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List of characters who know Conan's identity

2018-09-08T16:47:03Z

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[[File:Op40-8.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Conan and Shinichi from [[WE GO]]]]
Over the course of the series, 22 characters have come to know that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]] (11 of which are not manga [[canon]]). In addition, [[Ran Mouri]] has noticed similarities between the two and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and [[Rei Furuya]] have shown signs of doubting that Conan is just ''"very smart"''. This should not be confused with the [[people who know Conan is really Sleeping Kogoro|people who know Conan is the puppeteer behind Sleeping Kogoro]].

In their respective categories, characters are listed by the order they came to discover (or become suspicious of) Conan's identity.

== Canon ==
So far eleven people have learned Conan's true identity is Shinichi in the manga [[canon]]. Four were told the truth, six discovered it for themselves. How the remaining one became aware of this is unconfirmed.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] found out in Volume 1, the very beginning of the series during the second chapter. Shortly after Shinichi had been shrunk, he went back to his home, but was unable to enter his house due to his shrunken state. Professor Agasa had soon appeared and Shinichi revealed his identity, although he didn't believe Shinichi even after he displayed knowledge that only Shinichi would know. It wasn't until did Shinichi display his deductions and intelligence did Professor Agasa realize that the young child really was Shinichi Kudo. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 2 |language=English |location=San Francisco |date=2004-09-07 |page=54}}</ref>
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=== Akemi Miyano (Deceased) ===
[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Akemi Miyano]], [[Ai Haibara]]'s elder sister. Conan told her his real name as Akemi was dying.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=2|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-11-03|isbn=1-59116-587-3|chapter=File 7|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== The Kudo Couple ===
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The Kudo couple, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], heard that from Professor Agasa in Volume 6, after finding the Kudo household empty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=6|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-07-01|isbn=1-59116-838-4|chapter=File 1|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== Heiji Hattori ===
[[File:Heiji Hattori.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Heiji Hattori]] found out in Volume 13. Originally when he first met Conan, he didn't realize the truth as he was blinded by his competitive nature to beat Shinichi and prove he was the better detective. During their second encounter in the [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]], he started to realize the similiarites between Conan and Shinchi as well as the fact that neither of them were in the same room together during their first meeting. Due to this, Heiji came to realize that the young child Conan Edogawa was in fact the Famous High School Detective Shinichi Kudo. However, he lacked proof until he secretly witnessed Conan speaking in Heiji's voice after Heiji was knocked unconsciousness by the Stun-Gun Wristwatch. He secretly regained consciousness and witnessed Conan solving the case in his voice and confronted him shortly thereafter. While Conan still refused his claims, Heiji threatened to expose his identity to Ran and thus Conan had quickly confessed the truth of his identity. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=13 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-09-19 |isbn=1-4215-0443-X |chapter=File 1 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano ===
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[[Ai Haibara]]'s deduction of that was mentioned in Volume 18<ref name="Anitafirst">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=18|publisher=Viz Media|date=2007-07-17|isbn=1-4215-0883-4|chapter=File 8|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>, after knowing Shinichi's clothes from his childhood had somehow disappeared from his house and that APTX4869 had de-aged one mouse during trials.
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=== Vermouth ===
[[File:Vermouth.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Vermouth]] realized similarities between Shinichi (when he was young) and Conan. She also chose not to betray Shinichi to the Black Organization, most likely because he and Ran saved her when she was disguised as a serial killer in New York.
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=== Eisuke Hondou ===
[[File:Eisuke Hondou.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Eisuke Hondou]] revealed his awareness of Conan's true idenitiy in Volume 60.<ref>''Detective Conan'', File 621.</ref> Originally when he began investigating the whereabouts of his sister, he was still unaware that Rena Mizunashi was his sister or the fact she is an agent of the CIA. When she disappeared, he began investigating and believed that Kogoro was responsible behind her disappearance since he was the last person to see her. However when he began further investigating Kogoro, it lead to him discovering Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo. He realised that Kogoro's skills as a detective were different before he began "Sleeping Kogoro" and noticed that Conan was always by his side whenever he was solving a case as well as the fact that Shinichi had taken a leave of absence from school around the exact same time.

Upon these discoveries, Eisuke discovered Conan Edogawa was really Shinichi Kudo, but still didn't know how he became small. This reveals that even before they first met, Eisuke knew all along who Conan really was. When he first met Conan, Eisuke purposely fell into him, knocking off his glasses. Then acting as if he couldn't see, he called Conan, Detective Mouri. Later after finding his sister and learning the circumstances, Eisuke revealed his desire to go to America to join the CIA to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister. Eisuke also confesses to Conan that he is in love with Ran and desires to bring her with him to America, but wants to ask for Shinichi's permission after learning that Shinichi and Ran are in love. Due to this, Conan reveals himself as Shinichi Kudo, refusing Eisuke's request and Eisuke then revealed this truly confirms his suspicions and confesses to knowing Conan's true identity all along.
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=== Masumi Sera ===
[[File:Masumi Sera.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Masumi Sera|Sera]] seems to have known Conan was Shinichi before they first met recently. Masumi remembers Shinichi from some meeting they had in the past and has been since trying to encourage Conan to remember where he met her. In "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West" episode, it's confirmed that Sera knows when she thinks "Now we already know who's the winner" while looking towards Conan that thinking about the case, referring him as "Shinichi". Also during [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel]], she purposely made a mistake in her deductions so she could test Conan's skills and make him solve the case using Shinichi's voice.
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=== Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai===
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[[Subaru Okiya]] (officially revealed to be [[Shuichi Akai]] in File 898) obtained proof of Conan's identity when [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|he caught Conan pretending to be Shinichi over the phone]].<ref>Chapter 813</ref> Based on some of the questions he asked Ran, he may have deduced Conan was Shinichi very soon after he moved into the Kudo house,<ref>Paper Airplane Case</ref> but had lacked absolute proof up until the phone incident. Since finding out the truth, he teases Conan and has on occasion confronted him regarding his identity, but doesn't further press the issue until Conan is ready to reveal the truth himself. However, while Conan still refuses to speak of his identity, it's revealed he has already realised that Shuichi Akai knows he is Shinichi Kudo.<ref>Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene</ref>
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=== Mary Sera ===
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In Volume 90 (Soul Detective Murder Case), [[Mary Sera|Mary]] told Masumi that Conan is no longer [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|the same person that she and Masumi met 10 years ago]]. This implies that she is aware that Conan is Shinichi.
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=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
Although [[Kaitou Kid]]'s knowledge of Conan's identity has not been explicitly stated in the manga, Kid addresses Conan and Heiji in File 1018 as "the two highschool detectives", implying that he is aware of Conan's alter ego. How Kid became aware of this is unclear, and has as of now not been mentioned or hinted at. The two most likely scenarios are, that he became aware of it after Conan revealed some information to Kid about his mother during the Ryoma heist, which might have alowed Kid to make the connection, since Yukiko Kudo was a pupil to Kaito's father, Toichi Kuroba; or that he became aware of it after the media attention Shinichi got after the case of the Crimson School Trip arc (File 1000-1005). Whether or not Kid's assistant Konosuke Jii is also aware of Conan's identity is unclear but most likely if Kid truly knows.
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== Non-Canon ==
=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kaitou Kid]] (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') becomes aware of Conan's true identity in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]. While disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], Kid had bugged the phones on the Suzuki Financial Group's ship and therefore heard all of the conversation between Conan and Agasa on the phone. Not realizing they were being listened to, Agasa continued to refer to Conan as "Shinichi" on the phone as he normally does. It is assumed that afterwards Kid put two and two together. Kid's knowledge of Conan being Shinichi is confirmed in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].


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=== John ===
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{{nihongo|'''John'''|ジョン|Jyon}} is a pet dog owned by Masayoshi Sakaguchi, the famous lawyer that specializes in crimes committed by juveniles, in [[Pet Dog John Murder Case]]. When he was in primary school, along with Ran, Shinichi used to come at that house a lot on the way home. He used to save his bread from lunch and gave it to this dog. Then, even if he is Conan at the moment, John recognizes Shinichi.
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=== Hiroki Sawada (Deceased) ===
[[File:Hiroki Sawada.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''Hiroki Sawada'''|ヒロキ・サワダ|Hiroki Sawada}} in [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]. How he knew that was not given, though it was most likely through the DNA Query Program.
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=== Hajime Kindaichi ===
[[File:Hajime Kindaichi.jpg|100px|right]]
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=== Lupin III Cast ===
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In the TV Special [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]], the famous gentleman thief named [[Lupin III]] and his associates Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon, through some means discover Conan's true identity and help him sneak back into Japan after traveling to the country Vespania (Conan would've needed a passport to return home, but his passport was for Shinichi Kudo).
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=== Irish (Deceased) ===
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In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] discovers Conan's secret identity. However, instead of revealing it to the Organization, he decides to use that to gain more power with the boss, because of an old grudge he has with [[Gin]] for killing [[Pisco]], his mentor, without orders to do so. He is shot to death by [[Chianti]] before he can do anything.
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=== Alan Smithee (Deceased) ===
[[File:Adam Smithy.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], Conan revealed his true name to Alan. Alan died shortly after that.
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Sunflowers of Inferno]], Konosuke was explained to know Conan's true identity.
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=== Tokujiro Nagai ===
[[File:Tokujiro Nagai.jpg|100px|right]]
'''{{nihongo|Tokujiro Nagai|長井徳次郎|Nagai Tokujirō}}''', age 72, is the Nagai Toys shopkeeper in [[The Mysterious Boy]]. His wife was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but he's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Tsutomu Oshiro, a 38 years old employee, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for his wife's sake. But then Oshiro decided to demand repayment from the wife, heedless of her condition. When she heard that her husband had plunged himself into debt, she suffered a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards. Then, Nagai murders Oshiro for revenge.

