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Kashiko Shikibe

2018-07-13T17:32:44Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = ''Unknown''
| japanese-name = 婆や or ばあや (''Bāya'')
| english-name =
| image = Baaya2.JPG
| age = Unknown
| gender = Female
| nicknames: = Baya (in Japanese); Governess (in the English translation)
| first-appearance = Magic Kaito Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Dark Knight|Chapter 27]] Magic Kaito 1412: [[A Temptation in Scarlet|Episode 5]]
| appearances = {{:Hakuba's Housekeeper Appearances}}
| japanese-voice = [[Reiko Suzuki]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Mika Doi]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
| footnotes = [[Magic Kaito]] character
}}
[[Saguru Hakuba]]'s housekeeper, whom he addresses as '''{{nihongo|baya|婆や|bāya}}''' is a minor character in [[Magic Kaito]] and [[Detective Conan]]. She appears to be his primary caretaker, at least in Japan.

== Appearance and Personality ==
Baya is an older woman with light-colored, curled hair and a hawk nose, which suggests some degree of non-Japanese ancestry. She is also fairly tall, as she sits level with 5'11" [[Saguru Hakuba]] when driving a car. In her only visible appearance, she wears a suit coat over a black turtleneck and glasses on a thin chain.

== Relationship analysis ==
=== Saguru Hakuba ===

== Plot overview ==
Baya first appears in the Twilight Mansion Case, which marked Saguru Hakuba's first appearance as well. She drove him to the Mansion and remained hidden nearby in case he needed help. They marked the top of her car with a large 'X' so Hakuba's hawk Watson could find her and relay messages between them. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Detective Conan|volume=30|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 4-7|language=English}} ("Twilight Mansion Case")</ref>

She is also mentioned in the Detective Koushien. However, this time Saguru has come alone and told her not to wait for him.

The housekeeper also appears in the Dark Knight case in [[Magic Kaito]]. She is driving Hakuba to the Kaito Kid heist, but [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]] tricks her into taking a route right through a traffic jam which slows their progress, so Saguru gets out of the car and runs the rest of the way.

== Trivia ==
* The word 'baya' means either 'old housekeeper' or 'wet nurse'.

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

{{Characters}}

Magic Kaito Organization

2018-07-13T17:29:27Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = "Magic Kaito Organization"
| japanese-name = No official name
| english-name = No official name
| image = Magic Kaito Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
| members = [[Snake]] [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] [[Spider]] (MK Special only) [[Rose]] ([[OVA 4]] only)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Chapter 18|MK Chapter 18]] Anime: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|Episode 5]]
| appearances = Magic Kaito: [[Magic Kaito Organization Appearances|4]] {{:Magic Kaito Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes = "Magic Kaito Organization" is a fan created nickname used to distinguish this organization from the [[Black Organization]] that appears in [[Detective Conan]].
}}
This unnamed organization is the primary antagonist in [[Magic Kaito]]. The organization's goal is to acquire the [[Pandora Gem]] that grants immortality when a certain comet passes overhead.

== Members ==
* '''[[Snake]]''' is a codenamed member of the Magic Kaito Organization. He killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] and is currently searching for [[Pandora Gem]].
* '''[[Magic Kaito Boss|The boss]]''' is highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization so far. He was mentioned to exist in the manga<ref>Magic Kaito Volume 3: Blue Birthday, pg 19</ref>, and has appeared in shadow in the anime. His anime email address is "exmxxx@nexus.com".<ref name="mk7">Magic Kaito Episode 7: "[[The Splendid Rivals]]"</ref>
* The unnamed '''[[Magic Kaito sub-boss|sub-boss]]''' is Snake's superior and reports directly to the boss. He was initially outmatched by Kaitou Kid after inadvertently revealing the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization within earshot. His anime email address is "spmashine@pwasoft.com"
* '''[[Spider]]''' is a non-canon stage magician operating under the name of Gunter Von Goldberg II, he is considered "The Best Illusionist in the World". He is an anime only character, the boss of the Magic Kaito Organization ordered the sub-boss to contact him after [[Kaitou Kid]] ruined the Blue Birthday heist.
* '''[[Rose]]''' is a non-canon woman who worked with Snake to steal the crystal mother. She aspires to become known as the number one sniper.

== Structure and Rank ==
The Magic Kaito Organization has been shown to have at least four distinct ranks. The highest is the unmentioned boss, referred to with deference by lower level members as "that person". A sub-boss who reports directly to "that person" is next down in seniority. Sub-bosses can order around code-named agents. Codenamed agents like Snake report directly to a sub-boss and so far are only told partial information about the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization. Codenamed agents in turn manage a small squad of low level agents who wear near identical beige trenchcoats and matching fedoras.

{| width="400" align="left" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|Sub-boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#777799;"|Codenamed Agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]]
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]]
|-
| [[File:Rose 60px.jpg]] || [[Rose]]
|-
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#907040;"|Low level agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:MK flunkies.PNG|380px]]
|}
|}
|}
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|right|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
[[File:Snake and flunkies.png|thumb|right|Snake and a group of generic lackies in the background.]]
{{clear}}

== Goal ==
[[File:Pandora.png|thumb|left|The Pandora gem.]]
So far the the only known goal of the Magic Kaito Organization is to find [[Pandora Gem|Pandora]], the gem which grants eternal life to the one who drinks its tears when Volley comet passes over. It is unknown what the Magic Kaito Organization intends to do with Pandora, or whether finding Pandora is their only goal rather than one facet of a larger plan.

== Modus operandi ==
[[File:Posh hideout.PNG|thumb|right|A posh traditional Japanese estate serving as a hideout.]]
The Magic Kaito Organization steals "big jewels" they think might be Pandora and return them to the sub-boss to be checked against the light of the moon. For some missions, the group acts in large numbers with a codenamed agent like Snake leading a group of many minor operatives. Other times codenamed agents work together without backup, as Snake and Rose were shown to do. Except for the sub-boss, all codenamed agents and their lackeys are shown to be armed at all times. So far, they do not seem to be concerned with silencers.

The Magic Kaito Organization is clearly very rich, shown by them using an expansive traditional Japanese home with escape tunnel as a hideout.

== Target Jewels ==
So far the Magic Kaito Organization has only targeted jewels of superlative size, typically the most massive in a particular category. Presumably they figure that the gem must be exceptionally large in order to hide the doublet Pandora within it.
{{BeginTable MKTheft}}
{{MKTheftItem|No Image Gem.jpg|Toichi's gem| ??? |
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| In the anime, Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid and the Magic Kaito Organization both aimed to steal the same gem. The organization decided to eliminate Toichi in a deliberate stage accident because he was getting in their way.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Blue Birthday Anime.jpg|Blue Birthday|India's largest sapphire|
* [[The Fated Blue Birthday|MK Special 5]]
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| Blue Birthday was targeted while it was on tour at the Indian Treasure Exhibit. As the organization anticipated, Kaitou Kid stole the jewel first. Snake, leading a team of underlings, confronted Kid and grabbed his replica of Blue Birthday by mistake. Kaitou Kid revealed the jewel was not Pandora by holding it to the moonlight.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Green Dream.jpg|Green Dream|World's largest emerald|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C7]]
| The organization looked into taking Green Dream, but decided it wasn't what they were looking for after Kaitou Kid held it up to the moonlight while on stage. At the time Snake was watching the Kaitou Kid's stage performance while hiding behind the stage curtains.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Crystal Mother Anime.jpg|Crystal Mother|Europe's largest topaz|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C1]]
* [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
* [[The Tearful Crystal Mother|MK Special 11]]
| Owned by the queen of the Principality of Ingram (in Europe), Snake and Rose targeted this gem on the Royal Express to Osaka. Snake let Kaitou Kid steal it first, and then ascended to the train roof where he knew Kid would hide. Snake threatened the child prince of Ingram in order to get Kid to relinquish the gem, but was knocked off the train when he collided with the top of a tunnel.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Red Tear Anime sq.jpg|Red Tear|World's greatest ruby|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C2]]
| A prior target of Toichi's, the Red Tear is really colored blue, but its forgotten secret is that turns red and shows pictures of the Hopper family when exposed to flame. Its prior owners, Jody Hopper's parents, died in a fire which the jewel survived. Snake and some of his men tailed its current owner, Jody Hopper, and then posed as customers at dinner show performance of the Hopper Magician troupe at the Minato Hotel. The organization's theft method was to have one member pose as Kaitou Kid (complete with functional hang glider) to draw away stationed police while Snake took the jewel at gunpoint backstage. Snake opened fire when the real Kaitou Kid interfered with the robbery.
}}
{{EndTable}}

== Plot Timeline ==
=== History ===
Eight years before the current timeline, famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]], who was [[Kaitou Kid]] at the time, was murdered by Snake a the orders of the Organization in a fake magic accident. Toichi was killed because he targeted the same gem as the Magic Kaito Organization.<ref>Magic Kaito episode 5</ref>

=== Current events ===
==== The Fated Blue Birthday ====
{{Main|The Fated Blue Birthday}}
[[File:Subboss with blue birthday.png|thumb|right|Snake's boss holding Blue Birthday with the police transmitter.]]
Both [[Kaito Kuroba]] and the Magic Kaito Organization decide to target the Blue Birthday sapphire. Snake waits for Kaitou Kid on a roof and confronts the thief who he believes to be [[Toichi Kuroba]]. Snake reveals himself to be the one who killed Toichi Kuroba eight years before the events of Magic Kaito, making the death look like a stage accident.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to putting the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then went on to explain what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

==== Green Dream ====
Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

==== The Crystal Mother ====
{{Main|Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother}}
{{Main|The Tearful Crystal Mother}}
==== Red Tear ====
{{Main|The Secret of the Red Tear}}
Kaitou Kid continues to look for the Pandora gem, this time pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father Toichi was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and non-fatally shot many in the magician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

== Relation to the Black Organization from Detective Conan ==
For a long time, it was unknown if the [[Magic Kaito]]'s unnamed organization and Detective Conan's [[Black Organization]] are the same organization, partners, or entirely unrelated to one another. Theories for or against their connection have been presented by fans.

This question was finally settled when Gosho Aoyama was asked at the 2016 Singapore Writer's Festival, whether the two were the same, to which Gosho answered, that the Black Organization and the Magic Kaito Organization are not the same and completely different organizations<ref>[http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3 http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3] 
Q31: 私は怪盗キッドのファンです。もっと怪盗キッドを出して欲しい。コナンに出てくる黒の組織と、マジック快斗に出てくる組織は同じですか？ 
A: 違います。まったく違う組織。 
'''Q:''' I'm a fan of Kaitou Kid. Please let him appear more. Are the Black Organization in Conan and the Organization in Magic Kaito the same? 
'''A:''' They aren't the same. They are completely different organizations. </ref>.

=== Arguments for ===
* They are both mysterious well structured organizations that use codenames, making their assassinations seem like accidents and leaving no evidence.
* Their bosses are referred to as "that person" (Ano kata).
* They both are potentially interested in obtaining immortality. The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for Pandora for the purposes of immortality. One of the [[Black_Organization#Goal|most common theories]] is that Black Organization is working on [[APTX 4869]] in order to achieve immortality.
* [[Snake]] could be short for [[Wikipedia: snake wine|snake wine]]. The anime-only character [[Rose]] may be a reference to [[Wikipedia: rose wine|rose wine]], and the other anime-only character [[Spider]] was drinking some sort of alcohol from a bottle called 'spider'.
* [[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise.

=== Arguments against ===
* Their codename schemes are different. The member of the Magic Kaito organization that claimed responsibility for killing [[Toichi]] eight years ago is referred to as "[[Snake]]"<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994-10-15|isbn=4-09-122093-5|chapter=Blue Birthday|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|page=140}}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. The codename could be made to fit if Snake refers to [[Wikipedia: Snake wine|snake wine]], but because [[Kaitou Kid]]'s origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. Additionally a new member introduced in the anime by the name of Spider once again doesn't fit with the Black Organization's alcohol codenames.
* The Magic Kaito Organization uses much less subtle methods than the [[Black Organization]]. Snake confronts his targets openly while making no effort to hide face or eliminate those who saw him afterwards. He does not bother to silence his gun either.
* In the anime, the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are not shown to wear black outfits, as the Black Organization tends to do.
* The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for a magical gem called [[Pandora]]. The magical nature of Magic Kaito and its organization's search does not mesh with the non-magical setting of Detective Conan. Also it is absolutely never shown nor hinted that the Black Organization is hunting for some sort of jewelry.

== Manga to anime differences ==
* [[Rose]] and [[Spider]] do not exist in the manga.

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Pandora Gem]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Organisation (Kaito Kid)]]

Magic Kaito Organization

2018-07-13T17:28:44Z

Ichikawa: /* Modus operandi */

{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = "Magic Kaito Organization"
| japanese-name = No official name
| english-name = No official name
| image = Magic Kaito Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
| members = [[Snake]] [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] [[Spider]] (MK Special only) [[Rose]] ([[OVA 4]] only)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Chapter 18|MK Chapter 18]] Anime: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|Episode 5]]
| appearances = Magic Kaito: [[Magic Kaito Organization Appearances|4]] {{:Magic Kaito Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes = "Magic Kaito Organization" is a fan created nickname used to distinguish this organization from the [[Black Organization]] that appears in [[Detective Conan]].
}}
This unnamed organization is the primary antagonist in [[Magic Kaito]]. The organization's goal is to acquire the [[Pandora]] gem that grants immortality when a certain comet passes overhead.

== Members ==
* '''[[Snake]]''' is a codenamed member of the Magic Kaito Organization. He killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] and is currently searching for [[Pandora]].
* '''[[Magic Kaito Boss|The boss]]''' is highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization so far. He was mentioned to exist in the manga<ref>Magic Kaito Volume 3: Blue Birthday, pg 19</ref>, and has appeared in shadow in the anime. His anime email address is "exmxxx@nexus.com".<ref name="mk7">Magic Kaito Episode 7: "[[The Splendid Rivals]]"</ref>
* The unnamed '''[[Magic Kaito sub-boss|sub-boss]]''' is Snake's superior and reports directly to the boss. He was initially outmatched by Kaitou Kid after inadvertently revealing the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization within earshot. His anime email address is "spmashine@pwasoft.com"
* '''[[Spider]]''' is a non-canon stage magician operating under the name of Gunter Von Goldberg II, he is considered "The Best Illusionist in the World". He is an anime only character, the boss of the Magic Kaito Organization ordered the sub-boss to contact him after [[Kaitou Kid]] ruined the Blue Birthday heist.
* '''[[Rose]]''' is a non-canon woman who worked with Snake to steal the crystal mother. She aspires to become known as the number one sniper.

== Structure and Rank ==
The Magic Kaito Organization has been shown to have at least four distinct ranks. The highest is the unmentioned boss, referred to with deference by lower level members as "that person". A sub-boss who reports directly to "that person" is next down in seniority. Sub-bosses can order around code-named agents. Codenamed agents like Snake report directly to a sub-boss and so far are only told partial information about the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization. Codenamed agents in turn manage a small squad of low level agents who wear near identical beige trenchcoats and matching fedoras.

{| width="400" align="left" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|Sub-boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#777799;"|Codenamed Agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]]
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]]
|-
| [[File:Rose 60px.jpg]] || [[Rose]]
|-
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#907040;"|Low level agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:MK flunkies.PNG|380px]]
|}
|}
|}
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|right|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
[[File:Snake and flunkies.png|thumb|right|Snake and a group of generic lackies in the background.]]
{{clear}}

== Goal ==
[[File:Pandora.png|thumb|left|The Pandora gem.]]
So far the the only known goal of the Magic Kaito Organization is to find [[Pandora Gem|Pandora]], the gem which grants eternal life to the one who drinks its tears when Volley comet passes over. It is unknown what the Magic Kaito Organization intends to do with Pandora, or whether finding Pandora is their only goal rather than one facet of a larger plan.

== Modus operandi ==
[[File:Posh hideout.PNG|thumb|right|A posh traditional Japanese estate serving as a hideout.]]
The Magic Kaito Organization steals "big jewels" they think might be Pandora and return them to the sub-boss to be checked against the light of the moon. For some missions, the group acts in large numbers with a codenamed agent like Snake leading a group of many minor operatives. Other times codenamed agents work together without backup, as Snake and Rose were shown to do. Except for the sub-boss, all codenamed agents and their lackeys are shown to be armed at all times. So far, they do not seem to be concerned with silencers.

The Magic Kaito Organization is clearly very rich, shown by them using an expansive traditional Japanese home with escape tunnel as a hideout.

== Target Jewels ==
So far the Magic Kaito Organization has only targeted jewels of superlative size, typically the most massive in a particular category. Presumably they figure that the gem must be exceptionally large in order to hide the doublet Pandora within it.
{{BeginTable MKTheft}}
{{MKTheftItem|No Image Gem.jpg|Toichi's gem| ??? |
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| In the anime, Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid and the Magic Kaito Organization both aimed to steal the same gem. The organization decided to eliminate Toichi in a deliberate stage accident because he was getting in their way.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Blue Birthday Anime.jpg|Blue Birthday|India's largest sapphire|
* [[The Fated Blue Birthday|MK Special 5]]
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| Blue Birthday was targeted while it was on tour at the Indian Treasure Exhibit. As the organization anticipated, Kaitou Kid stole the jewel first. Snake, leading a team of underlings, confronted Kid and grabbed his replica of Blue Birthday by mistake. Kaitou Kid revealed the jewel was not Pandora by holding it to the moonlight.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Green Dream.jpg|Green Dream|World's largest emerald|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C7]]
| The organization looked into taking Green Dream, but decided it wasn't what they were looking for after Kaitou Kid held it up to the moonlight while on stage. At the time Snake was watching the Kaitou Kid's stage performance while hiding behind the stage curtains.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Crystal Mother Anime.jpg|Crystal Mother|Europe's largest topaz|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C1]]
* [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
* [[The Tearful Crystal Mother|MK Special 11]]
| Owned by the queen of the Principality of Ingram (in Europe), Snake and Rose targeted this gem on the Royal Express to Osaka. Snake let Kaitou Kid steal it first, and then ascended to the train roof where he knew Kid would hide. Snake threatened the child prince of Ingram in order to get Kid to relinquish the gem, but was knocked off the train when he collided with the top of a tunnel.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Red Tear Anime sq.jpg|Red Tear|World's greatest ruby|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C2]]
| A prior target of Toichi's, the Red Tear is really colored blue, but its forgotten secret is that turns red and shows pictures of the Hopper family when exposed to flame. Its prior owners, Jody Hopper's parents, died in a fire which the jewel survived. Snake and some of his men tailed its current owner, Jody Hopper, and then posed as customers at dinner show performance of the Hopper Magician troupe at the Minato Hotel. The organization's theft method was to have one member pose as Kaitou Kid (complete with functional hang glider) to draw away stationed police while Snake took the jewel at gunpoint backstage. Snake opened fire when the real Kaitou Kid interfered with the robbery.
}}
{{EndTable}}

== Plot Timeline ==
=== History ===
Eight years before the current timeline, famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]], who was [[Kaitou Kid]] at the time, was murdered by Snake a the orders of the Organization in a fake magic accident. Toichi was killed because he targeted the same gem as the Magic Kaito Organization.<ref>Magic Kaito episode 5</ref>

=== Current events ===
==== The Fated Blue Birthday ====
{{Main|The Fated Blue Birthday}}
[[File:Subboss with blue birthday.png|thumb|right|Snake's boss holding Blue Birthday with the police transmitter.]]
Both [[Kaito Kuroba]] and the Magic Kaito Organization decide to target the Blue Birthday sapphire. Snake waits for Kaitou Kid on a roof and confronts the thief who he believes to be [[Toichi Kuroba]]. Snake reveals himself to be the one who killed Toichi Kuroba eight years before the events of Magic Kaito, making the death look like a stage accident.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to putting the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then went on to explain what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

==== Green Dream ====
Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

==== The Crystal Mother ====
{{Main|Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother}}
{{Main|The Tearful Crystal Mother}}
==== Red Tear ====
{{Main|The Secret of the Red Tear}}
Kaitou Kid continues to look for the Pandora gem, this time pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father Toichi was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and non-fatally shot many in the magician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

== Relation to the Black Organization from Detective Conan ==
For a long time, it was unknown if the [[Magic Kaito]]'s unnamed organization and Detective Conan's [[Black Organization]] are the same organization, partners, or entirely unrelated to one another. Theories for or against their connection have been presented by fans.

This question was finally settled when Gosho Aoyama was asked at the 2016 Singapore Writer's Festival, whether the two were the same, to which Gosho answered, that the Black Organization and the Magic Kaito Organization are not the same and completely different organizations<ref>[http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3 http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3] 
Q31: 私は怪盗キッドのファンです。もっと怪盗キッドを出して欲しい。コナンに出てくる黒の組織と、マジック快斗に出てくる組織は同じですか？ 
A: 違います。まったく違う組織。 
'''Q:''' I'm a fan of Kaitou Kid. Please let him appear more. Are the Black Organization in Conan and the Organization in Magic Kaito the same? 
'''A:''' They aren't the same. They are completely different organizations. </ref>.

=== Arguments for ===
* They are both mysterious well structured organizations that use codenames, making their assassinations seem like accidents and leaving no evidence.
* Their bosses are referred to as "that person" (Ano kata).
* They both are potentially interested in obtaining immortality. The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for Pandora for the purposes of immortality. One of the [[Black_Organization#Goal|most common theories]] is that Black Organization is working on [[APTX 4869]] in order to achieve immortality.
* [[Snake]] could be short for [[Wikipedia: snake wine|snake wine]]. The anime-only character [[Rose]] may be a reference to [[Wikipedia: rose wine|rose wine]], and the other anime-only character [[Spider]] was drinking some sort of alcohol from a bottle called 'spider'.
* [[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise.

=== Arguments against ===
* Their codename schemes are different. The member of the Magic Kaito organization that claimed responsibility for killing [[Toichi]] eight years ago is referred to as "[[Snake]]"<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994-10-15|isbn=4-09-122093-5|chapter=Blue Birthday|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|page=140}}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. The codename could be made to fit if Snake refers to [[Wikipedia: Snake wine|snake wine]], but because [[Kaitou Kid]]'s origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. Additionally a new member introduced in the anime by the name of Spider once again doesn't fit with the Black Organization's alcohol codenames.
* The Magic Kaito Organization uses much less subtle methods than the [[Black Organization]]. Snake confronts his targets openly while making no effort to hide face or eliminate those who saw him afterwards. He does not bother to silence his gun either.
* In the anime, the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are not shown to wear black outfits, as the Black Organization tends to do.
* The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for a magical gem called [[Pandora]]. The magical nature of Magic Kaito and its organization's search does not mesh with the non-magical setting of Detective Conan. Also it is absolutely never shown nor hinted that the Black Organization is hunting for some sort of jewelry.

== Manga to anime differences ==
* [[Rose]] and [[Spider]] do not exist in the manga.

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Pandora Gem]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Organisation (Kaito Kid)]]

Magic Kaito Organization

2018-07-13T17:28:33Z

Ichikawa: /* Goal */

{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = "Magic Kaito Organization"
| japanese-name = No official name
| english-name = No official name
| image = Magic Kaito Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
| members = [[Snake]] [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] [[Spider]] (MK Special only) [[Rose]] ([[OVA 4]] only)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Chapter 18|MK Chapter 18]] Anime: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|Episode 5]]
| appearances = Magic Kaito: [[Magic Kaito Organization Appearances|4]] {{:Magic Kaito Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes = "Magic Kaito Organization" is a fan created nickname used to distinguish this organization from the [[Black Organization]] that appears in [[Detective Conan]].
}}
This unnamed organization is the primary antagonist in [[Magic Kaito]]. The organization's goal is to acquire the [[Pandora]] gem that grants immortality when a certain comet passes overhead.

== Members ==
* '''[[Snake]]''' is a codenamed member of the Magic Kaito Organization. He killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] and is currently searching for [[Pandora]].
* '''[[Magic Kaito Boss|The boss]]''' is highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization so far. He was mentioned to exist in the manga<ref>Magic Kaito Volume 3: Blue Birthday, pg 19</ref>, and has appeared in shadow in the anime. His anime email address is "exmxxx@nexus.com".<ref name="mk7">Magic Kaito Episode 7: "[[The Splendid Rivals]]"</ref>
* The unnamed '''[[Magic Kaito sub-boss|sub-boss]]''' is Snake's superior and reports directly to the boss. He was initially outmatched by Kaitou Kid after inadvertently revealing the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization within earshot. His anime email address is "spmashine@pwasoft.com"
* '''[[Spider]]''' is a non-canon stage magician operating under the name of Gunter Von Goldberg II, he is considered "The Best Illusionist in the World". He is an anime only character, the boss of the Magic Kaito Organization ordered the sub-boss to contact him after [[Kaitou Kid]] ruined the Blue Birthday heist.
* '''[[Rose]]''' is a non-canon woman who worked with Snake to steal the crystal mother. She aspires to become known as the number one sniper.

== Structure and Rank ==
The Magic Kaito Organization has been shown to have at least four distinct ranks. The highest is the unmentioned boss, referred to with deference by lower level members as "that person". A sub-boss who reports directly to "that person" is next down in seniority. Sub-bosses can order around code-named agents. Codenamed agents like Snake report directly to a sub-boss and so far are only told partial information about the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization. Codenamed agents in turn manage a small squad of low level agents who wear near identical beige trenchcoats and matching fedoras.

{| width="400" align="left" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|Sub-boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#777799;"|Codenamed Agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]]
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]]
|-
| [[File:Rose 60px.jpg]] || [[Rose]]
|-
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#907040;"|Low level agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:MK flunkies.PNG|380px]]
|}
|}
|}
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|right|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
[[File:Snake and flunkies.png|thumb|right|Snake and a group of generic lackies in the background.]]
{{clear}}

== Goal ==
[[File:Pandora.png|thumb|left|The Pandora gem.]]
So far the the only known goal of the Magic Kaito Organization is to find [[Pandora Gem|Pandora]], the gem which grants eternal life to the one who drinks its tears when Volley comet passes over. It is unknown what the Magic Kaito Organization intends to do with Pandora, or whether finding Pandora is their only goal rather than one facet of a larger plan.

== Modus operandi ==
[[File:Posh hideout.PNG|thumb|right|A posh traditional Japanese estate serving as a hideout.]]
The Magic Kaito Organization steals "big jewels" they think might be Pandora and return them to the sub-boss to be checked against the light of the moon. For some missions, the group acts in large numbers with a codenamed agent like Snake leading a group of many minor operatives. Other times codenamed agents work together without backup, as Snake and Rose were shown to do. Except for the sub-boss, all codenamed agents and their lackeys are shown to be armed at all times. So far, they do not seem to be concerned with silencers.

The Magic Kaito Organization is clearly very rich, shown by them using an expansive traditional Japanese home with escape tunnel as a hideout.
{{clearleft}}

== Target Jewels ==
So far the Magic Kaito Organization has only targeted jewels of superlative size, typically the most massive in a particular category. Presumably they figure that the gem must be exceptionally large in order to hide the doublet Pandora within it.
{{BeginTable MKTheft}}
{{MKTheftItem|No Image Gem.jpg|Toichi's gem| ??? |
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| In the anime, Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid and the Magic Kaito Organization both aimed to steal the same gem. The organization decided to eliminate Toichi in a deliberate stage accident because he was getting in their way.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Blue Birthday Anime.jpg|Blue Birthday|India's largest sapphire|
* [[The Fated Blue Birthday|MK Special 5]]
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| Blue Birthday was targeted while it was on tour at the Indian Treasure Exhibit. As the organization anticipated, Kaitou Kid stole the jewel first. Snake, leading a team of underlings, confronted Kid and grabbed his replica of Blue Birthday by mistake. Kaitou Kid revealed the jewel was not Pandora by holding it to the moonlight.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Green Dream.jpg|Green Dream|World's largest emerald|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C7]]
| The organization looked into taking Green Dream, but decided it wasn't what they were looking for after Kaitou Kid held it up to the moonlight while on stage. At the time Snake was watching the Kaitou Kid's stage performance while hiding behind the stage curtains.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Crystal Mother Anime.jpg|Crystal Mother|Europe's largest topaz|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C1]]
* [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
* [[The Tearful Crystal Mother|MK Special 11]]
| Owned by the queen of the Principality of Ingram (in Europe), Snake and Rose targeted this gem on the Royal Express to Osaka. Snake let Kaitou Kid steal it first, and then ascended to the train roof where he knew Kid would hide. Snake threatened the child prince of Ingram in order to get Kid to relinquish the gem, but was knocked off the train when he collided with the top of a tunnel.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Red Tear Anime sq.jpg|Red Tear|World's greatest ruby|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C2]]
| A prior target of Toichi's, the Red Tear is really colored blue, but its forgotten secret is that turns red and shows pictures of the Hopper family when exposed to flame. Its prior owners, Jody Hopper's parents, died in a fire which the jewel survived. Snake and some of his men tailed its current owner, Jody Hopper, and then posed as customers at dinner show performance of the Hopper Magician troupe at the Minato Hotel. The organization's theft method was to have one member pose as Kaitou Kid (complete with functional hang glider) to draw away stationed police while Snake took the jewel at gunpoint backstage. Snake opened fire when the real Kaitou Kid interfered with the robbery.
}}
{{EndTable}}

== Plot Timeline ==
=== History ===
Eight years before the current timeline, famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]], who was [[Kaitou Kid]] at the time, was murdered by Snake a the orders of the Organization in a fake magic accident. Toichi was killed because he targeted the same gem as the Magic Kaito Organization.<ref>Magic Kaito episode 5</ref>

=== Current events ===
==== The Fated Blue Birthday ====
{{Main|The Fated Blue Birthday}}
[[File:Subboss with blue birthday.png|thumb|right|Snake's boss holding Blue Birthday with the police transmitter.]]
Both [[Kaito Kuroba]] and the Magic Kaito Organization decide to target the Blue Birthday sapphire. Snake waits for Kaitou Kid on a roof and confronts the thief who he believes to be [[Toichi Kuroba]]. Snake reveals himself to be the one who killed Toichi Kuroba eight years before the events of Magic Kaito, making the death look like a stage accident.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to putting the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then went on to explain what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

==== Green Dream ====
Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

==== The Crystal Mother ====
{{Main|Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother}}
{{Main|The Tearful Crystal Mother}}
==== Red Tear ====
{{Main|The Secret of the Red Tear}}
Kaitou Kid continues to look for the Pandora gem, this time pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father Toichi was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and non-fatally shot many in the magician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

== Relation to the Black Organization from Detective Conan ==
For a long time, it was unknown if the [[Magic Kaito]]'s unnamed organization and Detective Conan's [[Black Organization]] are the same organization, partners, or entirely unrelated to one another. Theories for or against their connection have been presented by fans.

This question was finally settled when Gosho Aoyama was asked at the 2016 Singapore Writer's Festival, whether the two were the same, to which Gosho answered, that the Black Organization and the Magic Kaito Organization are not the same and completely different organizations<ref>[http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3 http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3] 
Q31: 私は怪盗キッドのファンです。もっと怪盗キッドを出して欲しい。コナンに出てくる黒の組織と、マジック快斗に出てくる組織は同じですか？ 
A: 違います。まったく違う組織。 
'''Q:''' I'm a fan of Kaitou Kid. Please let him appear more. Are the Black Organization in Conan and the Organization in Magic Kaito the same? 
'''A:''' They aren't the same. They are completely different organizations. </ref>.

=== Arguments for ===
* They are both mysterious well structured organizations that use codenames, making their assassinations seem like accidents and leaving no evidence.
* Their bosses are referred to as "that person" (Ano kata).
* They both are potentially interested in obtaining immortality. The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for Pandora for the purposes of immortality. One of the [[Black_Organization#Goal|most common theories]] is that Black Organization is working on [[APTX 4869]] in order to achieve immortality.
* [[Snake]] could be short for [[Wikipedia: snake wine|snake wine]]. The anime-only character [[Rose]] may be a reference to [[Wikipedia: rose wine|rose wine]], and the other anime-only character [[Spider]] was drinking some sort of alcohol from a bottle called 'spider'.
* [[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise.

=== Arguments against ===
* Their codename schemes are different. The member of the Magic Kaito organization that claimed responsibility for killing [[Toichi]] eight years ago is referred to as "[[Snake]]"<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994-10-15|isbn=4-09-122093-5|chapter=Blue Birthday|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|page=140}}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. The codename could be made to fit if Snake refers to [[Wikipedia: Snake wine|snake wine]], but because [[Kaitou Kid]]'s origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. Additionally a new member introduced in the anime by the name of Spider once again doesn't fit with the Black Organization's alcohol codenames.
* The Magic Kaito Organization uses much less subtle methods than the [[Black Organization]]. Snake confronts his targets openly while making no effort to hide face or eliminate those who saw him afterwards. He does not bother to silence his gun either.
* In the anime, the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are not shown to wear black outfits, as the Black Organization tends to do.
* The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for a magical gem called [[Pandora]]. The magical nature of Magic Kaito and its organization's search does not mesh with the non-magical setting of Detective Conan. Also it is absolutely never shown nor hinted that the Black Organization is hunting for some sort of jewelry.

== Manga to anime differences ==
* [[Rose]] and [[Spider]] do not exist in the manga.

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Pandora Gem]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Organisation (Kaito Kid)]]

Magic Kaito Organization

2018-07-13T17:28:02Z

Ichikawa: /* The Fated Blue Birthday */

{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = "Magic Kaito Organization"
| japanese-name = No official name
| english-name = No official name
| image = Magic Kaito Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
| members = [[Snake]] [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] [[Spider]] (MK Special only) [[Rose]] ([[OVA 4]] only)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Chapter 18|MK Chapter 18]] Anime: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|Episode 5]]
| appearances = Magic Kaito: [[Magic Kaito Organization Appearances|4]] {{:Magic Kaito Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes = "Magic Kaito Organization" is a fan created nickname used to distinguish this organization from the [[Black Organization]] that appears in [[Detective Conan]].
}}
This unnamed organization is the primary antagonist in [[Magic Kaito]]. The organization's goal is to acquire the [[Pandora]] gem that grants immortality when a certain comet passes overhead.

== Members ==
* '''[[Snake]]''' is a codenamed member of the Magic Kaito Organization. He killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] and is currently searching for [[Pandora]].
* '''[[Magic Kaito Boss|The boss]]''' is highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization so far. He was mentioned to exist in the manga<ref>Magic Kaito Volume 3: Blue Birthday, pg 19</ref>, and has appeared in shadow in the anime. His anime email address is "exmxxx@nexus.com".<ref name="mk7">Magic Kaito Episode 7: "[[The Splendid Rivals]]"</ref>
* The unnamed '''[[Magic Kaito sub-boss|sub-boss]]''' is Snake's superior and reports directly to the boss. He was initially outmatched by Kaitou Kid after inadvertently revealing the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization within earshot. His anime email address is "spmashine@pwasoft.com"
* '''[[Spider]]''' is a non-canon stage magician operating under the name of Gunter Von Goldberg II, he is considered "The Best Illusionist in the World". He is an anime only character, the boss of the Magic Kaito Organization ordered the sub-boss to contact him after [[Kaitou Kid]] ruined the Blue Birthday heist.
* '''[[Rose]]''' is a non-canon woman who worked with Snake to steal the crystal mother. She aspires to become known as the number one sniper.

== Structure and Rank ==
The Magic Kaito Organization has been shown to have at least four distinct ranks. The highest is the unmentioned boss, referred to with deference by lower level members as "that person". A sub-boss who reports directly to "that person" is next down in seniority. Sub-bosses can order around code-named agents. Codenamed agents like Snake report directly to a sub-boss and so far are only told partial information about the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization. Codenamed agents in turn manage a small squad of low level agents who wear near identical beige trenchcoats and matching fedoras.

{| width="400" align="left" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|Sub-boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#777799;"|Codenamed Agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]]
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]]
|-
| [[File:Rose 60px.jpg]] || [[Rose]]
|-
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#907040;"|Low level agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:MK flunkies.PNG|380px]]
|}
|}
|}
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|right|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
[[File:Snake and flunkies.png|thumb|right|Snake and a group of generic lackies in the background.]]
{{clear}}

== Goal ==
[[File:Pandora.png|thumb|left|The Pandora gem.]]
So far the the only known goal of the Magic Kaito Organization is to find [[Pandora Gem|Pandora]], the gem which grants eternal life to the one who drinks its tears when Volley comet passes over. It is unknown what the Magic Kaito Organization intends to do with Pandora, or whether finding Pandora is their only goal rather than one facet of a larger plan.
{{clearleft}}

== Modus operandi ==
[[File:Posh hideout.PNG|thumb|right|A posh traditional Japanese estate serving as a hideout.]]
The Magic Kaito Organization steals "big jewels" they think might be Pandora and return them to the sub-boss to be checked against the light of the moon. For some missions, the group acts in large numbers with a codenamed agent like Snake leading a group of many minor operatives. Other times codenamed agents work together without backup, as Snake and Rose were shown to do. Except for the sub-boss, all codenamed agents and their lackeys are shown to be armed at all times. So far, they do not seem to be concerned with silencers.

The Magic Kaito Organization is clearly very rich, shown by them using an expansive traditional Japanese home with escape tunnel as a hideout.
{{clearleft}}

== Target Jewels ==
So far the Magic Kaito Organization has only targeted jewels of superlative size, typically the most massive in a particular category. Presumably they figure that the gem must be exceptionally large in order to hide the doublet Pandora within it.
{{BeginTable MKTheft}}
{{MKTheftItem|No Image Gem.jpg|Toichi's gem| ??? |
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| In the anime, Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid and the Magic Kaito Organization both aimed to steal the same gem. The organization decided to eliminate Toichi in a deliberate stage accident because he was getting in their way.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Blue Birthday Anime.jpg|Blue Birthday|India's largest sapphire|
* [[The Fated Blue Birthday|MK Special 5]]
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| Blue Birthday was targeted while it was on tour at the Indian Treasure Exhibit. As the organization anticipated, Kaitou Kid stole the jewel first. Snake, leading a team of underlings, confronted Kid and grabbed his replica of Blue Birthday by mistake. Kaitou Kid revealed the jewel was not Pandora by holding it to the moonlight.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Green Dream.jpg|Green Dream|World's largest emerald|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C7]]
| The organization looked into taking Green Dream, but decided it wasn't what they were looking for after Kaitou Kid held it up to the moonlight while on stage. At the time Snake was watching the Kaitou Kid's stage performance while hiding behind the stage curtains.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Crystal Mother Anime.jpg|Crystal Mother|Europe's largest topaz|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C1]]
* [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
* [[The Tearful Crystal Mother|MK Special 11]]
| Owned by the queen of the Principality of Ingram (in Europe), Snake and Rose targeted this gem on the Royal Express to Osaka. Snake let Kaitou Kid steal it first, and then ascended to the train roof where he knew Kid would hide. Snake threatened the child prince of Ingram in order to get Kid to relinquish the gem, but was knocked off the train when he collided with the top of a tunnel.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Red Tear Anime sq.jpg|Red Tear|World's greatest ruby|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C2]]
| A prior target of Toichi's, the Red Tear is really colored blue, but its forgotten secret is that turns red and shows pictures of the Hopper family when exposed to flame. Its prior owners, Jody Hopper's parents, died in a fire which the jewel survived. Snake and some of his men tailed its current owner, Jody Hopper, and then posed as customers at dinner show performance of the Hopper Magician troupe at the Minato Hotel. The organization's theft method was to have one member pose as Kaitou Kid (complete with functional hang glider) to draw away stationed police while Snake took the jewel at gunpoint backstage. Snake opened fire when the real Kaitou Kid interfered with the robbery.
}}
{{EndTable}}

== Plot Timeline ==
=== History ===
Eight years before the current timeline, famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]], who was [[Kaitou Kid]] at the time, was murdered by Snake a the orders of the Organization in a fake magic accident. Toichi was killed because he targeted the same gem as the Magic Kaito Organization.<ref>Magic Kaito episode 5</ref>

=== Current events ===
==== The Fated Blue Birthday ====
{{Main|The Fated Blue Birthday}}
[[File:Subboss with blue birthday.png|thumb|right|Snake's boss holding Blue Birthday with the police transmitter.]]
Both [[Kaito Kuroba]] and the Magic Kaito Organization decide to target the Blue Birthday sapphire. Snake waits for Kaitou Kid on a roof and confronts the thief who he believes to be [[Toichi Kuroba]]. Snake reveals himself to be the one who killed Toichi Kuroba eight years before the events of Magic Kaito, making the death look like a stage accident.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to putting the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then went on to explain what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

==== Green Dream ====
Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

==== The Crystal Mother ====
{{Main|Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother}}
{{Main|The Tearful Crystal Mother}}
==== Red Tear ====
{{Main|The Secret of the Red Tear}}
Kaitou Kid continues to look for the Pandora gem, this time pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father Toichi was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and non-fatally shot many in the magician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

== Relation to the Black Organization from Detective Conan ==
For a long time, it was unknown if the [[Magic Kaito]]'s unnamed organization and Detective Conan's [[Black Organization]] are the same organization, partners, or entirely unrelated to one another. Theories for or against their connection have been presented by fans.

This question was finally settled when Gosho Aoyama was asked at the 2016 Singapore Writer's Festival, whether the two were the same, to which Gosho answered, that the Black Organization and the Magic Kaito Organization are not the same and completely different organizations<ref>[http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3 http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3] 
Q31: 私は怪盗キッドのファンです。もっと怪盗キッドを出して欲しい。コナンに出てくる黒の組織と、マジック快斗に出てくる組織は同じですか？ 
A: 違います。まったく違う組織。 
'''Q:''' I'm a fan of Kaitou Kid. Please let him appear more. Are the Black Organization in Conan and the Organization in Magic Kaito the same? 
'''A:''' They aren't the same. They are completely different organizations. </ref>.

=== Arguments for ===
* They are both mysterious well structured organizations that use codenames, making their assassinations seem like accidents and leaving no evidence.
* Their bosses are referred to as "that person" (Ano kata).
* They both are potentially interested in obtaining immortality. The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for Pandora for the purposes of immortality. One of the [[Black_Organization#Goal|most common theories]] is that Black Organization is working on [[APTX 4869]] in order to achieve immortality.
* [[Snake]] could be short for [[Wikipedia: snake wine|snake wine]]. The anime-only character [[Rose]] may be a reference to [[Wikipedia: rose wine|rose wine]], and the other anime-only character [[Spider]] was drinking some sort of alcohol from a bottle called 'spider'.
* [[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise.

=== Arguments against ===
* Their codename schemes are different. The member of the Magic Kaito organization that claimed responsibility for killing [[Toichi]] eight years ago is referred to as "[[Snake]]"<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994-10-15|isbn=4-09-122093-5|chapter=Blue Birthday|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|page=140}}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. The codename could be made to fit if Snake refers to [[Wikipedia: Snake wine|snake wine]], but because [[Kaitou Kid]]'s origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. Additionally a new member introduced in the anime by the name of Spider once again doesn't fit with the Black Organization's alcohol codenames.
* The Magic Kaito Organization uses much less subtle methods than the [[Black Organization]]. Snake confronts his targets openly while making no effort to hide face or eliminate those who saw him afterwards. He does not bother to silence his gun either.
* In the anime, the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are not shown to wear black outfits, as the Black Organization tends to do.
* The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for a magical gem called [[Pandora]]. The magical nature of Magic Kaito and its organization's search does not mesh with the non-magical setting of Detective Conan. Also it is absolutely never shown nor hinted that the Black Organization is hunting for some sort of jewelry.

== Manga to anime differences ==
* [[Rose]] and [[Spider]] do not exist in the manga.

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Pandora Gem]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Organisation (Kaito Kid)]]

Magic Kaito Organization

2018-07-13T17:27:45Z

Ichikawa: /* See also */

{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = "Magic Kaito Organization"
| japanese-name = No official name
| english-name = No official name
| image = Magic Kaito Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
| members = [[Snake]] [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] [[Spider]] (MK Special only) [[Rose]] ([[OVA 4]] only)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Chapter 18|MK Chapter 18]] Anime: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|Episode 5]]
| appearances = Magic Kaito: [[Magic Kaito Organization Appearances|4]] {{:Magic Kaito Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes = "Magic Kaito Organization" is a fan created nickname used to distinguish this organization from the [[Black Organization]] that appears in [[Detective Conan]].
}}
This unnamed organization is the primary antagonist in [[Magic Kaito]]. The organization's goal is to acquire the [[Pandora]] gem that grants immortality when a certain comet passes overhead.

== Members ==
* '''[[Snake]]''' is a codenamed member of the Magic Kaito Organization. He killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] and is currently searching for [[Pandora]].
* '''[[Magic Kaito Boss|The boss]]''' is highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization so far. He was mentioned to exist in the manga<ref>Magic Kaito Volume 3: Blue Birthday, pg 19</ref>, and has appeared in shadow in the anime. His anime email address is "exmxxx@nexus.com".<ref name="mk7">Magic Kaito Episode 7: "[[The Splendid Rivals]]"</ref>
* The unnamed '''[[Magic Kaito sub-boss|sub-boss]]''' is Snake's superior and reports directly to the boss. He was initially outmatched by Kaitou Kid after inadvertently revealing the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization within earshot. His anime email address is "spmashine@pwasoft.com"
* '''[[Spider]]''' is a non-canon stage magician operating under the name of Gunter Von Goldberg II, he is considered "The Best Illusionist in the World". He is an anime only character, the boss of the Magic Kaito Organization ordered the sub-boss to contact him after [[Kaitou Kid]] ruined the Blue Birthday heist.
* '''[[Rose]]''' is a non-canon woman who worked with Snake to steal the crystal mother. She aspires to become known as the number one sniper.

== Structure and Rank ==
The Magic Kaito Organization has been shown to have at least four distinct ranks. The highest is the unmentioned boss, referred to with deference by lower level members as "that person". A sub-boss who reports directly to "that person" is next down in seniority. Sub-bosses can order around code-named agents. Codenamed agents like Snake report directly to a sub-boss and so far are only told partial information about the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization. Codenamed agents in turn manage a small squad of low level agents who wear near identical beige trenchcoats and matching fedoras.

{| width="400" align="left" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|Sub-boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#777799;"|Codenamed Agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]]
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]]
|-
| [[File:Rose 60px.jpg]] || [[Rose]]
|-
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#907040;"|Low level agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:MK flunkies.PNG|380px]]
|}
|}
|}
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|right|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
[[File:Snake and flunkies.png|thumb|right|Snake and a group of generic lackies in the background.]]
{{clear}}

== Goal ==
[[File:Pandora.png|thumb|left|The Pandora gem.]]
So far the the only known goal of the Magic Kaito Organization is to find [[Pandora Gem|Pandora]], the gem which grants eternal life to the one who drinks its tears when Volley comet passes over. It is unknown what the Magic Kaito Organization intends to do with Pandora, or whether finding Pandora is their only goal rather than one facet of a larger plan.
{{clearleft}}

== Modus operandi ==
[[File:Posh hideout.PNG|thumb|right|A posh traditional Japanese estate serving as a hideout.]]
The Magic Kaito Organization steals "big jewels" they think might be Pandora and return them to the sub-boss to be checked against the light of the moon. For some missions, the group acts in large numbers with a codenamed agent like Snake leading a group of many minor operatives. Other times codenamed agents work together without backup, as Snake and Rose were shown to do. Except for the sub-boss, all codenamed agents and their lackeys are shown to be armed at all times. So far, they do not seem to be concerned with silencers.

The Magic Kaito Organization is clearly very rich, shown by them using an expansive traditional Japanese home with escape tunnel as a hideout.
{{clearleft}}

== Target Jewels ==
So far the Magic Kaito Organization has only targeted jewels of superlative size, typically the most massive in a particular category. Presumably they figure that the gem must be exceptionally large in order to hide the doublet Pandora within it.
{{BeginTable MKTheft}}
{{MKTheftItem|No Image Gem.jpg|Toichi's gem| ??? |
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| In the anime, Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid and the Magic Kaito Organization both aimed to steal the same gem. The organization decided to eliminate Toichi in a deliberate stage accident because he was getting in their way.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Blue Birthday Anime.jpg|Blue Birthday|India's largest sapphire|
* [[The Fated Blue Birthday|MK Special 5]]
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| Blue Birthday was targeted while it was on tour at the Indian Treasure Exhibit. As the organization anticipated, Kaitou Kid stole the jewel first. Snake, leading a team of underlings, confronted Kid and grabbed his replica of Blue Birthday by mistake. Kaitou Kid revealed the jewel was not Pandora by holding it to the moonlight.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Green Dream.jpg|Green Dream|World's largest emerald|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C7]]
| The organization looked into taking Green Dream, but decided it wasn't what they were looking for after Kaitou Kid held it up to the moonlight while on stage. At the time Snake was watching the Kaitou Kid's stage performance while hiding behind the stage curtains.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Crystal Mother Anime.jpg|Crystal Mother|Europe's largest topaz|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C1]]
* [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
* [[The Tearful Crystal Mother|MK Special 11]]
| Owned by the queen of the Principality of Ingram (in Europe), Snake and Rose targeted this gem on the Royal Express to Osaka. Snake let Kaitou Kid steal it first, and then ascended to the train roof where he knew Kid would hide. Snake threatened the child prince of Ingram in order to get Kid to relinquish the gem, but was knocked off the train when he collided with the top of a tunnel.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Red Tear Anime sq.jpg|Red Tear|World's greatest ruby|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C2]]
| A prior target of Toichi's, the Red Tear is really colored blue, but its forgotten secret is that turns red and shows pictures of the Hopper family when exposed to flame. Its prior owners, Jody Hopper's parents, died in a fire which the jewel survived. Snake and some of his men tailed its current owner, Jody Hopper, and then posed as customers at dinner show performance of the Hopper Magician troupe at the Minato Hotel. The organization's theft method was to have one member pose as Kaitou Kid (complete with functional hang glider) to draw away stationed police while Snake took the jewel at gunpoint backstage. Snake opened fire when the real Kaitou Kid interfered with the robbery.
}}
{{EndTable}}

== Plot Timeline ==
=== History ===
Eight years before the current timeline, famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]], who was [[Kaitou Kid]] at the time, was murdered by Snake a the orders of the Organization in a fake magic accident. Toichi was killed because he targeted the same gem as the Magic Kaito Organization.<ref>Magic Kaito episode 5</ref>

=== Current events ===
==== The Fated Blue Birthday ====
{{Main|The Fated Blue Birthday}}
[[File:Subboss with blue birthday.png|thumb|right|Snake's boss holding Blue Birthday with the police transmitter.]]

Both [[Kaito Kuroba]] and the Magic Kaito Organization decide to target the Blue Birthday sapphire. Snake waits for Kaitou Kid on a roof and confronts the thief who he believes to be [[Toichi Kuroba]]. Snake reveals himself to be the one who killed Toichi Kuroba eight years before the events of Magic Kaito, making the death look like a stage accident.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to putting the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then went on to explain what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

==== Green Dream ====
Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

==== The Crystal Mother ====
{{Main|Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother}}
{{Main|The Tearful Crystal Mother}}
==== Red Tear ====
{{Main|The Secret of the Red Tear}}
Kaitou Kid continues to look for the Pandora gem, this time pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father Toichi was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and non-fatally shot many in the magician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

== Relation to the Black Organization from Detective Conan ==
For a long time, it was unknown if the [[Magic Kaito]]'s unnamed organization and Detective Conan's [[Black Organization]] are the same organization, partners, or entirely unrelated to one another. Theories for or against their connection have been presented by fans.

This question was finally settled when Gosho Aoyama was asked at the 2016 Singapore Writer's Festival, whether the two were the same, to which Gosho answered, that the Black Organization and the Magic Kaito Organization are not the same and completely different organizations<ref>[http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3 http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3] 
Q31: 私は怪盗キッドのファンです。もっと怪盗キッドを出して欲しい。コナンに出てくる黒の組織と、マジック快斗に出てくる組織は同じですか？ 
A: 違います。まったく違う組織。 
'''Q:''' I'm a fan of Kaitou Kid. Please let him appear more. Are the Black Organization in Conan and the Organization in Magic Kaito the same? 
'''A:''' They aren't the same. They are completely different organizations. </ref>.

=== Arguments for ===
* They are both mysterious well structured organizations that use codenames, making their assassinations seem like accidents and leaving no evidence.
* Their bosses are referred to as "that person" (Ano kata).
* They both are potentially interested in obtaining immortality. The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for Pandora for the purposes of immortality. One of the [[Black_Organization#Goal|most common theories]] is that Black Organization is working on [[APTX 4869]] in order to achieve immortality.
* [[Snake]] could be short for [[Wikipedia: snake wine|snake wine]]. The anime-only character [[Rose]] may be a reference to [[Wikipedia: rose wine|rose wine]], and the other anime-only character [[Spider]] was drinking some sort of alcohol from a bottle called 'spider'.
* [[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise.

=== Arguments against ===
* Their codename schemes are different. The member of the Magic Kaito organization that claimed responsibility for killing [[Toichi]] eight years ago is referred to as "[[Snake]]"<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994-10-15|isbn=4-09-122093-5|chapter=Blue Birthday|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|page=140}}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. The codename could be made to fit if Snake refers to [[Wikipedia: Snake wine|snake wine]], but because [[Kaitou Kid]]'s origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. Additionally a new member introduced in the anime by the name of Spider once again doesn't fit with the Black Organization's alcohol codenames.
* The Magic Kaito Organization uses much less subtle methods than the [[Black Organization]]. Snake confronts his targets openly while making no effort to hide face or eliminate those who saw him afterwards. He does not bother to silence his gun either.
* In the anime, the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are not shown to wear black outfits, as the Black Organization tends to do.
* The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for a magical gem called [[Pandora]]. The magical nature of Magic Kaito and its organization's search does not mesh with the non-magical setting of Detective Conan. Also it is absolutely never shown nor hinted that the Black Organization is hunting for some sort of jewelry.

== Manga to anime differences ==
* [[Rose]] and [[Spider]] do not exist in the manga.

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Pandora Gem]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Organisation (Kaito Kid)]]

Magic Kaito Organization

2018-07-13T17:27:24Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = "Magic Kaito Organization"
| japanese-name = No official name
| english-name = No official name
| image = Magic Kaito Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
| members = [[Snake]] [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] [[Spider]] (MK Special only) [[Rose]] ([[OVA 4]] only)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Chapter 18|MK Chapter 18]] Anime: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|Episode 5]]
| appearances = Magic Kaito: [[Magic Kaito Organization Appearances|4]] {{:Magic Kaito Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes = "Magic Kaito Organization" is a fan created nickname used to distinguish this organization from the [[Black Organization]] that appears in [[Detective Conan]].
}}
This unnamed organization is the primary antagonist in [[Magic Kaito]]. The organization's goal is to acquire the [[Pandora]] gem that grants immortality when a certain comet passes overhead.

== Members ==
* '''[[Snake]]''' is a codenamed member of the Magic Kaito Organization. He killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] and is currently searching for [[Pandora]].
* '''[[Magic Kaito Boss|The boss]]''' is highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization so far. He was mentioned to exist in the manga<ref>Magic Kaito Volume 3: Blue Birthday, pg 19</ref>, and has appeared in shadow in the anime. His anime email address is "exmxxx@nexus.com".<ref name="mk7">Magic Kaito Episode 7: "[[The Splendid Rivals]]"</ref>
* The unnamed '''[[Magic Kaito sub-boss|sub-boss]]''' is Snake's superior and reports directly to the boss. He was initially outmatched by Kaitou Kid after inadvertently revealing the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization within earshot. His anime email address is "spmashine@pwasoft.com"
* '''[[Spider]]''' is a non-canon stage magician operating under the name of Gunter Von Goldberg II, he is considered "The Best Illusionist in the World". He is an anime only character, the boss of the Magic Kaito Organization ordered the sub-boss to contact him after [[Kaitou Kid]] ruined the Blue Birthday heist.
* '''[[Rose]]''' is a non-canon woman who worked with Snake to steal the crystal mother. She aspires to become known as the number one sniper.

== Structure and Rank ==
The Magic Kaito Organization has been shown to have at least four distinct ranks. The highest is the unmentioned boss, referred to with deference by lower level members as "that person". A sub-boss who reports directly to "that person" is next down in seniority. Sub-bosses can order around code-named agents. Codenamed agents like Snake report directly to a sub-boss and so far are only told partial information about the goal of the Magic Kaito Organization. Codenamed agents in turn manage a small squad of low level agents who wear near identical beige trenchcoats and matching fedoras.

{| width="400" align="left" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|Sub-boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]]
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#777799;"|Codenamed Agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]]
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]]
|-
| [[File:Rose 60px.jpg]] || [[Rose]]
|-
|}
|}
|-
| colspan="1" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#907040;"|Low level agents
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:MK flunkies.PNG|380px]]
|}
|}
|}
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|right|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
[[File:Snake and flunkies.png|thumb|right|Snake and a group of generic lackies in the background.]]
{{clear}}

== Goal ==
[[File:Pandora.png|thumb|left|The Pandora gem.]]
So far the the only known goal of the Magic Kaito Organization is to find [[Pandora Gem|Pandora]], the gem which grants eternal life to the one who drinks its tears when Volley comet passes over. It is unknown what the Magic Kaito Organization intends to do with Pandora, or whether finding Pandora is their only goal rather than one facet of a larger plan.
{{clearleft}}

== Modus operandi ==
[[File:Posh hideout.PNG|thumb|right|A posh traditional Japanese estate serving as a hideout.]]
The Magic Kaito Organization steals "big jewels" they think might be Pandora and return them to the sub-boss to be checked against the light of the moon. For some missions, the group acts in large numbers with a codenamed agent like Snake leading a group of many minor operatives. Other times codenamed agents work together without backup, as Snake and Rose were shown to do. Except for the sub-boss, all codenamed agents and their lackeys are shown to be armed at all times. So far, they do not seem to be concerned with silencers.

