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Shinichi Kudo

2010-06-21T01:33:28Z

Kogoroconan:

{{InfoBox Char
| japanese-name = 工藤新一 (Kudou Shin'ichi)
| english-name = Kudo Jimmy
| name = Shinichi Kudo
| image = Shinichi Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 17, 7 as Conan
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = May 4th
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| nicknames = Detective Geek Detective of the East The savior of the police force Cool Guy ([[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]]) The Heisei Holmes
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = TV: 570+ Movies: 14 Specials: 12 Openings: 28
| cases-solved = 558+
| keyhole = [[Volume 1]]
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] [[Minami Takayama]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| drama-actor = [[Shun Oguri]]
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shinichi Kudo'''|工藤新一|Kudou Shin'ichi}} is the protagonist of the manga and anime. Viz romanized his original name as ''Shin'ichi Kudo'' while Shogakukan's website romanizes it as ''Shinichi Kudoh''. Shinichi Kudo was a well known High School Detective who helped solve cases which the police could not. One day, he investigates a suspicious man. Later he is attacked and forced to swallow a poison called [[APTX 4869]] which turns him back into a child. Now he lives with his childhood friend [[Ran Mouri]] and helps her father [[Kogoro Mouri]] solve cases hoping that they will run into a case involving those strange men, part of the [[Black Organization]], who forced him to drink the poison. He takes on the alias '''[[Conan Edogawa]]''' to keep his real identity secret from everyone (besides a select few) to protect his loved ones, particularly Ran.

== Background ==

At the beginning of the series, Shinichi brings his friend [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to a local theme park called "Tropical Land", to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="episode1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> As they are leaving, Shinichi witnesses a suspicious exchange between an unknown man and [[Vodka]] in a secluded area just outside the park. He leaves Ran and investigates but does not notice [[Gin]], Vodka's partner, who knocks him out and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]]. They then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurred. It shrinks his body so it appears to be that of his six or seven year-old self. In desperation and confusion, Shinichi heads back to his house and runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Dr. Hiroshi Agasa]] who warns him he must keep his identity as the [[Black Organization]] will endanger his life and others associated with him.<ref name="episode2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>

=== Conan Edogawa ===

[[Image:Conan Edogawa Investigating.jpg|120px|thumb|left|Conan Edogawa, the "small" Shinichi]]
{{main|Conan Edogawa}}
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa after [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="episode2"></ref> Ran's father [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a Detective Agency which may allow him to run into a case involving the Black Organization. He is signed up at Teitan Elementary to further protect his identity and makes friends with some of the kids and forms the ''[[Detective Boys]]''.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case| Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref>

== Personality ==

At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is a 17-year old student at Teitan High School. He was already well-known as a brilliant young detective who solved many difficult cases that the professionals could not and, therefore, is known as the ''savior of the police force''<ref name="episode1"></ref>. Shinichi was born to [[Yusaku Kudo]], a mystery writer and [[Yukiko Kudo]] a former movie star.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=5 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2005-05-05 |isbn=1-59116-633-0 |chapter=File 10 |language=English |location=San Francisco|page=163 }}</ref>. He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age, was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father, and the general laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels.<ref name="Grade1">Files 5-8, ''Detective Conan'' volume 55</ref> Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes since sixth grade which inspired him to be a Detective.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=21 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2008-01-15 |isbn=1-4215-1456-7 |chapter=File 5 |language=English |location=San Francisco|pages=74, 78 }}</ref>. Besides his intelligence, Shinichi is an extremely skilled soccer player. At first, it was to hone his reflexes but he grew fond of the sport.<ref name="episode1"></ref> Shinichi is also known for his inability to sing, but was revealed to have perfect pitch. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=15 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2007-01-16 |isbn=1-4215-0445-6 |chapter=File 4 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-09-08 |isbn=1-59116-978-X |chapter=File 5 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref> He is also a skilled violinist, taking after his idol Sherlock Holmes. He apparently can speak English, as he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=21 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2008-01-15 |isbn=1-4215-1456-7 |chapter=File 5 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>

Shinichi is a good friend to Ran Mouri whom he has known since kindergarten.<ref name="Grade1"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=11 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-05-16 |isbn=1-4215-0441-4 |chapter=File 7 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref> Shinichi has not found any interest in other girls.<ref>Chapter 5, ''Detective Conan volume 26.</ref> After changing into Conan, Shinichi sometimes calls her over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the voice-changing bowtie, so that she is not worried about him.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-09-07 |isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 10 |language=English |location=San Francisco|pages=180–182 }}</ref> He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-09-07 |isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 10 |language=English |location=San Francisco|pages=180–182 }}</ref> Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran; the most obvious example being his getting nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit, or when Ran pulled him into an [[onsen]] with her.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=9 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-01-10 |isbn=1-4215-0166-X |chapter=File 4 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>

== Relationships analysis ==

Since Shinichi isn't featured as prominently as Conan throughout the series, only a few of his relationships with other characters have been substantially explored.