Upon that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children visiting his toy shop had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this realization convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Inspector Megure orders a thorough investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to surrender himself, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has [[APTX-4869|remained unchanged]] for ten years" has influenced him into doing so, as a sort of messenger from his late wife.
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=== Suehiko Itoh ===
[[File:Suehiko Itoh.jpg|100px|right]]
Actually, '''Suehiko''' just dubious know Conan's true identity. Because he can't see anything (he is blind), he think Conan is Shinichi thanks to the collected fingerprint when Conan sit on the armchair at the initial meeting. He appears in [[Movie 10]].{{clear}}

== Suspicious ==
Although several characters have caught on to the fact that Conan is much smarter than most children, only a few characters have questioned exactly why he is so smart. Although the [[FBI]] are aware of Conan's intelligence and even talk to him like he is an adult ([[Shuichi Akai]]), they do not seem to be too concerned about how he got so smart, especially since they have not encountered Conan's true self, [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Some of the police like [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] take Conan's deductions seriously, but like the FBI, they seem to believe he is just an exceptionally bright child.

=== Confirmed suspicions ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] was the first character to become suspicious of Conan's identity, albeit briefly. In [[Volume 2]], he felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before, likely the time when Ran was in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|File 10, Page 16]]</ref> Later, he noticed that Conan was once again pointing out things he overlooked, such as that all of the photos proving the suspects alibi had clocks in them. However, he instantly loses his suspicions when Conan spills another envelope of photos for the case, deciding that "a brat is a brat" after all.<ref>Manga Chapter 11: A Perfect Alibi</ref>

In the [[TV Station Murder Case]], Kogoro became suspicious about Conan for the second time. He was invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurred at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lured Kogoro to a separate room, lying that [[Yoko Okino]] was in there. Just as usual, he decided to tranquilize Kogoro and used the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro woke up, he began to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He was also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tried to pull him outside, he always fell asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabbed the boy's suit jacket and wanted to "clear things up". Much to Conan's luck, Yoko Okino appeared for real and Kogoro completely lost his suspicions.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Ran being suspicious.jpg|thumb|left|Ran suspecting Conan is Shinichi.]]
[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has on more than one occasion noticed the striking similarities between Shinichi and Conan, being his childhood friend and one of the people that know Shinichi the best.<ref>Episode 96.</ref> She first becomes suspicious during the Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] when Conan deduces that the client is a surgeon in a manner similar to Shinichi's deductions, but her suspicions are diluted due to Conan playing with the toys. Later, her suspicions are raised due to Conan acting suspiciously mature for a child and then tricked him into saying indirectly that he's Shinichi. At the end of the episode her suspisions are cleared due to Conan being in the agency while Shinichi( Agasa using a voice changer to mimic)calls the agency.<ref>Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]]</ref> In [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96]], she sees Conan without his glasses and notices he looks exactly the same as Shinichi when he was a child. She even tries to confront him about it, but [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] then arrives and claims that Conan is her distant nephew.<ref>Episode 96: [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Later on, in [[The Desperate Revival]], it is revealed that Ran believes Conan is Shinichi and is waiting for him to tell her.<ref>Episodes 188-193: [[The Desperate Revival]]</ref> She is only dissuaded from this when Shinichi appears at the same time that Conan does. It turns out that Haibara has given Conan a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]] that will return him to Kudo Shinichi and disguised herself as Conan. After a text message she sends to Shinichi is received on Conan's cell phone her suspicions are aroused again<ref>Manga Chapter 479: The Suspicious Message</ref>, but Conan uses Agasa's cell phone to call her as Shinichi and messages her his "new" cell phone number.<ref>Episode 400: [[Ran's Suspicions]] Manga Chapter 483: Unlocking It!</ref> Since then, Ran has apparently been too happy with having Shinichi's "secret number" to become suspicious of Conan.<ref> Manga Chapter 484: From Him to Her</ref>
An upcoming suspicion arc has been foreshadowed with Heiji Hattori's omamori and her wondering how Shinichi's fingerprints got on it when only Conan has touched it, coupled with Conan's recent lack of subtlety.
And in the [[Volume 66#Kazuha's Charm Case|Kazuha's Charm Case]], Ran told Conan if he has the resolution of the case yet, hinting that she continue suspecting about Shinichi being Conan. Upin witnessing how Conan helps solving cases, it is likely possible that she subconsciously knows that Conan is Shinichi, and due to suspecting him several times, she might be aware that he is using some tricks to create alibis to satisfy her concerns.
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==== Wataru Takagi ====
[[File:Wataru Takagi.jpg|100px|right]]
When it seemed they would both die while disarming a bomb, [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] agreed to follow Conan's instructions in exchange for telling him who he really is. Conan agreed but said he would tell him in the afterlife.<ref>Manga Chapter 372: The Most in This World...</ref> Takagi had also thought to himself that Conan was not just any normal kid prior to this, but he has not made this observation since nor has he asked Conan to explain his answer. It is worth noting however that Takagi is aware of Conan's [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] and will do nearly anything Conan asks him to do, including dressing up as a mailman in order to fool some kidnappers. Also, in a recent case Takagi refers to Kudo as "Shinichi-kun", something that is strange considering that the last contact Shinichi and Takagi had (Shiragami case) he still called him "Kudo-kun", and also in the [[Volume 63#Highway Murder Case|Shiragami Case]] he had the same attitude with Shinichi than with Conan in other cases, possibly because he continues suspecting about his identity. However, in the [[Super Digest Books#SDB80.2B questions translations|Q&A of the Super Digest Book 80+]], Gosho Aoyama stated that Takagi doesn't suspect Conan "even the tiniest bit".

==== Keith Dan Stinger ====
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He became amazed by Conan's intelligence by discovering the fake sommelier that tried to poison Princess Mira and how he managed to alert the cockpit of his presence when he jumped onto the plane upon take off. Upon witnessing his actions, Keith reveals his suspicions that although Conan may look like a child, he has the mind of an adult and entrusts him along with Jigen to find evidence that proves Duke Gerard murdered Queen Sakura and Prince Gill.
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=== Non confirmed suspicions===
==== Rei Furuya/Tooru Amuro/Bourbon ====
[[File:Rei Furuya.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] suspects Conan is creating the Sleeping Kogoro, but it is unclear if he has any suspicions about Conan's identity or relationship to Shinichi. Also, in the final chapter of the [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]], Conan said to him "liar" and then [[Rei Furuya|Furuya]] responded him "look who's talking", possibly because he also noted Conan is not just a very smart boy.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
[[File:Jodie Starling.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] overheard [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] call Shinichi by the first half of his real name: "Shin-Conan". She noted the slip but didn't seem to understand what it meant.<ref>Sometime very soon after Scarlet Showdown</ref>
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[File:Shukichi Haneda.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Shukichi]] noticed that Conan is a skilled detective during their first meeting. During a case, he even writes to his sister [[Masumi]] that there is no problem if Conan is making the deduction. By the end of the case, he sent her an e-mail asking if she has already met the wizard. [[Shinichi]] met Shukichi 10 years ago in the beach, so there is a possibility that Shukichi knows that Conan is Shinichi due to his excellent memory. Well in the 'Yumi's Love Story' case, he thought that the case has reached it's checkmate by looking at Conan which nearly conforms that he already knew about him.
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=== People who questioned Conan's identity ===
==== Kurumi Shodo ====
[[File:Kurumi Shodo.jpg|100px|right]]
Shodo is blind, and based on Conan's speech manner, she concluded that he was in high school age and just had a high voice. She said to Conan that it was as if Sherlock Holmes was imitating a child.
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity‎]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Subaru Okiya's identity]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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List of characters who know Conan's identity

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[[File:Op40-8.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Conan and Shinichi from [[WE GO]]]]
Over the course of the series, 22 characters have come to know that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]] (11 of which are not manga [[canon]]). In addition, [[Ran Mouri]] has noticed similarities between the two and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and [[Rei Furuya]] have shown signs of doubting that Conan is just ''"very smart"''. This should not be confused with the [[people who know Conan is really Sleeping Kogoro|people who know Conan is the puppeteer behind Sleeping Kogoro]].