The Magic Kaito Organization is clearly very rich, shown by them using an expansive traditional Japanese home with escape tunnel as a hideout.
{{clearleft}}

== Target Jewels ==
So far the Magic Kaito Organization has only targeted jewels of superlative size, typically the most massive in a particular category. Presumably they figure that the gem must be exceptionally large in order to hide the doublet Pandora within it.
{{BeginTable MKTheft}}
{{MKTheftItem|No Image Gem.jpg|Toichi's gem| ??? |
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| In the anime, Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid and the Magic Kaito Organization both aimed to steal the same gem. The organization decided to eliminate Toichi in a deliberate stage accident because he was getting in their way.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Blue Birthday Anime.jpg|Blue Birthday|India's largest sapphire|
* [[The Fated Blue Birthday|MK Special 5]]
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C6]]
| Blue Birthday was targeted while it was on tour at the Indian Treasure Exhibit. As the organization anticipated, Kaitou Kid stole the jewel first. Snake, leading a team of underlings, confronted Kid and grabbed his replica of Blue Birthday by mistake. Kaitou Kid revealed the jewel was not Pandora by holding it to the moonlight.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Green Dream.jpg|Green Dream|World's largest emerald|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|MKV3 - C7]]
| The organization looked into taking Green Dream, but decided it wasn't what they were looking for after Kaitou Kid held it up to the moonlight while on stage. At the time Snake was watching the Kaitou Kid's stage performance while hiding behind the stage curtains.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Crystal Mother Anime.jpg|Crystal Mother|Europe's largest topaz|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C1]]
* [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
* [[The Tearful Crystal Mother|MK Special 11]]
| Owned by the queen of the Principality of Ingram (in Europe), Snake and Rose targeted this gem on the Royal Express to Osaka. Snake let Kaitou Kid steal it first, and then ascended to the train roof where he knew Kid would hide. Snake threatened the child prince of Ingram in order to get Kid to relinquish the gem, but was knocked off the train when he collided with the top of a tunnel.
}}
{{MKTheftItem|Red Tear Anime sq.jpg|Red Tear|World's greatest ruby|
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 4|MKV4 - C2]]
| A prior target of Toichi's, the Red Tear is really colored blue, but its forgotten secret is that turns red and shows pictures of the Hopper family when exposed to flame. Its prior owners, Jody Hopper's parents, died in a fire which the jewel survived. Snake and some of his men tailed its current owner, Jody Hopper, and then posed as customers at dinner show performance of the Hopper Magician troupe at the Minato Hotel. The organization's theft method was to have one member pose as Kaitou Kid (complete with functional hang glider) to draw away stationed police while Snake took the jewel at gunpoint backstage. Snake opened fire when the real Kaitou Kid interfered with the robbery.
}}
{{EndTable}}

== Plot Timeline ==
=== History ===
Eight years before the current timeline, famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]], who was [[Kaitou Kid]] at the time, was murdered by Snake a the orders of the Organization in a fake magic accident. Toichi was killed because he targeted the same gem as the Magic Kaito Organization.<ref>Magic Kaito episode 5</ref>

=== Current events ===
==== The Fated Blue Birthday ====
{{Main|The Fated Blue Birthday}}
[[File:Subboss with blue birthday.png|thumb|right|Snake's boss holding Blue Birthday with the police transmitter.]]

Both [[Kaito Kuroba]] and the Magic Kaito Organization decide to target the Blue Birthday sapphire. Snake waits for Kaitou Kid on a roof and confronts the thief who he believes to be [[Toichi Kuroba]]. Snake reveals himself to be the one who killed Toichi Kuroba eight years before the events of Magic Kaito, making the death look like a stage accident.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to putting the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then went on to explain what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

==== Green Dream ====
Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

==== The Crystal Mother ====
{{Main|Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother}}
{{Main|The Tearful Crystal Mother}}
==== Red Tear ====
{{Main|The Secret of the Red Tear}}
Kaitou Kid continues to look for the Pandora gem, this time pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father Toichi was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and non-fatally shot many in the magician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

== Relation to the Black Organization from Detective Conan ==
For a long time, it was unknown if the [[Magic Kaito]]'s unnamed organization and Detective Conan's [[Black Organization]] are the same organization, partners, or entirely unrelated to one another. Theories for or against their connection have been presented by fans.

This question was finally settled when Gosho Aoyama was asked at the 2016 Singapore Writer's Festival, whether the two were the same, to which Gosho answered, that the Black Organization and the Magic Kaito Organization are not the same and completely different organizations<ref>[http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3 http://conan-4869.net/post-29331/3] 
Q31: 私は怪盗キッドのファンです。もっと怪盗キッドを出して欲しい。コナンに出てくる黒の組織と、マジック快斗に出てくる組織は同じですか？ 
A: 違います。まったく違う組織。 
'''Q:''' I'm a fan of Kaitou Kid. Please let him appear more. Are the Black Organization in Conan and the Organization in Magic Kaito the same? 
'''A:''' They aren't the same. They are completely different organizations. </ref>.

=== Arguments for ===
* They are both mysterious well structured organizations that use codenames, making their assassinations seem like accidents and leaving no evidence.
* Their bosses are referred to as "that person" (Ano kata).
* They both are potentially interested in obtaining immortality. The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for Pandora for the purposes of immortality. One of the [[Black_Organization#Goal|most common theories]] is that Black Organization is working on [[APTX 4869]] in order to achieve immortality.
* [[Snake]] could be short for [[Wikipedia: snake wine|snake wine]]. The anime-only character [[Rose]] may be a reference to [[Wikipedia: rose wine|rose wine]], and the other anime-only character [[Spider]] was drinking some sort of alcohol from a bottle called 'spider'.
* [[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise.

=== Arguments against ===
* Their codename schemes are different. The member of the Magic Kaito organization that claimed responsibility for killing [[Toichi]] eight years ago is referred to as "[[Snake]]"<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994-10-15|isbn=4-09-122093-5|chapter=Blue Birthday|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|page=140}}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. The codename could be made to fit if Snake refers to [[Wikipedia: Snake wine|snake wine]], but because [[Kaitou Kid]]'s origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. Additionally a new member introduced in the anime by the name of Spider once again doesn't fit with the Black Organization's alcohol codenames.
* The Magic Kaito Organization uses much less subtle methods than the [[Black Organization]]. Snake confronts his targets openly while making no effort to hide face or eliminate those who saw him afterwards. He does not bother to silence his gun either.
* In the anime, the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are not shown to wear black outfits, as the Black Organization tends to do.
* The Magic Kaito Organization is looking for a magical gem called [[Pandora]]. The magical nature of Magic Kaito and its organization's search does not mesh with the non-magical setting of Detective Conan. Also it is absolutely never shown nor hinted that the Black Organization is hunting for some sort of jewelry.

== Manga to anime differences ==
* [[Rose]] and [[Spider]] do not exist in the manga.

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Pandora]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Organisation (Kaito Kid)]]

Pandora Gem

2018-07-13T17:22:38Z

Ichikawa: /* Background */

[[Image:23.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kid testing a gem to see if it is Pandora. (OVA 10)]]
The '''{{nihongo|Pandora Gem|パンドラ|Pandora Gem}}''' is the target of both [[Kaitou Kid]] and the [[Magic Kaito Organization|organization]] that [[Snake]] is working for. It is supposed to grant its possessor immortality.

The name of the Pandora Gem probably comes from [[Wikipedia: Pandora's box|Pandora's Box]], a Greek Myth about a woman who foolishly opens a box that contains the evils of the world.

== Background ==
[[File:PandoraMK5.png|thumb|right|An imaginary simulation of the Pandora Gem.]]
According to [[Snake]]'s unnamed [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss|sub-boss]] in the [[Magic Kaito]] case [[The Fated Blue Birthday|"Blue Birthday"]], the Pandora Gem is a jewel hidden inside a larger jewel that will glow red under the moonlight. According to myth, if the Pandora Gem is held under the moonlight at the time of the (fictional) Volley Comet, which passes close to Earth every 10,000 years, then the gem will "cry". Anyone who drinks these tears will then become immortal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
[[Kaito Kuroba]] decides to become the [[Kaitou Kid]] with the intention of drawing his [[Toichi Kuroba| father]]'s murderers into the open. It isn't until after several high-profile heists, however, that his [[Snake|father's murderer]] appears, in pursuit of the Blue Birthday sapphire.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to having put the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then explains what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

In subsequent Kaitou Kid cases, notably the [[The Secret of the Red Tear|"Red Tear"]] case (in which [[Snake]] appears again), Kaito is shown to be searching for the Pandora Gem.

=== Detective Conan ===
The Pandora Gem has never been mentioned directly in Detective Conan, although [[Kaitou Kid]] has made it clear that he is looking for a particular gem as he often says he is returning a jewel "because it's not the one I'm looking for". Even though the stories of Magic Kaito and Detective Conan are set in nearly identical "[[Wikipedia:Fictional_universe|fictional universes]]", outright magic and advanced technology well beyond that of modern times are present only in the former. Cases adapted from Magic Kaito material for the Detective Conan canon have removed references to Pandora.<ref> OVA 4 is actually adapted from a Magic Kaito chapter, but it was modified to include characters from Detective Conan and all dialogues referring to Pandora were removed.</ref> That makes it unlikely that Pandora, a magic gem that can grant immortality, will appear in Detective Conan's continuity.

It should be noted that in the Detective Conan manga, Kaitou Kid is rarely shown holding gems to the moonlight (to check for Pandora's doublet) outside what is necessary for a trick.<ref>In [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku]], Kaitou Kid adds holding the gem to the moonlight as part of his trick and returns the real gem when confronted by Makoto.</ref> By contrast, animated Detective Conan adaptations, movies, and specials show Kaitou Kid inspecting gems by moonlight much more often.<ref>OVA 4 ([[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother]]), OVA 10 ([[Kid in Trap Island]]) and movie 14 ([[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]). In movie 14 Kid also thinks "no light passes between it" while he is checking the jewel.</ref>

At this point, no direct connection has been made between [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's Organization which is hunting for Pandora]] and the [[Black Organization|Detective Conan's Black Organization]].

Separate from the Pandora gem, the myth of [[Wikipedia:Pandora's Box|Pandora and her box]] has been brought up in the [[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion]] case.<ref>Volume 46 files 7-10; anime episode 382-394</ref> First, [[Ai Haibara]] discourages [[Conan Edogawa]] from investigating the phone number of [[the Boss of the Black Organization]] saying that the address is like "Pandora's Box". Then at the end of the case, Kaitou Kid discourages Conan from investigating his true identity using the legend as an allegory.

== Trivia ==

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Objects]][[Category:Magic Kaito]]

Pandora Gem

2018-07-13T17:22:27Z

Ichikawa: /* Background */

[[Image:23.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kid testing a gem to see if it is Pandora. (OVA 10)]]
The '''{{nihongo|Pandora Gem|パンドラ|Pandora Gem}}''' is the target of both [[Kaitou Kid]] and the [[Magic Kaito Organization|organization]] that [[Snake]] is working for. It is supposed to grant its possessor immortality.

The name of the Pandora Gem probably comes from [[Wikipedia: Pandora's box|Pandora's Box]], a Greek Myth about a woman who foolishly opens a box that contains the evils of the world.

== Background ==
[[File:PandoraMK5.png|thumb|right|An imaginary simulation of the Pandora Gem-]]
According to [[Snake]]'s unnamed [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss|sub-boss]] in the [[Magic Kaito]] case [[The Fated Blue Birthday|"Blue Birthday"]], the Pandora Gem is a jewel hidden inside a larger jewel that will glow red under the moonlight. According to myth, if the Pandora Gem is held under the moonlight at the time of the (fictional) Volley Comet, which passes close to Earth every 10,000 years, then the gem will "cry". Anyone who drinks these tears will then become immortal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
[[Kaito Kuroba]] decides to become the [[Kaitou Kid]] with the intention of drawing his [[Toichi Kuroba| father]]'s murderers into the open. It isn't until after several high-profile heists, however, that his [[Snake|father's murderer]] appears, in pursuit of the Blue Birthday sapphire.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to having put the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then explains what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

In subsequent Kaitou Kid cases, notably the [[The Secret of the Red Tear|"Red Tear"]] case (in which [[Snake]] appears again), Kaito is shown to be searching for the Pandora Gem.

=== Detective Conan ===
The Pandora Gem has never been mentioned directly in Detective Conan, although [[Kaitou Kid]] has made it clear that he is looking for a particular gem as he often says he is returning a jewel "because it's not the one I'm looking for". Even though the stories of Magic Kaito and Detective Conan are set in nearly identical "[[Wikipedia:Fictional_universe|fictional universes]]", outright magic and advanced technology well beyond that of modern times are present only in the former. Cases adapted from Magic Kaito material for the Detective Conan canon have removed references to Pandora.<ref> OVA 4 is actually adapted from a Magic Kaito chapter, but it was modified to include characters from Detective Conan and all dialogues referring to Pandora were removed.</ref> That makes it unlikely that Pandora, a magic gem that can grant immortality, will appear in Detective Conan's continuity.

It should be noted that in the Detective Conan manga, Kaitou Kid is rarely shown holding gems to the moonlight (to check for Pandora's doublet) outside what is necessary for a trick.<ref>In [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku]], Kaitou Kid adds holding the gem to the moonlight as part of his trick and returns the real gem when confronted by Makoto.</ref> By contrast, animated Detective Conan adaptations, movies, and specials show Kaitou Kid inspecting gems by moonlight much more often.<ref>OVA 4 ([[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother]]), OVA 10 ([[Kid in Trap Island]]) and movie 14 ([[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]). In movie 14 Kid also thinks "no light passes between it" while he is checking the jewel.</ref>

At this point, no direct connection has been made between [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's Organization which is hunting for Pandora]] and the [[Black Organization|Detective Conan's Black Organization]].

Separate from the Pandora gem, the myth of [[Wikipedia:Pandora's Box|Pandora and her box]] has been brought up in the [[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion]] case.<ref>Volume 46 files 7-10; anime episode 382-394</ref> First, [[Ai Haibara]] discourages [[Conan Edogawa]] from investigating the phone number of [[the Boss of the Black Organization]] saying that the address is like "Pandora's Box". Then at the end of the case, Kaitou Kid discourages Conan from investigating his true identity using the legend as an allegory.

== Trivia ==

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Objects]][[Category:Magic Kaito]]

Pandora Gem

2018-07-13T17:22:08Z

Ichikawa:

[[Image:23.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kid testing a gem to see if it is Pandora. (OVA 10)]]
The '''{{nihongo|Pandora Gem|パンドラ|Pandora Gem}}''' is the target of both [[Kaitou Kid]] and the [[Magic Kaito Organization|organization]] that [[Snake]] is working for. It is supposed to grant its possessor immortality.

The name of the Pandora Gem probably comes from [[Wikipedia: Pandora's box|Pandora's Box]], a Greek Myth about a woman who foolishly opens a box that contains the evils of the world.

== Background ==
[[File:PandoraMK5.png|thumb|left|An imaginary simulation of the Pandora Gem-]]
According to [[Snake]]'s unnamed [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss|sub-boss]] in the [[Magic Kaito]] case [[The Fated Blue Birthday|"Blue Birthday"]], the Pandora Gem is a jewel hidden inside a larger jewel that will glow red under the moonlight. According to myth, if the Pandora Gem is held under the moonlight at the time of the (fictional) Volley Comet, which passes close to Earth every 10,000 years, then the gem will "cry". Anyone who drinks these tears will then become immortal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>
{{clear}}

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
[[Kaito Kuroba]] decides to become the [[Kaitou Kid]] with the intention of drawing his [[Toichi Kuroba| father]]'s murderers into the open. It isn't until after several high-profile heists, however, that his [[Snake|father's murderer]] appears, in pursuit of the Blue Birthday sapphire.

Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to having put the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then explains what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Magic Kaito|volume=3|publisher=Shogakukan|chapter=Chapter 6|language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref>

In subsequent Kaitou Kid cases, notably the [[The Secret of the Red Tear|"Red Tear"]] case (in which [[Snake]] appears again), Kaito is shown to be searching for the Pandora Gem.

=== Detective Conan ===
The Pandora Gem has never been mentioned directly in Detective Conan, although [[Kaitou Kid]] has made it clear that he is looking for a particular gem as he often says he is returning a jewel "because it's not the one I'm looking for". Even though the stories of Magic Kaito and Detective Conan are set in nearly identical "[[Wikipedia:Fictional_universe|fictional universes]]", outright magic and advanced technology well beyond that of modern times are present only in the former. Cases adapted from Magic Kaito material for the Detective Conan canon have removed references to Pandora.<ref> OVA 4 is actually adapted from a Magic Kaito chapter, but it was modified to include characters from Detective Conan and all dialogues referring to Pandora were removed.</ref> That makes it unlikely that Pandora, a magic gem that can grant immortality, will appear in Detective Conan's continuity.

It should be noted that in the Detective Conan manga, Kaitou Kid is rarely shown holding gems to the moonlight (to check for Pandora's doublet) outside what is necessary for a trick.<ref>In [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku]], Kaitou Kid adds holding the gem to the moonlight as part of his trick and returns the real gem when confronted by Makoto.</ref> By contrast, animated Detective Conan adaptations, movies, and specials show Kaitou Kid inspecting gems by moonlight much more often.<ref>OVA 4 ([[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother]]), OVA 10 ([[Kid in Trap Island]]) and movie 14 ([[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]). In movie 14 Kid also thinks "no light passes between it" while he is checking the jewel.</ref>

At this point, no direct connection has been made between [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's Organization which is hunting for Pandora]] and the [[Black Organization|Detective Conan's Black Organization]].

Separate from the Pandora gem, the myth of [[Wikipedia:Pandora's Box|Pandora and her box]] has been brought up in the [[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion]] case.<ref>Volume 46 files 7-10; anime episode 382-394</ref> First, [[Ai Haibara]] discourages [[Conan Edogawa]] from investigating the phone number of [[the Boss of the Black Organization]] saying that the address is like "Pandora's Box". Then at the end of the case, Kaitou Kid discourages Conan from investigating his true identity using the legend as an allegory.

== Trivia ==

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}

[[Category:Objects]][[Category:Magic Kaito]]

Snake

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Ichikawa:

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| japanese-name = スネイク (Suneiku)
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| image = Snake Profile.jpg
| age = unknown
| gender = Male
| aliases = Jackal
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 19 Anime: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
| appearances = {{:Snake Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kouji Ishii]] (OVA 4) [[Wikipedia: Hochu Otsuka|Hochu Otsuka]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Wikipedia: Jurota Kosugi|Jurota Kosugi]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
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'''{{nihongo|Snake|スネイク|Suneiku}}''' is a main antagonist from the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' series. He is a codenamed agent in [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's unnamed organization]] and the murderer of the first [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

== Background ==
Snake revealed himself to be the one who killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] eight years before the events of Magic Kaito. It seems that Toichi's death may have been mistaken for an accident, since Kaito was shocked to learn from [[Konosuke Jii]] that his father was murdered.

Jii had told Kaito that he dressed as the Kid in an attempt to lure out Toichi's murderer, suggesting that he perhaps knows something of Snake or the organization he works with.

Snake is searching for the [[Pandora Gem]], which is said to grant immortality. He also intends to kill the Kaitou Kid once and for all, to stop him from getting in the way of his plans.

== Personality and Skills ==
Snake is a good shot, but not very subtle. He prefers to hold people up at gunpoint, often while backed by a posse of underlings. Snake often shoots people for convenience rather than necessity, and does not bother silencing his weapon. His aggression is such that he is more than willing to chase Kaitou Kid around in a building with police in order to get at the thief and any gem he might have.

Snake also seems to possess above-average stamina and durability, as he has sustained many serious injuries in his battles against Kaitou Kid (once colliding with a tunnel while atop a high-speed train) without any lasting damage.

== Appearance ==
Snake wears a dark overcoat and fedora, similar to [[Gin]]'s and [[Vodka]]'s. He is easily identifiable by his large [[Wikipedia: horseshoe moustache|horseshoe mustache]].

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Rose||''Papa''}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{Appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa||Uncle (''Oji-san'') That man (''Ano Otoko'') Jackal (''ジャッカル Jakkaru'')}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|Kid Kaitou Kid Immortal Kaitou Kid (''不滅の怪盗キッド Fumetsu no Kaito Kiddo'')|}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
Snake first appears in Volume 3 of Magic Kaito, "Blue Birthday," where he calls the Kid "Toichi" and shoots Kaito; only the latter's bulletproof vest saves his life. In the subsequent case, "Green Dream," Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

He next appears in Volume 4, pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father [[Toichi Kuroba | Toichi]] was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and nonfatally shot many in the magaician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

=== Detective Conan ===
[[File:Snake wanted.PNG|thumb|right|Snake's wanted picture.]]
Snake has had no canonical appearances in Detective Conan. On a related note, the Kaitou Kid's true motives for staging heists (to find the men in black who killed his father, and to destroy the [[Pandora Gem|eternal-life-serum]] they were after) have never been alluded to.

In OVA 4, "Conan, Kid and the Crystal Mother," 'Jackal,' as he is called, appears on a train to Osaka that the Queen of England is riding in, as well as [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Ran Mouri]], and [[Conan Edogawa]]. Kid has issued a notice declaring he will steal a jewel known as the Crystal Mother from the queen, which is why Inspector Nakamori was put in charge of her escort. Kaito is there because he had asked Aoko if he could come (the reason being, of course, that he plans to steal the jewel as the [[Kaitou Kid]]). Conan and Ran are present because, according to Ran, Kazuha invited her to Osaka. Jackal's intention is to steal the Crystal Mother and kill Kid, as he has "deterred us too many times." He appears to be working with an assassin named Rose who plans to kill Queen Selizabeth.

While Conan and the young prince are discussing the possible location of the jewel, Conan catches Jackal listening in on their conversation. Jackal appears to be going for his gun inside his overcoat, but when he sees a 'kid' he hurriedly makes an excuse and walks away. Conan first wonders if Jackal was Kid in disguise, then quickly decides against it. However, he thinks "I've definitely seen that face before..." He later recognizes Jackal from Professor Agasa's computer as an internationally-known jewel thief. After taking out the assassin Rose he attempted to chase after Kid and Jackal, but Ran stopped him. Conan allowed her to drag him away, thinking "that guy should be able to take care of himself, right?"

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Snake MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Snake's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
* The codename "Snake" may be a reference to the Snake in the Garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian tradition. The snake is the reason people are no longer immortal. He convinced Adam and Eve to eat the Apple of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the apple of the Tree of Life. Apples represent immortality in the culture of many ancient societies, particularly ancient Greek mythology. In this vein, the Pandora Gem, with its red hue, can be seen as a sort of apple.
* His codename could also be a reference to Snake Wine, which might suggest a link between the Black Organization and the unnamed Organization that appears in Magic Kaito.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Snake]]

Snake

2018-07-13T17:16:28Z

Ichikawa: /* Appellations */

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| name = Snake
| japanese-name = スネイク (Suneiku)
| english-name =
| image = Snake_Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| aliases = Jackal
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 19 Anime: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
| appearances = {{:Snake Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kouji Ishii]] (OVA 4) [[wikipedia:Hochu Otsuka|Hochu Otsuka]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Wikipedia: Jurota Kosugi|Jurota Kosugi]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Snake|スネイク|Suneiku}}''' is a main antagonist from the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' series. He is a codenamed agent in [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's unnamed organization]] and the murderer of the first [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

== Background ==
Snake revealed himself to be the one who killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] eight years before the events of Magic Kaito. It seems that Toichi's death may have been mistaken for an accident, since Kaito was shocked to learn from [[Konosuke Jii]] that his father was murdered.

Jii had told Kaito that he dressed as the Kid in an attempt to lure out Toichi's murderer, suggesting that he perhaps knows something of Snake or the organization he works with.

Snake is searching for the [[Pandora Gem]], which is said to grant immortality. He also intends to kill the Kaitou Kid once and for all, to stop him from getting in the way of his plans.

== Personality and Skills ==
Snake is a good shot, but not very subtle. He prefers to hold people up at gunpoint, often while backed by a posse of underlings. Snake often shoots people for convenience rather than necessity, and does not bother silencing his weapon. His aggression is such that he is more than willing to chase Kaitou Kid around in a building with police in order to get at the thief and any gem he might have.

Snake also seems to possess above-average stamina and durability, as he has sustained many serious injuries in his battles against Kaitou Kid (once colliding with a tunnel while atop a high-speed train) without any lasting damage.

== Appearance ==
Snake wears a dark overcoat and fedora, similar to [[Gin]]'s and [[Vodka]]'s. He is easily identifiable by his large [[Wikipedia: horseshoe moustache|horseshoe mustache]].

== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Rose||''Papa''}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{Appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa||Uncle (''Oji-san'') That man (''Ano Otoko'') Jackal (''ジャッカル Jakkaru'')}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|Kid Kaitou Kid Immortal Kaitou Kid (''不滅の怪盗キッド Fumetsu no Kaito Kiddo'')|}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
Snake first appears in Volume 3 of Magic Kaito, "Blue Birthday," where he calls the Kid "Toichi" and shoots Kaito; only the latter's bulletproof vest saves his life. In the subsequent case, "Green Dream," Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

He next appears in Volume 4, pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father [[Toichi Kuroba | Toichi]] was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and nonfatally shot many in the magaician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

=== Detective Conan ===
[[File:Snake wanted.PNG|thumb|right|Snake's wanted picture.]]
Snake has had no canonical appearances in Detective Conan. On a related note, the Kaitou Kid's true motives for staging heists (to find the men in black who killed his father, and to destroy the [[Pandora Gem|eternal-life-serum]] they were after) have never been alluded to.

In OVA 4, "Conan, Kid and the Crystal Mother," 'Jackal,' as he is called, appears on a train to Osaka that the Queen of England is riding in, as well as [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Ran Mouri]], and [[Conan Edogawa]]. Kid has issued a notice declaring he will steal a jewel known as the Crystal Mother from the queen, which is why Inspector Nakamori was put in charge of her escort. Kaito is there because he had asked Aoko if he could come (the reason being, of course, that he plans to steal the jewel as the [[Kaitou Kid]]). Conan and Ran are present because, according to Ran, Kazuha invited her to Osaka. Jackal's intention is to steal the Crystal Mother and kill Kid, as he has "deterred us too many times." He appears to be working with an assassin named Rose who plans to kill Queen Selizabeth.

While Conan and the young prince are discussing the possible location of the jewel, Conan catches Jackal listening in on their conversation. Jackal appears to be going for his gun inside his overcoat, but when he sees a 'kid' he hurriedly makes an excuse and walks away. Conan first wonders if Jackal was Kid in disguise, then quickly decides against it. However, he thinks "I've definitely seen that face before..." He later recognizes Jackal from Professor Agasa's computer as an internationally-known jewel thief. After taking out the assassin Rose he attempted to chase after Kid and Jackal, but Ran stopped him. Conan allowed her to drag him away, thinking "that guy should be able to take care of himself, right?"

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Snake MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Snake's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
* The codename "Snake" may be a reference to the Snake in the Garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian tradition. The snake is the reason people are no longer immortal. He convinced Adam and Eve to eat the Apple of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the apple of the Tree of Life. Apples represent immortality in the culture of many ancient societies, particularly ancient Greek mythology. In this vein, the Pandora Gem, with its red hue, can be seen as a sort of apple.
* His codename could also be a reference to Snake Wine, which might suggest a link between the Black Organization and the unnamed Organization that appears in Magic Kaito.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Snake]]

Snake

2018-07-13T17:16:11Z

Ichikawa: /* Appellations */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Snake
| japanese-name = スネイク (Suneiku)
| english-name =
| image = Snake_Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| aliases = Jackal
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 19 Anime: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
| appearances = {{:Snake Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kouji Ishii]] (OVA 4) [[wikipedia:Hochu Otsuka|Hochu Otsuka]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Wikipedia: Jurota Kosugi|Jurota Kosugi]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Snake|スネイク|Suneiku}}''' is a main antagonist from the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' series. He is a codenamed agent in [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's unnamed organization]] and the murderer of the first [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

== Background ==
Snake revealed himself to be the one who killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] eight years before the events of Magic Kaito. It seems that Toichi's death may have been mistaken for an accident, since Kaito was shocked to learn from [[Konosuke Jii]] that his father was murdered.

Jii had told Kaito that he dressed as the Kid in an attempt to lure out Toichi's murderer, suggesting that he perhaps knows something of Snake or the organization he works with.

Snake is searching for the [[Pandora Gem]], which is said to grant immortality. He also intends to kill the Kaitou Kid once and for all, to stop him from getting in the way of his plans.

== Personality and Skills ==
Snake is a good shot, but not very subtle. He prefers to hold people up at gunpoint, often while backed by a posse of underlings. Snake often shoots people for convenience rather than necessity, and does not bother silencing his weapon. His aggression is such that he is more than willing to chase Kaitou Kid around in a building with police in order to get at the thief and any gem he might have.

Snake also seems to possess above-average stamina and durability, as he has sustained many serious injuries in his battles against Kaitou Kid (once colliding with a tunnel while atop a high-speed train) without any lasting damage.

== Appearance ==
Snake wears a dark overcoat and fedora, similar to [[Gin]]'s and [[Vodka]]'s. He is easily identifiable by his large [[Wikipedia: horseshoe moustache|horseshoe mustache]].

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Rose||''Papa''}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{Appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa||Unle (''Oji-san'') That man (''Ano Otoko'') Jackal (''ジャッカル Jakkaru'')}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|Kid Kaitou Kid Immortal Kaitou Kid (''不滅の怪盗キッド Fumetsu no Kaito Kiddo'')|}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
Snake first appears in Volume 3 of Magic Kaito, "Blue Birthday," where he calls the Kid "Toichi" and shoots Kaito; only the latter's bulletproof vest saves his life. In the subsequent case, "Green Dream," Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

He next appears in Volume 4, pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father [[Toichi Kuroba | Toichi]] was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and nonfatally shot many in the magaician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

=== Detective Conan ===
[[File:Snake wanted.PNG|thumb|right|Snake's wanted picture.]]
Snake has had no canonical appearances in Detective Conan. On a related note, the Kaitou Kid's true motives for staging heists (to find the men in black who killed his father, and to destroy the [[Pandora Gem|eternal-life-serum]] they were after) have never been alluded to.

In OVA 4, "Conan, Kid and the Crystal Mother," 'Jackal,' as he is called, appears on a train to Osaka that the Queen of England is riding in, as well as [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Ran Mouri]], and [[Conan Edogawa]]. Kid has issued a notice declaring he will steal a jewel known as the Crystal Mother from the queen, which is why Inspector Nakamori was put in charge of her escort. Kaito is there because he had asked Aoko if he could come (the reason being, of course, that he plans to steal the jewel as the [[Kaitou Kid]]). Conan and Ran are present because, according to Ran, Kazuha invited her to Osaka. Jackal's intention is to steal the Crystal Mother and kill Kid, as he has "deterred us too many times." He appears to be working with an assassin named Rose who plans to kill Queen Selizabeth.

While Conan and the young prince are discussing the possible location of the jewel, Conan catches Jackal listening in on their conversation. Jackal appears to be going for his gun inside his overcoat, but when he sees a 'kid' he hurriedly makes an excuse and walks away. Conan first wonders if Jackal was Kid in disguise, then quickly decides against it. However, he thinks "I've definitely seen that face before..." He later recognizes Jackal from Professor Agasa's computer as an internationally-known jewel thief. After taking out the assassin Rose he attempted to chase after Kid and Jackal, but Ran stopped him. Conan allowed her to drag him away, thinking "that guy should be able to take care of himself, right?"

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Snake MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Snake's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
* The codename "Snake" may be a reference to the Snake in the Garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian tradition. The snake is the reason people are no longer immortal. He convinced Adam and Eve to eat the Apple of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the apple of the Tree of Life. Apples represent immortality in the culture of many ancient societies, particularly ancient Greek mythology. In this vein, the Pandora Gem, with its red hue, can be seen as a sort of apple.
* His codename could also be a reference to Snake Wine, which might suggest a link between the Black Organization and the unnamed Organization that appears in Magic Kaito.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Snake]]

Snake

2018-07-13T17:15:40Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Snake
| japanese-name = スネイク (Suneiku)
| english-name =
| image = Snake_Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| aliases = Jackal
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 19 Anime: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
| appearances = {{:Snake Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kouji Ishii]] (OVA 4) [[wikipedia:Hochu Otsuka|Hochu Otsuka]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Wikipedia: Jurota Kosugi|Jurota Kosugi]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Snake|スネイク|Suneiku}}''' is a main antagonist from the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' series. He is a codenamed agent in [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's unnamed organization]] and the murderer of the first [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

== Background ==
Snake revealed himself to be the one who killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] eight years before the events of Magic Kaito. It seems that Toichi's death may have been mistaken for an accident, since Kaito was shocked to learn from [[Konosuke Jii]] that his father was murdered.

Jii had told Kaito that he dressed as the Kid in an attempt to lure out Toichi's murderer, suggesting that he perhaps knows something of Snake or the organization he works with.

Snake is searching for the [[Pandora Gem]], which is said to grant immortality. He also intends to kill the Kaitou Kid once and for all, to stop him from getting in the way of his plans.

== Personality and Skills ==
Snake is a good shot, but not very subtle. He prefers to hold people up at gunpoint, often while backed by a posse of underlings. Snake often shoots people for convenience rather than necessity, and does not bother silencing his weapon. His aggression is such that he is more than willing to chase Kaitou Kid around in a building with police in order to get at the thief and any gem he might have.

Snake also seems to possess above-average stamina and durability, as he has sustained many serious injuries in his battles against Kaitou Kid (once colliding with a tunnel while atop a high-speed train) without any lasting damage.

== Appearance ==
Snake wears a dark overcoat and fedora, similar to [[Gin]]'s and [[Vodka]]'s. He is easily identifiable by his large [[Wikipedia: horseshoe moustache|horseshoe mustache]].

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Rose||''Papa''}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{Appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa||Unle (''Oji-san'') That man (''Ano Otoko'') Jackal (''ジャッカル Jakkaru'')}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|kid Kaitou Kid Immortal Kaitou Kid (''不滅の怪盗キッド Fumetsu no Kaito Kiddo'')|}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
Snake first appears in Volume 3 of Magic Kaito, "Blue Birthday," where he calls the Kid "Toichi" and shoots Kaito; only the latter's bulletproof vest saves his life. In the subsequent case, "Green Dream," Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

He next appears in Volume 4, pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father [[Toichi Kuroba | Toichi]] was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and nonfatally shot many in the magaician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

=== Detective Conan ===
[[File:Snake wanted.PNG|thumb|right|Snake's wanted picture.]]
Snake has had no canonical appearances in Detective Conan. On a related note, the Kaitou Kid's true motives for staging heists (to find the men in black who killed his father, and to destroy the [[Pandora Gem|eternal-life-serum]] they were after) have never been alluded to.

In OVA 4, "Conan, Kid and the Crystal Mother," 'Jackal,' as he is called, appears on a train to Osaka that the Queen of England is riding in, as well as [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Ran Mouri]], and [[Conan Edogawa]]. Kid has issued a notice declaring he will steal a jewel known as the Crystal Mother from the queen, which is why Inspector Nakamori was put in charge of her escort. Kaito is there because he had asked Aoko if he could come (the reason being, of course, that he plans to steal the jewel as the [[Kaitou Kid]]). Conan and Ran are present because, according to Ran, Kazuha invited her to Osaka. Jackal's intention is to steal the Crystal Mother and kill Kid, as he has "deterred us too many times." He appears to be working with an assassin named Rose who plans to kill Queen Selizabeth.

While Conan and the young prince are discussing the possible location of the jewel, Conan catches Jackal listening in on their conversation. Jackal appears to be going for his gun inside his overcoat, but when he sees a 'kid' he hurriedly makes an excuse and walks away. Conan first wonders if Jackal was Kid in disguise, then quickly decides against it. However, he thinks "I've definitely seen that face before..." He later recognizes Jackal from Professor Agasa's computer as an internationally-known jewel thief. After taking out the assassin Rose he attempted to chase after Kid and Jackal, but Ran stopped him. Conan allowed her to drag him away, thinking "that guy should be able to take care of himself, right?"

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Snake MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Snake's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
* The codename "Snake" may be a reference to the Snake in the Garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian tradition. The snake is the reason people are no longer immortal. He convinced Adam and Eve to eat the Apple of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the apple of the Tree of Life. Apples represent immortality in the culture of many ancient societies, particularly ancient Greek mythology. In this vein, the Pandora Gem, with its red hue, can be seen as a sort of apple.
* His codename could also be a reference to Snake Wine, which might suggest a link between the Black Organization and the unnamed Organization that appears in Magic Kaito.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Snake]]

Snake

2018-07-13T17:15:09Z

Ichikawa: /* Trivia */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Snake
| japanese-name = スネイク (Suneiku)
| english-name =
| image = Snake_Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| aliases = Jackal
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 19 Anime: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
| appearances = {{:Snake Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kouji Ishii]] (OVA 4) [[wikipedia:Hochu Otsuka|Hochu Otsuka]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Wikipedia: Jurota Kosugi|Jurota Kosugi]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Snake|スネイク|Suneiku}}''' is an antagonist from the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' series. He is a codenamed agent in [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's unnamed organization]] and the murderer of the first [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

== Background ==
Snake revealed himself to be the one who killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] eight years before the events of Magic Kaito. It seems that Toichi's death may have been mistaken for an accident, since Kaito was shocked to learn from [[Konosuke Jii]] that his father was murdered.

Jii had told Kaito that he dressed as the Kid in an attempt to lure out Toichi's murderer, suggesting that he perhaps knows something of Snake or the organization he works with.

Snake is searching for the [[Pandora Gem]], which is said to grant immortality. He also intends to kill the Kaitou Kid once and for all, to stop him from getting in the way of his plans.

== Personality and Skills ==
Snake is a good shot, but not very subtle. He prefers to hold people up at gunpoint, often while backed by a posse of underlings. Snake often shoots people for convenience rather than necessity, and does not bother silencing his weapon. His aggression is such that he is more than willing to chase Kaitou Kid around in a building with police in order to get at the thief and any gem he might have.

Snake also seems to possess above-average stamina and durability, as he has sustained many serious injuries in his battles against Kaitou Kid (once colliding with a tunnel while atop a high-speed train) without any lasting damage.

== Appearance ==
Snake wears a dark overcoat and fedora, similar to [[Gin]]'s and [[Vodka]]'s. He is easily identifiable by his large [[Wikipedia: horseshoe moustache|horseshoe mustache]].

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Rose||''Papa''}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{Appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa||Unle (''Oji-san'') That man (''Ano Otoko'') Jackal (''ジャッカル Jakkaru'')}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|kid Kaitou Kid Immortal Kaitou Kid (''不滅の怪盗キッド Fumetsu no Kaito Kiddo'')|}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
Snake first appears in Volume 3 of Magic Kaito, "Blue Birthday," where he calls the Kid "Toichi" and shoots Kaito; only the latter's bulletproof vest saves his life. In the subsequent case, "Green Dream," Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

He next appears in Volume 4, pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father [[Toichi Kuroba | Toichi]] was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and nonfatally shot many in the magaician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

=== Detective Conan ===
[[File:Snake wanted.PNG|thumb|right|Snake's wanted picture.]]
Snake has had no canonical appearances in Detective Conan. On a related note, the Kaitou Kid's true motives for staging heists (to find the men in black who killed his father, and to destroy the [[Pandora Gem|eternal-life-serum]] they were after) have never been alluded to.

In OVA 4, "Conan, Kid and the Crystal Mother," 'Jackal,' as he is called, appears on a train to Osaka that the Queen of England is riding in, as well as [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Ran Mouri]], and [[Conan Edogawa]]. Kid has issued a notice declaring he will steal a jewel known as the Crystal Mother from the queen, which is why Inspector Nakamori was put in charge of her escort. Kaito is there because he had asked Aoko if he could come (the reason being, of course, that he plans to steal the jewel as the [[Kaitou Kid]]). Conan and Ran are present because, according to Ran, Kazuha invited her to Osaka. Jackal's intention is to steal the Crystal Mother and kill Kid, as he has "deterred us too many times." He appears to be working with an assassin named Rose who plans to kill Queen Selizabeth.

While Conan and the young prince are discussing the possible location of the jewel, Conan catches Jackal listening in on their conversation. Jackal appears to be going for his gun inside his overcoat, but when he sees a 'kid' he hurriedly makes an excuse and walks away. Conan first wonders if Jackal was Kid in disguise, then quickly decides against it. However, he thinks "I've definitely seen that face before..." He later recognizes Jackal from Professor Agasa's computer as an internationally-known jewel thief. After taking out the assassin Rose he attempted to chase after Kid and Jackal, but Ran stopped him. Conan allowed her to drag him away, thinking "that guy should be able to take care of himself, right?"

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Snake MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Snake's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
* The codename "Snake" may be a reference to the Snake in the Garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian tradition. The snake is the reason people are no longer immortal. He convinced Adam and Eve to eat the Apple of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the apple of the Tree of Life. Apples represent immortality in the culture of many ancient societies, particularly ancient Greek mythology. In this vein, the Pandora Gem, with its red hue, can be seen as a sort of apple.
* His codename could also be a reference to Snake Wine, which might suggest a link between the Black Organization and the unnamed Organization that appears in Magic Kaito.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
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Snake

2018-07-13T17:14:41Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Snake
| japanese-name = スネイク (Suneiku)
| english-name =
| image = Snake_Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| aliases = Jackal
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 19 Anime: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
| appearances = {{:Snake Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kouji Ishii]] (OVA 4) [[wikipedia:Hochu Otsuka|Hochu Otsuka]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Wikipedia: Jurota Kosugi|Jurota Kosugi]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Snake|スネイク|Suneiku}}''' is an antagonist from the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' series. He is a codenamed agent in [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's unnamed organization]] and the murderer of the first [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

== Background ==
Snake revealed himself to be the one who killed [[Toichi Kuroba]] eight years before the events of Magic Kaito. It seems that Toichi's death may have been mistaken for an accident, since Kaito was shocked to learn from [[Konosuke Jii]] that his father was murdered.

Jii had told Kaito that he dressed as the Kid in an attempt to lure out Toichi's murderer, suggesting that he perhaps knows something of Snake or the organization he works with.

Snake is searching for the [[Pandora Gem]], which is said to grant immortality. He also intends to kill the Kaitou Kid once and for all, to stop him from getting in the way of his plans.

== Personality and Skills ==
Snake is a good shot, but not very subtle. He prefers to hold people up at gunpoint, often while backed by a posse of underlings. Snake often shoots people for convenience rather than necessity, and does not bother silencing his weapon. His aggression is such that he is more than willing to chase Kaitou Kid around in a building with police in order to get at the thief and any gem he might have.

Snake also seems to possess above-average stamina and durability, as he has sustained many serious injuries in his battles against Kaitou Kid (once colliding with a tunnel while atop a high-speed train) without any lasting damage.

== Appearance ==
Snake wears a dark overcoat and fedora, similar to [[Gin]]'s and [[Vodka]]'s. He is easily identifiable by his large [[Wikipedia: horseshoe moustache|horseshoe mustache]].

== Appellations ==
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{{Appellations|Rose||''Papa''}}
|}
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{{Appellations/head|Snake}}
{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa||Unle (''Oji-san'') That man (''Ano Otoko'') Jackal (''ジャッカル Jakkaru'')}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|kid Kaitou Kid Immortal Kaitou Kid (''不滅の怪盗キッド Fumetsu no Kaito Kiddo'')|}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Magic Kaito ===
Snake first appears in Volume 3 of Magic Kaito, "Blue Birthday," where he calls the Kid "Toichi" and shoots Kaito; only the latter's bulletproof vest saves his life. In the subsequent case, "Green Dream," Kid notes that suspicious men in gray coats are now present at all Kaitou Kid heists.

He next appears in Volume 4, pursuing the blue ruby known as the "Red Tear," owned by a family of British magicians known as the Hoppers. Kaito suspects that Snake believes the gem has a good chance of being the Pandora Gem. However, since Kaito's father [[Toichi Kuroba | Toichi]] was trained by James Hopper, grandfather of the current magician Jody Hopper, Kaito knew that the gem was actually a sort of photo album which, when illuminated, projected images of the Hopper family onto the walls.

When Snake arrived to steal the Red Tear, he had one of his men dress as the Kaitou Kid while he himself went backstage and nonfatally shot many in the magaician troupe in an attempt to get Jody to turn the gem over to him. He was about to shoot Jody but Kaito saved her life, then led Snake on a chase which ended in the latter falling out a window. Snake landed safely on an adjacent roof and presumably fled.

=== Detective Conan ===
[[File:Snake wanted.PNG|thumb|right|Snake's wanted picture.]]
Snake has had no canonical appearances in Detective Conan. On a related note, the Kaitou Kid's true motives for staging heists (to find the men in black who killed his father, and to destroy the [[Pandora Gem|eternal-life-serum]] they were after) have never been alluded to.

In OVA 4, "Conan, Kid and the Crystal Mother," 'Jackal,' as he is called, appears on a train to Osaka that the Queen of England is riding in, as well as [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Ran Mouri]], and [[Conan Edogawa]]. Kid has issued a notice declaring he will steal a jewel known as the Crystal Mother from the queen, which is why Inspector Nakamori was put in charge of her escort. Kaito is there because he had asked Aoko if he could come (the reason being, of course, that he plans to steal the jewel as the [[Kaitou Kid]]). Conan and Ran are present because, according to Ran, Kazuha invited her to Osaka. Jackal's intention is to steal the Crystal Mother and kill Kid, as he has "deterred us too many times." He appears to be working with an assassin named Rose who plans to kill Queen Selizabeth.

While Conan and the young prince are discussing the possible location of the jewel, Conan catches Jackal listening in on their conversation. Jackal appears to be going for his gun inside his overcoat, but when he sees a 'kid' he hurriedly makes an excuse and walks away. Conan first wonders if Jackal was Kid in disguise, then quickly decides against it. However, he thinks "I've definitely seen that face before..." He later recognizes Jackal from Professor Agasa's computer as an internationally-known jewel thief. After taking out the assassin Rose he attempted to chase after Kid and Jackal, but Ran stopped him. Conan allowed her to drag him away, thinking "that guy should be able to take care of himself, right?"

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Snake MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Snake's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
* The codename "Snake" may be a reference to the Snake in the Garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian tradition. The snake is the reason people are no longer immortal; he convinced Adam and Eve to eat the Apple of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the apple of the Tree of Life. Apples represent immortality in the culture of many ancient societies, particularly ancient Greek mythology. In this vein, the Pandora Gem, with its red hue, can be seen as a sort of apple.
* His codename could also be a reference to Snake Wine, which might suggest a link between the Black Organization and the unnamed Organization that appears in Magic Kaito.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
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{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

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[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

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Rose

2018-07-13T16:58:21Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Rose
| japanese-name = ローズ (Rōzu)
| english-name = Rose
| image = Rose Profile.jpg
| age = unknown
| gender = Female
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Anime: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|OVA 4]]
| appearances = {{:Rose Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Mariko Suzuki]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Oki|大木|Ōki}}'''<ref>Her real surname appears in her hostess plate.</ref>, alias '''{{nihongo|Rose|ローズ|Rōzu}}''', is a non-canon [[Magic Kaito Organization]] member that appears only in OVA 4, [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother]].

== Background ==
Rose is an assassin who works under [[Snake]].

== Appearance ==
In Rose's initial appearance, she has dark red, almost brown hair that just barely reach her shoulders. She wears a red coat over a gray v-neck. Her pants and shoes are also dark gray. Her socks are purple or pink and her nails are painted a shade of maroon. Her lipstick is also red.

In her second appearance, she disguises herself as an employee on The Royal Express. She keeps on her purple or pink socks, which gives her away to [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]].

== Appellations ==
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{{Appellations|Snake|''Papa''|}}
|}
</tab>
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{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa||Sister (''Onee-san'')}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|Kid|}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Abilities ==
She has confidence in her sharpshooting skills, but she has never been shown in the act of actually firing a gun. She has attempted to assume a disguise, but that ended in failure.

== Plot overview ==
=== The Crystal Mother (OVA: [[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother|4]]) ===
[[File:Rose disguise.jpg|thumb|right|Rose in disguise.]]

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[List of minor Magic Kaito characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
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[[de:Rose]]

Magic Kaito Boss

2018-07-13T16:57:49Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Magic Kaito Boss
| japanese-name =
| english-name =
| image = Magic Kaito Boss Profile.jpg
| age = unknown
| gender = unknown
| date-of-birth = unknown
| relatives = unknown
| nicknames = Ano okata/That person<ref>Magic Kaito, chapter ''Blue Birthday'', page 19.</ref>
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Special 5 (shadow)
| appearances = 2 (shadow)
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = None as of yet
| english-voice =
| drama-actor =
| footnotes =
}}
The '''Magic Kaito Boss''' is a character of unknown gender who is as mysterious as the [[The Boss|boss]] of the [[Black Organization]]. This character is the boss of the [[Magic Kaito Organization]]. In the anime, we can see during a videochat with Snake and Spider that the boss wears gloves even when using his own PC. Also, the boss only contacts his subordinates via chat in the anime special. He is not seen or heard by other members.

== Background ==
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|left|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
Almost nothing is known about this mysterious character. However, it must be stated that in the anime special the boss contacts the other members via chat and that he gives orders not in Japanese, but in English.
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== Personality ==

== Appellations ==
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{| class="chartable cells-centered" style="margin: 0px;"
! style="width:60px;"|Picture !! style="width:125px;"|Name !! style="width:200px;"|What they call the Boss !! style="width:200px;"|What the Boss calls them
|-
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]] || Ano Kata Boss ||
|-
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] || Ano okata ||
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]] || - || Spider
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{| class="chartable cells-centered" style="margin: 0px;"
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|-
| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || {{nihongo|Mastermind|黒幕|Kuromaku}}<ref>Magic Kaito, chapter ''Blue Birthday''.</ref> || Kid
|}
</tabs>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Anokata (Kaito Kid)]]

Magic Kaito Sub-boss

2018-07-13T16:57:26Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Magic Kaito Sub-boss
| japanese-name =
| english-name =
| image = Magic Kaito Sub-boss Profile.jpg
| age = unknown
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| nicknames =
| aliases =
| first-appearance = MK Special: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|Episode 5]] [[Magic Kaito 1412|MK 1412]]: [[Blue Birthday|Episode 2]]
| appearances = {{:Magic Kaito Sub-boss Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Shōzō Iizuka]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Kinryū Arimoto]] (Magic Kaito 1412)
| english-voice =
| drama-actor =
| footnotes =
}}
This man, who has not yet been named, commands [[Snake]] and a group of underlings. He is a subordinate of the [[Magic Kaito Boss|boss]] of the [[Magic Kaito Organization]].

== Background ==
[[File:bb109.png|thumb|left|Snake's boss reveals the story of Pandora.]]
He is, so far, the closest man to the Magic Kaito Organization Boss. His first appearance is at the mansion hideout where Snake returned with the gem Blue Birthday. He reveals to Snake (and Kaito Kid who had been listening in) that the goal of the Organization is to find the jewel in which Pandora is hidden. Pandora is a legendary jewel which, if exposed to moonlight on the night a certain comet passes over, would drop a tear which grants immortality to whomever drinks it.
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== Personality ==
He commands his underlings to kill Kaito Kid, but has no weapon himself.

== Appellations ==
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{| class="chartable cells-centered" style="margin: 0px;"
! style="width:60px;"|Picture !! style="width:125px;"|Name !! style="width:200px;"|What they call the Boss !! style="width:200px;"|What the Boss calls them
|-
| [[File:MK flunkies.PNG]] || [[Low level agents]] || Boss ||
|}
</tabs>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|The Sub-boss' Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Organisationsmitglied (Kaito Kid)]]

Magic Kaito Boss

2018-07-13T16:56:35Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Magic Kaito Boss
| japanese-name =
| english-name =
| image = Magic Kaito Boss Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Unknown
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Unknown
| nicknames = Ano okata/That person<ref>Magic Kaito, chapter ''Blue Birthday'', page 19.</ref>
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Special 5 (shadow)
| appearances = 2 (shadow)
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = None as of yet
| english-voice =
| drama-actor =
| footnotes =
}}
The '''Magic Kaito Boss''' is a character of unknown gender who is as mysterious as the [[The Boss|boss]] of the [[Black Organization]]. This character is the boss of the [[Magic Kaito Organization]]. In the anime, we can see during a videochat with Snake and Spider that the boss wears gloves even when using his own PC. Also, the boss only contacts his subordinates via chat in the anime special. He is not seen or heard by other members.

== Background ==
[[File:Magic Kaito Boss Chair.png|thumb|left|The highest ranking member of the Magic Kaito Organization after finishing a conversation with the sub-boss via video chat.]]
Almost nothing is known about this mysterious character. However, it must be stated that in the anime special the boss contacts the other members via chat and that he gives orders not in Japanese, but in English.
{{clearleft}}

== Personality ==

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Organization">
{| class="chartable cells-centered" style="margin: 0px;"
! style="width:60px;"|Picture !! style="width:125px;"|Name !! style="width:200px;"|What they call the Boss !! style="width:200px;"|What the Boss calls them
|-
| [[File:Snake 60px.jpg]] || [[Snake]] || Ano Kata Boss ||
|-
| [[File:Magic Kaito Sub-boss 60px.jpg]] || [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss]] || Ano okata ||
|-
| [[File:Spider 60px.jpg]] || [[Spider]] || - || Spider
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|-
| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || {{nihongo|Mastermind|黒幕|Kuromaku}}<ref>Magic Kaito, chapter ''Blue Birthday''.</ref> || Kid
|}
</tabs>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Anokata (Kaito Kid)]]

Spider

2018-07-13T16:55:39Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Spider
| japanese-name = スパイダー (Supaidā)
| english-name =
| image = Spider Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Male
| aliases = Gunter Von Goldberg II
| first-appearance = Magic Kaito TV Special 7
| appearances = {{:Spider Appearances}}
| japanese-voice = [[Daisuke Namikawa]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Spider|スパイダー|Supaidā}}''' is an anime only character from the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' series. He is a codenamed agent specializing in assassination in [[Magic Kaito Organization|Magic Kaito's unnamed organization]] and works under [[Magic Kaito sub-boss|the same person]] [[Snake]] works under.

== Background ==
The aliases "Gunter Von Goldberg II" suggests a German descent, though nothing is yet confirmed. That said, he peppers his speech with English ("Ladies and Gentlemen") and appears to have a rivalry with [[Saguru Hakuba|Hakuba]] who has been living and doing detective works in Britain.

== Appearance ==
[[File:Spider on stage.jpg|thumb|left|His stage appearance.]]
He is an averagely built young, foreign man with long blond hair. While onstage, Spider's skin is white and pale. His true skin color, however, is a brownish-tan with what appears to be a spider tattoo on his left eye.

== Abilities ==
Spider is considered by a magazine as "The Best Illusionist in the World". During one of his shows, he was able to create an illusion of a beautiful field and children from the audience being raised into the sky and turned into cherubs. In battles, however, Spider uses this ability in a much more offensive way. He usually creates an unreal horrifying scenery and makes the victims feel like they are in helpless situation.<ref>[[The Splendid Rivals]]</ref><ref name=witch>[[The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief]]</ref> His psychological attacks work effectively even on magical beings like [[Akako]].<ref name=witch /> Spider also seems to be able to apply some sort of hypnotization on the victims who have suffered from his illusions, making them subconsciously perform a certain action.<ref name=witch />

As an assassin, his preferred weapons are needles which can be thrown. He is also athletic.

Spider has excellent disguise skills; he was even able to fool Kaito Kuroba by mimicking an old woman and her voice. It is unclear how much this ability was due to his illusions and gadgets versus pure acting, makeup, and voice talent.

== Plot overview ==
=== [[The Fated Blue Birthday]] ===
When [[Snake]] and his boss fail to kill [[Kaitou Kid]], "[[Magic Kaito Boss|that person]]" reprimands Snake's boss through a video chat and orders him to contact Spider.

=== [[The Splendid Rivals]] ===
Spider comes to Japan and attempts to kill Kaitou Kid at a heist. He uses his illusion generating machinery to create a nightmarish realm which Kaitou Kid cannot escape. Hakuba manages to snap Kaitou Kid out of his trance before Spider could finish Kid off. Spider then turns his attention to Hakuba. The distraction gives Kaitou Kid the chance to destroy Spider's illusion generating machinery and force him to flee.

=== [[The Secret of the Red Tear]] ===
Hakuba looks at a magazine saying that Spider has returned to Europe for show tour and said that he should not be bothering Kaitou Kid during this time.

=== [[The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief]] ===
Spider comes back to Japan attempting on Kaitou Kid again. After Akako disguised as Kid steals the gem and flies away, he decides to manipulate Akako with his illusions and hypnotize her to kill Kid. He engaged a short battle with Kid and Hakuba came out saying that Spider's real identity is the famous illusionist, Gunter von Goldberg II with unknown nationality, unknown age and his name is not his real name and Hakuba is determined to unravel Spider's true identity. Spider then dropped a smoke bomb and escaped telling Kid that they will meet again.

=== [[Crystal Mother's Tears]] ===
Spider and Snake board the Royal Express to steal the Crystal Mother from the Queen of Ingram and kill Kaitou Kid. Spider knocks out Phillip's nanny, Alice, and disguises himself as her. Snake orders Spider to not get in his way and to let him take care of everything. Spider disguised as Alice lures Phillip, who wanted to retrieve the Crystal Mother, to the top of the train where Kid had hidden and then threatens Phillip to force Kid to hand over the jewel. When Snake climbs atop the train, he tells Spider to leave and let him take care of the rest. Spider does as Snake tells him and vanishes.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Saguru Hakuba ===
Spider and [[Saguru Hakuba]] have some sort of rivalry. Spider sees Hakuba as a nuisance and attempts to murder him offhand. Hakuba is disturbed by Spider and his use of illusions to break the mind of his opponents. Hakuba knows the assassin's identity is the stage performer Gunter Von Goldberg II.