=== Ran Mouri ===

{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]

[[Ran Mouri]] is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have known each other since as early as kindergarten<ref name="Grade1"/> and had been playmates since then, which caused some censure from [[Eri Kisaki]].They are very close together, they have even been together as long as the time of children all the way to young adults, they have some what of a love-hate relationship in the beginning but when she met Conan (who is Shinichi but she doesn't know it), she told him that She was in love with him for some time, probably ever since they first met, which caused Shinichi/Conan to blush like mad. They are living together with her dad and solves crimes with her father (without her noticing), making him appear as a great detective for most of the cases that Shinichi has solved himself. Conan has shared a great deal of affection to Ran since him being Conan including hugging, holding hands, and at even one time they slept in the same bed and even took a bath together (which caused him to get a nosebleed). Shinichi has confessed his love to Ran in the 4th movie non-canon 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which Ran mistook as his attempt to get her memories back). At one time he tried to confess his love properly (some viewers say to even propose) to Ran, but was interrupted by a case that got held there. Also, when Shinichi went missing, Ran was worried sick and she was afraid that something bad had happened to him and almost went to the police. It is also shown that she couldn't even sleep cause she missed him all to much. So what Shinichi used his bowtie to mimic his real voice and called her, telling her that everything's alright and he's getting a difficult case done. Throughout the series, they have a romantic relationship that started as childhood friends but develop into true love.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=11 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-05-16 |isbn=1-4215-0441-4 |chapter=File 7 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>

=== Ai Haibara ===

Ai Haibara is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it. Indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as [[Yukiko Kudo|Conan's mother]] and [[Gin]], have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. they're both victims of the [[APTX 4869]]), she finds it easier to talk to him.

=== His parents ===

[[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] Kudo are both aware that [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] is in fact Shinichi.

=== Professor Agasa ===

Although not related by blood, there's a strong family-like bond between Shinichi and [[Hiroshi Agasa]].

=== Heiji Hattori ===

[[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] is often referred to as Shinichi's detective rival from the West. Heiji discovers Shinichi's secret, but keeps quiet about it (though he does occasionally slip), and both become very good friends and partners whenever a case brings them together.

=== Toichi Kuroba ===

Despite the fact [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]] and Shinichi only met once prior to Toichi's death, it's worth mentioning Toichi referred to Shinichi as his "older brother" and himself as the "younger brother". This is because of Yusaku, Shinichi's father, being the '''father''' of the name of Kaitou '''Kid''', Toichi's secret identity.

== People who know Conan's real identity ==

{{main|List of characters who know Conan's identity}}

There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity. None of them have ever betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. Also, [[Sharon Vineyard]] knows, but for unknown reasons, she has kept it a secret from the rest of the Organization. [[Eisuke Hondou]], the younger brother of C.I.A. agent [[Hidemi Hondou]], also knows and keeps Conan's secret. [[Kaitou Kid]] also knows Conan's identity, and whenever he tries to publicly steal, he reveals that he only wants to compete with Conan as thief and detective. Still, it is not clear whether he knows Conan's secret in the actual anime and manga, but Kid seems to realize there's something unusual about Conan.

== Name origin ==

In Japanese etymology, the name Shinichi means "one truth", which Shinichi occasionally uses as a motto.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=10 |publisher=Viz Media |date=1996-18-01 |isbn=1-4215-0316-6|chapter=File 3 |language=English |location=San Francisco}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==

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Gin

2010-05-21T06:27:51Z

Kogoroconan:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Gin Ichimaru
| english-name = Mekior
| image = Gin Profile.jpg
| age = 49
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = Vodka (apoted brorhter)
| nicknames = Aniki ([[Vodka]])
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 1
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: ? Specials: ? Openings: 12
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Yukitoshi Hori]]
| drama-actor = [[Kuranosuke Sasaki]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Gin|ジン|Jin}}''' is a high-ranking official in the [[Black Organization]] and the primary antagonist of the series. He is the organization member who gave [[Shinichi Kudo]] the experimental poison [[APTX 4869]] which turned him into [[Conan Edogawa]].<ref name=Eyes>Manga Chapter 1: The Heisei Holmes</ref> He is frequently paired on missions with [[Vodka]].

