handcuffed together - which earned him an enraged slap in the face.<ref name="Hattori Heiji in Grave Danger">Manga Volume 38: Chapters 8-10</ref>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
* '''Heiji Hattori'''
{{main|Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama}}
Kazuha has been best friends with Heiji since they were very young. Often times they act more like a couple then like friends, though they both deny having any such relation with each other. Kazuha tends to be somewhat overbearing and extremely protective of '''[[Heiji]]''', and has no problems in chasing off any potential female who may show some interest in him. Also in Movie 7 '''[[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]]''', it is shown that she is Heiji's First Love.

* '''Ran Mouri'''
Despite having rather different temperaments and personalities, Kazuha and Ran have several things in common, including: proficiency in a martial art, fathers connected to police work and detective work, and detective-obsessed childhood love interests. Kazuha was initially cold and rude to Ran, suspecting her of being interested in Heiji. However, thanks to Kazuha's frankness and Ran's accommodating nature, the girls quickly overcame this misunderstanding. They have since become close friends and seem to regard each other as confidantes, since they are in similar romantic situations: Ran and Shinichi cannot confess their feelings for each other, as Shinichi is, aside from telephone calls, physically absent from her life, and Kazuha and Heiji cannot confess their feelings for each other due to their own stubbornness and irascibility. While Conan/Shinichi and Heiji are on cases together, Ran and Kazuha almost always spend the time together, and when Kazuha visits the Mouris in Tokyo with Heiji, she is shown to share Ran's bed.

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Kazuha placed 16th in the poll with 40 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Kazuha placed 7th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
*The name 'Toyama' comes from Edo period "police detective" [[wikipedia:Tōyama Kagemoto|Kagetomo Toyama]], aka [[wikipedia:Tōyama no Kin-san|Toyama no Kin-san]], while Kazuha comes from one of [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s assistants.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kazuha_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kazuha's "Before" Appearance (Episode 118)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kazuha_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kazuha's "After" Appearance (Episode 611)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|和葉　Kazuha|遠山 Tooyama}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Kirsten|Thomas}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Kazuha|Toyama}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Kazuha|Toyama}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Kazuha|Toyama}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|كازوها Kazoha | توياما Toyama}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|가영 Ka Young|서 Suh}}
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== Trivia ==
* The kanji for Kazuha's first name mean 'Japanese Leaf.' Her last name, Toyama, means 'distant mountain.'

*Besides[[ Eri Kisaki]], Kazuha almost always keeps her hair in a ponytail.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Toyama Family]]
* [[Kazuha Toyama Appearances]]
* [[Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama]]

== References ==
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Sonoko Suzuki

2011-10-23T19:25:51Z

AJ-kun:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Sonoko Suzuki
| japanese-name = 鈴木園子 (Suzuki Sonoko)
| english-name = Serena Sebastian
| image = Sonoko Suzuki Profile.jpg
| age = 17
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = Shiro Suzuki (father) Tomoko Suzuki (mother) [[Ayako Suzuki]] (older sister) [[Jirokichi Suzuki]] (uncle)
| nicknames = Deduction Queen Sonoko Annoying Sonoko ([[Genta]])
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 40 Anime: Episode 6
| appearances = {{: Sonoko Suzuki Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 8]]
| japanese-voice = [[Naoko Matsui]]
| english-voice = [[Laura Bailey]]
| drama-actor = [[Mayuko Iwasa]] (1st) [[Sayaka Akimoto]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Sonoko Suzuki|鈴木園子|Suzuki Sonoko}}''', known in the Funimation English dub as '''Serena Sebastian''', is a character from the manga and anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Sonoko is [[Ran Mouri]]'s best friend, and is the girlfriend of [[Makoto Kyogoku]], with whom she currently is in a long-distance relationship. [[Conan Edogawa]] sometimes has to knock her out with his stun gun watch to use her as "Deduction Queen Sonoko". Because of this, Sonoko has claimed to be a great high school detective in her own right.

== Background ==
Sonoko is the daughter of Tomoko and Shiro Suzuki, the rich family of a large company. She has a sister, Ayako, and an uncle named [[Jirokichi Suzuki|Jirokichi]], who is often involved in trying to capture the [[Kaitou Kid]].

Sonoko and Ran have been best friends ever since they were little.<ref name=Magic>[[Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata|Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata]]</ref> Sonoko is often there to help Ran whenever she is bullied by other school children, more often there than even [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] was.<ref name=Magic /> Although Ran knows that Sonoko has a lot of money, she always makes sure that money never gets involved in thier friendship, not going to ski vacations with Sonoko because she doesn't have the money, when she knows that Sonoko would pay for her to go.<ref name=Friendship>[[Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money|Episode 329-330: Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money]]</ref> This, along with other things, has helped strengthen the bond between both Ran and Sonoko.

== Personality ==
Before she began dating [[Makoto Kyogoku|Makoto]], Sonoko displayed the typical girl her age, acting very boy-crazy, and often mostly thinking about trying to snag the "perfect boy." She would often act sad because she couldn't get a boyfriend, using all necessary means to try and get one. She often dressed in clothes meant to attract boys, and would try to sweet talk her way into being with a boy, by making him chocolates,<ref name=ValChoc>[[Valentine Murder Case|Episode 6: Valentine Murder Case]]</ref> trying to impress a boy while wearing a bikini,<ref name=Triplet>[[The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case|Episode 72: The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case]]</ref> or going to various events that young guys were going to attend.<ref name=Lodge>[[Ski Lodge Murder Case|Episode 84-85: Ski Lodge Murder Case]]</ref> [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], in the meanwhile, would always be the one to unwillingly attract the boys, which would cause jealousy in Sonoko.<ref name=Villa>[[Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case|Episode 34-35: Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case]]</ref> However, this all changed when Sonoko met and began dating Makoto.

Sonoko loves using her money to go on big vacations, like expensive ski trips,<ref name=Lodge /> and loves to buy fancy clothes and items.<ref name=Megure /> Also, she is a sugar and sweets glutton, and loves to go to festivals where sugary sweets are on display, often picking up gigantic plates filled with various cakes.<ref name=Sweets>[[The Candy House the Witch Lives In|Episode 368: The Candy House the Witch Lives In]]</ref> She has even used [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] for the sole purpose of having a children's discount on food.<ref name=Culprit>[[Two Days with the Culprit|Episode 547-548: Two Days with the Culprit]]</ref> She is also a big fan of the band LEX,<ref name=LEX>[[Karaoke Box Murder Case|Episode 42: Karaoke Box Murder Case]]</ref> and various other people in pop music, including [[Two-Mix]].<ref name=Mix>[[The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case|Episode 81-82: The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case]]</ref>

Conan has had to use Sonoko sometimes, when he needs to do a deduction show. At first, he sometimes struggled to copy Sonoko's mannerism's down, but now is used to it.<ref name=Bank>[[The Bank Heist Murder Case|Episode 79: The Bank Heist Murder Case]]</ref> However, because he has had to use Sonoko so often for a deduction, Sonoko, like [[Kogoro Mouri]], completely buys into her whole "sleeping" persona, calling her self the best detective in [[Teitan High School]], and a "Deduction Queen."<ref name=Bank /> This makes Conan sometimes completely regret using her to solve a case, though he does admire her courage in certain situations. Sonoko is shown to not be completely clueless, and is sometimes able to solve little things on her own, and can figure things out when she is provided some assistance by Conan, like in [[The Suspicious Spicy Curry]], when Conan had to communicate to Sonoko, Kogoro, and [[Misao Yamamura|Yamamura]] in charades and sign language.<ref name=Curry>[[The Suspicious Spicy Curry|Episode 331-332: The Suspicious Spicy Curry]]</ref>

Sonoko is a big fanatic of the [[Kaitou Kid]], thinking that not only is he very handsome, but is also herself a very big fan of him, cheering him on in trying to steal something, even when that something is a rare treasure of the Suzuki family! She wishes to meet the Kid up close, and sometimes almost gets her wish, but is very disappointed when she doesn't.<ref name=Kid>[[Kaito Kid's Miracle Midair Walk|Episode 356: Kaito Kid's Miracle Midair Walk]]</ref>

== Appearance ==
Sonoko often wears a bandanna backing up her fringe, skirt, random clothes covering the top. Her clothes are often erotic.

== Plot overview ==

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
* '''Makoto Kyogoku'''
Sonoko originally met [[Makoto Kyogoku]] while vacationing, when he worked at his father's hotel in his spare time.<ref name=Summer>[[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|Episode 153-154: Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story]]</ref> At first, neither she, Conan, nor Ran recognized him, because he wore glasses to hide his features. He later saves her when he takes a knife in the arm for her, to protect her from getting killed by a crazed serial killer.<ref name=Summer /> This is when Ran finally realizes that he is the famous karate champion. After defeating the killer, he confesses his feelings for her, which leaves Sonoko dumbfounded and flustered.<ref name=Summer /> According to Makoto, he originally met Sonoko during one of Ran's tournaments, and loved how feisty and firey she was in trying to cheer her friend on.<ref name=Summer /> After this, Sonoko and Makoto begin a long distance relationship.<ref name=Summer />
[[Image:Sonoko Presents Her Chocolate to Makoto.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Sonoko presenting the chocolate she made to Makoto.]]

Makoto often saves Sonoko from dangerous peril, like in a snow lodge,<ref name=Valentine>[[The Truth Behind Valentine's|Episode 266-268: The Truth Behind Valentine's]]</ref> and in a forest.<ref name=Red>[[Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Episode 457-458: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief]]</ref> Sonoko loves to use some kind of concocted scheme to get Makoto to come to her, usually in some romantic way, to create a romantic and dreamy experience for her.<ref name=Red /> This, however, doesn't always end in success, but he sometimes does stumble through her little schemes.<ref name=Valentine /><ref name=Red /> He often warns her of the way she is dressed, because he believes that guys will try to come after her because of it.<ref name=Summer /><ref name=Valentine />
[[Image:Sonoko Gives Makoto Her Chocolate.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Sonoko gives the chocolate she made to Makoto.]]

Sonoko often wants to show Makoto that her feelings for him are stronger than he thinks, planning simple ideas to make him feel special. However, these often go in awry, as she either cannot make what she had planned to make, like when she promised to make him a home-made sweater, but had to resort to buying one in a mall,<ref name=Megure>[[Megure's Locked Away Secret|Episode 217-218: Megure's Locked Away Secret]]</ref> or Makoto has no idea what she gave him is, like when he believed that the pottery she sent him was supposed to be for flowers.<ref name=Pottery>[[The Murderous Pottery Class|Episode 228-229: The Murderous Pottery Class]]</ref> Sonoko keeps a photo of Makoto in her bag, and uses it as a good luck charm for when she takes exams.<ref name=Photo>[[Trembling Metropolitan Police Headquarters 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304: Trembling Metropolitan Police Headquarters 12 Million Hostages]]</ref> She has also made him a chocolate, trying to make him feel jealous by not saying who it was more, thus forcing him to visit her in a snow lodge to ask her what was going on.<ref name=Valentine /> When he finds out that indeed, she made him the chocolate, he gets very embarrassed himself.<ref name=Valentine />

Although long distance relationships can be hard to be in, Sonoko has stayed faithful to Makoto, other than dreaming of meeting up with the Kaitou Kid, though this is mostly to see him up close more than anything else.

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Sonoko placed 7th in the poll with 86 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

== Name origin ==

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sonoko_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sonoko's "Before" Appearance (Episode 6)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sonoko_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sonoko's "After" Appearance (Episode 627)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
Sonoko has been shown to be very aggressive. For example when Genta called her "Auntie Sonoko", she punched him extremely hard, and when she was interrupted by a soccer ball, she threw it back at the kicker, causing him to fall back.

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|園子　Sonoko|鈴木 Suzuki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Serena|Sebastian}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Sonoko|Suzuki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sonoko|Suzuki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sonoko|Suzuki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic| سوكو 　Soko|''Not given''}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|보라 Bo Ra|정 Jung}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Suzuki Family]]

== References ==
<references />

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Hiroshi Agasa

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Hiroshi Agasa
| japanese-name = 阿笠博士 (Agasa Hiroshi)
| english-name = Hershel Agasa
| image = Hiroshi Agasa Profile.jpg
| age = 52<ref>Conan Drill Page 52</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown<ref>Conan Drill Page 52</ref>
| relatives = Kurisuke Agasa (great-uncle) Teiko Agasa (great-aunt)
| aliases = Dr. Agasa Professor Agasa
| nicknames = Hakase ([[Ai Haibara]]) Agasa-hakase ([[Conan Edogawa]], [[Detective Boys]])
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 2 Anime: Episode 1
| appearances = {{:Hiroshi Agasa Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 5]]
| japanese-voice = [[Kenichi Ogata]] [[Kazunari Tanaka]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Bill Flynn]]
| drama-actor = [[Ryosei Tayama]]
| footnotes = Was voted most likely to be "[[Anokata|That Person]]" in a fan poll
}}
'''{{nihongo|Hiroshi Agasa|阿笠博士|Agasa Hiroshi}}''', most commonly referred to as '''{{nihongo|Professor Agasa|阿笠博士|Agasa-hakase}}''', and known in the [[Funimation]] dub as '''Hershel Agasa''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Agasa is [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s next door neighbor and family friend. The first person to learn Shinichi is [[Conan Edogawa]], he has invented all of Conan's special [[gadgets]] as well as the [[Detective Boys]]' badges.

== Background ==
Hiroshi Agasa is an inventor and [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s closest neighbor, living in a large house right next to the Kudo residence. [[Image:Agasa's_house.JPG‎|thumb|left|235|Agasa's house]]He makes his living with a wide number of patents and inventions, mostly video games (of whom the [[Detective Boys]] are enthusiastic test players). He has been a friend of Shinichi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] since their childhood years.

Agasa went to Teitan Elementary<ref name=410p>Manga Volume 40, File 7, Agasa's First Love</ref> and then Okuho middle school.<ref>Manga chapter 572 page 10</ref> His family moved to Japan from abroad soon after the end of fall term of his sixth grade after he met [[Fusae Campbell|Kinoshita Fusae]].<ref> Manga chapter 410 pages 08-10</ref> Agasa was living in Japan before his family moved and he may have changed his address when they arrived. He has a rich accountant uncle named Kurisuke Agasa who died 50 years before the present timeline at the age of 38.<ref>Manga chapter 111 page 06</ref> The uncle liked gadgets. Teiko, the sister of his uncle (Agasa’s aunt) was was alive until a year ago when she passed away at 76.<ref>Manga chapter 111 page 07</ref> Agasa’s cousin’s granddaughter is of the right age to be introduced to Takagi.<ref>Manga chapter 208</ref>

After Shinichi had been shrunk by the [[APTX 4869]], the first person he met and entrusted himself to was Agasa. After having been convinced that the little boy was Shinichi, Agasa was also the first one to advise Shinichi to exercise caution in his pursuit of the [[Black Organization]]. He also helped Shinichi in establishing his new identity as [[Conan Edogawa]], including constructing several gadgets which help Shinichi in carrying on his detective work surreptitiously, and in order to perfect Conan's cover, he also enlisted him into [[Teitan Elementary]] and thus came to know the children who would form the [[Detective Boys]]. When [[Ai Haibara|Shiho Miyano]] fled the clutches of the Organization, she fled to Shinichi's house but collapsed from exhaustion before Agasa's doorstep. Agasa subsequently took her in, learned about her true identity and helped her establish her new identity as Ai Haibara. He also entrusted Shinichi's parents with the secret about what has happened to their son.

Ever since these beginnings, Agasa has been an invaluable friend for Shinichi and the Detective Boys as a confidant, paternal friend, and someone to hang out with. He often takes the children on trips, most of which turn into criminal cases instead.

== Personality ==
Hiroshi Agasa is a jovial and outgoing person and has many friends in his community, a fact which helped him in his covering up of Conan's and Ai's true origins (he simply claims that they are the children of his friends and acquaintances).

Agasa has a special love for pasta and tomato juice.

== Plot overview ==

== Relationships analysis ==

=== Family & Friends ===
* '''Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa'''
[[Conan]] treats [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] as a member of his own family, like an uncle. Due to the fact that they both share the secret behind Shinichi's transformation and knowledge about the Black Organization, Conan often comes to him when in trouble or seeking for help.

* '''Ai Haibara'''
The relationship between [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] is rather unusual, if not humorous. Despite what their actual (and apparent) ages are, Ai often times acts more like a mother to the professor, constantly reminding him to watch what he eats. On several occasions, she has removed fattening foods from his reach<ref name=Depths>[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>, and is attempting to help get him into better shape. There have also been instances where she'll instinctively step in front of Agasa to protect him from danger.<ref name=Eyes>[[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref> Out of all the people she's met, Ai seems most comfortable about acting herself with the Professor; which might be attributed to the fact that he was the one who found her after she escaped the BO, and took her in.
As it turned out some time later, Agasa had known her parents - especially her father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], personally, even though he didn't know at that time that they've had children.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

[[Image:Child Agasa.jpg|thumb|right|Fourth Grade Agasa with Fusae Campbell]]
* '''Fusae Campbell'''
[[Fusae Campbell]], today a successful fashion designer, was Agasa's first love in their childhood years. Because of her half-American heritage she has blonde hair, which had made her the target of ridicule among her fellow students and thus made her very shy; she usually wore a large hat to conceal her hair. Right after she found her first love in Agasa, she had to move away, but promised to return every ten year to a special place to meet him again. However, in his forgetfulness Agasa misplaced the postcard on which she had placed her clues, and it took him forty years and the help of the [[Detective Boys]] to find the place again. While they did not openly talk about their feelings, there is a hint that their relationship is now beginning to grow.
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== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Agasa placed 19th in the poll with 36 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

== Quizzes ==

{{main|Agasa's Quizzes}}

Agasa usually gives quizzes to the [[Detective Boys]]. These quizzes are multiple choice which he usually gives to them for a reward or just to test their knowledge. These are mostly based on puns or rearranging the strokes in a character to get the answer.

== Name origin ==
Agasa's name comes from mystery writer [[wikipedia:Agatha Christie|'''Agatha''' Christie]]. Also, his first name '''Hiroshi''' is a pun as it is written with the same kanji for {{nihongo|''hakase''|博士|professor}}.

Additionally, his great uncle and aunt, '''{{nihongo|Kurisuke|栗介}}''' and '''{{nihongo|Teiko|定子}}''', get their names from the Japanese pronunciation of '''{{nihongo|Christie|クリスティ|Kurisuti}}''' (''Kurisuke'' obviously comes from ''Kurisu'' (クリス), but ''Teiko'' comes from ''Tei'' (テイ), and alternate writing for ''Ti'' (ティ)).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Agasa_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Agasa's "Before" Appearance (Episode 2)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Agasa_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Agasa's "After" Appearance (Episode 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Agasa has a mole on his butt with a hair sticking out of it (which Conan revealed while trying to prove his real identity to the Professor).<ref>[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]]</ref>
* In a recent fan poll, Professor Agasa was voted as the character most likely to be [[Anokata | That Person]].
*The Professor has a built in television in his car.<ref>Manga: Volume 24, File 10, page 16</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow=5>
File:EP2_Gallery_3.JPG|Shinichi can't get into his house luckily he finds [[Professor Agasa]] but has slight trouble trying to prove to him that he is Shinichi and that he's shrunk.
File:EP2_Gallery_4.JPG|"We need to be careful Shinichi, those men are bound to come looking for you if they find out you're still alive! You must tell no one your true identity or what happened! Not even [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]! Do you understand?!"
File:EP2_Gallery_5.JPG|There's someone at the door and it's Ran! What unlucky timing! Professor Agasa and Shinichi try not to panic and do their best to improvise!
</gallery>

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|博士 Hiroshi|阿笠 Agasa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Hershal|Agasa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Hiroshi|Agasa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Hiroshi|Agasa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Hiroshi|Agasa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|''Not given''|أغاثا/أغاسا Agasa/Agatha}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|박사 Bak Sa|브라운 Brown}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
<references/>

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[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Sleeping detectives]]

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Wataru Takagi

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:''This article is about the character'' Wataru Takagi. ''For the voice actor of the same name, see [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)]].''
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Wataru Takagi
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = Wataru Takagi Profile.jpg
| age = 26{{citation needed}}
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| nicknames = Takagi-kun ([[Miwako Sato|Sato]]) Takagi-niisan ([[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]])
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 171 Anime: Episode 21
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]]
| drama-actor = [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Wataru Takagi|高木渉|Takagi Wataru}}''' is a police sergeant and detective from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo Metropolitan Police District]]'s Criminal Investigation First Division.