== Trivia ==
* The animators redesigned Spider's look between the silhouette shown after the Blue Birthday heist and his current appearance. In the official DVD release, the silhouette was directly replaced with Spider's later design.
* During his shows, there was a big spider which hints out that he is Spider, the assassin.
* Despite not having a color in his name, his pseudonym, "Goldburg", contains "Gold"

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200px perrow=5>
File:Spider Magazine Cover.jpg|Spider's silhouette in episode 5 (TV version) has a completely different hairstyle.
File:Triclops Spider.PNG ‎|Assassin costume.
File:He must go to the same tattoo parlor as Chianti.PNG|Eye tattoo.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Magic Kaito Organization]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito Organization}}
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Spider]]

Yumi Miyamoto

2018-07-13T16:49:07Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Yumi Miyamoto
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|宮本由美}} (Miyamoto Yumi)
| english-name =
| image = Yumi Miyamoto Profile.jpg
| age = ~28<ref>Interview with Gosho Jan 2015. Q10: {{lang|ja|佐藤警部補と宮元警部補、白鳥警部の年齢を教えてください。}}
A: {{lang|ja|たぶんみんな}}28? {{lang|ja|オレのイメージ。由美と美和子は絶対同い年。}} 
Q10: Please tell us the age of Satō, Miyamoto and Shiratori. 
A: They’re probably all 28? That’s my image. Yumi and Miwako are absolutely the same age.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department patrol officer
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 21#Treadmill Murder Case|File 208]] Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|Episode 146]]
| appearances = {{:Yumi Miyamoto Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 47]]
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Yuu Sugimoto]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Yumi Miyamoto|宮本由美|Miyamoto Yumi}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Yumi is a traffic cop who mostly focuses on traffic accidents and hit-and-runs. She often runs into the [[Detective Boys]] and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] when they are in the middle of solving a case, and has helped them numerous times in solving cases and catching criminals.

Yumi's best friend is [[Miwako Sato]], whom she often teased about her feelings for [[Wataru Takagi]]. She often went to the both of them and gave them both advice on how to tell each other how they felt, which was sometimes successful; but other times, the plans failed due to Takagi and Sato's shyness around each other. With Takagi and Sato finally having confessed their feelings to each other, and with their greatest competitor, [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]], having found [[Sumiko Kobayashi|his match]] as well, she was left at a loss at whom to tease.

While in college, she met [[Shukichi Haneda]] and they began dating. But one night, in the aftermath of a romantic dinner, he gave her an envelope, telling her to open it only after he had "collected all seven" without further explanation. Since he did not contact her afterwards, she thought he had dumped her, and she decided to break up the relationship (even though, all of her claims to the contrary, she kept the envelope). However, their relationship was rekindled when Shukichi - with asisstance from the [[Detective Boys]] - rescued her from a kidnapper.<ref>[[Volume 85#Shogi Tournament|Manga Volume 85, Files 899-902: "Shogi Tournament"]]</ref> Some time afterwards, she would dumbfoundedly learn that Shukichi was actually a famous [[Culture#Shogi|shogi]] player, and the "seven" he wanted to collect were the seven grand titles of a shogi master.

== Personality ==
Yumi is a rather mischievous person and a compulsive match-maker who tries every trick in the trade to bring Sato and Takagi together, even going so far as dropping hints to others about their dates in order to prompt jealousy.

Yumi is considered an attractive member of the police force, but is still single. This allows her to take advantage of the men in the district, having them buy gifts for her to try and impress her. She likes to be the center of attention; it is for this reason that she dumped her then-boyfriend, [[Shukichi Haneda]], when he became obsessed to win of all seven [[Culture#Shogi|shogi]] grandmaster titles in order to prove himself worthy of her, but without telling her of either his profession or his actual goal.<ref>Volume 49, File 506, page 11: "The Secret Path to School"</ref> She is also jealous of Sato and others for having relationships while she remains single, and did everything she could to keep [[Kazunobu Chiba|Chiba]] and [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]] from spending too much time alone when she noticed how well they were getting along.

Yumi owns two dogs named Suta and Hachi, and is allergic to cats.<ref>Volume 49, File 507, page 5: "The Secret Path to School 2"</ref>

== Plot overview ==

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations/head|Yumi}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Yumi-tan<ref name="file899">[[Volume 85#Shogi Tournament|File 899 (Volume 85)]]</ref> Yumi-san<ref name="file899" /> Precious person (''taisetsu na hito'')<ref name="file945">[[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 945 (Volume 89)]]</ref>|Chukichi<ref name="file899" /> Bald-Headed Rat (''Hage-Nezumi'')<ref name="file947">[[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 947 (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Yumi<ref name="file900">[[Volume 85#Shogi Tournament|File 900 (Volume 85)]]</ref>|Miwako<ref name="file900"/>}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Yumi-san|Ran-chan}}
{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Yumi-chan<ref name="file929">[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 929 (Volume 88)]]</ref>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Yumi}}
{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Yumi-san<ref name="file900" /> Assistant Inspector Yumi Miyamoto (''Miyamoto Yumi-keibu-ho'')|Naeko Freshman-chan (''Shinjin-chan'')}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Yumi-chan|Sakurako}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Yumi-san|Takagi-kun Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|-|Shiratori-kun}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Yumi-san|Chiba-kun Chiba}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Yumi-kun|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Officer Numata|file=Numata.jpg|-|Numata-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Yumi}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Yumi-san<ref name="file900"/>|Conan-kun Brats (collective)<ref name="file945">[[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 945 (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Yumi-san<ref name="file900"/>|Brats (''collective'')<ref name="file945"/>}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Yumi-san<ref name="file900"/>|Brats (''collective'')<ref name="file945"/>}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Girl with a mini patrol car (''mini-pato no nēchan'')<ref name="file945"/>|Brats (''collective'')<ref name="file945"/>}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Yumi-san<ref name="file901">[[Volume 85#Shogi Tournament|File 901 (Volume 85)]]</ref>|Brats (''collective'')<ref name="file945"/>}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Yumi-san<ref name="file901"/>}}
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|-|Kobayashi-sensei}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Yumi}}
{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda Kohji}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Detective-san (''Tantei-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
She is close friendly with lot of their relatives, most of them including Conan refer her as Yumi-san (normally in Japan, the courtesy want to use the name to refer a simply friend or fellow worker)

==== Shukichi Haneda ====
{{main|Shukichi Haneda and Yumi Miyamoto}}
[[File:exboyfriendi7654.jpg|Yumi with her ex-boyfriend.|right|thumb]]
[[Shukichi Haneda]] is Yumi's ex-boyfriend from her college years. She claimed that she dumped him for his personality, which she perceived as childish and immature (though it's more likely Yumi's fault that she perceived his natural enthusiasm that way). They met for the first time on a train where he overslept, resting his head on her shoulder, and Yumi waited for him even though she had to miss her stop.<ref name="titles">[[Volume 85|Volume 85, File 900, page 6: "Check"]]</ref> But years later, they met again after Naeko's friend, Sakurako, called Naeko that someone was dead in an apartment building in which Shukichi happened to reside.

==== Miwako Sato ====
Yumi and [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] are best friends. They go hang out at karaoke.
They have been friends for at least 10 years.

==== Wataru Takagi ====
[[File:yumitakagi.jpg|Yumi and Takagi.|right|thumb]]
Yumi and [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] are also friends and Yumi sometimes give advices to Takagi about how to handle Miwako (even though she always teases him).

==== Naeko Miike ====
[[File:yuminaekof04f3fdbb6fd5266b38c0b81aa18972bd5073607.jpg|Naeko and Yumi.|right|thumb]]
Yumi is [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]]'s senior at work, and even though she cares for her subordinate, she does everything she could to keep Miike away from Chiba, because if those two dates, Yumi will be the only single one among her friends.

== Name origin ==

== Quotes ==

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|由美 Yumi|宮本 Miyamoto}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|يومي Yōmi|مياموتو Miyamōto}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Yumi|Miyamoto}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Yumi|Miyamoto}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Yumi|Miyamoto}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Yumi|Miyamoto}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Yumi|Miyamoto}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|유미 Yoo Mee|김 Kim}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ยูมิ|มิยาโมโต้}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Yumi|Miyamoto}}
{{EndTable}}

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yumi Before.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Yumi's "Before" Appearance (episode 240).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yumi Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Yumi's "Middle" Appearance (episode 428).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yumi After.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Yumi's "After" Appearance (episode 660).]]
|}

== Trivia ==

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyamoto Yumi}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Yumi Miyamoto]]

Ran Mouri

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ran Mouri
| japanese-name = 毛利蘭 (Mōri Ran)
| english-name = Rachel Moore
| image = Ran Mouri Profile.jpg
| age = Manga: 16<ref name="Goshodayinterview">{{cite web|url=http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__20__p__245256#entry245256|date=2012-01-05|accessdate=2012-01-05|publisher=|title=Translating Interviews - Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day}}</ref> Anime: 17<ref>Episode 678: Ran claims she is 17 when talking to the film crew</ref>
| gender = Female
| height = {{Bracket|160 cm|5'3"}}<ref name="CD44">Conan Drill Page 44</ref>
| weight = {{Bracket|52 kg|115 lbs}}<ref name="CD44"/>
| date-of-birth = June 13 ?<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/6k4jc0/ran_mouris_birthday_revealed_theory/ Ran Mouri's birthday revealed? (Theory)]</ref>
| relatives = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (father) [[Eri Kisaki]] (mother) Mr. Kisaki (maternal grandfather)
| occupation = Teitan High School student
| nicknames = Ran-neechan ([[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ran-kun ([[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]], [[Juzo Megure|Megure]]) Ran-chan ([[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]]) Angel ([[Vermouth]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Ran Mouri Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 3 (on her own)
| keyhole = [[Volume 2]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wakana Yamazaki]]
| english-voice = [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
| drama-actor = [[Tomoka Kurokawa]] (1st) [[Shiori Kutsuna]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ran Mouri|毛利蘭|Mōri Ran}}''', also known as '''Rachel Moore''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a main protagonist in the manga and anime series, ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is the childhood friend and the romantic interest of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and the daughter of [[Kogoro Mouri]].

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

Ran first met Shinichi back in Sakura class. Ran began liking Shinichi when she noticed he was wearing a paper name badge like her, so she wouldn't be bullied for being the only one without a proper badge. Unknown to her, her home room teacher was secretly planning to kidnap her, which Shinichi - with his father's help - foiled. Ran seemed unaware of the plot.

When Ran and Shinichi were six, they snuck into Teitan elementary school at night to uncover the truth behind a hat-wearing monster rumor. They met the elder [[Kaitou Kid]] in the school library who played a nasty prank on them before handing over a code inside a leather wallet. With the help of Agasa, Shinichi and Ran partially solved the case and Shinichi started to informally call Ran by her first name. That same year Ran met [[Fusae Campbell]] who was waiting to see if Agasa would appear at their promised meeting place. Fusae gives Ran her umbrella and asks Ran to buy one of her designer purses when she gets older.

Before a year before the series' start, Ran and Shinichi visited Shinichi's parents in New York which they took advantage of, since Kogorō was on a community trip. She was there when Shinichi solved his first case and gained recognition as a detective. They met [[Yukiko Kudo]], his mother, and her actress friend, [[Sharon Vineyard]] (the public face of [[Vermouth]], a member of the [[Black Organization]]). Later that evening, she encountered [[Shuichi Akai]] who warned her there was a serial killer on the prowl in the area. Ran later encountered [[Vermouth]] in disguise as the serial killer. Vermouth would have fallen to her death, but Ran caught her arm and Shinichi helped her pull Vermouth to safety. Due to this, Vermouth gave Ran and Shinichi the nicknames "Angel" and "Cool Guy", respectively.<ref>[[Volume 34#File 350 - Golden Apple 1|Volumes 34-35, Files 350-354: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref> Vermouth later showed hesitance to kill Ran and later [[Conan Edogawa]] (Shinichi's childhood form) as well,<ref name="e345" /> but whether or not it was because of any emotional attachment is unclear. It was during this trip that Ran realized her true feelings for Shinichi, finally realizing that she is in love with him.

Before the tropical land meetup, Shinichi and Ran visited Beika Aquarium together where Shinchi solved a case. After the case Shinichi accidentally making her drop her new cellphone on a sewer, he promises to replace it and take her to Tropical Land if she wins the Karate Championship as an apology, she also half-jokingly demands her new cellphone to be strapped with a sea cucumber strap, which Shinichi actually got for her.

After Shinichi's disappearance while on a trip to [[Tropical Land]] Amusement Park with her, Ran met Conan, who was introduced by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] as a "distant relative". At Agasa's request, Ran agreed to look after him, and immediately came to think of him as a surrogate little brother.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> Ran has come to suspect Conan's identity multiple times, but Conan always manages (helped by his friends like [[Ai Haibara]] and even [[Kaito Kid]]) to find a sufficient alibi to satisfy her concerns.
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== Personality ==
[[File:773-1.png|thumb|Ran is mad at Shinichi for losing her phone.]]
[[File:773-2.png|thumb|"Why would you make me say that?!"]]

Ran's greatest personality trait is that she genuinely cares for those she loves. She is also patient, kind, and nurturing. She has a very overwhelming personality, quickly able to intimidate people when angered. Like Shinichi, she highly values justice to the point of idealism. To avoid making Shinichi choose between her and his important case (which is actually useless because Shinichi has turned into Conan and can't return as of now), she has decided to wait for him to finish it, trusting his promise that he will come back, despite their separation causing Ran a lot of emotional pain. Ran is also very hot-blooded and tends to act on impulses when the people she cares about are involved; the combination of jumping to conclusions and not hesitating to use karate on those who she perceives to have wronged someone have led to several "near-miss" misunderstandings. She is also not above using martial arts as a subtle threat to keep people, including her father, in line. In earlier stories, she would become violently suspicious if she thought Shinichi was philandering, although more recently his confessions (in the [[Holmes' Revelation]] Arc) have led her to trust his intentions.

Ran can be very brave and resourceful when she wants to be, and has rescued Conan from trouble on many occasions. She has remained bold, steady, confident and calm in many situations that would usually cause others to remain frozen in fear, such as being threatened by a gun <ref name="e345">[[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]]</ref> or surrounded by flames<ref>[[Movie 5]]</ref>. However, she has an irrational fear of the supernatural and is thus — unlike her friend Sonoko — absolutely no fan of anything related to the horror genre.<ref name="e274">[[Truth About the Haunted House|Episode 274-275: Truth About the Haunted House]]</ref> She also constantly tries to reunite her father and mother again, though with little success, thanks to the mutual stubbornness of both parents. Ran is typically unaware of her own attractiveness, and usually remains oblivious when men try to flirt with her, often to Sonoko's exasperation, who believes her wait for Shinichi to be hopeless. If made aware, Ran doesn't respond in kind due to her feelings for Shinichi. Even though Ran is in love with Shinichi, she has repeatedly failed to convey her feelings because she suddenly becomes self-conscious.

Ran is very self-sufficient for her age, since her father Kogoro is often drunk, slovenly, and fiscally irresponsible. She handles many of the Mouri household's financial affairs and all the cooking and housework. She also ensures Kogoro doesn't slack off on his job, is on his best behaviour for client meetings, and she often greets and provides refreshments for potential clients. She also appreciates fine art. Ran is noted by both Shinichi and [[Shuichi Akai]] as one who "cries a lot".<ref> Manga file: "Ran's Tears"</ref>

Ran also seemed to have a sense of noticing when something seems wrong or strange, although she doesn't always figure out on her own what it is. Like in a [[Volume 29#Girl Clubbing Case|case]] where a ganguro woman was killed, Ran could feel that there something that didn't fit in with the victim's look (the killer had switched platform boots with regular shoes). And during the Macademy awards Ran noticed that Shinichi's father who was on TV (who was Yukiko in disguise) behaved 'cute'.

It has happened that Ran, like her father, can become serious about a case, if it involves something personal to her. During the Night Baron murder, where she realized that the most likely suspect was a karate champion, she admired, she decides, after considered what Shinichi would have done in her situation, to try find proof of the champion's innocent. Another time she helped an old classmate, accused of theft, proving her innocent.

Ran also likes to rush wherever she goes, believing both her name and nature to be like the word "Run" from English. She even said to Shinichi, "My name is Ran! I was born to run!"

== Appearance ==
Ran is a light-skinned girl of average height. She is slender in frame, yet sports an athletic and curvaceous build. She has big bluish-purple eyes and dark brown hair. Her hair is straight and hip-length, tucked behind her ears with short wavy bangs over her forehead. What was originally a wave in her bangs has evolved into a stylized triangular point as the manga has progressed. Ran is also very beautiful, as described by many characters throughout the series. Many men have become infatuated with her in the series, as noted by Sonoko (much to Sonoko's annoyance). [[Eisuke Hondou]] had openly confessed before Conan that he was in love with Ran (though the statement's truth is somewhat doubted). Ran was once even offered a [[An Elevator Murder Case|modeling job]].

== Abilities ==
[[File:691-16.png|thumb|Ran beats up a gangster.]]
=== Martial arts ===
Ran's most notable ability is her great prowess in martial arts; she is a black-belt in karate as well as team captain and ace of her high school team with enough skill to win regional tournaments in her age group.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Volume 1, File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"]]</ref> Her skills are also shown comparable to [[Makoto Kyogoku]], a world-class martial artist (and Sonoko's boyfriend), able to effectively attack in perfect sync with him.<ref>[[Volume 33#File 334 - Bloody Valentine 4|Volume 33, File 334: - "Bloody Valentine 4"]]</ref> She is also well-trained in Judo by her father, showing similar proficiency in his signature one-armed shoulder throw. Her deceptive strength and skill have been seen repeatedly, both from her ability to effortlessly smash stone and other very sturdy objects and with noticeable dexterity and agility also take out various and multiple assailants, most with just a single hit. From watching Shinichi play soccer over the years, Ran has also developed similar flexibility and accuracy in her kicks.<ref>[[Movie 16]]</ref> Despite her prowess, she may not always be able to fight if scared too much.<ref name="m2"/> Ran was also unable to fight due to suffering from amnesia in [[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]].

=== Physical prowess ===
Despite her slender frame, Ran has considerable raw strength, as seen from prying open a powerless elevator door, and holding up a much-larger Vermouth when she almost fell to her death in the 'Shinichi Kudo's NY Adventure' arc. She is also shown to be remarkably fast, able to quickly react to and knock away falling pipes and likewise dodge a bullet up-close while on guard. Her strikes have also shown similar speed, able to swat down a bee with a single kick. Conan states that Ran has an unusual amount of stamina.<ref name="m9">[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>

=== Intelligence ===
Ran is quite intelligent. She was able to solve a few cases on her own, and has been shown to be a better detective than several characters such as Sonoko on a number of occasions. Shinichi/Conan has even acknowledged that Ran is a skillful detective<ref name="e196">[[The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation|Episode 196: The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation]]</ref>. Ran also has a very good memory and attention to detail, having used both to contribute to investigations more than once. If Shinichi/Conan had not gone through extreme lengths to fool her, she would have been the first to deduce that Conan and Shinichi are the same person.

=== Other skills ===
Ran is also very skilled in running a household, including sewing and cooking. She is musically talented, noted to be a very good singer and she can also play the piano well. She also speaks adequate English. She also has astonishing luck and good instincts when it comes to gambling, lotteries, and any game of chance; she has never been known to lose.<ref>[[Volume 8]]</ref><ref name="e75">[[Loan Company President's Murder Case|Episode 75: Loan Company President's Murder Case]]</ref> Likewise, Ran has shown very alert senses in darkness, able to notice an attacker with a weapon and strike to protect herself.<ref>File 041 - The First Victim!</ref> She was also shown to be very fast when needed, such as dodging a bullet in [[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13: The Raven Chaser]].

== Appellations ==
In the ''Detective Conan'' Franchise, most characters simply call Ran by her name, but characters have another way of calling her. This table shows what Ran call other characters and what they call her.
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}|
{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Ran Ran-nēchan (forgetting he is not in Conan form)<ref>Japanese Version of "[[The Desperate Revival]]" as the [[Viz Media]] translation of the story ([[Volume 26]]: File 258) lacked honorifics.</ref>|Shinichi Shinichi-kun (childhood) Deduction Freak (''Suiri Otaku'') Mystery Geek Deduction Nut Detective Maniac}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Ran-nēchan Ran (in thoughts)|Conan-kun Edogawa Conan<ref>[[Hijacked Department Store Case]]</ref> My Boyfriend (once)<ref>[[The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case|Episode: 149 The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Ran Ran-chan (drunk)|Dad (''Otōsan'') Mouri Kogoro<ref>{{appear ep|640|The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches|part=1}}</ref>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Ran-onēsan|Ayumi-chan}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Ran-nēchan|Genta-kun}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Ran-san|Mitsuhiko-kun}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency Ran-san (once)|Ai-chan}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Ran|Mom or mother (''Okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Ran-chan|Shinichi's mom (''Shinichi no okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Ran-chan Mouri Ran Ran-kun<ref name="14f8">[[Volume 14]], File 8</ref>|Shinichi's dad (''Shinichi no otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Ran-kun|Professor (''Hakase'') Professor Agasa (''Agasa-hakase'')}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Ran Ran-chan (childhood)|Sonoko Sonoko-chan (childhood)}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Nēchan Ran-san Ran-chan|Hattori-kun}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Ran-chan|Kazuha-chan}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|Ran-san Mouri-san<ref>[[Clash of Red and Black|Episode 491]]</ref>|Eisuke-kun}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Ran-chan Ran-kun Ran|Sera-san Sera Masumi-chan<ref>File 778</ref> Sera-chan}}
{{appellations|Kazumi Tsukamoto|Mouri<ref>''Conan Shinbun 2''</ref>|Kazumi-senpai}}
{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|-|Azusa-san}}
{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-|Kyogoku-san}}
{{appellations|Nakamichi|Mouri|Nakamichi-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Ran-kun|Inspector (''Keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Mouri-san|Jodie-sensei}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Long-haired girl (once)<ref>Chapter 638</ref> Ran-san|Okiya-san Subaru-san Okiya Subaru-san}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Ran-san<ref>[[Detectives' Nocturne|Episode 674]]</ref>|Amuro-san}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|''Omae''|FBI person (''FBI no hito'') Your brother (''oniisan''; talking to [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]])}}
{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|Ran-san|Inspector}}
{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Ran-san|Inspector}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Ran-san|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Ran-chan|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Ran-san|Inspector Shiratori (''Shiratori-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Ran-san|Detective Yamamura (''Yamamura-keiji'' ) Inspector Yamamura (''Yamamura-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Yui Uehara|Ran-chan<ref name="file913">[[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 913 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Yui-san<ref name="file910">[[Volume 86#Kamaitachi Murder Case|File 910 (Volume 86)]]</ref> Detective Yui (''Yui-keiji'')<ref name="file913"/>}}
{{appellations|Kansuke Yamato|-|Inspector Yamato Kansuke (''Yamato Kansuke-keibu'')<ref name="file910" /> Inspector Yamato (''Yamato-keibu'')<ref name="file917">[[Volume 87#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 917 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Taka'aki Morofushi|-|Inspector Morofushi<ref name="file917"/>}}
{{appellations|Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno|-|Inspector Shikatsuno (''Shikatsuno-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Ran-chan|Yumi-san}}
{{appellations|Naeko Miike|-|Naeko-san}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Ran-san|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ginshiro Toyama|-|Kazuha-chan's father (''Kazuha-chan no otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|-|Ayanokoji-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Vermouth|Ran-chan Angel|Sharon<ref>[[Volume 35|Volume 35, File 353, Page 6]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Eisuke-kun's sister (''Eisuke-kun no onēsan'') Mizunashi Rena}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|Ran-san|Yoko-san Yoko-chan}}
{{appellations|Naoki Uemura|-|Naoki}}
{{appellations|Minerva Glass|Japanese girl|Minerva-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|Ran|Kaitou Kid}}
{{appellations|Tomoaki Araide|Ran-san|Araide-sensei}}
{{appellations|Apollo Glass|Nēchan|Apollo-kun}}
{{appellations|Koshi Anno|file=Koshi Anno.jpg|Anno-san Aina chan|Mouri daughter}}
{{appellations|Mary|-|That girl (''ano ko'')}}
{{appellations|Soshi Okita|Ran-chan|Okita-kun}}
{{appellations|Saguru Hakuba|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Momiji Ooka|Ran-san|Momiji-san}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Doubts about Conan's identity ===
In time, Ran comes to suspect that Conan is actually Shinichi, despite what her common sense would say, but he always manages to trick her and prove her wrong. There are, however, occasions where she appears to be sure that Shinichi and Conan are one and the same.

==== Monthly Presents Case (Manga: [[Volume 3|026-029]], Anime: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case|7]]) ====
[[File:007-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 7]]
The first time Ran suspects Conan is episode 7. After seeing how Conan, like Shinichi, can deduce someone's occupation by just touching the person's hand, Ran becomes very suspicious and keeps an eye on Conan during the whole case. However, Professor Agasa calls Ran with the voice changing bowtie at the end, freeing Conan of suspicion for a while.

==== Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: [[Volume 14|131-134]], Anime: [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|96]]) ====
[[File:096-1.png|thumb|left|Episode 96]]
[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Another time]], when Ran finds Conan asleep on the sofa, she takes off his glasses and notices the striking resemblance he has to Shinichi as a child. She later confronts Conan about this resemblance, his similar powers of deduction, and even his shared lack of any musical knowledge. However, Shinichi's mother unexpectedly shows up and covers for Conan by explaining that Conan resembles Shinichi because they are distant relatives and that Conan possesses Shinichi's deductive ability because he admires Shinichi and learns from him. Despite apologizing to Conan for doubting him, Ran does not lose her suspicions, but keeps them to herself for awhile, as noted by [[Yukiko]], telling Conan that Ran's last smile wasn't convincing her, immediately realising that the girl wasn't satisfied with her last answer and that she is keeping her suspicions for herself until she finds real proof.<ref>[[Volume 26|Volume 26, File 254: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

==== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume 26|256-257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|191]])====
[[File:191-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 191]]
[[The Desperate Revival|When Conan is critically injured]] and requires a blood donation, Ran donates her blood without hesitation, knowing she and Shinichi share the same rare blood type. Since this act proves Ran's suspicions are correct, with the help of [[Ai Haibara]], Conan manages to fool Ran by allowing Shinichi to appear before her while Conan (Ai Haibara in disguise) is present.

==== Suspicious Cellphone Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|483]], Anime: [[Ran's Suspicions|400]]) ====
[[File:Ran suspecting Conan.jpg|left|thumb|Episode 400]]
In [[Ran's Suspicions]], Conan once forgets his cell phone on the couch and Ran, in the room at the time, remembers to send an email to Shinichi to let him know that she's going with her father on a case and that his presence would be most welcome as Kogoro could use the help. Right after sending the message, Conan's phone starts vibrating. Ran, quite perplexed by the perfect timing, checks his phone only to discover a new email (she hasn't seen the content yet). At that moment, Conan enters the room, and seeing his phone in Ran's hands, rushes towards it while shouting and grabs it back asking: "''Did you look?''". He quickly understands that Ran's email may have risen doubts about his identity.<ref name="e398">[[The Weird Family's Commission|Episode 398-399: The Weird Family's Commission]]</ref>

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

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

==== Kazuha's Charm Case (Manga: [[Volume 66|694-695]], Anime: [[The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm|574]]) ====
[[File:574-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 574]]
During "[[The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm]]" case we can see that Ran's suspicions are arising again. This is thanks to [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]], who openly revealed the fingerprint matching during the "Murderer, Shinichi Kudo" case. [[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]] gave a likely (but not to Conan or Heiji) explanation on how Shinichi's fingerprints got onto the handcuff's piece of chain. However, for some reason Ran talked directly to Conan, which he pointed out that she is talking to the wrong person. Unconsciously she thinks she is talking to Shinichi.

==== Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|813-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|691]]) ====
[[File:691-13.png|left|thumb|Episode 691]]
In [[Volume 77|manga chapter 814]] / [[Yusaku Kudo%27s Cold Case|Anime episode 690-691]], Conan and the girls solve a case similar to one [[Yusaku Kudo]] abandoned 10 years ago. While explaining the solution, Conan talks so convincingly that Ran feels a strong impression that Shinichi is the one speaking. It unnerves her to the point where she stops Conan, but he states that he's only reading Shinichi's e-mail.

==== Eri Kisaki Abduction Case (Manga: [[Volume 93|984-986]] , Anime: TBA) ====
When Eri was kidnapped, Ran became suspicious of Conan's identity after witnessing Conan's deductions and skills that lead them to the place where her mother was kidnapped. Ran told Conan that he must be Shinichi, but Conan manages to deceive her by recording himself speaking with Shinichi's voice giving advices to her mother so she wouldn't be involved in the same case, which made Ran lose suspicions, much to Conan's relief.

== Non-Canon Plot overview ==
==== Movie 3: [[The Last Wizard of the Century]] ====
[[File:Movie3.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In movie 3 when Natsumi and Seiran are revealing the date of their birthdays, which are May 3rd and May 5th, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] reveals his birthday is on May 4th. Ran is shocked as Conan's birthday is the same date as Shinichi's birthday. Ran begins to doubt Conan's identity and begins to suspect he and Shinichi are the same person, but she soon brushes off her beliefs, knowing it's a ridiculous possibility. However, despite her earlier remark, Ran continues to be suspicious of Conan throughout the movie as she keeps a close eye on him and listens closely whenever he is making a deduction, even telling her father to be quiet at one point. Later, when the Scorpion is about to shoot Ran, Conan hurriedly pushes Ran to avoid the bullet. In that moment, Ran imagines Conan to be Shinichi, thus increasing her suspicions of them being the same person. Later, when Ran and everyone escape and witness the burning castle, everyone becomes worried about Conan. Ran refers to Conan as "Shinichi" as she witnesses the castle burning, confirming that Ran officially believes that Shinichi and Conan are the same person.

Later at the Mouri Detective Agency, Ran and Conan talk, where Ran thanks him for saving her, but reveals he acted very much like [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]. Ran begins to cry and asks Conan if she isn't crazy for thinking he and Shinichi are one and the same. Upon witnessing Ran crying as she reveals her suspicions, Conan realizes that he has to tell her the truth, but when he is about to reveal himself, Kid appears as Shinichi, making Ran believe once again that Shinichi and Conan are not the same.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Shinichi Kudo ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|Shinichi and Ran.]]
[[Shinichi Kudo]] and Ran Mouri have been friends ever since childhood.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|Episode 472-473: Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]]</ref> As teenagers, their closeness has developed into romantic feelings for each other. Ran recalls that she realized she is in love with Shinichi during their trip to New York together.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286-288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref> However, when Shinichi vanishes and Conan appears, her regard for Shinichi is mostly subsumed by her worry for his well-being. Conan tries to call her using his bowtie to impersonate his usual voice in order to allay her fears, but his long absence with no explanation other than a "tough case to solve" leaves her worried and hurt that even the times he does briefly appear, he vanishes before anything meaningful can be said. Shinichi also loves Ran and hates to see her hurt either emotionally or physically. Even as Conan he is very protective of her. For a long time, Shinichi has said nothing of his feelings so that his absence won't hurt Ran worse than it already does; he also wishes to tell Ran the truth about his identity but chooses her safety above their happiness. Currently, she appears to have consciously accepted that Shinichi is ''not'' Conan, although she seems to know his identity subconsciously.
[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|Shinichi reveals his feelings for Ran.]]
Ran and Shinichi have shared many romantic moments, such as when Shinichi bought Ran a pair of red gloves for Christmas,<ref name=Karaoke>[[Karaoke Box Murder Case|Episode 42: Karaoke Box Murder Case]]</ref> or when he pretended that as Shinichi, while she was asleep he ate the Valentine's Day chocolate that she had made for him.<ref>[[The Truth Behind Valentine's|Episode 266-268: The Truth Behind Valentine's]]</ref> In London, Ran's distress at Shinichi's seeming coldness to her care for him led Shinichi to confess his feelings for her—an act that left Ran so stunned that she didn't say anything about her own feelings in return. Sonoko speculates that Ran's omission will make Shinichi move on, but Conan is well aware of Ran's feelings already. Shinichi and Ran also appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making them almost impossibly aware of when the other is in extreme danger, and often able to sense the other's worried thoughts.<ref>[[Volume 36#File 372 - The Most in This World...|Volume 36, File 372: "The Most in This World..."]] and [[Volume 37#File 373 - Bye Bye|Volume 37, File 373: "Bye-Bye"]]</ref>

However in the latest file 1008 it was confirmed that Shinichi and Ran are now dating. During the end of the crimson school trip shinichi asked ran about how she felt about the confession in London. Which she replied with a kiss to the cheek. Shinichi was about to kiss her back but he began to transform back into Conan. This caused him to leave early. Ran and shinichi have been emailing each other since then. Ran even asking if they were boyfriend and girlfriend now. With shinichi replying back of course we are.

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

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

==== Heiji Hattori ====
[[Heiji]] acts brotherly toward Ran, at several occasions, he often called her "sister" (neechan in Japanese). Ran respects Heiji as a very skilled detective who reminds her of Shinichi, but whenever Heiji and Kazuha run into an argument, Ran seems to take Kazuha's side. Despite this, they have become very good friends.

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
[[Image:Ran and Sonoko.jpg|thumb|right|Ran and Sonoko.]]
[[File:691-6.png|thumb|left|Sonoko likes to tease Ran]]
[[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] and Ran have been best friends ever since they were children.<ref name=Magic>[[Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata|Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata]]</ref> Sonoko was often there to help Ran whenever she was bullied by other school children, more so than even [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]].<ref name=Magic/> Sonoko and Ran are often shown walking together after school. Sonoko often invites Ran to join her on trips or events hosted by the Suzuki family (most commonly her [[Jirokichi Suzuki|uncle]]'s showdowns with [[Kaitou Kid]]). They also go out shopping or to karaoke together.<ref name=Karaoke/>

She also seem to notice Ran's emotional attention to other. When Ran believed that Conan was Shinichi, Sonoko noticed that Ran was behaving lovely-dovey toward Conan.

Sonoko once said to a murderer what she thought about friendship: "So what if friendship is unreliable and fragile! That way when you communicate with your heart, you can feel the warmth inside. If it were as hard as some chattering iron plate, you wouldn’t feel the warmth, y’know?"<ref name=Loli>[[The Alibi of the Black Dress|Episode 576: "The Alibi of the Black Dress"]]</ref>

Meanwhile, even though Ran knows that Sonoko has a lot of money, she always makes sure that money never gets involved in their friendship, not going to ski vacations with Sonoko because she doesn't have the money, when she knows that Sonoko would pay for her to go.<ref name=Friendship>[[Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money|Episode 329-330: Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money]]</ref> This, along with other things, has helped strengthen the bond between both Ran and Sonoko.

Before meeting [[Makoto Kyogoku|her boyfriend]], Sonoko was sometimes envious that Ran always got more attention from boys,<ref>[[Volume 22#File 219 - Go On.2C Sonoko.21|Volume 22, File 219, Page 4.]]</ref> but this didn't affect the deep friendship between them.

==== Masumi Sera ====
Masumi and Ran are high school classmates who met each other in the past. During the "Which Sweets Show" murder case, when Ran sees Masumi running away from her from behind, she hears the sound of rippling waves and feels a spell is casted on her. After the murder case at the pool in Hotel Hyde Pride was solved, Sonoko says Masumi is a magician, but Masumi denies that. Because the conversation about magicians sparked a memory in Ran's mind, Ran asked her if they met before; unfortunately, Sonoko interrupts them and so the question was never answered.

=== Detective Boys ===
==== Ai Haibara ====
[[Image:Ran saves Ai aspect ratio fixed.jpg|thumb|right|Ran saved Ai Haibara as she was about to be shot by [[Vermouth]] and [[Calvados]].]]
There are instances where [[Haibara]] will caution Conan from actions that involve Ran, though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that she wants to keep her identity hidden. At one point, she was very cold and distant towards Ran, just like she was to most other people. Ran believed that it was because that Haibara had hated her.<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> However, later that day, after hearing Ran speak about the nature of justice to a criminal, Haibara finally properly introduced herself to Ran and they slowly became friends.

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

=== Black Organization ===
[[Image:Ran saves Vermouth.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Ran saved Vermouth (who was disguising as a serial killer) back in New York.]]
==== Vermouth ====
Ran was a fan of the actress [[Sharon Vineyard]] and is currently unaware about Sharon's double-life as Chris Vineyard and Vermouth. Vermouth has a great deal of respect for Ran and protects her from the Organization's activities because Ran unknowingly saved a disguised Vermouth from falling to her death during the Golden Apple case (even though she was about to kill Ran).<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286-288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref> Vermouth's codename for Ran is "Angel".

=== Others ===
==== Eisuke Hondou ====
In [[The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box]], [[Eisuke Hondou|Eisuke]] expresses romantic interest in Ran. He admits to Conan that he loves Ran and claims that he wants take Ran to America to live happily ever after there, and to ask for Shinichi's permission. Conan, without hesitating, refuses his permission, which confirms his true identity to Eisuke.

==== Tomoaki Araide ====
[[Tomoaki Araide]] and Ran Mouri became friends while Araide was acting as a temporary basketball coach in place of a teacher who broke his leg. During "The Unseen Angle of the Darkness" Conan wrongly came to the conclusion that Ran was attracted to Araide. In truth she wanted to borrow his sweater in order to knit a similarly patterned one for Shinichi. Some anime-original features play with the idea that Araide is interested in Ran, most notably in the OVA story [[The Stranger from Ten Years Later]] where he proposed to her, but this was only a dream of Conan's and can be ignored.

==== Subaru Okiya ====
[[File:691-4.png|thumb|Ran apologizing to Subaru.]]
Ran lied to [[Subaru Okuya|Subaru]] about Shinichi's fact because she felt that something terrible will happen to Shinichi if she did. She made Subaru confused about Shinichi and "Kinichi" but later in [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case]], Ran apologizes to Subaru for lying and told him the truth. In this episode, Subaru finds out that Conan is Shinichi.

==== Mary Sera ====
Before Ran walks home after the murder case at the pool in Hotel Hyde Pride is solved, she turns around and sees Masumi talking to Mary. Ran thinks she has seen that child before.
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== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Ran placed 5th in the poll with 347 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Ran placed 5th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* 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. Ran placed 6th overall with 612 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>

== Fan theories ==
*''Ran's 17th birthday will play a major role during the main plot of Detective Conan.''

In an interview given on January 3, 2012, Gosho Aoyama revealed that there is an "obstacle" preventing him from revealing Ran's birth date, "but since the birthday hasn't passed Ran is 16 right now".<ref name="Goshodayinterview" />

* ''Its possible that Ran actually knows Conan is Shinichi, and is simply hiding it.''

The reasoning behind this is that Ran should know that the Fingerprint evidence is Ironclad, meaning Conan HAS to be Shinichi, and in the Cold Case episode, where Conan should have phrased it as "Shinichi's father" instead of Dad, as anyone reading an email from someone else that was sent to them out loud to someone else would normally do. Another piece of evidence is when Ran talked to Conan about giving him her blood while helping Eisuke out to find his birth records. She brings it up, yet does not question how she knew Conan's blood type, or why Conan never questioned it himself. Additionally, back on the Cold Case file, she stops him while reading the email, and while she does not tell him out loud, the images we see imply she recognizes him as Shinichi, because instead of showing the adult Shinichi, we see child Shinichi. She likely then did this to stop him from revealing this in front of Sonoko and Sera, having him quickly make up an excuse in front of both of them so they don't get clued in. When you piece these three moments together, it is reasonable to conclude she not only knows, but is protecting, Conan/Shinichi's identity consciously, though its highly doubtful she knows why.

She can probably conclude though her father cannot be trusted with the truth.

== Name origin ==
Ran's Japanese name derives from the Japanese rendering of [[Maurice Leblanc|Maurice Leblanc]] (from ''Mouri''su Rubu''ran'', according to Aoyama). Ran (蘭) itself means "orchid," which is also one of the flower tiles in [[Wikipedia:Mahjong|Mahjong]]<ref name=Magic />.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 1.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1996 ep32.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 32.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1997 ep57.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 57.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1998 ep100.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 100.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1999 ep136.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in opening 5.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2000 ep194.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in opening 7.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2001 ep217.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 217.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2002 ep263.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 263.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2003 ep323.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 323.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2004.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2004.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran suspecting Conan.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 398.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2006.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2006.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2007.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2007.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2009.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2009.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2010.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2010.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 625.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2012.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 646.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran Mouri_Profile.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in opening 36.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran 2014.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 740.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran Mouri MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 10).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Courage is a word of justice. It means the quality of mind that enables one to face apprehension with confidence and resolution. It is not right to use it as an excuse to kill someone.|[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 247]], talking to Noboru Shimojo<ref>[[Volume 31#File 313 - A Courageous Decision|Volume 31, File 313: "A Courageous Decision"]]</ref>}}
{{cquote|There are things one cannot do no matter the circumstances.}}
{{cquote|I don't mind waiting for people. Because the longer you wait, when you do meet... You'll be more happy.}}
{{cquote|If you have faith and wait, he'll definitely come back. A lover will never betray you.|[[Sweetheart is an Illusion of Spring|Episode 357]], talking to Kenji Suenaga}}
{{cquote|People can really change. When they're far away from each other, their hearts will change. It's so cruel that the only thing I can do is wait.}}

== Trivia ==
[[File:Ran's cellphone strap.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Ran's cellphone strap.]]
* Her second phone (the pink one) was presented by Shinichi after he accidentally made Ran lose her phone during the [[Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case]].
* Gosho Aoyama, the creator of the ''Detective Conan'' series, stated that Ran is one of his favorite female characters.<ref>Monthly B.L.T. magazine interview for the 16th Movie Eleventh Striker (approx April 29, 2012) 
Ｑ. 兰など素敌な女の子たちが登场しているが、『名探侦コナン』という作品の中で特に好きな女の子は谁か？ 
Q. Charming girls like Ran appear (in your work). In the work called Detective Conan, which female character do you especially like? 
⇒やっぱヒロインの兰かな。好きなのは兰、そして特别な女の子が灰原かな。こなん通信社の中で灰原の一言もオレが考えているんだけど、ほぼ灰原はオレの代弁者になっているね。あと兰は勇往迈进というか（新一のことを）待っていてくれるのは嬉しいというか…あと强いしね。ちなみに女の子が强いシーンを描くのって嬉しい。今、世良ちゃんも出ているけど、描くのが楽しい…目の下にクマがあるけど(笑)。 
A. I guess it would have to be the heroine, Ran. I like Ran, and the special girl would be Haibara. I think about Haibara's comments in the Conan News Agency, too; she's become my spokeswoman, hasn't she? Ran is full of courage, and she waits for Shinichi, which makes (Gosho?) happy . . . she's strong, too. By the way, I feel happy drawing scenes where girls are strong. Right now, Sera-chan is appearing, too, and it's fun to draw (her) . . . although, she has bags under her eyes (laughs).</ref>
* She keeps a blissful sea cucumber key-ring on her phone, which she demanded from Shinichi as a penalty for causing her to lose her previous phone. Ran didn't actually expect him to buy it, but he did. This made Ran wonder if Shinichi was already in love with her at that time.
* Ran is one of the few characters who use old-fashioned cellphones, instead of trendy smartphones.
* There is a pun relating to the name "Ran" in the 'Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case', where Ran told Shinichi that she liked to run because of her name (Ran=past tense of 'run').
* Ran (蘭) literally means “orchid”.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ران Rān|موري Mōri}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|兰 Lán|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Rachel|Moore}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ran|Mouri}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|미란 Miran|유 Yoo}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ран|Мори}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Claudia|Guzmán}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|รัน Rạn|โมริ Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|蘭 Lán|毛利 Máolì}}
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== Gallery ==
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File:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|Ran and Shinichi before grade school.
File:Ran_in_10_years.png|Ran in 10 years of the future, as shown in OVA 9.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri]]

== References ==
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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ran Mouri
| japanese-name = 毛利蘭 (Mōri Ran)
| english-name = Rachel Moore
| image = Ran Mouri Profile.jpg
| age = Manga: 16<ref name="Goshodayinterview">{{cite web|url=http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__20__p__245256#entry245256|date=2012-01-05|accessdate=2012-01-05|publisher=|title=Translating Interviews - Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day}}</ref> Anime: 17<ref>Episode 678: Ran claims she is 17 when talking to the film crew</ref>
| gender = Female
| height = {{Bracket|160 cm|5'3"}}<ref name="CD44">Conan Drill Page 44</ref>
| weight = {{Bracket|52 kg|115 lbs}}<ref name="CD44"/>
| date-of-birth = June 13 ?<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/6k4jc0/ran_mouris_birthday_revealed_theory/ Ran Mouri's birthday revealed? (Theory)]</ref>
| relatives = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (father) [[Eri Kisaki]] (mother) Mr. Kisaki (maternal grandfather)
| occupation = Teitan High School student
| nicknames = Ran-neechan ([[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ran-kun ([[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]], [[Juzo Megure|Megure]]) Ran-chan ([[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]]) Angel ([[Vermouth]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Ran Mouri Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 3 (on her own)
| keyhole = [[Volume 2]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wakana Yamazaki]]
| english-voice = [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
| drama-actor = [[Tomoka Kurokawa]] (1st) [[Shiori Kutsuna]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ran Mouri|毛利蘭|Mōri Ran}}''', also known as '''Rachel Moore''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a main protagonist in the manga and anime series, ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is the childhood friend and the romantic interest of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and the daughter of [[Kogoro Mouri]].

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

Ran first met Shinichi back in Sakura class. Ran began liking Shinichi when she noticed he was wearing a paper name badge like her, so she wouldn't be bullied for being the only one without a proper badge. Unknown to her, her home room teacher was secretly planning to kidnap her, which Shinichi - with his father's help - foiled. Ran seemed unaware of the plot.

When Ran and Shinichi were six, they snuck into Teitan elementary school at night to uncover the truth behind a hat-wearing monster rumor. They met the elder [[Kaitou Kid]] in the school library who played a nasty prank on them before handing over a code inside a leather wallet. With the help of Agasa, Shinichi and Ran partially solved the case and Shinichi started to informally call Ran by her first name. That same year Ran met [[Fusae Campbell]] who was waiting to see if Agasa would appear at their promised meeting place. Fusae gives Ran her umbrella and asks Ran to buy one of her designer purses when she gets older.

Before a year before the series' start, Ran and Shinichi visited Shinichi's parents in New York which they took advantage of, since Kogorō was on a community trip. She was there when Shinichi solved his first case and gained recognition as a detective. They met [[Yukiko Kudo]], his mother, and her actress friend, [[Sharon Vineyard]] (the public face of [[Vermouth]], a member of the [[Black Organization]]). Later that evening, she encountered [[Shuichi Akai]] who warned her there was a serial killer on the prowl in the area. Ran later encountered [[Vermouth]] in disguise as the serial killer. Vermouth would have fallen to her death, but Ran caught her arm and Shinichi helped her pull Vermouth to safety. Due to this, Vermouth gave Ran and Shinichi the nicknames "Angel" and "Cool Guy", respectively.<ref>[[Volume 34#File 350 - Golden Apple 1|Volumes 34-35, Files 350-354: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref> Vermouth later showed hesitance to kill Ran and later [[Conan Edogawa]] (Shinichi's childhood form) as well,<ref name="e345" /> but whether or not it was because of any emotional attachment is unclear. It was during this trip that Ran realized her true feelings for Shinichi, finally realizing that she is in love with him.

Before the tropical land meetup, Shinichi and Ran visited Beika Aquarium together where Shinchi solved a case. After the case Shinichi accidentally making her drop her new cellphone on a sewer, he promises to replace it and take her to Tropical Land if she wins the Karate Championship as an apology, she also half-jokingly demands her new cellphone to be strapped with a sea cucumber strap, which Shinichi actually got for her.

After Shinichi's disappearance while on a trip to [[Tropical Land]] Amusement Park with her, Ran met Conan, who was introduced by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] as a "distant relative". At Agasa's request, Ran agreed to look after him, and immediately came to think of him as a surrogate little brother.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> Ran has come to suspect Conan's identity multiple times, but Conan always manages (helped by his friends like [[Ai Haibara]] and even [[Kaito Kid]]) to find a sufficient alibi to satisfy her concerns.
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== Personality ==
[[File:773-1.png|thumb|Ran is mad at Shinichi for losing her phone.]]
[[File:773-2.png|thumb|"Why would you make me say that?!"]]

Ran's greatest personality trait is that she genuinely cares for those she loves. She is also patient, kind, and nurturing. She has a very overwhelming personality, quickly able to intimidate people when angered. Like Shinichi, she highly values justice to the point of idealism. To avoid making Shinichi choose between her and his important case (which is actually useless because Shinichi has turned into Conan and can't return as of now), she has decided to wait for him to finish it, trusting his promise that he will come back, despite their separation causing Ran a lot of emotional pain. Ran is also very hot-blooded and tends to act on impulses when the people she cares about are involved; the combination of jumping to conclusions and not hesitating to use karate on those who she perceives to have wronged someone have led to several "near-miss" misunderstandings. She is also not above using martial arts as a subtle threat to keep people, including her father, in line. In earlier stories, she would become violently suspicious if she thought Shinichi was philandering, although more recently his confessions (in the [[Holmes' Revelation]] Arc) have led her to trust his intentions.

Ran can be very brave and resourceful when she wants to be, and has rescued Conan from trouble on many occasions. She has remained bold, steady, confident and calm in many situations that would usually cause others to remain frozen in fear, such as being threatened by a gun <ref name="e345">[[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]]</ref> or surrounded by flames<ref>[[Movie 5]]</ref>. However, she has an irrational fear of the supernatural and is thus — unlike her friend Sonoko — absolutely no fan of anything related to the horror genre.<ref name="e274">[[Truth About the Haunted House|Episode 274-275: Truth About the Haunted House]]</ref> She also constantly tries to reunite her father and mother again, though with little success, thanks to the mutual stubbornness of both parents. Ran is typically unaware of her own attractiveness, and usually remains oblivious when men try to flirt with her, often to Sonoko's exasperation, who believes her wait for Shinichi to be hopeless. If made aware, Ran doesn't respond in kind due to her feelings for Shinichi. Even though Ran is in love with Shinichi, she has repeatedly failed to convey her feelings because she suddenly becomes self-conscious.

Ran is very self-sufficient for her age, since her father Kogoro is often drunk, slovenly, and fiscally irresponsible. She handles many of the Mouri household's financial affairs and all the cooking and housework. She also ensures Kogoro doesn't slack off on his job, is on his best behaviour for client meetings, and she often greets and provides refreshments for potential clients. She also appreciates fine art. Ran is noted by both Shinichi and [[Shuichi Akai]] as one who "cries a lot".<ref> Manga file: "Ran's Tears"</ref>

Ran also seemed to have a sense of noticing when something seems wrong or strange, although she doesn't always figure out on her own what it is. Like in a [[Volume 29#Girl Clubbing Case|case]] where a ganguro woman was killed, Ran could feel that there something that didn't fit in with the victim's look (the killer had switched platform boots with regular shoes). And during the Macademy awards Ran noticed that Shinichi's father who was on TV (who was Yukiko in disguise) behaved 'cute'.

It has happened that Ran, like her father, can become serious about a case, if it involves something personal to her. During the Night Baron murder, where she realized that the most likely suspect was a karate champion, she admired, she decides, after considered what Shinichi would have done in her situation, to try find proof of the champion's innocent. Another time she helped an old classmate, accused of theft, proving her innocent.

Ran also likes to rush wherever she goes, believing both her name and nature to be like the word "Run" from English. She even said to Shinichi, "My name is Ran! I was born to run!"

== Appearance ==
Ran is a light-skinned girl of average height. She is slender in frame, yet sports an athletic and curvaceous build. She has big bluish-purple eyes and dark brown hair. Her hair is straight and hip-length, tucked behind her ears with short wavy bangs over her forehead. What was originally a wave in her bangs has evolved into a stylized triangular point as the manga has progressed. Ran is also very beautiful, as described by many characters throughout the series. Many men have become infatuated with her in the series, as noted by Sonoko (much to Sonoko's annoyance). [[Eisuke Hondou]] had openly confessed before Conan that he was in love with Ran (though the statement's truth is somewhat doubted). Ran was once even offered a [[An Elevator Murder Case|modeling job]].

== Abilities ==
[[File:691-16.png|thumb|Ran beats up a gangster.]]
=== Martial arts ===
Ran's most notable ability is her great prowess in martial arts; she is a black-belt in karate as well as team captain and ace of her high school team with enough skill to win regional tournaments in her age group.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Volume 1, File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"]]</ref> Her skills are also shown comparable to [[Makoto Kyogoku]], a world-class martial artist (and Sonoko's boyfriend), able to effectively attack in perfect sync with him.<ref>[[Volume 33#File 334 - Bloody Valentine 4|Volume 33, File 334: - "Bloody Valentine 4"]]</ref> She is also well-trained in Judo by her father, showing similar proficiency in his signature one-armed shoulder throw. Her deceptive strength and skill have been seen repeatedly, both from her ability to effortlessly smash stone and other very sturdy objects and with noticeable dexterity and agility also take out various and multiple assailants, most with just a single hit. From watching Shinichi play soccer over the years, Ran has also developed similar flexibility and accuracy in her kicks.<ref>[[Movie 16]]</ref> Despite her prowess, she may not always be able to fight if scared too much.<ref name="m2"/> Ran was also unable to fight due to suffering from amnesia in [[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]].

=== Physical prowess ===
Despite her slender frame, Ran has considerable raw strength, as seen from prying open a powerless elevator door, and holding up a much-larger Vermouth when she almost fell to her death in the 'Shinichi Kudo's NY Adventure' arc. She is also shown to be remarkably fast, able to quickly react to and knock away falling pipes and likewise dodge a bullet up-close while on guard. Her strikes have also shown similar speed, able to swat down a bee with a single kick. Conan states that Ran has an unusual amount of stamina.<ref name="m9">[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>

=== Intelligence ===
Ran is quite intelligent. She was able to solve a few cases on her own, and has been shown to be a better detective than several characters such as Sonoko on a number of occasions. Shinichi/Conan has even acknowledged that Ran is a skillful detective<ref name="e196">[[The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation|Episode 196: The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation]]</ref>. Ran also has a very good memory and attention to detail, having used both to contribute to investigations more than once. If Shinichi/Conan had not gone through extreme lengths to fool her, she would have been the first to deduce that Conan and Shinichi are the same person.

=== Other skills ===
Ran is also very skilled in running a household, including sewing and cooking. She is musically talented, noted to be a very good singer and she can also play the piano well. She also speaks adequate English. She also has astonishing luck and good instincts when it comes to gambling, lotteries, and any game of chance; she has never been known to lose.<ref>[[Volume 8]]</ref><ref name="e75">[[Loan Company President's Murder Case|Episode 75: Loan Company President's Murder Case]]</ref> Likewise, Ran has shown very alert senses in darkness, able to notice an attacker with a weapon and strike to protect herself.<ref>File 041 - The First Victim!</ref> She was also shown to be very fast when needed, such as dodging a bullet in [[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13: The Raven Chaser]].

== Appellations ==
In the ''Detective Conan'' Franchise, most characters simply call Ran by her name, but characters have another way of calling her. This table shows what Ran call other characters and what they call her.
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{{appellations/head|Ran}}|
{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Ran Ran-nēchan (forgetting he is not in Conan form)<ref>Japanese Version of "[[The Desperate Revival]]" as the [[Viz Media]] translation of the story ([[Volume 26]]: File 258) lacked honorifics.</ref>|Shinichi Shinichi-kun (childhood) Deduction Freak (''Suiri Otaku'') Mystery Geek Deduction Nut Detective Maniac}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Ran-nēchan Ran (in thoughts)|Conan-kun Edogawa Conan<ref>[[Hijacked Department Store Case]]</ref> My Boyfriend (once)<ref>[[The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case|Episode: 149 The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Ran Ran-chan (drunk)|Dad (''Otōsan'') Mouri Kogoro<ref>{{appear ep|640|The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches|part=1}}</ref>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Ran-onēsan|Ayumi-chan}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Ran-nēchan|Genta-kun}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Ran-san|Mitsuhiko-kun}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency Ran-san (once)|Ai-chan}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Ran|Mom or mother (''Okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Ran-chan|Shinichi's mom (''Shinichi no okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Ran-chan Mouri Ran Ran-kun<ref name="14f8">[[Volume 14]], File 8</ref>|Shinichi's dad (''Shinichi no otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Ran-kun|Professor (''Hakase'') Professor Agasa (''Agasa-hakase'')}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Ran Ran-chan (childhood)|Sonoko Sonoko-chan (childhood)}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Nēchan Ran-san Ran-chan|Hattori-kun}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Ran-chan|Kazuha-chan}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|Ran-san Mouri-san<ref>[[Clash of Red and Black|Episode 491]]</ref>|Eisuke-kun}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Ran-chan Ran-kun Ran|Sera-san Sera Masumi-chan<ref>File 778</ref> Sera-chan}}
{{appellations|Kazumi Tsukamoto|Mouri<ref>''Conan Shinbun 2''</ref>|Kazumi-senpai}}
{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|-|Azusa-san}}
{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-|Kyogoku-san}}
{{appellations|Nakamichi|Mouri|Nakamichi-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Ran-kun|Inspector (''Keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Mouri-san|Jodie-sensei}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Long-haired girl (once)<ref>Chapter 638</ref> Ran-san|Okiya-san Subaru-san Okiya Subaru-san}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Ran-san<ref>[[Detectives' Nocturne|Episode 674]]</ref>|Amuro-san}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|''Omae''|FBI person (''FBI no hito'') Your brother (''oniisan''; talking to [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]])}}
{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|Ran-san|Inspector}}
{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Ran-san|Inspector}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Ran-san|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Ran-chan|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Ran-san|Inspector Shiratori (''Shiratori-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Ran-san|Detective Yamamura (''Yamamura-keiji'' ) Inspector Yamamura (''Yamamura-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Yui Uehara|Ran-chan<ref name="file913">[[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 913 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Yui-san<ref name="file910">[[Volume 86#Kamaitachi Murder Case|File 910 (Volume 86)]]</ref> Detective Yui (''Yui-keiji'')<ref name="file913"/>}}
{{appellations|Kansuke Yamato|-|Inspector Yamato Kansuke (''Yamato Kansuke-keibu'')<ref name="file910" /> Inspector Yamato (''Yamato-keibu'')<ref name="file917">[[Volume 87#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 917 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Taka'aki Morofushi|-|Inspector Morofushi<ref name="file917"/>}}
{{appellations|Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno|-|Inspector Shikatsuno (''Shikatsuno-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Ran-chan|Yumi-san}}
{{appellations|Naeko Miike|-|Naeko-san}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Ran-san|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ginshiro Toyama|-|Kazuha-chan's father (''Kazuha-chan no otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|-|Ayanokoji-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Vermouth|Ran-chan Angel|Sharon<ref>[[Volume 35|Volume 35, File 353, Page 6]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Eisuke-kun's sister (''Eisuke-kun no onēsan'') Mizunashi Rena}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|Ran-san|Yoko-san Yoko-chan}}
{{appellations|Naoki Uemura|-|Naoki}}
{{appellations|Minerva Glass|Japanese girl|Minerva-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|Ran|Kaitou Kid}}
{{appellations|Tomoaki Araide|Ran-san|Araide-sensei}}
{{appellations|Apollo Glass|Nēchan|Apollo-kun}}
{{appellations|Koshi Anno|file=Koshi Anno.jpg|Anno-san Aina chan|Mouri daughter}}
{{appellations|Mary|-|That girl (''ano ko'')}}
{{appellations|Soshi Okita|Ran-chan|Okita-kun}}
{{appellations|Saguru Hakuba|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Momiji Ooka|Ran-san|Momiji-san}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Doubts about Conan's identity ===
In time, Ran comes to suspect that Conan is actually Shinichi, despite what her common sense would say, but he always manages to trick her and prove her wrong. There are, however, occasions where she appears to be sure that Shinichi and Conan are one and the same.

