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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kogoro Mouri
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|毛利小五郎}} (Mōri Kogorō)
| english-name = Richard Moore
| image = Kogoro Mouri Profile2.png
| age = 37-38<ref name="CD59">Conan Drill page 59</ref><ref>[[Volume 78#File 818|Volume 78, File 818]] lists Kogoro's age as 38</ref><ref> Super Digest Book 30+ - "(Q47: How old is Kogoro Mouri?) A: 38 years old." (SDB30+)</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown<ref name="CD59" />
| relatives = [[Ran Mouri]] (daughter) [[Eri Kisaki]] (wife) Mr. Kisaki (father-in-law)
| occupation = Private Detective Former police officer
|status = Alive
| nicknames = Sleeping Kogoro The Sleeping Sleuth Detective Moron Smoking Kogoro Shinigami (Death God)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#Company President.27s Daughter Case|File 2]] (mentioned in File 1) Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Kogoro Mouri Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 400+ (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]), 1 (via [[Mary]]), 4 (on his own), 18 (while awake)
| keyhole = [[Volume 3]]
| japanese-voice = [[Akira Kamiya]] (Ep. 1~548) [[Rikiya Koyama]] (Ep. 553~)
| english-voice = [[R. Bruce Elliott]] [[Xander Mobus]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Conan:_Zero_the_Enforcer|title=Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer-Wikipedia|date=|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org|accessdate=2019-09-02}}</ref>
| drama-actor = [[Takanori Jinnai]]
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kogoro Mouri'''|毛利小五郎|''Mōri Kogorō''}} is the tritagonist of the [[manga]] and [[anime]]. He is a private detective and [[Ran Mouri]]'s father.

== Background ==
[[File:Young Kogoro and Eri.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Young Kogoro in school]]
Kogoro is a private investigator,<ref>[[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Volume 1, File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"]]</ref> but he prefers to laze around his office all day unless his client is a beautiful woman. Kogoro attended Teitan High School, the same high school as his daughter [[Ran Mouri]] and [[Shinichi Kudo]], along with [[Eri Kisaki]] (his future wife), [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], and the actress Ruri Ujo.<ref>[[Volume 37]]</ref> He then graduated from Beika University, where he was the ace of the judo team, though he was highly vulnerable to stage fright.<ref>[[Volume 9#File 086 - The Two Benkei Standing Deaths|Volume 9, File 86: "The Two Benkei Standing Deaths"]]</ref>

Some time after graduating, Kogoro became a police officer, working in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Division One with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]], but while an excellent marksman he was not a particularly good investigator. According to [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] in [[Movie 2]], however, the duo were famous for the way they apprehended criminals. He also worked for some time under [[Inspector Yuminaga]] in the arson division. While Movie 2 strongly suggests that Kogoro left the police force because of the incident where he gave his wife, [[Eri Kisaki]], a bullet graze on the leg to save her from a hostage situation, his reasons for leaving the force have not been confirmed in the manga. <ref name="m2">[[The Fourteenth Target|Movie 2: The Fourteenth Target]]</ref> Around the time Kogoro left the police force, Eri also moved out, though they have never officially divorced despite ten years having passed.<ref name="m2" /> Their daughter, [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], keeps trying to get them back together, but she has yet to succeed. Despite constantly feigning disinterest in her, Kogoro still has feelings for Eri. He even asked her to move back in with him at one point, but at the time she pretended not to hear him because she was not "ready" yet,<ref>[[Volume 17]]</ref> though she still has feelings for him as well. These are expressed mainly through jealousy when Kogoro's attention is caught by other attractive women in the vicinity, which occurs on a regular basis.

After [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] was forced to adopt the identity of [[Conan Edogawa]], [[Hiroshi Agasa]] concluded that Shinichi couldn't openly continue investigating the [[Black Organization]] without attracting undue attention. To maintain his cover, Agasa suggested Shinichi to move in with Kogoro and use him as a front. During a case Kogoro took soon after, he reached the wrong conclusion, and Conan knocked him out with an ashtray before he could accuse an innocent person. Kogoro conveniently falls unconscious in a reclining pose, and Conan uses his [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|Voice Changer]] to imitate Kogoro's voice, presenting his conclusions and the identity of the true murderer.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 009 - An Unfortunate Misunderstanding|Volume 1, File 9: An Unfortunate Misunderstanding]]</ref> After a few more cases occur in this fashion (though Conan uses his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] instead of an ashtray), Kogoro receives the title "Sleeping Kogoro" and a public reputation as a master detective.<ref>[[Volume 4#File 032 - The Pen That Cannot Write|Volume 1, File 4: The Pen That Cannot Write]]</ref>. In the few instances where Kogoro remains awake for some reason, Conan still does the main detective work and uses Kogoro as his official mouth-piece by drawing Kogoro's attentions to important clues he has uncovered.

In the Japanese version, due to his name Kogoro Mouri, he is often mistaken for the famous astronaut [[Wikipedia: Mamoru Mohri|Mamoru Mohri]] when he introduces himself, because they both are in the news frequently, of Japanese decent, and have the same last name. In the English version, when Kogoro introduces himself he is often mistaken for a famous astronaut as well, possibly [[Wikipedia: Patrick Moore|Patrick Moore]].

In the US version, Kogoro Mouri says that he is forty-three, as opposed to being thirty-eight in the Japanese version. It is unknown if Eri's age remains the same, since they attended school together. If not, if it will affect the ''Princess Pageant'' storyline that occurred twenty years ago, making her in her twenties when she participated instead of a teenager.

Kogoro has several medical issues common amongst middle aged men: high uric acid and high cholesterol.<ref>File 975</ref>
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== Personality ==
[[File:Kogoro's personality.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kogoro in the morning.]]
[[Image:Kogoro and Yoko Okino.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro showboating in front of [[Yoko Okino]].]]
[[File:701 5.png|thumb|200px|Kogoro as "Poirot" Mouri|link=The Jet-Black Mystery Train]]
Kogoro has an overinflated sense of his own importance and detective prowess to the point where he doesn't investigate why he is suddenly and consistently passing out at crime scenes and solving cases in his sleep with different deductions than he was making while awake. Kogoro is also frequently unprofessional in his work, frequently making sarcastic and blunt comments about suspects or even his own clients. On cases, Kogoro is typically lax with his deductions and investigation, following only the most obvious clues or assumptions to reach his conclusions, which are often silly or fall directly into a culprit's trap. The police, especially Megure, often find him to be an embarrassment while awake and hope to see "Sleeping Kogoro" as soon as possible. Kogoro does have a serious side which only emerges when the case has personal importance to him, such as when Eri and Ran are involved. When this happens, Kogoro's entire personality and demeanor changes and he begins acting professionally, demonstrating improved deductive skills and cunning. While he is not up to the standards of Shinichi and he still can have problems with finding clues, his logical reasoning becomes better, and Kogoro often demonstrates he has a better sense of interpersonal relationships than Shinichi does. <ref>[[Volume 37#File 376 - Kogoro's Choice 3|Volume 37, File 376: Kogoro's Choice 3]]</ref>

Kogoro easily becomes infatuated with beautiful women. His favorite celebrity is pop idol [[Yoko Okino]], and he never misses (or tries not to miss) her television shows.<ref>[[Volume 3#File 025 - The Dream That Will Not Come True|Volume 3, File 25: "The Dream That Will Not Come True"]]</ref><ref>Such behaviors can be seen consistently from [[Volume 1#File 006 - From Third-Rate to Great Detective|Volume 1, File 6: From Third-Rate to Great Detective]] to [[Volume 52#File 541 - Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Volume 52, File 541: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief]].</ref> He also keeps a large collection of Yoko related goods and his office and bedroom have Yoko posters. Because of his flirtatious behavior around attractive women, he often embarrasses Ran, and while it is not stated as the reason why Eri left him, it is one of the primary reasons why she hasn't come back.

While never outright called an alcoholic, Kogoro has a tendency to get intoxicated and [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi/Conan]] often makes sarcastic remarks about him spending money on alcohol. In the anime, particularly in early episodes, his office is littered with empty beer cans,<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> and he keeps a well-stocked liquor shelf. Kogoro is also a heavy smoker, and is usually seen with a cigarette in his mouth. Other hobbies include watching his favorite idol star, [[Yoko Okino]], betting on horse races, playing mahjong (which he tends to lose) and playing or watching baseball (he even plays in his neighborhood's team).

However he does, once in a while, show interest in things, he claims not to like, like asking what happened to three cats, that the Detective Boys found while searching for a missing girl, and pointing out that it was cruel for a victim to point at Genta and call him a criminal, despite that Genta didn't do anything.

In the movies, Kogoro suffers from a mild acrophobia (fear of heights) and is quite uncomfortable in high settings where he has the chance to see how high up he is.
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== Appearance ==
Kogoro is a fairly tall and fit man (especially for the amount of beer he drinks), and is reasonably good-looking. He has high cheekbones, a short mustache, and short black hair. His hair is constantly slicked back with two loose locks hanging across his forehead. Ten years ago, when Kogoro was still on the police force, he was clean shaven.<ref>Manga Volume 55, File 7, page 6: "Dawn"</ref> While on cases Kogoro usually wears a muted blue or grey suit and necktie, and just a collared shirt when being more casual. If he has been drinking heavily, he often ties his necktie around his forehead like a bandana. He seems to be reasonably fit, as he is capable of doing an [[#Judo|Ippon seoi-nage]]. Kogoro is right handed.<ref>Manga Volume 51, File 8, page 3: "Goroo is Goro?!" Kogoro writing with his right hand</ref> Kogoro also smokes, although over the course of Detective Conan's run he has gradually been depicted smoking less often.

== Abilities ==
=== Detective skills ===
:''See also: [[List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri]]'' 
Throughout most of the series, Kogoro is depicted as a fairly incompetent (or just plain lazy) detective, often missing clues and jumping to the wrong conclusions, though several of these conclusions are shared by other people on the scene. However, Kogoro does follow the proper police procedures, asks questions, and (with a little help from Conan) follows leads quite well. Despite his ineptness, he had been a police officer under [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and in also the arson department ten years prior to the start of the series<ref name="m2" /> He is shown to have left the police force after events addressed in the second movie, ''[[The Fourteenth Target]]''.<ref name="m2" />[[File:Kogoro is stunned.PNG|thumb|right|Kogoro's characteristic strange expression when Conan uses the [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]]]]

Thanks to Conan's undercover help in solving numerous cases, Kogoro's reputation as a detective grows quickly.<ref>[[Volume 4#File 032 - The Pen That Cannot Write|Volume 1, File 4: The Pen That Cannot Write]]</ref> He hardly remembers the solutions of any cases because Conan knocks him out with tranquilizer darts before solving the case. However, Kogoro never seems to wonder about this fact and often boasts about his merits. Because of this, he has become nicknamed the '''{{nihongo|Sleeping Kogoro|眠りの小五郎|Nemuri no Kogorou}}'''. [[Jugo Yokomizo]] often mistakenly calls him '''{{nihongo|Smoking Kogoro|煙の小五郎|Kemuri no Kogorou}}''' because of his heavy smoking habits. Because of his (or rather, Conan's) tendency to coincidentally come across a crime scene, Inspector Megure has referred to Kogoro as a '''shinigami''' (death god).

In several stories, Kogoro demonstrates the ability to solve crimes without (or with little) help from Conan, especially when people he knows or cares about are involved; it appears that, while he can connect the dots just fine, he can't actually find them as quickly as Conan does. The first of these events takes place during a trip to a hot spring, where one of his old college friends is murdered. Kogoro is actually so disturbed and determined to find the killer on his own that Conan cannot bring himself to drug him, limiting himself to surreptitiously drawing attention to the necessary clues.<ref>[[Volume 9#File 084 - Kogoro's Class Reunion|Volume 9, Files 84-86: "Kogoro's Class Reunion"]]</ref> Despite his frequent moronic analyses, Kogoro is actually pretty smart when he applies himself. He is even able to completely solve a crime on his own in the ninth movie, ''[[Strategy Above the Depths]]'', due to the fact that the culprit Minako resembles Eri, and Conan applauds him mentally for his success. (For a more detailed list of the cases he has—more or less—solved on his own, see '''''[[List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri]]''''').

=== Judo ===
Kogoro is an expert in judo. He was on the judo team while he was at Beika University. Although he was the strongest on the team and can still toss large men with ease, he lost all the time at tournaments because he got excited and his strength was used against him. His trademark maneuver is the [http://www.judoinfo.com/images/animations/blue/ipponseoi.htm Ippon seoi-nage] (one-arm shoulder throw), which he often uses to incapacitate escaping suspects. He appears to also be a capable teacher in the art, having taught both Eri and Ran.

=== Shooting ===
In volume 11, chapter 2, and in its anime adaptation (episode 31), Kogoro says that even though he is a former policeman he is not very skilled at using guns, while in the non-[[canon]] [[Movie 2]], Kogoro was an excellent shot with a handgun, being able to hit targets at great distance with an impressive level of accuracy. However, Aoyama stated in the Super Digest Book 40+ that Kogoro's excellent shooting skills shown in movie 2 were now officially canon. In the Wild Police Story spinoff, chapter 2, Hachizo Onizuka says to [[Rei Furuya]] that there is a genius senior who got full points in his first shooting test and hit the bulls-eye with all 20 bullets, states that he quits the force and was running a detective agency in Beika after, with Kogoro appears briefly.
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== Appellations ==
Kogoro earned the nickname {{nihongo|Sleeping Kogoro|眠りの小五郎|Nemuri no Kogorō}} because of his trademark technique of solving cases while looking like he is asleep. Many characters unfamiliar with him call him by this nickname when they realize who he is.

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<tab title="Relatives & Detective Agency">
{{appellations/head|Kogoro}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Dear (''Anata'') Mustache old man|Eri Old woman (''Obasan'')}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Dad (''Otōsan'') Mouri Kogoro<ref>{{appear ep|640|The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches|part=1}}</ref>|Ran Ran-chan (drunk)}}

{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Uncle Kogoro (''Kogoro-no-ojisan, Kogoro-no-otchan, or Kogoro-ojisan'') Uncle (''Ojisan or Otchan'') Uncle Mouri (''Mouri-no-otchan'')|Brat (''Gaki'') Conan (rare) Freeloader Conan-kun (rare) Four-eyed squirt Great Merciful God Conan-sama<ref>[[Movie 6]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Mouri (Mouri-tantei) |Kudo Shinichi Detective Boy (Tantei-bōzu)}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Mouri-sensei Sensei Great Detective Mouri (''Mouri-meitantei'')<ref name="78f10">[[Volume 78]], File 10</ref> Sleeping Kogoro (''Nemuri no Kogoro'')<ref name="78f10" />|Amuro-kun Tooru<ref name="file888">[[Volume 84#Tea Poisoning Murder Case|File 888 (Volume 84)]]</ref>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Friends">
{{appellations/head|Kogoro}}
{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Kogoro-kun|Yuki-chan}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Mouri-kun|Professor (''Hakase'')}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Kogoro-san Poiro-san ([[Hercule Poirot|'''Poiro'''t]] + Kogo'''ro''')<ref>[[Volume 78#Mystery Train|File 820 (Volume 78)]]</ref> Sleeping Kogoro-san (''Nemuri no Kogoro-san'')|Tomboy-ish Girl}}

{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Ojisama|Sonoko-kun Sonoko-ojōsama (once)}}

{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Mouri-san|Azusa-chan}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|Mouri-san|Clumsy boy (''Dojikko'')}}

{{appellations|file=Koshi Anno.jpg|Koshi Anno|Mouri|Anno}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|Kazuha-chan Kazuha}}

{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Uncle (''otchan'') Uncle Mouri (''Mouri-no-otchan'')|Osaka brat Detective boy Hattori Heiji}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|Mouri-san}}

{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|-|Yonehara-san Housekeeper-san (''Kaseifu-san'')}}
|}
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<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Kogoro|width=300px}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Mouri-kun Mouri Sleeping Kogoro (''Nemuri no Kogoro'')<ref name="ep553">Episode 553: [[The Interrogation Room]]</ref>|Inspector-dono (''Keibu-dono'') Assistant Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu-ho'', past)<ref>[[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|Episode 690]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Mouri<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref> Mouri-kun<ref name="m13" />|Superintendent-dono (''Keishi-dono'') Superintendent Matsumoto-dono (''Matsumoto-keishi-dono'') Superintendent Matsumoto Kiyonaga (''Matsumoto Kiyonaga-keishi'')<ref name="m13" />}}

{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Mouri-san|Takagi Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="ep553" />}}

{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Mouri-san|Inspector Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Mouri-san}}

{{appellations|Inspector Yuminaga|Mouri|Yuminaga-san Fiery Old Fossil}}

{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|Mouri-san<ref name="m13" />|Yokomizo Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo-keibu'')<ref name="m13" />}}

{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Smoking Kogoro (''Kemuri no Kogoro'')|Yokomizo}}

{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Mouri-san<ref name="m13" />|Shiratori<ref name="m13" />}}

{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'') Mouri-san<ref name="file910">[[Volume 86#Kamaitachi Murder Case|File 910 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Yamamura Detective Yamamura (''Yamamura-keiji'') Clumsy Inspector of Gunma Prefecture (''Gunma kenkei no heppuko keiji'')}}

{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Pun Detective (''Dajare Tantei'')<ref name="file544">[[Volume 53#Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces|File 544 (Volume 53)]]</ref>|Inspector Nakamori (''Nakamori-keibu'')<ref name="file455">[[Volume 44#Kaitou Kid and the Ocean's Miracle|File 455 (Volume 44)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Shintaro Chaki|Mouri<ref name="file156">[[Volume 16#Kaitou Kid and the Black Star|File 156 (Volume 16)]]</ref>|Superintendent-dono (''Keishi-dono'')<ref name="file156" />}}

{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Mouri-san|Chiba-chan}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')<ref name="file914">[[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 914 (Volume 86)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno|Mouri Kogoro-san Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')|Inspector Shikatsuno (''Shikatsuno-keibu'')}}

{{appellations|Goro Otaki|Mouri-san Mouri-han|Inspector Otaki (''Otaki-keibu'')}}

{{appellations|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Mouri-han}}

{{appellations|Detective Kurumazaki|Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')|file=Detective Kurumazaki.jpg}}

{{appellations|Kansuke Yamato|-|Inspector Yamato Kansuke (''Yamato Kansuke-keibu'')<ref name="m13" />}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')<ref name="ep345" />|Jodie-sensei}}

{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|The Great Detective (''Meitantei'')|Rena-san Mizunashi Rena Clumsy boy's sister (''Dojikko no ane'')}}

{{appellations|Reiko Kujo|-|Madonna}}

{{appellations|Tamekichi Matsushiro|Mouri Kemuri no Kogorou Mouri Kogorou-san Tantei Mouri-san Mouri-tantei|}}
|}
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<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Kogoro}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Kogoro-san That detective (''Ano tantei'') Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|-|Genta}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Middle-aged Man of the [[Mouri Detective Agency|Detective Agency]] (''Tantei Jimusho no Ojisan'')<ref>{{appear ep|623|Emergency Situation 252|part=2}}</ref>}}
|}
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<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Kogoro}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|Mouri-san Mouri Kogoro-san Mouri Kogoro|Yoko-chan Yoko-san}}

{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda Kohji<ref>[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 951: The Soul Detective (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Osamu Kenzaki|Mouri Kogoro-daisensei<ref name="file844">[[Volume 80#Our Territory|File 844: Today's Fruits (Volume 80)]]</ref> Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')<ref name="file844" />}}

{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|''Soccer-yaro''}}
|}
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<tab title="Black Organization">
{{appellations/head|Kogoro}}
{{appellations|Gin|Mouri Kogoro Sleeping Kogoro (''Nemuri no Kogoro'')<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref> }}

{{appellations|Vodka|Mouri Kogoro}}

{{appellations|Vermouth|Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')<ref name="ep345" /> That detective (''Ano tantei'')<ref name="78f10" />|Vermouth<ref name="ep345">[[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night|Episode 345]]</ref>}}

{{Appellations|Yoshiaki Hara|-|Hara Yoshiaki Hara-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Kogoro}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|''Uncle (Otchan)'' <ref name="Movie 23">[[Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire]]</ref> |''Kaitou Nantara''<ref name="file156">[[Volume 16#Kaitou Kid and the Black Star|File 156 (Volume 16)]]</ref> Kaitou 1412<ref name="file158">[[Volume 16#Kaitou Kid and the Black Star|File 158 (Volume 16)]]</ref> Kid<ref name="file545">[[Volume 53#Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces|File 545 (Volume 53)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Zengo Goto|-|Swarthy bodyguard (''Iroguro no bodyguard'')}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|''Customer (Okyaku-san)''<ref name="ep644">[[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For|Episode 644]]</ref>|Manager (''Tenchō'')<ref name="ep644" /> Manager Ogura (''Ogura-tenchō'')<ref name="ep645">[[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For|Episode 645]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sayo Ohashi|-|Sayo-san<ref name="ep644" />}}

{{appellations|Café Poirot Master|-|Master of Poirot (''Poirot no Master'')}}

{{appellations|Sugihito Enomoto|file= Sugihito Enomoto.jpg|Kogoro Mouri|-}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: [[Volume 1|2-5]], Anime: [[Episode 2|2]]) ===
[[File:Kogoro takes the credit.png|thumb|right|200px|Kogoro happily takes the credits for "solving" the case.]]
This is Kogoro Mouri’s first depicted case in the series,<ref>Even though this is the first case of Kogoro in [[Detective Conan]], it is not his first case ever, since he has been a private detective since before the current timeline started.</ref> after [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|the event]] where [[Shinichi]] was turned into a child by the [[Black Organization]]. He is requested by phone to find Akiko Tani, who is suspected to have been kidnapped by “a large man dressed in black”. Kogoro then immediately calls a taxi to go to the Tani mansion in Yayoi, without knowing that [[Ran|his daughter]] and [[Conan|a strange kid]] has already jumped in with him. He expresses his excitement about the case, calling himself “Great Detective”, but only to be sarcastically addressed as “Confused Detective” by the two instead.<ref>[[Volume 1|Volume 1, File 2, Page 28]]; the two characters 名 (renowned) and 迷 (confused) have the same pronunciation (mei) and can be used as a pun.</ref> Kogoro becomes furious and questions Ran about the identity of the strange kid, then intends to get rid of them from the car. He is unable to do so however, as they are on a highway.

When the three arrive at the Tani household, Kogoro questions some of the household members about the details of the kidnapping. However, Conan’s continuous interference gets on his nerves, even to the point that he wants to “kill” the boy after solving the case.<ref>[[Volume 1|Volume 1, File 3, Page 10]]. However, it was most likely just an exaggerated type of expression rather than his true desire of killing Conan.</ref> Later, with help from Conan’s hints, Kogoro is able to come to the conclusion that the house butler is behind the kidnapping. However, Akiko Tani has already been abducted in truth by someone else. After the case is over, it is revealed that the first kidnapping was just a set-up by the girl with the help from the butler, while the second one was by mere chance. Kogoro then laughs in satisfaction and takes all the credits for himself while Conan is actually the one to release the dog and locate Akiko. At the end, Kogoro finally accepts Conan and adopts him, feeling that with the boy around, “he will solve the cases smoothly as silk”.<ref>[[Volume 1| Volume 1, File 5, Page 16]]</ref> With this statement, Kogoro is, ironically, correct.

=== Bloody Idol Case (Manga: [[Volume 1|6-9]], Anime: [[Episode 3|3]]) ===
[[File:KogoroRose.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro holding a rose, trying to act "charming" in front of Yoko.]]
This case marks the very first appearance of '''“Sleeping Kogoro”'''. [[Conan]] wakes up in the morning and finds a slothful Kogoro drinking beer and watching television shows, including the musical performance of his idol star, [[Yoko Okino]]. [[Agasa]] advises Conan to build Kogoro into a great detective, in order to find cases related to the [[Black Organization]], but Conan doubts if that is even possible given Kogoro's laziness.

Busying enjoying one of [[Yoko Okino]]’s shows, Kogoro tells a new client to come back the next day. However, after discovering that his client is none other than Yoko herself, he rushes to his room and cleans up into an impeccable suit. Yoko explains she is being stalked, and agreed to investigate her apartment secretly (after asking for her personal information and an autograph). However, to everyone's shock, when they arrive at the apartment there is a dead body inside. Kogoro orders them to call the Police and is furious when Yoko’s manager, Eiichi Yamagishi, tries to dissuade him in order to protect Yoko from the media. When Inspector [[Megure]] arrives, he gets depressed about his old subordinate’s appearance, thinking of him as the one who always makes situation turns into a “nightmare”.<ref>[[Volume 1|Volume 1, File 7, Page 5]]</ref>

Conan's investigations once again annoy Kogoro while Kogoro tries to defend Yoko despite the apparent evidence that she committed the murder. He repeatedly accuses Eiichi of being the murderer, as he has a copied key, though there's no proof of either person's guilt or innocence. He switches suspicions to fellow idol Yuko Ikezawa after Yuko's earring is discovered in the apartment. When Yuko is trapped into admitting she was the the "stalker" but still denies being the murderer, he switches back to accusing Eiichi. Realizing Kogoro’s mistake, Conan kicks an ash-tray at his head, knocking him unconscious. He uses the [[Voice-Changing Bowtie]] that [[Agasa]] has given to him earlier to imitate Kogoro’s voice, and points out that the case is in fact a suicide. Kogoro wakes up after the case is solved when the cigarette in his hand starts to burn his fingers. From then on, Conan has used Kogoro as a puppet mouthpiece for solving cases, with the secondary purpose of turning the man into a famous detective.

=== Mysterious Shadow Case (Manga: [[Volume 2|10-12]], Anime: [[Episode 38|38]])===
[[File:Kogoro suspects Conan.png|thumb|right|200px|Kogoro is suspicious about Conan's identity.]]
Kogoro Mouri becomes suspicious about [[Conan]]'s identity for the first time in this case. When talking to the boy, Kogoro suddenly feels like he has seen Conan from somewhere before. He thinks that it might have been around the time when Ran was still in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|Volume 2, File 010]]</ref> Later, when Kogoro is investigating the death of a man whom he has been hired to observe for three days, Conan provides a hint by pointing out that every picture of the suspect taken during the supposed time of the murder has clocks in them, which helps Kogoro figure out that they must have intentionally been taken that way in order to make people clearly see the "alibi". Kogoro immediately finds it strange that whenever it seems like he has been stuck, Conan always gives him some kind of clue, just like in the previous cases. He, for the first time, notices that Conan is not an ordinary child and begins to wonder who the boy is. However, after Conan purposefully messes up with other photos, Kogoro completely loses his suspicions, thinking: "A brat is a brat after all..."<ref>[[Volume 2|Volume 2, File 12]]</ref>

=== Masami Hirota Case (Manga: [[Volume 2|13-16]], Anime: [[Episode 128|128]])===
This is Kogoro's first direct encounter with a member from the [[Black Organization]], though he is unaware of it at the time.

=== Museum Owner Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 4|30-32]], Anime: [[Episode 8|8]]) ===
This case marks Kogoro Mouri's first fame as a private detective.

[[File:Volume 4 File 032.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro's first fame.]]
[[Ran]] forces Kogoro and Conan to go to a medieval-themed art museum exhibit, because she heard a rumor about a knight armor that moves by itself at night. The three of them browse the museum, though Kogoro and Conan lack enthusiasm. However, when they walk into a gallery called the "Room of Hell", Ran discovers the corpse of the museum's new owner, Manaka, been brutally slashed and impaled on a sword. After the police arrive, Kogoro watches the security camera recording of the murder with them, showing that the culprit had been waiting for Manaka inside the exhibition room inside a knight's suit of armor. The armor both hid the murderer's identity and mirrored a painting in the gallery called "Divine Punishment" that depicts a knight having gruesomely killed a monster. Kogoro recalls the fact that the entrance to the "Room of Hell" was blocked during the time of the murder, indicating that the culprit must have been among the museum staff, as they know the museum and could access the equipment. With Conan's help, the police discover a dying message inside Manaka's hand. The crumpled note has the name "Kubota" written on it.

With this piece of evidence and some further discoveries, Kogoro and the police accuse Kubota of being the culprit. However, Conan is suspicious of the simplicity and of Manaka's behavior on the video while writing the note. Conan realizes that Kubota was framed by someone with a great love of art who could order Kubota into doing a job alone: the museum curator, Ochiai. Ochiai prepared the note beforehand and gave Manaka a pen without ink. Conan tricks Ochiai into revealing that he switched the pen found with Manaka with the one in his pocket, and Ochiai confesses to the crime. At the end of the case, Kogoro is shown reading a newspaper article that features him. He is proud of himself for "solving" the murder case, and is happy that he has become an "instant celebrity".
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=== Kogoro's Class Reunion (Manga: [[Volume 9|84-86]], Anime: [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case|27-28]]) ===
[[File:Angry Kogoro.png|right|thumb|200px|Kogoro is furious because the murderer is one of his friends.]]
Kogoro brings [[Ran]] and [[Conan]] together to Togichi, to the reunion vacation with his old classmates from Beika University's Judo Club. These friends of his are [[Jun Omura]], model shop manager; Yukio Ayashiro, high school P.E. teacher; Yumi Horikoshi, businessman; Noriko Ayashiro, Yukio's wife and homemaker; and Kazushi Nakamichi, a police officer from Chiba Prefecture. During their conversation, they reveal that Kogoro used to skip practices and often lost in tournaments, while he has told Ran that he was "invincible".<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 84, Page 3]]</ref> Later, Kazushi suggests everyone play ping-pong before they go watch the fireworks at 6:30 PM. All of them agree to participate in the activity, except for Yumi Horikoshi, Kazushi's ex-girlfriend from their university days. While Kogoro plays against Yukio, Ran compliments Kazushi as being the strongest on their Judo team. However, Kazushi disclaims that title by specifying that there is a person even more powerful than himself whom he can never beat. He also states that the person he is talking about is present with them at that moment.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 84, Page 11]]</ref>

[[File:Kogoro KOs Kazushi.png|left|thumb|200px|Kogoro knocks out Kazushi with Judo.]]
Much later in the evening, when everyone gets back to the inn from the fireworks location (even though most of them got lost, they find out that Yumi is still sleeping, and decide to wake her up. Much to their surprise, the moment they walk into Yumi's room, she has already been shot. Kogoro, together with Kazushi, take the role in investigating her death before the police arrive. Using professional techniques, they conclude that Yumi has been dead since 7 hours ago, when they all went to the ping-pong room. Just as usual, Kogoro becomes furious at Conan's interference, despite the boy's hints, and claims that she has committed suicide. However, right after Conan intentionally asks him how Yumi was shot, he rushes to her body and finds out that there are no burn mark around the wound, which wouldn't make sense if it was a suicide. Kogoro then comes to the conclusion that his friend was actually murdered.

Suspecting that Jun Omura is hiding something, Kogoro interrogates him and learns that he saw Yumi after 5 PM, when she was supposed to have died. Even though on the outside, Kogoro keeps saying that the killer was some intruder, deep inside he knows for sure that the culprit must have been among his best friends, since outsiders wouldn't bother faking the crime scene. When being questioned by Conan, Kogoro angrily punches at a house-stake, yelling that he will not forgive the culprit, and determines to "expose them with no question, no matter what".<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 85]]. In the anime version, he punched the wall.</ref>

[[File:Cheerful Kogoro.png|right|thumb|200px|Kogoro has got his "spirit" back.]]
Seeing Kogoro's determination, despite having found out the truth behind the murder, Conan decides not to use the [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] this time, and chooses to give Kogoro clues so he can solve the case by himself. With Conan's helps, Kogoro is able to figure out that the culprit is Kazushi Nakamichi. Yumi was actually killed after playing ping-pong with Kazushi after 6 PM, that way, her muscle would harden much faster than usual. Another evidence was when Kazushi knew for sure that she had been dead the moment they discovered her corpse. When Kazushi confesses and says that she was a demon who was destroying his life, Kogoro sarcastically asks him who the real demon is. Kazushi angrily grabs his yukata, only to be thrown by Kogoro, who thinks that he doesn't want to understand the feeling of a killer.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 86, Page 16]]</ref> It is then revealed that Kogoro is the "strongest person" whom Kazushi was talking about earlier. He compliments Kogoro, saying he is still as strong as ever. However, Kogoro answers that Kazushi is actually the one who got weaker in both strength and mind.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 86, Page 17]]</ref>

The case ends with Kogoro staring sadly out of the window because of his friends' story, but his "spirit" immediately revives after seeing a girl's pink underwear.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 86, Page 18]]</ref>


=== TV Station Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 11|102-104]], Anime: [[Episode 31|31]]) ===
Kogoro Mouri becomes suspicious about [[Conan]] for the second time in this case.

Kogoro is invited to attend a live television show as a guest star. However, a murder occurs at the studio. After finding out all the evidence, Conan lures Kogoro to a separate room with the lie that [[Yoko Okino]] is in there. Just as usual, he decides to tranquilize Kogoro and use the man to solve the case. When Kogoro wakes up, he begins to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He is also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tries to pull him outside, he always falls asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabs the boy's suit jacket and wants to "clear things up". Luckily for Conan, Yoko Okino appears for real and Kogoro completely loses his suspicions.

=== Game Convention Case (Manga: [[Volume 12|114-116]], Anime: [[Episode 54|54]])===
Kogoro's fame has reached the point that a video game was developed with him as the main character. Though Conan encounters someone from the [[Black Organization]], Kogoro is only involved with investigating the man's death.