In their respective categories, characters are listed by the order they came to discover (or become suspicious of) Conan's identity.

== Canon ==
So far eleven people have learned Conan's true identity is Shinichi in the manga [[canon]]. Four were told the truth, six discovered it for themselves. How the remaining one became aware of this is unconfirmed.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] found out in Volume 1, the very beginning of the series during the second chapter. Shortly after Shinichi had been shrunk, he went back to his home, but was unable to enter his house due to his shrunken state. Professor Agasa had soon appeared and Shinichi revealed his identity, although he didn't believe Shinichi even after he displayed knowledge that only Shinichi would know. It wasn't until did Shinichi display his deductions and intelligence did Professor Agasa realize that the young child really was Shinichi Kudo. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 2 |language=English |location=San Francisco |date=2004-09-07 |page=54}}</ref>
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=== Akemi Miyano (Deceased) ===
[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Akemi Miyano]], [[Ai Haibara]]'s elder sister. Conan told her his real name as Akemi was dying.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=2|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-11-03|isbn=1-59116-587-3|chapter=File 7|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== The Kudo Couple ===
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The Kudo couple, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], heard that from Professor Agasa in Volume 6, after finding the Kudo household empty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=6|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-07-01|isbn=1-59116-838-4|chapter=File 1|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== Heiji Hattori ===
[[File:Heiji Hattori.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Heiji Hattori]] found out in Volume 13. Originally when he first met Conan, he didn't realize the truth as he was blinded by his competitive nature to beat Shinichi and prove he was the better detective. During their second encounter in the [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]], he started to realize the similiarites between Conan and Shinchi as well as the fact that neither of them were in the same room together during their first meeting. Due to this, Heiji came to realize that the young child Conan Edogawa was in fact the Famous High School Detective Shinichi Kudo. However, he lacked proof until he secretly witnessed Conan speaking in Heiji's voice after Heiji was knocked unconsciousness by the Stun-Gun Wristwatch. He secretly regained consciousness and witnessed Conan solving the case in his voice and confronted him shortly thereafter. While Conan still refused his claims, Heiji threatened to expose his identity to Ran and thus Conan had quickly confessed the truth of his identity. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=13 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-09-19 |isbn=1-4215-0443-X |chapter=File 1 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano ===
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[[Ai Haibara]]'s deduction of that was mentioned in Volume 18<ref name="Anitafirst">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=18|publisher=Viz Media|date=2007-07-17|isbn=1-4215-0883-4|chapter=File 8|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>, after knowing Shinichi's clothes from his childhood had somehow disappeared from his house and that APTX4869 had de-aged one mouse during trials.
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=== Vermouth ===
[[File:Vermouth.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Vermouth]] realized similarities between Shinichi (when he was young) and Conan. She also chose not to betray Shinichi to the Black Organization, most likely because he and Ran saved her when she was disguised as a serial killer in New York.
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=== Eisuke Hondou ===
[[File:Eisuke Hondou.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Eisuke Hondou]] revealed his awareness of Conan's true idenitiy in Volume 60.<ref>''Detective Conan'', File 621.</ref> Originally when he began investigating the whereabouts of his sister, he was still unaware that Rena Mizunashi was his sister or the fact she is an agent of the CIA. When she disappeared, he began investigating and believed that Kogoro was responsible behind her disappearance since he was the last person to see her. However when he began further investigating Kogoro, it lead to him discovering Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo. He realised that Kogoro's skills as a detective were different before he began "Sleeping Kogoro" and noticed that Conan was always by his side whenever he was solving a case as well as the fact that Shinichi had taken a leave of absence from school around the exact same time.

Upon these discoveries, Eisuke discovered Conan Edogawa was really Shinichi Kudo, but still didn't know how he became small. This reveals that even before they first met, Eisuke knew all along who Conan really was. When he first met Conan, Eisuke purposely fell into him, knocking off his glasses. Then acting as if he couldn't see, he called Conan, Detective Mouri. Later after finding his sister and learning the circumstances, Eisuke revealed his desire to go to America to join the CIA to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister. Eisuke also confesses to Conan that he is in love with Ran and desires to bring her with him to America, but wants to ask for Shinichi's permission after learning that Shinichi and Ran are in love. Due to this, Conan reveals himself as Shinichi Kudo, refusing Eisuke's request and Eisuke then revealed this truly confirms his suspicions and confesses to knowing Conan's true identity all along.
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=== Masumi Sera ===
[[File:Masumi Sera.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Masumi Sera|Sera]] seems to have known Conan was Shinichi before they first met recently. Masumi remembers Shinichi from some meeting they had in the past and has been since trying to encourage Conan to remember where he met her. In "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West" episode, it's confirmed that Sera knows when she thinks "Now we already know who's the winner" while looking towards Conan that thinking about the case, referring him as "Shinichi". Also during [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel]], she purposely made a mistake in her deductions so she could test Conan's skills and make him solve the case using Shinichi's voice.
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=== Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai===
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[[Subaru Okiya]] (officially revealed to be [[Shuichi Akai]] in File 898) obtained proof of Conan's identity when [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|he caught Conan pretending to be Shinichi over the phone]].<ref>Chapter 813</ref> Based on some of the questions he asked Ran, he may have deduced Conan was Shinichi very soon after he moved into the Kudo house,<ref>Paper Airplane Case</ref> but had lacked absolute proof up until the phone incident. Since finding out the truth, he teases Conan and has on occasion confronted him regarding his identity, but doesn't further press the issue until Conan is ready to reveal the truth himself. However, while Conan still refuses to speak of his identity, it's revealed he has already realised that Shuichi Akai knows he is Shinichi Kudo.<ref>Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene</ref>
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=== Mary Sera ===
[[File:Mary.jpg|100px|right]]
In Volume 90 (Soul Detective Murder Case), [[Mary Sera|Mary]] told Masumi that Conan is no longer [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|the same person that she and Masumi met 10 years ago]]. This implies that she is aware that Conan is Shinichi.
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=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
Although [[Kaitou Kid]]'s knowledge of Conan's identity has not been explicitly stated in the manga, Kid addresses Conan and Heiji in File 1018 as "the two highschool detectives", implying that he is aware of Conan's alter ego. How Kid became aware of this is unclear, and has as of now not been mentioned or hinted at. The two most likely scenarios are, that he became aware of it after Conan revealed some information to Kid about his mother during the Ryoma heist, which might have alowed Kid to make the connection, since Yukiko Kudo was a pupil to Kaito's father, Toichi Kuroba; or that he became aware of it after the media attention Shinichi got after the case of the Crimson School Trip arc (File 100-1005). Whether or not Kid's assistant Konosuke Jii is also aware of Conan's identity is unclear but most likely if Kid truly knows.
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== Non-Canon ==
=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kaitou Kid]] (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') becomes aware of Conan's true identity in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]. While disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], Kid had bugged the phones on the Suzuki Financial Group's ship and therefore heard all of the conversation between Conan and Agasa on the phone. Not realizing they were being listened to, Agasa continued to refer to Conan as "Shinichi" on the phone as he normally does. It is assumed that afterwards Kid put two and two together. Kid's knowledge of Conan being Shinichi is confirmed in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].


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=== John ===
[[File:John2.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''John'''|ジョン|Jyon}} is a pet dog owned by Masayoshi Sakaguchi, the famous lawyer that specializes in crimes committed by juveniles, in [[Pet Dog John Murder Case]]. When he was in primary school, along with Ran, Shinichi used to come at that house a lot on the way home. He used to save his bread from lunch and gave it to this dog. Then, even if he is Conan at the moment, John recognizes Shinichi.
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=== Hiroki Sawada (Deceased) ===
[[File:Hiroki Sawada.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''Hiroki Sawada'''|ヒロキ・サワダ|Hiroki Sawada}} in [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]. How he knew that was not given, though it was most likely through the DNA Query Program.
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=== Hajime Kindaichi ===
[[File:Hajime Kindaichi.jpg|100px|right]]
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=== Lupin III Cast ===
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In the TV Special [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]], the famous gentleman thief named [[Lupin III]] and his associates Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon, through some means discover Conan's true identity and help him sneak back into Japan after traveling to the country Vespania (Conan would've needed a passport to return home, but his passport was for Shinichi Kudo).
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=== Irish (Deceased) ===
[[File:Irish.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] discovers Conan's secret identity. However, instead of revealing it to the Organization, he decides to use that to gain more power with the boss, because of an old grudge he has with [[Gin]] for killing [[Pisco]], his mentor, without orders to do so. He is shot to death by [[Chianti]] before he can do anything.
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=== Alan Smithee (Deceased) ===
[[File:Adam Smithy.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], Conan revealed his true name to Alan. Alan died shortly after that.
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Sunflowers of Inferno]], Konosuke was explained to know Conan's true identity.
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=== Tokujiro Nagai ===
[[File:Tokujiro Nagai.jpg|100px|right]]
'''{{nihongo|Tokujiro Nagai|長井徳次郎|Nagai Tokujirō}}''', age 72, is the Nagai Toys shopkeeper in [[The Mysterious Boy]]. His wife was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but he's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Tsutomu Oshiro, a 38 years old employee, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for his wife's sake. But then Oshiro decided to demand repayment from the wife, heedless of her condition. When she heard that her husband had plunged himself into debt, she suffered a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards. Then, Nagai murders Oshiro for revenge.