== Appearance ==
Gin is a tall man with, as Shinichi put it, the eyes of someone who has easily killed many people without a care.<ref name=Eyes/> He has long silver hair (light-brown at first in the anime, then blond, then finally changed to match the manga as can be seen in the 13th movie: [[The Raven Chaser]]) that goes down to his hips and dark green eyes. He wears a black hat, long black coat, and a white turtleneck sweater.

Later in the series he receives a scar on his left cheek after a bullet from [[Shuichi Akai]]'s rifle grazes him.<ref name=Scar>Manga Chapter 504: Black Organization vs. FBI 2</ref>

== Background ==
Gin appears to be a high-ranking agent, often giving the other members their orders and supervising group missions, and seems to be able to communicate freely with [[Anokata]]. However, his true position is unknown, as he often goes on missions himself.

Gin seems to have undergone serious physical training, giving him incredible stamina and a high pain tolerance, as shown when he remained conscious after receiving a sleep dart and shot himself in the arm to regain full consciousness.<ref>Manga Chapter 242: A White World</ref>

== Personality ==
Although Gin is loyal to Anokata and follows all of their orders, he is also shown to act on his own initiative on more than one occasion. He is more than willing to take matters into his own hands when he feels another member has failed.<ref name=Smart>Manga Chapter 383: The New Weapon</ref> He does not trust anyone and does not fully believe anything he doesn't witness himself.<ref>Manga Chapter 702: The Bomber's Aim</ref>. He even once pulled a gun on his own partner, Vodka, when he went against orders and rescheduled a meeting with one of their contacts outside of the organization.<ref name=Smart/>

Gin is quite perceptive and intelligent<ref name=Smart/>; he can smell out traps his partner Vodka easily falls for. He has yet to be truly outsmarted by Conan, although he has been foiled a couple of times. As soon as he becomes suspicious of someone he gets to work looking into them,<ref>Manga Chapter 700: Dangerous Area</ref> but as soon as his suspicions are proven wrong he tends to lose interest completely.<ref name=Scar/><ref>Movie 13: [[The Raven Chaser]]</ref>

Despite being menacing and coldblooded, Gin appeares to respect certain members of his team; [[Vodka]], [[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]] (when she persuades him to leave Conan and Kogoro alone), and [[Rena Mizunashi|Kir]] (when he decides not to kill anyone at the hospital after she asks him not to).

In episode 425, either his name or alias most likely had to do something with a 'Koibito' when Akai Shuichi said "....My lovely, lovely archenemy, Koibito-san"

== Relationships analysis ==
* '''[[Gin and Vodka]]'''
The relationship between Gin and Vodka is a strange one; it's very rare to see one without the other, and even when they are separated they usually converse frequently over the phone. Some might consider them 'friends' - or as close to friends as members of the Black Organization can be - but Gin never hesitates to put Vodka in his place.

== Trivia==
*Gin is left handed.
*He does not bother to remember any strangers he kills.
*His favorite car is Porsche 356A.
*Gin's design has drastically been changed throughout the series. At first, his hair is actually light brown, and the line structure is not as detailed. In addition, part of his hair comes down his face across his nose. As the series progresses Gin's hair is blond, and the line structure is strongly detailed. Moreover, there is no hair that comes down across his face anymore. Gin's hair color changes once again in Opening 24 where it is then silver.

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]
* [[wikipedia:Gin|Gin]] the alcohol

== References ==
<references/>

{{Black Organization}}

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

Gin

2010-05-20T04:45:09Z

Kogoroconan:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Gin Ichimaru
| english-name = Gin
| image = Gin Profile.jpg
| age = 49
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = Vodka (apoted brorhter)
| nicknames = Aniki ([[Vodka]])
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 1
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: ? Specials: ? Openings: 12
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Yukitoshi Hori]]
| drama-actor = [[Kuranosuke Sasaki]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Gin|ジン|Jin}}''' is a high-ranking official in the [[Black Organization]] and the primary antagonist of the series. He is the organization member who gave [[Shinichi Kudo]] the experimental poison [[APTX 4869]] which turned him into [[Conan Edogawa]].<ref name=Eyes>Manga Chapter 1: The Heisei Holmes</ref> He is frequently paired on missions with [[Vodka]].