== Background ==
Wataru Takagi is a newcomer to the Tokyo Police force, having been a junior member by the time [[Shinichi Kudo]] first established his reputation as an impeccable junior detective.<ref>Manga Chapter2 204-207: Shinichi's First Case</ref> He first met Shinichi's alter ego [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] during the investigation of the murder of actress Isami Nagakura, accompanying [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and helping to expose the trick with the identical rooms.<ref>Manga Chapters 171-172: Actor's Appartment Case</ref>

Ever since his joining the force, Takagi (like so many of his other colleagues) has harbored romantic feelings for [[Miwako Sato]]. While Sato appeared to have taken a liking to him as well, Takagi was easily discouraged by the way she dealt with other male colleagues, including their superior [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] (though in that case it was more a daughterly affection to a father figure, since Sato's father had died when she was very young).<ref>Manga Chapter 233: Countdown</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> In time, thanks to several severe incidents - and despite the interference of the other officers in the Department, chiefly [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] -, their professional relationship grew more personal,<ref>Manga Chapters 267-269: Sato's Father Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 369-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 404-406: Missing Ring Case</ref> and finally Sato and Takagi shared their first kiss after he had been hospitalized in the course of a difficult case.<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref>

== Personality ==
While he is initially self-conscious and bumbling, Takagi is a dedicated member of the Tokyo Police Force and shows promise as a good officer as the series progresses. He is one of the few officers who trusts [[Conan Edogawa|Conan's]] judgments the most, listening to him at case scenes to find important evidence and sometimes even letting Conan take the lead in their investigation (the case with Miwako handcuffed to the wrong suspect in the bathroom being a good example).<ref>Manga Chapter 232: Finding Evidence</ref>

Takagi has a strong intuition and sense of justice, and is very honorable. He has a strong drive to protect others, partially based in his profession as an officer, and partially based on a self-sacrificing trait in his personality. He is always very polite, even when alarmed, and defers to the judgment of his partner [[Miwako Sato]] not only because she is his senior, but because he truly respects her.

His hobbies are playing the maracas<ref>Manga Chapter 620: The Vanished Blunt Weapon</ref> and following the international wrestling scene, being a fan of wrestlers such as [[wikipedia:Bruiser Brody|Bruiser Brody]] and [[wikipedia:Keiji Mutoh|Keiji Mutoh]], and recognizing a move that Ran does as the "Shining Wizard," a finishing move of Mutoh's.<ref>Manga Chapter 388: Wolf's Shadow</ref>

== Plot overview ==

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:Episode 535 - Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sato and Takagi]]
* '''Miwako Sato'''
{{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}}
His affection for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] is a driving force of his character development. While his insecurity and comical outside interference regularly get in the way, he slowly manages to win her heart through his dedication, honesty and sincerity - traits Sato had also admired in her late colleague [[Jinpei Matsuda]]. Sato finally kisses Takagi after he has been severely wounded while protecting others.

* '''Conan Edogawa'''
Takagi has come the closest of any of the Division One members to finding out Conan's true identity. In the Tokyo Tower Bomber Case, while they waited for the elevator bomb's clock to run down to give the final clue to stop the greater crime, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], as Conan, told Takagi that he would answer Takagi's questions about his real identity "on the other side."

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Takagi placed 14th in the poll with 46 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Takagi placed 10th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name ==

Takagi is named after his voice actor: he was originally a nameless character. During one recording session, Chafurin (Megure) read the the line "You, what's your name?", and Takagi adlibbed the response "Takagi, sir".

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "Before" Appearance (Episode 26)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_Second_Look.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "Mid" Appearance (Episode 147)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "After" Appearance (Episode 626)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry|Wilder}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|''Not given''| تاكاجي　Takaji}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin}}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
*Apart from Yumi and Nakamori, Takagi is the only minor character Tokyo police officer who has not been given a background story.
*Takagi's appearance seems to have changed. His old hairstyle included a spikier fringe compared to the current one.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
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[[Category:Police detectives]]
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Heiji Hattori

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Heiji Hattori
| japanese-name = 服部平次 (Hattori Heiji)
| english-name = Harley Hartwell
| image = Heiji Hattori Profile.jpg
| age = 17<ref name=CD56>Conan drill page 56</ref>
| gender = Male
| height =
| weight =
| date-of-birth = unknown<ref name=CD56/>
| relatives = [[Heizo Hattori]] (father) [[Shizuka Hattori]] (mother)
| nicknames = Hei-chan ([[Goro Otaki|Otaki]]) "The Great Detective of the West"
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 92 Anime: Episode 48
| appearances = {{:Heiji Hattori Appearances}}
| cases-solved = All cases with [[Conan]]
| keyhole = [[Volume 10]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ryo Horikawa]]
| english-voice = [[Kevin M. Connolly]]
| drama-actor = [[Tori Matsuzaka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Heiji Hattori|服部平次|Hattori Heiji}}''', also known as '''Harley Hartwell''' in the Funimation dub, is a character in the manga and anime series ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is a childhood friend of [[Kazuha Toyama]].

== Background ==
Heiji is a high school detective, and the son of [[Heizo Hattori]], chief of the Osaka Police Department, and his wife [[Shizuka Hattori]]. Heiji wants to be a detective like his father, and he is also very skilled in kendo and has become a favored tournament contender for his school.

At one time during their childhood, Heiji had had the unfortunate idea of locking himself and his friend [[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]] together with a set of old handcuffs which had no key to unlock it; as a result they involuntarily had to spend time together even on some rather intimate occasions (i.e., bathroom visits) before the cuffs could be removed. As a reminder of this 'closeness' and for good luck, Kazuha fashioned two identical lucky charms, each incorporating a chain link from the cuffs, which she and Heiji have been wearing ever since.<ref name=StabbetWallet>Manga Volume 19: Files 185 (Stabbed Wallet Case)</ref>

[[image:190_heiji_as_shinichi.JPG|thumb|left|180px| Heiji attempting to disguise himself as Shinichi to alleviate Ran's suspicions.]]In the news, Heiji has been publicly declared the "Great Detective of the West", while [[Shinichi Kudo]] is the "Great Detective of the East". As a result, Heiji showed up unannounced at the Mouri Detective Agency looking for Kudo, seeking to challenge his rival to a showdown of wits. (In fact, they had such a contest before, three years previously, during a skiing trip in the Yamagata prefecture, although they never learned about each other's identities at that time.<ref>Manga Chapters 518-522: Yuki-Onna Murder Case</ref>) Heiji was soundly defeated in the following case after [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] temporarily turned back into Shinichi, but he gained a lot of respect for Shinichi in the process.<ref>Manga Chapters 092-096: The Great Detective Of The West</ref>.

During their second encounter, Conan knocked Heiji out to solve the on-going case, but during his final presentation of the facts, Heiji awoke prematurely and discovered Conan's secret.<ref>Manga Chapters 121: The Holmes Freak Case: The Revelation</ref> Ever since that revelation, Heiji has been helping Conan in hiding his secret identity, though he occasionally slips up by calling him "Kudo" in front of [[Ran Mouri|Ran]].

Heiji and Conan most often congenially team up to solve assorted cases. Heiji has also helped Conan investigate the [[Black Organization]] on several occasions, such as when the two investigated [[Jodie Starling]] <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=34 |publisher=Viz Media chapter=Files 2-7 |language=English }}</ref>, or when Heiji investigated [[Eisuke Hondou]] on his own and then told Conan his findings<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Meitantei Conan |volume=56 | chapter=Files 7 |language=Japanese}}</ref>. He's also helped cover for Conan during several of the brief instances where Conan regained his true adolescent age, and has even disguised himself as Shinichi on several occasions in order to protect his identity. When not working on a case, he regularly attempts to invite Conan to take in the sights and culinary delights in Osaka, which he considers more wholesome than Tokyo's.

== Personality ==
Even while solving a case, Heiji tends to be lighthearted and good-humored, preferring to work through it with a grin on his face. He is a big fan of baseball, and is most of the time shown wearing an Osaka cap, to support the local Osaka baseball team. He usually wears his cap with its visor pointed backward, but if he feels challenged, he turns the visor forward.

Despite him knowing the value and necessity of remaining calm in the face of a crime, Heiji tends to be impulsive at times, which tends to cloud his judgment a little. This was discussed directly in the "Detective Koushien" case, when [[Saguru Hakuba]] accused Heiji of being a poor detective for disrupting a crime scene in his rush to see if the victim could still be saved. Heiji, however, solved the case in the end, and reminded Saguru that the detective's first job is to prevent death if he can. Heiji is also known to be extremely protective of those he values as close friends, and tries hard to keep them out of harm. There are several instances where Hattori tells Kazuha to wait for him or leaves her behind in order to keep her from being involved in cases, simply because he's afraid of her getting hurt.<ref>Manga Volume 59, File 6, pg 6: Armored Warrior</ref><ref>Manga Volume 59, File 7, pg 11: Art of War</ref><ref name=653p3>Manga Volume 63, File 1, page 3: My Deduction</ref>

Furthermore, he's pretty much always watching Shinichi's back, and does whatever he can to not only keep the boy safe, but to keep his identity under cover. Although he is very competitive when it comes to detective cases, when a case gets hot, he and Shinichi work effectively together. During Shinichi's first return to his high school during the play performance, Heiji let him take the lead role in the investigations, saying it was because they were in Tokyo, Shinichi's turf.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=26 |publisher=Viz Media chapter=Files 1-7 |language=English }}</ref>

Although he frequently mocks Kazuha for her superstitions and enthusiasm for good-luck charms, Heiji has several times revealed that he puts more trust in them than he would admit. He once dreamed of Shinichi being murdered, and out subsequently insisted that Conan wear his omamori, the good luck charm Kazuha gave him. The omamori ended up saving Shinichi's life by deflecting a knife blow, but Heiji, without his usual protection, was shot in the stomach.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Meitantei Conan |volume=19 | chapter=Files 5-8 |language=Japanese}}</ref>. In another case, Ran hung a teruterubozu, a charm that's supposed to ensure good weather, in the window so that Conan would have good weather for his field trip the next day. Heiji, however, stayed up late to take down the teruterubozu so that Conan's field trip would be rained out and he could accompany Heiji on an investigation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Meitantei Conan |volume=39 | chapter=Files 1-5 |language=Japanese}}</ref>.

== Appearance and Attributes ==
Heiji has dark brown, spiky hair and dark skin, and his eyes are normally dark green in the anime but are drawn as blue in the manga. He speaks with a strong Kansai Ben accent, typical of the Osaka region.

=== Intelligence and eidetic memory ===
Heiji, like the other 'geniuses' of Detective Conan, has shown himself to have an eidetic memory, capable of remembering complex letter and number sequences at only a glance, such as when he was able to solve a code in his head during the "Heiji and Kazuha in Grave Danger" arc, and even reproduce another message using the same code to text to Conan. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=38 |chapter=Files 8-10 |language=Japanese}}</ref>

=== Kendo ===
As Shinichi is to soccer, so is Heiji to kendo. He's the fifth position, or taisho, and captain of his high school Kendo team. Heiji may disable criminals using an improvised bokken similar to how Shinichi uses his soccer skills.

===Others===
Heiji is also a capable motorcycle driver. He also speaks fluent English.

== Plot overview ==
''Main Article: [[Heiji Hattori Appearances]].''

===The Great Detective Of The West===
One day, Conan (using his [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|Voice-Changer Tie]] to imitate [[Shinichi Kudo|his old voice]]) calls [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to tell her once again that he is all right and that he is still stuck with the 'special case' when Ran hangs up on him as someone has just entered the detective agency. Coming home, Conan finds to his surprise that the 'customer' is a youth who keeps demanding to see Shinichi Kudo. When Ran mentions that Shinichi has just called, without asking about Ran's state, the youth deduces that Shinichi must actually be nearby, watching Ran from afar. He then introduces himself as high school detective Heiji Hattori and presents a gift, a bottle of [[baijiu]], of which he gives Conan a swig. Just then, Kimie Tusjimura, the wife of a known diplomat, enters [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]]'s office to ask him to investigate the girlfriend of her son. In order to be inconspicuous, Kogoro takes Ran and Conan along, and Heiji, hoping to flush out Shinichi, tags along as well. What is originally meant to be a simple investigation job turns out to be a murder case, as they find Kimie's husband slain at his desk.<ref>Manga Chapters 092: </ref>

===Finding the One Truth===
After this first case, it only takes one more run-in with Conan to get Heiji thinking about the similarities between Conan and Shinichi. It is on the "Holmes Freak Murder Case" that Heiji, despite professing a preference for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen Ellery Queen], exercises the Holmesian axiom: "When you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Heiji thus discovers Conan's secret, which forces Conan to explain his situation to Heiji.

===Fast Friends===
On their third case together, Conan was initially irritated to see Heiji, but they quickly formed a strong team. Together they cornered the murderer and even took steps to preventing the suicide she had planned. When she realizes that she won't be able to kill herself she weeps piteously, causing Heiji to whisper to Conan, "perhaps we should have let her die." Conan replies that "a detective who corners a murderer with logic and then lets them commit suicide is no better than a murderer."

Although Heiji seemed to laugh this off at the time, soon after he invites Conan (and [[Kogoro Mouri]] and [[Ran Mouri]], because otherwise it'd look suspicious) to Osaka. It is revealed by [[Kazuha Toyama]] (in her first appearance) that Heiji has been talking about 'Kudo' so often that Kazuha thought 'Kudo' was his new Tokyo girlfriend. Heiji suggests that the reason he invited Conan to Osaka is because he has been worried about Conan's safety; he has had dreams of Conan being murdered. On a case together in Osaka, Heiji gives Conan his omamori, which ends up saving his life by deflecting a knife thrust. However, without it Heiji is injured while trying to prevent the murderer from committing suicide. In the ambulance, he reveals to Conan that he has taken to heart Conan's admonishment.

===A Friend in Need===
Since that time, Heiji has quickly grown to be one of the people that Conan/Shinichi trusts most. Heiji has helped Conan investigate the Black Organization, including [[Jodie Starling]], has disguised himself as Shinichi on multiple occasions to protect his identity, and has, perhaps most importantly, become Conan's closest friend and confidante.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
* '''Kazuha Toyama'''
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Heiji's relationship with [[Kazuha Toyama]] is a very close one; they were childhood friends, and have stayed close through the years. Their relationship gets mistaken for a romantic relationship by everyone, even though they claim that they don't have that sort of relationship or feelings for each other. Heiji is clueless when it comes to love and has not yet realized he has actual feelings for Kazuha. However, he has shown that he is protective of her when she is with other guys and says that he will never let her get hurt no matter what. Kazuha knows she has feelings for Heiji, as she shows this by being protective and chasing off other women that might have a interest in him. Also, they have the same situation as Ran and Shinichi, being childhood friends that have romantic feelings for each other and have the same background as them. Heiji is a teenage detective and she is a police's daughter, like Ran is a police's daughter and Shinichi is a teenage detective. They are even called the 'Ran and Shinichi of Osaka' by fans of the series, since they're so similar. Although they are constantly fighting, they both are very close friends. It is also shown in the seventh movie, ''[[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]]'', that Kazuha is Heiji's first love, though he didn't know it was her at the time.

* '''Shinichi Kudo'''
Heiji acts rather brotherly towards [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], even going so far as to pretend to be him on various occasions, so no one figures out that Shinichi and Conan are the same person. Of course, this might also be to make up for all the times Heiji calls him Kudo, which has nearly given Shinichi away multiple times. Heiji can be a little bit worried for Shinichi when he gets into trouble and in a life or death situation. They are as close as real brothers, both being detective's and having feelings for their childhood friends. When they're caught solving a case together, it's not unusual for their minds to move in sync; because of this and several other factors, they maintain a sort of friendly rivalry with each other, although when a case gets serious, they are both all business. Heiji has, on several occasions, declared himself to be Shinichi's best friend.

*'''Heizo Hattori'''
Heiji wants to become a detective, and his father is very supportive of this, helping him solve tough cases. However, his father prefers a "tough love" approach, though mostly for the sole purpose of using Heiji to lure out a suspect.

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Heiji placed 6th in the poll with 261 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*Heiji placed 3rd in the results of a poll ranking the top 3 "ikemen" ("good-looking men") of the series aired during the promotional special for [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].<ref>The Lost Ship in the Sky Special Edition Blu-ray</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Heiji placed 3rd out of 10 with 10.79% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
*Heiji's name comes from fictional Edo period police detective '''{{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Zenigata Heiji|Zenigata Heiji]]|銭形平次}}''' and famous samurai and ninja '''{{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Hattori Hanzō|Hattori Hanzou]]|服部半蔵}}'''.

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Heiji_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shinichi's "Before" Appearance (Episode 48)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Heiji_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shinichi's "After" Appearance (Episode 611)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Humans are suspicious and jealous creatures. When they see something ''perfect'', they wanna find a flaw.}}

{{cquote|We can see the importance of life only because it is short.}}

=In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harley|Hartwell}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic| هيجي Hiji |هاتوري Hattori }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|인성 In Sung|하 Ha}}
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== Trivia ==
*Heiji has become somewhat infamous for the amount of injuries he has sustained throughout the series. A fan-compiled full list can be found [http://www.mischif.net/ahou/injuries.htm here].
*Heiji, along with [[Shinichi Kudo | Shinichi]], [[Kaito Kuroba | Kaito]] and [[Saguru Hakuba]], are sometimes referred to as 'The Four Geniuses' or 'The Gosho Boys' by fans.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Hattori Family]]
* [[Heiji Hattori Appearances]]
* [[Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama]]
* "[http://www.mischif.net/ahou/ Ahou Calling]", a fan-made Heiji Hattori reference site.

==References==
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* Latest episode: October 15, 2011: '''[[The Crime Scene is a Very Narrow Shop|The Crime Scene is a Very Narrow Shop]]'''
* Latest manga chapter: October 19, 2011: '''[[Manga#Chapters not yet included in a Volume|File 793: Private Eye]]'''
* Latest drama episode: September 29, 2011: '''[[Drama Episode 13|File. 13]]'''
* The 32nd Detective Conan opening is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[GARNET CROW]]''' and is titled '''"[[Misty Mystery]]"'''.
* The 40th Detective Conan ending is now being used in the anime. It is sung by '''[[Mai Kuraki]]''' and is titled '''"[[Your Best Friend]]"'''.
* Detective Conan's '''15th anniversary''' in anime television and film is now commencing.
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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ai Haibara
| japanese-name = 灰原哀 (Haibara Ai)
| english-name = Vi Graythorn (movies and anime) Anita Hailey (manga and game)
| image = Ai Haibara Profile.jpg
| age = Estimated to be 18 <ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51</ref> 6 or 7 (as Ai Haibara)<ref name=CD49>Conan Drill Page 49</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = Unknown<ref name=CD49/>
| relatives = [[Akemi Miyano]] (older sister, deceased) [[Elena Miyano]] (mother, deceased) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (father, deceased)
| nicknames = Haibara (by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ai-chan (by [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]) (by [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]) Ai-kun (by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]])
| aliases = Shiho Miyano (real name) Sherry
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_2#File_016_-_A_Devil-like_Woman|Chapter 16]] (In a silhouette) / [[Volume_18#File_176_-_The_New_Student...|Chapter 176]] (1st full appearance) Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]]
| appearances = {{:Ai Haibara Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 18]]
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice = [[Brina Palencia]]
| drama-actor = [[Kyoka Shibata]] (Ai) [[Yu Kashii]] (Sherry)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ai Haibara|灰原哀|Haibara Ai}}''', real name '''{{nihongo|Shiho Miyano|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}}''', is the inventor of the [[APTX 4869]] poison that shrunk [[Shinichi Kudo]] into [[Conan Edogawa]], and a victim of the poison herself. Formerly '''{{nihongo|Sherry|シェリー}}''' of the [[Black Organization]], she is on the run from them and lives with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. She is also one of few characters who knows Shinichi is Conan.

== Background ==
[[Image:Investigation_Kudo's_house.jpg‎|thumb|left|170px|Search team were sent to Kudo's house to investigate.]]Shiho Miyano and her older sister, Akemi Miyano aka Masami Hirota were born into the secret crime syndicate "The [[Black Organization]]". Of course, while Akemi lived a normal life, Ai was sent to America as a small child to go to school and was groomed to finish her parents' research <ref> File 384-386 Volume 38 File 2-4</ref>. She was born to an English mother, Elena Miyano, and a Japanese father, Atsushi Miyano. Both of whom were members of the organization, and deceased. A prodigy, she was sent to the United States for education at a very young age, then later came back to Japan to finish her parents' secret project for the organization. By the age of thirteen she was working as a scientist for the Organization.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Org five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s girlfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. (Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past") According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time. Furthermore this took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan (607 pg 8). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Org and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref> Her codename in the Organization is "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. She discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. While researching its effects, Shiho noticed that a rare few of her lab mice had become younger after being given the drug instead of dying. Meanwhile, the Black Organization started using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect when they used it on [[Shinichi Kudo]], the Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. Shiho searched Shinichi's house twice after he had been shrunk to confirm his death for the Black Organization. She began to suspect Shinichi's transformation after she searched his house for a second time and found that his clothes from primary school were missing. Shiho then confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him after all.

[[Image:Shiho_taking_APTX4869.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Shiho swallows the [[APTX 4869]]]] Her unhappiness over the Black Organization's usage of the APTX 4869 for killing purposes though the drug has not yet been fully developed, in addition to her open questioning pertaining to the murder of her sister, Akemi Miyano, resulted in her imprisonment and scheduled execution by the Black Organization. With no other way out, she took a pill of APTX 4869 to commit suicide, but instead shrunk into a seven or eight year old girl. In her new smaller body, she escaped from the Black Organization and attempted to reach Shinichi's house, hoping he may be able to help her. Exhausted, she collapsed in front of Kudo's house, where she was found by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who eventually adopted her.<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> In fact, as it turned out later, Agasa had known her parents - especially her father, [[Atsushi Miyano]] -, personally, even though he didn't know at that time that they've had children.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

=== Ai Haibara ===
[[Image:Haibara_founded_infront_of_Kudo's_house.JPG|thumb|right|245px|Haibara collapsed in front of Kudo's house.]]To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered, Shiho and Hiroshi Agasa created her alias ''Ai Haibara'' (known as Anita Hailey - recently Vi Graythorn - in the English dub). As Ai Haibara, she attends Teitan Elementary School with [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s shrunken form, [[Conan Edogawa]]. Following her first adventure with the [[Detective Boys]] in which they investigated the disappearance of a schoolmate's brother, she revealed her true identity to Conan and the fact that she had developed the [[APTX 4869]].<ref>Manga Chapter 178: Code Name Sherry</ref> At first stunned, then outraged, Conan protested her presence,<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> but as time went by, he accepted Ai as a friend and fellow victim, though her cynicism and secretive air still rail him at times.