Upon that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children visiting his toy shop had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this realization convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Inspector Megure orders a thorough investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to surrender himself, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has [[APTX-4869|remained unchanged]] for ten years" has influenced him into doing so, as a sort of messenger from his late wife.
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=== Suehiko Itoh ===
[[File:Suehiko Itoh.jpg|100px|right]]
Actually, '''Suehiko''' just dubious know Conan's true identity. Because he can't see anything (he is blind), he think Conan is Shinichi thanks to the collected fingerprint when Conan sit on the armchair at the initial meeting. He appears in [[Movie 10]].{{clear}}

== Suspicious ==
Although several characters have caught on to the fact that Conan is much smarter than most children, only a few characters have questioned exactly why he is so smart. Although the [[FBI]] are aware of Conan's intelligence and even talk to him like he is an adult ([[Shuichi Akai]]), they do not seem to be too concerned about how he got so smart, especially since they have not encountered Conan's true self, [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Some of the police like [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] take Conan's deductions seriously, but like the FBI, they seem to believe he is just an exceptionally bright child.

=== Confirmed suspicions ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] was the first character to become suspicious of Conan's identity, albeit briefly. In [[Volume 2]], he felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before, likely the time when Ran was in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|File 10, Page 16]]</ref> Later, he noticed that Conan was once again pointing out things he overlooked, such as that all of the photos proving the suspects alibi had clocks in them. However, he instantly loses his suspicions when Conan spills another envelope of photos for the case, deciding that "a brat is a brat" after all.<ref>Manga Chapter 11: A Perfect Alibi</ref>

In the [[TV Station Murder Case]], Kogoro became suspicious about Conan for the second time. He was invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurred at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lured Kogoro to a separate room, lying that [[Yoko Okino]] was in there. Just as usual, he decided to tranquilize Kogoro and used the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro woke up, he began to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He was also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tried to pull him outside, he always fell asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabbed the boy's suit jacket and wanted to "clear things up". Much to Conan's luck, Yoko Okino appeared for real and Kogoro completely lost his suspicions.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Ran being suspicious.jpg|thumb|left|Ran suspecting Conan is Shinichi.]]
[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has on more than one occasion noticed the striking similarities between Shinichi and Conan, being his childhood friend and one of the people that know Shinichi the best.<ref>Episode 96.</ref> She first becomes suspicious during the Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] when Conan deduces that the client is a surgeon in a manner similar to Shinichi's deductions, but her suspicions are diluted due to Conan playing with the toys. Later, her suspicions are raised due to Conan acting suspiciously mature for a child and then tricked him into saying indirectly that he's Shinichi. At the end of the episode her suspisions are cleared due to Conan being in the agency while Shinichi( Agasa using a voice changer to mimic)calls the agency.<ref>Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]]</ref> In [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96]], she sees Conan without his glasses and notices he looks exactly the same as Shinichi when he was a child. She even tries to confront him about it, but [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] then arrives and claims that Conan is her distant nephew.<ref>Episode 96: [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Later on, in [[The Desperate Revival]], it is revealed that Ran believes Conan is Shinichi and is waiting for him to tell her.<ref>Episodes 188-193: [[The Desperate Revival]]</ref> She is only dissuaded from this when Shinichi appears at the same time that Conan does. It turns out that Haibara has given Conan a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]] that will return him to Kudo Shinichi and disguised herself as Conan. After a text message she sends to Shinichi is received on Conan's cell phone her suspicions are aroused again<ref>Manga Chapter 479: The Suspicious Message</ref>, but Conan uses Agasa's cell phone to call her as Shinichi and messages her his "new" cell phone number.<ref>Episode 400: [[Ran's Suspicions]] Manga Chapter 483: Unlocking It!</ref> Since then, Ran has apparently been too happy with having Shinichi's "secret number" to become suspicious of Conan.<ref> Manga Chapter 484: From Him to Her</ref>
An upcoming suspicion arc has been foreshadowed with Heiji Hattori's omamori and her wondering how Shinichi's fingerprints got on it when only Conan has touched it, coupled with Conan's recent lack of subtlety.
And in the [[Volume 66#Kazuha's Charm Case|Kazuha's Charm Case]], Ran told Conan if he has the resolution of the case yet, hinting that she continue suspecting about Shinichi being Conan. Upin witnessing how Conan helps solving cases, it is likely possible that she subconsciously knows that Conan is Shinichi, and due to suspecting him several times, she might be aware that he is using some tricks to create alibis to satisfy her concerns.
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==== Wataru Takagi ====
[[File:Wataru Takagi.jpg|100px|right]]
When it seemed they would both die while disarming a bomb, [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] agreed to follow Conan's instructions in exchange for telling him who he really is. Conan agreed but said he would tell him in the afterlife.<ref>Manga Chapter 372: The Most in This World...</ref> Takagi had also thought to himself that Conan was not just any normal kid prior to this, but he has not made this observation since nor has he asked Conan to explain his answer. It is worth noting however that Takagi is aware of Conan's [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] and will do nearly anything Conan asks him to do, including dressing up as a mailman in order to fool some kidnappers. Also, in a recent case Takagi refers to Kudo as "Shinichi-kun", something that is strange considering that the last contact Shinichi and Takagi had (Shiragami case) he still called him "Kudo-kun", and also in the [[Volume 63#Highway Murder Case|Shiragami Case]] he had the same attitude with Shinichi than with Conan in other cases, possibly because he continues suspecting about his identity. However, in the [[Super Digest Books#SDB80.2B questions translations|Q&A of the Super Digest Book 80+]], Gosho Aoyama stated that Takagi doesn't suspect Conan "even the tiniest bit".

==== Keith Dan Stinger ====
[[File:Keith.jpg|100px|right]]
He became amazed by Conan's intelligence by discovering the fake sommelier that tried to poison Princess Mira and how he managed to alert the cockpit of his presence when he jumped onto the plane upon take off. Upon witnessing his actions, Keith reveals his suspicions that although Conan may look like a child, he has the mind of an adult and entrusts him along with Jigen to find evidence that proves Duke Gerard murdered Queen Sakura and Prince Gill.
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=== Non confirmed suspicions===
==== Rei Furuya/Tooru Amuro/Bourbon ====
[[File:Rei Furuya.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] suspects Conan is creating the Sleeping Kogoro, but it is unclear if he has any suspicions about Conan's identity or relationship to Shinichi. Also, in the final chapter of the [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]], Conan said to him "liar" and then [[Rei Furuya|Furuya]] responded him "look who's talking", possibly because he also noted Conan is not just a very smart boy.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
[[File:Jodie Starling.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] overheard [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] call Shinichi by the first half of his real name: "Shin-Conan". She noted the slip but didn't seem to understand what it meant.<ref>Sometime very soon after Scarlet Showdown</ref>
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[File:Shukichi Haneda.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Shukichi]] noticed that Conan is a skilled detective during their first meeting. During a case, he even writes to his sister [[Masumi]] that there is no problem if Conan is making the deduction. By the end of the case, he sent her an e-mail asking if she has already met the wizard. [[Shinichi]] met Shukichi 10 years ago in the beach, so there is a possibility that Shukichi knows that Conan is Shinichi due to his excellent memory. Well in the 'Yumi's Love Story' case, he thought that the case has reached it's checkmate by looking at Conan which nearly conforms that he already knew about him.
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=== People who questioned Conan's identity ===
==== Kurumi Shodo ====
[[File:Kurumi Shodo.jpg|100px|right]]
Shodo is blind, and based on Conan's speech manner, she concluded that he was in high school age and just had a high voice. She said to Conan that it was as if Sherlock Holmes was imitating a child.
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity‎]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Subaru Okiya's identity]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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[[File:Op40-8.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Conan and Shinichi from [[WE GO]]]]
Over the course of the series, 22 characters have come to know that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]] (11 of which are not manga [[canon]]). In addition, [[Ran Mouri]] has noticed similarities between the two and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and [[Rei Furuya]] have shown signs of doubting that Conan is just ''"very smart"''. This should not be confused with the [[people who know Conan is really Sleeping Kogoro|people who know Conan is the puppeteer behind Sleeping Kogoro]].