==== Monthly Presents Case (Manga: [[Volume 3|026-029]], Anime: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case|7]]) ====
[[File:007-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 7]]
The first time Ran suspects Conan is episode 7. After seeing how Conan, like Shinichi, can deduce someone's occupation by just touching the person's hand, Ran becomes very suspicious and keeps an eye on Conan during the whole case. However, Professor Agasa calls Ran with the voice changing bowtie at the end, freeing Conan of suspicion for a while.

==== Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: [[Volume 14|131-134]], Anime: [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|96]]) ====
[[File:096-1.png|thumb|left|Episode 96]]
[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Another time]], when Ran finds Conan asleep on the sofa, she takes off his glasses and notices the striking resemblance he has to Shinichi as a child. She later confronts Conan about this resemblance, his similar powers of deduction, and even his shared lack of any musical knowledge. However, Shinichi's mother unexpectedly shows up and covers for Conan by explaining that Conan resembles Shinichi because they are distant relatives and that Conan possesses Shinichi's deductive ability because he admires Shinichi and learns from him. Despite apologizing to Conan for doubting him, Ran does not lose her suspicions, but keeps them to herself for awhile, as noted by [[Yukiko]], telling Conan that Ran's last smile wasn't convincing her, immediately realising that the girl wasn't satisfied with her last answer and that she is keeping her suspicions for herself until she finds real proof.<ref>[[Volume 26|Volume 26, File 254: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

==== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume 26|256-257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|191]])====
[[File:191-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 191]]
[[The Desperate Revival|When Conan is critically injured]] and requires a blood donation, Ran donates her blood without hesitation, knowing she and Shinichi share the same rare blood type. Since this act proves Ran's suspicions are correct, with the help of [[Ai Haibara]], Conan manages to fool Ran by allowing Shinichi to appear before her while Conan (Ai Haibara in disguise) is present.

==== Suspicious Cellphone Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|483]], Anime: [[Ran's Suspicions|400]]) ====
[[File:Ran suspecting Conan.jpg|left|thumb|Episode 400]]
In [[Ran's Suspicions]], Conan once forgets his cell phone on the couch and Ran, in the room at the time, remembers to send an email to Shinichi to let him know that she's going with her father on a case and that his presence would be most welcome as Kogoro could use the help. Right after sending the message, Conan's phone starts vibrating. Ran, quite perplexed by the perfect timing, checks his phone only to discover a new email (she hasn't seen the content yet). At that moment, Conan enters the room, and seeing his phone in Ran's hands, rushes towards it while shouting and grabs it back asking: "''Did you look?''". He quickly understands that Ran's email may have risen doubts about his identity.<ref name="e398">[[The Weird Family's Commission|Episode 398-399: The Weird Family's Commission]]</ref>

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

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

==== Kazuha's Charm Case (Manga: [[Volume 66|694-695]], Anime: [[The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm|574]]) ====
[[File:574-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 574]]
During "[[The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm]]" case we can see that Ran's suspicions are arising again. This is thanks to [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]], who openly revealed the fingerprint matching during the "Murderer, Shinichi Kudo" case. [[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]] gave a likely (but not to Conan or Heiji) explanation on how Shinichi's fingerprints got onto the handcuff's piece of chain. However, for some reason Ran talked directly to Conan, which he pointed out that she is talking to the wrong person. Unconsciously she thinks she is talking to Shinichi.

==== Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|813-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|691]]) ====
[[File:691-13.png|left|thumb|Episode 691]]
In [[Volume 77|manga chapter 814]] / [[Yusaku Kudo%27s Cold Case|Anime episode 690-691]], Conan and the girls solve a case similar to one [[Yusaku Kudo]] abandoned 10 years ago. While explaining the solution, Conan talks so convincingly that Ran feels a strong impression that Shinichi is the one speaking. It unnerves her to the point where she stops Conan, but he states that he's only reading Shinichi's e-mail.

==== Eri Kisaki Abduction Case (Manga: [[Volume 93|984-986]] , Anime: TBA) ====
When Eri was kidnapped, Ran became suspicious of Conan's identity after witnessing Conan's deductions and skills that lead them to the place where her mother was kidnapped. Ran told Conan that he must be Shinichi, but Conan manages to deceive her by recording himself speaking with Shinichi's voice giving advices to her mother so she wouldn't be involved in the same case, which made Ran lose suspicions, much to Conan's relief.

== Non-Canon Plot overview ==
==== Movie 3: [[The Last Wizard of the Century]] ====
[[File:Movie3.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In movie 3 when Natsumi and Seiran are revealing the date of their birthdays, which are May 3rd and May 5th, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] reveals his birthday is on May 4th. Ran is shocked as Conan's birthday is the same date as Shinichi's birthday. Ran begins to doubt Conan's identity and begins to suspect he and Shinichi are the same person, but she soon brushes off her beliefs, knowing it's a ridiculous possibility. However, despite her earlier remark, Ran continues to be suspicious of Conan throughout the movie as she keeps a close eye on him and listens closely whenever he is making a deduction, even telling her father to be quiet at one point. Later, when the Scorpion is about to shoot Ran, Conan hurriedly pushes Ran to avoid the bullet. In that moment, Ran imagines Conan to be Shinichi, thus increasing her suspicions of them being the same person. Later, when Ran and everyone escape and witness the burning castle, everyone becomes worried about Conan. Ran refers to Conan as "Shinichi" as she witnesses the castle burning, confirming that Ran officially believes that Shinichi and Conan are the same person.

Later at the Mouri Detective Agency, Ran and Conan talk, where Ran thanks him for saving her, but reveals he acted very much like [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]. Ran begins to cry and asks Conan if she isn't crazy for thinking he and Shinichi are one and the same. Upon witnessing Ran crying as she reveals her suspicions, Conan realizes that he has to tell her the truth, but when he is about to reveal himself, Kid appears as Shinichi, making Ran believe once again that Shinichi and Conan are not the same.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Shinichi Kudo ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|Shinichi and Ran.]]
[[Shinichi Kudo]] and Ran Mouri have been friends ever since childhood.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|Episode 472-473: Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]]</ref> As teenagers, their closeness has developed into romantic feelings for each other. Ran recalls that she realized she is in love with Shinichi during their trip to New York together.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286-288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref> However, when Shinichi vanishes and Conan appears, her regard for Shinichi is mostly subsumed by her worry for his well-being. Conan tries to call her using his bowtie to impersonate his usual voice in order to allay her fears, but his long absence with no explanation other than a "tough case to solve" leaves her worried and hurt that even the times he does briefly appear, he vanishes before anything meaningful can be said. Shinichi also loves Ran and hates to see her hurt either emotionally or physically. Even as Conan he is very protective of her. For a long time, Shinichi has said nothing of his feelings so that his absence won't hurt Ran worse than it already does; he also wishes to tell Ran the truth about his identity but chooses her safety above their happiness. Currently, she appears to have consciously accepted that Shinichi is ''not'' Conan, although she seems to know his identity subconsciously.
[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|Shinichi reveals his feelings for Ran.]]
Ran and Shinichi have shared many romantic moments, such as when Shinichi bought Ran a pair of red gloves for Christmas,<ref name=Karaoke>[[Karaoke Box Murder Case|Episode 42: Karaoke Box Murder Case]]</ref> or when he pretended that as Shinichi, while she was asleep he ate the Valentine's Day chocolate that she had made for him.<ref>[[The Truth Behind Valentine's|Episode 266-268: The Truth Behind Valentine's]]</ref> In London, Ran's distress at Shinichi's seeming coldness to her care for him led Shinichi to confess his feelings for her—an act that left Ran so stunned that she didn't say anything about her own feelings in return. Sonoko speculates that Ran's omission will make Shinichi move on, but Conan is well aware of Ran's feelings already. Shinichi and Ran also appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making them almost impossibly aware of when the other is in extreme danger, and often able to sense the other's worried thoughts.<ref>[[Volume 36#File 372 - The Most in This World...|Volume 36, File 372: "The Most in This World..."]] and [[Volume 37#File 373 - Bye Bye|Volume 37, File 373: "Bye-Bye"]]</ref>

However in the latest file 1008 it was confirmed that Shinichi and Ran are now dating. During the end of the crimson school trip shinichi asked ran about how she felt about the confession in London. Which she replied with a kiss to the cheek. Shinichi was about to kiss her back but he began to transform back into Conan. This caused him to leave early. Ran and shinichi have been emailing each other since then. Ran even asking if they were boyfriend and girlfriend now. With shinichi replying back of course we are.

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

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

==== Heiji Hattori ====
[[Heiji]] acts brotherly toward Ran, at several occasions, he often called her "sister" (neechan in Japanese). Ran respects Heiji as a very skilled detective who reminds her of Shinichi, but whenever Heiji and Kazuha run into an argument, Ran seems to take Kazuha's side. Despite this, they have become very good friends.

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
[[Image:Ran and Sonoko.jpg|thumb|right|Ran and Sonoko.]]
[[File:691-6.png|thumb|left|Sonoko likes to tease Ran]]
[[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] and Ran have been best friends ever since they were children.<ref name=Magic>[[Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata|Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata]]</ref> Sonoko was often there to help Ran whenever she was bullied by other school children, more so than even [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]].<ref name=Magic/> Sonoko and Ran are often shown walking together after school. Sonoko often invites Ran to join her on trips or events hosted by the Suzuki family (most commonly her [[Jirokichi Suzuki|uncle]]'s showdowns with [[Kaitou Kid]]). They also go out shopping or to karaoke together.<ref name=Karaoke/>

She also seem to notice Ran's emotional attention to other. When Ran believed that Conan was Shinichi, Sonoko noticed that Ran was behaving lovely-dovey toward Conan.

Sonoko once said to a murderer what she thought about friendship: "So what if friendship is unreliable and fragile! That way when you communicate with your heart, you can feel the warmth inside. If it were as hard as some chattering iron plate, you wouldn’t feel the warmth, y’know?"<ref name=Loli>[[The Alibi of the Black Dress|Episode 576: "The Alibi of the Black Dress"]]</ref>

Meanwhile, even though Ran knows that Sonoko has a lot of money, she always makes sure that money never gets involved in their friendship, not going to ski vacations with Sonoko because she doesn't have the money, when she knows that Sonoko would pay for her to go.<ref name=Friendship>[[Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money|Episode 329-330: Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money]]</ref> This, along with other things, has helped strengthen the bond between both Ran and Sonoko.

Before meeting [[Makoto Kyogoku|her boyfriend]], Sonoko was sometimes envious that Ran always got more attention from boys,<ref>[[Volume 22#File 219 - Go On.2C Sonoko.21|Volume 22, File 219, Page 4.]]</ref> but this didn't affect the deep friendship between them.

==== Masumi Sera ====
Masumi and Ran are high school classmates who met each other in the past. During the "Which Sweets Show" murder case, when Ran sees Masumi running away from her from behind, she hears the sound of rippling waves and feels a spell is casted on her. After the murder case at the pool in Hotel Hyde Pride was solved, Sonoko says Masumi is a magician, but Masumi denies that. Because the conversation about magicians sparked a memory in Ran's mind, Ran asked her if they met before; unfortunately, Sonoko interrupts them and so the question was never answered.

=== Detective Boys ===
==== Ai Haibara ====
[[Image:Ran saves Ai aspect ratio fixed.jpg|thumb|right|Ran saved Ai Haibara as she was about to be shot by [[Vermouth]] and [[Calvados]].]]
There are instances where [[Haibara]] will caution Conan from actions that involve Ran, though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that she wants to keep her identity hidden. At one point, she was very cold and distant towards Ran, just like she was to most other people. Ran believed that it was because that Haibara had hated her.<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> However, later that day, after hearing Ran speak about the nature of justice to a criminal, Haibara finally properly introduced herself to Ran and they slowly became friends.

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

=== Black Organization ===
[[Image:Ran saves Vermouth.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Ran saved Vermouth (who was disguising as a serial killer) back in New York.]]
==== Vermouth ====
Ran was a fan of the actress [[Sharon Vineyard]] and is currently unaware about Sharon's double-life as Chris Vineyard and Vermouth. Vermouth has a great deal of respect for Ran and protects her from the Organization's activities because Ran unknowingly saved a disguised Vermouth from falling to her death during the Golden Apple case (even though she was about to kill Ran).<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286-288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref> Vermouth's codename for Ran is "Angel".

=== Others ===
==== Eisuke Hondou ====
In [[The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box]], [[Eisuke Hondou|Eisuke]] expresses romantic interest in Ran. He admits to Conan that he loves Ran and claims that he wants take Ran to America to live happily ever after there, and to ask for Shinichi's permission. Conan, without hesitating, refuses his permission, which confirms his true identity to Eisuke.

==== Tomoaki Araide ====
[[Tomoaki Araide]] and Ran Mouri became friends while Araide was acting as a temporary basketball coach in place of a teacher who broke his leg. During "The Unseen Angle of the Darkness" Conan wrongly came to the conclusion that Ran was attracted to Araide. In truth she wanted to borrow his sweater in order to knit a similarly patterned one for Shinichi. Some anime-original features play with the idea that Araide is interested in Ran, most notably in the OVA story [[The Stranger from Ten Years Later]] where he proposed to her, but this was only a dream of Conan's and can be ignored.

==== Subaru Okiya ====
[[File:691-4.png|thumb|Ran apologizing to Subaru.]]
Ran lied to [[Subaru Okuya|Subaru]] about Shinichi's fact because she felt that something terrible will happen to Shinichi if she did. She made Subaru confused about Shinichi and "Kinichi" but later in [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case]], Ran apologizes to Subaru for lying and told him the truth. In this episode, Subaru finds out that Conan is Shinichi.

==== Mary Sera ====
Before Ran walks home after the murder case at the pool in Hotel Hyde Pride is solved, she turns around and sees Masumi talking to Mary. Ran thinks she has seen that child before.
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== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Ran placed 5th in the poll with 347 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Ran placed 5th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* 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. Ran placed 6th overall with 612 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>

== Fan theories ==
*''Ran's 17th birthday will play a major role during the main plot of Detective Conan.''

In an interview given on January 3, 2012, Gosho Aoyama revealed that there is an "obstacle" preventing him from revealing Ran's birth date, "but since the birthday hasn't passed Ran is 16 right now".<ref name="Goshodayinterview" />

* ''Its possible that Ran actually knows Conan is Shinichi, and is simply hiding it.''

The reasoning behind this is that Ran should know that the Fingerprint evidence is Ironclad, meaning Conan HAS to be Shinichi, and in the Cold Case episode, where Conan should have phrased it as "Shinichi's father" instead of Dad, as anyone reading an email from someone else that was sent to them out loud to someone else would normally do. Another piece of evidence is when Ran talked to Conan about giving him her blood while helping Eisuke out to find his birth records. She brings it up, yet does not question how she knew Conan's blood type, or why Conan never questioned it himself. Additionally, back on the Cold Case file, she stops him while reading the email, and while she does not tell him out loud, the images we see imply she recognizes him as Shinichi, because instead of showing the adult Shinichi, we see child Shinichi. She likely then did this to stop him from revealing this in front of Sonoko and Sera, having him quickly make up an excuse in front of both of them so they don't get clued in. When you piece these three moments together, it is reasonable to conclude she not only knows, but is protecting, Conan/Shinichi's identity consciously, though its highly doubtful she knows why.

She can probably conclude though her father cannot be trusted with the truth.

== Name origin ==
Ran's Japanese name derives from the Japanese rendering of [[Maurice Leblanc|Maurice Leblanc]] (from ''Mouri''su Rubu''ran'', according to Aoyama). Ran (蘭) itself means "orchid," which is also one of the flower tiles in [[Wikipedia:Mahjong|Mahjong]]<ref name=Magic />.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 1.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1996 ep32.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 32]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1997 ep57.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 57.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1998 ep100.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 100.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1999 ep136.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in opening 5.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2000 ep194.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in opening 7.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2001 ep217.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 217.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2002 ep263.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 263.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2003 ep323.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 323.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2004.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2004.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran suspecting Conan.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 398.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2006.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2006.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2007.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2007.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2009.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2009.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2010.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2010.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 625.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2012.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 646.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran Mouri_Profile.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in ppening 36.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran 2014.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 740.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran Mouri MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 10).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Courage is a word of justice. It means the quality of mind that enables one to face apprehension with confidence and resolution. It is not right to use it as an excuse to kill someone.|[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 247]], talking to Noboru Shimojo<ref>[[Volume 31#File 313 - A Courageous Decision|Volume 31, File 313: "A Courageous Decision"]]</ref>}}
{{cquote|There are things one cannot do no matter the circumstances.}}
{{cquote|I don't mind waiting for people. Because the longer you wait, when you do meet... You'll be more happy.}}
{{cquote|If you have faith and wait, he'll definitely come back. A lover will never betray you.|[[Sweetheart is an Illusion of Spring|Episode 357]], talking to Kenji Suenaga}}
{{cquote|People can really change. When they're far away from each other, their hearts will change. It's so cruel that the only thing I can do is wait.}}

== Trivia ==
[[File:Ran's cellphone strap.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Ran's cellphone strap.]]
* Her second phone (the pink one) was presented by Shinichi after he accidentally made Ran lose her phone during the [[Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case]].
* Gosho Aoyama, the creator of the ''Detective Conan'' series, stated that Ran is one of his favorite female characters.<ref>Monthly B.L.T. magazine interview for the 16th Movie Eleventh Striker (approx April 29, 2012) 
Ｑ. 兰など素敌な女の子たちが登场しているが、『名探侦コナン』という作品の中で特に好きな女の子は谁か？ 
Q. Charming girls like Ran appear (in your work). In the work called Detective Conan, which female character do you especially like? 
⇒やっぱヒロインの兰かな。好きなのは兰、そして特别な女の子が灰原かな。こなん通信社の中で灰原の一言もオレが考えているんだけど、ほぼ灰原はオレの代弁者になっているね。あと兰は勇往迈进というか（新一のことを）待っていてくれるのは嬉しいというか…あと强いしね。ちなみに女の子が强いシーンを描くのって嬉しい。今、世良ちゃんも出ているけど、描くのが楽しい…目の下にクマがあるけど(笑)。 
A. I guess it would have to be the heroine, Ran. I like Ran, and the special girl would be Haibara. I think about Haibara's comments in the Conan News Agency, too; she's become my spokeswoman, hasn't she? Ran is full of courage, and she waits for Shinichi, which makes (Gosho?) happy . . . she's strong, too. By the way, I feel happy drawing scenes where girls are strong. Right now, Sera-chan is appearing, too, and it's fun to draw (her) . . . although, she has bags under her eyes (laughs).</ref>
* She keeps a blissful sea cucumber key-ring on her phone, which she demanded from Shinichi as a penalty for causing her to lose her previous phone. Ran didn't actually expect him to buy it, but he did. This made Ran wonder if Shinichi was already in love with her at that time.
* Ran is one of the few characters who use old-fashioned cellphones, instead of trendy smartphones.
* There is a pun relating to the name "Ran" in the 'Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case', where Ran told Shinichi that she liked to run because of her name (Ran=past tense of 'run').
* Ran (蘭) literally means “orchid”.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|蘭 Ran |毛利 Mōri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ران Rān|موري Mōri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|兰 Lán|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Rachel|Moore}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Ran|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|미란 Miran|유 Yoo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ран|Мори}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Claudia|Guzmán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Ran|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|รัน Rạn|โมริ Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|蘭 Lán|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Ran|Mori}}
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== Gallery ==
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File:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|Ran and Shinichi before grade school.
File:Ran_in_10_years.png|Ran in 10 years of the future, as shown in OVA 9.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri]]

== References ==
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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ran Mouri
| japanese-name = 毛利蘭 (Mōri Ran)
| english-name = Rachel Moore
| image = Ran Mouri Profile.jpg
| age = Manga: 16<ref name="Goshodayinterview">{{cite web|url=http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__20__p__245256#entry245256|date=2012-01-05|accessdate=2012-01-05|publisher=|title=Translating Interviews - Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day}}</ref> Anime: 17<ref>Episode 678: Ran claims she is 17 when talking to the film crew</ref>
| gender = Female
| height = {{Bracket|160 cm|5'3"}}<ref name="CD44">Conan Drill Page 44</ref>
| weight = {{Bracket|52 kg|115 lbs}}<ref name="CD44"/>
| date-of-birth = June 13 ?<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/6k4jc0/ran_mouris_birthday_revealed_theory/ Ran Mouri's birthday revealed? (Theory)]</ref>
| relatives = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (father) [[Eri Kisaki]] (mother) Mr. Kisaki (maternal grandfather)
| occupation = Teitan High School student
| nicknames = Ran-neechan ([[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ran-kun ([[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]], [[Juzo Megure|Megure]]) Ran-chan ([[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]]) Angel ([[Vermouth]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Ran Mouri Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 3 (on her own)
| keyhole = [[Volume 2]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wakana Yamazaki]]
| english-voice = [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
| drama-actor = [[Tomoka Kurokawa]] (1st) [[Shiori Kutsuna]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ran Mouri|毛利蘭|Mōri Ran}}''', also known as '''Rachel Moore''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a main protagonist in the manga and anime series, ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is the childhood friend and the romantic interest of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and the daughter of [[Kogoro Mouri]].

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

Ran first met Shinichi back in Sakura class. Ran began liking Shinichi when she noticed he was wearing a paper name badge like her, so she wouldn't be bullied for being the only one without a proper badge. Unknown to her, her home room teacher was secretly planning to kidnap her, which Shinichi - with his father's help - foiled. Ran seemed unaware of the plot.

When Ran and Shinichi were six, they snuck into Teitan elementary school at night to uncover the truth behind a hat-wearing monster rumor. They met the elder [[Kaitou Kid]] in the school library who played a nasty prank on them before handing over a code inside a leather wallet. With the help of Agasa, Shinichi and Ran partially solved the case and Shinichi started to informally call Ran by her first name. That same year Ran met [[Fusae Campbell]] who was waiting to see if Agasa would appear at their promised meeting place. Fusae gives Ran her umbrella and asks Ran to buy one of her designer purses when she gets older.

Before a year before the series' start, Ran and Shinichi visited Shinichi's parents in New York which they took advantage of, since Kogorō was on a community trip. She was there when Shinichi solved his first case and gained recognition as a detective. They met [[Yukiko Kudo]], his mother, and her actress friend, [[Sharon Vineyard]] (the public face of [[Vermouth]], a member of the [[Black Organization]]). Later that evening, she encountered [[Shuichi Akai]] who warned her there was a serial killer on the prowl in the area. Ran later encountered [[Vermouth]] in disguise as the serial killer. Vermouth would have fallen to her death, but Ran caught her arm and Shinichi helped her pull Vermouth to safety. Due to this, Vermouth gave Ran and Shinichi the nicknames "Angel" and "Cool Guy", respectively.<ref>[[Volume 34#File 350 - Golden Apple 1|Volumes 34-35, Files 350-354: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref> Vermouth later showed hesitance to kill Ran and later [[Conan Edogawa]] (Shinichi's childhood form) as well,<ref name="e345" /> but whether or not it was because of any emotional attachment is unclear. It was during this trip that Ran realized her true feelings for Shinichi, finally realizing that she is in love with him.

Before the tropical land meetup, Shinichi and Ran visited Beika Aquarium together where Shinchi solved a case. After the case Shinichi accidentally making her drop her new cellphone on a sewer, he promises to replace it and take her to Tropical Land if she wins the Karate Championship as an apology, she also half-jokingly demands her new cellphone to be strapped with a sea cucumber strap, which Shinichi actually got for her.

After Shinichi's disappearance while on a trip to [[Tropical Land]] Amusement Park with her, Ran met Conan, who was introduced by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] as a "distant relative". At Agasa's request, Ran agreed to look after him, and immediately came to think of him as a surrogate little brother.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> Ran has come to suspect Conan's identity multiple times, but Conan always manages (helped by his friends like [[Ai Haibara]] and even [[Kaito Kid]]) to find a sufficient alibi to satisfy her concerns.
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== Personality ==
[[File:773-1.png|thumb|Ran is mad at Shinichi for losing her phone.]]
[[File:773-2.png|thumb|"Why would you make me say that?!"]]

Ran's greatest personality trait is that she genuinely cares for those she loves. She is also patient, kind, and nurturing. She has a very overwhelming personality, quickly able to intimidate people when angered. Like Shinichi, she highly values justice to the point of idealism. To avoid making Shinichi choose between her and his important case (which is actually useless because Shinichi has turned into Conan and can't return as of now), she has decided to wait for him to finish it, trusting his promise that he will come back, despite their separation causing Ran a lot of emotional pain. Ran is also very hot-blooded and tends to act on impulses when the people she cares about are involved; the combination of jumping to conclusions and not hesitating to use karate on those who she perceives to have wronged someone have led to several "near-miss" misunderstandings. She is also not above using martial arts as a subtle threat to keep people, including her father, in line. In earlier stories, she would become violently suspicious if she thought Shinichi was philandering, although more recently his confessions (in the [[Holmes' Revelation]] Arc) have led her to trust his intentions.

Ran can be very brave and resourceful when she wants to be, and has rescued Conan from trouble on many occasions. She has remained bold, steady, confident and calm in many situations that would usually cause others to remain frozen in fear, such as being threatened by a gun <ref name="e345">[[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]]</ref> or surrounded by flames<ref>[[Movie 5]]</ref>. However, she has an irrational fear of the supernatural and is thus — unlike her friend Sonoko — absolutely no fan of anything related to the horror genre.<ref name="e274">[[Truth About the Haunted House|Episode 274-275: Truth About the Haunted House]]</ref> She also constantly tries to reunite her father and mother again, though with little success, thanks to the mutual stubbornness of both parents. Ran is typically unaware of her own attractiveness, and usually remains oblivious when men try to flirt with her, often to Sonoko's exasperation, who believes her wait for Shinichi to be hopeless. If made aware, Ran doesn't respond in kind due to her feelings for Shinichi. Even though Ran is in love with Shinichi, she has repeatedly failed to convey her feelings because she suddenly becomes self-conscious.

Ran is very self-sufficient for her age, since her father Kogoro is often drunk, slovenly, and fiscally irresponsible. She handles many of the Mouri household's financial affairs and all the cooking and housework. She also ensures Kogoro doesn't slack off on his job, is on his best behaviour for client meetings, and she often greets and provides refreshments for potential clients. She also appreciates fine art. Ran is noted by both Shinichi and [[Shuichi Akai]] as one who "cries a lot".<ref> Manga file: "Ran's Tears"</ref>

Ran also seemed to have a sense of noticing when something seems wrong or strange, although she doesn't always figure out on her own what it is. Like in a [[Volume 29#Girl Clubbing Case|case]] where a ganguro woman was killed, Ran could feel that there something that didn't fit in with the victim's look (the killer had switched platform boots with regular shoes). And during the Macademy awards Ran noticed that Shinichi's father who was on TV (who was Yukiko in disguise) behaved 'cute'.

It has happened that Ran, like her father, can become serious about a case, if it involves something personal to her. During the Night Baron murder, where she realized that the most likely suspect was a karate champion, she admired, she decides, after considered what Shinichi would have done in her situation, to try find proof of the champion's innocent. Another time she helped an old classmate, accused of theft, proving her innocent.

Ran also likes to rush wherever she goes, believing both her name and nature to be like the word "Run" from English. She even said to Shinichi, "My name is Ran! I was born to run!"

== Appearance ==
Ran is a light-skinned girl of average height. She is slender in frame, yet sports an athletic and curvaceous build. She has big bluish-purple eyes and dark brown hair. Her hair is straight and hip-length, tucked behind her ears with short wavy bangs over her forehead. What was originally a wave in her bangs has evolved into a stylized triangular point as the manga has progressed. Ran is also very beautiful, as described by many characters throughout the series. Many men have become infatuated with her in the series, as noted by Sonoko (much to Sonoko's annoyance). [[Eisuke Hondou]] had openly confessed before Conan that he was in love with Ran (though the statement's truth is somewhat doubted). Ran was once even offered a [[An Elevator Murder Case|modeling job]].

== Abilities ==
[[File:691-16.png|thumb|Ran beats up a gangster.]]
=== Martial arts ===
Ran's most notable ability is her great prowess in martial arts; she is a black-belt in karate as well as team captain and ace of her high school team with enough skill to win regional tournaments in her age group.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Volume 1, File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"]]</ref> Her skills are also shown comparable to [[Makoto Kyogoku]], a world-class martial artist (and Sonoko's boyfriend), able to effectively attack in perfect sync with him.<ref>[[Volume 33#File 334 - Bloody Valentine 4|Volume 33, File 334: - "Bloody Valentine 4"]]</ref> She is also well-trained in Judo by her father, showing similar proficiency in his signature one-armed shoulder throw. Her deceptive strength and skill have been seen repeatedly, both from her ability to effortlessly smash stone and other very sturdy objects and with noticeable dexterity and agility also take out various and multiple assailants, most with just a single hit. From watching Shinichi play soccer over the years, Ran has also developed similar flexibility and accuracy in her kicks.<ref>[[Movie 16]]</ref> Despite her prowess, she may not always be able to fight if scared too much.<ref name="m2"/> Ran was also unable to fight due to suffering from amnesia in [[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]].

=== Physical prowess ===
Despite her slender frame, Ran has considerable raw strength, as seen from prying open a powerless elevator door, and holding up a much-larger Vermouth when she almost fell to her death in the 'Shinichi Kudo's NY Adventure' arc. She is also shown to be remarkably fast, able to quickly react to and knock away falling pipes and likewise dodge a bullet up-close while on guard. Her strikes have also shown similar speed, able to swat down a bee with a single kick. Conan states that Ran has an unusual amount of stamina.<ref name="m9">[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>

=== Intelligence ===
Ran is quite intelligent. She was able to solve a few cases on her own, and has been shown to be a better detective than several characters such as Sonoko on a number of occasions. Shinichi/Conan has even acknowledged that Ran is a skillful detective<ref name="e196">[[The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation|Episode 196: The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation]]</ref>. Ran also has a very good memory and attention to detail, having used both to contribute to investigations more than once. If Shinichi/Conan had not gone through extreme lengths to fool her, she would have been the first to deduce that Conan and Shinichi are the same person.

=== Other skills ===
Ran is also very skilled in running a household, including sewing and cooking. She is musically talented, noted to be a very good singer and she can also play the piano well. She also speaks adequate English. She also has astonishing luck and good instincts when it comes to gambling, lotteries, and any game of chance; she has never been known to lose.<ref>[[Volume 8]]</ref><ref name="e75">[[Loan Company President's Murder Case|Episode 75: Loan Company President's Murder Case]]</ref> Likewise, Ran has shown very alert senses in darkness, able to notice an attacker with a weapon and strike to protect herself.<ref>File 041 - The First Victim!</ref> She was also shown to be very fast when needed, such as dodging a bullet in [[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13: The Raven Chaser]].

== Appellations ==
In the ''Detective Conan'' Franchise, most characters simply call Ran by her name, but characters have another way of calling her. This table shows what Ran call other characters and what they call her.
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{{appellations/head|Ran}}|
{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Ran Ran-nēchan (forgetting he is not in Conan form)<ref>Japanese Version of "[[The Desperate Revival]]" as the [[Viz Media]] translation of the story ([[Volume 26]]: File 258) lacked honorifics.</ref>|Shinichi Shinichi-kun (childhood) Deduction Freak (''Suiri Otaku'') Mystery Geek Deduction Nut Detective Maniac}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Ran-nēchan Ran (in thoughts)|Conan-kun Edogawa Conan<ref>[[Hijacked Department Store Case]]</ref> My Boyfriend (once)<ref>[[The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case|Episode: 149 The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Ran Ran-chan (drunk)|Dad (''Otōsan'') Mouri Kogoro<ref>{{appear ep|640|The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches|part=1}}</ref>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Ran-onēsan|Ayumi-chan}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Ran-nēchan|Genta-kun}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Ran-san|Mitsuhiko-kun}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency Ran-san (once)|Ai-chan}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Ran|Mom or mother (''Okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Ran-chan|Shinichi's mom (''Shinichi no okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Ran-chan Mouri Ran Ran-kun<ref name="14f8">[[Volume 14]], File 8</ref>|Shinichi's dad (''Shinichi no otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Ran-kun|Professor (''Hakase'') Professor Agasa (''Agasa-hakase'')}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Ran Ran-chan (childhood)|Sonoko Sonoko-chan (childhood)}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Nēchan Ran-san Ran-chan|Hattori-kun}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Ran-chan|Kazuha-chan}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|Ran-san Mouri-san<ref>[[Clash of Red and Black|Episode 491]]</ref>|Eisuke-kun}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Ran-chan Ran-kun Ran|Sera-san Sera Masumi-chan<ref>File 778</ref> Sera-chan}}
{{appellations|Kazumi Tsukamoto|Mouri<ref>''Conan Shinbun 2''</ref>|Kazumi-senpai}}
{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|-|Azusa-san}}
{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-|Kyogoku-san}}
{{appellations|Nakamichi|Mouri|Nakamichi-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Ran-kun|Inspector (''Keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Mouri-san|Jodie-sensei}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Long-haired girl (once)<ref>Chapter 638</ref> Ran-san|Okiya-san Subaru-san Okiya Subaru-san}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Ran-san<ref>[[Detectives' Nocturne|Episode 674]]</ref>|Amuro-san}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|''Omae''|FBI person (''FBI no hito'') Your brother (''oniisan''; talking to [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]])}}
{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|Ran-san|Inspector}}
{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Ran-san|Inspector}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Ran-san|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Ran-chan|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Ran-san|Inspector Shiratori (''Shiratori-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Ran-san|Detective Yamamura (''Yamamura-keiji'' ) Inspector Yamamura (''Yamamura-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Yui Uehara|Ran-chan<ref name="file913">[[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 913 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Yui-san<ref name="file910">[[Volume 86#Kamaitachi Murder Case|File 910 (Volume 86)]]</ref> Detective Yui (''Yui-keiji'')<ref name="file913"/>}}
{{appellations|Kansuke Yamato|-|Inspector Yamato Kansuke (''Yamato Kansuke-keibu'')<ref name="file910" /> Inspector Yamato (''Yamato-keibu'')<ref name="file917">[[Volume 87#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 917 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Taka'aki Morofushi|-|Inspector Morofushi<ref name="file917"/>}}
{{appellations|Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno|-|Inspector Shikatsuno (''Shikatsuno-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Ran-chan|Yumi-san}}
{{appellations|Naeko Miike|-|Naeko-san}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Ran-san|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ginshiro Toyama|-|Kazuha-chan's father (''Kazuha-chan no otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|-|Ayanokoji-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Vermouth|Ran-chan Angel|Sharon<ref>[[Volume 35|Volume 35, File 353, Page 6]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Eisuke-kun's sister (''Eisuke-kun no onēsan'') Mizunashi Rena}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|Ran-san|Yoko-san Yoko-chan}}
{{appellations|Naoki Uemura|-|Naoki}}
{{appellations|Minerva Glass|Japanese girl|Minerva-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Ran}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|Ran|Kaitou Kid}}
{{appellations|Tomoaki Araide|Ran-san|Araide-sensei}}
{{appellations|Apollo Glass|Nēchan|Apollo-kun}}
{{appellations|Koshi Anno|file=Koshi Anno.jpg|Anno-san Aina chan|Mouri daughter}}
{{appellations|Mary|-|That girl (''ano ko'')}}
{{appellations|Soshi Okita|Ran-chan|Okita-kun}}
{{appellations|Saguru Hakuba|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Momiji Ooka|Ran-san|Momiji-san}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Doubts about Conan's identity ===
In time, Ran comes to suspect that Conan is actually Shinichi, despite what her common sense would say, but he always manages to trick her and prove her wrong. There are, however, occasions where she appears to be sure that Shinichi and Conan are one and the same.

==== Monthly Presents Case (Manga: [[Volume 3|026-029]], Anime: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case|7]]) ====
[[File:007-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 7]]
The first time Ran suspects Conan is episode 7. After seeing how Conan, like Shinichi, can deduce someone's occupation by just touching the person's hand, Ran becomes very suspicious and keeps an eye on Conan during the whole case. However, Professor Agasa calls Ran with the voice changing bowtie at the end, freeing Conan of suspicion for a while.

==== Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: [[Volume 14|131-134]], Anime: [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|96]]) ====
[[File:096-1.png|thumb|left|Episode 96]]
[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Another time]], when Ran finds Conan asleep on the sofa, she takes off his glasses and notices the striking resemblance he has to Shinichi as a child. She later confronts Conan about this resemblance, his similar powers of deduction, and even his shared lack of any musical knowledge. However, Shinichi's mother unexpectedly shows up and covers for Conan by explaining that Conan resembles Shinichi because they are distant relatives and that Conan possesses Shinichi's deductive ability because he admires Shinichi and learns from him. Despite apologizing to Conan for doubting him, Ran does not lose her suspicions, but keeps them to herself for awhile, as noted by [[Yukiko]], telling Conan that Ran's last smile wasn't convincing her, immediately realising that the girl wasn't satisfied with her last answer and that she is keeping her suspicions for herself until she finds real proof.<ref>[[Volume 26|Volume 26, File 254: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

==== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume 26|256-257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|191]])====
[[File:191-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 191]]
[[The Desperate Revival|When Conan is critically injured]] and requires a blood donation, Ran donates her blood without hesitation, knowing she and Shinichi share the same rare blood type. Since this act proves Ran's suspicions are correct, with the help of [[Ai Haibara]], Conan manages to fool Ran by allowing Shinichi to appear before her while Conan (Ai Haibara in disguise) is present.

==== Suspicious Cellphone Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|483]], Anime: [[Ran's Suspicions|400]]) ====
[[File:Ran suspecting Conan.jpg|left|thumb|Episode 400]]
In [[Ran's Suspicions]], Conan once forgets his cell phone on the couch and Ran, in the room at the time, remembers to send an email to Shinichi to let him know that she's going with her father on a case and that his presence would be most welcome as Kogoro could use the help. Right after sending the message, Conan's phone starts vibrating. Ran, quite perplexed by the perfect timing, checks his phone only to discover a new email (she hasn't seen the content yet). At that moment, Conan enters the room, and seeing his phone in Ran's hands, rushes towards it while shouting and grabs it back asking: "''Did you look?''". He quickly understands that Ran's email may have risen doubts about his identity.<ref name="e398">[[The Weird Family's Commission|Episode 398-399: The Weird Family's Commission]]</ref>

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

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

==== Kazuha's Charm Case (Manga: [[Volume 66|694-695]], Anime: [[The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm|574]]) ====
[[File:574-1.png|right|thumb|Episode 574]]
During "[[The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm]]" case we can see that Ran's suspicions are arising again. This is thanks to [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]], who openly revealed the fingerprint matching during the "Murderer, Shinichi Kudo" case. [[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]] gave a likely (but not to Conan or Heiji) explanation on how Shinichi's fingerprints got onto the handcuff's piece of chain. However, for some reason Ran talked directly to Conan, which he pointed out that she is talking to the wrong person. Unconsciously she thinks she is talking to Shinichi.

==== Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|813-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|691]]) ====
[[File:691-13.png|left|thumb|Episode 691]]
In [[Volume 77|manga chapter 814]] / [[Yusaku Kudo%27s Cold Case|Anime episode 690-691]], Conan and the girls solve a case similar to one [[Yusaku Kudo]] abandoned 10 years ago. While explaining the solution, Conan talks so convincingly that Ran feels a strong impression that Shinichi is the one speaking. It unnerves her to the point where she stops Conan, but he states that he's only reading Shinichi's e-mail.

==== Eri Kisaki Abduction Case (Manga: [[Volume 93|984-986]] , Anime: TBA) ====
When Eri was kidnapped, Ran became suspicious of Conan's identity after witnessing Conan's deductions and skills that lead them to the place where her mother was kidnapped. Ran told Conan that he must be Shinichi, but Conan manages to deceive her by recording himself speaking with Shinichi's voice giving advices to her mother so she wouldn't be involved in the same case, which made Ran lose suspicions, much to Conan's relief.

== Non-Canon Plot overview ==
==== Movie 3: [[The Last Wizard of the Century]] ====
[[File:Movie3.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In movie 3 when Natsumi and Seiran are revealing the date of their birthdays, which are May 3rd and May 5th, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] reveals his birthday is on May 4th. Ran is shocked as Conan's birthday is the same date as Shinichi's birthday. Ran begins to doubt Conan's identity and begins to suspect he and Shinichi are the same person, but she soon brushes off her beliefs, knowing it's a ridiculous possibility. However, despite her earlier remark, Ran continues to be suspicious of Conan throughout the movie as she keeps a close eye on him and listens closely whenever he is making a deduction, even telling her father to be quiet at one point. Later, when the Scorpion is about to shoot Ran, Conan hurriedly pushes Ran to avoid the bullet. In that moment, Ran imagines Conan to be Shinichi, thus increasing her suspicions of them being the same person. Later, when Ran and everyone escape and witness the burning castle, everyone becomes worried about Conan. Ran refers to Conan as "Shinichi" as she witnesses the castle burning, confirming that Ran officially believes that Shinichi and Conan are the same person.

Later at the Mouri Detective Agency, Ran and Conan talk, where Ran thanks him for saving her, but reveals he acted very much like [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]. Ran begins to cry and asks Conan if she isn't crazy for thinking he and Shinichi are one and the same. Upon witnessing Ran crying as she reveals her suspicions, Conan realizes that he has to tell her the truth, but when he is about to reveal himself, Kid appears as Shinichi, making Ran believe once again that Shinichi and Conan are not the same.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Shinichi Kudo ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|Shinichi and Ran.]]
[[Shinichi Kudo]] and Ran Mouri have been friends ever since childhood.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|Episode 472-473: Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]]</ref> As teenagers, their closeness has developed into romantic feelings for each other. Ran recalls that she realized she is in love with Shinichi during their trip to New York together.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286-288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref> However, when Shinichi vanishes and Conan appears, her regard for Shinichi is mostly subsumed by her worry for his well-being. Conan tries to call her using his bowtie to impersonate his usual voice in order to allay her fears, but his long absence with no explanation other than a "tough case to solve" leaves her worried and hurt that even the times he does briefly appear, he vanishes before anything meaningful can be said. Shinichi also loves Ran and hates to see her hurt either emotionally or physically. Even as Conan he is very protective of her. For a long time, Shinichi has said nothing of his feelings so that his absence won't hurt Ran worse than it already does; he also wishes to tell Ran the truth about his identity but chooses her safety above their happiness. Currently, she appears to have consciously accepted that Shinichi is ''not'' Conan, although she seems to know his identity subconsciously.
[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|Shinichi reveals his feelings for Ran.]]
Ran and Shinichi have shared many romantic moments, such as when Shinichi bought Ran a pair of red gloves for Christmas,<ref name=Karaoke>[[Karaoke Box Murder Case|Episode 42: Karaoke Box Murder Case]]</ref> or when he pretended that as Shinichi, while she was asleep he ate the Valentine's Day chocolate that she had made for him.<ref>[[The Truth Behind Valentine's|Episode 266-268: The Truth Behind Valentine's]]</ref> In London, Ran's distress at Shinichi's seeming coldness to her care for him led Shinichi to confess his feelings for her—an act that left Ran so stunned that she didn't say anything about her own feelings in return. Sonoko speculates that Ran's omission will make Shinichi move on, but Conan is well aware of Ran's feelings already. Shinichi and Ran also appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making them almost impossibly aware of when the other is in extreme danger, and often able to sense the other's worried thoughts.<ref>[[Volume 36#File 372 - The Most in This World...|Volume 36, File 372: "The Most in This World..."]] and [[Volume 37#File 373 - Bye Bye|Volume 37, File 373: "Bye-Bye"]]</ref>

However in the latest file 1008 it was confirmed that Shinichi and Ran are now dating. During the end of the crimson school trip shinichi asked ran about how she felt about the confession in London. Which she replied with a kiss to the cheek. Shinichi was about to kiss her back but he began to transform back into Conan. This caused him to leave early. Ran and shinichi have been emailing each other since then. Ran even asking if they were boyfriend and girlfriend now. With shinichi replying back of course we are.

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

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

==== Heiji Hattori ====
[[Heiji]] acts brotherly toward Ran, at several occasions, he often called her "sister" (neechan in Japanese). Ran respects Heiji as a very skilled detective who reminds her of Shinichi, but whenever Heiji and Kazuha run into an argument, Ran seems to take Kazuha's side. Despite this, they have become very good friends.

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
[[Image:Ran and Sonoko.jpg|thumb|right|Ran and Sonoko.]]
[[File:691-6.png|thumb|left|Sonoko likes to tease Ran]]
[[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] and Ran have been best friends ever since they were children.<ref name=Magic>[[Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata|Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata]]</ref> Sonoko was often there to help Ran whenever she was bullied by other school children, more so than even [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]].<ref name=Magic/> Sonoko and Ran are often shown walking together after school. Sonoko often invites Ran to join her on trips or events hosted by the Suzuki family (most commonly her [[Jirokichi Suzuki|uncle]]'s showdowns with [[Kaitou Kid]]). They also go out shopping or to karaoke together.<ref name=Karaoke/>

She also seem to notice Ran's emotional attention to other. When Ran believed that Conan was Shinichi, Sonoko noticed that Ran was behaving lovely-dovey toward Conan.

Sonoko once said to a murderer what she thought about friendship: "So what if friendship is unreliable and fragile! That way when you communicate with your heart, you can feel the warmth inside. If it were as hard as some chattering iron plate, you wouldn’t feel the warmth, y’know?"<ref name=Loli>[[The Alibi of the Black Dress|Episode 576: "The Alibi of the Black Dress"]]</ref>

Meanwhile, even though Ran knows that Sonoko has a lot of money, she always makes sure that money never gets involved in their friendship, not going to ski vacations with Sonoko because she doesn't have the money, when she knows that Sonoko would pay for her to go.<ref name=Friendship>[[Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money|Episode 329-330: Friendship Can't Be Bought With Money]]</ref> This, along with other things, has helped strengthen the bond between both Ran and Sonoko.

Before meeting [[Makoto Kyogoku|her boyfriend]], Sonoko was sometimes envious that Ran always got more attention from boys,<ref>[[Volume 22#File 219 - Go On.2C Sonoko.21|Volume 22, File 219, Page 4.]]</ref> but this didn't affect the deep friendship between them.

==== Masumi Sera ====
Masumi and Ran are high school classmates who met each other in the past. During the "Which Sweets Show" murder case, when Ran sees Masumi running away from her from behind, she hears the sound of rippling waves and feels a spell is casted on her. After the murder case at the pool in Hotel Hyde Pride was solved, Sonoko says Masumi is a magician, but Masumi denies that. Because the conversation about magicians sparked a memory in Ran's mind, Ran asked her if they met before; unfortunately, Sonoko interrupts them and so the question was never answered.

=== Detective Boys ===
==== Ai Haibara ====
[[Image:Ran saves Ai aspect ratio fixed.jpg|thumb|right|Ran saved Ai Haibara as she was about to be shot by [[Vermouth]] and [[Calvados]].]]
There are instances where [[Haibara]] will caution Conan from actions that involve Ran, though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that she wants to keep her identity hidden. At one point, she was very cold and distant towards Ran, just like she was to most other people. Ran believed that it was because that Haibara had hated her.<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> However, later that day, after hearing Ran speak about the nature of justice to a criminal, Haibara finally properly introduced herself to Ran and they slowly became friends.

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

=== Black Organization ===
[[Image:Ran saves Vermouth.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Ran saved Vermouth (who was disguising as a serial killer) back in New York.]]
==== Vermouth ====
Ran was a fan of the actress [[Sharon Vineyard]] and is currently unaware about Sharon's double-life as Chris Vineyard and Vermouth. Vermouth has a great deal of respect for Ran and protects her from the Organization's activities because Ran unknowingly saved a disguised Vermouth from falling to her death during the Golden Apple case (even though she was about to kill Ran).<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286-288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref> Vermouth's codename for Ran is "Angel".

=== Others ===
==== Eisuke Hondou ====
In [[The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box]], [[Eisuke Hondou|Eisuke]] expresses romantic interest in Ran. He admits to Conan that he loves Ran and claims that he wants take Ran to America to live happily ever after there, and to ask for Shinichi's permission. Conan, without hesitating, refuses his permission, which confirms his true identity to Eisuke.

==== Tomoaki Araide ====
[[Tomoaki Araide]] and Ran Mouri became friends while Araide was acting as a temporary basketball coach in place of a teacher who broke his leg. During "The Unseen Angle of the Darkness" Conan wrongly came to the conclusion that Ran was attracted to Araide. In truth she wanted to borrow his sweater in order to knit a similarly patterned one for Shinichi. Some anime-original features play with the idea that Araide is interested in Ran, most notably in the OVA story [[The Stranger from Ten Years Later]] where he proposed to her, but this was only a dream of Conan's and can be ignored.

==== Subaru Okiya ====
[[File:691-4.png|thumb|Ran apologizing to Subaru.]]
Ran lied to [[Subaru Okuya|Subaru]] about Shinichi's fact because she felt that something terrible will happen to Shinichi if she did. She made Subaru confused about Shinichi and "Kinichi" but later in [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case]], Ran apologizes to Subaru for lying and told him the truth. In this episode, Subaru finds out that Conan is Shinichi.

==== Mary Sera ====
Before Ran walks home after the murder case at the pool in Hotel Hyde Pride is solved, she turns around and sees Masumi talking to Mary. Ran thinks she has seen that child before.
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== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Ran placed 5th in the poll with 347 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Ran placed 5th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* 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. Ran placed 6th overall with 612 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>

== Fan theories ==
*''Ran's 17th birthday will play a major role during the main plot of Detective Conan.''

In an interview given on January 3, 2012, Gosho Aoyama revealed that there is an "obstacle" preventing him from revealing Ran's birth date, "but since the birthday hasn't passed Ran is 16 right now".<ref name="Goshodayinterview" />

* ''Its possible that Ran actually knows Conan is Shinichi, and is simply hiding it.''

The reasoning behind this is that Ran should know that the Fingerprint evidence is Ironclad, meaning Conan HAS to be Shinichi, and in the Cold Case episode, where Conan should have phrased it as "Shinichi's father" instead of Dad, as anyone reading an email from someone else that was sent to them out loud to someone else would normally do. Another piece of evidence is when Ran talked to Conan about giving him her blood while helping Eisuke out to find his birth records. She brings it up, yet does not question how she knew Conan's blood type, or why Conan never questioned it himself. Additionally, back on the Cold Case file, she stops him while reading the email, and while she does not tell him out loud, the images we see imply she recognizes him as Shinichi, because instead of showing the adult Shinichi, we see child Shinichi. She likely then did this to stop him from revealing this in front of Sonoko and Sera, having him quickly make up an excuse in front of both of them so they don't get clued in. When you piece these three moments together, it is reasonable to conclude she not only knows, but is protecting, Conan/Shinichi's identity consciously, though its highly doubtful she knows why.

She can probably conclude though her father cannot be trusted with the truth.

== Name origin ==
Ran's Japanese name derives from the Japanese rendering of [[Maurice Leblanc|Maurice Leblanc]] (from ''Mouri''su Rubu''ran'', according to Aoyama). Ran (蘭) itself means "orchid," which is also one of the flower tiles in [[Wikipedia:Mahjong|Mahjong]]<ref name=Magic />.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 1.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1996 ep32.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 32]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1997 ep57.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 57.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1998 ep100.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 100.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 1999 ep136.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in opening 5.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2000 ep194.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in opening 7.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2001 ep217.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 217.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2002 ep263.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 263.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2003 ep323.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 323.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2004.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2004.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_suspecting_Conan.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 398.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2006.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2006.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2007.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2007.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2009.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2009.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2010.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in 2010.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 625.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:ran 2012.png|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 646.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran_Mouri_Profile.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in ppening 36.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran 2014.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Ran's Appearance in episode 740.]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ran Mouri MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ran's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 10).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Courage is a word of justice. It means the quality of mind that enables one to face apprehension with confidence and resolution. It is not right to use it as an excuse to kill someone.|[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 247]], talking to Noboru Shimojo<ref>[[Volume 31#File 313 - A Courageous Decision|Volume 31, File 313: "A Courageous Decision"]]</ref>}}
{{cquote|There are things one cannot do no matter the circumstances.}}
{{cquote|I don't mind waiting for people. Because the longer you wait, when you do meet... You'll be more happy.}}
{{cquote|If you have faith and wait, he'll definitely come back. A lover will never betray you.|[[Sweetheart is an Illusion of Spring|Episode 357]], talking to Kenji Suenaga}}
{{cquote|People can really change. When they're far away from each other, their hearts will change. It's so cruel that the only thing I can do is wait.}}

== Trivia ==
[[File:Ran's cellphone strap.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Ran's cellphone strap.]]
* Her second phone (the pink one) was presented by Shinichi after he accidentally made Ran lose her phone during the [[Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case]].
* Gosho Aoyama, the creator of the ''Detective Conan'' series, stated that Ran is one of his favorite female characters.<ref>Monthly B.L.T. magazine interview for the 16th Movie Eleventh Striker (approx April 29, 2012) 
Ｑ. 兰など素敌な女の子たちが登场しているが、『名探侦コナン』という作品の中で特に好きな女の子は谁か？ 
Q. Charming girls like Ran appear (in your work). In the work called Detective Conan, which female character do you especially like? 
⇒やっぱヒロインの兰かな。好きなのは兰、そして特别な女の子が灰原かな。こなん通信社の中で灰原の一言もオレが考えているんだけど、ほぼ灰原はオレの代弁者になっているね。あと兰は勇往迈进というか（新一のことを）待っていてくれるのは嬉しいというか…あと强いしね。ちなみに女の子が强いシーンを描くのって嬉しい。今、世良ちゃんも出ているけど、描くのが楽しい…目の下にクマがあるけど(笑)。 
A. I guess it would have to be the heroine, Ran. I like Ran, and the special girl would be Haibara. I think about Haibara's comments in the Conan News Agency, too; she's become my spokeswoman, hasn't she? Ran is full of courage, and she waits for Shinichi, which makes (Gosho?) happy . . . she's strong, too. By the way, I feel happy drawing scenes where girls are strong. Right now, Sera-chan is appearing, too, and it's fun to draw (her) . . . although, she has bags under her eyes (laughs).</ref>
* She keeps a blissful sea cucumber key-ring on her phone, which she demanded from Shinichi as a penalty for causing her to lose her previous phone. Ran didn't actually expect him to buy it, but he did. This made Ran wonder if Shinichi was already in love with her at that time.
* Ran is one of the few characters who use old-fashioned cellphones, instead of trendy smartphones.
* There is a pun relating to the name "Ran" in the 'Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case', where Ran told Shinichi that she liked to run because of her name (Ran=past tense of 'run').
* Ran (蘭) literally means “orchid”.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|蘭 Ran |毛利 Mōri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ران Rān|موري Mōri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|兰 Lán|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Rachel|Moore}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Ran|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|미란 Miran|유 Yoo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ран|Мори}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Ran|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Claudia|Guzmán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Ran|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|รัน Rạn|โมริ Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|蘭 Lán|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Ran|Mori}}
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== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|Ran and Shinichi before grade school.
File:Ran_in_10_years.png|Ran in 10 years of the future, as shown in OVA 9.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri]]

== References ==
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Kohji Haneda

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Ichikawa: /* Shukichi's Envelope Case (Manga: 945-947, Anime: 849-850) */

{{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]].}}

{{hatnote|"Kohji" and other spelling forms redirect here. For the assistant director at Nichiuri TV, see [[Koji Yatsukawa]].}}
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{{nihongo|'''Kohji Haneda'''|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} was a professional shogi player and [[Shukichi Haneda]]'s non-blood brother in the [[manga]] and [[anime]] franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:APTX 4869 victim list 3.jpg|left|thumb|The name Kohji Haneda is written two lines below [[Shinichi Kudo]].]]
Kohji Haneda was a talented shogi player that his "not-related-by-blood"<ref>Shukichi was a {{lang|ja|義理の兄}} to Kohji: an adopted brother or step brother, rather than a blood brother.</ref> brother, [[Shukichi Haneda]], deeply respected. By the time of his death he had won four shogi titles. Many had high hopes that Kohji would win all seven of the major shogi titles.

