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Renya Karasuma

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| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|烏丸蓮耶}} (Karasuma Renya)
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| image = Renya Karasuma.jpg
| age = 149 about (supposedly dead)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Mrs. Karasuma (mother, deceased)
| occupation = Black Organization Boss
| nicknames = {{nihongo|Ano kata|あの方|lit. "That Person"}} Boss
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 30#Kaitou Kid and the Murder|File 300]] Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|Episode 219]]
| appearances = {{:Renya Karasuma Appearances}}
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| japanese-voice = Unknown
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{{nihongo|'''Renya Karasuma'''|烏丸蓮耶|Karasuma Renya}} is the boss of the [[Black Organization]], which they respectfully refer as '''{{nihongo|Ano kata|あの方|lit. "That Person"}}''', and then the true main antagonist of the series. [[Conan Edogawa]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], the [[Public Security Bureau]], the MI6, the CSIS, and the BND wish to uncover him and cause the destruction of the Black Organization.

For many years, until December 13th, 2017, in addition to the author [[Gosho Aoyama]], only [[Minami Takayama]], his former wife and the voice of Conan, and the anime production knew who was the mysterious boss.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20171214093427/http://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/171213/ent1712130011-n1.html/ 名探偵コナン「あの方」の正体ついに明かされる　作者の青山剛昌氏「皆びっくりする」]</ref><ref>[http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13430):#p877561 Gosho Aoyama Interview about the BO Boss (November 30, 2017)]</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Background ==
Renya Karasuma was known to be an elderly multi-millionaire and powerful man who allegedly died forty years ago under mysterious circumstances with his legacy unknown. Which means that he may not died, but became younger. He was the most powerful person in Japan according to [[Yusaku Kudo]]. Looks like he had a lot of contacts with famous and powerful people. He was always getting chased around by cops and detectives. His crest is a creepy bird logo: a crow.<ref>The operatives dress in black, which [[Akemi Miyano]] says is supposed to resemble crows. Furthermore, in the movie introduction sequence of [[The Raven Chaser]], [[Dimensional Sniper]], and [[The Darkest Nightmare]], the Black Organization enshrouded in mystery are each time introduced with an evil looking crow, as like in the ending video of movie 13.</ref>

According to Furuyo Senma, the old famous detective who can solve a case just by sitting down in an armchair, Karasuma inherited the old {{nihongo|Sunset Manor|黄昏の館|Tasogare no yakata}} in the isolated Tokyo mountains at Nishitama, 2 kilometers from Okuno Dam<ref>Episode 219, but not in the manga. Saguru Hakuba says "The Tokyo case that occurred forty years ago.", and the location is indicated by the road signs on the Shuto Expressway and the junction near the villa.</ref> and six miles from a lonely gas station, from his mother and was his vacation home, which for [[Kogoro Mouri]]<ref name=kid>After solving the case, Kogoro was revealed to be Kid in disguise.</ref> looks more like Dracula's castle and up close even more like a haunted house. He found a clue leading to a vast fortune left by his mother and supposedly hidden in the western-style manor house he had inherited:

{{cquote|On the night the two travelers looked up at the sky, a demon appeared in the castle and the king ran wild with his treasure in hand. The queen wept for forgiveness, her tears falling into the holy grail, and the knight killed himself with his own sword.|The clue to the riddle about the treasure.}}

But he was unable to find it any further to solve the riddle himself. With him being consumed by his own greed for the treasure, he came to hire people to solve the riddle for him, and then began killing them as motivation for the others to work faster. They had made copies of the riddle to hand out on a cheap mimeograph print on straw paper. Hardly anything's been touched since the incident and those murders were the true cause behind the numerous old bloodstains all over in the house, although an attempt to clean it off, not an out-of-control party on the second stormy night in the middle of an auction to sell off over three hundred pieces of the priceless art Karasuma had collected during his lifetime, caused by two men with marijuana leaves tobacco drugs and then disappeared with the art, leaving eight dead and a dozen others unconscious. Among those men were Senma's own father, archaeologist Kyosuke Senma. Spray luminol onto blood, and active oxygen inside the blood will oxidize it, giving off a bluish-purple fluorescent light, and Watson, [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s pet hawk, seems to have picked up a fancy for blood in the time they've spent together in England.

Karasuma is believed to be dead. A fake story says that he died half-a-century prior to the series, at the age of 99, but Senma claims that he lived at least ten more years, which means that if he is dead, he died between forty and twenty years prior to the series, back in the days before they invented copiers. Renya had passed on, the Karasuma family had died out, and the house had fallen into other hands when it was still beautiful. Thirty-eight years later, when Senma accidentally let the story slip to him, the famed gourmet detective Shukuzen Oogami immediately tracked down the house and started to look for the treasure two years, but he couldn't solve the riddle. He had put himself into massive debt to buy the house and was in serious trouble, but he was poisoned by his accomplice Senma with potassium cyanide, who wanted to decipher the riddle that took her father's life at all costs. The mansion still has traces after Karasuma's crest on the silver specially ordered by him, not just the flatware, but everything in the house, from the doors, flooring and handrails down to the chess pieces and playing cards. The last young maid chased by Oogami from many applicants was Aki Ishihara and the job paid very well, but the cook's fallen ill and can't come in that day.

The riddle has been solved by the great detectives [[Conan Edogawa]], Saguru Hakuba, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda forty years later. It's strange the only clock in a huge house is the one in the dining room. So "The night the two travelers looked up at the sky" means midnight, when the long hand and short hand of the clock both point up. Placing the hands at 12, the key to solving the riddle is the word Senma wrote in blood, "Trump card". He was talking about "playing cards". The king, queen, and soldier in the riddle stand for the King, Queen, and Jack in a deck of cards. The treasure stands for diamonds, the holy grails stands for heart, and the sword stand for spades. So "treasure" and "king" means the King of Diamonds, "Holy grail" and "queen" means the Queen of Hearts, and "sword" and "soldier" means the Jack of Spades. Now Conan turns the hands of the clock in the direction the face of cards in the house are facing. Thirteen to the left, twelve to the left, and eleven to the right. The coating came off. There's gold inside and it's so heavy, this thing is made of solid gold. The walls are crumbling and the gold's showing through. That clock has been the switch to peel off the outer wall. According to Soda, only Karasuma would do something on such a scale, and it must be worth 100 billion yen. Sunset is when the sky shines gold. It's literally a "Golden Manor". [[Kaitou Kid]] comes for Karasuma's treasure, but he has changed his mind. That thing's a little too big for a thief's pocket.

As the highest authority, he directs the Black Organization's activities and plans crimes to protect and advance its interests. He communicates to subordinates by text messages. His phone number<ref>In Japan, an e-mail address is assigned to each mobile phone.</ref> follows the tune of the first few notes "Mother crow, why do you cry?"<ref>The area code phone number for Kurayoshi and Yazu in Tottori Prefecture, 0858, do sound like the "Mother crow" part, but "Why do you cry" doesn't work. The notes on a cell phone are ''FA'' for 1, 2, 3; ''SOL'' for 4, 5, 6; ''LA'' for 7, 8, 9; and ''SI'' for *, 0, #. Each note gates slightly lower as you move to the left on the dial. So if we start with # and not 0, and don't care if the notes are slightly off, we get the email address.</ref> of the children song [[Nanatsu no Ko]]. The number is #969#6261<ref>In episode 398 the number is erroneously written as #696#6261.</ref>, which was purposefully made non-functional by [[Gosho Aoyama]] to prevent prank calls.<ref>In real life, # signs can't be used in an email address, but Gosho Aoyama decided to use them here to prevent pranks.</ref> [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] warns Conan of the danger of calling it, likening it to Pandora's box. He is responsible for promoting agents<ref name=v53f10>Manga Volume 53, File 10; anime episode 464.</ref> and deciding on their alcoholic code names. The FBI think that only a few of the highest ranking executive agents like [[Gin]] or [[Vermouth]] could lead them to the elusive boss.

== Personality ==
If Senma's story is true, then Karasuma is described as a greedy, cruel and impatient man. He appears to be materialistic as he was driven by his own greed while searching for the hidden treasure inside the Sunset Manor. Furthermore, he seems not to value the cost of human life as he killed numerous people that he invited as motivation to find the treasure faster. His house was swarming with cameras hidden all over and monitored from a room somewhere, has no phone line, and they're well out of cellular range. Turn the knob from the inside and a needle pops out, and mook who came on the second floor of the central tower would get a poisoned needle in the palm when they tried to leave. There were guns under pillow in the rooms. Oogami and Senma, who wanted to decipher the riddle and psychologically created another same tragedy, were all along possessed by him.

He is fairly ruthless, willing to dispatch in person senior agents who have been loyal to the Black Organization for many years for a single mistake. Vermouth says that he is always careful to the extreme, the type to ruin the plan by overthinking it.<ref>Manga Volume 67, File 8; anime episode 581.</ref> Somehow, he can maintain loyalty and unity within the codenamed ranks despite many agents disliking or even outright wishing to murder certain others. He is known to give permission to agents who wish to pursue certain secret missions, such as [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and Vermouth's plan to make sure [[Shuichi Akai]] was truly dead.

He is especially close to Vermouth, who is described as his favorite, much to the chagrin of her enemies and those who mistrust her. He is also close to Gin, who often acts as an intermediary between he and other agents. Gin usually takes the lead planning role in assassinations that he has ordered. While most agents follow his orders, some agents have acted contrary to the wishes of him.

The FBI believed he was hoping to nip a potential obstacle in the bud because Yasuteru Domon, who is a politician hard on crime, may have a chance of becoming the next Prime Minister. He thought Akai could become a "[[Silver Bullet]]", someone who is especially dangerous to the Black Organization. In that regard, he's more like Vermouth than Gin who doesn't believe a single person who can take the syndicate down in one shot exists.

== Appearance ==
Renya Karasuma's appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 30, File 5; anime episode 219.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Plot overview ==
=== The Gathering of the Detectives! (Manga: [[Volume 30#Kaitou Kid and the Murder|299-302]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|219]]) ===
The seven greatest detectives Conan Edogawa, Kogoro Mouri<ref name=kid/> along with [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], Saguru Hakuba, Furuyo Senma, Shukuzen, Oogami, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda were called to a mansion covered in blood by Kaitou Kid, and while they were having their so-called "last supper" was told by the inviter this mansion belonged to Renya Karasuma forty years ago.

During a reality television deduction competition between high school detectives, Conan cited that case a while back, on he and Saguru Hakuba were together, when [[Heiji Hattori]] asks him where he had meet the high-school detective from the East.<ref>Manga Volume 54, File 10; anime episode 479.</ref>

=== Stradivarius Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|470]], Anime: [[The Dissonance of the Stradivarius|385]]) ===
[[File:Ano Kata.JPG|thumb|right|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a big [["The Criminal"|criminal silhouette]] along with Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth, with evil aura in the anime version.

=== The Strange Family's Request (Anime: [[The Strange Family's Request|398]]) ===
[[File:BossBlackshadow4.jpeg|thumb|left|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a normal criminal silhouette along with Gin, Vodka, and naked Vermouth<ref>The manga version often visualized Vermouth naked, whereas the related anime episodes show her always dressed. This episode is the first exception, but not in the manga.</ref> in the anime version.

=== The Missing [[Maria Higashio]] Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Higashio Case|1008]], Anime: TBD) ===
[[File:Carasuma.png|thumb|right|Renya Karasuma visualized by Conan along with Gin, Vodka, naked Vermouth, Chianti, and [[Korn]].]]
Not so long ago, [[Subaru Okiya]] told Yusaku and [[Yukiko Kudo]] about the cipher left at the crime scene of [[Kohji Haneda]]'s murder. Subaru and Yusaku have reached the conclusion that "ASACA" and "RUM" might not be two different words, but rather, that these eight letters form one single name: "CARASUMA", which refers to Renya Karasuma, a multi-millionaire that is not supposed to be a part of this world. If that theory is correct, Conan has made an enemy out of the most powerful person in Japan.

We finally reached the identity of the Boss of the Organization. All for the sake of returning to his original form.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== TV Special: [[Time Travel of the Silver Sky]] ===
Christies YP, a software created by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], can give the identity of anyone in the world and then tries to find out the identity of the boss between [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Sharon Vineyard]], Chiyoko Yuasa<ref>Manga Volume 33, Files 3-6; anime episodes 266-268.</ref>, Yusaku Kudo, four Shinichi's classmates<ref>Anime episode 192.</ref>, and a circus white lion<ref>Manga Volume 32, Files 8-10; anime episodes 258-259.</ref>, but eventually failed with "UNTOUCHABLE" and a red alarm sound flash {{nihongo|"進入禁止領域"|Shin'nyū kinshi ryōiki|The forbidden area}}.

=== Special Manga: [[Special Volume 26#The Black Organization...Revealed|File 294]] ===
When Haibara reveals to Conan the Black Organization's scheme in order to seize control of the world, she visualized him as a criminal silhouette clutching a globe.<ref>[http://tieba.baidu.com/photo/p?kw=%E7%81%B0%E5%8E%9F%E5%93%80&flux=1&tid=3356979031&pic_id=847c304e251f95ca2ed803cdca177f3e67095216&pn=1&fp=2&see_lz=1&red_tag=v2749094638 Special Volume 26, File 11, page 9]. The character design is a bit different from the main comic and as the criminal silhouette he looks like the devil, like [[Arrack]] and Generic.</ref>

== Appellations ==
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== Relationships analysis ==
=== Black Organization ===
==== Rum ====
[[Rum]] is his right hand, then the second-in-command in the organization. Rum's identity, gender, and mission are currently unknown, but the three suspects are [[Hyoue Kuroda]], [[Rumi Wakasa]], and [[Kanenori Wakita]].

==== Gin ====
He trusts [[Gin]] enough to make him an executive agent, and for good reason: Gin is among the most loyal of the high-ranking Black Organization. Gin follows his orders closely and virtually never acts against the Organization's greater interests, and in return he entrusts Gin to direct critical missions and key assassinations. He often issues orders to Gin directly by text message for him to disseminate to the others, and the two are implied to contact each other fairly often about instructions and suspicions. For this reason the FBI thought Gin would be able to lead them to the boss if they captured him.

==== Vodka ====
Even [[Vodka]] fears to challenge his anger, but it's Gin who takes full responsibility.<ref>Episode 345, but not in the manga. Before Vodka was sent aboard the ship in disguise, Gin told him not to hold back, even though Vermouth was the boss' favorite and despite the fact that they not have the boss' permission to kill her. At these words, Vodka swallows.</ref><ref>Movie 13: The Raven Chaser. After Gin has given the order to kill Irish without consulting the boss, Vodka is the only one to protest against it, though he likely fears consequence from the organization. He later keeps quiet.</ref>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] is known as his favorite member by the other members although the reason for the favoritism is unknown, and he allows her some degree of independence. Bourbon reveals that there is some sort of connection between Vermouth and the boss, implying that her relationship with the boss goes further than merely being his favorite member. Bourbon also notes that he has arranged for her secret to be revealed to the whole Black Organization in case something happens to him, and points out that the other members would be quite surprised if they knew the nature of the relationship.<ref>Manga Volume 85, File 5; anime episode 783.</ref> During an off-season Halloween party aboard a ship, discovered that Vermouth was up to something without the Black Organization's knowledge, he ordered Gin and Vodka to investigate. At the party, a man that Vermouth blackmailed to murder a director began screaming someone called Vermouth was to blame. Later, he sends a text message to Vermouth's cellphone informing her that her freedom was now being restricted and she was to return: "It looks like I have given you too much freedom. Come back to my side, Vermouth."

==== Chianti ====
[[Chianti]] fears to challenge his anger and, being a direct order from him, she must also bear Vermouth.<ref>Manga Volume 48, File 10; anime episode 425.</ref> For avenge [[Calvados]]' death, she would've killed Vermouth a long time ago for real, if she wasn't his favorite, but swears she'll definitely kill her.<ref>Manga Volume 49, File 1; anime episode 425.</ref> She seems envious for what Kir has used to make him let her join their four years ago.<ref name=v53f10/>

==== Kir ====
He promoted [[Kir]] because she had uncovered a spy and confronted him. The spy, [[Ethan Hondou]], overpowered and tortured her for information, but [[Rena Mizunashi]] remained silent. Although completely crippled, Rena bit Ethan's wrist to force him to drop his gun, and then killed him. The bite marks and Ethan's recording device coincided with her story, so he promoted her to the codename Kir in recognition of her loyalty and sheer savageness. In truth, he was fooled. Ethan Hondou was Kir's father and they both are CIA spies infiltrating the Black Organization. Rena had made a mistake and was about to be uncovered as a spy. Ethan, who had prepared appropriately ahead of time in case this happened, told Rena to tell the organization she discovered he was a spy and tried to confront him. Ethan then committed suicide after maiming himself and his daughter to make it appear like the story Ethan had just explained. He orders Kir to assassinate the politician Yasuteru Domon while holding an interview. After the Black Organization easily retrieved Kir from the FBI, Gin became suspicious of how ineffective the FBI's plan was and that Shuichi Akai did not made a strong move. Gin thought that Shuichi is hiding something and relays his doubt to him, who also agrees. He and Gin plan a test of Kir's loyalty. Meanwhile, [[Andre Camel|an FBI agent]] becomes a suspect in a coincidental murder case. The Black Organization hears about it, and taking advantage of the FBI's distraction, Gin calls out Kir and tells her his order. In order to regain his trust, she is to call Akai out to meet with her and kill him. Kir meets with Akai at Raiha Pass and apparently kills him. However, he was fooled again. [[Akai faked his death theory|Akai and Kir conspired to fake Akai's death]].

==== Bourbon ====
He dispatches [[Bourbon]] to search for the escaped scientist Shiho Miyano. However, Bourbon received his permission to execute a second, secret mission: verified Shuichi Akai's death by disguising as Akai and approaching his FBI colleagues. In truth, Rei has been persevering to turn in Shuichi to the organization to earn higher ranks to approach more closely to him.

==== Shiho Miyano ====
He orders the execution of [[Shiho Miyano]] after she boycotted the development of [[APTX 4869]] and rebelled against the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9; anime episode 129.</ref> Before she could be even executed, Shiho manages to escape and he ordered the Black Organization to hunt her down and murder her.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 7; anime episode 129.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 24, File 11; anime episode 178.</ref>

==== Pisco ====
Gin relayed his orders to [[Pisco]]: silence Shigehiko Nomiguchi, a politician who was going to be arrested for bribery, and use [[APTX 4869]] if it was necessary. Pisco's act of murder was accidentally caught on camera, so he direct ordered Gin to kill Pisco.

==== Rikumichi Kusuda ====
He sends [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] to Haido Central Hospital to act as a patient while searching for Kir, who is currently held captive by the FBI. Kusuda write to his e-mail adress.

==== Irish ====
He orders [[Irish]] to disguise himself as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]], infiltrate into [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department]], and retrieve a memory card with the personal information of all the Black Organization agents that have infiltrated various organizations, before the police catch the serial killer, who took it from their agent [[Masaaki Okakura]] he murdered without knowing what is on it, and find the card. Irish sends an email to him about Sumire Shindo, a new tipster with information about the serial murder.<ref>Irish can't contact Gin due his disguise, and neither Vermouth along with Conan. It's unclear who then contact Gin.</ref> When he discovers Conan's true identity, Irish plans to capture and bring the boy before him to discredit Gin, who killed Pisco, whom Irish respected like a father. Irish believes that he would definitely demote or have Gin killed for carelessly leaving Shinichi alive. However, because his cover was blown, Irish was killed by Chianti under Gin's orders before Conan can force him to reveal the boss' true identity.

==== Generic ====
He orders [[Generic]] to create a drug which manipulates the memories of people. He aims to use it on important people worldwide, in particular to the President of the United States, in order to seize control of the world.

=== Others ===
==== Shuichi Akai ====
Capturing a high ranking member of the Black Organization who could lead the FBI to the boss was the goal of [[Shuichi Akai]]'s spy mission. After three years of infiltration, he gave the undercover FBI agent the codename "Rye" and ordered him to work under Gin. The FBI's plan to capture Gin fell apart when Akai's true allegiance was uncovered due to a mistake made by [[Andre Camel]]. In the two years since the mission failure, he came to regard Akai could become the Black Organization's silver bullet.

==== Kyosuke Senma ====
Kyouske Senma was an archeologist who invited to his manor house forty years ago. He wanted Senma to find the treasure before he died of old age. It was a very well-paid job. His wife and then 23 years old daughter Furuyo received large sums of money, along with a letter from him, almost every day. But after six months, the money and letters suddenly stopped coming. Senma, who had never giver their his address, vanished forever. Furuyo only found out the truth when she held his last letter, which she had kept as a memento, against a light. He had written a secret note by poking tiny holes in the paper left for her with a needle. He recorded the riddle of the treasure and wrote that many other scholars had been invited to the manor. He also wrote that Karasuma had begun to kill those scholars, one by one, as a warning to the others, and that even if he found the treasure, he too would be killed. She didn't tell the police about it because it was twenty years after the fact. Presumably a victim of his treasure hunting fanaticism, Senma did solve the riddle, and left a clue about it in a note letters written in blood on the piano, and Karasuma never activated the device clock because never knew the answer to the riddle: "I've finally gotten hold of the trump card that will decipher Karasuma's riddle. Kyosuke Senma."

== Gallery ==
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| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:BossBlackshadow.png|x175px|thumb|left|The boss visualized by Conan as a big criminal silhouette with evil aura in the anime version (episode 385).]]
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== Speculations ==
According to the author Gosho Aoyama, the boss has appeared already, made his appearance as another character. Some potential candidates are:
* Genichirou Kaneshiro, a 74 years old computer company owner, due his old age, suspicious behavior pretending to be blind, affection for young women, and especially the fact who was after the [[Night Baron]], a computer virus which has been used by the Black Organization to protect sensitive data. Furthermore, he quickly realizes that Conan is unusual and considers him suspicious.<ref>Manga Volume 8, Files 2-7; anime episodes 68-70.</ref>
* Saizo Kano, the leader of a group of robbers dubbed as the "Organizer in the Shadows", who was supposedly murdered by his three accomplices twenty years ago, but his corpse was never found. His appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 23, Files 4-9; anime episode 174.</ref>

== Name origin ==
The first kanji "Karasu" is romanized for "Crows" in Japanese, which can fit with the children song The Seven Children, that he uses as his phone number, because there are crows included.

Karasuma is also a Kyoto Avenue's name, cited by Heiji in movie 7, [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]], when he and [[Kazuha Toyama]] find the sword in a huge chest with a large amount of drawers related to the roads of Kyoto. The avenue is marked with two crows carved above and below the chest, at the beginning and end of the beam from top to down at the center of the chest between the various drawers.

== Trivia ==
* Gosho Aoyama goes inspiration from Professor James Moriarty, the main antagonist in the Sherlock Holmes' series, to create the boss of the Black Organization. Just like Moriarty, the boss doesn't show his face and works behind the scenes, only pulling the strings on the crimes from far away. Gosho says that he tries to make it so that the boss is cold-blooded, won't leave a single scrap of evidence, and almost invisible.<ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>
* His recurring enemy rule in the series recalls the boss called the Potato Baron, Yaiba's archnemesis in the [[Kamen Yaiba|children's show]].<ref>Manga Volume 92, File 7; anime TBD.</ref>
* In the anime version, but not in the manga, the huge replica painting in his manor dining room is [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Gent%2C_Sint-Baafskathedraal_B_STB_434_Gent.jpg Salomón recibe a la Reina de Saba], by Lucas de Heere at the catholic St Bavo's Cathedral of Ghent in 1559, but with an opposite perspective. Modeled here by the most catholic King Philip II of Spain, Solomon was the biblical most wise and good-hearted King of Israel succeeded his great father David, but unfortunately in his old age, many years after the Queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem, became corrupt and idolatrous due his several pagan foreign wives, so the God punished that grave sin and a glorious kingdom crumbled after his death. Even Karasuma was the most rich and powerful man in his time country, then turned out a monster due the treasure hidden in the house of his late mother, but one day Conan will destroy the Black Organization and assure him to justice.
* Karasuma, the Sunset Manor, the crow's crest, and the gold treasure riddle are very similar to late Gozoshi Isegawa, the Angel's Mansion, the bull's crest, and the gold treasure riddle in [[The Mysterious Angel's Mansion#Trivia|The Mysterious Angel's Mansion]], with the only difference that it's good and not evil.

== In other languages ==
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Renya Karasumaru<ref>The second kanji can be translated even "maru".</ref>|Renya Karasuma}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [["The Criminal"]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Black Organization}}
{{Rum arc}}

[[Category:Black Organization]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]

[[de:Renya Karasuma]]

The Dissonance of the Stradivarius

2018-01-31T16:59:44Z

Kansuke:

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 385-387
| image = TV Episode 385-387.jpg
| title = The Dissonance of the Stradivarius
| english-title =
| japanese-title = ストラディバリウスの不協和音 (Sutoradibariusu no Fukyouwaon)
| rating = 12.3% 12.4% 12.9%
| Manga case number = #136
| season = [[Season 13|13]]
| manga = [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|Volume 46: Files 2-6 (470-474)]]
| airdate = January 24, 2005 (Prelude) January 31, 2005 (Interlude) February 7, 2005 (Postlude)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Officer Tome]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Kudo]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Misao Yamamura]] [[Renya Karasuma]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]] [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Masaharu Motoyama]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Requiem (Prelude) Initial (Interlude) Perfect pitch (Postlude)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Toshihiko Nakajima]] as [[Officer Tome]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Mari Yokoo]] as Benio Tsumagari [[Kaoru Morota]] as Hasuki Shitara [[Takaya Hashi]] as Genzaburo Shitara [[Koichi Yamadera]] as [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Yumi Nakatani]] as Ayane Shitara [[Chikao Ohtsuka]] as Choichiro Shitara [[Yuko Kinoshita]] as Emi Shitara
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| storyboard = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| producer = 385 [[Nana Harada]] 386 [[Rokou Ogiwara]] 387 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]]
| animation-director = 385 [[Atsushi Aono]] 386 [[Akira Watanabe]] 387 [[Sayuri Sugifuji]]
| opening-song = START
| closing-song = Wasurezaki
| prev-episode = The Target is Kogoro Mouri
| next-episode = Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kyosuke Haga]]|image = Kyosuke Haga.jpg|description =
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Officer Tome}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Misao Yamamura|display=Misao Yamamura (background)}}
{{Char|Renya Karasuma|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=Renya Karasuma (silhouette/background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Masaharu Motoyama|display=Masaharu Motoyama (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Prelude ====
Conan Edogawa tries to figure out the phone number to the boss of the Black Organization. Mouri is invited by a granddaughter of a rich household to solve these mysterious accidents that happen whenever someone tries to play a Stradivarius for her grandfather on his birthday. Four incidents have happened on that day already and it is about to come up again.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Robbery - Murder (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past1.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Danjiro Shitara
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Robbers
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past2.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Emi Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past3.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Furuto Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

Later a fire occurs and a man is burned to death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident?
| image = EP385-387a_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Genzaburo Shitara
| age = 60 Years old
| cause-death = Burning
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}

==== Interlude ====
It is revealed that the house hold are killed off one by one in the order of the C Concert scale. The grandmother of the house was revealed to be emotionally shocked after the death of her son; Every midnight, she would leave her room carrying the Stradivarius like a child. That night, she breaks the violin, and falls out of the window.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide?
| image = EP385-387b_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Ayane Shitara
| age = 68 Years old
| cause-death = Fell from high building
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}
It was revealed the culprit taped up an object to lure her to the window where she would fall to her doom.

==== Postlude ====
Conan figures out the object was the real Stradivarius that lured the grandmother to fall to her death.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Benio Tsumagari|Benio Tsumagari.jpg|
* 54 years old
* Shitara family butler}}
{{People|Hasuki Shitara|Hasuki Shitara.jpg|
* 23 years old
* Choichiro's granddaughter}}
{{People|Genzaburo Shitara|Genzaburo Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (burned)
* 60 years old
* Shitara family's third son}}
{{People|Kyosuke Haga|Kyosuke Haga.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{People|Ayane Shitara|Ayane Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 68 years old
* Choichiro's wife}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Choichiro Shitara|Choichiro Shitara.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Head of the Shitara family}}
{{People|Danjiro Shitara|Danchiro Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Kyosuke's father
* Shitara family's second son }}
{{People|Chinami Shitara|Chinami Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Danjiro's wife
* Kyosuke's mother}}
{{People|Emi Shitara|Emi Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Genzaburo's wife}}
{{People|Furuto Shitara|Furuto Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Hasuki's father}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveals the culprit to be '''Kyosuke Haga''' who murdered both Genzaburo and Ayane at that day. He murdered Genzaburo by starting the fire using a cigarette, and it was revealed that the door was not locked and Kyosuke pretends that it is locked when he tries to open the door. Kyosuke locked the door stealthily while Conan and the others are focused to the fire inside Genzaburo's room. The evidence was found at the lock plate, as only the top part is bent, meaning when the group tries to broke into the room it wasn't locked.

He murdered Ayane by switching the real and fake Stradivarius. When Ayane breaks the fake violin, she heard the music Kyosuke played downstairs. Kyosuke has reserved a violin that is hanged on the window using Genzaburo's command stick that is sticked to the window causing Ayane to think it is the real Stradivarius. She merely wants to grab it, but she fails and fell from the window resulting in her death. The evidence can be found as near Ayane's body, there are the bridge from the violin, and a part of the command's stick. It was also revealed that Kyosuke saved Ayane out of the fire because he doesn't want Genzaburo and Ayane die together in the fire.

Kyosuke reveals that the Stradivarius was originally from his branch of the family. One day, the Kyosuke's father was asked by his brother, Choichiro, to borrow the Stradivarius. He then attempts to to send back a replica to Kyosuke's father, but was found out. In an argument, Kyosuke's father falls down the stairs. Choichiro orders his family to not call the ambulance and to staged it as robbery. He even went as far to murder Chinami to silence her. This is the cause of Kyosuke's father's death. Kyosuke know all the truth from Emi two days ago shortly before her accident. Kyosuke then decided to take his revenge and killed Furuto the year after. When it was clear that Choichiro didn't have long to live, he decided to hurry up the killings. But he wanted Hasuki to own the Stradivarus as a gift to one who like himself lost a father. As Kyosuke is taken away, he is a composer who has the perfect pitch so Conan asks him the tune of a song from the cellphone numbers and finds out the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] of the [[Black Organization]]'s number is the song "[[Nanatsu no Ko]]".
</spoiler>

== BGM listing ==
=== Part 1 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|阿笠博士のテーマ|Agasa Hakase no Tēma|Professor Agasa's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|のんびり気分（アナザーver.）|Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)|Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|テーブルの下に爆弾～急げ|Tēburu no Shita ni Bakudan ~ Isoge|Bomb Under the Table ~ Hurry|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|サスペンス～危機感|Sasupensu ~ Kikikan|Suspense ~ Impending Crisis|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|行き止まり|Ikidomari|Dead End|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 2 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|謎解き（その２）|Nazotoki (Sono 2)|Riddle Solution (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|犯人（スナイパー）の正体|Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai|The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 3 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki|Assassin's Theme - Sniping|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|陰謀（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)|Conspiracy (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|シンドラーのサスペンス|Shindorā no Sasupensu|Schindler's Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|蘭のテーマ（優しさver.）|Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.)|Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Ano_Kata.JPG|[[Renya Karasuma]] along with [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and [[Vermouth]]
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* In the manga, Emi's fall upturned but in the anime she fall in reverse position.
In the manga, Kyousuke only mentioned Aunt Emi dying the way his father did. While in the anime, it's shown she fell down the stairs when ran out of the room after revealing what happened 30 years ago to Kyousuke.

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La maledizione del violino|The Violin's Curse}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 13]]

{{Season 13}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akira Watanabe]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Sayuri Sugifuji]]

[[de:Fall 136]]

The Strange Family's Request

2018-01-31T16:59:16Z

Kansuke:

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 398-399
| image = TV Episode 398-399.jpg
| title = The Strange Family's Request
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 奇妙な一家の依頼 (Kimyō na Ikka no Irai)
| rating = 12.7% 12.2%
| Manga case number = #138
| season = [[Season 14|14]]
| manga = [[Volume 46#Suspicious Cellphone Case|Volume 46: File 11 (479)]] ~ [[Volume 47#Suspicious Cellphone Case|Volume 47: File 3 (482)]]
| airdate = May 16, 2005 (Part 1) May 23, 2005 (Part 2)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Renya Karasuma]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]]
| next-conan-hint = Cell phone lock (Part 1) The event from 12 years ago (Part 2)
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = 398 [[Yuzo Aoki]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| storyboard = 398 [[Yuzo Aoki]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| producer = 398 [[Minoru Tozawa]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| animation-director = 398 [[Rei Masunaga]] 399 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Kazuko Yanaga]] as Tomoko Kariya [[Koichi Kitamura]] as Daisaku Kariya [[Shouzou Iizuka]] as Tsugutaka Kariya [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] as Eisuke Kariya [[Yukari Honma]] as Motoka Aida [[Tomohiro Nishimura]] as Shigehide Kariya
| opening-song = Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
| closing-song = June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~
| prev-episode = Hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup
| next-episode = Ran's Suspicions
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (in Ran's thought)}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Renya Karasuma|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=Renya Karasuma (silhouette/background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Part 1 ====
Ran sends a message to Shinichi's phone only to find Conan's phone has also received the message causing her to suspect Conan of being Shinichi. A woman named Tomoko Kariya hires Kogoro to search for her cellphone which contains messages of her affair. She attempted to call her phone and someone always hangs it up. She suspects that her either her father-in-law, brother-in-law, or husband has her phone. After questioning the three, Tomoko shows up with her phone, saying that she has found it on her own and sends Kogoro away promising to pay for his time. While heading home, Conan learns from the news that Tomoko was found dead in her car after being stabbed and bludgeoned.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP398-399_Case_1.jpg
| location = Temuzu River
| victim = Tomoko Kariya
| age = 39 Years old
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Daisaku Kariya, Shigehide Kariya, and Tsugutaka Kariya
| description = Was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head, same as a case 12 years earlier.
}}

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan return to the Kariya home with the police to investigate. The three have established alibis: The father was heard behind the shōji, the brother's shadow was seen by the shōji, and the husband's pipe smoking was smelt. After ruling out the man having an affair with Tomoko, the police's investigation leads them to believe the case is somehow related to a murder twelve years ago which was done by Eisuke Kariya, the third family son who disappeared after being suspected for the murder of his fiancé.
The man, who Tomoko had an affair with, turns out to have an alibi.
Strange things had been happening in the house lately. An old friend of Eisuke had called Tomoko, to ask about phone calls he has been getting from her cellphone.
With Conan's help the police concluded that the thief, who took the phone, must have been someone who wouldn't be disturb for a long time, which is needed to figure out the password to the phone.

==== Part 2 ====
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder (Past)
| image = EP398-399_Case_2.jpg
| location = Phone-booth
| victim = Motoka Aida
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Eisuke Kariya
| description = Was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head 12 years ago. Her fiancé Eisuke disappeared and has not yet been found.
}}
The maids reveal that 12 years ago, Eisuke called the family, asking to let Motoka stay for the night, since she miss her train, but his father Daisaku began yell at Motoka in the phone, accusing her of being unfaithful. No one knows how he found out about it, but Daisaku is very strict about infidelity, because his wife had been unfaithful to him, which resulted in a divorce.
The maids tells the police that Tsugutaka gets really upset about the doorbell pranks and of phone call prank, but strangely there is no call in the log. That get Conan thinking. He asks Ran if she had send a message. When Ran, in suspicious mode, says yes, Conan asks if she check the number before sending it. Ran says that she didn't need to check, since she was just resending the message she send this morning, but as she takes out her phone to and realize that she actually send a message to a completely different address, and Conan realize how Tomoko was able to find her phone.
Conan reveals that the person who has the cellphone is obviously inexperienced with one. Since cellphones weren't popularized until a decade ago, the one who had the phone is Eisuke. Conan reveals that one of the three is hiding Eisuke.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Tomoko Kariya|Tomoko Kiriya.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 39 years old
* Kogoro Mouri's client
* Married to Tsugutaka}}
{{People|Daisaku Kariya|Daisaku Kiriya.jpg|
* 68 years old
* Head of Kariya household}}
{{People|Shigehide Kariya|Shigehide Kiriya.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Kariya's second son
* Author}}
{{People|Tsugutaka Kariya|Tsugutaka Kiriya.jpg|
* 42 years old
* Kariya's eldest son
* Married to Tomoko
* Artist}}
{{People|Eisuke Kariya|Eisuke Kiriya.jpg|
* Kariya's third son
* Missing}}
{{EndBox}}
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{{People|Motoka Aida|EP397 Fiancée.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Eisuke's fiancée}}
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=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
The police rule out the father and husband leaving '''Shigehide Kariya''', the brother-in-law, as their suspect. Conan points to the fact that Shigehide's books were old fashion and lacked cellphones raising the possibility that Eisuke is the one writing the novels for him. Eisuke reveals himself and confesses to stabbing his fiancée twelve years ago after learning of her affair. The police reveal that the fiancée was also bludgeoned to death, meaning Shigehide finished her off. Shigehide was the one who Mokota was having an affair with. And since the affair took place in the family, it was discovered by Daisaku, who never leaves the house. Shigehide demands evidence, but Ran has an ace in hole. When they were at the house earlier Tomoko had borrowed Ran's cellphone. She found her own phone by sending a message to herself instead of calling. And Eisuke didn't know how to turn off the sound, so Tomoko managed to find the phone and ''him''. So when Ran tried to resend her message to Shinichi she ended up resend Tomoko's message to her own phone, since it was the most recent message on the phone, more recent than Ran's message to Shinichi, and Ran didn't look before pressing 'Send'. With that Ran manages to lead the police to Tomoko's phone that Shigehide had hidden in his room. After finding Tomoko's phone and the knife used in the crime, they have the evidence to the murder. The wife had made her ringtone for incoming calls sound like the house phone and made the ringtone for incoming message sound like the door bell, so she could hide the calls and messages she was getting from her lover. That was the reason behind those 'door bell pranks' and 'phone call pranks' in the house. Whenever her phone rang or got a message, the house maids would think it was really the door bell or the house phone. Shigehide confesses and reveals that twelve years ago, he was having an affair with Eisuke's fiancée and bludgeoned her when she told him she only intended to marry one of them for the money. As for Tomoko, she discovered Eisuke when she found her phone and used that information to blackmail Shigehide for murder and thus motivated his murder. Later that night, Ran grabs a hold of Conan's phone when he drops it in the car and checks to see the message she sent to Shinichi is there.
</spoiler>

==Trivia==
* Tomoko Kariya Car is a Red 2001 Honda Fit (Honda Jazz) [GD].

== Manga to anime changes ==
* The scene of Ran's imagination of Shinichi and his "secret girlfriend" is changed to avoid sexual content. Also, the anime cut out the part at the Temuzu River.
* The anime doesn't include a moment during the car ride home in the end of the case, where Ran suggest that maybe Tomoko's husband had known about his wife having an affair, since he always got in a bad mood, whenever those 'pranks' happened.

== BGM listing ==
=== Part 1 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|星のかがやきよ|Hoshi no Kagayaki yo|The Brilliance of the Stars|[[Hoshi no Kagayaki yo]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ワインをのんで|Wain o Nonde|Drinking Wine|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|陽気な仲間|Yōki na Nakama|Cheerful Friends|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased BGM 15)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|事件解決（意気揚々ver.）|Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)|Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|事件現場（謎ver.）|Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)|Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|事件解明（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)|Case Clarification (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～|Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~|June Bride ~Only You I See~|[[June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 2 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|星のかがやきよ|Hoshi no Kagayaki yo|The Brilliance of the Stars|[[Hoshi no Kagayaki yo]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|犯人（スナイパー）の正体|Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai|The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|捜査会議|Sōsa Kaigi|Investigation Meeting|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|小さな巨人|Chiisana Kyojin|A Small Great Person|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|小さな巨人|Chiisana Kyojin|A Small Great Person|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|ジャック・ザ・リッパーの生い立ち|Jakku・Za・Rippā no Oitachi|Jack the Ripper's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|コナン組曲－Captured In Her Eyes|Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes|Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|それいけコナン（哀愁ヴァージョン）|Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)|Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～|Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~|June Bride ~Only You I See~|[[June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Image:BossBlackshadow4.jpeg|Conan visualized [[Renya Karasuma]] as a normal criminal silhouette along with [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and naked [[Vermouth]]<ref>In the manga version, Conan, Haibara, and [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] imagine often Vermouth naked, whereas the related anime episodes show her always dressed. This is the only time, even if not in the manga.</ref>.
</gallery>

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La strana famiglia|The Strange Family}}
{{EndTable}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Season 14]]

{{Season 14}}

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Animation directed by Rei Masunaga]][[Category:Animation directed by Hirobi Muranaka]]

Renya Karasuma

2018-01-31T16:26:37Z

Kansuke:

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| age = 149 about (supposedly dead)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Mrs. Karasuma (mother, deceased)
| occupation = Black Organization Boss
| nicknames = {{nihongo|Ano kata|あの方|lit. "That Person"}} Boss
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 30#Kaitou Kid and the Murder|File 300]] Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|Episode 219]]
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{{nihongo|'''Renya Karasuma'''|烏丸蓮耶|Karasuma Renya}} is the boss of the [[Black Organization]], which they respectfully refer as '''{{nihongo|Ano kata|あの方|lit. "That Person"}}''', and then the true main antagonist of the series. [[Conan Edogawa]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], the [[Public Security Bureau]], the MI6, the CSIS, and the BND wish to uncover him and cause the destruction of the Black Organization.

For many years, until December 13th, 2017, in addition to the author [[Gosho Aoyama]], only [[Minami Takayama]], his former wife and the voice of Conan, and the anime production knew who was the mysterious boss.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20171214093427/http://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/171213/ent1712130011-n1.html/ 名探偵コナン「あの方」の正体ついに明かされる　作者の青山剛昌氏「皆びっくりする」]</ref><ref>[http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13430):#p877561 Gosho Aoyama Interview about the BO Boss (November 30, 2017)]</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Background ==
Renya Karasuma was known to be an elderly multi-millionaire and powerful man who allegedly died forty years ago under mysterious circumstances with his legacy unknown. Which means that he may not died, but became younger. He was the most powerful person in Japan according to [[Yusaku Kudo]]. Looks like he had a lot of contacts with famous and powerful people. He was always getting chased around by cops and detectives. His crest is a creepy bird logo: a crow.<ref>The operatives dress in black, which [[Akemi Miyano]] says is supposed to resemble crows. Furthermore, in the movie introduction sequence of [[The Raven Chaser]], [[Dimensional Sniper]], and [[The Darkest Nightmare]], the Black Organization enshrouded in mystery are each time introduced with an evil looking crow, as like in the ending video of movie 13.</ref>

According to Furuyo Senma, the old famous detective who can solve a case just by sitting down in an armchair, Karasuma inherited the old {{nihongo|Sunset Manor|黄昏の館|Tasogare no yakata}} in the isolated Tokyo mountains at Nishitama, 2 kilometers from Okuno Dam<ref>Episode 219, but not in the manga. Saguru Hakuba says "The Tokyo case that occurred forty years ago.", and the location is indicated by the road signs on the Shuto Expressway and the junction near the villa.</ref> and six miles from a lonely gas station, from his mother and was his vacation home, which for [[Kogoro Mouri]]<ref name=kid>After solving the case, Kogoro was revealed to be Kid in disguise.</ref> looks more like Dracula's castle and up close even more like a haunted house. He found a clue leading to a vast fortune left by his mother and supposedly hidden in the western-style manor house he had inherited:

{{cquote|On the night the two travelers looked up at the sky, a demon appeared in the castle and the king ran wild with his treasure in hand. The queen wept for forgiveness, her tears falling into the holy grail, and the knight killed himself with his own sword.|The clue to the riddle about the treasure.}}

But he was unable to find it any further to solve the riddle himself. With him being consumed by his own greed for the treasure, he came to hire people to solve the riddle for him, and then began killing them as motivation for the others to work faster. They had made copies of the riddle to hand out on a cheap mimeograph print on straw paper. Hardly anything's been touched since the incident and those murders were the true cause behind the numerous old bloodstains all over in the house, although an attempt to clean it off, not an out-of-control party on the second stormy night in the middle of an auction to sell off over three hundred pieces of the priceless art Karasuma had collected during his lifetime, caused by two men with marijuana leaves tobacco drugs and then disappeared with the art, leaving eight dead and a dozen others unconscious. Among those men were Senma's own father, archaeologist Kyosuke Senma. Spray luminol onto blood, and active oxygen inside the blood will oxidize it, giving off a bluish-purple fluorescent light, and Watson, [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s pet hawk, seems to have picked up a fancy for blood in the time they've spent together in England.

Karasuma is believed to be dead. A fake story says that he died half-a-century prior to the series, at the age of 99, but Senma claims that he lived at least ten more years, which means that if he is dead, he died between forty and twenty years prior to the series, back in the days before they invented copiers. Renya had passed on, the Karasuma family had died out, and the house had fallen into other hands when it was still beautiful. Thirty-eight years later, when Senma accidentally let the story slip to him, the famed gourmet detective Shukuzen Oogami immediately tracked down the house and started to look for the treasure two years, but he couldn't solve the riddle. He had put himself into massive debt to buy the house and was in serious trouble, but he was poisoned by his accomplice Senma with potassium cyanide, who wanted to decipher the riddle that took her father's life at all costs. The mansion still has traces after Karasuma's crest on the silver specially ordered by him, not just the flatware, but everything in the house, from the doors, flooring and handrails down to the chess pieces and playing cards. The last young maid chased by Oogami from many applicants was Aki Ishihara and the job paid very well, but the cook's fallen ill and can't come in that day.

The riddle has been solved by the great detectives [[Conan Edogawa]], Saguru Hakuba, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda forty years later. It's strange the only clock in a huge house is the one in the dining room. So "The night the two travelers looked up at the sky" means midnight, when the long hand and short hand of the clock both point up. Placing the hands at 12, the key to solving the riddle is the word Senma wrote in blood, "Trump card". He was talking about "playing cards". The king, queen, and soldier in the riddle stand for the King, Queen, and Jack in a deck of cards. The treasure stands for diamonds, the holy grails stands for heart, and the sword stand for spades. So "treasure" and "king" means the King of Diamonds, "Holy grail" and "queen" means the Queen of Hearts, and "sword" and "soldier" means the Jack of Spades. Now Conan turns the hands of the clock in the direction the face of cards in the house are facing. Thirteen to the left, twelve to the left, and eleven to the right. The coating came off. There's gold inside and it's so heavy, this thing is made of solid gold. The walls are crumbling and the gold's showing through. That clock has been the switch to peel off the outer wall. According to Soda, only Karasuma would do something on such a scale, and it must be worth 100 billion yen. Sunset is when the sky shines gold. It's literally a "Golden Manor". [[Kaitou Kid]] comes for Karasuma's treasure, but he has changed his mind. That thing's a little too big for a thief's pocket.

As the highest authority, he directs the Black Organization's activities and plans crimes to protect and advance its interests. He communicates to subordinates by text messages. His phone number<ref>In Japan, an e-mail address is assigned to each mobile phone.</ref> follows the tune of the first few notes "Mother crow, why do you cry?"<ref>The area code phone number for Kurayoshi and Yazu in Tottori Prefecture, 0858, do sound like the "Mother crow" part, but "Why do you cry" doesn't work. The notes on a cell phone are ''FA'' for 1, 2, 3; ''SOL'' for 4, 5, 6; ''LA'' for 7, 8, 9; and ''SI'' for *, 0, #. Each note gates slightly lower as you move to the left on the dial. So if we start with # and not 0, and don't care if the notes are slightly off, we get the email address.</ref> of the children song [[Nanatsu no Ko]]. The number is #969#6261<ref>In episode 398 the number is erroneously written as #696#6261.</ref>, which was purposefully made non-functional by [[Gosho Aoyama]] to prevent prank calls.<ref>In real life, # signs can't be used in an email address, but Gosho Aoyama decided to use them here to prevent pranks.</ref> [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] warns Conan of the danger of calling it, likening it to Pandora's box. He is responsible for promoting agents<ref name=v53f10>Manga Volume 53, File 10; anime episode 464.</ref> and deciding on their alcoholic code names. The FBI think that only a few of the highest ranking executive agents like [[Gin]] or [[Vermouth]] could lead them to the elusive boss.

== Personality ==
If Senma's story is true, then Karasuma is described as a greedy, cruel and impatient man. He appears to be materialistic as he was driven by his own greed while searching for the hidden treasure inside the Sunset Manor. Furthermore, he seems not to value the cost of human life as he killed numerous people that he invited as motivation to find the treasure faster. His house was swarming with cameras hidden all over and monitored from a room somewhere, has no phone line, and they're well out of cellular range. Turn the knob from the inside and a needle pops out, and mook who came on the second floor of the central tower would get a poisoned needle in the palm when they tried to leave. There were guns under pillow in the rooms. Oogami and Senma, who wanted to decipher the riddle and psychologically created another same tragedy, were all along possessed by him.

He is fairly ruthless, willing to dispatch in person senior agents who have been loyal to the Black Organization for many years for a single mistake. Vermouth says that he is always careful to the extreme, the type to ruin the plan by overthinking it.<ref>Manga Volume 67, File 8; anime episode 581.</ref> Somehow, he can maintain loyalty and unity within the codenamed ranks despite many agents disliking or even outright wishing to murder certain others. He is known to give permission to agents who wish to pursue certain secret missions, such as [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and Vermouth's plan to make sure [[Shuichi Akai]] was truly dead.

He is especially close to Vermouth, who is described as his favorite, much to the chagrin of her enemies and those who mistrust her. He is also close to Gin, who often acts as an intermediary between he and other agents. Gin usually takes the lead planning role in assassinations that he has ordered. While most agents follow his orders, some agents have acted contrary to the wishes of him.

The FBI believed he was hoping to nip a potential obstacle in the bud because Yasuteru Domon, who is a politician hard on crime, may have a chance of becoming the next Prime Minister. He thought Akai could become a "[[Silver Bullet]]", someone who is especially dangerous to the Black Organization. In that regard, he's more like Vermouth than Gin who doesn't believe a single person who can take the syndicate down in one shot exists.

== Appearance ==
Renya Karasuma's appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 30, File 5; anime episode 219.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Plot overview ==
=== The Gathering of the Detectives! (Manga: [[Volume 30#Kaitou Kid and the Murder|299-302]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|219]]) ===
The seven greatest detectives Conan Edogawa, Kogoro Mouri<ref name=kid/> along with [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], Saguru Hakuba, Furuyo Senma, Shukuzen, Oogami, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda were called to a mansion covered in blood by Kaitou Kid, and while they were having their so-called "last supper" was told by the inviter this mansion belonged to Renya Karasuma forty years ago.

During a reality television deduction competition between high school detectives, Conan cited that case a while back, on he and Saguru Hakuba were together, when [[Heiji Hattori]] asks him where he had meet the high-school detective from the East.<ref>Manga Volume 54, File 10; anime episode 479.</ref>

=== Stradivarius Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|470]], Anime: [[The Dissonance of the Stradivarius|385]]) ===
[[File:Ano Kata.JPG|thumb|right|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a big [["The Criminal"|criminal silhouette]] along with Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth, with evil aura in the anime version.

=== The Strange Family's Request (Anime: [[The Strange Family's Request|398]]) ===
[[File:BossBlackshadow4.jpeg|thumb|left|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a normal criminal silhouette along with Gin, Vodka, and naked Vermouth<ref>The manga version often visualized Vermouth naked, whereas the related anime episodes show her always dressed. This episode is the first exception, but not in the manga.</ref> in the anime version.

=== The Missing [[Maria Higashio]] Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Higashio Case|1008]], Anime: TBD) ===
[[File:Carasuma.png|thumb|right|Renya Karasuma visualized by Conan along with Gin, Vodka, naked Vermouth, Chianti, and [[Korn]].]]
Not so long ago, [[Subaru Okiya]] told Yusaku and [[Yukiko Kudo]] about the cipher left at the crime scene of [[Kohji Haneda]]'s murder. Subaru and Yusaku have reached the conclusion that "ASACA" and "RUM" might not be two different words, but rather, that these eight letters form one single name: "CARASUMA", which refers to Renya Karasuma, a multi-millionaire that is not supposed to be a part of this world. If that theory is correct, Conan has made an enemy out of the most powerful person in Japan.

We finally reached the identity of the Boss of the Organization. All for the sake of returning to his original form.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== TV Special: [[Time Travel of the Silver Sky]] ===
Christies YP, a software created by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], can give the identity of anyone in the world and then tries to find out the identity of the boss between [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Sharon Vineyard]], Chiyoko Yuasa<ref>Manga Volume 33, Files 3-6; anime episodes 266-268.</ref>, Yusaku Kudo, four Shinichi's classmates<ref>Anime episode 192.</ref>, and a circus white lion<ref>Manga Volume 32, Files 8-10; anime episodes 258-259.</ref>, but eventually failed with "UNTOUCHABLE" and a red alarm sound flash {{nihongo|"進入禁止領域"|Shin'nyū kinshi ryōiki|The forbidden area}}.

=== Special Manga: [[Special Volume 26#The Black Organization...Revealed|File 294]] ===
When Haibara reveals to Conan the Black Organization's scheme in order to seize control of the world, she visualized him as a criminal silhouette clutching a globe.<ref>[http://tieba.baidu.com/photo/p?kw=%E7%81%B0%E5%8E%9F%E5%93%80&flux=1&tid=3356979031&pic_id=847c304e251f95ca2ed803cdca177f3e67095216&pn=1&fp=2&see_lz=1&red_tag=v2749094638 Special Volume 26, File 11, page 9]. The character design is a bit different from the main comic and as the criminal silhouette he looks like the devil, like [[Arrack]] and Generic.</ref>

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{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|Ano kata}}

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{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Boss}}

{{appellations|James Black|Boss}}
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{{appellations|Time Travel of the Silver Sky{{!}}Hidekazu Nagai|file=Hidekazu Nagai.jpg|Ano kata}}
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== Relationships analysis ==
=== Black Organization ===
==== Rum ====
[[Rum]] is his right hand, then the second-in-command in the organization. Rum's identity, gender, and mission are currently unknown, but the three suspects are [[Hyoue Kuroda]], [[Rumi Wakasa]], and [[Kanenori Wakita]].

==== Gin ====
He trusts [[Gin]] enough to make him an executive agent, and for good reason: Gin is among the most loyal of the high-ranking Black Organization. Gin follows his orders closely and virtually never acts against the Organization's greater interests, and in return he entrusts Gin to direct critical missions and key assassinations. He often issues orders to Gin directly by text message for him to disseminate to the others, and the two are implied to contact each other fairly often about instructions and suspicions. For this reason the FBI thought Gin would be able to lead them to the boss if they captured him.

==== Vodka ====
Even [[Vodka]] fears to challenge his anger, but it's Gin who takes full responsibility.<ref>Episode 345, but not in the manga. Before Vodka was sent aboard the ship in disguise, Gin told him not to hold back, even though Vermouth was the boss' favorite and despite the fact that they not have the boss' permission to kill her. At these words, Vodka swallows.</ref><ref>Movie 13: The Raven Chaser. After Gin has given the order to kill Irish without consulting the boss, Vodka is the only one to protest against it, though he likely fears consequence from the organization. He later keeps quiet.</ref>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] is known as his favorite member by the other members although the reason for the favoritism is unknown, and he allows her some degree of independence. Bourbon reveals that there is some sort of connection between Vermouth and the boss, implying that her relationship with the boss goes further than merely being his favorite member. Bourbon also notes that he has arranged for her secret to be revealed to the whole Black Organization in case something happens to him, and points out that the other members would be quite surprised if they knew the nature of the relationship.<ref>Manga Volume 85, File 5; anime episode 783.</ref> During an off-season Halloween party aboard a ship, discovered that Vermouth was up to something without the Black Organization's knowledge, he ordered Gin and Vodka to investigate. At the party, a man that Vermouth blackmailed to murder a director began screaming someone called Vermouth was to blame. Later, he sends a text message to Vermouth's cellphone informing her that her freedom was now being restricted and she was to return: "It looks like I have given you too much freedom. Come back to my side, Vermouth."

==== Chianti ====
[[Chianti]] fears to challenge his anger and, being a direct order from him, she must also bear Vermouth.<ref>Manga Volume 48, File 10; anime episode 425.</ref> For avenge [[Calvados]]' death, she would've killed Vermouth a long time ago for real, if she wasn't his favorite, but swears she'll definitely kill her.<ref>Manga Volume 49, File 1; anime episode 425.</ref> She seems envious for what Kir has used to make him let her join their four years ago.<ref name=v53f10/>

==== Kir ====
He promoted [[Kir]] because she had uncovered a spy and confronted him. The spy, [[Ethan Hondou]], overpowered and tortured her for information, but [[Rena Mizunashi]] remained silent. Although completely crippled, Rena bit Ethan's wrist to force him to drop his gun, and then killed him. The bite marks and Ethan's recording device coincided with her story, so he promoted her to the codename Kir in recognition of her loyalty and sheer savageness. In truth, he was fooled. Ethan Hondou was Kir's father and they both are CIA spies infiltrating the Black Organization. Rena had made a mistake and was about to be uncovered as a spy. Ethan, who had prepared appropriately ahead of time in case this happened, told Rena to tell the organization she discovered he was a spy and tried to confront him. Ethan then committed suicide after maiming himself and his daughter to make it appear like the story Ethan had just explained. He orders Kir to assassinate the politician Yasuteru Domon while holding an interview. After the Black Organization easily retrieved Kir from the FBI, Gin became suspicious of how ineffective the FBI's plan was and that Shuichi Akai did not made a strong move. Gin thought that Shuichi is hiding something and relays his doubt to him, who also agrees. He and Gin plan a test of Kir's loyalty. Meanwhile, [[Andre Camel|an FBI agent]] becomes a suspect in a coincidental murder case. The Black Organization hears about it, and taking advantage of the FBI's distraction, Gin calls out Kir and tells her his order. In order to regain his trust, she is to call Akai out to meet with her and kill him. Kir meets with Akai at Raiha Pass and apparently kills him. However, he was fooled again. [[Akai faked his death theory|Akai and Kir conspired to fake Akai's death]].

==== Bourbon ====
He dispatches [[Bourbon]] to search for the escaped scientist Shiho Miyano. However, Bourbon received his permission to execute a second, secret mission: verified Shuichi Akai's death by disguising as Akai and approaching his FBI colleagues. In truth, Rei has been persevering to turn in Shuichi to the organization to earn higher ranks to approach more closely to him.

==== Shiho Miyano ====
He orders the execution of [[Shiho Miyano]] after she boycotted the development of [[APTX 4869]] and rebelled against the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9; anime episode 129.</ref> Before she could be even executed, Shiho manages to escape and he ordered the Black Organization to hunt her down and murder her.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 7; anime episode 129.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 24, File 11; anime episode 178.</ref>

==== Pisco ====
Gin relayed his orders to [[Pisco]]: silence Shigehiko Nomiguchi, a politician who was going to be arrested for bribery, and use [[APTX 4869]] if it was necessary. Pisco's act of murder was accidentally caught on camera, so he direct ordered Gin to kill Pisco.

==== Rikumichi Kusuda ====
He sends [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] to Haido Central Hospital to act as a patient while searching for Kir, who is currently held captive by the FBI. Kusuda write to his e-mail adress.

==== Irish ====
He orders [[Irish]] to disguise himself as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]], infiltrate into [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department]], and retrieve a memory card with the personal information of all the Black Organization agents that have infiltrated various organizations, before the police catch the serial killer, who took it from their agent [[Masaaki Okakura]] he murdered without knowing what is on it, and find the card. Irish sends an email to him about Sumire Shindo, a new tipster with information about the serial murder.<ref>Irish can't contact Gin due his disguise, and neither Vermouth along with Conan. It's unclear who then contact Gin.</ref> When he discovers Conan's true identity, Irish plans to capture and bring the boy before him to discredit Gin, who killed Pisco, whom Irish respected like a father. Irish believes that he would definitely demote or have Gin killed for carelessly leaving Shinichi alive. However, because his cover was blown, Irish was killed by Chianti under Gin's orders before Conan can force him to reveal the boss' true identity.

==== Generic ====
He orders [[Generic]] to create a drug which manipulates the memories of people. He aims to use it on important people worldwide, in particular to the President of the United States, in order to seize control of the world.

=== Others ===
==== Shuichi Akai ====
Capturing a high ranking member of the Black Organization who could lead the FBI to the boss was the goal of [[Shuichi Akai]]'s spy mission. After three years of infiltration, he gave the undercover FBI agent the codename "Rye" and ordered him to work under Gin. The FBI's plan to capture Gin fell apart when Akai's true allegiance was uncovered due to a mistake made by [[Andre Camel]]. In the two years since the mission failure, he came to regard Akai could become the Black Organization's silver bullet.

==== Kyosuke Senma ====
Kyouske Senma was an archeologist who invited to his manor house forty years ago. He wanted Senma to find the treasure before he died of old age. It was a very well-paid job. His wife and then 23 years old daughter Furuyo received large sums of money, along with a letter from him, almost every day. But after six months, the money and letters suddenly stopped coming. Senma, who had never giver their his address, vanished forever. Furuyo only found out the truth when she held his last letter, which she had kept as a memento, against a light. He had written a secret note by poking tiny holes in the paper left for her with a needle. He recorded the riddle of the treasure and wrote that many other scholars had been invited to the manor. He also wrote that Karasuma had begun to kill those scholars, one by one, as a warning to the others, and that even if he found the treasure, he too would be killed. She didn't tell the police about it because it was twenty years after the fact. Presumably a victim of his treasure hunting fanaticism, Senma did solve the riddle, and left a clue about it in a note letters written in blood on the piano, and Karasuma never activated the device clock because never knew the answer to the riddle: "I've finally gotten hold of the trump card that will decipher Karasuma's riddle. Kyosuke Senma."

== Gallery ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:BossBlackshadow.png|x175px|thumb|left|The boss visualized by Conan as a big criminal silhouette with evil aura in the anime version (episode 385).]]
|}

== Speculations ==
According to the author Gosho Aoyama, the boss has appeared already, made his appearance as another character. Some potential candidates are:
* Genichirou Kaneshiro, a 74 years old computer company owner, due his old age, suspicious behavior pretending to be blind, affection for young women, and especially the fact who was after a computer virus which has been used by the Black Organization to protect sensitive data. Furthermore, he quickly realizes that Conan is unusual and considers him suspicious.<ref>Manga Volume 8, Files 2-7; anime episodes 68-70.</ref>
* Saizo Kano, the leader of a group of robbers dubbed as the "Organizer in the Shadows", who was supposedly murdered by his three accomplices twenty years ago, but his corpse was never found. His appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 23, Files 4-9; anime episode 174.</ref>

== Name origin ==
The first kanji "Karasu" is romanized for "Crows" in Japanese, which can fit with the children song The Seven Children, that he uses as his phone number, because there are crows included.

Karasuma is also a Kyoto Avenue's name, cited by Heiji in movie 7, [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]], when he and [[Kazuha Toyama]] find the sword in a huge chest with a large amount of drawers related to the roads of Kyoto. The avenue is marked with two crows carved above and below the chest, at the beginning and end of the beam from top to down at the center of the chest between the various drawers.

== Trivia ==
* Gosho Aoyama goes inspiration from Professor James Moriarty, the main antagonist in the Sherlock Holmes' series, to create the boss of the Black Organization. Just like Moriarty, the boss doesn't show his face and works behind the scenes, only pulling the strings on the crimes from far away. Gosho says that he tries to make it so that the boss is cold-blooded, won't leave a single scrap of evidence, and almost invisible.<ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>
* His recurring enemy rule in the series recalls the boss called the Potato Baron, Yaiba's archnemesis in the [[Kamen Yaiba|children's show]].<ref>Manga Volume 92, File 7; anime TBD.</ref>
* In the anime version, but not in the manga, the huge replica painting in his manor dining room is [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Gent%2C_Sint-Baafskathedraal_B_STB_434_Gent.jpg Salomón recibe a la Reina de Saba], by Lucas de Heere at the catholic St Bavo's Cathedral of Ghent in 1559, but with an opposite perspective. Modeled here by the most catholic King Philip II of Spain, Solomon was the biblical most wise and good-hearted King of Israel succeeded his great father David, but unfortunately in his old age, many years after the Queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem, became corrupt and idolatrous due his several pagan foreign wives, so the God punished that grave sin and a glorious kingdom crumbled after his death. Even Karasuma was the most rich and powerful man in his time country, then turned out a monster due the treasure hidden in the house of his late mother, but one day Conan will destroy the Black Organization and assure him to justice.
* Karasuma, the Sunset Manor, the crow's crest, and the gold treasure riddle are very similar to late Gozoshi Isegawa, the Angel's Mansion, the bull's crest, and the gold treasure riddle in [[The Mysterious Angel's Mansion#Trivia|The Mysterious Angel's Mansion]], with the only difference that it's good and not evil.

== In other languages ==
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Renya Karasumaru<ref>The second kanji can be translated even "maru".</ref>|Renya Karasuma}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [["The Criminal"]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{Black Organization}}
{{Rum arc}}

[[Category:Black Organization]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]

[[de:Renya Karasuma]]

Volume 95

2018-01-31T16:24:59Z

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== Cast ==
{{char Appearances|
{{char|Shinichi Kudo}}
{{char|Masumi Sera}}
{{char|Heiji Hattori}}
{{char|Fumimaro Ayanokoji}}
{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{char|Nakamichi}}
{{char|Eisuke Aizawa}}
{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
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{{char|Yaiba Kurogane|display=Yaiba Kurogane (cameo)}}
{{char|Muga Iori|display=Muga Iori (flashback)}}
{{char|Momiji Ooka|display=Momiji Ooka (flashback)}}
{{char|Mary Sera}}
{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{char|Kazuha Toyama|display=Kazuha Toyama (background)}}
{{char|Yusaku Kudo}}
{{char|Yukiko Kudo}}
{{char|Hyoue Kuroda}}
{{char|Kanenori Wakita}}
{{char|Rumi Wakasa}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{char|Subaru Okiya}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Sumiko Kobayashi}}
{{Char|Maria Higashio}}
{{Char|Rei Furuya}}
{{Char|Azusa Enomoto}}
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{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Chianti|display=Chianti (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Korn|display=Korn (background)}}
{{char|Yoko Okino|display=Yoko Okino (puppet)}}
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== Crimson School Trip Case ==
=== File 1004 - The Light Crimson Answer ===
<spoiler>
The culprit seemingly manages to pull off his plan to kill Mineto as well, but it was all a trap, set-up by the Kyoto police under the orders of Shinichi —Mineto is saved. Together with Masumi and Heiji, Shinichi confronts '''Riki Agata''', who was the one behind it all.

After the case is solved, Ran talks about a nice place that Okita had told her about and as Sonoko and Masumi start going ahead, Shinichi holds Ran back and asks her how she feels about him. Shinichi mentions Ran's meeting with Okita the previous and wonders if she has forgotten about his confession in London. In response, Ran pulls him closer by grabbing his tie and kisses him on the cheek.
</spoiler>
=== File 1005 - The Dark Crimson Omen ===
<spoiler>
Shinichi moves to kiss Ran on the lips, but the antidote begins to wear off, and he flees.

Masumi gives chase, only to run into Heiji. She realizes that the rucksack Heiji is wearing has the shrunken Shinichi inside it, but doesn't directly confront the two about it.

As Shinichi and Ran exchange texts about what the kiss means for their relationship, Masumi speaks with Mary. Mary orders her to obtain the "medicine" that will return her to her true age, so that they can stop running, and counter-attack.

As the case attracts global attention, someone claims that the apparently dead Shinichi Kudo helped to solve the case — Hyoue Kuroda, Kanenori Wakita and Rumi Wakasa (who is revealed to have access to the APTX victim list) all take notice of this.
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{beginBox}}
{{people|Keiko Kurachi|Keiko Kurachi manga.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Actress
* Old friend of [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]]}}
{{people|Shinya Ihaya|Shinya Ihaya manga.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 37 years old
* Actor}}
{{people|Mineto Mayama|Mineto Mayama manga.jpg|
* 38 years old
* Movie director}}
{{people|Riki Agata|Riki Agata manga.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Composer}}
{{people|Tarou Nishiki|Tarou Nishiki manga.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 38 years old
* Screenwriter}}
{{people|Michio Dekuri|Michio Dekuri manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Cipher writer?}}
{{endBox}}

== Missing Maria Higashio Case ==
=== File 1006 - Stay Put! ===

=== File 1007 - That's Just How Nervous I Am ===

=== File 1008 - See? ♡ ===

=== People ===
{{People|Mr. Higashio|Mr Higashio.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Maria's grandfather
* Carpenter}}
{{People|Mrs. Higashio|Mrs Higashio.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Maria's grandmother}}
{{People|Girl|File1008-Girl.jpg|
* "Kudo Family Freak" blog owner
* Yusaku & Yukiko's fan}}

<spoiler>
[[Image:Carasuma.png|thumb|225px|right|Carasuma]]
Heiji tells the press outside his school that it was Okita that was caught on film and not Shinichi. At the same time, the owner of the blog suddenly retracts her claim that she saw Shinichi.

As Wakita, Wakasa and Kuroda look at the retraction, [[Rum]] sends an email to Rei, demanding that he gather information about Shinichi.