In their respective categories, characters are listed by the order they came to discover (or become suspicious of) Conan's identity.

== Canon ==
So far eleven people have learned Conan's true identity is Shinichi in the manga [[canon]]. Four were told the truth, six discovered it for themselves. How the remaining one became aware of this is unconfirmed.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] found out in Volume 1, the very beginning of the series during the second chapter. Shortly after Shinichi had been shrunk, he went back to his home, but was unable to enter his house due to his shrunken state. Professor Agasa had soon appeared and Shinichi revealed his identity, although he didn't believe Shinichi even after he displayed knowledge that only Shinichi would know. It wasn't until did Shinichi display his deductions and intelligence did Professor Agasa realize that the young child really was Shinichi Kudo. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 2 |language=English |location=San Francisco |date=2004-09-07 |page=54}}</ref>
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=== Akemi Miyano (Deceased) ===
[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Akemi Miyano]], [[Ai Haibara]]'s elder sister. Conan told her his real name as Akemi was dying.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=2|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-11-03|isbn=1-59116-587-3|chapter=File 7|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== The Kudo Couple ===
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The Kudo couple, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], heard that from Professor Agasa in Volume 6, after finding the Kudo household empty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=6|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-07-01|isbn=1-59116-838-4|chapter=File 1|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== Heiji Hattori ===
[[File:Heiji Hattori.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Heiji Hattori]] found out in Volume 13. Originally when he first met Conan, he didn't realize the truth as he was blinded by his competitive nature to beat Shinichi and prove he was the better detective. During their second encounter in the [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]], he started to realize the similiarites between Conan and Shinchi as well as the fact that neither of them were in the same room together during their first meeting. Due to this, Heiji came to realize that the young child Conan Edogawa was in fact the Famous High School Detective Shinichi Kudo. However, he lacked proof until he secretly witnessed Conan speaking in Heiji's voice after Heiji was knocked unconsciousness by the Stun-Gun Wristwatch. He secretly regained consciousness and witnessed Conan solving the case in his voice and confronted him shortly thereafter. While Conan still refused his claims, Heiji threatened to expose his identity to Ran and thus Conan had quickly confessed the truth of his identity. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=13 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-09-19 |isbn=1-4215-0443-X |chapter=File 1 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano ===
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[[Ai Haibara]]'s deduction of that was mentioned in Volume 18<ref name="Anitafirst">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=18|publisher=Viz Media|date=2007-07-17|isbn=1-4215-0883-4|chapter=File 8|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>, after knowing Shinichi's clothes from his childhood had somehow disappeared from his house and that APTX4869 had de-aged one mouse during trials.
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=== Vermouth ===
[[File:Vermouth.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Vermouth]] realized similarities between Shinichi (when he was young) and Conan. She also chose not to betray Shinichi to the Black Organization, most likely because he and Ran saved her when she was disguised as a serial killer in New York.
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=== Eisuke Hondou ===
[[File:Eisuke Hondou.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Eisuke Hondou]] revealed his awareness of Conan's true idenitiy in Volume 60.<ref>''Detective Conan'', File 621.</ref> Originally when he began investigating the whereabouts of his sister, he was still unaware that Rena Mizunashi was his sister or the fact she is an agent of the CIA. When she disappeared, he began investigating and believed that Kogoro was responsible behind her disappearance since he was the last person to see her. However when he began further investigating Kogoro, it lead to him discovering Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo. He realised that Kogoro's skills as a detective were different before he began "Sleeping Kogoro" and noticed that Conan was always by his side whenever he was solving a case as well as the fact that Shinichi had taken a leave of absence from school around the exact same time.

Upon these discoveries, Eisuke discovered Conan Edogawa was really Shinichi Kudo, but still didn't know how he became small. This reveals that even before they first met, Eisuke knew all along who Conan really was. When he first met Conan, Eisuke purposely fell into him, knocking off his glasses. Then acting as if he couldn't see, he called Conan, Detective Mouri. Later after finding his sister and learning the circumstances, Eisuke revealed his desire to go to America to join the CIA to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister. Eisuke also confesses to Conan that he is in love with Ran and desires to bring her with him to America, but wants to ask for Shinichi's permission after learning that Shinichi and Ran are in love. Due to this, Conan reveals himself as Shinichi Kudo, refusing Eisuke's request and Eisuke then revealed this truly confirms his suspicions and confesses to knowing Conan's true identity all along.
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=== Masumi Sera ===
[[File:Masumi Sera.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Masumi Sera|Sera]] seems to have known Conan was Shinichi before they first met recently. Masumi remembers Shinichi from some meeting they had in the past and has been since trying to encourage Conan to remember where he met her. In "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West" episode, it's confirmed that Sera knows when she thinks "Now we already know who's the winner" while looking towards Conan that thinking about the case, referring him as "Shinichi". Also during [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel]], she purposely made a mistake in her deductions so she could test Conan's skills and make him solve the case using Shinichi's voice.
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=== Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai===
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[[Subaru Okiya]] (officially revealed to be [[Shuichi Akai]] in File 898) obtained proof of Conan's identity when [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|he caught Conan pretending to be Shinichi over the phone]].<ref>Chapter 813</ref> Based on some of the questions he asked Ran, he may have deduced Conan was Shinichi very soon after he moved into the Kudo house,<ref>Paper Airplane Case</ref> but had lacked absolute proof up until the phone incident. Since finding out the truth, he teases Conan and has on occasion confronted him regarding his identity, but doesn't further press the issue until Conan is ready to reveal the truth himself. However, while Conan still refuses to speak of his identity, it's revealed he has already realised that Shuichi Akai knows he is Shinichi Kudo.<ref>Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene</ref>
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=== Mary Sera ===
[[File:Mary.jpg|100px|right]]
In Volume 90 (Soul Detective Murder Case), [[Mary Sera|Mary]] told Masumi that Conan is no longer [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|the same person that she and Masumi met 10 years ago]]. This implies that she is aware that Conan is Shinichi.
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=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
Although [[Kaitou Kid]]'s knowledge of Conan's identity has not been explicitly stated in the manga, Kid addresses Conan and Heiji in File 1018 as "the two highschool detectives", implying that he is aware of Conan's alter ego. How Kid became aware of this is unclear, and has of now not been mentioned or hinted at. The two most likely scenarios are, that he became aware of it after Conan revealed some info to Kid about his mother during the Ryoma heist, which might have alowed Kid to make the connection, since Yukiko Kudo was a pupil to Kaito's father, Toichi Kuroba; or that he became aware of it, after the media attention Shinichi got, during the case before the Fairy Lip heist. Whether or not Kid's assistant Konosuke Jii is also aware of Conan's identity is unclear but most likely if Kid truly knows.
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== Non-Canon ==
=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kaitou Kid]] (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') becomes aware of Conan's true identity in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]. While disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], Kid had bugged the phones on the Suzuki Financial Group's ship and therefore heard all of the conversation between Conan and Agasa on the phone. Not realizing they were being listened to, Agasa continued to refer to Conan as "Shinichi" on the phone as he normally does. It is assumed that afterwards Kid put two and two together. Kid's knowledge of Conan being Shinichi is confirmed in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].


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=== John ===
[[File:John2.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''John'''|ジョン|Jyon}} is a pet dog owned by Masayoshi Sakaguchi, the famous lawyer that specializes in crimes committed by juveniles, in [[Pet Dog John Murder Case]]. When he was in primary school, along with Ran, Shinichi used to come at that house a lot on the way home. He used to save his bread from lunch and gave it to this dog. Then, even if he is Conan at the moment, John recognizes Shinichi.
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=== Hiroki Sawada (Deceased) ===
[[File:Hiroki Sawada.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''Hiroki Sawada'''|ヒロキ・サワダ|Hiroki Sawada}} in [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]. How he knew that was not given, though it was most likely through the DNA Query Program.
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=== Hajime Kindaichi ===
[[File:Hajime Kindaichi.jpg|100px|right]]
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=== Lupin III Cast ===
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In the TV Special [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]], the famous gentleman thief named [[Lupin III]] and his associates Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon, through some means discover Conan's true identity and help him sneak back into Japan after traveling to the country Vespania (Conan would've needed a passport to return home, but his passport was for Shinichi Kudo).
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=== Irish (Deceased) ===
[[File:Irish.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] discovers Conan's secret identity. However, instead of revealing it to the Organization, he decides to use that to gain more power with the boss, because of an old grudge he has with [[Gin]] for killing [[Pisco]], his mentor, without orders to do so. He is shot to death by [[Chianti]] before he can do anything.
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=== Alan Smithee (Deceased) ===
[[File:Adam Smithy.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], Conan revealed his true name to Alan. Alan died shortly after that.
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Sunflowers of Inferno]], Konosuke was explained to know Conan's true identity.
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=== Tokujiro Nagai ===
[[File:Tokujiro Nagai.jpg|100px|right]]
'''{{nihongo|Tokujiro Nagai|長井徳次郎|Nagai Tokujirō}}''', age 72, is the Nagai Toys shopkeeper in [[The Mysterious Boy]]. His wife was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but he's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Tsutomu Oshiro, a 38 years old employee, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for his wife's sake. But then Oshiro decided to demand repayment from the wife, heedless of her condition. When she heard that her husband had plunged himself into debt, she suffered a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards. Then, Nagai murders Oshiro for revenge.