== Appearance ==
Gin is a tall man with, as Shinichi put it, the eyes of someone who has easily killed many people without a care.<ref name=Eyes/> He has long silver hair (light-brown at first in the anime, then blond, then finally changed to match the manga as can be seen in the 13th movie: [[The Raven Chaser]]) that goes down to his hips and dark green eyes. He wears a black hat, long black coat, and a white turtleneck sweater.

Later in the series he receives a scar on his left cheek after a bullet from [[Shuichi Akai]]'s rifle grazes him.<ref name=Scar>Manga Chapter 504: Black Organization vs. FBI 2</ref>

== Background ==
Gin appears to be a high-ranking agent, often giving the other members their orders and supervising group missions, and seems to be able to communicate freely with [[Anokata]]. However, his true position is unknown, as he often goes on missions himself.

Gin seems to have undergone serious physical training, giving him incredible stamina and a high pain tolerance, as shown when he remained conscious after receiving a sleep dart and shot himself in the arm to regain full consciousness.<ref>Manga Chapter 242: A White World</ref>

== Personality ==
Although Gin is loyal to Anokata and follows all of their orders, he is also shown to act on his own initiative on more than one occasion. He is more than willing to take matters into his own hands when he feels another member has failed.<ref name=Smart>Manga Chapter 383: The New Weapon</ref> He does not trust anyone and does not fully believe anything he doesn't witness himself.<ref>Manga Chapter 702: The Bomber's Aim</ref>. He even once pulled a gun on his own partner, Vodka, when he went against orders and rescheduled a meeting with one of their contacts outside of the organization.<ref name=Smart/>

Gin is quite perceptive and intelligent<ref name=Smart/>; he can smell out traps his partner Vodka easily falls for. He has yet to be truly outsmarted by Conan, although he has been foiled a couple of times. As soon as he becomes suspicious of someone he gets to work looking into them,<ref>Manga Chapter 700: Dangerous Area</ref> but as soon as his suspicions are proven wrong he tends to lose interest completely.<ref name=Scar/><ref>Movie 13: [[The Raven Chaser]]</ref>

Despite being menacing and coldblooded, Gin appeares to respect certain members of his team; [[Vodka]], [[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]] (when she persuades him to leave Conan and Kogoro alone), and [[Rena Mizunashi|Kir]] (when he decides not to kill anyone at the hospital after she asks him not to).

In episode 425, either his name or alias most likely had to do something with a 'Koibito' when Akai Shuichi said "....My lovely, lovely archenemy, Koibito-san"

== Relationships analysis ==
* '''[[Gin and Vodka]]'''
The relationship between Gin and Vodka is a strange one; it's very rare to see one without the other, and even when they are separated they usually converse frequently over the phone. Some might consider them 'friends' - or as close to friends as members of the Black Organization can be - but Gin never hesitates to put Vodka in his place.

== Trivia==
*Gin is left handed.
*He does not bother to remember any strangers he kills.
*His favorite car is Porsche 356A.
*Gin's design has drastically been changed throughout the series. At first, his hair is actually light brown, and the line structure is not as detailed. In addition, part of his hair comes down his face across his nose. As the series progresses Gin's hair is blond, and the line structure is strongly detailed. Moreover, there is no hair that comes down across his face anymore. Gin's hair color changes once again in Opening 24 where it is then silver.

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]
* [[wikipedia:Gin|Gin]] the alcohol

== References ==
<references/>

{{Black Organization}}

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

Conan Edogawa

2010-05-20T04:43:08Z

Kogoroconan:

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Conan Edogawa
| japanese-name = 江戸川コナン (Edogawa KONAN)
| english-name = Conan Edogawa
| image = Conan Edogawa Profile.jpg
| age = 7
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = May 4th
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| nicknames = Cool kiddo ([[Jodie Starling and Vermoth]]) Silver Bullet-kun ([[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Conan Edogawa Appearances}}
| cases-solved = {{Total episodes}}+
| japanese-voice = [[Minami Takayama]]
| drama-actor = [[Nao Fujisaki]] Minami Takayama (voice)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Conan Edogawa|江戸川コナン|Edogawa Konan}}''' is the alias used by [[Shinichi Kudo]] in his shrunken form. Indeed, he took the appearance of a 7 years old boy after being forced to swallow a poison, a prototype called [[APTX 4869]], by two men in black later revealed to be members of the [[Black Organization]].<ref name="episode1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]]</ref> Besides his changed appearance, the poison did not inflict any other damage and therefore he still has the brain and mind of an adult. He's able to use his gifted powers of deduction to solve cases and eventually close in on the Black Organization in the hope of finding an antidote to the APTX 4869.

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

== Background ==

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

=== The transformation ===

[[Image:APTX 4869 given to Shinichi.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Shinichi being poisoned]]
At the beginning of the series, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] brings his friend [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to [[Setting#Tropical_Land|Tropical Land]], a local theme park, to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="episode1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> As they are leaving, Shinichi witnesses a suspicious exchange between an unknown man and a man in black in a secluded area just outside the park. As he leaves her to investigate, Ran feels like she's seeing Shinichi for the last time (which will happen to have been somewhat of a premonition). While spying on the suspicious men, Shinichi does not notice another man in black, who knocks him out from behind and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]]. They then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurred. It shrinks his body to his appearance back to that of his six or seven year-old self. In desperation and confusion, Shinichi heads back to his house and runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Dr. Hiroshi Agasa]]. After a few attempts at proving he's in fact Shinichi, he finally succeeds in convincing the Professor. The latter warns him he must keep his identity secret as the [[Black Organization]] will endanger his life and others associated with him.<ref name="episode2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>
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=== Taking a new identity ===

Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa after [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="episode2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]]</ref> Ran's father [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a Detective Agency which may allow him to run into a case involving the Black Organization.

=== Creation of the Detective Boys ===

He is signed up at Teitan Elementary to further protect his identity and makes friends with some of the kids and forms the ''[[Detective Boys]]''.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case| Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref>

[[Image:Conan Stuns Kogoro.jpg|200px|thumb|Conan stuns Kogoro with his wristwatch, ready to solve a case!]]
=== Solving cases ===

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

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

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

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

=== Introduction of Ai Haibara===

As the story progresses, Conan later befriends biochemist [[Ai Haibara]]. Haibara Ai or Ai Haibara grew up within the Black Organization and is a former member of it along with her sister.<ref name="Anitafirst">[[Volume_18#File_178_-_Code_Name_Sherry|Volume 18, File 178: Code Name Sherry]]</ref>

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

=== Meeting with the Organization ===

=== After Vermouth ===

=== The boss's phone number ===

After solving a case in a rich household, the culprit tells the phone number for the Boss of the Black Organization is the tune to the song of "Seven Children"

== Back transformations ==

=== The first comeback ===

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

=== Antidote prototype ===

After two days, the antidote wears off and he becomes Conan again.<ref>[[The Desperate Revival|Episodes 191-193: The Desperate Revival]].</ref><ref>[[Volume_26#File_256_-_Concealed_Truth|Volume 26, Files 3-7]]</ref> Much further into the series, Shinichi accidentally takes a prototype antidote for APTX 4896. The antidote wears off 24 hours later but he is given another one by Ai to keep his identity secret. After another four hours, he becomes Conan again.<ref>[[Volume 62#File_647_-_The_Lost_Memory|Volumes 62-63: Files 647-654]]</ref>