Ai has begun working on an antidote for the APTX 4869, but since most of the important data had been stored on computer files, which are now mostly destroyed, the work progresses slowly. Eventually, Ai joined the ranks of the [[Detective Boys]], and although she does not think too highly of her mates' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends. Eventually, Conan succeeded in persuading [[Vermouth]], who was attempting to track down Shiho and had found out about her new identity, to leave Ai in peace, a promise Vermouth has upheld so far, easing the air of menace which had loomed over Ai so far in her fear of the Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref>

=== The boiling point ===
More recently, Ai has begun to suspect [[Subaru Okiya]] as being a member of the Black Organization, code-named "Bourbon", sent to track her down, though the sense of menace she feels in the presence of such individuals strangely keeps coming and going, making her unsure of her own judgements about him. Whether - and how closely - Subaru is really involved with the Black Organization is yet to be confirmed.

== Personality ==
[[File:Ai - Sai Brand's Wallet.jpg|thumb|150px|Ai asking for a ''Sai Brand'''s wallet for her cooperation]]Shiho has a sang-froid, mistrustful, sarcastic and cold attitude and often reminds others about the darker side of reality and human nature. As Ai Haibara she acts older than she is supposed to be, which the Shounen Tantei refer to her as "cool". But despite her jaded demeanor, she has shown to be kind and caring at occasion, though usually more to animals than people. She's a bit quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization. She is sometimes cold and very analytical, but there are times where she softens her demeanor and reveals herself to be a true friend. In fact, she considers Conan and the Detective Boys as the first real friends she has ever had, and is even willing to sacrifice herself just to ensure their safety.<ref>Manga Chapters 289: Bus Hijacking Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 434: Rotten Apple Case</ref>

Shiho is generally a loner and misses her older sister, Akemi, greatly (in the film ''Countdown to Heaven'', she would call her sister's old apartment just to hear her voice on the voicemail). Her greatest fear is being caught by the [[Black Organization]], and she is especially terrified of [[Gin]]. Smart, stubborn, and with a somewhat twisted sense of humor, she tries to keep Conan from doing reckless things that may give away their identity, though often she is surprised by his actions that usually result in his gaining the information he needs while also keeping their identities secret.

While she generally accompanies her fellow Detective Boys to soccer matches played by the Tokyo Spirits, Ai herself is a fan of Big Osaka in general and of the player [[Ryusuke Higo]] in particular, especially since the latter has likewise abandoned an organization which had betrayed him and had remained an outcast for a time.<ref>Manga Chapters 344-346: Soccer Supporter Case</ref> Because she occasionally works overnight at the antidote for the APTX 4869, she tends to be tired quite frequently, causing Conan to call her an "evil-eyed yawny girl" on one occasion.<ref>Manga Chapter 680: A Dangerous Couple</ref>

In the OAV ''[[A Secret Order From London]]'' Ai reveals to [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] that she likes sandwiches with a mixture of peanut butter and blueberry jam, from her schooldays in America. However, since [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] caught her eating one of these sandwiches - especially since Ai was on her part constantly pestering him into eating low-calory foods only -, she had to abandon that habit for a while.<ref>OAV 11: ''A Secret Order From London''</ref>

=== Taste for fashion ===
[[File:Haibara and fashion.png|thumb|150px|Ai reading fashion magazine 'Com Com'.]]Ai seems to have some interest in fashion, as she has made repeated requests for a certain type of purse when asked to do something. In one of the cases for instance, in order to expose the identity of the person who hid the phone cables to cut off communications with the outside world, she was asked by Conan to fake an unbearable appendix pain, which she agreed to after jokingly requesting for a Fusae Brand's wallet for her cooperation. She then started rolling on the floor and screaming for help. The culprit felt like he had no choice but to reveal the cable from his pockets and reconnect the phone to ask for an ambulance.<ref>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco]]</ref>

== Plot overview ==
=== Introduction of Ai Haibara ===
Conan's class receives a new student named Ai Haibara. She acts rather cold and reserved when the Detective Boys try to befriend her, and Genta notices she's looking at Conan suspiciously. She tells them where she lives, and Conan realizes it's at Agasa's home.

After school, a boy named Toshiya asks the Detective Boys to find his missing brother. The Detective Boys along with Haibara investigate Toshiya's house and finds a painting of Natsume Sōseki. Toshiya reveals that before his brother disappeared, a woman, who had an interest in that portrait, approached Toshiya.

The Detective Boys search around town to ask whether anyone has seen the woman or Toshiya's brother. Conan notices that a man was using a counterfeit ¥1000 and realizes Toshiya's brother was actually kidnapped and forced to help create counterfeit bills. After following the man along with the clues Toshiya's brother left behind, they are able to apprehend the organized crime group and save Toshiya's brother.

On the way home, Haibara reveals to Conan that she's a girl named Shiho Miyano, former member of the Black Organization. She actualy betrayed the group and escaped with the use of the APTX 4869 which caused her to become a child. She reveals that she accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her older sister... which is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota.

[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|right|150px|Ai cries on Conan after asking him why hadn't he helped her sister.]]Agasa takes Conan and Haibara there to retrieve the disk, only to realize that Hirota has been murdered. The suspects are Hirota's three students who visited that day. Conan reveals the culprit to be a man named Akira Shirokura; Shirokura after bludgeoning Hirota to death tied the answering machine cassette tape around the key to the room which rewound when a call was made and subsequently bringing the key into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that Shirokura's fingerprints should be found on the tape.

Haibara breaks down and asks Conan why he could not save her sister, Akemi, from the Black Organization. Later that day, Haibara attempts to read the files off the disk only to have a virus delete all the data.

=== The first head to head battle arc ===
[[image:Sherry_shot_1.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]In episode 176-178, Conan encounters Gin and Vodka again. Ai is kidnapped and confined to a wine cellar, but turns into an adult after she drinks [[baijiu]]. Despite wearing glasses and janitor clothing, Gin and Vodka recognize her and shoot her repeatedly until Conan appears. He shoots Gin with his needle, but Gin doesn't fall asleep. He tells Ai to jump into the chimmey, and Vodka shoots at him, but he gets away. Gin purposely shoots himself in the arm due to trying to stay awake. Inside, Pisco almost kills her, but Conan rescues her after Pisco accidentally causes a fire. Gin kills Pisco for failure before he's able to tell him the truth about Shiho. Worried that the organization is after her, Ai decides to leave the city.

=== The Desperate Revival arc ===
During the Desperate Revival episodes, Conan finds out that Ran suspects him of being Shinichi, due to Ran knowing Conan's blood type (for a blood transfusion). While Conan is in the hospital contemplating about admitting his identity, Haibara enters at night and points a gun at his head, saying that the Black Organization has found Haibara out due to an unknown agent being present at the Pisco incident. Because of this, Professor Agasa is held hostage and, in exchange for his life and a chance to return to the Organization, Haibara is required to terminate all the links she had as a child. However, she pulls the trigger and a bunch of flowers come out, showing that the story was just an act. Still, she uses this story as her point; that both Haibara and Conan cannot reveal their identities no matter the situation.

During that night, Haibara explains her plan to disassociate Conan from Shinichi in Ran's eyes. She has Conan take a prototype antidote for the shrinking drug and then disguises herself as Conan. For the rest of the arc, Conan returns as Shinichi while Haibara is present as Conan, thus creating the illusion of Shinichi and Conan existing at the same time, disproving that the two are the same person.

At the end of the Desperate Revival arc, the antidote begins to run out and Shinichi runs into the bathroom, where Haibara knocks him out using the sleeping needle. She then switches Shinichi into Conan's clothes after the antidote runs out.

=== A new threat: Vermouth, and the carjacking incident ===
Aside from Gin and Vodka being the most recurring members, a female member introduced late into the series named Vermouth also starts to play a huge role in the series. She makes her first appearance in episodes 176-178, but her talents aren't revealed until episode 230. She disguises herself as a doctor named Araide and is one of the few characters that learns who Conan really is. In one episode she is saved by Ran and Shinichi from falling through a fire escape, and keeps his secret unknown from the rest possibly because of this reason. She disguises herself as two actresses, Chris Vineyard and Sharon Vineyard. It is noted several times in the series that she is a master of disguise, who trained with Shinichi's mother in the past.

=== The second head to head battle, and revealed allegiances ===
[[Image:Episode_345_Screencap.jpg‎|thumb|right|180px|Encounter with Vermouth.]] In episode 345, many identities are finally unveiled: Vermouth is revealed to be Dr. Araide, Chris Vineyard, [[Sharon Vineyard]], and the silver-haired serial killer in Shinichi's New York Case; Jodie Saintemillion is revealed to be an undercover FBI agent working towards capturing Vermouth, who killed her father when she was younger; Akai Shuichi is confirmed to be an FBI agent, and one with great skill too--enough to make the boss of the Black Organization believe that he is their ''Silver Bullet.'' Near the end of the episode, it becomes clear that Vermouth's purpose was to seek and eliminate Sherry, but her attempts are thwarted by several people: Shinichi/Conan, Jodie Saintemillion, Akai Shuichi, and even Ran. When she becomes cornered, she takes Conan hostage and drives away into a forest. There, she makes a call to her boss (still nameless), and to her surprise, Conan was recording the entire conversation. In order to preserve the organization's secrecy, she sprays sleeping gas in the car, putting both herself and Conan to sleep. She claims that this would be a duel--whoever wakes up first will win. Vermouth does indeed wake up first, but does not kill Conan. Instead, she just crushes his recording device. Ultimately, the only clue Conan gained from this whole ordeal is the ringtone that the boss uses; this is mentioned in episode 425 as well, although its importance has not yet been revealed.

In Episode 394, Conan figures out the boss's number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Pandora's Box]]", Conan then thinks he can get officer Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to. But then Haibara warns if he does, officer Takagi will be killed.

Although Vermouth often comes off as evil and malicious, her allegiance is rather ambiguous. She chooses to protect both Conan/Shinichi and Ran, most likely because they let her live back in the New York Case when she was disguised as the silver-haired serial killer. At the end of the episode, she could have very well killed Shinichi, but instead she lets him live and even drapes her coat over his sleeping body so he wouldn't get cold. She even kept her promise with Shinichi to stop her attempt on killing Sherry/Shiho. For some reason, she seems to wish for the Black Organization to be taken down as well--for she believes that Kudo Shinichi is their true ''Silver Bullet.''

=== Clash of Red and Black ===

=== The third head to head battle, and three new threats ===

=== Subaru Okiya, and "Bourbon" ===
As Conan and Ai investigate a normal case, Ai feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, [[Okiya Subaru]]. Conan invites Okiya to live in the Kudou house since Okiya's apartment was burnt. Okiya appears in other cases later on, including at the Haido mall where the rest of the Black Organization gathered to chase a rumored sighting of a [[scar Akai|scarred Akai Shuichi]]. Despite the apparent implications, [[Bourbon]]'s true identity and Okiya's true motivations remain unconfirmed. At the end of episode 543 (Anime), Okiya Subaru can be seen drinking a bottle of Baker's Mark, which is a brand of Kentucky Bourbon.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
====Conan Edogawa====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
Ai Haibara seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for [[Conan]]/[[Shinichi]], although she never truly admits to it. In the fourth movie, she says to Conan that she wished she could forget her memories about the Black Organization and the death of her sister and the pill, claiming that all she wants to be was a normal little girl and live together with Conan forever. But then as Conan was shocked by the words, Ai immediately said she was lying. Indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friend or otherwise. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence, she finds it easier to talk to him. Also, he is one of the few people in front of whom she has shown any signs of weakness, such as breaking down.

==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
The relationship between Ai and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] is rather unusual, if not humorous. Despite what their actual ages are, Ai often times acts more like a mother to the professor, constantly reminding him to watch what he eats. On several occassions, she has removed fattening foods from his reach<ref name=Depths>[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>, and is attempting to help get him into better shape. There's also been instances where she'll automatically step in front of Agasa in cases of danger.<ref name=Eyes>[[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref> Out of all the people she's met, Ai seems most comfortable about acting herself with the Professor; which might be attributed to the fact that he was the one who found her after she escaped the BO, and took her in.

==== Ran Mouri ====
There are instances where Haibara will caution Conan from actions that involve [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that she wants to keep her identity hidden. At one point, she was very cold and distant towards Ran, just like she was to most other people. Ran believed that it was because that Haibara had hated her.<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> However, later that day, Haibara finally properly introduced herself to Ran, and they slowly became friends. Haibara finds that Ran resembles her older sister, Akemi Miyano, so she takes special interest in protecting her. These feelings began after Ran jumped through a slew of bullets from Calvados (the sniper who Vermouth had cover her) to save Haibara.<ref name=Vermouth>[[Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon]]</ref> Haibara immediately thought of her own sister, and began to treat and look at Ran as a splitting image of Akemi. Haibara also begs for Ran to stay at Agasa's house, during when she had learned that [[Korn]], [[Chianti]], and the rest of the Black Organization were lurking about, immediately thinking of her own sister's death, and wanting to keep Ran safe.<ref name=KornChianti>[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!|Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!]]</ref>

=== The Detective Boys ===
==== Ayumi Yoshida ====
Haibara has tried to keep an emotional distance away from the rest of the Detective Boys since the beginning. However, over time, she can't resist their friendliness anymore and gradually warms up to them.

This is especially true in the case of [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. At one time, Ayumi noticed that she called everyone by their first names except for Haibara and decided to try and call her "Ai-chan", but without success. At the end of a case which involved a shattered friendship, Haibara told Ayumi that it was okay for her to call her "Ai-chan". When Mitsuhiko and Genta tried to call her that, however, she told them that only Ayumi was allowed to call her by her first name.<ref name=Ai-chan>[[A Friendship That Can't Be Bought|Episode 329-330: A Friendship That Can't Be Bought]]</ref> On the whole, Ai seems to see Ayumi as a little sister, even going so far as to physically shield her from danger.<ref name=starsandtobacco>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Part 2)]]</ref>

[[Image:200526142537303.JPG|thumb|right|220|Haibara listening in on Mitsuhiko's radio.]]
==== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ====
{{main|Ai Haibara and Mitsuhiko Tsubaraya}}
Ai's classmate and fellow detective [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] develops heavy romantic feelings for her, and Ai is fully aware of this. Ai uses Mitsuhiko's feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, and she also does admire his intelligence and courage during missions the Detective Boys must perform and respects his feelings. In some episodes she even shows more confidence in Mitsuhiko than in Ayumi or Genta when the going gets tough.

=== The Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Sherry}}
Gin has an abnormal attachment for Shiho and seems to enjoy hunting for her, while she hates him. They may have had a romantic relationship in the past.<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref>

==== Vodka ====
Shiho and [[Vodka]] have met and are acquaintances.<ref name=CD239/>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] and Shiho have some connection, although it has not been elaborated on. Shiho fears Vermouth more than other Black Organization members except perhaps Gin. Shiho was Vermouth's target, but Vermouth gave up on her after Conan's intervention. If Shiho was in a romantic relationship with Gin, then Vermouth and Shiho were love rivals as Vermouth was in a sexual relationship with Gin.<ref name=CD239/>

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Ai placed 4th in the poll with 686 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Ai placed 4th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name Origin ==
According to Agasa, Ai's name comes from [[wikipedia:Cordelia Gray|Cordelia '''Gray''']] (the character 灰 in her name means "ash") and [[wikipedia:V.I. Warshawski|'''V.I.''' Warshawski]] (V.I. upside down = "Ai"). Although Agasa suggested she use the kanji 愛 (love) for "Ai", she preferred to use the kanji 哀 (sorrow). Her US FUNimation name, "Vi Graythorn", has similar roots.

Her US Viz name, Anita Hailey, comes from:
* Anita: Anne Katherine Green (the first American Mystery Writer)
* Hailey: Hero (though Anita didn't care much for the choice)<ref>Volume 18: File 179</ref>

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ai_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ai's "Before" Appearance (Episode 129)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ai_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ai's "After" Appearance (Episode 631)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

=== Specific ===
{{cquote|Using too much of your brain can make you bald like Professor Agasa! <ref>Manga Chapter 222: The Last Movie p.07, to Conan</ref> }}
{{cquote|''(Talking to Conan)'' "I'll run with you." <ref>Anime Series Chapter 295: Smash of Love and
Determination Part 2</ref> }}
{{cquote|''(Talking to Conan)'' "You'll protect me, right?" <ref>Anime Chapter 280: The Hooligan's Labyrinth Part 2</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
*Sherry is a fortified wine from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain (it has been hinted that Haibara Ai speaks, reads, or understands Spanish.<ref>Movie 11</ref>). Most sherries are initially dry, with sweetness added later. This could be a play on her personality that the BO recognized. To further confirm the pun, in the Spanish dub of the anime, her codename in the organization is "Jerez" rather than "Sherry" (in Spanish language, both the town and the wine share the name), although she was renamed later to "Sherry" again.

==In other languages==
===Haibara===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|哀Ai|灰原Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Anita/Vi|Hailey/Graythorn}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic| هيبارا 　Hibara| <ref>In the Arabic version, Ai Haibara was just simply referred as Hibara.</ref>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|장미 Jang Mee|홍 Hong}}
{{EndTable}}

===Shiho Miyano===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|志保Shiho |宮野Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|시호 Shi Ho|안 Ahn}}
{{EndTable}}

===Sherry===
{{BeginTable OtherLang|notes=1}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シェリー Sherry}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Sherry|Once called Shelly,due to Translating errors}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sherry}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Jerez/Sherry| In the Spanish dub, her codename was first "Jerez" and later changed into "Sherry".<ref> Note: "Jerez" means "Sherry".</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sherry}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnam|Sherry}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|شيري Shirry}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Miyano Family]]
* [[Black Organization]]

== References ==
<references />
{{Characters}}
{{Black Organization}}
{{Detective Boys}}

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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Black Organization]]
[[Category:Elementary school students]]
[[Category:Detective Boys]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]

[[de:Ai Haibara]]

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Eri Kisaki

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Eri Kisaki
| japanese-name = 妃英理 (Kisaki Eri)
| english-name = Eva Kadan
| image = Eri Kisaki Profile.jpg
| age = 37<ref name=CD60>Conan Drill page 60</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = October 10
| relatives = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (husband) [[Ran Mouri]] (daughter)
| nicknames = Queen of the Courtroom (by her professional acquaintances)
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 105 Anime: Episode 32
| appearances = {{:Eri Kisaki Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 10 cases and 1 case (via [[Shinichi Kudo|Conan]])
| keyhole = [[Volume 11]]
| japanese-voice = [[Gara Takashima]]
| english-voice = [[Julie Mayfield]]
| drama-actor = [[Nene Otsuka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Eri Kisaki|妃英理|Kisaki Eri}}''', known as '''Eva Kadan''' in the english Funimation dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[Image:Eri and Yukiko.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Eri and her childhood friend, [[Yukiko Kudo]].]]
The legally separated wife of [[Kogoro Mouri]], Eri is a lawyer who often gets tangled in Kogoro's cases, usually serving as an extra pair of eyes when it becomes time to investigate a crime. Although she does not like Kogoro's attitude and personality (especially his drinking and skirt-chasing habits), she still deeply loves and cares for him, often testing him to see if he still cares about her as well.

Eri and Kogoro, like Shinichi and Ran, had been best friends since childhood, falling in love in their teens. [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] had believed that Eri had separated from Kogoro because he had shot her in the leg to get her away from a crazed serial killer, when in fact Eri had completely respected Kogoro for his decision, which she also believed was the correct one. She had actually left him when she had cooked him a gratitude dinner afterwards, which Kogoro assessed (perhaps rightfully) to be completely horrible.<ref name=target>[[The Fourteenth Target|Movie 2: The Fourteenth Target]]</ref> After this, Eri focused full time on her duties as a lawyer and has since become a highly respected (and feared) member of her profession.

In high school, Eri and her schoolmate and close friend, [[Yukiko Kudo]], were involved in a "Miss Teitan High School" pagaent, and were tied in the number of votes, due to the lateness of Kogoro.<ref name=Alike>[[Alike Princesses|Episode 333-334: Alike Princesses]]</ref> He had forgotten to vote, and by the time he had come to vote, it was too late.<ref name=Alike /> It was later discovered that due to his clumsiness, he thought that the "Miss" meant "mistake" and was going to vote for Eri as a result of that misconception, much to her anger later on.<ref name=Alike />

== Personality ==
Eri is considered incredibly attractive. Various men of different ages have pined for her, but she always turns them down, mostly due to her feelings for Kogoro.<ref name=coffee /><ref name=LoveOf /><ref name=Suspect>[[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|Episode 199-200: Kogoro Mouri, Suspect]]</ref> She and Yukiko were considered the two most beautiful girls at Teitan High School back when they were students.<ref name=Alike /> However, even though the result ended in a tie, the two remained very close friends, often letting little [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] play together and have playdates.<ref name=childhood>[[Shinichi Kudō's Childhood Adventure|Episode 472-473: Shinichi Kudō's Childhood Adventure]]</ref> Shinichi remembers often how Eri would give him a big scolding for starting trouble.<ref name=coffee />
[[Image:Eri's Cat, Goro.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Eri's cat, Goro, whom she named after [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]].]]