Yukiko and Yusaku have returned to Japan and reveal to Conan that they convinced the blog owner to retract her claim in exchange for their autographs. They decide to remain in the country for the foreseeable future, in light of Yusaku's interpretation of [[Koji Haneda]]'s dying message, which leads them and Conan to believe that '''[[Renya Karasuma]]''' is connected to the Organization.
</spoiler>

== See also ==
* [[Manga]]
* [[Volume 91-100]]
* [[Detective Conan]]

{{Volumes}}

[[Category:Volumes]]

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Volume 93

2018-01-31T16:18:39Z

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== Cast ==
{{char Appearances|
{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{char|Heiji Hattori}}
{{char|Kazuha Toyama}}
{{char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{char|Rei Furuya}}
{{char|Azusa Enomoto}}
{{char|Juzo Megure}}
{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background)}}
{{char|Yoko Okino|display=Yoko Okino (TV)}}
{{char|Momiji Ooka}}
{{char|Eri Kisaki}}
{{char|Midori Kuriyama}}
{{char|Goro}}
{{char|Rumi Wakasa}}
{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{char|Hyoue Kuroda}}
{{char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{char|Sumiko Kobayashi|display=Sumiko Kobayashi (background/flashback)}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Hiroshi Agasa (background)}}
{{char|Kohji Haneda|display=Kohji Haneda (background)}}
{{char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (background)}}
{{char|Inspector Yuminaga}}
{{char|Soshi Okita}}
{{char|Miwako Sato}}
{{char|New Deputy Teacher Skeleton Case#People|EP889-890 Man|display=Man #1 (skeleton/flashback)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
}}

== Murder inside Café Poirot Case ==
{{ref anime|885-886|Riddle Solution at Café Poirot}}
=== File 982 - Meeting at Café Poirot ===

=== File 983 - Solution of the Mystery at Café Poirot ===
<spoiler>
The culprit is '''Meisuke Oozumi.''' He did it out of jealousy, because Yui, his girlfriend, had continually adressed Tengo with his first name in Japanese, while she kept calling Meisuke by his family name, and therefore he thought that the two were having an affair. The truth is that Tengo is her half-brother from an extra-marital affair of her father's, a congressman, a fact which had been kept a family secret due to the impact that its revelation would entail on the politician's publicity. However, the situation is remedied when Tengo has a stern exchange with Meisuke over the phone and sends over a video clip message detailing his and Yui's relationship, meaning to entrust his sister to him.

It's revealed that 'Shinichi Wada' is actually Muga Iori, the butler of Momiji Ooka's family. He went to Poirot on Momiji's orders to observe Heiji. He mentions to Momiji that while Heiji is interested in another girl, it shouldn't prove a problem for Momiji.

{{beginBox}}
{{newChar|[[Muga Iori]]|Muga Iori manga.jpg|
* 30 years old
* [[Momiji Ooka|Ooka]] family butler}}
{{endBox}}
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{beginBox}}
{{people|[[Muga Iori|????/"Shinichi Wada"]]|F981 Mystery Man manga.jpg|
* Age unknown
* Customer
* Medical personnel (?)}}
{{people|Meisuke Oozumi|Meisuke Odzumi manga.jpg|
* 21 years old
* Beika University third year student}}
{{people|Yui Yamashita|Yui Yamashita manga.jpg|
* 21 years old
* Beika University third year student}}
{{people|Tengo Anzai|Tengo Anzai manga.jpg|fsize=11px|
* Victim (stabbed - injured)
* 20 years old
* Beika University third year student}}
{{people|Minoru Nagatsuka|Minoru Nagatsuka manga.jpg|
* 20 years old
* Beika University third year student}}
{{endBox}}

== Eri Kisaki Abduction Case ==
=== File 984 - Eri Multiplies ===
Ran tries to convince Kogoro to go to a movie date with Eri. Meanwhile, Eri was kidnapped by three mysterious individuals who claim to be members of "Eri Kisaki's Victims Club". She managed to escape and hid from the criminal while trying to call for help. Using of one of the criminal's phone, she sends a message to Ran while the criminals try to sabotage her's plan.

=== File 985 - Eri Can't Escape ===
With Conan's help, Ran and Kogoro figures out which messages are send by the real Eri.

=== File 986 - Eri's SOS ===
<spoiler>
From the clues sent by Eri, Conan concludes that she must have been confined at a building that Sutanchou as it's the only place that she can see Tohto Tower (the half-boiled crab) and Bell Tree Tower (the swordfishes, which refers to Miyamoto Musashi(634), the tower's height). They manage to rescue her in time and incapacitate the criminals. It turns out that the criminals are husbands (a domestic abuser, an adulterer, and a gambler) who lost against Eri in their divorce cases and decided to take revenge. Their intention was to make a video of Eri naked and make her apologies to them, although with her continued evasion of them, the leader had changed his intention to rape. Kogoro takes out the leader, which Ran beats down the two other.
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{beginBox}}
{{people|Man|V93 Man3 manga.jpg|
* Abductor
* "Eri Kisaki's Victims Club" leader}}
{{people|Man|V93 Man1 manga.jpg|
* Abductor
* "Eri Kisaki's Victims Club" member}}
{{people|Man|V93 Man2 manga.jpg|
* Abductor
* "Eri Kisaki's Victims Club" member}}
{{endBox}}

== Burning Tent Murder Case ==
=== File 987 - Tip-Off ===
Kuroda is sitting at his desk looking at the details of the [[Case from 17 years ago]]. Rumi takes the Detective Boys camping. They end up talking with some other campers, who are members of a basketball team. But one of them get burned to death in his tent.

=== File 988 - Violation ===
Haibara and Conan have a suspicion that Rumi-sensei cannot see through her right eye.

=== File 989 - Buzzer Beater ===
<spoiler>
The culprit is '''Sumito Ashizawa'''. He had asked the victim to damage Danno's eye, to futher his career. But when the 'accident' caused permanent damage, Ashizawa was being blackmailed by the victim, who intended to continue with it. 
It is revealed that Rumi is hiding something in her pocket.
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{beginBox}}
{{people|Midori Furuoka|Midori Furuoka manga.jpg|
* 22 years old
* Basketball club manager}}
{{people|Sumito Ashizawa|Sumito Ashizawa manga.jpg|
* 22 years old
* Basketball club member}}
{{people|Fumiaki Urushibara|Fumiaki Urushibara manga.jpg|
* Victim (burned)
* 22 years old
* Basketball club member}}
{{people|Kuninori Danno|Kuninori Danno manga.jpg|
* 22 years old
* Basketball club manager}}
{{endBox}}

== Kendo Tournament Murder Case ==
=== Characters introduced ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|[[Takeshi Onimaru]]|Takeshi Onimaru DC manga.jpg|
* Tokyo representative
* Semi-finalist}}
{{EndBox}}

=== File 990 - Today I Settle the Score ===

=== File 991 - Hands Off! ===

=== File 992 - Your Time Has Come ===

=== People ===
{{beginBox}}
{{people|Shido Nukitani|Shidou Nukitani manga.jpg|
* Victim (throat slit)
* 43 years old
*Kendo referee}}
{{people|Katsunari Yasuoka|Katsunari Yasuoka manga.jpg|
* 78 years old
* Blind witness
* Former Kendo player}}
{{people|Nenji Norimura|Nenji Norimura manga.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Kendo referee}}
{{people|Tsuneyuki Yokote|Tsuneyuki Tokote manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Part-time worker}}
{{people|Akane Sadamori|Akane Sadamori manga.jpg|
* 31 years old
* Former Self-Defense Force member}}
{{endBox}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Manga]]
* [[Volume 91-100]]
* [[Detective Conan]]

{{Volumes}}

[[Category:Volumes]]

[[de:Band 93]]

The Strange Family's Request

2018-01-31T16:17:26Z

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| episode = 398-399
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| title = The Strange Family's Request
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| japanese-title = 奇妙な一家の依頼 (Kimyō na Ikka no Irai)
| rating = 12.7% 12.2%
| Manga case number = #138
| season = [[Season 14|14]]
| manga = [[Volume 46#Suspicious Cellphone Case|Volume 46: File 11 (479)]] ~ [[Volume 47#Suspicious Cellphone Case|Volume 47: File 3 (482)]]
| airdate = May 16, 2005 (Part 1) May 23, 2005 (Part 2)
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| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[The Boss of the Black Organization|The Boss]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]]
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| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]]
| next-conan-hint = Cell phone lock (Part 1) The event from 12 years ago (Part 2)
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| organizer = 398 [[Yuzo Aoki]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| storyboard = 398 [[Yuzo Aoki]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| producer = 398 [[Minoru Tozawa]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| animation-director = 398 [[Rei Masunaga]] 399 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Kazuko Yanaga]] as Tomoko Kariya [[Koichi Kitamura]] as Daisaku Kariya [[Shouzou Iizuka]] as Tsugutaka Kariya [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] as Eisuke Kariya [[Yukari Honma]] as Motoka Aida [[Tomohiro Nishimura]] as Shigehide Kariya
| opening-song = Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
| closing-song = June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~
| prev-episode = Hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup
| next-episode = Ran's Suspicions
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (in Ran's thought)}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Renya Karasuma|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=Renya Karasuma (silhouette/background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Part 1 ====
Ran sends a message to Shinichi's phone only to find Conan's phone has also received the message causing her to suspect Conan of being Shinichi. A woman named Tomoko Kariya hires Kogoro to search for her cellphone which contains messages of her affair. She attempted to call her phone and someone always hangs it up. She suspects that her either her father-in-law, brother-in-law, or husband has her phone. After questioning the three, Tomoko shows up with her phone, saying that she has found it on her own and sends Kogoro away promising to pay for his time. While heading home, Conan learns from the news that Tomoko was found dead in her car after being stabbed and bludgeoned.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP398-399_Case_1.jpg
| location = Temuzu River
| victim = Tomoko Kariya
| age = 39 Years old
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Daisaku Kariya, Shigehide Kariya, and Tsugutaka Kariya
| description = Was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head, same as a case 12 years earlier.
}}

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan return to the Kariya home with the police to investigate. The three have established alibis: The father was heard behind the shōji, the brother's shadow was seen by the shōji, and the husband's pipe smoking was smelt. After ruling out the man having an affair with Tomoko, the police's investigation leads them to believe the case is somehow related to a murder twelve years ago which was done by Eisuke Kariya, the third family son who disappeared after being suspected for the murder of his fiancé.
The man, who Tomoko had an affair with, turns out to have an alibi.
Strange things had been happening in the house lately. An old friend of Eisuke had called Tomoko, to ask about phone calls he has been getting from her cellphone.
With Conan's help the police concluded that the thief, who took the phone, must have been someone who wouldn't be disturb for a long time, which is needed to figure out the password to the phone.

==== Part 2 ====
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder (Past)
| image = EP398-399_Case_2.jpg
| location = Phone-booth
| victim = Motoka Aida
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Eisuke Kariya
| description = Was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head 12 years ago. Her fiancé Eisuke disappeared and has not yet been found.
}}
The maids reveal that 12 years ago, Eisuke called the family, asking to let Motoka stay for the night, since she miss her train, but his father Daisaku began yell at Motoka in the phone, accusing her of being unfaithful. No one knows how he found out about it, but Daisaku is very strict about infidelity, because his wife had been unfaithful to him, which resulted in a divorce.
The maids tells the police that Tsugutaka gets really upset about the doorbell pranks and of phone call prank, but strangely there is no call in the log. That get Conan thinking. He asks Ran if she had send a message. When Ran, in suspicious mode, says yes, Conan asks if she check the number before sending it. Ran says that she didn't need to check, since she was just resending the message she send this morning, but as she takes out her phone to and realize that she actually send a message to a completely different address, and Conan realize how Tomoko was able to find her phone.
Conan reveals that the person who has the cellphone is obviously inexperienced with one. Since cellphones weren't popularized until a decade ago, the one who had the phone is Eisuke. Conan reveals that one of the three is hiding Eisuke.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Tomoko Kariya|Tomoko Kiriya.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 39 years old
* Kogoro Mouri's client
* Married to Tsugutaka}}
{{People|Daisaku Kariya|Daisaku Kiriya.jpg|
* 68 years old
* Head of Kariya household}}
{{People|Shigehide Kariya|Shigehide Kiriya.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Kariya's second son
* Author}}
{{People|Tsugutaka Kariya|Tsugutaka Kiriya.jpg|
* 42 years old
* Kariya's eldest son
* Married to Tomoko
* Artist}}
{{People|Eisuke Kariya|Eisuke Kiriya.jpg|
* Kariya's third son
* Missing}}
{{EndBox}}
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Motoka Aida|EP397 Fiancée.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Eisuke's fiancée}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
The police rule out the father and husband leaving '''Shigehide Kariya''', the brother-in-law, as their suspect. Conan points to the fact that Shigehide's books were old fashion and lacked cellphones raising the possibility that Eisuke is the one writing the novels for him. Eisuke reveals himself and confesses to stabbing his fiancée twelve years ago after learning of her affair. The police reveal that the fiancée was also bludgeoned to death, meaning Shigehide finished her off. Shigehide was the one who Mokota was having an affair with. And since the affair took place in the family, it was discovered by Daisaku, who never leaves the house. Shigehide demands evidence, but Ran has an ace in hole. When they were at the house earlier Tomoko had borrowed Ran's cellphone. She found her own phone by sending a message to herself instead of calling. And Eisuke didn't know how to turn off the sound, so Tomoko managed to find the phone and ''him''. So when Ran tried to resend her message to Shinichi she ended up resend Tomoko's message to her own phone, since it was the most recent message on the phone, more recent than Ran's message to Shinichi, and Ran didn't look before pressing 'Send'. With that Ran manages to lead the police to Tomoko's phone that Shigehide had hidden in his room. After finding Tomoko's phone and the knife used in the crime, they have the evidence to the murder. The wife had made her ringtone for incoming calls sound like the house phone and made the ringtone for incoming message sound like the door bell, so she could hide the calls and messages she was getting from her lover. That was the reason behind those 'door bell pranks' and 'phone call pranks' in the house. Whenever her phone rang or got a message, the house maids would think it was really the door bell or the house phone. Shigehide confesses and reveals that twelve years ago, he was having an affair with Eisuke's fiancée and bludgeoned her when she told him she only intended to marry one of them for the money. As for Tomoko, she discovered Eisuke when she found her phone and used that information to blackmail Shigehide for murder and thus motivated his murder. Later that night, Ran grabs a hold of Conan's phone when he drops it in the car and checks to see the message she sent to Shinichi is there.
</spoiler>

==Trivia==
* Tomoko Kariya Car is a Red 2001 Honda Fit (Honda Jazz) [GD].

== Manga to anime changes ==
* The scene of Ran's imagination of Shinichi and his "secret girlfriend" is changed to avoid sexual content. Also, the anime cut out the part at the Temuzu River.
* The anime doesn't include a moment during the car ride home in the end of the case, where Ran suggest that maybe Tomoko's husband had known about his wife having an affair, since he always got in a bad mood, whenever those 'pranks' happened.

== BGM listing ==
=== Part 1 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|星のかがやきよ|Hoshi no Kagayaki yo|The Brilliance of the Stars|[[Hoshi no Kagayaki yo]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ワインをのんで|Wain o Nonde|Drinking Wine|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|陽気な仲間|Yōki na Nakama|Cheerful Friends|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased BGM 15)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|事件解決（意気揚々ver.）|Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)|Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|事件現場（謎ver.）|Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)|Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|事件解明（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)|Case Clarification (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～|Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~|June Bride ~Only You I See~|[[June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 2 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|星のかがやきよ|Hoshi no Kagayaki yo|The Brilliance of the Stars|[[Hoshi no Kagayaki yo]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|犯人（スナイパー）の正体|Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai|The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|捜査会議|Sōsa Kaigi|Investigation Meeting|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|小さな巨人|Chiisana Kyojin|A Small Great Person|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|小さな巨人|Chiisana Kyojin|A Small Great Person|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|ジャック・ザ・リッパーの生い立ち|Jakku・Za・Rippā no Oitachi|Jack the Ripper's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|コナン組曲－Captured In Her Eyes|Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes|Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|それいけコナン（哀愁ヴァージョン）|Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)|Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～|Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~|June Bride ~Only You I See~|[[June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Image:BossBlackshadow4.jpeg|Conan visualized [[Renya Karasuma]] as a normal criminal silhouette along with [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and naked [[Vermouth]]<ref>In the manga version, Conan, Haibara, and [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] imagine often Vermouth naked, whereas the related anime episodes show her always dressed. This is the only time, even if not in the manga.</ref>.
</gallery>

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La strana famiglia|The Strange Family}}
{{EndTable}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Season 14]]

{{Season 14}}

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Animation directed by Rei Masunaga]][[Category:Animation directed by Hirobi Muranaka]]

The Dissonance of the Stradivarius

2018-01-31T16:17:00Z

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{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 385-387
| image = TV Episode 385-387.jpg
| title = The Dissonance of the Stradivarius
| english-title =
| japanese-title = ストラディバリウスの不協和音 (Sutoradibariusu no Fukyouwaon)
| rating = 12.3% 12.4% 12.9%
| Manga case number = #136
| season = [[Season 13|13]]
| manga = [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|Volume 46: Files 2-6 (470-474)]]
| airdate = January 24, 2005 (Prelude) January 31, 2005 (Interlude) February 7, 2005 (Postlude)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Officer Tome]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Kudo]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Misao Yamamura]] [[The Boss of the Black Organization|The Boss]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]] [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Masaharu Motoyama]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Requiem (Prelude) Initial (Interlude) Perfect pitch (Postlude)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Toshihiko Nakajima]] as [[Officer Tome]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Mari Yokoo]] as Benio Tsumagari [[Kaoru Morota]] as Hasuki Shitara [[Takaya Hashi]] as Genzaburo Shitara [[Koichi Yamadera]] as [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Yumi Nakatani]] as Ayane Shitara [[Chikao Ohtsuka]] as Choichiro Shitara [[Yuko Kinoshita]] as Emi Shitara
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| storyboard = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| producer = 385 [[Nana Harada]] 386 [[Rokou Ogiwara]] 387 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]]
| animation-director = 385 [[Atsushi Aono]] 386 [[Akira Watanabe]] 387 [[Sayuri Sugifuji]]
| opening-song = START
| closing-song = Wasurezaki
| prev-episode = The Target is Kogoro Mouri
| next-episode = Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kyosuke Haga]]|image = Kyosuke Haga.jpg|description =
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Officer Tome}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Misao Yamamura|display=Misao Yamamura (background)}}
{{Char|Renya Karasuma|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=Renya Karasuma (silhouette/background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Masaharu Motoyama|display=Masaharu Motoyama (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Prelude ====
Conan Edogawa tries to figure out the phone number to the boss of the Black Organization. Mouri is invited by a granddaughter of a rich household to solve these mysterious accidents that happen whenever someone tries to play a Stradivarius for her grandfather on his birthday. Four incidents have happened on that day already and it is about to come up again.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Robbery - Murder (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past1.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Danjiro Shitara
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Robbers
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past2.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Emi Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past3.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Furuto Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

Later a fire occurs and a man is burned to death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident?
| image = EP385-387a_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Genzaburo Shitara
| age = 60 Years old
| cause-death = Burning
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}

==== Interlude ====
It is revealed that the house hold are killed off one by one in the order of the C Concert scale. The grandmother of the house was revealed to be emotionally shocked after the death of her son; Every midnight, she would leave her room carrying the Stradivarius like a child. That night, she breaks the violin, and falls out of the window.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide?
| image = EP385-387b_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Ayane Shitara
| age = 68 Years old
| cause-death = Fell from high building
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}
It was revealed the culprit taped up an object to lure her to the window where she would fall to her doom.

==== Postlude ====
Conan figures out the object was the real Stradivarius that lured the grandmother to fall to her death.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Benio Tsumagari|Benio Tsumagari.jpg|
* 54 years old
* Shitara family butler}}
{{People|Hasuki Shitara|Hasuki Shitara.jpg|
* 23 years old
* Choichiro's granddaughter}}
{{People|Genzaburo Shitara|Genzaburo Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (burned)
* 60 years old
* Shitara family's third son}}
{{People|Kyosuke Haga|Kyosuke Haga.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{People|Ayane Shitara|Ayane Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 68 years old
* Choichiro's wife}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Choichiro Shitara|Choichiro Shitara.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Head of the Shitara family}}
{{People|Danjiro Shitara|Danchiro Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Kyosuke's father
* Shitara family's second son }}
{{People|Chinami Shitara|Chinami Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Danjiro's wife
* Kyosuke's mother}}
{{People|Emi Shitara|Emi Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Genzaburo's wife}}
{{People|Furuto Shitara|Furuto Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Hasuki's father}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveals the culprit to be '''Kyosuke Haga''' who murdered both Genzaburo and Ayane at that day. He murdered Genzaburo by starting the fire using a cigarette, and it was revealed that the door was not locked and Kyosuke pretends that it is locked when he tries to open the door. Kyosuke locked the door stealthily while Conan and the others are focused to the fire inside Genzaburo's room. The evidence was found at the lock plate, as only the top part is bent, meaning when the group tries to broke into the room it wasn't locked.

He murdered Ayane by switching the real and fake Stradivarius. When Ayane breaks the fake violin, she heard the music Kyosuke played downstairs. Kyosuke has reserved a violin that is hanged on the window using Genzaburo's command stick that is sticked to the window causing Ayane to think it is the real Stradivarius. She merely wants to grab it, but she fails and fell from the window resulting in her death. The evidence can be found as near Ayane's body, there are the bridge from the violin, and a part of the command's stick. It was also revealed that Kyosuke saved Ayane out of the fire because he doesn't want Genzaburo and Ayane die together in the fire.

Kyosuke reveals that the Stradivarius was originally from his branch of the family. One day, the Kyosuke's father was asked by his brother, Choichiro, to borrow the Stradivarius. He then attempts to to send back a replica to Kyosuke's father, but was found out. In an argument, Kyosuke's father falls down the stairs. Choichiro orders his family to not call the ambulance and to staged it as robbery. He even went as far to murder Chinami to silence her. This is the cause of Kyosuke's father's death. Kyosuke know all the truth from Emi two days ago shortly before her accident. Kyosuke then decided to take his revenge and killed Furuto the year after. When it was clear that Choichiro didn't have long to live, he decided to hurry up the killings. But he wanted Hasuki to own the Stradivarus as a gift to one who like himself lost a father. As Kyosuke is taken away, he is a composer who has the perfect pitch so Conan asks him the tune of a song from the cellphone numbers and finds out the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] of the [[Black Organization]]'s number is the song "[[Nanatsu no Ko]]".
</spoiler>

== BGM listing ==
=== Part 1 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|阿笠博士のテーマ|Agasa Hakase no Tēma|Professor Agasa's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|のんびり気分（アナザーver.）|Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)|Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|テーブルの下に爆弾～急げ|Tēburu no Shita ni Bakudan ~ Isoge|Bomb Under the Table ~ Hurry|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|サスペンス～危機感|Sasupensu ~ Kikikan|Suspense ~ Impending Crisis|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|行き止まり|Ikidomari|Dead End|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 2 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|謎解き（その２）|Nazotoki (Sono 2)|Riddle Solution (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|犯人（スナイパー）の正体|Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai|The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 3 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki|Assassin's Theme - Sniping|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|陰謀（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)|Conspiracy (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|シンドラーのサスペンス|Shindorā no Sasupensu|Schindler's Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|蘭のテーマ（優しさver.）|Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.)|Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Ano_Kata.JPG|[[Renya Karasuma]] along with [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and [[Vermouth]]
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* In the manga, Emi's fall upturned but in the anime she fall in reverse position.
In the manga, Kyousuke only mentioned Aunt Emi dying the way his father did. While in the anime, it's shown she fell down the stairs when ran out of the room after revealing what happened 30 years ago to Kyousuke.

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La maledizione del violino|The Violin's Curse}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 13]]

{{Season 13}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akira Watanabe]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Sayuri Sugifuji]]

[[de:Fall 136]]

Volume 46

2018-01-31T16:16:30Z

Kansuke: /* Cast */

{{InfoBox Volume
| volume = 46
| image = Volume 46.jpg
| releasedate = July 16, 2004
| isbn = 4-09-126416-6
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate = April 9, 2013
| english-isbn = 1-4215-3612-9
| english-publisher = [[Viz Media]]
| detective = [[Dr. Gideon Fell]]
| keyhole = [[Kyosuke Haga]]
| prev-volume = Volume 45
| next-volume = Volume 47
| footnotes =
}}
Volume 46 was released on July 16, 2004 in Japan.

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Misao Yamamura}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Kaitou Kid}}
{{Char|Renya Karasuma|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=Renya Karasuma (silhouette/background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Masaharu Motoyama|display=Masaharu Motoyama (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
}}

== Cigarette Message Case ==
{{ref anime|374-375|A Code of Stars and Tobacco}}

=== File 469 - The Stars Know Everything ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Etsuko Nonomiya|Etsuko Nonomiya manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Inn guest}}
{{People|Ryoji Amatsuchi|Ryoji Amatsuchi manga.jpg|
* 34 years old
* Pension owner}}
{{People|Hajime Futagawa|Hajime Futagawa manga.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 35 years old
* Inn guest}}
{{People|Heihachi Mikami|Heihachi Mikami manga.jpg|
* 43 years old
* Inn guest}}
{{People|Asao Kono|Asao Kono manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Etsuko's boyfriend}}
{{EndBox}}

== Stradivarius Murder Case ==
{{ref anime|385-387|The Dissonance of the Stradivarius}}

=== Characters introduced ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kyosuke Haga]]|image = Kyosuke Haga.jpg|description =
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{EndBox}}

=== File 470 - Prelude ===
[[File:BossBlackshadow2.jpg|thumb|right|Conan visualized [[Renya Karasuma]] as a big [["The Criminal"|criminal silhouette]] along with Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth.]]

=== File 471 - Capriccio ===

=== File 472 - Requiem ===

=== File 473 - Impromptu ===

=== File 474 - Fantasia ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveals the culprit to be '''Kyosuke Haga'''. As Kyosuke is taken away, he is a composer who has the perfect pitch so Conan asks him the tune of a song from the cellphone numbers and finds out the Boss of the Black Organization's number is the song "Nanatsu no Ko".
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Benio Tsumagari|Benio Tsumagari manga.jpg|
* 54 years old
* Shitara family butler}}
{{People|Hasuki Shitara|Hasuki Shitara manga.jpg|
* 23 years old
* Choichiro's granddaughter}}
{{People|Genzaburo Shitara|Genzaburo Shitara manga.jpg|
* Victim (burned)
* 60 years old
* Shitara family's third son}}
{{People|Kyosuke Haga|Kyosuke Haga manga.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{People|Ayane Shitara|Ayane Shitara manga.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 68 years old
* Choichiro's wife}}
{{People|Choichiro Shitara|Choichiro Shitara manga.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Head of the Shitara family}}
{{People|Danjiro Shitara|Danchiro Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Kyosuke's father
* Shitara family's second son}}
{{People|Chinami Shitara|Chinami Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Danjiro's wife
* Kyosuke's mother}}
{{People|Emi Shitara|Emi Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Genzaburo's wife}}
{{People|Furuto Shitara|Furuto Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Hasuki's father}}
{{EndBox}}

== Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments ==
{{ref anime|394-396|Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion}}

=== Characters introduced ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Samizu Kichiemon]]|image = Samizu Kichiemon.jpg|description =
* A long-deceased doll maker who worked during the Bakumatsu era}}
{{EndBox}}

=== File 475 - Seal ===

=== File 476 - Trick ===

=== File 477 - Sacred Treasure ===

=== File 478 - Immortal ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Teruhisa Tamai|Teruhisa Tamai manga.jpg|
* Victim (strangled)
* 42 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{People|Unzo Suto|Unzo Suto manga.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{People|Sarina Akutsu|Sarina Akutsu manga.jpg|
* 29 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{People|Eri Senju|Eri Senju manga.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{EndBox}}

== Suspicious Cellphone Case ==
{{ref anime|398-400|The Strange Family's Request|Ran's Suspicions}}

=== File 479 - The Suspicious Message ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Tomoko Kariya|Tomoko Kariya manga.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 39 years old
* Kogoro Mouri's client
* Married to Tsugutaka}}
{{People|Daisaku Kariya|Daisaku Kariya manga.jpg|
* 68 years old
* Head of Kariya household}}
{{People|Shigehide Kariya|Shigehide Kariya manga.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Kariya's second son
* Author}}
{{People|Tsugutaka Kariya|Tsugutaka Kariya manga.jpg|
* 42 years old
* Kariya's eldest son
* Married to Tomoko
* Artist}}
{{People|Eisuke Kariya|Eisuke Kariya manga.jpg|
* Kariya's third son
* Missing}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Motoka Aida|Motoka Aida manga.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Eisuke's fiancé}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cover in other countries ==
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46cc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|China]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46fi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Finland]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46f.jpg|150px|thumb|left|France]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46ce.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Hong Kong]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46bi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Indonesia]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46k.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Korea]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46ct.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46m.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Malay)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46cw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rep. of China (Taiwan)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46sw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Sweden]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46th.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Thailand]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46e.jpg|150px|thumb|left|United States]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
{{clearleft}}

== See also ==
*[[Manga]]
* [[Volume 41-50]]
* [[Detective Conan]]

{{Volumes}}
{{Kaitou Kid}}

[[Category:Volumes]]
[[de:Band 46]]

Special Volume 26

2018-01-31T16:15:42Z

Kansuke: /* Cast */

{{InfoBox SpecialVolume
| volume = 26
| image = Specialvolume26.jpg
| releasedate = December 24, 2005
| originalwork = [[Gosho Aoyama]]
| manga = [[Yutaka Abe]], [[Denjiro Maru]], [[Takahisa Taira]]
| isbn = 4-09-140079-5
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| prev-volume = Special Volume 25
| next-volume = Special Volume 27
| footnotes =
}}
'''Special Volume 26''' was released on December 24, 2005 in Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koware.net/data_room/b_tokubetsuhen_data/tokubetsu_top.htm|date=|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Koware Site Detective Conan Branch|title=名探偵コナン特別編コミックス}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://conan.aga-search.com/501-33-3tokubetsuhen.html|date=|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Mouri Kogoro Detective Agency|title=名探偵コナン特別編コミックリス}}</ref>, and is the first case about the [[Black Organization]].

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Arrack]]|image = Arrack.jpg|description =
* Member of the [[Black Organization]]
* Singer}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Generic]]|image = Generic.jpg|description =
* Member of the Black Organization
* Scientist}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Hiroshi Agasa (background)}}
{{Char|Shiho Miyano|display=Shiho Miyano (flashback)}}
{{Char|Renya Karasuma|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=Renya Karasuma (silhouette/background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Elasticity Suspenders}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
}}

== The Code from 30 Years Ago ==

=== File 1 - Part 1 ===

=== File 2 - Part 2 ===

=== People ===

== Wish Upon a Dove... ==

=== File 3 - Part 1 ===
{{InfoBox Crime
|crime = Robbery & Murder
|location = Bank
|victim = Bank employee
|cause-death = Gunshot wound
|suspects = Two Robberys
|suspects-label = Culprit
}}

=== File 4 - Part 2 ===

=== People ===

== The Creeping Evil's Hand ==

=== File 5 - Part 1 ===
{{InfoBox Crime
|crime = Attack (Past)
|location = Hospital
|victim = Haruka Fuyuno
|suspects = Daisuke Minamiyama and Hudeki Toyama
}}

=== File 6 - Part 2 ===
{{InfoBox Crime
|crime = Attack
|location = Park
|victim = Mari Teramatsu
|suspects = Daisuke Minamiyama, Hudeki Toyama and Oda
}}

=== People ===

== You're Already Alone ==

=== File 7 - Part 1 ===

=== File 8 - Part 2 ===

=== People ===

== The Wish Put on the Airship ==

=== File 9 - Part 1 ===
{{InfoBox Crime
|crime = Murder (Past)
|victim = Two Minister of Panasunugara
|suspects = [[Arrack]]
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
|crime = Attempted Murder
|victim = [[List of Black Organization related characters#Latoona|Latoona]]
|suspects = Arrack
}}

=== File 10 - Part 2 ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|[[List of Black Organization related characters#Latoona|Latoona]]|Latoona.jpg|
* Victim (saved)
* Princess of Panasunugara}}
{{People|Rahman|Rahman.jpg|
* Latoona's vallet}}
{{People|[[Arrack|Amylin]]|Arrack.jpg|
* Singer}}
{{People|[[List of Black Organization related characters#Yakub|Yakub]]|Yakub.jpg|
* Latoona's uncle}}
{{People|Captain|Captan.jpg|
* Airship's captain}}
{{EndBox}}

<spoiler>
'''Amylin''' is revealed to be '''Arrack'''.

{{InfoBox Crime
|crime = Threat
|victim = [[Ai Haibara]]
|victim-label = Hostage
|suspects = [[Arrack]]
|suspects-label = Culprit
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
|crime = Suicide
|victim = [[Arrack]]
|cause-death = Poison
}}
</spoiler>

== The Black Organization...Revealed ==

=== File 11 - Part 1 ===

An unknown member of Black Organization discovers Haibara's secret identity as Sherry, and threatens her with a letter. Haibara is shocked, but Conan calms her down and tries to track who send the letter using the security camera. Strangely, they could not find any such member. For the time being, Conan and the Detective Boys constantly guard Haibara.

Haibara recalls her memory at the time she was working for Black Organization. From there, Haibara and Conan conclude the only possible person having knowledge about that is Black Organization member Generic, who has knowledge about APTX 4869 and works together with Sherry in a few times.

Despite that, Haibara was still kidnapped.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Kidnapping
| image =
| location = Teitan Elementary School
| victim = Haibara Ai
| suspects = Black Organization
| description = The member captures Haibara when the Detective Boys lower their guards.
}}

=== File 12 - Part 2 ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|[[Generic|Honda]]|Generic.jpg|
* Teitan Elementry student
* Class 1-A}}
{{People|Mr Honda|Mr Honda.jpg|
}}
{{People|Mrs. Honda|Mrs Honda.jpg|
}}
{{EndBox}}

<spoiler>
'''Honda''' is revealed to be '''Generic'''. It turns out he escapes the Black Organization using the same method as Sherry. Along the way, Generic develops a mind control drug and a memory erasure drug. Using the mind control drug, he alters the thinking of a couple whose their son died and takes over the role as their surrogate son. He researches on the effect of APTX 4869, in which he finds Haibara as Sherry in the shrunken form, and kidnaps Haibara on the way.

Honda confesses to Haibara, hoping they could be together and escape the Black Organization. When Haibara objects, saying she will fight the Black Organization, Honda threatens her and Conan with the memory erasure drug. However, Genta shoots a slingshot to Honda, causing the drug backfire on Honda.

In the end, Conan and Haibara forgive Honda, hoping he could find peace with his new childhood life.
</spoiler>

== Cover in other countries ==
<div class="left">[[File:Special26v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
{{clear}}

== See also ==
* [[Detective Conan Special]]
* [[Special Volume 21-30]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Special Volume 35]]

{{Special Volumes}}
{{Black Organization}}

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Detective Conan Special]][[Category:Black Organization]]

Kiyonaga Matsumoto

2018-01-31T16:11:17Z

Kansuke: /* Non-Canon Plot Overview */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kiyonaga Matsumoto
| japanese-name = 松本清長 (Matsumoto Kiyonaga)
| english-name = Kristopher McLaughlin
| image = Kiyonaga Matsumoto Profile.jpg
| age = 54
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = Unnamed wife (deceased) Sayuri Matsumoto (daughter) Toshihiko Takasugi (son-in-law)
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_8#Poisoned_Bride_Case|File 78]] Anime: [[A June Bride Murder Case|Episode 18]]
| appearances = {{:Kiyonaga Matsumoto Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 64]]
| japanese-voice = [[Seizo Kato]]
| english-voice = [[Bob Carter]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|松本清長|Matsumoto Kiyonaga}}''', known as '''Kristopher McLaughlin''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
At the beginning of the series Matsumoto was a superintendent (Rank 5) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department<ref name=PoliceRanks>http://forums.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=6114.0</ref><ref>Volume 8, File 8, Page 9; File 78</ref>, and [[Juzo Megure]]'s superior, often giving him specific instructions on very dangerous cases. Sometimes, Megure puts his plan through to Matsumoto first, and then sees what he has to say about it. Recently however, Matsumoto's rank has increased and [[Hyoue Kuroda]] took his place.

Matsumoto got the scar over his left eye from his chasing a serial killer fifteen years ago who wounded him with a katana slash, a case that remained unsolved until Conan helped unravel it and enabled the killer's arrest.<ref>Manga Chapter 667: Scar and Ginger Case</ref> He was married, but his wife died at some unspecified point in the past.

Matsumoto first appears during the wedding of his only daughter, Sayuri (dub name Catherine McLaughlin), who used to be [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi's]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran’s]], and [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko's]] music teacher in middle school, all three of them having been also invited to the wedding (though Shinichi had to attend as [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], obviously). When his daughter fell victim to a poisoning attack, a sad case was revealed in which the groom attempted to avenge his mother's death by Matsumoto's negligence. But unexpectedly, the case did take several good turns in the end, and Matsumoto ended up with the victim of his past mistake and would-be-murderer of his daughter as his son-in-law.<ref>Manga Chapter 080: Poisoned Bride Case</ref>

== Personality ==
Although Chief Matsumoto looks to be a stern, harsh, brute man, he can be a very kind and gentle person, only getting very angry when a loved one is put in danger. However, his demeanor changes to complete seriousness and professionalism while at work. When one of his people is put in danger, he gets very serious on getting them back.

==Appellations==
<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Kiyonaga}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Managing Officer Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-kanrikan'') Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref> Superintendent (''Keishi'')<ref name="ep18">[[a June Bride Murder Case|Episode 18: A June Bride Murder Case]]</ref>|Megure}}

{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')|Takagi<ref name="m13" /> Takagi Wataru}}

{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')|Sato<ref name="m13" />}}

{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')<ref name="m13" />|Shiratori}}

{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')|Chiba}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Senior Superintendent Matsumoto Kiyonaga (''Matsumoto Kiyonaga-keishisei'')}}

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

{{appellations|Officer Tome|Superintendent (''Keishi'')<ref name="ep18" />}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Family">
{{appellations/head|Kiyonaga}}
{{appellations|file=Sayuri Matsumoto.jpg|Matsumoto family{{!}}Sayuri Takasugi|Dad (''Tōsan'')<ref name="ep18" /> My father (''watashi no chichi'')<ref name="ep18" />|Sayuri<ref name="ep18" /> Daughter (''musume'')<ref name="ep18" />}}

{{appellations|file=Toshihiko Takasugi.jpg|Matsumoto family{{!}}Toshihiko Takasugi|-|That man (''ano otoko'')<ref name="ep18" />}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{appellations/head|Kiyonaga}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Superintendent Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-keishi'') Superintendent-san (''Keishi-san'')<ref name="ep18" />|That kid (''sono ko'')<ref name="ep18" />}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|-|Kudo<ref name="m13" /> Kudo Shinichi-kun}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Superintendent Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-keishi'')<ref name="m13" />}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Superintendent Matsumoto-dono (''Matsumoto-keishi-dono'') Superintendent-dono (''Keishi-dono'') Superintendent Matsumoto Kiyonaga (''Matsumoto Kiyonaga-keishi'')<ref name="m13" />|Mouri<ref name="m13" /> Mouri-kun<ref name="m13" />}}

{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Superintendent Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-keishi'')<ref name="ep18" /> Superintendent (''Keishi'')<ref name="ep18" /> Gorilla (first time)<ref name="ep18" /> Father (''otōsan'')<ref name="ep18" />}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
===Poisoned Bride Case (Manga: [[Volume 8|078-080]], Anime: [[A June Bride Murder Case|18]])===

===Girl Clubbing Case (Manga: [[Volume 29|285-286]], Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]])===

===Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|370-372]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]])===

===Scar and Ginger Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|667-669]], Anime: [[The Scar of First Love|532-533]])===

===Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The New Scar and the Whistling Man|534]]-[[An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit |535]])===

=== A Blog That Causes a Death (Manga: [[Volume 87#A Blog That Causes a Death|920]], Anime: [[The_Actress_Blogger%27s_Locked_Room_Case|815]]) ===

Matsumoto didn't appear in this case, but it was implied by [[Hyoue Kuroda]] (who is now replacing him) that he has been promoted.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
===Movie 13 : [[The Raven Chaser]]===
In the movie ''[[The Raven Chaser]]'', under the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]]' orders, Matsumoto's identity was used by [[Irish]], a former [[Black Organization]] member, who subsequently got killed by [[Chianti]].<ref name=Movie13>[[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13: The Raven Chaser]].</ref>

== Relationships analysis ==

===Juzo Megure===

== Name origin ==
His name, '''Kiyonaga Matsumoto''' ({{lang|ja|松本清長}}) comes from [[wikipedia:Seichō Matsumoto|Seichō Matsumoto]] ({{lang|ja|松本清張}}, his real given name is Kiyoharu), a Japanese mystery writer.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kiyonaga Before.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Kiyonaga's "Before" Appearance (Episode 18)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kiyonaga Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Kiyonaga's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 390)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kiyonaga Matsumoto Profile.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Kiyonaga's "After" Appearance (Movie 13)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

== Trivia ==

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Matsumoto family]]

== References ==
<references/>
{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsumoto Kiyonaga}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[de:Kiyonaga Matsumoto]]

Volume 46

2018-01-31T16:10:05Z

Kansuke: /* File 470 - Prelude */

{{InfoBox Volume
| volume = 46
| image = Volume 46.jpg
| releasedate = July 16, 2004
| isbn = 4-09-126416-6
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate = April 9, 2013
| english-isbn = 1-4215-3612-9
| english-publisher = [[Viz Media]]
| detective = [[Dr. Gideon Fell]]
| keyhole = [[Kyosuke Haga]]
| prev-volume = Volume 45
| next-volume = Volume 47
| footnotes =
}}
Volume 46 was released on July 16, 2004 in Japan.

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Misao Yamamura}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Kaitou Kid}}
{{Char|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=The Boss (background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Masaharu Motoyama|display=Masaharu Motoyama (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
}}

== Cigarette Message Case ==
{{ref anime|374-375|A Code of Stars and Tobacco}}

=== File 469 - The Stars Know Everything ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Etsuko Nonomiya|Etsuko Nonomiya manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Inn guest}}
{{People|Ryoji Amatsuchi|Ryoji Amatsuchi manga.jpg|
* 34 years old
* Pension owner}}
{{People|Hajime Futagawa|Hajime Futagawa manga.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 35 years old
* Inn guest}}
{{People|Heihachi Mikami|Heihachi Mikami manga.jpg|
* 43 years old
* Inn guest}}
{{People|Asao Kono|Asao Kono manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Etsuko's boyfriend}}
{{EndBox}}

== Stradivarius Murder Case ==
{{ref anime|385-387|The Dissonance of the Stradivarius}}

=== Characters introduced ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kyosuke Haga]]|image = Kyosuke Haga.jpg|description =
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{EndBox}}

=== File 470 - Prelude ===
[[File:BossBlackshadow2.jpg|thumb|right|Conan visualized [[Renya Karasuma]] as a big [["The Criminal"|criminal silhouette]] along with Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth.]]

=== File 471 - Capriccio ===

=== File 472 - Requiem ===

=== File 473 - Impromptu ===

=== File 474 - Fantasia ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveals the culprit to be '''Kyosuke Haga'''. As Kyosuke is taken away, he is a composer who has the perfect pitch so Conan asks him the tune of a song from the cellphone numbers and finds out the Boss of the Black Organization's number is the song "Nanatsu no Ko".
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Benio Tsumagari|Benio Tsumagari manga.jpg|
* 54 years old
* Shitara family butler}}
{{People|Hasuki Shitara|Hasuki Shitara manga.jpg|
* 23 years old
* Choichiro's granddaughter}}
{{People|Genzaburo Shitara|Genzaburo Shitara manga.jpg|
* Victim (burned)
* 60 years old
* Shitara family's third son}}
{{People|Kyosuke Haga|Kyosuke Haga manga.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{People|Ayane Shitara|Ayane Shitara manga.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 68 years old
* Choichiro's wife}}
{{People|Choichiro Shitara|Choichiro Shitara manga.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Head of the Shitara family}}
{{People|Danjiro Shitara|Danchiro Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Kyosuke's father
* Shitara family's second son}}
{{People|Chinami Shitara|Chinami Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Danjiro's wife
* Kyosuke's mother}}
{{People|Emi Shitara|Emi Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Genzaburo's wife}}
{{People|Furuto Shitara|Furuto Shirata manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Hasuki's father}}
{{EndBox}}

== Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments ==
{{ref anime|394-396|Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion}}

=== Characters introduced ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Samizu Kichiemon]]|image = Samizu Kichiemon.jpg|description =
* A long-deceased doll maker who worked during the Bakumatsu era}}
{{EndBox}}

=== File 475 - Seal ===

=== File 476 - Trick ===

=== File 477 - Sacred Treasure ===

=== File 478 - Immortal ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Teruhisa Tamai|Teruhisa Tamai manga.jpg|
* Victim (strangled)
* 42 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{People|Unzo Suto|Unzo Suto manga.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{People|Sarina Akutsu|Sarina Akutsu manga.jpg|
* 29 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{People|Eri Senju|Eri Senju manga.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Treasure hunter}}
{{EndBox}}

== Suspicious Cellphone Case ==
{{ref anime|398-400|The Strange Family's Request|Ran's Suspicions}}

=== File 479 - The Suspicious Message ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Tomoko Kariya|Tomoko Kariya manga.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 39 years old
* Kogoro Mouri's client
* Married to Tsugutaka}}
{{People|Daisaku Kariya|Daisaku Kariya manga.jpg|
* 68 years old
* Head of Kariya household}}
{{People|Shigehide Kariya|Shigehide Kariya manga.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Kariya's second son
* Author}}
{{People|Tsugutaka Kariya|Tsugutaka Kariya manga.jpg|
* 42 years old
* Kariya's eldest son
* Married to Tomoko
* Artist}}
{{People|Eisuke Kariya|Eisuke Kariya manga.jpg|
* Kariya's third son
* Missing}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Motoka Aida|Motoka Aida manga.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Eisuke's fiancé}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cover in other countries ==
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46cc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|China]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46fi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Finland]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46f.jpg|150px|thumb|left|France]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46ce.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Hong Kong]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46bi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Indonesia]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46k.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Korea]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46ct.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46m.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Malay)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46cw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rep. of China (Taiwan)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46sw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Sweden]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46th.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Thailand]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46e.jpg|150px|thumb|left|United States]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume46v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
{{clearleft}}

== See also ==
*[[Manga]]
* [[Volume 41-50]]
* [[Detective Conan]]

{{Volumes}}
{{Kaitou Kid}}

[[Category:Volumes]]
[[de:Band 46]]

The Strange Family's Request

2018-01-31T16:09:42Z

Kansuke: /* Gallery */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 398-399
| image = TV Episode 398-399.jpg
| title = The Strange Family's Request
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 奇妙な一家の依頼 (Kimyō na Ikka no Irai)
| rating = 12.7% 12.2%
| Manga case number = #138
| season = [[Season 14|14]]
| manga = [[Volume 46#Suspicious Cellphone Case|Volume 46: File 11 (479)]] ~ [[Volume 47#Suspicious Cellphone Case|Volume 47: File 3 (482)]]
| airdate = May 16, 2005 (Part 1) May 23, 2005 (Part 2)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[The Boss of the Black Organization|The Boss]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]]
| next-conan-hint = Cell phone lock (Part 1) The event from 12 years ago (Part 2)
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = 398 [[Yuzo Aoki]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| storyboard = 398 [[Yuzo Aoki]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| producer = 398 [[Minoru Tozawa]] 399 [[Rokou Ogiwara]]
| animation-director = 398 [[Rei Masunaga]] 399 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Kazuko Yanaga]] as Tomoko Kariya [[Koichi Kitamura]] as Daisaku Kariya [[Shouzou Iizuka]] as Tsugutaka Kariya [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] as Eisuke Kariya [[Yukari Honma]] as Motoka Aida [[Tomohiro Nishimura]] as Shigehide Kariya
| opening-song = Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
| closing-song = June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~
| prev-episode = Hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup
| next-episode = Ran's Suspicions
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (in Ran's thought)}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=The Boss (background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Part 1 ====
Ran sends a message to Shinichi's phone only to find Conan's phone has also received the message causing her to suspect Conan of being Shinichi. A woman named Tomoko Kariya hires Kogoro to search for her cellphone which contains messages of her affair. She attempted to call her phone and someone always hangs it up. She suspects that her either her father-in-law, brother-in-law, or husband has her phone. After questioning the three, Tomoko shows up with her phone, saying that she has found it on her own and sends Kogoro away promising to pay for his time. While heading home, Conan learns from the news that Tomoko was found dead in her car after being stabbed and bludgeoned.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP398-399_Case_1.jpg
| location = Temuzu River
| victim = Tomoko Kariya
| age = 39 Years old
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Daisaku Kariya, Shigehide Kariya, and Tsugutaka Kariya
| description = Was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head, same as a case 12 years earlier.
}}

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan return to the Kariya home with the police to investigate. The three have established alibis: The father was heard behind the shōji, the brother's shadow was seen by the shōji, and the husband's pipe smoking was smelt. After ruling out the man having an affair with Tomoko, the police's investigation leads them to believe the case is somehow related to a murder twelve years ago which was done by Eisuke Kariya, the third family son who disappeared after being suspected for the murder of his fiancé.
The man, who Tomoko had an affair with, turns out to have an alibi.
Strange things had been happening in the house lately. An old friend of Eisuke had called Tomoko, to ask about phone calls he has been getting from her cellphone.
With Conan's help the police concluded that the thief, who took the phone, must have been someone who wouldn't be disturb for a long time, which is needed to figure out the password to the phone.

==== Part 2 ====
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder (Past)
| image = EP398-399_Case_2.jpg
| location = Phone-booth
| victim = Motoka Aida
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Eisuke Kariya
| description = Was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head 12 years ago. Her fiancé Eisuke disappeared and has not yet been found.
}}
The maids reveal that 12 years ago, Eisuke called the family, asking to let Motoka stay for the night, since she miss her train, but his father Daisaku began yell at Motoka in the phone, accusing her of being unfaithful. No one knows how he found out about it, but Daisaku is very strict about infidelity, because his wife had been unfaithful to him, which resulted in a divorce.
The maids tells the police that Tsugutaka gets really upset about the doorbell pranks and of phone call prank, but strangely there is no call in the log. That get Conan thinking. He asks Ran if she had send a message. When Ran, in suspicious mode, says yes, Conan asks if she check the number before sending it. Ran says that she didn't need to check, since she was just resending the message she send this morning, but as she takes out her phone to and realize that she actually send a message to a completely different address, and Conan realize how Tomoko was able to find her phone.
Conan reveals that the person who has the cellphone is obviously inexperienced with one. Since cellphones weren't popularized until a decade ago, the one who had the phone is Eisuke. Conan reveals that one of the three is hiding Eisuke.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Tomoko Kariya|Tomoko Kiriya.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 39 years old
* Kogoro Mouri's client
* Married to Tsugutaka}}
{{People|Daisaku Kariya|Daisaku Kiriya.jpg|
* 68 years old
* Head of Kariya household}}
{{People|Shigehide Kariya|Shigehide Kiriya.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Kariya's second son
* Author}}
{{People|Tsugutaka Kariya|Tsugutaka Kiriya.jpg|
* 42 years old
* Kariya's eldest son
* Married to Tomoko
* Artist}}
{{People|Eisuke Kariya|Eisuke Kiriya.jpg|
* Kariya's third son
* Missing}}
{{EndBox}}
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Motoka Aida|EP397 Fiancée.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Eisuke's fiancée}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
The police rule out the father and husband leaving '''Shigehide Kariya''', the brother-in-law, as their suspect. Conan points to the fact that Shigehide's books were old fashion and lacked cellphones raising the possibility that Eisuke is the one writing the novels for him. Eisuke reveals himself and confesses to stabbing his fiancée twelve years ago after learning of her affair. The police reveal that the fiancée was also bludgeoned to death, meaning Shigehide finished her off. Shigehide was the one who Mokota was having an affair with. And since the affair took place in the family, it was discovered by Daisaku, who never leaves the house. Shigehide demands evidence, but Ran has an ace in hole. When they were at the house earlier Tomoko had borrowed Ran's cellphone. She found her own phone by sending a message to herself instead of calling. And Eisuke didn't know how to turn off the sound, so Tomoko managed to find the phone and ''him''. So when Ran tried to resend her message to Shinichi she ended up resend Tomoko's message to her own phone, since it was the most recent message on the phone, more recent than Ran's message to Shinichi, and Ran didn't look before pressing 'Send'. With that Ran manages to lead the police to Tomoko's phone that Shigehide had hidden in his room. After finding Tomoko's phone and the knife used in the crime, they have the evidence to the murder. The wife had made her ringtone for incoming calls sound like the house phone and made the ringtone for incoming message sound like the door bell, so she could hide the calls and messages she was getting from her lover. That was the reason behind those 'door bell pranks' and 'phone call pranks' in the house. Whenever her phone rang or got a message, the house maids would think it was really the door bell or the house phone. Shigehide confesses and reveals that twelve years ago, he was having an affair with Eisuke's fiancée and bludgeoned her when she told him she only intended to marry one of them for the money. As for Tomoko, she discovered Eisuke when she found her phone and used that information to blackmail Shigehide for murder and thus motivated his murder. Later that night, Ran grabs a hold of Conan's phone when he drops it in the car and checks to see the message she sent to Shinichi is there.
</spoiler>

==Trivia==
* Tomoko Kariya Car is a Red 2001 Honda Fit (Honda Jazz) [GD].

== Manga to anime changes ==
* The scene of Ran's imagination of Shinichi and his "secret girlfriend" is changed to avoid sexual content. Also, the anime cut out the part at the Temuzu River.
* The anime doesn't include a moment during the car ride home in the end of the case, where Ran suggest that maybe Tomoko's husband had known about his wife having an affair, since he always got in a bad mood, whenever those 'pranks' happened.

== BGM listing ==
=== Part 1 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|星のかがやきよ|Hoshi no Kagayaki yo|The Brilliance of the Stars|[[Hoshi no Kagayaki yo]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ワインをのんで|Wain o Nonde|Drinking Wine|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|陽気な仲間|Yōki na Nakama|Cheerful Friends|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased BGM 15)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|事件解決（意気揚々ver.）|Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)|Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|事件現場（謎ver.）|Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)|Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|事件解明（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)|Case Clarification (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～|Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~|June Bride ~Only You I See~|[[June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 2 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|星のかがやきよ|Hoshi no Kagayaki yo|The Brilliance of the Stars|[[Hoshi no Kagayaki yo]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|犯人（スナイパー）の正体|Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai|The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|捜査会議|Sōsa Kaigi|Investigation Meeting|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|小さな巨人|Chiisana Kyojin|A Small Great Person|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|小さな巨人|Chiisana Kyojin|A Small Great Person|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|ジャック・ザ・リッパーの生い立ち|Jakku・Za・Rippā no Oitachi|Jack the Ripper's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|コナン組曲－Captured In Her Eyes|Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes|Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|それいけコナン（哀愁ヴァージョン）|Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)|Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～|Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~|June Bride ~Only You I See~|[[June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
Image:BossBlackshadow4.jpeg|Conan visualized [[Renya Karasuma]] as a normal criminal silhouette along with [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and naked [[Vermouth]]<ref>In the manga version, Conan, Haibara, and [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] imagine often Vermouth naked, whereas the related anime episodes show her always dressed. This is the only time, even if not in the manga.</ref>.
</gallery>

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La strana famiglia|The Strange Family}}
{{EndTable}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Season 14]]

{{Season 14}}

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Animation directed by Rei Masunaga]][[Category:Animation directed by Hirobi Muranaka]]

The Dissonance of the Stradivarius

2018-01-31T16:09:09Z

Kansuke: /* Gallery */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 385-387
| image = TV Episode 385-387.jpg
| title = The Dissonance of the Stradivarius
| english-title =
| japanese-title = ストラディバリウスの不協和音 (Sutoradibariusu no Fukyouwaon)
| rating = 12.3% 12.4% 12.9%
| Manga case number = #136
| season = [[Season 13|13]]
| manga = [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|Volume 46: Files 2-6 (470-474)]]
| airdate = January 24, 2005 (Prelude) January 31, 2005 (Interlude) February 7, 2005 (Postlude)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Officer Tome]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Kudo]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Misao Yamamura]] [[The Boss of the Black Organization|The Boss]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]] [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Masaharu Motoyama]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Requiem (Prelude) Initial (Interlude) Perfect pitch (Postlude)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Toshihiko Nakajima]] as [[Officer Tome]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Mari Yokoo]] as Benio Tsumagari [[Kaoru Morota]] as Hasuki Shitara [[Takaya Hashi]] as Genzaburo Shitara [[Koichi Yamadera]] as [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Yumi Nakatani]] as Ayane Shitara [[Chikao Ohtsuka]] as Choichiro Shitara [[Yuko Kinoshita]] as Emi Shitara
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| storyboard = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| producer = 385 [[Nana Harada]] 386 [[Rokou Ogiwara]] 387 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]]
| animation-director = 385 [[Atsushi Aono]] 386 [[Akira Watanabe]] 387 [[Sayuri Sugifuji]]
| opening-song = START
| closing-song = Wasurezaki
| prev-episode = The Target is Kogoro Mouri
| next-episode = Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kyosuke Haga]]|image = Kyosuke Haga.jpg|description =
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Officer Tome}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Misao Yamamura|display=Misao Yamamura (background)}}
{{Char|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=The Boss (background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Masaharu Motoyama|display=Masaharu Motoyama (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Prelude ====
Conan Edogawa tries to figure out the phone number to the boss of the Black Organization. Mouri is invited by a granddaughter of a rich household to solve these mysterious accidents that happen whenever someone tries to play a Stradivarius for her grandfather on his birthday. Four incidents have happened on that day already and it is about to come up again.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Robbery - Murder (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past1.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Danjiro Shitara
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Robbers
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past2.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Emi Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past3.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Furuto Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

Later a fire occurs and a man is burned to death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident?
| image = EP385-387a_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Genzaburo Shitara
| age = 60 Years old
| cause-death = Burning
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}

==== Interlude ====
It is revealed that the house hold are killed off one by one in the order of the C Concert scale. The grandmother of the house was revealed to be emotionally shocked after the death of her son; Every midnight, she would leave her room carrying the Stradivarius like a child. That night, she breaks the violin, and falls out of the window.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide?
| image = EP385-387b_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Ayane Shitara
| age = 68 Years old
| cause-death = Fell from high building
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}
It was revealed the culprit taped up an object to lure her to the window where she would fall to her doom.

==== Postlude ====
Conan figures out the object was the real Stradivarius that lured the grandmother to fall to her death.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Benio Tsumagari|Benio Tsumagari.jpg|
* 54 years old
* Shitara family butler}}
{{People|Hasuki Shitara|Hasuki Shitara.jpg|
* 23 years old
* Choichiro's granddaughter}}
{{People|Genzaburo Shitara|Genzaburo Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (burned)
* 60 years old
* Shitara family's third son}}
{{People|Kyosuke Haga|Kyosuke Haga.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{People|Ayane Shitara|Ayane Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 68 years old
* Choichiro's wife}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Choichiro Shitara|Choichiro Shitara.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Head of the Shitara family}}
{{People|Danjiro Shitara|Danchiro Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Kyosuke's father
* Shitara family's second son }}
{{People|Chinami Shitara|Chinami Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Danjiro's wife
* Kyosuke's mother}}
{{People|Emi Shitara|Emi Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Genzaburo's wife}}
{{People|Furuto Shitara|Furuto Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Hasuki's father}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveals the culprit to be '''Kyosuke Haga''' who murdered both Genzaburo and Ayane at that day. He murdered Genzaburo by starting the fire using a cigarette, and it was revealed that the door was not locked and Kyosuke pretends that it is locked when he tries to open the door. Kyosuke locked the door stealthily while Conan and the others are focused to the fire inside Genzaburo's room. The evidence was found at the lock plate, as only the top part is bent, meaning when the group tries to broke into the room it wasn't locked.

He murdered Ayane by switching the real and fake Stradivarius. When Ayane breaks the fake violin, she heard the music Kyosuke played downstairs. Kyosuke has reserved a violin that is hanged on the window using Genzaburo's command stick that is sticked to the window causing Ayane to think it is the real Stradivarius. She merely wants to grab it, but she fails and fell from the window resulting in her death. The evidence can be found as near Ayane's body, there are the bridge from the violin, and a part of the command's stick. It was also revealed that Kyosuke saved Ayane out of the fire because he doesn't want Genzaburo and Ayane die together in the fire.

Kyosuke reveals that the Stradivarius was originally from his branch of the family. One day, the Kyosuke's father was asked by his brother, Choichiro, to borrow the Stradivarius. He then attempts to to send back a replica to Kyosuke's father, but was found out. In an argument, Kyosuke's father falls down the stairs. Choichiro orders his family to not call the ambulance and to staged it as robbery. He even went as far to murder Chinami to silence her. This is the cause of Kyosuke's father's death. Kyosuke know all the truth from Emi two days ago shortly before her accident. Kyosuke then decided to take his revenge and killed Furuto the year after. When it was clear that Choichiro didn't have long to live, he decided to hurry up the killings. But he wanted Hasuki to own the Stradivarus as a gift to one who like himself lost a father. As Kyosuke is taken away, he is a composer who has the perfect pitch so Conan asks him the tune of a song from the cellphone numbers and finds out the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] of the [[Black Organization]]'s number is the song "[[Nanatsu no Ko]]".
</spoiler>

== BGM listing ==
=== Part 1 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|阿笠博士のテーマ|Agasa Hakase no Tēma|Professor Agasa's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|のんびり気分（アナザーver.）|Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)|Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|テーブルの下に爆弾～急げ|Tēburu no Shita ni Bakudan ~ Isoge|Bomb Under the Table ~ Hurry|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|サスペンス～危機感|Sasupensu ~ Kikikan|Suspense ~ Impending Crisis|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|行き止まり|Ikidomari|Dead End|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 2 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|謎解き（その２）|Nazotoki (Sono 2)|Riddle Solution (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|犯人（スナイパー）の正体|Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai|The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 3 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki|Assassin's Theme - Sniping|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|陰謀（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)|Conspiracy (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|シンドラーのサスペンス|Shindorā no Sasupensu|Schindler's Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|蘭のテーマ（優しさver.）|Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.)|Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Ano_Kata.JPG|[[Renya Karasuma]] along with [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and [[Vermouth]]
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* In the manga, Emi's fall upturned but in the anime she fall in reverse position.
In the manga, Kyousuke only mentioned Aunt Emi dying the way his father did. While in the anime, it's shown she fell down the stairs when ran out of the room after revealing what happened 30 years ago to Kyousuke.

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La maledizione del violino|The Violin's Curse}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 13]]

{{Season 13}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akira Watanabe]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Sayuri Sugifuji]]

[[de:Fall 136]]

The Dissonance of the Stradivarius

2018-01-31T16:08:42Z

Kansuke: /* Resolution */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 385-387
| image = TV Episode 385-387.jpg
| title = The Dissonance of the Stradivarius
| english-title =
| japanese-title = ストラディバリウスの不協和音 (Sutoradibariusu no Fukyouwaon)
| rating = 12.3% 12.4% 12.9%
| Manga case number = #136
| season = [[Season 13|13]]
| manga = [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|Volume 46: Files 2-6 (470-474)]]
| airdate = January 24, 2005 (Prelude) January 31, 2005 (Interlude) February 7, 2005 (Postlude)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Officer Tome]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Kudo]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Misao Yamamura]] [[The Boss of the Black Organization|The Boss]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]] [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Masaharu Motoyama]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Requiem (Prelude) Initial (Interlude) Perfect pitch (Postlude)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Toshihiko Nakajima]] as [[Officer Tome]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Mari Yokoo]] as Benio Tsumagari [[Kaoru Morota]] as Hasuki Shitara [[Takaya Hashi]] as Genzaburo Shitara [[Koichi Yamadera]] as [[Kyosuke Haga]] [[Yumi Nakatani]] as Ayane Shitara [[Chikao Ohtsuka]] as Choichiro Shitara [[Yuko Kinoshita]] as Emi Shitara
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| storyboard = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| producer = 385 [[Nana Harada]] 386 [[Rokou Ogiwara]] 387 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]]
| animation-director = 385 [[Atsushi Aono]] 386 [[Akira Watanabe]] 387 [[Sayuri Sugifuji]]
| opening-song = START
| closing-song = Wasurezaki
| prev-episode = The Target is Kogoro Mouri
| next-episode = Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kyosuke Haga]]|image = Kyosuke Haga.jpg|description =
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Officer Tome}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Misao Yamamura|display=Misao Yamamura (background)}}
{{Char|The Boss of the Black Organization|display=The Boss (background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Masaharu Motoyama|display=Masaharu Motoyama (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Prelude ====
Conan Edogawa tries to figure out the phone number to the boss of the Black Organization. Mouri is invited by a granddaughter of a rich household to solve these mysterious accidents that happen whenever someone tries to play a Stradivarius for her grandfather on his birthday. Four incidents have happened on that day already and it is about to come up again.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Robbery - Murder (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past1.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Danjiro Shitara
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Robbers
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past2.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Emi Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident? (Past)
| image = EP385-387 Case past3.jpg
| location = Shitara Household
| victim = Furuto Shitara
| cause-death = Fell from high place
| suspects =
| description =
}}

Later a fire occurs and a man is burned to death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident?
| image = EP385-387a_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Genzaburo Shitara
| age = 60 Years old
| cause-death = Burning
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}

==== Interlude ====
It is revealed that the house hold are killed off one by one in the order of the C Concert scale. The grandmother of the house was revealed to be emotionally shocked after the death of her son; Every midnight, she would leave her room carrying the Stradivarius like a child. That night, she breaks the violin, and falls out of the window.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide?
| image = EP385-387b_Case.jpg
| location = Shitara household
| victim = Ayane Shitara
| age = 68 Years old
| cause-death = Fell from high building
| suspects = Benio Tsumagari, Hasuki Shitara, [[Kyosuke Haga]], and Choichiro Shitara
| description =
}}
It was revealed the culprit taped up an object to lure her to the window where she would fall to her doom.

==== Postlude ====
Conan figures out the object was the real Stradivarius that lured the grandmother to fall to her death.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Benio Tsumagari|Benio Tsumagari.jpg|
* 54 years old
* Shitara family butler}}
{{People|Hasuki Shitara|Hasuki Shitara.jpg|
* 23 years old
* Choichiro's granddaughter}}
{{People|Genzaburo Shitara|Genzaburo Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (burned)
* 60 years old
* Shitara family's third son}}
{{People|Kyosuke Haga|Kyosuke Haga.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Composer with perfect pitch
* Choichiro's nephew}}
{{People|Ayane Shitara|Ayane Shitara.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 68 years old
* Choichiro's wife}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Choichiro Shitara|Choichiro Shitara.jpg|
* 72 years old
* Head of the Shitara family}}
{{People|Danjiro Shitara|Danchiro Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (beaten)
* Kyosuke's father
* Shitara family's second son }}
{{People|Chinami Shitara|Chinami Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Danjiro's wife
* Kyosuke's mother}}
{{People|Emi Shitara|Emi Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Genzaburo's wife}}
{{People|Furuto Shitara|Furuto Shirata.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Hasuki's father}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveals the culprit to be '''Kyosuke Haga''' who murdered both Genzaburo and Ayane at that day. He murdered Genzaburo by starting the fire using a cigarette, and it was revealed that the door was not locked and Kyosuke pretends that it is locked when he tries to open the door. Kyosuke locked the door stealthily while Conan and the others are focused to the fire inside Genzaburo's room. The evidence was found at the lock plate, as only the top part is bent, meaning when the group tries to broke into the room it wasn't locked.

He murdered Ayane by switching the real and fake Stradivarius. When Ayane breaks the fake violin, she heard the music Kyosuke played downstairs. Kyosuke has reserved a violin that is hanged on the window using Genzaburo's command stick that is sticked to the window causing Ayane to think it is the real Stradivarius. She merely wants to grab it, but she fails and fell from the window resulting in her death. The evidence can be found as near Ayane's body, there are the bridge from the violin, and a part of the command's stick. It was also revealed that Kyosuke saved Ayane out of the fire because he doesn't want Genzaburo and Ayane die together in the fire.

Kyosuke reveals that the Stradivarius was originally from his branch of the family. One day, the Kyosuke's father was asked by his brother, Choichiro, to borrow the Stradivarius. He then attempts to to send back a replica to Kyosuke's father, but was found out. In an argument, Kyosuke's father falls down the stairs. Choichiro orders his family to not call the ambulance and to staged it as robbery. He even went as far to murder Chinami to silence her. This is the cause of Kyosuke's father's death. Kyosuke know all the truth from Emi two days ago shortly before her accident. Kyosuke then decided to take his revenge and killed Furuto the year after. When it was clear that Choichiro didn't have long to live, he decided to hurry up the killings. But he wanted Hasuki to own the Stradivarus as a gift to one who like himself lost a father. As Kyosuke is taken away, he is a composer who has the perfect pitch so Conan asks him the tune of a song from the cellphone numbers and finds out the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] of the [[Black Organization]]'s number is the song "[[Nanatsu no Ko]]".
</spoiler>

== BGM listing ==
=== Part 1 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|阿笠博士のテーマ|Agasa Hakase no Tēma|Professor Agasa's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|のんびり気分（アナザーver.）|Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)|Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|テーブルの下に爆弾～急げ|Tēburu no Shita ni Bakudan ~ Isoge|Bomb Under the Table ~ Hurry|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|サスペンス～危機感|Sasupensu ~ Kikikan|Suspense ~ Impending Crisis|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|行き止まり|Ikidomari|Dead End|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 2 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|謎解き（その２）|Nazotoki (Sono 2)|Riddle Solution (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|ヒロキの生い立ち|Hiroki no Oitachi|Hiroki's Upbringing|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|陰謀|Inbō|Conspiracy|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|犯人（スナイパー）の正体|Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai|The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Part 3 ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki|Assassin's Theme - Sniping|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|陰謀（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)|Conspiracy (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|西の名探偵|Nishi no Meitantei|The Great Detective of the West|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|シンドラーのサスペンス|Shindorā no Sasupensu|Schindler's Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|忘れ咲き|Wasurezaki|Forget-Me-Not|[[Wasurezaki]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|蘭のテーマ（優しさver.）|Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.)|Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Ano_Kata.JPG|The [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] along with [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and [[Vermouth]]
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* In the manga, Emi's fall upturned but in the anime she fall in reverse position.
In the manga, Kyousuke only mentioned Aunt Emi dying the way his father did. While in the anime, it's shown she fell down the stairs when ran out of the room after revealing what happened 30 years ago to Kyousuke.