Seventeen years ago, [[Case from 17 years ago|he died under mysterious circumstances]] when in the United States participating in a chess tournament, a game he also enjoyed. [[Ai Haibara]] suggests that Kohji may have been murdered with [[APTX 4869]] since a person with the same name appeared on the list of people killed by the poison. It has been discovered that [[Rum]] may have been involved with his death due to the dying message missing letters that could be arranged to spell "ASACA RUM".

== Personality ==
Kohji's motto was {{nihongo|"one should stick with one's original plan"|初志貫徹|shoshi kantetsu}}<ref name="file947">[[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 947: Motto (Volume 89)]]</ref>. The same motto was written on a fan that Shukichi now owns.
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== Appearance ==
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| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Kohji Haneda silhouette.jpg|100px]]
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Kohji Haneda.jpg|100px]]
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== Plot overview ==
=== Murdered Professor Case (Manga: [[volume 18#Murdered Professor Case|179]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case#Case 2: Murdered Professor Case|129]]) ===
[[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] remembers a list of people that the drug APTX 4869 was used on in the past. She says that all of the other [[APTX 4869]] victims were confirmed dead, except [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]. On that list was a name, {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司}}, which was not relevant to the readers at the time.

=== Shukichi's Envelope Case (Manga: [[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|945-947]], Anime: [[Password for Marriage Registration|849-850]]) ===
[[File:AboutKohji.jpg|thumb|right|Haibara asks Conan about Kohji.]]
Kohji was mentioned by [[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]] to [[Yumi Miyamoto]] on the phone. Shukichi says that he respected Kohji, and Kohji's motto was "one should stick with one's original plan".

After Shukichi and Yumi's talk, Haibara asks [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] whether he knows the name Kohji Haneda. Conan answers that Kohji was a talented shogi player, but he died under mysterious circumstances when he went to the United States to participate in a chess tournament. Haibara recognizes the name Kohji Haneda as one that was on the [[List of Black Organization related characters#APTX 4869 Victims|list of people killed by APTX 4869]].

=== Kohji Haneda's Death Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|948]]-[[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|950]], Anime: [[Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene|861-862]]) ===
Conan investigates on the internet and finds that someone has been uploading [[Case from 17 years ago|information on Kohji's death]]. Kohji went to the United States to participate in a chess tournament seventeen years ago. The night before the tournament, he was attacked by someone and died at a hotel where he stayed. The room was ransacked, and he resisted. The cause of death is unknown. On the same day and at the same hotel as him, a wealthy person named [[Amanda Hughes]] died as well. She was a big fan of Kohji. Unlike Kohji's room, Amanda's room was clean when she died. Amanda's bodyguard, Asaka, went missing and still can't be found. Agasa reveals that a similar murder has happened recently so they put the investigation on hold. After Conan and Subaru solve that case, they decipher the meaning of the missing letters on the mirror of Kohji's room. Kohji's dying message from 17 years ago was "ASACA [[Rum|RUM]]", so Rum may be involved in their deaths.

Since the dying message was "P T O N", the answer to it must contain all of the missing letters of "U MASCARA" 
PUT ON MASCARA - P T ON = U MASCARA 
U MASCARA - ASACA (for Asaka) = U M R 
Which can be rearranged to make RUM 
making the answer "ASACA [[Rum|RUM]]"

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|951-953]], Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]]) ===
Kogoro is put in contact with a Soul Detective who wishes to reveal some information about the Kohji Haneda case. When Conan and Kogoro go to meet with him at a hotel they find him dead and that [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] and [[Mary Sera|Mary]] have mysteriously moved in to the next hotel room. Both Masumi and Mary seem to react to Kohji's name when Kogoro says it.
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=== Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 93#Burning Tent Murder Case|987-989]], Anime: [[The Burning Tent Monster|909-910]]) ===
[[File:Kohji Hanedas body.jpg|thumb|Right|Kohji's body.]]
The superintendent [[Hyoue Kuroda]] is shown looking at the article about Kohji's death and drawing a relation between [[Rumi Wakasa]] and Kohji.

=== Missing [[Maria Higashio]] Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Case|1006-1008]], Anime: TBA) ===
[[Yusaku Kudo]] interprets Koji Haneda's dying message differently. He thinks "RUM" and "ASACA" form one name: "CARASUMA". There is a connection between [[Renya Karasuma]] and the Organization.
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{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file952"/>}}
{{appellations|Mary|Kohji<ref name="file952" /> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file952"/>}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Haneda<ref name="file952" /> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Renya Karasuma|file=Renya Karasuma.jpg|-|Carasuma}}
{{appellations|Vodka|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953"/>}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Haneda Kohji}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Relationship analysis ==
=== Shukichi Haneda ===
Shukichi is a non-blood brother of Kohji, either by adoption, marriage, or some other means. Shukichi deeply respected him and likely changed one of his name characters slightly to honor Kohji. However the story of their relation is unknown.

=== Shuichi Akai ===
A relationship between Kohji and [[Shuichi Akai]] is unknown, but the case of Kohji's death made Shuichi an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent.<ref name="file948"/>

=== Tsutomu Akai ===
[[Tsutomu Akai]] is related to Kohji's death.<ref name="file949">[[Volume 90#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 949: Sweet Scent (Volume 90)]]</ref>

=== Masumi Sera ===
[[Masumi Sera]] was very surprised when [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] said the name Kohji Haneda.<ref name="file952"/>

=== Mary Sera ===
[[Mary Sera]] was very surprised when Kogoro said the name Kohji Haneda.<ref name="file952"/>

=== Amanda Hughes ===
Amanda Hughes was a fan of Kohji and has been in contact with him. She was murdered the same day as Kohji, and evidences proves that she had been in his hotel room before the murder. Haibara suspects that it might have been their relationship that led to Kohji's death.

=== Rumi Wakasa ===
It's hinted that there is a connection between her and the murders of Kohji and Amanda.

=== Hyoue Kuroda ===
It's hinted that Kuroda might have been involved in the death of Kohji 17 years ago, as he was shown very pensive, looking at Kohji's death in an article.

== Name origin ==
Maybe the name {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} comes from {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia: Yoshiharu Habu|Yoshiharu Habu]]|'''羽'''生善治|Habu Yoshiharu}} and {{nihongo|'''Kōji''' Tanigawa|谷川 '''浩司'''|Tanigawa Kōji}}, real-life shogi players.

{{nihongo|Shukichi Haneda|羽田秀𠮷|Haneda Shūkichi}} may have changed his name slightly to honor the late Kohji Haneda. Kohji's given name is {{lang|ja|浩司}}, and the first character's radicals are ({{lang|ja|氵ノ土口}}). {{lang|ja|土}} is earth's ''do''. Shukichi's given name is spelled {{lang|ja|秀𠮷}}, with the final "kichi" kanji also including the radical for earth's do. This 𠮷 for kichi is a very rare variant; 99% of the time kichi is written as {{lang|ja|吉}} with {{lang|ja|士}} (man/samurai's ''shi'') instead.

== Trivia ==
* In [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|episode 129]], ''[[Wikipedia: Furigana|furigana]]'' (Japanese reading aid) of his surname is {{nihongo|2=ハダ|3=Hada}}.
* [[Gosho Aoyama]] mentioned there was "red herring" in [[Volume 18]]<ref>[[Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2016 DCTP thread version|Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day 2016]]</ref>, the same volume the list of [[APTX 4869]] victims appeared in.
* A (so far unconfirmed) source gives the names of his father and mother as Yasuharu and Ichiyo, respectively.

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang|notes=1}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|{{lang|ja|浩司}} Kōji|{{lang|ja|羽田}} Haneda<ref name="file947"/>/Hada<ref>In [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|episode 129]]</ref>| }}
{{charLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|{{lang|zh|浩司}} Hàosī|{{lang|zh|羽田}} Yǔtián| }}
{{charLangItem|flag=Denmark|Danish|Hiroshi|Haneda| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Koji|Haneda|<ref name="cc179"/>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Muneo|??-neda|<ref>Italian Volume 18, File 179 (Reference: [[:File:Italian APTX list.jpg]])</ref> Muneo ({{lang|ja|宗男}}) is a name of another victim in the Japanese and English versions.}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[APTX 4869]]
* [[Shukichi Haneda]]
* [[Case from 17 years ago]]
* [[List of Black Organization related characters]]

{{APTX 4869}}
{{rum arc}}
{{characters}}

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Shogi players]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haneda Kohji}}

[[de:Koji Haneda]]

Kohji Haneda

2018-07-13T16:31:39Z

Ichikawa: /* Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: 987-989, Anime: TBA) */

{{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]].}}

{{hatnote|"Kohji" and other spelling forms redirect here. For the assistant director at Nichiuri TV, see [[Koji Yatsukawa]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kohji Haneda
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|羽田浩司}} (Haneda Kōji)
| image = Kohji Haneda Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| english-name = Koji Haneda<ref name="cc179">''Case Closed'' File 179 (Reference: [[:File:English APTX list.jpg]])</ref>
| height =
| weight =
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Shukichi Haneda]] (non-blood brother) Yasuharu Haneda (father) Ichiyo Haneda (mother)
| occupation = Shogi player
| nicknames =
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 89#File 947 - Motto|File 947]] (in a silhouette) / [[Volume 89#File 948 - The Clenched Scissors|File 948]] (first full-face appearance)
| appearances = {{:Kohji Haneda Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole =
| japanese-voice =
| english-voice =
| drama-actor =
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kohji Haneda'''|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} was a professional shogi player and [[Shukichi Haneda]]'s non-blood brother in the [[manga]] and [[anime]] franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:APTX 4869 victim list 3.jpg|left|thumb|The name Kohji Haneda is written two lines below [[Shinichi Kudo]].]]
Kohji Haneda was a talented shogi player that his "not-related-by-blood"<ref>Shukichi was a {{lang|ja|義理の兄}} to Kohji: an adopted brother or step brother, rather than a blood brother.</ref> brother, [[Shukichi Haneda]], deeply respected. By the time of his death he had won four shogi titles. Many had high hopes that Kohji would win all seven of the major shogi titles.

Seventeen years ago, [[Case from 17 years ago|he died under mysterious circumstances]] when in the United States participating in a chess tournament, a game he also enjoyed. [[Ai Haibara]] suggests that Kohji may have been murdered with [[APTX 4869]] since a person with the same name appeared on the list of people killed by the poison. It has been discovered that [[Rum]] may have been involved with his death due to the dying message missing letters that could be arranged to spell "ASACA RUM".

== Personality ==
Kohji's motto was {{nihongo|"one should stick with one's original plan"|初志貫徹|shoshi kantetsu}}<ref name="file947">[[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 947: Motto (Volume 89)]]</ref>. The same motto was written on a fan that Shukichi now owns.
{{clearleft}}

== Appearance ==
{| style="float:left;"
|-
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Kohji Haneda silhouette.jpg|100px]]
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Kohji Haneda.jpg|100px]]
|}
{{clear}}

== Plot overview ==
=== Murdered Professor Case (Manga: [[volume 18#Murdered Professor Case|179]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case#Case 2: Murdered Professor Case|129]]) ===
[[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] remembers a list of people that the drug APTX 4869 was used on in the past. She says that all of the other [[APTX 4869]] victims were confirmed dead, except [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]. On that list was a name, {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司}}, which was not relevant to the readers at the time.

=== Shukichi's Envelope Case (Manga: [[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|945-947]], Anime: [[Password for Marriage Registration|849-850]]) ===
[[File:AboutKohji.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Haibara asks Conan about Kohji.]]
Kohji was mentioned by [[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]] to [[Yumi Miyamoto]] on the phone. Shukichi says that he respected Kohji, and Kohji's motto was "one should stick with one's original plan".

After Shukichi and Yumi's talk, Haibara asks [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] whether he knows the name Kohji Haneda. Conan answers that Kohji was a talented shogi player, but he died under mysterious circumstances when he went to the United States to participate in a chess tournament. Haibara recognizes the name Kohji Haneda as one that was on the [[List of Black Organization related characters#APTX 4869 Victims|list of people killed by APTX 4869]].

=== Kohji Haneda's Death Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|948]]-[[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|950]], Anime: [[Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene|861-862]]) ===
Conan investigates on the internet and finds that someone has been uploading [[Case from 17 years ago|information on Kohji's death]]. Kohji went to the United States to participate in a chess tournament seventeen years ago. The night before the tournament, he was attacked by someone and died at a hotel where he stayed. The room was ransacked, and he resisted. The cause of death is unknown. On the same day and at the same hotel as him, a wealthy person named [[Amanda Hughes]] died as well. She was a big fan of Kohji. Unlike Kohji's room, Amanda's room was clean when she died. Amanda's bodyguard, Asaka, went missing and still can't be found. Agasa reveals that a similar murder has happened recently so they put the investigation on hold. After Conan and Subaru solve that case, they decipher the meaning of the missing letters on the mirror of Kohji's room. Kohji's dying message from 17 years ago was "ASACA [[Rum|RUM]]", so Rum may be involved in their deaths.

Since the dying message was "P T O N", the answer to it must contain all of the missing letters of "U MASCARA" 
PUT ON MASCARA - P T ON = U MASCARA 
U MASCARA - ASACA (for Asaka) = U M R 
Which can be rearranged to make RUM 
making the answer "ASACA [[Rum|RUM]]"

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|951-953]], Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]]) ===
Kogoro is put in contact with a Soul Detective who wishes to reveal some information about the Kohji Haneda case. When Conan and Kogoro go to meet with him at a hotel they find him dead and that [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] and [[Mary Sera|Mary]] have mysteriously moved in to the next hotel room. Both Masumi and Mary seem to react to Kohji's name when Kogoro says it.
{{clear}}

=== Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 93#Burning Tent Murder Case|987-989]], Anime: [[The Burning Tent Monster|909-910]]) ===
[[File:Kohji Hanedas body.jpg|thumb|Right|Kohji's body.]]
The superintendent [[Hyoue Kuroda]] is shown looking at the article about Kohji's death and drawing a relation between [[Rumi Wakasa]] and Kohji.

=== Missing [[Maria Higashio]] Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Case|1006-1008]], Anime: TBA) ===
[[Yusaku Kudo]] interprets Koji Haneda's dying message differently. He thinks "RUM" and "ASACA" form one name: "CARASUMA". There is a connection between [[Renya Karasuma]] and the Organization.
{{clear}}

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Relatives">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file947"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file948">[[Volume 89#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref> Haneda<ref name="file952">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 952: In the Suspicious Next Room (Volume 90)]]</ref> [[Shukichi Haneda|Taiko Meijin]]'s brother-in-law (''Taiko Meijin no giri no niisan'')<ref name="file947"/> The shogi player (''sono kishi'')<ref name="file947"/>}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file947"/>}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Japanese shogi player (''Nippon no shogi-sashi'')<ref name="file948"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file948"/>}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file947"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file952"/>}}
{{appellations|Mary|Kohji<ref name="file952" /> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file952"/>}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Haneda<ref name="file952" /> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Renya Karasuma|file=Renya Karasuma.jpg|-|Carasuma}}
{{appellations|Vodka|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953"/>}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Haneda Kohji}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Relationship analysis ==
=== Shukichi Haneda ===
Shukichi is a non-blood brother of Kohji, either by adoption, marriage, or some other means. Shukichi deeply respected him and likely changed one of his name characters slightly to honor Kohji. However the story of their relation is unknown.

=== Shuichi Akai ===
A relationship between Kohji and [[Shuichi Akai]] is unknown, but the case of Kohji's death made Shuichi an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent.<ref name="file948"/>

=== Tsutomu Akai ===
[[Tsutomu Akai]] is related to Kohji's death.<ref name="file949">[[Volume 90#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 949: Sweet Scent (Volume 90)]]</ref>

=== Masumi Sera ===
[[Masumi Sera]] was very surprised when [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] said the name Kohji Haneda.<ref name="file952"/>

=== Mary Sera ===
[[Mary Sera]] was very surprised when Kogoro said the name Kohji Haneda.<ref name="file952"/>

=== Amanda Hughes ===
Amanda Hughes was a fan of Kohji and has been in contact with him. She was murdered the same day as Kohji, and evidences proves that she had been in his hotel room before the murder. Haibara suspects that it might have been their relationship that led to Kohji's death.

=== Rumi Wakasa ===
It's hinted that there is a connection between her and the murders of Kohji and Amanda.

=== Hyoue Kuroda ===
It's hinted that Kuroda might have been involved in the death of Kohji 17 years ago, as he was shown very pensive, looking at Kohji's death in an article.

== Name origin ==
Maybe the name {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} comes from {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia: Yoshiharu Habu|Yoshiharu Habu]]|'''羽'''生善治|Habu Yoshiharu}} and {{nihongo|'''Kōji''' Tanigawa|谷川 '''浩司'''|Tanigawa Kōji}}, real-life shogi players.

{{nihongo|Shukichi Haneda|羽田秀𠮷|Haneda Shūkichi}} may have changed his name slightly to honor the late Kohji Haneda. Kohji's given name is {{lang|ja|浩司}}, and the first character's radicals are ({{lang|ja|氵ノ土口}}). {{lang|ja|土}} is earth's ''do''. Shukichi's given name is spelled {{lang|ja|秀𠮷}}, with the final "kichi" kanji also including the radical for earth's do. This 𠮷 for kichi is a very rare variant; 99% of the time kichi is written as {{lang|ja|吉}} with {{lang|ja|士}} (man/samurai's ''shi'') instead.

== Trivia ==
* In [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|episode 129]], ''[[Wikipedia: Furigana|furigana]]'' (Japanese reading aid) of his surname is {{nihongo|2=ハダ|3=Hada}}.
* [[Gosho Aoyama]] mentioned there was "red herring" in [[Volume 18]]<ref>[[Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2016 DCTP thread version|Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day 2016]]</ref>, the same volume the list of [[APTX 4869]] victims appeared in.
* A (so far unconfirmed) source gives the names of his father and mother as Yasuharu and Ichiyo, respectively.

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang|notes=1}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|{{lang|ja|浩司}} Kōji|{{lang|ja|羽田}} Haneda<ref name="file947"/>/Hada<ref>In [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|episode 129]]</ref>| }}
{{charLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|{{lang|zh|浩司}} Hàosī|{{lang|zh|羽田}} Yǔtián| }}
{{charLangItem|flag=Denmark|Danish|Hiroshi|Haneda| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Koji|Haneda|<ref name="cc179"/>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Muneo|??-neda|<ref>Italian Volume 18, File 179 (Reference: [[:File:Italian APTX list.jpg]])</ref> Muneo ({{lang|ja|宗男}}) is a name of another victim in the Japanese and English versions.}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[APTX 4869]]
* [[Shukichi Haneda]]
* [[Case from 17 years ago]]
* [[List of Black Organization related characters]]

{{APTX 4869}}
{{rum arc}}
{{characters}}

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Shogi players]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haneda Kohji}}

[[de:Koji Haneda]]

Kohji Haneda

2018-07-13T16:30:46Z

Ichikawa:

{{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]].}}

{{hatnote|"Kohji" and other spelling forms redirect here. For the assistant director at Nichiuri TV, see [[Koji Yatsukawa]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kohji Haneda
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|羽田浩司}} (Haneda Kōji)
| image = Kohji Haneda Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| english-name = Koji Haneda<ref name="cc179">''Case Closed'' File 179 (Reference: [[:File:English APTX list.jpg]])</ref>
| height =
| weight =
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Shukichi Haneda]] (non-blood brother) Yasuharu Haneda (father) Ichiyo Haneda (mother)
| occupation = Shogi player
| nicknames =
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 89#File 947 - Motto|File 947]] (in a silhouette) / [[Volume 89#File 948 - The Clenched Scissors|File 948]] (first full-face appearance)
| appearances = {{:Kohji Haneda Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole =
| japanese-voice =
| english-voice =
| drama-actor =
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kohji Haneda'''|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} was a professional shogi player and [[Shukichi Haneda]]'s non-blood brother in the [[manga]] and [[anime]] franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:APTX 4869 victim list 3.jpg|left|thumb|The name Kohji Haneda is written two lines below [[Shinichi Kudo]].]]
Kohji Haneda was a talented shogi player that his "not-related-by-blood"<ref>Shukichi was a {{lang|ja|義理の兄}} to Kohji: an adopted brother or step brother, rather than a blood brother.</ref> brother, [[Shukichi Haneda]], deeply respected. By the time of his death he had won four shogi titles. Many had high hopes that Kohji would win all seven of the major shogi titles.

Seventeen years ago, [[Case from 17 years ago|he died under mysterious circumstances]] when in the United States participating in a chess tournament, a game he also enjoyed. [[Ai Haibara]] suggests that Kohji may have been murdered with [[APTX 4869]] since a person with the same name appeared on the list of people killed by the poison. It has been discovered that [[Rum]] may have been involved with his death due to the dying message missing letters that could be arranged to spell "ASACA RUM".

== Personality ==
Kohji's motto was {{nihongo|"one should stick with one's original plan"|初志貫徹|shoshi kantetsu}}<ref name="file947">[[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 947: Motto (Volume 89)]]</ref>. The same motto was written on a fan that Shukichi now owns.
{{clearleft}}

== Appearance ==
{| style="float:left;"
|-
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Kohji Haneda silhouette.jpg|100px]]
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Kohji Haneda.jpg|100px]]
|}
{{clear}}

== Plot overview ==
=== Murdered Professor Case (Manga: [[volume 18#Murdered Professor Case|179]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case#Case 2: Murdered Professor Case|129]]) ===
[[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] remembers a list of people that the drug APTX 4869 was used on in the past. She says that all of the other [[APTX 4869]] victims were confirmed dead, except [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]. On that list was a name, {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司}}, which was not relevant to the readers at the time.

=== Shukichi's Envelope Case (Manga: [[volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|945-947]], Anime: [[Password for Marriage Registration|849-850]]) ===
[[File:AboutKohji.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Haibara asks Conan about Kohji.]]
Kohji was mentioned by [[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]] to [[Yumi Miyamoto]] on the phone. Shukichi says that he respected Kohji, and Kohji's motto was "one should stick with one's original plan".

After Shukichi and Yumi's talk, Haibara asks [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] whether he knows the name Kohji Haneda. Conan answers that Kohji was a talented shogi player, but he died under mysterious circumstances when he went to the United States to participate in a chess tournament. Haibara recognizes the name Kohji Haneda as one that was on the [[List of Black Organization related characters#APTX 4869 Victims|list of people killed by APTX 4869]].

=== Kohji Haneda's Death Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|948]]-[[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|950]], Anime: [[Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene|861-862]]) ===
Conan investigates on the internet and finds that someone has been uploading [[Case from 17 years ago|information on Kohji's death]]. Kohji went to the United States to participate in a chess tournament seventeen years ago. The night before the tournament, he was attacked by someone and died at a hotel where he stayed. The room was ransacked, and he resisted. The cause of death is unknown. On the same day and at the same hotel as him, a wealthy person named [[Amanda Hughes]] died as well. She was a big fan of Kohji. Unlike Kohji's room, Amanda's room was clean when she died. Amanda's bodyguard, Asaka, went missing and still can't be found. Agasa reveals that a similar murder has happened recently so they put the investigation on hold. After Conan and Subaru solve that case, they decipher the meaning of the missing letters on the mirror of Kohji's room. Kohji's dying message from 17 years ago was "ASACA [[Rum|RUM]]", so Rum may be involved in their deaths.

Since the dying message was "P T O N", the answer to it must contain all of the missing letters of "U MASCARA" 
PUT ON MASCARA - P T ON = U MASCARA 
U MASCARA - ASACA (for Asaka) = U M R 
Which can be rearranged to make RUM 
making the answer "ASACA [[Rum|RUM]]"

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|951-953]], Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]]) ===
Kogoro is put in contact with a Soul Detective who wishes to reveal some information about the Kohji Haneda case. When Conan and Kogoro go to meet with him at a hotel they find him dead and that [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] and [[Mary Sera|Mary]] have mysteriously moved in to the next hotel room. Both Masumi and Mary seem to react to Kohji's name when Kogoro says it.
{{clear}}

=== Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 93#Burning Tent Murder Case|987-989]], Anime: TBA) ===
[[File:Kohji Hanedas body.jpg|200px||thumb|Right|Kohji's body.]]
The superintendent [[Hyoue Kuroda]] is shown looking at the article about Kohji's death and drawing a relation between [[Rumi Wakasa]] and Kohji.
{{clear}}

=== Missing [[Maria Higashio]] Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Case|1006-1008]], Anime: TBA) ===
[[Yusaku Kudo]] interprets Koji Haneda's dying message differently. He thinks "RUM" and "ASACA" form one name: "CARASUMA". There is a connection between [[Renya Karasuma]] and the Organization.
{{clear}}

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Relatives">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file947"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file948">[[Volume 89#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref> Haneda<ref name="file952">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 952: In the Suspicious Next Room (Volume 90)]]</ref> [[Shukichi Haneda|Taiko Meijin]]'s brother-in-law (''Taiko Meijin no giri no niisan'')<ref name="file947"/> The shogi player (''sono kishi'')<ref name="file947"/>}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file947"/>}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Japanese shogi player (''Nippon no shogi-sashi'')<ref name="file948"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file948"/>}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file947"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Kohji}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file952"/>}}
{{appellations|Mary|Kohji<ref name="file952" /> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file952"/>}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Haneda<ref name="file952" /> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Renya Karasuma|file=Renya Karasuma.jpg|-|Carasuma}}
{{appellations|Vodka|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953"/>}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Haneda Kohji}}
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== Relationship analysis ==
=== Shukichi Haneda ===
Shukichi is a non-blood brother of Kohji, either by adoption, marriage, or some other means. Shukichi deeply respected him and likely changed one of his name characters slightly to honor Kohji. However the story of their relation is unknown.

=== Shuichi Akai ===
A relationship between Kohji and [[Shuichi Akai]] is unknown, but the case of Kohji's death made Shuichi an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent.<ref name="file948"/>

=== Tsutomu Akai ===
[[Tsutomu Akai]] is related to Kohji's death.<ref name="file949">[[Volume 90#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 949: Sweet Scent (Volume 90)]]</ref>

=== Masumi Sera ===
[[Masumi Sera]] was very surprised when [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] said the name Kohji Haneda.<ref name="file952"/>

=== Mary Sera ===
[[Mary Sera]] was very surprised when Kogoro said the name Kohji Haneda.<ref name="file952"/>

=== Amanda Hughes ===
Amanda Hughes was a fan of Kohji and has been in contact with him. She was murdered the same day as Kohji, and evidences proves that she had been in his hotel room before the murder. Haibara suspects that it might have been their relationship that led to Kohji's death.

=== Rumi Wakasa ===
It's hinted that there is a connection between her and the murders of Kohji and Amanda.

=== Hyoue Kuroda ===
It's hinted that Kuroda might have been involved in the death of Kohji 17 years ago, as he was shown very pensive, looking at Kohji's death in an article.

== Name origin ==
Maybe the name {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} comes from {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia: Yoshiharu Habu|Yoshiharu Habu]]|'''羽'''生善治|Habu Yoshiharu}} and {{nihongo|'''Kōji''' Tanigawa|谷川 '''浩司'''|Tanigawa Kōji}}, real-life shogi players.

{{nihongo|Shukichi Haneda|羽田秀𠮷|Haneda Shūkichi}} may have changed his name slightly to honor the late Kohji Haneda. Kohji's given name is {{lang|ja|浩司}}, and the first character's radicals are ({{lang|ja|氵ノ土口}}). {{lang|ja|土}} is earth's ''do''. Shukichi's given name is spelled {{lang|ja|秀𠮷}}, with the final "kichi" kanji also including the radical for earth's do. This 𠮷 for kichi is a very rare variant; 99% of the time kichi is written as {{lang|ja|吉}} with {{lang|ja|士}} (man/samurai's ''shi'') instead.

== Trivia ==
* In [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|episode 129]], ''[[Wikipedia: Furigana|furigana]]'' (Japanese reading aid) of his surname is {{nihongo|2=ハダ|3=Hada}}.
* [[Gosho Aoyama]] mentioned there was "red herring" in [[Volume 18]]<ref>[[Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2016 DCTP thread version|Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day 2016]]</ref>, the same volume the list of [[APTX 4869]] victims appeared in.
* A (so far unconfirmed) source gives the names of his father and mother as Yasuharu and Ichiyo, respectively.

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang|notes=1}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|{{lang|ja|浩司}} Kōji|{{lang|ja|羽田}} Haneda<ref name="file947"/>/Hada<ref>In [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|episode 129]]</ref>| }}
{{charLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|{{lang|zh|浩司}} Hàosī|{{lang|zh|羽田}} Yǔtián| }}
{{charLangItem|flag=Denmark|Danish|Hiroshi|Haneda| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Koji|Haneda|<ref name="cc179"/>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Muneo|??-neda|<ref>Italian Volume 18, File 179 (Reference: [[:File:Italian APTX list.jpg]])</ref> Muneo ({{lang|ja|宗男}}) is a name of another victim in the Japanese and English versions.}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[APTX 4869]]
* [[Shukichi Haneda]]
* [[Case from 17 years ago]]
* [[List of Black Organization related characters]]

{{APTX 4869}}
{{rum arc}}
{{characters}}

== References ==
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[[de:Koji Haneda]]

Hiromitsu Morofushi

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Ichikawa:

{{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]].}}

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Scotch
| japanese-name = スコッチ (Sukotchi)
| english-name =
| image = Scotch Profile.jpg
| age = unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau Agent
| nicknames =
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 937]]
| appearances = {{:Scotch Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 89]]
| cases-solved =
| footnotes =
| japanese-voice = [[Hikaru Midorikawa]]
}}
{{nihongo|'''Scotch'''|スコッチ|Sukotchi}} was a deceased undercover agent from the [[Public Security Bureau|Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau]]. He committed suicide while infiltrating the [[Black Organization]].

== Background ==
Scotch was an undercover member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau inside the [[Black Organization]]. Not much has been revealed about his past and his time inside the organization, although he was acquainted with [[Rei Furuya]] (another undercover agent from the same organization) as well as [[Shuichi Akai]] (an undercover FBI agent using the alias Dai Moroboshi). Scotch committed suicide before his real name was revealed to the other Black Organization members.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Scotch [[Shuichi Akai|Your brother]]'s friend (''Kimi no ani no yūjin''; talking to [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]])|Furuya<ref name="file954">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 954: Sanction of the Betrayal (Volume 90)]]</ref> Zero (although the kanji for Rei was used, the special reading was Zero)<ref name="file954"/>}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Scotch}}
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{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Scotch [[Shuichi Akai|My brother]]'s friend (''Aniki no yūjin'') The friend (''Sono yūjin'')|-}}
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{{clearright}}

== Plot overview ==
[[File:Bourbon and Akai covered in blood.jpg|thumb|right|Subaru has a flashback to himself as Shuichi and Bourbon covered in blood.]]
=== Scarlet Epilogue (Manga: [[Volume 85|898]]; Anime: [[The Scarlet Return|783]]) ===
Scotch was first mentioned in Manga file 898. During the final part of the Scarlet arc [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] speaks to [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] on the phone and says "About him, I regret what happened. Even now...". In the Epilogue Shuichi mentions that Bourbon's grudge may be more deeply rooted than he thought. He has a brief flashback to himself and Bourbon covered in blood. During Bourbon and [[Vermouth]]'s conversation, she mentions a male infiltrator from the [[Public Security Bureau]] (PSB) who had been killed before they could figure out his name. Bourbon tells her that his code name was "Scotch".

=== Girls Band (Manga: [[Volume 88|937-938]]; Anime: [[The Unfriendly Girls Band|836-837]]) ===
[[File:Scotch flashback on platform.jpg|thumb|left|Masumi remembers meeting a man nicknamed Scotch.]]
[[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] has a flashback to 4 years ago where she saw her brother [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] on a train platform with another man. At that time, Masumi thought that Shuichi was supposed to be in America so she approached them. Shuichi told her to go away but she made the excuse that she did not have the money to get home. While Shuichi went to go buy her a ticket, the other man pulled a guitar out of the case on his back and taught her some notes. Before Shuichi returned, a third man that looks like [[Rei Furuya]] came over and called the other man "Scotch". Masumi believed this to be a nickname rather than an indication of his race because the man looked very Japanese.
[[File:Rei and Scotch EP837.jpg|thumb|x120px|Bourbon and Scotch.]]
Masumi reveals to [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]], and Rei that her older brother Shuichi Akai is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent. Sonoko then enquirers if her brother's friend might be an FBI agent as well but Masumi denies this possibility by saying that he must have been a friend that Shuichi was meeting with while on vacation. Rei thinks to himself that Scotch was a member of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau]] and that Shuichi was the one responsible for his death.

=== Bourbon's Mission (Manga: [[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|954-957]]; Anime: [[The Stage of Betrayal|866-867]]) ===
A flashback from [[Rei Furuya]] occurs while he is daydreaming while driving around with [[Vermouth]]. He runs up the external staircase of a building while thinking of Scotch's words "I'm sorry Furuya, my PSB identity has been seen through by those people...it seems like the only route of retreat left is to the other world...goodbye Rei(Zero)". At the top of the building he finds Shuichi standing over Scotch's corpse holding a smoking gun and saying "Traitors...should be punished accordingly...right?". He wakes up to Vermouth telling them they need to pry information out of a target and then destroy them in one swoop.

Later Conan, Subaru, Ran, and Sonoko run into "Amuro" and Azusa, who Conan thinks is Vermouth, while trying to meet up with a musician who has some connection to a [[Rum]] case from [[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|17 years ago]]. Rei speaks directly to Subaru, who he doesn't realize is Shuichi in disguise due to [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]]. Conan reacts to them casually chatting and tells Subaru that they need to leave, but he doesn't want to. The group finds that the musician is already dead. At the end of the musician case it's revealed that Scotch's death was actually a suicide, as he tried to shoot himself to the chest where the bullet would have destroyed his phone where sensitive data is held.

Both Shuichi Akai and ironically, Rei (Bourbon/Amuro) played an indirect role in his drive to suicide. Being cornered by Akai, who was still undercover at the time, and without realizing his FBI affiliation, Scotch was forced to commit suicide. But as he was about to do finish the act, Akai tightly held the gun's cylinder, which prevented Scotch from being able to pull on the trigger. Then Akai revealed his true identity and motive, managing to prevent the death. However, in that moment, Rei's hurried footsteps were heard, and both Akai and Scotch took that as approaching Black members. Scotch used Akai's distraction to pull the trigger, as Rei arrived at the scene after Akai retrieved the gun from Scotch's hand. While Rei continued his investigation to try to understand more about Scotch's death, currently his conclusion is that Akai forced Scotch to commit suicide.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== [[Rei Furuya]] ===
Rei seems to have a strong attachment to Scotch and blames Shuichi for his death. His resentment is strong enough to continue chasing after Shuichi, even after he was told that Shuichi had been killed. Judging on Scotch's last message, it seems that Rei had been aware that Scotch was a undercover agent. Perhaps they even worked together.

=== [[Shuichi Akai]] ===
Shuichi has been on at least one mission inside the Black Organization with Scotch. The mission involved rifles inside bass guitar cases. During a later time, he is found standing over Scotch's bullet ridden corpse while holding a handgun. It would seem that the two of them got into a violent altercation prior to Scotch's death, in which he pretended to be beaten by Akai and used that as an opportunity to steal his gun, which was later used to kill himself.

=== [[Masumi Sera]] ===
Sera recalled meeting Scotch 4 years ago, when he 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.

=== [[Yuya Kazami]] ===
Yuya Kazami was a his comrade.



== In other languages ==

== Trivia ==
* When his face was still unknown, [[Gosho Aoyama]] revealed in a postcard response to a fan that Scotch is not [[Wataru Date]].<ref>[[:File:Scotch not Date postcard.jpg]]</ref>
* Scotch's first name has been revealed by [[Gosho Aoyama]] in Animal Crossing, which is 'Hiromitsu' (ヒロミツ・景光).

== Gallery ==

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Public Security Bureau]]
* [[Wikipedia: Scotch whisky|Scotch]] (Alcohol)

== References ==
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{{Black Organization}}
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[[Category:Deceased characters]]

[[de:Scotch]]

Juzo Megure

2018-07-13T16:25:44Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Juzo Megure
| japanese-name = 目暮十三 (Megure Jūzō)
| english-name = Joseph Meguire
| image = Juzo Megure Profile.jpg
| age = Early/mid 40s
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Midori Megure]] (wife)
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector
| nicknames = Inspector Inspector-dono ([[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Juzo Megure Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 4]]
| japanese-voice = [[Chafurin]]
| english-voice = [[Mark Stoddard]]
| drama-actor = [[Masahiko Nishimura]] (1st) [[Masato Ibu]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Juzo Megure|目暮十三|Megure Jūzō}}''' (also known as '''Joseph Meguire''' in the Funimation dub), commonly referred to as '''Inspector Megure''', is a Police Inspector (Rank 6) in Division 1 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department<ref name=PoliceRanks>http://forums.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=6114.0</ref> in the manga and anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Shortly after Megure had come to the police force, he was involved in a case in which he would meet his future wife, [[Midori Megure|Midori]]. As a result of the case, he has taken to wearing a hat in public in order to hide a scar which he gained and his own self-consciousness about how he came to his marriage.<ref>Manga Chapter 286: An Unexpected Motive</ref> Megure was also a good friend of star detective story novelist [[Yusaku Kudo]], and would in the past consult him about one case or another. On many such occasions, Yusaku would take his son [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] with him, who would pick up his father's investigative skills and eventually become a detective in his own right.<ref>Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call</ref>

Megure is almost always there on the scene when a murder occurs, always interviewing the suspects, and acting as the commanding officer of the group of police he brings along with him, among them [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Miwako Sato]], [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], and [[Kazunobu Chiba]]. Megure and [[Kogoro Mouri]] were former co-officers in the district.<ref>Manga Chapters 570-573: Shinichi's Childhood Adventure</ref>

== Personality ==
Megure is a capable veteran officer who cares much for his underlings, but he is prone to occasional shouting fits whenever something does not go right or when his temper gets the better of him. He also has little patience for fools, but tends to be a bit too conservative, limiting his ability for flexible thinking.

After [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] solved their first mutual case for him, he has regularly consulted him in difficult cases and considered him a great help.<ref>Manga Chapter 207: Hidden Within The Depth Of The Heart</ref> In stark contrast to this, he tends not to think much of [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and the [[Detective Boys]], usually thinking of them as a nuisance until they solve the ongoing case for him. Likewise, from their common police days, he has no high regard for [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]], and he thinks that he may actually be under some kind of jinx, since wherever Kogoro shows up, there is always some murder case nearby (a fact which actually conforms to Conan, which in later cases he seems to have realized).

In some anime originals, Megure has the habit of trying to tell the culprit about the morals of doing wrong, which he rarely does in the manga series.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations/head|Megure}}
{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')|Kudo-kun Shinichi-kun}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Inspector (''Keibu'')|Ran-kun}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Inspector-dono (''Keibu-dono'') Assistant Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu-ho''; past)<ref>[[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|Episode 690]]</ref>|Mouri-kun (usually) Mouri Sleeping Kogoro (''Nemuri no Kogoro'')<ref>Episode 558: [[The Interrogation Room]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Inspector (''Keibu'') Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="ep18">[[a June Bride Murder Case|Episode 18: A June Bride Murder Case]]</ref>|Sonoko-kun<ref name="ep18"/>}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Megure}}
{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Megure|Managing Officer Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-kanrikan'') Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref> Superintendent (''Keishi'')<ref name="ep18"/>}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-kun Café Detective (''Kissaten Tantei'')<ref name="file937">[[volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 937]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Heizo Hattori|-|Hattori Heizo-san}}
{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Megure}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Megure Raccoon dog Megure (''Megure-no-tanuki'')|Nakamori-kun}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')|Takagi-kun (usually) Takagi}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')|Sato-kun Sato<ref name="sdb80-119">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p119</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')|Chiba-kun Chiba}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')|Yumi-kun}}
{{appellations|Naeko Miike|-|Miike-kun}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Inspector Megure ("Megure-keibu")|Shiratori-kun}}
{{appellations|Yui Uehara|Inspector (''Keibu'')<ref name="m13"/>}}
{{appellations|Officer Tome|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')|Tome-san}}
{{appellations|James Black|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')|James-san}}
{{appellations|Jodie Starling|-|Jodie-sensei}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'') Assistant Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu-ho'')|Attorney Kisaki (''Kisaki-bengoshi'') Eri-san Kisaki-san}}
{{appellations|Detective Horita|-|Horita-kun<ref name="ep397">[[hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup|Episode 397: Hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Detective Sogawa|Inspector Megure<ref>[[Beckoning Cat from Right to Left|Episode 486: Beckoning Cat from Right to Left]]</ref>|file=Detective Sogawa.jpg}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Megure}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')<ref name="file948">[[Volume 89#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref>|Agasa-san}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Inspector|Genta-kun}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')|Ayumi-kun}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')|Ai-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Megure}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Your boyfriend (''kimi no kareshi''; talking to [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]])}}
{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo Ryusuke-san}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Okino Yoko-san Yoko-san Okino Yoko}}
{{appellations|Minami Takayama|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref>[[The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case|Episode 82]]</ref>|file=Minami Takayama anime.jpg}}
</tab>
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{{appellations/head|Megure}}
{{appellations|Gin|-|Men in Black (collective)}}
{{appellations|Vodka|-|Men in Black (collective)}}
{{appellations|Shigehiko Nomiguchi|-|The Honorable Nomiguchi (''Nomiguchi-giin'')}}
{{Appellations|Yoshiaki Hara|-|Hara-san}}
{{appellations|Pisco|-|Chairman Masuyama (''Masuyama-kaichō'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Megure}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|-|Sakurako-san Yonehara-san Housemaid-san (''Kaseifu-san'')}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="m13"/>|Hattori-kun Heiji-kun}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|Kazuha-kun}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|-|High School Girl Detective (''Joshikōsei Tantei'')<ref name="file937"/>}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
Megure appears in a majority of the episodes. He is always involved in questioning suspects, although his deductive powers are not as well-developed as [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] or [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]].

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and Friends ===
==== Midori Megure ====
[[Midori Megure|Midori]] is Megure's wife. During a case along time ago, she insisted on being a decoy for a serial killer. This is explained in episode 217-218. Juzo jumped in front of the car to save her. While she was hit, he only hit his head. This is explained why he never takes off his hat, which is to hide the scar. She survived and later they were married.

=== Yusaku Kudo ===
Megure is on very friendly terms with [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and respects his deductive powers, so much so that he sometimes looks to him for guidance on tough cases.

==== Shinichi Kudo ====
[[Shinichi Kudo]] is respected and seen as a helpful guide on cases by Megure. Their working relationship began with [[The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|Shinichi's first solo case aboard an airplane]]. Shinichi's habit of helping the police likely comes from his father, [[Yusaku Kudo]], whom Megure also respects. Megure often comments how cases would be much easier if "Kudo-kun" was still around. Conan often pretends that Shinichi tells him the truth to cases by phone so that Megure is more accepting of Conan's deductions.

==== Conan Edogawa ====
[[File:Megure and Conan_Relationship.jpg|thumb|right|Megure waffles between treating Conan like a child and a detective.]]
Megure tends to treat Conan as a nuisance, and does not think much of him. Unlike Takagi and Sato, he does not notice as much as others the tips and hints Conan drops regularly.

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
In episode 218, Juzo shielded Sonoko from a serial killer. The serial killer was going to kill Sonoko with a iron club until Juzo shielded her at last second. The killer was arrested and Juzo went to the hospital. Sonoko, Ran, Conan, Kogoro and the Superintendent went to visit him.

==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[Kogoro Mouri]] and Megure used to work together in the past before Kogoro left the police force. Megure found Kogoro's work behavior and poor deductions irritating. Now that Kogoro has become the "Sleeping Kogoro", Megure's respect for him has increased somewhat. It is a running gag that Megure refers to Kogoro as a shinigami or a 'death-god', because of the sheer number of murder cases that Kogoro coincidentally has come by. Now whenever Kogoro and Megure work together, the inspector always impatiently awaits [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|Kogoro's characteristic "Hynaaa~" sound and dance]] that marks the beginning of the [[Conan Edogawa|sleeping detective]]'s deduction.

=== Law Enforcement ===
==== Wataru Takagi and Ninzaburo Shiratori ====
Megure and [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] usually work together on criminal cases. [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], though an Inspector himself, is also frequently seen conducting investigations with Megure. Both policemen share cordial relationships with Megure and treat him with respect.

==== Miwako Sato ====
[[Miwako Sato|Miwako]] and Juzo have been shown to have a father-daughter relationship, probably because Sato's father had died at a young age.

==== Kiyonaga Matsumoto ====
[[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] is Megure's superior.

== 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. Megure placed 24th in the poll with 17 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
[[File:Detective 5.jpg|thumb|right|Maigret was featured by Gosho Aoyama in the fifth volume.]]
"Juzo Megure" comes from '''[[Wikipedia:Jules Maigret|Jules Maigret]]''', a fictional Paris police detective created by the writer Georges Simenon. Maigret and Megure physically resemble one another as well, both are stocky and somewhat overweight. Megure's first name "Juzo" has also been used as a pun on thirteen, the Japanese numeral.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Megure_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Megure's "Before" Appearance (episode 1).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Megure Middle.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Megure's "Middle" Appearance (episode 449).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Megure_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Megure's "After" Appearance (episode 549).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Juzo Megure MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Megure's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 6).]]
|}

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Megure's scar has yet to be seen, because even when he was hospitalized, he either had his hat or had a bandage that wrapped the whole top of his head.
* Megure does not know how to work with computers well. He doesn't know the most basic jargon nor the proper way to turn one on or off.<ref name=379p>Manga Volume 37, File 7, :"Footsteps of Darkness 3"</ref>
* His last name Megure (目暮) is written with the characters for 'eye' and 'to get dark'. His first name Jūzō (十三) literally means 'thirteen'.

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|十三 Jūzō|目暮 Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|جوزو Jōzo|ميگوري Migori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Juzo|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Juzo|Megré}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Juzo|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|十三 Shisan|目暮 Mumu}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Joseph|Meguire}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Juzo|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Juzo|Megure/Maigret<ref>In the Manga</ref>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Juzo|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Juzo|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|롬보/한석 Lom Bo/Han Seok |골 Gol<ref>His name changed in Movie 2, because of the issue with the number-name pairing.</ref>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Juzo|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|จูโซ Cūso|เมงูเระ Me-ngū-rea}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Juzo|Megure}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Juzo Megure -10.PNG|Juzo Megure 10 years ago.
</gallery>

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

== References ==
<references />

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Megure Juzo}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]

[[de:Juzo Megure]]

Jirokichi Suzuki

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Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Jirokichi Suzuki
| japanese-name = {{Lang|ja|鈴木次郎吉}} (Suzuki Jirokichi)
| english-name =
| image = Jirokichi Suzuki Profile.jpg
| age = 72
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = November 29<ref>His dossier in ''Magic Kaito 1412'', episode 16.</ref>
| relatives = [[Sonoko Suzuki]] (niece) [[Ayako Suzuki]] (niece) [[Shiro Suzuki]] (younger cousin)<ref>Manga Volume 44, File 7 (453), pg 6: "Miracle"</ref>
| occupation = Suzuki Financial Group Senior Advisor
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 44|File 453]] Anime: [[Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk|Episode 356]]
| appearances = {{:Jirokichi Suzuki Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 61]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ichiro Nagai]] (Ep. 356~725) [[Kosei Tomita]] (Ep. 746~)
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Jirokichi Suzuki|鈴木次郎吉|Suzuki Jirokichi}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Jirokichi Suzuki is [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]'s uncle and a general adviser for her father's corporation, although he is semi-retired and currently executes this function mostly as a pastime. He also has accumulated considerable wealth in his lifetime.<ref name="episode 356">[[Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk|Episode 356: Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk]].</ref> He is old enough to remember World War II, on one occasion mentioning that the vault in his current home was used as an air-raid shelter during his youth.

As an adult, Jirokichi is both adventurous and glory-hounding. Even at his considerable age he has risen to a number of extreme challenges, earning himself recognition and a constant place on the front pages of the Japanese newspapers. However, at one time a daring exploit by [[Kaitou Kid]] had inadvertently stripped him of his 'rank', and as a result Jirokichi declared a personal vendetta on Kid. Now he uses his considerable wealth to purchase rare and legendary gemstones and jewels for use as a bait for Kid, and to design ingenious traps to catch the master thief in the act.<ref name="epsiode 356">[[Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk|Episode 356: Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk]].</ref>

However, as the unpredictable rascal Kid is, none of the traps are able to hold him, and so far only [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] has succeeded in preventing Kid from taking away the loot as well. Now that Conan has taken Jirokichi's place on the front pages as the 'Kid Killer', Jirokichi feels jealous about him as well, although he has also come to respect Conan's superior detective skills and intellect.<ref name="epsiode 356">[[Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk|Episode 356: Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk]].</ref><ref name="epsiode 538">[[Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe|Episode 538: Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe, Part 2]].</ref>

== Personality ==
[[File:Jirokichi_never_wins.png|left|thumb|Jirokichi being depressed about once again getting outdone by Conan.]]
Jirokichi Suzuki is well beyond his 70s, but still physically and mentally in his prime. He is also an obsessive glory hound and adventurer who does not shrink from any challenge. His current life project is to capture Kaitou Kid, partly because of his personal vendetta against the master thief (see Background). But while he resents anyone who outdoes him, he entertains a silent respect for anyone who shows talents superior to his own, a fact which he has demonstrated to both Conan and Kid, his personal 'competitors'.

Jirokichi's closest companion is his dog [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Lupin|Lupin]], who is his best friend, bodyguard, and safekeeper in one person (or hound).
{{clear}}

== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Friends & relatives">
{{appellations/head|Jirokichi}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Uncle Jirokichi (''Jirokichi-ojisama'') Uncle (''ojisama'') Uncle Suzuki Jirokichi (''Suzuki Jirokichi-ojisama''; talking to [[Ran Mouri|Ran]])|Sonoko My niece (''washi no meikko'') [[Shiro Suzuki|Shiro]]'s daughter (''Shiro n toko no musumekko'')}}
{{appellations|Shiro Suzuki|-|Shiro}}
{{Appellations|Conan Edogawa|This old man (''kono jiisan'')|Boy (''Kowappa'') Kid-Killer<ref>Movie 19: [[Sunflowers of Inferno]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Zengo Goto|-|Goto}}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Jirokichi}}
{{appellations|Shintaro Chaki|Adviser (''sōdan-yaku'')<ref name="file862">{{appear file|vol=82#Twin Bets|862|Iron Wall (Volume 82)}}</ref>|Chaki-kun}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Adviser Suzuki (''Suzuki-sōdan-yaku'') Old man (''jiisan'')|Inspector Nakamori (''Nakamori-keibu'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Jirokichi}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|Old man (''jiisan'')|Kaitou Kid Kid White sinner (''shiroki tsumibito'') That thief (''ano tōzoku'')}}
{{appellations|Kaito Kuroba|Old man Suzuki (''Suzuki-no-jiisan'')|-}}
{{appellations|Konosuke Jii|Adviser Suzuki (''Suzuki-sōdan'yaku'')|-}}
{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|Adviser Suzuki Jirokichi (''Suzuki Jirokichi-sōdan'yaku'')|[[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]'s boyfriend (''Sonoko no boyfriend'')}}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Kaitou Kid and the Ocean's Miracle (Manga: [[Volume 44#Kaitou Kid and the Ocean's Miracle|453-456]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk|356]])= ==

=== Kaitou Kid and the Purple Nail (Manga: [[Volume 61#Kaitou Kid and the Purple Nail|631-634]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic|515]]) ===

=== Kaitou Kid and the Iron Tanuki (Manga: [[Volume 64#Kaitou Kid and the Iron Tanuki|674-676]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe|537-538]]) ===

=== Kirin's Horn Case (Manga: [[Volume 68#Kirin's Horn Case|712-715]]; Anime: [[The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark|585-587]]) ===

=== Ryoma's Gunbelt Case (Manga: [[Volume 70#Ryoma's Gunbelt Case|731-733]]; Anime: [[Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure|627-628]]) ===

=== Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78#Mystery Train|818, 820, 824]]; Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-702, 704]]) ===

=== The Blush Mermaid (Manga: [[Volume 78#The Blush Mermaid|828-830]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid|724-725]]) ===

=== Twin Bets (Manga: [[Volume 82#Twin Bets|862-864]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku|746-747]]) ===

=== The Luna Memoria (Manga: [[Volume 91#Kaitou Kid and the Luna Memoria|963-965]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box|887-888]]) ===

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== Movie 14: [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]] ===

=== Movie 19: [[Sunflowers of Inferno]] ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Kaitou Kid ===
Jirokichi Suzuki decided he was going to be rivals with [[Kaitou Kid]] when one of the thief's exploits pushed the newspaper article of Jirokichi's man-powered solo plane ride around the world to third story.<ref>Manga [[Volume 44]], File 8 (454), pg 13: "Shock"</ref> Jirokichi anticipates that outsmarting and capturing Kaitou Kid will be the pinnacle of his many accomplishments to date and the jewel the autobiographical movie he plans to make. Jirokichi often buys large gems with interesting histories that are favored by the thief, displays them in some sort of unusual location or trap, and then challenges Kaitou Kid to steal them. Kaitou Kid thinks of Jirokichi as a fool that is easy to take from, but their relationship is amicable enough that Kid was willing to respond to Jirokichi's request for assistance once. To make it more difficult for the thief succeed, Jirokichi has invited Kogoro Mouri or Conan to help him several times. Conan has stopped Kaitou Kid from taking the jewel on several occasions and made the front page of the papers, but since Conan or someone else is the star of the article, Jirokichi is never satisfied.

=== Ginzo Nakamori ===
Jirokichi and [[Ginzo Nakamori|Nakamori]] sometimes work together to capture Kaitou Kid. Nakamori thinks Jirokichi is kind of crazy of baiting Kid with his own treasure and tried to be a star on a newspaper article.

=== Zengo Goto ===
[[Zengo Goto]] is Jirokichi's bodyguard.

== Name origin ==
Jirokichi's name comes from the historical thief '''{{nihongo|[[Wikipedia: Nezumi Kozō|Rat Boy Jirokichi]]|鼠小僧次郎吉|Nezumi-Kozō Jirokichi}}'''.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jirokichi Before.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Jirokichi's "Before" Appearance (episode 356).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Young Jirokichi.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Jirokichi's "Young" Appearance (episode 356).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jirokichi Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Jirokichi's "Middle" Appearance (episode 515).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jirokichi After.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Jirokichi's "After" Appearance (episode 747).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jirokichi Suzuki MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Jirokichi's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 11).]]
|}

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suzuki Jirokichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]

[[de:Jirokichi Suzuki]]

Konosuke Jii

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Ichikawa: /* Trivia */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Konosuke Jii
| japanese-name = 寺井黄之助 (Jii Kōnosuke)
| english-name =
| image = Konosuke Jii Profile.jpg
| age = 61<ref>Episode 219</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Koyata Yamamoto's former servant (until 1945) [[Kuroba Family]]'s actual assistant (present)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Manga: Chapter 1 Manga: [[Volume 44#File 456 - Escape|File 456]] Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|Episode 219]] [[Magic Kaito 1412]]: [[The Revived Phantom Thief Kid|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Konosuke Jii Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kaneta Kimotsuki]] (episode 219) [[Yōsuke Akimoto]] (episode 356) [[Koji Yada]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Michio Hazama]] ([[Magic Kaito 1412]]) [[Akio Suyama]] (youth)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Konosuke Jii|寺井黄之助|Jii Kōnosuke}}''' is a character in the manga franchise ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', as well as the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Jii worked as the famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]]'s assistant. He also knew of Toichi's alter ego as the [[Kaitou Kid]], and presumably assisted him in his heists. According to Jii, Toichi made him swear never to tell his son [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]] about his father's secret identity. Because Kaito did not immediately recognize Jii, it seems that he may not have been close to the entire Kuroba family, or perhaps Toichi wanted to protect Kaito from his Kaitou Kid identity, and thus kept him away from Jii.

Jii currently runs a a billiards parlor called the Blue Parrot. He lost a legendary pool cue to a rival billiards parlor 13 years ago, prior to when he met Toichi, but it is not clear whether Jii owned the Blue Parrot at that time or if he opened it only after Toichi's death.<ref>Magic Kaito Vol. 2, Ch. 7 (Hustler vs Magician)</ref>

== Personality ==
Jii appears to be deeply loyal to the Kuroba family, always willing to assist both Toichi and Kaito's activities as Kaitou Kid. Though he is not as outgoing as either of his employers, he is brave enough to take on many high-risk assignments with little hesitation.

When not assisting on heists, Jii's interests seem to include billiards and classic art (as evidenced by his interest in the Paris Collection).

== Skills ==
[[File:Jii is a hacker.PNG|thumb|left|Jii has some skill with hacking control systems.]]
A former magician's assistant, Jii is quite knowledgeable about magic. Jii currently assists Kaito Kuroba on heists, and likely assisted Toichi Kuroba in the past. Jii does at least some of the scouting and preparation needed to develop tricks for heists, and occasionally helps in the tricks themselves during the main event. He is also a swift and skilled but reckless driver who weaves in and out of traffic.
The police are aware that Kaito Kid has assistances. Nakamori mentions that the description are a young woman or an old man. The old man is clearly Jii, while the young woman could be Kaito Kid in disguise or Akako.
{{clear}}

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Jii}}
{{appellations|Kaito Kuroba|Jii-chan|Young Master Kaito (''Kaito-botchama'') Young Master (''Botchama'')}}

{{appellations|Toichi Kuroba|-|Master Toichi (''Toichi-sama'')}}

{{appellations|Chikage Kuroba||Madam (''Okusama'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Jii}}
{{appellations|Aoko Nakamori|Jii-san|Aoko-san}}
{{appellations|Jirokichi Suzuki|-|Advisor Suzuki (''Suzuki-sodan-yaku'')}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Fellow (''Nakama''; talking to Kaitou Kid)<ref>[[Volume 61#Kaitou Kid and the Purple Nail|File 634 (Volume 61)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|file=M19-Kiyosuke Azuma.jpg|Sunflowers of Inferno{{!}}Kiyosuke Azuma|-|Azuma-san}}
{{appellations|file=M19-Umeno.jpg|Sunflowers of Inferno{{!}}Umeno|-|Milady (''Ojōsama'')}}
{{appellations|file=Koji Azuma.jpg|Sunflowers of Inferno{{!}}Koji Azuma|-|The servant}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
Jii first appears in the opening file of Magic Kaito, where he dresses as the Kaitou Kid and steals a diamond using a magic trick that makes most of his body disappear. After Kaito stumbles through the trap door to his father's Kaitou Kid room and realizes that his father was the original Kid who disappeared eight years ago, he decides to dress as the Kid and discover the identity of the current Kaitou Kid.