Eri's personality suits her occupation as a lawyer. She is often very questioning, and gets herself involved in the investigation of cases along with Kogoro, much to his chagrin. She has a cat, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Blue Russian Blue] named "Goro," whom she cares for very deeply; in fact, Goro's name comes from "KoGORO" of Kogoro Mouri, since to her the cat and Kogoro both act very similar in some ways.<ref name=Goro>[[Secret of the Russian Blue|Episode 445: Secret of the Russian Blue]]</ref><ref name=LoveOf /> Eri is also very close friends with her secretary, [[Midori Kuriyama]].

Eri is highly intelligent and has a sharp eye for details, and is also a skilled judoka, taught by Kogoro himself.<ref name=coffee /> She has proven on more than one occasion that she can lend a big helping hand in cases, and her deductions are almost always accurate.<ref name=Alike /><ref name=Suspect /> She considers Conan a big help in murder cases. At first, Eri was a little suspicious of Conan, but later just concludes that he is a boy who is very smart for his age, even helping him in showing off deduction shows.<ref name=Suspect /> Ran often goes to Eri for advice, especially on Ran's relationship with Shinichi.<ref name=Blind>[[The Blind Spot in the Darkness|Episode 170-171: The Blind Spot in the Darkness]]</ref> Eri has often half jokingly said that her best advice for Ran is to never get involved with a detective.<ref name=coffee />
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==Plot overview==
===Love of Lawyer Eri Kisaki===
Her worrying about Goro has once caused a big misunderstanding with Ran, thinking that a veternarian was trying to go out with Eri when he was only trying to help her cat (although it is shown in the end that he was really hoping to get involved with her).<ref name=LoveOf>[[Love of Lawyer Eri Kisaki|Episode 474: Love of Lawyer Eri Kisaki]]</ref>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
* '''Kogoro Mouri'''

[[Image:Kogoro and Eri.PNG|thumb|right|210px|Kogoro and Eri.]]
Even though Eri is separated from Kogoro, and has been for quite some time, she still cares for him, and loves him. She often mentions that she would go back to him if he would just be a little bit nicer and not act immaturely to her.<ref name=coffee>[[Coffee Shop Murder Case|Episode 32: Coffee Shop Murder Case]]</ref> Very often, she sees Kogoro treat her nicely and gets hope, but then he does something stupid that angers her again, ruining any hope she has of them being back together. She remembers many very important dates in their relationship, and it is found out that she and Kogoro share many things in their minds, including the idea of wearing the outfits both wore on their first date on its anniversary (each of them made this decision independently).<ref name=LoveOf /> Very often, their daughter, Ran, tries to get them to hook up with each other by planning out ways for them to see each other out of the blue.<ref name=scuba>[[Scuba Diving Murder Case|Episode 114-115: Scuba Diving Murder Case]]</ref> Ran also tries getting Eri to help give Kogoro clients.<ref name=miaso>[[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96: Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref>

[[Image:Eri Kisaki hair down.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Eri with hair down while getting a hair cut.]]

In ''[[The Fourteenth Target]]'', Eri and Kogoro are shown having a great time eating dinner, but it ends when Kogoro looks out the window and sees the very attractive owner of the bar that he visits.<ref name=target /> This makes Eri turn angry and act how she normally acts to Kogoro. In the two-part episode, ''[[Scuba Diving Murder Case]]'', Eri accidentally loses her wedding ring on the beach, but pretends to have left it at home to see if Kogoro noticed.<ref name=scuba /> She gets visibly angry when Kogoro doesn't appear to notice it, especially when he leaves their lunch early to go back to the beach.<ref name=scuba /> Later, it is discovered that Kogoro had always known that she wasn't wearing her wedding ring, and had gone back to the beach to look for it.<ref name=scuba /> This left a visibly shocked Eri to drive home speechless, but pleased.<ref name=scuba />

In another episode, Eri actually captures a confession from Kogoro saying that he misses her and wishes she would come back to him on a minidisc, replaying it over and over again afterwards.<ref name=Suspect /> However, even though they both miss each other, both of them still pretend not to care, and even become incredibly nasty to each other.<ref name=scuba /> Kogoro even goes on the opposing side of a case that Eri is working on, in a plan done by her professional rival [[Reiko Kujo]] to try and get under Eri's skin.<ref name=Battle>[[Courtroom Battle: Kisaki vs. Kogoro|Episode 264-265: Courtroom Battle: Kisaki vs. Kogoro]]</ref> However, her plan fails, as Kogoro's testimony is able to help out Eri's case instead of Reika's.<ref name=Battle />

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Eri placed 21st in the poll with 28 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
*Eri's name comes from [[wikipedia:Ellery Queen|'''E'''lle'''ry''' '''Queen''']] (the kanji of her last name, Kisaki, means 'queen').

== Cases solved by Eri Kisaki ==
# [[Coffee Shop Murder Case|'''Episode 32''': Coffee Shop Murder Case]]
# [[Scuba Diving Murder Case|'''Episode 114-115''': Scuba Diving Murder Case]]
# [[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|'''Episode 199-200''': Kogoro Mouri, Suspect]]
# [[Courtroom Battle: Kisaki vs. Kogoro|'''Episode 264-265''': Courtroom Battle: Kisaki vs. Kogoro]]
# [[Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo|'''Episode 297-298''': Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo]]
# [[Alike Princesses|'''Episode 333-334''': The Similar Princesses]]
# [[Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness|'''Episode 489''': Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness (1 Hour Special)]]
# [[Lawyer Eri Kisaki's Testimony|'''Episode 505-506''': Lawyer Eri Kisaki's Testimony]]
# [[Might Over Mystery|'''Episode 528-529''': Might Over Mystery (Part 1)]]
# [[Courtroom Confrontation IV: Juror Sumiko Kobayashi|'''Episode 606-607''': Courtroom Confrontation IV: Juror Sumiko Kobayashi (Part 1)]]

Conan has put her to sleep and used to solve cases.
# [[Magician of the Silver Sky|'''Movie 8''': Magician of the Silver Sky]]

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Eri_Before_(32).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Eri's "Before" Appearance (Episode 32)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Eri_After_(607).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Eri's "After" Appearance (Episode 607)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|英理 Eri|妃 Kisaki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Eva|Kadan}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Eri|Kisaki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Eri|Kisaki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Eri|Kisaki}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic| ماري/أري Ari/Mary <ref>Once called Mary, then referred as Ari</ref>| كيساكي Kisaki}}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Mouri Family]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kisaki Eri}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Sleeping detectives]]

[[de:Eri Kisaki]]
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Yukiko Kudo

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Yukiko Kudo
| japanese-name = 工藤有希子 (Kudou Yukiko)
| english-name = Vivian Kudo
| image = Yukiko Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 37<ref name=CD58>Conan Drill page 58</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = unknown<ref name=CD58/>
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (husband) [[Shinichi Kudo]] (son)
| nicknames = The Night Baroness
| aliases = Yukiko Fujimine (maiden name) Fumiyo Edogawa Fumiyo Akechi
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 49 Anime: Episode 43
| appearances = {{:Yukiko Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 14]]
| japanese-voice = [[Sumi Shimamoto]]
| english-voice = [[Laurie Steele]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Yukiko Kudo|工藤有希子|Kudou Yukiko}}''' is the mother of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with her husband [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]], one of few characters who knows he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. She was once a famous actress, but retired after marrying Yusaku. She was also close friends with fellow actress, [[Sharon Vineyard]], both being excellent masters of disguise.

== Background ==
Yukiko was born in the Tosa Province (today's Kochi Prefecture, located in the southern portion of Shikoku), and became a fan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakamoto_Ryoma Sakamoto Ryoma] after having played the part of his older sister Otome in a historical drama. (This role also made her internationally famous as a talented actress.)<ref>Manga Chapter 733: ''[[Volume 70#Kaitou Kid and Ryoma's Gunbelt|Kaitou Kid and Ryoma's Gunbelt]]''</ref>

Despite her then-tender years as a student at Teitan High, Yukiko had a prospectively prosperous future in the film industry.<ref>Manga Chapter 414: Mama's Rival!?</ref> Thus it came as a major surprise to the world when, practically out of the blue, she married [[Yusaku Kudo]] and retired from acting.<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref> She still retains good contacts in the acting and film industry, however, and has since become known as the "Night Baroness" (named after one of her husband's characters) after babbling out some clues provided by Yusaku on a live television show which helped solve a criminal case.<ref>Manga Chapter 342: Golden Apple 2</ref>

During her acting years, Yukiko went to a famous [[Toichi Kuroba|stage magician and disguise artist]] to learn the finer arts of disguise for a role she was preparing to play. There she met another actress who would become one of her closest friends: [[Sharon Vineyard]]. Until Sharon's (supposed) death, the two women stayed in touch, and Yukiko even attended her funeral, but her appearance was overshadowed by a small scandal involving Sharon's 'daughter' Chris. Yukiko has since learned from her son about Chris/Sharon's secret life, a revelation which troubles her deeply.<ref>Manga Chapter 341: Golden Apple 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 433: The Truth Behind The Mask</ref>

Despite a certain rivalry for popularity in their high school years, which had culminated in a Miss Teitan Election, Yukiko is also a close friend of [[Eri Kisaki]], and (unlike Eri) finds her daughter [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] a perfect match for her son.<ref>Manga Chapter 342: Golden Apple 2</ref>

== Personality ==
[[Image:Eri and Yukiko.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yukiko and her childhood friend, [[Eri Kisaki]].]]
Despite her adult age, Yukiko still behaves like a teenager. She is bubbly, overconfident and attention-seeking, and prefers to stand in the lime-light (literally) whenever possible. She can be prone to jealousy over Yusaku's occasionally flirtatious behavior, and can demonstrate impulsive tendencies. She is an extremely reckless driver and very sensitive about her age: whenever her son ''dares'' to call her "oba-chan" in Japanese (in English, the closest equivalent would be "aunt"), she sets up such a furious face that Shinichi must quickly correct himself by calling her "onee-chan" ("older sister").

However, despite her faults, Yukiko is extremely loyal and cares for both her husband and her son (though a heavy streak of mischief causes her to often tease Shinichi). Her loyalty extends to her friends, as she thinks nothing of flying across the Pacific to help a friend from elementary school.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=14 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1997-03-18 |isbn=4-09-125044-0 |chapter=File 4 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo|}}</ref> She takes pride in being an excellent actress and a mistress of disguise, able to fool even close friends and family with her skills.

== Plot overview ==
=== Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case ===
Yukiko first appearance was disguised as Fumiyo Edogawa, a woman claiming to be Conan's mom.
=== The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases ===
After having a quarrel with her husband, Yukiko secretly returned to Japan. She then meets Ran and Conan in front of her house. She successfully covered for Conan who Ran suspected at that time.

== Relationships analysis ==

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yukiko placed 17th in the poll with 37 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
The name '''Yukiko Fujimine''' (藤峰) name comes from [[Lupin III]] character '''Fuji'''ko '''Mine''' and actress [[wikipedia:二階堂有希子|'''Yukiko''' Nikaido]] (the original voice of Fujiko). Her alias, '''Fumiyo''' (文代), comes from Fumiyo Akechi, wife of [[Edogawa Rampo]]'s [[Kogoro Akechi]].

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yukiko_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yukiko's "Before" Appearance (Episode 43)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yukiko_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yukiko's "After" Appearance (Episode 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Hey, you may be looking at my future daughter-in-law.|[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286]]||talking about Ran}}
{{cquote|There's only two reasons for a girl to look at a boy like that: he has something on his face or she likes him.|[[Secret of the Touto Film Making Centre|Episode 335]]||talking to Conan about Haibara}}

== Trivia ==
==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|有希子 Yukiko|工藤 Kudou}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Vivan|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Yukiko|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Yukiko|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Yukiko|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|يوكويو Yokoyo|كودو Kodo}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kudo Family]]

== References ==
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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Yusaku Kudo
| japanese-name = 工藤優作 (Kudou Yuusaku)
| english-name = Booker Kudo
| image = Yusaku Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 37-38
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Yukiko Kudo]] (wife) [[Shinichi Kudo]] (son)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 49 Anime: Episode 43
| appearances = {{:Yusaku Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 22]]
| japanese-voice = [[Hideyuki Tanaka]]
| english-voice = [[Randy Tallman]] [[John Swasey]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Yusaku Kudo|工藤優作|Kudou Yuusaku}}''' is the father of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with his wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], is one of only a few characters to know he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. He is also a world famous novelist and the creator of the popular [[Night Baron]] series.

== Background ==
Yusaku Kudo was already noted for his sharp intellect and deductive abilities at a young age. He met Inspector Juzo Megure and became a good friend and valuable adviser to him in solving very difficult cases.<ref name="Call">Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call</ref> While he often assisted the police, Yusaku's primary aspiration was that of a writer. As a young novelist quickly attracting acclaim in his early twenties, he encountered the girl whom he resolved to marry: [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], an already famed and beautiful actress. While taking her out in an expensive restaurant to make his proposal, he was involved in a murder case which he solved brilliantly, and right afterward proposed to a startled Yukiko - which she accepted. (Twenty years later, his son [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] would become involved in a follow-up of the exact same case, but unlike Yusaku he wouldn't be able to profess his feelings to [[Ran Mouri|his own love]].)<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref>

Instead of pursuing a career solely with the police or as a detective, Yusaku's detective stories have won international acclaim, especially his novels involving the character called Night Baron, who has become a popular cultural item. He prefers to be known as a novelist, despite multiple demonstrations of a Mycroftian tendency to solve a case before Shinichi reaches the same conclusions. In the course of his career, he also encountered the first [[Toichi Kuroba|Kaitou Kid]] and struck a sort of competitive friendship with him; it is implied that Yusaku knew Kid's identity, but chose to chase Kid only during heists in order to foil the theft and no further.<ref name="Code">Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

After Shinichi becomes Conan, Yuusaku learns from Agasa what occurred and stages an elaborate false kidnapping to drive home to Conan what the stakes are if he is caught by the [[Black Organization]]. He offers to take Conan to a new life in America, but understands when Shinichi refuses due to a desire for independence and feelings for Ran - though Yuusaku doesn't expect that resolve to last.<ref name="Kidnapping">{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=6 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1995-07-18 |isbn=4-09-123376-7 |chapter=File 1 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo|}}</ref> He and Yukiko occasionally check up on Conan, but seem content to respect Shinichi's wishes to pursue the Black Organization without their help.

== Personality ==
Yusaku Kudo possesses a very sharp intellect and observation skills, traits which his son inherited, though Yusaku's own abilities remain more well-honed. He demonstrates in multiple cases an ability to operate one step ahead of both Shinichi and criminals, but he chooses to not get involved unless Conan appears unable solve the case alone in time to save the intended victim.<ref name="Train">Manga Chapter 218: The Last Station</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 752: A Troublesome and Difficult Case</ref> His success as a novelist is to a large part based on his keen understanding of the criminal mind, as his most famous recurring character is a criminal. While he is an excellent author, he will occasionally blow off his editors in order to do other things, such as travel with Yukiko.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> He is very laid back and calm, never seen to lose his temper. Some might think him too laid back, as he often took his son to crime scenes before Shinichi was eleven,<ref name="Call"></ref> and showed no concern over six-year-old Shinichi dragging Ran and Agasa into a potentially dangerous area of town to investigate a code.<ref>Manga Chapter 572: Broad Daylight</ref> The only time he has been shown to be caught off-guard or stressed by a situation is after the false kidnapping, when Shinichi alerts Yusaku's editors to his location and they force him to make up for missing his deadlines.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> His less tolerable personality traits include a certain cockiness and a very bad touch at making humor.<ref name="Train"></ref>

Yusaku loves to read, and is the one who compiled the massive library of mystery fiction Shinichi read as a child. His love of Sherlock Holmes is briefly explored in the non-canon 6th movie, 'The Phantom of Baker Street', wherein Yusaku and Agasa helped develop one of the Cocoon VR modules as 19th Century London and included Holmes, Watson, and Irene Adler as non-playable characters modeled visually after Yusaku, Agasa, and Yukiko, respectively.

== Plot overview ==

== Relationships analysis ==

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yusaku placed 15th in the poll with 45 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
Yusaku's name comes from Shunsaku '''Kudo''' (protagonist of the TV Drama [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]] and actor [[wikipedia:Yusaku Matsuda|'''Yusaku''' Matsuda]] (who portrayed Shunsaku Kudo).

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "Before" Appearance (Episode 43)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "After" Appearance (Episode 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|"You are going to regret it, if you underestimate girls."}}

== Trivia ==

* Yusaku often solves a case before his own son, Shinichi.
*His first name, translates to, "make abundance".

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|優作 Yusaku|工藤 Kudou}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Booker|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|يوساكو Yosako|كودو Kodo}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Yukiko Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Kudo Family]]

== References ==
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[[de:Yusaku Kudo]]

File:Yukiko After.jpg

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AJ-kun:

File:Yukiko Before.jpg

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AJ-kun:

File:Yusaku After.jpg

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AJ-kun:

File:Yusaku Before.jpg

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AJ-kun:

Ran Mouri

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AJ-kun:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ran Mouri
| japanese-name = 毛利蘭 (Mouri Ran)
| english-name = Rachel Moore
| image = Ran Mouri Profile.jpg
| age = 16-17<ref name="CD44">Conan Drill Page 44</ref>
| gender = Female
| height = {{Bracket|160 cm|5'3"}}<ref name="CD44" />
| weight = Unknown<ref name="CD44" />
| date-of-birth = Unknown<ref>Conan Drill page 44 "生年月日不明" - translates to "birthday unknown"</ref><ref>Note: Movie 1 shows Ran looking at a horoscope for Taurus with the dates listed between April 20 and May 20 and remarking that she and Shinichi share May's lucky color red.</ref>
| relatives = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (father) [[Eri Kisaki]] (mother)
| nicknames = Ran-neechan ([[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ran-kun ([[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]], [[Juzo Megure|Megure]]) Ran-chan ([[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]]) Angel ([[Vermouth]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Ran Mouri Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 3 (on her own)
| keyhole = [[Volume 2]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wakana Yamazaki]]
| english-voice = [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
| drama-actor = [[Tomoka Kurokawa]] (1st) [[Shiori Kutsuna]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ran Mouri|毛利蘭|Mouri Ran}}''', also known as '''Rachel Moore''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is the 2nd protagonist in the manga and anime series, ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:Child Ran and Fusae.jpg|thumb|left|First Grade Ran meets [[Fusae Campbell]] ten years ago and borrows her umbrella]]
Ran is a childhood friend of [[Shinichi Kudo]]. She is the daughter of [[Kogoro Mouri]], a private detective, and [[Eri Kisaki]], a lawyer. Her parents separated when she was six,<ref name="m2">[[The Fourteenth Target|Movie 2: The Fourteenth Target]]</ref> and one of her biggest goals is to get them back together. Her best friend next to Shinichi is her classmate [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]], who constantly teases her about her relationship with Shinichi.

One year before the series' start, Ran and Shinichi had gone to the United States to visit Shinichi's parents in New York. They met [[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]] and her actress friend, [[Sharon Vineyard]] (also known as Vermouth, a member of the [[Black Organization]]). Later that evening, Vermouth disguised as a serial killer to do BO work, and was saved by Ran and Shinichi who encountered her on their way back from a show turned murder case. Vermouth had slipped and would have fallen to her death, but Ran caught her arm and Shinichi helped her pull her to safety. Due to this, Sharon gave Ran the nickname "Angel", and Shinichi the nickname "Cool Guy".<ref>[[Volume 34#File 350 - Golden Apple 1|Volumes 34-35, Files 350-354: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref> Vermouth later showed hesitance to kill Ran and later Conan as well,<ref name="e345" /> but whether or not it was because of any emotional attachment is unclear.

After Shinichi's disappearance, Ran met [[Conan Edogawa]], who was introduced by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] as a "distant relative" and asked Ran if she wouldn't mind taking care of him at her house. She and her father practically adopted him; Ran immediately came to think of him as a surrogate little brother.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> Little did (and still does) Ran know that "Conan" ''is'' actually Shinichi.

== Personality ==
Ran's greatest personality trait is that she is genuinely cares for those she loves. She also constantly tries to reunite her father and mother again - though with little success, thanks to the mutual stubbornness of both parents.

Ran is the captain of the karate team of Teitan High School<ref>[[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Volume 1, File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"]]</ref> and therefore is very powerful as demonstrated when she won her Regional Championship. She can be very brave and resourceful when she wants to be, and rescues Conan from trouble with her karate skills on occasion. However, she has an irrational fear of the supernatural and is thus - unlike her friend Sonoko - absolutely no fan of anything related to the horror genre.<ref name="e274">[[Truth About the Haunted House|Episode 274-275: Truth About the Haunted House]]</ref> Men also tend to pay her a lot of undue romantic attention, a fact that makes Sonoko somewhat jealous (and of which Ran herself is completely unaware).

Ran can play the piano well.<ref>[[Volume 8]]</ref> In addition, she appreciates fine art, is very good at cooking and household chores (unlike her mother), and quite capable of looking after both Conan and her father. Besides that, she is also very lucky in gambling.<ref name="e75">[[Loan Company President's Murder Case|Episode 75: Loan Company President's Murder Case]]</ref>

Ran is noted by both Shinichi and Akai Shuuichi to cry a lot. This claim has been attributed to the manga file called "Ran's Tears".