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La maledizione del violino|The Violin's Curse}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 13]]

{{Season 13}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akira Watanabe]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Sayuri Sugifuji]]

[[de:Fall 136]]

"The Criminal"

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Kansuke: /* Gallery */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = No specific name
| image = The Criminal Profile.jpg
| age = Variable
| gender = Variable
| date-of-birth = Variable
| relatives = Variable
| nicknames = Variable
| first-appearance = [[Volume 3#File 020 - The Hatamoto Family|File 020]]
| appearances = {{:The Criminal Appearances}}
| japanese-voice = Always changes
| english-voice = Always changes
}}
'''The {{nihongo|Criminal|犯人|han'nin}}''' in ''[[Detective Conan]]'' is a substitute image for the culprits presented in Detective Conan and is usually depicted as a black or dark humanoid figure. It is used whenever the reader or watcher is to be made aware of the culprit's actions while attempting to keep his or her identity secret for the time being.

== Character evolution ==
=== First appearances ===
[[Gosho Aoyama]] stated that the idea of drawing the silhouette of the culprit was directly ripped off Kindaichi Case Files. The first criminal silhouettes were very shady and roughly drawn in, and had no real body formation. They usually didn't even have a clearly drawn in face, as was shown in [[Nazo]], the third opening. Sometimes, the figures resembled enough of the actual criminal's body that it could give away the true identity of the culprit.

=== Later changes ===
As the series went even further, the figure received a more human-like appearance with the gradual addition of eyes, noses, mouths, and finally muscles. However, the culprit still maintains a dark hue, lacking distinct clothing, body hair (including beards) and other physical anomalies (like overweightness).

The figure remains very generic, looking more like a man or a genderless person (an exception in [[A Small Client]] and [[A Lucky Man's Suspense]] episodes because an evidence confirms that the murderer is female and thus the criminal has feminine appearance with boobs), keeping the audience guessing about the true identity and physical characterstics of the culprit in question.
{{clear}}

== Gallery ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:CriminalDrama.jpg|x200px|thumb|left|The criminal's appearance in the live-action drama series.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:BossBlackshadow.png|x200px|thumb|left|[[Conan]] visualized [[Renya Karasuma]] as a big criminal silhouette with evil aura in the anime version (episode 385).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:femaleculprit.jpg|x200px|thumb|left|The first example of female criminal (episode 355).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:femaleculprit2.jpg|x200px|thumb|left|The second example of female criminal (episode 369).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
[[File:Heiji as the crimilal silhouette.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] as the criminal silhouette.]]
* Though usually depicted as a criminal, the silhouettes are sometimes protagonists, but their identity has to be kept a secret from both the viewers/readers and/or [[Conan]].
* In Japan, a hooded jacket is sold with the face of "The Criminal" on the hood. When this is pulled down over the wearer's face, it makes them look like it.

{{clear}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Renya Karasuma]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Criminal}}

[[Category:Characters]]

"The Criminal"

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Kansuke: /* Gallery */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = No specific name
| image = The Criminal Profile.jpg
| age = Variable
| gender = Variable
| date-of-birth = Variable
| relatives = Variable
| nicknames = Variable
| first-appearance = [[Volume 3#File 020 - The Hatamoto Family|File 020]]
| appearances = {{:The Criminal Appearances}}
| japanese-voice = Always changes
| english-voice = Always changes
}}
'''The {{nihongo|Criminal|犯人|han'nin}}''' in ''[[Detective Conan]]'' is a substitute image for the culprits presented in Detective Conan and is usually depicted as a black or dark humanoid figure. It is used whenever the reader or watcher is to be made aware of the culprit's actions while attempting to keep his or her identity secret for the time being.

== Character evolution ==
=== First appearances ===
[[Gosho Aoyama]] stated that the idea of drawing the silhouette of the culprit was directly ripped off Kindaichi Case Files. The first criminal silhouettes were very shady and roughly drawn in, and had no real body formation. They usually didn't even have a clearly drawn in face, as was shown in [[Nazo]], the third opening. Sometimes, the figures resembled enough of the actual criminal's body that it could give away the true identity of the culprit.

=== Later changes ===
As the series went even further, the figure received a more human-like appearance with the gradual addition of eyes, noses, mouths, and finally muscles. However, the culprit still maintains a dark hue, lacking distinct clothing, body hair (including beards) and other physical anomalies (like overweightness).

The figure remains very generic, looking more like a man or a genderless person (an exception in [[A Small Client]] and [[A Lucky Man's Suspense]] episodes because an evidence confirms that the murderer is female and thus the criminal has feminine appearance with boobs), keeping the audience guessing about the true identity and physical characterstics of the culprit in question.
{{clear}}

== Gallery ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:CriminalDrama.jpg|x200px|thumb|left|The criminal's appearance in the live-action drama series.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:BossBlackshadow.png|x200px|thumb|left|[[Conan]] visualized [[Renza Karasuma]] as a big criminal silhouette with evil aura in the anime version (episode 385).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:femaleculprit.jpg|x200px|thumb|left|The first example of female criminal (episode 355).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:femaleculprit2.jpg|x200px|thumb|left|The second example of female criminal (episode 369).]]
|}

== Trivia ==
[[File:Heiji as the crimilal silhouette.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] as the criminal silhouette.]]
* Though usually depicted as a criminal, the silhouettes are sometimes protagonists, but their identity has to be kept a secret from both the viewers/readers and/or [[Conan]].
* In Japan, a hooded jacket is sold with the face of "The Criminal" on the hood. When this is pulled down over the wearer's face, it makes them look like it.

{{clear}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Renya Karasuma]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Criminal}}

[[Category:Characters]]

Volume 95

2018-01-31T16:05:05Z

Kansuke: /* People */

{{InfoBox Volume
| volume = 95
| image = No_cover.jpg
| releasedate =
| isbn =
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| detective =
| keyhole =
| prev-volume = Volume 94
| next-volume = Volume 96
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{char Appearances|
{{char|Shinichi Kudo}}
{{char|Masumi Sera}}
{{char|Heiji Hattori}}
{{char|Fumimaro Ayanokoji}}
{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{char|Nakamichi}}
{{char|Eisuke Aizawa}}
{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Soshi Okita|display=Soshi Okita (flashback)}}
{{char|Kogoro Mouri|display=Kogoro Mouri (flashback)}}
{{char|Moroha Kurogane|display=Moroha Kurogane (cameo)}}
{{char|Yaiba Kurogane|display=Yaiba Kurogane (cameo)}}
{{char|Muga Iori|display=Muga Iori (flashback)}}
{{char|Momiji Ooka|display=Momiji Ooka (flashback)}}
{{char|Mary Sera}}
{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{char|Kazuha Toyama|display=Kazuha Toyama (background)}}
{{char|Yusaku Kudo}}
{{char|Yukiko Kudo}}
{{char|Hyoue Kuroda}}
{{char|Kanenori Wakita}}
{{char|Rumi Wakasa}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{char|Subaru Okiya}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Sumiko Kobayashi}}
{{Char|Maria Higashio}}
{{Char|Rei Furuya}}
{{Char|Azusa Enomoto}}
{{Char|Vermouth|display=Vermouth (background)}}
{{Char|Korn|display=Korn (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Chianti|display=Chianti (background)}}
{{Char|Renya Karasuma|display=Renya Karasuma (background/silhouette)}}
{{char|Yoko Okino|display=Yoko Okino (puppet)}}
}}

== Crimson School Trip Case ==
=== File 1004 - The Light Crimson Answer ===
<spoiler>
The culprit seemingly manages to pull off his plan to kill Mineto as well, but it was all a trap, set-up by the Kyoto police under the orders of Shinichi —Mineto is saved. Together with Masumi and Heiji, Shinichi confronts '''Riki Agata''', who was the one behind it all.

After the case is solved, Ran talks about a nice place that Okita had told her about and as Sonoko and Masumi start going ahead, Shinichi holds Ran back and asks her how she feels about him. Shinichi mentions Ran's meeting with Okita the previous and wonders if she has forgotten about his confession in London. In response, Ran pulls him closer by grabbing his tie and kisses him on the cheek.
</spoiler>
=== File 1005 - The Dark Crimson Omen ===
<spoiler>
Shinichi moves to kiss Ran on the lips, but the antidote begins to wear off, and he flees.

Masumi gives chase, only to run into Heiji. She realizes that the rucksack Heiji is wearing has the shrunken Shinichi inside it, but doesn't directly confront the two about it.

As Shinichi and Ran exchange texts about what the kiss means for their relationship, Masumi speaks with Mary. Mary orders her to obtain the "medicine" that will return her to her true age, so that they can stop running, and counter-attack.

As the case attracts global attention, someone claims that the apparently dead Shinichi Kudo helped to solve the case — Hyoue Kuroda, Kanenori Wakita and Rumi Wakasa (who is revealed to have access to the APTX victim list) all take notice of this.
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{beginBox}}
{{people|Keiko Kurachi|Keiko Kurachi manga.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Actress
* Old friend of [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]]}}
{{people|Shinya Ihaya|Shinya Ihaya manga.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 37 years old
* Actor}}
{{people|Mineto Mayama|Mineto Mayama manga.jpg|
* 38 years old
* Movie director}}
{{people|Riki Agata|Riki Agata manga.jpg|
* 37 years old
* Composer}}
{{people|Tarou Nishiki|Tarou Nishiki manga.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 38 years old
* Screenwriter}}
{{people|Michio Dekuri|Michio Dekuri manga.jpg|
* Deceased (fell)
* Cipher writer?}}
{{endBox}}

== Missing Maria Higashio Case ==
=== File 1006 - Stay Put! ===

=== File 1007 - That's Just How Nervous I Am ===

=== File 1008 - See? ♡ ===

=== People ===
{{People|Mr. Higashio|Mr Higashio.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Maria's grandfather
* Carpenter}}
{{People|Mrs. Higashio|Mrs Higashio.jpg|
* Deceased (illness)
* Maria's grandmother}}
{{People|Girl|File1008-Girl.jpg|
* "Kudo Family Freak" blog owner
* Yusaku & Yukiko's fan}}

<spoiler>
[[Image:Carasuma.png|thumb|225px|right|Carasuma]]
Heiji tells the press outside his school that it was Okita that was caught on film and not Shinichi. At the same time, the owner of the blog suddenly retracts her claim that she saw Shinichi.

As Wakita, Wakasa and Kuroda look at the retraction, [[Rum]] sends an email to Rei, demanding that he gather information about Shinichi.

Yukiko and Yusaku have returned to Japan and reveal to Conan that they convinced the blog owner to retract her claim in exchange for their autographs. They decide to remain in the country for the foreseeable future, in light of Yusaku's interpretation of [[Koji Haneda]]'s dying message, which leads them and Conan to believe that '''[[Renya Karasuma]]''' is connected to the Organization.
</spoiler>

== See also ==
* [[Manga]]
* [[Volume 91-100]]
* [[Detective Conan]]

{{Volumes}}

[[Category:Volumes]]

[[de:Band 95]]

The Raven Chaser

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Kansuke:

{{InfoBox Movie
| video = zV0-LaNPpN0
| movie = 13
| image = Movie 13.jpg
| title = The Raven Chaser
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 名探偵コナン漆黒の追跡者 (Meitantei Konan: Shikkoku no Cheisā)
| Broadcast rating when aired on television: 12.8% (aired on 4/16/2010)
| season =
| airdate = April 18, 2009
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Misao Yamamura]] [[Kansuke Yamato]] [[Yui Uehara]] [[Sango Yokomizo]] [[Jugo Yokomizo]] [[Shoji Terabayashi]] [[Heiji Hattori]] [[Kazuha Toyama]] [[Fumimaro Ayanokoji]] [[Gin]] [[Vermouth]] [[Vodka]] [[Chianti]] [[Korn]] [[Irish]] [[Pisco]] [[Masaaki Okakura]] [[Chiharu Matsubara]] [[Eisuke Aizawa]] [[Nakamichi]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]], [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Ryo Horikawa]] as [[Heiji Hattori]] [[Yuko Miyamura]] as [[Kazuha Toyama]] [[Seizo Kato]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Akio Otsuka]] as [[Sango Yokomizo]], [[Jugo Yokomizo]] [[Toshio Furukawa]] as [[Misao Yamamura]] [[Yuji Takada]] as [[Kansuke Yamato]] [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] as [[Fumimaro Ayanokoji]] [[Hiromi Tsuru]] as [[Minor Law enforcement#Ayami Ogino|Ayami Ogino]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Ami Koshimizu]] as [[Yui Uehara]] [[Yukitoshi Hori]] as [[Gin]] [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] as [[Vodka]] [[Mami Koyama]] as [[Vermouth]] [[Kikuko Inoue]] as [[Chianti]] [[Hiroyuki Kinoshita]] as [[Korn]] [[Masashi Sugawara]] as [[List of Black Organization related characters#Kazuki Honjou|Kazuki Honjou]] [[Fumiko Orikasa]] as Nanako Honjou [[Nobutoshi Canna]] as Shun Sawamura [[Tomohiro Nishimura]] as [[List of Black Organization related characters#Minoru Fukase|Minoru Fukase]] [[Nana Mizuki]] as Risa Yoshii [[Hideyuki Umezu]] as Tsutomu Ryuzaki [[Eri Kitamura]] as Yumi Kitani [[Mizue Otsuka]] as Female reporter [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] as Guard [[Yuji Mikimoto]] as [[Irish]] [[BREAKERZ|Daigo]] as Kosuke Mizutani
| theme-song = PUZZLE
| case =
| prev-movie = Full Score of Fear
| next-movie = The Lost Ship in the Sky
| footnotes = Last movie to feature [[Akira Kamiya]] as the voice of [[Kogoro Mouri]].
}}
'''The Raven Chaser''' is the 13th movie in the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' franchise. It was released in Japan on April 18, 2009.

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Irish]]|image = Irish.jpg|description =
* Member of the [[Black Organization]]
* Spy}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Masaaki Okakura]]|image = Masaaki Okakura Profile.jpg|description =
* 32 years old
* Member of the Black Organization
* Spy}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (voice/flashback)}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{Char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{Char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{Char|Misao Yamamura}}
{{Char|Kansuke Yamato}}
{{Char|Yui Uehara}}
{{Char|Sango Yokomizo}}
{{Char|Jugo Yokomizo}}
{{Char|Shoji Terabayashi}}
{{Char|Heiji Hattori}}
{{Char|Kazuha Toyama}}
{{Char|Fumimaro Ayanokoji}}
{{Char|Chipmunk}}
{{Char|Gin}}
{{Char|Vermouth}}
{{Char|Vodka}}
{{Char|Chianti}}
{{Char|Korn}}
{{Char|Pisco|display=Pisco (flashback)}}
{{Char|Chiharu Matsubara|display=Chiharu Matsubara (cameo)}}
{{Char|Eisuke Aizawa|display=Eisuke Aizawa (flashback)}}
{{Char|Nakamichi|display=Nakamichi (flashback)}}
}}



== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Microphone}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Turbo Engine Skateboard}}
{{Gadget|Elasticity Suspenders}}
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
{{Gadget|Telescopic Lenses}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
A man driving down a hillside road suddenly realizes that his car's brakes don't work. Traveling at a high speed, the Alfa romeo Brera crashes into a toll station. The man dies but leaves a mysterious dying message: "Tanabata kyo.”
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Sixth Murder
| image = Movie13 Case 1.jpg
| location = Old Hakone Turnpike - Hayakawa Toll Station
| victim = Tsutomu Ryuzaki
| age = 28 Years old
| cause-death = Car accident
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description = Ryuzaki's brakes were tampered with. He crashed into a toll station at the base of a steep hill.
}}

A mysterious Mahjong tile next to the body links this case to six other homicide cases in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and other places in Japan. Because of the Mahjong tiles left beside each victim, the police conclude that the same person or organization committed these large-scale murders. The police of prefectures across Japan unite to find the murderer.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = First Murder (Past)
| image =
| location = Usui Pass - Lookout Platform
| victim = Shuhei Jinno
| age = 43 Years old
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Minoru Fukase
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Second Murder (Past)
| image =
| location = Odawaha Atsugi Highway - Ooiso Parking Area
| victim = Shizuko Kaga
| age = 54 Years old
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Third Murder (Past)
| image =
| location = Nerima Ward, West Ooizumi - Ikoi Forest
| victim = Masaaki Okakura
| age = 32 Years old
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Fourth Murder (Past)
| image =
| location = Yokohama City, Isogo Ward - Horiwari Riverside
| victim = Azusa Kitajima
| age = 31 Years old
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Fifth Murder (Past)
| image =
| location = Shizuoka Prefecture, Izu City - Mount Sukumo
| victim = Kozo Zaitsu
| age = 61 Years old
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description =
}}

After a police conference about this case, Conan discovers a police officer walking out of the building and entering a black Porsche. He concludes that a Black Organization member is disguised as a police officer and has infiltrated the meeting. Conan is left wondering which officer is the fake and what interest the Black Organization has in the case.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = M13 Megure stabbed.jpg
| location = Mall
| victim = [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]
| cause-death = Stab wound
| cause-death-label = Injury
| suspects = Risa Yoshii
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Megure protected Uehara from getting attacked.
}}

On the day of Tanabata, Conan corners Vermouth in the underground parking lot of a shopping mall and interrogates her. She says that the Black Organization needs a memory chip and has a new member, "Irish."

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Seventh Murder
| image = Movie13 Case 2.jpg
| location = Ayase City - Kouryou Sports Park
| victim = Sumire Shindo
| age = 34 Years old
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description =
}}

Conan employs the help of Heiji Hattori and tries to solve the serial murder case by following the dying message lead. He and Heiji find out that two years ago, there was a fire accident in a hotel in Kyoto, and a young woman named Nanako Honjou died. The elevator could only hold seven, but eight people needed to escape. Nanako wasn't on the last elevator and couldn't escape. Conan tracks down her neighbor, Shun Sawamura, and asks him some questions.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Burned Hotel - Accident (Past)
| image = Movie13 Case 4.jpg
| location = Vega Hotel, Kyoto
| victim = Nanako Honjou
| age = 23 Years old
| cause-death = Smoke inhalation
| time = Two years ago
}}

Conan finds out that Nanako and her boyfriend, Kosuke Mizutani, often went star gazing together. Conan realizes that the crime scenes are ordered like the star constellation Ursa Major, making the last crime scene the Tohto Tower. The police also figure out the pattern of the crime scenes and leave for Tohto Tower.

On the way, Detective Sato and Takagi make a detour to Beika Woods after receiving a call from Professor Agasa. The Detective Boys find Matsumoto inside a small house in the woods.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Shuhei Jinno|Shuhei Jinno.jpg|squeezed=1.5|fsize=0.90em|
* First victim (stabbed)
* 43 years old
* Tohto University Assistant Professor}}
{{People|Shizuko Kaga|Shizuko Kaga.jpg|
* Second victim (stabbed)
* 54 years old
* Restaurant Maître d'}}
{{People|[[Masaaki Okakura]]|Masaaki Okakura Profile.jpg|
* Third victim (stabbed)
* 32 years old
* Parliamentary Secretary}}
{{People|Azusa Kitajima|Azusa Kitajima.jpg|
* Fourth victim (stabbed)
* 31 years old
* Statutory Employee}}
{{People|Kozo Zaitsu|Kozo Zaitsu.jpg|
* Fifth victim (stabbed)
* 61 years old
* Bike shop owner}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Tsutomu Ryuzaki|Tsutomu Ryuzaki.jpg|
* Sixth victim (car crash)
* 28 years old
* Estate entrepreneur}}
{{People|[[List of Black Organization related characters#Sumire Shindo|Sumire Shindo]]|Sumire Shindo.jpg|
* Seventh victim (stabbed)
* 34 years old
* Abstract painter}}
{{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Ayami Ogino|Ayami Ogino]]|Ayami Ogino.jpg|
* Inspector from Saitama Police District
* Sango Yokomizo's former subordinate}}
{{People|[[List of Black Organization related characters#Minoru Fukase|Minoru Fukase]]|Minoru Fukase.jpg|
* 27 years old
* Suspect}}
{{People|Risa Yoshii|Risa Yoshii.jpg|
* 21 years old
* Hostess
* Fukase's girlfriend}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Nanako Honjou|Nanako Honjo.jpg|
* Deceased (smoke inhalation)
* 23 years old
* Mizutani's girlfriend}}
{{People|Kosuke Mizutani|Kosuke Mizutani.jpg|
* Missing person
* Nanako's boyfriend}}
{{People|Shun Sawamura|Shun Sawamura.jpg|
* Law student from Jonan University
* Mizutani's best friend}}
{{People|[[List of Black Organization related characters#Kazuki Honjou|Kazuki Honjou]]|Kazuki Honjo.jpg|
* Accountant
* Nanako's older brother}}
{{People|Mr. Honjou|Mr Honjo.jpg|
* Kazuki and Nanako's father}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Mrs. Honjou|Mrs Honjo.jpg|
* Kazuki and Nanako's mother}}
{{People|Tomomi Kitani|Tomomi Kitani.jpg|
* Tokyo Tower Employee}}
{{People|Hitomi|M13_Hitomi.jpg|
* Moeri's friend
* Tokyo Tower Guest}}
{{People|Moeri|Moeri.jpg|
* Hitomi's friend
* Tokyo Tower Guest}}
{{People|Reporter|Tanabata Reporter.jpg|
* Female reporter}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Guard|Guard.jpg|
* Beika Building Parking guard}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
* '''Conclusion'''
When the police arrive at a deserted Tokyo Tower, Conan sneaks past them and confronts Mizutani, who confesses to the crimes and intends to commit suicide by poison. Mizutani thought one of the seven must have pushed Nanako out of the elevator during the hotel fire, but Nanako's brother, Kazuki Honjou, who was one of the seven in the elevator, shows up and testifies that she voluntarily stepped out. Conan reveals that the real murderer is '''Kazuki Honjou''' and not Mizutani because Mizutani would never commit murder to stain the memory of Nanako and his precious stars. However, Kazuki, obsessively fond of his younger sister, decided after her death to take revenge on all those who "took her away from him", including Mizutani.

To this purpose, Kazuki tricked Mizutani to become a scapegoat by persuading him to take the blame for the revenge murders. The mahjong stones left at the murder scenes were deliberate clues to point the police investigation into Mizutani's direction, with the final stone pinpointing the location of Tokyo Tower - a fact which both Conan and Kogoro have managed to deduce.

Kazuki threatens Conan and Mizutani with a knife; but then Matsumoto interferes and incapacitates Kazuki. Conan, however, realizes that '''Superintendent Matsumoto''' is Irish in perfect disguise. Irish claims that he doesn't want to kill Conan. He says he knows Conan's true identity but didn't tell anyone because he hates the Black Organization for killing his friend, Pisco. Conan wants the memory chip, but Irish refuses to hand it over.

Soon Ran arrives at Tokyo Tower and finds Irish, who is still disguised as Matsumoto. She makes some good karate hits, but a kick to his face tore off part of his mask, thus surprising her. Irish uses this to his advantage and overpowers Ran.

Irish and Conan move outside near the top, and a helicopter with Gin, Vodka, Korn, and Chianti arrives. Irish shows them the chip, and Gin orders Chianti to shoot Irish and the chip. Seriously injured by the bullet, Irish is barely alive. Conan tries to drag him to safety, but Gin notices Conan and tries to shoot him. Irish protects Conan and dies.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = Movie13_Case_3.jpg
| location = Tokyo Tower
| victim = [[Irish]]
| cause-death = Gunshot wound
| suspects = [[Chianti]]
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = To save [[Edogawa Conan|Conan]], Irish becomes a shield for him.
}}

The Black Organization attacks Conan with a machine gun, damaging the upper levels of the Tokyo Tower. Cornered at the top, Conan escapes by attaching his expanding suspenders to a light to act as a bungee to jump off the tower. The light then slingshots back at the Black Organization's helicopter, damaging the engine. The Black Organization manages to fly away, but the helicopter crashes soon after.

When Conan is walking with Haibara through the woods to a boarded up house talking about the case, Conan mentions that Irish died before he told Conan where Matsumoto is and thanks to the Detective Boys that Matsumoto was found. Conan remembers Irish's last words: "Kudo Shinichi... Keep... Coming After Us.." , before he replies in his mind that he will do what Irish wanted until the day he destroyed them, meaning he's got another reason to fight the Black Organization.
</spoiler>

== Speculation ==
=== Identity of the Black Organization NOC ===
<spoiler>
The seven people who were killed and the items stolen are listed in the police report as:
:* Shuuhei Jinno (43) Tohto<ref name="tohto">[[:File:Spelling of 東都.jpg]]</ref> University Assistant Professor who lived in Matsumoto City. His item's text is partially visible (ぺン), and appears to be the {{nihongo|pendant|ペンダント|pendanto}}.
:* Shizuko Kaga (54) Restaurant Maître d' who lived in Kamakura and had the {{nihongo|small pouch|巾着|kinchaku}}, usually depicted as drawstring bags.
:* Masaaki Okakura (32) Parliamentary Secretary who lived in Tokorozawa and had the {{nihongo|keepsake|お守り袋|omamori bukuro (lit. charm bag)}}
:* Azusa Kitajima (31) Statutory Employee who lived in Kawasaki and had the {{nihongo|compact case|コンパクトケス|konpakuto kesu}}
:* Kozo Zaitsu (61) Bike shop owner who lived in Numazu and is listed as having a {{nihongo|guitar accessory|ギターのアクセサリー|gitaa no akusesari}} taken, but this item is read aloud as a "bike keyholder" by Takagi.
:* Tsutomu Ryuzaki (28) Estate Entrepreneur who lived in Odawara. The text of his item is not visible but by elimination is the {{nihongo|mascot doll|マスコットの人形|masukotto no ningyou}}.
:* Sumire Shindo (34) Abstract painter who lived in Hachioji whose stolen item was a tube of red paint.

The items Irish dumped out on the table were a pendant on a chain (Shuuhei Jinno), a small flower print bag tied at the top (Shizuko Kaga), a purple omamori (Masaaki Okakura), a black compact (Azusa Kitajima), a small brown snap bag (probably Kozo Zaitsu), and a small tube of paint (Sumire Shindo). It is unclear why the mascot doll was not included. The Black Organization's memory card was found in the charm bag, implying the Black Organization NOC was the third victim, the Parliamentary Secretary [[Masaaki Okakura]].
</spoiler>

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Der nachtschwarze Jäger|The Dark Hunter}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|... E le stelle stanno a guardare|... And the Stars Look Down}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Truy lùng Tổ Chức Áo Đen|Pursuit of the Black Organization}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|漆黑的追踪者|The Raven Chaser}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Movie 13 Titlecard.JPG|The Raven Chaser
File:M13_Gin_Conan.jpg|Gin found out Conan's identity!!?
File:M13_Megure_stabbed.jpg|Inspector Megure is stabbed!!?
File:M13_Chianti_Korn.jpg|Chianti and Korn aiming at Takagi and Sato's direction
File:M13 Sato targeted.jpg|They are targeted by the organization!!?
File:M13 DB in danger.jpg|The Detective Boys are in danger!!?
File:M13 Unconscious Ran.jpg|Ran is also one of the targets!!?
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* This is the last Detective Conan movie of the 2000s.
* In the introduction, there is a brief scene showing Gin and Vodka confronting Akemi Miyano in a flashback. In this flashback, Gin was using his right hand to hold the gun as he had in the episode this scene was referring to, though it is known Gin is left-handed. This is the only other time Gin has been mistakenly portrayed as right-handed.
* As a tradition started with the [[Full Score of Fear]] and continued with all subsequent movies, there is a [[Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata|Magic File]] that ties into the plot of the Raven Chaser.
* 'The Raven Chaser' grossed more than 3.5 billion yen.
* ''Tsutomu Ryuzaki'' Car Accident Name 2006 Alfa Romeo Brera.
* The woman in the live action ending theme is Ayano Ogata.
* Velmouth mask in Azusa Kitajima Car in the Beika Shopping mall Parking name 1971 Yellow De Tomaso Pantera GT5.

== See also ==
* [[Movies]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Magic File 3: Mahjong Pieces and the Memories from Tanabata]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Movies}}
{{Black Organization}}
{{Police}}

[[Category:Movies]][[Category:Black Organization]]

[[de:Film 13]]

Masaaki Okakura

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Masaaki Okakura
| japanese-name = 岡倉政明 (Okakura Masaaki)
| english-name =
| image = Masaaki Okakura Profile.jpg
| age = 32 (deceased)
| gender = Male
| occupation = Black Organization member
| first-appearance = Anime: [[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13]]
| appearances = TV: 0 Movies: 1 Specials: 0 Openings: 0
| japanese-voice =
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Masaaki Okakura|岡倉政明|Okakura Masaaki}}''' is a minor [[Black Organization]] member who appears only in movie 13, [[The Raven Chaser]].

== Background ==
Masaaki Okakura is a Parliamentary Secretary who, like his co-worker [[Irish]], is a NOC, a minor [[Black Organization]] agent that have infiltrated various organizations, without a codename. He obtained a memory card listing all Black Organization NOCs, possibly as insurance as speculated by [[Vermouth]]. He was then set to be executed by the Black Organization.

However, in Ikoi Forest, Nerima Ward of West Ooizumi, he was killed first with a stab wound by [[List of Black Organization related characters#Kazuki Honjou|Kazuki Honjou]], a Chiba accountant and serial killer, in a crime of revenge for his beloved younger sister's death entirely unrelated to the Black Organization. Two years ago, on the night of Tanabata, there was a huge fire accident in Hotel Vega from Kyoto. The elevator could only hold seven, but eight guests on the sixth floor needed to escape, and he was one of these. Nanako Honjou, a young girl, voluntarily stepped out the elevator and died due to smoke inhalation.

Without knowing it, his murderer taken away the {{nihongo|charm bag|お守り袋|omamori bukuro}} with the memory card to trick Kosuke Mizutani, Nanako's boyfriend, and create a scapegoat. The [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] orders then Irish to infiltrate the police coalition, and retrieve the memory card before the police catch the culprit and look into the database. After Irish has collected the memory card and his cover was blown, [[Gin]] has [[Chianti]] kill Irish and destroy the memory card with a single shot, before Conan can obtain it as a single card to destroy the Black Organization.

== Personality ==
Unlike most Black Organization members, Masaaki Okakura doesn't seem to be a very cruel person. For express to Nanako his gratitude for saving his life, he brings anonymously flowers to her parents and her older brother at Chiba on the day of the memorial service last year.

== Appellations ==
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== Relationships analysis ==

==== Kazuki Honjou ====
[[List of Black Organization related characters#Kazuki Honjou|Kazuki Honjou]] is a Chiba accountant. He murdered Masaaki for taking up a space in the final elevator that was able to escape the fire that killed his beloved younger sister, Nanako Honjou.

== Trivia ==
* He lives at 4-chōme 19-7 from Wada Ward<ref>This address from Tokorozawa is on the culprit's notebook.</ref>, East Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture.<ref>The residence place is reported on the {{nihongo|''eiga pamphlet''|映画パンフレット|panfuretto eiga}}, the dossier sold in the Japanese theaters during the movie first screening.</ref>
* [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] doesn't know anything about him. In fact, although she certainly heard the news about the victim who was killed in Tokyo, he didn't recognize him.
* He has the same large stature of Irish and the talisman that often took with him was just to have a healthy and secure body.
* The photography in the police report shows him along with four men behind: three in Western clothes as him and one fat with kimono, and the one on his left holds his right hand on his shoulder. However, it's unknown if they're relatives or co-workers.
* His crime scene is ordered like Dubhe, the first star constellation in the Ursa Major, with the letter Alpha on the mahjong tile.

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[List of notable case characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[The Raven Chaser]]

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[[Category:Black Organization]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Anime original characters]]

List of Black Organization related characters

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Many main and minor characters have been linked to the [[Black Organization]].

This list excludes major Black Organization members and characters with jobs investigating crime generally, like the police. Characters who are part of an agency targeting the Black Organization like the FBI and CIA are also excluded unless their connection to the Organization goes beyond their work.

== Collaborators ==
This is a list of people who are known to have collaborated with the Black Organization, voluntarily or involuntarily. Some of these collaborators became assassination targets later. Those whose collaboration with the Black Organization is not clearly confirmed are listed with [[#Targets|targets below]].

===Unnamed Weapons Smuggler===
[[File:Weapon_Smuggler.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume 1#Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case|Roller Coaster Murder Case]]'' 
Gin and Vodka blackmailed an unnamed company owner who had been smuggling guns for over 100 million yen in cash. After Vodka received the briefcase of cash, he returned the film evidence of the business' gun smuggling. Vodka may have intended to kill the man when the transaction was complete as he began to draw his gun, but it could also have been in response to the company owner's remark the Black Organization does even worse things than gun smuggling. The man escaped when Gin assaulted Shinichi who had been spying on the transaction and Vodka was distracted.
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===Akemi Miyano and the billion yen robbery gang===
{{main|Akemi Miyano}}[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|right|100px]]
Five years prior to the current time-line, FBI agent [[Shuichi Akai]] infiltrated the Black Organization by dating Akemi Miyano. He was expelled after his true allegiance was uncovered, but Akemi could not be silenced because it would jeopardize the loyalty of her valuable sister [[Shiho Miyano]]. Eventually the Organization came up with a way to get rid of Akemi by pretending to make a deal with her; in exchange for a successful bank robbery, Gin told Akemi she and Shiho could go free. The Organization thought Akemi would surely fail and thus they would have an acceptable reason to kill her.

Akemi hired two partners, the family-less, get-away driver Kenzo Hirota who worked at a taxi company in Tokyo, and an unnamed giant man with connections at a Pachinko building to serve as muscle. Akemi and her two partners successfully pulled off the robbery, killing a guard in the process. Kenzo Hirota then backstabbed the other two by running away with the billion yen. In order to track him down, Akemi and her partner approached different detectives pretending to be Kenzo's relatives. Under alias Hirota Masami, Akemi Miyano pretended she was school girl from Yamagata to enlist Kogoro's help.<ref>Manga [[Volume 2]], file 4 (13): "The Missing Man "</ref> Masami’s other giant accomplice pretended to be Kenzo's elder brother, Akira Hirota, from Kyushu. After the two find Kenzo, a fight broke out between the two men, resulting in the giant strangling Kenzo against Akemi's wishes. Akemi and the giant hung Hirota's corpse from a rope to make it appear like a suicide, grabbed the cash, and left for a hotel. Gin had given Akemi sleeping pills to add to the giant man's drink so she could take the money from him. The pills were really laced with cyanide and the giant man was killed. Akemi left the real cases of money at the hotel and went to meet with Gin and Vodka at the shipping yard. Gin killed her there, but was unable to recover the money.
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===Unnamed woman===
[[File:Woman_near_Window.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_4#Shinkansen_Bomb_Case|Shinkansen Bomb Case]]'' 
An unnamed woman exchanged 400 million yen for information about gold worth even more money with Gin and Vodka on a bullet train's dining car. Instead of information, the Organization packed the case they were giving her with explosives to kill the woman because she was no longer useful. The anime replaced Gin and Vodka with lookalikes in [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case|the corresponding episode]]. <ref>Manga Chapter 35</ref>
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===Hideaki Nakajima===
[[File:Hideaki_Nakajima.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_12#Game_Convention_Case|Game Convention Case ]]'' 
Hideaki Nakajima, age 27, worked for Mantendo corporation's game development section and designed a mystery video game about Kogoro Mouri. He was in a University boxing club and has issues with creditors. He made an exchange with Tequila, giving Tequila a list of some of the world's most highly skilled programmers in exchange for a large amount of money. One of Hideaki's coworkers wanted to kill him for revenge, but Tequila was killed instead by accident.<ref>Manga Chapter 114</ref> The Black Organization then immediately blew up the [[Setting|Daiko Building's Cocktail Bar]] where Hideaki and Tequila had meetings.
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===Ki'ichiro Numabuchi===
{{main|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi}}[[File:Kichiro Numabuchi.jpg|right|100px]]
Ki'ichiro Numabuchi is an assassin who escaped the Black Organization before they could test APTX 4869 out on him when they decided he was useless. He then escaped from prison after that. He first showed up in Osaka in the [[The Naniwa Serial Murder Case]] where he is a suspect. He is innocent of these particular crimes and was being starved in a shack by the real serial killer who wanted to frame him. He tries to stab Conan with a kitchen knife while escaping, but Heiji's good luck charm luckily blocks the blow. He took driving lessons at a seminary 20 years ago but failed.<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], Files 5-8 (185-188): Stabbed Wallet Case</ref> He appears again in [[Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest]]. When he escaped from the police (again) in a forest in Gunma, Conan discovers he apparently lived by the forest when he was younger and liked fireflies.<ref>Manga [[Volume 35]], Files 8-10 (358-360): Disappearing Mitsuhiko Case</ref>
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===Suguru Itakura===
[[File:Suguru Itakura.jpg|right|100px]]
{{main|Suguru Itakura}}
{{nihongo|'''Suguru Itakura'''|板倉卓|Itakura Suguru}}, age 45, was a famous CG graphic designer/games system engineer who also worked on special effects for films.<ref>Manga [[Volume 37]], Files 5-10 (377-383): "Footsteps of Darkness"</ref> He probably owns Itakura studio. Three years before the current timeline, he stopped developing CG and a particular program due to poor eyesight. Two years ago Tequila showed up at his office to say he was interested in the particular “system software” Itakura stopped developing. One year later, he was later forced to finish the program with a year deadline. Itakura didn’t want to complete the program “not only for his eyesight but for the sake of humanity.”<ref>Manga [[Volume 37]], File 8 (380): "White Snow... Black Shadow..."</ref> He stayed in New Beika Hotel where he was killed by an unrelated party. He kept a diary and noted Vermouth had a cat around when he talked to her.<ref>Manga [[Volume 39]], File 6 (398): "Torn Friendship 1"</ref> Conan pretending to be him was told to put the disk in locker 1012. Itakura also helped provide many special effects for films and plays Vermouth and Yukiko Kudo were in. This is presumably how Vermouth hired him for the Organization's research as she was seen arguing with him on sets, something she never did with anyone else.
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=== Asaka ===
[[File:Asaka EP861.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Case from 17 years ago]] and [[Rum]]'' 
{{nihongo|'''Asaka'''|浅香|Asaka}} is a mysterious person from 17 years ago who Conan believes is the killer of [[Kohji Haneda]] and potentially the Black Organization member [[Rum]]. Asaka approached the Black Organization target [[Amanda Hughes]] to be her bodyguard. Amanda and Kohji were later found dead in their American hotel rooms under mysterious circumstances; Kohji was apparently killed by APTX 4869 or something like it. Asaka then vanished without a trace. Not much else is known about the person.

Asaka's gender is uncertain. [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|Gaito Hotta]] learned that someone witnessed Asaka holding a small hand mirror, and he guessed Asaka's gender is female; however, his reliability is questionable and perhaps influenced by the fact that the bodyguard was in possession of a women's accessory. Currently, Conan suspects that Asaka is a strong female bodyguard rather than a male based on Gotta Haito's testimony.

In addition, Conan suspects that Asaka may be Rum after examining [[Kohji Haneda]]'s broken handmirror shown in a picture on the case website. Kohji's broken hand mirror only had the letters PTON. The missing letters "U MASCARA" can be arranged to make the phrase "ASACA RUM". If this message means "Asaka is Rum" or something else is currently unclear, but not only did Okiya and Conan both arrived at that solution, the Black Organization has proven itself to be paranoid about anything related to the name ASACA spelled with a C and 17 years ago. [[Bourbon]] [[Volume 90#A song named ASACA|was sent to investigate a song titled "Asaca"]] written by [[List of Black Organization related characters#Rokumichi Hado|Rokumichi Hado]] who took a hiatus 17 years ago. The song and the title turned out to be entirely to be unrelated to Haneda Kohji's case or the Black Organization.
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== Targets ==
This is a list of people involved in a Black Organization plot, either as victims of crime, intended victims, or intelligence targets. Targets who are known to have collaborated with the Black Organization [[#Collaborators|are listed above]].

===Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa===
[[File:Conan Edogawa.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Shinichi Kudo]] has been involved in many Black Organization plots over the course of the series. For a full account of these events, please see the [[Black Organization timeline]].
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=== APTX 4869 Victims ===
[[File:APTX_4869_victim_list 4.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Partial list of APTX 4869 victims from File 1005]]
[[File:APTX_4869_victim_list 2.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Partial list of APTX 4869 victims]]
[[File:APTX_4869_victim_list 3.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Partial list of APTX 4869 victims (Cover page 948)]]
The Black Organization keeps a record of people who were poisoned with [[APTX 4869]].<ref name="179p6">Manga [[Volume 18]], File 9 (179), pg 6: "The Girl made of Lies"</ref> According to Haibara they were all confirmed dead ({{lang|ja|死亡}}), except for Shinichi Kudo ({{lang|ja|工藤新一}}) who was listed as uncertain ({{lang|ja|不明}}).<ref name="179p6"/> Haibara says she changed Shinichi's status to "Dead" while she was still in the Organization, which was first shown in the version of the list that [[Rumi Wakasa]] looks at on her laptop in File 1005. The list doesn't seem to be in chronological<ref>Manga [[Volume 1]], File 1 (001), pg 32: "The Heisei Holmes" Shinichi is the first victim according to Gin: "We'll use this, the new poison the Organization developed. You can't find any signs of poison on the body with this stuff. We haven't tested it on humans yet, so this'll be our little guinea pig"</ref> or alphabetical order. At least 10 people are shown listed, and there may be more victims if the list is longer than shown. The following people are on the list.<ref>Thanks to DCTP's Fujiwara for the name translations</ref>

*'''{{lang|ja|樽井英成}}''' (Status: Dead)
::Possible surname: Taru, Tarui
::Possible given name: Akishige, Eisei, Hideshige, Hidenari
*'''{{lang|ja|新岡芳江}}'''<ref>Later anime episode version of the list provided the first three characters and showed the name as "佐藤和江". This was contradicted later by the manga in File 1005, where the first three Kanji were replaced.</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surname: Araoka, Shin'oka, Nioka
::Possible given name: Yoshie, Fusae, Masae
*'''{{lang|ja|松坂宗男}}'''<ref>{{nihongo|Muneo Arimune|有宗宗男}} in [[Episode 129]] of the anime only, this was fixed in a later episode</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Matsusaka, Matsuzaka<ref>Later anime episode version of the list provided the first character. The manga showed the first character had a less-than-full-height 厶 radical thus making the name ?-saka, ?-zaka (e.g. Hirosaka/Kosaka {{lang|ja|広坂}}, Matsusaka/Matsuzaka {{lang|ja|松坂}}, Densaka {{lang|ja|伝坂}})</ref>
::Possible given names: Muneo<ref name="Viz">[[:File:English APTX list.jpg|Used by Viz]]</ref><ref name="uanime">Used in the [[Episode 129|anime]]</ref>, Norio
*'''{{lang|ja|武石良雄}}'''<ref>{{nihongo|Yoshio Ōishi|大石良雄}} in the [[episode 129|anime]]</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Takeshi, Takeishi
::Possible given names: Yoshio<ref name="Viz"/><ref name="uanime" />, Ryoyu, Nagao
*'''{{lang|ja|工藤新一}} '''(Status: Unknown)/(Status: Dead)
::Surname: Kudo
::Given name: Shinichi
*'''{{lang|ja|豊田稔}}'''<ref>This name was not included in Viz's translation.</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Toyoda<ref name="uanime" />, Toyota
::Possible given names: Minoru<ref name="uanime" />, Toshi, Minori, Jin, Jinji, Nen, Yutaka
*'''{{lang|ja|羽田浩司}}''' (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Haneda<ref name="Kohji">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|Used in the manga]]</ref><ref name="Viz"/>, Hada<ref name="uanime" />
::Possible given name: Kohji<ref name="Kohji" />/Koji<ref name="uanime" /><ref name="Viz"/>
*'''{{lang|ja|野本昌治}}'''<ref>{{nihongo|Masahiro Nomoto|野本昌浩}} in the [[Episode 129|anime]]</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Nomoto<ref name="Viz"/><ref name="uanime" />, Yamoto
::Possible given names: Masaji<ref name="Viz"/>, Shoji, Masaharu, Yoshiji, Yoshiharu
*'''{{lang|ja|五島淳実}}'''<ref>Final character is 美 in the anime version</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Goto, Goshima, Gojima, Itsushima, Itsujima
::Possible given name: Atsumi
*'''{{lang|ja|上園孝也}}''' (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Uwazono, Uematsu, Uesono, Uezono, Kamisono, Kamizono
::Possible given names: Takaya, Koya
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==== Kohji Haneda====
{{main|Kohji Haneda}}
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The victim {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} is [[Shukichi Haneda]]'s non-blood brother. He was murdered 17 years ago along with Amanda Hughes. In chapter 947, Shukichi quoted his brother Kohji as saying {{nihongo|"one should stick with one's original plan"|初志貫徹|shoshi kantetsu}}. During "[[Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2016 DCTP thread version|Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day 2016]]", Gosho mentioned there was "red herring" in Volume 18, the same volume this list appeared in.
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==== Mary Sera ====
[[File:Mary.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Mary]]; an unknown child whom [[Masumi]] calls sister outside the territory, was revealed in File 972 to be the mother of [[Shuichi Akai]], [[Shukichi Haneda]] and [[Masumi Sera]]. 10 years ago before the current timeline, she possessed an adult body. That means during the timeskip, she took something similar to APTX 4869 which caused her body to shrink. She currently lives in various hotels, switching locations often as if pressured by a sense of threat.

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===Masami Hirota===
[[File:Masami Hirota.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_18#Murdered_Professor_Case|Murdered Professor Case]]
Masami Hirota, age 61, was a Nanyo University professor. Akemi Miyano had contact with and was probably close to him because she borrowed his name when coming up with an alias. When Shiho returned Akemi's vacation pictures to her, she had accidentally mixed in disks containing information about APTX 4869, which were saved by Professor Hirota.<ref>source of disks is volume 18, chapter 9, page 12 (English online fan translation)</ref> The Black Organization intended to kill Masami Hirota, but he was killed by an unrelated person first. Vodka disguised his voice and left a message on his answering machine pretending to be from "Kuro Life Insurance" so he could try to set up a meeting.<ref>Manga [[Volume 18]], Files 180</ref>
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===Shigehiko Nomiguchi===
[[File:Shigehiko Nomiguchi.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_24#Hotel_Party_Murder_Case|Hotel Party Murder Case]]'' 
Shigehiko Nomiguchi, age 56, and a politician, was bribed by someone who was never clarified (possibly by the Black Organization), and was going to be arrested and divulge information. The Black Organization decided to eliminate him. Pisco, with the unwilling help of Vermouth was ordered to perform the assassination. Pisco managed to successfully kill Nomiguchi by dropping a chandelier on him, but due to Conan's interference, the police discovered it was a murder and not an accident like the Black Organization hoped it would be ruled. His family disappeared soon after, but it's unknown if the Black Organization got rid of them or if they went into hiding to escape them. Haibara did not react to his presence while she was watching him with Conan.
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===Araide family===
{{main|Tomoaki Araide}}[[File:Tomoaki Araide.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth attempted to kill the Araide family so she could disguise and take the place of Tomoaki Araide. Dr. Araide was targeted for his job as school nurse at Teitan Elementary and Teitan High which allowed Vermouth to get close to Haibara Ai, Conan Edogawa, and Ran Mouri. The FBI caught on to Vermouth's intentions before she could act and used disguised stunt doubles to make it appear that the Araide family were all killed when their car ran off a cliff into the ocean. After Vermouth was unmasked, Dr. Araide has been able to come out of hiding and continue his job as school nurse where Vermouth left off. At this time, Vermouth was acting without the approval of the Black Organization, so it is doubtful whether Tomoaki Araide was of any interest to the rest of the Organization.

=== Jazz club man ===
[[File:EP230_BO_victim.png|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_29#Bus_Hijacking_Case|Bus Hijacking Case]]'' 
Gin and Vodka set up a man to be killed when they met with him at a jazz club. Vodka remarks that he seemed happy even though "he didn't even suspect that that drink would be his last."<ref>Manga [[Volume 29]], File 3 (287), pg 2: "The Invisible Fear"</ref> He was never shown in the manga, but was shown stepping into a taxi in the anime. Vermouth was disguised as a waiter in the club at the time, although it isn't clear whether she was there to assist if Gin and Vodka failed or if she had her own reasons.

In the anime added a [[canon|non-canonical]] business card which lists his name as {{nihongo|Masahito Yoshioka|吉岡昌仁|Yoshioka Masahito}}, the real-life chief producer of many Conan-related films and episodes from the anime studio [[TMS_Entertainment|Tokyo Movie Shinsa]].
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=== Starling family ===
[[File:Jodie_Starling.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth killed [[Jodie Starling]]'s parents 20 years ago and burnt down the Starling house. Vermouth's primary aim was to kill the FBI agent Mr. Starling and destroy his investigation files that involved Vermouth. Jodie survived because she left the house before it burnt down. After hearing that only two bodies were discovered, Vermouth desperately searched for Jodie, but to no avail; Jodie had been placed into the witness protection program by her father’s colleagues. Jodie became an FBI agent to seek out Vermouth.
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=== Senzo Fukuura ===
[[File:Senzo_Fukuura.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_42#Halloween_Party_Case|Halloween Party Case ]]'' 
Senzo Fukuura, movie producer of "The Haunted Ship" series, was killed by a man wearing a werewolf costume whom Vermouth had blackmailed. His death was part of Vermouth's plan to lure Shinichi Kudo away from Ai Haibara, so it is unclear whether Vermouth had a particular reason for wanting Senzo Fukuura dead or if she only selected him as the target because he was convenient. Since she's an actress, she most likely used her connections in the movie business to gather information about the party in order to cocoon the murder plan. At this time, Vermouth was acting without the approval of the Black Organization, so it is doubtful whether this man was of any interest to the rest of the Organization.
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=== Werewolf man ===
[[File:Werewolf.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_42#Halloween_Party_Case|Halloween Party Case ]]'' 
Vermouth blackmailed this unnamed man into killing Senzo Fukura. After this man posted in a murder forum about wanting to kill Senzo Fukura, Vermouth replied back using her codename and asked if he would do so if she provided the tools and the strategy. The man revised his thoughts and refused, so Vermouth blackmailed him with a letter threatening his family and a box full of recordings of his family, tapped phonecalls, and detailed notes of his and his family's daily schedule. Blackmailing the werewolf man was part of Vermouth's plan to lure Shinichi Kudo away from Ai Haibara, so it is unclear whether Vermouth had a particular reason for blackmailing this man, or if she chose him because he was convenient. At this time, Vermouth was acting without the approval of the Black Organization, so it is doubtful whether this man was of any interest to the rest of the Organization.
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=== Yasuteru Domon ===
[[File:Domon Yasudera.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_48#Black_Organization_vs._FBI|Black Organization vs. FBI ]]'' 
Yasuteru Domon is a politician hard on crime whom the Black Organization attempts to assassinate after the events of the Ding Dong Dash.<ref>Manga [[Volume 48]], File 10 (500): "A New Person in Black"</ref> The FBI believed the boss ordered the assassination of Yasuteru Domon who wasn't even part of the [[Wikipedia:Diet of Japan|Diet]] yet because he is hard on crime and had a chance of becoming the next [[Wikipedia:Prime_Minister_of_Japan|Prime Minister]]. The Black Organization ordered Kir to arrange an interview with him in exchange for suppressing information that his father was under suspicion of having an extramarital affair 20 years ago. The Black Organization planned the timing so that it could be blamed on female gang leader Kiriko Busajima who had been accused of hiring a hitman to kill him before. The assassination plot was called off because Yasuteru Domon decided to stop running for office when the affair information was about to come out anyway. The Black Organization had not realized that this information was enough to get him to stop running for office.
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=== Kogoro Mouri ===
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Black_Impact!_The_Moment_the_Black_Organization_Reaches_Out|Black Impact!]], [[Wedding Eve]], and [[Volume_90#Soul_Detective_Murder_Case|Soul Detective Murder Case]]'' 
Kogoro Mouri temporarily became an assassination target when Gin mistakenly thought that the detective planted a tracking and listening device on Kir's shoe. With the boss's permission he, Vodka, Vermouth, Korn and Chianti went Beika city to silence the detective. As the Black Organization snipers, Korn and Chianti, prepare to fire at Kogoro, they are interrupted by Conan kicking a soccer ball into Kogoro's window and Shuichi Akai's sniper shots. Thus, Kogoro is saved at the last second by a double effort from Conan and Shuichi Akai, and the Organization is made to believe the FBI planted the tracker. Despite Vermouth's prompting, Gin does not believe that Kogoro is [[Conan|completely]] innocent.

Tooru Amuro investigates and then apprentices himself to Kogoro because Amuro suspected the detective may be connected to Sherry.<ref name=827p16>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 10 (827), pg 16: "The key to solving the mystery"</ref> (Kogoro was previously suspected of being linked to Sherry because the [[Criminal Tracking Glasses|tracker]], [[microphone]], and gum combo Gin found on Kir's shoe after [[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out|the Ding Dong Dash case]] was the same style as the one Gin [[Reunion with the Black Organization|discovered in his car]] that Sherry supposedly planted.)

When Gin heard that [[Volume_90#Soul_Detective_Murder_Case|Gaito Hotta]], someone who had information on the [[Case_from_17_years_ago|Kohji Haneda case]], had been killed and that Kogoro had been involved, his suspicions rose again. The he says "Its like encountering a demon in the darkness... If that guy is the demon, then we've got to finish him off while he sleeps."
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=== Toji Funemoto ===
[[File:Toji Funemoto.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_49#Black_Organization_vs_FBI|Black Organization vs FBI ]] and [[Volume_53#Mysterious_Job_Case|Mysterious Job Case]]'' 
Toji Funemoto is a young boy who bore witness to Rena Mizunashi's motorcycle accident.<ref>Manga [[Volume 49]], File 3 (503): "Black Organization vs FBI 1"</ref> Vermouth confronted and interrogated him to figure out how much he knew.<ref>Manga [[Volume 53]], File 10 (553): "The Mysterious Job"</ref> Gin noticed Toji was taken into witness protection by the FBI, but Vermouth told Gin he was irrelevant.
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=== Tohei Benzaki ===
[[File:Tohei_Benzaki.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_80#A_Shrine_to_Remember|Jodie's Memories and the Cherry Blossom Viewing Trap]] and [[Volume_81#Cocktail_of_Sorrow|A Detective Solves a Case in a Bar]]'' 
Tohei Benzaki is a single man<ref>[[Volume 81]], File 855, Page 16</ref> who inadvertently became a random target in one of Bourbon's plans to further investigate Conan and the FBI. Needing to use his appearance to approach Jodie at a cherry blossom viewing place, Bourbon made Tohei unconscious and disguised as him with Vermouth's help. Unfortunately for Bourbon, Tohei had just been pickpocketed by a female thief and he got caught up in a murder case where she's the victim. After the case is over, Bourbon returned the stolen purse to Tohei's unconscious body and left him to eventually wake up. Some point later, the police arrived at Tohei's apartment to question him about the pickpocketing case but he declared he did not know anything regarding the murder of the pickpocket. At this point it appears that Bourbon and the Black Organization have no further interest in Tohei Benzaki.

It is very unlikely that the real Tohei Benzaki had any involvement in the Teito Bank Heist, instead this backstory was fabricated by Bourbon.
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=== Natsuko Shibuya ===
[[File:Natsuko Shibuya.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Scarlet Return]]'' 
Natsuko Shibuya is a Japanese friend of [[Jodie Starling]]'s whom she helped in a case while she was studying abroad in America. [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]] was hired by Shibuya because she was being stalked and they met multiple times. One of these times, Amuro stole her phone and texted Jodie while pretending to be Shibuya, asking Jodie to go out for drinks. Jodie contacted Shibuya back via [[Camel]]'s phone. Bourbon then planned to have Shibuya get into an accident, possibly by running her over with his car. Before Amuro could attack her himself, another person attacked Shibuya first. When the police came to the accident, they contacted Camel because it was one of the most recent phone numbers used. [[Vermouth]] copied Jodie's clothing while Amuro participated in solving the case. Vermouth then lured Jodie and Camel to the hospital by pretending to be a nurse calling in to report that Shibuya's condition had become critical. In the end, Amuro and Vermouth were able to trick Camel into revealing that [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] killed himself. Shibuya was fine in reality and recovered without incident. It is unclear how Amuro found out she was connected to Jodie.
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=== Amanda Hughes ===
[[File:Amanda Hughes EP861.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Case from 17 years ago]]'' 
{{nihongo|Amanda Hughes|アマンダ・ヒューズ|Amanda Hyūzu}} was an elderly wealthy American who was killed 17 years prior to the current timeline. As the cause of her death could not be determined, it is possible that she was poisoned by [[APTX 4869]] or a similar substance. Haibara has yet confirmed whenever she saw Amandas name on the list or not. Amanda apparently had contacts to two American intelligence agencies, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. She died while staying at a hotel which was also occupied by shogi champion [[Kohji Haneda]] whom Amanda was a big fan of, and who was killed the same night. It was proved that she visited his hotel room. Conan suspects that a Black Organization agent posed as a bodyguard named "Asaka" and killed her with a drug. The bodyguard then vanished completely afterwards.
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=== Gaito Hotta ===
[[File:Gaito Hotta.jpg|100px|right]]
:''See: [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|Soul Detective Murder Case]]'' 
Gaito Hotta was a TV-personality, who claimed to solve cases by connecting with the spirits of the dead. He was exposed as a fraud at one point in connection with a case of a missing person. He then decided to make a comeback by using the mysterious murder case of Haneda Kohji and Amanda Hughes. He made research and discovered that Asaka, the missing bodyguard, had been seen holding a small mirror. He then concluded that Asaka was a woman and wanted to use that in his show. But he was murdered before it could happen. It is not known if the organization wanted to kill him, but they were keeping an eye on him.
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=== Rokumichi Hado ===
[[File:Rokumichi Hado.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|Bourbon's Mission]]'' 
{{nihongo|Rokumichi Hado||}} is a Rock musician who took a hiatus 17 years ago and was investigated by Bourbon and Vermouth because his new single was to be named ASACA. He committed suicide for personal reasons. His single "Asaca" was entirely unrelated to Kohji's death 17 years ago or Asaka. Despite the lack of clues about Asaka or Rum, the case proved that the Black Organization is aware of the decoding of Kohji's dying message and is paranoid about it.{{clear}}

=== Tsutomu Akai ===
[[File:Tsutomu_Akai.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_92#A_Chance_Meeting_at_the_Beach|A Chance Meeting at the Beach]], and [[Case from 17 years ago]]'' 
He somehow became involved with the [[Case_from_17_years_ago|Kohji Haneda case]] and made enemies which resulted in him having to leave his family behind and send them into hiding. While he is believed to be dead, his body was never actually found.

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== Hinted people of interest to the Black Organization ==
This is a list of people that has been hinted in manga to be of interest to the organization

=== Mikoto Shimabukuro/Kimie Shimabukuro ===
Kimie Shimabukuro assumed the identity of her great-grandmother Mikoto Shimabukuro an Elder from the mermaid island claimed to 130 years old and rumored to be immortal. As the Elder Kimie was the star in a festival on the island, where she, in a lottery, gave three dugong arrow, said to give the owner a long life and protection against demons, away to three winners. Because of the Elder's supposedly long life and a mysterious legless body corpse found in a fire, it has gather interest of people around Japan even from high-up and celebrities. Conan found [[Shiho Miyano]]'s name in the register of people who had anticipated in the lottery and recalled that it was Haibara's real name. But he doubt it's the same person.

== Acquaintances of individual Black Organization members ==
This is a list of people who are acquaintances of Black Organization members, but were never part of the Organization themselves. Former Black Organization members are listed on [[Black Organization#Former|the main Black Organization page]].

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa]] is a distant acquaintance of [[Atsushi Miyano]] and [[Elena Miyano]]. Agasa had met them at conferences, and Atsushi complimented Agasa on his inventions.<ref name="Volume 39">[[Volume 39|Volume 39, File 6, Page 6: "Torn Friendship 1"]]</ref>
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=== Toichi Kuroba ===
[[File:Toichi Kuroba.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Vermouth]] (who was disguised as Sharon Vineyard at the time) the finer arts of disguise.
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=== Yukiko Kudo ===
[[File:Yukiko Kudo.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth, as her alias Sharon Vineyard, and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] had a friendly relationship between the time they met under Toichi Kuroba's tutelage until the time Sharon "died". Yukiko had no idea Sharon was leading a double life as an operative in the Black Organization. Yukiko and Sharon seemed to have kept in contact with one another because Yukiko and Sharon both know about events in each others' lives that occurred after Toichi's lessons. Sharon was the one who got tickets for Yukiko, Shinichi, and Ran to the Golden Apple play on Broadway in New York City one year prior to the current time line. Yukiko also attended Sharon's funeral. Yukiko is currently aware that Sharon and Chris are the same person and a member of the Black Organization who had tried to kill her son earlier.
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=== Shinichi Kudo ===
[[File:Shinichi Kudo.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth, as Sharon Vineyard, knew [[Shinichi Kudo]] since he was young through her friendship with Yukiko. After [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] helped Ran save Vermouth's life in New York while she was disguised as a serial killer, she nicknames him "Cool guy". Vermouth later becomes one of the few [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|characters who know Conan is Shinichi]].
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=== Ran Mouri ===
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth, as Sharon Vineyard, met [[Ran Mouri]] through the Kudo family. After Ran saved Vermouth's life in New York City, Vermouth nicknames [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] "Angel".
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===Sohei Dejima===
[[File:Souhei Degima.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_41#Bathroom Murder Case|Bathroom Murder Case ]]'' 
Sohei Dejima, age 54, was Haibara’s father’s childhood playmate. He hasn’t seen [[Atsushi Miyano]] for thirty years, which means they were friends until their twenties. He has lived in the house that Professor Miyano inherited from his father (Haibara’s grandfather) for thirty years. Professor Miyano and his wife Elena stopped by after Akemi was 4 or 5 years old (and they were in the Organization) to tell Dejima something important but Dejima was out so he never got to say what it was. Sohei Dejima was being watched by the Black Organization at that time. Akemi came back as an adult to hide tapes left by Haibara’s mother for Shiho in the toilet, and afterwards the Black Organization came to investigate secretly. Sohei Dejima was killed by someone unrelated to the Black Organization.<ref>Manga [[Volume 41]], File 10 (423): "A Mystery Left by a Visitor"</ref>{{clear}}

=== Wataru Date ===
[[File:Wataru Date.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Wataru Date]] was a close friend of [[Rei Furuya]] while they were in police academy together. Rei was the top-ranked student, while Date held second place. While Date went on to become an officer, Rei went somewhere else, probably the [[Public Security Bureau|Secret Police]] or the Black Organization, and fell out of contact with Date. Date's last text to Rei asked him where he was and chided Rei to communicate once in a while. After discovering his old friend was dead, Rei visited Date's grave, and left a toothpick out of respect for Date.
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== Extended Canon ==
=== Collaboraters ===
==== Yakub ====
:''See: [[Special Volume 26#The Wish Put on the Airship|Special Volume 26]]''
{{nihongo|'''Yakub'''|ヤクブ|Yakubu}} is the ambitious uncle of Latoona, the princess of Panasunugara, a fictional poor country in the African Savannah.
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==== UCAR Inc. ====
:''See: [[Special Volume 26#The Wish Put on the Airship|Special Volume 26]]''
{{nihongo|'''UCAR Inc.'''|ユーカル社|Yūkaru-sha}} is a company run by the Black Organization which corrupts Yakub.

=== Targets ===
==== Kazuki Honjou{{anchor|Kazuki Honjo}} ====
[[File:Kazuki Honjo.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Raven Chaser]]''
{{nihongo|'''Kazuki Honjou'''|本上和樹|Honjō Kazuki}} is a Chiba accountant and serial killer who murdered with a stab wound the Parliamentary Secretary [[Masaaki Okakura]], a non-[[canon]] minor agent, for revenge of his beloved younger sister Nanako's death entirely unrelated to the Black Organization. Without knowing it, he has taken away the charm bag with a memory card listing the complete Black Organization agents that have infiltrated various organizations, that Masaaki obtained it possibly as insurance as speculated by Vermouth. Then the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] orders [[Irish]] to disguise himself as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] along with Vermouth's help and follow this serial murders case for retrieve the memory card before the police catch the culprit and look into the database.

==== Minoru Fukase ====
[[File:Minoru Fukase.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Raven Chaser]]''
{{nihongo|'''Minoru Fukase'''|深瀬稔|Fukase Minoru}}, age 27, is one of [[Kansuke Yamato|Inspector Yamato]]'s main suspect from Nagano in the first serial murder case of Shuhei Jinno.
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==== Sumire Shindo ====
[[File:Sumire Shindo.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Raven Chaser]]''
{{nihongo|'''Sumire Shindo'''||}}, age 34, is an abstract painter who lives in Hachioji City. During the second conference on the serial murders case, the police receive a call from her, who says she has a clue that could take them to their suspect, then Irish mails the boss. Gin goes immediately there along with Vodka before the police, however this woman was kidnapped and killed by the serial killer before their arrive.
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==== Kiyonaga Matsumoto ====
[[File:Kiyonaga Matsumoto.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]], as a superintendent of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]], was kidnapped by the [[Black Organization]] under their boss' order, so [[Irish]] could disguise as him and infiltrate the police department.
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==== Latoona ====
[[File:Princess Latoona.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Special Volume 26#The Wish Put on the Airship|Special Volume 26]]''
{{nihongo|'''Latoona'''||}} is the Princess of Panasunugara, a fictional poor country in the African Savannah.
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==== Eva Port ====
[[File:Eva Port.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Special Volume 35#Protect the Luxury Liner from the Virus|Special Volume 35]]''
{{nihongo|'''Eva Port'''||}} is a foreign child idol.
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=== Acquaintances of individual Black Organization members ===
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==References==
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Renya Karasuma

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Kansuke: /* Bourbon */

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{{nihongo|'''Renya Karasuma'''|烏丸蓮耶|Karasuma Renya}} is the boss of the [[Black Organization]], which they respectfully refer as '''{{nihongo|Ano kata|あの方|lit. "That Person"}}''', and then the true main antagonist of the series. [[Conan Edogawa]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], the [[Public Security Bureau]], the MI6, the CSIS, and the BND wish to uncover him and cause the destruction of the Black Organization.

For many years, until December 13th, 2017, in addition to the author [[Gosho Aoyama]], only [[Minami Takayama]], his former wife and the voice of Conan, and the anime production knew who was the mysterious boss.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20171214093427/http://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/171213/ent1712130011-n1.html/ 名探偵コナン「あの方」の正体ついに明かされる　作者の青山剛昌氏「皆びっくりする」]</ref><ref>[http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13430):#p877561 Gosho Aoyama Interview about the BO Boss (November 30, 2017)]</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Background ==
Renya Karasuma was known to be an elderly multi-millionaire and powerful man who allegedly died forty years ago under mysterious circumstances with his legacy unknown. Which means that he may not died, but became younger. He was the most powerful person in Japan according to [[Yusaku Kudo]]. Looks like he had a lot of contacts with famous and powerful people. He was always getting chased around by cops and detectives. His crest is a creepy bird logo: a crow.<ref>The operatives dress in black, which [[Akemi Miyano]] says is supposed to resemble crows. Furthermore, in the movie introduction sequence of [[The Raven Chaser]], [[Dimensional Sniper]], and [[The Darkest Nightmare]], the Black Organization enshrouded in mystery are each time introduced with an evil looking crow, as like in the ending video of movie 13.</ref>

According to Furuyo Senma, the old famous detective who can solve a case just by sitting down in an armchair, Karasuma inherited the old {{nihongo|Sunset Manor|黄昏の館|Tasogare no yakata}} in the isolated Tokyo mountains at Nishitama, 2 kilometers from Okuno Dam<ref>Episode 219, but not in the manga. Saguru Hakuba says "The Tokyo case that occurred forty years ago.", and the location is indicated by the road signs on the Shuto Expressway and the junction near the villa.</ref> and six miles from a lonely gas station, from his mother and was his vacation home, which for [[Kogoro Mouri]]<ref name=kid>After solving the case, Kogoro was revealed to be Kid in disguise.</ref> looks more like Dracula's castle and up close even more like a haunted house. He found a clue leading to a vast fortune left by his mother and supposedly hidden in the western-style manor house he had inherited:

{{cquote|On the night the two travelers looked up at the sky, a demon appeared in the castle and the king ran wild with his treasure in hand. The queen wept for forgiveness, her tears falling into the holy grail, and the knight killed himself with his own sword.|The clue to the riddle about the treasure.}}

But he was unable to find it any further to solve the riddle himself. With him being consumed by his own greed for the treasure, he came to hire people to solve the riddle for him, and then began killing them as motivation for the others to work faster. They had made copies of the riddle to hand out on a cheap mimeograph print on straw paper. Hardly anything's been touched since the incident and those murders were the true cause behind the numerous old bloodstains all over in the house, although an attempt to clean it off, not an out-of-control party on the second stormy night in the middle of an auction to sell off over three hundred pieces of the priceless art Karasuma had collected during his lifetime, caused by two men with marijuana leaves tobacco drugs and then disappeared with the art, leaving eight dead and a dozen others unconscious. Among those men were Senma's own father, archaeologist Kyosuke Senma. Spray luminol onto blood, and active oxygen inside the blood will oxidize it, giving off a bluish-purple fluorescent light, and Watson, [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s pet hawk, seems to have picked up a fancy for blood in the time they've spent together in England.

Karasuma is believed to be dead. A fake story says that he died half-a-century prior to the series, at the age of 99, but Senma claims that he lived at least ten more years, which means that if he is dead, he died between forty and twenty years prior to the series, back in the days before they invented copiers. Renya had passed on, the Karasuma family had died out, and the house had fallen into other hands when it was still beautiful. Thirty-eight years later, when Senma accidentally let the story slip to him, the famed gourmet detective Shukuzen Oogami immediately tracked down the house and started to look for the treasure two years, but he couldn't solve the riddle. He had put himself into massive debt to buy the house and was in serious trouble, but he was poisoned by his accomplice Senma with potassium cyanide, who wanted to decipher the riddle that took her father's life at all costs. The mansion still has traces after Karasuma's crest on the silver specially ordered by him, not just the flatware, but everything in the house, from the doors, flooring and handrails down to the chess pieces and playing cards. The last young maid chased by Oogami from many applicants was Aki Ishihara and the job paid very well, but the cook's fallen ill and can't come in that day.