== Personality ==

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

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

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

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

== Appellations ==

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

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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Conan-kun || Ran-neechan
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| [[File:Kogoro Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Kogoro Mouri]] || Brat Conan (rarely) || (Kogoro no -)Oji-san Occhan
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] || Conan-kun || Ayumi-chan
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| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || Conan || Genta
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || Conan-kun || Mitsuhiko
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| [[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]] || [[Ai Haibara]] || Kudo-kun Edogawa-kun (around others) || Haibara
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Shin-chan Shinichi || Kaa-san (Mom)
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa]] || Shinichi(-kun) || Agasa-hakase (Prof. Agasa) Hakase (Professor)
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| [[File:Sonoko Suzuki 60px.jpg]] || [[Sonoko Suzuki]] || Conan-kun Brat in the Glasses Chibi-chan || Sonoko-neechan
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| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || Kudo (privately) Kid Conan-kun || Hattori (privately) Heiji-niichan
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| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Conan-kun || Kazuha-neechan
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| [[File:Eri Kisaki 60px.jpg]] || [[Eri Kisaki]] || Conan-kun || Eri no Oba-san (Aunt Eri)
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| [[File:Juzo Megure 60px.jpg]] || [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] || Conan-kun || Megure-keibu (Inspector Megure)
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| [[File:Jodie Starling 60px.jpg]] || [[Jodie Starling]] || Cool Kid Conan-kun Boss || Jodie-sensei
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| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai]] || Kid || Akai-san
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| [[File:James Black 60px.jpg]] || [[James Black]] || Conan-kun Cool Guy || James-san
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| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || Tantei-kun (Detective-kun) || Kaitou Kid Kid
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| [[File:Sharon Vineyard 60px.jpg]] || [[Sharon Vineyard]] || Cool Guy Silver Bullet-kun || Vermouth
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== Relationships analysis ==

=== Family & Friends ===

[[File:Ran and Conan.jpg|thumb|Ran holding Conan]]
* '''Ran Mouri'''

{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}

Conan and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] share a brother/sister kind of relationship. He calls her Ran-neechan. Although Conan has yet to reveal his real identity to Ran, they do have a tight bond. They do a lot of activities together such as swimming, going to the movies or festivals, and more.
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[[File:Kogoro pulling Conan's ears.jpg|thumb|Kogoro pulling Conan's ears]]
* '''Kogoro Mouri'''

[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] often seems to find Conan to be a nuisance when around or on a case as Conan would often do or say unexpected things and act out of his own will just as much as a child would do (often done on purpose by Conan to look this way).
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* '''His parents'''

Conan's parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], like to push their child towards becoming an even better detective. They enjoy giving out challenges and sometimes without letting Conan know who's giving them: they disguised once to simulate a case and force Conan to discover their identities by his own means.

Yukiko loves to meddle in Conan's (and Shinichi's) love life as she will often make allusions such as Ran being her possible future daughter-in-law or Ai and Ayumi having feelings for Conan. He doesn't usually pay much attention to them.

Conan's mother helped him out once to keep his secret identity from being exposed to Ran by creating an alibi for him.
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* '''Professor Agasa'''

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

[[File:Heiji teasing Conan.jpg|thumb|Heiji teasing Conan]]
* '''Heiji Hattori'''

When they first meet, Conan and [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] seem bound to become lifelong rivals. However, after discovering Conan's real identity, Heiji starts to act almost like an older brother towards him. Since then the two have become rather close friends, though Conan often seems to find Heiji more of an annoyance then anything, due to his dangerous habbit of calling Conan 'Kudo' when other's are present.
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=== Detective Boys ===

[[File:Conan and Ai.jpg|thumb|Conan and Ai investigating]]
* '''Ai Haibara'''

{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}

Ai Haibara is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it. Indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as [[Yukiko Kudo|Conan's Mother]] and [[Gin]], have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. both victims of the [[APTX 4869]]), she finds it easier to talk to him.
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* '''Ayumi Yoshida'''

Conan grows to respect the little girl in his class for her sharp wit and observational skills, along with the other members of the [[Detective Boys]]. Although [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] clearly seems to like Conan, the latter does not return her feelings.

* '''Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya & Genta Kojima'''

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

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

=== Law enforcement ===

* '''Police'''

* '''FBI'''

* '''Jodie Starling'''

* '''Shuichi Akai'''

=== Black Organization ===

* '''Gin and Vodka'''

* '''Vermouth'''
[[Vermouth]] seems to has great personal interest in Conan, constantly calling him as the Black Organization 'Silver Bullet'. She also often protects Conan probably because when she was disguising as a serial killer in New York, she was saved by Conan (Shinichi at the time) and Ran.

=== Others ===

* '''Kaitou Kid'''

== People who know Conan's real identity ==

{{main|List of characters who know Conan's identity}}

There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity. None of them have ever betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]].

== Gadgets ==

{{main|Gadgets}}

== Quotes ==

=== General ===

{{cquote|I am Conan Edogawa, a detective.}}

{{cquote|But I've always believed that with a keen eye for details, one truth will prevail}}

=== Specific ===

{{charquote|Ran, if you're going to die, I'll be here on the other side with you...|[[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper|Movie 1]]}}

== Trivia ==

Shinichi/Conan can't sing, in fact he sounds terrible. However, he isn't tone deaf, he actually has perfect pitch. In moonlight sonata murder, this is shown several times: for example he can decipher the message at the end of the episode by just hearing the notes played on the piano, or how he knows that the piano is very in tune by listening to it.