== Abilities ==
Ran is a master in karate and has won many karate tournaments; she holds the title of Regional Champion for her age group. In fact, she is very strong to the extent that she can break a stone with ease. In the ninth movie, ''[[Strategy Above the Depths]]'', Conan states that Ran has an unusual amount of stamina.<ref name="m9">[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>
Though sometimes, for example in the second movie, Ran may not be able to use her karate, whether it's because she is too scared or just because she is just too weakened.<ref name="m2" /> In the fourth movie (''[[Captured in Her Eyes]]''), Ran also was unable to use karate due to suffering of amnesia at the time, but as soon as she recovered her memories she also got the use of her abilities back and incapacitated the culprit who was about to kill her and Conan.<ref name="m4">[[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>. She also have an astonishing amount of luck, having never lost card games and lotteries.
==Appellations==
In the Detective Conan Franchise, Most characters simply Ran by her name, but characters have another way of calling her. This table shows what Ran call other characters and what they call her.
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! style="width:60px;"|Picture !! style="width:125px;"|Name !! style="width:200px;"|What they call Ran !! style="width:200px;"|What Ran calls them
|-
| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Ran {{Bracket|Rach|(English Dub)}}|| Shinichi Deduction freak Mystery Geek
|-
| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Ran-neechan || Conan-kun
|-
| [[File:Kogoro Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Kogoro Mouri]] || Ran || Otousan (Father)
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{| class="chartable cells-centered" style="margin: 0px;"
! style="width:60px;"|Picture !! style="width:125px;"|Name !! style="width:200px;"|What they call Ran !! style="width:200px;"|What Ran calls them
|-
| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa]] || Ran-kun || Hakase Agasa-hakase
|-
| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || Neechan || Hattori-kun
|-
| [[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]] || [[Ai Haibara]] || Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency || Ai-chan
|-
| [[File:Masumi Sera 60px.jpg]] || [[Masumi Sera]] || Ran-chan || Sera-san Masumi-chan (File 778)
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Doubts about Conan's identity ===
In time, Ran comes to suspect that Conan is actually Shinichi despite what her common sense would say, but he always manages to trick her and "prove" her wrong. There are however occasions where she appears to be so sure that Shinichi and Conan are one and the same, such incidents include once when Ran finds Conan asleep on the sofa, she takes off his glasses while he's asleep and notices the huge reseamblance he has to Shinichi as a child, later she confronts him and feels so certain that Conan is Shinichi as it explained his splitting reseamblance to Shinichi when he was younger, possessing Shinichi's great powers of deduction, and even Shinichi's lack of any musical knowledge. However Shinichi's mother unexpectatly shows up and covers for him by explaining that Conan's resembalance to Shinichi when he was younger, because that they're distant relatives and Conan possesing Shinichi's deductive ability is a result of Shinichi teaching Conan.
At another time she is also certain her reasoning was correct, as Conan had been critically injured and required a blood donation, Ran donated her blood but somehow knew his blood type without being told revealing that she knew that Conan was actually Shinichi. So with the help of [[Ai Haibara]] he manages to fool Ran by allowing Shinichi to appear before her while Conan was present (who was really Ai Haibara in disguise).

==== Ran's Suspicion ====
[[File:Ran_suspecting_Conan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ran suspecting Conan's identity]] Conan once forgets his cell phone on the couch and Ran, in the room at the time, remembers to send an email to Shinichi to let him know that she's going with her father on a case and that his presence would be most welcome as Kogoro could use the help. Right after sending the message, Conan's phone starts vibrating. Ran, quite perplexed by the perfect timing, checks his phone only to discover a new email (she hasn't seen the content yet). At that moment, Conan enters the room, and seeing his phone in Ran's hands, rushes towards it while shouting and grabs it back asking: "''Did you look?''". He quickly understands that Ran's email may have risen doubts about his identity.<ref name="e398">[[The Weird Family's Commission|Episode 398-399: The Weird Family's Commission]]</ref>
The first time Ran suspected Conan was episode 7. After seeing the similarity between Conan and Shinichi's occupation deduction just simply by touching someone's hand, she started being very suspicious and kept an eye on Conan the whole case. However, Professor Agasa called Ran with the voice changing bowtie at the end and Conan was free of suspicion for a while.

Following this event, Ran first believes that Shinichi often contacts Conan without her knowing, which would in some way explain how he always seems to help out on cases. Later on, after seeing Conan give an important clue to the investigation team without making use of his cell phone (to eventually contact Shinichi like she was suspecting), she starts to believe that Conan is actually Shinichi thinking that past occurrences of both being present at the same time was just a trick he used to fool her.<ref name="e398" />

At the end of the day, Ran is able to retrieve Conan's phone. Late at night, after waiting for everybody to go to bed, she tries to get past the phone's PIN code to check whether her email is there or not. This, to her, would be undeniable proof that Conan is indeed Shinichi. After finally guessing the number equivalent of "Sherlock" to be the PIN code, she's surprised not to see her email there. She instantly tries a few times to resend another email but nothing comes up on Conan's phone. That's when Shinichi calls her complaining about the numerous emails she's been sending. Conan, then knocks at the door and claims back his phone saying that he didn't want people looking inside because of messages he received from a girl he likes. It is later showed that Conan actually exchanged his phone with Agasa's (which are both of the same model) and used his phone upstairs to call Ran, while she was experimenting with the Professor's phone, to create this whole alibi. Shinichi then tells Ran that she now knows his phone number. And Ran, pleased with the situation, clears her mind out of all suspicions she had about Conan's identity<ref>[[Ran's Suspicions|Episode 400: Ran's Suspicions]]</ref> - at least, consciously.

During "The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm" case we can see that Ran's suspicions are arising again. This is thanks to Heiji, openly revealed the fingerprint matching during the "Murder, Shinichi Kudo" case. Kazuha gave a likely, but not to Conan or Heiji, explanation on how Shinichi's fingerprints got onto the handcuff's piece of chain. However, for some reason Ran talked directly to Conan, which he pointed out that she is talking to the wrong person. Unconsciously she thinks she is talking to Shinichi.
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== Relationship analysis ==

=== Family & Friends ===
* '''Shinichi Kudo'''
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri have been friends ever since childhood. When the two first met, they were at kindergarten age, and later they were playmates. [[Eri Kisaki]], Ran's mom, and [[Yukiko Kudo]], Shinichi's mom, would often set playdates for the two to play together.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|Episode 472-473: Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]]</ref> Shinichi and Ran have stayed close all the way through the present age, which has led to both of them feeling romantic feelings for each other. Ran recalls that she truly felt her feelings for Shinichi were true love when he rescued her from the serial killer in New York.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286-288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref> When Shinichi is turned into Conan, thanks to the Black Organization, Ran becomes especially worried for Shinichi, especially about where he is, and often hopes that he isn't in danger.
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]

Shinichi, as Conan, often calls Ran, and using his bowtie, talks to Ran in his normal teenager voice, mostly to calm her when she is feeling fear about if he is hurt, or when he wants to make her feel better because she feels lonely without him. As Conan, Shinichi has grown closer to Ran. Ran is shown throughout to be dedicated to Shinichi, and will always love him no matter where he is. Shinichi himself also has feelings for Ran, and loves her as well. He is very protective of her when there are other guys with her, and he keeps her away from any other man. He has even confessed his feelings for her, though he was Conan when this occurred.<ref> Ran did not believe him, because of that fact.</ref >

Ran and Shinichi have shared many precious romantic moments, such as when Shinichi bought Ran a pair of red gloves for Christmas,<ref>[[Karaoke Box Murder Case|Episode 42: Karaoke Box Murder Case]]</ref> or when he pretended that as Shinichi, he ate her Valentine's Day chocolate that she had made for him, while she was asleep.<ref>[[The Truth Behind Valentine's|Episode 266-268: The Truth Behind Valentine's]]</ref> Shinichi is deeply saddened knowing that Ran is waiting for him to return, and that he himself cannot do anything about it. Although various characters, including [[Heiji Hattori]], have told him to just admit everything to her, for the sake of her heart, he realizes he cannot tell her, because he does not want to put her in danger from the Black Organization, as he considers her life more important than his. People also look at them as a couple by how they act and how they talk about each other. When asked to Ran though, she does say that Shinichi is her boyfriend (this causes him/conan to blush slightly but never really says anything about it), though Shinichi finally confessed to her in London. After that, Sonoko teased her because she did not say anything in return. Sonoko said that maybe Shinichi will transfer to another girl because Ran did not reply. Conan/Shinichi heard their conversation and said in his mind, "Like I'd ever do that." He finally confesses somehow to Ran during the Holmes Revelation arc.

[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] somewhat and somehow confesses his feelings for [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to her under the Big Ben in London, during the Holmes' Revelation Arc.]]

Shinichi and Ran appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making each of them feel the other's worry and agitation in times of extreme danger.<ref>Manga Chapters 372-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref>

* '''Her parents'''
Ran remains close to both [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] and [[Eri Kisaki|Eri]] even though they have been separated for ten years. Her constant hope is that they finally get together again, and on occasion she even plays (re-)matchmaker by arranging not-so-accidental meetings between them, though a reunion, while possible, is so far constantly hampered by mutual stubbornness and the occasional criminal incident taking place in the immediate vicinity.

=== The Detective Boys ===
* '''Ai Haibara'''
There are instances where Haibara will caution Conan from actions that involve Ran, though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that she wants to keep her identity hidden. At one point, she was very cold and distant towards Ran, just like she was to most other people. Ran believed that it was because that Haibara had hated her.<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> However, later that day, Haibara finally properly introduced herself to Ran, and they slowly became friends.

Haibara considers Ran a spitting image her older sister, Akemi Miyano, so she takes special interest in protecting her. These feelings began after Ran jumped through a slew of bullets from [[Calvados]] (and later [[Vermouth]]), to save Haibara and hold her down to the ground to shield her from the gunfire.<ref name="e345">[[Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon]]</ref> Haibara immediately thinks of her own sister, and begins to treat and look at Ran as a spitting image of her. When at a later point she had learned that [[Korn]], [[Chianti]], and the rest of the Black Organization were lurking about, Haibara begs for Ran to stay at Agasa's house, immediately thinking of her own sister's death, and wanting to keep Ran safe.<ref>[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!|Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!]]</ref>

=== The Black Organization ===
* '''Vermouth'''
Ran was a fan of the actress Sharon Vineyard and is currently unaware about Sharon's double-life as Chris Vineyard and Vermouth. Vermouth has a great deal of respect for Ran and protects her from the Organization's activities because Ran unknowingly saved a disguised Vermouth from falling to her death during the Golden Apple case. Vermouth's codename for Ran is "Angel".

=== Others ===
* '''Eisuke Hondou'''
In [[The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box]], Eisuke has shown some interest in Ran. He had admitted to Conan that he loved Ran and claimed that he would take Ran to America and live happily ever after there, and thinks if he could ask for Shinichi's permission. But Conan, without hesitating, said no in a very serious expression, which the look on Conan's face revealed his true identity to Eisuke.

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Ran placed 5th in the poll with 347 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Ran placed 5th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
*Ran's Japanese name derives from the Japanese rendering of [[Maurice Leblanc|Maurice Leblanc]] (from ''Mouri''su Rubu''ran'', according to Aoyama).

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ran's "Before" Appearance (Ep. 1)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_After.jpg|thumb|left|219px|Ran's "After" Appearance (Ep. 625)]]
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== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Courage is a word of justice. It means the quality of mind that enables one to face apprehension with confidence and resolution. It is not right to use it as an excuse to kill something.<ref>[[Volume 31#File 313 - A Courageous Decision|Volume 31, File 313: "A Courageous Decision"]]</ref>}}

== Trivia ==

* Her first phone (the pink one) was given by [[Shinichi Kudo]].

==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|蘭 Ran |毛利　Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Rachel|Moore}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Claudia|Guzmán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Ran|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|ران 　Ran|موري Mori }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|미란 Miran|유 Yoo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|兰 Lan|毛利 Maoli}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|รัน rạn|โมริ Mori}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Mouri Family]]

== References ==
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AJ-kun:

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AJ-kun:

Conan Edogawa

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AJ-kun:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Conan Edogawa
| japanese-name = 江戸川コナン (Edogawa Konan)
| english-name = Conan Edogawa
| image = Conan Edogawa Profile.jpg
| age = 6-7<ref name=CD38>Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = Unknown<ref name="CD38">Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| weight = 18 kg<ref name="CD38" /> (39 lbs)
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name="CD38" />
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| nicknames = Cool Kid ([[Jodie Starling]]) Cool Guy ([[Vermouth]]) Silver Bullet-kun ([[Vermouth]]) Glasses Kid ([[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]) Holmes' Apprentice ([[Apollo Glass|Apollo]] & [[Minerva Glass|Minerva]] Glass)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Conan Edogawa Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 583 (one solved by Ran)
| japanese-voice = [[Minami Takayama]]
| english-voice = [[Alison Viktorin]]
| drama-actor = [[Nao Fujisaki]] [[Minami Takayama]] (voice)
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Conan Edogawa|江戸川コナン|Edogawa Konan}}''' is the alias used by [[Shinichi Kudo]] in his shrunken form. Indeed, he took the appearance of a 7 year old boy after being forced to swallow a poison, a prototype called [[APTX 4869]], by two men in black later revealed to be members of the [[Black Organization]].<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]]</ref> Besides his changed appearance, the poison did not inflict any other damage and therefore he still has the brain and mind of an adult. He's able to use his gifted powers of deduction to solve cases and eventually close in on the Black Organization in the hope of finding an antidote to the APTX 4869.

Conan is often treated as a separate character from Shinichi by fans, and often viewed as the main character of the series while Shinichi is viewed as a recurring character. He has become a popular figure in Japan and even appeared at numerous occasions in different anime series (i.e. mainly cameo appearances) as well as other medias.

== Background ==
''Conan Edogawa'' is [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s alter ego. He did not exist prior to the chain of events, involving members of the [[Black Organization]], that led [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] to transform back into a child.

=== The Transformation ===
[[Image:APTX 4869 given to Shinichi.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Shinichi being poisoned.]]
At the beginning of the series, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] brings his friend [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to [[Setting#Tropical_Land|Tropical Land]], a local theme park, to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="e1" /> As they are leaving, Shinichi witnesses a suspicious exchange between an unknown man and a man in black in a secluded area just outside the park. As he leaves her to investigate, Ran feels like she's seeing Shinichi for the last time (which will happen to have been somewhat of a premonition). While spying on the suspicious men, Shinichi does not notice another man in black, who knocks him out from behind and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]]. They then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurred. It shrinks his body back to that of his six-year-old self.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> In desperation and confusion, Shinichi heads back to his house and runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Dr. Hiroshi Agasa]]. After a few attempts at proving he's in fact Shinichi, he finally succeeds in convincing the Professor. The latter warns him he must keep his identity secret as the [[Black Organization]] will kill him and others associated with him should they learn the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>
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=== Taking a new identity ===
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa after [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2" /> Ran's father [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a Detective Agency which may allow him to run into a case involving the Black Organization.

=== Creation of the Detective Boys ===
He is enrolled at Teitan Elementary to further protect his identity and makes friends with [[Ayumi Yoshida]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]], and [[Genta Kojima]], who create the ''[[Detective Boys]]'' not long after.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case|Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref>

[[Image:Conan Stuns Kogoro.jpg|200px|thumb|Conan stuns Kogoro with his wristwatch, ready to solve a case!]]
=== Solving cases ===
As Conan, Shinichi helps Ran's father solve cases by putting him to sleep and simulating Kogoro's voice using the special bowtie gadget Dr. Agasa made for him. By solving cases one after the other, he helps build up Kogoro's reputation who will later on be referred to as "Sleeping Kogoro". He also spends a good amount of time with his Detective Boys fellows and solves many small cases with them and sometimes in the company of Dr. Agasa. In some situations, when there's only Ran, Sonoko and himself, he will target Sonoko instead to solve the case at hand. Because of that, Sonoko eventually becomes another rather well-known "sleeping" detective though it's within a much smaller circle (the investigation team and her friends). In recent files Conan has solved the case as himself then claimed afterwards that 'Shinichi-niichan told him it'.

== Personality ==
As Conan, Shinichi tries to behave like a child. He refers to Ran as "Ran-neechan" (''nee-chan'' meaning older sister, a common nickname Japanese children give to teenagers and young adults they look up to), and refers to Shinichi as "Shinichi-niichan" (''nii-chan'' meaning older brother). He also refers to Kogoro as "Oji-san" or "Occhan" (both meaning Uncle), although he also does this as Shinichi. As Shinichi, he refers to Conan as usually "Conan-kun" or the "Kid in the Glasses". Shinichi treats Conan as a seperate person completely, thinking for example, "changing back into Conan".

[[File:Ran telling Conan she likes Shinichi.jpg|thumb|195px|left|Ran telling Conan she likes Shinichi.]]
Conan remains very close to Ran, who in return is very protective of him. However, because Ran is unaware of his true identity, Conan often finds himself in awkward situations with her, such as when she confessed her feeling for Shinichi to him and when she made him bathe with her at a hot spring. Also, when Conan sees parts of Ran he not supposed to see, he has nosebleeds.

He will often speak in a child-like tone of voice when dealing with adults, but he often gets caught up in the current case and begins speaking like an adult and talk about things most children would be ignorant to. When this happens, he often tries to pass it off as "something [he] heard on TV". [[File:Conan, Tome, and Chiba.jpg|thumb|230px|right|Conan whispers to [[Officer Chiba|Chiba]] and [[Officer Tome|Tome]].]] Likewise, he makes no effort to hide his love for [[Sherlock Holmes]] and soccer, so if he talks about either subject in too much detail, he tries to escape suspicion by saying it was something Shinichi told him about. Although as the series has progressed the adults around him have become more used to his "being quite smart for a child", causing him to behave more like himself around them, he still tries to pass as a normal child. The only police officers with whom Conan can speak in a professional manner are the [[FBI]], especially [[Jodie Starling]], [[Shuichi Akai]], [[James Black]], and Inspector [[Kansuke Yamato]] of the Nagano Police, who all suspect that there is more to Conan than meets the eye.

His intelligence remains intact even though he is shrunk to a child. His intelligence is what it is deemed to be "Sherlock Holmes of 21st Century" His intelligence may even surpass a professional lawyer's level as Conan has disguised as Mouri Kogoro during court cases and help Eri Kisaki.

Conan tends to act more like himself around the [[Detective Boys]], even to the point that they find it odd when he acts like a child around adults. He will often play games like baseball with the Detective Boys, but he is too used to soccer to perform well. He will even try using soccer techniques such as kicking in games that do not call for it. Because he is unfamiliar with popular games and TV shows, Genta and the others tend to think of him as dumb. This annoys Conan so much that he will secretly watch TV in the living room after Kogoro and Ran go to sleep to get more "practice" in.

It can be noted that Conan shows flexibility as the anime progresses. This is also mentioned in a non-canonical mention in Movie 13, when Ai remarks "Only Edogawa-kun and monkeys can climb a tree like that", and several other scenes.

== Appearance ==
[[Image:Conan white bow tie.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Conan wearing a white version of his voice-changing bow tie.]]
Conan has Dark Brown hair which mostly hangs downwards just above his blue eyes, but there are also a few strands that stick up at the front and back of his head. Conan's usual outfit consists of a blue suit jacket with a single button and a pair of shorts, even though he has taken to wearing more casual clothing as time goes on. He also wears a red bowtie and his dad's old glasses. Both these items were later specifically modified by Dr. Agasa to include a voice changer, microphone and homing device, to aid in Conan in his cases. His red runners have also been modified to harness electric and magnetic fields to stimulate pressure points on Conan's foot, greatly enhancing his kicking power.

== Appellations ==
Although most people will call Conan by his name suffixed with ''-kun'', or simply ''kid'', a lot of the characters have different ways of calling him due to the special relationships they share. The following is a list of the different appellations for Conan (and the ones Conan gives in return) encountered in the series.