The riddle has been solved by the great detectives [[Conan Edogawa]], Saguru Hakuba, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda forty years later. It's strange the only clock in a huge house is the one in the dining room. So "The night the two travelers looked up at the sky" means midnight, when the long hand and short hand of the clock both point up. Placing the hands at 12, the key to solving the riddle is the word Senma wrote in blood, "Trump card". He was talking about "playing cards". The king, queen, and soldier in the riddle stand for the King, Queen, and Jack in a deck of cards. The treasure stands for diamonds, the holy grails stands for heart, and the sword stand for spades. So "treasure" and "king" means the King of Diamonds, "Holy grail" and "queen" means the Queen of Hearts, and "sword" and "soldier" means the Jack of Spades. Now Conan turns the hands of the clock in the direction the face of cards in the house are facing. Thirteen to the left, twelve to the left, and eleven to the right. The coating came off. There's gold inside and it's so heavy, this thing is made of solid gold. The walls are crumbling and the gold's showing through. That clock has been the switch to peel off the outer wall. According to Soda, only Karasuma would do something on such a scale, and it must be worth 100 billion yen. Sunset is when the sky shines gold. It's literally a "Golden Manor". [[Kaitou Kid]] comes for Karasuma's treasure, but he has changed his mind. That thing's a little too big for a thief's pocket.

As the highest authority, he directs the Black Organization's activities and plans crimes to protect and advance its interests. He communicates to subordinates by text messages. His phone number<ref>In Japan, an e-mail address is assigned to each mobile phone.</ref> follows the tune of the first few notes "Mother crow, why do you cry?"<ref>The area code phone number for Kurayoshi and Yazu in Tottori Prefecture, 0858, do sound like the "Mother crow" part, but "Why do you cry" doesn't work. The notes on a cell phone are ''FA'' for 1, 2, 3; ''SOL'' for 4, 5, 6; ''LA'' for 7, 8, 9; and ''SI'' for *, 0, #. Each note gates slightly lower as you move to the left on the dial. So if we start with # and not 0, and don't care if the notes are slightly off, we get the email address.</ref> of the children song [[Nanatsu no Ko]]. The number is #969#6261<ref>In episode 398 the number is erroneously written as #696#6261.</ref>, which was purposefully made non-functional by [[Gosho Aoyama]] to prevent prank calls.<ref>In real life, # signs can't be used in an email address, but Gosho Aoyama decided to use them here to prevent pranks.</ref> [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] warns Conan of the danger of calling it, likening it to Pandora's box. He is responsible for promoting agents<ref name=v53f10>Manga Volume 53, File 10; anime episode 464.</ref> and deciding on their alcoholic code names. The FBI think that only a few of the highest ranking executive agents like [[Gin]] or [[Vermouth]] could lead them to the elusive boss.

== Personality ==
If Senma's story is true, then Karasuma is described as a greedy, cruel and impatient man. He appears to be materialistic as he was driven by his own greed while searching for the hidden treasure inside the Sunset Manor. Furthermore, he seems not to value the cost of human life as he killed numerous people that he invited as motivation to find the treasure faster. His house was swarming with cameras hidden all over and monitored from a room somewhere, has no phone line, and they're well out of cellular range. Turn the knob from the inside and a needle pops out, and mook who came on the second floor of the central tower would get a poisoned needle in the palm when they tried to leave. There were guns under pillow in the rooms. Oogami and Senma, who wanted to decipher the riddle and psychologically created another same tragedy, were all along possessed by him.

He is fairly ruthless, willing to dispatch in person senior agents who have been loyal to the Black Organization for many years for a single mistake. Vermouth says that he is always careful to the extreme, the type to ruin the plan by overthinking it.<ref>Manga Volume 67, File 8; anime episode 581.</ref> Somehow, he can maintain loyalty and unity within the codenamed ranks despite many agents disliking or even outright wishing to murder certain others. He is known to give permission to agents who wish to pursue certain secret missions, such as [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and Vermouth's plan to make sure [[Shuichi Akai]] was truly dead.

He is especially close to Vermouth, who is described as his favorite, much to the chagrin of her enemies and those who mistrust her. He is also close to Gin, who often acts as an intermediary between he and other agents. Gin usually takes the lead planning role in assassinations that he has ordered. While most agents follow his orders, some agents have acted contrary to the wishes of him.

The FBI believed he was hoping to nip a potential obstacle in the bud because Yasuteru Domon, who is a politician hard on crime, may have a chance of becoming the next Prime Minister. He thought Akai could become a "[[Silver Bullet]]", someone who is especially dangerous to the Black Organization. In that regard, he's more like Vermouth than Gin who doesn't believe a single person who can take the syndicate down in one shot exists.

== Appearance ==
Renya Karasuma's appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 30, File 5; anime episode 219.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Plot overview ==
=== The Gathering of the Detectives! (Manga: [[Volume 30#Kaitou Kid and the Murder|299-302]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|219]]) ===
The seven greatest detectives Conan Edogawa, Kogoro Mouri<ref name=kid/> along with [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], Saguru Hakuba, Furuyo Senma, Shukuzen, Oogami, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda were called to a mansion covered in blood by Kaitou Kid, and while they were having their so-called "last supper" was told by the inviter this mansion belonged to Renya Karasuma forty years ago.

During a reality television deduction competition between high school detectives, Conan cited that case a while back, on he and Saguru Hakuba were together, when [[Heiji Hattori]] asks him where he had meet the high-school detective from the East.<ref>Manga Volume 54, File 10; anime episode 479.</ref>

=== Stradivarius Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|470]], Anime: [[The Dissonance of the Stradivarius|385]]) ===
[[File:Ano Kata.JPG|thumb|right|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a big [["The Criminal"|criminal silhouette]] along with Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth, with evil aura in the anime version.

=== The Strange Family's Request (Anime: [[The Strange Family's Request|398]]) ===
[[File:BossBlackshadow4.jpeg|thumb|left|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a normal criminal silhouette along with Gin, Vodka, and naked Vermouth<ref>The manga version often visualized Vermouth naked, whereas the related anime episodes show her always dressed. This episode is the first exception, but not in the manga.</ref> in the anime version.

=== The Missing [[Maria Higashio]] Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Higashio Case|1008]], Anime: TBD) ===
[[File:Carasuma.png|thumb|right|Renya Karasuma visualized by Conan along with Gin, Vodka, naked Vermouth, Chianti, and [[Korn]].]]
Not so long ago, [[Subaru Okiya]] told Yusaku and [[Yukiko Kudo]] about the cipher left at the crime scene of [[Kohji Haneda]]'s murder. Subaru and Yusaku have reached the conclusion that "ASACA" and "RUM" might not be two different words, but rather, that these eight letters form one single name: "CARASUMA", which refers to Renya Karasuma, a multi-millionaire that is not supposed to be a part of this world. If that theory is correct, Conan has made an enemy out of the most powerful person in Japan.

We finally reached the identity of the Boss of the Organization. All for the sake of returning to his original form.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== TV Special: [[Time Travel of the Silver Sky]] ===
Christies YP, a software created by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], can give the identity of anyone in the world and then tries to find out the identity of the boss between [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Sharon Vineyard]], Chiyoko Yuasa<ref>Manga Volume 33, Files 3-6; anime episodes 266-268.</ref>, Yusaku Kudo, four Shinichi's classmates<ref>Anime episode 192.</ref>, and a circus white lion<ref>Manga Volume 32, Files 8-10; anime episodes 258-259.</ref>, but eventually failed with "UNTOUCHABLE" and a red alarm sound flash {{nihongo|"進入禁止領域"|Shin'nyū kinshi ryōiki|The forbidden area}}.

=== Special Manga: [[Special Volume 26#The Black Organization...Revealed|File 294]] ===
When Haibara reveals to Conan the Black Organization's scheme in order to seize control of the world, she visualized him as a criminal silhouette clutching a globe.<ref>[http://tieba.baidu.com/photo/p?kw=%E7%81%B0%E5%8E%9F%E5%93%80&flux=1&tid=3356979031&pic_id=847c304e251f95ca2ed803cdca177f3e67095216&pn=1&fp=2&see_lz=1&red_tag=v2749094638 Special Volume 26, File 11, page 9]. The character design is a bit different from the main comic and as the criminal silhouette he looks like the devil, like [[Arrack]] and Generic.</ref>

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== Relationships analysis ==
=== Black Organization ===
==== Rum ====
[[Rum]] is his right hand, then the second-in-command in the organization. Rum's identity, gender, and mission are currently unknown, but the three suspects are [[Hyoue Kuroda]], [[Rumi Wakasa]], and [[Kanenori Wakita]].

==== Gin ====
He trusts [[Gin]] enough to make him an executive agent, and for good reason: Gin is among the most loyal of the high-ranking Black Organization. Gin follows his orders closely and virtually never acts against the Organization's greater interests, and in return he entrusts Gin to direct critical missions and key assassinations. He often issues orders to Gin directly by text message for him to disseminate to the others, and the two are implied to contact each other fairly often about instructions and suspicions. For this reason the FBI thought Gin would be able to lead them to the boss if they captured him.

==== Vodka ====
Even [[Vodka]] fears to challenge his anger, but it's Gin who takes full responsibility.<ref>Episode 345, but not in the manga. Before Vodka was sent aboard the ship in disguise, Gin told him not to hold back, even though Vermouth was the boss' favorite and despite the fact that they not have the boss' permission to kill her. At these words, Vodka swallows.</ref><ref>Movie 13: The Raven Chaser. After Gin has given the order to kill Irish without consulting the boss, Vodka is the only one to protest against it, though he likely fears consequence from the organization. He later keeps quiet.</ref>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] is known as his favorite member by the other members although the reason for the favoritism is unknown, and he allows her some degree of independence. Bourbon reveals that there is some sort of connection between Vermouth and the boss, implying that her relationship with the boss goes further than merely being his favorite member. Bourbon also notes that he has arranged for her secret to be revealed to the whole Black Organization in case something happens to him, and points out that the other members would be quite surprised if they knew the nature of the relationship.<ref>Manga Volume 85, File 5; anime episode 783.</ref> During an off-season Halloween party aboard a ship, discovered that Vermouth was up to something without the Black Organization's knowledge, he ordered Gin and Vodka to investigate. At the party, a man that Vermouth blackmailed to murder a director began screaming someone called Vermouth was to blame. Later, he sends a text message to Vermouth's cellphone informing her that her freedom was now being restricted and she was to return: "It looks like I have given you too much freedom. Come back to my side, Vermouth."

==== Chianti ====
[[Chianti]] fears to challenge his anger and, being a direct order from him, she must also bear Vermouth.<ref>Manga Volume 48, File 10; anime episode 425.</ref> For avenge [[Calvados]]' death, she would've killed Vermouth a long time ago for real, if she wasn't his favorite, but swears she'll definitely kill her.<ref>Manga Volume 49, File 1; anime episode 425.</ref> She seems envious for what Kir has used to make him let her join their four years ago.<ref name=v53f10/>

==== Kir ====
He promoted [[Kir]] because she had uncovered a spy and confronted him. The spy, [[Ethan Hondou]], overpowered and tortured her for information, but [[Rena Mizunashi]] remained silent. Although completely crippled, Rena bit Ethan's wrist to force him to drop his gun, and then killed him. The bite marks and Ethan's recording device coincided with her story, so he promoted her to the codename Kir in recognition of her loyalty and sheer savageness. In truth, he was fooled. Ethan Hondou was Kir's father and they both are CIA spies infiltrating the Black Organization. Rena had made a mistake and was about to be uncovered as a spy. Ethan, who had prepared appropriately ahead of time in case this happened, told Rena to tell the organization she discovered he was a spy and tried to confront him. Ethan then committed suicide after maiming himself and his daughter to make it appear like the story Ethan had just explained. He orders Kir to assassinate the politician Yasuteru Domon while holding an interview. After the Black Organization easily retrieved Kir from the FBI, Gin became suspicious of how ineffective the FBI's plan was and that Shuichi Akai did not made a strong move. Gin thought that Shuichi is hiding something and relays his doubt to him, who also agrees. He and Gin plan a test of Kir's loyalty. Meanwhile, [[Andre Camel|an FBI agent]] becomes a suspect in a coincidental murder case. The Black Organization hears about it, and taking advantage of the FBI's distraction, Gin calls out Kir and tells her his order. In order to regain his trust, she is to call Akai out to meet with her and kill him. Kir meets with Akai at Raiha Pass and apparently kills him. However, he was fooled again. [[Akai faked his death theory|Akai and Kir conspired to fake Akai's death]].

==== Bourbon ====
He dispatches [[Bourbon]] to search for the escaped scientist Shiho Miyano. However, Bourbon received his permission to execute a second, secret mission: verified Shuichi Akai's death by disguising as Akai and approaching his FBI colleagues. In truth, Rei has been persevering to turn in Shuichi to the organization to earn higher ranks to approach more closely to him.

==== Shiho Miyano ====
He orders the execution of [[Shiho Miyano]] after she boycotted the development of [[APTX 4869]] and rebelled against the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9; anime episode 129.</ref> Before she could be even executed, Shiho manages to escape and he ordered the Black Organization to hunt her down and murder her.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 7; anime episode 129.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 24, File 11; anime episode 178.</ref>

==== Pisco ====
Gin relayed his orders to [[Pisco]]: silence Shigehiko Nomiguchi, a politician who was going to be arrested for bribery, and use [[APTX 4869]] if it was necessary. Pisco's act of murder was accidentally caught on camera, so he direct ordered Gin to kill Pisco.

==== Rikumichi Kusuda ====
He sends [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] to Haido Central Hospital to act as a patient while searching for Kir, who is currently held captive by the FBI. Kusuda write to his e-mail adress.

==== Irish ====
He orders [[Irish]] to disguise himself as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]], infiltrate into [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department]], and retrieve a memory card with the personal information of all the Black Organization agents that have infiltrated various organizations, before the police catch the serial killer, who took it from their agent [[Masaaki Okakura]] he murdered without knowing what is on it, and find the card. Irish sends an email to him about Sumire Shindo, a new tipster with information about the serial murder.<ref>Irish can't contact Gin due his disguise, and neither Vermouth along with Conan. It's unclear who then contact Gin.</ref> When he discovers Conan's true identity, Irish plans to capture and bring the boy before him to discredit Gin, who killed Pisco, whom Irish respected like a father. Irish believes that he would definitely demote or have Gin killed for carelessly leaving Shinichi alive. However, because his cover was blown, Irish was killed by Chianti under Gin's orders before Conan can force him to reveal the boss' true identity.

==== Generic ====
He orders [[Generic]] to create a drug which manipulates the memories of people. He aims to use it on important people worldwide, in particular to the President of the United States, in order to seize control of the world.

=== Others ===
==== Shuichi Akai ====
Capturing a high ranking member of the Black Organization who could lead the FBI to the boss was the goal of [[Shuichi Akai]]'s spy mission. After three years of infiltration, he gave the undercover FBI agent the codename "Rye" and ordered him to work under Gin. The FBI's plan to capture Gin fell apart when Akai's true allegiance was uncovered due to a mistake made by [[Andre Camel]]. In the two years since the mission failure, he came to regard Akai could become the Black Organization's silver bullet.

==== Kyosuke Senma ====
Kyouske Senma was an archeologist who invited to his manor house forty years ago. He wanted Senma to find the treasure before he died of old age. It was a very well-paid job. His wife and then 23 years old daughter Furuyo received large sums of money, along with a letter from him, almost every day. But after six months, the money and letters suddenly stopped coming. Senma, who had never giver their his address, vanished forever. Furuyo only found out the truth when she held his last letter, which she had kept as a memento, against a light. He had written a secret note by poking tiny holes in the paper left for her with a needle. He recorded the riddle of the treasure and wrote that many other scholars had been invited to the manor. He also wrote that Karasuma had begun to kill those scholars, one by one, as a warning to the others, and that even if he found the treasure, he too would be killed. She didn't tell the police about it because it was twenty years after the fact. Presumably a victim of his treasure hunting fanaticism, Senma did solve the riddle, and left a clue about it in a note letters written in blood on the piano, and Karasuma never activated the device clock because never knew the answer to the riddle: "I've finally gotten hold of the trump card that will decipher Karasuma's riddle. Kyosuke Senma."

== Gallery ==
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== Speculations ==
According to the author Gosho Aoyama, the boss has appeared already, made his appearance as another character. Some potential candidates are:
* Genichirou Kaneshiro, a 74 years old computer company owner, due his old age, suspicious behavior pretending to be blind, affection for young women, and especially the fact who was after a computer virus which has been used by the Black Organization to protect sensitive data. Furthermore, he quickly realizes that Conan is unusual and considers him suspicious.<ref>Manga Volume 8, Files 2-7; anime episodes 68-70.</ref>
* Saizo Kano, the leader of a group of robbers dubbed as the "Organizer in the Shadows", who was supposedly murdered by his three accomplices twenty years ago, but his corpse was never found. His appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 23, Files 4-9; anime episode 174.</ref>

== Name origin ==
The first kanji "Karasu" is romanized for "Crows" in Japanese, which can fit with the children song The Seven Children, that he uses as his phone number, because there are crows included.

Karasuma is also a Kyoto Avenue's name, cited by Heiji in movie 7, [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]], when he and [[Kazuha Toyama]] find the sword in a huge chest with a large amount of drawers related to the roads of Kyoto. The avenue is marked with two crows carved above and below the chest, at the beginning and end of the beam from top to down at the center of the chest between the various drawers.

== Trivia ==
* Gosho Aoyama goes inspiration from Professor James Moriarty, the main antagonist in the Sherlock Holmes' series, to create the boss of the Black Organization. Just like Moriarty, the boss doesn't show his face and works behind the scenes, only pulling the strings on the crimes from far away. Gosho says that he tries to make it so that the boss is cold-blooded, won't leave a single scrap of evidence, and almost invisible.<ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>
* His recurring enemy rule in the series recalls the boss called the Potato Baron, Yaiba's archnemesis in the [[Kamen Yaiba|children's show]].<ref>Manga Volume 92, File 7; anime TBD.</ref>
* In the anime version, but not in the manga, the huge replica painting in his manor dining room is [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Gent%2C_Sint-Baafskathedraal_B_STB_434_Gent.jpg Salomón recibe a la Reina de Saba], by Lucas de Heere at the catholic St Bavo's Cathedral of Ghent in 1559, but with an opposite perspective. Modeled here by the most catholic King Philip II of Spain, Solomon was the biblical most wise and good-hearted King of Israel succeeded his great father David, but unfortunately in his old age, many years after the Queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem, became corrupt and idolatrous due his several pagan foreign wives, so the God punished that grave sin and a glorious kingdom crumbled after his death. Even Karasuma was the most rich and powerful man in his time country, then turned out a monster due the treasure hidden in the house of his late mother, but one day Conan will destroy the Black Organization and assure him to justice.
* Karasuma, the Sunset Manor, the crow's crest, and the gold treasure riddle are very similar to late Gozoshi Isegawa, the Angel's Mansion, the bull's crest, and the gold treasure riddle in [[The Mysterious Angel's Mansion#Trivia|The Mysterious Angel's Mansion]], with the only difference that it's good and not evil.

== In other languages ==
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Renya Karasumaru<ref>The second kanji can be translated even "maru".</ref>|Renya Karasuma}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [["The Criminal"]]

== References ==
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Kansuke:

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Many main and minor characters have been linked to the [[Black Organization]].

This list excludes major Black Organization members and characters with jobs investigating crime generally, like the police. Characters who are part of an agency targeting the Black Organization like the FBI and CIA are also excluded unless their connection to the Organization goes beyond their work.

== Collaborators ==
This is a list of people who are known to have collaborated with the Black Organization, voluntarily or involuntarily. Some of these collaborators became assassination targets later. Those whose collaboration with the Black Organization is not clearly confirmed are listed with [[#Targets|targets below]].

===Unnamed Weapons Smuggler===
[[File:Weapon_Smuggler.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume 1#Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case|Roller Coaster Murder Case]]'' 
Gin and Vodka blackmailed an unnamed company owner who had been smuggling guns for over 100 million yen in cash. After Vodka received the briefcase of cash, he returned the film evidence of the business' gun smuggling. Vodka may have intended to kill the man when the transaction was complete as he began to draw his gun, but it could also have been in response to the company owner's remark the Black Organization does even worse things than gun smuggling. The man escaped when Gin assaulted Shinichi who had been spying on the transaction and Vodka was distracted.
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===Akemi Miyano and the billion yen robbery gang===
{{main|Akemi Miyano}}[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|right|100px]]
Five years prior to the current time-line, FBI agent [[Shuichi Akai]] infiltrated the Black Organization by dating Akemi Miyano. He was expelled after his true allegiance was uncovered, but Akemi could not be silenced because it would jeopardize the loyalty of her valuable sister [[Shiho Miyano]]. Eventually the Organization came up with a way to get rid of Akemi by pretending to make a deal with her; in exchange for a successful bank robbery, Gin told Akemi she and Shiho could go free. The Organization thought Akemi would surely fail and thus they would have an acceptable reason to kill her.

Akemi hired two partners, the family-less, get-away driver Kenzo Hirota who worked at a taxi company in Tokyo, and an unnamed giant man with connections at a Pachinko building to serve as muscle. Akemi and her two partners successfully pulled off the robbery, killing a guard in the process. Kenzo Hirota then backstabbed the other two by running away with the billion yen. In order to track him down, Akemi and her partner approached different detectives pretending to be Kenzo's relatives. Under alias Hirota Masami, Akemi Miyano pretended she was school girl from Yamagata to enlist Kogoro's help.<ref>Manga [[Volume 2]], file 4 (13): "The Missing Man "</ref> Masami’s other giant accomplice pretended to be Kenzo's elder brother, Akira Hirota, from Kyushu. After the two find Kenzo, a fight broke out between the two men, resulting in the giant strangling Kenzo against Akemi's wishes. Akemi and the giant hung Hirota's corpse from a rope to make it appear like a suicide, grabbed the cash, and left for a hotel. Gin had given Akemi sleeping pills to add to the giant man's drink so she could take the money from him. The pills were really laced with cyanide and the giant man was killed. Akemi left the real cases of money at the hotel and went to meet with Gin and Vodka at the shipping yard. Gin killed her there, but was unable to recover the money.
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===Unnamed woman===
[[File:Woman_near_Window.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_4#Shinkansen_Bomb_Case|Shinkansen Bomb Case]]'' 
An unnamed woman exchanged 400 million yen for information about gold worth even more money with Gin and Vodka on a bullet train's dining car. Instead of information, the Organization packed the case they were giving her with explosives to kill the woman because she was no longer useful. The anime replaced Gin and Vodka with lookalikes in [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case|the corresponding episode]]. <ref>Manga Chapter 35</ref>
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===Hideaki Nakajima===
[[File:Hideaki_Nakajima.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_12#Game_Convention_Case|Game Convention Case ]]'' 
Hideaki Nakajima, age 27, worked for Mantendo corporation's game development section and designed a mystery video game about Kogoro Mouri. He was in a University boxing club and has issues with creditors. He made an exchange with Tequila, giving Tequila a list of some of the world's most highly skilled programmers in exchange for a large amount of money. One of Hideaki's coworkers wanted to kill him for revenge, but Tequila was killed instead by accident.<ref>Manga Chapter 114</ref> The Black Organization then immediately blew up the [[Setting|Daiko Building's Cocktail Bar]] where Hideaki and Tequila had meetings.
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===Ki'ichiro Numabuchi===
{{main|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi}}[[File:Kichiro Numabuchi.jpg|right|100px]]
Ki'ichiro Numabuchi is an assassin who escaped the Black Organization before they could test APTX 4869 out on him when they decided he was useless. He then escaped from prison after that. He first showed up in Osaka in the [[The Naniwa Serial Murder Case]] where he is a suspect. He is innocent of these particular crimes and was being starved in a shack by the real serial killer who wanted to frame him. He tries to stab Conan with a kitchen knife while escaping, but Heiji's good luck charm luckily blocks the blow. He took driving lessons at a seminary 20 years ago but failed.<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], Files 5-8 (185-188): Stabbed Wallet Case</ref> He appears again in [[Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest]]. When he escaped from the police (again) in a forest in Gunma, Conan discovers he apparently lived by the forest when he was younger and liked fireflies.<ref>Manga [[Volume 35]], Files 8-10 (358-360): Disappearing Mitsuhiko Case</ref>
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===Suguru Itakura===
[[File:Suguru Itakura.jpg|right|100px]]
{{main|Suguru Itakura}}
{{nihongo|'''Suguru Itakura'''|板倉卓|Itakura Suguru}}, age 45, was a famous CG graphic designer/games system engineer who also worked on special effects for films.<ref>Manga [[Volume 37]], Files 5-10 (377-383): "Footsteps of Darkness"</ref> He probably owns Itakura studio. Three years before the current timeline, he stopped developing CG and a particular program due to poor eyesight. Two years ago Tequila showed up at his office to say he was interested in the particular “system software” Itakura stopped developing. One year later, he was later forced to finish the program with a year deadline. Itakura didn’t want to complete the program “not only for his eyesight but for the sake of humanity.”<ref>Manga [[Volume 37]], File 8 (380): "White Snow... Black Shadow..."</ref> He stayed in New Beika Hotel where he was killed by an unrelated party. He kept a diary and noted Vermouth had a cat around when he talked to her.<ref>Manga [[Volume 39]], File 6 (398): "Torn Friendship 1"</ref> Conan pretending to be him was told to put the disk in locker 1012. Itakura also helped provide many special effects for films and plays Vermouth and Yukiko Kudo were in. This is presumably how Vermouth hired him for the Organization's research as she was seen arguing with him on sets, something she never did with anyone else.
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=== Asaka ===
[[File:Asaka EP861.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Case from 17 years ago]] and [[Rum]]'' 
{{nihongo|'''Asaka'''|浅香|Asaka}} is a mysterious person from 17 years ago who Conan believes is the killer of [[Kohji Haneda]] and potentially the Black Organization member [[Rum]]. Asaka approached the Black Organization target [[Amanda Hughes]] to be her bodyguard. Amanda and Kohji were later found dead in their American hotel rooms under mysterious circumstances; Kohji was apparently killed by APTX 4869 or something like it. Asaka then vanished without a trace. Not much else is known about the person.

Asaka's gender is uncertain. [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|Gaito Hotta]] learned that someone witnessed Asaka holding a small hand mirror, and he guessed Asaka's gender is female; however, his reliability is questionable and perhaps influenced by the fact that the bodyguard was in possession of a women's accessory. Currently, Conan suspects that Asaka is a strong female bodyguard rather than a male based on Gotta Haito's testimony.

In addition, Conan suspects that Asaka may be Rum after examining [[Kohji Haneda]]'s broken handmirror shown in a picture on the case website. Kohji's broken hand mirror only had the letters PTON. The missing letters "U MASCARA" can be arranged to make the phrase "ASACA RUM". If this message means "Asaka is Rum" or something else is currently unclear, but not only did Okiya and Conan both arrived at that solution, the Black Organization has proven itself to be paranoid about anything related to the name ASACA spelled with a C and 17 years ago. [[Bourbon]] [[Volume 90#A song named ASACA|was sent to investigate a song titled "Asaca"]] written by [[List of Black Organization related characters#Rokumichi Hado|Rokumichi Hado]] who took a hiatus 17 years ago. The song and the title turned out to be entirely to be unrelated to Haneda Kohji's case or the Black Organization.
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== Targets ==
This is a list of people involved in a Black Organization plot, either as victims of crime, intended victims, or intelligence targets. Targets who are known to have collaborated with the Black Organization [[#Collaborators|are listed above]].

===Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa===
[[File:Conan Edogawa.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Shinichi Kudo]] has been involved in many Black Organization plots over the course of the series. For a full account of these events, please see the [[Black Organization timeline]].
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=== APTX 4869 Victims ===
[[File:APTX_4869_victim_list 4.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Partial list of APTX 4869 victims from File 1005]]
[[File:APTX_4869_victim_list 2.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Partial list of APTX 4869 victims]]
[[File:APTX_4869_victim_list 3.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Partial list of APTX 4869 victims (Cover page 948)]]
The Black Organization keeps a record of people who were poisoned with [[APTX 4869]].<ref name="179p6">Manga [[Volume 18]], File 9 (179), pg 6: "The Girl made of Lies"</ref> According to Haibara they were all confirmed dead ({{lang|ja|死亡}}), except for Shinichi Kudo ({{lang|ja|工藤新一}}) who was listed as uncertain ({{lang|ja|不明}}).<ref name="179p6"/> Haibara says she changed Shinichi's status to "Dead" while she was still in the Organization, which was first shown in the version of the list that [[Rumi Wakasa]] looks at on her laptop in File 1005. The list doesn't seem to be in chronological<ref>Manga [[Volume 1]], File 1 (001), pg 32: "The Heisei Holmes" Shinichi is the first victim according to Gin: "We'll use this, the new poison the Organization developed. You can't find any signs of poison on the body with this stuff. We haven't tested it on humans yet, so this'll be our little guinea pig"</ref> or alphabetical order. At least 10 people are shown listed, and there may be more victims if the list is longer than shown. The following people are on the list.<ref>Thanks to DCTP's Fujiwara for the name translations</ref>

*'''{{lang|ja|樽井英成}}''' (Status: Dead)
::Possible surname: Taru, Tarui
::Possible given name: Akishige, Eisei, Hideshige, Hidenari
*'''{{lang|ja|新岡芳江}}'''<ref>Later anime episode version of the list provided the first three characters and showed the name as "佐藤和江". This was contradicted later by the manga in File 1005, where the first three Kanji were replaced.</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surname: Araoka, Shin'oka, Nioka
::Possible given name: Yoshie, Fusae, Masae
*'''{{lang|ja|松坂宗男}}'''<ref>{{nihongo|Muneo Arimune|有宗宗男}} in [[Episode 129]] of the anime only, this was fixed in a later episode</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Matsusaka, Matsuzaka<ref>Later anime episode version of the list provided the first character. The manga showed the first character had a less-than-full-height 厶 radical thus making the name ?-saka, ?-zaka (e.g. Hirosaka/Kosaka {{lang|ja|広坂}}, Matsusaka/Matsuzaka {{lang|ja|松坂}}, Densaka {{lang|ja|伝坂}})</ref>
::Possible given names: Muneo<ref name="Viz">[[:File:English APTX list.jpg|Used by Viz]]</ref><ref name="uanime">Used in the [[Episode 129|anime]]</ref>, Norio
*'''{{lang|ja|武石良雄}}'''<ref>{{nihongo|Yoshio Ōishi|大石良雄}} in the [[episode 129|anime]]</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Takeshi, Takeishi
::Possible given names: Yoshio<ref name="Viz"/><ref name="uanime" />, Ryoyu, Nagao
*'''{{lang|ja|工藤新一}} '''(Status: Unknown)/(Status: Dead)
::Surname: Kudo
::Given name: Shinichi
*'''{{lang|ja|豊田稔}}'''<ref>This name was not included in Viz's translation.</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Toyoda<ref name="uanime" />, Toyota
::Possible given names: Minoru<ref name="uanime" />, Toshi, Minori, Jin, Jinji, Nen, Yutaka
*'''{{lang|ja|羽田浩司}}''' (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Haneda<ref name="Kohji">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|Used in the manga]]</ref><ref name="Viz"/>, Hada<ref name="uanime" />
::Possible given name: Kohji<ref name="Kohji" />/Koji<ref name="uanime" /><ref name="Viz"/>
*'''{{lang|ja|野本昌治}}'''<ref>{{nihongo|Masahiro Nomoto|野本昌浩}} in the [[Episode 129|anime]]</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Nomoto<ref name="Viz"/><ref name="uanime" />, Yamoto
::Possible given names: Masaji<ref name="Viz"/>, Shoji, Masaharu, Yoshiji, Yoshiharu
*'''{{lang|ja|五島淳実}}'''<ref>Final character is 美 in the anime version</ref> (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Goto, Goshima, Gojima, Itsushima, Itsujima
::Possible given name: Atsumi
*'''{{lang|ja|上園孝也}}''' (Status: Dead)
::Possible surnames: Uwazono, Uematsu, Uesono, Uezono, Kamisono, Kamizono
::Possible given names: Takaya, Koya
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==== Kohji Haneda====
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The victim {{nihongo|Kohji Haneda|羽田浩司|Haneda Kōji}} is [[Shukichi Haneda]]'s non-blood brother. He was murdered 17 years ago along with Amanda Hughes. In chapter 947, Shukichi quoted his brother Kohji as saying {{nihongo|"one should stick with one's original plan"|初志貫徹|shoshi kantetsu}}. During "[[Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2016 DCTP thread version|Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day 2016]]", Gosho mentioned there was "red herring" in Volume 18, the same volume this list appeared in.
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==== Mary Sera ====
[[File:Mary.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Mary]]; an unknown child whom [[Masumi]] calls sister outside the territory, was revealed in File 972 to be the mother of [[Shuichi Akai]], [[Shukichi Haneda]] and [[Masumi Sera]]. 10 years ago before the current timeline, she possessed an adult body. That means during the timeskip, she took something similar to APTX 4869 which caused her body to shrink. She currently lives in various hotels, switching locations often as if pressured by a sense of threat.

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===Masami Hirota===
[[File:Masami Hirota.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_18#Murdered_Professor_Case|Murdered Professor Case]]
Masami Hirota, age 61, was a Nanyo University professor. Akemi Miyano had contact with and was probably close to him because she borrowed his name when coming up with an alias. When Shiho returned Akemi's vacation pictures to her, she had accidentally mixed in disks containing information about APTX 4869, which were saved by Professor Hirota.<ref>source of disks is volume 18, chapter 9, page 12 (English online fan translation)</ref> The Black Organization intended to kill Masami Hirota, but he was killed by an unrelated person first. Vodka disguised his voice and left a message on his answering machine pretending to be from "Kuro Life Insurance" so he could try to set up a meeting.<ref>Manga [[Volume 18]], Files 180</ref>
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===Shigehiko Nomiguchi===
[[File:Shigehiko Nomiguchi.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_24#Hotel_Party_Murder_Case|Hotel Party Murder Case]]'' 
Shigehiko Nomiguchi, age 56, and a politician, was bribed by someone who was never clarified (possibly by the Black Organization), and was going to be arrested and divulge information. The Black Organization decided to eliminate him. Pisco, with the unwilling help of Vermouth was ordered to perform the assassination. Pisco managed to successfully kill Nomiguchi by dropping a chandelier on him, but due to Conan's interference, the police discovered it was a murder and not an accident like the Black Organization hoped it would be ruled. His family disappeared soon after, but it's unknown if the Black Organization got rid of them or if they went into hiding to escape them. Haibara did not react to his presence while she was watching him with Conan.
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===Araide family===
{{main|Tomoaki Araide}}[[File:Tomoaki Araide.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth attempted to kill the Araide family so she could disguise and take the place of Tomoaki Araide. Dr. Araide was targeted for his job as school nurse at Teitan Elementary and Teitan High which allowed Vermouth to get close to Haibara Ai, Conan Edogawa, and Ran Mouri. The FBI caught on to Vermouth's intentions before she could act and used disguised stunt doubles to make it appear that the Araide family were all killed when their car ran off a cliff into the ocean. After Vermouth was unmasked, Dr. Araide has been able to come out of hiding and continue his job as school nurse where Vermouth left off. At this time, Vermouth was acting without the approval of the Black Organization, so it is doubtful whether Tomoaki Araide was of any interest to the rest of the Organization.

=== Jazz club man ===
[[File:EP230_BO_victim.png|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_29#Bus_Hijacking_Case|Bus Hijacking Case]]'' 
Gin and Vodka set up a man to be killed when they met with him at a jazz club. Vodka remarks that he seemed happy even though "he didn't even suspect that that drink would be his last."<ref>Manga [[Volume 29]], File 3 (287), pg 2: "The Invisible Fear"</ref> He was never shown in the manga, but was shown stepping into a taxi in the anime. Vermouth was disguised as a waiter in the club at the time, although it isn't clear whether she was there to assist if Gin and Vodka failed or if she had her own reasons.

In the anime added a [[canon|non-canonical]] business card which lists his name as {{nihongo|Masahito Yoshioka|吉岡昌仁|Yoshioka Masahito}}, the real-life chief producer of many Conan-related films and episodes from the anime studio [[TMS_Entertainment|Tokyo Movie Shinsa]].
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=== Starling family ===
[[File:Jodie_Starling.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth killed [[Jodie Starling]]'s parents 20 years ago and burnt down the Starling house. Vermouth's primary aim was to kill the FBI agent Mr. Starling and destroy his investigation files that involved Vermouth. Jodie survived because she left the house before it burnt down. After hearing that only two bodies were discovered, Vermouth desperately searched for Jodie, but to no avail; Jodie had been placed into the witness protection program by her father’s colleagues. Jodie became an FBI agent to seek out Vermouth.
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=== Senzo Fukuura ===
[[File:Senzo_Fukuura.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_42#Halloween_Party_Case|Halloween Party Case ]]'' 
Senzo Fukuura, movie producer of "The Haunted Ship" series, was killed by a man wearing a werewolf costume whom Vermouth had blackmailed. His death was part of Vermouth's plan to lure Shinichi Kudo away from Ai Haibara, so it is unclear whether Vermouth had a particular reason for wanting Senzo Fukuura dead or if she only selected him as the target because he was convenient. Since she's an actress, she most likely used her connections in the movie business to gather information about the party in order to cocoon the murder plan. At this time, Vermouth was acting without the approval of the Black Organization, so it is doubtful whether this man was of any interest to the rest of the Organization.
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=== Werewolf man ===
[[File:Werewolf.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_42#Halloween_Party_Case|Halloween Party Case ]]'' 
Vermouth blackmailed this unnamed man into killing Senzo Fukura. After this man posted in a murder forum about wanting to kill Senzo Fukura, Vermouth replied back using her codename and asked if he would do so if she provided the tools and the strategy. The man revised his thoughts and refused, so Vermouth blackmailed him with a letter threatening his family and a box full of recordings of his family, tapped phonecalls, and detailed notes of his and his family's daily schedule. Blackmailing the werewolf man was part of Vermouth's plan to lure Shinichi Kudo away from Ai Haibara, so it is unclear whether Vermouth had a particular reason for blackmailing this man, or if she chose him because he was convenient. At this time, Vermouth was acting without the approval of the Black Organization, so it is doubtful whether this man was of any interest to the rest of the Organization.
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=== Yasuteru Domon ===
[[File:Domon Yasudera.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_48#Black_Organization_vs._FBI|Black Organization vs. FBI ]]'' 
Yasuteru Domon is a politician hard on crime whom the Black Organization attempts to assassinate after the events of the Ding Dong Dash.<ref>Manga [[Volume 48]], File 10 (500): "A New Person in Black"</ref> The FBI believed the boss ordered the assassination of Yasuteru Domon who wasn't even part of the [[Wikipedia:Diet of Japan|Diet]] yet because he is hard on crime and had a chance of becoming the next [[Wikipedia:Prime_Minister_of_Japan|Prime Minister]]. The Black Organization ordered Kir to arrange an interview with him in exchange for suppressing information that his father was under suspicion of having an extramarital affair 20 years ago. The Black Organization planned the timing so that it could be blamed on female gang leader Kiriko Busajima who had been accused of hiring a hitman to kill him before. The assassination plot was called off because Yasuteru Domon decided to stop running for office when the affair information was about to come out anyway. The Black Organization had not realized that this information was enough to get him to stop running for office.
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=== Kogoro Mouri ===
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Black_Impact!_The_Moment_the_Black_Organization_Reaches_Out|Black Impact!]], [[Wedding Eve]], and [[Volume_90#Soul_Detective_Murder_Case|Soul Detective Murder Case]]'' 
Kogoro Mouri temporarily became an assassination target when Gin mistakenly thought that the detective planted a tracking and listening device on Kir's shoe. With the boss's permission he, Vodka, Vermouth, Korn and Chianti went Beika city to silence the detective. As the Black Organization snipers, Korn and Chianti, prepare to fire at Kogoro, they are interrupted by Conan kicking a soccer ball into Kogoro's window and Shuichi Akai's sniper shots. Thus, Kogoro is saved at the last second by a double effort from Conan and Shuichi Akai, and the Organization is made to believe the FBI planted the tracker. Despite Vermouth's prompting, Gin does not believe that Kogoro is [[Conan|completely]] innocent.

Tooru Amuro investigates and then apprentices himself to Kogoro because Amuro suspected the detective may be connected to Sherry.<ref name=827p16>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 10 (827), pg 16: "The key to solving the mystery"</ref> (Kogoro was previously suspected of being linked to Sherry because the [[Criminal Tracking Glasses|tracker]], [[microphone]], and gum combo Gin found on Kir's shoe after [[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out|the Ding Dong Dash case]] was the same style as the one Gin [[Reunion with the Black Organization|discovered in his car]] that Sherry supposedly planted.)

When Gin heard that [[Volume_90#Soul_Detective_Murder_Case|Gaito Hotta]], someone who had information on the [[Case_from_17_years_ago|Kohji Haneda case]], had been killed and that Kogoro had been involved, his suspicions rose again. The he says "Its like encountering a demon in the darkness... If that guy is the demon, then we've got to finish him off while he sleeps."
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=== Toji Funemoto ===
[[File:Toji Funemoto.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_49#Black_Organization_vs_FBI|Black Organization vs FBI ]] and [[Volume_53#Mysterious_Job_Case|Mysterious Job Case]]'' 
Toji Funemoto is a young boy who bore witness to Rena Mizunashi's motorcycle accident.<ref>Manga [[Volume 49]], File 3 (503): "Black Organization vs FBI 1"</ref> Vermouth confronted and interrogated him to figure out how much he knew.<ref>Manga [[Volume 53]], File 10 (553): "The Mysterious Job"</ref> Gin noticed Toji was taken into witness protection by the FBI, but Vermouth told Gin he was irrelevant.
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=== Tohei Benzaki ===
[[File:Tohei_Benzaki.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_80#A_Shrine_to_Remember|Jodie's Memories and the Cherry Blossom Viewing Trap]] and [[Volume_81#Cocktail_of_Sorrow|A Detective Solves a Case in a Bar]]'' 
Tohei Benzaki is a single man<ref>[[Volume 81]], File 855, Page 16</ref> who inadvertently became a random target in one of Bourbon's plans to further investigate Conan and the FBI. Needing to use his appearance to approach Jodie at a cherry blossom viewing place, Bourbon made Tohei unconscious and disguised as him with Vermouth's help. Unfortunately for Bourbon, Tohei had just been pickpocketed by a female thief and he got caught up in a murder case where she's the victim. After the case is over, Bourbon returned the stolen purse to Tohei's unconscious body and left him to eventually wake up. Some point later, the police arrived at Tohei's apartment to question him about the pickpocketing case but he declared he did not know anything regarding the murder of the pickpocket. At this point it appears that Bourbon and the Black Organization have no further interest in Tohei Benzaki.

It is very unlikely that the real Tohei Benzaki had any involvement in the Teito Bank Heist, instead this backstory was fabricated by Bourbon.
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=== Natsuko Shibuya ===
[[File:Natsuko Shibuya.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Scarlet Return]]'' 
Natsuko Shibuya is a Japanese friend of [[Jodie Starling]]'s whom she helped in a case while she was studying abroad in America. [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]] was hired by Shibuya because she was being stalked and they met multiple times. One of these times, Amuro stole her phone and texted Jodie while pretending to be Shibuya, asking Jodie to go out for drinks. Jodie contacted Shibuya back via [[Camel]]'s phone. Bourbon then planned to have Shibuya get into an accident, possibly by running her over with his car. Before Amuro could attack her himself, another person attacked Shibuya first. When the police came to the accident, they contacted Camel because it was one of the most recent phone numbers used. [[Vermouth]] copied Jodie's clothing while Amuro participated in solving the case. Vermouth then lured Jodie and Camel to the hospital by pretending to be a nurse calling in to report that Shibuya's condition had become critical. In the end, Amuro and Vermouth were able to trick Camel into revealing that [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] killed himself. Shibuya was fine in reality and recovered without incident. It is unclear how Amuro found out she was connected to Jodie.
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=== Amanda Hughes ===
[[File:Amanda Hughes EP861.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Case from 17 years ago]]'' 
{{nihongo|Amanda Hughes|アマンダ・ヒューズ|Amanda Hyūzu}} was an elderly wealthy American who was killed 17 years prior to the current timeline. As the cause of her death could not be determined, it is possible that she was poisoned by [[APTX 4869]] or a similar substance. Haibara has yet confirmed whenever she saw Amandas name on the list or not. Amanda apparently had contacts to two American intelligence agencies, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. She died while staying at a hotel which was also occupied by shogi champion [[Kohji Haneda]] whom Amanda was a big fan of, and who was killed the same night. It was proved that she visited his hotel room. Conan suspects that a Black Organization agent posed as a bodyguard named "Asaka" and killed her with a drug. The bodyguard then vanished completely afterwards.
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=== Gaito Hotta ===
[[File:Gaito Hotta.jpg|100px|right]]
:''See: [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|Soul Detective Murder Case]]'' 
Gaito Hotta was a TV-personality, who claimed to solve cases by connecting with the spirits of the dead. He was exposed as a fraud at one point in connection with a case of a missing person. He then decided to make a comeback by using the mysterious murder case of Haneda Kohji and Amanda Hughes. He made research and discovered that Asaka, the missing bodyguard, had been seen holding a small mirror. He then concluded that Asaka was a woman and wanted to use that in his show. But he was murdered before it could happen. It is not known if the organization wanted to kill him, but they were keeping an eye on him.
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=== Rokumichi Hado ===
[[File:Rokumichi Hado.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|Bourbon's Mission]]'' 
{{nihongo|Rokumichi Hado||}} is a Rock musician who took a hiatus 17 years ago and was investigated by Bourbon and Vermouth because his new single was to be named ASACA. He committed suicide for personal reasons. His single "Asaca" was entirely unrelated to Kohji's death 17 years ago or Asaka. Despite the lack of clues about Asaka or Rum, the case proved that the Black Organization is aware of the decoding of Kohji's dying message and is paranoid about it.{{clear}}

=== Tsutomu Akai ===
[[File:Tsutomu_Akai.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_92#A_Chance_Meeting_at_the_Beach|A Chance Meeting at the Beach]], and [[Case from 17 years ago]]'' 
He somehow became involved with the [[Case_from_17_years_ago|Kohji Haneda case]] and made enemies which resulted in him having to leave his family behind and send them into hiding. While he is believed to be dead, his body was never actually found.

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== Hinted people of interest to the Black Organization ==
This is a list of people that has been hinted in manga to be of interest to the organization

=== Mikoto Shimabukuro/Kimie Shimabukuro ===
Kimie Shimabukuro assumed the identity of her great-grandmother Mikoto Shimabukuro an Elder from the mermaid island claimed to 130 years old and rumored to be immortal. As the Elder Kimie was the star in a festival on the island, where she, in a lottery, gave three dugong arrow, said to give the owner a long life and protection against demons, away to three winners. Because of the Elder's supposedly long life and a mysterious legless body corpse found in a fire, it has gather interest of people around Japan even from high-up and celebrities. Conan found [[Shiho Miyano]]'s name in the register of people who had anticipated in the lottery and recalled that it was Haibara's real name. But he doubt it's the same person.

== Acquaintances of individual Black Organization members ==
This is a list of people who are acquaintances of Black Organization members, but were never part of the Organization themselves. Former Black Organization members are listed on [[Black Organization#Former|the main Black Organization page]].

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa]] is a distant acquaintance of [[Atsushi Miyano]] and [[Elena Miyano]]. Agasa had met them at conferences, and Atsushi complimented Agasa on his inventions.<ref name="Volume 39">[[Volume 39|Volume 39, File 6, Page 6: "Torn Friendship 1"]]</ref>
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=== Toichi Kuroba ===
[[File:Toichi Kuroba.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Toichi Kuroba]] taught [[Vermouth]] (who was disguised as Sharon Vineyard at the time) the finer arts of disguise.
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=== Yukiko Kudo ===
[[File:Yukiko Kudo.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth, as her alias Sharon Vineyard, and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] had a friendly relationship between the time they met under Toichi Kuroba's tutelage until the time Sharon "died". Yukiko had no idea Sharon was leading a double life as an operative in the Black Organization. Yukiko and Sharon seemed to have kept in contact with one another because Yukiko and Sharon both know about events in each others' lives that occurred after Toichi's lessons. Sharon was the one who got tickets for Yukiko, Shinichi, and Ran to the Golden Apple play on Broadway in New York City one year prior to the current time line. Yukiko also attended Sharon's funeral. Yukiko is currently aware that Sharon and Chris are the same person and a member of the Black Organization who had tried to kill her son earlier.
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=== Shinichi Kudo ===
[[File:Shinichi Kudo.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth, as Sharon Vineyard, knew [[Shinichi Kudo]] since he was young through her friendship with Yukiko. After [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] helped Ran save Vermouth's life in New York while she was disguised as a serial killer, she nicknames him "Cool guy". Vermouth later becomes one of the few [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|characters who know Conan is Shinichi]].
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=== Ran Mouri ===
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|right|100px]]
Vermouth, as Sharon Vineyard, met [[Ran Mouri]] through the Kudo family. After Ran saved Vermouth's life in New York City, Vermouth nicknames [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] "Angel".
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===Sohei Dejima===
[[File:Souhei Degima.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Volume_41#Bathroom Murder Case|Bathroom Murder Case ]]'' 
Sohei Dejima, age 54, was Haibara’s father’s childhood playmate. He hasn’t seen [[Atsushi Miyano]] for thirty years, which means they were friends until their twenties. He has lived in the house that Professor Miyano inherited from his father (Haibara’s grandfather) for thirty years. Professor Miyano and his wife Elena stopped by after Akemi was 4 or 5 years old (and they were in the Organization) to tell Dejima something important but Dejima was out so he never got to say what it was. Sohei Dejima was being watched by the Black Organization at that time. Akemi came back as an adult to hide tapes left by Haibara’s mother for Shiho in the toilet, and afterwards the Black Organization came to investigate secretly. Sohei Dejima was killed by someone unrelated to the Black Organization.<ref>Manga [[Volume 41]], File 10 (423): "A Mystery Left by a Visitor"</ref>{{clear}}

=== Wataru Date ===
[[File:Wataru Date.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Wataru Date]] was a close friend of [[Rei Furuya]] while they were in police academy together. Rei was the top-ranked student, while Date held second place. While Date went on to become an officer, Rei went somewhere else, probably the [[Public Security Bureau|Secret Police]] or the Black Organization, and fell out of contact with Date. Date's last text to Rei asked him where he was and chided Rei to communicate once in a while. After discovering his old friend was dead, Rei visited Date's grave, and left a toothpick out of respect for Date.
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== Extended Canon ==
=== Collaboraters ===
==== Yakub ====
:''See: [[Special Volume 26#The Wish Put on the Airship|Special Volume 26]]''
{{nihongo|'''Yakub'''|ヤクブ|Yakubu}} is the ambitious uncle of Latoona, the princess of Panasunugara, a fictional poor country in the African Savannah.
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==== UCAR Inc. ====
:''See: [[Special Volume 26#The Wish Put on the Airship|Special Volume 26]]''
{{nihongo|'''UCAR Inc.'''|ユーカル社|Yūkaru-sha}} is a company run by the Black Organization which corrupts Yakub.

=== Targets ===
==== Kazuki Honjou{{anchor|Kazuki Honjo}} ====
[[File:Kazuki Honjo.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Raven Chaser]]''
{{nihongo|'''Kazuki Honjou'''|本上和樹|Honjō Kazuki}} is a Chiba accountant and serial killer who murdered with a stab wound the Parliamentary Secretary [[Masaaki Okakura]], a non-[[canon]] minor agent, for revenge of his beloved younger sister Nanako's death entirely unrelated to the Black Organization. Without knowing it, he has taken away the charm bag with a memory card listing the complete Black Organization agents that have infiltrated various organizations, that Masaaki obtained it possibly as insurance as speculated by Vermouth. Then the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]] orders to [[Irish]] to disguise himself as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] along with Vermouth's help and follow this serial murders case for retrieve the memory card before the police catch the culprit and look into the database.

==== Minoru Fukase ====
[[File:Minoru Fukase.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Raven Chaser]]''
{{nihongo|'''Minoru Fukase'''|深瀬稔|Fukase Minoru}}, age 27, is one of [[Kansuke Yamato|Inspector Yamato]]'s main suspect from Nagano in the first serial murder case of Shuhei Jinno.
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==== Sumire Shindo ====
[[File:Sumire Shindo.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[The Raven Chaser]]''
{{nihongo|'''Sumire Shindo'''||}}, age 34, is an abstract painter who lives in Hachioji City. During the second conference on the serial murders case, the police receive a call from her, who says she has a clue that could take them to their suspect, then Irish mails the boss. Gin goes immediately there along with Vodka before the police, however this woman was kidnapped and killed by the serial killer before their arrive.
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==== Kiyonaga Matsumoto ====
[[File:Kiyonaga Matsumoto.jpg|right|100px]]
[[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]], as a superintendent of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]], was kidnapped by the [[Black Organization]] under their boss' order, so [[Irish]] could disguise as him and infiltrate the police department.
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==== Latoona ====
[[File:Princess Latoona.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Special Volume 26#The Wish Put on the Airship|Special Volume 26]]''
{{nihongo|'''Latoona'''||}} is the Princess of Panasunugara, a fictional poor country in the African Savannah.
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==== Eva Port ====
[[File:Eva Port.jpg|right|100px]]
:''See: [[Special Volume 35#Protect the Luxury Liner from the Virus|Special Volume 35]]''
{{nihongo|'''Eva Port'''||}} is a foreign child idol.
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=== Acquaintances of individual Black Organization members ===
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==References==
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Black Organization timeline

2018-01-31T15:55:51Z

Kansuke: /* History prior to Conan shrinking */

This page describes revelations about the Black Organization mostly in the order they occur in the plot. For a fully chronological order of events, please see [[Timeline]].

Due to early episodes of the anime not following Gosho's plots in the manga precisely, details about [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and the [[Black Organization]] were not initially included in several episodes and had to either be included via a different plot-relevant episode<ref>Gin and Vodka's names are revealed in the manga in [[Volume 4|Volume 4, File 33, Page 11]], on the train; in the anime, the train-bomb is perpetrated by unnamed lookalikes.</ref> or a rerelease of the episode with the plot elements reintroduced.<ref>[[Episode 128]] is a remix of [[Episode 13]], with the Black Organization elements returned.</ref> These changes are noted in the appropriate points in the timeline. The anime has come to adhere much more closely to Gosho's plot and art as time goes on, due to the tendency for crucial foreshadowing to be hidden in the [[List_of_differences_between_the_manga_and_anime#Season_10_-_Episodes_255-285|details of a single panel]] months before its significance comes to light.

=Timeline of Events=
== History prior to Conan shrinking ==
*'''About 149 years ago''': [[Renya Karasuma]] was born.
*'''>50 years ago''': The Black Organization’s main research project, of which [[APTX 4869]] will eventually become a part, is initiated.<ref>[[Volume 19#File_189_-_The_Endangered_Ball|Volume 19, File 189, Page 6: The Endangered Ball]]; [[The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case|Episode 130-131: The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case]]</ref>
*'''30 years ago''': [[Atsushi Miyano]] moved out of his father's house to work for the Black Organization. Atsushi's childhood friend Souhei Degima takes up residence in it.<ref name=f423>[[Volume_41#File_423_-_A_Mystery_Left_by_a_Visitor|Volume 41, File 423: "A Mystery Left by a Visitor"]]</ref>
*'''≈20 years ago''': While studying for an acting role, [[Sharon Vineyard]] learned disguise techniques from [[Toichi Kuroba]] alongside the aspiring young Japanese actress [[Yukiko Kudo]].<ref name=350p17>[[Volume_34#File_350_-_Golden_Apple_1|Volume 34, File 350, Page 17: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref><ref>Yukiko started her career while in high-school. Yukiko is 37 currently so the time frame while Yukiko was studying as a beginning actress is approximately 20 years ago when Yukiko was 17 or 18.</ref>
*'''≈20 years ago''': [[Atsushi Miyano]], [[Elena Miyano]], and a 4-5 year old Akemi visited [[Atsushi Miyano]]'s father's house then occupied by his childhood friend and playmate Souhei Degima.<ref name=f423/>
*'''20 years ago''': [[Vermouth]] kills [[Jodie Starling]]'s father.<ref name=f433>[[Volume_42#File_433_-_The_Truth_Behind_the_Mask|Volume 42, File 433, Page 8: "The Truth Behind the Mask"]]</ref>
*'''5 years ago''': [[Shuichi Akai]] begins infiltrating the Black Organization and begins dating [[Akemi Miyano]].<ref name=f599>[[Volume_58#File_599_-_Akai.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 599: "Akai's Past"]]</ref>
*'''5 years ago''': [[Shiho Miyano]] is known to be working for the Black Organization as a scientist at the age of thirteen. She may have started to work even earlier.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Org five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s girlfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. ([[Volume_58#File_599_-_Akai.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 599, Page 9: "Akai's Past"]]). According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time. Furthermore this took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan ([[Volume_58#File_607_-_Camel.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 607, Page 8: "Camel's Past"]]). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Org and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref>
*'''4 years ago''': [[Ethan Hondou]] sacrifices his life to protect his daughter [[Hidemi Hondou]]'s cover when she makes a mistake.<ref name=f595p10>[[Volume_57#File_595_-_Crow.27s_Song|Volume 57, File 595, Page 10: "Crow's Song"]]</ref>
*'''2 years ago''': [[Shuichi Akai]] receives the codename Rye, and is called to work under [[Gin]], but is rejected from the Black Organization after [[Andre Camel]] ruins the [[FBI]]'s trap for Gin.<ref name=f607p8>[[Volume_58#File_607_-_Camel.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 607, Page 8: "Camel's Past"]]</ref>
*'''2 years ago''': [[Tequila]] shows up at the office of computer graphics designer/games system engineer Itakura Suguru to say he was interested in the particular “system program” Itakura stopped developing one year ago.
*'''1 year ago''': In New York City, [[Vermouth]] tries to lure out and kill [[Shuichi Akai]] while disguised as a serial killer. Her plot fails when Akai shoots her in the stomach. Ran encounters Akai while he was looking for the serial killer. Vermouth later runs into Shinichi and then [[Ran]] on a fire escape stairway. While preparing to shoot them, Vermouth slips off and is saved from falling to her death by the two teens.
*'''1 year ago''': [[Suguru Itakura]] is given a forced one year deadline to finish the program [[Tequila]] was interested in one year ago.
*'''<1 year ago''': [[Sharon Vineyard]] "died" and [[Chris Vineyard]] came out in public (not counting movies and private interviews given to reporters) for the first time at her funeral.

== Current timeline ==
[[File:Shinichi drugged.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi is given APTX 4869 after being caught eavesdropping.]]
=== Gin, Vodka, and the Shrinking of Shinichi Kudo (Manga: [[Volume 1|File 1]]; Anime: [[Episode 1]])===
[[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] arrive at [[Tropical Land]] for a blackmail deal. When they ride the roller coaster to confirm that their mark arrived alone, they get caught up as suspects in a murder case that [[Shinichi Kudo]] solves. Shinichi follows Vodka to the blackmail transaction, where a businessman pays a briefcase full of money in exchange for photographic evidence of his involvement in weapons smuggling. Gin sees Shinichi eavesdropping and knocks him out with a metal pipe; due to the police and public presence, rather than shoot Shinichi they feed him the [[Black Organization|Black Organization's]] new experimental poison, [[APTX 4869]]. Leaving him for dead, they are unaware that the poison has transformed sixteen-year-old Shinichi to six-year-old [[Conan Edogawa]], who swears to expose them and their crimes.

=== Akemi Miyano's Robbery (Manga: [[Volume 2#Masami Hirota Case|Files 13-16]]; Anime: [[Episode 128]])===
[[File:V2-7 Such an awkwardly shaped panel.PNG|150px|thumb|left|Gin confronting Akemi Miyano.]]
====Manga version====
In order to free both [[Shiho Miyano|her sister]] and herself from the Black Organization, [[Akemi Miyano]] accepts the mission to rob one billion yen from a bank. To increase the chances of her sucess, she hires a driver and a giant-like man as assistants. However, the driver, Kenzo Hirota, disappears with the cash after the robbery, forcing Akemi to search for him. She hires [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] under the alias "Masami Hirota", supposedly Kenzo's teenage daughter. Kogoro luckily manages to find Kenzo for Akemi; after she is left alone with Kenzo, she and their third partner kill Kenzo and stage his death as a suicide hanging after taking the money.

[[Gin]] gives Akemi some "sleeping pills" with the instructions to dose the drink of her remaining partner; when she does, she discovers too late that they were poison. Recognizing the cutthroat duplicity, she leaves the one billion yen in suitcases at the front desk of the hotel where the giant-like man died and takes empty cases to go meet Gin and Vodka. She leaves the hotel just as [[Conan]] arrives with Kogoro and [[Inspector Megure]], having been tracking her since the death of Kenzo. At the meeting place amidst shipping crates, Gin demands the money, but Akemi refuses until they release her sister as agreed. Gin informs her that her sister is far too valuable to the organization to ever let go, and the robbery was a trick to get rid of Akemi rather than let her leave with knowledge of the organization. Conan arrives at the meeting location just in time to find Akemi alone, bleeding out from a gunshot wound. Akemi tells Conan that the [[Black Organization]] was the true mastermind behind the robbery; that they like to dress in black to resemble crows, but she knows little else from having been kept at the edges. Rather than let them have the money, she asks Conan to retrieve the one billion yen from the hotel before the Organization can get their hands on it. Conan is helpless to do anything but watch her die, and the police rule her death as a suicide because only her fingerprints are found on the gun that killed her. Conan privately reaffirms his grim determination to expose the Black Organization for ''all'' their crimes.

[[File:Conan_and_Akemi.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Conan talks to a dying Akemi.]]
====Anime version====
Even though Akemi Miyano/Masami Hirota was introduced much earlier into the anime series in [[Episode 13]], the case had all mention of the men in black edited out. In order to fix the gaping plothole, the animators reintroduced her with a remix of the original case that included the Black Organization elements [[Episode 128]], while her previous appearance is ignored.

In [[Episode 128]], Akemi Miyano, works as a bank teller under the alias "Masami Hirota" to prepare for the upcoming robbery. With the assistance of Shirou Kaizuka (a racecar driver) and Kishi (one of the bank guards), Akemi steals one billion yen from a transport van. However, soon after the Black Organization murders Akemi’s two accomplices and a lipstick-smeared facemask is left at the crime scene in order to frame Akemi as the third robber (which she is), who killed her partners to keep all the money herself (which she didn't). Akemi manages to meet with Gin and Vodka anyway and demands the release her sister and herself from the Organization, as promised, before she gives them the one billion yen. However, she is betrayed and killed by Gin. Vodka finds the key of the locker where Akemi hid the money inside her pocket and they leave the scene, without knowing that it’s only a fake. By the time Conan finds out Akemi's location, it is already too late. It is in this moment that Conan learns about the Black Organization being the true mastermind behind the robbery. In her last words, Akemi gives Conan the real key and asks him to find the stolen money before Gin and Vodka do. Her death is concluded to be a suicide by the police, because only her fingerprints are found on the gun that killed her.

[[File:Gin_and_Vodka_on_a_train.PNG|right|125px|thumb|Conan encounters Gin and Vodka.]]
=== The Bullet Train Bomb (Manga: [[Volume 4|File 33]])===
The anime episode with this plot was reworked so that the two "men in black" are simply lookalikes of Gin and Vodka, not the men themselves. As a result, this section summarizes only the manga events.

[[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] board a bullet train to complete a transaction: selling information about gold for 400 million yen. They arrange the meeting place to be a dining car on the second floor of the bullet train. On the way to their seats, Gin and Vodka coincidentally encounter [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]. However, neither of them recognize that he is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]], because they are unaware of the rare shrinking effect of [[APTX 4869]]. Vodka simply orders Conan to get out of the way and they take their seats, which are very near the Mouris', without paying further attention to him. When Gin and Vodka go to make the transaction, Conan plants an eavesdropping bug in the seat ashtray. Once they return, he overhears them discussing how the black briefcase they exchanged for 400 million yen has no information about gold, but is a bomb their client is sure to set off without meaning to at a specific time. Conan also learns their codenames at this time. They leave the train at Nagoya station, before the explosion is set to occur when the client dials a specific phone number as instructed to learn how to open the case; the number is actually the bomb activator. It is unknown if Gin, Vodka, or the Organization know that Conan was the one who found the bomb and kicked it off the train just before it exploded.
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[[File:Tequila Profile.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Tequila appears at the Mantendo Convention.]]
=== Tequila at the Mantendo Convention (Manga: [[Volume 12|File 114-116]]; Anime: [[Episode 54]])===
At the Mantendo Convention, Conan encounters the man code-named [[Tequila]]. Tequila appears at the Mantendo Corporation convention to buy a list of the best programmers in the world from one of the company employees, Hideaki Nakajima.<ref>[[Volume 12|Volume 12, File 116, Page 18]]</ref> The exchange occurs by the two men bumping into each other in the hallway and exchanging claim tickets for the convention hall's coat-check area. Tequila uses the claim ticket to obtain Hideaki's company briefcase; however, both men are unaware that Hideaki's ticket was previously switched with that of his co-worker with the intention of killing him via a briefcase-bomb. When Tequila opens the briefcase, the explosion kills him.

Later, when Conan-a-Kogoro solves the case and orders Hideaki to reveal where he met with Tequila, Hideaki confesses that they met at the bar ''Le Cocktail'' in the "Black Building" in Beika. However, although Conan rushes to the building as soon as he learns of it, just before he can reach the bar it is destroyed in an explosion of such degree not a scrap of evidence remains.
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=== Ai Haibara, AKA Sherry (Manga: [[Volume 18|File 176]]-[[Volume 19|181]]; Anime: [[Episode 129]]) ===
[[File:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|left|thumb|right|250px|Shiho swallows the APTX 4869.]]
[[Shiho Miyano]] already resented the Black Organization for dictating her life and then taking the incomplete [[APTX 4869]] to use as a poison. When she learns that [[Akemi Miyano|her sister]] was killed after getting more involved in the Organization for Shiho's sake, Shiho boycotts her research until she receives an explanation for why Akemi died. The Organization will not, and since her refusal to work and her knowledge of the Organization makes her a liability, decides to execute her unless she relents. Handcuffed inside a gas chamber, she takes a dose of APTX 4869 to die on her own terms. To her surprise, she also shrinks into a child, which frees her from the handcuffs and lets her escape through a ventilation pipe in the room.<ref>[[Volume 18|Volume 18, File 179, Page 8]]</ref> She attempts to reach [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s house, as she already suspected his identity as [[Conan Edogawa]] after discovering that between two separate sweeps in his house by her team to confirm whether Shinichi was dead by the poison, the grade-schooler clothes in Shinichi's house disappeared. Shiho had noted a single mouse in all her research that shrank instead of died, and during a lunch date after the billion yen robbery, Akemi described Conan as a miniature adult living with Shinichi's [[Ran|childhood friend]].

Strain causes Shiho to collapse outside of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa's]] house, who takes her in and agrees to become her guardian. Shiho chooses the alias "[[Ai Haibara]]" to hide her identity and joins Conan's class at [[Teitan Elementary]]. At school, the [[Detective Boys]] befriend her before a classmate asks them to find his missing brother. During that case, a witness mentions a woman dressed completely in black. Conan accidentally lets slip aloud that he is after her because she might be connected to the men in black who shrunk him; the Detective Boys are understandably confused at the comment, but he dismisses it and heads off alone to investigate. The Detective Boys follow him with Haibara help, and together they foil the operation and the police arrest the counterfeiters. Despite the woman's clothes, she knows nothing about the Organization. Elsewhere, Gin speaks on the phone with an unknown party about a missing person who must be alive because no body has found; Gin wants him dead or alive.

[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|right|225px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking why he hadn't saved [[Akemi Miyano|her sister]].]] Conan walks Haibara home, as she lives at 2-22 Beika, in Conan's neighborhood. On the way home, to Conan's utter shock and horror, Haibara reveals her identity as Sherry, the creator of the APTX 4869 poison. Informing him that she marked his status as deceased in the Organization, and that she had never ''intended'' to create a poison, does little to diminish his anger. Agasa mentions that as the creator, she might be able to create an antidote; however, Haibara cannot remember all the data, and the research facility was already demolished by the Organization in an explosion to cover their tracks. She mentions that if the drug continues to be used as a poison, the odds are high that someone else will shrink and the Organization will realize the possible effect, and if she is discovered Conan's cover will also be blown. She also remembers that she sent a floppy disk with drug and organization data to Akemi by accident, years ago, and they might be able to find the find the disk in the possession of Akemi's old professor, Masami Hirota. Conan finds the name familiar, but can't remember why. Learning that they are friends of Akemi, Masami invites them to come retrieve the disks, but in the three hours it take to reach his house, the professor is murdered and all computer data and disks stolen. Investigating the scene, Conan and Haibara speculate the Organization would have had record of Shiho's actions, but they recognize Vodka's disguised voice on the answering machine and both know that the message would have been erased if the Organization had been the culprits. The Organization could not have obtained the floppy; Conan defies Haibara's expectations and proves the "accidental death" is a murder. To Conan's surprise, Haibara's response is to break down in tears and demand why he couldn't be clever enough to save her sister's life—Akemi Miyano used her professor's name as her alias to hire Kogoro.