=== Scuba Diving Case (Manga: [[Volume 17|163-165]], Anime: [[Scuba Diving Murder Case|114-115]]) ===
[[File:Kogoro Eri beach.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro encounters Eri at Izu.]]
Kogoro, [[Ran]] and [[Conan]] vacation at a beach in Izu. When Ran asks her father to look at her new swimsuit, he tells her to keep quiet because it will be harder for him to flirt with women once they know that he's together with her. Suddenly, Kogoro notices a beautiful woman in a swimsuit standing right next to them and excitedly asks if she needs any sun cream. To his surprise, when the woman turns around, he finds out that it is none other than [[Eri Kisaki|his wife]]. Kogoro and Eri soon realize that the coincidental encounter was actually set up by Ran in an attempt to get them back together. They react poorly to being manipulated and mock each other until Kogoro leaves to use the toilet. Ran starts to worry after Kogoro is gone for some time, but Eri predicts that Kogoro stopped to flirt with other women. When Kogoro comes back, he is indeed shown with two young girls, Kiwako Toda and Harumi Matsuzaki. The situation worsens when Eri notices traces of sand on Kogoro's legs, and assumes he must have been kneeling while applying sun scream to those girls at the beach, then brought them back to show off to her. However, Conan suspects that Kogoro actually went searching for Eri's lost wedding ring until Kogoro’s goofiness makes Conan dismiss the idea.

[[File:Kogoro Eri giving cards.jpg|thumb|200px|The relationship between the two is still very tense despite Ran's efforts.]]
Later, with the invitation from the university students, the Mouri family have lunch together at a seaside restaurant. When Ran once again attempts to alleviate the tense relationship between Kogoro and Eri by commenting that Kiwako Toda and her boyfriend Masahiko Matsuzaki are childhood friends like they were, Kogoro sarcastically tells them that many couples have suffered in marriage for loving a friend they’ve known since childhood. He and Eri even give the young couple their business cards and recommend the two to seek them in case “he suspects that his wife is cheating” or because “they plan to divorce and she wants to get a lot of alimony from her husband”.

[[File:Kogoro returns ring.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro returns the ring back to Eri.]]
After Kiwako Toda goes diving with Ran and gets bitten by a sea snake, Ran is asked to identify it. Kogoro compliments his daughter for having good sense of observation, but Eri takes advantage of the topic and comments that she is completely different from “a certain someone who still hasn’t even noticed that his wife’s finger is empty”. However, Kogoro acts as if he doesn’t understand Eri’s hint. Later, as Kogoro is about to drive Kiwako’s friends to the hospital, Eri decides to drop Ran and Conan off there and then goes home right away. However, Kogoro informs her with a serious expression that he has something to tell her after the case is resolved. At the hospital, when Eri is about to leave after seeing Kogoro to some girls, Conan asks a nurse to call Eri and Harumi Matsuzaki and tells them to go to an office to see Kogoro. He then immediately lures Kogoro into becoming "Sleeping Kogoro" and reveals that the culprit is none other than Harumi. Conan also adds that Eri didn't purposely remove the wedding ring in order to attract Kogoro’s attention. After the case is solved, it is revealed that Kogoro did indeed go search for the wedding ring, which explains the sand traces on his legs, as he knelt on the sand to do so. Kogoro takes the ring out of his pocket and throws it to Eri. He says that he figured it out because Eri was drying her hair with her glasses on; normally no one would do that unless they’re trying to find something on the ground. He also assumes that Eri intentionally dropped her ring and tried to make him see that by using her left hand to hold the cup and continuously waving it around. Just as their relationship looks to be improved by this act, Kogoro completely ruins the moment by showing off with the female nurses, which enrages Eri and she leaves right after.
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=== Murderer Kogoro Mouri Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|264-266]], Anime: [[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|199-200]]) ===
[[File:Kogoro at the bar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kogoro is drunken at the bar.]]
Kogoro encounters his wife Eri once again at a vacation spot, where he eventually becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her colleague and rival, Ritsuko Usui.

The events take place when Kogoro, along with Ran and Conan, unexpectedly finds Eri shopping with a fellow lawyer, Norifumi Saku. He suspects that his wife is going out with Saku, not knowing that she's actually trying to pick a present for himself as the next day will be their wedding anniversary. They agree to have a drink together with Eri's other acquainted lawyers, but the detective's old bad habits while drunk once again enrages her.

[[File:Kogoro talking to Eri.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A healed relationship?]]
Later, Kogoro accompanies the lawyers back to the hotel, where he, while unconscious, is instead brought to Usui's room as one of her tactics to ruin Eri's career by having "the queen" suspect that her husband has been cheating on her. An unexpected turn of events occurs when Usui is strangled by an unknown culprit with Kogoro being the only one found sleeping inside the locked crime scene. He is then suspected to have committed the murder.

Much to everyone's surprise, Eri refuses to defend her husband in court, while openly declaring her accusation of Kogoro. However, her real intention is to remain at the crime scene in order to find a way to prove his innocence, but Kogoro misunderstands this and angrily walks away after replying with some sarcastic comments.

Eri, with Conan's help, eventually manages to unmask the true murderer and clear Kogoro's name. The next day morning, after learning of his wife's deeds, Kogoro walks to where Eri is sitting and apologizes to her. He also sincerely asks her to come back with him, only to find out that she's just listening to Ran's MD without actually hearing anything that he said. Kogoro gets angry at Eri again as she leaves, not knowing that she has recorded all of his nice words into the disk.
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=== Kogoro's Choice (Manga: [[Volume 37|374-376]], Anime: [[The Unseen Suspect|305-306]]) ===

=== Footsteps of Darkness (Manga: [[Volume 37|377-379]], Anime: [[On the Trail of a Silent Witness|307-308]]) ===
Kogoro is requested to find the location of the famous game system engineer [[Suguru Itakura]], who has been in contact with the [[Black Organization]].

=== Eri vs. Yukiko (Manga: [[Volume 40|413]]-[[Volume 41|416]], Anime: [[The Similar Princesses|333-334]]) ===
=== Black Organization vs. FBI (Manga: [[Volume 48|499]]-[[Volume 49|504]]; Anime: [[Episode 425|425]]) ===

=== Cat Sitting Case (Manga: [[Volume 51|528-529]], Anime: [[Episode 445|445]]) ===

=== Shinichi's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
This case shows Kogoro's home life before he separated from Eri and left the police force.

=== The Fugitive (Manga: [[Volume 57|594]], Anime: [[Fugitive: Kogoro Mouri]])===
The Detective Boys hunt the intentionally elusive and miserly Kogoro down for [[Wikipedia:Otoshidama|Otoshidama]], a tradition where adults give money in envelopes to children on New Years Day.

=== Judo Champion Case (Manga: [[Volume 62|643-645]], Anime: [[Might Over Mystery|528-529]]) ===

=== Eri's Birthday Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 68|709-711]], Anime: [[The Worst Birthday|589-590]]) ===
Kogoro buys an expensive necklace as a birthday present to Eri Kisaki without telling Ran or Conan beforehand. Ran and Conan find out about this when they discover the receipt in Kogoro's wallet. Later on, Ran manages to win them a family trip to Shizuoka with Kogoro's lottery ticket and invites Eri to a birthday dinner with Kogoro, Ran and Conan.

The dinner doesn't go as well as planned. Kogoro behaves in his usual casual manner, acting indifferent to Eri's presence and seemingly having no intention of giving Eri the necklace. Later that night, a murder occurs in Eri's hotel room. Kogoro immediately devotes himself to solving the case and after receiving hints from Conan, and with both Conan and Eri's help with his deduction, uncovers the murderer's identity.

After the case is closed, Kogoro steps up to give Eri the present. It turns out that Kogoro had remembered Eri's birthday as Sports Day (taiiku no hi) and the recent date change of Sports Day had made his birthday present one day late. While he was flustered and frustrated by his mistake, Eri decides that she still wants it because she could tell that Kogoro deeply cares for her. However, she opens the package and finds out that Kogoro had, due to his carelessness, given her a Buddhist rosary (nenju) that he had bought for the owner of Poirot, while Eri's birthday present was lying in his desk drawer all along.

=== Wedding Eve ([[Volume 75|793-795]], Anime: [[Wedding Eve|667-668]]) ===
[[Rei Furuya]] (under the alias Tooru Amuro) becomes Kogoro's apprentice.

[[File:739-1.png|thumb|200px|Kogoro is having inner monologue]]
=== Kogoro in the Bar (Manga: [[Volume 81|853-855]], Anime: [[Kogoro in the Bar|738-739]]) ===
Kogoro narrates this case like he's the main character. Everything is explained specifically with Kogoro's inner monologue, as well as his moments turning into "Sleeping Kogoro" where he concludes that he uses his brain too much until he's unconscious and let his "other self" to solve the case. He also mentions the weird pick sensation on his neck before everything happens.

=== Interchanged Betting Ticket Case ([[Volume 92|975-977]], Anime: [[The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door|894-895]]) ===
[[Kanenori Wakita]] Kogoro's disciple in exchange for discounts on sushi.

=== Eri Kisaki Abduction Case ([[Volume 93|984-986]], Anime: [[Lawyer Kisaki's SOS|901-902]]) ===
Kogoro was not interested in a Yoko Okino's movie because she played as a female lawyer, and even worse, the case resembled one of Kogoro's own situation as he was a suspect of a murder case and Eri refused to protect him, but instead secretly find evidence to prove him innocent. Later on, they found that Eri was kidnapped by some husbands who lost their cases against her. They wanted to strip her naked and force her apologizing. Upon them announcing their intention while holding Eri hostage, Kogoro, climbing a four-story building using the water pipes, said only he had the permission to see Eri naked while wrapping his hand around Eri's shoulder. He then knocked out the kidnappers. After that, Eri and Kogoro held hands after the case finished and walked together to the cinema for their date. Their happy moment was short lived. However, as Eri complained about the inaccuracies of the movie while Kogoro remarked the female character acted exactly like Eri, which was somewhat true.
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== Non-canon plot overview ==

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===
==== Eri Kisaki ====
{{main|Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki}}
Eri Kisaki is Kogoro's wife, who has been living separately from him for the last ten years. A primary reason that they have not yet gotten back together is because of Mouri's constant flirting with other women. It is shown that Eri still cares for him, even naming her cat 'Goro', which is taken from Kogoro. She is also annoyed by his frequent alcoholic indulgences. Despite constantly feigning disinterest in her, Kogoro still appears to have feelings for Eri. He even asked her to move back in with him at one point, but at the time she pretended not to hear him because she was not "ready" yet, though she still has feelings for him as well.

==== Ran Mouri ====
Kogoro has raised his daughter Ran ever since he and Eri separated. She often has to look after her father because of his drinking and gambling habits. She is very determined to get her parents back together and tries every chance she gets to make them reconcile, though her attempts usually end in failure. Kogoro is very protective of Ran and deeply cares for her. There are many times when Kogoro shows concern for his daughter's safety, often getting serious when Ran is in trouble. He is also concerned about Ran's relationship with Shinichi, who he thinks always tries to seduce Ran (movie 'Captured In Her Eyes'), and can get terribly agitated whenever his daughter's honour is threatened. This is evident from Kogoro's angry outburst at Ran's sleepy mumblings about the somewhat offensive words Shinichi had said to her aboard the flight to New York, in the episode 'The Locked Room In The Sky: Shinichi's First Case'.

==== Conan Edogawa ====
Kogoro took in Conan after he had 'solved' the case in episode 2, saying that Conan was his 'luck' and allowing Conan to live with them, but he mostly leaves it to Ran to take care of the boy. However, on multiple occasions, he has treated Conan nonchalantly, terming him a 'freeloader'. He has been suspicious of Conan's behavior at times, but quickly drops his suspicions as ridiculous. Ever since Yukiko (disguised as Conan's nonexistent mother) gave Kogoro a large sum of money for Conan's expenses, he has been more than happy to take care of Conan. While Kogoro often shows a level of disregard towards his ward and has a habit of hitting Conan for disturbing him during investigations, there are rare moments where it is apparent he has become quite protective of Conan as well, and considers him a normal part of the family.

==== Yoko Okino ====
Yoko is Kogoro's idol. He always watches her television appearances and admires her. Yoko sometimes invites Kogoro to host a show or appear on commercials, which helps to spread his fame as a detective.

==== Shinichi Kudo ====
They are both detectives, but due to Shinichi being the better detective, Kogoro is constantly complaining about how he never gets any work because of the 'detective brat' taking all of the cases. He is also against his daughter being with Shinichi so much, likely due to his own rocky marriage with his childhood friend.

==== Rei Furuya ====
[[File:名侦探柯南-第679集000347.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rei wants to go on a case with Kogoro.]][[Rei Furuya]] (under the alias Tooru Amuro) became Kogoro's apprentice in the [[Wedding Eve]] case in exchange for a large fee every time Kogoro brought him on a case. Rei tends to act ingratiating whenever Kogoro Mouri is around, and is especially fawning over his "Mouri-sensei". Kogoro is alternatively flattered by Rei's praise and annoyed with his effusive personality. Overall Kogoro tends to treat Rei flippantly despite being paid a handsome sum for the apprenticeship. When among members of the [[Black Organization]], Rei doesn't speak too badly of Kogoro despite Kogoro's obvious incompetence. Rei is becoming more skilled at herding Kogoro through cases without having the older man realize that Rei is a far superior detective and is manipulating him for information.
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=== Law enforcement ===
==== Juzo Megure ====
Kogoro used to work with [[Juzo Megure]] when he was still part of the police force. Megure thought that Kogoro was incompetent as a police detective. Their relationship has dramatically improved since Conan began using Kogoro as a mouthpiece for his deductions. Juzo hates that the police have to rely on an outside detective to solve cases, yet he is also very grateful that Kogoro wraps up difficult cases that the police could have mishandled.

Kogoro is familiar with but usually respectful of Megure at all times. Megure, who has a bit of a love hate relationship with Mouri, tends to be exasperated around Kogoro, especially when Kogoro appears in middle of a case or while Kogoro is awake and making his usual bad deductions. Megure likes the "Sleeping Kogoro" persona much more. Megure has noted that Kogoro shows up unnaturally frequently at the scenes of murders, leading to him jokingly calling Kogoro a harbinger of bad luck or a "death god".

==== Inspector Yuminaga ====
Kogoro Mouri briefly was the subordinate of [[Inspector Yuminaga]] in the arson division. Kogoro's nickname for Yuminaga was "fiery old fossil". Yuminaga noted that Kogoro would always jump to the conclusion that every fire was an arson.

== 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. Kogoro placed 8th in the poll with 84 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』人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Kogoro placed 16th overall with 82 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
The name "Kogoro Mouri" came from two mystery-related sources. "Kogoro" came from "[[Kogoro Akechi]]", the detective created by [[Edogawa Rampo]], while Mouri came from [[Maurice Leblanc|'''Mauri'''ce Leblanc]]. Coincidentally, his drama actor, [[Takanori Jinnai]], has played Kogoro Akechi in many TV movies. The kanji for "Mouri" ({{Lang|ja|毛利}}) comes from daimyo [[wikipedia:Mōri Motonari|Mouri Motonari]].

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kogoro_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 2]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kogoro_Middle.png|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 493]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kogoro_After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 632]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kogoro Mouri MK1412.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 16).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|You're talking about someone who can swoop in like a bird and then fly away again without anyone noticing. A flying killer with wings! Is that what you're trying to tell me?!|[[The Mystery Weapon Murder Case]]}}

{{cquote|You're right, old pal. I'll never understand no matter the reason what drives someone to murder. And I don't think I want to.|[[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case]]}}

{{cquote|A caged animal still has teeth!}}

{{cquote|Finding the truth is what detectives live for.|[[Movie 9]]}}

{{cquote|Where there's a will, there's a way.|[[Episode 620]]}}

== New Voice ==
Starting with [[The Interrogation Room|Episode 553]], Akira Kamiya's contract was not renewed. Kamiya posted in his blog that his contract pay negotiations were leaked to other company members; they reacted negatively, so he felt it was appropriate to leave.<ref>http://forums.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=2074.msg47102#msg47102</ref> Since Episode 553, Kogoro has been voiced by Rikiya Koyama.

== Trivia ==
[[File:Lupin 2-05 Kogoro.png|thumb|right|200px|Kogoro's flashy gold business cards]]
* In the movie continuity, Kogoro's practice of using ostentatious gold business cards carries over from [[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]] to [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]].
* Although Kogoro suffers from acrophobia, he sometimes seems to forget about his fear. For instance he leans over the railing of a balcony on the 21st floor in episode 69 (Night Baron Murder Case). Furthermore he feels perfectly comfortable on board of a plane in episode 162 (The locked Room in the Sky, Shinichi Kudo's First Case). In episode 596 (the Alibi of the Fall), he looks out of a window from the 6th floor, but then "remembers" his fear and recoils. The discontinuity is probably because Kogoro's fear was invented for [[Movie 2]] and did not originate in the manga where Kogoro is relatively fine around cliffs and tall buildings.
* Physician confirms that Kogoro would not survive Conan's stun-gun.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-03-04/physician-confirms-that-detective-conan-kogoro-would-not-survive-conan-stun-gun/.143964 Anime New Network]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|小五郎 Kogorō|毛利 Mōri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|توگو Tōgo|موري Mōri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag= Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|小五郎 Xiǎowǔláng|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Richard|Moore}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Kogoro|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Kogoro|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Kogoro / Goro (anime)|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|명한 Myunghan|유 Yoo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Когоро|Мори}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America (until ep. 123)|Carlos|Guzmán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Kogoro|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|โคโกโร่ Kho-ko-rò|โมริ Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|小五郎 Xiǎowǔláng|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Kogoro|Mori}}
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== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200px perrow=5>
File:Kogoro Mouri -10.PNG|Ten years ago.
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-21-15h38m14s83.png|Sleeping Kogoro's normal body position when put to sleep by Conan.
FIle:M22 Kogoro Mouri.png|Kogoro when he was in the police as a [[Police Organization|police officer]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri]]
* [[Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mouri Kogoro}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Detectives]]
[[Category:Private Detectives]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Martial artists]]
[[Category:Sleeping detectives]]
[[Category:Cases solved by Kogoro Mouri]]

[[de:Kogoro Mori]]

Akemi Miyano

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| name = Akemi Miyano
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|宮野明美}} (Miyano Akemi)
| english-name = Akemi Miyano (Kendra Miyano in Case Closed episode 14)
| image = Akemi Miyano Profile.jpg
| age = Around 25 (deceased)<ref>She was close to 5 when she visited Sohei Dejima's house with her parents 20 years ago in Volume 41, File 423: "A Mystery Left by a Visitor"</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Shiho Miyano]] (younger sister) [[Elena Miyano]] (mother, deceased) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (father, deceased) Mr. Miyano (paternal grandfather, deceased) Mrs. Miyano (paternal grandmother, deceased) [[Shuichi Akai]] (cousin) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (cousin) [[Masumi Sera]] (cousin) [[Mary Sera]] (aunt) [[Tsutomu Akai]] (uncle, deceased)
| occupation = Black Organization member
| aliases = Masami Hirota (Michelle in Case Closed episode 14)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 2#Masami Hirota Case|File 13]] Anime: [[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case|Episode 13]] (She is reintroduced in [[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case|128]], though her previous appearance is ignored.)
| appearances = {{:Akemi Miyano Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 41]]
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Sakiko Tamagawa]] [[Masako Katsuki]] (Masami Hirota)
| english-voice = [[Clarine Harp]] (Michelle Hamlin/Kendra Miyano in Case Closed episode 14) [[Alex Valle]] (Countdown to Heaven)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Akemi Miyano|宮野明美|Miyano Akemi}}''', also known by her alias as '''{{nihongo|Masami Hirota|広田雅美|Hirota Masami}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Akemi is the older sister of [[Shiho Miyano]], and both were members of the [[Black Organization]]. However, unlike her sister, Akemi was never considered a high ranking member. Akemi dated [[Shuichi Akai]] while he was infiltrating the Organization. Akemi was shot by Gin and killed after she performed a bank robbery. Although she dies in her first appearance, Akemi shows up numerous times throughout the series, mostly in episodes featuring Haibara, whom looks at [[Ran Mouri]] as a spitting image of her sister.

== Background ==
Akemi Miyano, the oldest child of [[Elena Miyano]] and [[Atsushi Miyano]], was born into the Black Organization approximately some 25 years before the current timeline.<ref>She was close to 5 when she visited Sohei Dejima's house with her parents 20 years ago in [[Volume 41]], File 423: "A Mystery Left by a Visitor"</ref> Unlike her younger sister [[Shiho Miyano]], Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization and managed to live a mostly normal life, traveling about freely and going to school and college like normal, despite being watched over by the organization. Both of her parents later died an accident while she was young, orphaning Akemi and Shiho. Although her sister became a highly ranked codenamed scientist, Akemi remained in close contact with Shiho and served as her lifeline to normalcy. She only involved herself into the organization to try get Shiho out of it.

Some five years before the current timeline, Akemi met undercover FBI agent [[Shuichi Akai]] who was using the alias Dai Moroboshi. He planned to date Akemi in order to get close to Shiho Miyano so he could gain standing within the Black Organization as part of his mission. Although Shuichi initially was just using her, they wound up really falling in love. Akemi discovered Shuichi was an FBI agent and guessed his plan, but kept this knowledge secret even from him. Three years later, Shuichi's true allegiance was uncovered and he was ejected from the Organization. Akemi then revealed that she knew his secret, and that she wished to leave the Organization and date him seriously.

This did not happen because Akemi was unwilling to leave without her sister, and the Black Organization would not allow Shiho to go because her work on the [[APTX 4869]] project was extremely valuable. Although Shuichi stopped contacting Akemi for her safety, the Organization was planning to get rid of her anyway because her connection to Shuichi was considered a serious risk. The Organization could not simply eliminate her though because it would jeopardize Shiho's loyalty. The Black Organization finally put their plan to kill Akemi into motion two years later just after [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] had shrunk into [[Conan Edogawa|Conan Edogawa]].
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== Personality ==
Akemi had a friendly,kind, gentle cheerful and outgoing personality and a good sense of humor. When she was a child, she was naive, mischievous and native; she hid the work tools of her father's friends and happily watched as they panicked, however, she only wanted them not to work hard anymore. As an adult, she was a loving, caring person well at odds with the rest of the Black Organization. She and her sister Shiho were very close although they met each other rarely, they often shared with each other the stories. Shuichi says Akemi was always crying in the dark while pretending to be strong. This tells that she is a weak girl and does not want to annoy the others.
She is sensitive and may have many sad stories or secrets which she does not tell outside.

== Appearance ==
[[Image:Akemi Before (1).png|thumb|right|200px|As Masami Hirota]]
Akemi is often noted to be very similar to [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]. Both Haibara and Shuichi get the feeling that they are alike. She is a nice japanese girl with long black hair, a medium height.

== Plot overview ==
=== ¥1,000,000,000 Robbery Case (Manga: [[Volume 2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000 Robbery|013-016]], Anime: [[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case|13]]/[[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case|128]]) ===
[[Image:Conan and Akemi manga.png|thumb|right|200px|Akemi's death in the manga.]]
The Organization's plan to silence Akemi was to pretend to make a deal with her; in exchange for a successful one billion yen bank robbery, [[Gin]] told Akemi she and Shiho could go free. The Organization thought Akemi would surely fail and thus they would have an acceptable reason to kill her. Akemi hired two partners to help her. Kenzo Hirota, a Tokyoite with no family, would be the get-away driver, because he used to work as a taxi driver. An unnamed giant man would serve as muscle. The day before the mission, she send a text to Akai, explaining the situation and asked if he would want to go out with her for real, should she manage to get out of the organization.

Akemi and her two partners successfully pull off the robbery, killing a guard in the process. Unfortunately, Kenzo Hirota then backstabs Akemi and the giant by running away with the billion yen. In order to track him down, Akemi and her partner approach different detectives pretending to be Kenzo's relatives. Akemi creates the alias Hirota Masami, borrowing from [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|a professor friend's name]], and changing her hairstyle so she appears to be a high school girl from Yamagata looking for her missing "father".<ref>Manga [[Volume 2]], file 4 (13): "The Missing Man "</ref> Akemi approaches the then-not-well-known Detective [[Kogoro]] at his office and convinces him to help her. Kogoro begins to search for the man's via his contacts.

[[Image:Conan and Akemi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Akemi's death in the anime.]]
Sometime while Kogoro is searching for Kenzo, Akemi meets with Shiho at a restaurant and describes Conan to her. Akemi tells Shiho that Conan lives in the [[Mouri Detective Agency]] near the [[Setting|Kudo house]] that Shiho had visited earlier (as part of a search to ensure Shinichi was really killed by APTX 4869) and that he has the composure of an adult. Shiho then asks Akemi to tell her about the dangerous mission that Akemi had just performed, but Akemi tells Shiho she is fine and that she should stop working on that drug and try to get a boyfriend instead.

With Conan and Ran's help, Kogoro finds Kenzo and "Hirota Masami" pretends to be overjoyed at their "reunion". Later that night, Akemi and the giant man confront Kenzo to take back the money. A fight breaks out between the two men, resulting in the giant strangling Kenzo to death against Akemi's wishes. Akemi and the giant hang Kenzo's corpse from a rope to make it appear like a suicide, grab the cash, and leave for a hotel. Akemi slips some pills given to her by Gin into the giant's drink so she could take the money, unaware that they were laced with cyanide and would kill him instantly. With both of her partners dead, she hides the suitcases of money at the hotel's front desk and takes a taxi to meet Gin and [[Vodka]] at the shipping yard, with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] following closely behind.<ref name=manga>Detective Conan Manga Files 13 to 16</ref>

When she arrives at the meeting place, she tells Gin that she will only tell him where the money is after he frees her sister, but Gin goes back on his word, saying her sister is far too valuable to let go of. He gives her one last chance to cooperate, but she refuses and he shoots her. Conan arrives at the scene with her bleeding out.Akemi is one of the few characters in the show that knows Conan is [[Shinichi Kudo]], as he admits it to her while she is dying in front of him, while she tells him about the dangers of the Black Organization.<ref name=Akemi/> Akemi's death is ruled a suicide, as Gin's fingerprints were not found on the gun that killed her,<ref name=Akemi/> but her fingerprints were.<ref name=manga/>

=== Murdered Professor Case (Manga: [[Volume 18#Murdered Professor Case|179]]-[[Volume 19#Murdered Professor Case|181]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|129]]) ===
[[Image:Akemi and Shiho.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Akemi with Shiho, only a little bit before her death, in one of the last times they ever saw each other.]]
[[Ai Haibara|Haibara]], the shrunken [[Shiho Miyano]], remembers her meetings with Akemi leading up to her death by Gin. She breaks down in front of [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] asking why he could not save Akemi.

=== Bathroom Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 41#Bathroom Murder Case|423]]-[[Volume 42#Bathroom Murder Case|425]], Anime: [[Hidden Bathroom Secret|340-341]]) ===
20 years prior to the current timeline, [[Atsushi Miyano]] and [[Elena Miyano]] visit Atsushi's father's house whom he had left to a friend. They brought with them a 4-5 year old Akemi. The friend had turned the house into a Design company office. The Miyano's had come there and acted like they were hiding from something/someone. Akemi hid the tools of the workers causing her to unknowingly prevent a murder from occurring. Closer to the present day, around one week prior to her death, Akemi returned and planted tapes created by Elena for Shiho, in the same spot that she had hid the tools years before. She told one of the workers that she would be back with-in the week and bring her sister to meet them.

=== Kir Transport Case (Manga: [[Volume 58#Kir Transport Case|599]], Anime: [[Clash of Red and Black#Resolution 3|497]]) ===
The night before the heist, Akemi sends Dai Moroboshi (Shuichi Akai) a text message, asking him to be her real boyfriend if she is able to escape from the organization.<ref name=Akai>Detective Conan Manga File 599: Akai's Past</ref> The text message also had an unshown PS message.

=== Foreign Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 58#Foreign Suspect Case|607-609]], Anime [[Clash of Red and Black#Friday the Thirteenth .28Manga: 605-609.2C Anime: 501-504.29|501-504]]) ===
Shuichi has a flashback to when he confronted Akemi with the news that he was an FBI agent. She says that she has known for a while.

=== Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78#Mystery Train|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|700-704]]) ===
[[Subaru Okiya]] reveals to Haibara that he can read her movements due to her acting similar to her sister Akemi, this was one of the clues leading to the reveal of his identity. [[Bourbon]], whose identity was also revealed in this case, mentioned knowing the Miyano parents which caused Haibara to remember hearing mention of him from her chats with Akemi.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#UFO Sighting Murder Case|942]], Anime: [[Chiba's Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Conan realizes that Haibara and [[Mary]] might share a resemblance. He thinks back to the relationship between Akemi and Shuichi and the idea that they might have been related.

=== Black Bunny Club Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Black Bunny's Club_Case|1011]], Anime: [[The Unsolved Cocktail Case|953]]) ===

Amuro is badly injured due to fighting with his bullies. Akemi brings him to her parents' clinic to get him treated.

== Non-canon plot overview ==
:''See also: [[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case]]''
In the anime, she works at a bank under the name Masami Hirota and pulls an inside job. Her partners in the robbery are Shirou Kaizuka (a race driver) and Kishi (a bank guard),<ref name=Akemi>[[The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case|Episode 128: The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case]]</ref> while the Kenzo Hirota part of the story was used for another case unrelated to Akemi or the Black Organization.<ref name=Hirota>[[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case|Episode 13: The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]</ref>

The Anime also added a Non-canon scene into Clash of Red and Black that shows how Akemi met Shuichi. Shuichi walks out in front of her car on purpose and gets hospitalized. Then they fall in love as she nurses him back to health in the hospital.

== Appellations ==
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== Relationships analysis ==
=== Shuichi Akai ===
{{main|Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano}}
[[Shuichi Akai]] and Akemi Miyano were lovers while he was infiltrating the [[Black Organization]]. Shuichi's original mission was to date Akemi Miyano in order to meet Shiho Miyano. Shuichi used Shiho's influence to gain rank in the Organization, intending to become trusted enough to meet with high level agents so the FBI could capture one for questioning. As [[James Black]] later recalls, although Shuichi's relationship with Akemi was merely a stepping stone, Shuichi actually fell in love with Akemi, and considered her his real girlfriend. Because of this he broke up with the woman (and felow agent) he dated until then, [[Jodie Starling]]; he cared deeply for Jodie, but since he had fallen for Akemi he didn't want to keep two parallel relationships.
[[File:Akai and Akemi.png|right|thumb|200px|Shuichi asks Akemi why she didn't get away from him after knowing that he was just using her.]]
Sometime later, Akemi develops the suspicion that Shuichi really wasn't who he claimed to be. Later, due to a massive error by [[Andre Camel]], Shuichi is discovered by the rest of the Organization to be an FBI agent, leading to his expulsion. Shuichi confirms that he is an FBI agent to her. To Shuichi's surprise, Akemi doesn't seemed surprised by this, so Shuichi asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions that she was being used by him before, and Akemi hints it is because she loves him. Initially, the Organization couldn't do anything about Akemi because they needed the loyalty of her sister, but two years later they decided that the risk of her contact with Shuichi was too much. They decided to create a situation where they could eliminate her by having her do a bank heist she was supposed to fail. Sometime near the day of the heist, Akemi sent Shuichi a long text message, asking him if he wants to be her real boyfriend when she is finally free from the Organization. After the heist, Akemi is killed by [[Gin]], and it is unknown how Shuichi responded if at all. Shuichi treasures her final text message, and keeps it in his phone many months after Akemi's death.

How Akemi and Shuichi met in the manga is unknown, but in the anime, Shuichi Akai originally met Akemi by an intentional accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he deliberately walked into the street in front of her in order to be hit by her.<ref>Episode 497</ref> Akemi helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi replied, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this they began dating.

=== Ai Haibara ===
Despite the fact that they couldn't see each other often, Akemi and her sister Shiho were very close to each other. Akemi had constantly tried to encourage the studious and workaholic Shiho to relax and find herself a boyfriend.

Akemi's death scarred her sister deeply. Much of Akemi's personality Shiho finds personified in [[Ran Mouri]] - perhaps this is the main reason why Shiho was first reluctant to accept her (due to the still-fresh pain of her loss), but eventually came to consider her as a surrogate sister.

=== Rei Furuya ===
Akemi seems to have known [[Rei Furuya]], and described him and his relationship with Shuichi to Shiho.This is not revealed yet. In the flashback during [[The Unsolved Cocktail Case]], it tells that Akemi and Rei met and know each other when they were children. They might be close. Akemi cared about Rei. However, according to Aoyama Gosho, Akemi did not remember Rei when she is a adult. This implies that when meeting each other in the black organization, Akemi did not realize that Bourbon was Rei. This protected the true person of Rei.

== Speculation ==
=== Hidden P.S. ===
[[Image:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]
In the text message that Akemi Miyano sent to [[Shuichi Akai]] before she commits the bank robbery, aside from the main content, there is also a '''"P.S."''' shown below it, at the bottom left corner of his cell phone's screen. However, what Akemi wrote ''under'' that part (the things she wanted to say in the P.S.) has never been revealed to the readers (watchers).