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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Conan-kun || Ran-neechan
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] || Conan-kun || Ayumi-chan
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| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || Conan || Genta
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || Conan-kun || Mitsuhiko
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Shin-chan Shinichi Conan-kun (around others) || Kaa-san (Mom) Oba-san (Aunt, much to her annoyance) One-san (big sister, changed by Shinichi after his mom gets really angry)
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa]] || Shinichi(-kun) Conan-kun || Agasa-hakase (Professor Agasa) Hakase (Professor)
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| [[File:Sonoko Suzuki 60px.jpg]] || [[Sonoko Suzuki]] || Conan-kun Brat in the Glasses Chibi-chan || Sonoko-neechan
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| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || Kudo (privately, on accident) Kid Conan-kun || Hattori (privately) Heiji-niichan
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| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Conan-kun || Kazuha-neechan
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| [[File:Eri Kisaki 60px.jpg]] || [[Eri Kisaki]] || Conan-kun || Eri no Oba-san (Aunt Eri), Kisaki-sensei
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| [[File:Juzo Megure 60px.jpg]] || [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] || Conan-kun || Megure-keibu (Inspector Megure)
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| [[File:Minerva Glass.jpg|60px]] || [[Minerva Glass]] || Holmes' Apprentice || Queen of the Grass Court
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| [[File:Apollo Glass.jpg|60px]] || [[Apollo Glass]] || Holmes' Apprentice || Glass-kun
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| [[File:Hades Sabara.jpg|60px]] || [[Holmes' Revelation|Hades Sabara]] || Holmes' Apprentice || Hades
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| [[File:Jodie Starling 60px.jpg]] || [[Jodie Starling]] || Cool Kid Conan-kun Boss || Jodie-sensei
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| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai]] || Boy || Akai-san
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| [[File:James Black 60px.jpg]] || [[James Black]] || Conan-kun Cool Guy || James-san
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| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || Tantei-kun (Detective-kun) Meitantei || Kaitou Kid Kid Kaitou 1412 (first time)
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== Plot overview ==

=== Initial pursuit ===

After Shinichi becomes Conan, he sets out to find the men in black almost immediately. At the suggestion of Agasa, he moves in with Ran and Kogoro, hoping that cases related to them come by. Pretty soon, a case involving a woman name [[Akemi Miyano]] (using the alias Masami Hirota) appears. Akemi robs a bank for the men in black in the hopes that they will free her sister from their organization. Conan is unable to realize the case's connection to the organization until after the men in black have shot Akemi and left her for dead for trying to double cross them. In her dying moments, Akemi warns Conan of the danger of the organization.<ref>[[Volume 2#File 013 - The Missing Man|Volume 2, Files 13-16: "The Missing Man"]]</ref>

Conan runs across the men in black again on a bullet train, this time learning their codenames: [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]].

At a game convention, Conan meets a third man in black named [[Tequila]], only to have him killed in an explosion meant for someone else.

=== Introduction of Ai Haibara===

As the story progresses, Conan later befriends biochemist [[Ai Haibara]]. Ai Haibara grew up within the Black Organization and is a former member of it along with her sister.<ref name="f178">[[Volume_18#File 178 - Code Name Sherry|Volume 18, File 178: "Code Name Sherry"]]</ref>

She is the creator of the APTX 4869 drug but took the drug in order to escape from the Black Organization. Conan has run into the Black Organization multiple times, but he fails in tracking them due to Gin's cleverness.

=== Meeting with the Organization ===

=== After Vermouth ===

=== The Phone Number of 'That Person' ===
After solving a case in a rich household, the culprit tells the phone number for the Leader of the Black Organization is the tune to the song of "[[Seven Children]]"

=== Returning Back To Shinichi ===

==== The First Comeback ====
Throughout the series Conan has returned back to normal. First he temporary returns to normal after drinking alcohol while infected with a cold.<ref>[[Diplomat Murder Case|Episodes 48-49: Diplomat Murder Case]].</ref>
He quickly turns back into Conan after solving the case. The next time was after taking the prototype antidote for APTX 4869.

==== Antidote Prototype ====
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Ai has invented an [[Antidote (prototype)|antidote]], just a prototype, for the APTX 4896 during later parts in the manga and anime, and Conan first used it in [[Volume 26]] to conceal his identity, preventing Ran from suspecting he is Shinichi any further. Ai disguised as Conan and appeared in front of the reverted Shinichi, cancelling out all of Ran's suspicions.<ref>[[The Desperate Revival|Episodes 191-193: The Desperate Revival]].</ref><ref>[[Volume 26#File 256 - Concealed Truth|Volume 26, Files 256-258: "Concealed Truth"]]</ref>

The antidote prototype was again taken, this time accidentally in place of cough syrup. It wore off 24 hours later, with Ai giving him another one to protect his identity. This time it wore off in a shortened 4 hours, once again interrupting the process of confession of feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 647 - The Lost Memory|Volumes 62-63, Files 647-654: "The Lost Memory"]]</ref>

During the Holmes' Revelation arc in London, Conan took an antidote so he can go overseas, because "Conan Edogawa" does not exist in real life, and has no passport. Soon in London, Ran deduces much quickly that Shinichi is in London too. She asks some Londoners about a Japanese boy, and they give her directions, without specifying it was actually a 7-year-old they saw. In a phone booth, Conan takes the pill originally meant for his return trip to Tokyo in order to conceal his identity from Ran. During this time, he manages to confess his feelings to her. Luckily for Conan, Ai asks Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo, his parents, to go to London and give him a 3rd pill, as she guessed he would have used his spare one for Ran.<ref>[[Holmes' Revelation|Episode 616-621]]</ref><ref>[[Volume 71#Following Holmes|Volume 71, Files 743-751]]</ref><ref>[[Volume 72#Following Holmes|Volume 72, File 752]]</ref>

As much depicted in all the different times Conan actually uses the antidote, the effects last 24 hours, and a second pill will last for a much shorter duration, due to the fact that his immune system has registered the pill and will defend against it, thus allowing the pill to lose some of its effects. Since these 24-hour time limit and shortened time limit are always depicted in the times he uses the antidote, it much assumed that as long as Conan takes two or three only occasionally, the antidote will have the same effects.

== Relationships analysis ==

=== Family & Friends ===

[[File:Ran and Conan.jpg|thumb|Ran holding Conan.]]
====Ran Mouri====
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Conan and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] share a brother/sister kind of relationship. He calls her Ran-neechan. Although Conan has yet to reveal his real identity to Ran, they do have a tight bond. They do a lot of activities together such as swimming, going to the movies or festivals, and more. It is even likely that Ran unconsciously knows that Conan actually ''is'' Shinichi, even though she seems reluctant to follow that notion. Ran told Conan that if only he is Shinichi on Episode 308.
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[[File:Kogoro noticing Conan in the car.jpg|thumb|Kogoro noticed Conan in the car.]]

====Kogoro Mouri====
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] often seems to find Conan to be a nuisance when around or on a case as Conan would often do or say unexpected things and act out of his own will just as much as a child would do (often done on purpose by Conan to look this way).
Although in most cases Conan merely sees Mouri as a drunk idiot, he often is impressed when Kogoro actually gets the case right, and will occasionally back off from the case when he sees that Kogoro is actually placing effort.
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====Yukiko and Yuusaku Kudo====
Conan's parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], like to push their child towards becoming an even better detective. They enjoy giving out challenges and sometimes without letting Conan know who's giving them: they disguised once to simulate a case and force Conan to discover their identities by his own means.

Yukiko loves to meddle in Conan's (and Shinichi's) love life as she will often make allusions such as Ran being her possible future daughter-in-law or Ai and Ayumi having feelings for Conan. He doesn't usually pay much attention to them. Once she has mentioned that Ai has romantic feelings for him because she looked at him ten times, saying that the only time a girl would do that is if she likes the boy or the boy has something on his face. Conan simply pushes it off as Ai checking on her "lab mouse," but at night, in bed, Conan asks Ai if he has something on his face.

Conan's mother helped him out once to keep his secret identity from being exposed to Ran by creating an alibi for him.
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[[image:Agasa_and_Conan_investigating.png|thumb|right|Conan investigates with Agasa.]]
====Professor Agasa====
Conan treats [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] as a member of his own family, like an uncle. Due to the fact that they both share the secret behind Shinichi's transformation and knowledge about the Black Organization, Conan often comes to him when in trouble or seeking for help. He was the one who created most of Conan's gadgets, including his power shoes and tracking glasses.
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[[image:Heiji teasing Conan.jpg|thumb|right|Heiji teasing Conan.]]
====Heiji Hattori====
When they first meet, Conan and [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] seem bound to become lifelong rivals. However, after discovering Conan's real identity, Heiji starts to act almost like an older brother towards him. Since then the two have become rather close friends, though Conan often seems to find Heiji more of an annoyance then anything, due to his dangerous habit of calling Conan 'Kudo' when others are present.
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=== The Detective Boys ===
[[File:Conan and Ai.jpg|thumb|Conan and Ai investigating]]
====Ai Haibara====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
[[Ai Haibara]] is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it; indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as [[Yukiko Kudo|Conan's Mother]] and [[Gin]], have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. both victims of the [[APTX 4869]]), she finds it easier to talk to him.
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====Ayumi Yoshida====

Conan grows to respect the little girl in his class for her sharp wit and observational skills, along with the other members of the [[Detective Boys]]. [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] clearly seems to like Conan, while he seems to be getting used to her hugs and little flirts.

====Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya & Genta Kojima====

[[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] sees Conan as a model, someone he looks up to. [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], and more so Mitsuhiko, are often impressed by Conan's vast knowledge and incredible deduction skills.

They both become quite jealous of Conan whenever Ayumi shows gestures of affection towards him (usually a small kiss on the cheek). They would run after Conan shouting how "unfair" it is.

=== Law enforcement ===
====Police====
With the exception of a few inspectors, most listen to the little clues that Conan points out. After a while, Conan gets the attention of the whole Tokyo police department for noticing things even pros miss.
====FBI====
The FBI is one of the few minority that Conan acts normally around. Conan seems to place trust in the FBI, and occasionally help in their operations.
====Jodie Starling====
Jodie nicknamed Conan "Cool Kid" and Conan (despite being wary when he first met her) now places complete trust in Jodie. Jodie has also called Conan, informing of a new BO member, Bourbon.
====Shuichi Akai====
Akai has been shown to respect Conan's detective skills. It may not take long before Akai figures out Conan and Shinichi are one and the same. Conan once says to Akai, "I'm glad you're an ally."

=== The Black Organization ===
====Gin and Vodka====
Even though [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] do not yet know who's stopping their operations, [[Gin]] has been shown to be curious who "that guy" is, "that guy" being Conan. [[Gin]] has tried to catch a glimpse of Conan's face in a helicopter in [[The Raven Chaser]], but failed after Conan successfully downed the helicopter. Conan seems to have a very bitter hatred towards them, and this only increases as more people are targeted by the BO.
====Vermouth====
[[Vermouth]] seems to has great personal interest in Conan, constantly calling him as the Black Organization 'Silver Bullet'. She also often protects Conan probably because when she was disguising as a serial killer in New York, she was saved by Conan (Shinichi at the time) and Ran. Conan does not, however, seems to react strongly when she is mentioned. He also seems to consider her less of a threat, and may or may not know that Vermouth knows his identity.

=== Others ===
====Kaitou Kid====
Before being shrunk, Shinichi had encountered Kid once during the Clock Tower heist, though they did not meet face-to-face. In their next encounter, however, after Shinichi had become Conan, Kid disguised himself as Ran in order to steal the Suzuki Black Star pearl. When Conan cornered him on the Suzuki cruise ship, Kid suggested that he'd stolen all of Ran's clothes to impersonate her, and left her naked on the deck. While this ended up being a bluff, Conan was shocked and infuriated. In subsequent encounters between Kid and Conan, Conan displays a much more intense desire to capture Kid. In several instances he appears to be able to 'sense' Kid's presence; knowing Kid is close by often causes Conan to behave far more frenetically. However, in several instances, beginning with the "Big Adventure in the Eccentric Residence" case, when Kid does Conan/Shinichi a favor, such as saving Genta's life in the aforementioned case, Conan reciprocates by halting his investigation just shy of capturing Kid, thereby allowing him to escape unhindered.

In the movies, it is implied that Kid knows Conan's identity; he even helps Conan maintain his cover by disguising himself as Shinichi so that a suspicious Ran would stop suspecting Conan. However, this has not been confirmed by Gosho Aoyama, nor has it been implied in the manga.

== People who know Conan's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Conan's identity}}
There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity. None of them have ever betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] of the Black Organization also knows about Conan's secret. Later in the Episode 508 of the Anime, [[Eisuke Hondou]] confirms Conan's identity as [[Shinichi Kudo]] straight from him.

The 3rd, 8th and 14th movies also demonstrate that Kaito Kid apparently knows Conan's identity and acts to protect it. However, this has yet to be backed up by the original artist, Gosho Aoyama, in the manga or (as would follow) the anime main series.

== Gadgets ==
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== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Conan placed 3rd in the poll with 866 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
*Gosho Aoyama (and Shinichi, in the story) got the name 'Conan Edogawa' from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories, and Edogawa Ranpo, a Japanese mystery fiction writer.
**Fun fact: The author known as Edogawa Ranpo got this pen name from a transliteration of "Edgar Allan Poe." Pronouncing Poe's name in a Japanese accent sounds like 'Edogawa Ranpo.'

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_Before.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Conan's "Before" Appearance (Ep. 2)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_After.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Conan's "After" Appearance (Ep. 627)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

=== General ===
{{cquote|{{bracket|Edogawa Conan, tantei sa|(Conan Edogawa, detective!)}}}}
{{cquote|{{bracket|Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!|(There is only one truth!)}}}}

=== Specific ===
{{cquote|Ran, If we die, we die together...|[[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]]}}
{{cquote|''(Talking to Haibara)'' After all, I'm the guy who's been breaking [[Ran Mouri|her]] heart by making her wait an eternity... even though I'm always by her side.}}
{{cquote|''(Talking to Haibara)'' I'll protect you...}}
{{cquote|''(Thinking)'' Please be okay...Ayumi!}}

== Trivia ==
*[[Image:Conan_singing.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Conan sings in the Karaoke.]] Conan has been shown (more prominently in the manga) to have ''perfect'' pitch. In Episode 11: The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case, he knows that the piano is in tune and deciphers a message at the end just by listening to the notes that are played. In the twelfth Detective Conan movie [[Full Score of Fear]], Haibara directly described Shinichi Kudo as perfect-pitched at the last scenes. He also manages to replicate and sing dial tones for a phone, showing that the reason he can't sing, instead of him being tone-deaf, as most think, is because he simply doesn't have ''relative'' pitch.

*Conan's bad singing came to light as a joke after the anime began airing because Conan's voice actress [[Minami Takayama]] is a well-known singer. In [[Volume 15]] of the manga, Takayama herself is kidnapped and Conan, who sounds similar to her, tries to take her place at a concert. However, Conan learns that despite having similar voices, they sound completely different when it comes to singing.<ref>[[Volume 15|Volume 15, Files 144-146: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref>

*The Japanese word 'konnan' (pronounced the same as 'Conan') means 'difficulty' or 'distress.'

*Conan has been noted to using the expression "Ah-le-le?", something that is usually said by Japanese gradeschoolers. The expression was even said by Kogoro in Episode 317 out of irritation to Conan.

* Conan/Shinichi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] share the same blood type.

*[[Conan]]'s first videoke scene spotted at Episode 81,As on that episode his voice actress [[Minami Takayama]] voiced him and Takayama herself too.

*[[Image:EP622-623 Gallery 16.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan's cellphone wallpaper - Kogoro changed it when he was drunk]]He owns two cellphones, the one he uses as Conan and one that he uses as Shinichi. He is also shown using different kinds of cellphones throughout the series.

==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|コナンConan|江戸川Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Conan|Blasi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|كونان 　Konan|أدوجاوا Edojawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|코난 Konan|애도가와<ref>In the Korean version, Conan was never given a last name, possibly because his original last name, Edogawa, has 4 syllables, where all last names in Korean must be one syllable.</ref>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|柯南　Kenan|江戸川Jiang hu chuan}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|โคนัน khonạn|เอโดะงาวะ Xedoangāwa}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Kudo Family]]
* [[Mouri Family]]

==References==
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AJ-kun:

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Shinichi Kudo

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{{InfoBox Char
| japanese-name = 工藤新一 (Kudō Shin'ichi)
| english-name = Jimmy Kudo
| name = Shinichi Kudo
| image = Shinichi Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 16-17<ref name=CD41>Conan Drill Page 41</ref>, 6-7 as Conan<ref>Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'7")
| weight = Unknown<ref name=CD41/>
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name=CD41/>
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| nicknames = Detective Geek Detective of the East The savior of the police force Cool Guy ([[Jodie Starling]]) Shin-chan ([[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]]) Silver Bullet ([[Vermouth]]) The Heisei Holmes Kudo ([[Heiji Hattori]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Shinichi Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 600+ (one case solved by Ran)
| keyhole = [[Volume 1]] [[Volume 62]] (Shiragami-sama)
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] [[Minami Takayama]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| drama-actor = [[Shun Oguri]] (1st) [[Junpei Mizobata]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shinichi Kudo'''|工藤新一|Kudō Shin'ichi}} is the protagonist of the manga and anime. Viz romanized his original name as ''Shin'ichi Kudo'' while Shogakukan's website romanizes it as ''Shinichi Kudoh''.

== Background ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is a fairly famous high school detective who frequently helps the Tokyo police solve murder mysteries.

One day, Shinichi brings his friend [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to a local theme park called [[Tropical Land]], to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> As they are leaving, Shinichi heads off alone to follow a suspicious man in black, [[Vodka]], who was a suspect in the earlier murder. Shinichi witnesses a blackmail exchange between Vodka and a company president in a secluded area just outside the park, but is too engrossed to notice [[Gin]], Vodka's partner, sneak up from behind. Gin knocks him out and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]], and they then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurs: his body shrinks into that of his six year-old self.<ref name="f2">[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> After escaping from well-meaning but skeptical park security, with nowhere else to go Shinichi heads home. He there runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who warns him that he must keep his identity secret because the [[Black Organization]] will kill him and others associated with him should they discover the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>

=== Conan Edogawa ===
[[Image:Conan Edogawa Investigating.jpg|120px|thumb|left|Conan Edogawa, the "small" Shinichi]]
{{main|Conan Edogawa}}
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa from [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's, who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2" /> Ran's father [[Kogoro Mouri]] owns a Detective Agency, which may allow Conan to run into a case involving the Black Organization. In the meantime, to protect his identity he is forced to play the part of a first-grader, including enrolling as a student at Teitan Elementary. Three classmates befriend him and pull him into creating the ''[[Detective Boys]]'',<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case|Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> after which he tries to keep them out of trouble between using Kogoro as a mouthpiece to solve crimes and searching for how to get his old life back.

== Personality ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is a 16-year old<ref name="f2" /><ref>[[Volume 5#File 040 - The Mysterious... Bandaged Man|Volume 5, File 40, page 12: "The Mysterious... Bandaged Man"]]</ref> student at Teitan High School. He is already well-known as a brilliant young detective, the "Savior of the police force", for solving many difficult cases that the professionals could not.<ref name="e1" /> Shinichi was born to [[Yusaku Kudo]], a mystery writer, and [[Yukiko Kudo]], a former movie star.<ref>[[Volume 5#File 049 - An Unfamiliar Visitor|Volume 5, File 49, page 163: "An Unfamiliar Visitor"]]</ref> He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age, was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father and the general laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels.<ref name="f569">[[Volume 55#File 569 - The Mischievous Boy|Volume 55, Files 569-572: "The Mischievous Boy"]]</ref> Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes as a child, which inspired him to be a detective.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205, pages 74-78: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref> Due to his genius and often blunt, informal approach, Shinichi can be rude and arrogant. However, he cares deeply about human life, unable to understand how any reason could be sufficient motive for murder,<ref>[[Volume 26#File 258 - Momentary Rest|Volume 26, File 258, page 71: "Momentary Rest"]]</ref> and is convinced that driving a culprit to suicide is no better than murder itself. <ref>[[Volume 16#File 153 - Bonds of Flame|Volume 16, File 153: "Bonds of Flame"]]</ref> The few times he has been too late to save a life haunt him throughout the series.

Besides his intelligence, Shinichi is an extremely skilled soccer player, having been professionally scouted at school but choosing to stay at the amateur level. He initially played to hone his reflexes and often juggles a ball to clear his mind, but he is also an enthusiastic fan of the sport in its own right.<ref name="e1"/> Shinichi is also known for his inability to sing, but was revealed to have perfect pitch. <ref>[[Volume 15#File 144 - Their Voices Are Alike!?|Volume 15, File 144: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref> He is also shown to play the violin in Movie 12, taking after his idol, Sherlock Holmes. He is well-educated in English, as he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat, and later solved a case in London without evidence of any language barrier.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref><ref name="f743">[[Volume 71#File 743 - Holmes' Apprentice|Volumes 71-72, Files 743-752: "Holmes' Apprentice"]]</ref> Prior to his transformation, Shinichi enjoys being in the spotlight, reveling in making local headlines and receiving fan-mail, and has a flair for the dramatic like his mother that can be seen every time he sets out a deduction in pieces building to a climax. Throughout the series, Shinichi's predicament forces him to gain a sense of humility. Despite his popularity with the masses and his schoolmates, he has very few close friends — Ran, Agasa, Heiji, Ai, and to some extent the other Detective Boys (and if you're really reaching, Kaitou Kid and Sonoko).

== Appearance and Skills ==
Shinichi has a striking resemblance to his father, Yusaku Kudo, sporting the same dark brown hair, slightly paled skin, and facial structures. The only traits he doesn't share with his father is the mustache and round glasses. The only physical feature he inherited from his mother Yukiko Kudo is his blue eyes. Besides his high school uniform, he also wears fine suits, with a tie, or regular clothing, which vary to his choice.

Shinichi's skills as a detective are near the level of the greatest detective in history, Sherlock Holmes, which he's often nicknamed as the, "Modern Sherlock Holmes". He has a keen eye for details, and can spot any "strange points", in a case, that most people tend to ignore or not take into account. This comes from his photographic memory, of being able to remember every abstract of an investigation. Shinichi can also solve a complicated case, just by the littlest hints outside the crime scene,basically, he has the ability to "think out of the box". Shinichi also has knowledge over subjects that help him solve cases, that many people don't know of, this trait was probably because of his insistent reading as a child.