A week later, the disk is released from police evidence and Haibara tries to access it from Agasa's computer. However, it has been protected with the [[Night Baron]] virus, which deletes all the data whenever the disk is accessed from a computer that does not belong to the Organization. Another brief scene with Gin and Vodka reveal that Hirota was the man they wanted dead or alive, and they are determined to find Sherry and whoever may have helped her escape.
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=== Osaka Serial Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|185-188]]; Anime: [[The Naniwa Serial Murder Case|118]]) ===
During a visit to Osaka, Conan and Heiji get caught up in a serial killer case. The dead and the suspects all attended the same driving school, along with infamous serial killer Numabuchi Ki'ichiro, who escaped from prison not long before. Conan ends up with Officer Ootaki, tracking down Numabuchi on Mt. Minoo outside Osaka. The police arrest Numabuchi but he attempts to escape and stabs Conan in the process; only the protection charm Heiji lent Conan saves Conan's life. It turns out Numabuchi was involved in the accidental death of the father of the man behind this set of serial killings, and was intended to be the scapegoat because he already killed several others.

=== Pisco, Vermouth, and the return of Shiho Miyano (Manga: [[Volume 24|Files 238-242]]; Anime: [[Episode 176|Episode 176-178]]) ===
Haibara dreams of Gin discovering her identity, and plans to leave before the Detective Boys can be put in danger through association with her. She recognizes Gin's rare porsche in the Beika neighborhood and cannot stop Conan from planting a bug in the car. The overhear a plan for a murder at a wake at the Haido City hotel, but Gin also finds an auburn hair he recognizes as Shiho's, and stakes out the hotel to catch her, assuming she'll try to interfere. Haibara tries to stop Conan, but follows when she cannot change his mind. [[Pisco]] recognizes her childhood form and on Gin's order, kidnaps her from the wake after he murders the target. Conan tries to find the murderer as well as Haibara, forcing Pisco to require the help of [[Vermouth]] to escape police scrutiny.

[[Image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
While they are being questioned, Haibara investigates Pisco's computer in the wine cellar and then drinks [[baijiu]] on Conan's orders. She grows back into Shiho to escape up the fireplace chimney onto the snow-covered roof. However, Gin and Vodka intercept her on the roof; Gin shoots her several times as torture to make her answer how she escaped the gas chamber. When she refuses, Gin is about to kill her when Conan shoots Gin with the tranquilizer needle and orders Shiho via th voice-changing bowtie to escape back down the chimney. Gin shoots himself in the arm to stay awake, while Vodka tries unsuccessfully to shoot Conan, letting Shiho escape successfully just before she reverts to Haibara. Pisco is waiting for her in the wine cellar and praises her success with continuing her dead parents' research, but he is still under orders to kill her. Conan again comes to the rescue, tricking Pisco into accidentally starting a fire. Conan escapes with Haibara in the smoke and Gin arrives through the chimney and executes Pisco for getting caught on camera before Pisco can tell Gin the truth about Shiho. Haibara plans to leave the city, worried the Organization will find her, but Conan convinces her that staying put is the best thing to do exactly because Gin expects her to run and will never look for her in Beika again. Haibara also says that the disk with Organization data was lost in the fire, though this is later shown to be a lie Conan is unaware of.<ref>Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|File 251, page 9.]]</ref> Gin and Vodka also escape the police along with [[Vermouth]], who now intends to stay for a while in Japan. Gin also wants to find the "man" on the roof who helped Shiho escape.
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=== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|Files 251-253]] & [[Volume_26#Dangerous_Cave_Case|Files 254-260]]; Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|Episodes 188-193]]) ===
Vermouth takes the place of [[Tomoaki Araide]], the doctor at [[Setting#Educational_institutions|Teitan elementary and high school]].<ref>Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|File 251]]</ref> Soon afterwards, the FBI who had followed Vermouth from America raid Araide’s office and see pictures of Conan, Ran, and Shiho tacked to her dartboard.<ref name="JodieandPictures">In Jodie's intro case and later, she calls Conan "Cool Guy", meaning she saw the pictures prior to her intro and most likely prior to joining Teitan high because she became a teacher after she tracked Araide there.</ref> Vermouth works undercover to undermine the FBI and learn more about Conan, Haibara and their friends and family. As Araide, she witnesses Shinichi Kudo perform in a school play and solve the murder.<ref>The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume_26#School_Play_Case|255–257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|190-191]])</ref>

[[File:Vermouth_protecting_Conan.png|thumb|right|Vermouth disguised as Dr. Araide protects Conan on the hijacked bus]]
=== Busjacking and Akai's introduction (Manga: [[Volume 29|Files 287]]-[[Volume 29|289]]; Anime: [[Episode 230|Episode 230-231]])===
At a bar after completing an assassination, Gin and Vodka are approached by Vermouth in a barman's disguise. Vodka is fooled, but Gin knows her instantly and is unamused. He asks if she found what she was looking for in Japan yet, but Vermouth plays coy about her goal and flirts with Gin instead. Elsewhere, Conan, Haibara and the detective boys are on a bu to go skiing. Conan and Haibara quietly discuss the Organization and Haibara reveals that she can recognize the presence of one of them by a distinctive "smell" only Organization members emit. She explains that she couldn't identify Pisco at the wake because she wasn't sure—he was overshadowed by [[Vermouth|someone]] with a stronger scent and evil aura. Almost immediately, Ai reacts to the sudden presence of a member on the bus just before Araide and Jodie, and [[Shuichi Akai|an evil-eyed man in a dark ski cap]] all board the bus. When a busjacking occurs, Vermouth as Araide protects Conan from the busjackers. Ai is certain Vermouth, whose presence she recognizes, is on the bus, but she does not tell Conan. Vermouth observes how Conan foils the busjackers and orders him to treat a wounded arm before letting the police question him about the case. The same day, Vermouth also steals the police department's records of all the cases in Tokyo that included the involvement of [[Kogoro Mouri]]. Once she has the necessary information to testify as Araide in the trial for his father's death, and has successfully baited out the FBI to surveil Kogoro's apartment, she returns the files.<ref>Manga: [[Volume_33#Missing_Watch_Case|336]], Anime: [[The Forgotten Memento from the Crime|269]].</ref>

===Mermaid's Curse Case (Manga: [[Volume_28#File_281_-_The_Devil.27s_Arrow|281]], Anime: [[And Then There Were No Mermaids|222-224]])===
Prior to her defection, Shiho visits Mermaid Island, famous for the legendary life-extended mermaid flesh. The visit was likely part of her research for APTX 4869.

=== Sato's Marriage Arrangement (Manga: [[Volume_32#Sato.27s_Omiai_Case|328]]-[[Volume_33#Sato.27s_Omiai_Case|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
As Araide, Vermouth helps Ran and Conan interrupt [[Shiratori]]'s would be engagement to [[Miwako Sato]]. She witnesses Conan use the [[Voice-Changing Bowtie]] to impersonate [[Wataru Takagi]], and comes up with a story when Conan can't think fast enough.

===Time To Pick The Apple (Manga: [[Volume_34#Escalator_Message_Case|340]], Anime: [[The Secret Rushed Omission|272]])===
[[File:Vermouth_dartboard.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Vermouth's pictures of Conan, Ran, and Shiho]]
Following the Battle Game Trap case with Jodie, Vermouth is seen writing a somewhat teasing letter to Gin, asking if he believes in heaven. She also throws a dart at the picture of Shiho tacked onto her dartboard. Conan and Ran are on the dartboard as well, with the captions "Cool Guy" and "Angel", respectively. This is the first time the readers see these pictures, but it is heavily implied that Jodie and the FBI already know of them.<ref name="JodieandPictures"/>

[[Image:Ran saves Vermouth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ran saved Vermouth (who was disguising as a serial killer) back in New York]]
=== Vermouth in New York City (Manga: [[Volume 34|Files 350]]-[[Volume 35|354]]; Anime: [[Episode 286|Episode 286-288]])===
In a flashback to one year ago, high school first-years Shinichi and Ran meet Vermouth under her original name of Sharon Vineyard, [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko's]] old friend and fellow actress. Sharon gets Yukiko out of a speeding ticket by impersonating a police captain. Shinichi is shocked that Sharon's disguise was so flawless; Sharon and Yukiko both learned disguise from a [[Toichi Kuroba|famous Japanese magician]], but Sharon was always the better at it. By this time, Sharon has already established her secondary identity as her own estranged daughter, Chris Vineyard, for possibly as long as ten years. Sharon has had a bitter life but takes a shine to Ran, though she seems to sense ahead of time that when Ran saves the life of an actress, something bad would happen, but leaves rather than try to prevent it. While Shinichi solves his second solo murder, Sharon goes out in disguise as an older male serial killer, though the reasons for her assignment remain unknown. On the way back to the hotel, Shinichi and Ran encounter Vermouth as the serial killer, wounded by an earlier firefight with the FBI. Vermouth nearly shoots Ran but the railing Vermouth was leaning against unexpectedly crumbles. Ran, with Shinichi's help, saves Vermouth from falling to her death. Vermouth demands to know why Shinichi would have done such a thing, and Shinichi counters that unlike murdering, no reason is needed to save a life. Ran faints, and Shinichi lets Vermouth go in order to get Ran home safely, confident that Vermouth wouldn't shoot them because it would summon the FBI she wouldn't be able to escape with her injuries. However, he promises that eventually he ''will'' put Vermouth in jail. Vermouth creates a fake suicide scene for the serial killer, though she makes Shinichi suspicious with the lack of blood and fingerprints at the death scene, but with no leads the police cannot pursue her and she presumably moves on to another assignment.<ref>After Ran recovers her memories of New York, Shinichi mentions his investigation to her in The Haunted House Mystery (Manga: [[Volume_35#Haunted_Apartment_Case|355]], Anime: [[The Truth of the Haunted House|274]]).</ref>

===The Haunted House Mystery (Manga: [[Volume_35#Haunted_Apartment_Case|355]], Anime: [[The Truth of the Haunted House|274]])===
While still recovering from the fever that restored her memories of New York, Ran receives a check-up from Vermouth in her Araide disguise. At this point, Vermouth still needs to give testimony at court about the Araide family murder case but she has already obtained and returned the case files. Vermouth is having some difficulty keeping in character; one of her patients says that Dr. Araide has been acting like a stranger. Also, Vermouth claims to have sent Araide's grandmother and housekeeper Hikaru ahead to Aomori, which is strange because it was established in [[Volume_24#Blackout_Murder_Case|Files 235-236]] that Araide didn't trust them (especially the maid) to take care of themselves.

[[File:Kiichiro Numabuchi's physical data.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi's profile was sent to the drug development division so Shiho could test the APTX4869 on him.]]
===Numabuchi and Mitsuhiko (Manga: [[Volume 35|358-360]]; Anime: [[Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest|289-290]])===
[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] was a murderer who was sought by the Black Organization to become one of their assassins, but his mental instability soon exempted him from that career. Instead, he was to become a human guinea pig for the new [[APTX 4869]] poison, under the supervision of [[Shiho Miyano]]. However, while Shiho had been given his file for research, she didn't get to meet Numabuchi personally; knowing about his impending fate, he escaped the Black Organization. During his flight, he panickedly murdered several people he suspected of being Black Organization pursuers.<ref>Manga Chapter 360: Disappearing Mitsuhiko 3</ref>

Several months after his re-arrest in Osaka, Numabuchi is escorted into a forest in Gunma after having claimed that the body of a fourth victim was buried there. In truth, he intends to pay a last visit to his childhood friends, the fireflies living in the forest, before his execution. He escapes from [[Misao Yamamura]] in the forest and Haibara becomes highly unnerved that she fails to sense him while they look for [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], who was attempting to collect some fireflies as a surprise for Haibara and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. Numabuchi encounters Mitsuhiko with a captured firefly, but rather than hurt him, Numabuchi carries him to the search parties and does not resist being arrested on.<ref>Manga Chapter 358-360: Disappearing Mitsuhiko Case</ref>

=== Footsteps of Darkness (Manga: [[Volume 37|File 380]]-[[Volume 38|383]]; Anime: [[Episode 309|Episode 309-311]])===
Two years ago, Suguru Itakura was coerced via a year of stalking to finish a computer program of unknown purpose for the Black Organization. Itakura's phone contact was Vermouth,<ref>The Bell Tree Express, [[Volume 78#File_818_-_Mystery_Train_.28.22All_Aboard.21.22.29|818-824]]</ref> who told him {{cquote|We can be both of God and the devil, since we're trying to raise the dead against the stream of time.|Vermouth's reply to Itakura's demand of who she thinks she is.}} For the "sake of the world", Itakura planned to deliver the program unfinished and flee the country. Conan manages to fool Vodka into arranging a meet at an unfinished train station; however, Gin realizes it is a set up. He nearly catches Conan hiding in the lockers, but leaves and takes the disk with him. Conan couldn't crack the password protection on the disk, so he couldn't find out more about the Organization, while Gin knows that someone is trying to investigate them.

===Four Porsches (Manga: [[Volume_41#Four_Porsches_Case|420-422]], Anime [[The Four Porsches|338-339]])===
Haibara is sick. Conan says that Dr. Araide (Vermouth) didn't pick up, so they go to a different clinic located near a shopping center where they can wait for the appointment time. Conan ends up surprise-interviewed outside a café famous for its porridge, which causes Akai to head there under the assumption Haibara will be there as well. Akai overhears Agasa call Araide, since he can't get to the other clinic due to the case. Jodie gives Agasa, Araide and Haibara a ride to Agasa's house, where Vermouth treats Haibara. While there, Vermouth bugs Agasa’a house. Later, Vermouth is seen in her office with the dart board pouring herself a drink. She takes Sherry's picture off the dartboard, says she's coming for Sherry, and burns it.

===Hidden Bathroom Secret (Manga: [[Volume_41#Bathroom_Murder_Case|423]]-[[Volume_42#Bathroom_Murder_Case|425]], Anime: [[Hidden Bathroom Secret|340-341]])===
Through her bugs in Agasa's house, Vermouth overhears Agasa tell Conan about a possible line of information through an old friend of Haibara's father. Professor Miyano rented out his childhood home to his old friend. Twenty years ago, he visited with Elena and Akemi to speak with his friend, but never had the chance to and then never returned. Akemi returned once more a few days before she died and hid something in the bathroom of the house. The Organization broke into the house twice—once to plant a bug to see if Akemi hid anything or returned, and again to remove the bug after it was determined none of the inhabitants knew about anything hidden. After solving the murder, Conan found what Akemi hid and turns it over to Haibara. They are cassette tapes recorded by Elena Miyano for Shiho, labeled for each of her childhood birthdays. Anticipating she would die soon, Elena left the tapes as a legacy for Shiho, but Akemi never had the chance to give them to Shiho.

Elsewhere, Vermouth calls [[Calvados]] and discusses killing 'her': either Shiho or Jodie.

=== Showdown with Vermouth and the FBI (Manga: [[Volume 42|File 429]]-[[Volume 42|434]]; Anime: [[Episode 345]]) ===
Vermouth reveals her existence to Conan and knowledge of his identity by sending an invitation to a costume party addressed to both Conan and Shinichi. The same invitation is sent to Kogoro. At the party itself, Vodka attends and is shocked to learn that "Shinichi Kudo" is supposedly alive and present to solve the murder mystery. (However, the true identity of Shinichi is actually Heiji acting to mislead Vermouth, so Shinichi's survival is not confirmed to the bulk of the Organization.)
[[File:Vermouth_taking_off_Araide's_mask.png|thumb|right|Vermouth removes the disguise of Dr. Araide.]]
Over the course of events, Vermouth is revealed to be Dr. Araide, Chris Vineyard, Sharon Vineyard, the murderer of Jodie's FBI-agent father 20 years ago, and the silver-haired serial killer in [[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|New York]]. Vermouth intended to lure out and assassinate Sherry with the help of [[Calvados]], but the combined efforts of Conan, Jodie, Akai, and even Ran foil the attempt, despite Haibara's initial intention to die to protect the people in her life she cares about. Ran, who hid in Jodie's car to arrive at the confrontation, turns herself into a shield for Haibara before Ran can shoot her. Vermouth flashes back to New York, and Ran saving her life despite thinking she was the serial killer, and cannot bring herself to shoot her "angel". Calvados is neutralized by Akai, but Vermouth escapes with Conan. After contacting the boss, who order her "back to his side", she discovers that Conan recorded the sounds of her phone dialing, and he orders her to take him to the boss or he'll deduce the address himself from the phone number. She acknowledges Conan's skill and says she'll stop pursuing Sherry, but then fills the car with sleeping gas to create a "duel" between them. Vermouth wakes up first, but rather than killing Conan as he expects, she merely destroyed the recorder and escapes to a roadside phone booth where she calls Gin and Vodka to pick her up. Gin asks if she recognizes the name Shinichi Kudo; even as she recalls the memory of Shinichi in New York after they saved her life, she denies knowing him.

Shuichi Akai is considered by many people in the Organization, including the boss (but not Gin), to be a "silver bullet" who could destroy the Organization. Vermouth thinks Shinichi is a silver bullet himself, but she deliberately leaves him alive. She has no qualms with trying to kill Akai, since she believes that only one silver bullet is necessary, but this implies that Vermouth may wish to see the Organization ended.

=== Boss's phone number ===
* A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Manga: [[Volume 45|File 466]]-[[Volume 46|469]]; Anime: [[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375]])
* The Dissonance of the Stradivarius (Manga: [[Volume 46|File 470]]-[[Volume 46|474]]; Anime: [[The Dissonance of the Stradivarius|Episode 385-387]])
In [[Episode 394]], Conan figures out the boss' number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia:Pandora's box|Pandora's Box]]", Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to. But then Haibara warns if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed.

=== Assassination plot with Chianti, Korn, and Kir (Manga: [[Volume 48|File 499]]-[[Volume 49|504]]; Anime: [[Episode 425]])===
[[File:members.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Black Organization´s members.]]In episode 425, the Black Organization introduces three new members, Chianti, Kir, and Korn, who first make their introduction in the 16th Opening episodes before their actual appearance in the series. Episode 425 is also the first to show the most Black Organization members in one episode. Chianti and Korn are introduced in the very beginning of episode 425 as highly trained assassins that Gin recruits after seeing their sniping skills. Kir is first introduced to Conan and the others as a news reporter (Rena Mizunashi) and a friend of Yoko Okino's, however, she is revealed as a member of the black corps later on. After encountering FBI during her mission, Kir tries to flee, but gets knocked unconscious and crashes, resulting in her getting taken by the FBI agents. In the manga, [[Heiji Hattori]] mentions she has been seen in Osaka before.
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=== The Shadow of the Black Organization (Manga: File ???; Anime: Episode 462-465) ===
In episodes 462-465, the Black Organization reveals some information about Kir and Eisuke's father. Eisuke appears to be linked to the Black Organization, as Conan notices similarities between him and Kir, and he also appears to be gaining info on the secret behind Kogoro's cases. In addition, Vermouth is revealed to be linked to another murder case. In the following episode 466, Conan tells Haibara and Agasa that the boy involved in the previous case told a mysterious man (unknown, but sometimes thought to be Rikumichi Kusuda, as they have the same outer appearance, though, his face is shadowed) that he had seen Kir before.

=== Whereabouts of the Black Photograph (Manga: File ???; Anime: Episode 484-485) ===
In episodes 484-485, Conan investigates more on Eisuke and belief that he and his father may have a possible link to Rena Mizunashi and the Black Organization. This later leads to further investigations in episode 491-494 with a possibility that Eisuke and Rena are related when they watch a video tape from years ago.

=== The Clash of Red and Black (Manga: [[Volume 57|File 595]]-[[Volume 59|609]]; Anime: [[Clash of Red and Black|Episode 491-504]])===

=== Bourbon, Subaru Okiya, and Scar Akai ===
Jodie calls Conan and tells him that Rena Mizunashi reported a new member of the Black Organization, [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]], is looking for Sherry. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, Subaru Okiya. Conan invites Okiya to live in the Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt. Okiya appears in other cases later on.

=== Ambush for Scar Akai (Manga: [[Volume 67#Department Store Bomber Case|Files 700-704]]; Anime: [[The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen|Episodes 578]]-[[The Red Shaking Target|581]])===

=== Masumi Sera and Tooru Amuro===

=== Bourbon and Vermouth aboard the Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78|File 818]]-[[Volume 78|824]] Anime: [[The Jet Black Mystery Train|Episode 701-704]])===
In chapter 823, Bourbon is confirmed to be Tooru Amuro and Okiya to be Shuichi Akai.

=== Bourbon Returns ===
Contrary to Conan's expectations, Bourbon has decided to stay nearby because he has become interested in Conan Edogawa and Sleeping Kogoro.

=== Akai's Return and Bourbon's True Identity (Manga: [[Volume 84|File 893]]-[[Volume 85|File 898]] ; Anime [[The Scarlet Return|779-783]])===

-[[Akai]] faked his death with Conan and Hidemi's help, using small blood detonators,blank cartridges and switching place with [[Rikumichi Kusuda]]'s body.

-[[Subaru Okiya]] is confirmed to be Akai in disguise thanks to [[Yukiko]]'s disguise skills and [[Agasa]]'s [[Voice-Changing Choker]] which can be used in the neck to change the voice.

-The Subaru Okiya that Bourbon confronted is revealed to be [[Yusaku]] in disguise to throw suspicions away from Akai.

-Amuro's real name is [[Rei Furuya]]. He is a member of the National Police Agency infiltrating the [[Black Organisation]], the men who chased Jodie and Camel are members of the same agency.

-Rei's hatred towards Akai results from a certain [[Scotch|man]] whom Akai regrets what happened to him.

-[[Kir]] sends an email to Akai, informing him of a new member of the organisation in the move. His codename is [[Rum]]. He appears to be close to the boss. Akai even warns his FBI colleagues that he is more terrifying than [[Gin]].

=== Rum===

=== The 3 Descriptions of Rum (Manga: [[Volume 86|File 906]]-[[Volume 86|File 908]] ; Anime: [[Three First Discoverers|792-793]])===

Conan asks Haibara about [[Rum]], she told him that she knew he is the Organisation number 2, and she heard he has 3 different descriptions; a huge built man, a feminine looking man and an elder man. At the end of the case, she remebered that Rum lost his eye in an accident and one of his eyes is artificial.

=== Hyoue Kuroda ===

[[Kuroda]], formerly Nagano Police First Division Chief, is the 1st suspect of Rum's identity, as he possesses a huge built and white hair that makes him look older, on top of that, lost his right eye during an accident 10 years before the current timeline. He is aware how good Conan is as a detective calling him "Sleeping Kogoro's bag of wisdom". He was transferred to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to replace Kiyonaga Matsumoto, becoming First Division Managing Officer of Tokyo Police. Haibara tells Conan she didn't sense the Organisation's aura from him, and that if he was Rum he would recognised her as [[Shiho Miyano]], yet nothing had happened yet.

=== Kohji Haneda's Murder Case from 17 years Ago (Manga: [[Volume 89|File 948]]-[[Volume 90|File 950]] ; Anime: [[Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene|861-862]])===

[[Kohji Haneda]], was killed 17 years ago throygh unknown means while he was in America to participate in a chess tournament. For some reasons, his name is among the victims who were killed by [[APTX 4869]]. At the same time, a famous America investor [[Amanda Hughes]] was killed in her hotel room and her own bodyguard [[Asaka]] is missing. Asaka is believed to be the murder of Amanda and Kohji. The only clue left in the crime scene , is some shattered mirror glaces containing the letters P,T,O and N which belongs the compagny "PUT ON MASCARA".After the end of the case, [[Subaru]] and [[Conan]] manage to discover's Kohji's dying message, substracting p,t,o and n from PUT ON MASCARA. What remains is U MASCARA, the letters can be rearranged to decipher the dying messga which is ASACA RUM, meaning [[Rum]] was the mastermind of this incident.

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 90|File 951]]-[[Volume 90|File 953]] ; Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]])===

Conan suspects that the missing bodyguard from Kohji Haneda's case Asaka is [[Rum]], however since it is not known whether it is a name or a surname, Asaka's gender can't be determined. Meanwhile, Kogoro was invited by the soul detective Gaito Hotta in his show so he could solve Kohji case by summoning the latter's spirit. However, he was murdered in his own hotel room before meeting Kogoro. The only information that Hotta has is that he heard that Asaka was holding a small mirror believing that Asaka is a woman, and was going to pretend that he summoned Kohji's spirit saying i'm about to be killed by a woman.
After the end of the case, [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] discuss about the case, Gin comments that the case case was a job that Rum has screwed up. Gin is more intrigued about Kogoro who got involved in the case, sticking his nose into the Organisations's matters. Gin immediately suggests the detective to be finished off before he becomes more dangerous.

= See also =
* [[Black Organization]]

= References =
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Kansuke: /* History prior to Conan shrinking */

This page describes revelations about the Black Organization mostly in the order they occur in the plot. For a fully chronological order of events, please see [[Timeline]].

Due to early episodes of the anime not following Gosho's plots in the manga precisely, details about [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and the [[Black Organization]] were not initially included in several episodes and had to either be included via a different plot-relevant episode<ref>Gin and Vodka's names are revealed in the manga in [[Volume 4|Volume 4, File 33, Page 11]], on the train; in the anime, the train-bomb is perpetrated by unnamed lookalikes.</ref> or a rerelease of the episode with the plot elements reintroduced.<ref>[[Episode 128]] is a remix of [[Episode 13]], with the Black Organization elements returned.</ref> These changes are noted in the appropriate points in the timeline. The anime has come to adhere much more closely to Gosho's plot and art as time goes on, due to the tendency for crucial foreshadowing to be hidden in the [[List_of_differences_between_the_manga_and_anime#Season_10_-_Episodes_255-285|details of a single panel]] months before its significance comes to light.

=Timeline of Events=
== History prior to Conan shrinking ==
*'''About 149 years ago: [[Renya Karasuma]] was born.
*'''>50 years ago''': The Black Organization’s main research project, of which [[APTX 4869]] will eventually become a part, is initiated.<ref>[[Volume 19#File_189_-_The_Endangered_Ball|Volume 19, File 189, Page 6: The Endangered Ball]]; [[The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case|Episode 130-131: The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case]]</ref>
*'''30 years ago''': [[Atsushi Miyano]] moved out of his father's house to work for the Black Organization. Atsushi's childhood friend Souhei Degima takes up residence in it.<ref name=f423>[[Volume_41#File_423_-_A_Mystery_Left_by_a_Visitor|Volume 41, File 423: "A Mystery Left by a Visitor"]]</ref>
*'''≈20 years ago''': While studying for an acting role, [[Sharon Vineyard]] learned disguise techniques from [[Toichi Kuroba]] alongside the aspiring young Japanese actress [[Yukiko Kudo]].<ref name=350p17>[[Volume_34#File_350_-_Golden_Apple_1|Volume 34, File 350, Page 17: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref><ref>Yukiko started her career while in high-school. Yukiko is 37 currently so the time frame while Yukiko was studying as a beginning actress is approximately 20 years ago when Yukiko was 17 or 18.</ref>
*'''≈20 years ago''': [[Atsushi Miyano]], [[Elena Miyano]], and a 4-5 year old Akemi visited [[Atsushi Miyano]]'s father's house then occupied by his childhood friend and playmate Souhei Degima.<ref name=f423/>
*'''20 years ago''': [[Vermouth]] kills [[Jodie Starling]]'s father.<ref name=f433>[[Volume_42#File_433_-_The_Truth_Behind_the_Mask|Volume 42, File 433, Page 8: "The Truth Behind the Mask"]]</ref>
*'''5 years ago''': [[Shuichi Akai]] begins infiltrating the Black Organization and begins dating [[Akemi Miyano]].<ref name=f599>[[Volume_58#File_599_-_Akai.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 599: "Akai's Past"]]</ref>
*'''5 years ago''': [[Shiho Miyano]] is known to be working for the Black Organization as a scientist at the age of thirteen. She may have started to work even earlier.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Org five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s girlfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. ([[Volume_58#File_599_-_Akai.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 599, Page 9: "Akai's Past"]]). According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time. Furthermore this took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan ([[Volume_58#File_607_-_Camel.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 607, Page 8: "Camel's Past"]]). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Org and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref>
*'''4 years ago''': [[Ethan Hondou]] sacrifices his life to protect his daughter [[Hidemi Hondou]]'s cover when she makes a mistake.<ref name=f595p10>[[Volume_57#File_595_-_Crow.27s_Song|Volume 57, File 595, Page 10: "Crow's Song"]]</ref>
*'''2 years ago''': [[Shuichi Akai]] receives the codename Rye, and is called to work under [[Gin]], but is rejected from the Black Organization after [[Andre Camel]] ruins the [[FBI]]'s trap for Gin.<ref name=f607p8>[[Volume_58#File_607_-_Camel.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 607, Page 8: "Camel's Past"]]</ref>
*'''2 years ago''': [[Tequila]] shows up at the office of computer graphics designer/games system engineer Itakura Suguru to say he was interested in the particular “system program” Itakura stopped developing one year ago.
*'''1 year ago''': In New York City, [[Vermouth]] tries to lure out and kill [[Shuichi Akai]] while disguised as a serial killer. Her plot fails when Akai shoots her in the stomach. Ran encounters Akai while he was looking for the serial killer. Vermouth later runs into Shinichi and then [[Ran]] on a fire escape stairway. While preparing to shoot them, Vermouth slips off and is saved from falling to her death by the two teens.
*'''1 year ago''': [[Suguru Itakura]] is given a forced one year deadline to finish the program [[Tequila]] was interested in one year ago.
*'''<1 year ago''': [[Sharon Vineyard]] "died" and [[Chris Vineyard]] came out in public (not counting movies and private interviews given to reporters) for the first time at her funeral.

== Current timeline ==
[[File:Shinichi drugged.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi is given APTX 4869 after being caught eavesdropping.]]
=== Gin, Vodka, and the Shrinking of Shinichi Kudo (Manga: [[Volume 1|File 1]]; Anime: [[Episode 1]])===
[[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] arrive at [[Tropical Land]] for a blackmail deal. When they ride the roller coaster to confirm that their mark arrived alone, they get caught up as suspects in a murder case that [[Shinichi Kudo]] solves. Shinichi follows Vodka to the blackmail transaction, where a businessman pays a briefcase full of money in exchange for photographic evidence of his involvement in weapons smuggling. Gin sees Shinichi eavesdropping and knocks him out with a metal pipe; due to the police and public presence, rather than shoot Shinichi they feed him the [[Black Organization|Black Organization's]] new experimental poison, [[APTX 4869]]. Leaving him for dead, they are unaware that the poison has transformed sixteen-year-old Shinichi to six-year-old [[Conan Edogawa]], who swears to expose them and their crimes.

=== Akemi Miyano's Robbery (Manga: [[Volume 2#Masami Hirota Case|Files 13-16]]; Anime: [[Episode 128]])===
[[File:V2-7 Such an awkwardly shaped panel.PNG|150px|thumb|left|Gin confronting Akemi Miyano.]]
====Manga version====
In order to free both [[Shiho Miyano|her sister]] and herself from the Black Organization, [[Akemi Miyano]] accepts the mission to rob one billion yen from a bank. To increase the chances of her sucess, she hires a driver and a giant-like man as assistants. However, the driver, Kenzo Hirota, disappears with the cash after the robbery, forcing Akemi to search for him. She hires [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] under the alias "Masami Hirota", supposedly Kenzo's teenage daughter. Kogoro luckily manages to find Kenzo for Akemi; after she is left alone with Kenzo, she and their third partner kill Kenzo and stage his death as a suicide hanging after taking the money.

[[Gin]] gives Akemi some "sleeping pills" with the instructions to dose the drink of her remaining partner; when she does, she discovers too late that they were poison. Recognizing the cutthroat duplicity, she leaves the one billion yen in suitcases at the front desk of the hotel where the giant-like man died and takes empty cases to go meet Gin and Vodka. She leaves the hotel just as [[Conan]] arrives with Kogoro and [[Inspector Megure]], having been tracking her since the death of Kenzo. At the meeting place amidst shipping crates, Gin demands the money, but Akemi refuses until they release her sister as agreed. Gin informs her that her sister is far too valuable to the organization to ever let go, and the robbery was a trick to get rid of Akemi rather than let her leave with knowledge of the organization. Conan arrives at the meeting location just in time to find Akemi alone, bleeding out from a gunshot wound. Akemi tells Conan that the [[Black Organization]] was the true mastermind behind the robbery; that they like to dress in black to resemble crows, but she knows little else from having been kept at the edges. Rather than let them have the money, she asks Conan to retrieve the one billion yen from the hotel before the Organization can get their hands on it. Conan is helpless to do anything but watch her die, and the police rule her death as a suicide because only her fingerprints are found on the gun that killed her. Conan privately reaffirms his grim determination to expose the Black Organization for ''all'' their crimes.

[[File:Conan_and_Akemi.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Conan talks to a dying Akemi.]]
====Anime version====
Even though Akemi Miyano/Masami Hirota was introduced much earlier into the anime series in [[Episode 13]], the case had all mention of the men in black edited out. In order to fix the gaping plothole, the animators reintroduced her with a remix of the original case that included the Black Organization elements [[Episode 128]], while her previous appearance is ignored.

In [[Episode 128]], Akemi Miyano, works as a bank teller under the alias "Masami Hirota" to prepare for the upcoming robbery. With the assistance of Shirou Kaizuka (a racecar driver) and Kishi (one of the bank guards), Akemi steals one billion yen from a transport van. However, soon after the Black Organization murders Akemi’s two accomplices and a lipstick-smeared facemask is left at the crime scene in order to frame Akemi as the third robber (which she is), who killed her partners to keep all the money herself (which she didn't). Akemi manages to meet with Gin and Vodka anyway and demands the release her sister and herself from the Organization, as promised, before she gives them the one billion yen. However, she is betrayed and killed by Gin. Vodka finds the key of the locker where Akemi hid the money inside her pocket and they leave the scene, without knowing that it’s only a fake. By the time Conan finds out Akemi's location, it is already too late. It is in this moment that Conan learns about the Black Organization being the true mastermind behind the robbery. In her last words, Akemi gives Conan the real key and asks him to find the stolen money before Gin and Vodka do. Her death is concluded to be a suicide by the police, because only her fingerprints are found on the gun that killed her.

[[File:Gin_and_Vodka_on_a_train.PNG|right|125px|thumb|Conan encounters Gin and Vodka.]]
=== The Bullet Train Bomb (Manga: [[Volume 4|File 33]])===
The anime episode with this plot was reworked so that the two "men in black" are simply lookalikes of Gin and Vodka, not the men themselves. As a result, this section summarizes only the manga events.

[[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] board a bullet train to complete a transaction: selling information about gold for 400 million yen. They arrange the meeting place to be a dining car on the second floor of the bullet train. On the way to their seats, Gin and Vodka coincidentally encounter [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]. However, neither of them recognize that he is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]], because they are unaware of the rare shrinking effect of [[APTX 4869]]. Vodka simply orders Conan to get out of the way and they take their seats, which are very near the Mouris', without paying further attention to him. When Gin and Vodka go to make the transaction, Conan plants an eavesdropping bug in the seat ashtray. Once they return, he overhears them discussing how the black briefcase they exchanged for 400 million yen has no information about gold, but is a bomb their client is sure to set off without meaning to at a specific time. Conan also learns their codenames at this time. They leave the train at Nagoya station, before the explosion is set to occur when the client dials a specific phone number as instructed to learn how to open the case; the number is actually the bomb activator. It is unknown if Gin, Vodka, or the Organization know that Conan was the one who found the bomb and kicked it off the train just before it exploded.
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[[File:Tequila Profile.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Tequila appears at the Mantendo Convention.]]
=== Tequila at the Mantendo Convention (Manga: [[Volume 12|File 114-116]]; Anime: [[Episode 54]])===
At the Mantendo Convention, Conan encounters the man code-named [[Tequila]]. Tequila appears at the Mantendo Corporation convention to buy a list of the best programmers in the world from one of the company employees, Hideaki Nakajima.<ref>[[Volume 12|Volume 12, File 116, Page 18]]</ref> The exchange occurs by the two men bumping into each other in the hallway and exchanging claim tickets for the convention hall's coat-check area. Tequila uses the claim ticket to obtain Hideaki's company briefcase; however, both men are unaware that Hideaki's ticket was previously switched with that of his co-worker with the intention of killing him via a briefcase-bomb. When Tequila opens the briefcase, the explosion kills him.

Later, when Conan-a-Kogoro solves the case and orders Hideaki to reveal where he met with Tequila, Hideaki confesses that they met at the bar ''Le Cocktail'' in the "Black Building" in Beika. However, although Conan rushes to the building as soon as he learns of it, just before he can reach the bar it is destroyed in an explosion of such degree not a scrap of evidence remains.
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=== Ai Haibara, AKA Sherry (Manga: [[Volume 18|File 176]]-[[Volume 19|181]]; Anime: [[Episode 129]]) ===
[[File:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|left|thumb|right|250px|Shiho swallows the APTX 4869.]]
[[Shiho Miyano]] already resented the Black Organization for dictating her life and then taking the incomplete [[APTX 4869]] to use as a poison. When she learns that [[Akemi Miyano|her sister]] was killed after getting more involved in the Organization for Shiho's sake, Shiho boycotts her research until she receives an explanation for why Akemi died. The Organization will not, and since her refusal to work and her knowledge of the Organization makes her a liability, decides to execute her unless she relents. Handcuffed inside a gas chamber, she takes a dose of APTX 4869 to die on her own terms. To her surprise, she also shrinks into a child, which frees her from the handcuffs and lets her escape through a ventilation pipe in the room.<ref>[[Volume 18|Volume 18, File 179, Page 8]]</ref> She attempts to reach [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s house, as she already suspected his identity as [[Conan Edogawa]] after discovering that between two separate sweeps in his house by her team to confirm whether Shinichi was dead by the poison, the grade-schooler clothes in Shinichi's house disappeared. Shiho had noted a single mouse in all her research that shrank instead of died, and during a lunch date after the billion yen robbery, Akemi described Conan as a miniature adult living with Shinichi's [[Ran|childhood friend]].

Strain causes Shiho to collapse outside of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa's]] house, who takes her in and agrees to become her guardian. Shiho chooses the alias "[[Ai Haibara]]" to hide her identity and joins Conan's class at [[Teitan Elementary]]. At school, the [[Detective Boys]] befriend her before a classmate asks them to find his missing brother. During that case, a witness mentions a woman dressed completely in black. Conan accidentally lets slip aloud that he is after her because she might be connected to the men in black who shrunk him; the Detective Boys are understandably confused at the comment, but he dismisses it and heads off alone to investigate. The Detective Boys follow him with Haibara help, and together they foil the operation and the police arrest the counterfeiters. Despite the woman's clothes, she knows nothing about the Organization. Elsewhere, Gin speaks on the phone with an unknown party about a missing person who must be alive because no body has found; Gin wants him dead or alive.

[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|right|225px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking why he hadn't saved [[Akemi Miyano|her sister]].]] Conan walks Haibara home, as she lives at 2-22 Beika, in Conan's neighborhood. On the way home, to Conan's utter shock and horror, Haibara reveals her identity as Sherry, the creator of the APTX 4869 poison. Informing him that she marked his status as deceased in the Organization, and that she had never ''intended'' to create a poison, does little to diminish his anger. Agasa mentions that as the creator, she might be able to create an antidote; however, Haibara cannot remember all the data, and the research facility was already demolished by the Organization in an explosion to cover their tracks. She mentions that if the drug continues to be used as a poison, the odds are high that someone else will shrink and the Organization will realize the possible effect, and if she is discovered Conan's cover will also be blown. She also remembers that she sent a floppy disk with drug and organization data to Akemi by accident, years ago, and they might be able to find the find the disk in the possession of Akemi's old professor, Masami Hirota. Conan finds the name familiar, but can't remember why. Learning that they are friends of Akemi, Masami invites them to come retrieve the disks, but in the three hours it take to reach his house, the professor is murdered and all computer data and disks stolen. Investigating the scene, Conan and Haibara speculate the Organization would have had record of Shiho's actions, but they recognize Vodka's disguised voice on the answering machine and both know that the message would have been erased if the Organization had been the culprits. The Organization could not have obtained the floppy; Conan defies Haibara's expectations and proves the "accidental death" is a murder. To Conan's surprise, Haibara's response is to break down in tears and demand why he couldn't be clever enough to save her sister's life—Akemi Miyano used her professor's name as her alias to hire Kogoro.

A week later, the disk is released from police evidence and Haibara tries to access it from Agasa's computer. However, it has been protected with the [[Night Baron]] virus, which deletes all the data whenever the disk is accessed from a computer that does not belong to the Organization. Another brief scene with Gin and Vodka reveal that Hirota was the man they wanted dead or alive, and they are determined to find Sherry and whoever may have helped her escape.
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=== Osaka Serial Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|185-188]]; Anime: [[The Naniwa Serial Murder Case|118]]) ===
During a visit to Osaka, Conan and Heiji get caught up in a serial killer case. The dead and the suspects all attended the same driving school, along with infamous serial killer Numabuchi Ki'ichiro, who escaped from prison not long before. Conan ends up with Officer Ootaki, tracking down Numabuchi on Mt. Minoo outside Osaka. The police arrest Numabuchi but he attempts to escape and stabs Conan in the process; only the protection charm Heiji lent Conan saves Conan's life. It turns out Numabuchi was involved in the accidental death of the father of the man behind this set of serial killings, and was intended to be the scapegoat because he already killed several others.

=== Pisco, Vermouth, and the return of Shiho Miyano (Manga: [[Volume 24|Files 238-242]]; Anime: [[Episode 176|Episode 176-178]]) ===
Haibara dreams of Gin discovering her identity, and plans to leave before the Detective Boys can be put in danger through association with her. She recognizes Gin's rare porsche in the Beika neighborhood and cannot stop Conan from planting a bug in the car. The overhear a plan for a murder at a wake at the Haido City hotel, but Gin also finds an auburn hair he recognizes as Shiho's, and stakes out the hotel to catch her, assuming she'll try to interfere. Haibara tries to stop Conan, but follows when she cannot change his mind. [[Pisco]] recognizes her childhood form and on Gin's order, kidnaps her from the wake after he murders the target. Conan tries to find the murderer as well as Haibara, forcing Pisco to require the help of [[Vermouth]] to escape police scrutiny.

[[Image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
While they are being questioned, Haibara investigates Pisco's computer in the wine cellar and then drinks [[baijiu]] on Conan's orders. She grows back into Shiho to escape up the fireplace chimney onto the snow-covered roof. However, Gin and Vodka intercept her on the roof; Gin shoots her several times as torture to make her answer how she escaped the gas chamber. When she refuses, Gin is about to kill her when Conan shoots Gin with the tranquilizer needle and orders Shiho via th voice-changing bowtie to escape back down the chimney. Gin shoots himself in the arm to stay awake, while Vodka tries unsuccessfully to shoot Conan, letting Shiho escape successfully just before she reverts to Haibara. Pisco is waiting for her in the wine cellar and praises her success with continuing her dead parents' research, but he is still under orders to kill her. Conan again comes to the rescue, tricking Pisco into accidentally starting a fire. Conan escapes with Haibara in the smoke and Gin arrives through the chimney and executes Pisco for getting caught on camera before Pisco can tell Gin the truth about Shiho. Haibara plans to leave the city, worried the Organization will find her, but Conan convinces her that staying put is the best thing to do exactly because Gin expects her to run and will never look for her in Beika again. Haibara also says that the disk with Organization data was lost in the fire, though this is later shown to be a lie Conan is unaware of.<ref>Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|File 251, page 9.]]</ref> Gin and Vodka also escape the police along with [[Vermouth]], who now intends to stay for a while in Japan. Gin also wants to find the "man" on the roof who helped Shiho escape.
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=== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|Files 251-253]] & [[Volume_26#Dangerous_Cave_Case|Files 254-260]]; Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|Episodes 188-193]]) ===
Vermouth takes the place of [[Tomoaki Araide]], the doctor at [[Setting#Educational_institutions|Teitan elementary and high school]].<ref>Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|File 251]]</ref> Soon afterwards, the FBI who had followed Vermouth from America raid Araide’s office and see pictures of Conan, Ran, and Shiho tacked to her dartboard.<ref name="JodieandPictures">In Jodie's intro case and later, she calls Conan "Cool Guy", meaning she saw the pictures prior to her intro and most likely prior to joining Teitan high because she became a teacher after she tracked Araide there.</ref> Vermouth works undercover to undermine the FBI and learn more about Conan, Haibara and their friends and family. As Araide, she witnesses Shinichi Kudo perform in a school play and solve the murder.<ref>The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume_26#School_Play_Case|255–257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|190-191]])</ref>

[[File:Vermouth_protecting_Conan.png|thumb|right|Vermouth disguised as Dr. Araide protects Conan on the hijacked bus]]
=== Busjacking and Akai's introduction (Manga: [[Volume 29|Files 287]]-[[Volume 29|289]]; Anime: [[Episode 230|Episode 230-231]])===
At a bar after completing an assassination, Gin and Vodka are approached by Vermouth in a barman's disguise. Vodka is fooled, but Gin knows her instantly and is unamused. He asks if she found what she was looking for in Japan yet, but Vermouth plays coy about her goal and flirts with Gin instead. Elsewhere, Conan, Haibara and the detective boys are on a bu to go skiing. Conan and Haibara quietly discuss the Organization and Haibara reveals that she can recognize the presence of one of them by a distinctive "smell" only Organization members emit. She explains that she couldn't identify Pisco at the wake because she wasn't sure—he was overshadowed by [[Vermouth|someone]] with a stronger scent and evil aura. Almost immediately, Ai reacts to the sudden presence of a member on the bus just before Araide and Jodie, and [[Shuichi Akai|an evil-eyed man in a dark ski cap]] all board the bus. When a busjacking occurs, Vermouth as Araide protects Conan from the busjackers. Ai is certain Vermouth, whose presence she recognizes, is on the bus, but she does not tell Conan. Vermouth observes how Conan foils the busjackers and orders him to treat a wounded arm before letting the police question him about the case. The same day, Vermouth also steals the police department's records of all the cases in Tokyo that included the involvement of [[Kogoro Mouri]]. Once she has the necessary information to testify as Araide in the trial for his father's death, and has successfully baited out the FBI to surveil Kogoro's apartment, she returns the files.<ref>Manga: [[Volume_33#Missing_Watch_Case|336]], Anime: [[The Forgotten Memento from the Crime|269]].</ref>

===Mermaid's Curse Case (Manga: [[Volume_28#File_281_-_The_Devil.27s_Arrow|281]], Anime: [[And Then There Were No Mermaids|222-224]])===
Prior to her defection, Shiho visits Mermaid Island, famous for the legendary life-extended mermaid flesh. The visit was likely part of her research for APTX 4869.

=== Sato's Marriage Arrangement (Manga: [[Volume_32#Sato.27s_Omiai_Case|328]]-[[Volume_33#Sato.27s_Omiai_Case|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
As Araide, Vermouth helps Ran and Conan interrupt [[Shiratori]]'s would be engagement to [[Miwako Sato]]. She witnesses Conan use the [[Voice-Changing Bowtie]] to impersonate [[Wataru Takagi]], and comes up with a story when Conan can't think fast enough.

===Time To Pick The Apple (Manga: [[Volume_34#Escalator_Message_Case|340]], Anime: [[The Secret Rushed Omission|272]])===
[[File:Vermouth_dartboard.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Vermouth's pictures of Conan, Ran, and Shiho]]
Following the Battle Game Trap case with Jodie, Vermouth is seen writing a somewhat teasing letter to Gin, asking if he believes in heaven. She also throws a dart at the picture of Shiho tacked onto her dartboard. Conan and Ran are on the dartboard as well, with the captions "Cool Guy" and "Angel", respectively. This is the first time the readers see these pictures, but it is heavily implied that Jodie and the FBI already know of them.<ref name="JodieandPictures"/>

[[Image:Ran saves Vermouth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ran saved Vermouth (who was disguising as a serial killer) back in New York]]
=== Vermouth in New York City (Manga: [[Volume 34|Files 350]]-[[Volume 35|354]]; Anime: [[Episode 286|Episode 286-288]])===
In a flashback to one year ago, high school first-years Shinichi and Ran meet Vermouth under her original name of Sharon Vineyard, [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko's]] old friend and fellow actress. Sharon gets Yukiko out of a speeding ticket by impersonating a police captain. Shinichi is shocked that Sharon's disguise was so flawless; Sharon and Yukiko both learned disguise from a [[Toichi Kuroba|famous Japanese magician]], but Sharon was always the better at it. By this time, Sharon has already established her secondary identity as her own estranged daughter, Chris Vineyard, for possibly as long as ten years. Sharon has had a bitter life but takes a shine to Ran, though she seems to sense ahead of time that when Ran saves the life of an actress, something bad would happen, but leaves rather than try to prevent it. While Shinichi solves his second solo murder, Sharon goes out in disguise as an older male serial killer, though the reasons for her assignment remain unknown. On the way back to the hotel, Shinichi and Ran encounter Vermouth as the serial killer, wounded by an earlier firefight with the FBI. Vermouth nearly shoots Ran but the railing Vermouth was leaning against unexpectedly crumbles. Ran, with Shinichi's help, saves Vermouth from falling to her death. Vermouth demands to know why Shinichi would have done such a thing, and Shinichi counters that unlike murdering, no reason is needed to save a life. Ran faints, and Shinichi lets Vermouth go in order to get Ran home safely, confident that Vermouth wouldn't shoot them because it would summon the FBI she wouldn't be able to escape with her injuries. However, he promises that eventually he ''will'' put Vermouth in jail. Vermouth creates a fake suicide scene for the serial killer, though she makes Shinichi suspicious with the lack of blood and fingerprints at the death scene, but with no leads the police cannot pursue her and she presumably moves on to another assignment.<ref>After Ran recovers her memories of New York, Shinichi mentions his investigation to her in The Haunted House Mystery (Manga: [[Volume_35#Haunted_Apartment_Case|355]], Anime: [[The Truth of the Haunted House|274]]).</ref>

===The Haunted House Mystery (Manga: [[Volume_35#Haunted_Apartment_Case|355]], Anime: [[The Truth of the Haunted House|274]])===
While still recovering from the fever that restored her memories of New York, Ran receives a check-up from Vermouth in her Araide disguise. At this point, Vermouth still needs to give testimony at court about the Araide family murder case but she has already obtained and returned the case files. Vermouth is having some difficulty keeping in character; one of her patients says that Dr. Araide has been acting like a stranger. Also, Vermouth claims to have sent Araide's grandmother and housekeeper Hikaru ahead to Aomori, which is strange because it was established in [[Volume_24#Blackout_Murder_Case|Files 235-236]] that Araide didn't trust them (especially the maid) to take care of themselves.

[[File:Kiichiro Numabuchi's physical data.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi's profile was sent to the drug development division so Shiho could test the APTX4869 on him.]]
===Numabuchi and Mitsuhiko (Manga: [[Volume 35|358-360]]; Anime: [[Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest|289-290]])===
[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] was a murderer who was sought by the Black Organization to become one of their assassins, but his mental instability soon exempted him from that career. Instead, he was to become a human guinea pig for the new [[APTX 4869]] poison, under the supervision of [[Shiho Miyano]]. However, while Shiho had been given his file for research, she didn't get to meet Numabuchi personally; knowing about his impending fate, he escaped the Black Organization. During his flight, he panickedly murdered several people he suspected of being Black Organization pursuers.<ref>Manga Chapter 360: Disappearing Mitsuhiko 3</ref>

Several months after his re-arrest in Osaka, Numabuchi is escorted into a forest in Gunma after having claimed that the body of a fourth victim was buried there. In truth, he intends to pay a last visit to his childhood friends, the fireflies living in the forest, before his execution. He escapes from [[Misao Yamamura]] in the forest and Haibara becomes highly unnerved that she fails to sense him while they look for [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], who was attempting to collect some fireflies as a surprise for Haibara and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. Numabuchi encounters Mitsuhiko with a captured firefly, but rather than hurt him, Numabuchi carries him to the search parties and does not resist being arrested on.<ref>Manga Chapter 358-360: Disappearing Mitsuhiko Case</ref>

=== Footsteps of Darkness (Manga: [[Volume 37|File 380]]-[[Volume 38|383]]; Anime: [[Episode 309|Episode 309-311]])===
Two years ago, Suguru Itakura was coerced via a year of stalking to finish a computer program of unknown purpose for the Black Organization. Itakura's phone contact was Vermouth,<ref>The Bell Tree Express, [[Volume 78#File_818_-_Mystery_Train_.28.22All_Aboard.21.22.29|818-824]]</ref> who told him {{cquote|We can be both of God and the devil, since we're trying to raise the dead against the stream of time.|Vermouth's reply to Itakura's demand of who she thinks she is.}} For the "sake of the world", Itakura planned to deliver the program unfinished and flee the country. Conan manages to fool Vodka into arranging a meet at an unfinished train station; however, Gin realizes it is a set up. He nearly catches Conan hiding in the lockers, but leaves and takes the disk with him. Conan couldn't crack the password protection on the disk, so he couldn't find out more about the Organization, while Gin knows that someone is trying to investigate them.

===Four Porsches (Manga: [[Volume_41#Four_Porsches_Case|420-422]], Anime [[The Four Porsches|338-339]])===
Haibara is sick. Conan says that Dr. Araide (Vermouth) didn't pick up, so they go to a different clinic located near a shopping center where they can wait for the appointment time. Conan ends up surprise-interviewed outside a café famous for its porridge, which causes Akai to head there under the assumption Haibara will be there as well. Akai overhears Agasa call Araide, since he can't get to the other clinic due to the case. Jodie gives Agasa, Araide and Haibara a ride to Agasa's house, where Vermouth treats Haibara. While there, Vermouth bugs Agasa’a house. Later, Vermouth is seen in her office with the dart board pouring herself a drink. She takes Sherry's picture off the dartboard, says she's coming for Sherry, and burns it.

===Hidden Bathroom Secret (Manga: [[Volume_41#Bathroom_Murder_Case|423]]-[[Volume_42#Bathroom_Murder_Case|425]], Anime: [[Hidden Bathroom Secret|340-341]])===
Through her bugs in Agasa's house, Vermouth overhears Agasa tell Conan about a possible line of information through an old friend of Haibara's father. Professor Miyano rented out his childhood home to his old friend. Twenty years ago, he visited with Elena and Akemi to speak with his friend, but never had the chance to and then never returned. Akemi returned once more a few days before she died and hid something in the bathroom of the house. The Organization broke into the house twice—once to plant a bug to see if Akemi hid anything or returned, and again to remove the bug after it was determined none of the inhabitants knew about anything hidden. After solving the murder, Conan found what Akemi hid and turns it over to Haibara. They are cassette tapes recorded by Elena Miyano for Shiho, labeled for each of her childhood birthdays. Anticipating she would die soon, Elena left the tapes as a legacy for Shiho, but Akemi never had the chance to give them to Shiho.

Elsewhere, Vermouth calls [[Calvados]] and discusses killing 'her': either Shiho or Jodie.

=== Showdown with Vermouth and the FBI (Manga: [[Volume 42|File 429]]-[[Volume 42|434]]; Anime: [[Episode 345]]) ===
Vermouth reveals her existence to Conan and knowledge of his identity by sending an invitation to a costume party addressed to both Conan and Shinichi. The same invitation is sent to Kogoro. At the party itself, Vodka attends and is shocked to learn that "Shinichi Kudo" is supposedly alive and present to solve the murder mystery. (However, the true identity of Shinichi is actually Heiji acting to mislead Vermouth, so Shinichi's survival is not confirmed to the bulk of the Organization.)
[[File:Vermouth_taking_off_Araide's_mask.png|thumb|right|Vermouth removes the disguise of Dr. Araide.]]
Over the course of events, Vermouth is revealed to be Dr. Araide, Chris Vineyard, Sharon Vineyard, the murderer of Jodie's FBI-agent father 20 years ago, and the silver-haired serial killer in [[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|New York]]. Vermouth intended to lure out and assassinate Sherry with the help of [[Calvados]], but the combined efforts of Conan, Jodie, Akai, and even Ran foil the attempt, despite Haibara's initial intention to die to protect the people in her life she cares about. Ran, who hid in Jodie's car to arrive at the confrontation, turns herself into a shield for Haibara before Ran can shoot her. Vermouth flashes back to New York, and Ran saving her life despite thinking she was the serial killer, and cannot bring herself to shoot her "angel". Calvados is neutralized by Akai, but Vermouth escapes with Conan. After contacting the boss, who order her "back to his side", she discovers that Conan recorded the sounds of her phone dialing, and he orders her to take him to the boss or he'll deduce the address himself from the phone number. She acknowledges Conan's skill and says she'll stop pursuing Sherry, but then fills the car with sleeping gas to create a "duel" between them. Vermouth wakes up first, but rather than killing Conan as he expects, she merely destroyed the recorder and escapes to a roadside phone booth where she calls Gin and Vodka to pick her up. Gin asks if she recognizes the name Shinichi Kudo; even as she recalls the memory of Shinichi in New York after they saved her life, she denies knowing him.

Shuichi Akai is considered by many people in the Organization, including the boss (but not Gin), to be a "silver bullet" who could destroy the Organization. Vermouth thinks Shinichi is a silver bullet himself, but she deliberately leaves him alive. She has no qualms with trying to kill Akai, since she believes that only one silver bullet is necessary, but this implies that Vermouth may wish to see the Organization ended.

=== Boss's phone number ===
* A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Manga: [[Volume 45|File 466]]-[[Volume 46|469]]; Anime: [[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375]])
* The Dissonance of the Stradivarius (Manga: [[Volume 46|File 470]]-[[Volume 46|474]]; Anime: [[The Dissonance of the Stradivarius|Episode 385-387]])
In [[Episode 394]], Conan figures out the boss' number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia:Pandora's box|Pandora's Box]]", Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to. But then Haibara warns if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed.

=== Assassination plot with Chianti, Korn, and Kir (Manga: [[Volume 48|File 499]]-[[Volume 49|504]]; Anime: [[Episode 425]])===
[[File:members.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Black Organization´s members.]]In episode 425, the Black Organization introduces three new members, Chianti, Kir, and Korn, who first make their introduction in the 16th Opening episodes before their actual appearance in the series. Episode 425 is also the first to show the most Black Organization members in one episode. Chianti and Korn are introduced in the very beginning of episode 425 as highly trained assassins that Gin recruits after seeing their sniping skills. Kir is first introduced to Conan and the others as a news reporter (Rena Mizunashi) and a friend of Yoko Okino's, however, she is revealed as a member of the black corps later on. After encountering FBI during her mission, Kir tries to flee, but gets knocked unconscious and crashes, resulting in her getting taken by the FBI agents. In the manga, [[Heiji Hattori]] mentions she has been seen in Osaka before.
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=== The Shadow of the Black Organization (Manga: File ???; Anime: Episode 462-465) ===
In episodes 462-465, the Black Organization reveals some information about Kir and Eisuke's father. Eisuke appears to be linked to the Black Organization, as Conan notices similarities between him and Kir, and he also appears to be gaining info on the secret behind Kogoro's cases. In addition, Vermouth is revealed to be linked to another murder case. In the following episode 466, Conan tells Haibara and Agasa that the boy involved in the previous case told a mysterious man (unknown, but sometimes thought to be Rikumichi Kusuda, as they have the same outer appearance, though, his face is shadowed) that he had seen Kir before.

=== Whereabouts of the Black Photograph (Manga: File ???; Anime: Episode 484-485) ===
In episodes 484-485, Conan investigates more on Eisuke and belief that he and his father may have a possible link to Rena Mizunashi and the Black Organization. This later leads to further investigations in episode 491-494 with a possibility that Eisuke and Rena are related when they watch a video tape from years ago.

=== The Clash of Red and Black (Manga: [[Volume 57|File 595]]-[[Volume 59|609]]; Anime: [[Clash of Red and Black|Episode 491-504]])===

=== Bourbon, Subaru Okiya, and Scar Akai ===
Jodie calls Conan and tells him that Rena Mizunashi reported a new member of the Black Organization, [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]], is looking for Sherry. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, Subaru Okiya. Conan invites Okiya to live in the Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt. Okiya appears in other cases later on.

=== Ambush for Scar Akai (Manga: [[Volume 67#Department Store Bomber Case|Files 700-704]]; Anime: [[The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen|Episodes 578]]-[[The Red Shaking Target|581]])===

=== Masumi Sera and Tooru Amuro===

=== Bourbon and Vermouth aboard the Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78|File 818]]-[[Volume 78|824]] Anime: [[The Jet Black Mystery Train|Episode 701-704]])===
In chapter 823, Bourbon is confirmed to be Tooru Amuro and Okiya to be Shuichi Akai.

=== Bourbon Returns ===
Contrary to Conan's expectations, Bourbon has decided to stay nearby because he has become interested in Conan Edogawa and Sleeping Kogoro.

=== Akai's Return and Bourbon's True Identity (Manga: [[Volume 84|File 893]]-[[Volume 85|File 898]] ; Anime [[The Scarlet Return|779-783]])===

-[[Akai]] faked his death with Conan and Hidemi's help, using small blood detonators,blank cartridges and switching place with [[Rikumichi Kusuda]]'s body.

-[[Subaru Okiya]] is confirmed to be Akai in disguise thanks to [[Yukiko]]'s disguise skills and [[Agasa]]'s [[Voice-Changing Choker]] which can be used in the neck to change the voice.

-The Subaru Okiya that Bourbon confronted is revealed to be [[Yusaku]] in disguise to throw suspicions away from Akai.

-Amuro's real name is [[Rei Furuya]]. He is a member of the National Police Agency infiltrating the [[Black Organisation]], the men who chased Jodie and Camel are members of the same agency.

-Rei's hatred towards Akai results from a certain [[Scotch|man]] whom Akai regrets what happened to him.

-[[Kir]] sends an email to Akai, informing him of a new member of the organisation in the move. His codename is [[Rum]]. He appears to be close to the boss. Akai even warns his FBI colleagues that he is more terrifying than [[Gin]].

=== Rum===

=== The 3 Descriptions of Rum (Manga: [[Volume 86|File 906]]-[[Volume 86|File 908]] ; Anime: [[Three First Discoverers|792-793]])===

Conan asks Haibara about [[Rum]], she told him that she knew he is the Organisation number 2, and she heard he has 3 different descriptions; a huge built man, a feminine looking man and an elder man. At the end of the case, she remebered that Rum lost his eye in an accident and one of his eyes is artificial.

=== Hyoue Kuroda ===

[[Kuroda]], formerly Nagano Police First Division Chief, is the 1st suspect of Rum's identity, as he possesses a huge built and white hair that makes him look older, on top of that, lost his right eye during an accident 10 years before the current timeline. He is aware how good Conan is as a detective calling him "Sleeping Kogoro's bag of wisdom". He was transferred to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to replace Kiyonaga Matsumoto, becoming First Division Managing Officer of Tokyo Police. Haibara tells Conan she didn't sense the Organisation's aura from him, and that if he was Rum he would recognised her as [[Shiho Miyano]], yet nothing had happened yet.

=== Kohji Haneda's Murder Case from 17 years Ago (Manga: [[Volume 89|File 948]]-[[Volume 90|File 950]] ; Anime: [[Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene|861-862]])===

[[Kohji Haneda]], was killed 17 years ago throygh unknown means while he was in America to participate in a chess tournament. For some reasons, his name is among the victims who were killed by [[APTX 4869]]. At the same time, a famous America investor [[Amanda Hughes]] was killed in her hotel room and her own bodyguard [[Asaka]] is missing. Asaka is believed to be the murder of Amanda and Kohji. The only clue left in the crime scene , is some shattered mirror glaces containing the letters P,T,O and N which belongs the compagny "PUT ON MASCARA".After the end of the case, [[Subaru]] and [[Conan]] manage to discover's Kohji's dying message, substracting p,t,o and n from PUT ON MASCARA. What remains is U MASCARA, the letters can be rearranged to decipher the dying messga which is ASACA RUM, meaning [[Rum]] was the mastermind of this incident.

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 90|File 951]]-[[Volume 90|File 953]] ; Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]])===

Conan suspects that the missing bodyguard from Kohji Haneda's case Asaka is [[Rum]], however since it is not known whether it is a name or a surname, Asaka's gender can't be determined. Meanwhile, Kogoro was invited by the soul detective Gaito Hotta in his show so he could solve Kohji case by summoning the latter's spirit. However, he was murdered in his own hotel room before meeting Kogoro. The only information that Hotta has is that he heard that Asaka was holding a small mirror believing that Asaka is a woman, and was going to pretend that he summoned Kohji's spirit saying i'm about to be killed by a woman.
After the end of the case, [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] discuss about the case, Gin comments that the case case was a job that Rum has screwed up. Gin is more intrigued about Kogoro who got involved in the case, sticking his nose into the Organisations's matters. Gin immediately suggests the detective to be finished off before he becomes more dangerous.

= See also =
* [[Black Organization]]

= References =
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Kansuke:

This page describes revelations about the Black Organization mostly in the order they occur in the plot. For a fully chronological order of events, please see [[Timeline]].

Due to early episodes of the anime not following Gosho's plots in the manga precisely, details about [[Gin]], [[Vodka]], and the [[Black Organization]] were not initially included in several episodes and had to either be included via a different plot-relevant episode<ref>Gin and Vodka's names are revealed in the manga in [[Volume 4|Volume 4, File 33, Page 11]], on the train; in the anime, the train-bomb is perpetrated by unnamed lookalikes.</ref> or a rerelease of the episode with the plot elements reintroduced.<ref>[[Episode 128]] is a remix of [[Episode 13]], with the Black Organization elements returned.</ref> These changes are noted in the appropriate points in the timeline. The anime has come to adhere much more closely to Gosho's plot and art as time goes on, due to the tendency for crucial foreshadowing to be hidden in the [[List_of_differences_between_the_manga_and_anime#Season_10_-_Episodes_255-285|details of a single panel]] months before its significance comes to light.

=Timeline of Events=
== History prior to Conan shrinking ==
*'''>About 149 years ago: [[Renya Karasuma]] was born.
*'''>50 years ago''': The Black Organization’s main research project, of which [[APTX 4869]] will eventually become a part, is initiated.<ref>[[Volume 19#File_189_-_The_Endangered_Ball|Volume 19, File 189, Page 6: The Endangered Ball]]; [[The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case|Episode 130-131: The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case]]</ref>
*'''30 years ago''': [[Atsushi Miyano]] moved out of his father's house to work for the Black Organization. Atsushi's childhood friend Souhei Degima takes up residence in it.<ref name=f423>[[Volume_41#File_423_-_A_Mystery_Left_by_a_Visitor|Volume 41, File 423: "A Mystery Left by a Visitor"]]</ref>
*'''≈20 years ago''': While studying for an acting role, [[Sharon Vineyard]] learned disguise techniques from [[Toichi Kuroba]] alongside the aspiring young Japanese actress [[Yukiko Kudo]].<ref name=350p17>[[Volume_34#File_350_-_Golden_Apple_1|Volume 34, File 350, Page 17: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref><ref>Yukiko started her career while in high-school. Yukiko is 37 currently so the time frame while Yukiko was studying as a beginning actress is approximately 20 years ago when Yukiko was 17 or 18.</ref>
*'''≈20 years ago''': [[Atsushi Miyano]], [[Elena Miyano]], and a 4-5 year old Akemi visited [[Atsushi Miyano]]'s father's house then occupied by his childhood friend and playmate Souhei Degima.<ref name=f423/>
*'''20 years ago''': [[Vermouth]] kills [[Jodie Starling]]'s father.<ref name=f433>[[Volume_42#File_433_-_The_Truth_Behind_the_Mask|Volume 42, File 433, Page 8: "The Truth Behind the Mask"]]</ref>
*'''5 years ago''': [[Shuichi Akai]] begins infiltrating the Black Organization and begins dating [[Akemi Miyano]].<ref name=f599>[[Volume_58#File_599_-_Akai.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 599: "Akai's Past"]]</ref>
*'''5 years ago''': [[Shiho Miyano]] is known to be working for the Black Organization as a scientist at the age of thirteen. She may have started to work even earlier.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Org five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s girlfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. ([[Volume_58#File_599_-_Akai.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 599, Page 9: "Akai's Past"]]). According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time. Furthermore this took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan ([[Volume_58#File_607_-_Camel.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 607, Page 8: "Camel's Past"]]). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Org and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref>
*'''4 years ago''': [[Ethan Hondou]] sacrifices his life to protect his daughter [[Hidemi Hondou]]'s cover when she makes a mistake.<ref name=f595p10>[[Volume_57#File_595_-_Crow.27s_Song|Volume 57, File 595, Page 10: "Crow's Song"]]</ref>
*'''2 years ago''': [[Shuichi Akai]] receives the codename Rye, and is called to work under [[Gin]], but is rejected from the Black Organization after [[Andre Camel]] ruins the [[FBI]]'s trap for Gin.<ref name=f607p8>[[Volume_58#File_607_-_Camel.27s_Past|Volume 58, File 607, Page 8: "Camel's Past"]]</ref>
*'''2 years ago''': [[Tequila]] shows up at the office of computer graphics designer/games system engineer Itakura Suguru to say he was interested in the particular “system program” Itakura stopped developing one year ago.
*'''1 year ago''': In New York City, [[Vermouth]] tries to lure out and kill [[Shuichi Akai]] while disguised as a serial killer. Her plot fails when Akai shoots her in the stomach. Ran encounters Akai while he was looking for the serial killer. Vermouth later runs into Shinichi and then [[Ran]] on a fire escape stairway. While preparing to shoot them, Vermouth slips off and is saved from falling to her death by the two teens.
*'''1 year ago''': [[Suguru Itakura]] is given a forced one year deadline to finish the program [[Tequila]] was interested in one year ago.
*'''<1 year ago''': [[Sharon Vineyard]] "died" and [[Chris Vineyard]] came out in public (not counting movies and private interviews given to reporters) for the first time at her funeral.