There is a common speculation among the fans that Akemi has asked [[Shuichi Akai]] to protect the safety of her sister, [[Shiho Miyano]], in case the robbery she planned ends up in failure, or that the [[Black Organization]] decides to betray their promise, which is to let her and her sister leave if she succeeds. It is important to note that in the Manga File 810, Shuichi, while disguising as [[Subaru Okiya]], has mentioned in his mind about the promise he made with a certain '''"her"''', because of which he refuses to make [[Ai Haibara]] go with him by force.<ref>[[Volume 77|Volume 77, File 810, Page 16]]</ref> This woman whom Shuichi was referring to might have been his late girlfriend Akemi, and his promise with her might be relevant to the hidden content of the mysterious P.S.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Akemi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 13]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Akemi After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 492]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:EP954 Akemi.png|thumb|right|200px|Young Akemi Episode 953]]
|}

== Trivia ==
* Akemi's voice actress, [[Sakiko Tamagawa]], is in real-life married to Shuichi Akai's voice actor, [[Shuichi Ikeda]].
* She is the first one [[Shinichi Kudo]] revealed himself besides Professor Agasa at two first manga volume.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano]]
* [[Black Organization]]

== References ==
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[[de:Akemi Miyano]]

Masumi Sera

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{{SpoilerWarningArticle|This article contains significant '''[[Glossary#Spoiler|spoilers]]''' about major events concerning this person. It is likely you will be spoiled if you have not read all the manga released to date. To find out what pages will be safe for you to read, please consult our [[Glossary#Spoiler|wiki spoiler policy]].}}

{{FeaturedArticle|March 23, 2011}}

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| name = Masumi Sera
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|世良真純}} (Sera Masumi)
| english-name =
| image = Masumi_Sera_Profile.jpg
| age = 17 
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| occupation = Teitan High School Student Detective
| relatives = [[Tsutomu Akai]] (father, deceased) [[Mary Sera]] (mother) [[Shuichi Akai]] (older brother) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (second-older brother) [[Akemi Miyano]] (cousin, deceased) [[Shiho Miyano]] (cousin) [[Elena Miyano]] (aunt) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (uncle)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 73|File 768]] Anime: [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel|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 = 8
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Masumi Sera|世良真純|Sera Masumi}}''' is a high school detective in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is the younger sister of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent [[Shuichi Akai]] and shogi player [[Shukichi Haneda]]. Also a practitioner of the martial art [[wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]].

== Background ==
Masumi Sera is a high school detective and the younger sister of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent [[Shuichi Akai]] and shogi player, [[Shukichi Haneda]]. She is the only daughter of [[Tsutomu Akai]] and [[Mary]]. 17 years ago, her father, before he disappeared, instructed his family to hide in Japan, where Masumi later was born. Her oldest brother had prior to her birth left Japan to study in America, so they first got to meet each other when Masumi was six-seven years old. Although she grew up in Japan during her elementary school years, she moved abroad three years ago with her mother, presumably due to Shuichi infiltrating the [[Black Organization]]. Her other brother stayed in Japan. She has recently returned to Japan for some unknown reason. After meeting Conan, Ran, and Sonoko during a case, she transfers to [[Setting#Teitan High School (帝丹高校)|Ran's high school class]]. Masumi is skilled at [[Wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]], a hobby encouraged by her brother Shuichi who mailed her instruction videos while in elementary school. She can fight on the same level as [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]. She seems to know that Conan is Shinichi and she had in fact met Ran and Shinichi sometime in their past. Currently she is living with [[Mary]], whom she calls "Mama", at a hotel. She claims that she is provided for by a rich friend of her late father, but it hasn't been revealed who it is. Every time they encounter the possibility of information on Mary getting out, they end up moving to a new hotel under Mary's order. While Masumi is eager to seek help from Conan, Mary is skeptical of him.
The three siblings has different last names. Sera is supposedly her mother's maiden name.

== Personality ==
[[File:691-15.png|thumb|200px|Masumi beats a gangster in [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case]]]]
Masumi 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, Masumi fails to correct Sonoko's mistaken impression that she is a man and even makes it worse by declaring that Ran is "[her] type".<ref name=pronouns>The Japanese pronoun used is gender neutral and can refer to either males or females.</ref> Her rather boyish appearance - especially in relation with her flat chest - is a bit of a touchy subject to Masumi, who claims that her mother's bust size is rather well developed and keeps expressing her hope that someday her own chest size will similarly change for her.

Masumi is quite quick-minded, coming up with clever plans and adapting them to sudden changes rapidly. Masumi seems to be prone to dramatics like most detectives are, but perhaps to a lesser degree than [[Shinichi]] or [[Heiji]] as she bluntly says who the criminal is without preamble. On the other hand, Masumi is tough to the point that she is willing to risk all to achieve a successful conclusion of a case. In one instance, she purposefully lured a hostage-taker into a sniper's sight with a smile, hoping he would be shot without showing any apprehension about his possible demise.

Although she has crime scene experience<ref name=769p3>Manga Volume 73, File 7, pg 3: "A Detective Just Like You, Little Boy"</ref>, Masumi seems to be less skilled as a detective than Shinichi or Heiji, apparently missing a critical clue that was necessary to understand how the murderer's setup worked, although Conan opines that Masumi purposely made an error in order to test him. In some degree, she seems to like rivalry or contests to see who is the winner.

Sera's catchphrase upon the conclusion of a case is "case closed".

Sera shows a protective and caring side towards Conan, as seen in the Detectives Nocturne and in the beginning of the Red Woman case when she helps Conan up after falling, as well as having it made clear in the Haunted Hotel case that she was also clearly investigating Conan before they first met, as she knew he was a detective. It’s likely to believe that them being on the same bus was not an accident, which could even lead to be argued that she somehow hinted to them about the cake buffet so they would be on the same bus as her. It is safe to assume though she was, and possibly still is, investigating Conan.

Sera's way of referring to her parents as 'Mama' and 'Papa' indicates a privileged background.

== Appearance ==
[[File:Sera transfers.png‎|thumb|200px|Masumi transfers to Teitan High School]]
At first, she wears a grey fedora that used to belong to Shuichi Akai 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, Mitsuhiko and Hattori comment that her bosoms are rather small. Masumi also has an uneven tooth that shows when she smiles.

Masumi and her brother Shuichi presumably more closely resemble their mother than their father.
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== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Sera-san Sera-no-nēchan Sera Sera Masumi<ref name="file930">[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume 88)]]</ref> [[Shuichi Akai|Akai-san]]'s younger sister (''Akai-san no imōto'')|Conan-kun Edogawa Conan-kun<ref name="file771">[[volume 73#Bomber's Request|File 771 (Volume 73)]]</ref> Boy (''Bōya''; first time) Wizard (''Mahō-tsukai'')}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Sera Sera Masumi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18">Movie 18: ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]''</ref>|Kudo-kun Shinichi-kun Kudo Shinichi-kun<ref name="ep690">[[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|Episode 690]]</ref>| Kudo Shinichi}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Sera-san Sera Masumi-chan<ref>File 778</ref> Sera-chan|Ran-chan Ran-kun}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Tomboy-ish Girl|Kogoro-san Poiro-san ([[Hercule Poirot|'''Poiro'''t]] + Kogo'''ro''')<ref>[[Volume 78#Mystery Train|File 820 (Volume 78)]]</ref> Sleeping Kogoro-san (''Nemuri no Kogoro-san'')<ref name="file771" />}}
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{{appellations|Tsutomu Akai|-|Papa}}

{{appellations|Mary Sera|Masumi<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref>|Mama<ref name="file953" /> The little sister from outside the domain (''ryōiki-gai no imōto'')}}

{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Masumi|Shu-nii Oniichan<ref name="file972" /> Aniki<ref name="file936">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 936]]</ref> Akai Shuichi<ref name="file938">[[volume 89#Girls Band Murder Case|File 938: The Crime in the Blind Spot (Volume 89)]]</ref> Ani<ref name="file859">[[volume 81#Bumper Brawn|File 859: Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate (Volume 81)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Sera Masumi-san<ref name="file954">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 954: Sanction of the Betrayal (Volume 90)]]</ref> Sera-san<ref name="file954" />|Subaru}}

{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Masumi<ref name="file972">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Kichi-nii<ref>[[:File:AChint8-06-2014 4.JPG]] ([[Masumi Sera|Sera-chan]] calls [[Akai family's middle brother|him]] Kichi-nii)</ref> Kichi-niichan<ref name="file972" /> Aniki Chukichi (talking to [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]])<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 929 (Volume 88)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Sera-san Sensei (once) Sera-chan Female High-School Detective (''JK Tantei'')<ref name="file938" /> Sera Masumi-san<ref name="file859" />|Sonoko-chan Sonoko-kun}}

{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Female detective (''onna-tantei'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|The girl with the ponytail}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Mari-chan<ref name="file930" />|Taisho<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Nakamichi|Sera}}
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{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Female High-School Detective (''Jōshi-Kōsei Tantei'')|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Sera-kun|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|"FBI Guy"}}

{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Boy (''Bōzu'')<ref name="file828">[[Volume 78#The Blush Mermaid|File 828 (Volume 78)]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="file828" /> Inspector (''Keibu'')<ref name="file828"/>}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file937">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 937]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Scotch|-|Scotch<ref name="file937" /> [[Shuichi Akai|My brother]]'s friend (''Aniki no yūjin'')<ref name="file936" /> The friend (''sono yūjin'')<ref name="file936" />}}

{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Young girl (''wakai no'')<ref name="file858">[[volume 81#Steamy Relations|File 858: A Problematic Deduction (Volume 81)]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="file858" />}}
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Sera Masumi<ref name="m18" />|Haibara Haibara Ai}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Onēsan<ref name="m18" />}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Professor Agasa (''Agasa-hakase'')}}
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{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|-|Kudo Yusaku<ref name="ep690" />}}

{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Sera<ref>[[Volume 78]], File 6</ref>|-}}

{{appellations|Scar Akai|Masumi<ref name="MT">[[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]]</ref>|Shu-nii<ref name="MT" /> Acquaintance (''shiriai'')}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-|Master of Karate (''Karate no Tatsujin'')}}

{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda<ref>[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 952: In the Suspicious Next Room (Volume 90)]]</ref> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953" />}}

{{appellations|Asaka|-|Asaka<ref name="file953" />|file=Asaka manga.jpg}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Masumi's Introduction (Manga: [[Volume 73#Jeet Kune Do|768 - 770]], Anime: [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel|646 - 647)]] ===
[[File:Sera Kick.png|thumb|right|200px|Masumi defends herself from Ran.]]
Masumi first met [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] on a bus after she was mistaken for a [[Wikipedia:Groping|groper]]. After Sonoko declared Masumi was the groper, Masumi and Ran got into a fight, with Masumi's Jeet Kune Do holding even against Ran's karate. Conan and Masumi cleared up the misunderstanding by pointing out the real groper. Sonoko then mistook Masumi for a boy, an impression which wasn't helped by Masumi declaring that Ran was "his type".<ref name=pronouns/> Masumi and Ran both discovered they were heading to the same hotel, about which Conan is less than pleased.

Masumi 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 Masumi 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, Masumi, that she is a detective, and knows Conan is a detective as well. She also revealed before she knew Conan's name despite it not being mentioned in front of her, revealing that Masumi has been investigating Conan for awhile now.

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

However, Masumi'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 Masumi 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, Masumi 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: [[Volume 73#Bomber's Request|771]]-[[Volume 74#Bomber's Request|774]], Anime: [[Hostage Situation at the Mouri Detective Agency|648 - 650]]) ===

==== Let's hear your brilliant deduction! (771) ====
According to Sonoko, Masumi 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. Masumi 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, Masumi 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|200px|Masumi sweeps out the Hostage Taker's legs]]
Just as Masumi 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 Masumi 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 the man to the floor, and Ran removes the gun from the man's hand with a kick; however, Masumi 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 Masumi. Conan's response is that Masumi is familiar somehow, like they have met before or she looks like someone, and Conan feels she isn't an enemy. 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 Masumi snatches the phone away and says hello to Conan (who is shocked that Masumi is with Ran). Masumi 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) ====
Masumi asks a few insightful questions about the case; however the hostage taker man discovers Ran's phone is still connected. Under gunpoint, Masumi steps in front of Ran and takes the blame, but Conan, using Shinichi's voice, says he ordered Ran to do it. Masumi is mystified by why Shinichi is now on Conan's phone. Masumi 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|200px|Masumi surprised by Ran's attitude.]]
Masumi explains to Ran that she secretly kept the call to Conan connected so he could call the police and research into the case. While Masumi 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.

Masumi 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 Masumi'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 Masumi wonders how he will manage to resolve this situation without bloodshed.</ref>

==== The book with unturned pages (774) ====
Masumi 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. Masumi yells for the waiting bomb squad to secure the area. With the hostage taker arrested, Shinichi then reveals the true culprit. Masumi realizes the mistake in her deduction and explains the correct timeline of events before the murder. Sometime soon after the conclusion of the case, Masumi, 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 Masumi thought". Conan isn't sure what to make of these last comments.

=== Video Site (Manga: [[Volume 74|775-777]], Anime: [[The Professor's Video Site|656-657]]) ===
[[File:Ai image.png|thumb|200px|Masumi deletes Haibara's image]]
Masumi stops [[Genta Kojima|Genta]] and [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] outside of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]]'s house to ask them if they are acquaintances of Professor Agasa. The topic of [[Shinichi]] comes up when she talks to Mitsuhiko and Genta about the prior hostage case. Mitsuhiko mentions that [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] told them to keep Shinichi's involvement secret. After asking about Haibara, Masumi mentions that she saw Haibara in one of the professor's online videos. Next, Masumi 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. Masumi 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 Subaru is hiding.

At the end of the case, Masumi 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 (Manga: [[Volume 74#East vs. West|778-780]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West|651]]) ===
[[File:Sera FBI.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi thinks about the FBI]]
The case opens with Ran talking to Masumi about [[Heiji Hattori]] who is stopping by for a visit. Masumi is curious whether Heiji or Shinichi is the better detective. After Heiji is introduced to Masumi, Kazuha then calls Heiji and tells him that she is stuck at a restaurant because someone died and a foreigner [[Andre Camel]] is keeping everyone from leaving. Masumi proposes Heiji and Shinichi (via Conan's cellphone) have a deduction match. At the crime scene, Masumi becomes curious about the foreigner, Camel who secured the area. The police and Conan reveal Camel is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent and Masumi takes interest. Meanwhile, Camel finds that Masumi looks familiar, but can't quite place why. He takes a picture of her and mails it to [[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] and [[James Black]] who are waiting outside. Jodie and James think Masumi resembles someone too, but only James Black correctly identified Masumi as female.

Meanwhile Masumi is busy helping with the case, asking questions and making comments about various deductions. Heiji nearly slips up with Conan's identity in front of her earning a pointed question from Masumi, but Heiji rescues himself by saying he thinks of Conan as Kudo when Conan gets smug have hearing Shinichi's deductions over the phone. Masumi 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 (Manga: [[Volume 74#Eye for an Eye|781]], Anime: [[The Design of Poison and Mirage|652]]) ===
Conan, Heiji, Masumi, and the rest of the group return to the Mouri Detective Agency after the poisoning case at Danny's restaurant. Heiji 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. Masumi takes an immediate interest in the case and wants to tag along, but Heiji refuses saying that the people he is visiting are only expected five people. Masumi is peeved at being left behind.

=== Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Manga: [[Volume 75|787]], Anime: [[Kogoro-san is a Good Man|661]]) ===
Masumi 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. Masumi thinks that he is just investigating a case. When an old lady named Takae Kiritani comes, she claims that Kogoro has been helping her. Masumi asks what he does for her to which she replies that its small things like helping around the house. Masumi isn't seen again for the rest of the case.

=== Murder at Mouri Detective Agency (Manga: [[Volume 76|797-800]], Anime: [[Detectives' Nocturne|672-674]]) ===
[[File:Sera's motorcycle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi in her motorcycle.]]
During a murder case at Mouri Detective Agency, after meeting Kogoro's new apprentice [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]], [[Juzo Megure|Megure]] comments that the number of detectives around Kogoro has increased again, referring to Masumi. Amuro takes interest in Masumi. Later, Kogoro and friends go over to a suspect's apartment. Masumi 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 Masumi. Meanwhile, Conan intentionally gets himself kidnapped by the primary suspect. After Ran enables calling again, Masumi 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 Masumi 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.

Masumi 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. Masumi, 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 Masumi 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, Masumi hugs Conan, happy he is safe. Amuro, Okiya, and [[Vermouth]] look on.

=== Meeting with Scar Akai (Manga: [[Volume 76|801]], Anime: [[Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter|675]]) ===
[[File:Sera 675.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Masumi looking for Scar Akai.]]
Masumi 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 Haibara 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 [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]]. Masumi 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. Masumi thinks about that 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 Masumi was chasing, but Masumi 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.

[[File:690-3.png|thumb|200px|Masumi is shocked to see Subaru]]
=== Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]]) ===
Masumi meets [[Subaru Okiya]] at Shinichi's house and she finds him suspicious. She began to think there is a woman at Kudo's house because there are a hair elastic, lipstick in a glass and a long hair in the sink trap. After that, all of them solved a case together that is similar to a case that Shinichi Kudo's father dropped out 10 years ago. It was revealed to be a theft case. Both Subaru and Masumi had got more suspicious of Conan and the identity of Shinichi Kudo. At the end, when the criminals were knocked, she saw Ran and Conan and she thought she was a 'bad kid', after all.

=== Gunma Campground's Cabin Trap (Manga: [[Volume 77|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-700]]) ===
[[File:Masome.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi at the campground]]
She went camping when she meets Professor Agasa and Conan. The Detective Boys were lost. Masumi and Conan found the two policemen finding the corpse. After she and Conan solved the case, she and Conan rushed towards the burning cabin. Conan and the Detective Boys were talking about how they got safe. Mitsuhiko pointed the way were their savior went. Masumi then began to ask what kind of woman is their savior. She seemed to be surprised when she saw her on Mitsuhiko's cell phone.
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[[File:new-sera.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi leans in to get a good look at Haibara]]
[[File:Sera is akai sister.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi is revealed to be Shuichi's sister.]]

=== Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-704]]) ===
Masumi finally meets Haibara, and Haibara has a bad feeling about her (although it could have been due to Scar Akai spying on them from behind the door just then). Later when a murder occurs on the Bell Tree Express, she and Conan investigate. Masumi takes a video recording of the suspects running so she can show it to the detective boys in order to ask them which one had the closest gait to the masked suspect from earlier, but she is intercepted first by Scar Akai in the hallway. She stops and angrily asks him who he is. Scar Akai simply replies that she hasn't changed, reveals his face to her, and refers to her by her first name, "Masumi". In her shock Masumi calls him "Shu-nii", signifying that Shuichi is Masumi's older brother. She questions Scar Akai about what happened, saying that she heard he had died. Scar Akai then tasers her unconscious, stating that he was hoping for that response. Scar Akai later is revealed to be Vermouth in disguise, explaining why he attacked Masumi.

=== The Blush Mermaid Heist (Manga: [[Volume 78|828]]-[[Volume 79|830]], Anime: [[Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid|724-725]]) ===
[[File:SeraHat.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Masumi is relieved that she has got her hat back.]]
Masumi accompanies Conan, Ran, and Sonoko to the location of Kaitou Kid's next heist: a museum where the Blush Mermaid, a gem adhered to the shell of a turtle as a last ditch effort by a an Italian actress in an accident at sea to save her turtle by encouraging someone to rescue it. Before checking out the museum, Masumi asks Ran if she saw a [[Scar Akai|strange man in black]] when she found the hat on the Belltree Express. After the group arrives at the room where the turtle is being held in a large aquarium, [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]] pulls Masumi's face to see if it is a mask worn by Kid. Annoyed by Nakamori's mistaken gender assumption and having her face pinched, Masumi knees him in the privates ostensibly to prove he isn't Kid. Masumi then runs off to the bathroom. Later, when Kid makes his move, Masumi is one of many caught in his trap: the rug on the floor is pulled up by strings so that it pins everyone standing on it to the front of aquarium. As soon as the rug drops, everyone sees the tank is empty except for a card left by Kid. This leaves Conan and Masumi quite dumbfounded as to how Kaitou Kid could have removed the turtle. Later, Conan reveals that Masumi is really Kaitou Kid, and he had made a critical error in his acting by assuming Masumi was a male. Kaitou Kid had locked the real Masumi bound and gagged in the men's bathroom after knocking her out with a stun gun. Upon gaining consciousness, Masumi escapes her bonds, rushes out of the bathroom, and gives a still disguised Kid a fierce kick to the face. After Kid escapes (due to Ran distracting Masumi by pointing out that everyone can see her underwear), Masumi is relieved that she at least managed to recover her hat, which she thinks is special because it somehow has the same feel as her brother Shuichi Akai's hat.

=== Cooking Show Murder (Manga: [[Volume 80|844-846]], Anime: [[The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits|727-728]]) ===
[[File:SeraSmile.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Masumi is smiling and blushing when Conan asks her if they had met each other before.]]
Conan, Ran, Sonoko, Kogoro and Masumi go to a live cooking show. Conan wants to ask something important to Masumi, but a murder gets in his way. While solving the case, Ran realises that Masumi and her might have met each other before, since Ran thinks of waves in the beach each time Masumi gets away. At the end of the case, Conan asks Masumi if they had met each other before. Masumi smiles and says she doesn´t know, but actually she thinks "Of course we have, but I can’t tell you until the time comes..."

=== Adultery Investigation (Manga: [[Volume 81|856-858]], Anime: [[Bathroom Where Ran Collapsed As Well|740-741]]) ===
[[File:SeraCall.png|left|thumb|200px|Masumi is calling her brother on the phone.]]
After being hired by a classmate, Keiko Kitao, Masumi is investigating to see if the boyfriend of Keiko's sister has fully committed to their relationship. However, as the atmosphere is rapidly changed by the murder, Masumi and Conan start to investigate the crime scene. When Conan has finally deduced who the culprit is, he also observes Masumi making a call with someone saying "...Say, my deduction... It's not wrong, is it?". Upon solving the case, Eri states having seen Masumi talking to her brother on the phone.

=== Meeting Makoto (Manga: [[Volume 81|859-861]], Anime: [[The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku|744-745]]) ===
[[File:SeraAndMakoto.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Masumi attacks Makoto with her Jeet Kune Do.]]
At a Bowling Center with Conan, Ran, Sonoko and Kogoro, Masumi is introduced to Sonoko's boyfriend Makoto. Shortly before, Makoto mistakes Masumi for a stranger being "overly friendly" with Sonoko and tries to fight her. Masumi explains that she has been taught Jeet Kune Do by her older brother, she also reveals that besides her assumingly dead brother, she also has a second-oldest brother. Furthermore, Masumi explains to Conan that her brother also advises her on cases by phone. After successfully investigating the crime scene with Conan, Masumi steps aside with her smartphone and types in the message "It seems like he's also arrived at the truth... But whether or not our deductions are the same - lately I've been losing confidence in that regard...". When the recipient writes back "Who is he? I'd like an explanation!", Masumi takes a picture with her smartphone. However, the recipient's answer, "If it's him, there's no problem." reveals that he is familiar with Conan. It is heavily implied that it is the same person Conan saw Masumi making a call with in File 857.

=== Red Woman Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|872]]-[[Volume 83|875]], Anime: [[The Tragedy of the Red Woman|754-756]]) ===
Masumi takes a request from her middle brother to consult in his place about a case involving some of his high school classmates who are now 28-29 years old. On the way to a cabin in the woods, Masumi tells Conan and the gang more about her family history and timeline. She reveals that she and her brothers each have different family names for various reasons, one of which is the death of her father. The case takes a dark turn when one of the classmates is found murdered in a bathtub of tomatoes. With the help of the Nagano police, Conan and Masumi manage to solve the case. Later, Masumi asks Conan to find her cellphone in the kitchen by calling it with his. He does so and Conan notices the call background screen is a [[Mary|child who looks like Masumi]] with eye bags similar to those of the [[Akai family]] members. Masumi mentions having a younger sister earlier on (Episode 754), so Conan suspects Masumi was intentionally trying to show him the child for some reason.

=== Romance Novelist Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 83|876]]-[[Volume 83|878]], Anime: [[The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion|759-760]]) ===
On the way home from school, Ran and Sonoko decide to visit Masumi's hotel (which is different from the other one she has been staying at earlier). Masumi claims she had a meeting with her supposedly-hard-to-reach [[Akai family's middle brother|middle brother]] planned, so she texts him to reschedule. Conan seems to notice this contradiction. At the hotel, Conan tries to peek in Masumi's bedroom, but Masumi wards him off by embarrassing him. Masumi also asks Conan is she reminds him of someone he met in the past, but Conan draws a blank. A murder interrupts the meeting. While Conan is investigating, he notices the middle-school aged [[Mary|child]] from Masumi's cellphone picture in the gathered crowd. Later, Conan and the gang return to Masumi's room, and Conan hides his glasses earpiece [[microphone]] to spy on the apartment. It is quickly found and destroyed by Masumi and the child after Conan departs with Ran and Sonoko. Masumi asks the child is she is beginning to like him, but the child responds that she is still long way from trusting him. The child asks Masumi to tell Conan she is her little sister from outside the territory if he asks about her. Masumi doesn't mention that she showed Conan the child's picture.
[[File:Masumi and Scotch Flashback EP836 (3).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi remembers meeting a man nicknamed Scotch]]

=== Shogi Tournament (Manga: [[Volume 85|899-902]], Anime: [[Taiko Meijin's Match of Love|785-786]]) ===

Sera invites Conan over to her new hotel to visit, but Conan says that he can't come. While he fibs to Sera, the true reason is that he's attending a Shogi game that day. While Sera doesn't investigate the case itself, she sees the Shogi game on TV while [[Mary|the child]] is sleeping on the table. At the end of the case the young girl has woken up, and is happy about the game's conclusion.

=== Poolside Case (Manga: [[Volume 85|903]]-[[Volume 86|903-905]], Anime: [[The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool|787-788]]) ===

Sera invites Conan over so that the child from Masumi's phone knows that he can be trusted, indicating that if he can't, they'll have to find a new living quarters. However despite promising he'd come alone, he ends up bringing Ran and Sonoko with him, much to the little girl and Masumi's frustration. The three teenage girls and Conan plan to hang out at the hotel's pool, but get interrupted by an emergency accompanied by a case. Sera and Conan solve the case together. At the end of the case Ran realizes that she recognizes Sera and her "little sister" from somewhere, but can't quite recall where.

=== Ran & Shinichi - First Contact (Manga: [[Volume 87#Ran & Shinichi - First Contact|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]]) ===

Sera, Sonoko and Ran are all walking in the cherry blossoms when Ran remembers when she first met Shinichi. Sonoko and Ran proceed to tell Sera a synopsized version of the event.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|928-930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|827-828]]) ===

Sera, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan all agree to have dinner at Sera's favorite ramen place. While there, Conan and Sera learn that three of the customers are suspects in an ongoing robbery-cum-murder case. Sera calls her brother to get more information on the suspects, but he's busy and hangs up on her. Sera and Conan both solve the case, and in the end the chef gives Conan a handkerchief that he mistakenly believes belongs to Sera, but actually says [[Mary Sera|Mary]]. This prompts Conan to realize that he must have met Mary somewhere, but can't recall where.

=== Girls Band Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|936-938]], Anime:[[The Unfriendly Girls Band|836-837]]) ===

Sonoko gets inspired by a movie she saw the previous night (inspired by the anime K-On!) to start a girl's band with Sera and Ran. Four years ago, Masumi was taught a few notes on the base guitar by a friend of her brother, [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]]. The friend was referred to as "[[Scotch]]" by another person who Masumi thinks looks like [[Rei Furuya|Rei]]. She helps solve the murder case the group runs into, and mentions that she was inspired by her oldest brother into becoming a detective.

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|951-953]], Anime: [[The Spirit Detective's Murder|863-864]]) ===

Masumi and Mary has moved into another hotel, where a murder takes place next door. Kogoro investigates the inside of the hotel room as part of a case, and after Masumi stalls him for a bit, Mary hides underneath the room's 4th floor veranda. Masumi intercepts Conan right before Mary is discovered, though Conan still manages to snap a picture of her. Sera uses a phone to give Mary all the information she needs to solve the case, and she uses Conan's lost bowtie modulator to pretend to be Kogoro.

=== Swimsuit Festival Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 91#Swimsuit Festival|969]]-[[Volume 92#Swimsuit Festival|971]], Anime:[[The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room|878-879]]) ===
Masumi intentionally puts on a bathing suit similar to the one that she had worn in the past to try to jog Conan's memory of where they met. A case occurs, which involved the method of counting fingers in different countries. Masumi seems to count the same way that is used in the UK, but seems to think that it is the way it is done in the US. As Conan corrects her, she seems confused. Conan thinks back on all of the times that Masumi has done things that seem to imply that she was in the UK rather than the US and he finally remembers the events of 10 years ago by repeating イギリス (Igirisu / Britain) in is head.
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=== A Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|972-974]], Anime:[[The Wizard of the Ripples|881-882]]) ===
The history between Shinichi, Ran and Masumi as children is explored.
<spoiler>
Masumi, along with her mother Mary and brothers Shukichi Haneda and Shuichi Akai encounter Shinichi, who is playing detective, and Ran at a beach. Later, the Akai family gets caught up in a robbery/accident case where a van falls into the ocean and the victim inside is identified as a robber. With hints and intelligence of both Shuichi, Shinichi and his father, Yusaku, they are able to solve the case.

In the end, Masumi calls Shinichi a 'magician'. Though it may be thought that it was because Shinichi was able to humor a rather serious person, Shuichi Akai; it is not the reason behind Masumi calling him 'magician'.
</spoiler>

Many important historical events relating to the Akai family, Shuichi Akai and his commitment to find his father's killer and the character of Tsutomu Akai is explored in this episode/chapter.

=== Café Rice Flower Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 94#Café Rice Flower Murder Case|994-996]], Anime:[[The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café|919-920]]) ===
Masumi and Sonoko meets up with Ran in a café to discuss details of the school field trip to Kyoto and happen upon a murder. Sera and Conan solve the case together.

=== Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Crimson School Trip Case|1005]], Anime: [[The Scarlet School Trip|927-928]]) ===
Masumi, together with other high school students such as Ran, Shinichi, etc, goes on a field trip to Kyoto. In Kyoto, she participated in solving a murder case along with other high school detectives, Heiji and Shinichi. This whole case is a confirmation of Masumi knowing Shinichi's real identity. After the case is solved, Masumi is seen calling her mother, [[Mary Sera]] telling her that "it seems the antidote exists" and her mission now is to get it without fail.

=== TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|1022-1026]], Anime: TBD) ===
Masumi, Ran and Conan joins with Makoto and Sonoko to watch a movie. They encounter a murder case which happens in a TV Drama Filming Site. To get the antidote for Mary, she trys to ask Ran about Shinchi circumstance during the school trip, and ask her if Shinichi appears in her sight, then Conan would be gone. However, Ran said that she saw both Shinchi and Conan during the [[The Desperate Revival|school festival]], which surprised her. After that, she trys to confronts Conan by calling him Shinchi. Conan denies that it is impossible that he is Shinchi. Masumi remembers her mother, Mary attempted to contact [[Tsutomu Akai|her father]] in London, leaving herself in the room, and came back hours later in the body of a middle-school child form. Until she saw Conan [[Holmes' Revelation|appears in London]], which cause her back to Japan. She ask Ran and Conan that are there any mature child which is similar to Conan. They said that Haibara, who has the mature personality similar to Conan, She remembers that she had met her in the [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|Mystery Train]] before.

=== Antique Facet Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Antique Facet Case|1035]]-[[Volume 89#Antique Facet Case|1038]], Anime: TBA) ===
After having more or less confirmed Conan's true identity as Shinichi, Masumi starts to investigate about Ai Haibara's connection to him due to her mature personality and unusual choice of Kanji for her name. She follows Conan, Agasa, Ai, and Subaru to the house of an appraiser whom Agasa requested to inspect an antique plate he had found at his late uncle and aunt's estate. During the case, was trying to pressure Haibara into revealing her true identity and giving her the [[APTX 4869|drugs]] that restores " the flow of time". However, Subaru ended up interrupting Sera's investigation, which irritated Sera and tried to kick him. Subaru easily dodged the kick and told Sera that the divison of fault is "50:50"; saying that he might be at fault for irritating her, but she is also at fault for trying to kick him, which surprised Sera.
After the case, Sera asks her mother about her "50:50" catchphrase, Mary revealed that it is a line that her husband used to say and her son Shuichi inherited from him. Mary asks Sera if she can gets her hands on the drug, Sera told her that it is difficult for the moment since Subaru Okiya is standing in her way. Mary asks her if he is such a noteworthy person, however, Sera is more concerned about whether Subaru is her brother Akai or not, since he's using the same "50:50" catchphrase as her brother.

=== Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 98|1047]]-[[Volume 99|1050]], Anime: TBA) ===
Ran, Sonoko, Sera and Conan are invited to sisters' birthday party. During the party, Sera sees Conan carrying a blue and white capsule in his medicine box, and realises that it is an APTX antidote. Sera calls her mother, informing her about the antidote. Her mother orders her to steal it possible. Eventually, a murder takes places, postponing Sera's plan. After the case is solved, Sera managed somehow to steal the medicine box. Sera started to remember her mother's shrinking, which occured at the same time of [[Holmes' Revelation]]'s arc in London. Sera and Mary witnessed Conan calling himself Holmes' apprentice during Minerva's match on TV, and remembered the same proclamation of Shinichi 10 years ago on the beach. The two realised that Conan is Shinichi, and has a way to return as Shinichi to board a plane to London. Since then, Mary ordered Sera to get closer to him in order to obtain the antidote. Then, Sera opens the medicine box, but realises that the antidote isn't in there, as Conan tricked her by putting it elsewhere, much to Sera's chagrin.