Besides intelligence, Shinichi also has amazing athletic ability, mostly from soccer, his favorite sport.In order to defend himself from criminals that would try and hurt him or those around him. Shinichi is very skilled at soccer, with only one kick, he's able to accurately shoot any small item, with enough force and power, to the intended target, often, leaving them unconscious in the process. Aside from soccer, Shinichi exhibits a knack for handling firearms, due to his father taking him to firing ranges from time to time. This is seen in the second movie when, as Conan, Shinichi fires at Rachel to render her useless as a hostage, though his aim is precise enough to spare her life. Also, during the Clocktower Heist, Shinichi is able to shoot and dislodge the support beam of a giant projection screen, which Kaito Kid had placed in order to fool a crowd of onlookers, from a moving helicopter.

Also possibly due to his soccer training, Shinichi has been shown to be extremely nimble. For example, in the sixth movie Conan is seen to fight with various antagonists, and he even holds his own against Jack the Ripper, a notorious serial killer who bests even Rachel in combat. In the fourteenth movie, Conan does a backflip on his skateboard in order to avoid being killed by the blimp's hijackers. This is also evidence to the fact that Shinichi (or rather, explicitly Conan) shows a proclivity for skateboarding. Oftentimes, mostly in movies, Conan is seen riding his skateboard with extreme dexterity.

Ran, despite being a practiced and acclaimed martial artist, claims no one has a better round house kick than Shinichi. This is likely due to his soccer skills.

Though Shinichi is 'Tone-Deaf', and can't sing, he has the ability of 'Perfect Pitch'. Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in movie 12 of the 'Full Score of Fear' when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays."

==Appellations==
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| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Shinichi-niichan || Conan-kun Kid in the Glasses
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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Shinichi Deduction freak Mystery Geek || Ran
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| [[File:Kogoro Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Kogoro Mouri]] || Tantei-bouzu (Detective Boy) || Occhan (uncle)
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] || Shinichi-oniisan || Ayumi (as seen in Conan's thoughts where he acts more like his usual self)
|-
| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || Shinichi-oniichan || Genta
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || Shinichi-san|| Mitsuhiko
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Shin-chan Shinichi || Kaa-san (Mom)
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa]] || Shinichi(-kun) || Agasa-hakase (Professor Agasa) Hakase (Professor)
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| [[File:Sonoko Suzuki 60px.jpg]] || [[Sonoko Suzuki]] || Shinichi-kun Kudo-kun (sometimes when talking directly to him as seen in the 8th movie) || Sonoko
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| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || Kudo || Hattori
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| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Kudo-kun || Kazuha (also seen in Conan's thoughts)
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| [[File:Eri Kisaki 60px.jpg]] || [[Eri Kisaki]] || Shinichi-kun || Kisaki-san
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| [[File:Chris Vineyard 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]] || Cool Guy || Vermouth
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== Plot Overview ==
Because the main plot revolves around the fact that Shinichi has become 'Conan' and is forced into hiding, Shinichi himself appears rarely in the series. However, Conan is frequently shown calling Ran using his voice-changing bow tie to sound like Shinichi. In these instances, it can be said that the character of Shinichi, albeit in the body of Conan, is appearing, since these phone conversations allow Shinichi to be himself, however briefly.

=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
[[Image:Shinichi appears.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi appears to correct Hattori's deduction]]Shinichi appeared in the pilot episode, but by the end he had been transformed into Conan, thus beginning the series' plot.

His next appearance was in [[Volume 10]], when a strange detective from Osaka named [[Heiji Hattori]] arrived at Mouri Detective Agency looking for Shinichi in order to determine which of them was the better detective. A strange combination of having a cold and drinking [[baijiu]] that Heiji had brought along allowed Conan to briefly grow into Shinichi once again.<ref>[[Volume 10#File 092 - The Great Detective Of The West|Volume 10, Files 92-96: "The Great Detective Of The West"]]</ref>
====Antidotes====
{{Main|Antidote (prototype)}}
In [[Volume 26]], Conan was able to become Shinichi using an [[Antidote (prototype)]] that [[Ai Haibara]] synthesized. As himself, he tried to surprise Ran by disguising himself as a character in her play, but was interrupted by a murder case and ended up revealing himself to his entire high school. [[Heiji Hattori]] covered for him and Shinichi was able to spend about 48 hours as himself, albeit with a brief collapse about halfway through, and turned back into Conan just as he seemed to be about to confess his feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 26#File 254 - An Infatuated Heart|Volume 26, Files 254-260: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

Shinichi's next appearance was not until [[Volume 62]], when, while on a case with Heiji, Conan went missing and 'Shinichi' seemed to appear. However, the 'Shinichi' is actually someone who had gotten plastic surgery to look like Shinichi Kudo, and was actually trying to blame Kudo for a murder. Then the real Shinichi, who had been hiding in the forest until he could clear his name, appeared. It was revealed he had been temporarily restored by another of Haibara's prototypes.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 646 - Village of Animosity|Volume 62, Files 646-651: "Village of Animosity"]]</ref> After the case, however, Shinichi transform back to Conan, but luckily, Haibara secretly followed him there and give him another antidote, saving him from revealing his identity to Kogoro, Ran and Kazuha. While driving home from the case, the group was stopped by another murder which Shinichi and Heiji investigated together, despite increasing pangs that warned of his iminent reversion to Conan. After the case resolved, Ran tried to stop Shinichi from leaving, saying she had something to tell him. Shinichi stopped her, saying "According to my deductions, what you have to say and what I have to say are the same thing." Ran seized his hand while he was transforming back into Conan, and though Haibara knocked her out with Conan's wristwatch, she refused to let go of his hand. Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] had to cut and re-pin Conan's shirt onto him because Ran was still clutching his hand.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 652 - The Thing She Really Wants to Ask|Volumes 62-63, Files 652-654: "The Thing She Really Wants to Ask"]]</ref>

Most recently, in [[Volume 71]], the Mouris and Conan were invited to England by a rich top-notch British woman, Diana Kingstone after Kogoro had found a cat under the table in Poirot Cafe, and it was revealed to be Diana's. However, since 'Conan Edogawa' doesn't have the proper credentials to fly internationally, Ai gave him a prototype pill that Shinichi and Agasa could fly low-profile to England on the same plane that Ran and Kogoro were flying. Ai gave him a second prototype pill for the return journey, but Conan used it while Ran was pursuing him. They came as close as they ever have to openly confessing their feelings for each other, Shinichi told Ran he loved her, but Shinichi soon fled to become Conan again. For the return trip to Japan, it was revealed that Ai had expected him to use his second pill, and had brought extras which allowed him to return to Japan. <ref name="f743" />

=== Flashback Appearances ===
Shinichi has appeared in several flashbacks, most notably the flashback of his trip to New York City with [[Ran Mouri | Ran]] when they were sixteen in [[Volume 35]]. There, they met [[Vermouth]] and [[Shuichi Akai]] for the first time.

In [[Volume 55#Shinichi's Childhood Adventure|Volume 55]], a flashback revealed that first-graders Shinichi and Ran had been given a riddle by the [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].<ref>[[Volume 53#File 550 - The Only Witness|Volume 53, Files 550-553: "The Only Witness"]]</ref>

=== Non-Canonical Appearances ===
In Movie 7, Heiji was injured and Kazuha kidnapped; her abductors threatened to kill her unless Heiji showed up for her. Believing Heiji to be unable to do so, Conan contacted Ai and asked if there was any way for him to briefly become Heiji. Ai gave him medicine to simulate the effects of a cold, then the same Chinese liquor that had changed him in his and Heiji's first manga appearance. Conan became Shinichi for approximately an hour, but according to Ai he was extremely weak and sick for the entire time.

In OVA 9, Conan takes another prototype antidote. However, it proves less effective than the prototype she used during the Desperate Revival arc; Conan became Shinichi, but only for a few hours, and remained in a feverish state, unable to wake up until he had reverted back to Conan. During his time unconscious, he had a vivid hallucination that he had grown to age 17 again as Conan and that Ran, aged 27, was about to marry [[Tomoaki Araide]].

== Relationships analysis ==
Since Shinichi is not featured as prominently as Conan throughout the series, only a few of his relationships with other characters have been substantially explored.

=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]
==== Ran Mouri ====
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[[Ran Mouri]] is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have been friends and playmates since kindergarten<ref name="f569"/><ref>[[Volume 11#File 107 - The Two Mysteries|Volume 11, File 107: "The Two Mysteries"]]</ref>, though Shinichi's tendency to drag Ran along into minor trouble caused some censure from [[Eri Kisaki|her mother]]. Shinichi has liked Ran since at least the first year of middle school, and turned down any other potential love interests as a result, but she has never realized this.<ref>[[Volume 18#File 175 - Unlock Your Heart!?|Volume 18, File 175, page 92: "Unlock Your Heart!?"]]</ref> Shinichi was similarly oblivious to Ran's regard, until Ran confessed to Conan that despite his faults, which she is well aware of, she has liked Shinichi for some time.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 64: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> Shinichi has since confessed his feelings to Ran in the non-canon 4th movie 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which Ran mistook as his attempt to get her memories back), and made attempts to say something during temporary cures in the manga and anime, but cases always seem to interfere until the cure runs out. Shinichi since then has finally confessed to Ran in the case in London.<ref>[[Volume 72#File 752 - A Troublesome and Difficult Case|Volume 72, File 752, page 14: "A Troublesome and Difficult Case"]]</ref>

[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] somewhat and somehow confesses his feelings for [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to her under the Big Ben in London, during the Holmes' Revelation Arc.]]

Shinichi's initial disappearance troubled Ran to the point of insomnia and nearly going to the police. Since then, Shinichi sometimes calls Ran over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the voice-changing bowtie so that she doesn't worry about him. He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes.{{citation needed}} {{orange|replace with Japanese volume:}} <ref>{{orange|Replace with Japanese volume:}} {{cite book| last=Aoyama| first=Gosho| title=Case Closed |volume=1 |publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-09-07 |isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 10 |language=English |location=San Francisco|pages=180–182 }}</ref> In reality, he is the brain behind her father's rapid rise to fame as a detective.

Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran, the most obvious evidence being his nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit, or when Ran pulled him into an [[wikipedia: osen|onsen]] with her.{{citation needed}} {{orange|replace with Japanese volume:}} <ref>{{orange|Replace with Japanese volume:}} {{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=9 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-01-10 |isbn=1-4215-0166-X |chapter=File 4 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref> For her part, Ran often blushes when thinking of Shinichi, especially when Sonoko teases her about their relationship. Her attitude towards Conan is one of more open, sisterly affection, such as giving him hugs or holding his hand. Shinichi has some concerns of bodily harm should Ran realize that not only has he been lying to her, but they've shared a bed and taken a bath together.<ref>[[Volume 14#File 134 - Question In Dead Leave|Volume 14, File 134, pages 60-67: "Question In Dead Leave"]]</ref>

Shinichi and Ran appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making each of them feel the other's worry and agitation in times of extreme danger.<ref>Manga Chapters 372-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref>

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==== Yukiko and Yusaku Kudo ====
[[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] Kudo are both aware that [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] is in fact Shinichi. His parents are even more famous than he is, with Yusaku being a famous mystery novelist and Yukiko being a retired actress. They currently live in the United States and travel extensively, having left Shinichi in Japan on his own when he was fourteen. Though he sometimes finds his parents' carefree ways to be annoying, he loves them dearly. Yusaku is also a detective with the same keen eye for details, and similarly to Holmes' brother Mycroft, Yusaku always seems to solve a case one step ahead of his son.

==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
Although not related by blood, there's a strong family-like bond between Shinichi and [[Hiroshi Agasa]]. Agasa was the first to know about Shinichi's real identity and was the one to tell him to keep it a secret. Most of the gadgets that Shinichi has where made by Agasa to help him catch the criminals and solve the cases. He also knows about Shinichi's romantic relationship with Ran and sometimes teases him about it in front of her (when he can't do anything about it since he is Conan).

==== Heiji Hattori ====
[[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] is often referred to as Shinichi's detective rival from the West. Even though Heiji discovers Shinichi's secret, he decides to keep quiet (though sometimes he slips up and calls him Kudo in front of others). After Heiji realizes the truth they become close friends with a common interest in solving mysteries. They have solved many cases together, and Heiji is the person Shinichi turns to for advice or for confirmation regarding a deduction.

=== The Detective Boys ===
Actually, four years prior to him becoming Conan, a thirteen-year-old Shinichi came across the Detective Boys, [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], while they were still three years old. He needed their help in confirming a client's alibi. This occurred in [[Magic File 2: The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab|OVA Magic File 2]]. Also, in the first live action drama and the first episode of the anime, the Detective Boys are seen sneaking into Tropical Land for treasure. Ran then says, pointing to the children, "It was like that last time, huh?" to Shinichi.
==== Ai Haibara ====
[[Ai Haibara]] is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it. Indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as [[Yukiko Kudo|Conan's mother]] and [[Gin]], have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. they're both victims of the [[APTX 4869]]), she finds it easier to talk to him.

=== Law enforcement ===
==== Juzo Megure ====
[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] has worked together with Shinichi to solve many cases. During Shinichi's first case on the plane to New York Megure seemed irritated that Shinichi was poking his nose into a murder case. Since then because Shinichi has proven himself solving cases one after the other Megure has grown to respect Shinichi and his deductive abilities, thanking him for his assistance.

=== Others ===
==== Kaitou Kid ====
Despite the fact [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]] and Shinichi only met once prior to Toichi's death, it's worth mentioning Toichi referred to Shinichi as his "older brother" and himself as the "younger brother". This is because of Yusaku, Shinichi's father, being the '''father''' of the name of Kaitou '''Kid''', Toichi's secret identity. Toichi's son and successor, [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]], has also only crossed paths with Shinichi as Shinichi once, during the [[The_Gathering_of_the_Detectives!_Kudo_Shinichi_vs._Kaitou_Kid|Clocktower heist]]. Kaito thought Shinichi made the heist harder (and thus less boring) in [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s absence, and Shinichi found Kid's intention of 'stealing' the Clocktower in order to save it from demolition to be fairly admirable.

In their next encounter, however, after Shinichi had become Conan, Kid disguised himself as Ran in order to steal the Suzuki Black Star pearl. When Conan cornered him on the Suzuki cruise ship, Kid suggested that he'd stolen all of Ran's clothes to impersonate her, and left her naked on the deck. While this ended up being a bluff, Conan was shocked and infuriated. In subsequent encounters between Kid and Conan, Conan displays a much more intense desire to capture Kid. In several instances he appears to be able to 'sense' Kid's presence; knowing Kid is close by often causes Conan to behave far more frenetically. However, in several instances, beginning with the "Big Adventure in the Eccentric Residence" case, when Kid does Conan/Shinichi a favor, such as saving Genta's life in the aforementioned case, Conan reciprocates by halting his investigation just shy of capturing Kid, thereby allowing him to escape unhindered.

== People who know Conan's real identity ==
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There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity and none have betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] also knows, but for unknown reasons she has kept it a secret from the rest of the Organization. [[Eisuke Hondou]], the younger brother of C.I.A. agent [[Hidemi Hondou]], also knows and keeps Conan's secret. [[Kaitou Kid]] also knows Conan's identity in the movies, though it is not clear whether he knows Conan's secret in the actual anime and manga. However, Kid seems to know there is something unusual about Conan, as whenever he tries to publicly steal he usually reveals that he only wants to compete with Conan as thief and detective. [[Ran]] gets suspicious on occasion, but so far Conan has managed to trick her into thinking Conan and Shinichi are two different people.

== Character popularity ==
*In a ''Newtype'' poll from 2001, Kudo ranked fourth in the category "Top 10 Most Popular Male Anime Characters in Japan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-08-12/newtype-top-10-anime|title=Newtype top 10 Anime|date=2001-08-12|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref> In a ''Newtype Magazine'' poll from March 2010, Shinichi was voted as the ninth most popular male anime character from the 1990's.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Newtype, Issue 4|month=March|year=2010|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|title=NT Research}}</ref>
*In the survey "Friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com in which people had to choose what anime character they would like to have as a friend, Shinichi ranked third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|title=Which Anime Character Do You Wish You Could Be Friends With?|date=2007-02-28|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref>
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shinichi placed 2nd in the poll with 1,425 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*Shinichi placed 1st in the results of a poll ranking the top 3 "ikemen" ("good-looking men") of the series aired during the promotional special for [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].<ref>The Lost Ship in the Sky Special Edition Blu-ray</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
*Shinichi's family name "Kudo" comes from the fictional detective Shunsaku Kudo created by Nobumitsu Kodaka. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Detective Conan|volume=18|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1998-01-17 |isbn=4-09-125048-3|chapter=|page=Back cover flap|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo}}</ref>
*The ON-readings of the kanji for "Shinichi" mean "new" (新) and "one" (一). The ON-readings of the kanji for "Kudo" mean "craft" or "construction" (工) and "wisteria" (藤). <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1B|title=WWWJDIC: Kanji Selection|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>
*Shinichi's name is possibly a pun on "one truth". The "ichi" (一) meaning "one" and "shin" (真) referring to "truth", however the kanji actually used for "shin" (新) in Shinichi's name means "new". <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C|title=WWWJDIC: Word Search|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Before3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Shinichi's "Before" Appearance (Ep. 1)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_After2.jpg|thumb|left|227px|Shinichi's "After" Appearance (Ep. 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
===General===
{{cquote|Zero is where everything starts! Nothing would ever be born if we didn't depart from there...|Shinichi, confessing to Ran in Episode 621}}

{{cquote|A detective who uses his deductive powers to corner a suspect and then does nothing to stop them from committing suicide, is no better than the murderer himself!}}

{{cquote|When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.|Shinichi, directly quoting from one of Sherlock Holmes' famous quotes.}}

===Specific===
{{cquote|''(Shinichi confessing to Ran)'' You're a tough, troublesome case, you know! With all these distracting emotions...Even if I were Holmes it'd still be impossible to figure out! The heart of a woman whom one loves...How can anyone accurately deduce that?}}
=== Quotes to Shinichi ===
{{cquote|''(Akimoto tells Shinichi)'' You're gonna be a great detective.}}

== Trivia ==
*Shinichi has been mentioned and parodied in many other anime series. See [[Detective Conan#Appearances in other media|this wiki page]] for more information.
*He was used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
*Shinichi, along with [[Heiji Hattori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Saguru Hakuba]], are sometimes referred to as 'The Four Geniuses' or 'The Gosho Boys' by fans. If [[Ai Haibara]]/[[Shiho Miyano]] is included, they are referred to as 'The Five Geniuses.'
*Shinichi seems to have plane narcolepsy, as mentioned in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|Episode 162]] and [[Volume 21|Chapter 204]]. This shows up when he is Conan as well.
*It's most likely seen that Shinichi is a pervert in between episodes, for instance, in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|Episode 162]], He talks and kinda harasses Ran when he asks "Let me see your bra" and "Does it have steel wire in it?"

==In other languages==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri]]
* [[Kudo Family]]

== References ==
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| japanese-name = 工藤新一 (Kudō Shin'ichi)
| english-name = Jimmy Kudo
| name = Shinichi Kudo
| image = Shinichi Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 16-17<ref name=CD41>Conan Drill Page 41</ref>, 6-7 as Conan<ref>Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'7")
| weight = Unknown<ref name=CD41/>
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name=CD41/>
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| nicknames = Detective Geek Detective of the East The savior of the police force Cool Guy ([[Jodie Starling]]) Shin-chan ([[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]]) Silver Bullet ([[Vermouth]]) The Heisei Holmes Kudo ([[Heiji Hattori]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Shinichi Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 600+ (one case solved by Ran)
| keyhole = [[Volume 1]] [[Volume 62]] (Shiragami-sama)
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] [[Minami Takayama]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| drama-actor = [[Shun Oguri]] (1st) [[Junpei Mizobata]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
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{{nihongo|'''Shinichi Kudo'''|工藤新一|Kudō Shin'ichi}} is the protagonist of the manga and anime. Viz romanized his original name as ''Shin'ichi Kudo'' while Shogakukan's website romanizes it as ''Shinichi Kudoh''.

== Background ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is a fairly famous high school detective who frequently helps the Tokyo police solve murder mysteries.

One day, Shinichi brings his friend [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to a local theme park called [[Tropical Land]], to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> As they are leaving, Shinichi heads off alone to follow a suspicious man in black, [[Vodka]], who was a suspect in the earlier murder. Shinichi witnesses a blackmail exchange between Vodka and a company president in a secluded area just outside the park, but is too engrossed to notice [[Gin]], Vodka's partner, sneak up from behind. Gin knocks him out and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]], and they then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurs: his body shrinks into that of his six year-old self.<ref name="f2">[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> After escaping from well-meaning but skeptical park security, with nowhere else to go Shinichi heads home. He there runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who warns him that he must keep his identity secret because the [[Black Organization]] will kill him and others associated with him should they discover the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>

=== Conan Edogawa ===
[[Image:Conan Edogawa Investigating.jpg|120px|thumb|left|Conan Edogawa, the "small" Shinichi]]
{{main|Conan Edogawa}}
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa from [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's, who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2" /> Ran's father [[Kogoro Mouri]] owns a Detective Agency, which may allow Conan to run into a case involving the Black Organization. In the meantime, to protect his identity he is forced to play the part of a first-grader, including enrolling as a student at Teitan Elementary. Three classmates befriend him and pull him into creating the ''[[Detective Boys]]'',<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case|Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> after which he tries to keep them out of trouble between using Kogoro as a mouthpiece to solve crimes and searching for how to get his old life back.