Kaito confronts Jii on the top of a building and manages to see through Jii's disappearing trick. Jii mistakes Kaito for his father, then Kaito recognizes Jii from tapes of his father's magic shows. Jii tells Kaito that Toichi was murdered eight years ago, and that he, Jii, had donned the costume in an attempt to lure out [[Magic Kaito Organization|the murderers]]. Kaito immediately decides to become the Kid, to Jii's seeming dismay, but Jii's advanced age make it clear that Kaito has a better chance of successfully pulling off heists than Jii does.<ref name="TheResurrectedDKaitou">Magic Kaito Manga Volume 1: Chapter 1, Magic Kaito Special Episode 1 (The ResurrectedKaitou)</ref>

Since then, Jii has appeared to offer Kaito advice and sometimes assist him in his heists. It was implied that the Kid's 'assistant' in the Magical Midair Walk<ref name="Kaitou Kid's Magical Midair Walk">Detective Conan Volume 44: Chapters 7-10. Episode 356 (Kaitou Kid's Magical Midair Walk)</ref> and in the Teleportation Heist<ref name="KaitouKidsTeleportationMagic">Detective Conan Volume 61: Chapters 1-4, Episode 515 (Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic)</ref> was Jii himself.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie: [[Sunflowers of Inferno|19]]) ===
His youth was during World War II, in 1945. He was hired by Koyata Yamamoto, a businessman who bought the 'Ashiya Sunflowers', as a servant in his Ashiya household, and even then wore glasses. His first love was Umeno, the young housekeeper, but she was secretly in love with Kiyosuke Azuma, hired by Yamamoto as a carpenter, although he was married and had a son. He had never hated Azuma and they were good friends. The whole city was engulfed in flames on the day of the air strike. In order to save the painting, who embedded it in the wall firmly to prevent theft, Azuma ran back inside the building mansion. Amid the blazing flames sparked by the raid, Umeno and Jii were entrusted that painting by him, as they witnessed his final moments before their very eyes, and Jii saved her from that fire. To avoid confiscation by the Allied Forces, it was passed off as a fake and sent to Europe, where was sitting quietly in the attic of an old house in Arles. Helped by his words, a year before, Koichi and Koji, Azuma's twin grandsons, finally found it after years of searching. During [[Jirokichi Suzuki]]'s exhibition, disguised as [[Zengo Goto]], he happy cries seeing on the monitor Umeno moved reviewing the painting. Now finally 'Ashiya Sunflowers' safely returned to Japan, and the people of the world will be able to gaze at it just like in an art museum that Saneatsu Mushanokoji spoke of, Azuma and his son's wish has been granted.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Toichi Kuroba ====
Jii is [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]]'s loyal friend and assistant.

==== Kaito Kuroba ====
Like with Toichi, Jii is loyal to Kaito, and helps out with his heists.

== Name origin ==
Like other characters in ''Magic Kaito'', his name contains a color. The kanji "黄" in ''Kō''nosuke means "yellow". The kanji "助" in Kōno''suke'' means "assistant". "Jii" also shares the same sound as "gramps" in Japanese.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii Ep219.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's "Before" Appearance (episode 219).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii Young Movie 19.png|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's "Young" Appearance (movie 19).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii Movie 19.png|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's "After" Appearance (movie 19).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jii is a hacker.PNG|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's Appearance in Magic Kaito Special (episode 8).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
[[File:704 Jii's cameo.png|thumb|right|Jii and [[Vermouth]] (episode 704).]]
* In the ''Teleportation Magic'' case, Conan catches a glimpse of Kid's assistant. In the manga, this is clearly Jii himself, judging from his hairstyle and body shape. In the anime depiction, however, Kid's assistant is depicted as a figure identical to [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]] himself, albeit with a shadowed face.
* In the [[Kogoro in the Bar]] case, his billiards parlor the Blue Parrot is featured as a murder location. However, neither Jii nor any other Magic Kaito characters appear.
* Jii cameos in [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]].

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jii Konosuke}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Kounosuke Jii]]

Konosuke Jii

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Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Konosuke Jii
| japanese-name = 寺井黄之助 (Jii Kōnosuke)
| english-name =
| image = Konosuke Jii Profile.jpg
| age = 61<ref>Episode 219</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Koyata Yamamoto's former servant (until 1945) [[Kuroba Family]]'s actual assistant (present)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Manga: Chapter 1 Manga: [[Volume 44#File 456 - Escape|File 456]] Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|Episode 219]] [[Magic Kaito 1412]]: [[The Revived Phantom Thief Kid|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Konosuke Jii Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kaneta Kimotsuki]] (episode 219) [[Yōsuke Akimoto]] (episode 356) [[Koji Yada]] (Magic Kaito Special) [[Michio Hazama]] ([[Magic Kaito 1412]]) [[Akio Suyama]] (youth)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Konosuke Jii|寺井黄之助|Jii Kōnosuke}}''' is a character in the manga franchise ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', as well as the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Jii worked as the famous magician [[Toichi Kuroba]]'s assistant. He also knew of Toichi's alter ego as the [[Kaitou Kid]], and presumably assisted him in his heists. According to Jii, Toichi made him swear never to tell his son [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]] about his father's secret identity. Because Kaito did not immediately recognize Jii, it seems that he may not have been close to the entire Kuroba family, or perhaps Toichi wanted to protect Kaito from his Kaitou Kid identity, and thus kept him away from Jii.

Jii currently runs a a billiards parlor called the Blue Parrot. He lost a legendary pool cue to a rival billiards parlor 13 years ago, prior to when he met Toichi, but it is not clear whether Jii owned the Blue Parrot at that time or if he opened it only after Toichi's death.<ref>Magic Kaito Vol. 2, Ch. 7 (Hustler vs Magician)</ref>

== Personality ==
Jii appears to be deeply loyal to the Kuroba family, always willing to assist both Toichi and Kaito's activities as Kaitou Kid. Though he is not as outgoing as either of his employers, he is brave enough to take on many high-risk assignments with little hesitation.

When not assisting on heists, Jii's interests seem to include billiards and classic art (as evidenced by his interest in the Paris Collection).

== Skills ==
[[File:Jii is a hacker.PNG|thumb|left|Jii has some skill with hacking control systems.]]
A former magician's assistant, Jii is quite knowledgeable about magic. Jii currently assists Kaito Kuroba on heists, and likely assisted Toichi Kuroba in the past. Jii does at least some of the scouting and preparation needed to develop tricks for heists, and occasionally helps in the tricks themselves during the main event. He is also a swift and skilled but reckless driver who weaves in and out of traffic.
The police are aware that Kaito Kid has assistances. Nakamori mentions that the description are a young woman or an old man. The old man is clearly Jii, while the young woman could be Kaito Kid in disguise or Akako.
{{clear}}

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{{appellations/head|Jii}}
{{appellations|Kaito Kuroba|Jii-chan|Young Master Kaito (''Kaito-botchama'') Young Master (''Botchama'')}}

{{appellations|Toichi Kuroba|-|Master Toichi (''Toichi-sama'')}}

{{appellations|Chikage Kuroba||Madam (''Okusama'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Jii}}
{{appellations|Aoko Nakamori|Jii-san|Aoko-san}}
{{appellations|Jirokichi Suzuki|-|Advisor Suzuki (''Suzuki-sodan-yaku'')}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Fellow (''Nakama''; talking to Kaitou Kid)<ref>[[Volume 61#Kaitou Kid and the Purple Nail|File 634 (Volume 61)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|file=M19-Kiyosuke Azuma.jpg|Sunflowers of Inferno{{!}}Kiyosuke Azuma|-|Azuma-san}}
{{appellations|file=M19-Umeno.jpg|Sunflowers of Inferno{{!}}Umeno|-|Milady (''Ojōsama'')}}
{{appellations|file=Koji Azuma.jpg|Sunflowers of Inferno{{!}}Koji Azuma|-|The servant}}
|}
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</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
Jii first appears in the opening file of Magic Kaito, where he dresses as the Kaitou Kid and steals a diamond using a magic trick that makes most of his body disappear. After Kaito stumbles through the trap door to his father's Kaitou Kid room and realizes that his father was the original Kid who disappeared eight years ago, he decides to dress as the Kid and discover the identity of the current Kaitou Kid.

Kaito confronts Jii on the top of a building and manages to see through Jii's disappearing trick. Jii mistakes Kaito for his father, then Kaito recognizes Jii from tapes of his father's magic shows. Jii tells Kaito that Toichi was murdered eight years ago, and that he, Jii, had donned the costume in an attempt to lure out [[Magic Kaito Organization|the murderers]]. Kaito immediately decides to become the Kid, to Jii's seeming dismay, but Jii's advanced age make it clear that Kaito has a better chance of successfully pulling off heists than Jii does.<ref name="TheResurrectedDKaitou">Magic Kaito Manga Volume 1: Chapter 1, Magic Kaito Special Episode 1 (The ResurrectedKaitou)</ref>

Since then, Jii has appeared to offer Kaito advice and sometimes assist him in his heists. It was implied that the Kid's 'assistant' in the Magical Midair Walk<ref name="Kaitou Kid's Magical Midair Walk">Detective Conan Volume 44: Chapters 7-10. Episode 356 (Kaitou Kid's Magical Midair Walk)</ref> and in the Teleportation Heist<ref name="KaitouKidsTeleportationMagic">Detective Conan Volume 61: Chapters 1-4, Episode 515 (Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic)</ref> was Jii himself.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie: [[Sunflowers of Inferno|19]]) ===
His youth was during World War II, in 1945. He was hired by Koyata Yamamoto, a businessman who bought the 'Ashiya Sunflowers', as a servant in his Ashiya household, and even then wore glasses. His first love was Umeno, the young housekeeper, but she was secretly in love with Kiyosuke Azuma, hired by Yamamoto as a carpenter, although he was married and had a son. He had never hated Azuma and they were good friends. The whole city was engulfed in flames on the day of the air strike. In order to save the painting, who embedded it in the wall firmly to prevent theft, Azuma ran back inside the building mansion. Amid the blazing flames sparked by the raid, Umeno and Jii were entrusted that painting by him, as they witnessed his final moments before their very eyes, and Jii saved her from that fire. To avoid confiscation by the Allied Forces, it was passed off as a fake and sent to Europe, where was sitting quietly in the attic of an old house in Arles. Helped by his words, a year before, Koichi and Koji, Azuma's twin grandsons, finally found it after years of searching. During [[Jirokichi Suzuki]]'s exhibition, disguised as [[Zengo Goto]], he happy cries seeing on the monitor Umeno moved reviewing the painting. Now finally 'Ashiya Sunflowers' safely returned to Japan, and the people of the world will be able to gaze at it just like in an art museum that Saneatsu Mushanokoji spoke of, Azuma and his son's wish has been granted.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Toichi Kuroba ====
Jii is [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]]'s loyal friend and assistant.

==== Kaito Kuroba ====
Like with Toichi, Jii is loyal to Kaito, and helps out with his heists.

== Name origin ==
Like other characters in ''Magic Kaito'', his name contains a color. The kanji "黄" in ''Kō''nosuke means "yellow". The kanji "助" in Kōno''suke'' means "assistant". "Jii" also shares the same sound as "gramps" in Japanese.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii Ep219.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's "Before" Appearance (episode 219).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii Young Movie 19.png|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's "Young" Appearance (movie 19).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii Movie 19.png|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's "After" Appearance (movie 19).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jii is a hacker.PNG|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's Appearance in Magic Kaito Special (episode 8).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Konosuke Jii MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Konosuke's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 2).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
[[File:704 Jii's cameo.png|thumb|right|Jii and [[Vermouth]] (episode 704).]]
* In the ''Teleportation Magic'' case, Conan catches a glimpse of Kid's assistant. In the manga, this is clearly Jii himself, judging from his hairstyle and body shape. In the anime depiction, however, Kid's assistant is depicted as a figure identical to [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]] himself, albeit with a shadowed face.
* In the [[Kogoro in the Bar]] case, his billiards parlor the Blue Parrot is featured as a murder location. However, neither Jii nor any other Magic Kaito characters appear.
* Jii cameos in [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]].
{{clear}}

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jii Konosuke}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]

[[de:Kounosuke Jii]]

Naeko Miike

2018-07-13T16:08:31Z

Ichikawa: /* Relationships analysis */

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| name = Naeko Miike
| japanese-name = 三池苗子 (Miike Naeko)
| english-name =
| image = Naeko Miike Profile.jpg
| age = 24<ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741, Page 9]]: Naeko was in the same grade as Chiba (who's about 24-25).</ref><ref>[[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Naeko says that she is one year older than Sakurako, who is exactly 23.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department patrol officer
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 71#File 741 - The VHS of Memory|File 741]] Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|Episode 624]]
| appearances = {{:Naeko Miike Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 75]]
| japanese-voice = [[Rie Tanaka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Naeko Miike|三池苗子|Miike Naeko}}''' is a character in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Kazunobu Chiba]].

== Background ==
Naeko Miike is a childhood friend of [[Kazunobu Chiba]] and [[Sakurako Yonehara]]. They all attended [[Teitan Elementary]] together where Kazonobu and Naeko both joined the school broadcasting commitee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). She then moved after her sixth grade summer. She works in the traffic department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District directly under [[Yumi Miyamoto]].

== Personality ==
Naeko is an extremely hardworking girl who bears great dedication to her work. However, she also possesses the notable trait of being very shy, which has ruined many of her chances to confess to Kazunobu Chiba about her true identity as his former classmate as well as her feelings for him. A running gag consists of Naeko always hiding her face and blushing heavily when she sees Kazunobu Chiba. She also has a friendly streak, in which she befriended her senior, Yumi Miyamoto, soon after she recently transferred to the latter's Division as well as Miwako Sato a short time after that. It is implied that she is quite observant, as shown when she noted and told Sato that Wataru Takagi was quite popular amongst women (though withholding the information from Sato herself that Takagi's popularity did not come close to matching the level of Sato's own impact around men).

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Nae-chan|Sakurako}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko|Chiba-kun Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)}}
|}
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<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Naeko Freshman-chan (''Shinjin-chan'')|Yumi-san Assistant Inspector Yumi Miyamoto (''Miyamoto Yumi-keibu-ho'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|-|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Miike-chan Anata Miike|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Miike-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Miike Naeko-san Officer Naeko Miike-san (''Miike Naeko-fukei-san'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Policewoman-san (''Fukei-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Policewoman-san with slant eyes (''tsurime no fukei-san'')|-}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Haneda-san Haneda-meijin Boyfriend-san (''Kareshi-san'')}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Naeko-san|-}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Video Letter of First Love (Manga: [[Volume 71|741-742]]; Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
When Naeko moved away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.

=== The Joint Investigation with First Love (Manga: [[Volume 75|790-792]]; Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
Naeko makes her second appearence during a case involving threats that were placed in cars along with Yumi. Ironically, one of the victims happens to be Chiba himself. Naeko hides behind Yumi and continues to blush in front of him. However, Chiba remains oblivious to the fact that she is his childhood first love. She is forced into investigating the car cases with Chiba as Ayumi's, Mitsuhiko's and Genta's plan to get them to confess their love to each other. Soon after, a crash occurs and they find a man on the floor with another threat in the person's car. While everybody is investigating the current act of vandalism, Naeko helps out by giving information on the other cases. Meanwhile, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta continue to get Chiba to realize who Naeko really is, but he gets distracted by Conan, who keeps finding more evidence and Yumi who won't allow Chiba to steal her latest friend from her. Chiba comes close to finding out when a gust of wind blows Naeko's hat off, but is interrupted. Naeko feels like he doesn't remember her at all and calls him a dummy. Naeko continues to help with the investigation and they are able to find the culprit. Soon after Naeko takes Chiba home when Chiba remembers that he's seen her before. Naeko, thinking that he realizes she's his first love, is about to say that Chiba is correct when he says that it was from the time where she gave him a parking ticket. Naeko becomes embarrassed that she assumed wrong, but Chiba reveals to himself that he has a feeling who Naeko really is.

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]; Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681]]) ===
[[File:681-2.png|thumb|right]]
Naeko is first shown with Yumi in the Police Car where they meet Takagi, in which she guesses that he is going on a date with Sato to a hot spring for one night, and expresses surprise when Takagi denies so in a serious manner. Later at the police station, she teases Sato about the possibility of Takagi traveling to meet Sato's parents to ask for her hand, and introduces herself to Sato again when the latter forgets her name (much to her dismay). She voices out that she does not believe Takagi is committing a love affair when the trio discusses the reason behind his visit as he clearly stated that it was not a date and asks about Wataru Date when Yumi and Sato mentions the deceased police officer, to which she also considers the possibility Takagi visiting Date's parents. When the discussion hits the final result that Takagi can only be visiting a woman, Naeko remarks on Takagi's popularity with women, slightly sparking Sato's ire.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89|942-944]]; Anime: [[Chiba's Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Naeko secretly send brochures about dieting plan to Chiba's house. Besides being busy with his investigation on the UFO sighting case, Chiba lost almost 10 kilograms after practicing the plan. Unexpectedly, this circumstance has made a few female police officers start being interested to attract Chiba. Naeko feels jealous and starts sending Chiba chocolates instead and this made Chiba's body return to his previous shape. The female police officers feel disappointed and say they do not interested in him anymore and that relieves Naeko.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBA) ===
Naeko makes a major appearence in this case since it involves the murder of policewomen, especially from the Traffic Divsion, with the presence of three suspects having violated traffic laws.

Later, Naeko is kidnapped by the culprit, after the latter took away her second phone while Naeko was trying to contact Chiba.
Chiba managed to rescue her and aprehend the culprit, but Naeko was injured in her right leg, while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow. While Naeko is being carried to the hospital in Chiba's back, the latter began to wonder if he should cross the red light since no one is around, however, Naeko managed to stop him from breaking the rules; using the same words that Chiba told her in the past.

Those words finally convinced Chiba that she was indeed his childhood friend Naeko, with the latter giving Chiba a hug. The couple goes to the hospital afterwards while blushing at the same time.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Kazunobu Chiba]] ====
Chiba and Naeko were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together were they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a police officer. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves. Despite this, Chiba is unable to identify Naeko as his childhood love, and Naeko has taken to hiding away in embarrassment upon seeing Chiba, though it is shown that Chiba has a slight feeling that he knows Naeko from before, even remembering that Naeko had spent a lot of time together with Sakurako when they were young.

==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
[[File:exboyfriend8765.jpg|right|thumb]]
Sakurako is Naeko's childhood friend and former neighbor. They are presumably close even back in their childhood days as Chiba, upon recognizing Sakurako, recalls that the latter always had Naeko by her side. Sakurako has also given Naeko the nickname "Nae-chan", and called her for help when she discovered a corpse at the house she was working at, showing that the two has kept in contact throughout the years.
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==== [[Yumi Miyamoto]] ====
[[File:Yuminaekof04f3fdbb6fd5266b38c0b81aa18972bd5073607.jpg|right|thumb]]
Yumi is Naeko's senior at work, and even though she cares for her subordinate, she does everything she can to keep Miike away from Chiba, because if those two date, Yumi will be the only single one among her friends. However she does step back, even through it's doesn't help much for Naeko and Chiba.
{{clear}}

== Character popularity ==
* Naeko ranked 9th in the Digest Book 60+'s "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 71 votes.

== Name origin ==
Her name is a reference to the Japanese novel and TV series, Mikeneko (Calico Cat) Holmes.

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Her last name Miike (三池) means 'three ponds'. Her first name Naeko (苗子) is written with the characters for 'seedling' and 'child'.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Naeko.png|Naeko Miike
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miike Naeko}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Naeko Miike]]

Naeko Miike

2018-07-13T16:07:57Z

Ichikawa: /* UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: 942-944; Anime: 847-848) */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Naeko Miike
| japanese-name = 三池苗子 (Miike Naeko)
| english-name =
| image = Naeko Miike Profile.jpg
| age = 24<ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741, Page 9]]: Naeko was in the same grade as Chiba (who's about 24-25).</ref><ref>[[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Naeko says that she is one year older than Sakurako, who is exactly 23.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department patrol officer
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 71#File 741 - The VHS of Memory|File 741]] Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|Episode 624]]
| appearances = {{:Naeko Miike Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 75]]
| japanese-voice = [[Rie Tanaka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Naeko Miike|三池苗子|Miike Naeko}}''' is a character in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Kazunobu Chiba]].

== Background ==
Naeko Miike is a childhood friend of [[Kazunobu Chiba]] and [[Sakurako Yonehara]]. They all attended [[Teitan Elementary]] together where Kazonobu and Naeko both joined the school broadcasting commitee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). She then moved after her sixth grade summer. She works in the traffic department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District directly under [[Yumi Miyamoto]].

== Personality ==
Naeko is an extremely hardworking girl who bears great dedication to her work. However, she also possesses the notable trait of being very shy, which has ruined many of her chances to confess to Kazunobu Chiba about her true identity as his former classmate as well as her feelings for him. A running gag consists of Naeko always hiding her face and blushing heavily when she sees Kazunobu Chiba. She also has a friendly streak, in which she befriended her senior, Yumi Miyamoto, soon after she recently transferred to the latter's Division as well as Miwako Sato a short time after that. It is implied that she is quite observant, as shown when she noted and told Sato that Wataru Takagi was quite popular amongst women (though withholding the information from Sato herself that Takagi's popularity did not come close to matching the level of Sato's own impact around men).

== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Friends">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Nae-chan|Sakurako}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko|Chiba-kun Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Naeko Freshman-chan (''Shinjin-chan'')|Yumi-san Assistant Inspector Yumi Miyamoto (''Miyamoto Yumi-keibu-ho'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|-|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Miike-chan Anata Miike|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Miike-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Miike Naeko-san Officer Naeko Miike-san (''Miike Naeko-fukei-san'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Policewoman-san (''Fukei-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Policewoman-san with slant eyes (''tsurime no fukei-san'')|-}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Haneda-san Haneda-meijin Boyfriend-san (''Kareshi-san'')}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Naeko-san|-}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Video Letter of First Love (Manga: [[Volume 71|741-742]]; Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
When Naeko moved away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.

=== The Joint Investigation with First Love (Manga: [[Volume 75|790-792]]; Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
Naeko makes her second appearence during a case involving threats that were placed in cars along with Yumi. Ironically, one of the victims happens to be Chiba himself. Naeko hides behind Yumi and continues to blush in front of him. However, Chiba remains oblivious to the fact that she is his childhood first love. She is forced into investigating the car cases with Chiba as Ayumi's, Mitsuhiko's and Genta's plan to get them to confess their love to each other. Soon after, a crash occurs and they find a man on the floor with another threat in the person's car. While everybody is investigating the current act of vandalism, Naeko helps out by giving information on the other cases. Meanwhile, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta continue to get Chiba to realize who Naeko really is, but he gets distracted by Conan, who keeps finding more evidence and Yumi who won't allow Chiba to steal her latest friend from her. Chiba comes close to finding out when a gust of wind blows Naeko's hat off, but is interrupted. Naeko feels like he doesn't remember her at all and calls him a dummy. Naeko continues to help with the investigation and they are able to find the culprit. Soon after Naeko takes Chiba home when Chiba remembers that he's seen her before. Naeko, thinking that he realizes she's his first love, is about to say that Chiba is correct when he says that it was from the time where she gave him a parking ticket. Naeko becomes embarrassed that she assumed wrong, but Chiba reveals to himself that he has a feeling who Naeko really is.

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]; Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681]]) ===
[[File:681-2.png|thumb|right]]
Naeko is first shown with Yumi in the Police Car where they meet Takagi, in which she guesses that he is going on a date with Sato to a hot spring for one night, and expresses surprise when Takagi denies so in a serious manner. Later at the police station, she teases Sato about the possibility of Takagi traveling to meet Sato's parents to ask for her hand, and introduces herself to Sato again when the latter forgets her name (much to her dismay). She voices out that she does not believe Takagi is committing a love affair when the trio discusses the reason behind his visit as he clearly stated that it was not a date and asks about Wataru Date when Yumi and Sato mentions the deceased police officer, to which she also considers the possibility Takagi visiting Date's parents. When the discussion hits the final result that Takagi can only be visiting a woman, Naeko remarks on Takagi's popularity with women, slightly sparking Sato's ire.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89|942-944]]; Anime: [[Chiba's Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Naeko secretly send brochures about dieting plan to Chiba's house. Besides being busy with his investigation on the UFO sighting case, Chiba lost almost 10 kilograms after practicing the plan. Unexpectedly, this circumstance has made a few female police officers start being interested to attract Chiba. Naeko feels jealous and starts sending Chiba chocolates instead and this made Chiba's body return to his previous shape. The female police officers feel disappointed and say they do not interested in him anymore and that relieves Naeko.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBA) ===
Naeko makes a major appearence in this case since it involves the murder of policewomen, especially from the Traffic Divsion, with the presence of three suspects having violated traffic laws.

Later, Naeko is kidnapped by the culprit, after the latter took away her second phone while Naeko was trying to contact Chiba.
Chiba managed to rescue her and aprehend the culprit, but Naeko was injured in her right leg, while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow. While Naeko is being carried to the hospital in Chiba's back, the latter began to wonder if he should cross the red light since no one is around, however, Naeko managed to stop him from breaking the rules; using the same words that Chiba told her in the past.

Those words finally convinced Chiba that she was indeed his childhood friend Naeko, with the latter giving Chiba a hug. The couple goes to the hospital afterwards while blushing at the same time.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Kazunobu Chiba]] ====
Chiba and Naeko were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together were they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a police officer. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves. Despite this, Chiba is unable to identify Naeko as his childhood love, and Naeko has taken to hiding away in embarrassment upon seeing Chiba, though it is shown that Chiba has a slight feeling that he knows Naeko from before, even remembering that Naeko had spent a lot of time together with Sakurako when they were young.

[[File:exboyfriend8765.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Sakurako is Naeko's childhood friend and former neighbor. They are presumably close even back in their childhood days as Chiba, upon recognizing Sakurako, recalls that the latter always had Naeko by her side. Sakurako has also given Naeko the nickname "Nae-chan", and called her for help when she discovered a corpse at the house she was working at, showing that the two has kept in contact throughout the years.
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[[File:Yuminaekof04f3fdbb6fd5266b38c0b81aa18972bd5073607.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Yumi Miyamoto]] ====
Yumi is Naeko's senior at work, and even though she cares for her subordinate, she does everything she can to keep Miike away from Chiba, because if those two date, Yumi will be the only single one among her friends. However she does step back, even through it's doesn't help much for Naeko and Chiba.
{{clear}}

== Character popularity ==
* Naeko ranked 9th in the Digest Book 60+'s "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 71 votes.

== Name origin ==
Her name is a reference to the Japanese novel and TV series, Mikeneko (Calico Cat) Holmes.

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Her last name Miike (三池) means 'three ponds'. Her first name Naeko (苗子) is written with the characters for 'seedling' and 'child'.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Naeko.png|Naeko Miike
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miike Naeko}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Naeko Miike]]

Naeko Miike

2018-07-13T16:07:28Z

Ichikawa: /* The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: 804; Anime: 681) */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Naeko Miike
| japanese-name = 三池苗子 (Miike Naeko)
| english-name =
| image = Naeko Miike Profile.jpg
| age = 24<ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741, Page 9]]: Naeko was in the same grade as Chiba (who's about 24-25).</ref><ref>[[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Naeko says that she is one year older than Sakurako, who is exactly 23.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department patrol officer
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 71#File 741 - The VHS of Memory|File 741]] Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|Episode 624]]
| appearances = {{:Naeko Miike Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 75]]
| japanese-voice = [[Rie Tanaka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Naeko Miike|三池苗子|Miike Naeko}}''' is a character in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Kazunobu Chiba]].

== Background ==
Naeko Miike is a childhood friend of [[Kazunobu Chiba]] and [[Sakurako Yonehara]]. They all attended [[Teitan Elementary]] together where Kazonobu and Naeko both joined the school broadcasting commitee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). She then moved after her sixth grade summer. She works in the traffic department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District directly under [[Yumi Miyamoto]].

== Personality ==
Naeko is an extremely hardworking girl who bears great dedication to her work. However, she also possesses the notable trait of being very shy, which has ruined many of her chances to confess to Kazunobu Chiba about her true identity as his former classmate as well as her feelings for him. A running gag consists of Naeko always hiding her face and blushing heavily when she sees Kazunobu Chiba. She also has a friendly streak, in which she befriended her senior, Yumi Miyamoto, soon after she recently transferred to the latter's Division as well as Miwako Sato a short time after that. It is implied that she is quite observant, as shown when she noted and told Sato that Wataru Takagi was quite popular amongst women (though withholding the information from Sato herself that Takagi's popularity did not come close to matching the level of Sato's own impact around men).

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Nae-chan|Sakurako}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko|Chiba-kun Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Naeko Freshman-chan (''Shinjin-chan'')|Yumi-san Assistant Inspector Yumi Miyamoto (''Miyamoto Yumi-keibu-ho'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|-|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Miike-chan Anata Miike|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Miike-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Miike Naeko-san Officer Naeko Miike-san (''Miike Naeko-fukei-san'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Policewoman-san (''Fukei-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Policewoman-san with slant eyes (''tsurime no fukei-san'')|-}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Haneda-san Haneda-meijin Boyfriend-san (''Kareshi-san'')}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Naeko-san|-}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Video Letter of First Love (Manga: [[Volume 71|741-742]]; Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
When Naeko moved away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.

=== The Joint Investigation with First Love (Manga: [[Volume 75|790-792]]; Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
Naeko makes her second appearence during a case involving threats that were placed in cars along with Yumi. Ironically, one of the victims happens to be Chiba himself. Naeko hides behind Yumi and continues to blush in front of him. However, Chiba remains oblivious to the fact that she is his childhood first love. She is forced into investigating the car cases with Chiba as Ayumi's, Mitsuhiko's and Genta's plan to get them to confess their love to each other. Soon after, a crash occurs and they find a man on the floor with another threat in the person's car. While everybody is investigating the current act of vandalism, Naeko helps out by giving information on the other cases. Meanwhile, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta continue to get Chiba to realize who Naeko really is, but he gets distracted by Conan, who keeps finding more evidence and Yumi who won't allow Chiba to steal her latest friend from her. Chiba comes close to finding out when a gust of wind blows Naeko's hat off, but is interrupted. Naeko feels like he doesn't remember her at all and calls him a dummy. Naeko continues to help with the investigation and they are able to find the culprit. Soon after Naeko takes Chiba home when Chiba remembers that he's seen her before. Naeko, thinking that he realizes she's his first love, is about to say that Chiba is correct when he says that it was from the time where she gave him a parking ticket. Naeko becomes embarrassed that she assumed wrong, but Chiba reveals to himself that he has a feeling who Naeko really is.

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]; Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681]]) ===
[[File:681-2.png|thumb|right]]
Naeko is first shown with Yumi in the Police Car where they meet Takagi, in which she guesses that he is going on a date with Sato to a hot spring for one night, and expresses surprise when Takagi denies so in a serious manner. Later at the police station, she teases Sato about the possibility of Takagi traveling to meet Sato's parents to ask for her hand, and introduces herself to Sato again when the latter forgets her name (much to her dismay). She voices out that she does not believe Takagi is committing a love affair when the trio discusses the reason behind his visit as he clearly stated that it was not a date and asks about Wataru Date when Yumi and Sato mentions the deceased police officer, to which she also considers the possibility Takagi visiting Date's parents. When the discussion hits the final result that Takagi can only be visiting a woman, Naeko remarks on Takagi's popularity with women, slightly sparking Sato's ire.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89|942-944]]; Anime: [[Episode 847|847-848]]) ===
Naeko secretly send brochures about dieting plan to Chiba's house. Besides being busy with his investigation on the UFO sighting case, Chiba lost almost 10 kilograms after practicing the plan. Unexpectedly, this circumstance has made a few female police officers start being interested to attract Chiba. Naeko feels jealous and starts sending Chiba chocolates instead and this made Chiba's body return to his previous shape. The female police officers feel disappointed and say they do not interested in him anymore and that relieves Naeko.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBA) ===
Naeko makes a major appearence in this case since it involves the murder of policewomen, especially from the Traffic Divsion, with the presence of three suspects having violated traffic laws.

Later, Naeko is kidnapped by the culprit, after the latter took away her second phone while Naeko was trying to contact Chiba.
Chiba managed to rescue her and aprehend the culprit, but Naeko was injured in her right leg, while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow. While Naeko is being carried to the hospital in Chiba's back, the latter began to wonder if he should cross the red light since no one is around, however, Naeko managed to stop him from breaking the rules; using the same words that Chiba told her in the past.

Those words finally convinced Chiba that she was indeed his childhood friend Naeko, with the latter giving Chiba a hug. The couple goes to the hospital afterwards while blushing at the same time.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Kazunobu Chiba]] ====
Chiba and Naeko were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together were they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a police officer. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves. Despite this, Chiba is unable to identify Naeko as his childhood love, and Naeko has taken to hiding away in embarrassment upon seeing Chiba, though it is shown that Chiba has a slight feeling that he knows Naeko from before, even remembering that Naeko had spent a lot of time together with Sakurako when they were young.

[[File:exboyfriend8765.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Sakurako is Naeko's childhood friend and former neighbor. They are presumably close even back in their childhood days as Chiba, upon recognizing Sakurako, recalls that the latter always had Naeko by her side. Sakurako has also given Naeko the nickname "Nae-chan", and called her for help when she discovered a corpse at the house she was working at, showing that the two has kept in contact throughout the years.
{{clear}}

[[File:Yuminaekof04f3fdbb6fd5266b38c0b81aa18972bd5073607.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Yumi Miyamoto]] ====
Yumi is Naeko's senior at work, and even though she cares for her subordinate, she does everything she can to keep Miike away from Chiba, because if those two date, Yumi will be the only single one among her friends. However she does step back, even through it's doesn't help much for Naeko and Chiba.
{{clear}}

== Character popularity ==
* Naeko ranked 9th in the Digest Book 60+'s "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 71 votes.

== Name origin ==
Her name is a reference to the Japanese novel and TV series, Mikeneko (Calico Cat) Holmes.

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Her last name Miike (三池) means 'three ponds'. Her first name Naeko (苗子) is written with the characters for 'seedling' and 'child'.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Naeko.png|Naeko Miike
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miike Naeko}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Naeko Miike]]

Naeko Miike

2018-07-13T16:07:02Z

Ichikawa: /* The Joint Investigation with First Love (Manga: 790-792; Anime: 659-660) */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Naeko Miike
| japanese-name = 三池苗子 (Miike Naeko)
| english-name =
| image = Naeko Miike Profile.jpg
| age = 24<ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741, Page 9]]: Naeko was in the same grade as Chiba (who's about 24-25).</ref><ref>[[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Naeko says that she is one year older than Sakurako, who is exactly 23.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department patrol officer
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 71#File 741 - The VHS of Memory|File 741]] Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|Episode 624]]
| appearances = {{:Naeko Miike Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 75]]
| japanese-voice = [[Rie Tanaka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Naeko Miike|三池苗子|Miike Naeko}}''' is a character in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Kazunobu Chiba]].

== Background ==
Naeko Miike is a childhood friend of [[Kazunobu Chiba]] and [[Sakurako Yonehara]]. They all attended [[Teitan Elementary]] together where Kazonobu and Naeko both joined the school broadcasting commitee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). She then moved after her sixth grade summer. She works in the traffic department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District directly under [[Yumi Miyamoto]].

== Personality ==
Naeko is an extremely hardworking girl who bears great dedication to her work. However, she also possesses the notable trait of being very shy, which has ruined many of her chances to confess to Kazunobu Chiba about her true identity as his former classmate as well as her feelings for him. A running gag consists of Naeko always hiding her face and blushing heavily when she sees Kazunobu Chiba. She also has a friendly streak, in which she befriended her senior, Yumi Miyamoto, soon after she recently transferred to the latter's Division as well as Miwako Sato a short time after that. It is implied that she is quite observant, as shown when she noted and told Sato that Wataru Takagi was quite popular amongst women (though withholding the information from Sato herself that Takagi's popularity did not come close to matching the level of Sato's own impact around men).

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Nae-chan|Sakurako}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko|Chiba-kun Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Naeko Freshman-chan (''Shinjin-chan'')|Yumi-san Assistant Inspector Yumi Miyamoto (''Miyamoto Yumi-keibu-ho'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|-|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Miike-chan Anata Miike|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Miike-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Miike Naeko-san Officer Naeko Miike-san (''Miike Naeko-fukei-san'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Policewoman-san (''Fukei-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Policewoman-san with slant eyes (''tsurime no fukei-san'')|-}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Haneda-san Haneda-meijin Boyfriend-san (''Kareshi-san'')}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Naeko-san|-}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Video Letter of First Love (Manga: [[Volume 71|741-742]]; Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
When Naeko moved away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.

=== The Joint Investigation with First Love (Manga: [[Volume 75|790-792]]; Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
Naeko makes her second appearence during a case involving threats that were placed in cars along with Yumi. Ironically, one of the victims happens to be Chiba himself. Naeko hides behind Yumi and continues to blush in front of him. However, Chiba remains oblivious to the fact that she is his childhood first love. She is forced into investigating the car cases with Chiba as Ayumi's, Mitsuhiko's and Genta's plan to get them to confess their love to each other. Soon after, a crash occurs and they find a man on the floor with another threat in the person's car. While everybody is investigating the current act of vandalism, Naeko helps out by giving information on the other cases. Meanwhile, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta continue to get Chiba to realize who Naeko really is, but he gets distracted by Conan, who keeps finding more evidence and Yumi who won't allow Chiba to steal her latest friend from her. Chiba comes close to finding out when a gust of wind blows Naeko's hat off, but is interrupted. Naeko feels like he doesn't remember her at all and calls him a dummy. Naeko continues to help with the investigation and they are able to find the culprit. Soon after Naeko takes Chiba home when Chiba remembers that he's seen her before. Naeko, thinking that he realizes she's his first love, is about to say that Chiba is correct when he says that it was from the time where she gave him a parking ticket. Naeko becomes embarrassed that she assumed wrong, but Chiba reveals to himself that he has a feeling who Naeko really is.

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]; Anime: [[Episode 681|681]]) ===
[[File:681-2.png|thumb|right]]
Naeko is first shown with Yumi in the Police Car where they meet Takagi, in which she guesses that he is going on a date with Sato to a hot spring for one night, and expresses surprise when Takagi denies so in a serious manner. Later at the police station, she teases Sato about the possibility of Takagi traveling to meet Sato's parents to ask for her hand, and introduces herself to Sato again when the latter forgets her name (much to her dismay). She voices out that she does not believe Takagi is committing a love affair when the trio discusses the reason behind his visit as he clearly stated that it was not a date and asks about Wataru Date when Yumi and Sato mentions the deceased police officer, to which she also considers the possibility Takagi visiting Date's parents. When the discussion hits the final result that Takagi can only be visiting a woman, Naeko remarks on Takagi's popularity with women, slightly sparking Sato's ire.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89|942-944]]; Anime: [[Episode 847|847-848]]) ===
Naeko secretly send brochures about dieting plan to Chiba's house. Besides being busy with his investigation on the UFO sighting case, Chiba lost almost 10 kilograms after practicing the plan. Unexpectedly, this circumstance has made a few female police officers start being interested to attract Chiba. Naeko feels jealous and starts sending Chiba chocolates instead and this made Chiba's body return to his previous shape. The female police officers feel disappointed and say they do not interested in him anymore and that relieves Naeko.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBA) ===
Naeko makes a major appearence in this case since it involves the murder of policewomen, especially from the Traffic Divsion, with the presence of three suspects having violated traffic laws.

Later, Naeko is kidnapped by the culprit, after the latter took away her second phone while Naeko was trying to contact Chiba.
Chiba managed to rescue her and aprehend the culprit, but Naeko was injured in her right leg, while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow. While Naeko is being carried to the hospital in Chiba's back, the latter began to wonder if he should cross the red light since no one is around, however, Naeko managed to stop him from breaking the rules; using the same words that Chiba told her in the past.

Those words finally convinced Chiba that she was indeed his childhood friend Naeko, with the latter giving Chiba a hug. The couple goes to the hospital afterwards while blushing at the same time.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Kazunobu Chiba]] ====
Chiba and Naeko were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together were they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a police officer. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves. Despite this, Chiba is unable to identify Naeko as his childhood love, and Naeko has taken to hiding away in embarrassment upon seeing Chiba, though it is shown that Chiba has a slight feeling that he knows Naeko from before, even remembering that Naeko had spent a lot of time together with Sakurako when they were young.

[[File:exboyfriend8765.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Sakurako is Naeko's childhood friend and former neighbor. They are presumably close even back in their childhood days as Chiba, upon recognizing Sakurako, recalls that the latter always had Naeko by her side. Sakurako has also given Naeko the nickname "Nae-chan", and called her for help when she discovered a corpse at the house she was working at, showing that the two has kept in contact throughout the years.
{{clear}}

[[File:Yuminaekof04f3fdbb6fd5266b38c0b81aa18972bd5073607.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Yumi Miyamoto]] ====
Yumi is Naeko's senior at work, and even though she cares for her subordinate, she does everything she can to keep Miike away from Chiba, because if those two date, Yumi will be the only single one among her friends. However she does step back, even through it's doesn't help much for Naeko and Chiba.
{{clear}}

== Character popularity ==
* Naeko ranked 9th in the Digest Book 60+'s "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 71 votes.

== Name origin ==
Her name is a reference to the Japanese novel and TV series, Mikeneko (Calico Cat) Holmes.

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Her last name Miike (三池) means 'three ponds'. Her first name Naeko (苗子) is written with the characters for 'seedling' and 'child'.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Naeko.png|Naeko Miike
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miike Naeko}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Naeko Miike]]

Naeko Miike

2018-07-13T16:06:40Z

Ichikawa: /* Video Letter of First Love (Manga: 741-742; Anime: 624) */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Naeko Miike
| japanese-name = 三池苗子 (Miike Naeko)
| english-name =
| image = Naeko Miike Profile.jpg
| age = 24<ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741, Page 9]]: Naeko was in the same grade as Chiba (who's about 24-25).</ref><ref>[[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Naeko says that she is one year older than Sakurako, who is exactly 23.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department patrol officer
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 71#File 741 - The VHS of Memory|File 741]] Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|Episode 624]]
| appearances = {{:Naeko Miike Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 75]]
| japanese-voice = [[Rie Tanaka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Naeko Miike|三池苗子|Miike Naeko}}''' is a character in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Kazunobu Chiba]].

== Background ==
Naeko Miike is a childhood friend of [[Kazunobu Chiba]] and [[Sakurako Yonehara]]. They all attended [[Teitan Elementary]] together where Kazonobu and Naeko both joined the school broadcasting commitee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). She then moved after her sixth grade summer. She works in the traffic department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District directly under [[Yumi Miyamoto]].

== Personality ==
Naeko is an extremely hardworking girl who bears great dedication to her work. However, she also possesses the notable trait of being very shy, which has ruined many of her chances to confess to Kazunobu Chiba about her true identity as his former classmate as well as her feelings for him. A running gag consists of Naeko always hiding her face and blushing heavily when she sees Kazunobu Chiba. She also has a friendly streak, in which she befriended her senior, Yumi Miyamoto, soon after she recently transferred to the latter's Division as well as Miwako Sato a short time after that. It is implied that she is quite observant, as shown when she noted and told Sato that Wataru Takagi was quite popular amongst women (though withholding the information from Sato herself that Takagi's popularity did not come close to matching the level of Sato's own impact around men).

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Nae-chan|Sakurako}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko|Chiba-kun Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Naeko Freshman-chan (''Shinjin-chan'')|Yumi-san Assistant Inspector Yumi Miyamoto (''Miyamoto Yumi-keibu-ho'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|-|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Miike-chan Anata Miike|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Miike-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Miike Naeko-san Officer Naeko Miike-san (''Miike Naeko-fukei-san'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Policewoman-san (''Fukei-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Policewoman-san with slant eyes (''tsurime no fukei-san'')|-}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Haneda-san Haneda-meijin Boyfriend-san (''Kareshi-san'')}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Naeko-san|-}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Video Letter of First Love (Manga: [[Volume 71|741-742]]; Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
When Naeko moved away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.

=== The Joint Investigation with First Love (Manga: [[Volume 75|790-792]]; Anime: [[Episode 659|659-660]]) ===
Naeko makes her second appearence during a case involving threats that were placed in cars along with Yumi. Ironically, one of the victims happens to be Chiba himself. Naeko hides behind Yumi and continues to blush in front of him. However, Chiba remains oblivious to the fact that she is his childhood first love. She is forced into investigating the car cases with Chiba as Ayumi's, Mitsuhiko's and Genta's plan to get them to confess their love to each other. Soon after, a crash occurs and they find a man on the floor with another threat in the person's car. While everybody is investigating the current act of vandalism, Naeko helps out by giving information on the other cases. Meanwhile, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta continue to get Chiba to realize who Naeko really is, but he gets distracted by Conan, who keeps finding more evidence and Yumi who won't allow Chiba to steal her latest friend from her. Chiba comes close to finding out when a gust of wind blows Naeko's hat off, but is interrupted. Naeko feels like he doesn't remember her at all and calls him a dummy. Naeko continues to help with the investigation and they are able to find the culprit. Soon after Naeko takes Chiba home when Chiba remembers that he's seen her before. Naeko, thinking that he realizes she's his first love, is about to say that Chiba is correct when he says that it was from the time where she gave him a parking ticket. Naeko becomes embarrassed that she assumed wrong, but Chiba reveals to himself that he has a feeling who Naeko really is.

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]; Anime: [[Episode 681|681]]) ===
[[File:681-2.png|thumb|right]]
Naeko is first shown with Yumi in the Police Car where they meet Takagi, in which she guesses that he is going on a date with Sato to a hot spring for one night, and expresses surprise when Takagi denies so in a serious manner. Later at the police station, she teases Sato about the possibility of Takagi traveling to meet Sato's parents to ask for her hand, and introduces herself to Sato again when the latter forgets her name (much to her dismay). She voices out that she does not believe Takagi is committing a love affair when the trio discusses the reason behind his visit as he clearly stated that it was not a date and asks about Wataru Date when Yumi and Sato mentions the deceased police officer, to which she also considers the possibility Takagi visiting Date's parents. When the discussion hits the final result that Takagi can only be visiting a woman, Naeko remarks on Takagi's popularity with women, slightly sparking Sato's ire.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89|942-944]]; Anime: [[Episode 847|847-848]]) ===
Naeko secretly send brochures about dieting plan to Chiba's house. Besides being busy with his investigation on the UFO sighting case, Chiba lost almost 10 kilograms after practicing the plan. Unexpectedly, this circumstance has made a few female police officers start being interested to attract Chiba. Naeko feels jealous and starts sending Chiba chocolates instead and this made Chiba's body return to his previous shape. The female police officers feel disappointed and say they do not interested in him anymore and that relieves Naeko.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBA) ===
Naeko makes a major appearence in this case since it involves the murder of policewomen, especially from the Traffic Divsion, with the presence of three suspects having violated traffic laws.

Later, Naeko is kidnapped by the culprit, after the latter took away her second phone while Naeko was trying to contact Chiba.
Chiba managed to rescue her and aprehend the culprit, but Naeko was injured in her right leg, while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow. While Naeko is being carried to the hospital in Chiba's back, the latter began to wonder if he should cross the red light since no one is around, however, Naeko managed to stop him from breaking the rules; using the same words that Chiba told her in the past.

Those words finally convinced Chiba that she was indeed his childhood friend Naeko, with the latter giving Chiba a hug. The couple goes to the hospital afterwards while blushing at the same time.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Kazunobu Chiba]] ====
Chiba and Naeko were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together were they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a police officer. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves. Despite this, Chiba is unable to identify Naeko as his childhood love, and Naeko has taken to hiding away in embarrassment upon seeing Chiba, though it is shown that Chiba has a slight feeling that he knows Naeko from before, even remembering that Naeko had spent a lot of time together with Sakurako when they were young.

[[File:exboyfriend8765.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Sakurako is Naeko's childhood friend and former neighbor. They are presumably close even back in their childhood days as Chiba, upon recognizing Sakurako, recalls that the latter always had Naeko by her side. Sakurako has also given Naeko the nickname "Nae-chan", and called her for help when she discovered a corpse at the house she was working at, showing that the two has kept in contact throughout the years.
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[[File:Yuminaekof04f3fdbb6fd5266b38c0b81aa18972bd5073607.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Yumi Miyamoto]] ====
Yumi is Naeko's senior at work, and even though she cares for her subordinate, she does everything she can to keep Miike away from Chiba, because if those two date, Yumi will be the only single one among her friends. However she does step back, even through it's doesn't help much for Naeko and Chiba.
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== Character popularity ==
* Naeko ranked 9th in the Digest Book 60+'s "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 71 votes.

== Name origin ==
Her name is a reference to the Japanese novel and TV series, Mikeneko (Calico Cat) Holmes.

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Her last name Miike (三池) means 'three ponds'. Her first name Naeko (苗子) is written with the characters for 'seedling' and 'child'.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Naeko.png|Naeko Miike
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miike Naeko}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Naeko Miike]]

Naeko Miike

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Naeko Miike
| japanese-name = 三池苗子 (Miike Naeko)
| english-name =
| image = Naeko Miike Profile.jpg
| age = 24<ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741, Page 9]]: Naeko was in the same grade as Chiba (who's about 24-25).</ref><ref>[[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Naeko says that she is one year older than Sakurako, who is exactly 23.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department patrol officer
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 71#File 741 - The VHS of Memory|File 741]] Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|Episode 624]]
| appearances = {{:Naeko Miike Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 75]]
| japanese-voice = [[Rie Tanaka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Naeko Miike|三池苗子|Miike Naeko}}''' is a character in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Kazunobu Chiba]].

== Background ==
Naeko Miike is a childhood friend of [[Kazunobu Chiba]] and [[Sakurako Yonehara]]. They all attended [[Teitan Elementary]] together where Kazonobu and Naeko both joined the school broadcasting commitee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). She then moved after her sixth grade summer. She works in the traffic department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District directly under [[Yumi Miyamoto]].

== Personality ==
Naeko is an extremely hardworking girl who bears great dedication to her work. However, she also possesses the notable trait of being very shy, which has ruined many of her chances to confess to Kazunobu Chiba about her true identity as his former classmate as well as her feelings for him. A running gag consists of Naeko always hiding her face and blushing heavily when she sees Kazunobu Chiba. She also has a friendly streak, in which she befriended her senior, Yumi Miyamoto, soon after she recently transferred to the latter's Division as well as Miwako Sato a short time after that. It is implied that she is quite observant, as shown when she noted and told Sato that Wataru Takagi was quite popular amongst women (though withholding the information from Sato herself that Takagi's popularity did not come close to matching the level of Sato's own impact around men).

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Friends">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Nae-chan|Sakurako}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko|Chiba-kun Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Naeko Freshman-chan (''Shinjin-chan'')|Yumi-san Assistant Inspector Yumi Miyamoto (''Miyamoto Yumi-keibu-ho'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|-|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Miike-chan Anata Miike|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Miike-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Miike Naeko-san Officer Naeko Miike-san (''Miike Naeko-fukei-san'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Policewoman-san (''Fukei-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Naeko}}
{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Policewoman-san with slant eyes (''tsurime no fukei-san'')|-}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Haneda-san Haneda-meijin Boyfriend-san (''Kareshi-san'')}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Naeko-san|-}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Video Letter of First Love (Manga: [[Volume 71|741-742]]; Anime: [[Episode 624|624]]) ===
When Naeko moved away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.

=== The Joint Investigation with First Love (Manga: [[Volume 75|790-792]]; Anime: [[Episode 659|659-660]]) ===
Naeko makes her second appearence during a case involving threats that were placed in cars along with Yumi. Ironically, one of the victims happens to be Chiba himself. Naeko hides behind Yumi and continues to blush in front of him. However, Chiba remains oblivious to the fact that she is his childhood first love. She is forced into investigating the car cases with Chiba as Ayumi's, Mitsuhiko's and Genta's plan to get them to confess their love to each other. Soon after, a crash occurs and they find a man on the floor with another threat in the person's car. While everybody is investigating the current act of vandalism, Naeko helps out by giving information on the other cases. Meanwhile, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta continue to get Chiba to realize who Naeko really is, but he gets distracted by Conan, who keeps finding more evidence and Yumi who won't allow Chiba to steal her latest friend from her. Chiba comes close to finding out when a gust of wind blows Naeko's hat off, but is interrupted. Naeko feels like he doesn't remember her at all and calls him a dummy. Naeko continues to help with the investigation and they are able to find the culprit. Soon after Naeko takes Chiba home when Chiba remembers that he's seen her before. Naeko, thinking that he realizes she's his first love, is about to say that Chiba is correct when he says that it was from the time where she gave him a parking ticket. Naeko becomes embarrassed that she assumed wrong, but Chiba reveals to himself that he has a feeling who Naeko really is.

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]; Anime: [[Episode 681|681]]) ===
[[File:681-2.png|thumb|right]]
Naeko is first shown with Yumi in the Police Car where they meet Takagi, in which she guesses that he is going on a date with Sato to a hot spring for one night, and expresses surprise when Takagi denies so in a serious manner. Later at the police station, she teases Sato about the possibility of Takagi traveling to meet Sato's parents to ask for her hand, and introduces herself to Sato again when the latter forgets her name (much to her dismay). She voices out that she does not believe Takagi is committing a love affair when the trio discusses the reason behind his visit as he clearly stated that it was not a date and asks about Wataru Date when Yumi and Sato mentions the deceased police officer, to which she also considers the possibility Takagi visiting Date's parents. When the discussion hits the final result that Takagi can only be visiting a woman, Naeko remarks on Takagi's popularity with women, slightly sparking Sato's ire.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89|942-944]]; Anime: [[Episode 847|847-848]]) ===
Naeko secretly send brochures about dieting plan to Chiba's house. Besides being busy with his investigation on the UFO sighting case, Chiba lost almost 10 kilograms after practicing the plan. Unexpectedly, this circumstance has made a few female police officers start being interested to attract Chiba. Naeko feels jealous and starts sending Chiba chocolates instead and this made Chiba's body return to his previous shape. The female police officers feel disappointed and say they do not interested in him anymore and that relieves Naeko.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBA) ===
Naeko makes a major appearence in this case since it involves the murder of policewomen, especially from the Traffic Divsion, with the presence of three suspects having violated traffic laws.

Later, Naeko is kidnapped by the culprit, after the latter took away her second phone while Naeko was trying to contact Chiba.
Chiba managed to rescue her and aprehend the culprit, but Naeko was injured in her right leg, while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow. While Naeko is being carried to the hospital in Chiba's back, the latter began to wonder if he should cross the red light since no one is around, however, Naeko managed to stop him from breaking the rules; using the same words that Chiba told her in the past.

Those words finally convinced Chiba that she was indeed his childhood friend Naeko, with the latter giving Chiba a hug. The couple goes to the hospital afterwards while blushing at the same time.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Kazunobu Chiba]] ====
Chiba and Naeko were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together were they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore Chiba's illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a police officer. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves. Despite this, Chiba is unable to identify Naeko as his childhood love, and Naeko has taken to hiding away in embarrassment upon seeing Chiba, though it is shown that Chiba has a slight feeling that he knows Naeko from before, even remembering that Naeko had spent a lot of time together with Sakurako when they were young.

[[File:exboyfriend8765.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Sakurako is Naeko's childhood friend and former neighbor. They are presumably close even back in their childhood days as Chiba, upon recognizing Sakurako, recalls that the latter always had Naeko by her side. Sakurako has also given Naeko the nickname "Nae-chan", and called her for help when she discovered a corpse at the house she was working at, showing that the two has kept in contact throughout the years.
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[[File:Yuminaekof04f3fdbb6fd5266b38c0b81aa18972bd5073607.jpg|right|thumb]]
==== [[Yumi Miyamoto]] ====
Yumi is Naeko's senior at work, and even though she cares for her subordinate, she does everything she can to keep Miike away from Chiba, because if those two date, Yumi will be the only single one among her friends. However she does step back, even through it's doesn't help much for Naeko and Chiba.
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== Character popularity ==
* Naeko ranked 9th in the Digest Book 60+'s "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 71 votes.

== Name origin ==
Her name is a reference to the Japanese novel and TV series, Mikeneko (Calico Cat) Holmes.

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==
* Her last name Miike (三池) means 'three ponds'. Her first name Naeko (苗子) is written with the characters for 'seedling' and 'child'.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Naeko.png|Naeko Miike
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miike Naeko}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Naeko Miike]]

Kazunobu Chiba

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{{hatnote|This article is about the character Kazunobu Chiba. For the voice actor, see [[Isshin Chiba]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kazunobu Chiba
| japanese-name = 千葉和伸 (Chiba Kazunobu)
| english-name = Detective Chiba
| image = Kazunobu Chiba Profile.jpg
| age = 24-25<ref>[[Volume 71#File 742 - Love Transcending 13 Years|Volume 71, File 742: "Love Transcending 13 years"]]: Chiba was in the 6th grade 13 years ago, when he was about 11-12 years old, which would make him about 24-25 in the current timeline.</ref><ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741]] and [[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Chiba was two grade below Kobayashi (who's exactly 26) and one grade above Sakurako (who's exactly 23).</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chiba family|Older brother (Yoichiro Chiba)]]{{citation needed}} on that name
| occupation = Police Detective
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|File 269]] Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|Episode 138]]
| appearances = {{:Kazunobu Chiba Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 33]]
| japanese-voice = [[Isshin Chiba]]
| english-voice = [[Chris Cason]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸|Chiba Kazunobu}}''', commonly referred to as '''{{nihongo|Detective Chiba|千葉刑事|Chiba-keiji}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Chiba is a detective in the Tokyo district, and very often works alongside [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and [[Wataru Takagi]]. His main duty appears to be to obtain information outside of the crime scenes. Sometimes, he will even go out and substitute as inspector when Megure is busy on another case. He is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Naeko Miike]].