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Dimensional Sniper (Movie: [[Dimensional Sniper|18]]) ===
Sera appeared in this movie as an investigator of the person who had been shot in the Bell Tower. She and Conan helped in chasing the culprit and afterwards was shot by the culprit after saving Conan.

=== The Scarlet Bullet (Movie: [[The Scarlet Bullet|24]]) ===

== Plot Exposition ==
=== Hints that Masumi was Shuichi Akai's sister ===
Masumi was revealed to be Shuichi Akai's sister on the Bell Tree Express after a confrontation with [[Scar Akai]]<ref name=821p16>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 4 (821), pg 16: "Mystery Train (Junction)"</ref> and while sleeptalking.<ref name=823p4>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 6 (823), pg 4: "Mystery Train (Releasing Smoke)"</ref>
[[File:Sera_and_Shuuichi.png|thumb|right|Masumi and Shuichi Akai.]]
* Masumi has bags under her eyes identical to Shuichi Akai's.
* Masumi Sera's name is also incredibly similar to Mobile Suit Gundam character [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Sayla_Mass Sayla Mass] ({{lang|ja|セイラ・マス}}, ''Seira Masu''). [[Shuichi Akai#Name origin|Shuichi's name is derived]] from Sayla Mass's older brother's name, Char Aznable.
* Conan said he has a feeling he had met her before. "''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>
* [[Andre Camel]] and most likely [[James Black]] seem to recognize her from somewhere. On another interesting note, James was the first to recognize that Masumi was a girl. Everyone else thought that she was a guy when they first saw her. Since James was Shuichi's boss, he would most likely know that Shuichi has a younger sister and what she would look like.
* Masumi lived in Japan until three years ago when her family moved to America. This matches with the time when Shuichi 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 Shuichi's mission.
* In chapter 801, Masumi chased after [[Scar Akai]] who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri Detective Agency. Although, Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew".
* In chapter 859, Masumi, when being asked who taught her Jeet Kune Do, answers that her older brother did. Consequently, Conan asks Sera: "But, didn't you say your older brother was dead?" This leads to Masumi remarking "Yeah... That's what I heard." also further supporting the theory that Masumi is in Japan to investigate her brother's death.
* In chapter 881, Shukichi calls Masumi's oldest brother as "Shuichi" and Shuichi also tells Mary that he is planning to join FBI.

=== Hints that Masumi was not Bourbon ===
* In Chapter 801, Masumi chased after [[Scar Akai]] who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri 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" regarding the man she saw, which would make sense if she thought Shuichi was dead. This implied she wasn't Bourbon, since Bourbon believes he is the only one who can kill Shuichi, implying that Gin might have failed to do so. Hence Bourbon wouldn't think that it was impossible to meet Shuichi again in the street.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Friends and family ===
==== Shuichi Akai ====
[[Shuichi Akai]] is Masumi's older brother. She didn't get to meet him until she was six-seven years old, because Shuichi went to study abroad before Masumi was born. At first meeting she was very shy, but she did make some pranks in an attempt to make him smile. Masumi refers to Shuichi as "Shu-nii", implying that they were close. Masumi seems to miss him after his supposed death. In the Blush Mermaid Heist, Masumi is shown to be fond of her fedora as she believes it has the same "feel" as Shuichi's old hats. Shuichi sent Masumi Jeet-Kune-Do training tapes while she was in elementary school. She watched these so many times while practicing that she wore them out.<ref name="876p2">Manga [[Volume 83]], File 4 (876), pg 2: "Romance Novelist"</ref> She describes her eldest brother as ''strong'' in contrast to her second - oldest brother.<ref name="859p6-7">Manga [[Volume 81]], File 9 (859): pgs 6-7: "Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate"</ref>

==== Conan Edogawa ====
[[File:EP671-674 25.png|thumb|right|200px|Masumi hugs Conan after rescuing him in [[Detectives' Nocturne]].]]
Masumi is interested in [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s abilities as a detective and has been gathering information on him and his friends. She appears to be certain that Conan is Shinichi Kudo. Despite her initial suspicious presentation, Conan felt like she wasn't a bad person and so didn't mistrust her. Conan at several points questions her if they've met before, but she denies this, once secretly thinking, "Now's not the time". The period in which such an encounter could have taken place is initially hinted to be somewhere before the three-year span of Masumi's sojourn in the United States, when she was in her preteen years.<ref name="Mang83">Manga [[Volume 83]], File 2 (874), pg 7-8: "Red Past"</ref><ref name="Mang86">Manga [[Volume 86]], File 1 (905): "The Truth Rises to the Surface"</ref>

It is later shown that she had met Conan/Shinichi ten years ago, when the Akai family had gathered on an undisclosed beach in Japan prior to Shuichi Akai joining the FBI. By chance, Shinichi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] had also vacationed there, and they all ended up as witnesses and investigators in a gone-awry flight attempt from a robbery. When Shinichi managed to make Shuichi laugh (something Masumi had miserably failed to achieve) with his intelligence, observation skills and some unintended jokes, Masumi, in her admiration for Shinichi, began to call him "wizard". It is quite possible that this meeting inspired Masumi to become a detective herself.<ref name="Mang92">Manga [[Volume 92]], File 2-4 (972-974): "A Chance Meeting at the Beach"</ref>

When Masumi lives in England, she saw the tennis match from the [[Volume 71#Following Holmes|London case]] on TV and recognized Conan as Shinichi based on his proclamation as 'Holmes' apprentice' (same as Shinichi proclaim himself to Shuichi ten years ago). After that, she start return to Japan to meet Conan.<ref name="ch1025">[[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 96, chapter 1025: "TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case"]]</ref>

On several occasions, such as the dramatic conclusion of the [[Volume 76#Online Client|Online Client Case]], Masumi has displayed an intensely affectionate air towards Conan which somewhat transcends a mere "big sister" relationship.<ref>Manga Chapter 800: ''Online Client Case'' - "When Objects Collide"; Anime Episode 674: ''[[Detectives' Nocturne]]'' - "Bourbon"</ref> In fact, it is hinted during the [[Volume 83#Romance Novelist Murder Case|Romance Novelist murder]] and in the movie ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]'' that she may actually be entertaining a crush on Shinichi/Conan and hopes of initiating a closer relationship with him. However, the actual level of her feelings for him is yet to be publicly revealed, and it doesn't appear like she has anything against Ran and Shinichi's relationship.

==== Ai Haibara ====
Masumi has been interested in meeting [[Ai Haibara]] and has been secretly gathering information on her, mainly because she has begun to suspect that Haibara is the inventor of the [[APTX]], which Mary wishes to acquire for her re-transformation.<ref>[[Volume 95#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 95, chapter 1005: "Crimson School Trip Case"]]</ref><ref name="ch1025">[[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 96, chapter 1025: "TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case"]]</ref>. She also seemed to have recognized [[Shiho Miyano]] in the video of her rescuing the [[Detective Boys]]. Haibara in turn feels unnverved by Masumi, mainly by the latter's close interest in her and her pestering allusions, fearing for the safety of her identity.<ref>[[Volume 98#Antique Facet Case|Manga chapters 1035-1036]]</ref>

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran and Sera and Wave.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ran hears sounds of rippling waves when she sees Masumi hurried away]]
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Masumi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] have become friends and often walk home from school together. Masumi has also declared Ran as "her type" when they first met as a sign of liking, though this ultimately led Sonoko, Conan and Ran herself to mistake Masumi for a boy.

At one point, Ran recalls having met Masumi before in the past, hearing the sound of "rippling waves" when the she sees the latter leaving, "as if some sort of magic were at work".<ref name="Mang86"></ref> It is revealed in a later story that she and Masumi had actually met 10 years before, when they were both still children, on a beach, where by happenstance she, Shinichi and the Akai family inadvertently became embroiled in the aftermath of a crime (see '''Conan Edogawa''', above).<ref name="Mang92"></ref>

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Masumi and [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] have become friends and often walk home from school together, with Sonoko describing Masumi as a popular girl who is "cheery, sociable, boyish and cute" and on top of that, a "Jeet Kune Do using detective", though she also teasingly remarks that the only thing "against Sera" is her flat chest.

==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[Shukichi Haneda]] is Masumi's middle brother. Masumi appears to have a good relationship with him. Unlike Shuichi, they were close during her childhood. She often consults him regarding information or deductions about the cases she faced, and also has a high regard of her brother's intellect, even considering the already sharp Shuichi as "strong" in contrast to her second older-brother. However, Masumi doesn't know anything about Shukichi's Shogi skills or what he has been up to. She has no idea where he is living.

==== Tsutomu Akai ====
Masumi's father was missing before she was born, so she never knew him. But she refer to him as 'Papa.

==== Mary Sera ====
[[Mary Sera|Mary]] seems very mature and cold while talking to Masumi. She also treats her more like a coworker than her daughter, as she always advises her what to do and switch hotels if any intel about Mary is leaked. She is also somehow stubborn as she declined Masumi's trust in Conan despite the latter's motive and pursuit of justice are geniune.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Rei Furuya ====
Rei first saw Masumi in Detectives Nocturne case and seemed to recognise her. They formally met in chapter 936 (Girls Band) at [[Café Poirot]]. Masumi felt like having met him and even asked him directly about that, but Rei said that was the first time they met. When Masumi talked about a friend of her brother who taught her play the guitar, Rei also seemed to know about that incident. In Masumi's flashback of that friend, a man who looked very much like Rei appeared, and Masumi once again wondered about it, to which Amuro replied that she took the wrong person.

==== Scotch ====
Sera recalled meeting Scotch 4 years ago. That was when Scotch was with Akai and Rei in a train station. Sera also remembered Scotch teaching her how to play the bass and though it was only 10 minutes, she seemed to enjoy it. Sera is not sure of Scotch's true identity or allegiance, but thinks that Scotch is Japanese and that Scotch is not the real name.

== Speculation ==
[[File:Sera Knowing Conan's Name.png‎|thumb|right|200px|Masumi mentioning Conan's name.]]
=== Masumi met Shinichi and Ran when she was younger and knows Conan is Shinichi ===
* Masumi knew [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]'s identities before they introduced themselves. She also knew that Conan is a detective.<ref> [[Volume 73]], File 6 (768)</ref>
* Masumi seems to know that Conan is the brains behind Sleeping Kogoro. Conan seems to think that he may have met Masumi before or that she resembles someone that he knows. He believes that she got the deduction of a case wrong just so that he would reveal himself. <ref> [[Volume 73]], File 9 (771)</ref>
* Conan realizes he met Masumi before because he finds her snaggletoothed smile familiar,<ref name=845p16>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 6 (845), pg 16: "Our Territory"</ref>
* Masumi admits that she has met Conan before, but she can´t tell him until "the time" comes.<ref name=846p16>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 7 (846), pg 16: "The Magic Lock"</ref>
* Ran has met Masumi as well because Masumi's figure as she runs away reminds her of "sounds of rippling waves, as if some sort of magic were at work."<ref name=846p4>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 7 (846), pg 4: "The Magic Lock"</ref>
* Masumi, asks Conan if he once met a girl "a long time ago and could never forget [her]"<ref name=876p11>Manga [[Volume 83]], File 4 (876), pg 11: "The Romance Novelist"</ref> and gets annoyed when he says he can't recall someone like that.
* Ran has a flashback to when she saw a younger Masumi, who is wearing a bathing suit, say, "You are a wizard, right?". Ran also feels that she has met [[Mary]].<ref> Manga [[Volume 86]], File 1 (905)</ref>
* The meeting occurred 10 years ago, as mentioned by Mary.<ref> Manga [[Volume 90]], File 5 (953)</ref>
* Masumi puts on a swimsuit similar to the one in Ran's flashback in order to jog Conan's memory, which results in him remembering her in that bathing suit as well, along as three other people, assumed to be her relatives. <ref> Manga [[Volume 91]], File 11 (969)</ref>

In Chapter 771, it is revealed that she also knows Professor Agasa, although she calls him "Professor what's his name". Although this could be explained away as her talking to Conan off screen and her just not remembering Agasa's name.

=== The Wizard ===
In a PS, [[Shukichi Haneda|Masumi's middle brother]] asks if she "has already met the Wizard?"<ref name=861p15-16>Manga Volume 81, File 11 (861), pg 15-16: "Just like Magic"</ref> Masumi's thought reply is "You could say so..." Later, Masumi "thinks aloud" that her reason for returning to Japan is to meet the Wizard once more.<ref name=874p8>Manga [[Volume 83]], File 2 (874), pg 8: "The red past"</ref> The identity of the Wizard is revealed in File 974 to be Shinichi.

==== Shinichi Kudo ====
Tellingly, Masumi turns towards Conan when thinking of the answer "You could say so". At this point Masumi seems to know Conan is Shinichi. If Shinichi was nicknamed "The Wizard" by Masumi and/or her brother because of what happened when he and Masumi met in the past, then the response is appropriate since she could only sort of meet with Shinichi, because Shinichi shrunk into Conan. It's possible that the event where Shinichi earned the nickname "The Wizard" was Shinichi and Ran's meeting with Masumi 10 years ago. When trying to remember Masumi, Ran specifically mentions "sounds of rippling waves, as if some sort of magic were at work."<ref name=846p4>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 7 (846), pg 4: "The Magic Lock"</ref> A "magical" incident, if it was Shinichi's doing, might have earned him the nickname. Ran has a flashback of a young Masumi saying "You are a wizard, right?".<ref> Manga [[Volume 86]], File 1 (905)</ref> Conan seems to have remembered meeting Masumi 10 years ago and is shown as a young Shinichi standing in front of a large wave.<ref> Manga [[Volume 92]], File 2 (971)</ref>

==== Someone else ====
At this point it is unlikely that the Wizard is anyone else. There is evidence that Masumi nicknamed the person who she calls Wizard, at a point in the past while Ran was nearby. If Ran was nearby, then this would have to have happened when they first met 10 years ago, meaning that the person must be someone who existed back then. The topic of the Wizard came up during a text conversation about Conan between Masumi and her middle brother, and her response to if she had met the Wizard again was "You could say so", which is more than likely implying that she is referring to Conan, and therefore Shinichi.

[[File:Akai's picture 338.PNG|thumb|right|200px|The picture of the Detective Boys the mystery assistants captured]]

=== Masumi learned about Haibara from Shuichi's picture ===
Masumi initially had an interest in Haibara. This is strange because Haibara didn't exist prior to Shiho shrinking. The knowledge of Shiho should have been secret to her as well, because Shuichi Akai's infiltration of the Black Organization was a secret. If Masumi doesn't even know the details of her brother's death, why should she know about Shiho? Masumi may recognize Haibara from pictures of Conan and Haibara that Shuichi 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 Shuichi 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 Shuichi 's things to his family. If Masumi was interested in finding out how and why Shuichi died, she would begin by researching the people in those pictures and those connected with them in hopes of finding clues.
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== Character popularity ==
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Masumi placed 9th overall with 292 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8024|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* Masumi ranked 10th in the Digest Book 50+ poll "Best Detective Conan characters", with 107 votes.

* Masumi ranked 5th in the Digest Book 60+ poll "Cutest Detective Conan characters", with 135 votes.

* Masumi ranked 10th in the Digest Book 70+ poll "Characters you want to go on a date with", with 106 votes.

* Masumi ranked 11th in the Digest Book 80+ poll "Character you want to marry", with 281 votes.

== 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>[[Sherry's soliloquy|Sherry's soliloquy (2012-06-17)]], Gosho was referring to the revelation that Masumi is Shuichi's sister (Manga File 821): {{lang|ja|やっぱりアルテイシアだったのね・・・}} (So it was '''Artesia'''…). Note that "Artesia" is another name of '''Sayla Mass'''.</ref> The kanji for Masumi's surname mean 'good world'. The kanji for her first name, Masumi, mean 'true' and either 'pure' or 'net.'

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

{{cquote|I guess I'm a bad kid after all...|Masumi, while crying, File 814 pg 16}}

== Trivia ==
[[File:M18-Sera.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Movie 18]]
* Masumi is based on [[Natsuki Koshimizu]], a tomboy detective girl turned criminal who made her first appearance in the [[Volume 54#Detective Koshien Case|''Detective Koshien Case'']]. Since Natsuki had proven highly popular, but Aoyama couldn't recycle her as a protagonist, the character of Masumi was created instead.<ref>''Shonen Sunday'' #33</ref>
* When she was young she liked to read the "[[Night Baron]]" series, so she is fan of [[Yusaku Kudo]].
* Her catchphrase, "Case Closed" (said in English), is likely a reference to the English-language name of Detective Conan. It was later revealed that she first heard the phrase being used by her brother Shuichi after he solved a case, most likely inspiring Masumi to use it herself as well.
* Masumi owns an [[Vehicles in Detective Conan#Sera's Yamaha Artesia XT400|Artesia XT400]].
* In File 859, Masumi reveals that she has a second-older brother and that her oldest brother taught her Jeet-Kune-Do.
* Masumi speaks Queen's English.<ref>[[:File:Postcard2015 1.jpg]]</ref>
* In movie 18, Sera's breasts are mistakenly a little bit developed.

== In other languages ==
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ماسومي Māsūmi|سيرا Sēra}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Masumi|Sera}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Masumi|Sera}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Mexico|American Spanish|Masumi|Sera}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Brazil|Brazilian Portuguese|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|세라 Sera|양 Yang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Masumi|Sera}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มาสึมิ Mās̄ụ-mi|เซระ Sera}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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Shiho Miyano

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| name = Shiho Miyano
| japanese-name = 宮野志保 (Miyano Shiho)
| english-name = Shelly Miyano
| image = S6 Shiho.jpg
| age = 18<ref name=CD72>Super Digest Book 10+, page 202, question 42</ref><ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51. Also, in episode 343, Haibara is listening to recorded messages that her mother made every year, and these seem to stop after her 18th birthday.</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) Mr. Miyano (paternal grandfather, deceased) Mrs. Miyano (paternal grandmother, deceased) [[Shuichi Akai]] (cousin) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (cousin) [[Masumi Sera]] (cousin) [[Mary Sera]] (aunt) [[Tsutomu Akai]] (uncle)
| occupation = Scientist
| nicknames =
| aliases = Ai Haibara (alias) Sherry (code name)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 2#File 016 - A Devil-like Woman|File 16]] (In a silhouette) / [[Volume 24#File 241 - The Bullet from the Past|File 241]] (first full appearance) Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|Episode 177]]
| appearances = {{:Shiho Miyano Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole =
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice =
| drama-actor = [[Yu Kashii]] (Sherry)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shiho Miyano'''|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}} is a former [[Black Organization]] researcher, codenamed '''{{nihongo|"Sherry"|シェリー|Sherī}}''', who was working on [[APTX 4869]]. After the Black Organization killed her [[Akemi Miyano|sister]], she took APTX 4869 to commit suicide but shrank instead. She fled the Black Organization and now currently goes under the alias of '''[[Ai Haibara]]'''.

== Background ==
[[Image:Shiho Miyano computer picture.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Shiho as she appears on Pisco's computer in the manga version.]]
Shiho Miyano and her older sister, Akemi Miyano, were born into the secret crime syndicate known unofficially as the [[Black Organization]]. Shiho's English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both important researchers for the Black Organization. They both died in what other members of the Black Organization described as an accident while Shiho was very young.

While Akemi lived a normal life, Shiho was sent to America as a small child to go to school and was groomed to finish her parents' research on [[APTX 4869]].<ref> File 384-386 Volume 38 File 2-4</ref> Most of her time in America was lonely; she ate lunch alone, and was otherwise isolated from her peers for being different. Despite the difficult social situation, Shiho was an academic prodigy, and by the age of thirteen she was working as a highly ranked scientist for the Black Organization.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization 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 in the present, then she would have been 13 at the time that Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization, and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref> Her codename in the Black Organization is "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.
Her only real friend was Akemi, who only involved herself in the organization to get Shiho out.

At some point, along with [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]], she has visited the Mermaid Island, where there supposedly lived a woman rumored to be immortal. She has always know that [[Renya Karasuma]] is the Black Organization head.

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the most current incarnation of the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. Although it was not her intended purpose<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, page 9</ref>, 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 one 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.

After the death of her sister at the hands of Gin, she rebelled against the Black Organization, refusing to complete any work for them until she received a satisfactory explanation for why her sister was killed. Instead she was confined to a small room to await the boss decided her execution. She took an APTX 4869 pill she had pocketed earlier to commit suicide, but shrank instead to elementary school child age. That allowed her to slip her handcuffs and escape via a rubbish chute. Her only hope was her suspicions about the potential survival of [[Shinichi Kudo]], the only unconfirmed death of the human trial subjects. She fled towards Shinichi's house, but collapsed in the rain outside the house of Shinichi's neighbor, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. Agasa found and adopted her, and she now lives with him under the alias [[Ai Haibara]].

Naturally, the boss ordered the organization to hunt her down and murder her, and to get rid of anyone associated with her.

== Personality ==
Initially, Shiho was very cynical, which was reflected in her valuing her own security above idealistic principles of justice. She also did not wish to become close to others. While attending school in America, she ate lunch alone<ref>[[Volume 30|Volume 30, File 303: "Genta's Misfortune"]]</ref>. It was only by repeatedly approaching her that the [[Detective Boys]] and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] finally became her friends. Shiho was also untrusting of others in general, and preferred to put on an expressionless, cold mask while bottling up her pain and sadness. Shiho's views about death have been complex and at times contradictory. She was prepared to likely kill [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] with APTX 4869 as part of her tests, but on the other hand, she detested the Black Organization's use of APTX as a killing tool and Conan labeling her as a murderer.
Her fascination with her work seems to be stronger than fear for the organization, while she was still a member, since she risked changing Shinichi Kudo's data to avoid him getting killed before she could study him.

Shiho speaks very formally.

=== Changes as Ai Haibara ===
Her time as [[Ai Haibara]] has softened her personality, making her more optimistic and open to Conan's idealistic pursuit of justice.

== Appearance ==
Shiho is a thin woman of average height with naturally wavy auburn hair at mid neck length. Although she is multiracial, she is Japanese looking. Many characters refer to her as very beautiful, a trait she seems to have inherited from her mother.

== Abilities and skills ==
=== Biochemistry ===
Shiho is a biochemical genius, taking up her parents' research work on [[APTX 4869]] for the Black Organization by the age of thirteen after going to school in America.

=== Medical knowledge ===
Shiho has demonstrated knowledge of medicine, recognizing the symptoms of Shiratori's [[Wikipedia:Subdural hematoma|subdural hematoma]].<ref>Tokyo hostage/Matsuda case</ref> Using knowledge of osteology, she also is able to deduce a long decayed woman's ambulatory condition.<ref>Castle treasure case</ref>

=== Detective skills ===
Shiho was able to deduce Conan as Shinichi by inspecting the clues left in Kudo residence. As Haibara, she shows sharp observation, keen thinking process and ability to make logical deduction; however, unlike Conan/Shinichi, she often lacks specialized knowledge or experience to make the conclusive argument to solve the case. Moreover, to avoid attention, she stays quiet, which Conan often takes the spotlight. Haibara does not identify herself as a "mystery freak" as Conan. In the few cases that Haibara leads the investigation, she shows that she can be a great detective on her own, although this is not her prime speciality. Haibara has also known to read some mysteries like
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and PD James's Cordelia Gray novel but it is not known whether she enjoys the genre.

=== "Black Organization sense" ===
[[Image:Ai's BO radar.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Haibara senses a Black Organization member is nearby.]]
Shiho has the ability to sense when Black Organization members are around, which she characterizes as their unique "smell" or "pressure". So far, her sense only detects Black Organization members and not people with malevolent intent generally,<ref>She has only claimed the sense for Black Organization members, and she does not seem to have the same magnitude reaction around people who aren't, such as case culprits, although she may be generally suspicious of them;</ref> however, it doesn't always trigger when Black Organization members are present.<ref>This is the case especially when the Black Organization members aren't focusing or in an aggressive mood. Numabuchi is an example of this.</ref> nor does it reveal their numbers.<ref>The case with Vermouth and Shuichi on the bus, and when she was unsure if Pisco had an accomplice (Vermouth) at the party.</ref> Sometimes the sense is fleeting ([[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]], or [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] passing by pursuing [[James Black]]), or context sensitive (when Akemi was planning the bank robbery).

=== Pain tolerance ===
[[Gin|Like]] [[Vermouth|other]] Black Organization members, Shiho has also demonstrated a strong tolerance for pain. During the initial apoptoxin transformation, Shiho does not scream despite the sensation of 'bones melting', as doing so would likely have ended in being caught and killed when someone came to check on her. It is unclear if she even passes out at all, and regardless she manages to recover quickly enough to escape through a chute/ventilation shaft before her captors know anything happened.

Additionally, she climbs barefoot up a chimney while extremely sick from the effects of a cold combined with [[Baijiu]]-induced regrowth. She then crawls back to the chimney after she is shot multiple times by Gin on the frigid, snowy roof. She still maintains consciousness after falling down the chimney over a story in height and experiencing the agony of reverting back to Ai Haibara. Nowhere during this ordeal or her rescue afterwards did she cry from the pain. Shiho also handled the painful side affects of being reverting back to an adult with a [[prototype antidote]] better than Shinichi.

=== Shooting ===
Shiho is familiar with firearms. As Haibara, she was confident enough to intentionally miss a shot with a handgun.

=== Driving ===
In Lupin III vs Detective Conan The Movie, Haibara is able to ride a Harley motorbike, she stated that she used to own a Harley when she was Shiho.

In The Disappearance of Edogawa Conan, she is shown driving a car as Haibara.

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| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Miyano Shiho (In the intro of each movie) Haibara || Kudo-kun
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || || The children Mitsuhiko-kun (collective)<ref name=817p12/>
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| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] || ??? || Dad (''Otōsan'')
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Ai-chan ||
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| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]] ||That woman|| Vodka
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| [[File:Rei Furuya 60px.jpg]] || [[Rei Furuya]] || Hell's Angel's daughter || ???
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== Plot overview ==
=== Prior to escape ===
After being orphaned by the death of [[Atsushi Miyano|her]] [[Elena Miyano|parents]] at a young age, Shiho was groomed to take over their [[APTX 4869]] research project. She was educated overseas in America before returning to Japan at or before she was 13. She became a high ranking member, codenamed Sherry, in the Black Organization's internal drug development division.<ref>Conan Drill page 237</ref> When she was about 13,<ref>Five years before present timeline</ref> undercover [[FBI]] agent [[Shuichi Akai]] began dating Shiho's sister [[Akemi Miyano]] in order to use Shiho's rank to his advantage while infiltrating the Black Organization.

During the 5+ years Shiho worked in the Black Organization lab, Akemi was Shiho's lifeline to normalcy and her primary emotional support within the darkness of the Black Organization. Akemi would arrange meetings with Shiho in restaurants and such to chat about current happenings, and Shiho would sometimes tell Akemi about her Black Organization activities, although it appears she did not go into much detail.<ref name="Akemi Meeting">Volume 18, File 10, Page 15</ref> Akemi would also send Shiho floppies of pictures of her travels and friends which Shiho would quickly look at. During this time, Shiho accidentally mixed up the disks and mailed a disk of extremely sensitive information back to Akemi by mistake. The disk eventually would up in the hands of Akemi's professor friend, Masami Hirota.

[[Image:Investigation Kudo's house.jpg‎|thumb|left|200px|Search team were sent to Kudo's house to investigate.]]Closer to the beginning of the current timeline, Shiho Miyano was ordered to test the most recent, yet still incomplete, version of APTX 4869 on [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]], a failed assassin. Shiho received the data about him, but he managed to escape the Black Organization before she could test it on him. Shiho fled the Black Organization herself soon after, so her superiors never found a substitute test subject. [[Shinichi Kudo]] wound up being the first "guinea pig" of APTX 4869 according to [[Gin]], who decided to use the newly approved poison to kill him after Shinichi witnessed a Black Organization transaction.

Unaware of the APTX 4869's rare deaging side effect when they used it on Shinichi Kudo, the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. As the creator of the drug, Shiho was part of the team who searched Shinichi's house twice to confirm his death. She began to suspect Shinichi's transformation when she noticed his clothes from primary school had disappeared between the first and second searches. Sometime earlier, one mouse dosed with APTX 4869 had become younger, so she suspected something similar had happened to Shinichi. Shiho did not want the Black Organization to kill such an interesting "test subject" before she could examine him, so Shiho confirmed Shinichi as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further. Shiho later met with Akemi and told her that she went to Kudo's house in Beika city to "look after something".<ref name="Akemi Meeting"/>

==== Akemi's robbery plan and death ====
[[Image:Conan newspaper.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan's picture in the newspaper article about Akemi Miyano's death. Shiho remembered Conan from this picture.]]
Meanwhile, Akemi Miyano wished that she and Shiho could leave the Black Organization. The Black Organization itself was in an awkward position as Akemi had been in love with the FBI spy, Shuichi Akai, whose true allegiance had since been uncovered when Shiho was about 16.<ref>Two years before present timeline</ref> The Black Organization could not simply kill Akemi because that would jeopardize the loyalty of Shiho, who was valuable to the Black Organization's research efforts. Exasperated, the Black Organization came up with a trap for Akemi; they told her that she could leave the Black Organization with Shiho if she would rob 10 billion yen from a bank for them. The Black Organization expected Akemi to fail, which would give them the excuse to eliminate her while keeping Shiho loyal; however Akemi, with a team of robbers, succeeded in obtaining the money.

In the event of her success, the Black Organization had designed the second part of the robbery plan so that Akemi's assistants would kill each other or be unintentionally killed by the unwitting Akemi. However one accomplice had fled, forcing Akemi to use detective [[Kogoro Mouri]] to find him. After her first meeting with Kogoro, Akemi met with Shiho again.<ref name="Akemi Meeting"/> Akemi had not told Shiho about the robbery plan, but it seems that Shiho's detection of the Black Organization aura from Akemi<ref>Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest case (some translations do not have this line correct)</ref> and gossip had made Shiho aware that Akemi had done something dangerous. Without telling Shiho about the robbery, Akemi redirected the conversation to [[Conan Edogawa]], whom Akemi said was brilliant and had the composure of an adult. This conversation likely helped Shiho deduce Conan's identity as the missing Shinichi.

Later, after all the accomplices were killed, Akemi planned to hand access to the money over to Gin and Vodka at the shipyard.<ref>This is based on the manga version of this case. The anime alters this scene</ref> Instead, Gin murdered Akemi. A newspaper took a photo of the crime scene that included Conan looking downcast. Shiho later identified Conan using it.

Shiho already resented the Black Organization for using the incomplete APTX 4869 for killing purposes, but the news of Akemi's death was the final straw that induced Shiho to boycott her research until she received an official explanation for why her sister was killed. She was aware that Akemi pulled out a robbery, but Shiho might have suspended that there was more to the story. The Black Organization refused, and faced with the possibility that Shiho could defect or do something else drastic in revenge, decided to cut their loses by executing Shiho.

=== Escape from the Black Organization ===
[[Image:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shiho swallows the [[APTX 4869]].]]
Awaiting the boss decided her execution, Shiho was handcuffed to a wall in a sealed room that also featured a garbage chute too small for an adult to fit in. With no other way out, she took a pill of APTX 4869 she had pocketed to commit suicide before she could be killed, but instead she shrank into a six- or seven-year-old girl. In her new, smaller body, she slipped her hand free of the cuff and used the garbage chute to escape the sealed room. She then attempted to reach Shinichi Kudo's house, hoping he might 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> After this, Shiho Miyano took up the role of Ai Haibara. It turned out later that Agasa was a professional acquaintance of her parents and had spoken some with her father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], even though Agasa didn't know at that time the Miyanos had children.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

=== As Ai Haibara ===
[[File:Sherry's Soliloquy.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Ai Haibara, colored by Gosho Aoyama for [[Sherry's soliloquy]].]]
{{Main|Ai Haibara#Plot overview}}

=== Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume 24|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]]) ===
In [[Reunion with the Black Organization]], Conan and Haibara find Gin's [[Cars#Porsche 356A|Porsche]] by chance. Conan plants a tracker and transmitter in the parked car and eavesdrops on Gin and Vodka when they return. Gin calls an agent named [[Pisco]] and discusses part of a plan to kill someone at a mourning party that will take place at the [[Haido City Hotel]]. Gin tells Pisco he can use the [[APTX 4869|"experimental detective"]] if needed. Gin then finds the tracker and destroys it, believing Sherry placed it there because he also found a single red hair that Haibara inadvertently lost while Conan was planting the bugs. Gin then warns Pisco about Sherry. Although initially reluctant, after hearing Pisco has APTX, Haibara decides to go to the party to try to obtain a sample. Pisco, who knew Shiho as a child, recognizes her as Haibara, kidnaps her using chloroform, and confines her in a wine storage room in another part of the hotel. He doesn't get the opportunity to tell anyone about his discovery because the police are rounding up suspects for the mourning party murder and he is one of them.