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==

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Culture

2010-05-19T13:07:38Z

Kogoroconan: /* Entertainment */

== Entertainment ==

=== Kamen Yaiba ===

A sentai-type TV show in Japan which is admired by The [[Detective Boys]]. Its real-life counterpart are the many sentai shows from Japan, but in name it might be the most related to the "Kamen Rider Skyrider series by Shorostori Ishimoto

=== Gomera Movies ===

A collection of movies centered around a giant monster named Gomera. Its real-life counterpart is the Godzilla movie franchise.

=== Night Baron Series ===

A book series written by [[Yusaku Kudo]].

=== Detective Samonji ===

A murder mystery book written by author Shinmei Nintaro, that has received a television follow up. The ID of the murderer changes each time to maintain viewer interest. Both [[Ran Mouri]] and [[Shinichi Kudo]] enjoy the series.

== Sports ==

=== Soccer ===

Shinichi appears to be very fond of soccer. He often fiddles around with a soccer ball when solving cases. In one episode Ran remarks that Conan kicks a soccer ball surprisingly well just like Shinichi and that Shinichi also kicks a soccer ball when he's thinking. Conan also has a pair of power shoes made by Proffesor Agasa which he uses to kick balls and anything round he can find at someone when he is in danger.

=== Baseball ===

=== Karate ===

Ran is the captin of the karate team. Most are surprised that her hobby is karate. Ran sometimes uses her karate to defend herself or protect Conan and/or others. She sometimes punches something when she is angry to prove that she can beat anyone up if she wanted to, usually when she does that Conan, Shinichi, and Kogoru Mouri does exactly what she wants, the reason may be that they are afraid. Though sometimes, even though she knows karate, Ran may still act like a scared little girl ;P

== Trivia ==

* In Japan, the national police telephone number is 110. It is mentioned a few times in the series.

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The Boss of the Black Organization

2010-05-19T13:05:30Z

Kogoroconan: /* Speculations */

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| name = Ano Kata
| english-name = That Person
| image = Anokata.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Unknown
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Unknown
| nicknames =
| aliases =
| first-appearance = None as of yet
| appearances = None as of yet
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = None as of yet
| english-voice =
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'''{{nihongo|Ano Kata|あの方|That Person}}''' is what the [[Black Organization]] refer to their boss as. The true identity and gender of "That Person" is still unknown, with only a few insignifigant facts about them revealed in the manga's 15 year (and counting) run.

== Speculations ==

Fan speculation has led to many theories concerning "That Person"'s identity, ranging from [[Vodka]] to [[Yusaku Kudo]] to even one of the [[Detective Boys]] after having taken [[APTX 4869]]. In a "Who is That Person" fan poll in [[Shonen Sunday]], [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] was ranked the most likely suspect but Gin was voted becuse in Case Closed Poll He was a most likey important suspect

{{Black Organization}}

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Ai Haibara

2010-05-19T13:03:10Z

Kogoroconan: /* Background */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ai Haibara
| japanese-name = 灰原哀 (Haibara Ai)
| english-name = Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (manga)
| image = Ai Haibara Profile.jpg
| age = 18 (originally) 7 or 8 (as Ai Haibara)
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = [[Akemi Miyano]] (sister, deceased) Elena Miyano (mother, deceased) Atsushi Miyano (father, deceased)
| nicknames = Haibara (by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ai-chan (by [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]) Ai-kun (by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]])
| aliases = Shiho Miyano (real name) Sherry
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_2#File_016_-_A_Devil-like_Woman|Chapter 16]] (In a silhouette) / [[Volume_18#File_176_-_The_New_Student...|Chapter 176]] (1st full appearance) Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]]
| appearances = {{:Ai Haibara Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 18]]
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice = [[Brina Palencia]]
| drama-actor = [[Kyoka Shibata]] (Ai) [[Yu Kashii]] (Sherry)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ai Haibara|灰原哀|Haibara Ai}}''', real name '''{{nihongo|Shiho Miyano|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}}''', is the inventor of the [[APTX 4869]] poison that shrunk [[Shinichi Kudo]] into [[Conan Edogawa]], and a victim of the poison herself. Formerly '''{{nihongo|Sherry|シェリー}}''' of the [[Black Organization]], she is on the run from them and lives with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. She is also one of few characters who knows Shinichi is Conan.