== Background ==
[[File:Young Chiba.PNG|100px|thumb|left|A young Chiba.]]
Initially, he was introduced with a minor cameo in the anime version of [[The Final Screening Murder Case]]. Like several other Anime Original characters, he was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters later introduced in the manga] and has taken on a larger role. In many of his early appearances he is depicted as rather average build, but later depicted as overweight. Chiba currently works in the Second violent crimes investigative division, section 3.<ref>Manga Chapter 792 page 4</ref> His duties usually consist of questioning non-suspect characters outside of the crime scene, and running evidence back to the lab as well as returning with the results. A majority of his appearances happen just over half way through a case where he returns to the crime scene with a vital clue needed to solve the case. He has a strong moral compass that usually puts the law above everything. If any one were to break the law they must be punished, even himself.

Chiba has an older brother who worked as an employee at a video rental store. Because of his job, the brother had to open the heads of VHS tapes to check if they had been rewound properly. Chiba has picked up knowledge of VHS tapes as well as this habit of opening their heads to check them.

Chiba attended [[Setting#Teitan Elementary School|Teitan Elementary School]], in the 20th graduating class, 2 classes below [[Sumiko Kobayashi]]. While still in elementary school he was a part of the broadcasting committee and was put in charge of making a mini-audio drama, which was successful. As a result, he tried to put together a short Tokusatsu (live action special effects) drama based on the [[Kamen Yaiba]] show he watched. With the help of fellow classmate [[Naeko Miike]] rallying the other members, he was able to complete it. He began to suspect that she may like him so he wrote her a love letter, which she responded to by saying that there was a hidden message left in the video room with her answer. Her family then moved away and Chiba was unable to find her answer.

In the present day, he returned to the school and with the help of the [[Detective Boys]] found her response. It was something that only Chiba would have been likely to find because since childhood, he has a tendency to sweat often. Recently Naeko, who joined the police force because of Chiba, has transferred to Tokyo as a patrol woman who works with [[Yumi Miyamoto]]. However, Chiba doesn't seem to recognize her despite having several chances to do so. After realizing that Chiba doesn't recognize her, Naeko has been trying to keep it a secret until he realizes it for himself.<ref name=Naeko>Manga Chapters 741~742: The VHS of Memory Case</ref>
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== Personality ==
Chiba can be serious, but he is shown to be a mostly light-hearted officer. He loves to eat and is sometimes shown stuffing his face, usually with burgers and sodas, but usually this is merely done for comic effect. Chiba can be very supportive, and is a big help, especially for using his size to catch criminals. He, as well as [[Yumi Miyamoto]], is very supportive for [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s relationship and feelings for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]], and is one of the few officers in the Tokyo district to not get involved in [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]]'s schemes to get the couple to break up.

A very notable trait of Chiba praised by his colleagues in Law Enforcement is that he would always follow and uphold the law no matter what the circumstances are, especially when it is he who breaks it. This is one of the main reasons why Naeko liked him in the first place; it was because he scolded her over a traffic violation, saying that doing the wrong thing will develop into a habit that's hard to get rid of. This event also inspired Naeko to join the Police Force as a traffic cop.

He has been a huge fan of ''tokusatsu'' shows like ''[[Kamen Yaiba]]'' and ''[[Gomera]]'' for a long time, and was a member of the broadcasting committee at his elementary school. For a project, he and the other club members made a tokusatsu film called ''Kamen Baiya''. Since then his enjoyment tokusatsu has grown and his apartment seems to be covered in figurines based on the characters.

Chiba seems to be very knowledgeable about Betamax tapes He has a habit of checking VHS tapes to see if they were rewound. He believes he picked this habit up from his older brother.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Chiba-tchi<ref name="sdb80-121">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p121</ref>|Sakurako-chan<ref name="sdb80-121"/>}}
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|-|Kobayashi-sensei<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p113</ref> Sato-san (first time, by mistake)}}
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{{appellations/head|Chiba}}
{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Chiba-kun<ref name="sdb80-130">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p130</ref> Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko}}
{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Chiba|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Chiba|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Chiba-kun<ref name="sdb80-113"/>|Shiratori-san}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Chiba-kun Chiba|Yumi-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Chiba-kun Chiba|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Chiba-kun|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Chiba-kun}}
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{{appellations/head|Chiba}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Chiba-chan|Mouri-san}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Chiba}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Chiba}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==

[[File:Chibas first manga appearance.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chiba's first manga appearance.]]
=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|269]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
Kazunobu Chiba makes his debut in the [[manga]] series.

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32#Sato.27s Omiai Case|328]]-[[Volume 33#Sato.27s Omiai Case|330]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
Takagi and Chiba work together to catch a robber despite conflicting witness statements. Once they finally discover the identity of the robber, he flees. After catching him, Chiba sends Takagi to stop the Omiai by saying "You're a detective right?, then like a detective... go after your target until the time actually runs out!"

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44#Takagi.27s Last Case|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===
Chiba's roommate becomes the main suspect of a murder case. As a result Takagi, Sato, and the Detective Boys search the apartment for clues. The room is covered over with toys from the Kamen Yaiba and Gomera franchises. He tracks his tv programs using the newspaper listings and posts sticky notes of the times on his television.

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50#Group Date Kidnapping Case|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===
Chiba invites Takagi on a group date to make the numbers even. The leader of the group is Chiba's middle school friend Emoto. Emoto mentions that Chiba had wanted to be a police officer since he was a kid. Emoto's sister happened to be friends with Yumi, who also dragged Sato along. After it is realized that a kid was left alone, the group agrees to go get him, however it seems that Chiba and Yumi are too drunk and they get left in the car.

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===
Takagi is surprised when Sato tries to kiss him while on a stakeout, pretending they are a couple. When he mentions this to Chiba, he says that he has been on stakeout with Sato in the past where they also had pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Chiba says that it was a warm feeling which makes Takagi jealous. Later Chiba asks Takagi how far his relationship with Sato has progressed, and reveals that in the past he and Sato had only held hands while she glared at the culprit. This makes Takagi rethink why Sato tried to kiss him.

=== VHS Tape of Memories (Manga: [[Volume 71#The VHS of Memories|741-742]], Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
[[File:Chibas parking ticket.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Chiba says he deserves the parking ticket.]]
Chiba accompanies Shiratori to Teitan Elementary to deliver some notices about crime prevention. While in the video library room looking for a long lost tape, Chiba encounters the Detective Boys. He mentions that he was a part of the Broadcasting Committee for the school and was responsible for creating the morning announcements. As a trial run they had created a mini audio drama and later filmed a live action tokusatsu drama titled "Kamen Baiya". Chiba mentions that there was a girl who seemed really enthusiastic about helping him create the drama and even got other members to participate. Chiba had sent her a love letter and her reply mentioned a hidden message in the video room. He had never found it and had not seen her in the last 13 years. She had contacted him recently saying that she would go to a class reunion and wanted to know if he would be there and whether he had seen the tape. With the help of the Detective Boys he recovers the message and goes to meet her at the reunion. He parks illegally and rushes inside leaving his car running, however it seems she did not come. He returns to his car and encounters a police woman writing him a ticket. She tries to say that she might not finish because he is a police officer, but he tells her that he broke the law and deserves it. Chiba does not recognize her. After he leaves she reveals that she was the girl on the tape, [[Naeko Miike]], and that she was transferring to Tokyo. Naeko is partnered with Yumi.

=== Co-Investigating with a First Love Case (Manga: [[Volume 75#Painmobile|790-792]], Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
[[File:Naekos hat flies off.jpg|160px|thumb|left|Naeko's hat flies off.]]
The Detective Boys come across Chiba's car with the message "Die" written inside. Chiba calls Yumi and Naeko to the scene. Conan and Haibara quickly realize that Naeko is the girl from Chiba's past and manage to lead the situation so that Chiba and Naeko end up investigating together. Naeko's hat is blown off by the wind and they look each other straight in the eyes, but Chiba still does not recognize her. Yumi realizes that if the two of them get together, that all of her friends may be too busy for her and tries to push them apart. Although by the end of the case, Yumi has Naeo drive Chiba back herself. Chiba says that he feels like he has met her before and recalls the time she wrote him a parking ticket. In his head he thought that surely she couldn't actually be Naeko from back then.

=== Yumi's Love Story Case (Manga: [[Volume 80#Yumi.27s Love Story|847-849]], Anime [[The Ex-Boyfriend Living Next to a Crime Scene|731-732]]) ===
[[Sakurako Yonehara]] discovers a body and calls her childhood friend Naeko, who happens to be accompanied by Yumi and the Detective Boys. As usual, halfway through the investigation Chiba arrives at the crime scene to deliver important information. Sakurako and Chiba recognize each other because they went to the same elementary school. Chiba asks her if she remembers a certain someone who was always by her side, while remembering Naeko. The case then distracts them and its not brought back up.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#UFO Sighting Murder Case|942-944]], Anime: [[Chiba%27s Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Chiba tries to track down information on a case that he believes involved aliens. As he was leaving headquarters, a few patrol women commented on Chiba's weight. This resulted in Naeko sending him an anonymous package filled with weight loss pamphlets. She signed it as his "number one fan in the entire universe". The package also listed Chiba's full name as "Kazunobu Chiba". He manages to loose so much weight that even Ran almost doesn't recognize him. After the case it seems that the patrol women from before, now find Chiba attractive which results in Naeko sending him enough cookies to reverse his progress.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBD) ===
According to the animal crossing hints, this case involves the relationship between Chiba and Naeko.

At the Police department, Chiba is trying to find a suitable partner for his stake out. When [[Yumi]] suggested Naeko, Chiba responds that it would look like an inspector partnered with a middle school girl, much to Naeko's embarassment, even though she is the same age as him.
After the murder of the second female police officer from the Traffic department, Chiba and Shiratori head out to the crime scene, where they meet up with [[Kuroda]]. The superintendant told the two inspectors that the case concerns a female police officer serial murder case.
Later, Chiba managed to rescue a kidnapped Naeko and aprehend the culprit, thanks to Conan's help. However, Naeko was injured in her right leg while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow, which forced Chiba to carry her to the hospital on his back. While walking towards the hospital, Chiba came across a red light with no cars around. To prevent Naeko from bleeding too much, Chiba wanted to cross it since nobody is around, however, Naeko stopped him form breaking the rules; using the same words he told her in the past. After hearing those words, Chiba finally recognises Naeko as his childhood friend. After the light became green, the couple crossed the road while blushing at the same time.
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== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
[[File:Chiba Original Appearance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chiba's original appearance in episode 138.]]
As a note, in many of Chiba's early anime and movie appearances, he is depicted as quite skinny. This is changed once his character begins to develop.
=== The Final Screening Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 23#Movie Theater Case|222-224]], Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|138-139]]) ===
Chiba's first appearance in the [[Anime]]. He was inserted into a [[Manga]] canon episode.

=== The Rainy Night Menace (Anime: [[The Rainy Night Menace|666]]) ===
Chiba had been meeting with this woman at a cafe that he frequented about several letters that she had been receiving from a man who was being released from prison who and was supposedly going to come after her. When she left from one of the meetings, she took Chiba's umbrella so he tried to track her down to return it. He enlisted the help of Kogoro and Conan to help him look for her, which turned up nothing. Then they get called to a near by apartment complex where a woman was involved in a crime. As it turns out, it is the same woman and she has killed the man who was sending her letters. At the conclusion of the case it is determined that it was a premeditated murder rather then self defense, and Chiba makes a statement to her as she is taken away.

=== Movie 4: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] ===

=== Movie 5: [[Countdown to Heaven]] ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Wataru Takagi]] ====
[[File:Chiba and Shiratori observing Takagi and Sato.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Chiba's thoughts on Takagi and Sato.]]
[[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and Chiba are fellow officers in the 1st investigative division (Homicides) of the Metropolian Police, and very good friends and partners. In fact, Chiba was the only male officer in the department who did not harbor an obsessive crush on [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] and would even assist Takagi in his endeavors to win her heart.<ref>[[Volume 33#Sato's Omiai Case|File 330: ''Sato's Feelings'']]</ref> Takagi has even spent the night at Chiba's apartment multiple times and borrowed his T-shirts. <ref>[[Volume 62#Azusa.27s Brother Case|Azusa's Brother Case]]</ref> When Takagi was kidnapped, Chiba maintained the closest proximity to the tablet showing Takagi's fate.<ref>[[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|804-808]]</ref>

==== [[Miwako Sato]] ====
Chiba is the only male officer who does not have a crush on Sato and they are shown to be just friends. However in the past they have gone on stakeout's two or three times together where they pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend by holding hands, so Sato could glare at the culprit over Chiba's shoulders.<ref>[[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|Hammer Man Case]] </ref>

==== [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] ====
Chiba seems to be supportive of Shiratori's relationship and makes fun of him in front of Kobayashi in a similar way to how he treats Takagi.

==== [[Naeko Miike]] ====
{{main|Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike}}
Chiba and [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]] were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together where they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). One time Naeko tried to walk over a street despite there was red light, but Chiba stopped her and lectured her about bad habit, which caused her to cry, but also impressed her with his morality. When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the [[Detective Boys]], he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore his illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Chiba remembers that the person who created the message on the VHS tape (Naeko) was good friends with Sakurako, and they were always together. Sakurako was in the grade level below Chiba.

==== [[Chiba family|Chiba's older brother]] ==== 
Chiba's older brother worked at a video store where he was required to open the heads of VHS tapes to see if the video had been rewound. Chiba has picked this habit up from him because he thought it was cool.

== Name origin ==
Chiba's name comes from his voice actor [[Isshin Chiba]]. The kanji for {{nihongo|Isshin|一伸}} can also be pronounced as "Kazunobu", which was the voice actor's original name. [[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]] gave the character a given name with different kanji that are still pronounced as {{nihongo|"Kazunobu" |和伸}}. His original physical appearance was modeled after him as well.

SDB70+ : Q73: Have you established detective Chiba’s first name? 
A: His voice actor’s is Isshin… It might just become Isshin. But everyone with “一” (ichi) in their name is a cool guy… I don’t know what to do. (laughs)

He effectively removed the "一" (ichi) in {{nihongo|Isshin Chiba|千葉一伸}} and changed it to a "和" which can be read as "Kazu" for the original name {{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Before.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "Before" Appearance (episode 138).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Second.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's second more developed appearance (episode 173).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Middle.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "Middle" Appearance (episode 363).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba After.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "After" Appearance (episode 666).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Thin.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba after dieting (episode 848).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|If you break the rules and let yourself off the hook even once, it'll become a habit! You might think you can break a habit, but you can't!|Kazunobu Chiba to [[Naeko Miike]]<ref>[[Volume 71]], File 742</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
* His given name was reveled more than 500 chapters after his first appearance.
* Chiba has a scar on his right palm from falling down in the rain as a child.<ref>File 742</ref>
* He is very able with judo.<ref>File 1017</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
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Kazunobu Chiba

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{{hatnote|This article is about the character Kazunobu Chiba. For the voice actor, see [[Isshin Chiba]].}}
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| name = Kazunobu Chiba
| japanese-name = 千葉和伸 (Chiba Kazunobu)
| english-name = Detective Chiba
| image = Kazunobu Chiba Profile.jpg
| age = 24-25<ref>[[Volume 71#File 742 - Love Transcending 13 Years|Volume 71, File 742: "Love Transcending 13 years"]]: Chiba was in the 6th grade 13 years ago, when he was about 11-12 years old, which would make him about 24-25 in the current timeline.</ref><ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741]] and [[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Chiba was two grade below Kobayashi (who's exactly 26) and one grade above Sakurako (who's exactly 23).</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chiba family|Older brother (Yoichiro Chiba)]]{{citation needed}} on that name
| occupation = Police Detective
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|File 269]] Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|Episode 138]]
| appearances = {{:Kazunobu Chiba Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 33]]
| japanese-voice = [[Isshin Chiba]]
| english-voice = [[Chris Cason]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸|Chiba Kazunobu}}''', commonly referred to as '''{{nihongo|Detective Chiba|千葉刑事|Chiba-keiji}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Chiba is a detective in the Tokyo district, and very often works alongside [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and [[Wataru Takagi]]. His main duty appears to be to obtain information outside of the crime scenes. Sometimes, he will even go out and substitute as inspector when Megure is busy on another case. He is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Naeko Miike]].

== Background ==
[[File:Young Chiba.PNG|100px|thumb|left|A young Chiba.]]
Initially, he was introduced with a minor cameo in the anime version of [[The Final Screening Murder Case]]. Like several other Anime Original characters, he was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters later introduced in the manga] and has taken on a larger role. In many of his early appearances he is depicted as rather average build, but later depicted as overweight. Chiba currently works in the Second violent crimes investigative division, section 3.<ref>Manga Chapter 792 page 4</ref> His duties usually consist of questioning non-suspect characters outside of the crime scene, and running evidence back to the lab as well as returning with the results. A majority of his appearances happen just over half way through a case where he returns to the crime scene with a vital clue needed to solve the case. He has a strong moral compass that usually puts the law above everything. If any one were to break the law they must be punished, even himself.

Chiba has an older brother who worked as an employee at a video rental store. Because of his job, the brother had to open the heads of VHS tapes to check if they had been rewound properly. Chiba has picked up knowledge of VHS tapes as well as this habit of opening their heads to check them.

Chiba attended [[Setting#Teitan Elementary School|Teitan Elementary School]], in the 20th graduating class, 2 classes below [[Sumiko Kobayashi]]. While still in elementary school he was a part of the broadcasting committee and was put in charge of making a mini-audio drama, which was successful. As a result, he tried to put together a short Tokusatsu (live action special effects) drama based on the [[Kamen Yaiba]] show he watched. With the help of fellow classmate [[Naeko Miike]] rallying the other members, he was able to complete it. He began to suspect that she may like him so he wrote her a love letter, which she responded to by saying that there was a hidden message left in the video room with her answer. Her family then moved away and Chiba was unable to find her answer.

In the present day, he returned to the school and with the help of the [[Detective Boys]] found her response. It was something that only Chiba would have been likely to find because since childhood, he has a tendency to sweat often. Recently Naeko, who joined the police force because of Chiba, has transferred to Tokyo as a patrol woman who works with [[Yumi Miyamoto]]. However, Chiba doesn't seem to recognize her despite having several chances to do so. After realizing that Chiba doesn't recognize her, Naeko has been trying to keep it a secret until he realizes it for himself.<ref name=Naeko>Manga Chapters 741~742: The VHS of Memory Case</ref>
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== Personality ==
Chiba can be serious, but he is shown to be a mostly light-hearted officer. He loves to eat and is sometimes shown stuffing his face, usually with burgers and sodas, but usually this is merely done for comic effect. Chiba can be very supportive, and is a big help, especially for using his size to catch criminals. He, as well as [[Yumi Miyamoto]], is very supportive for [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s relationship and feelings for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]], and is one of the few officers in the Tokyo district to not get involved in [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]]'s schemes to get the couple to break up.

A very notable trait of Chiba praised by his colleagues in Law Enforcement is that he would always follow and uphold the law no matter what the circumstances are, especially when it is he who breaks it. This is one of the main reasons why Naeko liked him in the first place; it was because he scolded her over a traffic violation, saying that doing the wrong thing will develop into a habit that's hard to get rid of. This event also inspired Naeko to join the Police Force as a traffic cop.

He has been a huge fan of ''tokusatsu'' shows like ''[[Kamen Yaiba]]'' and ''[[Gomera]]'' for a long time, and was a member of the broadcasting committee at his elementary school. For a project, he and the other club members made a tokusatsu film called ''Kamen Baiya''. Since then his enjoyment tokusatsu has grown and his apartment seems to be covered in figurines based on the characters.

Chiba seems to be very knowledgeable about Betamax tapes He has a habit of checking VHS tapes to see if they were rewound. He believes he picked this habit up from his older brother.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|-|Kobayashi-sensei<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p113</ref> Sato-san (first time, by mistake)}}
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{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Chiba-kun<ref name="sdb80-130">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p130</ref> Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko}}
{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Chiba|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Chiba|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Chiba-kun<ref name="sdb80-113"/>|Shiratori-san}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Chiba-kun Chiba|Yumi-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Chiba-kun Chiba|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Chiba-kun|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Chiba-kun}}
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{{appellations/head|Chiba}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Chiba-chan|Mouri-san}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Chiba}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Chiba}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==

[[File:Chibas first manga appearance.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chiba's first manga appearance.]]
=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|269]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
Kazunobu Chiba makes his debut in the [[manga]] series.

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32#Sato.27s Omiai Case|328]]-[[Volume 33#Sato.27s Omiai Case|330]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
Takagi and Chiba work together to catch a robber despite conflicting witness statements. Once they finally discover the identity of the robber, he flees. After catching him, Chiba sends Takagi to stop the Omiai by saying "You're a detective right?, then like a detective... go after your target until the time actually runs out!"

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44#Takagi.27s Last Case|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===
Chiba's roommate becomes the main suspect of a murder case. As a result Takagi, Sato, and the Detective Boys search the apartment for clues. The room is covered over with toys from the Kamen Yaiba and Gomera franchises. He tracks his tv programs using the newspaper listings and posts sticky notes of the times on his television.

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50#Group Date Kidnapping Case|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===
Chiba invites Takagi on a group date to make the numbers even. The leader of the group is Chiba's middle school friend Emoto. Emoto mentions that Chiba had wanted to be a police officer since he was a kid. Emoto's sister happened to be friends with Yumi, who also dragged Sato along. After it is realized that a kid was left alone, the group agrees to go get him, however it seems that Chiba and Yumi are too drunk and they get left in the car.

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===
Takagi is surprised when Sato tries to kiss him while on a stakeout, pretending they are a couple. When he mentions this to Chiba, he says that he has been on stakeout with Sato in the past where they also had pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Chiba says that it was a warm feeling which makes Takagi jealous. Later Chiba asks Takagi how far his relationship with Sato has progressed, and reveals that in the past he and Sato had only held hands while she glared at the culprit. This makes Takagi rethink why Sato tried to kiss him.

=== VHS Tape of Memories (Manga: [[Volume 71#The VHS of Memories|741-742]], Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
[[File:Chibas parking ticket.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Chiba says he deserves the parking ticket.]]
Chiba accompanies Shiratori to Teitan Elementary to deliver some notices about crime prevention. While in the video library room looking for a long lost tape, Chiba encounters the Detective Boys. He mentions that he was a part of the Broadcasting Committee for the school and was responsible for creating the morning announcements. As a trial run they had created a mini audio drama and later filmed a live action tokusatsu drama titled "Kamen Baiya". Chiba mentions that there was a girl who seemed really enthusiastic about helping him create the drama and even got other members to participate. Chiba had sent her a love letter and her reply mentioned a hidden message in the video room. He had never found it and had not seen her in the last 13 years. She had contacted him recently saying that she would go to a class reunion and wanted to know if he would be there and whether he had seen the tape. With the help of the Detective Boys he recovers the message and goes to meet her at the reunion. He parks illegally and rushes inside leaving his car running, however it seems she did not come. He returns to his car and encounters a police woman writing him a ticket. She tries to say that she might not finish because he is a police officer, but he tells her that he broke the law and deserves it. Chiba does not recognize her. After he leaves she reveals that she was the girl on the tape, [[Naeko Miike]], and that she was transferring to Tokyo. Naeko is partnered with Yumi.

=== Co-Investigating with a First Love Case (Manga: [[Volume 75#Painmobile|790-792]], Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
[[File:Naekos hat flies off.jpg|160px|thumb|left|Naeko's hat flies off.]]
The Detective Boys come across Chiba's car with the message "Die" written inside. Chiba calls Yumi and Naeko to the scene. Conan and Haibara quickly realize that Naeko is the girl from Chiba's past and manage to lead the situation so that Chiba and Naeko end up investigating together. Naeko's hat is blown off by the wind and they look each other straight in the eyes, but Chiba still does not recognize her. Yumi realizes that if the two of them get together, that all of her friends may be too busy for her and tries to push them apart. Although by the end of the case, Yumi has Naeo drive Chiba back herself. Chiba says that he feels like he has met her before and recalls the time she wrote him a parking ticket. In his head he thought that surely she couldn't actually be Naeko from back then.

=== Yumi's Love Story Case (Manga: [[Volume 80#Yumi.27s Love Story|847-849]], Anime [[The Ex-Boyfriend Living Next to a Crime Scene|731-732]]) ===
[[Sakurako Yonehara]] discovers a body and calls her childhood friend Naeko, who happens to be accompanied by Yumi and the Detective Boys. As usual, halfway through the investigation Chiba arrives at the crime scene to deliver important information. Sakurako and Chiba recognize each other because they went to the same elementary school. Chiba asks her if she remembers a certain someone who was always by her side, while remembering Naeko. The case then distracts them and its not brought back up.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#UFO Sighting Murder Case|942-944]], Anime: [[Chiba%27s Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Chiba tries to track down information on a case that he believes involved aliens. As he was leaving headquarters, a few patrol women commented on Chiba's weight. This resulted in Naeko sending him an anonymous package filled with weight loss pamphlets. She signed it as his "number one fan in the entire universe". The package also listed Chiba's full name as "Kazunobu Chiba". He manages to loose so much weight that even Ran almost doesn't recognize him. After the case it seems that the patrol women from before, now find Chiba attractive which results in Naeko sending him enough cookies to reverse his progress.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBD) ===
According to the animal crossing hints, this case involves the relationship between Chiba and Naeko.

At the Police department, Chiba is trying to find a suitable partner for his stake out. When [[Yumi]] suggested Naeko, Chiba responds that it would look like an inspector partnered with a middle school girl, much to Naeko's embarassment, even though she is the same age as him.
After the murder of the second female police officer from the Traffic department, Chiba and Shiratori head out to the crime scene, where they meet up with [[Kuroda]]. The superintendant told the two inspectors that the case concerns a female police officer serial murder case.
Later, Chiba managed to rescue a kidnapped Naeko and aprehend the culprit, thanks to Conan's help. However, Naeko was injured in her right leg while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow, which forced Chiba to carry her to the hospital on his back. While walking towards the hospital, Chiba came across a red light with no cars around. To prevent Naeko from bleeding too much, Chiba wanted to cross it since nobody is around, however, Naeko stopped him form breaking the rules; using the same words he told her in the past. After hearing those words, Chiba finally recognises Naeko as his childhood friend. After the light became green, the couple crossed the road while blushing at the same time.
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== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
[[File:Chiba Original Appearance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chiba's original appearance in episode 138.]]
As a note, in many of Chiba's early anime and movie appearances, he is depicted as quite skinny. This is changed once his character begins to develop.
=== The Final Screening Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 23#Movie Theater Case|222-224]], Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|138-139]]) ===
Chiba's first appearance in the [[Anime]]. He was inserted into a [[Manga]] canon episode.

=== The Rainy Night Menace (Anime: [[The Rainy Night Menace|666]]) ===
Chiba had been meeting with this woman at a cafe that he frequented about several letters that she had been receiving from a man who was being released from prison who and was supposedly going to come after her. When she left from one of the meetings, she took Chiba's umbrella so he tried to track her down to return it. He enlisted the help of Kogoro and Conan to help him look for her, which turned up nothing. Then they get called to a near by apartment complex where a woman was involved in a crime. As it turns out, it is the same woman and she has killed the man who was sending her letters. At the conclusion of the case it is determined that it was a premeditated murder rather then self defense, and Chiba makes a statement to her as she is taken away.

=== Movie 4: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] ===

=== Movie 5: [[Countdown to Heaven]] ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Wataru Takagi]] ====
[[File:Chiba and Shiratori observing Takagi and Sato.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Chiba's thoughts on Takagi and Sato.]]
[[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and Chiba are fellow officers in the 1st investigative division (Homicides) of the Metropolian Police, and very good friends and partners. In fact, Chiba was the only male officer in the department who did not harbor an obsessive crush on [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] and would even assist Takagi in his endeavors to win her heart.<ref>[[Volume 33#Sato's Omiai Case|File 330: ''Sato's Feelings'']]</ref> Takagi has even spent the night at Chiba's apartment multiple times and borrowed his T-shirts. <ref>[[Volume 62#Azusa.27s Brother Case|Azusa's Brother Case]]</ref> When Takagi was kidnapped, Chiba maintained the closest proximity to the tablet showing Takagi's fate.<ref>[[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|804-808]]</ref>

==== [[Miwako Sato]] ====
Chiba is the only male officer who does not have a crush on Sato and they are shown to be just friends. However in the past they have gone on stakeout's two or three times together where they pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend by holding hands, so Sato could glare at the culprit over Chiba's shoulders.<ref>[[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|Hammer Man Case]] </ref>

==== [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] ====
Chiba seems to be supportive of Shiratori's relationship and makes fun of him in front of Kobayashi in a similar way to how he treats Takagi.

==== [[Naeko Miike]] ====
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Chiba and [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]] were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together where they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). One time Naeko tried to walk over a street despite there was red light, but Chiba stopped her and lectured her about bad habit, which caused her to cry, but also impressed her with his morality. When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the [[Detective Boys]], he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore his illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Chiba remembers that the person who created the message on the VHS tape (Naeko) was good friends with Sakurako, and they were always together. Sakurako was in the grade level below Chiba.

==== [[Chiba family|Chiba's older brother]] ==== 
Chiba's older brother worked at a video store where he was required to open the heads of VHS tapes to see if the video had been rewound. Chiba has picked this habit up from him because he thought it was cool.

== Name origin ==
Chiba's name comes from his voice actor [[Isshin Chiba]]. The kanji for {{nihongo|Isshin|一伸}} can also be pronounced as "Kazunobu", which was the voice actor's original name. [[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]] gave the character a given name with different kanji that are still pronounced as {{nihongo|"Kazunobu" |和伸}}. His original physical appearance was modeled after him as well.

SDB70+ : Q73: Have you established detective Chiba’s first name? 
A: His voice actor’s is Isshin… It might just become Isshin. But everyone with “一” (ichi) in their name is a cool guy… I don’t know what to do. (laughs)

He effectively removed the "一" (ichi) in {{nihongo|Isshin Chiba|千葉一伸}} and changed it to a "和" which can be read as "Kazu" for the original name {{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Chiba's "Before" Appearance (episode 138).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Second.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Chiba's second more developed appearance (episode 173).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Chiba's "Middle" Appearance (episode 363).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Chiba's "After" Appearance (episode 666).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Thin.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Chiba after dieting (episode 848).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|If you break the rules and let yourself off the hook even once, it'll become a habit! You might think you can break a habit, but you can't!|Kazunobu Chiba to [[Naeko Miike]]<ref>[[Volume 71]], File 742</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
* His given name was reveled more than 500 chapters after his first appearance.
* Chiba has a scar on his right palm from falling down in the rain as a child.<ref>File 742</ref>
* He is very able with judo.<ref>File 1017</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
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Kazunobu Chiba

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{{hatnote|This article is about the character Kazunobu Chiba. For the voice actor, see [[Isshin Chiba]].}}
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| name = Kazunobu Chiba
| japanese-name = 千葉和伸 (Chiba Kazunobu)
| english-name = Detective Chiba
| image = Kazunobu Chiba Profile.jpg
| age = 24-25<ref>[[Volume 71#File 742 - Love Transcending 13 Years|Volume 71, File 742: "Love Transcending 13 years"]]: Chiba was in the 6th grade 13 years ago, when he was about 11-12 years old, which would make him about 24-25 in the current timeline.</ref><ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741]] and [[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Chiba was two grade below Kobayashi (who's exactly 26) and one grade above Sakurako (who's exactly 23).</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chiba family|Older brother (Yoichiro Chiba)]]{{citation needed}} on that name
| occupation = Police Detective
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|File 269]] Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|Episode 138]]
| appearances = {{:Kazunobu Chiba Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 33]]
| japanese-voice = [[Isshin Chiba]]
| english-voice = [[Chris Cason]]
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸|Chiba Kazunobu}}''', commonly referred to as '''{{nihongo|Detective Chiba|千葉刑事|Chiba-keiji}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Chiba is a detective in the Tokyo district, and very often works alongside [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and [[Wataru Takagi]]. His main duty appears to be to obtain information outside of the crime scenes. Sometimes, he will even go out and substitute as inspector when Megure is busy on another case. He is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Naeko Miike]].

== Background ==
[[File:Young Chiba.PNG|100px|thumb|left|A young Chiba.]]
Initially, he was introduced with a minor cameo in the anime version of [[The Final Screening Murder Case]]. Like several other Anime Original characters, he was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters later introduced in the manga] and has taken on a larger role. In many of his early appearances he is depicted as rather average build, but later depicted as overweight. Chiba currently works in the Second violent crimes investigative division, section 3.<ref>Manga Chapter 792 page 4</ref> His duties usually consist of questioning non-suspect characters outside of the crime scene, and running evidence back to the lab as well as returning with the results. A majority of his appearances happen just over half way through a case where he returns to the crime scene with a vital clue needed to solve the case. He has a strong moral compass that usually puts the law above everything. If any one were to break the law they must be punished, even himself.

Chiba has an older brother who worked as an employee at a video rental store. Because of his job, the brother had to open the heads of VHS tapes to check if they had been rewound properly. Chiba has picked up knowledge of VHS tapes as well as this habit of opening their heads to check them.

Chiba attended [[Setting#Teitan Elementary School|Teitan Elementary School]], in the 20th graduating class, 2 classes below [[Sumiko Kobayashi]]. While still in elementary school he was a part of the broadcasting committee and was put in charge of making a mini-audio drama, which was successful. As a result, he tried to put together a short Tokusatsu (live action special effects) drama based on the [[Kamen Yaiba]] show he watched. With the help of fellow classmate [[Naeko Miike]] rallying the other members, he was able to complete it. He began to suspect that she may like him so he wrote her a love letter, which she responded to by saying that there was a hidden message left in the video room with her answer. Her family then moved away and Chiba was unable to find her answer.

In the present day, he returned to the school and with the help of the [[Detective Boys]] found her response. It was something that only Chiba would have been likely to find because since childhood, he has a tendency to sweat often. Recently Naeko, who joined the police force because of Chiba, has transferred to Tokyo as a patrol woman who works with [[Yumi Miyamoto]]. However, Chiba doesn't seem to recognize her despite having several chances to do so. After realizing that Chiba doesn't recognize her, Naeko has been trying to keep it a secret until he realizes it for himself.<ref name=Naeko>Manga Chapters 741~742: The VHS of Memory Case</ref>
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== Personality ==
Chiba can be serious, but he is shown to be a mostly light-hearted officer. He loves to eat and is sometimes shown stuffing his face, usually with burgers and sodas, but usually this is merely done for comic effect. Chiba can be very supportive, and is a big help, especially for using his size to catch criminals. He, as well as [[Yumi Miyamoto]], is very supportive for [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s relationship and feelings for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]], and is one of the few officers in the Tokyo district to not get involved in [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]]'s schemes to get the couple to break up.

A very notable trait of Chiba praised by his colleagues in Law Enforcement is that he would always follow and uphold the law no matter what the circumstances are, especially when it is he who breaks it. This is one of the main reasons why Naeko liked him in the first place; it was because he scolded her over a traffic violation, saying that doing the wrong thing will develop into a habit that's hard to get rid of. This event also inspired Naeko to join the Police Force as a traffic cop.

He has been a huge fan of ''tokusatsu'' shows like ''[[Kamen Yaiba]]'' and ''[[Gomera]]'' for a long time, and was a member of the broadcasting committee at his elementary school. For a project, he and the other club members made a tokusatsu film called ''Kamen Baiya''. Since then his enjoyment tokusatsu has grown and his apartment seems to be covered in figurines based on the characters.

Chiba seems to be very knowledgeable about Betamax tapes He has a habit of checking VHS tapes to see if they were rewound. He believes he picked this habit up from his older brother.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

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{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Chiba-chan|Mouri-san}}
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== Plot overview ==

[[File:Chibas first manga appearance.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chiba's first manga appearance.]]
=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|269]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
Kazunobu Chiba makes his debut in the [[manga]] series.

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32#Sato.27s Omiai Case|328]]-[[Volume 33#Sato.27s Omiai Case|330]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
Takagi and Chiba work together to catch a robber despite conflicting witness statements. Once they finally discover the identity of the robber, he flees. After catching him, Chiba sends Takagi to stop the Omiai by saying "You're a detective right?, then like a detective... go after your target until the time actually runs out!"

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44#Takagi.27s Last Case|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===
Chiba's roommate becomes the main suspect of a murder case. As a result Takagi, Sato, and the Detective Boys search the apartment for clues. The room is covered over with toys from the Kamen Yaiba and Gomera franchises. He tracks his tv programs using the newspaper listings and posts sticky notes of the times on his television.

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50#Group Date Kidnapping Case|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===
Chiba invites Takagi on a group date to make the numbers even. The leader of the group is Chiba's middle school friend Emoto. Emoto mentions that Chiba had wanted to be a police officer since he was a kid. Emoto's sister happened to be friends with Yumi, who also dragged Sato along. After it is realized that a kid was left alone, the group agrees to go get him, however it seems that Chiba and Yumi are too drunk and they get left in the car.

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===
Takagi is surprised when Sato tries to kiss him while on a stakeout, pretending they are a couple. When he mentions this to Chiba, he says that he has been on stakeout with Sato in the past where they also had pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Chiba says that it was a warm feeling which makes Takagi jealous. Later Chiba asks Takagi how far his relationship with Sato has progressed, and reveals that in the past he and Sato had only held hands while she glared at the culprit. This makes Takagi rethink why Sato tried to kiss him.

=== VHS Tape of Memories (Manga: [[Volume 71#The VHS of Memories|741-742]], Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
[[File:Chibas parking ticket.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Chiba says he deserves the parking ticket.]]
Chiba accompanies Shiratori to Teitan Elementary to deliver some notices about crime prevention. While in the video library room looking for a long lost tape, Chiba encounters the Detective Boys. He mentions that he was a part of the Broadcasting Committee for the school and was responsible for creating the morning announcements. As a trial run they had created a mini audio drama and later filmed a live action tokusatsu drama titled "Kamen Baiya". Chiba mentions that there was a girl who seemed really enthusiastic about helping him create the drama and even got other members to participate. Chiba had sent her a love letter and her reply mentioned a hidden message in the video room. He had never found it and had not seen her in the last 13 years. She had contacted him recently saying that she would go to a class reunion and wanted to know if he would be there and whether he had seen the tape. With the help of the Detective Boys he recovers the message and goes to meet her at the reunion. He parks illegally and rushes inside leaving his car running, however it seems she did not come. He returns to his car and encounters a police woman writing him a ticket. She tries to say that she might not finish because he is a police officer, but he tells her that he broke the law and deserves it. Chiba does not recognize her. After he leaves she reveals that she was the girl on the tape, [[Naeko Miike]], and that she was transferring to Tokyo. Naeko is partnered with Yumi.

=== Co-Investigating with a First Love Case (Manga: [[Volume 75#Painmobile|790-792]], Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
[[File:Naekos hat flies off.jpg|160px|thumb|left|Naeko's hat flies off.]]
The Detective Boys come across Chiba's car with the message "Die" written inside. Chiba calls Yumi and Naeko to the scene. Conan and Haibara quickly realize that Naeko is the girl from Chiba's past and manage to lead the situation so that Chiba and Naeko end up investigating together. Naeko's hat is blown off by the wind and they look each other straight in the eyes, but Chiba still does not recognize her. Yumi realizes that if the two of them get together, that all of her friends may be too busy for her and tries to push them apart. Although by the end of the case, Yumi has Naeo drive Chiba back herself. Chiba says that he feels like he has met her before and recalls the time she wrote him a parking ticket. In his head he thought that surely she couldn't actually be Naeko from back then.

=== Yumi's Love Story Case (Manga: [[Volume 80#Yumi.27s Love Story|847-849]], Anime [[The Ex-Boyfriend Living Next to a Crime Scene|731-732]]) ===
[[Sakurako Yonehara]] discovers a body and calls her childhood friend Naeko, who happens to be accompanied by Yumi and the Detective Boys. As usual, halfway through the investigation Chiba arrives at the crime scene to deliver important information. Sakurako and Chiba recognize each other because they went to the same elementary school. Chiba asks her if she remembers a certain someone who was always by her side, while remembering Naeko. The case then distracts them and its not brought back up.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#UFO Sighting Murder Case|942-944]], Anime: [[Chiba%27s Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Chiba tries to track down information on a case that he believes involved aliens. As he was leaving headquarters, a few patrol women commented on Chiba's weight. This resulted in Naeko sending him an anonymous package filled with weight loss pamphlets. She signed it as his "number one fan in the entire universe". The package also listed Chiba's full name as "Kazunobu Chiba". He manages to loose so much weight that even Ran almost doesn't recognize him. After the case it seems that the patrol women from before, now find Chiba attractive which results in Naeko sending him enough cookies to reverse his progress.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBD) ===
According to the animal crossing hints, this case involves the relationship between Chiba and Naeko.

At the Police department, Chiba is trying to find a suitable partner for his stake out. When [[Yumi]] suggested Naeko, Chiba responds that it would look like an inspector partnered with a middle school girl, much to Naeko's embarassment, even though she is the same age as him.
After the murder of the second female police officer from the Traffic department, Chiba and Shiratori head out to the crime scene, where they meet up with [[Kuroda]]. The superintendant told the two inspectors that the case concerns a female police officer serial murder case.
Later, Chiba managed to rescue a kidnapped Naeko and aprehend the culprit, thanks to Conan's help. However, Naeko was injured in her right leg while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow, which forced Chiba to carry her to the hospital on his back. While walking towards the hospital, Chiba came across a red light with no cars around. To prevent Naeko from bleeding too much, Chiba wanted to cross it since nobody is around, however, Naeko stopped him form breaking the rules; using the same words he told her in the past. After hearing those words, Chiba finally recognises Naeko as his childhood friend. After the light became green, the couple crossed the road while blushing at the same time.
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== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
[[File:Chiba Original Appearance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chiba's original appearance in episode 138.]]
As a note, in many of Chiba's early anime and movie appearances, he is depicted as quite skinny. This is changed once his character begins to develop.
=== The Final Screening Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 23#Movie Theater Case|222-224]], Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|138-139]]) ===
Chiba's first appearance in the [[Anime]]. He was inserted into a [[Manga]] canon episode.

=== The Rainy Night Menace (Anime: [[The Rainy Night Menace|666]]) ===
Chiba had been meeting with this woman at a cafe that he frequented about several letters that she had been receiving from a man who was being released from prison who and was supposedly going to come after her. When she left from one of the meetings, she took Chiba's umbrella so he tried to track her down to return it. He enlisted the help of Kogoro and Conan to help him look for her, which turned up nothing. Then they get called to a near by apartment complex where a woman was involved in a crime. As it turns out, it is the same woman and she has killed the man who was sending her letters. At the conclusion of the case it is determined that it was a premeditated murder rather then self defense, and Chiba makes a statement to her as she is taken away.

=== Movie 4: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] ===

=== Movie 5: [[Countdown to Heaven]] ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Wataru Takagi]] ====
[[File:Chiba and Shiratori observing Takagi and Sato.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Chiba's thoughts on Takagi and Sato.]]
[[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and Chiba are fellow officers in the 1st investigative division (Homicides) of the Metropolian Police, and very good friends and partners. In fact, Chiba was the only male officer in the department who did not harbor an obsessive crush on [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] and would even assist Takagi in his endeavors to win her heart.<ref>[[Volume 33#Sato's Omiai Case|File 330: ''Sato's Feelings'']]</ref> Takagi has even spent the night at Chiba's apartment multiple times and borrowed his T-shirts. <ref>[[Volume 62#Azusa.27s Brother Case|Azusa's Brother Case]]</ref> When Takagi was kidnapped, Chiba maintained the closest proximity to the tablet showing Takagi's fate.<ref>[[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|804-808]]</ref>

==== [[Miwako Sato]] ====
Chiba is the only male officer who does not have a crush on Sato and they are shown to be just friends. However in the past they have gone on stakeout's two or three times together where they pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend by holding hands, so Sato could glare at the culprit over Chiba's shoulders.<ref>[[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|Hammer Man Case]] </ref>

==== [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] ====
Chiba seems to be supportive of Shiratori's relationship and makes fun of him in front of Kobayashi in a similar way to how he treats Takagi.

==== [[Naeko Miike]] ====
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Chiba and [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]] were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together where they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). One time Naeko tried to walk over a street despite there was red light, but Chiba stopped her and lectured her about bad habit, which caused her to cry, but also impressed her with his morality. When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the [[Detective Boys]], he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore his illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Chiba remembers that the person who created the message on the VHS tape (Naeko) was good friends with Sakurako, and they were always together. Sakurako was in the grade level below Chiba.

==== [[Chiba family|Chiba's older brother]] ==== 
Chiba's older brother worked at a video store where he was required to open the heads of VHS tapes to see if the video had been rewound. Chiba has picked this habit up from him because he thought it was cool.

== Name origin ==
Chiba's name comes from his voice actor [[Isshin Chiba]]. The kanji for {{nihongo|Isshin|一伸}} can also be pronounced as "Kazunobu", which was the voice actor's original name. [[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]] gave the character a given name with different kanji that are still pronounced as {{nihongo|"Kazunobu" |和伸}}. His original physical appearance was modeled after him as well.

SDB70+ : Q73: Have you established detective Chiba’s first name? 
A: His voice actor’s is Isshin… It might just become Isshin. But everyone with “一” (ichi) in their name is a cool guy… I don’t know what to do. (laughs)

He effectively removed the "一" (ichi) in {{nihongo|Isshin Chiba|千葉一伸}} and changed it to a "和" which can be read as "Kazu" for the original name {{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Before.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Chiba's "Before" Appearance (episode 138).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Second.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Chiba's second more developed appearance (episode 173).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Chiba's "Middle" Appearance (episode 363).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba After.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Chiba's "After" Appearance (episode 666).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba Thin.jpg|thumb|left|x195px|Chiba after dieting (episode 848).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|If you break the rules and let yourself off the hook even once, it'll become a habit! You might think you can break a habit, but you can't!|Kazunobu Chiba to [[Naeko Miike]]<ref>[[Volume 71]], File 742</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
* His given name was reveled more than 500 chapters after his first appearance.
* Chiba has a scar on his right palm from falling down in the rain as a child.<ref>File 742</ref>
* He is very able with judo.<ref>File 1017</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
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Kazunobu Chiba

2018-07-13T16:03:07Z

Ichikawa: /* Sato's Father Case (Manga: 269, Anime 205-206) */

{{hatnote|This article is about the character Kazunobu Chiba. For the voice actor, see [[Isshin Chiba]].}}
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| name = Kazunobu Chiba
| japanese-name = 千葉和伸 (Chiba Kazunobu)
| english-name = Detective Chiba
| image = Kazunobu Chiba Profile.jpg
| age = 24-25<ref>[[Volume 71#File 742 - Love Transcending 13 Years|Volume 71, File 742: "Love Transcending 13 years"]]: Chiba was in the 6th grade 13 years ago, when he was about 11-12 years old, which would make him about 24-25 in the current timeline.</ref><ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741]] and [[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Chiba was two grade below Kobayashi (who's exactly 26) and one grade above Sakurako (who's exactly 23).</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chiba family|Older brother (Yoichiro Chiba)]]{{citation needed}} on that name
| occupation = Police Detective
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|File 269]] Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|Episode 138]]
| appearances = {{:Kazunobu Chiba Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 33]]
| japanese-voice = [[Isshin Chiba]]
| english-voice = [[Chris Cason]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸|Chiba Kazunobu}}''', commonly referred to as '''{{nihongo|Detective Chiba|千葉刑事|Chiba-keiji}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Chiba is a detective in the Tokyo district, and very often works alongside [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and [[Wataru Takagi]]. His main duty appears to be to obtain information outside of the crime scenes. Sometimes, he will even go out and substitute as inspector when Megure is busy on another case. He is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Naeko Miike]].

== Background ==
[[File:Young Chiba.PNG|100px|thumb|left|A young Chiba.]]
Initially, he was introduced with a minor cameo in the anime version of [[The Final Screening Murder Case]]. Like several other Anime Original characters, he was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters later introduced in the manga] and has taken on a larger role. In many of his early appearances he is depicted as rather average build, but later depicted as overweight. Chiba currently works in the Second violent crimes investigative division, section 3.<ref>Manga Chapter 792 page 4</ref> His duties usually consist of questioning non-suspect characters outside of the crime scene, and running evidence back to the lab as well as returning with the results. A majority of his appearances happen just over half way through a case where he returns to the crime scene with a vital clue needed to solve the case. He has a strong moral compass that usually puts the law above everything. If any one were to break the law they must be punished, even himself.

Chiba has an older brother who worked as an employee at a video rental store. Because of his job, the brother had to open the heads of VHS tapes to check if they had been rewound properly. Chiba has picked up knowledge of VHS tapes as well as this habit of opening their heads to check them.

Chiba attended [[Setting#Teitan Elementary School|Teitan Elementary School]], in the 20th graduating class, 2 classes below [[Sumiko Kobayashi]]. While still in elementary school he was a part of the broadcasting committee and was put in charge of making a mini-audio drama, which was successful. As a result, he tried to put together a short Tokusatsu (live action special effects) drama based on the [[Kamen Yaiba]] show he watched. With the help of fellow classmate [[Naeko Miike]] rallying the other members, he was able to complete it. He began to suspect that she may like him so he wrote her a love letter, which she responded to by saying that there was a hidden message left in the video room with her answer. Her family then moved away and Chiba was unable to find her answer.

In the present day, he returned to the school and with the help of the [[Detective Boys]] found her response. It was something that only Chiba would have been likely to find because since childhood, he has a tendency to sweat often. Recently Naeko, who joined the police force because of Chiba, has transferred to Tokyo as a patrol woman who works with [[Yumi Miyamoto]]. However, Chiba doesn't seem to recognize her despite having several chances to do so. After realizing that Chiba doesn't recognize her, Naeko has been trying to keep it a secret until he realizes it for himself.<ref name=Naeko>Manga Chapters 741~742: The VHS of Memory Case</ref>
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== Personality ==
Chiba can be serious, but he is shown to be a mostly light-hearted officer. He loves to eat and is sometimes shown stuffing his face, usually with burgers and sodas, but usually this is merely done for comic effect. Chiba can be very supportive, and is a big help, especially for using his size to catch criminals. He, as well as [[Yumi Miyamoto]], is very supportive for [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s relationship and feelings for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]], and is one of the few officers in the Tokyo district to not get involved in [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]]'s schemes to get the couple to break up.

A very notable trait of Chiba praised by his colleagues in Law Enforcement is that he would always follow and uphold the law no matter what the circumstances are, especially when it is he who breaks it. This is one of the main reasons why Naeko liked him in the first place; it was because he scolded her over a traffic violation, saying that doing the wrong thing will develop into a habit that's hard to get rid of. This event also inspired Naeko to join the Police Force as a traffic cop.

He has been a huge fan of ''tokusatsu'' shows like ''[[Kamen Yaiba]]'' and ''[[Gomera]]'' for a long time, and was a member of the broadcasting committee at his elementary school. For a project, he and the other club members made a tokusatsu film called ''Kamen Baiya''. Since then his enjoyment tokusatsu has grown and his apartment seems to be covered in figurines based on the characters.

Chiba seems to be very knowledgeable about Betamax tapes He has a habit of checking VHS tapes to see if they were rewound. He believes he picked this habit up from his older brother.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|-|Kobayashi-sensei<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p113</ref> Sato-san (first time, by mistake)}}
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{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Chiba|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Chiba|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Chiba-kun<ref name="sdb80-113"/>|Shiratori-san}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Chiba-kun Chiba|Yumi-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Chiba-kun Chiba|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
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{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Chiba-kun}}
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Chiba-chan|Mouri-san}}
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{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
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== Plot overview ==

[[File:Chibas first manga appearance.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chiba's first manga appearance.]]
=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|269]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
Kazunobu Chiba makes his debut in the [[manga]] series.

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32#Sato.27s Omiai Case|328]]-[[Volume 33#Sato.27s Omiai Case|330]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
Takagi and Chiba work together to catch a robber despite conflicting witness statements. Once they finally discover the identity of the robber, he flees. After catching him, Chiba sends Takagi to stop the Omiai by saying "You're a detective right?, then like a detective... go after your target until the time actually runs out!"

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44#Takagi.27s Last Case|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===
Chiba's roommate becomes the main suspect of a murder case. As a result Takagi, Sato, and the Detective Boys search the apartment for clues. The room is covered over with toys from the Kamen Yaiba and Gomera franchises. He tracks his tv programs using the newspaper listings and posts sticky notes of the times on his television.

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50#Group Date Kidnapping Case|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===
Chiba invites Takagi on a group date to make the numbers even. The leader of the group is Chiba's middle school friend Emoto. Emoto mentions that Chiba had wanted to be a police officer since he was a kid. Emoto's sister happened to be friends with Yumi, who also dragged Sato along. After it is realized that a kid was left alone, the group agrees to go get him, however it seems that Chiba and Yumi are too drunk and they get left in the car.

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===
Takagi is surprised when Sato tries to kiss him while on a stakeout, pretending they are a couple. When he mentions this to Chiba, he says that he has been on stakeout with Sato in the past where they also had pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Chiba says that it was a warm feeling which makes Takagi jealous. Later Chiba asks Takagi how far his relationship with Sato has progressed, and reveals that in the past he and Sato had only held hands while she glared at the culprit. This makes Takagi rethink why Sato tried to kiss him.

=== VHS Tape of Memories (Manga: [[Volume 71#The VHS of Memories|741-742]], Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
[[File:Chibas parking ticket.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Chiba says he deserves the parking ticket.]]
Chiba accompanies Shiratori to Teitan Elementary to deliver some notices about crime prevention. While in the video library room looking for a long lost tape, Chiba encounters the Detective Boys. He mentions that he was a part of the Broadcasting Committee for the school and was responsible for creating the morning announcements. As a trial run they had created a mini audio drama and later filmed a live action tokusatsu drama titled "Kamen Baiya". Chiba mentions that there was a girl who seemed really enthusiastic about helping him create the drama and even got other members to participate. Chiba had sent her a love letter and her reply mentioned a hidden message in the video room. He had never found it and had not seen her in the last 13 years. She had contacted him recently saying that she would go to a class reunion and wanted to know if he would be there and whether he had seen the tape. With the help of the Detective Boys he recovers the message and goes to meet her at the reunion. He parks illegally and rushes inside leaving his car running, however it seems she did not come. He returns to his car and encounters a police woman writing him a ticket. She tries to say that she might not finish because he is a police officer, but he tells her that he broke the law and deserves it. Chiba does not recognize her. After he leaves she reveals that she was the girl on the tape, [[Naeko Miike]], and that she was transferring to Tokyo. Naeko is partnered with Yumi.

=== Co-Investigating with a First Love Case (Manga: [[Volume 75#Painmobile|790-792]], Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
[[File:Naekos hat flies off.jpg|160px|thumb|left|Naeko's hat flies off.]]
The Detective Boys come across Chiba's car with the message "Die" written inside. Chiba calls Yumi and Naeko to the scene. Conan and Haibara quickly realize that Naeko is the girl from Chiba's past and manage to lead the situation so that Chiba and Naeko end up investigating together. Naeko's hat is blown off by the wind and they look each other straight in the eyes, but Chiba still does not recognize her. Yumi realizes that if the two of them get together, that all of her friends may be too busy for her and tries to push them apart. Although by the end of the case, Yumi has Naeo drive Chiba back herself. Chiba says that he feels like he has met her before and recalls the time she wrote him a parking ticket. In his head he thought that surely she couldn't actually be Naeko from back then.

=== Yumi's Love Story Case (Manga: [[Volume 80#Yumi.27s Love Story|847-849]], Anime [[The Ex-Boyfriend Living Next to a Crime Scene|731-732]]) ===
[[Sakurako Yonehara]] discovers a body and calls her childhood friend Naeko, who happens to be accompanied by Yumi and the Detective Boys. As usual, halfway through the investigation Chiba arrives at the crime scene to deliver important information. Sakurako and Chiba recognize each other because they went to the same elementary school. Chiba asks her if she remembers a certain someone who was always by her side, while remembering Naeko. The case then distracts them and its not brought back up.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#UFO Sighting Murder Case|942-944]], Anime: [[Chiba%27s Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Chiba tries to track down information on a case that he believes involved aliens. As he was leaving headquarters, a few patrol women commented on Chiba's weight. This resulted in Naeko sending him an anonymous package filled with weight loss pamphlets. She signed it as his "number one fan in the entire universe". The package also listed Chiba's full name as "Kazunobu Chiba". He manages to loose so much weight that even Ran almost doesn't recognize him. After the case it seems that the patrol women from before, now find Chiba attractive which results in Naeko sending him enough cookies to reverse his progress.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBD) ===
According to the animal crossing hints, this case involves the relationship between Chiba and Naeko.

At the Police department, Chiba is trying to find a suitable partner for his stake out. When [[Yumi]] suggested Naeko, Chiba responds that it would look like an inspector partnered with a middle school girl, much to Naeko's embarassment, even though she is the same age as him.
After the murder of the second female police officer from the Traffic department, Chiba and Shiratori head out to the crime scene, where they meet up with [[Kuroda]]. The superintendant told the two inspectors that the case concerns a female police officer serial murder case.
Later, Chiba managed to rescue a kidnapped Naeko and aprehend the culprit, thanks to Conan's help. However, Naeko was injured in her right leg while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow, which forced Chiba to carry her to the hospital on his back. While walking towards the hospital, Chiba came across a red light with no cars around. To prevent Naeko from bleeding too much, Chiba wanted to cross it since nobody is around, however, Naeko stopped him form breaking the rules; using the same words he told her in the past. After hearing those words, Chiba finally recognises Naeko as his childhood friend. After the light became green, the couple crossed the road while blushing at the same time.
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== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
[[File:Chiba Original Appearance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chiba's original appearance in episode 138.]]
As a note, in many of Chiba's early anime and movie appearances, he is depicted as quite skinny. This is changed once his character begins to develop.
=== The Final Screening Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 23#Movie Theater Case|222-224]], Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|138-139]]) ===
Chiba's first appearance in the [[Anime]]. He was inserted into a [[Manga]] canon episode.