Upon that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children visiting his toy shop had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this realization convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Inspector Megure orders a thorough investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to surrender himself, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has [[APTX-4869|remained unchanged]] for ten years" has influenced him into doing so, as a sort of messenger from his late wife.
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=== Suehiko Itoh ===
[[File:Suehiko Itoh.jpg|100px|right]]
Actually, '''Suehiko''' just dubious know Conan's true identity. Because he can't see anything (he is blind), he think Conan is Shinichi thanks to the collected fingerprint when Conan sit on the armchair at the initial meeting. He appears in [[Movie 10]].{{clear}}

== Suspicious ==
Although several characters have caught on to the fact that Conan is much smarter than most children, only a few characters have questioned exactly why he is so smart. Although the [[FBI]] are aware of Conan's intelligence and even talk to him like he is an adult ([[Shuichi Akai]]), they do not seem to be too concerned about how he got so smart, especially since they have not encountered Conan's true self, [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Some of the police like [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] take Conan's deductions seriously, but like the FBI, they seem to believe he is just an exceptionally bright child.

=== Confirmed suspicions ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] was the first character to become suspicious of Conan's identity, albeit briefly. In [[Volume 2]], he felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before, likely the time when Ran was in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|File 10, Page 16]]</ref> Later, he noticed that Conan was once again pointing out things he overlooked, such as that all of the photos proving the suspects alibi had clocks in them. However, he instantly loses his suspicions when Conan spills another envelope of photos for the case, deciding that "a brat is a brat" after all.<ref>Manga Chapter 11: A Perfect Alibi</ref>

In the [[TV Station Murder Case]], Kogoro became suspicious about Conan for the second time. He was invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurred at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lured Kogoro to a separate room, lying that [[Yoko Okino]] was in there. Just as usual, he decided to tranquilize Kogoro and used the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro woke up, he began to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He was also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tried to pull him outside, he always fell asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabbed the boy's suit jacket and wanted to "clear things up". Much to Conan's luck, Yoko Okino appeared for real and Kogoro completely lost his suspicions.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Ran being suspicious.jpg|thumb|left|Ran suspecting Conan is Shinichi.]]
[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has on more than one occasion noticed the striking similarities between Shinichi and Conan, being his childhood friend and one of the people that know Shinichi the best.<ref>Episode 96.</ref> She first becomes suspicious during the Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] when Conan deduces that the client is a surgeon in a manner similar to Shinichi's deductions, but her suspicions are diluted due to Conan playing with the toys. Later, her suspicions are raised due to Conan acting suspiciously mature for a child and then tricked him into saying indirectly that he's Shinichi. At the end of the episode her suspisions are cleared due to Conan being in the agency while Shinichi( Agasa using a voice changer to mimic)calls the agency.<ref>Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]]</ref> In [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96]], she sees Conan without his glasses and notices he looks exactly the same as Shinichi when he was a child. She even tries to confront him about it, but [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] then arrives and claims that Conan is her distant nephew.<ref>Episode 96: [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Later on, in [[The Desperate Revival]], it is revealed that Ran believes Conan is Shinichi and is waiting for him to tell her.<ref>Episodes 188-193: [[The Desperate Revival]]</ref> She is only dissuaded from this when Shinichi appears at the same time that Conan does. It turns out that Haibara has given Conan a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]] that will return him to Kudo Shinichi and disguised herself as Conan. After a text message she sends to Shinichi is received on Conan's cell phone her suspicions are aroused again<ref>Manga Chapter 479: The Suspicious Message</ref>, but Conan uses Agasa's cell phone to call her as Shinichi and messages her his "new" cell phone number.<ref>Episode 400: [[Ran's Suspicions]] Manga Chapter 483: Unlocking It!</ref> Since then, Ran has apparently been too happy with having Shinichi's "secret number" to become suspicious of Conan.<ref> Manga Chapter 484: From Him to Her</ref>
An upcoming suspicion arc has been foreshadowed with Heiji Hattori's omamori and her wondering how Shinichi's fingerprints got on it when only Conan has touched it, coupled with Conan's recent lack of subtlety.
And in the [[Volume 66#Kazuha's Charm Case|Kazuha's Charm Case]], Ran told Conan if he has the resolution of the case yet, hinting that she continue suspecting about Shinichi being Conan. Upin witnessing how Conan helps solving cases, it is likely possible that she subconsciously knows that Conan is Shinichi, and due to suspecting him several times, she might be aware that he is using some tricks to create alibis to satisfy her concerns.
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==== Wataru Takagi ====
[[File:Wataru Takagi.jpg|100px|right]]
When it seemed they would both die while disarming a bomb, [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] agreed to follow Conan's instructions in exchange for telling him who he really is. Conan agreed but said he would tell him in the afterlife.<ref>Manga Chapter 372: The Most in This World...</ref> Takagi had also thought to himself that Conan was not just any normal kid prior to this, but he has not made this observation since nor has he asked Conan to explain his answer. It is worth noting however that Takagi is aware of Conan's [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] and will do nearly anything Conan asks him to do, including dressing up as a mailman in order to fool some kidnappers. Also, in a recent case Takagi refers to Kudo as "Shinichi-kun", something that is strange considering that the last contact Shinichi and Takagi had (Shiragami case) he still called him "Kudo-kun", and also in the [[Volume 63#Highway Murder Case|Shiragami Case]] he had the same attitude with Shinichi than with Conan in other cases, possibly because he continues suspecting about his identity. However, in the [[Super Digest Books#SDB80.2B questions translations|Q&A of the Super Digest Book 80+]], Gosho Aoyama stated that Takagi doesn't suspect Conan "even the tiniest bit".

==== Keith Dan Stinger ====
[[File:Keith.jpg|100px|right]]
He became amazed by Conan's intelligence by discovering the fake sommelier that tried to poison Princess Mira and how he managed to alert the cockpit of his presence when he jumped onto the plane upon take off. Upon witnessing his actions, Keith reveals his suspicions that although Conan may look like a child, he has the mind of an adult and entrusts him along with Jigen to find evidence that proves Duke Gerard murdered Queen Sakura and Prince Gill.
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=== Non confirmed suspicions===
==== Rei Furuya/Tooru Amuro/Bourbon ====
[[File:Rei Furuya.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] suspects Conan is creating the Sleeping Kogoro, but it is unclear if he has any suspicions about Conan's identity or relationship to Shinichi. Also, in the final chapter of the [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]], Conan said to him "liar" and then [[Rei Furuya|Furuya]] responded him "look who's talking", possibly because he also noted Conan is not just a very smart boy.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
[[File:Jodie Starling.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] overheard [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] call Shinichi by the first half of his real name: "Shin-Conan". She noted the slip but didn't seem to understand what it meant.<ref>Sometime very soon after Scarlet Showdown</ref>
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[File:Shukichi Haneda.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Shukichi]] noticed that Conan is a skilled detective during their first meeting. During a case, he even writes to his sister [[Masumi]] that there is no problem if Conan is making the deduction. By the end of the case, he sent her an e-mail asking if she has already met the wizard. [[Shinichi]] met Shukichi 10 years ago in the beach, so there is a possibility that Shukichi knows that Conan is Shinichi due to his excellent memory. Well in the 'Yumi's Love Story' case, he thought that the case has reached it's checkmate by looking at Conan which nearly conforms that he already knew about him.
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=== People who questioned Conan's identity ===
==== Kurumi Shodo ====
[[File:Kurumi Shodo.jpg|100px|right]]
Shodo is blind, and based on Conan's speech manner, she concluded that he was in high school age and just had a high voice. She said to Conan that it was as if Sherlock Holmes was imitating a child.
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity‎]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Subaru Okiya's identity]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity|*]]
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Shinichi Kudo