== Personality ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is a 16-year old<ref name="f2" /><ref>[[Volume 5#File 040 - The Mysterious... Bandaged Man|Volume 5, File 40, page 12: "The Mysterious... Bandaged Man"]]</ref> student at Teitan High School. He is already well-known as a brilliant young detective, the "Savior of the police force", for solving many difficult cases that the professionals could not.<ref name="e1" /> Shinichi was born to [[Yusaku Kudo]], a mystery writer, and [[Yukiko Kudo]], a former movie star.<ref>[[Volume 5#File 049 - An Unfamiliar Visitor|Volume 5, File 49, page 163: "An Unfamiliar Visitor"]]</ref> He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age, was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father and the general laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels.<ref name="f569">[[Volume 55#File 569 - The Mischievous Boy|Volume 55, Files 569-572: "The Mischievous Boy"]]</ref> Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes as a child, which inspired him to be a detective.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205, pages 74-78: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref> Due to his genius and often blunt, informal approach, Shinichi can be rude and arrogant. However, he cares deeply about human life, unable to understand how any reason could be sufficient motive for murder,<ref>[[Volume 26#File 258 - Momentary Rest|Volume 26, File 258, page 71: "Momentary Rest"]]</ref> and is convinced that driving a culprit to suicide is no better than murder itself. <ref>[[Volume 16#File 153 - Bonds of Flame|Volume 16, File 153: "Bonds of Flame"]]</ref> The few times he has been too late to save a life haunt him throughout the series.

Besides his intelligence, Shinichi is an extremely skilled soccer player, having been professionally scouted at school but choosing to stay at the amateur level. He initially played to hone his reflexes and often juggles a ball to clear his mind, but he is also an enthusiastic fan of the sport in its own right.<ref name="e1"/> Shinichi is also known for his inability to sing, but was revealed to have perfect pitch. <ref>[[Volume 15#File 144 - Their Voices Are Alike!?|Volume 15, File 144: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref> He is also shown to play the violin in Movie 12, taking after his idol, Sherlock Holmes. He is well-educated in English, as he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat, and later solved a case in London without evidence of any language barrier.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref><ref name="f743">[[Volume 71#File 743 - Holmes' Apprentice|Volumes 71-72, Files 743-752: "Holmes' Apprentice"]]</ref> Prior to his transformation, Shinichi enjoys being in the spotlight, reveling in making local headlines and receiving fan-mail, and has a flair for the dramatic like his mother that can be seen every time he sets out a deduction in pieces building to a climax. Throughout the series, Shinichi's predicament forces him to gain a sense of humility. Despite his popularity with the masses and his schoolmates, he has very few close friends — Ran, Agasa, Heiji, Ai, and to some extent the other Detective Boys (and if you're really reaching, Kaitou Kid and Sonoko).

== Appearance and Skills ==
Shinichi has a striking resemblance to his father, Yusaku Kudo, sporting the same dark brown hair, slightly paled skin, and facial structures. The only traits he doesn't share with his father is the mustache and round glasses. The only physical feature he inherited from his mother Yukiko Kudo is his blue eyes. Besides his high school uniform, he also wears fine suits, with a tie, or regular clothing, which vary to his choice.

Shinichi's skills as a detective are near the level of the greatest detective in history, Sherlock Holmes, which he's often nicknamed as the, "Modern Sherlock Holmes". He has a keen eye for details, and can spot any "strange points", in a case, that most people tend to ignore or not take into account. This comes from his photographic memory, of being able to remember every abstract of an investigation. Shinichi can also solve a complicated case, just by the littlest hints outside the crime scene,basically, he has the ability to "think out of the box". Shinichi also has knowledge over subjects that help him solve cases, that many people don't know of, this trait was probably because of his insistent reading as a child.

Besides intelligence, Shinichi also has amazing athletic ability, mostly from soccer, his favorite sport.In order to defend himself from criminals that would try and hurt him or those around him. Shinichi is very skilled at soccer, with only one kick, he's able to accurately shoot any small item, with enough force and power, to the intended target, often, leaving them unconscious in the process. Aside from soccer, Shinichi exhibits a knack for handling firearms, due to his father taking him to firing ranges from time to time. This is seen in the second movie when, as Conan, Shinichi fires at Rachel to render her useless as a hostage, though his aim is precise enough to spare her life. Also, during the Clocktower Heist, Shinichi is able to shoot and dislodge the support beam of a giant projection screen, which Kaito Kid had placed in order to fool a crowd of onlookers, from a moving helicopter.

Also possibly due to his soccer training, Shinichi has been shown to be extremely nimble. For example, in the sixth movie Conan is seen to fight with various antagonists, and he even holds his own against Jack the Ripper, a notorious serial killer who bests even Rachel in combat. In the fourteenth movie, Conan does a backflip on his skateboard in order to avoid being killed by the blimp's hijackers. This is also evidence to the fact that Shinichi (or rather, explicitly Conan) shows a proclivity for skateboarding. Oftentimes, mostly in movies, Conan is seen riding his skateboard with extreme dexterity.

Ran, despite being a practiced and acclaimed martial artist, claims no one has a better round house kick than Shinichi. This is likely due to his soccer skills.

Though Shinichi is 'Tone-Deaf', and can't sing, he has the ability of 'Perfect Pitch'. Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in movie 12 of the 'Full Score of Fear' when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays."

==Appellations==
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== Plot Overview ==
Because the main plot revolves around the fact that Shinichi has become 'Conan' and is forced into hiding, Shinichi himself appears rarely in the series. However, Conan is frequently shown calling Ran using his voice-changing bow tie to sound like Shinichi. In these instances, it can be said that the character of Shinichi, albeit in the body of Conan, is appearing, since these phone conversations allow Shinichi to be himself, however briefly.

=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
[[Image:Shinichi appears.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi appears to correct Hattori's deduction]]Shinichi appeared in the pilot episode, but by the end he had been transformed into Conan, thus beginning the series' plot.

His next appearance was in [[Volume 10]], when a strange detective from Osaka named [[Heiji Hattori]] arrived at Mouri Detective Agency looking for Shinichi in order to determine which of them was the better detective. A strange combination of having a cold and drinking [[baijiu]] that Heiji had brought along allowed Conan to briefly grow into Shinichi once again.<ref>[[Volume 10#File 092 - The Great Detective Of The West|Volume 10, Files 92-96: "The Great Detective Of The West"]]</ref>
====Antidotes====
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In [[Volume 26]], Conan was able to become Shinichi using an [[Antidote (prototype)]] that [[Ai Haibara]] synthesized. As himself, he tried to surprise Ran by disguising himself as a character in her play, but was interrupted by a murder case and ended up revealing himself to his entire high school. [[Heiji Hattori]] covered for him and Shinichi was able to spend about 48 hours as himself, albeit with a brief collapse about halfway through, and turned back into Conan just as he seemed to be about to confess his feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 26#File 254 - An Infatuated Heart|Volume 26, Files 254-260: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

Shinichi's next appearance was not until [[Volume 62]], when, while on a case with Heiji, Conan went missing and 'Shinichi' seemed to appear. However, the 'Shinichi' is actually someone who had gotten plastic surgery to look like Shinichi Kudo, and was actually trying to blame Kudo for a murder. Then the real Shinichi, who had been hiding in the forest until he could clear his name, appeared. It was revealed he had been temporarily restored by another of Haibara's prototypes.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 646 - Village of Animosity|Volume 62, Files 646-651: "Village of Animosity"]]</ref> After the case, however, Shinichi transform back to Conan, but luckily, Haibara secretly followed him there and give him another antidote, saving him from revealing his identity to Kogoro, Ran and Kazuha. While driving home from the case, the group was stopped by another murder which Shinichi and Heiji investigated together, despite increasing pangs that warned of his iminent reversion to Conan. After the case resolved, Ran tried to stop Shinichi from leaving, saying she had something to tell him. Shinichi stopped her, saying "According to my deductions, what you have to say and what I have to say are the same thing." Ran seized his hand while he was transforming back into Conan, and though Haibara knocked her out with Conan's wristwatch, she refused to let go of his hand. Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] had to cut and re-pin Conan's shirt onto him because Ran was still clutching his hand.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 652 - The Thing She Really Wants to Ask|Volumes 62-63, Files 652-654: "The Thing She Really Wants to Ask"]]</ref>

Most recently, in [[Volume 71]], the Mouris and Conan were invited to England by a rich top-notch British woman, Diana Kingstone after Kogoro had found a cat under the table in Poirot Cafe, and it was revealed to be Diana's. However, since 'Conan Edogawa' doesn't have the proper credentials to fly internationally, Ai gave him a prototype pill that Shinichi and Agasa could fly low-profile to England on the same plane that Ran and Kogoro were flying. Ai gave him a second prototype pill for the return journey, but Conan used it while Ran was pursuing him. They came as close as they ever have to openly confessing their feelings for each other, Shinichi told Ran he loved her, but Shinichi soon fled to become Conan again. For the return trip to Japan, it was revealed that Ai had expected him to use his second pill, and had brought extras which allowed him to return to Japan. <ref name="f743" />

=== Flashback Appearances ===
Shinichi has appeared in several flashbacks, most notably the flashback of his trip to New York City with [[Ran Mouri | Ran]] when they were sixteen in [[Volume 35]]. There, they met [[Vermouth]] and [[Shuichi Akai]] for the first time.

In [[Volume 55#Shinichi's Childhood Adventure|Volume 55]], a flashback revealed that first-graders Shinichi and Ran had been given a riddle by the [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].<ref>[[Volume 53#File 550 - The Only Witness|Volume 53, Files 550-553: "The Only Witness"]]</ref>

=== Non-Canonical Appearances ===
In Movie 7, Heiji was injured and Kazuha kidnapped; her abductors threatened to kill her unless Heiji showed up for her. Believing Heiji to be unable to do so, Conan contacted Ai and asked if there was any way for him to briefly become Heiji. Ai gave him medicine to simulate the effects of a cold, then the same Chinese liquor that had changed him in his and Heiji's first manga appearance. Conan became Shinichi for approximately an hour, but according to Ai he was extremely weak and sick for the entire time.

In OVA 9, Conan takes another prototype antidote. However, it proves less effective than the prototype she used during the Desperate Revival arc; Conan became Shinichi, but only for a few hours, and remained in a feverish state, unable to wake up until he had reverted back to Conan. During his time unconscious, he had a vivid hallucination that he had grown to age 17 again as Conan and that Ran, aged 27, was about to marry [[Tomoaki Araide]].

== Relationships analysis ==
Since Shinichi is not featured as prominently as Conan throughout the series, only a few of his relationships with other characters have been substantially explored.

=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]
==== Ran Mouri ====
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[[Ran Mouri]] is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have been friends and playmates since kindergarten<ref name="f569"/><ref>[[Volume 11#File 107 - The Two Mysteries|Volume 11, File 107: "The Two Mysteries"]]</ref>, though Shinichi's tendency to drag Ran along into minor trouble caused some censure from [[Eri Kisaki|her mother]]. Shinichi has liked Ran since at least the first year of middle school, and turned down any other potential love interests as a result, but she has never realized this.<ref>[[Volume 18#File 175 - Unlock Your Heart!?|Volume 18, File 175, page 92: "Unlock Your Heart!?"]]</ref> Shinichi was similarly oblivious to Ran's regard, until Ran confessed to Conan that despite his faults, which she is well aware of, she has liked Shinichi for some time.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 64: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> Shinichi has since confessed his feelings to Ran in the non-canon 4th movie 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which Ran mistook as his attempt to get her memories back), and made attempts to say something during temporary cures in the manga and anime, but cases always seem to interfere until the cure runs out. Shinichi since then has finally confessed to Ran in the case in London.<ref>[[Volume 72#File 752 - A Troublesome and Difficult Case|Volume 72, File 752, page 14: "A Troublesome and Difficult Case"]]</ref>

[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] somewhat and somehow confesses his feelings for [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to her under the Big Ben in London, during the Holmes' Revelation Arc.]]

Shinichi's initial disappearance troubled Ran to the point of insomnia and nearly going to the police. Since then, Shinichi sometimes calls Ran over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the voice-changing bowtie so that she doesn't worry about him. He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes.{{citation needed}} {{orange|replace with Japanese volume:}} <ref>{{orange|Replace with Japanese volume:}} {{cite book| last=Aoyama| first=Gosho| title=Case Closed |volume=1 |publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-09-07 |isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 10 |language=English |location=San Francisco|pages=180–182 }}</ref> In reality, he is the brain behind her father's rapid rise to fame as a detective.

Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran, the most obvious evidence being his nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit, or when Ran pulled him into an [[wikipedia: osen|onsen]] with her.{{citation needed}} {{orange|replace with Japanese volume:}} <ref>{{orange|Replace with Japanese volume:}} {{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=9 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-01-10 |isbn=1-4215-0166-X |chapter=File 4 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref> For her part, Ran often blushes when thinking of Shinichi, especially when Sonoko teases her about their relationship. Her attitude towards Conan is one of more open, sisterly affection, such as giving him hugs or holding his hand. Shinichi has some concerns of bodily harm should Ran realize that not only has he been lying to her, but they've shared a bed and taken a bath together.<ref>[[Volume 14#File 134 - Question In Dead Leave|Volume 14, File 134, pages 60-67: "Question In Dead Leave"]]</ref>

Shinichi and Ran appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making each of them feel the other's worry and agitation in times of extreme danger.<ref>Manga Chapters 372-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref>

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==== Yukiko and Yusaku Kudo ====
[[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] Kudo are both aware that [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] is in fact Shinichi. His parents are even more famous than he is, with Yusaku being a famous mystery novelist and Yukiko being a retired actress. They currently live in the United States and travel extensively, having left Shinichi in Japan on his own when he was fourteen. Though he sometimes finds his parents' carefree ways to be annoying, he loves them dearly. Yusaku is also a detective with the same keen eye for details, and similarly to Holmes' brother Mycroft, Yusaku always seems to solve a case one step ahead of his son.

==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
Although not related by blood, there's a strong family-like bond between Shinichi and [[Hiroshi Agasa]]. Agasa was the first to know about Shinichi's real identity and was the one to tell him to keep it a secret. Most of the gadgets that Shinichi has where made by Agasa to help him catch the criminals and solve the cases. He also knows about Shinichi's romantic relationship with Ran and sometimes teases him about it in front of her (when he can't do anything about it since he is Conan).

==== Heiji Hattori ====
[[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] is often referred to as Shinichi's detective rival from the West. Even though Heiji discovers Shinichi's secret, he decides to keep quiet (though sometimes he slips up and calls him Kudo in front of others). After Heiji realizes the truth they become close friends with a common interest in solving mysteries. They have solved many cases together, and Heiji is the person Shinichi turns to for advice or for confirmation regarding a deduction.

=== The Detective Boys ===
Actually, four years prior to him becoming Conan, a thirteen-year-old Shinichi came across the Detective Boys, [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], while they were still three years old. He needed their help in confirming a client's alibi. This occurred in [[Magic File 2: The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab|OVA Magic File 2]]. Also, in the first live action drama and the first episode of the anime, the Detective Boys are seen sneaking into Tropical Land for treasure. Ran then says, pointing to the children, "It was like that last time, huh?" to Shinichi.
==== Ai Haibara ====
[[Ai Haibara]] is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it. Indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as [[Yukiko Kudo|Conan's mother]] and [[Gin]], have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. they're both victims of the [[APTX 4869]]), she finds it easier to talk to him.

=== Law enforcement ===
==== Juzo Megure ====
[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] has worked together with Shinichi to solve many cases. During Shinichi's first case on the plane to New York Megure seemed irritated that Shinichi was poking his nose into a murder case. Since then because Shinichi has proven himself solving cases one after the other Megure has grown to respect Shinichi and his deductive abilities, thanking him for his assistance.

=== Others ===
==== Kaitou Kid ====
Despite the fact [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]] and Shinichi only met once prior to Toichi's death, it's worth mentioning Toichi referred to Shinichi as his "older brother" and himself as the "younger brother". This is because of Yusaku, Shinichi's father, being the '''father''' of the name of Kaitou '''Kid''', Toichi's secret identity. Toichi's son and successor, [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]], has also only crossed paths with Shinichi as Shinichi once, during the [[The_Gathering_of_the_Detectives!_Kudo_Shinichi_vs._Kaitou_Kid|Clocktower heist]]. Kaito thought Shinichi made the heist harder (and thus less boring) in [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s absence, and Shinichi found Kid's intention of 'stealing' the Clocktower in order to save it from demolition to be fairly admirable.

In their next encounter, however, after Shinichi had become Conan, Kid disguised himself as Ran in order to steal the Suzuki Black Star pearl. When Conan cornered him on the Suzuki cruise ship, Kid suggested that he'd stolen all of Ran's clothes to impersonate her, and left her naked on the deck. While this ended up being a bluff, Conan was shocked and infuriated. In subsequent encounters between Kid and Conan, Conan displays a much more intense desire to capture Kid. In several instances he appears to be able to 'sense' Kid's presence; knowing Kid is close by often causes Conan to behave far more frenetically. However, in several instances, beginning with the "Big Adventure in the Eccentric Residence" case, when Kid does Conan/Shinichi a favor, such as saving Genta's life in the aforementioned case, Conan reciprocates by halting his investigation just shy of capturing Kid, thereby allowing him to escape unhindered.

== People who know Conan's real identity ==
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There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity and none have betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] also knows, but for unknown reasons she has kept it a secret from the rest of the Organization. [[Eisuke Hondou]], the younger brother of C.I.A. agent [[Hidemi Hondou]], also knows and keeps Conan's secret. [[Kaitou Kid]] also knows Conan's identity in the movies, though it is not clear whether he knows Conan's secret in the actual anime and manga. However, Kid seems to know there is something unusual about Conan, as whenever he tries to publicly steal he usually reveals that he only wants to compete with Conan as thief and detective. [[Ran]] gets suspicious on occasion, but so far Conan has managed to trick her into thinking Conan and Shinichi are two different people.

== Character popularity ==
*In a ''Newtype'' poll from 2001, Kudo ranked fourth in the category "Top 10 Most Popular Male Anime Characters in Japan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-08-12/newtype-top-10-anime|title=Newtype top 10 Anime|date=2001-08-12|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref> In a ''Newtype Magazine'' poll from March 2010, Shinichi was voted as the ninth most popular male anime character from the 1990's.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Newtype, Issue 4|month=March|year=2010|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|title=NT Research}}</ref>
*In the survey "Friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com in which people had to choose what anime character they would like to have as a friend, Shinichi ranked third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|title=Which Anime Character Do You Wish You Could Be Friends With?|date=2007-02-28|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref>
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shinichi placed 2nd in the poll with 1,425 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
*Shinichi placed 1st in the results of a poll ranking the top 3 "ikemen" ("good-looking men") of the series aired during the promotional special for [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].<ref>The Lost Ship in the Sky Special Edition Blu-ray</ref>
*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
*Shinichi's family name "Kudo" comes from the fictional detective Shunsaku Kudo created by Nobumitsu Kodaka. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Detective Conan|volume=18|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1998-01-17 |isbn=4-09-125048-3|chapter=|page=Back cover flap|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo}}</ref>
*The ON-readings of the kanji for "Shinichi" mean "new" (新) and "one" (一). The ON-readings of the kanji for "Kudo" mean "craft" or "construction" (工) and "wisteria" (藤). <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1B|title=WWWJDIC: Kanji Selection|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>
*Shinichi's name is possibly a pun on "one truth". The "ichi" (一) meaning "one" and "shin" (真) referring to "truth", however the kanji actually used for "shin" (新) in Shinichi's name means "new". <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C|title=WWWJDIC: Word Search|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>

== Before and After ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Before3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Shinichi's "Before" Appearance: (Ep. 1)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_After2.jpg|thumb|left|227px|Shinichi's "After" Appearance (Ep. 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
===General===
{{cquote|Zero is where everything starts! Nothing would ever be born if we didn't depart from there...|Shinichi, confessing to Ran in Episode 621}}

{{cquote|A detective who uses his deductive powers to corner a suspect and then does nothing to stop them from committing suicide, is no better than the murderer himself!}}

{{cquote|When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.|Shinichi, directly quoting from one of Sherlock Holmes' famous quotes.}}

===Specific===
{{cquote|''(Shinichi confessing to Ran)'' You're a tough, troublesome case, you know! With all these distracting emotions...Even if I were Holmes it'd still be impossible to figure out! The heart of a woman whom one loves...How can anyone accurately deduce that?}}
=== Quotes to Shinichi ===
{{cquote|''(Akimoto tells Shinichi)'' You're gonna be a great detective.}}

== Trivia ==
*Shinichi has been mentioned and parodied in many other anime series. See [[Detective Conan#Appearances in other media|this wiki page]] for more information.
*He was used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
*Shinichi, along with [[Heiji Hattori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Saguru Hakuba]], are sometimes referred to as 'The Four Geniuses' or 'The Gosho Boys' by fans. If [[Ai Haibara]]/[[Shiho Miyano]] is included, they are referred to as 'The Five Geniuses.'
*Shinichi seems to have plane narcolepsy, as mentioned in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|Episode 162]] and [[Volume 21|Chapter 204]]. This shows up when he is Conan as well.
*It's most likely seen that Shinichi is a pervert in between episodes, for instance, in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|Episode 162]], He talks and kinda harasses Ran when he asks "Let me see your bra" and "Does it have steel wire in it?"

==In other languages==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri]]
* [[Kudo Family]]

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