=== The Rainy Night Menace (Anime: [[The Rainy Night Menace|666]]) ===
Chiba had been meeting with this woman at a cafe that he frequented about several letters that she had been receiving from a man who was being released from prison who and was supposedly going to come after her. When she left from one of the meetings, she took Chiba's umbrella so he tried to track her down to return it. He enlisted the help of Kogoro and Conan to help him look for her, which turned up nothing. Then they get called to a near by apartment complex where a woman was involved in a crime. As it turns out, it is the same woman and she has killed the man who was sending her letters. At the conclusion of the case it is determined that it was a premeditated murder rather then self defense, and Chiba makes a statement to her as she is taken away.

=== Movie 4: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] ===

=== Movie 5: [[Countdown to Heaven]] ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Wataru Takagi]] ====
[[File:Chiba and Shiratori observing Takagi and Sato.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Chiba's thoughts on Takagi and Sato.]]
[[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and Chiba are fellow officers in the 1st investigative division (Homicides) of the Metropolian Police, and very good friends and partners. In fact, Chiba was the only male officer in the department who did not harbor an obsessive crush on [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] and would even assist Takagi in his endeavors to win her heart.<ref>[[Volume 33#Sato's Omiai Case|File 330: ''Sato's Feelings'']]</ref> Takagi has even spent the night at Chiba's apartment multiple times and borrowed his T-shirts. <ref>[[Volume 62#Azusa.27s Brother Case|Azusa's Brother Case]]</ref> When Takagi was kidnapped, Chiba maintained the closest proximity to the tablet showing Takagi's fate.<ref>[[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|804-808]]</ref>

==== [[Miwako Sato]] ====
Chiba is the only male officer who does not have a crush on Sato and they are shown to be just friends. However in the past they have gone on stakeout's two or three times together where they pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend by holding hands, so Sato could glare at the culprit over Chiba's shoulders.<ref>[[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|Hammer Man Case]] </ref>

==== [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] ====
Chiba seems to be supportive of Shiratori's relationship and makes fun of him in front of Kobayashi in a similar way to how he treats Takagi.

==== [[Naeko Miike]] ====
{{main|Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike}}
Chiba and [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]] were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together where they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). One time Naeko tried to walk over a street despite there was red light, but Chiba stopped her and lectured her about bad habit, which caused her to cry, but also impressed her with his morality. When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the [[Detective Boys]], he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore his illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Chiba remembers that the person who created the message on the VHS tape (Naeko) was good friends with Sakurako, and they were always together. Sakurako was in the grade level below Chiba.

==== [[Chiba family|Chiba's older brother]] ==== 
Chiba's older brother worked at a video store where he was required to open the heads of VHS tapes to see if the video had been rewound. Chiba has picked this habit up from him because he thought it was cool.

== Name origin ==
Chiba's name comes from his voice actor [[Isshin Chiba]]. The kanji for {{nihongo|Isshin|一伸}} can also be pronounced as "Kazunobu", which was the voice actor's original name. [[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]] gave the character a given name with different kanji that are still pronounced as {{nihongo|"Kazunobu" |和伸}}. His original physical appearance was modeled after him as well.

SDB70+ : Q73: Have you established detective Chiba’s first name? 
A: His voice actor’s is Isshin… It might just become Isshin. But everyone with “一” (ichi) in their name is a cool guy… I don’t know what to do. (laughs)

He effectively removed the "一" (ichi) in {{nihongo|Isshin Chiba|千葉一伸}} and changed it to a "和" which can be read as "Kazu" for the original name {{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Before.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "Before" Appearance (episode 138).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Second.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's second more developed appearance (episode 173).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "Middle" Appearance (episode 363).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_After.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "After" Appearance (episode 666).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Thin.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba after dieting (episode 848).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|If you break the rules and let yourself off the hook even once, it'll become a habit! You might think you can break a habit, but you can't!|Kazunobu Chiba to [[Naeko Miike]]<ref>[[Volume 71]], File 742</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
* His given name was reveled more than 500 chapters after his first appearance.
* Chiba has a scar on his right palm from falling down in the rain as a child.<ref>File 742</ref>
* He is very able with judo.<ref>File 1017</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
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Kazunobu Chiba

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Ichikawa:

{{hatnote|This article is about the character Kazunobu Chiba. For the voice actor, see [[Isshin Chiba]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kazunobu Chiba
| japanese-name = 千葉和伸 (Chiba Kazunobu)
| english-name = Detective Chiba
| image = Kazunobu Chiba Profile.jpg
| age = 24-25<ref>[[Volume 71#File 742 - Love Transcending 13 Years|Volume 71, File 742: "Love Transcending 13 years"]]: Chiba was in the 6th grade 13 years ago, when he was about 11-12 years old, which would make him about 24-25 in the current timeline.</ref><ref>[[Volume 71|Volume 71, File 741]] and [[Volume 80|Volume 80, File 848, Page 11]]: Chiba was two grade below Kobayashi (who's exactly 26) and one grade above Sakurako (who's exactly 23).</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chiba family|Older brother (Yoichiro Chiba)]]{{citation needed}} on that name
| occupation = Police Detective
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|File 269]] Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|Episode 138]]
| appearances = {{:Kazunobu Chiba Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 33]]
| japanese-voice = [[Isshin Chiba]]
| english-voice = [[Chris Cason]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸|Chiba Kazunobu}}''', commonly referred to as '''{{nihongo|Detective Chiba|千葉刑事|Chiba-keiji}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Chiba is a detective in the Tokyo district, and very often works alongside [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and [[Wataru Takagi]]. His main duty appears to be to obtain information outside of the crime scenes. Sometimes, he will even go out and substitute as inspector when Megure is busy on another case. He is a childhood friend and the love interest of [[Naeko Miike]].

== Background ==
[[File:Young Chiba.PNG|100px|thumb|left|A young Chiba.]]
Initially, he was introduced with a minor cameo in the anime version of [[The Final Screening Murder Case]]. Like several other Anime Original characters, he was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters later introduced in the manga] and has taken on a larger role. In many of his early appearances he is depicted as rather average build, but later depicted as overweight. Chiba currently works in the Second violent crimes investigative division, section 3.<ref>Manga Chapter 792 page 4</ref> His duties usually consist of questioning non-suspect characters outside of the crime scene, and running evidence back to the lab as well as returning with the results. A majority of his appearances happen just over half way through a case where he returns to the crime scene with a vital clue needed to solve the case. He has a strong moral compass that usually puts the law above everything. If any one were to break the law they must be punished, even himself.

Chiba has an older brother who worked as an employee at a video rental store. Because of his job, the brother had to open the heads of VHS tapes to check if they had been rewound properly. Chiba has picked up knowledge of VHS tapes as well as this habit of opening their heads to check them.

Chiba attended [[Setting#Teitan Elementary School|Teitan Elementary School]], in the 20th graduating class, 2 classes below [[Sumiko Kobayashi]]. While still in elementary school he was a part of the broadcasting committee and was put in charge of making a mini-audio drama, which was successful. As a result, he tried to put together a short Tokusatsu (live action special effects) drama based on the [[Kamen Yaiba]] show he watched. With the help of fellow classmate [[Naeko Miike]] rallying the other members, he was able to complete it. He began to suspect that she may like him so he wrote her a love letter, which she responded to by saying that there was a hidden message left in the video room with her answer. Her family then moved away and Chiba was unable to find her answer.

In the present day, he returned to the school and with the help of the [[Detective Boys]] found her response. It was something that only Chiba would have been likely to find because since childhood, he has a tendency to sweat often. Recently Naeko, who joined the police force because of Chiba, has transferred to Tokyo as a patrol woman who works with [[Yumi Miyamoto]]. However, Chiba doesn't seem to recognize her despite having several chances to do so. After realizing that Chiba doesn't recognize her, Naeko has been trying to keep it a secret until he realizes it for himself.<ref name=Naeko>Manga Chapters 741~742: The VHS of Memory Case</ref>
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== Personality ==
Chiba can be serious, but he is shown to be a mostly light-hearted officer. He loves to eat and is sometimes shown stuffing his face, usually with burgers and sodas, but usually this is merely done for comic effect. Chiba can be very supportive, and is a big help, especially for using his size to catch criminals. He, as well as [[Yumi Miyamoto]], is very supportive for [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s relationship and feelings for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]], and is one of the few officers in the Tokyo district to not get involved in [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]]'s schemes to get the couple to break up.

A very notable trait of Chiba praised by his colleagues in Law Enforcement is that he would always follow and uphold the law no matter what the circumstances are, especially when it is he who breaks it. This is one of the main reasons why Naeko liked him in the first place; it was because he scolded her over a traffic violation, saying that doing the wrong thing will develop into a habit that's hard to get rid of. This event also inspired Naeko to join the Police Force as a traffic cop.

He has been a huge fan of ''tokusatsu'' shows like ''[[Kamen Yaiba]]'' and ''[[Gomera]]'' for a long time, and was a member of the broadcasting committee at his elementary school. For a project, he and the other club members made a tokusatsu film called ''Kamen Baiya''. Since then his enjoyment tokusatsu has grown and his apartment seems to be covered in figurines based on the characters.

Chiba seems to be very knowledgeable about Betamax tapes He has a habit of checking VHS tapes to see if they were rewound. He believes he picked this habit up from his older brother.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|Chiba-tchi<ref name="sdb80-121">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p121</ref>|Sakurako-chan<ref name="sdb80-121"/>}}
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|-|Kobayashi-sensei<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p113</ref> Sato-san (first time, by mistake)}}
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{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Chiba-kun<ref name="sdb80-130">Detective Conan 80 + Super Digest Book - p130</ref> Chiba Kazunobu (in her thoughts)|Naeko-chan Miike Naeko}}
{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Chiba|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Chiba|Takagi-san}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Chiba-kun<ref name="sdb80-113"/>|Shiratori-san}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Chiba-kun Chiba|Yumi-san}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Chiba-kun Chiba|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Chiba-kun|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Chiba-kun}}
|}
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Chiba-chan|Mouri-san}}
|}
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{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==

[[File:Chibas first manga appearance.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chiba's first manga appearance.]]
=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27#Sato.27s Father Case|269]], Anime [[Episode 205|205-206]]) ===
Kazunobu Chiba makes his debut in the [[manga]] series.

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32#Sato.27s Omiai Case|328]]-[[Volume 33#Sato.27s Omiai Case|330]], Anime [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
Takagi and Chiba work together to catch a robber despite conflicting witness statements. Once they finally discover the identity of the robber, he flees. After catching him, Chiba sends Takagi to stop the Omiai by saying "You're a detective right?, then like a detective... go after your target until the time actually runs out!"

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44#Takagi.27s Last Case|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===
Chiba's roommate becomes the main suspect of a murder case. As a result Takagi, Sato, and the Detective Boys search the apartment for clues. The room is covered over with toys from the Kamen Yaiba and Gomera franchises. He tracks his tv programs using the newspaper listings and posts sticky notes of the times on his television.

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50#Group Date Kidnapping Case|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===
Chiba invites Takagi on a group date to make the numbers even. The leader of the group is Chiba's middle school friend Emoto. Emoto mentions that Chiba had wanted to be a police officer since he was a kid. Emoto's sister happened to be friends with Yumi, who also dragged Sato along. After it is realized that a kid was left alone, the group agrees to go get him, however it seems that Chiba and Yumi are too drunk and they get left in the car.

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===
Takagi is surprised when Sato tries to kiss him while on a stakeout, pretending they are a couple. When he mentions this to Chiba, he says that he has been on stakeout with Sato in the past where they also had pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Chiba says that it was a warm feeling which makes Takagi jealous. Later Chiba asks Takagi how far his relationship with Sato has progressed, and reveals that in the past he and Sato had only held hands while she glared at the culprit. This makes Takagi rethink why Sato tried to kiss him.

=== VHS Tape of Memories (Manga: [[Volume 71#The VHS of Memories|741-742]], Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===
[[File:Chibas parking ticket.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Chiba says he deserves the parking ticket.]]
Chiba accompanies Shiratori to Teitan Elementary to deliver some notices about crime prevention. While in the video library room looking for a long lost tape, Chiba encounters the Detective Boys. He mentions that he was a part of the Broadcasting Committee for the school and was responsible for creating the morning announcements. As a trial run they had created a mini audio drama and later filmed a live action tokusatsu drama titled "Kamen Baiya". Chiba mentions that there was a girl who seemed really enthusiastic about helping him create the drama and even got other members to participate. Chiba had sent her a love letter and her reply mentioned a hidden message in the video room. He had never found it and had not seen her in the last 13 years. She had contacted him recently saying that she would go to a class reunion and wanted to know if he would be there and whether he had seen the tape. With the help of the Detective Boys he recovers the message and goes to meet her at the reunion. He parks illegally and rushes inside leaving his car running, however it seems she did not come. He returns to his car and encounters a police woman writing him a ticket. She tries to say that she might not finish because he is a police officer, but he tells her that he broke the law and deserves it. Chiba does not recognize her. After he leaves she reveals that she was the girl on the tape, [[Naeko Miike]], and that she was transferring to Tokyo. Naeko is partnered with Yumi.

=== Co-Investigating with a First Love Case (Manga: [[Volume 75#Painmobile|790-792]], Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|659-660]]) ===
[[File:Naekos hat flies off.jpg|160px|thumb|left|Naeko's hat flies off.]]
The Detective Boys come across Chiba's car with the message "Die" written inside. Chiba calls Yumi and Naeko to the scene. Conan and Haibara quickly realize that Naeko is the girl from Chiba's past and manage to lead the situation so that Chiba and Naeko end up investigating together. Naeko's hat is blown off by the wind and they look each other straight in the eyes, but Chiba still does not recognize her. Yumi realizes that if the two of them get together, that all of her friends may be too busy for her and tries to push them apart. Although by the end of the case, Yumi has Naeo drive Chiba back herself. Chiba says that he feels like he has met her before and recalls the time she wrote him a parking ticket. In his head he thought that surely she couldn't actually be Naeko from back then.

=== Yumi's Love Story Case (Manga: [[Volume 80#Yumi.27s Love Story|847-849]], Anime [[The Ex-Boyfriend Living Next to a Crime Scene|731-732]]) ===
[[Sakurako Yonehara]] discovers a body and calls her childhood friend Naeko, who happens to be accompanied by Yumi and the Detective Boys. As usual, halfway through the investigation Chiba arrives at the crime scene to deliver important information. Sakurako and Chiba recognize each other because they went to the same elementary school. Chiba asks her if she remembers a certain someone who was always by her side, while remembering Naeko. The case then distracts them and its not brought back up.

=== UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#UFO Sighting Murder Case|942-944]], Anime: [[Chiba%27s Difficult UFO Case|847-848]]) ===
Chiba tries to track down information on a case that he believes involved aliens. As he was leaving headquarters, a few patrol women commented on Chiba's weight. This resulted in Naeko sending him an anonymous package filled with weight loss pamphlets. She signed it as his "number one fan in the entire universe". The package also listed Chiba's full name as "Kazunobu Chiba". He manages to loose so much weight that even Ran almost doesn't recognize him. After the case it seems that the patrol women from before, now find Chiba attractive which results in Naeko sending him enough cookies to reverse his progress.

=== Policewomen Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 95|1013-1017]]; Anime: TBD) ===
According to the animal crossing hints, this case involves the relationship between Chiba and Naeko.

At the Police department, Chiba is trying to find a suitable partner for his stake out. When [[Yumi]] suggested Naeko, Chiba responds that it would look like an inspector partnered with a middle school girl, much to Naeko's embarassment, even though she is the same age as him.
After the murder of the second female police officer from the Traffic department, Chiba and Shiratori head out to the crime scene, where they meet up with [[Kuroda]]. The superintendant told the two inspectors that the case concerns a female police officer serial murder case.
Later, Chiba managed to rescue a kidnapped Naeko and aprehend the culprit, thanks to Conan's help. However, Naeko was injured in her right leg while protecting Chiba from a bowgun arrow, which forced Chiba to carry her to the hospital on his back. While walking towards the hospital, Chiba came across a red light with no cars around. To prevent Naeko from bleeding too much, Chiba wanted to cross it since nobody is around, however, Naeko stopped him form breaking the rules; using the same words he told her in the past. After hearing those words, Chiba finally recognises Naeko as his childhood friend. After the light became green, the couple crossed the road while blushing at the same time.
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== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
[[File:Chiba Original Appearance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chiba's original appearance in episode 138.]]
As a note, in many of Chiba's early anime and movie appearances, he is depicted as quite skinny. This is changed once his character begins to develop.
=== The Final Screening Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 23#Movie Theater Case|222-224]], Anime: [[The Final Screening Murder Case|138-139]]) ===
Chiba's first appearance in the [[Anime]]. He was inserted into a [[Manga]] canon episode.

=== The Rainy Night Menace (Anime: [[The Rainy Night Menace|666]]) ===
Chiba had been meeting with this woman at a cafe that he frequented about several letters that she had been receiving from a man who was being released from prison who and was supposedly going to come after her. When she left from one of the meetings, she took Chiba's umbrella so he tried to track her down to return it. He enlisted the help of Kogoro and Conan to help him look for her, which turned up nothing. Then they get called to a near by apartment complex where a woman was involved in a crime. As it turns out, it is the same woman and she has killed the man who was sending her letters. At the conclusion of the case it is determined that it was a premeditated murder rather then self defense, and Chiba makes a statement to her as she is taken away.

=== Movie 4: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] ===

=== Movie 5: [[Countdown to Heaven]] ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== [[Wataru Takagi]] ====
[[File:Chiba and Shiratori observing Takagi and Sato.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Chiba's thoughts on Takagi and Sato.]]
[[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and Chiba are fellow officers in the 1st investigative division (Homicides) of the Metropolian Police, and very good friends and partners. In fact, Chiba was the only male officer in the department who did not harbor an obsessive crush on [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] and would even assist Takagi in his endeavors to win her heart.<ref>[[Volume 33#Sato's Omiai Case|File 330: ''Sato's Feelings'']]</ref> Takagi has even spent the night at Chiba's apartment multiple times and borrowed his T-shirts. <ref>[[Volume 62#Azusa.27s Brother Case|Azusa's Brother Case]]</ref> When Takagi was kidnapped, Chiba maintained the closest proximity to the tablet showing Takagi's fate.<ref>[[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|804-808]]</ref>

==== [[Miwako Sato]] ====
Chiba is the only male officer who does not have a crush on Sato and they are shown to be just friends. However in the past they have gone on stakeout's two or three times together where they pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend by holding hands, so Sato could glare at the culprit over Chiba's shoulders.<ref>[[Volume 60#Hammer Man Case|Hammer Man Case]] </ref>

==== [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] ====
Chiba seems to be supportive of Shiratori's relationship and makes fun of him in front of Kobayashi in a similar way to how he treats Takagi.

==== [[Naeko Miike]] ====
{{main|Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike}}
Chiba and [[Naeko Miike|Naeko]] were childhood friends and attended Teitan Elementary together where they both joined the school broadcasting committee (although Naeko only joined because Chiba did). One time Naeko tried to walk over a street despite there was red light, but Chiba stopped her and lectured her about bad habit, which caused her to cry, but also impressed her with his morality. When Naeko was to move away, Chiba wrote down his feelings in a love letter. Naeko wrote her response on the side of a VHS in the committee storage room, hoping Chiba's sweating habit would cause the message "I like you, too" to show up on his hands after grabbing the tape. Unfortunately, Chiba couldn't find the right tape and never got the message.

On the day of his elementary school reunion, Chiba returned to the school and searched for the tape again. With the help of Conan and the [[Detective Boys]], he finally finds the message and heads for the reunion. Unfortunately Naeko doesn't show, and he hears from a former classmate that she said she is "now with the one she loved". Depressed, Chiba immediately leaves and finds a lady traffic cop giving him a ticket. When the officer offers to forget about the ticket since he is a fellow officer, Chiba scolds her for offering to ignore his illegal parking. Chiba leaves with the ticket, but then wonders how the girl knew he was a detective. The officer turns out to be Naeko, who has just been transferred to the police headquarters in Tokyo (working under Yumi) and looks forward to working with the one she loves.<ref name=Naeko></ref>

==== [[Sakurako Yonehara]] ====
Chiba remembers that the person who created the message on the VHS tape (Naeko) was good friends with Sakurako, and they were always together. Sakurako was in the grade level below Chiba.

==== [[Chiba family|Chiba's older brother]] ==== 
Chiba's older brother worked at a video store where he was required to open the heads of VHS tapes to see if the video had been rewound. Chiba has picked this habit up from him because he thought it was cool.

== Name origin ==
Chiba's name comes from his voice actor [[Isshin Chiba]]. The kanji for {{nihongo|Isshin|一伸}} can also be pronounced as "Kazunobu", which was the voice actor's original name. [[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]] gave the character a given name with different kanji that are still pronounced as {{nihongo|"Kazunobu" |和伸}}. His original physical appearance was modeled after him as well.

SDB70+ : Q73: Have you established detective Chiba’s first name? 
A: His voice actor’s is Isshin… It might just become Isshin. But everyone with “一” (ichi) in their name is a cool guy… I don’t know what to do. (laughs)

He effectively removed the "一" (ichi) in {{nihongo|Isshin Chiba|千葉一伸}} and changed it to a "和" which can be read as "Kazu" for the original name {{nihongo|Kazunobu Chiba|千葉和伸}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Before.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "Before" Appearance (episode 138).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Second.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's second more developed appearance (episode 173).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "Middle" Appearance (episode 363).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_After.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba's "After" Appearance (episode 666).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Chiba_Thin.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Chiba after dieting (episode 848).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|If you break the rules and let yourself off the hook even once, it'll become a habit! You might think you can break a habit, but you can't!|Kazunobu Chiba to [[Naeko Miike]]<ref>[[Volume 71]], File 742</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
* His given name was reveled more than 500 chapters after his first appearance.
* Chiba has a scar on his right palm from falling down in the rain as a child.<ref>File 742</ref>
* He is very able with judo.<ref>File 1017</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kazunobu Chiba and Naeko Miike]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
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[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]
[[Category:Anime original characters]]
[[Category:Anime to manga characters]]
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Sango Yokomizo

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Sango Yokomizo
| japanese-name = 横溝参悟 (Yokomizo Sango)
| english-name = Inspector Worthington
| image = Sango Yokomizo Profile.jpg
| age = 39
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Jugo Yokomizo]] (younger brother)
| occupation = Shizuoka Prefecture Police Inspector
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 6#File 059 - Festival Night|File 59]] Anime: [[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case|Episode 9]]
| appearances = {{:Sango Yokomizo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 4
| keyhole = [[Volume 7]]
| japanese-voice = [[Akio Otsuka]]
| english-voice = [[Dameon Clarke]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Sango Yokomizo|横溝参悟|Yokomizo Sango}}'''<ref>In [[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case]], his name was {{nihongo|'''Masafumi'''|正文|Masafumi}} and not Sango.</ref>, also known as '''Inspector Worthington''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Sango Yokomizo was originally the head inspector of the Saitama district, though he transferred to the Shizuoka district soon after. However, he and his twin brother [[Jugo Yokomizo|Jugo]], who is also a police inspector and has remained in Saitama, stay in touch and have even assisted each other in various (and even locally unrelated) cases.

As children, Sango and Jugo would often play with other kids near the beach. Both brothers were actually afraid of swimming in the ocean, but while Jugo would go near the water, Sango was so scared that he would never even leave the boat.<ref>[[Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish|Episode 542: Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish, Part 1]]</ref> Thus, Sango, even as an adult, does not know how to swim.<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>

Conan often runs into Yokomizo when he is away for a festival, or on a vacation. It is hinted that Sango is the head inspector of a richer town, as he often is involved in a case at a fancy hotel, or one of [[Sonoko Suzuki]]'s vacation spots, as well as the homes of her relatives.<ref name=Triplet>[[The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case|Episode 72: The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case]]</ref> He is also the head inspector in most cases involving a famous actor or actress,<ref name=Act>[[The Murdered Famous Detective|Episode 185-186: The Murdered Famous Detective]]</ref> and at many festivals.<ref name=Car>[[The Super Car's Trap|Episode 197-198: The Super Car's Trap]]</ref>

== Personality ==
[[Image:Inspector Yokomizo's Badge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inspector Yokomizo shows a suspect his badge.]]
Yokomizo is a capable police officer, though with one odious personal habit: he tends to get his face right into a suspect's face, study them closely, and scream into their face when he believes he is onto something, a habit which even he believes is a little embarrassing. Another trait of his is to speak really loudly when deeply involved in an investigation. His loud voice has received many complaints from suspects.<ref name=Spirit/>

Sango considers himself a big fan of [[Kogoro Mouri]]'s work.<ref name=Festival/> Often when he sees Kogoro, his demeanor changes and he has him help him investigate a case.<ref name=Temple/> Sometimes, he even actually calls Kogoro and asks him to come with him, because there is a case that he is having a problem solving.<ref name=Times>[[The Man Who Was Killed Four Times|Episode 175: The Man Who Was Killed Four Times]]</ref> Kogoro however, sometimes puts down Sango's theories, even when it turns out Sango's intuitions are indeed the correct ones.<ref name=Car/> Kogoro does not always react the same way to seeing Sango, as Sango does to him,<ref name=Palace>[[The Water Palace of 5 Colors|Episode 210-211: The Water Palace of 5 Colors]]</ref> but he does appear to consider Sango a good friend.
[[Image:Yokomizo's Interrogation.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inspector Yokomizo interrogates a suspect, using his usual menacing method.]]
Sango always acts very excited when he sees that Kogoro becomes "The Sleeping Kogoro".<ref name=Col/> However, Sango is more modest than Kogoro, as compared to Kogoro, who acts very excited and perverted.<ref name=Client>[[A Small Client|Episode 354-355: A Small Client]]</ref> Sango often mistakes female suspects or witnesses for Kogoro's wife.

Although he can be a menacing figure, he is shown to be a very adept investigator. He is shown in his first appearance on the show to realize who the killer is, and he is also the only one other than Conan to doubt the suspect's alibi, right down to the photographic trick the killer used to solidify their alibi.<ref name=Festival>[[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case|Episode 9: Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case]]</ref> Conan even has Sango look at the evidence Conan has found, to accuse the killer of the murder.<ref name=Festival/> Conan also believes that Sango is a very adept and smart inspector, commenting during a case that Sango, who was the one in charge, would be a much smarter choice for figuring out the case over [[Kogoro Mouri]].<ref name=Sonoko>[[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|Episode 153-154: Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story]]</ref> In another case, he is the only adult to believe that a murder took place instead of a suicide at a temple, but Conan, when voicing Kogoro, still chides Sango for not paying attention to the obvious clues Sango had found.<ref name=Temple>[[Bizarre! The Legend of the Five Storied Pagoda|Episode 159-160: Bizarre! The Legend of the Five Storied Pagoda]]</ref> Sango also has a big fear of ghosts, an even bigger fear of them than even [[Ran Mouri]].<ref name=Spirit>[[The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day|Episode 415-417: The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day]]</ref>

He also has a softer side, like when he is shown with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] and [[Conan Edogawa]] trying to comfort [[Ai Haibara]] after she breaks down to Conan, asking him why he didn't save her sister, [[Akemi Miyano]].<ref name=AiDebut>[[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129: The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]]</ref> He later on comes to think of Kogoro, Ran, and Conan as friends, often running to them and talking to them before anyone else if they appear at a murder case that he is investigating.<ref name=Sonoko/> Sango sometimes contacts his brother, Jugo, whenever he needs help on a suspect in a case.<ref name=Spirit /> In one episode, Jugo helps out Sango by dressing up exactly like him, to help Conan in solving a murder.<ref name=Spirit/> However, Jugo does this very reluctantly, and even tells Sango to not mention that he helped out.<ref name=Spirit/>

Unlike most other characters, Sango does not mind Conan involving himself in cases. In fact, Sango often values Conan's opinion, as well as his keen observations, often asking him if he has found any clues, much to the chagrin of Kogoro.<ref name=Baron>[[Night Baron Murder Case|Episode 68-70: Night Baron Murder Case]]</ref> Whenever Conan makes a point, or points out a clue, Kogoro immediately disregards it, while Sango is the only one who listens to Conan's points without acting in anger towards him, even taking his concerns seriously.<ref name=Col>[[The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of Colossus|Episode 208: The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of Colossus]]</ref> It is hinted that Sango also understands the Conan is no ordinary seven-year-old boy, and very smart for his age. The Detective Boys also very much like Sango; they believe that he is a nice and kind man, unlike his twin brother, Jugo.<ref name=ShellGat>[[Clam Digging With a Sigh|Episode 443-444: Clam Digging With a Sigh]]</ref>

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{appellations/head|Sango}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo Keibu'')|Edogawa Conan-kun<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Inspector (''Keibu'')|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Yokomizo Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo-keibu'')<ref name="m13"/>|Mouri-san<ref name="m13"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Friends & relatives">
{{appellations/head|Sango}}
{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Aniki<ref name="m13" /> Sango-no-aniki}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Agasa-san}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|-|Sonoko-san}}
{{appellations|Tomonori Ogawara|Inspector Yokomizo (Yokomizo Keibu) Inspector (Keibu)|Ogawara}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Sango}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo-keibu'')}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Tenkaichi Festival Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 6#Tenkaichi Festival Case|59-61]], Anime: [[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case|9]]) ===

=== Night Baron Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 8#Night Baron Murder Case|74-77]], Anime: [[Night Baron Murder Case|68-70]]) ===

=== Triplet Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 13#Triplet Murder Case|122-124]], Anime: [[The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case|72]]) ===

=== Murdered Professor Case (Manga: [[Volume 18#Murdered Professor Case|180-181]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|129]]) ===

=== Sonoko's Camera Case (Manga: [[Volume 22#Sonoko's Camera Case|219-221]], Anime: [[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|153-154]]) ===

=== Old Photograph Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Old Photograph Murder Case|277-278]], Anime: [[The Client Full of Lies|220-221]]) ===

=== Netted Man Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 31#Netted Man Murder Case|312-313]], Anime: [[The Mystery in the Net|246-247]]) ===

=== Kogoro's Choice (Manga: [[Volume 37#Kogoro's Choice|375-376]], Anime: [[The Unseen Suspect|305-306]]) ===

=== Child Star Case (Manga: [[Volume 39#Child Star Case|402-403]], Anime: [[A Small Client|354-355]]) ===

=== Butsumetsu Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 48#Butsumetsu Murder Case|495-498]], Anime: [[The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day|415-417]]) ===

=== Eri's Birthday Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 68#Eri's Birthday Murder Case|710-711]], Anime: [[The Worst Birthday|589-590]]) ===

=== Tennis Meetup (Manga: [[Volume 78#Tennis Meetup|826-827]], Anime: [[Conan in a Locked Room|705-706]]) ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
Sango possesses extremely great admiration and respect towards Kogoro Mouri, whom he has come to idolize upon reading about his cases in a newspaper, to the point of referring the latter as "The great detective Kogoro Mouri" (which surprised even Mouri himself) at their first meeting. While Kogoro does not reciprocate the supposed closeness Sango himself believes they have, he does consider Sango a good friend regardless. Sango often mistakes any beautiful lady he sees with Kogoro at a case to be "Mrs Mouri", much to Ran's annoyance and Kogoro's delight. Sango has also sheepishly admitted to having boasted about being Kogoro's "top apprentice" at one point, after discovering that Kogoro already had an apprentice.

==== Jugo Yokomizo ====
Sango and [[Jugo Yokomizo|Jugo]] are twin brothers, with identical appearances (save their different hairstyles) to the point that many people, including Kogoro Mouri, Ran and the Detective Boys, have mistook Jugo for Sango during their first meeting. However, their personalities are directly opposite, with Jugo being harsher and more menacing while Sango having a friendlier (and also slightly less brave) character. Despite their contrasting personas, both brothers are close and have come to assist each other in some cases, setting aside their differences, though Jugo does not share and disapproves of Sango's admiration and idolization of Kogoro.

== Name origin ==
Sango Yokomizo's name comes from the mystery writer, [[Wikipedia: Seishi Yokomizo|Seishi Yokomizo]]. His given name is a homonym for {{nihongo|"coral"|珊瑚|sango}}, which along with his coral-like hairstyle results in the detective boys sometimes referencing him as "coral head". His twin Jugo's given name combines with his to make a numerical pun: {{nihongo|three|三|san}} times {{nihongo|five|五|go}} makes {{nihongo|fifteen|十五|juugo}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sango intermediate.PNG|thumb|left|x200px|Sango's "Before" Appearance (episode 417).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sango recent.PNG|thumb|left|x200px|Sango's "Middle" Appearance (episode 590).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sango after after.png|thumb|left|x200px|Sango's "After" Appearance (episode 706).]]
|}

== Quotes ==

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|参悟 Sango|横溝 Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|''Not given''|يوكو Yoko <ref>Strangely, This is the same as [[Yoko Okino|Yoko]]'s Arabic name</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|''Not given''|Worthington}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|범수 Bum Soo|천 Chun}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ซังโง|โยโคมิโซะ}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* The ability of swimming is actually one of the most important basic skills that every policeman should have, so it's still unclear how Sango could be a policeman, even an inspector, without it.
* Sango's handwriting is difficult to read.<ref>Manga File 827, page 3</ref>

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yokomizo Sango}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]

[[de:Sango Yokomizo]]

Sango Yokomizo

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Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Sango Yokomizo
| japanese-name = 横溝参悟 (Yokomizo Sango)
| english-name = Inspector Worthington
| image = Sango Yokomizo Profile.jpg
| age = 39
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Jugo Yokomizo]] (younger brother)
| occupation = Shizuoka Prefecture Police Inspector
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 6#File 059 - Festival Night|File 59]] Anime: [[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case|Episode 9]]
| appearances = {{:Sango Yokomizo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 4
| keyhole = [[Volume 7]]
| japanese-voice = [[Akio Otsuka]]
| english-voice = [[Dameon Clarke]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Sango Yokomizo|横溝参悟|Yokomizo Sango}}'''<ref>In [[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case]], his name was {{nihongo|'''Masafumi'''|正文|Masafumi}} and not Sango.</ref>, also known as '''Inspector Worthington''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Sango Yokomizo was originally the head inspector of the Saitama district, though he transferred to the Shizuoka district soon after. However, he and his twin brother [[Jugo Yokomizo|Jugo]], who is also a police inspector and has remained in Saitama, stay in touch and have even assisted each other in various (and even locally unrelated) cases.

As children, Sango and Jugo would often play with other kids near the beach. Both brothers were actually afraid of swimming in the ocean, but while Jugo would go near the water, Sango was so scared that he would never even leave the boat.<ref>[[Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish|Episode 542: Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish, Part 1]]</ref> Thus, Sango, even as an adult, does not know how to swim.<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>

Conan often runs into Yokomizo when he is away for a festival, or on a vacation. It is hinted that Sango is the head inspector of a richer town, as he often is involved in a case at a fancy hotel, or one of [[Sonoko Suzuki]]'s vacation spots, as well as the homes of her relatives.<ref name=Triplet>[[The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case|Episode 72: The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case]]</ref> He is also the head inspector in most cases involving a famous actor or actress,<ref name=Act>[[The Murdered Famous Detective|Episode 185-186: The Murdered Famous Detective]]</ref> and at many festivals.<ref name=Car>[[The Super Car's Trap|Episode 197-198: The Super Car's Trap]]</ref>

== Personality ==
[[Image:Inspector Yokomizo's Badge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inspector Yokomizo shows a suspect his badge.]]
Yokomizo is a capable police officer, though with one odious personal habit: he tends to get his face right into a suspect's face, study them closely, and scream into their face when he believes he is onto something, a habit which even he believes is a little embarrassing. Another trait of his is to speak really loudly when deeply involved in an investigation. His loud voice has received many complaints from suspects.<ref name=Spirit/>

Sango considers himself a big fan of [[Kogoro Mouri]]'s work.<ref name=Festival/> Often when he sees Kogoro, his demeanor changes and he has him help him investigate a case.<ref name=Temple/> Sometimes, he even actually calls Kogoro and asks him to come with him, because there is a case that he is having a problem solving.<ref name=Times>[[The Man Who Was Killed Four Times|Episode 175: The Man Who Was Killed Four Times]]</ref> Kogoro however, sometimes puts down Sango's theories, even when it turns out Sango's intuitions are indeed the correct ones.<ref name=Car/> Kogoro does not always react the same way to seeing Sango, as Sango does to him,<ref name=Palace>[[The Water Palace of 5 Colors|Episode 210-211: The Water Palace of 5 Colors]]</ref> but he does appear to consider Sango a good friend.
[[Image:Yokomizo's Interrogation.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inspector Yokomizo interrogates a suspect, using his usual menacing method.]]
Sango always acts very excited when he sees that Kogoro becomes "The Sleeping Kogoro".<ref name=Col/> However, Sango is more modest than Kogoro, as compared to Kogoro, who acts very excited and perverted.<ref name=Client>[[A Small Client|Episode 354-355: A Small Client]]</ref> Sango often mistakes female suspects or witnesses for Kogoro's wife.

Although he can be a menacing figure, he is shown to be a very adept investigator. He is shown in his first appearance on the show to realize who the killer is, and he is also the only one other than Conan to doubt the suspect's alibi, right down to the photographic trick the killer used to solidify their alibi.<ref name=Festival>[[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case|Episode 9: Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case]]</ref> Conan even has Sango look at the evidence Conan has found, to accuse the killer of the murder.<ref name=Festival/> Conan also believes that Sango is a very adept and smart inspector, commenting during a case that Sango, who was the one in charge, would be a much smarter choice for figuring out the case over [[Kogoro Mouri]].<ref name=Sonoko>[[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|Episode 153-154: Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story]]</ref> In another case, he is the only adult to believe that a murder took place instead of a suicide at a temple, but Conan, when voicing Kogoro, still chides Sango for not paying attention to the obvious clues Sango had found.<ref name=Temple>[[Bizarre! The Legend of the Five Storied Pagoda|Episode 159-160: Bizarre! The Legend of the Five Storied Pagoda]]</ref> Sango also has a big fear of ghosts, an even bigger fear of them than even [[Ran Mouri]].<ref name=Spirit>[[The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day|Episode 415-417: The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day]]</ref>

He also has a softer side, like when he is shown with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] and [[Conan Edogawa]] trying to comfort [[Ai Haibara]] after she breaks down to Conan, asking him why he didn't save her sister, [[Akemi Miyano]].<ref name=AiDebut>[[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129: The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]]</ref> He later on comes to think of Kogoro, Ran, and Conan as friends, often running to them and talking to them before anyone else if they appear at a murder case that he is investigating.<ref name=Sonoko/> Sango sometimes contacts his brother, Jugo, whenever he needs help on a suspect in a case.<ref name=Spirit /> In one episode, Jugo helps out Sango by dressing up exactly like him, to help Conan in solving a murder.<ref name=Spirit/> However, Jugo does this very reluctantly, and even tells Sango to not mention that he helped out.<ref name=Spirit/>

Unlike most other characters, Sango does not mind Conan involving himself in cases. In fact, Sango often values Conan's opinion, as well as his keen observations, often asking him if he has found any clues, much to the chagrin of Kogoro.<ref name=Baron>[[Night Baron Murder Case|Episode 68-70: Night Baron Murder Case]]</ref> Whenever Conan makes a point, or points out a clue, Kogoro immediately disregards it, while Sango is the only one who listens to Conan's points without acting in anger towards him, even taking his concerns seriously.<ref name=Col>[[The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of Colossus|Episode 208: The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of Colossus]]</ref> It is hinted that Sango also understands the Conan is no ordinary seven-year-old boy, and very smart for his age. The Detective Boys also very much like Sango; they believe that he is a nice and kind man, unlike his twin brother, Jugo.<ref name=ShellGat>[[Clam Digging With a Sigh|Episode 443-444: Clam Digging With a Sigh]]</ref>

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{appellations/head|Sango}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo Keibu'')|Edogawa Conan-kun<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Inspector (''Keibu'')|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Yokomizo Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo-keibu'')<ref name="m13"/>|Mouri-san<ref name="m13"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Friends & relatives">
{{appellations/head|Sango}}
{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Aniki<ref name="m13" /> Sango-no-aniki}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Agasa-san}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|-|Sonoko-san}}
{{appellations|Tomonori Ogawara|Inspector Yokomizo (Yokomizo Keibu) Inspector (Keibu)|Ogawara}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Sango}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo-keibu'')}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Tenkaichi Festival Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 6#Tenkaichi Festival Case|59-61]], Anime: [[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case|9]]) ===

=== Night Baron Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 8#Night Baron Murder Case|74-77]], Anime: [[Night Baron Murder Case|68-70]]) ===

=== Triplet Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 13#Triplet Murder Case|122-124]], Anime: [[The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case|72]]) ===

=== Murdered Professor Case (Manga: [[Volume 18#Murdered Professor Case|180-181]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|129]]) ===

=== Sonoko's Camera Case (Manga: [[Volume 22#Sonoko's Camera Case|219-221]], Anime: [[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|153-154]]) ===

=== Old Photograph Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Old Photograph Murder Case|277-278]], Anime: [[The Client Full of Lies|220-221]]) ===

=== Netted Man Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 31#Netted Man Murder Case|312-313]], Anime: [[The Mystery in the Net|246-247]]) ===

=== Kogoro's Choice (Manga: [[Volume 37#Kogoro's Choice|375-376]], Anime: [[The Unseen Suspect|305-306]]) ===

=== Child Star Case (Manga: [[Volume 39#Child Star Case|402-403]], Anime: [[A Small Client|354-355]]) ===

=== Butsumetsu Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 48#Butsumetsu Murder Case|495-498]], Anime: [[The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day|415-417]]) ===

=== Eri's Birthday Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 68#Eri's Birthday Murder Case|710-711]], Anime: [[The Worst Birthday|589-590]]) ===

=== Tennis Meetup (Manga: [[Volume 78#Tennis Meetup|826-827]], Anime: [[Conan in a Locked Room|705-706]]) ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
Sango possesses extremely great admiration and respect towards Kogoro Mouri, whom he has come to idolize upon reading about his cases in a newspaper, to the point of referring the latter as "The great detective Kogoro Mouri" (which surprised even Mouri himself) at their first meeting. While Kogoro does not reciprocate the supposed closeness Sango himself believes they have, he does consider Sango a good friend regardless. Sango often mistakes any beautiful lady he sees with Kogoro at a case to be "Mrs Mouri", much to Ran's annoyance and Kogoro's delight. Sango has also sheepishly admitted to having boasted about being Kogoro's "top apprentice" at one point, after discovering that Kogoro already had an apprentice.

==== Jugo Yokomizo ====
Sango and [[Jugo Yokomizo|Jugo]] are twin brothers, with identical appearances (save their different hairstyles) to the point that many people, including Kogoro Mouri, Ran and the Detective Boys, have mistook Jugo for Sango during their first meeting. However, their personalities are directly opposite, with Jugo being harsher and more menacing while Sango having a friendlier (and also slightly less brave) character. Despite their contrasting personas, both brothers are close and have come to assist each other in some cases, setting aside their differences, though Jugo does not share and disapproves of Sango's admiration and idolization of Kogoro.

== Name origin ==
Sango Yokomizo's name comes from the mystery writer, [[Wikipedia: Seishi Yokomizo|Seishi Yokomizo]]. His given name is a homonym for {{nihongo|"coral"|珊瑚|sango}}, which along with his coral-like hairstyle results in the detective boys sometimes referencing him as "coral head". His twin Jugo's given name combines with his to make a numerical pun: {{nihongo|three|三|san}} times {{nihongo|five|五|go}} makes {{nihongo|fifteen|十五|juugo}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sango intermediate.PNG|thumb|left|200px|Sango's "Before" Appearance (episode 417).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sango recent.PNG|thumb|left|200px|Sango's "Middle" Appearance (episode 590).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sango after after.png|thumb|left|200px|Sango's "After" Appearance (episode 706).]]
|}

== Quotes ==

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|参悟 Sango|横溝 Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|''Not given''|يوكو Yoko <ref>Strangely, This is the same as [[Yoko Okino|Yoko]]'s Arabic name</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|''Not given''|Worthington}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|범수 Bum Soo|천 Chun}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ซังโง|โยโคมิโซะ}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sango|Yokomizo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* The ability of swimming is actually one of the most important basic skills that every policeman should have, so it's still unclear how Sango could be a policeman, even an inspector, without it.
* Sango's handwriting is difficult to read.<ref>Manga File 827, page 3</ref>

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yokomizo Sango}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]

[[de:Sango Yokomizo]]

Jugo Yokomizo

2018-07-13T15:49:21Z

Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Jugo Yokomizo
| japanese-name = 横溝重悟 (Yokomizo Jūgo)
| english-name =
| image = Jugo Yokomizo Profile.jpg
| age = 39
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Sango Yokomizo]] (older brother)
| occupation = Kanagawa Prefecture Police Inspector
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 34#Chinatown Murder Case|File 348]] Anime: [[Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain|Episode 284]]
| appearances = {{:Jugo Yokomizo Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 34]]
| japanese-voice = [[Akio Otsuka]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Jugo Yokomizo|横溝重悟|Yokomizo Jūgo}}''', often referred to as the same name as his twin brother, '''Inspector Yokomizo''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Jugo is the younger brother of [[Sango Yokomizo]], who is also an inspector from Kanagawa police district. Both started their police career in Saitama, but some time later, Sango transferred to the Shizuoka district. However, they do stay in touch and have even assisted each other in various (and even locally unrelated) cases.

As children, Sango and Jugo would often play with other kids near the beach. Both brothers were actually afraid of swimming in the ocean, but while Jugo would go near the water, Sango was so scared that he would never even leave the boat.<ref name=Ikkaku>[[Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish|Episode 542: Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish, Part 1]]</ref> Thus, Sango, even as an adult, does not know how to swim.<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>

== Personality ==
Unlike his brother Sango, Jugo is serious, stern, less easygoing, and more impatient. Jugo is considered an adept inspector, but because of his habitual sinister stare, he appears even more intimidating than his brother. As a result, he is not very popular with any people outside the force, especially if they are able to compare him with his brother.

In addition, Jugo is, unlike his brother, very critical of [[Kogoro Mouri]], whom he nicknames {{nihongo|Smoking Kogoro|煙の小五郎|''Kemuri no Kogorō''}} because of his heavy smoking habits, instead by his more common nickname {{nihongo|Sleeping Kogoro|眠りの小五郎|''Nemuri no Kogorō''}}. He is also not a big fan of [[Conan Edogawa]] and the [[Detective Boys]], often yelling at them and telling them to stay away from an investigation; as a result, they believe that Sango is the nicer of the two brothers and the only one able to smile, and Haibara declares that even if they have a similar appearance, their ways of speaking and personalities are totally different<ref>[[Clam Digging With a Sigh|Episode 443: Clam Digging With a Sigh]]</ref>. However, when they do get through to him, Jugo always readily listens and considers their opinions. He is also quite capable in his own right, skeptical about suspects' alibis, and quick to spot obvious discrepancies in a case; he has shown to be able to resolve intricate cases while only relying on a few hints from Conan.<ref name=Ikkaku/>

He also seems to have a strong sense of moral. In a case, there the murder mocks his girlfriend about how he was only going out with her to use her as a scapegoat for his murder, Jugo hit him in the face with his elbow and told him that if he continued he might need to 'stretch' his leg (hinting that there would be more beating).

He is also a competent officer in the heat of action, ready to threaten his own life without hesitation to protect the safety of a civilian<ref>[[Movie 10|Movie 10: Requiem of the Detectives]]</ref>.

== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Protagonists">
{{appellations/head|Jugo}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')|Boy (''bōzu'')}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Inspector|Ran-san<ref name="file858">[[volume 81#Steamy Relations|File 858: A Problematic Deduction (Volume 81)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Yokomizo|Smoking Kogoro (''Kemuri no Kogoro'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Friends & relatives">
{{appellations/head|Jugo}}
{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|-|Aniki<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref> Sango-no-aniki}}
{{appellations|Iwao Ida|Jugo-chan|Ida-no-anchan|file=Iwao Ida.jpg}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Jugo}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Jugo}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="file858"/>|Young girl (''wakai no'')<ref name="file858"/>}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Anime/Manga ===
==== Chinatown Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 34#Chinatown Murder Case|348-350]], Anime: [[Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain|284-286]]) ====

==== Poisoned Fisherman Case (Manga: [[Volume 45#Poisoned Fisherman Case|461-462]], Anime: [[The Tragedy of the Pier in Plain Sight|366-367]]) ====

==== Butsumetsu Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 48#Butsumetsu Murder Case|497-498]], Anime: [[The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day|417]]) ====

==== Seashell Hunt Case (Manga: [[Volume 51#Seashell Hunt Case|526-527]], Anime: [[Clam Digging With a Sigh|443-444]]) ====
Jugo is called to decipher the death of a man who seemed to have drunk poison in his car. He first shows some doubts, but finally conclude to a suicide; however, once hinted by Conan, he discloses the culprit's name and stratagem. It is also his first encounter with the Detective Boys.

==== Ikkaku Rock Case (Manga: [[Volume 64#Ikkaku Rock Case|665-666]], Anime: [[Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish|542-543]]) ====

==== Onsen Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69#Onsen Murder Case|723-724]], Anime: [[The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room|597-598]]) ====

==== Steamy Relations (Manga: [[Volume 81#Steamy Relations|857-858]], Anime: [[Bathroom Where Ran Collapsed As Well|740-741]]) ====

=== Movies ===
==== [[Movie 10|Movie 10: The Private Eyes' Requiem]] ====
Although being part of the Investigation department, Jugo is sent to secure an art museum apparently targeted by Kaitou Kid. Later in the movie, he puts his life in danger in order to protect a kid threatened by a bomb, getting injured in the process.

==== [[Movie 13|Movie 13: The Raven Chaser]] ====
Jugo is called to the police conference for the serial murder case. He is reluctant about calling in Kogoro to help the police and letting his brother follow him in his aberrant strategies.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
==== Sango Yokomizo ====
[[Sango Yokomizo|Sango]] and Jugo are twin brothers. They seem to be in good relations, but Jugo disapproves of the way that Sango tends to admire every of Kogoro's theories. He sometimes prevents him from going to ridiculous lengths of following him. He is however willing to give a hand to his brother's investigation.<ref>[[Movie 13|Movie 13: The Raven Chaser]]</ref>.

==== Kogoro Mouri ====
Unlike his twin brother, Jugo is not fond of Kogoro Mouri. He nicknames the detective "Smoking Kogoro" due to his heavy smoking habit.

== Name origin ==
Jugo's name comes from TV Drama [[wikipedia:ja:はぐれ刑事純情派|Stray Detective Pure-Hearted Group]] character {{nihongo|Shigetada Yokomizo|横溝重忠|''Yokomizo Shigetada''}}. His twin Sango's given name combines with his to make a numerical pun: {{nihongo|three|三|san}} times {{nihongo|five|五|go}} makes {{nihongo|fifteen|十五|jūgo}}.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jugo Before.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Jugo's "Before" Appearance (episode 285).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jugo Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Jugo's "Middle" Appearance (episode 444).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jugo After.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Jugo's "After" Appearance (episode 741).]]
|}

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yokomizo Jugo}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]

[[de:Jugo Yokomizo]]

Shintaro Chaki

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Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Shintaro Chaki
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|茶木神太郎}} (Chaki Shintarō)
| english-name = Bernie Biggers
| image = Shintaro Chaki Profile.jpg
| age = 49
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Police Superintendent
| aliases =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 16#File 156 - Chance Meeting|File 156]] Anime: [[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid|Episode 76]]
| appearances = {{:Shintaro Chaki Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 70]]
| japanese-voice = [[Nobuo Tanaka]]
| english-voice = [[Kent Williams]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Shintaro Chaki|茶木神太郎|Chaki Shintarō}}''', known in the [[Funimation|FUNimation]] dub as '''Bernie Biggers''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Shintaro Chaki is the superintendent of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police 2nd Division and [[Ginzo Nakamori]]'s direct superior.

== Personality ==
Chaki is strict and aggressive when it came to catching [[Kaitou Kid]], and good at giving quick orders to subordinates. Despite this, however, he is not bloodthirsty; during Nightmare's brief "partnership" with Kid, he commented that he would prefer to capture both Kid and Nightmare alive if possible.

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Suzuki family">
{{appellations/head|Chaki}}
{{appellations|Jirokichi Suzuki|Chaki-kun Chaki|Adviser (''sōdan-yaku'')<ref name="file862">{{appear file|vol=82#Twin Bets|862|Iron Wall (Volume 82)}}</ref>}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|-|Sonoko-ojōsama<ref name="file862"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Chaki}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Superintendent Chaki (''Chaki-keishi'') Superintendent (''Keishi'')|Nakamori-kun}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kaitou Kid Kid}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Superintendent-dono (''Keishi-dono'')|Mouri}}
{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-|Kyogoku Makoto<ref name="file862"/>}}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Kaitou Kid and the Black Star (Manga: [[Volume 16#Kaitou Kid and the Black Star|156-159]]; Anime: [[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid|76]]) ===

=== Kaitou Kid and the Iron Tanuki (Manga: [[Volume 64#Kaitou Kid and the Iron Tanuki|674-676]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe|537-538]]) ===

=== Ryoma's Gunbelt Case (Manga: [[Volume 70#Ryoma's Gunbelt Case|731]]; Anime: [[Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure|627]]) ===

=== The Blush Mermaid (Manga: [[Volume 78#The Blush Mermaid|828]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid|724]]) ===

=== Twin Bets (Manga: [[Volume 82#The Blush Mermaid|862]]; Anime: [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku|746]]) ===

== Magic Kaito plot overview ==
=== Dark Night (Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Dark Knight|27-28]]) ===
Chaki makes his debut in the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' manga series.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Ginzo Nakamori ===
Though not as aggressive or impatient as his subordinate, Chaki maintains an equal interest in capturing Kaitou Kid. He appears to consider Nakamori a dependable police officer.

=== Jirokichi Suzuki ===

== Name origin ==

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shintaro Before.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Shintaro's "Before" Appearance (episode 76).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shintaro After.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Shintaro's "After" Appearance (episode 724).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shintaro Chaki MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Shintaro's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 10).]]
|}

== Name origin ==
The name Shintaro Chaki comes from {{nihongo|[[Father Brown]]|'''ブラウン神'''父|'''Brown-shin'''pu}}. The kanji {{lang|ja|茶}} (''cha'') means "brown".

Like other characters in ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', Chaki's name contains a color.

== In other languages ==
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{{charLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|{{lang|ja|神太郎}} Shintarō|{{lang|ja|茶木}} Chaki}}
{{charLangItem|flag=US|English|Bernie|Biggers}}
{{endTable}}

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

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaki Shintaro}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]

[[de:Shintaro Chaki]]

Tsutomu Akai

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Ichikawa:

Takahiro Sanada

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Ichikawa:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Takahiro Sanada
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|真田貴大}} (Sanada Takahiro)
| english-name =
| image = Takahiro Sanada Profile.png
| age = 18
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Big Osaka soccer player
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Anime: [[The Eleventh Striker|Movie 16]]
| appearances = {{:Takahiro Sanada Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Hiroyuki Yoshino]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Takahiro Sanada|真田貴大|Sanada Takahiro}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Takahiro Sanada is [[Culture#Soccer|Big Osaka]]'s striker bench. He usually kicks with his left foot and is the second best Osaka Big soccer player, after [[Ryusuke Higo]].

== Personality ==
Takahiro is fun-loving, goofy, and kind hearted. He keeps his promises and is trustworthy. He promised to Koh Watanabe to kick only with his right foot in the game because he injured Koh. Even [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] remarked how Takahiro took a promise with a kid way too seriously.

== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Takahiro}}
{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|Takahiro<ref name="file887">[[Volume 84#Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case|File 887: The Devil's Voice (Volume 84)]]</ref>|This guy (''kono otchan'')<ref name="file887"/>}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Okino Yoko-chan<ref name="file887"/>}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Takahiro}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Sanada-senshu}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case (Manga: [[volume 84#Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case|887]], Anime: [[Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case|766]]) ===
Takahiro makes his debut in the [[manga]] series.

=== A Secret of the Big Couple (Manga: [[volume 87#A Secret of the Big Couple|925]], Anime: [[The Suspects Are a Passionate Couple|822]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Movie 16: [[The Eleventh Striker]] ===
J. League All-Star Soccer is the bomber's target as it has the highest viewership. The letter declares in all ten simultaneous games, the strikers must use the following play hidden in the letter against the home team to stop the bomb. Conan reveals the border and the staple matches an association football pitch and the kanji written in red is written in a way so that the staple has red markings on top of it; He deduces the bomber wants the strikers to kick the ball in the center of the goal post. As per the letter, the police are only able to alert the coaches and the strikers in each game about the bombs. Without Ryusuke, Takahiro is the best striker so he accepted this task. Signals didn't appear after he kicked in the middle of the crossbar, he was able to kick to the ball in the center of the goal post under the dual pressures of missing and the threat of a bomb.

=== Episode 742: [[Promise with a J-Leaguer]] ===
While practicing penalty kicks, Takahiro's soccer ball accidentally hits Koh Watanabe while he's riding his bike past the park, injuring Koh's ankle. Koh is upset and makes Takahiro promise to play his next match and score a goal using his right leg. Later, it is proved that Takahiro's soccer ball hit Shingo Fukazawa not Koh in the face, knocking off his glasses. Angry, Fukazawa then picked up the ball and threw it, accidentally hitting Koh and causing the accident. After the misunderstanding was cleared, Takahiro tries to score a goal with his left foot, but misses. Fukazawa later apologizes to both Koh and Takahiro, and Takahiro in turn apologizes to Fukazawa.

== Different looks ==

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[List of minor recurring manga characters]]

{{characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanada Takahiro}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Soccer players]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]
[[Category:Anime original characters]]
[[Category:Anime to manga characters]]