After Haibara wakes up, Conan tells Haibara to drink some [[baijiu]] in order to escape. While waiting for the change to occur, she copies some APTX data from a computer Pisco left behind onto a floppy disk. Haibara turns back into Shiho and changes into some leftover janitor clothes that Pisco left behind in the room as part of his disguise. Gin and Vodka break into the storage room looking for Pisco, but Shiho manages to hide herself just before they arrive by bracing her body in the chimney. Unfortunately, Gin hears her breathing and finds another one of her hairs. Instead of simply shooting her in the chimney, however, he goes to the roof to wait for her to finish climbing.
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
After she climbs out of the chimney, Shiho is confronted by Gin, who shoots her from behind. After exchanging some banter, Gin demands to know how Shiho escaped from the locked chamber room. Shiho remains silent, so Gin shoots her several more times non-fatally, hoping she will crack. Eventually, Gin and Vodka realize she won't talk, so Gin prepares to kill her. Conan meanwhile has arrived and darts Gin in the back with his tranquilizer watch. Using the voice changer to disguise his voice, Conan orders her to get back to the chimney. Vodka shoots Shiho just as she reaches the chimney, so Shiho falls down awkwardly.

In the fireplace, Shiho reverts back into Ai Haibara while Pisco watches. He congratulates her for having made so much progress on the APTX, whose effects he has just witnessed. He tells Shiho he was a close friend of the Miyanos while they were still alive, and they told him much about the drug they were developing. He knew her from when she was a baby, even though Shiho does not remember him. Pisco prepares to shoot her, but Conan stops him by distracting him at the last minute. Conan manages to trick Pisco into setting himself and the room on fire, and carries Haibara out of the room on his back before Pisco can find them again. Gin comes down the chimney and confronts Pisco. Before Pisco is able to tell Gin the truth about Shiho and APTX 4869, Gin kills Pisco for accidentally getting his picture taken in the act of murder during the mourning party.

Conan sneaks Haibara to Agasa's beetle and gives her his jacket. Haibara then lies to Conan about losing the disk of APTX data she copied.<ref>The bloody disk is on the bottom of the stack shown in Volume 25 File 9 (Chapter 251), Page 8 and Episode 188.</ref> Worried that the organization knows that she has shrunk, Haibara tells Conan she must leave the city. Agasa tells Haibara that her identity is safe because he eavesdropped on the conversation when Gin killed Pisco by using the tracking glasses Shiho dropped when she fell down the chimney.

=== Temporary antidote in Gunma (Manga: [[Volume 77|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-700]]) ===
[[File:Shiho video.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The video of Shiho saving the [[Detective Boys]] (filmed by [[Mitsuhiko]]) that [[Amuro]] found on [[Kogoro]]'s computer.]]
On a camping trip in Gunma, the Detective Boys run across a murderer burying a body and are chased to a cabin in the woods where the killer and the victim had been staying. The murderer bars the door and sets the cabin alight with the children inside. The strength of the children is not enough to open the door and Ayumi passes out from the smoke. With Conan nowhere nearby, Haibara takes a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]], borrows the victim's clothing, and uses the murder weapon - an axe - to break down the door. Mitsuhiko, not realizing who she is, films her carrying Ayumi from the burning cabin and mails the video to Kogoro hoping he would find their savior. Bourbon logs into Kogoro's computer and sees the video, precipitating the events on the Bell Tree Express.

=== Impersonation by Kaitou Kid and faked death (Manga: [[Volume 78|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-704]])===
[[File:Kaito Shiho 824.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Kaitou Kid flies away in the Shiho disguise.]]
To counter [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and [[Vermouth]]'s plan to capture or kill Shiho aboard the Bell Tree Express, Conan, with [[Subaru Okiya]] and [[Yukiko Kudo]]'s help, devised a plan to keep Haibara hidden and force the ignorant [[Kaitou Kid]], only present to scout ahead for a future heist, to disguise as Shiho and confront Bourbon. Bourbon wound up confronting "Shiho" and fell for the thief's disguise because Haibara told Kaitou Kid what to say. In the confusion that followed, Subaru Okiya separated the rearmost carriage from the train, which then blew up because Vermouth had planted explosives there intending to kill Shiho to prevent Bourbon from capturing her alive. Kaitou Kid escaped in the nick of time, but the rest of the Black Organization, sans Vermouth, now believe Shiho Miyano is dead.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===
==== Akemi Miyano ====
After the death of Shiho's parents, Akemi became Shiho's only true ally within the darkness of the Black Organization. Through direct conversation and mail, Akemi showed Shiho the normal side of life that Shiho was unable to experience. Akemi would often admonish Shiho gently to do things normal for her age, such as encouraging her to get a boyfriend. Akemi's death had enough emotional impact to convince Shiho to betray the Black Organization by boycotting her research, even though she knew the act of defiance would likely result in her own death. Indicating that her sister was more important to Shiho than her research. Shiho greatly misses Akemi. In the non-canon [[Movie 5]], Shiho's desire to hear Akemi's voice again, even if only a message on a phone answering machine, was used by Gin and Vodka to nearly pinpoint Shiho's location.

==== Elena Miyano ====
Elena died when Shiho was young, so Shiho doesn't remember much of her. Elena left tapes for Shiho for each of her birthdays. Some of the messages are serious and mysterious, but others are more lighthearted and reveal things about Elena's past. It is clear from the tapes Elena loved Shiho very much, and Shiho misses her mother in turn and takes comfort in hearing her voice.

==== Atsushi Miyano ====
Shiho's feelings toward her late father is unknown, but she does show interest in seeing the house where he grew up.

==== Rumi Wakasa ====
It seems like Haibara was "triggered" by Rumi in the Burning Tent Murder Case when "prosthetic eye" was mentioned. Haibara then questioned whether Rumi got problems with her right eye's vision. But after the case was solved, she told Conan that she liked Rumi and that Conan shouldn't speak ill of her. Their relationship has been peaceful ever since.

=== The Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
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[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho Miyano<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref> and seems to enjoy hunting for her, while she seems to fear and hate him. They appear to know each other well despite being in different parts of the Organization. Gin can identify Shiho from a single auburn hair. [[Episode 129|When Shiho escaped from the Black Organization]], Gin began searching for her, ordering Vodka to bring her back dead or alive. Gin and Shiho had [[Reunion with the Black Organization|a direct confrontation]] later in the [[Setting#Haido City Hotel|Haido City Hotel]]. Since then, Shiho has managed to avoid any more direct contact with Gin.

The theory that the two may have had a romantic relationship in the past has been mentioned in at least one official guidebook for the manga<ref name=CD239/> and has some traction in the fandom. [[Gosho Aoyama]] has deferred questions related to the issue in past interviews, asking for fans to be patient.<ref>青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013 [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/?p=287218]

Q: A girl asked about the "Sherry naked" thing, that why does Gin always think about her without clothes, what exactly is their relationship?

A: Gosho answered that they indeed had a relationship, but it wouldn't be interesting if (he) revealed it there, so please wait for it. The poster also mentioned that Gosho had a trolling (or something like that) laugh/smile at the time.
</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. Vermouth appears to dislike the research the Miyanos engaged in, calling it foolish. Vermouth resents the Miyanos in general, but it is unclear if she hates Shiho specifically. That said, Vermouth considers Shiho to be someone who absolutely must die. 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="CD239c">Conan Drill page 239, "恋のライバル…?" (Love rivals?)</ref>

==== Shuichi Akai ====
[[Shuichi Akai]] and Shiho are likely to have known each other via Akemi Miyano, whom Akai was dating. Shiho knew Akai under his alias "Dai Moroboshi", and she likely knows he was a spy and an FBI agent. In chapter 824, Bourbon mentions that Dai Moroboshi worked for the FBI in front of Kaitou Kid, disguised as Sherry, who was listening through a microphone <ref>Manga Chapter 824 ([http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b40277b84692b54c491654534be7ccf/tumblr_mpc528w9hS1qfn9zio1_r1_500.png])</ref>. Nonetheless, as Haibara, she is still afraid of and senses the "Black Organization aura" from Akai. Akai recognizes Haibara as Shiho, saying he is not willing to face her yet, likely over guilt related to the incidents culminating in Akemi's death.

== Name origin ==
"Shiho" (志保) means "will and sail", her surname is "Miyano" (宮野) means "shrine field". Sherry is Detective Shunsaku Kudo's (from [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]]) favorite liquor.

== Different looks ==
{|
|[[File:Shiho Miyano Before.PNG|thumb|x200px|Episode 177]]
|[[File:Shiho Miyano After.PNG|thumb|x200px|OVA 9]]
|[[File:Shiho episode ONE image.jpg|x200px|thumb|Episode ONE Special]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== Quotes about Shiho ===
{{cquote|She's one of the top brains in our organization...|[[Volume 2|File 16, Page 13: "A Devil-like Woman"]]|Gin said to Akemi before killing her}}

== Trivia ==
* Shiho Miyano has had two appearances as an adult in the manga. All the rest of the times she has been shown in flashbacks. She took her own temporary antidote in file 816.

== In other languages ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|志保 Shiho |宮野 Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيهو Shīho/Syiho |ميانو Miyāno}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|志保 Zhìbaǒ|宫野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Shelly|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|시호 Shi Ho, 장미 Jang Mi|안 Ahn, 홍 Hong}}<ref>These are localized full names.</ref>
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชิโฮ Chi-ḥoa|มิยาโนะ Mi-yā-noa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Sherry ===
{{BeginTable OtherLang|notes=1}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シェリー Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيري Sheri| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Sherry|Once called Shelly due to a translating error.}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korea|쉐리 Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|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=Thailand|Thai|เชอรี่ Chex-rī̀| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sherry| }}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Ai Haibara]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]
* [[Wikipedia: Sherry|Sherry]] (alcohol)

== Gallery ==
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File:Shiho handcuffed.JPG|The scene of Sherry's lockup which is shown in nearly every ''Detective Conan'' movie's introduction.
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Black Organization}}
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Ai Haibara

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ai Haibara
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|灰原哀}} (Haibara Ai)
| english-name = Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (mangas and game)
| image = Ai Haibara Profile.png
| age = 18<ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51</ref><ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 948. Haibara states her age for the second time</ref> 6 or 7 (as Ai Haibara)<ref
name=CD49>Conan Drill Page 49</ref><ref>Stated to be 7 in OVA 11</ref>
| gender = Female
| date of birth = unknown
| occupation = [[Teitan Elementary School]] student [[Detective Boys]] second-in-command
'| relatives = [[Akemi Miyano]] (older sister, deceased) [[Elena Miyano]] (mother, deceased) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (father, deceased) [[Shuichi Akai]] (cousin) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (cousin) [[Masumi Sera]] (cousin) [[Mary Sera]] (aunt) [[Tsutomu Akai]] (uncle)
| status = Alive (shrunk) Missing (for the Black Organization)
| nicknames = Haibara (by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ai-chan (by [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]) (by [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]) Ai-kun (by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Princess (by [[Subaru Okiya]])
| aliases = [[Shiho Miyano]] (real name) Sherry
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 2#File 016 - A Devil-like Woman|File 16]] (in a silhouette) / [[Volume 18#File 176 - The New Student...|File 176]] (1st full appearance) 
Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]] Magic Kaito 1412: [[Kid vs Conan: Teleportation Under the Moonlight|Episode 21]]
| appearances = {{:Ai Haibara Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 18]]
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice = [[Brina Palencia]] [[Erica Mendez]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Conan:_Zero_the_Enforcer|title=Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer-Wikipedia|date=|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org|accessdate=2019-09-02}}</ref>
| drama-actor = [[Kyoka Shibata]] (Ai Haibara) [[Yu Kashii]] (Shiho Miyano)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ai Haibara|灰原哀|Haibara Ai}}''', real name '''{{nihongo|[[Shiho Miyano]]|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}}''', is the creator of [[APTX 4869]], the pill that shrunk [[Shinichi Kudo]] into [[Conan Edogawa]], and a victim of it herself. Formerly '''{{nihongo|Sherry|シェリー|Sherī}}''' of the [[Black Organization]], she is on the run from them and lives with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. She is also one of the few [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|characters who know that Shinichi is Conan]].

== Background ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
[[File:Investigation Kudo's house.jpg‎|thumb|left|200px|Shiho and other Organization members inspect the Kudo mansion.]]
{{main|Shiho Miyano}}
Shiho Miyano and her older sister, [[Akemi Miyano]], were born into the secret crime syndicate "The [[Black Organization]]". Her English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and her Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both scientists working for the Black Organization on a secret project. While Haibara was young, both her parents died in what was claimed to be an accident. While Akemi lived a normal life, the highly intelligent Shiho was groomed to take over her parents' research. She was sent to the United States for education at a very young age, and then later came back to Japan to finish her parents' secret project, "Silver Bullet".<ref>Manga [[Volume 38]], Files 2-4 (384-386) Manga [[Volume 78]], Files 1-7 (818-824)</ref>. By the age of thirteen she was working as a scientist for the Black Organization<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s boyfriend 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.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 Black Organization and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref>, where she was given the codename "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.
[[File:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shiho swallows [[APTX 4869]].]]
Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. While researching its effects, she discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. She then noticed that one of her lab mice had become smaller instead of dying, though she did not report that effect. Meanwhile, the Black Organization started human trials, using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect when they used it on [[Shinichi Kudo]], the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. Shiho and her team searched Shinichi's house twice to confirm his death, however it lead her to suspect Shinichi had shrunk instead. However, Shiho confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him after all.

Shiho was unhappy that the Black Organization was using the incomplete APTX 4869 for murder, as she believed that was not the drug's intended purpose. When Shiho learned of Akemi's death, but was given no explanation, she decided to boycott her research until the Black Organization gave her an explanation. Instead, the Organization confined her in a small room to await her execution. With no other way out, she took APTX 4869 intending to commit suicide, but instead shrank. In her new, smaller body, she escaped and attempted to reach Shinichi's house. There she collapsed and was found by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who eventually adopted her.<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> As it turned out later, Agasa was acquaintances with her parents—especially her father—even though he didn't know at that time that they had children or were part of the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

=== Ai Haibara ===
[[File:Haibara founded infront of Kudo's house.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Haibara collapsed in front of Kudo's house.]]
To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered, Shiho and Professor Agasa create her alias ''Ai Haibara''. As Ai Haibara, she attends [[Teitan Elementary School]] with Shinichi Kudo's shrunken form, [[Conan Edogawa]]. Following her first adventure with the [[Detective Boys]], she reveals her true identity as the developer of [[APTX 4869]] to Conan.<ref>Manga Chapter 178: Code Name Sherry</ref>, and also accurately deduces Conan as Shinichi in the shrunken form, though her deduction is based on prior knowledge of her research and investigation of Shinichi Kudo. Conan protests her presence,<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> but as time passes, he accepts her as a friend, though her cynicism and secretive air still rail him at times. Although she does not think too highly of the Detective Boys' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends.

Haibara has begun working on [[Prototype Antidote|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. Conan also eventually succeeds in persuading [[Vermouth]] to leave Haibara in peace after ruining a murderous plot.<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref> This fragile peace lasts until Sherry's whereabouts leak to the rest of the Black Organization and a second murder plot occurs aboard a train. A counter plan results in an explosion that preserves Shiho's secret identity. Currently all major Black Organization members besides Vermouth believe Sherry is dead.

Currently she idolizes footballer [[Higo Ryusuke]].

== Personality ==
[[File:Ai - Sai Brand's Wallet.jpg|thumb|200px|Haibara asking for a ''Fusae Brand'''s wallet for her cooperation.]]
Haibara has a calm and cool personality, sarcastic wit, and high intelligence. When freshly escaped from the Black Organization, she was cynical and pushed others away. Haibara has since defrosted by embracing her new child life and has established strong relationships with the Detective Boys, Agasa, and Ran.

As Ai Haibara, she speaks and acts older than she is supposed to be, which results in the Detective Boys referring to her as "cool" or "mature". This is emphasized by her impressing general knowledge, even in areas without relation with sciences (such as theology or history<ref>[[Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys|Episode 212: Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys]] where she explains the religious myth of the Fall</ref><ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]] where she explains the death of Marie-Antoinette</ref>); and on occasion she is so forceful and demanding that she can stun adults several decades above her current physical age into submission. Despite her jaded demeanor, she can be kind and caring, though usually more to animals than people. Haibara tends to be quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization. She considers Conan and the Detective Boys 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>. Indeed, she considers herself as a threat for them, since the Black Organization will most likely eliminate all of them once she is found. That is why she describes herself as "dangerous and not like the others"<ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]]</ref>
[[File:Episode213.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Mitsuhiko assisting Haibara after bandaging her sprained foot.]]
Haibara 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]] and [[Vermouth]]. She tries to keep Conan from doing reckless things that may give away their identity, though often she is surprised by his actions which usually result in gaining the information he needs while also keeping their identities secret. However, whenever Conan is reckless in regards to keeping his identity from Ran, Haibara is the one who plans ahead in order to keep him from being revealed. Because she occasionally works overnight on 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>[[Volume 65#Dangerous Couple Case|Manga Chapter 680: A Dangerous Couple]]</ref>

Despite spending most of her time alone at the lab, Haibara shows excellent understanding of reading people's mind. Examples include Haibara deducing that Ayumi had a crush on Conan, figuring out Conan was about to tell his identity to Ran, or understanding the anger of Kobayashi when confronting Inspector Shiratori. Thanks to this ability, Haibara can remind Conan about the situation and make him act appropriately, not to reveal his identity.

In the OVA ''[[A Secret Order From London]]'', Haibara 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 Haibara was on her part constantly pestering him into eating low-calorie foods only—she had to abandon that habit for a while.<ref>OVA 11: ''A Secret Order From London''</ref>

=== Taste for fashion ===
[[File:Haibara and fashion.png|thumb|200px|Haibara reading fashion magazine 'Com Com'.]]
Haibara seems to have some interest in fashion, as she has made repeated requests for certain types of accessories, particularly of the [[Fusae Campbell|Fusae]] and Prada brands. For instance, when [[Miwako Sato]] declares she would do anything for the one who will solve her father's mystery, she asks for Prada's newest handbag model<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|Episode 205: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3]]</ref>. What's more, in one of the cases, 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> She is also seen with a Prada cell phone case in the Mystery Train case.

Haibara reads 'ComCom' magazine (a name similar to Japan's 'CanCam' fashion magazine) during a soccer game in the Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case.<ref>[[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|Episode 130: The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case]]</ref> In OVA 11, the Detective Boys wrongly began to suspect Haibara was a child model from America, due to her looks and knowledge of fashion and makeup.

=== Fan of popular stars ===
[[File:766-1.png|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's listening to "Dandy Lion".]]
While she generally accompanies her fellow Detective Boys to soccer matches played by the Tokyo Spirits, Haibara herself is a fan of [[Culture#Soccer|Big Osaka]] in general and of the player [[Ryusuke Higo]] in particular, especially since the latter has likewise abandoned a "black organization" (Noir Tokyo) after the team had betrayed him and had remained an outcast in public opinion for a time.<ref>[[Volume 34#Soccer Supporter Case|Manga Chapters 344-346: Soccer Supporter Case]]</ref><ref>Anime episodes 279-280: "[[Hooligan's Labyrinth]]"</ref> Haibara also liked to hear [[Yoko]]'s songs due to the fact that Higo also likes the songs.<ref>[[Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case|Episode 765-766: Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case]]</ref> However, she later deleted all of Yoko's songs because of the rumored date between Yoko and Ryusuke. At the end of the case, she renews her interest in both of them and goes to play soccer with the Detective Boys while singing Yoko's song "Dandy Lion".<ref>[[Volume 87#A Secret of the Big Couple|A Secret of the Big Couple]]</ref> She has also shown an interest in Kabuki and one of the well known kabuki actors, Ichikawa Ebizo, in the episode Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Juhachiban Mystery. She introduced herself to Ebizo as one of the Detective Boys and Conan's assistant, assuming a more endearing demeanor, which the children noted, during their conversation in the search for Conan.

In non canon, Haibara was a fan of Sannomiya Kazunori, an actor playing a detective role. She was really annoyed and slapped Conan (in a bath house) when he teased her on liking Sannomiya.
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== Skills ==
=== Football ===
Initially Haibara wasn't interested in football, but thanks to Conan she now enjoys watching them and roots for Big Osaka team, with Higo Ryusuke her favorite player. In Movie 16, she performed a long pass through the debris, delivering the ball to Conan for the decisive kick saving the day.

=== Music ===
In canon, Haibara has knowledge about classical music. In Movie 12, she played the recorder to send a message to Conan.

== Appellations ==
Although most people will call Haibara by her name suffixed with ''-san'' (due to her personality), and some with ''-chan'' (due to her agreement), a lot of the characters have different ways of calling her due to their different relationships. The following is a list of the different appellations for Haibara (and the ones Haibara gives in return) encountered in the series.

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{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Haibara|Kudo-kun}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Haibara Haibara-san (once) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once)<ref>[[A Dangerous Party of Two|Episode 557: A Dangerous Party of Two]]</ref> Sherry Hana-chan (once)<ref>[[Reunion with the Black Organization|Episode 176: Reunion with the Black Organization (Haibara)]]</ref>|Edogawa-kun (around others) Kudo-kun (in private) Great Detective-san (Meitantei-san) Conan (once)<ref>[[Movie 6]]</ref> Sherlock Holmes of the modern world<ref>[[The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code|Episode 411: The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part I)]]</ref> A pervert little brat<ref>[[Movie 16]]</ref> Death magnet Corpse magnet A certain detective, someone Shin-chan (once, post credit) Detective-san (Tantei-san)}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Ai-chan|Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency Ran-san<ref>[[Movie 11]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Kogoro-san Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}
|}
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<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Haibara-san (formerly) Ai-chan|Yoshida-san (''usually'') Ayumi-chan (''twice'')<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[SOS! Messages from Ayumi|episode 140]]</ref><ref>''Detective Conan'' [[A Secret Order From London|OVA 11]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Haibara Ai-chan (once)|Kojima-kun Genta<ref name="file947">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 947: Motto (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Haibara-san Ai-chan (once)|Tsuburaya-kun}}
|-
|[[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]]||Herself||Haibara The girl of the Black Organization (to Conan)||-
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|Haibara-san|Kobayashi-sensei}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Akemi Miyano|Shiho|Onēchan}}
{{appellations|Elena Miyano|Shiho|Mom (''Okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Atsushi Miyano|-|Dad (''Otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Haibara-san Ai-chan<ref>Chapter 824</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Ai-kun|Professor (''Hakase'')}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|That little girl|Osaka friend}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Ai-chan}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Ai-chan|Suzuki-san}}
{{appellations|Rumi Wakasa|Haibara-san|Wakasa-sensei}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Gin|Sherry|Gin}}
{{appellations|Vodka|-|Vodka}}
{{appellations|Vermouth|Sherry That girl Special Lady <ref> Chapter 823</ref>|Vermouth}}
{{appellations|Pisco|Shiho-chan|Pisco}}
{{appellations|Rum|-|Rum}}
{{appellations|Chianti|-|Chianti}}
{{appellations|Korn|-|Korn}}
{{appellations|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|-|Numabuchi Ki'ichiro}}
{{appellations|Yoshiaki Hara|-|Hara-san}}
{{appellations|Irish|-|Irish}}
{{appellations|file=M20 odd eyes woman.jpg|List of notable case characters#Curaçao{{!}}Curaçao|Sherry Sherry-chan|-}}
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{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Ai-kun|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Ai-chan|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|-|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|-|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Ai-chan "Little red hiding hood" Brown haired girl Sherry|Jodie-sensei}}
{{appellations|James Black|Sherry}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Kir Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Kuroda<ref name="file925">[[Volume 87#A Secret of the Big Couple|File 925 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|That brown haired girl|Moroboshi Dai That Akai person<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[Clash of Red and Black|Ep. 501]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Princess<ref>[[Episode 684]]</ref>|Subaru-san<ref>Chapter 801</ref>}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|-|Yumi-san<ref name="file900">[[Volume 85#Shogi Tournament|File 900 (Volume 85)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|-|Inspector Shiratori (''Shiratori-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|-|Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|-|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'')}}
|}
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<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Taiko<ref name="file849">[[volume 80#Yumi's Love Story|File 849: Taiko's Optimal Move (Volume 80)]]</ref> Taiko Meijin}}
{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file948">[[volume 89#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hideo Akagi|-|Hide}}
{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo-san Higo Ryusuke}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|Ai-chan|Okino Yoko Idol mare (''idol-onna'')}}
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<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|Young lady|Kid (in her thoughts) Magician in the Moonlight-san (''Gekka no Kijutsushi-san'') (once)}}
{{appellations|Fujiko Mine|file=Fujiko Mine.jpg|Sherry-chan|Mine Fujiko}}
{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Kojima-kun's father (''Kojima-kun no chichioya'')}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Eisuke Hondou Eisuke}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Haibara|Sera Masumi<ref>Movie 18: [[Dimensional Sniper]]</ref>}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Older Brother Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 18|176-178]], Anime: [[Episode 129|129]]) ===
[[File:129-1.png|thumb|left|200px|First Haibara's "evil" appearance.]]
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 but Conan fails to realize it's at Agasa's home (Tokyo blocks are not numbered in sequential order and Conan has never had reason to learn Agasa's mailing address due to their being neighbors).

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 [[Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki|Natsume Sōseki]]. Toshiya reveals that before his brother disappeared, a woman, who had an interest in that portrait, approached Toshiya's brother. 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.

=== University Professor Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 18|179]]-[[Volume 19|181]], Anime: [[Episode 129|129]]) ===
[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|200px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking him why hadn't he helped her sister.]]
On the way home, Haibara reveals to Conan that she is a former member of the Black Organization, with the code name "Sherry". She actually betrayed the group and escaped with the use of the APTX 4869, which caused her to become a child. She reveals that she once accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her older sister, and the disc is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota.

Agasa takes Conan and Haibara there to retrieve the disk, only to discover 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 Shirakura; Shirakura after bludgeoning Hirota to death and tied the answering machine cassette tape around the key to the room which rewound when a call was made, subsequently dragging the key into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that Shirakura's fingerprints should be found on the tape. After seeing Conan's amazing display of logic after she had given up on the case herself, Haibara breaks down and asks Conan why he could not save her sister, Akemi, from the Black Organization. Conan finally makes the connection that the "Masami Hirota" who Gin killed was actually Shiho's sister, and sympathy for Haibara's attitude stirs in him. The disc is taken into police custody, but once it is released to them Haibara attempts to read the files off the disk—only to have [[Night Baron|a virus]] delete all the data.

=== Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|189]]-[[Volume 20|191]], Anime: [[Episode 130|130-131]]) ===
Haibara is hesitant to see the football match closer (fearing that her face will be visible on TV). After, she tells Conan that she's 18 years old.

=== Blue Castle Treasure Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|200]]-[[Volume 21|203]], Anime: [[Episode 136|136-137]]) ===
Haibara talk to Ayumi, saying that she doesn't have love interest in Conan so Ayumi doesn't have to worry about her.

=== Movie Theater Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|222-224]], Anime: [[Episode 138|138-139]]) ===
At the start of the second Gomera movie, Ayumi falls asleep and puts her head on Conan's shoulder. When Conan turns to Haibara, saying he needs to use the restroom and asks her if she would switch seats, she has also put her head on Conan's shoulder, having fallen asleep as well.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]] and [[Volume 24|232-233]], Anime: [[Episode 156|156-157]]) ===
The episode opens with Haibara and Conan in what looks to be an abandoned and empty room. Haibara tells him that she (possibly referring to Ran) has found out about his identity. When he asks her why she's telling him all this, she tells him that he can see into the hearts of the wicked, but he couldn't understand a woman's heart, then tells him that she's been in love with him since she met him. We see Conan's face, but it doesn't appear to be at all surprised, and Haibara continues with: "I guess you didn't even notice... Kamen Yaiba-san." After Mitsuhiko yells out "CUT!", it is revealed that both Conan and Haibara were merely acting, and practicing lines for Teitan Elementary School's play, with Mitsuhiko as the director.

=== Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume 25|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]]) ===
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
In Episode 176-178, Conan encounters Gin and Vodka again. Haibara is kidnapped and confined in a wine cellar by the Black Organization member [[Pisco]], but she escapes before Gin and Vodka arrive by drinking [[baijiu]] to turn back into an adult. Gin anticipates her actions and intercepts her on the roof. He shoots selectively to wound her, intending to force her to explain how she escaped from the Organization before he finally kills her. Conan prevents Gin from killing her by shooting the man with his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer wristwatch]]. Conan tells Haibara to jump into the chimney when a distracted Vodka shoots at him but as he's behind a door, he gets away once Haibara has gone down the chimney. Gin purposely shoots himself in the arm to stay awake. Inside the wine cellar, Pisco is about to kill Haibara but Conan rescues her after tricking Pisco into accidentally causing a fire. They make their escape as Pisco tries to find them amidst the fire and smoke. At this point, Gin crawls from the chimney and confronts Pisco, citing his failure to remain in the shadows in his mission and kills him before Pisco is able to tell him the truth that Shiho Miyano has deaged into a young girl. Worried that the Organization is after her, Haibara decides to leave the city. Conan anticipates that Gin will predict her next move as leaving Tokyo so it will be better if she does the unexpected and remains in Beika. Unknown to Conan or Haibara, [[Vermouth]] saw Haibara at the party and uses her expert disguise skills to get closer to Haibara and Conan in order to confirm Haibara's identity as Sherry and then kill her.

=== Dangerous Cave Case (Manga: [[Volume 25#Dangerous Cave Case|251]]-[[Volume 26#Dangerous Cave Case|254]], Anime [[The Desperate Revival|188-189]]) ===
[[File:Flower gun.png|thumb|200px|Haibara's about to shoot Conan.]]
Conan finds out that Ran suspects him of being Shinichi, because Ran said she knew Conan's blood type for a blood transfusion, which Haibara hears.

=== School Play Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#School Play Case|255-257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|190-191]]) ===
While Conan is in the hospital contemplating admitting his identity to her, Haibara enters and points a gun at his head, saying that the Black Organization has found out about her 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 Black Organization, Haibara is required to terminate all the links she had in her child identity. However, when she pulls the trigger a bunch of flowers come out, showing that the story was just an act. Still, she uses this story as her point: both Haibara and Conan cannot reveal their identities no matter the situation, in order to prevent such a tragedy from occurring.

During that night, Haibara explains her plan to disassociate Conan from Shinichi in Ran's eyes. She has Conan take a [[prototype antidote]] for APTX 4869 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.

=== Elevator Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#Elevator Murder Case|258-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|192-193]]) ===
At the end of the Desperate Revival arc, the antidote begins to run out and Shinichi runs into the bathroom, where Haibara is still disguised as Conan already waiting for him. She knows that Shinichi would run into the men´s bathroom after the symptoms of the regress conversion start to appear. Presumably, she leaves Conan's clothes
for Shinichi and changes back into Haibara before leaving with Agasa who's waiting for her in the car park. Returned to the form of Conan once more, Conan returns to where Ran is waiting for Shinichi and tells her Shinichi has to leave urgently on another case.

=== Music Box Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#File_261_-_Touching_the_Music_Strings.21.3F|261]], Anime: [[The Significant Music Box|194]]) ===
Some time after the "comeback of Shinichi", Conan asks Haibara for some more antidotes, as he would like to meet Ran again in his adult form to tell her the whole truth. Haibara refuses and says it's too late, and it could be dangerous for Conan to swallow another prototype that could kill him. Haibara and the Detective Boys seem delighted to see Conan again, though the Boys are completely ignorant of who Conan really is.


=== Mermaid's Curse Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Mermaid.27s Curse Case|281]], Anime: [[And Then There Were No Mermaids|223]]) ===
During the investigation of a case involving a lottery, Heiji Hattori and Conan goes through books with names of contestants from previous lotteries. Conan finds the name Shiho Miyano in one of the books and recalls it as the real name of Haibara. But he can't imagine that it's the same person, since she doesn't appear as a person desiring eternal youth and beauty.

=== Bus Hijacking Case (Manga: [[Volume 29#Bus Hijacking Case|287-289]], Anime: [[The Mysterious Passenger|230-231]] ===
[[File:Vermouth episode 230.png|thumb|left|200px|Haibara in pinch.]]
Vermouth, disguised as [[Tomoaki Araide]], boards a bus that Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are riding to a ski resort. Whatever plan Vermouth might have had is completely interrupted by the bus being hijacked by random criminals and the presence of two FBI agents that have been tracking her: [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Shuichi Akai]]. Haibara detects Vermouth's presence on the bus. She becomes so afraid that the Detective Boys, Conan, and Agasa will be killed because of her that she decides to commit suicide, deliberately staying behind in the bus which is about to explode. Realising her intent, Conan runs back and with his quick thinking, saves her. He asks her not to run away from life. However, the event caused her to remain anxious for several days.
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=== Dog Lovers Case (Manga: [[Volume 29#Dog Lovers Case|290-292]], Anime: [[The Evidence That Didn%27t Disappear|233-234]]) ===
The hijacked bus incident in ''The Mysterious Passenger Case'' led Haibara to be especially worried about her situation. Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko attempt to cheer her up and, with the help of Arthur the dog, manage to make her smile. Conan comments that she should keep that expression, since it makes her look like a child, causing Haibara to blush.