== Background ==
Shiho Miyano and her older sister, Akemi Miyano aka Masami Hirota were born into the secret crime syndicate "The [[Black Organization]]". Of course, while Akemi lived a normal life, Ai was sent to America as a small child to go to school and was groomed to finish her parents' research <ref> File 384-386 Volume 38 File 2-4</ref>. She was born to an English mother, Elena Miyano, and a Japanese father, Atsushi Miyano. Both of whom were members of the organization, and deceased. A prodigy, she was sent to the United States for education at a very young age, then later came back to Japan to finish her parents' secret project for the organization. Her codename in the Organization is "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. She discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. While researching its effects, Shiho noticed that a rare few of her lab mice had become younger after being given the drug instead of dying.

Meanwhile, the Black Organization started using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect when they used it on [[Shinichi Kudo]], the Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. Shiho searched Shinichi's house twice after he had been shrunk to confirm his death for the Black Organization. She began to suspect Shinichi's transformation after she searched his house for a second time and found that his clothes from primary school were missing. Shiho then confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him after all.

Her unhappiness over the Black Organization's usage of the APTX 4869 (for killing purposes), in addition to her open questioning over the murder of her sister, Akemi Miyano, resulted in her imprisonment and scheduled execution by the Black Organization. With no other way out, she took a pill of APTX 4869 to commit suicide.

Like Shinichi, she is one of the only two known rare cases who didn't die after taking the drug; but instead shrunk into a seven or eight year old girl. In her new smaller body, she escaped from the Black Organization and attempted to reach Shinichi's house, hoping he may be able to help her. Exhausted, she collapsed in front of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]'s house, who then found and adopted her.<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref>

=== Ai Haibara ===

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

Eventually, Ai joined the ranks of the [[Detective Boys]], and although she does not think too highly of her mates' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends.

== Personality ==
Shiho has a sang-froid, mistrustful, sarcastic and cold attitude and often reminds others about the darker side of reality and human nature. As Ai Haibara she acts older than she is supposed to be, which the Shounen Tantei refer to her as "cool". But despite her jaded demeanor, she has shown to be kind and caring at occasion. She's a bit quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization. She is sometimes cold and very analytical, but there are times where she softens her demeanor and reveals herself to be a true friend. In fact, she considers Conan and the Detective Boys as the first real friends she has ever had in her life. [[File:Ai - Sai Brand's Wallet.jpg|thumb|150px|Ai asking for a ''Sai Brand'''s wallet for her cooperation]] Shiho is generally a loner and misses her older sister, Akemi, greatly (as witnessed in ''Movie 5: Countdown to Heaven'' where she would call her sister's old apartment just to hear her voice on the voicemail). Her greatest fear is being caught by the [[Black Organization]], and she is especially terrified of [[Gin]]. Smart, stubborn, and with a somewhat twisted sense of humor, she tries to keep Conan from doing reckless things that may give away their identity, though often she is surprised by his actions that usually result in his gaining the information he needs while also keeping their identities secret.

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

== Relationship analysis ==

=== Conan Edogawa ===

{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}

Ai Haibara seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits to it. In the fourth movie, she says to Conan that she wished she could forget her memories about the Black Organization and the death of her sister and the pill, claiming that all she wants to be was a normal little girl and live together with Conan forever. But then as Conan was shocked by the words, Ai immediately said she was lying. Indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friend or otherwise. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence, she finds it easier to talk to him.

=== Ran Mouri ===

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

=== Ayumi Yoshida ===

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

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

=== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ===

[[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] develops heavy romantic feelings for Ai, and Ai is aware of this. Ai uses his feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, but she also does admire his courage during missions the Detective Boys must perform and respects his feelings enough as not to be truly exploitative.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===

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

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

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

Shiho Miyano's name means "Eternal Youth and Beauty" <ref>Episode 223</ref>

Sherry is a fortified wine from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. It has been hinted that Haibara Ai speaks, reads, or understands Spanish.<ref>Movie 11</ref>

Most sherries are initially dry, with sweetness added later. This could be a play on her personality that the BO recognized.

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

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