== Current timeline ==
[[File:Shinichi drugged.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi is given APTX 4869 after being caught eavesdropping.]]
=== Gin, Vodka, and the Shrinking of Shinichi Kudo (Manga: [[Volume 1|File 1]]; Anime: [[Episode 1]])===
[[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] arrive at [[Tropical Land]] for a blackmail deal. When they ride the roller coaster to confirm that their mark arrived alone, they get caught up as suspects in a murder case that [[Shinichi Kudo]] solves. Shinichi follows Vodka to the blackmail transaction, where a businessman pays a briefcase full of money in exchange for photographic evidence of his involvement in weapons smuggling. Gin sees Shinichi eavesdropping and knocks him out with a metal pipe; due to the police and public presence, rather than shoot Shinichi they feed him the [[Black Organization|Black Organization's]] new experimental poison, [[APTX 4869]]. Leaving him for dead, they are unaware that the poison has transformed sixteen-year-old Shinichi to six-year-old [[Conan Edogawa]], who swears to expose them and their crimes.

=== Akemi Miyano's Robbery (Manga: [[Volume 2#Masami Hirota Case|Files 13-16]]; Anime: [[Episode 128]])===
[[File:V2-7 Such an awkwardly shaped panel.PNG|150px|thumb|left|Gin confronting Akemi Miyano.]]
====Manga version====
In order to free both [[Shiho Miyano|her sister]] and herself from the Black Organization, [[Akemi Miyano]] accepts the mission to rob one billion yen from a bank. To increase the chances of her sucess, she hires a driver and a giant-like man as assistants. However, the driver, Kenzo Hirota, disappears with the cash after the robbery, forcing Akemi to search for him. She hires [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] under the alias "Masami Hirota", supposedly Kenzo's teenage daughter. Kogoro luckily manages to find Kenzo for Akemi; after she is left alone with Kenzo, she and their third partner kill Kenzo and stage his death as a suicide hanging after taking the money.

[[Gin]] gives Akemi some "sleeping pills" with the instructions to dose the drink of her remaining partner; when she does, she discovers too late that they were poison. Recognizing the cutthroat duplicity, she leaves the one billion yen in suitcases at the front desk of the hotel where the giant-like man died and takes empty cases to go meet Gin and Vodka. She leaves the hotel just as [[Conan]] arrives with Kogoro and [[Inspector Megure]], having been tracking her since the death of Kenzo. At the meeting place amidst shipping crates, Gin demands the money, but Akemi refuses until they release her sister as agreed. Gin informs her that her sister is far too valuable to the organization to ever let go, and the robbery was a trick to get rid of Akemi rather than let her leave with knowledge of the organization. Conan arrives at the meeting location just in time to find Akemi alone, bleeding out from a gunshot wound. Akemi tells Conan that the [[Black Organization]] was the true mastermind behind the robbery; that they like to dress in black to resemble crows, but she knows little else from having been kept at the edges. Rather than let them have the money, she asks Conan to retrieve the one billion yen from the hotel before the Organization can get their hands on it. Conan is helpless to do anything but watch her die, and the police rule her death as a suicide because only her fingerprints are found on the gun that killed her. Conan privately reaffirms his grim determination to expose the Black Organization for ''all'' their crimes.

[[File:Conan_and_Akemi.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Conan talks to a dying Akemi.]]
====Anime version====
Even though Akemi Miyano/Masami Hirota was introduced much earlier into the anime series in [[Episode 13]], the case had all mention of the men in black edited out. In order to fix the gaping plothole, the animators reintroduced her with a remix of the original case that included the Black Organization elements [[Episode 128]], while her previous appearance is ignored.

In [[Episode 128]], Akemi Miyano, works as a bank teller under the alias "Masami Hirota" to prepare for the upcoming robbery. With the assistance of Shirou Kaizuka (a racecar driver) and Kishi (one of the bank guards), Akemi steals one billion yen from a transport van. However, soon after the Black Organization murders Akemi’s two accomplices and a lipstick-smeared facemask is left at the crime scene in order to frame Akemi as the third robber (which she is), who killed her partners to keep all the money herself (which she didn't). Akemi manages to meet with Gin and Vodka anyway and demands the release her sister and herself from the Organization, as promised, before she gives them the one billion yen. However, she is betrayed and killed by Gin. Vodka finds the key of the locker where Akemi hid the money inside her pocket and they leave the scene, without knowing that it’s only a fake. By the time Conan finds out Akemi's location, it is already too late. It is in this moment that Conan learns about the Black Organization being the true mastermind behind the robbery. In her last words, Akemi gives Conan the real key and asks him to find the stolen money before Gin and Vodka do. Her death is concluded to be a suicide by the police, because only her fingerprints are found on the gun that killed her.

[[File:Gin_and_Vodka_on_a_train.PNG|right|125px|thumb|Conan encounters Gin and Vodka.]]
=== The Bullet Train Bomb (Manga: [[Volume 4|File 33]])===
The anime episode with this plot was reworked so that the two "men in black" are simply lookalikes of Gin and Vodka, not the men themselves. As a result, this section summarizes only the manga events.

[[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] board a bullet train to complete a transaction: selling information about gold for 400 million yen. They arrange the meeting place to be a dining car on the second floor of the bullet train. On the way to their seats, Gin and Vodka coincidentally encounter [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]. However, neither of them recognize that he is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]], because they are unaware of the rare shrinking effect of [[APTX 4869]]. Vodka simply orders Conan to get out of the way and they take their seats, which are very near the Mouris', without paying further attention to him. When Gin and Vodka go to make the transaction, Conan plants an eavesdropping bug in the seat ashtray. Once they return, he overhears them discussing how the black briefcase they exchanged for 400 million yen has no information about gold, but is a bomb their client is sure to set off without meaning to at a specific time. Conan also learns their codenames at this time. They leave the train at Nagoya station, before the explosion is set to occur when the client dials a specific phone number as instructed to learn how to open the case; the number is actually the bomb activator. It is unknown if Gin, Vodka, or the Organization know that Conan was the one who found the bomb and kicked it off the train just before it exploded.
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[[File:Tequila Profile.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Tequila appears at the Mantendo Convention.]]
=== Tequila at the Mantendo Convention (Manga: [[Volume 12|File 114-116]]; Anime: [[Episode 54]])===
At the Mantendo Convention, Conan encounters the man code-named [[Tequila]]. Tequila appears at the Mantendo Corporation convention to buy a list of the best programmers in the world from one of the company employees, Hideaki Nakajima.<ref>[[Volume 12|Volume 12, File 116, Page 18]]</ref> The exchange occurs by the two men bumping into each other in the hallway and exchanging claim tickets for the convention hall's coat-check area. Tequila uses the claim ticket to obtain Hideaki's company briefcase; however, both men are unaware that Hideaki's ticket was previously switched with that of his co-worker with the intention of killing him via a briefcase-bomb. When Tequila opens the briefcase, the explosion kills him.

Later, when Conan-a-Kogoro solves the case and orders Hideaki to reveal where he met with Tequila, Hideaki confesses that they met at the bar ''Le Cocktail'' in the "Black Building" in Beika. However, although Conan rushes to the building as soon as he learns of it, just before he can reach the bar it is destroyed in an explosion of such degree not a scrap of evidence remains.
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=== Ai Haibara, AKA Sherry (Manga: [[Volume 18|File 176]]-[[Volume 19|181]]; Anime: [[Episode 129]]) ===
[[File:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|left|thumb|right|250px|Shiho swallows the APTX 4869.]]
[[Shiho Miyano]] already resented the Black Organization for dictating her life and then taking the incomplete [[APTX 4869]] to use as a poison. When she learns that [[Akemi Miyano|her sister]] was killed after getting more involved in the Organization for Shiho's sake, Shiho boycotts her research until she receives an explanation for why Akemi died. The Organization will not, and since her refusal to work and her knowledge of the Organization makes her a liability, decides to execute her unless she relents. Handcuffed inside a gas chamber, she takes a dose of APTX 4869 to die on her own terms. To her surprise, she also shrinks into a child, which frees her from the handcuffs and lets her escape through a ventilation pipe in the room.<ref>[[Volume 18|Volume 18, File 179, Page 8]]</ref> She attempts to reach [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s house, as she already suspected his identity as [[Conan Edogawa]] after discovering that between two separate sweeps in his house by her team to confirm whether Shinichi was dead by the poison, the grade-schooler clothes in Shinichi's house disappeared. Shiho had noted a single mouse in all her research that shrank instead of died, and during a lunch date after the billion yen robbery, Akemi described Conan as a miniature adult living with Shinichi's [[Ran|childhood friend]].

Strain causes Shiho to collapse outside of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa's]] house, who takes her in and agrees to become her guardian. Shiho chooses the alias "[[Ai Haibara]]" to hide her identity and joins Conan's class at [[Teitan Elementary]]. At school, the [[Detective Boys]] befriend her before a classmate asks them to find his missing brother. During that case, a witness mentions a woman dressed completely in black. Conan accidentally lets slip aloud that he is after her because she might be connected to the men in black who shrunk him; the Detective Boys are understandably confused at the comment, but he dismisses it and heads off alone to investigate. The Detective Boys follow him with Haibara help, and together they foil the operation and the police arrest the counterfeiters. Despite the woman's clothes, she knows nothing about the Organization. Elsewhere, Gin speaks on the phone with an unknown party about a missing person who must be alive because no body has found; Gin wants him dead or alive.

[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|right|225px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking why he hadn't saved [[Akemi Miyano|her sister]].]] Conan walks Haibara home, as she lives at 2-22 Beika, in Conan's neighborhood. On the way home, to Conan's utter shock and horror, Haibara reveals her identity as Sherry, the creator of the APTX 4869 poison. Informing him that she marked his status as deceased in the Organization, and that she had never ''intended'' to create a poison, does little to diminish his anger. Agasa mentions that as the creator, she might be able to create an antidote; however, Haibara cannot remember all the data, and the research facility was already demolished by the Organization in an explosion to cover their tracks. She mentions that if the drug continues to be used as a poison, the odds are high that someone else will shrink and the Organization will realize the possible effect, and if she is discovered Conan's cover will also be blown. She also remembers that she sent a floppy disk with drug and organization data to Akemi by accident, years ago, and they might be able to find the find the disk in the possession of Akemi's old professor, Masami Hirota. Conan finds the name familiar, but can't remember why. Learning that they are friends of Akemi, Masami invites them to come retrieve the disks, but in the three hours it take to reach his house, the professor is murdered and all computer data and disks stolen. Investigating the scene, Conan and Haibara speculate the Organization would have had record of Shiho's actions, but they recognize Vodka's disguised voice on the answering machine and both know that the message would have been erased if the Organization had been the culprits. The Organization could not have obtained the floppy; Conan defies Haibara's expectations and proves the "accidental death" is a murder. To Conan's surprise, Haibara's response is to break down in tears and demand why he couldn't be clever enough to save her sister's life—Akemi Miyano used her professor's name as her alias to hire Kogoro.

A week later, the disk is released from police evidence and Haibara tries to access it from Agasa's computer. However, it has been protected with the [[Night Baron]] virus, which deletes all the data whenever the disk is accessed from a computer that does not belong to the Organization. Another brief scene with Gin and Vodka reveal that Hirota was the man they wanted dead or alive, and they are determined to find Sherry and whoever may have helped her escape.
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=== Osaka Serial Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|185-188]]; Anime: [[The Naniwa Serial Murder Case|118]]) ===
During a visit to Osaka, Conan and Heiji get caught up in a serial killer case. The dead and the suspects all attended the same driving school, along with infamous serial killer Numabuchi Ki'ichiro, who escaped from prison not long before. Conan ends up with Officer Ootaki, tracking down Numabuchi on Mt. Minoo outside Osaka. The police arrest Numabuchi but he attempts to escape and stabs Conan in the process; only the protection charm Heiji lent Conan saves Conan's life. It turns out Numabuchi was involved in the accidental death of the father of the man behind this set of serial killings, and was intended to be the scapegoat because he already killed several others.

=== Pisco, Vermouth, and the return of Shiho Miyano (Manga: [[Volume 24|Files 238-242]]; Anime: [[Episode 176|Episode 176-178]]) ===
Haibara dreams of Gin discovering her identity, and plans to leave before the Detective Boys can be put in danger through association with her. She recognizes Gin's rare porsche in the Beika neighborhood and cannot stop Conan from planting a bug in the car. The overhear a plan for a murder at a wake at the Haido City hotel, but Gin also finds an auburn hair he recognizes as Shiho's, and stakes out the hotel to catch her, assuming she'll try to interfere. Haibara tries to stop Conan, but follows when she cannot change his mind. [[Pisco]] recognizes her childhood form and on Gin's order, kidnaps her from the wake after he murders the target. Conan tries to find the murderer as well as Haibara, forcing Pisco to require the help of [[Vermouth]] to escape police scrutiny.

[[Image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
While they are being questioned, Haibara investigates Pisco's computer in the wine cellar and then drinks [[baijiu]] on Conan's orders. She grows back into Shiho to escape up the fireplace chimney onto the snow-covered roof. However, Gin and Vodka intercept her on the roof; Gin shoots her several times as torture to make her answer how she escaped the gas chamber. When she refuses, Gin is about to kill her when Conan shoots Gin with the tranquilizer needle and orders Shiho via th voice-changing bowtie to escape back down the chimney. Gin shoots himself in the arm to stay awake, while Vodka tries unsuccessfully to shoot Conan, letting Shiho escape successfully just before she reverts to Haibara. Pisco is waiting for her in the wine cellar and praises her success with continuing her dead parents' research, but he is still under orders to kill her. Conan again comes to the rescue, tricking Pisco into accidentally starting a fire. Conan escapes with Haibara in the smoke and Gin arrives through the chimney and executes Pisco for getting caught on camera before Pisco can tell Gin the truth about Shiho. Haibara plans to leave the city, worried the Organization will find her, but Conan convinces her that staying put is the best thing to do exactly because Gin expects her to run and will never look for her in Beika again. Haibara also says that the disk with Organization data was lost in the fire, though this is later shown to be a lie Conan is unaware of.<ref>Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|File 251, page 9.]]</ref> Gin and Vodka also escape the police along with [[Vermouth]], who now intends to stay for a while in Japan. Gin also wants to find the "man" on the roof who helped Shiho escape.
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=== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|Files 251-253]] & [[Volume_26#Dangerous_Cave_Case|Files 254-260]]; Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|Episodes 188-193]]) ===
Vermouth takes the place of [[Tomoaki Araide]], the doctor at [[Setting#Educational_institutions|Teitan elementary and high school]].<ref>Manga: [[Volume_25#Dangerous_Cave_Case|File 251]]</ref> Soon afterwards, the FBI who had followed Vermouth from America raid Araide’s office and see pictures of Conan, Ran, and Shiho tacked to her dartboard.<ref name="JodieandPictures">In Jodie's intro case and later, she calls Conan "Cool Guy", meaning she saw the pictures prior to her intro and most likely prior to joining Teitan high because she became a teacher after she tracked Araide there.</ref> Vermouth works undercover to undermine the FBI and learn more about Conan, Haibara and their friends and family. As Araide, she witnesses Shinichi Kudo perform in a school play and solve the murder.<ref>The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume_26#School_Play_Case|255–257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|190-191]])</ref>

[[File:Vermouth_protecting_Conan.png|thumb|right|Vermouth disguised as Dr. Araide protects Conan on the hijacked bus]]
=== Busjacking and Akai's introduction (Manga: [[Volume 29|Files 287]]-[[Volume 29|289]]; Anime: [[Episode 230|Episode 230-231]])===
At a bar after completing an assassination, Gin and Vodka are approached by Vermouth in a barman's disguise. Vodka is fooled, but Gin knows her instantly and is unamused. He asks if she found what she was looking for in Japan yet, but Vermouth plays coy about her goal and flirts with Gin instead. Elsewhere, Conan, Haibara and the detective boys are on a bu to go skiing. Conan and Haibara quietly discuss the Organization and Haibara reveals that she can recognize the presence of one of them by a distinctive "smell" only Organization members emit. She explains that she couldn't identify Pisco at the wake because she wasn't sure—he was overshadowed by [[Vermouth|someone]] with a stronger scent and evil aura. Almost immediately, Ai reacts to the sudden presence of a member on the bus just before Araide and Jodie, and [[Shuichi Akai|an evil-eyed man in a dark ski cap]] all board the bus. When a busjacking occurs, Vermouth as Araide protects Conan from the busjackers. Ai is certain Vermouth, whose presence she recognizes, is on the bus, but she does not tell Conan. Vermouth observes how Conan foils the busjackers and orders him to treat a wounded arm before letting the police question him about the case. The same day, Vermouth also steals the police department's records of all the cases in Tokyo that included the involvement of [[Kogoro Mouri]]. Once she has the necessary information to testify as Araide in the trial for his father's death, and has successfully baited out the FBI to surveil Kogoro's apartment, she returns the files.<ref>Manga: [[Volume_33#Missing_Watch_Case|336]], Anime: [[The Forgotten Memento from the Crime|269]].</ref>

===Mermaid's Curse Case (Manga: [[Volume_28#File_281_-_The_Devil.27s_Arrow|281]], Anime: [[And Then There Were No Mermaids|222-224]])===
Prior to her defection, Shiho visits Mermaid Island, famous for the legendary life-extended mermaid flesh. The visit was likely part of her research for APTX 4869.

=== Sato's Marriage Arrangement (Manga: [[Volume_32#Sato.27s_Omiai_Case|328]]-[[Volume_33#Sato.27s_Omiai_Case|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
As Araide, Vermouth helps Ran and Conan interrupt [[Shiratori]]'s would be engagement to [[Miwako Sato]]. She witnesses Conan use the [[Voice-Changing Bowtie]] to impersonate [[Wataru Takagi]], and comes up with a story when Conan can't think fast enough.

===Time To Pick The Apple (Manga: [[Volume_34#Escalator_Message_Case|340]], Anime: [[The Secret Rushed Omission|272]])===
[[File:Vermouth_dartboard.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Vermouth's pictures of Conan, Ran, and Shiho]]
Following the Battle Game Trap case with Jodie, Vermouth is seen writing a somewhat teasing letter to Gin, asking if he believes in heaven. She also throws a dart at the picture of Shiho tacked onto her dartboard. Conan and Ran are on the dartboard as well, with the captions "Cool Guy" and "Angel", respectively. This is the first time the readers see these pictures, but it is heavily implied that Jodie and the FBI already know of them.<ref name="JodieandPictures"/>

[[Image:Ran saves Vermouth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ran saved Vermouth (who was disguising as a serial killer) back in New York]]
=== Vermouth in New York City (Manga: [[Volume 34|Files 350]]-[[Volume 35|354]]; Anime: [[Episode 286|Episode 286-288]])===
In a flashback to one year ago, high school first-years Shinichi and Ran meet Vermouth under her original name of Sharon Vineyard, [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko's]] old friend and fellow actress. Sharon gets Yukiko out of a speeding ticket by impersonating a police captain. Shinichi is shocked that Sharon's disguise was so flawless; Sharon and Yukiko both learned disguise from a [[Toichi Kuroba|famous Japanese magician]], but Sharon was always the better at it. By this time, Sharon has already established her secondary identity as her own estranged daughter, Chris Vineyard, for possibly as long as ten years. Sharon has had a bitter life but takes a shine to Ran, though she seems to sense ahead of time that when Ran saves the life of an actress, something bad would happen, but leaves rather than try to prevent it. While Shinichi solves his second solo murder, Sharon goes out in disguise as an older male serial killer, though the reasons for her assignment remain unknown. On the way back to the hotel, Shinichi and Ran encounter Vermouth as the serial killer, wounded by an earlier firefight with the FBI. Vermouth nearly shoots Ran but the railing Vermouth was leaning against unexpectedly crumbles. Ran, with Shinichi's help, saves Vermouth from falling to her death. Vermouth demands to know why Shinichi would have done such a thing, and Shinichi counters that unlike murdering, no reason is needed to save a life. Ran faints, and Shinichi lets Vermouth go in order to get Ran home safely, confident that Vermouth wouldn't shoot them because it would summon the FBI she wouldn't be able to escape with her injuries. However, he promises that eventually he ''will'' put Vermouth in jail. Vermouth creates a fake suicide scene for the serial killer, though she makes Shinichi suspicious with the lack of blood and fingerprints at the death scene, but with no leads the police cannot pursue her and she presumably moves on to another assignment.<ref>After Ran recovers her memories of New York, Shinichi mentions his investigation to her in The Haunted House Mystery (Manga: [[Volume_35#Haunted_Apartment_Case|355]], Anime: [[The Truth of the Haunted House|274]]).</ref>

===The Haunted House Mystery (Manga: [[Volume_35#Haunted_Apartment_Case|355]], Anime: [[The Truth of the Haunted House|274]])===
While still recovering from the fever that restored her memories of New York, Ran receives a check-up from Vermouth in her Araide disguise. At this point, Vermouth still needs to give testimony at court about the Araide family murder case but she has already obtained and returned the case files. Vermouth is having some difficulty keeping in character; one of her patients says that Dr. Araide has been acting like a stranger. Also, Vermouth claims to have sent Araide's grandmother and housekeeper Hikaru ahead to Aomori, which is strange because it was established in [[Volume_24#Blackout_Murder_Case|Files 235-236]] that Araide didn't trust them (especially the maid) to take care of themselves.

[[File:Kiichiro Numabuchi's physical data.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi's profile was sent to the drug development division so Shiho could test the APTX4869 on him.]]
===Numabuchi and Mitsuhiko (Manga: [[Volume 35|358-360]]; Anime: [[Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest|289-290]])===
[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] was a murderer who was sought by the Black Organization to become one of their assassins, but his mental instability soon exempted him from that career. Instead, he was to become a human guinea pig for the new [[APTX 4869]] poison, under the supervision of [[Shiho Miyano]]. However, while Shiho had been given his file for research, she didn't get to meet Numabuchi personally; knowing about his impending fate, he escaped the Black Organization. During his flight, he panickedly murdered several people he suspected of being Black Organization pursuers.<ref>Manga Chapter 360: Disappearing Mitsuhiko 3</ref>

Several months after his re-arrest in Osaka, Numabuchi is escorted into a forest in Gunma after having claimed that the body of a fourth victim was buried there. In truth, he intends to pay a last visit to his childhood friends, the fireflies living in the forest, before his execution. He escapes from [[Misao Yamamura]] in the forest and Haibara becomes highly unnerved that she fails to sense him while they look for [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], who was attempting to collect some fireflies as a surprise for Haibara and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. Numabuchi encounters Mitsuhiko with a captured firefly, but rather than hurt him, Numabuchi carries him to the search parties and does not resist being arrested on.<ref>Manga Chapter 358-360: Disappearing Mitsuhiko Case</ref>

=== Footsteps of Darkness (Manga: [[Volume 37|File 380]]-[[Volume 38|383]]; Anime: [[Episode 309|Episode 309-311]])===
Two years ago, Suguru Itakura was coerced via a year of stalking to finish a computer program of unknown purpose for the Black Organization. Itakura's phone contact was Vermouth,<ref>The Bell Tree Express, [[Volume 78#File_818_-_Mystery_Train_.28.22All_Aboard.21.22.29|818-824]]</ref> who told him {{cquote|We can be both of God and the devil, since we're trying to raise the dead against the stream of time.|Vermouth's reply to Itakura's demand of who she thinks she is.}} For the "sake of the world", Itakura planned to deliver the program unfinished and flee the country. Conan manages to fool Vodka into arranging a meet at an unfinished train station; however, Gin realizes it is a set up. He nearly catches Conan hiding in the lockers, but leaves and takes the disk with him. Conan couldn't crack the password protection on the disk, so he couldn't find out more about the Organization, while Gin knows that someone is trying to investigate them.

===Four Porsches (Manga: [[Volume_41#Four_Porsches_Case|420-422]], Anime [[The Four Porsches|338-339]])===
Haibara is sick. Conan says that Dr. Araide (Vermouth) didn't pick up, so they go to a different clinic located near a shopping center where they can wait for the appointment time. Conan ends up surprise-interviewed outside a café famous for its porridge, which causes Akai to head there under the assumption Haibara will be there as well. Akai overhears Agasa call Araide, since he can't get to the other clinic due to the case. Jodie gives Agasa, Araide and Haibara a ride to Agasa's house, where Vermouth treats Haibara. While there, Vermouth bugs Agasa’a house. Later, Vermouth is seen in her office with the dart board pouring herself a drink. She takes Sherry's picture off the dartboard, says she's coming for Sherry, and burns it.

===Hidden Bathroom Secret (Manga: [[Volume_41#Bathroom_Murder_Case|423]]-[[Volume_42#Bathroom_Murder_Case|425]], Anime: [[Hidden Bathroom Secret|340-341]])===
Through her bugs in Agasa's house, Vermouth overhears Agasa tell Conan about a possible line of information through an old friend of Haibara's father. Professor Miyano rented out his childhood home to his old friend. Twenty years ago, he visited with Elena and Akemi to speak with his friend, but never had the chance to and then never returned. Akemi returned once more a few days before she died and hid something in the bathroom of the house. The Organization broke into the house twice—once to plant a bug to see if Akemi hid anything or returned, and again to remove the bug after it was determined none of the inhabitants knew about anything hidden. After solving the murder, Conan found what Akemi hid and turns it over to Haibara. They are cassette tapes recorded by Elena Miyano for Shiho, labeled for each of her childhood birthdays. Anticipating she would die soon, Elena left the tapes as a legacy for Shiho, but Akemi never had the chance to give them to Shiho.

Elsewhere, Vermouth calls [[Calvados]] and discusses killing 'her': either Shiho or Jodie.

=== Showdown with Vermouth and the FBI (Manga: [[Volume 42|File 429]]-[[Volume 42|434]]; Anime: [[Episode 345]]) ===
Vermouth reveals her existence to Conan and knowledge of his identity by sending an invitation to a costume party addressed to both Conan and Shinichi. The same invitation is sent to Kogoro. At the party itself, Vodka attends and is shocked to learn that "Shinichi Kudo" is supposedly alive and present to solve the murder mystery. (However, the true identity of Shinichi is actually Heiji acting to mislead Vermouth, so Shinichi's survival is not confirmed to the bulk of the Organization.)
[[File:Vermouth_taking_off_Araide's_mask.png|thumb|right|Vermouth removes the disguise of Dr. Araide.]]
Over the course of events, Vermouth is revealed to be Dr. Araide, Chris Vineyard, Sharon Vineyard, the murderer of Jodie's FBI-agent father 20 years ago, and the silver-haired serial killer in [[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|New York]]. Vermouth intended to lure out and assassinate Sherry with the help of [[Calvados]], but the combined efforts of Conan, Jodie, Akai, and even Ran foil the attempt, despite Haibara's initial intention to die to protect the people in her life she cares about. Ran, who hid in Jodie's car to arrive at the confrontation, turns herself into a shield for Haibara before Ran can shoot her. Vermouth flashes back to New York, and Ran saving her life despite thinking she was the serial killer, and cannot bring herself to shoot her "angel". Calvados is neutralized by Akai, but Vermouth escapes with Conan. After contacting the boss, who order her "back to his side", she discovers that Conan recorded the sounds of her phone dialing, and he orders her to take him to the boss or he'll deduce the address himself from the phone number. She acknowledges Conan's skill and says she'll stop pursuing Sherry, but then fills the car with sleeping gas to create a "duel" between them. Vermouth wakes up first, but rather than killing Conan as he expects, she merely destroyed the recorder and escapes to a roadside phone booth where she calls Gin and Vodka to pick her up. Gin asks if she recognizes the name Shinichi Kudo; even as she recalls the memory of Shinichi in New York after they saved her life, she denies knowing him.

Shuichi Akai is considered by many people in the Organization, including the boss (but not Gin), to be a "silver bullet" who could destroy the Organization. Vermouth thinks Shinichi is a silver bullet himself, but she deliberately leaves him alive. She has no qualms with trying to kill Akai, since she believes that only one silver bullet is necessary, but this implies that Vermouth may wish to see the Organization ended.

=== Boss's phone number ===
* A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Manga: [[Volume 45|File 466]]-[[Volume 46|469]]; Anime: [[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375]])
* The Dissonance of the Stradivarius (Manga: [[Volume 46|File 470]]-[[Volume 46|474]]; Anime: [[The Dissonance of the Stradivarius|Episode 385-387]])
In [[Episode 394]], Conan figures out the boss' number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia:Pandora's box|Pandora's Box]]", Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to. But then Haibara warns if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed.

=== Assassination plot with Chianti, Korn, and Kir (Manga: [[Volume 48|File 499]]-[[Volume 49|504]]; Anime: [[Episode 425]])===
[[File:members.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Black Organization´s members.]]In episode 425, the Black Organization introduces three new members, Chianti, Kir, and Korn, who first make their introduction in the 16th Opening episodes before their actual appearance in the series. Episode 425 is also the first to show the most Black Organization members in one episode. Chianti and Korn are introduced in the very beginning of episode 425 as highly trained assassins that Gin recruits after seeing their sniping skills. Kir is first introduced to Conan and the others as a news reporter (Rena Mizunashi) and a friend of Yoko Okino's, however, she is revealed as a member of the black corps later on. After encountering FBI during her mission, Kir tries to flee, but gets knocked unconscious and crashes, resulting in her getting taken by the FBI agents. In the manga, [[Heiji Hattori]] mentions she has been seen in Osaka before.
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=== The Shadow of the Black Organization (Manga: File ???; Anime: Episode 462-465) ===
In episodes 462-465, the Black Organization reveals some information about Kir and Eisuke's father. Eisuke appears to be linked to the Black Organization, as Conan notices similarities between him and Kir, and he also appears to be gaining info on the secret behind Kogoro's cases. In addition, Vermouth is revealed to be linked to another murder case. In the following episode 466, Conan tells Haibara and Agasa that the boy involved in the previous case told a mysterious man (unknown, but sometimes thought to be Rikumichi Kusuda, as they have the same outer appearance, though, his face is shadowed) that he had seen Kir before.

=== Whereabouts of the Black Photograph (Manga: File ???; Anime: Episode 484-485) ===
In episodes 484-485, Conan investigates more on Eisuke and belief that he and his father may have a possible link to Rena Mizunashi and the Black Organization. This later leads to further investigations in episode 491-494 with a possibility that Eisuke and Rena are related when they watch a video tape from years ago.

=== The Clash of Red and Black (Manga: [[Volume 57|File 595]]-[[Volume 59|609]]; Anime: [[Clash of Red and Black|Episode 491-504]])===

=== Bourbon, Subaru Okiya, and Scar Akai ===
Jodie calls Conan and tells him that Rena Mizunashi reported a new member of the Black Organization, [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]], is looking for Sherry. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, Subaru Okiya. Conan invites Okiya to live in the Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt. Okiya appears in other cases later on.

=== Ambush for Scar Akai (Manga: [[Volume 67#Department Store Bomber Case|Files 700-704]]; Anime: [[The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen|Episodes 578]]-[[The Red Shaking Target|581]])===

=== Masumi Sera and Tooru Amuro===

=== Bourbon and Vermouth aboard the Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78|File 818]]-[[Volume 78|824]] Anime: [[The Jet Black Mystery Train|Episode 701-704]])===
In chapter 823, Bourbon is confirmed to be Tooru Amuro and Okiya to be Shuichi Akai.

=== Bourbon Returns ===
Contrary to Conan's expectations, Bourbon has decided to stay nearby because he has become interested in Conan Edogawa and Sleeping Kogoro.

=== Akai's Return and Bourbon's True Identity (Manga: [[Volume 84|File 893]]-[[Volume 85|File 898]] ; Anime [[The Scarlet Return|779-783]])===

-[[Akai]] faked his death with Conan and Hidemi's help, using small blood detonators,blank cartridges and switching place with [[Rikumichi Kusuda]]'s body.

-[[Subaru Okiya]] is confirmed to be Akai in disguise thanks to [[Yukiko]]'s disguise skills and [[Agasa]]'s [[Voice-Changing Choker]] which can be used in the neck to change the voice.

-The Subaru Okiya that Bourbon confronted is revealed to be [[Yusaku]] in disguise to throw suspicions away from Akai.

-Amuro's real name is [[Rei Furuya]]. He is a member of the National Police Agency infiltrating the [[Black Organisation]], the men who chased Jodie and Camel are members of the same agency.

-Rei's hatred towards Akai results from a certain [[Scotch|man]] whom Akai regrets what happened to him.

-[[Kir]] sends an email to Akai, informing him of a new member of the organisation in the move. His codename is [[Rum]]. He appears to be close to the boss. Akai even warns his FBI colleagues that he is more terrifying than [[Gin]].

=== Rum===

=== The 3 Descriptions of Rum (Manga: [[Volume 86|File 906]]-[[Volume 86|File 908]] ; Anime: [[Three First Discoverers|792-793]])===

Conan asks Haibara about [[Rum]], she told him that she knew he is the Organisation number 2, and she heard he has 3 different descriptions; a huge built man, a feminine looking man and an elder man. At the end of the case, she remebered that Rum lost his eye in an accident and one of his eyes is artificial.

=== Hyoue Kuroda ===

[[Kuroda]], formerly Nagano Police First Division Chief, is the 1st suspect of Rum's identity, as he possesses a huge built and white hair that makes him look older, on top of that, lost his right eye during an accident 10 years before the current timeline. He is aware how good Conan is as a detective calling him "Sleeping Kogoro's bag of wisdom". He was transferred to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to replace Kiyonaga Matsumoto, becoming First Division Managing Officer of Tokyo Police. Haibara tells Conan she didn't sense the Organisation's aura from him, and that if he was Rum he would recognised her as [[Shiho Miyano]], yet nothing had happened yet.

=== Kohji Haneda's Murder Case from 17 years Ago (Manga: [[Volume 89|File 948]]-[[Volume 90|File 950]] ; Anime: [[Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene|861-862]])===

[[Kohji Haneda]], was killed 17 years ago throygh unknown means while he was in America to participate in a chess tournament. For some reasons, his name is among the victims who were killed by [[APTX 4869]]. At the same time, a famous America investor [[Amanda Hughes]] was killed in her hotel room and her own bodyguard [[Asaka]] is missing. Asaka is believed to be the murder of Amanda and Kohji. The only clue left in the crime scene , is some shattered mirror glaces containing the letters P,T,O and N which belongs the compagny "PUT ON MASCARA".After the end of the case, [[Subaru]] and [[Conan]] manage to discover's Kohji's dying message, substracting p,t,o and n from PUT ON MASCARA. What remains is U MASCARA, the letters can be rearranged to decipher the dying messga which is ASACA RUM, meaning [[Rum]] was the mastermind of this incident.

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 90|File 951]]-[[Volume 90|File 953]] ; Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]])===

Conan suspects that the missing bodyguard from Kohji Haneda's case Asaka is [[Rum]], however since it is not known whether it is a name or a surname, Asaka's gender can't be determined. Meanwhile, Kogoro was invited by the soul detective Gaito Hotta in his show so he could solve Kohji case by summoning the latter's spirit. However, he was murdered in his own hotel room before meeting Kogoro. The only information that Hotta has is that he heard that Asaka was holding a small mirror believing that Asaka is a woman, and was going to pretend that he summoned Kohji's spirit saying i'm about to be killed by a woman.
After the end of the case, [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] discuss about the case, Gin comments that the case case was a job that Rum has screwed up. Gin is more intrigued about Kogoro who got involved in the case, sticking his nose into the Organisations's matters. Gin immediately suggests the detective to be finished off before he becomes more dangerous.

= See also =
* [[Black Organization]]

= References =
<references />
{{Black Organization}}

[[Category:Timelines]]
[[Category:Black Organization]]

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{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = Black Organization
| japanese-name = 黒の組織 (Kuro no Soshiki)
| english-name = Black Organization
| image = Black Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Renya Karasuma]]
| members = [[Rum]] (unknown identity) [[Gin]] [[Vermouth]] [[Vodka]] [[Chianti]] [[Korn]]
| deceased-members = [[Atsushi Miyano]] [[Elena Miyano]] [[Akemi Miyano]] [[Tequila]] [[Pisco]] [[Calvados]] [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] [[Ethan Hondou]] [[Scotch]]
| former-members = [[Sherry]] ([[Ai Haibara]]) [[Rye]] ([[Shuichi Akai]]) [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] (death sentence)
| undercover-agents = [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
| Extended-Canon-agents = [[Yoshiaki Hara]] ([[Countdown to Heaven|Movie 5]]) [[Irish]] ([[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13]]) [[Masaaki Okakura]] ([[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13]]) [[Arrack]] ([[Special Volume 26]]) [[Generic]] ([[Special Volume 26]]) [[Blackbeard]] ([[Special Volume 35]]) [[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]] ([[Shogakukan Learning Series]]) [[List of notable case characters#Kate Lauren|Kate Lauren]] ([[Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People|Playstation Game]]) [[Curaçao]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]]) [[List of notable case characters#Stout|Stout]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]]) [[List of notable case characters#Aquavit|Aquavit]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]]) [[List of notable case characters#Riesling|Riesling]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]])
| aliases = The men in black
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Black Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes =
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Black Organization'''|黒の組織|Kuro no Soshiki}} serves as the main antagonist in the series. It is a secret criminal syndicate with a hidden objective. To achieve that goal, the Black Organization commits various crimes to maintain its secrecy, remove obstacles, and gather funding and resources for its mysterious research projects. The members of the organization are given code names based on alcoholic beverages. [[Renya Karasuma]], the leader of the Black Organization, is known only through text messages. Their boss' phone number follows the tune of the children song {{nihongo|'''''[[Nanatsu no Ko]]'''''|七つの子|4=lit. Seven children}}; the number is #969#6261. The true name of the Black Organization is unknown. The first members to appear were [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]], who were responsible for transforming [[Shinichi Kudo]] into a child with the enigmatic drug [[APTX 4869]].

== Members ==
=== Current ===

==== Executive Members ====
* '''[[Renya Karasuma]]''': The leader of the Black Organization. He is respectfully referred to as "that person" (ano kata) by lower ranked members of the Black Organization.
* '''[[Rum]]''': The second in charge of the Black Organization. His physical description varies: an elderly man, a feminine man, and a strongly-built man; but all sources agree that he has an artificial eye. So far, Conan has suspected [[Kansuke Yamato]], Nagano Police Inspector, and [[Hyoue Kuroda]], Nagano Police First Division Chief, because they match some of these descriptions, but neither of them are likely to be Rum since Gosho Aoyama stated Kansuke it's not Rum and Haibara didn't sense the Black organization Aura around Kuroda.
* '''[[Gin]]''': A high ranking Black Organization executive official who seems to specialize in coordinating deals and assassinations. He is one of the most frequently recurring Black Organization characters. He is shown to be highly intelligent, lethal, and very acute. His long silver hair and sweeping trench coat give him a distinctive appearance. He forced the drug [[APTX 4869]] on Shinichi.
* '''[[Vermouth]]''' (Sharon Vineyard/Chris Vineyard): A mysterious actress from America with exceptional disguise and voice changing abilities that allow her to pose as anyone. Like Gin, she is a Black Organization executive member.<ref>Conan Drill</ref> She is hated by a number of the members of the Black Organization, but due to the fact that she is their boss' favorite, she is untouchable and they are unable to do anything to her. It is unknown where her loyalty lies, as she often protects [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] (whom she knows to be Shinichi) and calls him a "silver bullet", implying that she believes him to be capable of bringing down the Black Organization. She also does not seem to age.

==== Other members ====

* '''[[Vodka]]''': Gin's secretary<ref name=CD237>Conan Drill page 237. Vodka's position is 全体監視役秘書係 which roughly translates to General Oversight division secretary</ref> and assistant, he is another frequently recurring Black Organization character. He wears a hat and sunglasses at all times. He is less intelligent compared to his boss Gin whom he often is seen working with.
* '''[[Chianti]]''': A professional sniper who has been seen to take orders from Gin. She has a fiery and impatient personality. She loathes Vermouth.
* '''[[Korn]]''': A professional sniper who is Chianti's partner and who has been seen to take orders from Gin. His speech is characterized by short phrases with many pauses.

=== Spies for other organizations ===
* '''[[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]''': Operates under alias of Rena Mizunashi, a TV reporter. Her true name is Hidemi Hondou. Like her deceased father, she is actually a member of the [[CIA]] who infiltrated the Black Organization. Her brother, [[Eisuke Hondou]], was not aware of this since Hidemi pretended not to know him after she went undercover.
* '''[[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]''': An operative specializing in deduction and intelligence gathering skills. He was initially dispatched to look for [[Ai Haibara|Sherry]], but spent more of that time investigating Shuichi Akai whom he hates for killing his partner Scotch. He works for the Japanese Secret Police. His true name is Rei Furuya, but he goes by Tooru Amuro in public.

=== Deceased ===
* '''[[Tequila]]''': An agent with the same rank as Vodka who seemed to primarily deal with programmers. He was a giant man who spoke with an Osakan accent. He was unintentionally killed in explosion in Episode 54 and Manga Volume 12.
* '''[[Pisco]]''': An elderly executive agent who was also the chairman of a car company. He was killed by Gin in Episode 178 after being caught on camera performing an assassination. He discovered Haibara was Sherry, but was unable to inform anyone before he was killed by Gin.
* '''[[Calvados]]''': A sniper infatuated with Vermouth who shot himself after being crippled by [[Shuichi Akai]] in Episode 345.
* '''[[Akemi Miyano]]''': Shiho Miyano's older sister and Shuichi Akai's girlfriend. She was a low ranking member of the organization and completed a billion yen robbery as part of an agreement to release herself and her sister from the organization. The organization reneged on the deal and she was killed by Gin in Episode 128 and in Manga Volume 2.
* '''[[Atsushi Miyano]]''': Haibara's father and Elena's husband. He headed the APTX 4869 project before Shiho Miyano took over. Both he and Elena died for some reason which Pisco called an accident while Shiho was young.
* '''[[Elena Miyano]]''': Haibara's mother and Atsushi's wife. She was of British origin and was known within the organization as "Hell's Angel". She worked the APTX 4869 project before Shiho Miyano took over. Both she and Atsushi died for some reason which Pisco called an accident while Shiho was young. She left some mysterious tapes for Shiho.
* '''[[Rikumichi Kusuda]]''': An agent sent to infiltrate Haido Central Hospital to discover the whereabouts of Kir. He killed himself when Akai was hot on his trail. (Episode 498)
* '''[[Ethan Hondou]]''': A CIA agent who infiltrated the Black Organization. He committed suicide to protect his daughter [[Hidemi Hondou]] from being uncovered as a CIA agent.
* '''[[Scotch]]''': An undercover operative who committed suicide before the Black Organization manages to reveal his true identity.

=== Former ===
* '''[[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]]''' ([[Ai Haibara]]/Shiho Miyano): A high ranking biochemist who worked on [[APTX 4869]]. She was scheduled to be executed when she boycotted her work because her sister Akemi was murdered. Shiho took an APTX 4869 pill she had smuggled in with her, with an intention to commit suicide, but instead shrunk to her 6-7 year old body. She then escaped. She has been living with Professor Agasa and working on an antidote to the APTX 4869, in order to restore Conan to his actual 'Shinichi body'.
* '''[[Shuichi Akai|Rye]]''': The codename of Shuichi Akai, he was an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Black Organization. His allegiance was discovered and he was rejected by the organization. His prowess led the organization to view him as the FBI's trump card.
* '''[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]]''': A serial killer whom was slated to be the original test subject for the APTX drug before he escaped. He is currently in custody for murders he has committed, mostly in fear of the Black Organization sending agents after him. In the end, the court sentences him to death.

=== Unknown ===
* An '''old man''' appeared during [[Shuichi Akai]]'s final loyalty test while he was waiting for [[Gin]] to arrive. FBI agent [[Andre Camel]] emerged from his hiding place to scare him away, thinking he was just an ordinary old man. Since Gin never appeared, it was very likely the old man was a member of the Black Organization who was sent to scout ahead and reported that "Dai Moroboshi" was a spy.

=== Extended canon ===
{{see also|List of notable Non-Canon Black Organization}}
These agents are original characters not found in the main [[canon|manga canon]]. They include Black Organization agents who were introduced in the anime, movies, special manga, and other sources.

==== Movies ====
* '''[[Yoshiaki Hara]]''': an agent who is killed by Gin in ''[[Countdown to Heaven]]''.
* '''[[Irish]]''': an agent who is killed by Chianti in ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''.
* '''[[Masaaki Okakura]]''': an agent who is killed by a [[List of Black Organization related characters#Kazuki Honjo|serial killer]] before the Black Organization in ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''.
* '''[[Curaçao]]''': Rum's right-hand agent who appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Stout|Stout]]''': a member of the English [[wikipedia:_Secret_Intelligence_Service|MI6]]<ref name="m20spies" /> who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Korn. He appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Aquavit|Aquavit]]''': a member of the Canadian [[wikipedia:_Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service|CSIS]]<ref name="m20spies" /> who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Chianti. He appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Riesling|Riesling]]''': a member of the German [[wikipedia:_Federal_Intelligence_Service_(Germany)|BND]] who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Gin.<ref name="m20spies">[[:File:Spies from Junkoku no Nightmare.jpg]]</ref> She appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.

==== Special Manga ====
* '''[[Arrack]]''': a non-[[canon]] [[Detective Conan Special|special manga]] agent who committed suicide from [[Special Volume 26]].
* '''[[Generic]]''': a non-[[canon]] [[Detective Conan Special|special manga]] scientist from [[Special Volume 26]]. He is an old friend of Sherry and considers her as his older sister. He used the Apoptoxin medicine to shrink his own body and entered the school where Haibara is. Due to [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], that frees his own memory removal gas, he lost his memory.
* '''[[Blackbeard]]''': a non-[[canon]] [[Detective Conan Special|special manga]] virologist who committed suicide from [[Special Volume 35]].

==== [[Shogakukan Learning Series]] ====
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]]''': a Black Organization historiographer focusing on [[wikipedia:_Oda_Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga]] that was exclusively in Volume 3 of ''[[Shogakukan Learning Series#Mystery Files|The Mysteries of Japanese History]]''.

==== Playstation ====
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Kate Lauren|Kate Lauren]]''': a Black Organization woman that was exclusively in Playstation ''[[Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People|The Great Deduction of Three People]]''.

== Organization structure and divisions ==
There are many divisions in the Black Organization which are roughly grouped into three categories: {{nihongo|Internal Division|内部活動部隊|Naibu Katsudō-butai}}, {{nihongo|External Division|外部活動部隊|Gaibu Katsudō-butai}}, and {{nihongo|General Oversight|全体監視役|Zentai Kanshi-yaku}}. The external division is composed of agents who primarily deal with people outside the Organization. The known internal division agents are focused on in-house research and development. General oversight takes a managerial and coordinating role. The divisions are unrelated to relative ranking among members.<ref name=CD237>Conan Drill page 237</ref> (e.g Vermouth is higher ranking than Vodka.)


{| width="1000" align="center" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="7" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Renya Karasuma.jpg]] || [[Renya Karasuma]]
|}
|}
|-
||
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#393939;"|Second in Command
|-
| align="center" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Rum 60px.jpg]] || [[Rum]]
|}
|}
|-

| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! colspan="2" style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|General Oversight
|-
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]]
|}
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]]
|}
|}
|-

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="border: 0px; margin-top: 3px;"
! colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #777799;"|Internal Division || colspan="5" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #779977;"|External Division || colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #907040;"|Unknown
|-
! rowspan="2" width="16%"|Drug Development || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Software Development || rowspan="2" width="28%"|Reconnaissance || colspan="2" width="14%"|Operations || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Fundraising || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Unknown
|-
! style="color: #000000; background: #FFE0E0;"|Assassination || style="color: #000000; background: #E0E0FF;"|Robbery
|-

| style="vertical-align: top;" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shiho Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]] ''(escaped)''
|-
| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Tequila 60px.jpg]] || [[Tequila]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]]
|-
| [[File:Hidemi Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]<ref>Kir's division in the Black Organization has not been revealed, but it is likely she is in the Reconnaissance division because: 1)Her newscaster position is the type of job a reconnaissance division person would have. 2) She met with Vermouth many times while Vermouth was disguised as Araide 3) She discovered Bourbon's mission despite being mistrusted, and not even high rankers like Gin knew about it. If Kir was part of recon, she would be more likely to know.</ref> (Incertae sedis)
|-
| [[File:Rei Furuya 60px.jpg]] || [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
|-
| [[File:Rikumichi Kusuda 60px.jpg]] || [[Rikumichi Kusuda|Rikumichi Kusuda]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Chianti 60px.jpg]] || [[Chianti]]
|-
| [[File:Korn 60px.jpg]] || [[Korn]]
|-
| [[File:Kichiro Numabuchi 60px.jpg]] || [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] ''(arrested)''
|-
| [[File:Calvados 60px.jpg]] || [[Calvados]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] ''(deceased)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai|Rye]] ''(former)''
|-
| [[File:Ethan Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Ethan Hondou]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Scotch 60px.jpg]] || [[Scotch]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Old man 60px.jpg|60px]] || Old man
|}
|}
|}

=== Extended canon table ===
This table includes characters that aren't part of manga [[canon]].
<spoiler>
{| width="1000" align="center" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="7" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Renya Karasuma.jpg]] || [[Renya Karasuma]]
|}
|}
|-
||
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#393939;"|Second in Command
|-
| align="center" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Rum 60px.jpg]] || [[Rum]]
|}
|}
|-

| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! colspan="2" style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|General Oversight
|-
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]]
|}
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]]
|}
|}
|-

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="border: 0px; margin-top: 3px;"
! colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #777799;"|Internal Division || colspan="5" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #779977;"|External Division || colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #907040;"|Unknown
|-
! rowspan="2" width="16%"|Drug Development || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Software Development || rowspan="2" width="28%"|Reconnaissance || colspan="2" width="14%"|Operations || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Fundraising || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Unknown
|-
! style="color: #000000; background: #FFE0E0;"|Assassination || style="color: #000000; background: #E0E0FF;"|Robbery
|-

| style="vertical-align: top;" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shiho Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]] ''(escaped)''
|-
| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Generic 60px.jpg]] || [[Generic]]* ''(former)''
|-
| [[File:Blackbeard 60px.jpg]] || [[Blackbeard]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Tequila 60px.jpg]] || [[Tequila]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Yoshiaki Hara 60px.jpg]] || [[Yoshiaki Hara]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]]
|-
| [[File:Hidemi Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]<ref>Kir's division in the Black Organization has not been revealed, but it is likely she is in the Reconnaissance division because: 1)Her newscaster position is the type of job a reconnaissance division person would have. 2) She met with Vermouth many times while Vermouth was disguised as Araide 3) She discovered Bourbon's mission despite being mistrusted, and not even high rankers like Gin knew about it. If Kir was part of recon, she would be more likely to know.</ref> (Incertae sedis)
|-
| [[File:Rei Furuya 60px.jpg]] || [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
|-
| [[File:Rikumichi Kusuda 60px.jpg]] || [[Rikumichi Kusuda|Rikumichi Kusuda]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Irish 60px.jpg]] || [[Irish]]* ''(deceased)'' (Incertae sedis)
|-
| [[File:M20 odd eyes woman 60px.jpg]] || [[Curaçao]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Chianti 60px.jpg]] || [[Chianti]]
|-
| [[File:Korn 60px.jpg]] || [[Korn]]
|-
| [[File:Kichiro Numabuchi 60px.jpg]] || [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] ''(arrested)''
|-
| [[File:Calvados 60px.jpg]] || [[Calvados]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Arrack 60px.jpg]] || [[Arrack]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Kate Lauren 60px.jpg]] || [[Kate Lauren]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] ''(deceased)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai|Rye]] ''(former)''
|-
| [[File:Ethan Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Ethan Hondou]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Scotch 60px.jpg]] || [[Scotch]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Masaaki Okakura 60px.jpg]] || [[Masaaki Okakura]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Old man 60px.jpg|60px]] || Old man
|-
| [[File:Antonio Gomez 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Stout 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Stout|Stout]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Riesling 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Aquavit|Aquavit]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Aquavit 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Riesling|Riesling]]* ''(deceased)''
|}
|}
|}

'''*''' ''These characters are not considered to be [[canon]].'' 
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==Rank==

Agents who excel at their work and make their way up the ranks are given alcohol codenames by the boss. Even within codenamed agents there are further rank divisions.<ref>Official material accompanying the manga has given contrary information about the existence of ranks within the codenamed members. Some guidebooks (Conan Drill, Chapter 500 special) describe clear rank divisions. Yet, in the 865 Shounen Sunday Special Booklet, on pg9 under Korn, Gosho was listed as saying, "Fundamentally all members of the organisation with code names are supposed to be at the same level, so Korn's supposed to be at the same rank as Gin. It just happened this time that when they chanced to form a team Gin came out as the most leader-like of all them." Evidence from the manga itself suggests that certain members have privileges and freedom that others are not allowed to have.</ref> One advantage that comes with being higher ranked is access to more informational files; lower rank agents have to request to see certain materials from higher ranking agents.<ref name=824p16>Manga Volume 78, File 7 (824), Page 16: "Mystery Train: Final Destination"</ref> Agents from outside manga canon are italicized.

===Executive agents===
The "Executive"<ref>Manga [[Volume 58]], File 2 (599), pg 9: "Akai's past". "Executive" is a term used by the FBI to describe the agents who are high ranking like Gin and is not necessarily the term the Organization itself uses to refer to that top level.</ref> agents are the highest ranked codenamed agents within the Black Organization under the boss. They can command many other codenamed agents and have access to more information than lower ranked agents. Even among them, killing another executive agent without express orders from the boss would result in a loss of standing.<ref>As Pisco explains to Gin in [[Volume 24]], file 11, page 14</ref>
*[[Rum]]: Second-in-command<ref>File 906 pg 3</ref>
*[[Gin]]
*[[Vermouth]]: Also the boss' favorite
*[[Pisco]]<ref name=CD239>[[:File:ConanDrill239.jpg|Conan Drill page 239]]</ref>

===Codenamed agents===
Agents who have excelled beyond the rank and file member enough earn recognition and an alcohol codename.

'''Work(ed) under Rum'''
*[[Curaçao]] (movie only): She is his/her right-hand agent.

'''Work(ed) under Gin'''
*[[Vodka]]: Tequila and Vodka are approximately the same rank<ref name=CD239>Conan Drill page 239</ref>
*[[Tequila]]: Vodka and Tequila are approximately the same rank<ref name=CD239>Conan Drill page 239</ref>
*[[Chianti]]
*[[Korn]]
*[[Shuichi Akai|Rye]]: With his promotion to codenamed agent, Rye was supposed to work for Gin, but he was revealed to be FBI and expelled from the Organization before he assumed that role.

'''Work(ed) under Vermouth'''
*[[Calvados]]

'''General'''
*[[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]]: Known to be highly ranked but it has not been stated if she was an executive agent.
*[[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]
*[[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
*[[Scotch]]
*[[Irish]] (movie only)

===Non codenamed agents===
*[[Akemi Miyano]]
*[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]]
*[[Ethan Hondou]]
*[[Rikumichi Kusuda]]
*[[Yoshiaki Hara]] (movie only)
*[[Masaaki Okakura]] (movie only)
*[[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]] (The Mysteries of Japanese History book series)

===Unknown if codenamed===
*[[Atsushi Miyano]]
*[[Elena Miyano]]
* Old man who scouted Shuichi Akai's loyalty test

== Modus operandi==

The Black Organization commits crimes such as illegal deals<ref>Manga [[Volume 4]], Files 4-6: Shinkansen Bomb Case</ref>, blackmail<ref>Manga [[Volume 1]], File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"</ref>, robberies<ref>Manga [[Volume 2]], Files 4-7: "Masami Hirota Case"</ref>, and contract assassinations<ref>Manga [[Volume 37]], File 5</ref> to raise money for research.<ref>The Miyano parents went to work for the Black Organization because they [[Volume_41#Bathroom_Murder_Case|received funding after being unable to find a sponsor]] that would pay for them to research their theories. Tequila bribed [[Black_Organization#Hideaki Nakajima|Hideaki Nakajima]] with a large amount of money for the world's best programmers. [[Black_Organization#Suguru Itakura|Suguru Itakura]] was offered a large sum of money to complete his program</ref> The organization operates like a hybrid of a business and a mafia group. The Black Organization recruits outside talent and cultivates clients and sponsors by sending high ranking members like Gin to business meetings, but they also use mafia-like tactics to intimidate desirable civilians into making deals with them.<ref>e.g. Suguru Itakura</ref> Besides their financially motivated crimes, the organization engages in other stereotypical criminal activities like bribery, spying, and eliminating threats or former partners who are deemed useless or a risk.

=== Customs ===
[[Image:Generic BOs.png|thumb|225px|right|Agents dress in black]]
The organization is highly secretive, and tries to eliminate anyone who has knowledge of their existence and threatens to expose their inner workings, including members who have become a liability, such as [[Akemi Miyano]]. They will dispose of even senior members like [[Pisco]] without hesitation to protect their secrets. Remaining unknown seems to be a higher priority than even research as Ai Haibara thought Conan would be killed before he could be “studied”.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, pg 7: "The girl made of lies" - "If I reported your condition to the organization, it's very likely you would have been terminated before I could do something useful." Haibara, explaining that Kudo would have been killed by the Black Organization anyway even though he was an "interesting specimen."</ref> The organization often destroys evidence via fire or explosion<ref>List of examples: the shinkansen bomb case, destruction of the Daiko Building's cocktail bar where meetings took place, destruction of the pharmaceutical company building Shiho worked at, Vermouth's assassination of Jodie's father and subsequent burning down of the house</ref> and Haibara warns that they will not hesitate to kill family and friends of a target to protect the secret of their existence.

The organization has several practices that resemble those of stereotypical secret societies.<ref>[[Conan Drill]], Black Organization Section, pgs 250-252. Among the sources of inspiration for the Black Org, the [[Wikipedia:Freemasons|Freemasons]] (フリーメイソン), the [[Wikipedia:KKK|KKK]], and others that were not translated are mentioned for their secret-society-like aspects.</ref> The Black Organization members all tend to wear black outfits, which Akemi says is intentional and supposed to resemble crows. For an as of yet unrevealed reason, nearly all the Black Organization's members (with the exception of the boss) use code names based on alcoholic drinks: hard liquors for men and wine or wine-based cocktails for women. Also it would appear the organization is also fond using detective fiction and classic literature in their project names and passwords. Examples include the APTX 4869 pun on Sherlock Holmes, the computer password Shelling Ford- a prototype name for Sherlock Holmes, a computer virus called Night Baron named after a character from mystery writer [[Yusaku Kudo]]’s novels, and mission codenames relating to the novel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''].

=== Criminal techniques ===
The Black Organization conducts its crimes in ways that are difficult to trace back to them. Handguns and sniping<ref>Akemi Miyano, Suguru Itakura, Yasuteru Domon, Mouri Kogoro, Scar Akai</ref>, fire and bombs<ref>Unnamed woman from the Shinkansen Bomb Case, the Bell Tree Express, Kir in Hyde Central Hospital</ref>, and poisons<ref>Shinichi Kudo, the giant of the Akemi's gang, various APTX 4869 victims, Shigehiko Nomiguchi, maybe the Jazz club man.</ref> seem to be their preferred techniques. Sometimes the organization attempts to disguise their murders as accidents or suicides.<ref>Shigehiko Nomiguchi</ref> To this end, [[APTX 4869]] was deployed as a poison because it is forensically difficult to detect.<ref>Manga [[Volume 1]], File 1 (001), "The Heisei Holmes"</ref> If they are unable to disguise a murder as something else, they will usually attempt to destroy any evidence using fire or explosives to make it difficult to investigate.<ref>Starling family murders, Shuichi Akai's "murder"</ref> Sometimes they will time their crimes so the blame will fall on another party instead, confusing the investigation.<ref>Yasuteru Domon</ref> If a meeting place or asset of theirs is compromised, the Black Organization typically thoroughly destroys it before it can be investigated properly.<ref>Daiko Building ("Cocktail" Bar), Shiho's Pharmaceutical Company</ref>

Their supplies of explosives and firearms are very extensive.

=== Locations and hideouts ===
The Black Organization seems to have hideouts,<ref name=383p11>Manga [[Volume 38]], File 1 (383), pg 11: "The New Weapon!"</ref> but none of them have been revealed so far. In line with their secretive existence, the Black Organization prefers to meet in places that are isolated or where they can slip away easily. Several operatives occupy public positions like famous actress (Vermouth), television announcer (Kir), or company chairman (Pisco) which gives the Black Organization connections to circles of the rich and famous and access to otherwise unavailable locations. So far, the Black Organization have met clients at a dim restaurant, a Shinkansen's dining car, a crowded wake, a train station under construction, and in an isolated area of an amusement park. The Black Organization often conducts business and meetings at the shipping yard.<ref>Akemi's murder, Showdown with Vermouth, planning for the Domon assassination?, Kir's call to Akai.</ref> Not very many member's abodes have been shown, but they range in extravagance from Kir's relatively plain apartment to Vermouth's lavish penthouse in a tall building.

=== Personnel ===
The Organization is large enough to quickly dispatch field investigative teams of at least a dozen members<ref>[[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]] where the Kudo house is investigated, Vodka surrounding Itakura's meeting point, The team watching Gin and Kir's meetup location is FBI vs Org.</ref>. The members of the Organization are also demographically varied, including foreigners and natives, men and women, teenagers<ref>Sherry</ref> and elderly<ref>Pisco at 71, old man from [[Clash of Red and Black|episode 502]]</ref>.

Individually, the organization's higher ranking members are typically intelligent and often multitalented. So far, at least all senior members are shown to carry guns and wear body armor under their clothing when out. Many agents, even those outside the assassination divisions, are skilled at using firearms. Disguise is a particularly common skill. Both [[Gin]] and [[Vermouth]] were shown to be resistant to Conan's tranquilizer needle<ref>Manga Chapter 242: The White World</ref> and knockout gas<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref>and subsequently both readily shot themselves in order to continue to stay awake. This may show that they have trained themselves to resist knockout effects to prevent capture and cope with pain.

=== Investigative ability ===
The Black Organization has a remarkable amount of resources for a criminal group, more than any other opponent of Conan's shown so far. Their financial resources, technology, and manpower seems to be on par with or even superior to the that of the [[FBI]] investigation team sent to Japan to investigate them, but less than the Japanese police. The Black Organization has enough manpower at their disposal to thoroughly monitor and investigate even minor threats or to observe all the avenues of entry to a crowded meeting place in the middle of a city. However, the organization is nowhere close to omniscient; Shinichi, who is supposed to be dead, was able to participate in several public cases that were successfully hushed up by the police, and leave the country with his passport without detection.

=== Gadgets ===
:''[[Minor_gadgets#Black_Organization|Main article: Black Organization's Gadgets]]''
The Black Organization is technologically sophisticated and their equipment rivals even that of the infiltrating FBI. In the manga they have access to a wide variety of firearms and ammunition, [[vehicles]], theatrical supplies, and large amounts of various explosives. Bourbon and Vermouth even planned to use a helicopter as part of one of their plans. The Black Organization's arsenal also includes various specialized gadgets.

==History==
{{main|Black Organization timeline}}
The Black Organization’s main research project, of which [[APTX 4869]] is a part, has been around for at least half a century.<ref>Haibara thinks thinking to herself… "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century." (file 189, but see the ep 130/131 for a better translation) APTX 4869 is the only known connection between the org and Shinichi so Haibara must be referring to the APTX project.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 19, File 9</ref> The Black Organization has historical ties to America before the current storyline. Evidence for this is the involvement of the FBI and CIA in counter operations. Also, Jodie mentions that her father in the FBI was investigating Vermouth as Sharon Vineyard 20 years ago.<ref>Chapter 433</ref>

==Goal and research==
As of now, the Black Organization's main purpose and goal still remain unknown. What is known is that they are recruiting talent in biochemistry and computer science and funding research using the proceeds from their crime. Currently, the only sources of information Conan can rely on to learn the true intentions behind the Black Organization are former agent [[Sherry]], the CIA's undercover member Kir, and Black Organization related cases.

=== APTX 4869 and Biochemistry ===
[[File:Bloody_Disk_Manga.png|thumb|100px|right|[[The Desperate Revival|The disk of APTX 4869 data that Haibara lied about losing.]]]]
:''See also: [[APTX 4869]]''
The Black Organization has a long history of biochemistry research. Thirty years before Conan was shrunk, they recruited [[Atsushi Miyano]] and [[Elena Miyano]] to work on research for them. Eventually, the two scientists developed a project they called [[APTX 4869#Silver_Bullet|Silver Bullet]]. Not long after the two died in what some members of the Organization called an accident and their daughter, [[Shiho Miyano]], took over research on the [[APTX 4869]] project. Although APTX 4869 was being developed for another, still secret, purpose, the Organization is using the incomplete prototype as an untraceable, lethal poison.

The Organization's project data for APTX 4869 contains important secrets. [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|One disk Haibara and Conan tried to retrieve]] had real names, addresses, and codenames of agents, and the name of the person/people who invested money for the research.<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], File 1, pg 16: "Why..."</ref> Haibara made a copy of some of the APTX 4869 data when [[Reunion with the Black Organization|she was locked in a room with Pisco's computer]], but then lied to Conan about losing it.<ref>In [[The Desperate Revival|Episode 188]] (File 251), Haibara has the bloody disk of copied APTX 4869 data from [[Reunion with the Black Organization]]. She had lied to Conan about losing it.</ref>

=== Computer research and viruses ===
Another part of the Organization's research requires the skills of world class programmers. It is known the Black Organization has involvement with computer viruses (Night Baron); however, the main purpose of their computer science research may be something other than virii and related to their biochemistry research. [[List_of_Black_Organization_related_characters#Hideaki_Nakajima|Hideaki Nakajima]] made an exchange with Tequila in the [[Game Company Murder Case]], giving Tequila a list of some of the world's most highly skilled programmers in exchange for a large amount of money. Vermouth and Tequila also blackmailed a famous CG graphic designer/games system engineer named [[Suguru Itakura]] to complete a particular “system software” Itakura had stopped developing because of bad eyesight. Whatever it is, it prompted the coerced programmer Suguru Itakura to say that he didn’t want to complete his program “for the sake of humanity”.<ref> Manga chapter 380, pg 12</ref>

===Quotes===
{{cquote|Kudo-kun... You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century.|Haibara<ref>Manga Volume 19, File 9: Chapter 191: Episode 130-131</ref>}}

{{cquote|We can be both of God and Devil, since we are trying to raise the dead against the stream of time...|Vermouth<ref name=380p13>Manga Volume 37, File 8, pg 13: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref>}}

{{cquote|You can’t rush things. Humans can never go against the stream of time. If man forcibly tries to change that there will be punishment.|Haibara<ref>Manga Volume 20, File 1. Repeated in Volume 37, File 8, pg 17: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref>}}

{{cquote|No, I can't finish it... I won't. That program must not be completed, not for the sake of my vision but for humanity.|December 22nd journal entry from Itakura's diary<ref name=380p11>Manga Volume 37, File 8, pg 11: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref>}}

===Speculation about the Black Organization's goal===

====Immortality/anti aging====
[[File:Mermaid_case_guestbook_scene_manga.PNG|thumb|right|Shiho Miyano's name is in a guestbook logging past contestants for the immortality arrows]]
One possibility is that the Black Organization's research, especially [[APTX 4869]] development, is trying to create a therapy which will cause immortality, stall or reverse the effects of aging, or extend a human's lifespan. Gosho has said that immortality is not the ultimate goal of the Black Organization<ref name="April2014Interview">Leaked interview notes from the May issue of the magazine 「ダ・ヴィンチ」 (da Vinci) with the fans/reporters/whatever, leaked April 15, 2014 
Source: http://ddnavi.com/news/191132/ 
黒ずくめの組織の目的とはナニ？　APTX4869の作用から考えると、不老不死が怪しいのでは……。 
Please! Please, let me ask 2 more questions! What is the BO’s goal? Going by the APTX4869, I would think immortality… 
【青山】「違います。確かにそう思っちゃうよね。今ね、組織の中では大変なことが起こっていますよ」 
That’s wrong. It’s true that you’d think that, isn’t it? You see, right now, something really big is happening within the organization.</ref>; however, achieving immortality or anti-aging might be an important step to reach the true end.

Shiho Miyano said that, in developing APTX 4869, she didn't intend to create a poison,<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, page 9</ref> which suggests that APTX 4869 was originally developed with a different goal in mind. It probably was just a useful side effect that the current prototype kills while leaving no trace in the victim’s body, and was thus employed as a poison - a usage which Haibara detests.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, pg 9</ref> Additionally, APTX 4869 is nicknamed the "''incomplete'' detective" by the Black Organization, which means its true purpose has not yet been achieved.

The de-aging effect that occurred when Shinichi and Haibara took APTX 4869 probably indicates the main intent of the drug's development. After [[Pisco]] saw Haibara shrink back to her child form, he commented that he was impressed she had developed the drug to that point, implying that de-aging is in the right direction.<ref>Manga Volume 24, File 11, pg 9</ref> Supporting this is Haibara’s line, "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century."<ref>Manga [[Volume 19#File_189_-_The_Endangered_Ball|Volume 19, File 9 (189), Page 6: The Endangered Ball]]; [[The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case|Episodes 130-131: The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case]]</ref> APTX 4869 is the only known intersection between Shinichi and the Black Organization; meaning that Shinichi's de-aging made him relevant to the Black Organization's project.

According to Haibara’s description about APTX 4869<ref>Manga Volume 24, File 10</ref>, the drug activates [[wikipedia:telomerase|telomerase]], an enzyme which can increase the number of times a cell can divide, and therefore affect a cell's lifespan and “reproductive potential”. The goal of this might be to revert all non-neural cells to a "youthful", high reproductive potential state.

Besides APTX 4869, [[Vermouth#Non-aging|Vermouth's unnatural youth]] is another indicator that the Black Organization may be involved in research towards extending lifespan, halting aging, or rejuvenating the body. In addition, Shiho Miyano’s name was on the raffle list for the immortality arrows in the mermaid case in Fukui.<ref>Chapters 279-283</ref>
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====Raising the dead====
There is a possibility that the Black Organization may be trying to develop a method to revive the dead. Suguru Itakura's diary contained a quote by one of the Black Organization's agents, most likely Vermouth: "We can be both God and Devil since we are trying to raise the dead against the stream of time" <ref name=380p13/> The original purpose of APTX 4869 might be to raise the dead. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] and Conan later wondered if the line meant that the Black Organization was trying to create zombies.<ref name=380p16>Manga Volume 37, File 8, pg 16: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref> Once when Conan asked Haibara directly what APTX 4869 was meant to do she replied, "It's a nostrum to raise the dead. I wonder if that answer is satisfactory?"<ref name=384p8>Manga Volume 32, File 8, page 8: "The Old Picture"</ref> It may be her comment was a bluff intended to provoke Conan into revealing what he had been up to rather than a serious statement of the purpose of the drug.