=== Netted Man Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 31#Netted Man Murder Case|311-313]], Anime: [[The Mystery in the Net|246-247]]) ===
While she is at the beach with the Detective Boys and Ran, Haibara once again witnesses Conan's/Shinichi's feelings for Ran. She remains in the water until Ran notices she got a sunstroke. Conan wonders why she did not stay with Professor Agasa, and she answers that she did not want to run away from a dolphin (Ran) who is loved by the ocean (Shinichi/Conan), and a shark (herself) that ran away from the cold and dark bottom of the ocean cannot compete with the dolphin. However, Conan fails to understand this metaphor, which draws a parallel between Ran and Haibara.


=== Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments (Manga: [[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|475-478]], Anime: [[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion|394-396]]) ===
Conan figures out the boss's full number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia: Pandora's Box|Pandora's Box]]". Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to, but then Haibara warns that if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed. This scene is the first time Haibara openly reveals to Conan that she has been hiding important secrets about the Black Organization from him; earlier she [[Black Organization#APTX 4869 and Biochemistry|had lied to him]]. The exchange suggests that Haibara is withholding information because she fears Conan will make a rash move.

=== Red, White, and Yellow Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Red, White, and Yellow Case|622-624]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Double Code Mystery#Red, White, Yellow, and the Detective Boys|509]]) ===
[[File:Haibara doesn't like Okiya.PNG|thumb|left|200px|Haibara does not like Subaru.]]
Not long after Akai's death, Conan hears fresh intel from the [[FBI]] that a new [[Black Organization]] agent called [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] is looking for Shiho, which Conan keeps secret from Haibara. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, [[Subaru Okiya]]. Conan invites Okiya to live in Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt to the ground. 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 Shuichi Akai]]. Although Okiya is trusted by Conan and Agasa and behaves kindly to Haibara, she remains frightened of him. Later, some of his actions lead her to believe he might be someone she knows and she comes to trust him more, even attempting to uncover his identity when she thought he was asleep.

=== Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Manga: [[Volume 77#Cabin Trap|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-700]]) ===
[[File:Shiho 700.png|thumb|200px|Haibara turns into Shiho via the [[Prototype antidote|prototype antidote]] for the first time.]]
Haibara is forced to revert to Shiho using a [[temporary antidote]] to save the other children of the group from a fire. A video of her as an adult is sent to the Mouri Detective Agency by Mitsuhiko which Sera, Okiya, and Amuro find out about. Because of this, Haibara is later targeted by a plot concocted by Vermouth and Bourbon aboard the Bell Tree Express Train. Bourbon is revealed to be Amuro and Haibara learns that he knew her parents. Bourbon was hoping to capture Shiho alive, but Vermouth's modifications to his plan which were designed to kill her led to Shiho supposedly being blown up on the train. The Shiho Vermouth and Bourbon thought was killed was really [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise, Conan having forced him into the plan. Because of this, all of the Black Organization besides Vermouth think Shiho is now dead, and Vermouth is unable to reveal the truth to the rest of them without also compromising Conan, Haibara and their deaged condition against her wishes.

=== The Heartfelt Strap (Manga: [[Volume 94#Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case|997-999]], Anime: [[The Heartfelt Strap|925-926]]) ===

=== TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|1025]], Anime: TBD) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Countdown to Heaven (Movie: [[Countdown to Heaven|5]]) ===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2014-01-13-20h39m03s54.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ai, witnessing Genta's virtue]]
Having greatly missed her sister Akemi, Ai secretly begins to make a call to an apartment that her sister once stayed in order to hear her voice from the tape recorder. Gin and Vodka, knowing about this habit of hers, plan to track down Asaga's phone number when she makes the call, but their plan is foiled by Conan and Agasa after being informed of this by Genta.

As she begins to bond with the Detective Boys, Ai begins to realize that she herself is no longer all alone or full of sorrow, and is willing to sacrifice herself to allow them to live. She also witnesses both Genta and Mitsuhiko's bravery of not wanting to leave her behind from the time bombed tower, with the former forcefully carrying her to the escape car despite her intention to countdown the time bomb until the end, and the latter holds on to her when she is thrown off the car due to the blaze from the explosion. Ai, knowing of Ayumi's affection toward Conan, also warns him to never make Ayumi cries, else she'll never forgive him.



== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===
==== Akemi Miyano ====
The death of Akemi still affects her. It was the death of her sister that led to Haibara's escape from the organization, because no one would tell her the reason. She became aware of the robbery Akemi pulled before her death, but suspected there was more to the story.

In the movie Countdown to Heaven, she kept calling Akemi's number at her apartment just to hear her voice, fully aware that the Black Organization might wiretap and trace to her location. It took extreme measure from Conan to make Haibara abandon this thought.

==== Atsushi Miyano ====
Dr. Miyano was Haibara's father. He passed away when she was barely a year old. Her feelings toward her father is unknown, but she does show interest in seeing the house where he grew up.

==== Elena Miyano ====
Elena passed away when Shiho was a baby. Even though Shiho/Haibara has accepted her passing for a long time, being able to hear her voice via recorded tapes calmed Haibara down.

==== Conan Edogawa ====
[[File:Shiranpuri derp.png|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's reaction after hearing Conan's ''[[Clash of Red and Black#Ready to Die .28Manga: 605-608.2C Anime: 503.29|Shiranpuri]]'' plan.]]
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
Both are de-aged by APTX and have almost equal levels of intelligence, which makes Haibara and [[Conan]] close confidants and more empathetic with each other than most other characters. Conan is one of the few people in front of whom she has shown any signs of weakness, such as breaking down over her sister's death. She initially has romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi although she never admits it. Over time, she accepts that he and Ran are a confirmed pair and would occasionally tease him about Ran. She is keenly observant of Conan's personality, intelligence, and sense of justice. If Conan is in danger she is willing to throw away her life to save him, overriding fears and concerns for her own safety that would ordinarily paralyze her. Similarly, Conan has saved Haibara's life more than once when she would have sacrificed herself for his and the [[Detective Boys]]' safety. She often enjoys teasing Conan which he takes in good stride. However, he is oblivious of her feelings towards him and sometimes finds it difficult to deal with her sarcasm and impudent, cold nature. Although in empathy on many matters, they don't fully trust one another with information about the Black Organization out of concern for the safety and feelings of the other. In fact, she has always know that [[Renya Karasuma]] is the Black Organization head, but she never reveals it for Conan's safety.

==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
[[File:772-1.png|thumb|200px|Haibara is typing a mail to Professor Agasa angrily for cheating his diet.]]
{{main|Agasa family}}
The relationship between Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] is rather unusual, if not humorous. Despite their actual ages, Haibara often 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 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, Haibara seems most comfortable about acting herself with Professor Agasa; which might be attributed to the fact that he was the one who found her after she escaped the Black Organization, and took her in. Agasa had been an acquaintance of Shiho's parents, but he hadn't imagine that she would be their daughter, before Conan revealed it.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:247-1.png|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's first meeting with Ran.]]
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. Early on, she is cold and distant towards Ran, even more so than she is to most other people. Ran believes that it is because Haibara hated her,<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> though in truth it is because Ran reminds Haibara strongly of her dead sister.

After Ran notices Haibara is not feeling well and carries her to safety during a case, Haibara finally properly introduces herself to Ran, and they slowly became friends. Because Haibara finds that Ran resembles her older sister, Akemi Miyano, she takes special interest in protecting her. These feelings increase after Ran jumps through a slew of bullets from [[Calvados|a Black Organization sniper]] 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 thinks of her own sister, and begins acting to try to protect Ran from the organization, such as when Haibara begs for Ran to stay at Agasa's house when she knows that [[Korn]], [[Chianti]], and the rest of the Black Organization are 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>

Assuming that Conan has romantic feelings for Ran, Haibara feels jealous of her and suffer from considering herself as less attractive than Ran. She even implies that Ran would be similar to a dolphin, when she would only be a shark coming from the cold depths of the sea, indicating that she cannot compete against her<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>. Once when Haibara had a cold and Ran came to bring her some food, Ai pretended to be asleep and Conan said she wasn't being considerate for Ran's good actions towards her. Haibara thought to herself that Conan doesn't understand a thing, but she doesn't want him to anyway, hinting that she has actually romantic feelings towards Conan/Shinichi and is jealous due to his feelings for Ran.

==== Akai Shuichi/Subaru Okiya ====
[[File:685-2.png|thumb|200px|Haibara uncovering Subaru's scarf.]]
The first time [[Subaru]] appears, Haibara felt a strange feeling toward him and thought he is a member of the Black Organization. However, the feeling kept coming and going. In later episodes, Haibara doesn't seem to hate him so much anymore. She even tries to uncover Subaru's scarf to check his neck, probably suspecting he was using a device made by Professor Agasa. At one point, she asks him if he bugged Agasa's house because he keeps appearing at opportune moments when they're involved in a case, bringing food hastily put together as an excuse for his presence. She cited one instance in which the food was not cooked and the vegetables were raw.

Currently, although Akai/Subaru knows Haibara's secret identity, Haibara doesn't know Subaru's identity, nor does she know Akai was her deceased sister's boyfriend. Both Akai/Subaru, Conan, and Agasa are keeping such information a secret from Haibara. At one point, Haibara questions if Akai is a "lolicon."

==== Dai Moroboshi ====
[[File:701 8.png|thumb|left|200px|Dai Moroboshi in Haibara's thought.]]
Haibara knows [[Dai Moroboshi]] as her sister's boyfriend. She deduces that Dai approaches her sister just to collect information about the Black Organization. She remembered him giving her a promise to protect Akemi. Later on, she meets a [[Scar Akai|guy]] similar to him in [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]] and wonders how he got the scar on his face.

==== Heiji Hattori ====
Heiji is one of the few character who know Conan and Haibara's secret identity, as well as the effect of APTX 4869. In general, Heiji and Haibara rarely meet each other. His hot temperament is a trait that Haibara dislikes. However, on more than one occasion, Haibara trusts Heiji to keep the secret of the drug and to keep Conan/Shinichi safe when Conan temporarily reverts back to Shinichi.

Haibara also shows a mischievous side towards Heiji. At one point when Heiji (kinda) confessed to Kazuha, Haibara used the recorded speech as her ringtone.

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

==== Ayumi Yoshida ====
[[File:330-1.png|thumb|left|200px|Ayumi is happy for being allowed to call Haibara by her name (Ai).]]
{{Main|Ayumi Yoshida}}
Out of the Detective Boys, Haibara is the closest with [[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, Haibara 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> Besides, Ayumi is one of the people who teach her that she cannot win by always running away, and that she has to face her enemies<ref>[[Episode 347|Episode 347: Find the Buttock's Mark]]</ref>.
However, Haibara and Ayumi may almost be love rivals, since both seem to develop romantic feelings for Conan: Ayumi even asks her if she is in love with him, and is really frightened when she is answered positively (she eventually cheers up when Haibara says she is not).<ref>[[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Episode 205: The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case]]</ref>

==== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ====
[[Image:279haibaramitsuhiko.png|thumb|right|200px|Haibara listening in on Mitsuhiko's radio.]]
{{main|Ai Haibara and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
Haibara's classmate and fellow detective [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] develops romantic feelings for her, and Haibara is fully aware of this. Haibara uses Mitsuhiko's feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, but she also admires 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.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Sherry}}
[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho, often thinks of her being naked, and seems to enjoy hunting her down, while she hates and fears him. They had some sort of relationship in the past,<ref>[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__60__p__287218#entry287218 青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013]</ref> possibly romantic.<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: in the first times, the feeling of her presence can even entirely paralyze her<ref>[[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 231: The Mysterious Passenger]]</ref>. Shiho was initially Vermouth's target, but Vermouth promised to give up on her after Conan's intervention.<ref name=CD239/> She broke this promise later when Bourbon discovered a video of Sherry, still clinging to her personal conviction that Shiho is the one person who can't be allowed to exist in the world.<ref>Manga File 818</ref>

==== Rei Furuya ====
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] knew Haibara's parents and sister. Rei has also met Shiho in the Mystery Train case, but not knowing that it was [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise.

=== Others ===
==== Mary Sera ====
As Haibara tries to wipe out the mascara in her left eye, Conan notices the similarities between her and [[Mary]], and he thinks that they might be blood related. Conan thinks that Haibara is somehow connected to the [[Akai family]].
Many fans believes that Haibara's [[Elena|mother]] is the sister of Mary, as Gosho confirmed that two mothers will be revealed as sisters with Mary being one of the sister pair. This was confirmed on [[Volume_99#File_1049_-_It.27s_Unbelievable.21|chapter 1049]].

== People who know Haibara's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity}}
These people know Haibara's true identity: Professor Agasa, Conan, Vermouth, Pisco, Heiji Hattori, Yukiko Kudo, Yusaku Kudo, and Shuichi Akai. It is also possible that James Black and Jodie Starling of the FBI know Haibara's true identity since they call Haibara by her codename "Sherry", although they may not know yet her true name.

== 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. Haibara 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』人気投票結果|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. Haibara placed 4th out of 10. (First place of all female characters)<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>
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Haibara placed 3rd overall with 1,592 votes. (First place of all female characters)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
According to Agasa, Ai Haibara'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]] ("Ai" comes from the letter "I"). Although Agasa suggested she use the kanji 愛 (love) for "Ai", she preferred to use the kanji 哀 (sorrow).<ref>[[Volume 18#File 179 - The Girl Made of Lies|Volume 18, File 179: "The Girl Made of Lies"]]</ref> Her US FUNimation name, "Vi Graythorn", has similar roots. However, Gosho Aoyama in an interview posted in the May 2014 issue of Da Vinci magazine stated that the "Ai" in Ai Haibara comes from [[Wikipedia: Irene Adler|'''I'''rene Adler]], a character from the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story "A Scandal in Bohemia", and she is inspired by her.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Da Vinci|month=May|year=2014|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten}}</ref><ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>

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>Case Closed Volume 18: File 179 - The False Girl</ref>

Her codename '''Sherry''' is Detective Shunsaku Kudo's (from [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]]) favorite liquor.

== Different looks ==
<gallery>
File:Ai Before.jpg|Episode 129
File:Ai Middle.JPG|Episode 477
File:Ai After.jpg|Episode 631
File:haibara 2015.png|Episode 779
File:haibara ai magic kaito 1412.png|Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 21).
File:ai 2017.png|Opening 45
</gallery>

== Quotes ==

=== General ===
{{cquote|You can't complain about time going by... If anyone tries to change it... Life will punish them.|[[Volume 20|File 191, Page 11: "The Eyes From Far Away"]]}}
{{cquote|Creation reflects the inner state of the creator.|[[Volume 33|File 335: "Memento of a Wife"]]}}
{{cquote|Don't judge people from the outside. Like any rose has thorns, the more person appears nice on the outside, the more you should doubt the inside.|[[Volume 45|File 461: "Poison on the Bait!?"]]}}

=== Specific ===
{{cquote|Using too much of your brain can make you bald like Professor Agasa.. |[[Volume 23|File 222, Page 7: "The Last Movie"]]}}
{{cquote|Even this loyal mirror won't reflect your true form.|Talking to Conan|[[Volume 23|File 223, Page 14: "The True in the Mirror"]]}}
{{cquote|You'll protect me, right?|Talking to Conan|[[Volume 34|File 346: "The Fake Supporter"]]}}
{{cquote|I will pass!|When the Detective Boys want to play detectives or treasure hunters}}
* [[Megumi Hayashibara]]'s favorite line as Ai Haibara, indicated in Conan radio.
{{cquote|Baka! (Fool)}}
* [[Minami Takayama]]'s favorite line from Haibara, indicated in Conan radio.
{{cquote|If I... If I... I wish I could lose my memory if possible. I wouldn't remember my sister's death, or being forced to make poison for the Organization. If I could forget everything and just become a regular elementary school student Haibara Ai, I wonder how good it'll be... And, I could be with you forever, forever just like this...|[[Movie 4|Movie 4: "Captured in Her Eyes"]]|Said to Conan in response to Ran losing her memory, she then played it off as a joke}}
{{cquote|Really... just like Officer Takagi and Inspector Shiratori... How come all the officers we know have to be such slow, annoying, blockhead morons?|}}

=== Quotes about Ai ===
{{cquote|She's not as tough as she looks.|Conan talking to Agasa|[[Volume 34|File 341: "The Hint That Was Against"]]}}

== Trivia ==
* Sherry is a fortified wine from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. Most sherries are initially dry, with sweetness added later. This could be a play on her personality that the Black Organization 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.
* Haibara is an animal lover.
* Haibara strongly dislikes getting shocked by static electricity. She used to have some accessories to dissipate the charge, but she seems to have given up on them after Conan taught her a good strategy to avoid being shocked.<ref>Manga [[Volume 61]], Files 5-7 (635-637), Anime [[Episode 525]]</ref>
* Haibara reveals to [[Fujiko Mine]] that she used to ride a Harley before she shrank.<ref>[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]</ref>
* The first appearance of Haibara has her hair colored as brown but later on changed to reddish brown. However, it's changed to brown again.
* Haibara has the recording of Heiji's 'confession' to Kazuha<ref>Manga [[Volume 83]], File 9 (881), Anime [[Episode 764]]</ref> as her ring tone.<ref> Manga [[Volume 86]], File 8 (912), Anime [[Episode 809]]</ref>
* As a traitor of the organization who could died, she compares herself to [[Wikipedia: Marie Antoinette|Marie Antoinette]], the beautiful French princess who met her end at the guillotine.<ref>Manga [[Volume 29]], File 6 (290), Anime [[Episode 233]]</ref>

== In other languages ==
=== Ai Haibara ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|哀 Ai|灰原 Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|''آي''|هيبارا Hībāra}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|哀 Aī|灰原 Huīyuán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Anita/Vi|Hailey/Graythorn}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|장미 Jang Mee|홍 Hong}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ай|Хайбара}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ไอ XỊ|ไฮบาระ Ḥị-bā-ra}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|哀 Aī|灰原 Huīyuán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Ai|Haibara}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Shiho Miyano ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|志保 Shiho |宮野 Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيهو Shīho|ميانو Miyāno}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|志保 Zhìbǎo|宫野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|시호 Shi Ho|안 Ahn}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Сихо/Шихо|Мияно}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชิโฮ Chi-ḥoa|มิยาโนะ Mi-yā-noa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|志保 Zhìbǎo|宮野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Sherry ===
{{BeginTable OtherLang|notes=1}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シェリー Sherry| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيري Sheri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Sherry| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Sherry|Once called Shelly, due to translating errors}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sherry| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|쉐리 Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Sherry| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Шерри| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Sherry|Once "Jerez".<ref> Note: "Jerez" means "Sherry".</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|เชอรี่ Chex-rī̀| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sherry| }}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]

== References ==
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{{Black Organization}}
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[[de:Ai Haibara]]

Shiho Miyano

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| name = Shiho Miyano
| japanese-name = 宮野志保 (Miyano Shiho)
| english-name = Shelly Miyano
| image = S6 Shiho.jpg
| age = 18<ref name=CD72>Super Digest Book 10+, page 202, question 42</ref><ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51. Also, in episode 343, Haibara is listening to recorded messages that her mother made every year, and these seem to stop after her 18th birthday.</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) Mr. Miyano (paternal grandfather, deceased) Mrs. Miyano (paternal grandmother, deceased) [[Shuichi Akai]] (cousin) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (cousin) [[Masumi Sera]] (cousin) [[Mary Sera]] (aunt) [[Tsutomu Akai]]
| occupation = Scientist
| nicknames =
| aliases = Ai Haibara (alias) Sherry (code name)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 2#File 016 - A Devil-like Woman|File 16]] (In a silhouette) / [[Volume 24#File 241 - The Bullet from the Past|File 241]] (first full appearance) Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|Episode 177]]
| appearances = {{:Shiho Miyano Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole =
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice =
| drama-actor = [[Yu Kashii]] (Sherry)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shiho Miyano'''|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}} is a former [[Black Organization]] researcher, codenamed '''{{nihongo|"Sherry"|シェリー|Sherī}}''', who was working on [[APTX 4869]]. After the Black Organization killed her [[Akemi Miyano|sister]], she took APTX 4869 to commit suicide but shrank instead. She fled the Black Organization and now currently goes under the alias of '''[[Ai Haibara]]'''.

== Background ==
[[Image:Shiho Miyano computer picture.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Shiho as she appears on Pisco's computer in the manga version.]]
Shiho Miyano and her older sister, Akemi Miyano, were born into the secret crime syndicate known unofficially as the [[Black Organization]]. Shiho's English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both important researchers for the Black Organization. They both died in what other members of the Black Organization described as an accident while Shiho was very young.

While Akemi lived a normal life, Shiho was sent to America as a small child to go to school and was groomed to finish her parents' research on [[APTX 4869]].<ref> File 384-386 Volume 38 File 2-4</ref> Most of her time in America was lonely; she ate lunch alone, and was otherwise isolated from her peers for being different. Despite the difficult social situation, Shiho was an academic prodigy, and by the age of thirteen she was working as a highly ranked scientist for the Black Organization.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization 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 in the present, then she would have been 13 at the time that Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization, and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref> Her codename in the Black Organization is "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.
Her only real friend was Akemi, who only involved herself in the organization to get Shiho out.

At some point, along with [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]], she has visited the Mermaid Island, where there supposedly lived a woman rumored to be immortal. She has always know that [[Renya Karasuma]] is the Black Organization head.

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the most current incarnation of the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. Although it was not her intended purpose<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, page 9</ref>, 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 one 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.

After the death of her sister at the hands of Gin, she rebelled against the Black Organization, refusing to complete any work for them until she received a satisfactory explanation for why her sister was killed. Instead she was confined to a small room to await the boss decided her execution. She took an APTX 4869 pill she had pocketed earlier to commit suicide, but shrank instead to elementary school child age. That allowed her to slip her handcuffs and escape via a rubbish chute. Her only hope was her suspicions about the potential survival of [[Shinichi Kudo]], the only unconfirmed death of the human trial subjects. She fled towards Shinichi's house, but collapsed in the rain outside the house of Shinichi's neighbor, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. Agasa found and adopted her, and she now lives with him under the alias [[Ai Haibara]].

Naturally, the boss ordered the organization to hunt her down and murder her, and to get rid of anyone associated with her.

== Personality ==
Initially, Shiho was very cynical, which was reflected in her valuing her own security above idealistic principles of justice. She also did not wish to become close to others. While attending school in America, she ate lunch alone<ref>[[Volume 30|Volume 30, File 303: "Genta's Misfortune"]]</ref>. It was only by repeatedly approaching her that the [[Detective Boys]] and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] finally became her friends. Shiho was also untrusting of others in general, and preferred to put on an expressionless, cold mask while bottling up her pain and sadness. Shiho's views about death have been complex and at times contradictory. She was prepared to likely kill [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] with APTX 4869 as part of her tests, but on the other hand, she detested the Black Organization's use of APTX as a killing tool and Conan labeling her as a murderer.
Her fascination with her work seems to be stronger than fear for the organization, while she was still a member, since she risked changing Shinichi Kudo's data to avoid him getting killed before she could study him.

Shiho speaks very formally.

=== Changes as Ai Haibara ===
Her time as [[Ai Haibara]] has softened her personality, making her more optimistic and open to Conan's idealistic pursuit of justice.

== Appearance ==
Shiho is a thin woman of average height with naturally wavy auburn hair at mid neck length. Although she is multiracial, she is Japanese looking. Many characters refer to her as very beautiful, a trait she seems to have inherited from her mother.

== Abilities and skills ==
=== Biochemistry ===
Shiho is a biochemical genius, taking up her parents' research work on [[APTX 4869]] for the Black Organization by the age of thirteen after going to school in America.

=== Medical knowledge ===
Shiho has demonstrated knowledge of medicine, recognizing the symptoms of Shiratori's [[Wikipedia:Subdural hematoma|subdural hematoma]].<ref>Tokyo hostage/Matsuda case</ref> Using knowledge of osteology, she also is able to deduce a long decayed woman's ambulatory condition.<ref>Castle treasure case</ref>

=== Detective skills ===
Shiho was able to deduce Conan as Shinichi by inspecting the clues left in Kudo residence. As Haibara, she shows sharp observation, keen thinking process and ability to make logical deduction; however, unlike Conan/Shinichi, she often lacks specialized knowledge or experience to make the conclusive argument to solve the case. Moreover, to avoid attention, she stays quiet, which Conan often takes the spotlight. Haibara does not identify herself as a "mystery freak" as Conan. In the few cases that Haibara leads the investigation, she shows that she can be a great detective on her own, although this is not her prime speciality. Haibara has also known to read some mysteries like
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and PD James's Cordelia Gray novel but it is not known whether she enjoys the genre.

=== "Black Organization sense" ===
[[Image:Ai's BO radar.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Haibara senses a Black Organization member is nearby.]]
Shiho has the ability to sense when Black Organization members are around, which she characterizes as their unique "smell" or "pressure". So far, her sense only detects Black Organization members and not people with malevolent intent generally,<ref>She has only claimed the sense for Black Organization members, and she does not seem to have the same magnitude reaction around people who aren't, such as case culprits, although she may be generally suspicious of them;</ref> however, it doesn't always trigger when Black Organization members are present.<ref>This is the case especially when the Black Organization members aren't focusing or in an aggressive mood. Numabuchi is an example of this.</ref> nor does it reveal their numbers.<ref>The case with Vermouth and Shuichi on the bus, and when she was unsure if Pisco had an accomplice (Vermouth) at the party.</ref> Sometimes the sense is fleeting ([[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]], or [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] passing by pursuing [[James Black]]), or context sensitive (when Akemi was planning the bank robbery).

=== Pain tolerance ===
[[Gin|Like]] [[Vermouth|other]] Black Organization members, Shiho has also demonstrated a strong tolerance for pain. During the initial apoptoxin transformation, Shiho does not scream despite the sensation of 'bones melting', as doing so would likely have ended in being caught and killed when someone came to check on her. It is unclear if she even passes out at all, and regardless she manages to recover quickly enough to escape through a chute/ventilation shaft before her captors know anything happened.

Additionally, she climbs barefoot up a chimney while extremely sick from the effects of a cold combined with [[Baijiu]]-induced regrowth. She then crawls back to the chimney after she is shot multiple times by Gin on the frigid, snowy roof. She still maintains consciousness after falling down the chimney over a story in height and experiencing the agony of reverting back to Ai Haibara. Nowhere during this ordeal or her rescue afterwards did she cry from the pain. Shiho also handled the painful side affects of being reverting back to an adult with a [[prototype antidote]] better than Shinichi.

=== Shooting ===
Shiho is familiar with firearms. As Haibara, she was confident enough to intentionally miss a shot with a handgun.

=== Driving ===
In Lupin III vs Detective Conan The Movie, Haibara is able to ride a Harley motorbike, she stated that she used to own a Harley when she was Shiho.

In The Disappearance of Edogawa Conan, she is shown driving a car as Haibara.

== Appellations ==
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| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Miyano Shiho (In the intro of each movie) Haibara || Kudo-kun
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] ||Some lady we never seen<ref>[[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|Episode 700: The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret]]</ref> || The children Ayumi-chan (collective)<ref name=817p12>817 pg 12</ref>
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| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || || The children Genta-kun (collective)<ref name=817p12/>
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || || The children Mitsuhiko-kun (collective)<ref name=817p12/>
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| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] || Shiho || Onēchan
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| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] || Shiho || Mom (''Okāsan'')
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| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] || ??? || Dad (''Otōsan'')
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Ai-chan ||
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa]] || Ai-kun || Doctor (''Hakase'')
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| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]] || Sherry || Gin
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| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]] ||That woman|| Vodka
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| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]] || Sherry That girl Special Lady<ref name=823p15>823 pg 15</ref> || Vermouth
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| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] || Shiho-chan Sherry || Pisco
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| [[File:Rei Furuya 60px.jpg]] || [[Rei Furuya]] || Hell's Angel's daughter || ???
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| [[File:Jodie Starling 60px.jpg]] || [[Jodie Starling]] || Brown haired girl Sherry || Jodie-sensei
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| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai]] || That brown haired girl || Moroboshi Dai
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== Plot overview ==
=== Prior to escape ===
After being orphaned by the death of [[Atsushi Miyano|her]] [[Elena Miyano|parents]] at a young age, Shiho was groomed to take over their [[APTX 4869]] research project. She was educated overseas in America before returning to Japan at or before she was 13. She became a high ranking member, codenamed Sherry, in the Black Organization's internal drug development division.<ref>Conan Drill page 237</ref> When she was about 13,<ref>Five years before present timeline</ref> undercover [[FBI]] agent [[Shuichi Akai]] began dating Shiho's sister [[Akemi Miyano]] in order to use Shiho's rank to his advantage while infiltrating the Black Organization.

During the 5+ years Shiho worked in the Black Organization lab, Akemi was Shiho's lifeline to normalcy and her primary emotional support within the darkness of the Black Organization. Akemi would arrange meetings with Shiho in restaurants and such to chat about current happenings, and Shiho would sometimes tell Akemi about her Black Organization activities, although it appears she did not go into much detail.<ref name="Akemi Meeting">Volume 18, File 10, Page 15</ref> Akemi would also send Shiho floppies of pictures of her travels and friends which Shiho would quickly look at. During this time, Shiho accidentally mixed up the disks and mailed a disk of extremely sensitive information back to Akemi by mistake. The disk eventually would up in the hands of Akemi's professor friend, Masami Hirota.

[[Image:Investigation Kudo's house.jpg‎|thumb|left|200px|Search team were sent to Kudo's house to investigate.]]Closer to the beginning of the current timeline, Shiho Miyano was ordered to test the most recent, yet still incomplete, version of APTX 4869 on [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]], a failed assassin. Shiho received the data about him, but he managed to escape the Black Organization before she could test it on him. Shiho fled the Black Organization herself soon after, so her superiors never found a substitute test subject. [[Shinichi Kudo]] wound up being the first "guinea pig" of APTX 4869 according to [[Gin]], who decided to use the newly approved poison to kill him after Shinichi witnessed a Black Organization transaction.

Unaware of the APTX 4869's rare deaging side effect when they used it on Shinichi Kudo, the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. As the creator of the drug, Shiho was part of the team who searched Shinichi's house twice to confirm his death. She began to suspect Shinichi's transformation when she noticed his clothes from primary school had disappeared between the first and second searches. Sometime earlier, one mouse dosed with APTX 4869 had become younger, so she suspected something similar had happened to Shinichi. Shiho did not want the Black Organization to kill such an interesting "test subject" before she could examine him, so Shiho confirmed Shinichi as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further. Shiho later met with Akemi and told her that she went to Kudo's house in Beika city to "look after something".<ref name="Akemi Meeting"/>

==== Akemi's robbery plan and death ====
[[Image:Conan newspaper.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan's picture in the newspaper article about Akemi Miyano's death. Shiho remembered Conan from this picture.]]
Meanwhile, Akemi Miyano wished that she and Shiho could leave the Black Organization. The Black Organization itself was in an awkward position as Akemi had been in love with the FBI spy, Shuichi Akai, whose true allegiance had since been uncovered when Shiho was about 16.<ref>Two years before present timeline</ref> The Black Organization could not simply kill Akemi because that would jeopardize the loyalty of Shiho, who was valuable to the Black Organization's research efforts. Exasperated, the Black Organization came up with a trap for Akemi; they told her that she could leave the Black Organization with Shiho if she would rob 10 billion yen from a bank for them. The Black Organization expected Akemi to fail, which would give them the excuse to eliminate her while keeping Shiho loyal; however Akemi, with a team of robbers, succeeded in obtaining the money.

In the event of her success, the Black Organization had designed the second part of the robbery plan so that Akemi's assistants would kill each other or be unintentionally killed by the unwitting Akemi. However one accomplice had fled, forcing Akemi to use detective [[Kogoro Mouri]] to find him. After her first meeting with Kogoro, Akemi met with Shiho again.<ref name="Akemi Meeting"/> Akemi had not told Shiho about the robbery plan, but it seems that Shiho's detection of the Black Organization aura from Akemi<ref>Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest case (some translations do not have this line correct)</ref> and gossip had made Shiho aware that Akemi had done something dangerous. Without telling Shiho about the robbery, Akemi redirected the conversation to [[Conan Edogawa]], whom Akemi said was brilliant and had the composure of an adult. This conversation likely helped Shiho deduce Conan's identity as the missing Shinichi.

Later, after all the accomplices were killed, Akemi planned to hand access to the money over to Gin and Vodka at the shipyard.<ref>This is based on the manga version of this case. The anime alters this scene</ref> Instead, Gin murdered Akemi. A newspaper took a photo of the crime scene that included Conan looking downcast. Shiho later identified Conan using it.

Shiho already resented the Black Organization for using the incomplete APTX 4869 for killing purposes, but the news of Akemi's death was the final straw that induced Shiho to boycott her research until she received an official explanation for why her sister was killed. She was aware that Akemi pulled out a robbery, but Shiho might have suspended that there was more to the story. The Black Organization refused, and faced with the possibility that Shiho could defect or do something else drastic in revenge, decided to cut their loses by executing Shiho.