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| japanese-name = 工藤新一 (Kudō Shin'ichi)
| english-name = Jimmy Kudo
| name = Shinichi Kudo
| image = Shinichi Kudo Profile.jpg
| age =16-17<ref name=CD41>Conan Drill Page 41</ref><ref name="f2">[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]] - Conan nearly gives his age as "16" before correcting himself and saying "6".</ref><ref name=141p8>Manga Volume 15, File 1, Page 8: "Gone!? ". The reporter gives Shinichi's age as 16.</ref><ref name="e3">[[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]] - Shinichi's opening prologue speech refers to him as 17</ref>, 6-7 as Conan<ref>Conan Drill Page 38</ref><ref name="f2" /><ref>[[The Significant Music Box|Episode 194: The Significant Music Box]] - Conan says he is "around 7" years old.</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'8.5")
| weight = Unknown<ref name=CD41/>
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name=CD41/>
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| occupation = Teitan High School student Detective
| nicknames = Detective Geek ([[Ran Mouri]]) Detective of the East The savior of the police force Shin-chan ([[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]]) Silver Bullet ([[Vermouth]]) The Heisei Holmes Cool guy ([[Vermouth]]) The Wizard ([[Masumi Sera]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Shinichi Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 291 (approx, manga only) (as Conan Edogawa) (one case solved by Ran) 60+ (as Shinichi Kudo)
| keyhole = [[Volume 1]] [[Volume 62]] (Shiragami-sama)
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] [[Minami Takayama]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| drama-actor = [[Shun Oguri]] (1st) [[Junpei Mizobata]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shinichi Kudo'''|工藤新一|Kudō Shin'ichi}} is the high school detective, narrator and main protagonist of the manga and anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''. While on a date with his childhood friend and romantic interest [[Ran Mouri]], Shinichi encounters [[Gin|two]] [[Vodka|men]] from a [[Black Organization|secret criminal organization]] who force feed him [[APTX 4869|a strange poison]] that causes his body to shrink back to first grade age. Shinichi takes up the alias '''[[Conan Edogawa]]''' and plans to use his immense skill as a detective to make Ran's [[Kogoro Mouri|bumbling private detective father]] famous in hopes that he will find a case involving the secret organization so he can expose its crimes and acquire an antidote that will turn him back into a teenager.

Viz romanized his original name as '''Shin'ichi Kudo'''.

== Background ==
Shinichi is a 16-year old<ref name="f2"/><ref>[[Volume 15#File 141 - Gone.21.3F|Volume 15, File 141, page 12: "Gone!?"]]</ref> (17, according to the anime)<ref name="e3"/> student at [[Setting#Teitan High School|Teitan High School]] who has become famous for helping the [[Law Enforcement#Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo police]] solve murder mysteries. Shinichi was born to [[Yusaku Kudo]], a mystery writer, and [[Yukiko Kudo]], a former movie star.<ref>[[Volume 5#File 049 - An Unfamiliar Visitor|Volume 5, File 49, page 163: "An Unfamiliar Visitor"]]</ref>

He met Ran when he started in kindergarten and spotted strange things that his father figured out were preparations to kidnap Ran. The kidnapping was foiled, and Ran and Shinichi formed a friendship when Shinichi defended her from the bullies.

The story begins when Shinichi takes his childhood friend [[Ran Mouri]] to a theme park, [[Tropical Land]], to celebrate her victory in a recent karate championship. During the course of their visit, Shinichi ends up solving [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|a murder case]]. He separates from Ran to follow a man in black, [[Vodka]], who was blackmailing a company president. He didn't notice when another man in black, [[Gin]], sneak up behind him and knocks him out with a baseball bat. Gin decides to test an experimental untraceable poison, [[APTX 4869]], on Shinichi to ensure that his death couldn't be traced back to them. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurs: his body shrinks into that of his six-year-old self.<ref name="f2"/>

[[Image:Conan Edogawa Investigating.jpg|120px|thumb|right|Conan Edogawa, the "small" Shinichi]]
=== Conan Edogawa ===
{{main|Conan Edogawa}}
After escaping from well-meaning but skeptical park security, with nowhere else to go Shinichi runs home. He there encounters into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. He convinces Agasa of his identity and head inside [[Setting#Kudo Residence|Shinichi's home]] to discuss the next move. Agasa warns him that he must keep his identity secret because the [[Black Organization]] will kill him and others associated with him should they discover the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>

Ran arrives to find out what happened to Shinichi, which forces him to come up with the alias Conan Edogawa from [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Rampo Edogawa|Rampo '''''Edogawa''''']] and he pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's, who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2"/> Ran's father, [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a [[Setting#Mouri Detective Agency|Detective Agency]], which will allow Conan to run into cases involving the Black Organization. He occasionally uses Kogoro, and Agasa, among others as a mouthpiece to solve crimes while searching for how to get his body back.

In the meantime, to protect his identity he is forced to play the part of a first-year Elementary student, enrolling as a student at [[Teitan Elementary]]. Three of his classmates, [[Ayumi]], [[Genta]], and [[Mitsuhiko]], befriend him and pull him into creating the ''[[Detective Boys]]'', <ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> after which he tries to keep them out of trouble. Their group is later joined by the creator of APTX 4869, [[Shiho Miyano]], shrunk down and using the alias [[Ai Haibara]].

Although he mostly uses the Conan alias to solve cases, in some (especially emergency) situations, he uses the Voice-Changing Bowtie to call the police using his original, Shinichi's voice and get involved with cases, which allow him to gain the authority that Conan lacks. In the aftermath; however, Shinichi requests his identity not to be revealed to the public, a clear contrast to what his attention-seeking behavior before turning to Conan.

== Personality ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is already well-known as a brilliant young detective, the "Savior of the police force", for solving many difficult cases the professionals could not.<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father and the general laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels.<ref name="f569">[[Volume 55#File 569 - The Mischievous Boy|Volume 55, Files 569-572: "The Mischievous Boy"]]</ref> His father, Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes as a child, which inspired him to be a detective.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205, pages 74-78: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref> Due to his bluntness and matter-of-fact manner, Shinichi can come off as rude and arrogant. However, he cares deeply about human life, unable to understand how any reason could be sufficient motive for murder,<ref>[[Volume 26#File 258 - Momentary Rest|Volume 26, File 258, page 71: "Momentary Rest"]]</ref> and is convinced that driving a culprit to suicide is no better than murder itself. <ref>[[Volume 16#File 153 - Bonds of Flame|Volume 16, File 153: "Bonds of Flame"]]</ref> The few times he has been too late to save a life haunt him throughout the series.

Prior to his transformation, Shinichi enjoyed being in the spotlight and was rather arrogant, reveling in making local headlines and receiving fan-mail. Throughout the series, Shinichi's predicament causes him to gain a sense of humility. Shinichi still keeps his flair for the dramatic (like his mother) that can be seen every time he sets out a deduction in pieces building to a climax.

Despite his popularity with the masses and his schoolmates, Shinichi has very few close friends. He is close to Ran and Agasa, and after deaging, he befriended Heiji, Haibara, and to some extent the other Detective Boys. Another reason for his lack of close friends was because his arrogant personality was a negative turn-off to many of his classmates and even teachers, making it hard to befriend him. Even with his close friends (one being older than him), Shinichi doesn't hesitate to call them "idiot", instead of calmly explaining his reason for doing or not doing something, sometimes causing arguments between him and Ran.

Shinichi also had a tendency, since elementary school, to have an air of being the "distant, cool guy". While he is a truly good and heroic individual, he doesn't make it known to others that obviously, and will make some "deductive reasoning" for why he did such a thing. His insensitive nature is also horrible, which was shown most prominently during the Holmes' Revelation Arc, when Ran started crying because she believed that Shinichi not telling her he was in London meant that he was indifferent to her feelings for him. However, instead of trying to comfort her, Shinichi repeatedly asked her about the [[Yukiko Kudo|strange woman]] she met, and told her to pull herself together.

Despite his intelligence, Shinichi is rather dense when it comes to love or romantic subjects, though perhaps not to the same extent as [[Heiji Hattori]]. He struggled to confess his love for to Ran, even after he knew her feelings (as Conan), and temporarily returned to his original body in the Desperate Revival Arc, he was about to confess to her, but chickened out at the last minute. After several failures, finally succeeded in [[Holmes' Revelation|London]]. However, he was revealed to be an amazing "wingman" in episodes 253-254.

== Appearance ==
Shinichi is a 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'8.5") Japanese teenager with a thin, athletic build. He has pale skin and a dark brown/black hair with a cowlick in front and distinctive tuft in the back. Shinichi bears a striking resemblance to his father, [[Yusaku Kudo]] minus his father's mustache and round glasses. Shinichi has blue eyes in the manga (a trait shared by all the characters), and they are blue in the anime as well.