== Known Black Organization targets and contacts ==
{{main|List of Black Organization related characters}}
The Black Organization has involved many non-members in its plots, as collaborators or as targets. Additionally, many characters are friends or acquaintances with members of the Black Organization, often without realizing it. For a full list of major and minor characters who have been involved with the Black Organization, please see the '''[[List of Black Organization related characters|list of Black Organization related characters]]'''.

== Plot timeline ==
{{main|Black Organization timeline}}

== Manga to anime differences ==
[[File:EP5 Fake Men in Black.jpg|thumb|Gin (right) and Vodka's (left) anime doubles.]]
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
The first season of Detective Conan rarely featured the Black Organization because the anime writers wanted to downplay their presence.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/case-closed/mystery-mastermind/episode/336019/trivia.html#notes Episode trivia on TV.com]</ref> Two of the episodes at least, were altered heavily in light of this:

*'''Episode 5, [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case]]:''' The episode replaces the two men who shrunk Conan with lookalikes unrelated to the Black Organization. In the manga version of this case, Conan runs into the real pair and learns their code names (Gin/Vodka in the Japanese Version, Melkior and Kaspar in the English Version). Their replacement creates a continuity error in '''Episode 54, [[Game Company Murder Case]]'''. Conan recognizes their code names when Tequila speaks to them, yet Conan never learned their code names in the anime version of events.

*'''Episode 13, [[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]:''' At the end of the episode, Masami Hirota meets with the criminal in charge the recent murders. She survives a gunshot wound thanks to Conan. In the manga version, which is in [[Volume 2]], the masterminds are Gin and Vodka. Masami is actually [[Akemi Miyano]], and stole the money to buy her sister out of the organization. Upon refusal to give the money's location to Gin, he shoots her. Conan arrives shortly after, and tries to help Akemi. He gives her his real name, and before dying she tells Conan the location of the money and that the organization who killed her wears black like crows. The anime had to do a similar story in Episode 128, '''[[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case]]''', in order to repair the storyline because Akemi's death is what prompted [[Shiho Miyano]] to defect from the Organization.

==Relation to the Organization from Magic Kaito==
:''See also: [[Magic Kaito Organization]]''
It is questionable if the Detective Conan's Black Organization and [[Magic Kaito]]'s [[Magic_Kaito_Organization|unnamed organization]] are the same organization. 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. This though may not be the case if Snake refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are 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.

== Trivia ==
* In the English dub, "Case Closed", [[Gin]] is renamed "Melkior" and [[Vodka]] is renamed "Kaspar". In the English manga, these are explained as specific brands of the relevant drinks.
* [[Vermouth]] is the only living member of the organization who knows that [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity|Ai Haibara is Shiho Miyano]] and [[List_of_characters_who_know_Conan's_identity|Conan Edogawa is Shinichi Kudo]]. Pisco discovered Haibara's identity and would've revealed it to [[Gin]] if he hadn't been murdered by him first. Conan told [[Akemi Miyano]] his real name as she died.
* The Black Organization members often call someone who poses an existential threat to the group a "[[Silver Bullet]]". Vermouth believes that Shinichi is the true Silver Bullet; however, everyone else thinks [[Shuichi Akai]] was their greatest threat.
* So far, the youngest member still in the Black Organization is [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] at age 27. [[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]] was 18 when she defected, and her sister, Akemi Miyano, was in her mid twenties when she was killed by Gin.
* Episodes 462-465 is the first 4-part Black Organization episode that was not aired as a special in Japan.
* Episodes 491-504 is the longest Black Organization arc to air, consisting of more than ten parts.
* Conan has personally interacted with almost every codenamed member: [[Gin]] in the episode 1, manga chapter 33 on the bullet train, and episode 178 when Conan shoots him with his needle while hiding, [[Vodka]] in manga chapter 33 on the bullet train and during the course of episodes 309-311, [[Vermouth]] in episode 345 and while she was disguised as Araide, [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] in episode 425, [[Akemi Miyano]] in manga chapters 13-16/episode 128, [[Pisco]] in episode 178, [[Tequila]] in episode 54, [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] in episode 118 and briefly in 290, and [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] in episodes 496-497.

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]
* [[List of Black Organization related characters]]
* [[APTX 4869]]
* ''[[Nanatsu no Ko]]''
* [[Minor gadgets#Black Organization|Black Organization's gadgets]]

==In other languages==
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|黒の組織 Kuro no soshiki}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|المنظّمة السوداء Al-Munaẓẓama As-Sawdā’}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Black Organization}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|L'Organització dels Homes de Negre}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Die Schwarze Organisation}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|L’Organisation des Hommes en Noir}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|L'Organizzazione degli Uomini in Nero }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|La Organización de los Hombres de Negro}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Tổ Chức Áo Đen}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Musta Organisaatio}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|องค์กรชุดดำ Xngkh̒kr chud dả}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|黑衣组织 Hēi'yī Zǔzhī}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|검은조직 Geom-eunjojig}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Organisasi Hitam}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Kongsi Gelap (Dark Syndicate) / Organisasi Hitam}}
{{EndTable}}

== References ==

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{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = Black Organization
| japanese-name = 黒の組織 (Kuro no Soshiki)
| english-name = Black Organization
| image = Black Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Renya Karasuma]]
| members = [[Rum]] (unknown identity) [[Gin]] [[Vermouth]] [[Vodka]] [[Chianti]] [[Korn]]
| deceased-members = [[Atsushi Miyano]] [[Elena Miyano]] [[Akemi Miyano]] [[Tequila]] [[Pisco]] [[Calvados]] [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] [[Ethan Hondou]] [[Scotch]]
| former-members = [[Sherry]] ([[Ai Haibara]]) [[Rye]] ([[Shuichi Akai]]) [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] (death sentence)
| undercover-agents = [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
| Extended-Canon-agents = [[Yoshiaki Hara]] ([[Countdown to Heaven|Movie 5]]) [[Irish]] ([[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13]]) [[Masaaki Okakura]] ([[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13]]) [[Arrack]] ([[Special Volume 26]]) [[Generic]] ([[Special Volume 26]]) [[Blackbeard]] ([[Special Volume 35]]) [[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]] ([[Shogakukan Learning Series]]) [[List of notable case characters#Kate Lauren|Kate Lauren]] ([[Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People|Playstation Game]]) [[Curaçao]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]]) [[List of notable case characters#Stout|Stout]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]]) [[List of notable case characters#Aquavit|Aquavit]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]]) [[List of notable case characters#Riesling|Riesling]] ([[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]])
| aliases = The men in black
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Black Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes =
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Black Organization'''|黒の組織|Kuro no Soshiki}} serves as the main antagonist in the series. It is a secret criminal syndicate with a hidden objective. To achieve that goal, the Black Organization commits various crimes to maintain its secrecy, remove obstacles, and gather funding and resources for its mysterious research projects. The members of the organization are given code names based on alcoholic beverages. [[Renya Karasuma]], the leader of the Black Organization, is known only through text messages. Their boss' phone number follows the tune of the children song {{nihongo|'''''[[Nanatsu no Ko]]'''''|七つの子|4=lit. Seven children}}; the number is #969#6261. The true name of the Black Organization is unknown. The first members to appear were [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]], who were responsible for transforming [[Shinichi Kudo]] into a child with the enigmatic drug [[APTX 4869]].

== Members ==
=== Current ===

==== Executive Members ====
* '''[[Renya Karasuma]]''': The leader of the Black Organization. He is respectfully referred to as "that person" (ano kata) by lower ranked members of the Black Organization.
* '''[[Rum]]''': The second in charge of the Black Organization. His physical description varies: an elderly man, a feminine man, and a strongly-built man; but all sources agree that he has an artificial eye. So far, Conan has suspected [[Kansuke Yamato]], Nagano Police Inspector, and [[Hyoue Kuroda]], Nagano Police First Division Chief, because they match some of these descriptions, but neither of them are likely to be Rum since Gosho Aoyama stated Kansuke it's not Rum and Haibara didn't sense the Black organization Aura around Kuroda.
* '''[[Gin]]''': A high ranking Black Organization executive official who seems to specialize in coordinating deals and assassinations. He is one of the most frequently recurring Black Organization characters. He is shown to be highly intelligent, lethal, and very acute. His long silver hair and sweeping trench coat give him a distinctive appearance. He forced the drug [[APTX 4869]] on Shinichi.
* '''[[Vermouth]]''' (Sharon Vineyard/Chris Vineyard): A mysterious actress from America with exceptional disguise and voice changing abilities that allow her to pose as anyone. Like Gin, she is a Black Organization executive member.<ref>Conan Drill</ref> She is hated by a number of the members of the Black Organization, but due to the fact that she is their boss' favorite, she is untouchable and they are unable to do anything to her. It is unknown where her loyalty lies, as she often protects [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] (whom she knows to be Shinichi) and calls him a "silver bullet", implying that she believes him to be capable of bringing down the Black Organization. She also does not seem to age.

==== Other members ====

* '''[[Vodka]]''': Gin's secretary<ref name=CD237>Conan Drill page 237. Vodka's position is 全体監視役秘書係 which roughly translates to General Oversight division secretary</ref> and assistant, he is another frequently recurring Black Organization character. He wears a hat and sunglasses at all times. He is less intelligent compared to his boss Gin whom he often is seen working with.
* '''[[Chianti]]''': A professional sniper who has been seen to take orders from Gin. She has a fiery and impatient personality. She loathes Vermouth.
* '''[[Korn]]''': A professional sniper who is Chianti's partner and who has been seen to take orders from Gin. His speech is characterized by short phrases with many pauses.

=== Spies for other organizations ===
* '''[[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]''': Operates under alias of Rena Mizunashi, a TV reporter. Her true name is Hidemi Hondou. Like her deceased father, she is actually a member of the [[CIA]] who infiltrated the Black Organization. Her brother, [[Eisuke Hondou]], was not aware of this since Hidemi pretended not to know him after she went undercover.
* '''[[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]''': An operative specializing in deduction and intelligence gathering skills. He was initially dispatched to look for [[Ai Haibara|Sherry]], but spent more of that time investigating Shuichi Akai whom he hates for killing his partner Scotch. He works for the Japanese Secret Police. His true name is Rei Furuya, but he goes by Tooru Amuro in public.

=== Deceased ===
* '''[[Tequila]]''': An agent with the same rank as Vodka who seemed to primarily deal with programmers. He was a giant man who spoke with an Osakan accent. He was unintentionally killed in explosion in Episode 54 and Manga Volume 12.
* '''[[Pisco]]''': An elderly executive agent who was also the chairman of a car company. He was killed by Gin in Episode 178 after being caught on camera performing an assassination. He discovered Haibara was Sherry, but was unable to inform anyone before he was killed by Gin.
* '''[[Calvados]]''': A sniper infatuated with Vermouth who shot himself after being crippled by [[Shuichi Akai]] in Episode 345.
* '''[[Akemi Miyano]]''': Shiho Miyano's older sister and Shuichi Akai's girlfriend. She was a low ranking member of the organization and completed a billion yen robbery as part of an agreement to release herself and her sister from the organization. The organization reneged on the deal and she was killed by Gin in Episode 128 and in Manga Volume 2.
* '''[[Atsushi Miyano]]''': Haibara's father and Elena's husband. He headed the APTX 4869 project before Shiho Miyano took over. Both he and Elena died for some reason which Pisco called an accident while Shiho was young.
* '''[[Elena Miyano]]''': Haibara's mother and Atsushi's wife. She was of British origin and was known within the organization as "Hell's Angel". She worked the APTX 4869 project before Shiho Miyano took over. Both she and Atsushi died for some reason which Pisco called an accident while Shiho was young. She left some mysterious tapes for Shiho.
* '''[[Rikumichi Kusuda]]''': An agent sent to infiltrate Haido Central Hospital to discover the whereabouts of Kir. He killed himself when Akai was hot on his trail. (Episode 498)
* '''[[Ethan Hondou]]''': A CIA agent who infiltrated the Black Organization. He committed suicide to protect his daughter [[Hidemi Hondou]] from being uncovered as a CIA agent.
* '''[[Scotch]]''': An undercover operative who committed suicide before the Black Organization manages to reveal his true identity.

=== Former ===
* '''[[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]]''' ([[Ai Haibara]]/Shiho Miyano): A high ranking biochemist who worked on [[APTX 4869]]. She was scheduled to be executed when she boycotted her work because her sister Akemi was murdered. Shiho took an APTX 4869 pill she had smuggled in with her, with an intention to commit suicide, but instead shrunk to her 6-7 year old body. She then escaped. She has been living with Professor Agasa and working on an antidote to the APTX 4869, in order to restore Conan to his actual 'Shinichi body'.
* '''[[Shuichi Akai|Rye]]''': The codename of Shuichi Akai, he was an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Black Organization. His allegiance was discovered and he was rejected by the organization. His prowess led the organization to view him as the FBI's trump card.
* '''[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]]''': A serial killer whom was slated to be the original test subject for the APTX drug before he escaped. He is currently in custody for murders he has committed, mostly in fear of the Black Organization sending agents after him. In the end, the court sentences him to death.

=== Unknown ===
* An '''old man''' appeared during [[Shuichi Akai]]'s final loyalty test while he was waiting for [[Gin]] to arrive. FBI agent [[Andre Camel]] emerged from his hiding place to scare him away, thinking he was just an ordinary old man. Since Gin never appeared, it was very likely the old man was a member of the Black Organization who was sent to scout ahead and reported that "Dai Moroboshi" was a spy.

=== Extended canon ===
{{see also|List of notable Non-Canon Black Organization}}
These agents are original characters not found in the main [[canon|manga canon]]. They include Black Organization agents who were introduced in the anime, movies, special manga, and other sources.

==== Movies ====
* '''[[Yoshiaki Hara]]''': an agent who is killed by Gin in ''[[Countdown to Heaven]]''.
* '''[[Irish]]''': an agent who is killed by Chianti in ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''.
* '''[[Masaaki Okakura]]''': an agent who is killed by a [[List of Black Organization related characters#Kazuki Honjo|serial killer]] before the Black Organization in ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''.
* '''[[Curaçao]]''': Rum's right-hand agent who appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Stout|Stout]]''': a member of the English [[wikipedia:_Secret_Intelligence_Service|MI6]]<ref name="m20spies" /> who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Korn. He appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Aquavit|Aquavit]]''': a member of the Canadian [[wikipedia:_Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service|CSIS]]<ref name="m20spies" /> who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Chianti. He appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Riesling|Riesling]]''': a member of the German [[wikipedia:_Federal_Intelligence_Service_(Germany)|BND]] who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Gin.<ref name="m20spies">[[:File:Spies from Junkoku no Nightmare.jpg]]</ref> She appears in ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''.

==== Special Manga ====
* '''[[Arrack]]''': a non-[[canon]] [[Detective Conan Special|special manga]] agent who committed suicide from [[Special Volume 26]].
* '''[[Generic]]''': a non-[[canon]] [[Detective Conan Special|special manga]] scientist from [[Special Volume 26]]. He is an old friend of Sherry and considers her as his older sister. He used the Apoptoxin medicine to shrink his own body and entered the school where Haibara is. Due to [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], that frees his own memory removal gas, he lost his memory.
* '''[[Blackbeard]]''': a non-[[canon]] [[Detective Conan Special|special manga]] virologist who committed suicide from [[Special Volume 35]].

==== [[Shogakukan Learning Series]] ====
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]]''': a Black Organization historiographer focusing on [[wikipedia:_Oda_Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga]] that was exclusively in Volume 3 of ''[[Shogakukan Learning Series#Mystery Files|The Mysteries of Japanese History]]''.

==== Playstation ====
* '''[[List of notable case characters#Kate Lauren|Kate Lauren]]''': a Black Organization woman that was exclusively in Playstation ''[[Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People|The Great Deduction of Three People]]''.

== Organization structure and divisions ==
There are many divisions in the Black Organization which are roughly grouped into three categories: {{nihongo|Internal Division|内部活動部隊|Naibu Katsudō-butai}}, {{nihongo|External Division|外部活動部隊|Gaibu Katsudō-butai}}, and {{nihongo|General Oversight|全体監視役|Zentai Kanshi-yaku}}. The external division is composed of agents who primarily deal with people outside the Organization. The known internal division agents are focused on in-house research and development. General oversight takes a managerial and coordinating role. The divisions are unrelated to relative ranking among members.<ref name=CD237>Conan Drill page 237</ref> (e.g Vermouth is higher ranking than Vodka.)


{| width="1000" align="center" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="7" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Renya Karasuma 60px.jpg]] || [[Renya Karasuma]]
|}
|}
|-
||
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#393939;"|Second in Command
|-
| align="center" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Rum 60px.jpg]] || [[Rum]]
|}
|}
|-

| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! colspan="2" style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|General Oversight
|-
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]]
|}
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]]
|}
|}
|-

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="border: 0px; margin-top: 3px;"
! colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #777799;"|Internal Division || colspan="5" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #779977;"|External Division || colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #907040;"|Unknown
|-
! rowspan="2" width="16%"|Drug Development || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Software Development || rowspan="2" width="28%"|Reconnaissance || colspan="2" width="14%"|Operations || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Fundraising || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Unknown
|-
! style="color: #000000; background: #FFE0E0;"|Assassination || style="color: #000000; background: #E0E0FF;"|Robbery
|-

| style="vertical-align: top;" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shiho Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]] ''(escaped)''
|-
| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Tequila 60px.jpg]] || [[Tequila]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]]
|-
| [[File:Hidemi Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]<ref>Kir's division in the Black Organization has not been revealed, but it is likely she is in the Reconnaissance division because: 1)Her newscaster position is the type of job a reconnaissance division person would have. 2) She met with Vermouth many times while Vermouth was disguised as Araide 3) She discovered Bourbon's mission despite being mistrusted, and not even high rankers like Gin knew about it. If Kir was part of recon, she would be more likely to know.</ref> (Incertae sedis)
|-
| [[File:Rei Furuya 60px.jpg]] || [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
|-
| [[File:Rikumichi Kusuda 60px.jpg]] || [[Rikumichi Kusuda|Rikumichi Kusuda]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Chianti 60px.jpg]] || [[Chianti]]
|-
| [[File:Korn 60px.jpg]] || [[Korn]]
|-
| [[File:Kichiro Numabuchi 60px.jpg]] || [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] ''(arrested)''
|-
| [[File:Calvados 60px.jpg]] || [[Calvados]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] ''(deceased)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai|Rye]] ''(former)''
|-
| [[File:Ethan Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Ethan Hondou]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Scotch 60px.jpg]] || [[Scotch]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Old man 60px.jpg|60px]] || Old man
|}
|}
|}

=== Extended canon table ===
This table includes characters that aren't part of manga [[canon]].
<spoiler>
{| width="1000" align="center" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="7" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Renya Karasuma 60px.jpg]] || [[Renya Karasuma]]
|}
|}
|-
||
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#393939;"|Second in Command
|-
| align="center" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Rum 60px.jpg]] || [[Rum]]
|}
|}
|-

| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! colspan="2" style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|General Oversight
|-
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]]
|}
| align="center" width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]]
|}
|}
|-

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable" width="1000" style="border: 0px; margin-top: 3px;"
! colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #777799;"|Internal Division || colspan="5" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #779977;"|External Division || colspan="1" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #907040;"|Unknown
|-
! rowspan="2" width="16%"|Drug Development || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Software Development || rowspan="2" width="28%"|Reconnaissance || colspan="2" width="14%"|Operations || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Fundraising || rowspan="2" width="14%"|Unknown
|-
! style="color: #000000; background: #FFE0E0;"|Assassination || style="color: #000000; background: #E0E0FF;"|Robbery
|-

| style="vertical-align: top;" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shiho Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]] ''(escaped)''
|-
| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Generic 60px.jpg]] || [[Generic]]* ''(former)''
|-
| [[File:Blackbeard 60px.jpg]] || [[Blackbeard]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Tequila 60px.jpg]] || [[Tequila]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Yoshiaki Hara 60px.jpg]] || [[Yoshiaki Hara]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]]
|-
| [[File:Hidemi Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]<ref>Kir's division in the Black Organization has not been revealed, but it is likely she is in the Reconnaissance division because: 1)Her newscaster position is the type of job a reconnaissance division person would have. 2) She met with Vermouth many times while Vermouth was disguised as Araide 3) She discovered Bourbon's mission despite being mistrusted, and not even high rankers like Gin knew about it. If Kir was part of recon, she would be more likely to know.</ref> (Incertae sedis)
|-
| [[File:Rei Furuya 60px.jpg]] || [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
|-
| [[File:Rikumichi Kusuda 60px.jpg]] || [[Rikumichi Kusuda|Rikumichi Kusuda]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Irish 60px.jpg]] || [[Irish]]* ''(deceased)'' (Incertae sedis)
|-
| [[File:M20 odd eyes woman 60px.jpg]] || [[Curaçao]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Chianti 60px.jpg]] || [[Chianti]]
|-
| [[File:Korn 60px.jpg]] || [[Korn]]
|-
| [[File:Kichiro Numabuchi 60px.jpg]] || [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] ''(arrested)''
|-
| [[File:Calvados 60px.jpg]] || [[Calvados]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Arrack 60px.jpg]] || [[Arrack]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Kate Lauren 60px.jpg]] || [[Kate Lauren]]* ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|}

| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] ''(deceased)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai|Rye]] ''(former)''
|-
| [[File:Ethan Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Ethan Hondou]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Scotch 60px.jpg]] || [[Scotch]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Masaaki Okakura 60px.jpg]] || [[Masaaki Okakura]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Old man 60px.jpg|60px]] || Old man
|-
| [[File:Antonio Gomez 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Stout 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Stout|Stout]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Riesling 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Aquavit|Aquavit]]* ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Aquavit 60px.jpg]] || [[List of notable case characters#Riesling|Riesling]]* ''(deceased)''
|}
|}
|}

'''*''' ''These characters are not considered to be [[canon]].'' 
</spoiler>

==Rank==

Agents who excel at their work and make their way up the ranks are given alcohol codenames by the boss. Even within codenamed agents there are further rank divisions.<ref>Official material accompanying the manga has given contrary information about the existence of ranks within the codenamed members. Some guidebooks (Conan Drill, Chapter 500 special) describe clear rank divisions. Yet, in the 865 Shounen Sunday Special Booklet, on pg9 under Korn, Gosho was listed as saying, "Fundamentally all members of the organisation with code names are supposed to be at the same level, so Korn's supposed to be at the same rank as Gin. It just happened this time that when they chanced to form a team Gin came out as the most leader-like of all them." Evidence from the manga itself suggests that certain members have privileges and freedom that others are not allowed to have.</ref> One advantage that comes with being higher ranked is access to more informational files; lower rank agents have to request to see certain materials from higher ranking agents.<ref name=824p16>Manga Volume 78, File 7 (824), Page 16: "Mystery Train: Final Destination"</ref> Agents from outside manga canon are italicized.

===Executive agents===
The "Executive"<ref>Manga [[Volume 58]], File 2 (599), pg 9: "Akai's past". "Executive" is a term used by the FBI to describe the agents who are high ranking like Gin and is not necessarily the term the Organization itself uses to refer to that top level.</ref> agents are the highest ranked codenamed agents within the Black Organization under the boss. They can command many other codenamed agents and have access to more information than lower ranked agents. Even among them, killing another executive agent without express orders from the boss would result in a loss of standing.<ref>As Pisco explains to Gin in [[Volume 24]], file 11, page 14</ref>
*[[Rum]]: Second-in-command<ref>File 906 pg 3</ref>
*[[Gin]]
*[[Vermouth]]: Also the boss' favorite
*[[Pisco]]<ref name=CD239>[[:File:ConanDrill239.jpg|Conan Drill page 239]]</ref>

===Codenamed agents===
Agents who have excelled beyond the rank and file member enough earn recognition and an alcohol codename.

'''Work(ed) under Rum'''
*[[Curaçao]] (movie only): She is his/her right-hand agent.

'''Work(ed) under Gin'''
*[[Vodka]]: Tequila and Vodka are approximately the same rank<ref name=CD239>Conan Drill page 239</ref>
*[[Tequila]]: Vodka and Tequila are approximately the same rank<ref name=CD239>Conan Drill page 239</ref>
*[[Chianti]]
*[[Korn]]
*[[Shuichi Akai|Rye]]: With his promotion to codenamed agent, Rye was supposed to work for Gin, but he was revealed to be FBI and expelled from the Organization before he assumed that role.

'''Work(ed) under Vermouth'''
*[[Calvados]]

'''General'''
*[[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]]: Known to be highly ranked but it has not been stated if she was an executive agent.
*[[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]
*[[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]]
*[[Scotch]]
*[[Irish]] (movie only)

===Non codenamed agents===
*[[Akemi Miyano]]
*[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]]
*[[Ethan Hondou]]
*[[Rikumichi Kusuda]]
*[[Yoshiaki Hara]] (movie only)
*[[Masaaki Okakura]] (movie only)
*[[List of notable case characters#Antonio Gomez|Antonio Gomez]] (The Mysteries of Japanese History book series)

===Unknown if codenamed===
*[[Atsushi Miyano]]
*[[Elena Miyano]]
* Old man who scouted Shuichi Akai's loyalty test

== Modus operandi==

The Black Organization commits crimes such as illegal deals<ref>Manga [[Volume 4]], Files 4-6: Shinkansen Bomb Case</ref>, blackmail<ref>Manga [[Volume 1]], File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"</ref>, robberies<ref>Manga [[Volume 2]], Files 4-7: "Masami Hirota Case"</ref>, and contract assassinations<ref>Manga [[Volume 37]], File 5</ref> to raise money for research.<ref>The Miyano parents went to work for the Black Organization because they [[Volume_41#Bathroom_Murder_Case|received funding after being unable to find a sponsor]] that would pay for them to research their theories. Tequila bribed [[Black_Organization#Hideaki Nakajima|Hideaki Nakajima]] with a large amount of money for the world's best programmers. [[Black_Organization#Suguru Itakura|Suguru Itakura]] was offered a large sum of money to complete his program</ref> The organization operates like a hybrid of a business and a mafia group. The Black Organization recruits outside talent and cultivates clients and sponsors by sending high ranking members like Gin to business meetings, but they also use mafia-like tactics to intimidate desirable civilians into making deals with them.<ref>e.g. Suguru Itakura</ref> Besides their financially motivated crimes, the organization engages in other stereotypical criminal activities like bribery, spying, and eliminating threats or former partners who are deemed useless or a risk.

=== Customs ===
[[Image:Generic BOs.png|thumb|225px|right|Agents dress in black]]
The organization is highly secretive, and tries to eliminate anyone who has knowledge of their existence and threatens to expose their inner workings, including members who have become a liability, such as [[Akemi Miyano]]. They will dispose of even senior members like [[Pisco]] without hesitation to protect their secrets. Remaining unknown seems to be a higher priority than even research as Ai Haibara thought Conan would be killed before he could be “studied”.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, pg 7: "The girl made of lies" - "If I reported your condition to the organization, it's very likely you would have been terminated before I could do something useful." Haibara, explaining that Kudo would have been killed by the Black Organization anyway even though he was an "interesting specimen."</ref> The organization often destroys evidence via fire or explosion<ref>List of examples: the shinkansen bomb case, destruction of the Daiko Building's cocktail bar where meetings took place, destruction of the pharmaceutical company building Shiho worked at, Vermouth's assassination of Jodie's father and subsequent burning down of the house</ref> and Haibara warns that they will not hesitate to kill family and friends of a target to protect the secret of their existence.

The organization has several practices that resemble those of stereotypical secret societies.<ref>[[Conan Drill]], Black Organization Section, pgs 250-252. Among the sources of inspiration for the Black Org, the [[Wikipedia:Freemasons|Freemasons]] (フリーメイソン), the [[Wikipedia:KKK|KKK]], and others that were not translated are mentioned for their secret-society-like aspects.</ref> The Black Organization members all tend to wear black outfits, which Akemi says is intentional and supposed to resemble crows. For an as of yet unrevealed reason, nearly all the Black Organization's members (with the exception of the boss) use code names based on alcoholic drinks: hard liquors for men and wine or wine-based cocktails for women. Also it would appear the organization is also fond using detective fiction and classic literature in their project names and passwords. Examples include the APTX 4869 pun on Sherlock Holmes, the computer password Shelling Ford- a prototype name for Sherlock Holmes, a computer virus called Night Baron named after a character from mystery writer [[Yusaku Kudo]]’s novels, and mission codenames relating to the novel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''].

=== Criminal techniques ===
The Black Organization conducts its crimes in ways that are difficult to trace back to them. Handguns and sniping<ref>Akemi Miyano, Suguru Itakura, Yasuteru Domon, Mouri Kogoro, Scar Akai</ref>, fire and bombs<ref>Unnamed woman from the Shinkansen Bomb Case, the Bell Tree Express, Kir in Hyde Central Hospital</ref>, and poisons<ref>Shinichi Kudo, the giant of the Akemi's gang, various APTX 4869 victims, Shigehiko Nomiguchi, maybe the Jazz club man.</ref> seem to be their preferred techniques. Sometimes the organization attempts to disguise their murders as accidents or suicides.<ref>Shigehiko Nomiguchi</ref> To this end, [[APTX 4869]] was deployed as a poison because it is forensically difficult to detect.<ref>Manga [[Volume 1]], File 1 (001), "The Heisei Holmes"</ref> If they are unable to disguise a murder as something else, they will usually attempt to destroy any evidence using fire or explosives to make it difficult to investigate.<ref>Starling family murders, Shuichi Akai's "murder"</ref> Sometimes they will time their crimes so the blame will fall on another party instead, confusing the investigation.<ref>Yasuteru Domon</ref> If a meeting place or asset of theirs is compromised, the Black Organization typically thoroughly destroys it before it can be investigated properly.<ref>Daiko Building ("Cocktail" Bar), Shiho's Pharmaceutical Company</ref>

Their supplies of explosives and firearms are very extensive.

=== Locations and hideouts ===
The Black Organization seems to have hideouts,<ref name=383p11>Manga [[Volume 38]], File 1 (383), pg 11: "The New Weapon!"</ref> but none of them have been revealed so far. In line with their secretive existence, the Black Organization prefers to meet in places that are isolated or where they can slip away easily. Several operatives occupy public positions like famous actress (Vermouth), television announcer (Kir), or company chairman (Pisco) which gives the Black Organization connections to circles of the rich and famous and access to otherwise unavailable locations. So far, the Black Organization have met clients at a dim restaurant, a Shinkansen's dining car, a crowded wake, a train station under construction, and in an isolated area of an amusement park. The Black Organization often conducts business and meetings at the shipping yard.<ref>Akemi's murder, Showdown with Vermouth, planning for the Domon assassination?, Kir's call to Akai.</ref> Not very many member's abodes have been shown, but they range in extravagance from Kir's relatively plain apartment to Vermouth's lavish penthouse in a tall building.

=== Personnel ===
The Organization is large enough to quickly dispatch field investigative teams of at least a dozen members<ref>[[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]] where the Kudo house is investigated, Vodka surrounding Itakura's meeting point, The team watching Gin and Kir's meetup location is FBI vs Org.</ref>. The members of the Organization are also demographically varied, including foreigners and natives, men and women, teenagers<ref>Sherry</ref> and elderly<ref>Pisco at 71, old man from [[Clash of Red and Black|episode 502]]</ref>.

Individually, the organization's higher ranking members are typically intelligent and often multitalented. So far, at least all senior members are shown to carry guns and wear body armor under their clothing when out. Many agents, even those outside the assassination divisions, are skilled at using firearms. Disguise is a particularly common skill. Both [[Gin]] and [[Vermouth]] were shown to be resistant to Conan's tranquilizer needle<ref>Manga Chapter 242: The White World</ref> and knockout gas<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref>and subsequently both readily shot themselves in order to continue to stay awake. This may show that they have trained themselves to resist knockout effects to prevent capture and cope with pain.

=== Investigative ability ===
The Black Organization has a remarkable amount of resources for a criminal group, more than any other opponent of Conan's shown so far. Their financial resources, technology, and manpower seems to be on par with or even superior to the that of the [[FBI]] investigation team sent to Japan to investigate them, but less than the Japanese police. The Black Organization has enough manpower at their disposal to thoroughly monitor and investigate even minor threats or to observe all the avenues of entry to a crowded meeting place in the middle of a city. However, the organization is nowhere close to omniscient; Shinichi, who is supposed to be dead, was able to participate in several public cases that were successfully hushed up by the police, and leave the country with his passport without detection.

=== Gadgets ===
:''[[Minor_gadgets#Black_Organization|Main article: Black Organization's Gadgets]]''
The Black Organization is technologically sophisticated and their equipment rivals even that of the infiltrating FBI. In the manga they have access to a wide variety of firearms and ammunition, [[vehicles]], theatrical supplies, and large amounts of various explosives. Bourbon and Vermouth even planned to use a helicopter as part of one of their plans. The Black Organization's arsenal also includes various specialized gadgets.

==History==
{{main|Black Organization timeline}}
The Black Organization’s main research project, of which [[APTX 4869]] is a part, has been around for at least half a century.<ref>Haibara thinks thinking to herself… "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century." (file 189, but see the ep 130/131 for a better translation) APTX 4869 is the only known connection between the org and Shinichi so Haibara must be referring to the APTX project.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 19, File 9</ref> The Black Organization has historical ties to America before the current storyline. Evidence for this is the involvement of the FBI and CIA in counter operations. Also, Jodie mentions that her father in the FBI was investigating Vermouth as Sharon Vineyard 20 years ago.<ref>Chapter 433</ref>

==Goal and research==
As of now, the Black Organization's main purpose and goal still remain unknown. What is known is that they are recruiting talent in biochemistry and computer science and funding research using the proceeds from their crime. Currently, the only sources of information Conan can rely on to learn the true intentions behind the Black Organization are former agent [[Sherry]], the CIA's undercover member Kir, and Black Organization related cases.

=== APTX 4869 and Biochemistry ===
[[File:Bloody_Disk_Manga.png|thumb|100px|right|[[The Desperate Revival|The disk of APTX 4869 data that Haibara lied about losing.]]]]
:''See also: [[APTX 4869]]''
The Black Organization has a long history of biochemistry research. Thirty years before Conan was shrunk, they recruited [[Atsushi Miyano]] and [[Elena Miyano]] to work on research for them. Eventually, the two scientists developed a project they called [[APTX 4869#Silver_Bullet|Silver Bullet]]. Not long after the two died in what some members of the Organization called an accident and their daughter, [[Shiho Miyano]], took over research on the [[APTX 4869]] project. Although APTX 4869 was being developed for another, still secret, purpose, the Organization is using the incomplete prototype as an untraceable, lethal poison.

The Organization's project data for APTX 4869 contains important secrets. [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|One disk Haibara and Conan tried to retrieve]] had real names, addresses, and codenames of agents, and the name of the person/people who invested money for the research.<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], File 1, pg 16: "Why..."</ref> Haibara made a copy of some of the APTX 4869 data when [[Reunion with the Black Organization|she was locked in a room with Pisco's computer]], but then lied to Conan about losing it.<ref>In [[The Desperate Revival|Episode 188]] (File 251), Haibara has the bloody disk of copied APTX 4869 data from [[Reunion with the Black Organization]]. She had lied to Conan about losing it.</ref>

=== Computer research and viruses ===
Another part of the Organization's research requires the skills of world class programmers. It is known the Black Organization has involvement with computer viruses (Night Baron); however, the main purpose of their computer science research may be something other than virii and related to their biochemistry research. [[List_of_Black_Organization_related_characters#Hideaki_Nakajima|Hideaki Nakajima]] made an exchange with Tequila in the [[Game Company Murder Case]], giving Tequila a list of some of the world's most highly skilled programmers in exchange for a large amount of money. Vermouth and Tequila also blackmailed a famous CG graphic designer/games system engineer named [[Suguru Itakura]] to complete a particular “system software” Itakura had stopped developing because of bad eyesight. Whatever it is, it prompted the coerced programmer Suguru Itakura to say that he didn’t want to complete his program “for the sake of humanity”.<ref> Manga chapter 380, pg 12</ref>

===Quotes===
{{cquote|Kudo-kun... You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century.|Haibara<ref>Manga Volume 19, File 9: Chapter 191: Episode 130-131</ref>}}

{{cquote|We can be both of God and Devil, since we are trying to raise the dead against the stream of time...|Vermouth<ref name=380p13>Manga Volume 37, File 8, pg 13: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref>}}

{{cquote|You can’t rush things. Humans can never go against the stream of time. If man forcibly tries to change that there will be punishment.|Haibara<ref>Manga Volume 20, File 1. Repeated in Volume 37, File 8, pg 17: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref>}}

{{cquote|No, I can't finish it... I won't. That program must not be completed, not for the sake of my vision but for humanity.|December 22nd journal entry from Itakura's diary<ref name=380p11>Manga Volume 37, File 8, pg 11: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref>}}

===Speculation about the Black Organization's goal===

====Immortality/anti aging====
[[File:Mermaid_case_guestbook_scene_manga.PNG|thumb|right|Shiho Miyano's name is in a guestbook logging past contestants for the immortality arrows]]
One possibility is that the Black Organization's research, especially [[APTX 4869]] development, is trying to create a therapy which will cause immortality, stall or reverse the effects of aging, or extend a human's lifespan. Gosho has said that immortality is not the ultimate goal of the Black Organization<ref name="April2014Interview">Leaked interview notes from the May issue of the magazine 「ダ・ヴィンチ」 (da Vinci) with the fans/reporters/whatever, leaked April 15, 2014 
Source: http://ddnavi.com/news/191132/ 
黒ずくめの組織の目的とはナニ？　APTX4869の作用から考えると、不老不死が怪しいのでは……。 
Please! Please, let me ask 2 more questions! What is the BO’s goal? Going by the APTX4869, I would think immortality… 
【青山】「違います。確かにそう思っちゃうよね。今ね、組織の中では大変なことが起こっていますよ」 
That’s wrong. It’s true that you’d think that, isn’t it? You see, right now, something really big is happening within the organization.</ref>; however, achieving immortality or anti-aging might be an important step to reach the true end.

Shiho Miyano said that, in developing APTX 4869, she didn't intend to create a poison,<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, page 9</ref> which suggests that APTX 4869 was originally developed with a different goal in mind. It probably was just a useful side effect that the current prototype kills while leaving no trace in the victim’s body, and was thus employed as a poison - a usage which Haibara detests.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9, pg 9</ref> Additionally, APTX 4869 is nicknamed the "''incomplete'' detective" by the Black Organization, which means its true purpose has not yet been achieved.

The de-aging effect that occurred when Shinichi and Haibara took APTX 4869 probably indicates the main intent of the drug's development. After [[Pisco]] saw Haibara shrink back to her child form, he commented that he was impressed she had developed the drug to that point, implying that de-aging is in the right direction.<ref>Manga Volume 24, File 11, pg 9</ref> Supporting this is Haibara’s line, "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century."<ref>Manga [[Volume 19#File_189_-_The_Endangered_Ball|Volume 19, File 9 (189), Page 6: The Endangered Ball]]; [[The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case|Episodes 130-131: The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case]]</ref> APTX 4869 is the only known intersection between Shinichi and the Black Organization; meaning that Shinichi's de-aging made him relevant to the Black Organization's project.

According to Haibara’s description about APTX 4869<ref>Manga Volume 24, File 10</ref>, the drug activates [[wikipedia:telomerase|telomerase]], an enzyme which can increase the number of times a cell can divide, and therefore affect a cell's lifespan and “reproductive potential”. The goal of this might be to revert all non-neural cells to a "youthful", high reproductive potential state.

Besides APTX 4869, [[Vermouth#Non-aging|Vermouth's unnatural youth]] is another indicator that the Black Organization may be involved in research towards extending lifespan, halting aging, or rejuvenating the body. In addition, Shiho Miyano’s name was on the raffle list for the immortality arrows in the mermaid case in Fukui.<ref>Chapters 279-283</ref>
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====Raising the dead====
There is a possibility that the Black Organization may be trying to develop a method to revive the dead. Suguru Itakura's diary contained a quote by one of the Black Organization's agents, most likely Vermouth: "We can be both God and Devil since we are trying to raise the dead against the stream of time" <ref name=380p13/> The original purpose of APTX 4869 might be to raise the dead. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] and Conan later wondered if the line meant that the Black Organization was trying to create zombies.<ref name=380p16>Manga Volume 37, File 8, pg 16: "White Snow, Black Shadow"</ref> Once when Conan asked Haibara directly what APTX 4869 was meant to do she replied, "It's a nostrum to raise the dead. I wonder if that answer is satisfactory?"<ref name=384p8>Manga Volume 32, File 8, page 8: "The Old Picture"</ref> It may be her comment was a bluff intended to provoke Conan into revealing what he had been up to rather than a serious statement of the purpose of the drug.


== Known Black Organization targets and contacts ==
{{main|List of Black Organization related characters}}
The Black Organization has involved many non-members in its plots, as collaborators or as targets. Additionally, many characters are friends or acquaintances with members of the Black Organization, often without realizing it. For a full list of major and minor characters who have been involved with the Black Organization, please see the '''[[List of Black Organization related characters|list of Black Organization related characters]]'''.

== Plot timeline ==
{{main|Black Organization timeline}}

== Manga to anime differences ==
[[File:EP5 Fake Men in Black.jpg|thumb|Gin (right) and Vodka's (left) anime doubles.]]
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
The first season of Detective Conan rarely featured the Black Organization because the anime writers wanted to downplay their presence.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/case-closed/mystery-mastermind/episode/336019/trivia.html#notes Episode trivia on TV.com]</ref> Two of the episodes at least, were altered heavily in light of this:

*'''Episode 5, [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case]]:''' The episode replaces the two men who shrunk Conan with lookalikes unrelated to the Black Organization. In the manga version of this case, Conan runs into the real pair and learns their code names (Gin/Vodka in the Japanese Version, Melkior and Kaspar in the English Version). Their replacement creates a continuity error in '''Episode 54, [[Game Company Murder Case]]'''. Conan recognizes their code names when Tequila speaks to them, yet Conan never learned their code names in the anime version of events.

*'''Episode 13, [[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]:''' At the end of the episode, Masami Hirota meets with the criminal in charge the recent murders. She survives a gunshot wound thanks to Conan. In the manga version, which is in [[Volume 2]], the masterminds are Gin and Vodka. Masami is actually [[Akemi Miyano]], and stole the money to buy her sister out of the organization. Upon refusal to give the money's location to Gin, he shoots her. Conan arrives shortly after, and tries to help Akemi. He gives her his real name, and before dying she tells Conan the location of the money and that the organization who killed her wears black like crows. The anime had to do a similar story in Episode 128, '''[[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case]]''', in order to repair the storyline because Akemi's death is what prompted [[Shiho Miyano]] to defect from the Organization.

==Relation to the Organization from Magic Kaito==
:''See also: [[Magic Kaito Organization]]''
It is questionable if the Detective Conan's Black Organization and [[Magic Kaito]]'s [[Magic_Kaito_Organization|unnamed organization]] are the same organization. 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. This though may not be the case if Snake refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are 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.

== Trivia ==
* In the English dub, "Case Closed", [[Gin]] is renamed "Melkior" and [[Vodka]] is renamed "Kaspar". In the English manga, these are explained as specific brands of the relevant drinks.
* [[Vermouth]] is the only living member of the organization who knows that [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity|Ai Haibara is Shiho Miyano]] and [[List_of_characters_who_know_Conan's_identity|Conan Edogawa is Shinichi Kudo]]. Pisco discovered Haibara's identity and would've revealed it to [[Gin]] if he hadn't been murdered by him first. Conan told [[Akemi Miyano]] his real name as she died.
* The Black Organization members often call someone who poses an existential threat to the group a "[[Silver Bullet]]". Vermouth believes that Shinichi is the true Silver Bullet; however, everyone else thinks [[Shuichi Akai]] was their greatest threat.
* So far, the youngest member still in the Black Organization is [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] at age 27. [[Shiho Miyano|Sherry]] was 18 when she defected, and her sister, Akemi Miyano, was in her mid twenties when she was killed by Gin.
* Episodes 462-465 is the first 4-part Black Organization episode that was not aired as a special in Japan.
* Episodes 491-504 is the longest Black Organization arc to air, consisting of more than ten parts.
* Conan has personally interacted with almost every codenamed member: [[Gin]] in the episode 1, manga chapter 33 on the bullet train, and episode 178 when Conan shoots him with his needle while hiding, [[Vodka]] in manga chapter 33 on the bullet train and during the course of episodes 309-311, [[Vermouth]] in episode 345 and while she was disguised as Araide, [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] in episode 425, [[Akemi Miyano]] in manga chapters 13-16/episode 128, [[Pisco]] in episode 178, [[Tequila]] in episode 54, [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] in episode 118 and briefly in 290, and [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] in episodes 496-497.

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]
* [[List of Black Organization related characters]]
* [[APTX 4869]]
* ''[[Nanatsu no Ko]]''
* [[Minor gadgets#Black Organization|Black Organization's gadgets]]

==In other languages==
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Black Organization}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|L'Organització dels Homes de Negre}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Die Schwarze Organisation}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|L’Organisation des Hommes en Noir}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|L'Organizzazione degli Uomini in Nero }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|La Organización de los Hombres de Negro}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Tổ Chức Áo Đen}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|黑衣组织 Hēi'yī Zǔzhī}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|검은조직 Geom-eunjojig}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Organisasi Hitam}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Kongsi Gelap (Dark Syndicate) / Organisasi Hitam}}
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| name = Shuichi Akai
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|赤井秀一}} (Akai Shūichi)
| english-name =
| image = Shuichi Akai Profile.jpg
| age = 31-32<ref>Q4 of Super Digest Book 90+ Interview with Gosho</ref> 27 as [[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]]
| gender = Male
| relatives = [[Tsutomu Akai]] (father, deceased) [[Mary Sera]] (mother) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (younger brother) [[Masumi Sera]] (younger sister)
| occupation = FBI Agent
| nicknames = Shu ([[Jodie Starling|Jodie]]) Dai-kun ([[Akemi Miyano|Akemi]]) Akai-kun ([[James Black|James]]) Silver Bullet ([[Renya Karasuma]] & [[Vermouth]]) Shu-nii ([[Masumi Sera|Masumi]]) Niisan ([[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]])
| aliases = Rye Dai Moroboshi [[Subaru Okiya]]
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_29#Bus_Hijacking_Case|File 287]] Anime: [[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 230]]
| appearances = {{:Shuichi Akai Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 6(5 as Subaru)
| keyhole = [[Volume 37]] [[Volume 60]] (Subaru Okiya)
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
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'''{{nihongo|Shuichi Akai|赤井秀一|Akai Shūichi}}''' is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent and a major figure in the battle against the [[Black Organization]]. He once assumed the identity of '''{{nihongo|Dai Moroboshi|諸星大|Moroboshi Dai}}''' and infiltrated the Organization, where he was given the codename '''{{nihongo|Rye|ライ|Rai}}'''. During this time he made enemies with [[Gin]] and became romantically involved with [[Akemi Miyano]]. He is the older brother of [[Shukichi Haneda]] and [[Masumi Sera]].

== Background ==
[[File:Long haired Akai.PNG|thumb|160px|right|Shuichi as "Dai Moroboshi" during his infiltration of the Black Organization.]]
Shuichi Akai is a British American of Japanese descent, originally from England, and is a member of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, on special assignment in Japan to capture [[Vermouth]]. His superior is [[James Black]] and his partner is [[Jodie Starling]].<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple 5</ref> He had infiltrated the Black Organization under the name Dai Moroboshi - and the codename "Rye" - as a mole<ref>Manga Chapter 599: Akai's Past</ref> and dated [[Akemi Miyano]], one of their low-ranking members, to feed information to the FBI. In order to facilitate the latter, and later because he had genuinely developed feelings for Akemi, Shuichi saw himself forced to break up his then on-going relationship with Jodie.<ref>Manga Chapter 677: The Fated Individual</ref> Later on, his cover in the Black Organization was accidentally blown by his colleague [[Andre Camel]], and when Akemi was killed, he declared her murderer, [[Gin]] (with whom he seems to have had some tensions even before his exposure), his personal enemy.<ref>Manga Chapter 504: Black Organization vs. FBI 2</ref>

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

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

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

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

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

Even though he means well, Shuichi is notably clumsy at trying to comfort and connect with others. He is especially dense at recognizing the motives behind the feelings of others and thus how to modify his own behavior to improve relations. As [[Subaru Okiya]], his technique to approach [[Ai Haibara]] leaves her terrified of him, and repeated contact only intensifies her loathing. Ten years ago, he was also cold to young Masumi on their first meeting, brushing Masumi's silly antics aside without realizing that she simply wanted him to smile and treat her kindly, though he most likely was simply in a bad mood, since he just had an intense argument with his mother, in which they traded physical blows, because of his plan to join the FBI after his studies to pursue the case of his father and because he had lied to her about that. Later that day, during the investigation of a case, Shuichi gives both Shinichi and Ran a task to help with the investigation, so Masumi approaches Shuichi shyly and asks for a task as well. Now Shuichi responds kindly and gives her a task that makes her feel important. 
Despite his social awkwardness, Shuichi is not apathetic. He gives Jodie some hope by leaving her a message in his own handwriting, and leaves her a very roundabout hint about his identity after knocking her down even though he cannot reveal the truth to her yet. Eventually he also realized that Masumi was looking up to him, so he began to send her videos of him doing Jeet Kune Do.

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

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

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


Shuichi is capable of thinking on par with Conan. He once set up a sniper ambush at a nearby building, knowing that the Black Organization will come and try to kill Kogoro. He also mentioned that he knew that "making them think the FBI set up the transmitter was the priority."<ref>Anime Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out</ref>

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

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

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

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

=== Martial Arts ===
Shuichi is also a highly proficient hand-to-hand combatant. Having extensive skill and knowledge of Jeet Kune Do, he taught his sister Sera much, who openly acknowledges him to still be much stronger than her.<ref>Episode 744</ref>

===Cooking===
[[File:783-4.jpg|thumb|Jodie and Camel are shocked to learn that Shuichi can cook]]
Shuichi learned how to cook thanks to [[Yukiko Kudo]].<ref>[[The Scarlet Return]]</ref>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

{{appellations|Ethan Hondou|-|Ethan Hondou NOC}}
{{appellations|Scotch|-|Scotch}}
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{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|Renya Karasuma|file=Renya Karasuma.jpg|Silver Bullet|[[black Organization|Their]] Boss (''yatsura no Boss'')}}

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

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

{{appellations|Vodka|Akai}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Akai}}

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

{{appellations|Calvados|-|Calvados}}

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

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

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

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

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Akai Shuichi (movie introdcution)<ref name="m18" /> Pierrot Onii-san|Holmes' Apprentice-kun}}

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

==Movies==

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

===Movie 20: [[The Darkest Nightmare]]===

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

=== Identity of Shuichi Akai's younger brother ===
{{main|Akai family's middle brother}}

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

[[File:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]
Sometime later, Akemi develops the suspicion that Shuichi really wasn't who he claimed to be. After Shuichi's expulsion, he confirms that he is an FBI agent to her. To Shuichi's surprise, Akemi doesn't seemed surprised by this, so Shuichi asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions that she was being used by him before, and Akemi hints it is because she loves him. Initially, the Organization couldn't do anything about Akemi because they needed the loyalty of her sister, but two years later they decided that the risk of her contact with Shuichi was too much. They decided to create a situation where they could eliminate her by having her do a bank heist she was supposed to fail. Sometime near the day of the heist, Akemi sent Shuichi a long text message, asking him if he wants to be her real boyfriend when she is finally free from the Organization. After the heist, Akemi is killed by [[Gin]], and it is unknown how Shuichi responded if at all. Shuichi treasures her final text message, and keeps it in his phone many months after Akemi's death. The message also contains a P.S. which has not been revealed yet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[Mary|Shuichi's mother]] hoped that Shuichi would become a father figure to Masumi to replace their missing biological father. While Masumi was growing up, Shuichi would send her training tapes of Jeet Kune Do that she could practice after.

==== Akai family's middle brother ====
To avoid unintentional spoiling, please click the link for information on the [[Akai family's middle brother]].

=== Allies ===

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

=== Black Organization ===

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

==== Bourbon ====
Shuichi Akai and [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] are stated to be enemies. It's been stated that Bourbon hated Shuichi more than Gin did. Bourbon believed himself to be the only one capable of killing Shuichi, and refused to believe that Shuichi was dead. Shuichi feels neutral toward Bourbon, saying that he is not someone that he wants as an enemy. He even considers him one of 'the two best detectives' (the second one being Conan).

Bourbon's hate of Shuichi is explained in the manga: Between four years ago and two years ago, Shuichi was found by Bourbon, standing over Scotch's dead body holding a smoking gun. Ever since then Rei has blamed Shuichi and has sought out to kill him. In reality, Shuichi tried to stop Scotch from commiting suicide, but Scotch pulled the trigger on himself because he thought that his undercover operations were found out. To protect Scotch's secrets, Shuichi made it look as if he had killed him.

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

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shuichi placed 12th in the poll with 53 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

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

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

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

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Fear of death is worse than death itself.|Said to Camel.<ref>[[Volume 58#File_602_-_Last_Resort|Volume 58, File 602, Page 13]]</ref>}}
{{cquote|Don't make that kind of face...}}
{{cquote|Don't get distracted by what's in front of you and pursue the wrong prey}}
{{cquote|The odds are 50/50 so we are on the same boat.}}

== Trivia ==
* Shuichi is left-handed.
* Shuichi is a Jeet Kune Do practitioner who is three times stronger than [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]]. The three times is, again, a reference of Char's mobile suits being three times stronger than normal suits.
* Shuichi Akai's voice actor, [[Shuichi Ikeda]], is the real-life husband of [[Akemi Miyano]]'s voice actress, [[Sakiko Tamagawa]].
* In an interview in Singapore in 2016, Gosho confirmed that Akai and Akemi are cousins. It is stated at 34:23 in the audio link. This means that Elena Miyano is Mary's sister, as both are known to be British. <ref>Aoyama Gosho's Q&A with fans. Singapore 2016. https://clyp.it/mwoiwshx</ref>

==In other languages==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Subaru Okiya]]
* [[Scar Akai]]
* [[Masumi Sera]]
* [[Mary]]
* [[Akai family's middle brother]]
* [[Akai family]]
* [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Rei Furuya]]
* [[wikipedia:Rye whiskey|Rye]] (Alcohol)

== References ==
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[[de:Shuichi Akai]]

Pisco

2018-01-31T15:44:15Z

Kansuke:

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| name = Pisco
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|ピスコ}} (Pisuko)
| english-name = Pisco
| image = Pisco Profile.jpg
| age = 71 (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Black Organization member
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kenzo Masuyama (real name)
| first-appearance = Manga: File 239 Anime: Episode 176
| appearances = {{:Pisco Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Yasuo Muramatsu]]
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Pisco|ピスコ|Pisuko}}''' is an executive [[Black Organization]] member who is killed by [[Gin]] because he was photographed while in the act of murdering a politician. His real name was '''{{nihongo|Kenzo Masuyama|枡山憲三|Masuyama Kenzō}}'''.

== Background ==
Not much is known about this elderly and high ranking member of the organization, though we do know that he is very rich and finances the Black Organization's operations. He was a car company chairman. He was tasked with and succeeded in murdering the politician Shigehiko Nomiguchi and making it look like an accident by shooting a chandelier in the dark and crushing him. Despite [[Vermouth]]'s help, Conan uncovered him as the murderer. His house was burnt down after he was killed by Gin.

== Personality ==
He is a loyal member who would have told Gin that Sherry had turned into a child and was now living as [[Ai Haibara]] if he hadn't been killed by Gin first.
He also seemed a bit careless, since that he didn't ensure that there wasn't taken a picture of him committing the murder and expressing an interest to the police about hearing about the caller who tipped them, despite he should have consider that the police shouldn't give details about a tipper, if they had more information.

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==Plot Overview==

===Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume_24#Hotel_Party_Murder_Case|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]])===

==Non-Canon Plot Overview==

===Movie 13: [[The Raven Chaser]]===
Connection to [[Irish]]

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Black Organization ===

==== Vermouth ====
Although Vermouth and Pisco are executive members, Vermouth dislikes and looks down on Pisco despite cooperating with him.<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref>

==== Gin ====
Although Pisco and Gin are executive members and Pisco is Gin's senior, Gin dislikes and looks down on him.<ref name=CD239/>

==== Sherry's Parents ====
Pisco was an acquaintance of [[Elena Miyano|Elena]] and [[Atsushi Miyano]], and they told Pisco much about their drug experiment research. Pisco met Shiho when she was very young, too young to remember what he looked like.

==== Irish ====
In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] mentioned that Pisco mentored him and was like a father to him.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[wikipedia:Pisco|Pisco]] (Alcohol)

== References ==
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Rei Furuya

2018-01-31T15:43:10Z

Kansuke:

Vermouth

2018-01-31T15:40:28Z

Kansuke:

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| name = Vermouth
| japanese-name = {{Lang|ja|ベルモット}} (Berumotto)
| english-name = Vermouth
| image = Vermouth Profile.jpg
| age = Her true age is unknown (29) Chris Vineyard<ref>[[Volume 24#File 239 - The Black Burial Ranks|Volume 24, File 239: "The Black Burial Ranks"]]</ref> (?) Sharon Vineyard
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation = Black Organization member
| nicknames = Rotten Apple ([[FBI]])
| aliases = Chris Vineyard Sharon Vineyard
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_24#Hotel_Party_Murder_Case|File 239]] Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|Episode 176]]
| appearances = {{:Vermouth Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 26]] (Chris Vineyard) [[Volume 35]] (Sharon Vineyard) [[Volume 78]] (Scar Akai) [[Volume 90]] (Azusa Enomoto)
| japanese-voice = [[Mami Koyama]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Vermouth|ベルモット|Berumotto}}''', also known as '''{{nihongo|Sharon Vineyard|シャロン・ヴィンヤード|Sharon Vin'yādo}}''' and '''{{nihongo|Chris Vineyard|クリス・ヴィンヤード|Kurisu Vin'yādo}}''', is an actress and member of the [[Black Organization]] in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Vermouth's background is very mysterious because she has been secretly living at least two lives through the art of disguise: that of actress Sharon Vineyard (now "deceased") and her supposed daughter, Chris Vineyard.

As the actress Sharon Vineyard, Vermouth gained much fame on Broadway and in movies, even winning an Oscar. Even then, she was a member of the Black Organization. Twenty years ago, she murdered [[Jodie Starling]]'s [[FBI]] father who had collected information on her. Jodie Starling would eventually grow up to be an FBI agent and one of Vermouth's most bitter enemies. As Sharon, Vermouth became close friends with [[Yukiko Kudo]] back when they were studying disguise under [[Toichi Kuroba]].

At some point Sharon began to pretend to have a daughter named Chris, who she did not got along with after she played a rude prank. That fact might have serve as a pretext to why the two 'identities' wouldn't be seen together in public. While Sharon was still alive, Chris kept out of the public eye except for acting in movies and giving interviews. Less than one year ago, Vermouth staged Sharon Vineyard's death, which allowed Chris to come out publicly. Currently, Vermouth serves the Black Organization with the public name Chris Vineyard.

Vermouth is the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]]' favorite which grants her some independence. Vermouth also has some particular connection to the boss that she does not want known by the greater organization, which [[Bourbon]] is blackmailing her with.<ref>Manga Volume 85, File 898: "Scarlet Epilogue"</ref> She also appears not to age or have de-aged over a period of twenty years between when she killed Jodie's parents and her current appearance. She doesn’t seem to like [[APTX 4869|the research]] that [[Shiho Miyano]] and [[Atsushi Miyano|her]] [[Elena Miyano|parents]] engaged in, calling it “foolish". <ref>[[Volume 42#File 434 - Rotten Apple|Volume 42, File 434: "Rotten Apple"]]</ref>

Vermouth entered the storyline some time after [[Ai Haibara|Shiho Miyano/Sherry/Ai Haibara]]'s mysterious flight from the Organization. Her main objective was to track down and eliminate the 'traitor', and for that purpose she assumed the identity of doctor [[Tomoaki Araide]]. But although she managed to discover Shiho's reversion into a child, she did not succeed in killing her, as she met [[Conan Edogawa]], who was able to discover and thwart her plans. She also encountered the FBI during this process.

Vermouth has great personal interest in Conan, constantly calling him "[[Silver Bullet]]". Since it has been revealed that she knows about Ai and Kudo's reversion to their child forms, she seems to know the shrinking effect the drug can have, but for reasons yet unrevealed she keeps this knowledge secret from the rest of the Organization.

== Personality ==
Although she follows orders from the boss and [[Gin]] when he is charge of missions, Vermouth often acts according to her own agenda and whims, even when it runs contrary to the [[Black Organization]]'s best interests. She is secretive and manipulative, even towards other Organization members. Vermouth is confident in her abilities, is very bold, and an expert at manipulating situations to her advantage: traits which allow her to single-handedly weave complex plots and take the upper hand even while she is being monitored by enemies. She is intelligent and insightful, correctly suspecting the allegiance of Kir, but she was successfully outwitted by [[Conan]] and forced by [[Shuichi Akai]] to retreat.

[[File:Vermouth provoking Gin.png|thumb|left|Vermouth teases Gin and Vodka by disguising as a waiter.]]
Vermouth's personality is contradictory at times. On one hand, she is a cruel and ruthless agent who will blackmail an unwilling man to commit murder by threatening him and his family just to provide a distraction and happily tell [[Jodie Starling|an FBI agent]] she should smile because she will see her dead father again in heaven. On the other hand, she risks her life several times to protect Conan (Cool Guy), [[Ran]] (Angel), and [[Kogoro]], and her friendly behavior while in disguise as Tomoaki Araide left the real Araide wondering if Vermouth is really a bad person. This inconsistency may reflect an underlying conflict of conscience after [[Shinichi]] (Cool Guy / Silver Bullet) and Ran (Angel) saved her life during the events of the [[Vermouth_timeline#Golden_Apple_Case_.28Manga:_350-354_Anime:_286-288.29|Golden Apple case]]. Vermouth also appears to be an atheist at first as she claims to not believe in god nor angels until Ran unknowingly rescued her which seems to have given her back some faith.

At this point, Vermouth's motives are very mysterious. She knows about Conan being Shinichi, as well as that Haibara is Sherry, yet she has kept this information a secret from the rest of the Organization. She dislikes the Miyano family's research. She also retains personal feelings for persons who have earned a special place in her heart, such as Shinichi/Conan (Cool Guy) (as the son of [[Yukiko Kudo|her best friend]]) and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]].(Angel)<ref name="e288">[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case, Part 3]].</ref> As a result, she is highly unwilling to do them any harm even when she is ordered to do so.

While she does kill people, something suggests that she is not much into killing children. When Jodie, as a child, caught Vermouth, Vermouth didn't kill her directly but instead asked her to stay in the house, which she later set on fire. It could mean that she doesn't like to kill children directly. And when she questions a young witness, [[Toji Funemoto]], about Kir's accident, she lets him live.

She enjoys teasing others, seen when she disguised as a male waiter and served Gin and Vodka martinis and taunted Chianti by wishing her good luck and blowing her a kiss.<ref>[[Volume 49#File 501 - Follow the Target!|Volume 49, File 501, page 7: "Follow the Target!"]]</ref>
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==Abilities==
===Disguise===
[[File:Vermouth_taking_off_Araide's_mask.png|thumb|right|Vermouth removes a latex mask.]]
Vermouth is able to mimic anyone's appearance and voice exactly with her disguise and acting skills even after observing them for only a short period of time. Vermouth frequently utilizes latex masks. Her disguising ability has been noted by Conan to be on par with the current Kaito Kid (Kaito Kuroba).<ref>[[Volume 44|Volume 44, File 457, Page 7]]</ref> Although she may have known how to disguise prior to meeting [[Toichi Kuroba]], she studied disguise under him. Her disguise ability was first shown in [[The Mysterious Passenger]]<ref>[[Volume 29#File 287 - The Unseen Horror|Volume 29, File 287: "The Unseen Horror"]], [[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 230: The Mysterious Passenger]]</ref> where she dressed as a male waiter to tease [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]]. [[Jodie Starling]] once referred to Vermouth's disguise abilities as a frightening type of perfection.<ref>[[Episode 362]]</ref>

===Reconnaissance===
Vermouth specializes in reconnaissance and infiltration, and has been shown to work very swiftly yet cautiously to rapidly acquire information. Her confidence and skill in disguise and imitation means she can execute bold plans that put her in very close contact with her targets and she can advance her plot even when they are suspicious of her. Without the aid of the other organization members, Vermouth successfully snuck into the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo Metropolitan Police headquarters]] in order to steal the records of [[Kogoro Mouri]]'s cases. She later returned them when presumably the surveillance would be even higher after the police noticed the files were missing. She then single-handedly staked out the [[FBI]] who were lured out into watching Kogoro Mouri and uncovered their numbers, addresses, and ways to contact them.

===Stamina===
Vermouth is quite strong and has developed a high pain tolerance. While she was disguised as a serial killer in New York City, Vermouth athletically vaults up from a dead hanging positioning over the railing of the stairwell to higher ground despite being shot in the side. She also shoots herself in the leg in order to avoid the effects of sleeping gas, and was able to limp to a phone booth on that shot leg, with several broken ribs caused by Shuichi, and with a deep scratch on her right shoulder when Jodie shot at her.

===Shooting===
As Vermouth pulled away in Jodie's car with broken ribs after her flak jacket absorbed a close range shotgun blast, she managed to aim a handgun backwards with her left hand using the side mirror while driving a car she wasn't used to and shoot Araide's car's gas tank standing 100 yards away, causing it to explode. Shuichi is impressed she managed that difficult shot with her battered body. Earlier however, she failed to draw fast enough to shoot Jodie or Shuichi; in the first case, the gun was shot out of her hand, in the second, Shuichi fired first.

==Non-aging==
[[File:Vermouth 20 years ago.png|thumb|right|Vermouth's appearance 20 years before the current timeline.]]
For some reason, Vermouth does not appear to age. Her apparent age hasn’t changed since she murdered Jodie’s parents twenty years ago.<ref name="f433">[[Volume 42#File 433 - The Truth Behind the Mask|Volume 42, File 433: "The Truth Behind the Mask"]]</ref> [[Shuichi Akai]] proved that Vermouth was not wearing a mask when his shotgun fire grazed her face. Specifically, it hasn't been clarified if Vermouth hasn't aged over time or if she became younger all at once. It is also important to note that Vermouth's talent for disguise makes it difficult to figure out when Vermouth stopped aging or deaged.

==Appellations==
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Vermouth<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref>|Cool Guy Silver Bullet-kun Silver Bullet Kudo Shinichi<ref name="file955" /> Boy (''Boya'')}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Sharon<ref>[[Volume 35|Volume 35, File 353, Page 6]]</ref>|Ran-chan Angel}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Vermouth<ref name="ep345">[[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night|Episode 345]]</ref>|That detective (''Ano tantei'')<ref name=827p16>827 pg 16</ref>}}
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{{appellations|Genta Kojima|-|The kids (collective)<ref name=824p3/>}}

{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|-|The kids (collective)<ref name=824p3/>}}

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{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Vermouth Rotten Apple|Akai Shuichi Akai Silver Bullet}}

{{appellations|Ethan Hondou|-|Hondou}}

{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|Vermouth|Kir}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Vermouth|Bourbon}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|Vermouth}}
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{{appellations|Shiho Miyano|Vermouth|Sherry That girl Special Lady<ref name=823p15>823 pg 15</ref>}}

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{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kaitou Kid<ref>[[Volume 78#Mystery Train|File 824 (Volume 78)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Toji Funemoto|Foreigner (''gaikoku no hito'')}}
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==Plot overview==
===Manga and Anime Timeline===
{{main|Vermouth timeline}}

==Non-Canon Plot Overview==
=== The Raven Chaser ===
In Movie 13: [[The Raven Chaser]], Vermouth disguises as a brown haired policeman in a dark suit with glasses to check on [[Irish]]'s progress and the integrity of his disguise during the conference. After texting the boss outside the bathroom, she exits the building and leaves in [[Vehicles in Detective Conan#Gin's Porsche 356A|Gin's Porsche 356A]].

She is seen again disguising as a young brown-haired woman when trying to come closer to the believed serial killer but leaves as soon as she realizes he is not. [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] tracks her down in the underground parking lot and makes her reveal herself. She gives Conan essential information about an organization member named Irish and wishes him good luck when leaving.
It is later revealed that she was the one who supervised the captured [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and provided him with comestibles. When the police finds out about Matsumoto's remains, she informs [[Gin]] about it and leaves.
Finally, she is briefly seen driving along the Highway when Gin's helicopter crashes, complimenting Conan's accomplishments and calling him again a "silver bullet".

=== The Shadow Sneaking Up on Amuro ===
At the end of episode 813, [[The Shadow Approaching Amuro]], Bourbon receives a phone call from Vermouth who warns him not to take his current "secret investigation" too deeply, lest it arouses Gin's undue attention.

=== The Darkest Nightmare ===

==Plot Exposition==
===Family History===
[[File:Vermouth_as_Sharon_Vineyard_EP345.jpg|thumb|right|Chris and Sharon Vineyard]]
In order to camouflage the fact that Sharon Vineyard and Chris Vineyard are the same person, Vermouth concocted personal histories for her real life cover roles in order to make them seem like different people. When Sharon and Chris Vineyard were revealed to be one and the same, at least part of the stated Vineyard family history was revealed to be a lie. The fall-out between mother and daughter probably serves as an excuse to why the two of them never are seen together. It is unknown how much of the remainder is truthful, based on the truth, or outright fabrication because the primary source of the information is Vermouth herself who may have more to hide.