=== Escape from the Black Organization ===
[[Image:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shiho swallows the [[APTX 4869]].]]
Awaiting the boss decided her execution, Shiho was handcuffed to a wall in a sealed room that also featured a garbage chute too small for an adult to fit in. With no other way out, she took a pill of APTX 4869 she had pocketed to commit suicide before she could be killed, but instead she shrank into a six- or seven-year-old girl. In her new, smaller body, she slipped her hand free of the cuff and used the garbage chute to escape the sealed room. She then attempted to reach Shinichi Kudo's house, hoping he might 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> After this, Shiho Miyano took up the role of Ai Haibara. It turned out later that Agasa was a professional acquaintance of her parents and had spoken some with her father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], even though Agasa didn't know at that time the Miyanos had children.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

=== As Ai Haibara ===
[[File:Sherry's Soliloquy.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Ai Haibara, colored by Gosho Aoyama for [[Sherry's soliloquy]].]]
{{Main|Ai Haibara#Plot overview}}

=== Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume 24|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]]) ===
In [[Reunion with the Black Organization]], Conan and Haibara find Gin's [[Cars#Porsche 356A|Porsche]] by chance. Conan plants a tracker and transmitter in the parked car and eavesdrops on Gin and Vodka when they return. Gin calls an agent named [[Pisco]] and discusses part of a plan to kill someone at a mourning party that will take place at the [[Haido City Hotel]]. Gin tells Pisco he can use the [[APTX 4869|"experimental detective"]] if needed. Gin then finds the tracker and destroys it, believing Sherry placed it there because he also found a single red hair that Haibara inadvertently lost while Conan was planting the bugs. Gin then warns Pisco about Sherry. Although initially reluctant, after hearing Pisco has APTX, Haibara decides to go to the party to try to obtain a sample. Pisco, who knew Shiho as a child, recognizes her as Haibara, kidnaps her using chloroform, and confines her in a wine storage room in another part of the hotel. He doesn't get the opportunity to tell anyone about his discovery because the police are rounding up suspects for the mourning party murder and he is one of them.

After Haibara wakes up, Conan tells Haibara to drink some [[baijiu]] in order to escape. While waiting for the change to occur, she copies some APTX data from a computer Pisco left behind onto a floppy disk. Haibara turns back into Shiho and changes into some leftover janitor clothes that Pisco left behind in the room as part of his disguise. Gin and Vodka break into the storage room looking for Pisco, but Shiho manages to hide herself just before they arrive by bracing her body in the chimney. Unfortunately, Gin hears her breathing and finds another one of her hairs. Instead of simply shooting her in the chimney, however, he goes to the roof to wait for her to finish climbing.
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
After she climbs out of the chimney, Shiho is confronted by Gin, who shoots her from behind. After exchanging some banter, Gin demands to know how Shiho escaped from the locked chamber room. Shiho remains silent, so Gin shoots her several more times non-fatally, hoping she will crack. Eventually, Gin and Vodka realize she won't talk, so Gin prepares to kill her. Conan meanwhile has arrived and darts Gin in the back with his tranquilizer watch. Using the voice changer to disguise his voice, Conan orders her to get back to the chimney. Vodka shoots Shiho just as she reaches the chimney, so Shiho falls down awkwardly.

In the fireplace, Shiho reverts back into Ai Haibara while Pisco watches. He congratulates her for having made so much progress on the APTX, whose effects he has just witnessed. He tells Shiho he was a close friend of the Miyanos while they were still alive, and they told him much about the drug they were developing. He knew her from when she was a baby, even though Shiho does not remember him. Pisco prepares to shoot her, but Conan stops him by distracting him at the last minute. Conan manages to trick Pisco into setting himself and the room on fire, and carries Haibara out of the room on his back before Pisco can find them again. Gin comes down the chimney and confronts Pisco. Before Pisco is able to tell Gin the truth about Shiho and APTX 4869, Gin kills Pisco for accidentally getting his picture taken in the act of murder during the mourning party.

Conan sneaks Haibara to Agasa's beetle and gives her his jacket. Haibara then lies to Conan about losing the disk of APTX data she copied.<ref>The bloody disk is on the bottom of the stack shown in Volume 25 File 9 (Chapter 251), Page 8 and Episode 188.</ref> Worried that the organization knows that she has shrunk, Haibara tells Conan she must leave the city. Agasa tells Haibara that her identity is safe because he eavesdropped on the conversation when Gin killed Pisco by using the tracking glasses Shiho dropped when she fell down the chimney.

=== Temporary antidote in Gunma (Manga: [[Volume 77|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-700]]) ===
[[File:Shiho video.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The video of Shiho saving the [[Detective Boys]] (filmed by [[Mitsuhiko]]) that [[Amuro]] found on [[Kogoro]]'s computer.]]
On a camping trip in Gunma, the Detective Boys run across a murderer burying a body and are chased to a cabin in the woods where the killer and the victim had been staying. The murderer bars the door and sets the cabin alight with the children inside. The strength of the children is not enough to open the door and Ayumi passes out from the smoke. With Conan nowhere nearby, Haibara takes a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]], borrows the victim's clothing, and uses the murder weapon - an axe - to break down the door. Mitsuhiko, not realizing who she is, films her carrying Ayumi from the burning cabin and mails the video to Kogoro hoping he would find their savior. Bourbon logs into Kogoro's computer and sees the video, precipitating the events on the Bell Tree Express.

=== Impersonation by Kaitou Kid and faked death (Manga: [[Volume 78|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-704]])===
[[File:Kaito Shiho 824.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Kaitou Kid flies away in the Shiho disguise.]]
To counter [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and [[Vermouth]]'s plan to capture or kill Shiho aboard the Bell Tree Express, Conan, with [[Subaru Okiya]] and [[Yukiko Kudo]]'s help, devised a plan to keep Haibara hidden and force the ignorant [[Kaitou Kid]], only present to scout ahead for a future heist, to disguise as Shiho and confront Bourbon. Bourbon wound up confronting "Shiho" and fell for the thief's disguise because Haibara told Kaitou Kid what to say. In the confusion that followed, Subaru Okiya separated the rearmost carriage from the train, which then blew up because Vermouth had planted explosives there intending to kill Shiho to prevent Bourbon from capturing her alive. Kaitou Kid escaped in the nick of time, but the rest of the Black Organization, sans Vermouth, now believe Shiho Miyano is dead.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===
==== Akemi Miyano ====
After the death of Shiho's parents, Akemi became Shiho's only true ally within the darkness of the Black Organization. Through direct conversation and mail, Akemi showed Shiho the normal side of life that Shiho was unable to experience. Akemi would often admonish Shiho gently to do things normal for her age, such as encouraging her to get a boyfriend. Akemi's death had enough emotional impact to convince Shiho to betray the Black Organization by boycotting her research, even though she knew the act of defiance would likely result in her own death. Indicating that her sister was more important to Shiho than her research. Shiho greatly misses Akemi. In the non-canon [[Movie 5]], Shiho's desire to hear Akemi's voice again, even if only a message on a phone answering machine, was used by Gin and Vodka to nearly pinpoint Shiho's location.

==== Elena Miyano ====
Elena died when Shiho was young, so Shiho doesn't remember much of her. Elena left tapes for Shiho for each of her birthdays. Some of the messages are serious and mysterious, but others are more lighthearted and reveal things about Elena's past. It is clear from the tapes Elena loved Shiho very much, and Shiho misses her mother in turn and takes comfort in hearing her voice.

==== Atsushi Miyano ====
Shiho's feelings toward her late father is unknown, but she does show interest in seeing the house where he grew up.

==== Rumi Wakasa ====
It seems like Haibara was "triggered" by Rumi in the Burning Tent Murder Case when "prosthetic eye" was mentioned. Haibara then questioned whether Rumi got problems with her right eye's vision. But after the case was solved, she told Conan that she liked Rumi and that Conan shouldn't speak ill of her. Their relationship has been peaceful ever since.

=== The Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Sherry}}
[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho Miyano<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref> and seems to enjoy hunting for her, while she seems to fear and hate him. They appear to know each other well despite being in different parts of the Organization. Gin can identify Shiho from a single auburn hair. [[Episode 129|When Shiho escaped from the Black Organization]], Gin began searching for her, ordering Vodka to bring her back dead or alive. Gin and Shiho had [[Reunion with the Black Organization|a direct confrontation]] later in the [[Setting#Haido City Hotel|Haido City Hotel]]. Since then, Shiho has managed to avoid any more direct contact with Gin.

The theory that the two may have had a romantic relationship in the past has been mentioned in at least one official guidebook for the manga<ref name=CD239/> and has some traction in the fandom. [[Gosho Aoyama]] has deferred questions related to the issue in past interviews, asking for fans to be patient.<ref>青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013 [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/?p=287218]

Q: A girl asked about the "Sherry naked" thing, that why does Gin always think about her without clothes, what exactly is their relationship?

A: Gosho answered that they indeed had a relationship, but it wouldn't be interesting if (he) revealed it there, so please wait for it. The poster also mentioned that Gosho had a trolling (or something like that) laugh/smile at the time.
</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. Vermouth appears to dislike the research the Miyanos engaged in, calling it foolish. Vermouth resents the Miyanos in general, but it is unclear if she hates Shiho specifically. That said, Vermouth considers Shiho to be someone who absolutely must die. 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="CD239c">Conan Drill page 239, "恋のライバル…?" (Love rivals?)</ref>

==== Shuichi Akai ====
[[Shuichi Akai]] and Shiho are likely to have known each other via Akemi Miyano, whom Akai was dating. Shiho knew Akai under his alias "Dai Moroboshi", and she likely knows he was a spy and an FBI agent. In chapter 824, Bourbon mentions that Dai Moroboshi worked for the FBI in front of Kaitou Kid, disguised as Sherry, who was listening through a microphone <ref>Manga Chapter 824 ([http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b40277b84692b54c491654534be7ccf/tumblr_mpc528w9hS1qfn9zio1_r1_500.png])</ref>. Nonetheless, as Haibara, she is still afraid of and senses the "Black Organization aura" from Akai. Akai recognizes Haibara as Shiho, saying he is not willing to face her yet, likely over guilt related to the incidents culminating in Akemi's death.

== Name origin ==
"Shiho" (志保) means "will and sail", her surname is "Miyano" (宮野) means "shrine field". Sherry is Detective Shunsaku Kudo's (from [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]]) favorite liquor.

== Different looks ==
{|
|[[File:Shiho Miyano Before.PNG|thumb|x200px|Episode 177]]
|[[File:Shiho Miyano After.PNG|thumb|x200px|OVA 9]]
|[[File:Shiho episode ONE image.jpg|x200px|thumb|Episode ONE Special]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== Quotes about Shiho ===
{{cquote|She's one of the top brains in our organization...|[[Volume 2|File 16, Page 13: "A Devil-like Woman"]]|Gin said to Akemi before killing her}}

== Trivia ==
* Shiho Miyano has had two appearances as an adult in the manga. All the rest of the times she has been shown in flashbacks. She took her own temporary antidote in file 816.

== In other languages ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|志保 Shiho |宮野 Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيهو Shīho/Syiho |ميانو Miyāno}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|志保 Zhìbaǒ|宫野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Shelly|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|시호 Shi Ho, 장미 Jang Mi|안 Ahn, 홍 Hong}}<ref>These are localized full names.</ref>
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชิโฮ Chi-ḥoa|มิยาโนะ Mi-yā-noa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Sherry ===
{{BeginTable OtherLang|notes=1}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シェリー Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيري Sheri| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Sherry|Once called Shelly due to a translating error.}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korea|쉐리 Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|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=Thailand|Thai|เชอรี่ Chex-rī̀| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sherry| }}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Ai Haibara]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]
* [[Wikipedia: Sherry|Sherry]] (alcohol)

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200px perrow=5>
File:Shiho handcuffed.JPG|The scene of Sherry's lockup which is shown in nearly every ''Detective Conan'' movie's introduction.
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Black Organization}}
{{Characters}}
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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Shuichi Akai
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|赤井秀一}} (Akai Shūichi)
| english-name =
| image = Shuichi Akai Profile.jpg
| age = 32<ref>Q4 of Super Digest Book 90+ Interview with Gosho</ref> 27 as [[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]]
| gender = Male
| relatives = [[Tsutomu Akai]] (father, deceased) [[Mary Sera]] (mother) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (younger brother) [[Masumi Sera]] (younger sister) [[Akemi Miyano]] (cousin, deceased) [[Shiho Miyano]] (cousin) [[Elena Miyano]] (aunt)
| occupation = FBI Agent
|status = Alive (Under disguise)
| nicknames = Shu ([[Jodie Starling|Jodie]]) Dai-kun ([[Akemi Miyano|Akemi]]) Akai-kun ([[James Black|James]]) Silver Bullet ([[The Boss]] & [[Vermouth]]) Shu-nii ([[Masumi Sera|Masumi]]) Niisan ([[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]])
| aliases = Rye Dai Moroboshi [[Subaru Okiya]]
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 29#Bus Hijacking Case|File 287]] Anime: [[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 230]]
| appearances = {{:Shuichi Akai Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 6 (5 as Subaru)
| keyhole = [[Volume 37]] [[Volume 60]] (Subaru Okiya)
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Shuichi Akai|赤井秀一|Akai Shūichi}}''' is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent and a major figure in the battle against the [[Black Organization]]. He once assumed the identity of '''{{nihongo|Dai Moroboshi|諸星大|Moroboshi Dai}}''' and infiltrated the Organization, where he was given the codename '''{{nihongo|Rye|ライ|Rai}}'''. During this time he made enemies with [[Gin]] and became romantically involved with [[Akemi Miyano]]. He is the older brother of [[Shukichi Haneda]] and [[Masumi Sera]].

== Background ==
[[File:Long haired Akai.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Shuichi as "Dai Moroboshi" during his infiltration of the Black Organization.]]
Shuichi Akai is a British American of Japanese descent, originally from England, and is a member of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, on special assignment in Japan to capture [[Vermouth]]. His superior is [[James Black]] and his partner is [[Jodie Starling]].<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple 5</ref> He had infiltrated the Black Organization under the name Dai Moroboshi - and the codename "Rye" - as a mole<ref>Manga Chapter 599: Akai's Past</ref> and dated [[Akemi Miyano]], one of their low-ranking members, to feed information to the FBI. In order to facilitate the latter, and later because he had genuinely developed feelings for Akemi, Shuichi saw himself forced to break up his then on-going relationship with Jodie.<ref>Manga Chapter 677: The Fated Individual</ref> Later on, his cover in the Black Organization was accidentally blown by his colleague [[Andre Camel]], and when Akemi was killed, he declared her murderer, [[Gin]] (with whom he seems to have had some tensions even before his exposure), his personal enemy.<ref>Manga Chapter 504: Black Organization vs. FBI 2</ref>

=== The Disappearance of his father ===
17 years prior to the current timeline, Shuichi's father, [[Tsutomu Akai]], got himself involved in the murder case of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes and disappeared. In his last message he instructed his pregnant wife Mary and their two sons to hide in Japan. Shuichi, determined to investigate his missing father's "incident," convinced his mother to let him study in America. After he left Japan, his younger sister Masumi was born. Shuichi didn't get to meet her until he returned to Japan after seven years in the states, but Shukichi sent him pictures of her. After he had finished school, he joined the FBI.

=== Infiltration of the Black Organization ===
Five years prior to the current time-line, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent Shuichi Akai infiltrated the [[Black Organization]] using the alias Dai Moroboshi as a mole and dated [[Akemi Miyano]], one of their low-ranking members, in order to meet [[Shiho Miyano]], a high-ranked member codenamed Sherry, and use her influence to get into the Black Organization.<ref name=599p9>Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past"</ref> Although at first he was simply using Akemi as a tool, they both fell in love with each other. Shuichi distinguished himself as an agent and two years prior to the current time-line received the codename Rye and was called to work under executive agent [[Gin]]. The FBI laid a trap hoping to capture Gin at a warehouse where the meeting was supposed to take place,<ref name=599p9/> but the Black Organization discovered Akai's true allegiance and Gin never appeared.<ref name=599p10>Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 10: "Akai's Past"</ref>
He broke up with Akemi to protect her and he lost contact with her after the mission to capture Gin failed. Two years later Akemi got killed by the organization to cut loose ends.

== Personality ==
Shuichi is a tenacious but stoic agent. Even in personal matters, he remains cool, even detached, from anyone, but his redeeming value is a great sense of loyalty to anyone he knows. He is a skilled and relentless pursuer and detective, qualities which have labeled him the number one enemy of the [[Black Organization]] and earned him the nickname "[[Silver Bullet]]". He looks forward to opportunities to hunt the Black Organization down and get revenge for [[Akemi]]. While usually professional, he often acts independently of the FBI, and even his boss [[James Black]] has trouble getting ahold of him. Shuichi gets along well with Conan, who share many personality traits. Despite that he has American citizenship, he still considers England as his home country.

James Black describes Shuichi as an introverted person who doesn't easily get close to people, and further notes that Shuichi has become even more closed off since Akemi's death.<ref name=502p13>Manga Volume 49, File 2, page 13: "New Order"</ref> Shuichi doesn't often voice what he is thinking and has an unhealthy tendency to prioritize his missions above the emotional well-being of his friends, co-workers, family, and love interests.<ref>Shuichi's fake death, while preserving Kir and allowing her to pass confidential information to the FBI, has caused significant dysfunction within the FBI who believe him to be truly dead. While Shuichi has technically been fulfilling the promise he made to look after Haibara's welfare as Okiya, he has executed it in such a way that made Haibara terrified of his presence and refused to be alone at Agasa's house when he was around.</ref> Conflict between his missions and the interests of those he cares about has lead to significant sorrow for him<ref>Shuichi didn't inform Akemi he was an FBI agent despite being in love because it might jeopardize his mission (and his relationship). Even though Akemi figured out Shuichi was an FBI agent and wished to leave the Organization and date him seriously, she kept it secret from him either because she was not sure how he would react, or because she thought it could cause him harm. Thus, the infiltration mission was the root cause of their secretkeeping which prevented them from coming up with an exit strategy for Akemi in case the mission failed. The following chain of events led to Akemi's death.</ref> and others.<ref>Shuichi's faked death to save Kir's mission and get her to pass information to the FBI as well demoralized the FBI, especially Jodie. Shuichi's infiltration mission required that he seduce Akemi even though he was dating Jodie at the time. When he fell in love with Akemi for real, Shuichi decided to break it off with Jodie. When justifying his decision to Jodie, he mentioned that he didn't want the onus of loving two women at once, but he also mentioned he thought the "sacrifice" was important to his mission to destroy the Black Organization. This implies that love was not the only factor in Shuichi's decision, he thought choosing Akemi over Jodie would help his mission -- perhaps because he was afraid he would be caught as a spy if anyone discovered his relationship with Akemi was fake. [http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=980&p=16431#p16431]</ref>

Shuichi prefers to plan secretly, and will readily trick his friends and coworkers, even injuring them, if helps the success of his missions.<ref>FBI vs Org, Shuichi didn't tell the rest of the FBI he would cover Kogoro's agency. In Red vs Black, the return Kir plan and the fake death plan were both kept secret from the FBI. He ordered Camel to remove by force if necessary anyone who interfered which resulted in Jodie being knocked out. He later told Kir to hit Camel for real to make her escape look authentic.</ref> Shuichi is often forgiven for these transgressions because his judgment is usually sound and his plans work out well.<ref>In FBI vs Org, Shuichi was forgiven for covering Kogoro without telling his boss and for making the decision on his own to let the Black Organization leave without much resistance because he thought it might lead to a dangerous firefight downtown. In Red vs Black, Shuichi was forgiven after being told off for hiding his secret plan to return Rena to the Org.</ref> Shuichi's secret plans, while strategically robust in the short term, often cause emotional problems for others that he does not fully appreciate.<ref>In particular, his faked death had a major impact on the FBI and [[Jodie Starling]]. [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] was able to take advantage of the emotional confusion surrounding his death to approach the FBI for his own ends. Jodie's sorrow has reduced her effectiveness and led her to blunder into dangerous situations.</ref>

Even though he means well, Shuichi is notably clumsy at trying to comfort and connect with others. He is especially dense at recognizing the motives behind the feelings of others and thus how to modify his own behavior to improve relations. As [[Subaru Okiya]], his technique to approach [[Ai Haibara]] leaves her terrified of him, and repeated contact only intensifies her loathing. Ten years ago, he was also cold to young Masumi on their first meeting, brushing Masumi's silly antics aside without realizing that she simply wanted him to smile and treat her kindly, though he most likely was simply in a bad mood, since he just had an intense argument with his mother, in which they traded physical blows, because of his plan to join the FBI after his studies to pursue the case of his father and because he had lied to her about that. Later that day, during the investigation of a case, Shuichi gives both Shinichi and Ran a task to help with the investigation, so Masumi approaches Shuichi shyly and asks for a task as well. Now Shuichi responds kindly and gives her a task that makes her feel important. 

Despite his social awkwardness, Shuichi is not apathetic. He gives Jodie some hope by leaving her a message in his own handwriting, and leaves her a very roundabout hint about his identity after knocking her down even though he cannot reveal the truth to her yet. Eventually he also realized that Masumi was looking up to him, so he began to send her videos of him doing Jeet Kune Do.

== Appearance ==
Shuichi is a tall man of Japanese descent with short wavy hair. His trademark features, by which people close to him have identified him are his eyes which have permanent bags underneath them that make him appear sleep deprived. Other characters often describe him as evil eyed or having a sharp gaze. His eyes are blue in the manga (like every other character) and green in the anime. He and [[Masumi Sera]] presumably more closely resemble their mother then their father.
The second trademark feature is his knit cap, which he is always shown wearing. When he was younger he had a grey fedora which Masumi now wears herself. Up to one year ago, he had very long waist length hair, which he cut after the death of Akemi Miyano "to freshen up." Shuichi is left-handed. Ten years before the present timeline, Shuuichi still had short hair, which means he grew it out sometime during the next five years.<ref>File 973</ref> He is a heavy smoker and his favorite drink is whiskey- he has recently taken to drinking bourbon rather than scotch.

His outfit is a grey jacket on top of a collared black shirt, black pants, shoes, and his trademark black knit cap.

== Abilities ==
=== Intelligence ===
[[File:783-5.jpg|thumb|200px|Conan ft. Shuichi]]

Shuichi is capable of thinking on par with Conan. He once set up a sniper ambush at a nearby building, knowing that the Black Organization will come and try to kill Kogoro. He also mentioned that he knew that "making them think the FBI set up the transmitter was the priority."<ref>Anime Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out</ref> In the Paper Airplane Case, Shuichi (disguised as Subaru) matched Conan's deduction abilities, including the use of Morse code and origami. During Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case, Shuichi figured out the key point of Sanada coins, solving the case before Conan and even providing him the hint of "Kumogakure Saizou" to lead him to the same conclusion. During the Delivery Service case, Shuichi was able to figure out Conan's situation in the delivery truck with a mere address change on the parcel. He was able to deduce along with Yusaku Kudo that the hints of ASACA and MASCARA lead to the name of the Boss of the Black Organization, Karasuma Renya.

=== Firearms and sniping ===
[[File:The Scarlet Return-Shooting Shuichi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shuichi aiming with a Glock]]
Shuichi, is the most capable sniper shown so far, to the point of shooting a small piece of gum out of Gin's hand from about 700 yards away, which is a lot more than the range of Black Organization's professional snipers [[Chianti]] and [[Korn]]. He also managed to get a shot on Gin from the same distance.<ref>Anime Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out</ref>
Shuichi is good at handling shotguns as well; he accurately shot Vermouth from the hip faster than she could aim at him with her subcompact pistol.
He is a sharpshooter with a handgun as well, capable of busting a moving car's tire from a speeding car with just a single shot.<ref>Manga Volume 85 File 4 Page 5</ref>

Shuichi uses Calvados' SPAS-12 shotgun to bring down Vermouth, an Arctic Warfare Magnum sniper rifle to shoot Gin, and [[Rikumichi Kusuda]]'s Glock pistol to disable Rei's subordinates.

Akai is unusual in that he is "eye-bidextrous" while shooting. Like hands and feet, most individuals have a dominant eye they prefer to use when lining up a shot, but Shuichi is shown using both eyes at different times.<ref>Left eye for shooting Vermouth in New York, left eye for sniping Gin in Black Impact, Right eye for shooting Rei's subordinates' car in Scarlet Showdown.</ref>

=== Driving ===
Shuichi is a skilled driver. He can overtake many cars quickly in heavy traffic conditions and drift around a U-turn.<ref name=420p14>Manga Volume 41, File 7, page 14: "The Enclosing Surrounding Net" </ref> He drove a [[Cars|Chevrolet C1500]] which was later bombed by Rena.

=== Martial arts ===
Shuichi is also a highly proficient hand-to-hand combatant. Having extensive skill and knowledge of Jeet Kune Do, he taught his sister Sera much, who openly acknowledges him to still be much stronger than her.<ref>Episode 744</ref> In the Bus Jack case, Shuichi's combat skills was hinted as he was ready to strike one of the criminals before Conan hit him with the tranquilizer dart. During the Ikkaku Rock case, Shuichi expertly knocks a knife out of the criminal's hand unarmed. In the Communications Code case, Shuichi incapacitates a robber off-screen, later telling the Detective Boys that the robber fell down the stairs. Though subtle, Shuichi also swiftly knocks out a drunkard harassing Officer Yumi (at the request of his younger brother) in the Policewomen Serial Murder Case.

=== Cooking ===
[[File:783-4.jpg|thumb|200px|Jodie and Camel are shocked to learn that Shuichi can cook]]
Shuichi learned how to cook thanks to [[Yukiko Kudo]],<ref>[[The Scarlet Return]]</ref> and often uses his dishes as an excuse to interject himself into cases at Professor Agasa's house.

=== Disguise ===
Shuichi learned how to act and properly apply his Okiya disguise by himself thanks to Yukiko Kudo and equipment from [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]].<ref>Manga [[Volume 85]], File 5 (898), pg 2: "Scarlet Epilogue"</ref>

=== Accordion ===
He apparently at one point held a part time job playing the accordion.
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== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Mary Sera|Shuichi<ref name="file974">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 974 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Mom (''Kāsan'')<ref name="file972" /> Mother (''Haha'')<ref name="file972" />}}

{{appellations|Tsutomu Akai|-|Father (''chichi'')<ref name="file949">[[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 949: Sweet Scent (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Niisan<ref name="file972">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972]]</ref> Shuichi-niisan<ref name="file972" />|Shukichi<ref name="file972" />}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Shu-nii Oniichan<ref name="file972" /> Akai Shuichi<ref>[[volume 89#Girls Band Murder Case|File 938]]</ref> Aniki<ref name="file936">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 936]]</ref>|Masumi}}

{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Akai-san<ref name="file974" /> ''Oniisan''<ref>[[Volume 81#Bumper Brawn|File 859 (Volume 81)]]</ref> Akai Shuichi|Boy (''Bōya'')}}

{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Moroboshi Dai<ref>Manga File 802, pg 10: "Don't make that kind of face..."</ref> That Akai person|That brown-haired girl}}

{{appellations|Akemi Miyano|Dai-kun|''Omae''}}

{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Shu-chan ([[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]]'s thought)<ref name="niisanshuchan">[[:File:Postcard2016 18.jpg]] (Yukiko calls him "Shu-chan")</ref>|Yukiko-san (as Subaru)}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Akai-san<ref name="file950">[[volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 950: The Clipped Letters (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
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{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|James Black|Akai-kun Moroboshi Dai Rye|James}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Shu<ref name="file897">[[Volume 85#Scarlet|File 897 (Volume 85)]]</ref> Akai-kun Akai Shuichi|Jodie}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|Akai-san<ref name="file897" /> Akai-shan<ref name="file897" /> Akai Shuichi|Camel}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Akai Shuichi<ref name="file897" />|Okiya Subaru}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Akai<ref name="file897" /> Akai Shuichi<ref name="file897" /> Rye<ref name="file955">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 955: Whereabouts of the Betrayal (Volume 90)]]</ref> Snoop dog of the FBI (''FBI no inu'') That man|Bourbon<ref name="file897" /> Amuro Tooru-kun<ref name="file897" /> Zero<ref name="file897" /> Furuya Rei-kun<ref name="file897" /> Wolf (''ōkami'')<ref name="file897" />}}

{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|Akai Shuichi|Mizunashi Rena Kir}}

{{appellations|Ethan Hondou|-|Ethan Hondou NOC}}
{{appellations|Scotch|-|Scotch}}
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<tab title="Black Organization">
{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|The Boss|file=Renya Karasuma.jpg|Silver Bullet|[[Black Organization|Their]] Boss (''yatsura no Boss'')}}

{{appellations|Vermouth|Akai<ref name="file897" /> Akai Shuichi Silver Bullet|Vermouth Rotten Apple}}

{{appellations|Gin|Akai Shuichi Akai|Gin ''Koibito'' (literally "lover", but the intended meaning is "old enemy")}}

{{appellations|Vodka|Akai}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Akai}}

{{appellations|Rikumichi Kusuda|Akai Shuichi|Kusuda Rikumichi<ref name="file897" />}}

{{appellations|Calvados|-|Calvados}}

{{appellations|Rum|-|Rum<ref name="file950" />}}

{{appellations|file=M20 odd eyes woman.jpg|List of notable case characters#Curaçao{{!}}Curaçao|Rye|Curaçao}}
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<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Your brother (''Oniisan''; talking to [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]])<ref>[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 937]]</ref> FBI person (''FBI no hito'')|''Omae''}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|NOC's son (''NOC no musuko'') Brother (''otōto''; talking to [[Hidemi Hondou|Hidemi]])}}

{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Shu-nii<ref name="m18">Movie 18: ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]''</ref>}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Akai Shuichi (movie introdcution)<ref name="m18" /> Pierrot Onii-san|Holmes' Apprentice-kun (''Homuzu no deshi-kun'')<ref name="file 973">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 973 (Volume 92)]]</ref> Kudo Shinichi<ref>Episode 954</ref>}}

{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Akai-kun}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Guy (''niichan'')}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Timeline ===
{{main|Shuichi Akai timeline}}

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Dimensional Sniper (Movie: [[Dimensional Sniper|18]]) ===
Shuichi appeared in this movie as [[Subaru Okiya]]. At first he is seen watching the Detective Boys testing Professor Agasa's invention. Later after [[Masumi Sera]] gets shot, he is seen leaving the hospital, where she is hospitalized. After that he is seen involving himself in the sniper investigation. He is the one who shoot the suspect at the last part. We can see too that he turn off his voice changer and said to [[James Black|James]] {{nihongo|"Roger"|了解|ryōkai}} as signal that it's already finished.

=== The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: [[The Darkest Nightmare|20]]) ===

=== The Scarlet Bullet (Movie: [[The Scarlet Bullet|24]]) ===

== Speculation ==
[[James Black]]'s English background may have assisted the young British-Japanese Shuichi Akai in fast-tracking his way to a US citizenship and then enrolling in the FBI.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===
==== Akemi Miyano ====
{{main|Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano}}
Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano were lovers while he was infiltrating the [[Black Organization]]. Shuichi's original mission was to date Akemi Miyano in order to meet Shiho Miyano. Shuichi used Shiho's influence to gain rank in the Organization, intending to become trusted enough to meet with high level agents so the FBI could capture one for questioning. As [[James Black]] later recalls, although Shuichi's relationship with Akemi was merely a stepping stone, Shuichi actually fell in love with Akemi, and considered her his real girlfriend. Because of this he broke up with [[Jodie Starling]].

[[File:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]
Sometime later, Akemi develops the suspicion that Shuichi really wasn't who he claimed to be. After Shuichi's expulsion, he confirms that he is an FBI agent to her. To Shuichi's surprise, Akemi doesn't seemed surprised by this, so Shuichi asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions that she was being used by him before, and Akemi hints it is because she loves him. Initially, the Organization couldn't do anything about Akemi because they needed the loyalty of her sister, but two years later they decided that the risk of her contact with Shuichi was too much. They decided to create a situation where they could eliminate her by having her do a bank heist she was supposed to fail. Sometime near the day of the heist, Akemi sent Shuichi a long text message, asking him if he wants to be her real boyfriend when she is finally free from the Organization. After the heist, Akemi is killed by [[Gin]], and it is unknown how Shuichi responded if at all. Shuichi treasures her final text message, and keeps it in his phone many months after Akemi's death. The message also contains a P.S. which has not been revealed yet.

How Akemi and Shuichi met in the manga is unknown, but in the anime, Shuichi Akai originally met Akemi by an intentional accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he deliberately walked into the street in front of her in order to be hit by her.<ref>Episode 497</ref> Akemi was concerned, and helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi replied, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this they began dating.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
While Jodie and Shuichi's relationship had been viewed as mere colleagues, it is revealed later on in the series that Jodie and Shuichi had dated before about 5 years prior. However, after Shuichi infiltrated the Black Organization under the alias of Dai Moroboshi, he started dating Akemi Miyano in hopes of using her to attain information about the Black Organization. Despite this, Shuichi ended up falling in love with Akemi, leading him to break up with Jodie, stating that, "To be able to love two women at the same time…it's not that handy a personality."<ref name="677p5">Manga [[Volume 65]], File 3 (677), pg 5: "The fated individual"</ref> In spite of the break-up, Jodie still held strong feelings for Shuichi which never wavered as time passed and took his apparent death at Kir's hands especially hard, to the point of being reduced to tears.

==== James Black ====
[[James Black]] is the boss of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents in Japan and therefore the boss of Shuichi. He was one of those who know that Shuichi was alive after Shuichi's fake death, but only because he saw the glue on Shuichi's fingers and would have otherwise also been kept in the dark. The two maintain close contact with each other up to present.