Little is known of Sharon Vineyard's mother and father. Sharon's parents were not actors, at least not well known ones, because Agasa called Chris Vineyard a second generation actress.<ref name="f341p8">[[Volume 34#File 341 - The Hint That Was Against|Volume 34, File 341, page 8: "The Hint That Was Against"]]</ref> According to Sharon's story, both her mother and father died in a fire on the day Sharon debuted on screen.<ref name="f351p2">[[Volume 35#File 351 - Golden Apple 2|Volume 35, File 351, page 2: "Golden Apple 2"]]</ref>

So far, Sharon Vineyard's age has not been given and nothing is known about her personal history before she became an actress. Even her fans knew little about her private life even after she became famous.<ref name="f344p9">[[Volume 34#File 344 - The Storm of Booing|Volume 34, File 344, page 9: "The Storm of Booing"]]</ref> Sharon said her road to stardom was very difficult and full of misfortune, prompting her to doubt the existence of God: "No angel has smiled upon me, not even once."<ref name="f350p18">[[Volume 34#File 350 - Golden Apple 1|Volume 34, File 350, page 18: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref> Sharon became a star actress<ref name="f350p16">[[Volume 34#File 350 - Golden Apple 1|Volume 34, File 350, page 16: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref> and, according to [[Shuichi Akai]], is best known for her work in the Golden Apple broadway play. [[File:Chris with Veil.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Chris Vineyard coming out into public for the first time - at the funeral of her mother Sharon Vineyard]] At some point, she married and gave birth to her daughter Chris Vineyard. Her husband later died of an unspecified illness the day after Sharon won an Oscar. While studying for an acting role approximately 20 years ago, Sharon learned disguise techniques from [[Toichi Kuroba]] alongside the aspiring young Japanese actress [[Yukiko Kudo]].<ref name="f350p17">[[Volume 34#File 350 - Golden Apple 1|Volume 34, File 350, page 17: "Golden Apple 1"]]</ref><ref>Yukiko started her career while in high-school. Yukiko is 37 currently so the time frame while Yukiko was studying as a beginning actress is approximately 20 years ago when Yukiko was 17 or 18.</ref> During their time together, Yukiko became Sharon's friend, and they have maintained contact with one another. Sharon later sent Yukiko three tickets to Golden Apple broadway production the year before she died. The cause of Sharon's death has not been revealed.

Chris Vineyard meanwhile became a successful actress quickly by riding the coattails of her mother's fame.<ref name="f351p2" /> She began to make movies and give interviews to reporters only, but otherwise she never appeared publicly.<ref name="f344p9" /> The first day she came out into public was the day of her mother's funeral some time less than one year ago.<ref name="f344p9" /> A reporter who tried to question Chris asked where she went to school, whether she got along with her mother, who her father is, and if the rumored lover she has will appear at Sharon's funeral.<ref name="f344p10">[[Volume 34#File 344 - The Storm of Booing|Volume 34, File 344, page 10: "The Storm of Booing"]]</ref> Chris answered none of these, but the types of questions which were asked demonstrate the secrecy surrounding the Vineyard family history.

Sharon Vineyard and Chris apparently didn't get along; Sharon doesn't consider Chris to be her daughter.<ref name="f351p2" /> Sharon explained this by relaying a tale to Yukiko about Chris who disguised as Sharon's husband and then met with Sharon when she visited her husband's grave to lay flowers.<ref name="f351p3">[[Volume 35#File 351 - Golden Apple 2|Volume 35, File 351, page 3: "Golden Apple 2"]]</ref> Sharon did teach Chris the disguise techniques she learned from Toichi after Chris begged for them.<ref name="f351p3" /> One year prior to the current timeline, Sharon says she hasn't seen Chris in ten years and that she is currently hanging out with a "bad crowd" of people.<ref name="f351p3" />{{clear}}

===Hints that Vermouth was Dr. Araide and not Jodie===
[[File:Jodie mirror pictures.PNG|thumb|right|Jodie's copies have uneven borders, highlighted in red, from imperfect camera alignment while photographing Vermouth's images.]]
There were several hints that Vermouth was Dr. Araide and not [[Jodie Saintemillion]] who was also a candidate for being Vermouth before her true identity was revealed.
*The records of [[Kogoro Mouri]]'s cases that Vermouth stole did not contain any cases involving [[Jodie Saintemillion]], but did contain the murder case [[Tomoaki Araide]] was involved in. This was the clue that allowed Conan to deduce Araide was Vermouth.
*Jodie's copies of [[Media:Vermouth dartboard.PNG|the pictures of Ran and Conan on Vermouth's dartboard]] have irregular borders indicating they were photographs of Vermouth's pictures.<ref name="f343p18">[[Volume 34#File 343 - Who Are You?|Volume 34, File 343, page 18: "Who Are You?"]]</ref> This detail was overlooked in the anime. Also, Jodie has a picture of Dr. Araide.
*Araide switches from the basketball to the drama club.<ref name="f270p3">[[Volume 27#File 270 - Game Start|Volume 27, File 270, page 3: "Game Start"]]</ref>
*Haibara skipped school on the day of the yearly health checkups that Dr. Araide gives the elementary school students. Conan wonders if Haibara thinks there is something wrong with Araide.<ref name="f287p3">[[Volume 29#File 287 - The Unseen Horror|Volume 29, File 287, page 9: "The Unseen Horror"]]</ref>
*Vermouth falls out of character. One of her patients says Dr. Araide has been acting like a stranger.<ref name=355p6>Manga [[Volume 35]], File 5 (355), pg 6: "The Haunted House's Mystery 1"</ref> Also, "Dr. Araide" claims to have sent his grandmother and housekeeper Hikaru ahead to Aomori,<ref name=355p5>Manga [[Volume 35]], File 5 (355), pg 5: "The Haunted House's Mystery 1"</ref> which is strange because it was established in the Araide family murder case<ref>[[Volume 24#File 235 - In the Darkness...|Volume 24, Files 235-236: "In the Darkness..."]]</ref> that Araide didn't trust them (especially Hikaru) to take care of themselves.<ref>[[Volume 35#File 355 - Mystery of the Haunted House 1|Volume 35, File 355: "Mystery of the Haunted House 1"]], [[The Truth of the Haunted House|Episode 274: The Truth of the Haunted House]]</ref>

===Jodie's discovery Chris Vineyard, Sharon Vineyard and Vermouth are the same person ===
[[File:Vermouth with little Jodie.png|thumb|right|Seven year old Jodie encounters Vermouth twenty years ago]]
Jodie's father in the FBI was secretly investigating Vermouth twenty years before the current storyline.<ref name="f433" /> That is too young for Chris Vineyard to be in disguise as she is only 29 currently and would be 9 at the time. After Vermouth killed Jodie's father she inadvertently handled Jodie’s father’s glasses barehanded which had fallen off of him and got her fingerprints on them. Unexpectedly, little Jodie came in and saw Vermouth holding the glasses. When Vermouth left after setting the house on fire, she didn't anticipate that Jodie left to get juice, taking her father’s glasses with her and thus preserving her fingerprint. After she discovered Jodie's corpse was not found in the house, Vermouth looked for the girl desperately in order to rectify her mistake, but Jodie had since been put into witness protection.

Jodie suspected Chris Vineyard of being Vermouth when she saw her at Sharon’s funeral. She somehow determined Chris Vineyard’s prints matched those of the glasses. Chris would have been too young to commit a crime 20 years ago, so later Jodie obtained Sharon’s fingerprints and matched those as well. All three matched, proving to Jodie that the three people were one and the same.

===Conan's investigation===
====Conan's discovery Vermouth disguised as Dr. Araide====
[[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] suspects [[Pisco]] had help from another [[Black Organization]] member. He looks into [[Chris Vineyard]] and realizes that she is able to disguise herself and may be pretending to be someone close to him. [[Kogoro Mouri]]’s case records were stolen from the police department. Conan realizes [[Tomoaki Araide]] is Vermouth because Vermouth needed the files to testify at the trial properly while in disguise.

[[File:Vermouth_and_Dr._Araide.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Vermouth as Dr. Araide]]
Conan first suspects there is another Black Organization member who was present at the mourning party after considering how Pisco obtained another purple handkerchief which enabled him to leave the investigation. Conan didn't realize that this Black Organization member might be after him or Haibara until after the bus jack case when Haibara tells Conan there was definitely someone from the Organization on the bus. Conan's first suspect is [[Shuichi Akai]] whose behavior seemed suspicious.<ref name="f291p11">[[Volume 29#File 291 - A Tiny Trace|Volume 29, File 291, page 11: "A Tiny Trace"]]</ref> After he recognizes Shuichi in the P & A case<ref name="f326">[[Volume 32#File 326 - P & A|Volume 32, File 326-328: "P & A"]]</ref>, Conan shows sensitivity to the prospect of someone investigating them.<ref name="f332">[[Volume 33#File 332 - Bloody Valentine 2|Volume 33, File 332: "Bloody Valentine 2"]]</ref> Conan doesn't seem to suspect the person Vermouth has replaced, [[Tomoaki Araide|Dr. Araide]], yet because he was willing to use his voice changer in front of him.<ref name="f330">[[Volume 33#File 330 - Sato's Feelings|Volume 33, File 2: "Sato's feelings"]]</ref>

Conan gets his first tangible proof someone is investigating around him when [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] informs Conan all the records of [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]]'s cases were stolen from the police station on the day of the bus hijack incident and later returned.<ref name="f336p9">[[Volume 33#File 336 - Clean Scent|Volume 33, File 336, pages 9-10: "Clean Scent"]]</ref> He begins to wonder who the target is and suspects Shuichi may be behind the incident because of the timing. Conan also begins to suspect the English teacher [[Jodie Starling|Jodie Saintemillion]] and Dr. Araide as well because they were also on the bus.<ref name="f343p17">[[Volume 34#File 343 - Who Are You?|Volume 34, File 343, page 17: "Who Are You?"]]</ref> He isn't sure of the motive for taking the records although Conan wonders if someone is trying to lure him out or if the person returned the files because they already knew what Conan would do.<ref name="f336p9">[[Volume 34#File 341 - The Hint That Was Against|Volume 34, File 341: "The Hint That Was Against"]]</ref>

Conan's idea that Pisco had an accomplice among the other suspects has fully solidified. He has noticed one of the suspects who had a purple handkerchief, [[Chris Vineyard]], hasn't appeared in public since that case, thus Conan believes Chris is the Black Organization accomplice. He asks [[Agasa]] to go onto Chris's fansite and gather information on her past, interests, and habits<ref name="f341p3">[[Volume 34#File 341 - The Hint That Was Against|Volume 34, File 341, page 3: "The Hint That Was Against"]]</ref> and Agasa's investigation corroborates with Conan's deduction.<ref name="f344p9" /> Conan is already aware that Chris Vineyard has disguise abilities and may be in disguise as someone around him.<ref name="f343p17" />

At this point, Conan is still uncertain of Araide, Jodie, and Shuichi's allegiances. He learns from [[Ran Mouri|Ran Mouri]] that Shuichi Akai was seen with a man in an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] jacket during the New York case, causing Conan to wonder if the FBI is in Japan for some reason or the Black Organization infiltrated the American law enforcement.<ref name="f380p5">[[Volume 37#File 380 - White Snow... Black Shadow...|Volume 37, File 380, pages 5-6: "White Snow... Black Shadow..."]]</ref> Conan begins to take precautions around Dr. Araide and Jodie by lying to them in order to minimize contact and information they have about Haibara.<ref name="f420">[[Volume 41#File 420 - The Enclosing Surrounding Net|Volume 41, File 420: "The Enclosing Surrounding Net"]]</ref><ref name="f422">[[Volume 41#File 422 - Inescapable Target|Volume 41, File 422: "Inescapable Target"]]</ref> However, Jodie and Dr. Araide both go over to Agasa's house and plant listening devices because Conan failed to communicate his suspicion and plans to Agasa.<ref name="f422" />

By the time Conan gets the letter from Vermouth inviting him the off-season Halloween mystery party, he has realized that Vermouth is most likely Dr. Araide because Jodie wasn't in Mouri's case files when they were stolen, while Araide was. Vermouth needed the files to give proper testimony at the trial and to act correctly as Araide. Vermouth puts her plan to capture Haibara into action by calling Agasa's house as Dr. Araide saying he wants to take Haibara to a hospital because her cough hasn't gotten better.<ref name="f430p9">[[Volume 42#File 430 - The Haunted Ship Painted with Blood|Volume 42, File 430, page 9: "The Haunted Ship Painted with Blood"]]</ref> Conan is still unsure of Jodie's allegiance until she answers the door before Dr. Araide arrives. Jodie lies to "Haibara" (who is really Conan in disguise) saying that Dr. Araide's car has broken down and she has come in his place.<ref name="f431p3">[[Volume 42#File 431 - The Invisible Man Enters!|Volume 42, File 431, page 3: "The Invisible Man Enters!"]]</ref> Conan catches the lie and realizes that Jodie has been listening to the bugs as well and is acting to protect Haibara, meaning she is against Vermouth. Armed with this info, he asks Jodie to force the truth from Vermouth, and in return he will trust her.<ref name="f432p4">[[Volume 42#File 432 - Shinichi Kudo Appears!?|Volume 42, File 432, page 4: "Shinichi Kudo Appears!?"]]</ref>

Conan tells Jodie the true scenario of Dr. Araide's family murder case.<ref name="f433p11">[[Volume 42#File 433 - The Truth Behind the Mask|Volume 42, File 433, page 11: "The Truth Behind the Mask"]]</ref> Tomoaki Araide’s father, Yoshiteru Araide, was killed in his bathtub via electrocution. The murder was masterminded by Yoshiteru Araide's second wife, Yoko Araide. She caused a blackout to occur while she was supposedly on the phone, and during the ensuing darkness, snuck to the bathroom and put an electric shaver in the bathtub. She then crept back and asked the housemaid [[Hikaru Yasumoto]] to flip the circuit breaker, causing Yoshiteru Araide to be electrocuted. "Sleeping Kogoro", the police, and the criminal decided to create a false investigation record to protect the conscience of the maid Hikaru. Jodie used this to her advantage and forced Vermouth to reveal that she didn't know the true sequence of events.<ref name="f432p11">[[Volume 42#File 432 - Shinichi Kudo Appears!?|Volume 42, File 432, page 11: "Shinichi Kudo Appears!?"]]</ref>

====Conan's discovery Chris Vineyard, Sharon Vineyard and Vermouth are the same person====
[[File:Vermouth protecting Conan.png|thumb|right|Vermouth disguised as Dr. Araide protects Conan on the hijacked bus. This action puzzled Conan until he realized he had unknowingly saved Vermouth in New York city one year before.]]
At the same time Shinichi and Ran were in New York City, Vermouth disguised as a silver-haired serial killer in order to lure out [[Shuichi Akai]]. Later, Conan suspected the serial killer may have been someone in disguise when he heard that the serial killer’s blood and fingerprints on the stair rails were cleaned up, an action uncharacteristic for someone intending to commit suicide.<ref name=354p3>Manga [[Volume 35]], File 5 (354), pg 3: "Golden Apple 5". Note that Conan had not figured out everything completely at this point.</ref><ref>Manga [[Volume 37]], File 8 (380), pg 6: "White Snow... Black Shadow...". Conan is now convinced that the serial killer was killed. He had begun suspecting Shuichi Akai previously, and he still does at this point after Ran informs him Shuichi is an FBI agent, because Shuichi could be a spy in the FBI from the Black Organization.</ref> Sharon was the only person Conan knew about in the local area with high disguise abilities, so suspicion naturally fell onto her.

After Vermouth disguised as Araide, Conan deduced from the way Vermouth was behaving that she was trying to avoid involving Conan in her plan and was only targeting Haibara. Vermouth as Dr. Araide risked her life to protect Conan in the bus jack case and helped him out in Sato's matchup case. When Conan gets the letter from Vermouth inviting him the off-season Halloween mystery party, he realizes that Vermouth's intentions are to only trap Haibara and that Vermouth is trying to lure Conan to the party to avoid catching him up in her plan.

Conan who didn't exist a year ago has no reason to be “protected” by Vermouth. Conan deduces Vermouth must know his identity as Shinichi and the reason for her “protection” must have to do with something he did as Shinichi. However, Sharon was the only one Shinichi had a connection with, and she is apparently dead. Sharon’s daughter Chris has never met Shinichi and is estranged from Sharon Vineyard so she alone doesn't have an adequate motive to protect Shinichi. Also, it wouldn’t make sense for Chris Vineyard, who isn’t a family friend like Sharon, to be able to recognize Shinichi as Conan; presumably Vermouth saw young Shinichi with Yukiko when she was Sharon.<ref>Manga [[Volume 42]], File 10, pg 5</ref>

All these clues come together when Conan makes the assumption that Sharon Vineyard is Chris Vineyard who disguised as the silver haired serial killer in New York and that she is grateful for being rescued by [[Shinichi]] (Cool Guy / Silver Bullet) and [[Ran]] (Angel).<ref name="f429p9">[[Volume 42#File 429 - The Full Moon and the Trap at the Banquet|Volume 42, File 429, page 9: "The Full Moon and the Trap at the Banquet"]]. After Conan tells Agasa that Vermouth probably knows who they are, Agasa asks "If they know that much, why haven't they come here to kill you?". Conan's response is, "I don't know the reason, but... but I think I at least know one of the causes."</ref>

===List of disguises used===
{{main|Disguise}}
Vermouth has used many disguises over the course of the series. These are the known ones used so far.
<gallery perrow="6">
File:Sharon Vineyard 308.png|Sharon Vineyard
File:Chris_Vineyard_first_appearence.png|Chris Vineyard
File:Radish_Redwood.jpg|New York City police officer [[Radish Redwood]].<ref name="NYcase">[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case]]</ref>
File:EP288 Slasher.jpg|Serial killer in New York City to lure out and kill [[Shuichi Akai]].<ref name="NYcase"/>
File:Not Tomoaki Araide.png|[[Tomoaki Araide]] as part of a plan to capture [[Ai Haibara]]
File:Vermouth's_disguise_as_a_waiter.png|Waiter at a jazz bar to tease [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]]<ref>Volume 29: Files 3~5. Episode 230-231. "[[The Mysterious Passenger]]"</ref>
File:Jodie_Starling_Profile.jpg|[[Jodie Starling]] to trick the FBI into leaving the shipping yards.<ref>Volume 42: Files 5~10. Episode 345. "[[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]]"</ref>
File:Fake Bleeding Kiriko Busujima.png|Kiriko Busujima in order to lure assassination target Domon Yasudera out.<ref>Volume 48: File 9~Volume 49: File 4. Episode 425. "[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out]]"</ref>
File:Foreign_Lady.jpg|Simple disguise used when meeting with the witness Touji Funemoto to investigate about [[Kir]]'s whereabouts.<ref>[[The Shadow of the Black Organization|Episode 464 - 465]]</ref>
File:Vermouth Scar Akai Train case.jpg|Vermouth disguised as Scar Akai on the Bell Tree Express and had put the same disguise on [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] several times earlier.<ref>[[Volume_78#Mystery_Train|Mystery Train]]</ref>
File:VermouthDisguised.jpg‎|Simple disguise with hat, sunglasses and tied hair.<ref>[[Volume 78|Volume 78, File 824]]</ref>
File:V81-F851 Woman.jpg|Vermouth as "Motoe Benzaki", Touhei Benzaki's fictitious wife<ref>It is revealed in [[Volume 81|File 855]] that Touhei is single, which means that "Motoe" never existed and was only a random alias come up by Vermouth, basing on the appearance of the real woman who taped Jodie.</ref>, who claims to be the woman who taped Jodie back in the bank robbery.
File:vermouth as jodie.png|Vermouth disguises as Jodie a second time to trap Camel into revealing critical details about [[Rikumichi Kusuda]]'s death.<ref>Manga [[Volume 84]], File 10 (893): "The Scarlet Prologue"</ref>
File:Vermouth Disguise.jpg|Azusa Enomoto.

File:Vermouth First Disguise.jpg|Policeman in [[The Raven Chaser]]<ref>There were two police officers with glasses in the meeting room, this one was sitting in the last row and went out first. He walked in the same direction as Yamamura to the toilet, who later heard Vermouth dial "[[Nanatsu no Ko]]" near the bathroom. This spiky-haired officer was also shown entering Gin's car and not the other one.</ref>
File:Vermouth Second Disguise.jpg|Mall shopper in [[The Raven Chaser]]
</gallery>

== Speculation ==
=== Vermouth's true age ===
Vermouth's age is unknown because her history is largely unclear. We know she has lived as Chris who is 29, and as Sharon whose age is unknown. Her face when she killed Jodie's father 20 years ago was youthful, suggesting she is currently at least 40 years old as long as no deaging has occurred.

===Vermouth did not use [[APTX 4869]]===
A popular theory on Vermouth's non-aging is that she used [[APTX 4869]] to achieve her youthfulness since this is the only known substance capable of producing such an effect ([[Silver Bullet]]'s effects are unknown at this point). However, at present there are things that contradict such a notion. Vermouth would have faced near certain death if she had used APTX 4869.<ref name=V2/> Before Vermouth discovered Haibara and Conan, the known members of the Black Organization (besides Sherry) only knew about APTX 4869's lethal effects,<ref>Sherry did not report the results that several of her mice shrank to the greater organization because they have not been able to figure out how Shiho managed to escape the locked room. If Shiho had reported her data, the Organization would have known that shrinking was a possible side effect of APTX 4869 and would have figured out how she escaped and begun looking for a child. Furthermore, if Shiho had reported to the Organization that APTX 4869 had the possibility of leaving the victim alive, the boss and/or Shiho's superiors would not have permitted the drug in situations where the victim, if surviving, could escape as in Shinichi's case.</ref> and it was considered deadly enough that Sherry's superiors employed it as an untraceable murder weapon.<ref name=V2>Gin described APTX 4869 as a poison before using it on Shinichi, "We'll use this, the new poison the Organization developed. You can't find any signs of poison on the body with this stuff..." (V1-1 pg 37) Haibara also mentions that it was used on a number of other people, "Of all the people who took the drug, only your death hadn't been confirmed yet." (V18-9 pg 6 The Org took great pains to ensure the people APTX4869 was used on were dead, evidenced when they sent Shiho out to investigate Shinichi's case twice to confirm his death. (V18-9 pg 6) Additionally, Gin gave the OK for it to be employed in a time sensitive assassination where failure would be unacceptable: "Anyway, our superior has ordered us to kill him before he rats us out. Don't screw up, Pisco! If there is any complication, you can use the 'experimental drug' [APTX 4869]" (V24-7 pg 17) If the boss, who has been stated to be cautious to a fault, knew about the risk that someone might survive APTX 4869, he would not let his subordinates use the drug without letting them know there was a chance it would leave people alive because, if someone escaped, they could talk to the police or someone else and leak the secret of the Black Organization's existence. If Gin knew it failed to work some of the time, he would have never left Shinichi alone while it acted, and would have also gone looking for him after his body disappeared if that was the case. Even Shiho Miyano who was aware APTX 4869 could rarely cause de-aging expected it to kill her. "I thought that since I was going to get killed anyways, I would take the APTX 4869 which I secretly held. To my luck, the drug that I took thinking it would kill me shrunk by body..." (V18-9 pg 8) Finally, Shiho makes it clear the Organization is not simply trying APTX 4869 out on victims, they are actively using it to kill. "If I reported your condition to the Organization, it's very likely you would have been terminated before I could do something useful." (V18-9 pg 7) Even though Shinichi was an "interesting specimen" (V18-9 pg 7), if the Org was field testing, they would try to capture Shinichi alive for study. Shiho was still project manager when use on humans began and when Shinichi was poisoned, so she would know the Organization's protocol should someone fail to die.</ref> However, given that Vermouth has said depressing things over the course of the series,<ref>"No angel has smiled upon me", "My life represents a series of misfortunes" (V35-1 pg 2)</ref> it is possible Vermouth took APTX 4869 hoping to commit suicide, but she de-aged instead, similar to Haibara's situation<ref>"I thought that since I was going to get killed anyways, I would take the APTX 4869 which I secretly held. To my luck, the drug that I took thinking it would kill me shrunk by body..." (V18-9 pg 8)</ref>. Vermouth could have also gambled on taking APTX 4869 after she recognized the deaged Shiho and Shinichi and then discovered that APTX 4869 was the common connection between them and likely cause of their conditions. However, both the suicide scenario (if it occurred while Shiho was working on the drug) and the gambling scenario fail to explain why no one in the Black Organization has questioned why Vermouth has become younger, especially after Gin saw her true face following the Haunted Ship case<ref>Shuichi's shotgun fire struck Vermouth's face and wounded it which made it apparent she wasn't wearing a mask and thus that was her true face. Vermouth was picked up by Gin in a telephone booth and he would have noticed her facial injury as well.</ref>, and then connected that with APTX 4869 use and Sherry's mysterious escape from the handcuffs and locked room. 
It is possible that Atsushi and Elena Miyano had something to do with Vermouth's de-aging/non-aging (e.g. Vermouth was their guinea pig). This might explain the personal animosity Vermouth feels towards the Miyanos and why she calls their APTX experiment foolish.

Vermouth's de-aging/non-aging may be a result of a project older than Shiho's APTX 4869, like her parents' [[Silver Bullet]], or something else even older than that. This would explain why none of the other members of the Black Organization suspect that APTX 4869 can also cause this effect and thus are unaware of the possibility Shiho de-aged to escape.

==Relationships analysis==
=== Family & Friends ===
[[File:Sharon and Yukiko young.jpg|thumb|right|125px|Vermouth with Yukiko approximately 20 years ago.]]
==== Yukiko Kudo ====
Vermouth, as her alias Sharon Vineyard and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] had a friendly relationship between the time they met under Toichi Kuroba's tutelage until the time Sharon "died". Yukiko had no idea Sharon was leading a double life as an operative in the Black Organization. Yukiko and Sharon seemed to have kept in contact with one another because Yukiko and Sharon both know about events in each others' lives that occurred after Toichi's lessons. Sharon was the one who got tickets for Yukiko, Shinichi, and Ran to the Golden Apple play on Broadway in New York City one year prior to the current time line. Yukiko attended Sharon's funeral. Later, Yukiko sadly accepts Conan's deduction that Sharon and Chris are the same person and a member of the Black Organization.

=== Black Organization ===
[[File:Vermouth_provoking_Gin.png|thumb|right|125px|Vermouth teases Gin with a disguise.]]
==== Gin ====
Vermouth and [[Gin]] are or were in a sexual relationship with one another.<ref name="CD239a">Conan Drill page 239, "肉体関係" (sexual relations)</ref> They get along well enough on missions, but Gin does not like Vermouth's habit of keeping secrets or her teasing. Before the events of the showdown on the ghost ship, Vermouth and Gin trusted one another, but some of Gin's trust may have disappeared as Vermouth failed to inform even the boss of her intentions.<ref name="CD239b">Conan Drill page 239, "同僚・信頼" (Colleagues Trusted)</ref> Gin doesn't mind threatening her with bodily harm, he nearly stabbed her through the head with an icepick on one occasion when she teased him disguised as a waiter, and he later pointed his gun at her when asking how she was connected with Kogoro. She doesn't seem especially bothered by any of these threats however. Because Vermouth is a high ranking member and the boss's favorite, she isn't scared of provoking the other agents, not even Gin who is extremely dangerous and sensitive. She smiled after moving her head to avoid Gin's deadly sweep with an icepick telling him that "She was just joking" which shows that she enjoys teasing him.

[[File:Vermouth_episode_230.png|thumb|125px|right|Vermouth terrifies Haibara.]]

==== Sherry ====
Vermouth and [[Ai Haibara|Sherry]] have some connection, although it has not been elaborated on. Vermouth appears to dislike the research the Miyanos engaged in, calling it foolish. Shiho fears Vermouth more than most other members except perhaps Gin. Shiho was Vermouth's target, but Vermouth gave up on her after Conan's intervention. If Shiho was in a romantic relationship with Gin, then Vermouth and Shiho were love rivals as Vermouth was in a sexual relationship with Gin.<ref name="CD239c">Conan Drill page 239, "恋のライバル…?" (Love rivals?)</ref> During the Bell Tree Express arc, Vermouth tries to use C4 explosives to kill Sherry without telling anyone about the plan, while Bourbon wanted to take her back alive hinting at an abnormal hatred towards her.

==== Renya Karasuma ====
In file 898, Bourbon reveals that there is some sort of connection between Vermouth and the [[Renya Karasuma|boss]], implying that her relationship with the boss goes further than merely being his/her favorite member. Bourbon also notes that he has arranged for her secret to be revealed to the whole Black Organization in case something happens to him, and points out that the other members would be quite surprised if they knew the nature of the relationship.

==== Calvados (deceased) ====
[[Calvados]] was in love with Vermouth, and Vermouth took advantage of his feelings and used him. Vermouth called on Calvados to aid her in disposing with Jodie and capturing Haibara at the shipping yards. After Shuichi got the best of Calvados and Vermouth, she chose to run away, leaving him at the mercy of the FBI. Calvados chose to commit suicide rather than be caught.

==== Chianti and Korn ====
[[Chianti]] and [[Korn]] both hate Vermouth because they believe that Vermouth took advantage of Calvados' feelings for her and used him, leading him to his death. Chianti has been more vocal with her hatred than Korn.

==== Pisco (deceased) ====
Although Vermouth and [[Pisco]] are executive members, Vermouth dislikes and looks down on Pisco despite cooperating with him.<ref name="CD239d">Conan Drill page 239, {{Lang|ja|見下す}} (despise look down on}</ref>

==== Rei Furuya/Bourbon ====
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]]/ Bourbon worked with Vermouth on a plan to determine if [[Shuichi Akai]] was really dead. She made [[Scar Akai|masks that looked like Shuichi's face with a scar]] for him so he could approach Shuichi's friends and colleagues to see their reactions to him. She also interfered with his plans to capture Sherry alive by rigging the location Rei intended to trap Sherry in with explosives to kill her.

==== Vodka====
Throughout the series, Vermouth has not been shown as having any negative emotions regarding [[Vodka]], unlike other members of the Organization (like [[Chianti]] and [[Korn]]). Vodka and Vermouth have been seen along on missions sometimes, but in general they don't pay much attention to each other.
She does tease Vodka about his lack of literary knowledge when he fails to understand how Haido Park could be a place most suited for hunting.

=== Law enforcement ===
==== Jodie Starling ====
[[Jodie Starling]] has a bitter hatred for Vermouth because Vermouth murdered her father, but Vermouth doesn't have any particular animosity for Jodie beyond her being a skilled FBI adversary whom she would like to kill. Jodie thinks Vermouth is an entirely evil person. Vermouth was extremely well liked and kind to students and patients while disguised as [[Tomoaki Araide]], so when the real Araide wonders if Vermouth is really a bad person, Jodie takes offense and angrily yells at him, "How can someone be a good person if she kills people with a smile!?"<ref>Manga Volume 45, File 2, pg 18: "The truth behind the remaining desk"</ref>

20 years before the current timeline, Vermouth goes to the house of Jodie's father, an FBI agent, and kills him. An eight to nine year old [[Jodie Starling]] walks in while Vermouth was trying to put his glasses back on his body and thinks her father is asleep. Vermouth tells her that she should wait for her father to wake up. When the girl asks her who is she, Vermouth replies "A secret makes a woman, woman". Vermouth burns the house down, thinking Jodie stayed behind and was killed as well. However, the girl goes out of the house to buy orange juice for her father, narrowly escaping death. She also takes her father's glasses with her, preserving the fingerprints Vermouth left on them. When Vermouth finds out Jodie's body was not in the house, she looks for her to kill her, but the FBI enrolled her in witness protection. Jodie later becomes an FBI agent in order to find her father's killer.

==== Shuichi Akai ====
Vermouth and [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] don't have much personal animosity for each other in particular despite the fact that they have been hunting one another for some time. Vermouth regards Shuichi as a "silver bullet": someone with the potential to destroy the Black Organization. In accordance with this assessment, she attacks him immediately and preferentially in the confrontation with her at the docks. Shuichi seems to hit a nerve when he called her a rotten apple, wilted on the inside.

==== Kir ====
She suspected [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] is a member of the CIA though she didn't tell anyone about it.

=== Others ===
[[File:Vermouth_dartboard.PNG|thumb|150px|right|Vermouth's dartboard. Conan's picture has "Cool guy" written on it while Ran's says "Angel."]]
==== Shinichi Kudo ====
After [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] helped Ran save Vermouth's life in New York while she was disguised as a serial killer, she nicknames him "Cool guy". Later in the series, after [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] successfully interfered with Vermouth's plan of killing [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]], then almost forced her to surrender and take him to find the boss, she gives him another nickname - "Silver bullet" - as she believes that he has the potential to destroy the Black Organization, because he could touch her heart. Generally, Vermouth tries to protect Shinichi when she is able to, even if it means risking her own life. Although Shinichi found out later that he unknowingly rescued Vermouth in New York City and that Vermouth was a friend of Yukiko's, Shinichi doesn't understand why Vermouth would make the promise to give up on hunting Sherry and not inform the Black Organization about Haibara and himself.

==== Ran Mouri ====
After Ran saved Vermouth's life in New York City, Vermouth nicknames [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] "Angel". Earlier, Vermouth, as her Sharon Vineyard role, complained that her life was a series of misfortunes and, "No angel has smiled upon me, not even once."<ref name="f350p18" /> Even though Vermouth in disguise prepared to kill Ran later, Ran stopped Vermouth from taking a fatal fall. Vermouth was touched by this act of kindness. Much later in the story when Ran shielded Haibara from gunfire with her body, Vermouth refused to shoot Ran or allow her to be shot, instead firing around her in an attempt to frighten Ran into releasing Haibara. Although Ran does not know who Vermouth really is, she values the handkerchief that Sharon Vineyard gave her back in New York.

== 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. Vermouth placed 9th in the poll with 75 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. Vermouth placed 6th 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. Vermouth/Sharon Vineyard placed 8th overall with 372 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
Vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines. [[Wikipedia:Vermouth|Vermouth]] is a type of flavored fortified wine, which follows the pattern of wine based codenames for women in the Black Organization.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Vermouth Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Vermouth's "Before" Appearance (Episode 230)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Vermouth After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Vermouth's "Middle" Appearance (Movie 13)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:704_05.png|thumb|left|x200px|Vermouth's "After" Appearance (Episode 704)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== General ===
{{cquote|A secret makes a woman, woman.|Vermouth's motto}}

=== Specific ===

{{cquote|We can be both of God and the Devil. Since we're trying to raise the dead against the stream of time.|[[Volume_37#File_380_-_White_Snow..._Black_Shadow...|V37-8 pg11]]|Speaking to [[Suguru Itakura]] over the phone when he demanded to know who Vermouth thought she was.}}
{{cquote|If he could reach my heart, maybe he could be our long awaited [[silver bullet]]...|[[Volume 42]], File 10, pg 18. Vermouth believes Conan is the person capable of ending the Organization she was waiting for.}}
{{cquote|No angel has ever smiled upon me. Not even once.|[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286]]|Speaking to Yukiko and Ran about how Sharon's life has been unfortunate.}}
{{cquote|I wonder if there is really god. If he truly existed, wouldn't all hard working, honest people be happy?|[[Episode 286]]|Vermouth expresses her disbelief in god to Ran.}}
{{cquote|Well if you must blame someone, blame a God that set this up for you.|[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 288]]|Vermouth in disguise as the serial killer speaking to Ran in preparation to kill her in New York City}}
{{cquote|Two silver bullets aren't needed. Only one is enough.|Thinking about Conan after hearing the news of Shuichi's death.}}

==In other languages==
===Vermouth===
{{BeginTable OtherLang}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|ベルモット Berumotto}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|Bilmot بلموت}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Vermouth}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Vermouth}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|苦艾酒 Kǔ'àijiǔ 贝尔摩得 Bèi'ěrmódé}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Vermouth}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Vermouth}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Vermouth / Wermut}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Vermouth / Belmouth (anime)}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Paramount (manga)}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Вермут}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Vermouth}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Vermouth / Vermut}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|เบลม็อท Belmot}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Vermouth}}
{{EndTable}}

===Sharon Vineyard===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シャロン Sharon|ヴィンヤード Vin'yādo}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic| نينا\شيرون Nina \ Sharon<ref>|Nina was only used during Shinichi Kudo in New York episodes.</ref>| Vineyard ڤنيارد}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Sharon|Vineyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sharon|Vineyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|莎朗 Shālǎng|温亚德 Wēnyàdé<ref>This name was used when Sharon was first mentioned in the [[Chinese Manga (Changchun)|Chinese Volume 34]]. Since the translation was based on the English pronunciation of the name, there may be other variants in later cases.</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sharon|Vinyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Sharon|Vineyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sharon|Vineyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Sharon|Vineyard}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Шэрон|Винъярд}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Sharon|Vinyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชารอน Sharon|วินยาร์ด Vinyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sharon|Vineyard}}
{{EndTable}}

===Chris Vineyard===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|クリス Kurisu|ヴィンヤード Vin'yādo}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic| كرِس Chris|ڤنيارد Vineyard}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Chris|Vineyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Chris|Vineyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|克莉丝 Kèlìsī|温亚德 Wēnyàdé<ref>This name appears on Vermouth's name card when she first appeared in the [[Chinese Manga (Changchun)|Chinese Volume 24]]. Since the translation was based on the English pronunciation of the name, there may be other variants in later cases.</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Chris|Vinyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Chris|Vineyard}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Крис|Винъярд}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Chris|Vinyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|คริส Chris|วินยาร์ด Vinyard}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Chris|Vinyard}}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
*The FBI's nickname for Vermouth, Rotten Apple, could also refer to "fermenting apples", which are known to produce alcohol.
*Half of Vermouth's disguises contain glasses, seen in her role of [[Sharon Vineyard]], [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Jodie Starling]], a policeman, an unknown woman and a simple disguise.
* The people who spoke well of Vermouth while she was Araide are [[Ran]]'s karate mentor [[Kazumi Tsukamoto]] ("You still have that look of an Angel, Dr. Araide"), Kazumi's friend Kunishige Seto ("Before our cautious Dr. Araide takes me to the hospital"), the school's principal ("Thanks to the exercise you taught me, my waist feel much better!"), and Ran herself ("Dr. Araide is a truly nice person, right?").
*In episode 674 of the anime, Vermouth's phone appears to be modeled after the iPhone.
* She had met a major part of the main characters introduced before or in Vermouth arc, with only exceptions are [[Eri Kisaki]], [[Yusaku Kudo]], [[Makoto Kyogoku]], [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]], [[James Black]] and the other district police detectives. Although, most of them met her while disguised as [[Araide]].
* Vermouth's voice actress, [[Mami Koyama]], was the former wife of [[Rei Furuya]]'s voice actor, [[Tohru Furuya]].

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[wikipedia:Vermouth|Vermouth]] (Alcohol)

== References ==
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== Two cops in Magic Kaito ==
Discussion moved to [[Talk:List of minor Magic Kaito characters]] by [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 17:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

== These two cops working with Nakamori? ==
Discussion moved to [[Talk:List of minor Magic Kaito characters]] by [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 17:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

== Jun Omura: Manga vs. Anime? ==

(Not sure if this is discussed before. Didn't find anything regarding this matter in talk page contents.)

Jun Omura is actually a manga-canon character from Volume 9, however, his second (and last?) appearance was an AO episode. So does this make him a "minor recurring manga" or "minor recurring anime" character? More specifically, should we move him to the manga page or just keep him here? --- [[User:Black Demon|'''BLACK DEMON''']] | [[User talk:Black Demon|'''Reply''']] 22:05, 28 March 2013 (PDT)
:He is a character with multiple appearances in the anime but has not appeared in a manga case more than once, so he is minor anime recurring, but not minor manga recurring. It's the same as Ryujiro Uematsu, who appeared in a manga case once, but then in an anime case later. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 06:26, 29 March 2013 (PDT)

== [[List of minor recurring anime characters]] ==
Like all series characters, it's necessary to create the pages with all characters appearances. This is the complete list of manga files, anime episodes, movies and TV Special where they were appeared:
* [[Detective Takigawa Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 390, 449, 471, 487, 526, 681, 682, 683, 686, 749; [[The Darkest Nightmare]].
* [[Detective Ida Appearances]]: File 240, 404, 405, 406; episodes 177, 249, 250, 271, 272, 301, 351, 358-359, 390, 449, 471, 487, 534, 535, 547, 548, 681, 682, 683, 686, 692, 693, 709, 749, 800; The Darkest Nightmare.
* [[Detective Sugita Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 390, 449, 480, 487, 534, 547, 548, 681, 682, 749, 791, 800, 807; The Darkest nightmare.
* [[Detective Takano Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 390, 449, 487, 531.
* [[Detective Sogawa Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 390, 425, 449, 486, 487, 531, 547, 681, 682, 683, 686, 693, 749; [[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]].
* [[Detective Kawanaka Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 449, 480, 487, 682, 686.
* [[Detective Fukui Appearances]]: Files 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 425, 432, 449, 486, 487, 531, 534, 535, 547, 681, 682, 683, 693, 749, 800; [[Dimensional Sniper]] and The Darkest Nightmare.
* [[Manabu Fujimaki Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359,390, 449, 681, 682, 683, 693, 749; ''Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie''.
* [[Detective Okumura Appearances]]: File 404, 404, 406; episodes 358-359, 390, 425, 449, 475, 480, 526, 531, 535, 547, 681, 682, 683, 686, 693, 749, 800; Private Eye in the Distant Sea.
* [[Detective Horita Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 390, 393, 397, 425, 432, 449, 468, 471, 487, 526, 531, 681, 682, 683, 686, 693, 749.
* [[Detective Hirota Appearances]]: Episodes 413, 449, 486, 487, 547, 681, 682, 683, 686, 693, 749, 800.
* [[Detective Terashima Appearances]]: Episodes 360, 363, 368, 393.
* [[Detective Miyazaki Appearances]]: File 404, 405, 406; episodes 358-359, 360, 535, 599, 682, 683; Private Eye in the Distant Sea.
* [[Female Forensic Member Appearances]]: Episodes 184, 214, 413, 451, 459, 464, 505, 507, 512, 528, 530, 540, 544, 550, 565, 566, 570, 582, 588, 604, 605, 608, 709, 736, 821; ''[[Strategy Above the Depths]]'' and ''[[The Eleventh Striker]]''.
* [[Chiharu Matsubara Appearances]]: Episodes 459, 460, 631, 663; ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''; ''[[The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History]]''.
* [[Bill Appearances]]: File 596, 597, 599, 600, 605; episodes 495, 496, 497, 499, 500, 501.
* [[Jeff Appearances]]: File 597, 599, 600, 602, 604, 609; episodes 497, 500, 501.
* [[Meyer Appearances]]: File 600, 602; episodes 498, 499, 502.
* [[Hodges Appearances]]: File 598; episodes 498, 499.
* [[Kazumi Nakayama Appearances]] and [[Keiko Okita Appearances]]: Episodes 83, 321; [[Captured in Her Eyes]].
* [[Paramedic Sakai Appearances]]: Episode 708; The Darkest Nightmare.
--[[Special:Contributions/87.4.157.132|87.4.157.132]] 11:54, 28 December 2015 (CET)

:You do realize you can create the appearance pages by clicking on those red links you have created, rather than just listing them here on the talk page right? --[[User:695ee1872b493d77ecb9d90efb378286|695ee1872b493d77ecb9d90efb378286]] ([[User talk:695ee1872b493d77ecb9d90efb378286|talk]]) 17:59, 20 July 2016 (CEST)

== Policemen doubt ==
I've little doubt about Ida and Nakamura. Unlike other policemen, in episodes 358-359 it's not specified who exactly they're, so I can deduce it by their seiyuu's voice in the ending credits and I hope well: Nakamura by 川津泰彦, the same of Fukui; and Ida by 室園丈裕, the same of Kenya Kaji in episode 41. --[[Special:Contributions/82.58.193.48|82.58.193.48]] 10:43, 14 February 2016 (CET)
:I've finally confirmed it: Takigawa is the one who finds Takagi's ticket at the beginning of episode 358, Ida [http://detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/File:Detective_Takigawa.jpg the one with glasses], and Nakamura the one who resembles to [[Jugo Yokomizo]]. The one with lips very pronounced is an [[Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Unnamed officer]]. --[[Special:Contributions/82.60.170.114|82.60.170.114]] 12:24, 31 March 2016 (CET)

== Officer Tome and Zengo Goto ==
I think they two should have a character page rather than the police detectives, no? --[[User:HunterConan|HunterConan]] 22:52, 26 February 2016 (CET)

Renya Karasuma

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{{nihongo|'''Renya Karasuma'''|烏丸蓮耶|Karasuma Renya}} is the boss of the [[Black Organization]], which they respectfully refer as '''{{nihongo|Ano kata|あの方|lit. "That Person"}}''', and then the true main antagonist of the series. [[Conan Edogawa]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], the [[Public Security Bureau]], the MI6, the CSIS, and the BND wish to uncover him and cause the destruction of the Black Organization.

For many years, until December 13th, 2017, in addition to the author [[Gosho Aoyama]], only [[Minami Takayama]], his former wife and the voice of Conan, and the anime production knew who was the mysterious boss.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20171214093427/http://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/171213/ent1712130011-n1.html/ 名探偵コナン「あの方」の正体ついに明かされる　作者の青山剛昌氏「皆びっくりする」]</ref><ref>[http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13430):#p877561 Gosho Aoyama Interview about the BO Boss (November 30, 2017)]</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Background ==
Renya Karasuma was known to be an elderly multi-millionaire and powerful man who allegedly died forty years ago under mysterious circumstances with his legacy unknown. Which means that he may not died, but became younger. He was the most powerful person in Japan according to [[Yusaku Kudo]]. Looks like he had a lot of contacts with famous and powerful people. He was always getting chased around by cops and detectives. His crest is a creepy bird logo: a crow.<ref>The operatives dress in black, which [[Akemi Miyano]] says is supposed to resemble crows. Furthermore, in the movie introduction sequence of [[The Raven Chaser]], [[Dimensional Sniper]], and [[The Darkest Nightmare]], the Black Organization enshrouded in mystery are each time introduced with an evil looking crow, as like in the ending video of movie 13.</ref>

According to Furuyo Senma, the old famous detective who can solve a case just by sitting down in an armchair, Karasuma inherited the old {{nihongo|Sunset Manor|黄昏の館|Tasogare no yakata}} in the isolated Tokyo mountains at Nishitama, 2 kilometers from Okuno Dam<ref>Episode 219, but not in the manga. Saguru Hakuba says "The Tokyo case that occurred forty years ago.", and the location is indicated by the road signs on the Shuto Expressway and the junction near the villa.</ref> and six miles from a lonely gas station, from his mother and was his vacation home, which for [[Kogoro Mouri]]<ref name=kid>After solving the case, Kogoro was revealed to be Kid in disguise.</ref> looks more like Dracula's castle and up close even more like a haunted house. He found a clue leading to a vast fortune left by his mother and supposedly hidden in the western-style manor house he had inherited:

{{cquote|On the night the two travelers looked up at the sky, a demon appeared in the castle and the king ran wild with his treasure in hand. The queen wept for forgiveness, her tears falling into the holy grail, and the knight killed himself with his own sword.|The clue to the riddle about the treasure.}}

But he was unable to find it any further to solve the riddle himself. With him being consumed by his own greed for the treasure, he came to hire people to solve the riddle for him, and then began killing them as motivation for the others to work faster. They had made copies of the riddle to hand out on a cheap mimeograph print on straw paper. Hardly anything's been touched since the incident and those murders were the true cause behind the numerous old bloodstains all over in the house, although an attempt to clean it off, not an out-of-control party on the second stormy night in the middle of an auction to sell off over three hundred pieces of the priceless art Karasuma had collected during his lifetime, caused by two men with marijuana leaves tobacco drugs and then disappeared with the art, leaving eight dead and a dozen others unconscious. Among those men were Senma's own father, archaeologist Kyosuke Senma. Spray luminol onto blood, and active oxygen inside the blood will oxidize it, giving off a bluish-purple fluorescent light, and Watson, [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s pet hawk, seems to have picked up a fancy for blood in the time they've spent together in England.

Karasuma is believed to be dead. A fake story says that he died half-a-century prior to the series, at the age of 99, but Senma claims that he lived at least ten more years, which means that if he is dead, he died between forty and twenty years prior to the series, back in the days before they invented copiers. Renya had passed on, the Karasuma family had died out, and the house had fallen into other hands when it was still beautiful. Thirty-eight years later, when Senma accidentally let the story slip to him, the famed gourmet detective Shukuzen Oogami immediately tracked down the house and started to look for the treasure two years, but he couldn't solve the riddle. He had put himself into massive debt to buy the house and was in serious trouble, but he was poisoned by his accomplice Senma with potassium cyanide, who wanted to decipher the riddle that took her father's life at all costs. The mansion still has traces after Karasuma's crest on the silver specially ordered by him, not just the flatware, but everything in the house, from the doors, flooring and handrails down to the chess pieces and playing cards. The last young maid chased by Oogami from many applicants was Aki Ishihara and the job paid very well, but the cook's fallen ill and can't come in that day.

The riddle has been solved by the great detectives [[Conan Edogawa]], Saguru Hakuba, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda forty years later. It's strange the only clock in a huge house is the one in the dining room. So "The night the two travelers looked up at the sky" means midnight, when the long hand and short hand of the clock both point up. Placing the hands at 12, the key to solving the riddle is the word Senma wrote in blood, "Trump card". He was talking about "playing cards". The king, queen, and soldier in the riddle stand for the King, Queen, and Jack in a deck of cards. The treasure stands for diamonds, the holy grails stands for heart, and the sword stand for spades. So "treasure" and "king" means the King of Diamonds, "Holy grail" and "queen" means the Queen of Hearts, and "sword" and "soldier" means the Jack of Spades. Now Conan turns the hands of the clock in the direction the face of cards in the house are facing. Thirteen to the left, twelve to the left, and eleven to the right. The coating came off. There's gold inside and it's so heavy, this thing is made of solid gold. The walls are crumbling and the gold's showing through. That clock has been the switch to peel off the outer wall. According to Soda, only Karasuma would do something on such a scale, and it must be worth 100 billion yen. Sunset is when the sky shines gold. It's literally a "Golden Manor". [[Kaitou Kid]] comes for Karasuma's treasure, but he has changed his mind. That thing's a little too big for a thief's pocket.

As the highest authority, he directs the Black Organization's activities and plans crimes to protect and advance its interests. He communicates to subordinates by text messages. His phone number<ref>In Japan, an e-mail address is assigned to each mobile phone.</ref> follows the tune of the first few notes "Mother crow, why do you cry?"<ref>The area code phone number for Kurayoshi and Yazu in Tottori Prefecture, 0858, do sound like the "Mother crow" part, but "Why do you cry" doesn't work. The notes on a cell phone are ''FA'' for 1, 2, 3; ''SOL'' for 4, 5, 6; ''LA'' for 7, 8, 9; and ''SI'' for *, 0, #. Each note gates slightly lower as you move to the left on the dial. So if we start with # and not 0, and don't care if the notes are slightly off, we get the email address.</ref> of the children song [[Nanatsu no Ko]]. The number is #969#6261<ref>In episode 398 the number is erroneously written as #696#6261.</ref>, which was purposefully made non-functional by [[Gosho Aoyama]] to prevent prank calls.<ref>In real life, # signs can't be used in an email address, but Gosho Aoyama decided to use them here to prevent pranks.</ref> [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] warns Conan of the danger of calling it, likening it to Pandora's box. He is responsible for promoting agents<ref name=v53f10>Manga Volume 53, File 10; anime episode 464.</ref> and deciding on their alcoholic code names. The FBI think that only a few of the highest ranking executive agents like [[Gin]] or [[Vermouth]] could lead them to the elusive boss.

== Personality ==
If Senma's story is true, then Karasuma is described as a greedy, cruel and impatient man. He appears to be materialistic as he was driven by his own greed while searching for the hidden treasure inside the Sunset Manor. Furthermore, he seems not to value the cost of human life as he killed numerous people that he invited as motivation to find the treasure faster. His house was swarming with cameras hidden all over and monitored from a room somewhere, has no phone line, and they're well out of cellular range. Turn the knob from the inside and a needle pops out, and mook who came on the second floor of the central tower would get a poisoned needle in the palm when they tried to leave. There were guns under pillow in the rooms. Oogami and Senma, who wanted to decipher the riddle and psychologically created another same tragedy, were all along possessed by him.

He is fairly ruthless, willing to dispatch in person senior agents who have been loyal to the Black Organization for many years for a single mistake. Vermouth says that he is always careful to the extreme, the type to ruin the plan by overthinking it.<ref>Manga Volume 67, File 8; anime episode 581.</ref> Somehow, he can maintain loyalty and unity within the codenamed ranks despite many agents disliking or even outright wishing to murder certain others. He is known to give permission to agents who wish to pursue certain secret missions, such as [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and Vermouth's plan to make sure [[Shuichi Akai]] was truly dead.

He is especially close to Vermouth, who is described as his favorite, much to the chagrin of her enemies and those who mistrust her. He is also close to Gin, who often acts as an intermediary between he and other agents. Gin usually takes the lead planning role in assassinations that he has ordered. While most agents follow his orders, some agents have acted contrary to the wishes of him.

The FBI believed he was hoping to nip a potential obstacle in the bud because Yasuteru Domon, who is a politician hard on crime, may have a chance of becoming the next Prime Minister. He thought Akai could become a "[[Silver Bullet]]", someone who is especially dangerous to the Black Organization. In that regard, he's more like Vermouth than Gin who doesn't believe a single person who can take the syndicate down in one shot exists.

== Appearance ==
Renya Karasuma's appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 30, File 5; anime episode 219.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 95, File 5; anime TBD.</ref>

== Plot overview ==
=== The Gathering of the Detectives! (Manga: [[Volume 30#Kaitou Kid and the Murder|299-302]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|219]]) ===
The seven greatest detectives Conan Edogawa, Kogoro Mouri<ref name=kid/> along with [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], Saguru Hakuba, Furuyo Senma, Shukuzen, Oogami, Harufumi Mogi, and Ikumi Soda were called to a mansion covered in blood by Kaitou Kid, and while they were having their so-called "last supper" was told by the inviter this mansion belonged to Renya Karasuma forty years ago.

During a reality television deduction competition between high school detectives, Conan cited that case a while back, on he and Saguru Hakuba were together, when [[Heiji Hattori]] asks him where he had meet the high-school detective from the East.<ref>Manga Volume 54, File 10; anime episode 479.</ref>

=== Stradivarius Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 46#Stradivarius Murder Case|470]], Anime: [[The Dissonance of the Stradivarius|385]]) ===
[[File:Ano Kata.JPG|thumb|right|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a big [["The Criminal"|criminal silhouette]] along with Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth, with evil aura in the anime version.

=== The Strange Family's Request (Anime: [[The Strange Family's Request|398]]) ===
[[File:BossBlackshadow4.jpeg|thumb|left|Anime version.]]
Conan visualized him as a normal criminal silhouette along with Gin, Vodka, and naked Vermouth<ref>The manga version often visualized Vermouth naked, whereas the related anime episodes show her always dressed. This episode is the first exception, but not in the manga.</ref> in the anime version.

=== The Missing [[Maria Higashio]] Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Higashio Case|1008]], Anime: TBD) ===
[[File:Carasuma.png|thumb|right|Renya Karasuma visualized by Conan along with Gin, Vodka, naked Vermouth, Chianti, and [[Korn]].]]
Not so long ago, [[Subaru Okiya]] told Yusaku and [[Yukiko Kudo]] about the cipher left at the crime scene of [[Kohji Haneda]]'s murder. Subaru and Yusaku have reached the conclusion that "ASACA" and "RUM" might not be two different words, but rather, that these eight letters form one single name: "CARASUMA", which refers to Renya Karasuma, a multi-millionaire that is not supposed to be a part of this world. If that theory is correct, Conan has made an enemy out of the most powerful person in Japan.

We finally reached the identity of the Boss of the Organization. All for the sake of returning to his original form.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== TV Special: [[Time Travel of the Silver Sky]] ===
Christies YP, a software created by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], can give the identity of anyone in the world and then tries to find out the identity of the boss between [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Sharon Vineyard]], Chiyoko Yuasa<ref>Manga Volume 33, Files 3-6; anime episodes 266-268.</ref>, Yusaku Kudo, four Shinichi's classmates<ref>Anime episode 192.</ref>, and a circus white lion<ref>Manga Volume 32, Files 8-10; anime episodes 258-259.</ref>, but eventually failed with "UNTOUCHABLE" and a red alarm sound flash {{nihongo|"進入禁止領域"|Shin'nyū kinshi ryōiki|The forbidden area}}.

=== Special Manga: [[Special Volume 26#The Black Organization...Revealed|File 294]] ===
When Haibara reveals to Conan the Black Organization's scheme in order to seize control of the world, she visualized him as a criminal silhouette clutching a globe.<ref>[http://tieba.baidu.com/photo/p?kw=%E7%81%B0%E5%8E%9F%E5%93%80&flux=1&tid=3356979031&pic_id=847c304e251f95ca2ed803cdca177f3e67095216&pn=1&fp=2&see_lz=1&red_tag=v2749094638 Special Volume 26, File 11, page 9]. The character design is a bit different from the main comic and as the criminal silhouette he looks like the devil, like [[Arrack]] and Generic.</ref>

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Gin|Ano kata}}

{{appellations|Vodka|Ano kata}}

{{appellations|Vermouth|Boss Ano kata<ref>Manga Volume 42, File 10; anime episode 345.</ref>|Vermouth}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Ano kata}}

{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|Ano kata}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Boss}}

{{appellations|Pisco|Ano kata}}

{{appellations|Irish|Ano kata}}
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|[[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]]||[[Conan Edogawa]]||{{nihongo|Kuromaku|黒幕|}}<ref>Manga Volume 4, File 4; no anime version.</ref> Boss Karasuma Renya ||-

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Boss}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Karasuma Renya<ref name=kid/>}}

{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Karasuma Renya}}
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{{appellations/head|Renya Karasuma}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Boss Target<ref>Manga Volume 29, File 5; anime episode 231.</ref>|Silver Bullet}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Boss}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Boss}}

{{appellations|James Black|Boss}}
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{{appellations/head|Renya Karasuma}}
{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|file=Kohji Haneda.jpg|Carasuma}}

{{appellations|The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid{{!}}Furuyo Senma|file=Furuyo Senma.jpg|Karasuma Renya Karasuma Renya}}

{{appellations|The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid{{!}}Ikumi Soda|file=Ikumi Soda.jpg|Karasuma}}

{{appellations|The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid{{!}}Kyosuke Senma|file=Kyousuke Senma.jpg|Karasuma}}

{{appellations|Time Travel of the Silver Sky{{!}}Hidekazu Nagai|file=Hidekazu Nagai.jpg|Ano kata}}
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== Relationships analysis ==
=== Black Organization ===
==== Rum ====
[[Rum]] is his right hand, then the second-in-command in the organization. Rum's identity, gender, and mission are currently unknown, but the three suspects are [[Hyoue Kuroda]], [[Rumi Wakasa]], and [[Kanenori Wakita]].

==== Gin ====
He trusts [[Gin]] enough to make him an executive agent, and for good reason: Gin is among the most loyal of the high-ranking Black Organization. Gin follows his orders closely and virtually never acts against the Organization's greater interests, and in return he entrusts Gin to direct critical missions and key assassinations. He often issues orders to Gin directly by text message for him to disseminate to the others, and the two are implied to contact each other fairly often about instructions and suspicions. For this reason the FBI thought Gin would be able to lead them to the boss if they captured him.

==== Vodka ====
Even [[Vodka]] fears to challenge his anger, but it's Gin who takes full responsibility.<ref>Episode 345, but not in the manga. Before Vodka was sent aboard the ship in disguise, Gin told him not to hold back, even though Vermouth was the boss' favorite and despite the fact that they not have the boss' permission to kill her. At these words, Vodka swallows.</ref><ref>Movie 13: The Raven Chaser. After Gin has given the order to kill Irish without consulting the boss, Vodka is the only one to protest against it, though he likely fears consequence from the organization. He later keeps quiet.</ref>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] is known as his favorite member by the other members although the reason for the favoritism is unknown, and he allows her some degree of independence. Bourbon reveals that there is some sort of connection between Vermouth and the boss, implying that her relationship with the boss goes further than merely being his favorite member. Bourbon also notes that he has arranged for her secret to be revealed to the whole Black Organization in case something happens to him, and points out that the other members would be quite surprised if they knew the nature of the relationship.<ref>Manga Volume 85, File 5; anime episode 783.</ref> During an off-season Halloween party aboard a ship, discovered that Vermouth was up to something without the Black Organization's knowledge, he ordered Gin and Vodka to investigate. At the party, a man that Vermouth blackmailed to murder a director began screaming someone called Vermouth was to blame. Later, he sends a text message to Vermouth's cellphone informing her that her freedom was now being restricted and she was to return: "It looks like I have given you too much freedom. Come back to my side, Vermouth."

==== Chianti ====
[[Chianti]] fears to challenge his anger and, being a direct order from him, she must also bear Vermouth.<ref>Manga Volume 48, File 10; anime episode 425.</ref> For avenge [[Calvados]]' death, she would've killed Vermouth a long time ago for real, if she wasn't his favorite, but swears she'll definitely kill her.<ref>Manga Volume 49, File 1; anime episode 425.</ref> She seems envious for what Kir has used to make him let her join their four years ago.<ref name=v53f10/>

==== Kir ====
He promoted [[Kir]] because she had uncovered a spy and confronted him. The spy, [[Ethan Hondou]], overpowered and tortured her for information, but [[Rena Mizunashi]] remained silent. Although completely crippled, Rena bit Ethan's wrist to force him to drop his gun, and then killed him. The bite marks and Ethan's recording device coincided with her story, so he promoted her to the codename Kir in recognition of her loyalty and sheer savageness. In truth, he was fooled. Ethan Hondou was Kir's father and they both are CIA spies infiltrating the Black Organization. Rena had made a mistake and was about to be uncovered as a spy. Ethan, who had prepared appropriately ahead of time in case this happened, told Rena to tell the organization she discovered he was a spy and tried to confront him. Ethan then committed suicide after maiming himself and his daughter to make it appear like the story Ethan had just explained. He orders Kir to assassinate the politician Yasuteru Domon while holding an interview. After the Black Organization easily retrieved Kir from the FBI, Gin became suspicious of how ineffective the FBI's plan was and that Shuichi Akai did not made a strong move. Gin thought that Shuichi is hiding something and relays his doubt to him, who also agrees. He and Gin plan a test of Kir's loyalty. Meanwhile, [[Andre Camel|an FBI agent]] becomes a suspect in a coincidental murder case. The Black Organization hears about it, and taking advantage of the FBI's distraction, Gin calls out Kir and tells her his order. In order to regain his trust, she is to call Akai out to meet with her and kill him. Kir meets with Akai at Raiha Pass and apparently kills him. However, he was fooled again. [[Akai faked his death theory|Akai and Kir conspired to fake Akai's death]].

==== Bourbon ====
He dispatches [[Bourbon]] to search for the escaped scientist Shiho Miyano. However, Bourbon received his permission to execute a second, secret mission: verified Shuichi Akai's death by disguising as Akai and approaching his FBI colleagues.

==== Shiho Miyano ====
He orders the execution of [[Shiho Miyano]] after she boycotted the development of [[APTX 4869]] and rebelled against the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 9; anime episode 129.</ref> Before she could be even executed, Shiho manages to escape and he ordered the Black Organization to hunt her down and murder her.<ref>Manga Volume 18, File 7; anime episode 129.</ref><ref>Manga Volume 24, File 11; anime episode 178.</ref>

==== Pisco ====
Gin relayed his orders to [[Pisco]]: silence Shigehiko Nomiguchi, a politician who was going to be arrested for bribery, and use [[APTX 4869]] if it was necessary. Pisco's act of murder was accidentally caught on camera, so he direct ordered Gin to kill Pisco.

==== Rikumichi Kusuda ====
He sends [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] to Haido Central Hospital to act as a patient while searching for Kir, who is currently held captive by the FBI. Kusuda write to his e-mail adress.

==== Irish ====
He orders [[Irish]] to disguise himself as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]], infiltrate into [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department]], and retrieve a memory card with the personal information of all the Black Organization agents that have infiltrated various organizations, before the police catch the serial killer, who took it from their agent [[Masaaki Okakura]] he murdered without knowing what is on it, and find the card. Irish sends an email to him about Sumire Shindo, a new tipster with information about the serial murder.<ref>Irish can't contact Gin due his disguise, and neither Vermouth along with Conan. It's unclear who then contact Gin.</ref> When he discovers Conan's true identity, Irish plans to capture and bring the boy before him to discredit Gin, who killed Pisco, whom Irish respected like a father. Irish believes that he would definitely demote or have Gin killed for carelessly leaving Shinichi alive. However, because his cover was blown, Irish was killed by Chianti under Gin's orders before Conan can force him to reveal the boss' true identity.

==== Generic ====
He orders [[Generic]] to create a drug which manipulates the memories of people. He aims to use it on important people worldwide, in particular to the President of the United States, in order to seize control of the world.

=== Others ===
==== Shuichi Akai ====
Capturing a high ranking member of the Black Organization who could lead the FBI to the boss was the goal of [[Shuichi Akai]]'s spy mission. After three years of infiltration, he gave the undercover FBI agent the codename "Rye" and ordered him to work under Gin. The FBI's plan to capture Gin fell apart when Akai's true allegiance was uncovered due to a mistake made by [[Andre Camel]]. In the two years since the mission failure, he came to regard Akai could become the Black Organization's silver bullet.

==== Kyosuke Senma ====
Kyouske Senma was an archeologist who invited to his manor house forty years ago. He wanted Senma to find the treasure before he died of old age. It was a very well-paid job. His wife and then 23 years old daughter Furuyo received large sums of money, along with a letter from him, almost every day. But after six months, the money and letters suddenly stopped coming. Senma, who had never giver their his address, vanished forever. Furuyo only found out the truth when she held his last letter, which she had kept as a memento, against a light. He had written a secret note by poking tiny holes in the paper left for her with a needle. He recorded the riddle of the treasure and wrote that many other scholars had been invited to the manor. He also wrote that Karasuma had begun to kill those scholars, one by one, as a warning to the others, and that even if he found the treasure, he too would be killed. She didn't tell the police about it because it was twenty years after the fact. Presumably a victim of his treasure hunting fanaticism, Senma did solve the riddle, and left a clue about it in a note letters written in blood on the piano, and Karasuma never activated the device clock because never knew the answer to the riddle: "I've finally gotten hold of the trump card that will decipher Karasuma's riddle. Kyosuke Senma."

== Gallery ==
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| style="vertical-align: top" | [[Image:BossBlackshadow.png|x175px|thumb|left|The boss visualized by Conan as a big criminal silhouette with evil aura in the anime version (episode 385).]]
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== Speculations ==
According to the author Gosho Aoyama, the boss has appeared already, made his appearance as another character. Some potential candidates of being the boss are:
* Genichirou Kaneshiro, a 74 years old computer company owner, due his old age, suspicious behavior pretending to be blind, affection for young women, and especially the fact who was after a computer virus which has been used by the Black Organization to protect sensitive data. Furthermore, he quickly realizes that Conan is unusual and considers him suspicious.<ref>Manga Volume 8, Files 2-7; anime episodes 68-70.</ref>
* Saizo Kano, the leader of a group of robbers dubbed as the "Organizer in the Shadows", who was supposedly murdered by his three accomplices twenty years ago, but his corpse was never found. His appearance was only shown as a silhouette in the manga and anime debut.<ref>Manga Volume 23, Files 4-9; anime episode 174.</ref>

== Name origin ==
The first kanji "Karasu" is romanized for "Crows" in Japanese, which can fit with the children song The Seven Children, that he uses as his phone number, because there are crows included.

Karasuma is also a Kyoto Avenue's name, cited by Heiji in movie 7, [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]], when he and [[Kazuha Toyama]] find the sword in a huge chest with a large amount of drawers related to the roads of Kyoto. The avenue is marked with two crows carved above and below the chest, at the beginning and end of the beam from top to down at the center of the chest between the various drawers.

== Trivia ==
* Gosho Aoyama goes inspiration from Professor James Moriarty, the main antagonist in the Sherlock Holmes' series, to create the boss of the Black Organization. Just like Moriarty, the boss doesn't show his face and works behind the scenes, only pulling the strings on the crimes from far away. Gosho says that he tries to make it so that the boss is cold-blooded, won't leave a single scrap of evidence, and almost invisible.<ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>
* His recurring enemy rule in the series recalls the boss called the Potato Baron, Yaiba's archnemesis in the [[Kamen Yaiba|children's show]].<ref>Manga Volume 92, File 7; anime TBD.</ref>
* In the anime version, but not in the manga, the huge replica painting in his manor dining room is [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Gent%2C_Sint-Baafskathedraal_B_STB_434_Gent.jpg Salomón recibe a la Reina de Saba], by Lucas de Heere at the catholic St Bavo's Cathedral of Ghent in 1559, but with an opposite perspective. Modeled here by the most catholic King Philip II of Spain, Solomon was the biblical most wise and good-hearted King of Israel succeeded his great father David, but unfortunately in his old age, many years after the Queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem, became corrupt and idolatrous due his several pagan foreign wives, so the God punished that grave sin and a glorious kingdom crumbled after his death. Even Karasuma was the most rich and powerful man in his time country, then turned out a monster due the treasure hidden in the house of his late mother, but one day Conan will destroy the Black Organization and assure him to justice.
* Karasuma, the Sunset Manor, the crow's crest, and the gold treasure riddle are very similar to late Gozoshi Isegawa, the Angel's Mansion, the bull's crest, and the gold treasure riddle in [[The Mysterious Angel's Mansion]], with the only difference that it's good and not evil.

== In other languages ==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [["The Criminal"]]

== References ==
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