==== Andre Camel ====
[[Andre Camel]] worked with Shuichi Akai before when he was an agent in the [[Black Organization]]. Camel was involved in the plan to capture Gin two years ago, but he gave away the plan of the FBI when he saw a member of the organization disguised as an old man. Because of this, Shuichi's identity became known to the Organization. However, Shuichi does not seem to bear a grudge against Camel but worked together well. Camel is willing to help Akai in any way he can to redeem for his mistake.

==== Ai Haibara ====
When Haibara first met Shuichi, she thought he was a member of the Black Organization. Shuichi seems to know of Haibara's identity. Haibara knows him as Dai Moroboshi, her sister's boyfriend who betrayed the Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 802</ref> Haibara should know Dai was a spy and FBI agent, after hearing an exchange between [[Bourbon]] and [[Kaitou Kid]] through a microphone<ref>Manga Chapter 824,[http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b40277b84692b54c491654534be7ccf/tumblr_mpc528w9hS1qfn9zio1_r1_500.png]</ref>, but she does not know him by the name Shuichi Akai. During his time in the organization he became acquatained with Haibara, while she was still known as [[Shiho Miyano]], through Akemi and make use of it to slip into the organization. He made a promise with Akemi to look after Haibara's welfare.<ref>Manga [[Volume 77]], Files 3-5 (809-811)</ref>
She doesn't know that it was because of the relationship between Akai and her sister, that got her sister killed.

==== Conan Edogawa ====
Shuichi and Conan get along well and are capable of thinking on par with one another. In the short time they have worked together, Shuichi has come to respect Conan's intellect and deductive skills and speaks to him professionally. After FBI had capture Kir, he asked who Conan was, hinting that he suspected that there was more to Conan that meets the eyes. He is also aware that [[Conan]] and [[Shinichi Kudo]] are really one and the same person <ref>Manga [[Volume 77]], File 813 p.16 and File 814 p.3 </ref>. There is further speculation amongst fans that Shuichi has figured out that Ai was formerly Sherry and (more than likely) learned about her research for the Black Organization and the two possible effects of [[APTX 4869]].

==== Masumi Sera ====
[[Masumi Sera]] is Shuichi's younger sister. Masumi wasn't born yet when Shuichi went to America to study, so they first got to meet each other, when Masumi was seven. It's indicated at Shuichi cares for his sister. While Masumi was growing up, Shuichi would send her training tapes of Jeet Kune Do that she could practice after. During the mystery train case, when Masumi was knocked out by Vermouth and hidden in her room, Shuichi (disguised as Subaru) carried her back to her own room. As he was about to leave he overheard her calling out 'Shuu-nii' in her sleep, which made him smile. And in the movie [[Dimensional Sniper]] he (as Subaru) was seen leaving the hospital, where Masumi was hospitalized after getting shot, hinting that he was visiting her. While she was unconscious, he left a bouquet in her room, which Ran and Sonoko find.

==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[Shukichi Haneda]] is Shuichi's younger brother. He keeps track of Shukichi Haneda's shogi matches. During a reunion ten years ago Shukichi shows concern over his choice of path in life. During the Policewomen Serial Murder Case, he received a text by Shukichi to protect [[Yumi Miyamoto]], indicating the brothers are in contact. When Yumi is accosted by drunkards, he disguised as Subaru incapacitates them and has them leave her alone.

==== Mary Sera ====
[[Mary Sera]] is Shuichi's mother. She hoped that he would become a father figure to Masumi to replace their missing biological father.

==== Tsutomu Akai ====
[[Tsutomu Akai]] is Shuichi's father. His father's disappearance cause him to seek revenge.

=== Allies ===
==== Hidemi Hondou ====
Hidemi is a CIA agent undercover in the Black Organization as Rena Mizunashi, codenamed Kir. She agreed to supply the FBI with information of the organization in return for her brother's protection. She, Akai and Conan worked out the plan to send Hidemi back to the organization and fake Akai's death.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Shuichi Akai}}
Shuichi Akai and Gin are rivals and hate one another. It is implied that they didn't get along even before Shuichi was exposed as an undercover FBI agent. Shuichi refers to Gin as "Koibito", which ironically means 'lover.' Gin killed Shuichi's love Akemi, so Shuichi thinks of Gin as his archenemy.

==== Rei Furuya====
Since joining the Black Organization, [[Rei Furuya]] has always considered Shuichi Akai as a worthy rival, he want to compare his capacity with Shuichi and think he is the only one who could defeat Shuichi. Shuichi always show a respectful towards Rei, he admits Rei's capability and feels interest everytime he faces Rei, he also made Rei felt quite confused sometimes. Their relationship is becoming more bitter and dramatic when Rei misunderstood Shuichi killed his best friend - Scoth, but actually the one who indirectly caused Scotch to die was Rei himself. Shuichi chooses to keep a secret, continues to let Rei misunderstand him instead of letting Rei know that painful truth. Over time, Shuichi appears to help and proctect Rei in some cases, he gradually wants to compensate for the losses which Rei has experienced, he also reveals that he doesn't want to be Rei's enemy. For now, Rei is temporarily lowering his hatred to working well with Shuichi and Conan in destroying the Black Organization.

=== Unknown relationships ===
==== Kohji Haneda ====
A relationship between Shuichi and [[Kohji Haneda]] is unknown, but [[Volume 89#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|the case of Kohji's death]] made Shuichi an FBI agent.<ref name="file948">[[volume 89#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref>

== 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. Shuichi placed 12th in the poll with 53 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』人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Shuichi placed 7th overall with 415 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
[[File:Akai.gif|image|right|thumb|200px|Gosho Aoyama draws Shuichi as half of Char on his website]]
Akai's name comes from the [[wikipedia:Mobile Suit Gundam|Mobile Suit Gundam]] character [[wikipedia:Char Aznable|Char Aznable]], whose nickname was the {{nihongo|"Red Comet"|'''赤い'''彗星|'''Akai''' Suisei}}, and Char's voice actor [[Shuichi Ikeda|'''Shuichi''' Ikeda]] (who is also Akai's voice actor). Additionally, his alias, Dai Moroboshi, comes from Char's real name, Casval Rem '''Deikun''' (sounds like '''Dai-kun''' in Japanese). '''Moroboshi''' can also mean ''falling star'', another possible allusion to ''Red Comet''.<ref>In Moroboshi (諸星), the first kanji can be broken up into 言者 which when pronounced as げんしゃ (gensha) sounds very similar to the word for "phenomenon" (genshou). The second character (星) means "star". Moroboshi, read as "Star phenomenon" references falling stars or maybe comets. </ref>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shuichi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 259]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shuichi Middle.jpeg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 345]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:The Scarlet Return-Shooting Shuichi.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 783]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Fear of death is worse than death itself.|Said to Camel.<ref>[[Volume 58#File 602 - Last Resort|Volume 58, File 602, Page 13]]</ref>}}
{{cquote|Don't make that kind of face...}}
{{cquote|Don't get distracted by what's in front of you and pursue the wrong prey}}
{{cquote|The odds are 50/50 so we are on the same boat.}}

== Trivia ==
* Shuichi is left-handed.
* Shuichi is a Jeet Kune Do practitioner who is three times stronger than [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]]. The three times is, again, a reference of Char's [[Wikipedia: Zaku|mobile suit]] being three times faster than the others.
* Shuichi Akai's voice actor, [[Shuichi Ikeda]], is the real-life husband of [[Akemi Miyano]]'s voice actress, [[Sakiko Tamagawa]].
* [[Wikipedia: Shuichi Akai (footballer)|Shuichi Akai]] is a real-life former Japanese football player.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|秀一 Shūichi|赤井 Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شوتشي Shūtshi|أكاي Akāi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|秀一 Xiùyī|赤井 Chìjǐng}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italy|Shuichi / Suichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|상윤 Sang Yoon|이 Lee}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชูอิจิ|อากาอิ}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|秀一 Xiùyī|赤井 Chìjǐng}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shuuichi|Akai}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Subaru Okiya]]
* [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Wikipedia: Rye whiskey|Rye]] (alcohol)

== References ==
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Shiho Miyano

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| name = Shiho Miyano
| japanese-name = 宮野志保 (Miyano Shiho)
| english-name = Shelly Miyano
| image = S6 Shiho.jpg
| age = 18<ref name=CD72>Super Digest Book 10+, page 202, question 42</ref><ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51. Also, in episode 343, Haibara is listening to recorded messages that her mother made every year, and these seem to stop after her 18th birthday.</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) Mr. Miyano (paternal grandfather, deceased) Mrs. Miyano (paternal grandmother, deceased) [[Shuichi Akai]] (cousin) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (cousin) [[Masumi Sera]] (cousin) [[Mary Sera]] (aunt)
| occupation = Scientist
| nicknames =
| aliases = Ai Haibara (alias) Sherry (code name)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 2#File 016 - A Devil-like Woman|File 16]] (In a silhouette) / [[Volume 24#File 241 - The Bullet from the Past|File 241]] (first full appearance) Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|Episode 177]]
| appearances = {{:Shiho Miyano Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole =
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice =
| drama-actor = [[Yu Kashii]] (Sherry)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shiho Miyano'''|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}} is a former [[Black Organization]] researcher, codenamed '''{{nihongo|"Sherry"|シェリー|Sherī}}''', who was working on [[APTX 4869]]. After the Black Organization killed her [[Akemi Miyano|sister]], she took APTX 4869 to commit suicide but shrank instead. She fled the Black Organization and now currently goes under the alias of '''[[Ai Haibara]]'''.

== Background ==
[[Image:Shiho Miyano computer picture.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Shiho as she appears on Pisco's computer in the manga version.]]
Shiho Miyano and her older sister, Akemi Miyano, were born into the secret crime syndicate known unofficially as the [[Black Organization]]. Shiho's English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both important researchers for the Black Organization. They both died in what other members of the Black Organization described as an accident while Shiho was very young.

While Akemi lived a normal life, Shiho was sent to America as a small child to go to school and was groomed to finish her parents' research on [[APTX 4869]].<ref> File 384-386 Volume 38 File 2-4</ref> Most of her time in America was lonely; she ate lunch alone, and was otherwise isolated from her peers for being different. Despite the difficult social situation, Shiho was an academic prodigy, and by the age of thirteen she was working as a highly ranked scientist for the Black Organization.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization 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 in the present, then she would have been 13 at the time that Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization, and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref> Her codename in the Black Organization is "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.
Her only real friend was Akemi, who only involved herself in the organization to get Shiho out.

At some point, along with [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]], she has visited the Mermaid Island, where there supposedly lived a woman rumored to be immortal. She has always know that [[Renya Karasuma]] is the Black Organization head.

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the most current incarnation of the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. Although it was not her intended purpose<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, page 9</ref>, 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 one 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.

After the death of her sister at the hands of Gin, she rebelled against the Black Organization, refusing to complete any work for them until she received a satisfactory explanation for why her sister was killed. Instead she was confined to a small room to await the boss decided her execution. She took an APTX 4869 pill she had pocketed earlier to commit suicide, but shrank instead to elementary school child age. That allowed her to slip her handcuffs and escape via a rubbish chute. Her only hope was her suspicions about the potential survival of [[Shinichi Kudo]], the only unconfirmed death of the human trial subjects. She fled towards Shinichi's house, but collapsed in the rain outside the house of Shinichi's neighbor, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. Agasa found and adopted her, and she now lives with him under the alias [[Ai Haibara]].

Naturally, the boss ordered the organization to hunt her down and murder her, and to get rid of anyone associated with her.

== Personality ==
Initially, Shiho was very cynical, which was reflected in her valuing her own security above idealistic principles of justice. She also did not wish to become close to others. While attending school in America, she ate lunch alone<ref>[[Volume 30|Volume 30, File 303: "Genta's Misfortune"]]</ref>. It was only by repeatedly approaching her that the [[Detective Boys]] and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] finally became her friends. Shiho was also untrusting of others in general, and preferred to put on an expressionless, cold mask while bottling up her pain and sadness. Shiho's views about death have been complex and at times contradictory. She was prepared to likely kill [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] with APTX 4869 as part of her tests, but on the other hand, she detested the Black Organization's use of APTX as a killing tool and Conan labeling her as a murderer.
Her fascination with her work seems to be stronger than fear for the organization, while she was still a member, since she risked changing Shinichi Kudo's data to avoid him getting killed before she could study him.

Shiho speaks very formally.

=== Changes as Ai Haibara ===
Her time as [[Ai Haibara]] has softened her personality, making her more optimistic and open to Conan's idealistic pursuit of justice.

== Appearance ==
Shiho is a thin woman of average height with naturally wavy auburn hair at mid neck length. Although she is multiracial, she is Japanese looking. Many characters refer to her as very beautiful, a trait she seems to have inherited from her mother.

== Abilities and skills ==
=== Biochemistry ===
Shiho is a biochemical genius, taking up her parents' research work on [[APTX 4869]] for the Black Organization by the age of thirteen after going to school in America.

=== Medical knowledge ===
Shiho has demonstrated knowledge of medicine, recognizing the symptoms of Shiratori's [[Wikipedia:Subdural hematoma|subdural hematoma]].<ref>Tokyo hostage/Matsuda case</ref> Using knowledge of osteology, she also is able to deduce a long decayed woman's ambulatory condition.<ref>Castle treasure case</ref>

=== Detective skills ===
Shiho was able to deduce Conan as Shinichi by inspecting the clues left in Kudo residence. As Haibara, she shows sharp observation, keen thinking process and ability to make logical deduction; however, unlike Conan/Shinichi, she often lacks specialized knowledge or experience to make the conclusive argument to solve the case. Moreover, to avoid attention, she stays quiet, which Conan often takes the spotlight. Haibara does not identify herself as a "mystery freak" as Conan. In the few cases that Haibara leads the investigation, she shows that she can be a great detective on her own, although this is not her prime speciality. Haibara has also known to read some mysteries like
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and PD James's Cordelia Gray novel but it is not known whether she enjoys the genre.

=== "Black Organization sense" ===
[[Image:Ai's BO radar.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Haibara senses a Black Organization member is nearby.]]
Shiho has the ability to sense when Black Organization members are around, which she characterizes as their unique "smell" or "pressure". So far, her sense only detects Black Organization members and not people with malevolent intent generally,<ref>She has only claimed the sense for Black Organization members, and she does not seem to have the same magnitude reaction around people who aren't, such as case culprits, although she may be generally suspicious of them;</ref> however, it doesn't always trigger when Black Organization members are present.<ref>This is the case especially when the Black Organization members aren't focusing or in an aggressive mood. Numabuchi is an example of this.</ref> nor does it reveal their numbers.<ref>The case with Vermouth and Shuichi on the bus, and when she was unsure if Pisco had an accomplice (Vermouth) at the party.</ref> Sometimes the sense is fleeting ([[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]], or [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] passing by pursuing [[James Black]]), or context sensitive (when Akemi was planning the bank robbery).

=== Pain tolerance ===
[[Gin|Like]] [[Vermouth|other]] Black Organization members, Shiho has also demonstrated a strong tolerance for pain. During the initial apoptoxin transformation, Shiho does not scream despite the sensation of 'bones melting', as doing so would likely have ended in being caught and killed when someone came to check on her. It is unclear if she even passes out at all, and regardless she manages to recover quickly enough to escape through a chute/ventilation shaft before her captors know anything happened.

Additionally, she climbs barefoot up a chimney while extremely sick from the effects of a cold combined with [[Baijiu]]-induced regrowth. She then crawls back to the chimney after she is shot multiple times by Gin on the frigid, snowy roof. She still maintains consciousness after falling down the chimney over a story in height and experiencing the agony of reverting back to Ai Haibara. Nowhere during this ordeal or her rescue afterwards did she cry from the pain. Shiho also handled the painful side affects of being reverting back to an adult with a [[prototype antidote]] better than Shinichi.

=== Shooting ===
Shiho is familiar with firearms. As Haibara, she was confident enough to intentionally miss a shot with a handgun.

=== Driving ===
In Lupin III vs Detective Conan The Movie, Haibara is able to ride a Harley motorbike, she stated that she used to own a Harley when she was Shiho.

In The Disappearance of Edogawa Conan, she is shown driving a car as Haibara.

== Appellations ==
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| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Miyano Shiho (In the intro of each movie) Haibara || Kudo-kun
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || || The children Mitsuhiko-kun (collective)<ref name=817p12/>
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| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] || Shiho || Mom (''Okāsan'')
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| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] || ??? || Dad (''Otōsan'')
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Ai-chan ||
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| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]] ||That woman|| Vodka
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| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]] || Sherry That girl Special Lady<ref name=823p15>823 pg 15</ref> || Vermouth
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| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] || Shiho-chan Sherry || Pisco
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| [[File:Rei Furuya 60px.jpg]] || [[Rei Furuya]] || Hell's Angel's daughter || ???
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== Plot overview ==
=== Prior to escape ===
After being orphaned by the death of [[Atsushi Miyano|her]] [[Elena Miyano|parents]] at a young age, Shiho was groomed to take over their [[APTX 4869]] research project. She was educated overseas in America before returning to Japan at or before she was 13. She became a high ranking member, codenamed Sherry, in the Black Organization's internal drug development division.<ref>Conan Drill page 237</ref> When she was about 13,<ref>Five years before present timeline</ref> undercover [[FBI]] agent [[Shuichi Akai]] began dating Shiho's sister [[Akemi Miyano]] in order to use Shiho's rank to his advantage while infiltrating the Black Organization.

During the 5+ years Shiho worked in the Black Organization lab, Akemi was Shiho's lifeline to normalcy and her primary emotional support within the darkness of the Black Organization. Akemi would arrange meetings with Shiho in restaurants and such to chat about current happenings, and Shiho would sometimes tell Akemi about her Black Organization activities, although it appears she did not go into much detail.<ref name="Akemi Meeting">Volume 18, File 10, Page 15</ref> Akemi would also send Shiho floppies of pictures of her travels and friends which Shiho would quickly look at. During this time, Shiho accidentally mixed up the disks and mailed a disk of extremely sensitive information back to Akemi by mistake. The disk eventually would up in the hands of Akemi's professor friend, Masami Hirota.

[[Image:Investigation Kudo's house.jpg‎|thumb|left|200px|Search team were sent to Kudo's house to investigate.]]Closer to the beginning of the current timeline, Shiho Miyano was ordered to test the most recent, yet still incomplete, version of APTX 4869 on [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]], a failed assassin. Shiho received the data about him, but he managed to escape the Black Organization before she could test it on him. Shiho fled the Black Organization herself soon after, so her superiors never found a substitute test subject. [[Shinichi Kudo]] wound up being the first "guinea pig" of APTX 4869 according to [[Gin]], who decided to use the newly approved poison to kill him after Shinichi witnessed a Black Organization transaction.

Unaware of the APTX 4869's rare deaging side effect when they used it on Shinichi Kudo, the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. As the creator of the drug, Shiho was part of the team who searched Shinichi's house twice to confirm his death. She began to suspect Shinichi's transformation when she noticed his clothes from primary school had disappeared between the first and second searches. Sometime earlier, one mouse dosed with APTX 4869 had become younger, so she suspected something similar had happened to Shinichi. Shiho did not want the Black Organization to kill such an interesting "test subject" before she could examine him, so Shiho confirmed Shinichi as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further. Shiho later met with Akemi and told her that she went to Kudo's house in Beika city to "look after something".<ref name="Akemi Meeting"/>

==== Akemi's robbery plan and death ====
[[Image:Conan newspaper.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan's picture in the newspaper article about Akemi Miyano's death. Shiho remembered Conan from this picture.]]
Meanwhile, Akemi Miyano wished that she and Shiho could leave the Black Organization. The Black Organization itself was in an awkward position as Akemi had been in love with the FBI spy, Shuichi Akai, whose true allegiance had since been uncovered when Shiho was about 16.<ref>Two years before present timeline</ref> The Black Organization could not simply kill Akemi because that would jeopardize the loyalty of Shiho, who was valuable to the Black Organization's research efforts. Exasperated, the Black Organization came up with a trap for Akemi; they told her that she could leave the Black Organization with Shiho if she would rob 10 billion yen from a bank for them. The Black Organization expected Akemi to fail, which would give them the excuse to eliminate her while keeping Shiho loyal; however Akemi, with a team of robbers, succeeded in obtaining the money.

In the event of her success, the Black Organization had designed the second part of the robbery plan so that Akemi's assistants would kill each other or be unintentionally killed by the unwitting Akemi. However one accomplice had fled, forcing Akemi to use detective [[Kogoro Mouri]] to find him. After her first meeting with Kogoro, Akemi met with Shiho again.<ref name="Akemi Meeting"/> Akemi had not told Shiho about the robbery plan, but it seems that Shiho's detection of the Black Organization aura from Akemi<ref>Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest case (some translations do not have this line correct)</ref> and gossip had made Shiho aware that Akemi had done something dangerous. Without telling Shiho about the robbery, Akemi redirected the conversation to [[Conan Edogawa]], whom Akemi said was brilliant and had the composure of an adult. This conversation likely helped Shiho deduce Conan's identity as the missing Shinichi.

Later, after all the accomplices were killed, Akemi planned to hand access to the money over to Gin and Vodka at the shipyard.<ref>This is based on the manga version of this case. The anime alters this scene</ref> Instead, Gin murdered Akemi. A newspaper took a photo of the crime scene that included Conan looking downcast. Shiho later identified Conan using it.

Shiho already resented the Black Organization for using the incomplete APTX 4869 for killing purposes, but the news of Akemi's death was the final straw that induced Shiho to boycott her research until she received an official explanation for why her sister was killed. She was aware that Akemi pulled out a robbery, but Shiho might have suspended that there was more to the story. The Black Organization refused, and faced with the possibility that Shiho could defect or do something else drastic in revenge, decided to cut their loses by executing Shiho.

=== Escape from the Black Organization ===
[[Image:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shiho swallows the [[APTX 4869]].]]
Awaiting the boss decided her execution, Shiho was handcuffed to a wall in a sealed room that also featured a garbage chute too small for an adult to fit in. With no other way out, she took a pill of APTX 4869 she had pocketed to commit suicide before she could be killed, but instead she shrank into a six- or seven-year-old girl. In her new, smaller body, she slipped her hand free of the cuff and used the garbage chute to escape the sealed room. She then attempted to reach Shinichi Kudo's house, hoping he might 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> After this, Shiho Miyano took up the role of Ai Haibara. It turned out later that Agasa was a professional acquaintance of her parents and had spoken some with her father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], even though Agasa didn't know at that time the Miyanos had children.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

=== As Ai Haibara ===
[[File:Sherry's Soliloquy.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Ai Haibara, colored by Gosho Aoyama for [[Sherry's soliloquy]].]]
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=== Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume 24|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]]) ===
In [[Reunion with the Black Organization]], Conan and Haibara find Gin's [[Cars#Porsche 356A|Porsche]] by chance. Conan plants a tracker and transmitter in the parked car and eavesdrops on Gin and Vodka when they return. Gin calls an agent named [[Pisco]] and discusses part of a plan to kill someone at a mourning party that will take place at the [[Haido City Hotel]]. Gin tells Pisco he can use the [[APTX 4869|"experimental detective"]] if needed. Gin then finds the tracker and destroys it, believing Sherry placed it there because he also found a single red hair that Haibara inadvertently lost while Conan was planting the bugs. Gin then warns Pisco about Sherry. Although initially reluctant, after hearing Pisco has APTX, Haibara decides to go to the party to try to obtain a sample. Pisco, who knew Shiho as a child, recognizes her as Haibara, kidnaps her using chloroform, and confines her in a wine storage room in another part of the hotel. He doesn't get the opportunity to tell anyone about his discovery because the police are rounding up suspects for the mourning party murder and he is one of them.

After Haibara wakes up, Conan tells Haibara to drink some [[baijiu]] in order to escape. While waiting for the change to occur, she copies some APTX data from a computer Pisco left behind onto a floppy disk. Haibara turns back into Shiho and changes into some leftover janitor clothes that Pisco left behind in the room as part of his disguise. Gin and Vodka break into the storage room looking for Pisco, but Shiho manages to hide herself just before they arrive by bracing her body in the chimney. Unfortunately, Gin hears her breathing and finds another one of her hairs. Instead of simply shooting her in the chimney, however, he goes to the roof to wait for her to finish climbing.
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
After she climbs out of the chimney, Shiho is confronted by Gin, who shoots her from behind. After exchanging some banter, Gin demands to know how Shiho escaped from the locked chamber room. Shiho remains silent, so Gin shoots her several more times non-fatally, hoping she will crack. Eventually, Gin and Vodka realize she won't talk, so Gin prepares to kill her. Conan meanwhile has arrived and darts Gin in the back with his tranquilizer watch. Using the voice changer to disguise his voice, Conan orders her to get back to the chimney. Vodka shoots Shiho just as she reaches the chimney, so Shiho falls down awkwardly.

In the fireplace, Shiho reverts back into Ai Haibara while Pisco watches. He congratulates her for having made so much progress on the APTX, whose effects he has just witnessed. He tells Shiho he was a close friend of the Miyanos while they were still alive, and they told him much about the drug they were developing. He knew her from when she was a baby, even though Shiho does not remember him. Pisco prepares to shoot her, but Conan stops him by distracting him at the last minute. Conan manages to trick Pisco into setting himself and the room on fire, and carries Haibara out of the room on his back before Pisco can find them again. Gin comes down the chimney and confronts Pisco. Before Pisco is able to tell Gin the truth about Shiho and APTX 4869, Gin kills Pisco for accidentally getting his picture taken in the act of murder during the mourning party.

Conan sneaks Haibara to Agasa's beetle and gives her his jacket. Haibara then lies to Conan about losing the disk of APTX data she copied.<ref>The bloody disk is on the bottom of the stack shown in Volume 25 File 9 (Chapter 251), Page 8 and Episode 188.</ref> Worried that the organization knows that she has shrunk, Haibara tells Conan she must leave the city. Agasa tells Haibara that her identity is safe because he eavesdropped on the conversation when Gin killed Pisco by using the tracking glasses Shiho dropped when she fell down the chimney.

=== Temporary antidote in Gunma (Manga: [[Volume 77|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-700]]) ===
[[File:Shiho video.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The video of Shiho saving the [[Detective Boys]] (filmed by [[Mitsuhiko]]) that [[Amuro]] found on [[Kogoro]]'s computer.]]
On a camping trip in Gunma, the Detective Boys run across a murderer burying a body and are chased to a cabin in the woods where the killer and the victim had been staying. The murderer bars the door and sets the cabin alight with the children inside. The strength of the children is not enough to open the door and Ayumi passes out from the smoke. With Conan nowhere nearby, Haibara takes a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]], borrows the victim's clothing, and uses the murder weapon - an axe - to break down the door. Mitsuhiko, not realizing who she is, films her carrying Ayumi from the burning cabin and mails the video to Kogoro hoping he would find their savior. Bourbon logs into Kogoro's computer and sees the video, precipitating the events on the Bell Tree Express.

=== Impersonation by Kaitou Kid and faked death (Manga: [[Volume 78|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-704]])===
[[File:Kaito Shiho 824.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Kaitou Kid flies away in the Shiho disguise.]]
To counter [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and [[Vermouth]]'s plan to capture or kill Shiho aboard the Bell Tree Express, Conan, with [[Subaru Okiya]] and [[Yukiko Kudo]]'s help, devised a plan to keep Haibara hidden and force the ignorant [[Kaitou Kid]], only present to scout ahead for a future heist, to disguise as Shiho and confront Bourbon. Bourbon wound up confronting "Shiho" and fell for the thief's disguise because Haibara told Kaitou Kid what to say. In the confusion that followed, Subaru Okiya separated the rearmost carriage from the train, which then blew up because Vermouth had planted explosives there intending to kill Shiho to prevent Bourbon from capturing her alive. Kaitou Kid escaped in the nick of time, but the rest of the Black Organization, sans Vermouth, now believe Shiho Miyano is dead.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===
==== Akemi Miyano ====
After the death of Shiho's parents, Akemi became Shiho's only true ally within the darkness of the Black Organization. Through direct conversation and mail, Akemi showed Shiho the normal side of life that Shiho was unable to experience. Akemi would often admonish Shiho gently to do things normal for her age, such as encouraging her to get a boyfriend. Akemi's death had enough emotional impact to convince Shiho to betray the Black Organization by boycotting her research, even though she knew the act of defiance would likely result in her own death. Indicating that her sister was more important to Shiho than her research. Shiho greatly misses Akemi. In the non-canon [[Movie 5]], Shiho's desire to hear Akemi's voice again, even if only a message on a phone answering machine, was used by Gin and Vodka to nearly pinpoint Shiho's location.

==== Elena Miyano ====
Elena died when Shiho was young, so Shiho doesn't remember much of her. Elena left tapes for Shiho for each of her birthdays. Some of the messages are serious and mysterious, but others are more lighthearted and reveal things about Elena's past. It is clear from the tapes Elena loved Shiho very much, and Shiho misses her mother in turn and takes comfort in hearing her voice.

==== Atsushi Miyano ====
Shiho's feelings toward her late father is unknown, but she does show interest in seeing the house where he grew up.

==== Rumi Wakasa ====
It seems like Haibara was "triggered" by Rumi in the Burning Tent Murder Case when "prosthetic eye" was mentioned. Haibara then questioned whether Rumi got problems with her right eye's vision. But after the case was solved, she told Conan that she liked Rumi and that Conan shouldn't speak ill of her. Their relationship has been peaceful ever since.

=== The Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
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[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho Miyano<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref> and seems to enjoy hunting for her, while she seems to fear and hate him. They appear to know each other well despite being in different parts of the Organization. Gin can identify Shiho from a single auburn hair. [[Episode 129|When Shiho escaped from the Black Organization]], Gin began searching for her, ordering Vodka to bring her back dead or alive. Gin and Shiho had [[Reunion with the Black Organization|a direct confrontation]] later in the [[Setting#Haido City Hotel|Haido City Hotel]]. Since then, Shiho has managed to avoid any more direct contact with Gin.

The theory that the two may have had a romantic relationship in the past has been mentioned in at least one official guidebook for the manga<ref name=CD239/> and has some traction in the fandom. [[Gosho Aoyama]] has deferred questions related to the issue in past interviews, asking for fans to be patient.<ref>青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013 [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/?p=287218]

Q: A girl asked about the "Sherry naked" thing, that why does Gin always think about her without clothes, what exactly is their relationship?

A: Gosho answered that they indeed had a relationship, but it wouldn't be interesting if (he) revealed it there, so please wait for it. The poster also mentioned that Gosho had a trolling (or something like that) laugh/smile at the time.
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==== 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. Vermouth appears to dislike the research the Miyanos engaged in, calling it foolish. Vermouth resents the Miyanos in general, but it is unclear if she hates Shiho specifically. That said, Vermouth considers Shiho to be someone who absolutely must die. 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="CD239c">Conan Drill page 239, "恋のライバル…?" (Love rivals?)</ref>

==== Shuichi Akai ====
[[Shuichi Akai]] and Shiho are likely to have known each other via Akemi Miyano, whom Akai was dating. Shiho knew Akai under his alias "Dai Moroboshi", and she likely knows he was a spy and an FBI agent. In chapter 824, Bourbon mentions that Dai Moroboshi worked for the FBI in front of Kaitou Kid, disguised as Sherry, who was listening through a microphone <ref>Manga Chapter 824 ([http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b40277b84692b54c491654534be7ccf/tumblr_mpc528w9hS1qfn9zio1_r1_500.png])</ref>. Nonetheless, as Haibara, she is still afraid of and senses the "Black Organization aura" from Akai. Akai recognizes Haibara as Shiho, saying he is not willing to face her yet, likely over guilt related to the incidents culminating in Akemi's death.

== Name origin ==
"Shiho" (志保) means "will and sail", her surname is "Miyano" (宮野) means "shrine field". Sherry is Detective Shunsaku Kudo's (from [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]]) favorite liquor.

== Different looks ==
{|
|[[File:Shiho Miyano Before.PNG|thumb|x200px|Episode 177]]
|[[File:Shiho Miyano After.PNG|thumb|x200px|OVA 9]]
|[[File:Shiho episode ONE image.jpg|x200px|thumb|Episode ONE Special]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== Quotes about Shiho ===
{{cquote|She's one of the top brains in our organization...|[[Volume 2|File 16, Page 13: "A Devil-like Woman"]]|Gin said to Akemi before killing her}}

== Trivia ==
* Shiho Miyano has had two appearances as an adult in the manga. All the rest of the times she has been shown in flashbacks. She took her own temporary antidote in file 816.

== In other languages ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|志保 Shiho |宮野 Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيهو Shīho/Syiho |ميانو Miyāno}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|志保 Zhìbaǒ|宫野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Shelly|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|시호 Shi Ho, 장미 Jang Mi|안 Ahn, 홍 Hong}}<ref>These are localized full names.</ref>
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชิโฮ Chi-ḥoa|มิยาโนะ Mi-yā-noa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Sherry ===
{{BeginTable OtherLang|notes=1}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シェリー Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيري Sheri| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Sherry|Once called Shelly due to a translating error.}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korea|쉐리 Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|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=Thailand|Thai|เชอรี่ Chex-rī̀| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sherry| }}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Ai Haibara]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]
* [[Wikipedia: Sherry|Sherry]] (alcohol)

== Gallery ==
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File:Shiho handcuffed.JPG|The scene of Sherry's lockup which is shown in nearly every ''Detective Conan'' movie's introduction.
</gallery>

== References ==
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