Shinichi is right handed and right footed, but he is good with both feet because of his soccer skills.

Shinichi often appears in his high school uniform, but he also wears a suit and tie or regular clothing depending on the occasion. When Conan turns back into Shinichi by using [[baijiu]] or a [[temporary antidote]], Shinichi will wear whatever appropriately sized clothing he can find at the time. He was also very popular with the girls as he was handsome not to mention a high school detective.

== Skills ==
:''See also: [[Conan Edogawa#Skills|Conan's Skills]]''
=== Detective skills ===
Shinichi is very skilled as a detective, often earning him comparisons to [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Shinichi has acquired various nicknames because of his prowess, such as the "[[Wikipedia: Heisei|Heisei]] Holmes" and the "Detective of the East". He has a keen eye for details, and can spot any unusual aspects in a case that most people tend to ignore or not take into account. In the english version his motto is "Only one truth prevails". He repeatedly demonstrates the ability to recall every detail of an investigation or other topics he cares about, and may have a photographic memory to manage such perfect recall so consistently. Shinichi's fastidious attention to detail allows him to notice minor inconsistencies in crime scenes and suspect testimony, and using astute logic he uncovers the reasons behind those inconsistencies in order to link them to the crime. Shinichi has extraordinarily broad and deep knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases, something he likely acquired from incessant reading as a child. Only his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] and the current [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaitou Kid]] regularly surpass him.

=== Athletic ability ===
[[File:Shinichi playing soccer 4 years ago.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Shinichi playing soccer in middle school.]]
Besides intelligence, Shinichi also has an amazing athletic ability, partially derived from playing soccer, his favorite sport. Shinichi is an extremely skilled soccer player, having been professionally scouted while only in middle school, but he chooses to stay at the amateur level. He initially played to hone his reflexes and often juggles a ball to clear his mind, but he is also an enthusiastic fan of the sport in its own right.<ref name="e1"/> In order to defend himself and others from criminals, Shinichi has perfected a signature, powerful precision kick to knock out criminals using soccer balls or whatever substitute is handy. Shinichi's kick is accurate over long distances and he is capable of mentally reckoning the angle of impact necessary to rebound a soccer ball off a wall and strike an attacker from behind. He is also good at skiing and snowboarding.

Aside from soccer, Shinichi exhibits a knack for handling firearms due to his father taking him to shooting ranges from time to time. During the Clocktower Heist, Shinichi is able to shoot and dislodge the support beam of a giant projection screen, which Kaitou Kid had placed in order to fool a crowd of onlookers, with a single shot from a moving helicopter. Additionally, in [[The Fourteenth Target]], Conan shot a gun at Ran and the criminal holding her hostage with impeccable accuracy; in doing so, he reminds her of Shinichi.

Shinichi is nimble as well as strong. In the manga, he is capable of considerable acrobatics, jumping great distances and swinging from tree to tree to escape onlookers.<ref>[[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|Shiragami case]]</ref> The anime and movies augment Shinichi's athletic abilities in addition to what is shown in the manga. He has been able to skillfully dodge a kicking assault from an angry Ran, something very few have ever managed.

It is also aknowledged that even Shinichi knows a bit of karate and martial arts, even if he is not a great fan of them, and obviously not able to perform as Conan.<ref>Manga Volume 1, File 5 ; Anime episode 2.</ref> He is able to dodge Ran's karate movements easily and watches her karate matches with attention.<ref>Manga Volume 1, File 1; Anime episode 1 and [[Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small]].</ref> We can even see him put in practice some karate movements such as in [[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|Shiragami Case]], when he disarms the culprit trying to commit suicide, and judo in [[Drama Episode 13]], when he avoids Kogoro and take him down as he tries to hurt him. He has a strong sense of coordination giving him the abilities of shooting darts like in [[The Detective Boys Get Out of the Rain]], when he throws them to a giant [[Gomera]] puppet so it can fall on the culprit, and the ability of executing certain karate moves.

=== Music ===
Shinichi cannot sing on key in the slightest so he is often accused of being [[Wikipedia:tone deaf|tone deaf]]. Despite being a hilariously awful singer, Shinichi has [[Wikipedia:perfect pitch|perfect pitch]] and can identify notes accurately even in difficult contexts like the sound of phone button presses forming a melody.<ref>[[Volume 15#File 144 - Their Voices Are Alike!?|Volume 15, File 144: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref> Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in [[Full Score of Fear]], when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays." His proficiency with the violin became canon in [[The Unfriendly Girls Band]].

=== Language ===
Shinichi is well-educated in English, as seen when he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat, when he spoke to Ray Curtis in English in the anime version of [[The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case]], and when he solved a case in London without evidence of any language barrier.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref><ref name="f743">[[Volume 71#File 743 - Holmes' Apprentice|Volumes 71-72, Files 743-752: "Holmes' Apprentice"]]</ref> Shinichi also knows some German, at least how to count.<ref>[[Genta's Certain Kill Shot]]</ref> Shinichi is not familiar with Italian.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> Shinichi seems to understand "Girl Writing", due to the fact that he had solved an e-mail cipher of a 2nd year high school girl quickly.<ref>[[Secret of the Russian Blue]]</ref>

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{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Kudo Shinichi Detective Boy (''Tantei-bōzu'')|Kogoro-san Uncle (''Ojisan'' or ''Otchan'') Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}
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{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Shinichi-oniichan|Genta}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Shinichi-san|Mitsuhiko}}
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{{appellations|Shiho Miyano|Kudo-kun|Haibara}}
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{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Shinichi-kun Kudo-kun (sometimes when talking directly to him as seen in the 8th movie)|Sonoko}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|Shinichi-san Kudo Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Shinichi-kun|Kisaki-san}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Kudo-kun Shinichi-kun Kudo Shinichi-kun|Sera Sera Masumi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18">[[Dimensional Sniper]]</ref>}}
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{{appellations|Vodka|Brat<ref>[[Volume 42|Volume 42, File 434, Page 2]]</ref>|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Kudo-kun|Inspector Takagi ("Takagi-keiji")}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Kudo-kun|Inspector Sato ("Sato-keiji")}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Kudo Shinichi<ref name="blackstar">[[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Black Star|Magic Kaito Chapter 23-24: Black Star]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="blackstar"/>}}
{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Kudo Shinichi-kun<ref name="m13">[[The Raven Chaser]]</ref> Kudo<ref name="m13"/>}}
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{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Holmes' Apprentice-kun (''Homuzu no deshi-kun'')<ref name="file 973">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 973 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Akai Shuichi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/> Pierrot<ref name="file972">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972 (Volume 92)]]</ref> Pierrot Oni-san}}
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{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel (movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/>}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Kir Mizunashi Rena [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] staff (''CIA kyokuin''; movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/>}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Kudo Shinichi-kun|Bourbon Amuro Tooru}}
{{appellations|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Kudo Shinichi-kun|Inspector Ayanokoji (''Ayanokoji-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Kudo}}
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{{appellations|Naoki Uemura|-|Naoki-san Uemura Naoki}}
{{appellations|Shizuka Hattori|Kudo Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Soshi Okita|-|Okita}}
{{appellations|Kanenori Wakita|Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Rumi Wakasa|Shinichi-kun}}
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== Plot overview ==
Because the main plot revolves around the fact that Shinichi has become 'Conan' and is forced into hiding, Shinichi is rarely in the series as himself. However, Conan is frequently shown calling Ran using his voice-changing bow tie to sound like Shinichi and sending/receiving text messages from her with "Shinichi's" phone. In these instances, it can be said that the character of Shinichi, albeit in the body of Conan, is appearing, since these phone conversations and text messages allow Shinichi to be himself, however briefly. The below instances however, are actual appearances of Shinichi as well as flashbacks from before the series began.

=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
==== Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 1|001-002]], Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|001]]) ====
[[Image:Shinichi appears.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi appears to correct Hattori's deduction]] Shinichi starts as himself in the Roller coaster murder case, but by the end he has been transformed into Conan, thus beginning the series' plot. Since then, Conan has temporarily turned back to Shinichi several times.

==== Great Detective of the West (Manga: [[Volume 10|092-095]], Anime: [[Diplomat Murder Case|048-049]]) ====
Shinichi's next real appearance after shrinking is in [[Volume 10]], when a strange detective from Osaka named [[Heiji Hattori]] arrives at Mouri Detective Agency looking for Shinichi in order to determine which of them is the better detective. A strange combination of having a cold and drinking the [[baijiu]] that Heiji had brought along allows Conan to briefly grow into Shinichi once again.<ref>[[Volume 10#File 092 - The Great Detective Of The West|Volume 10, Files 92-96: "The Great Detective Of The West"]]</ref> However, he develops an immunity to the alcohol and cannot replicate the transformation.

==== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume 26|254-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|188-193]]) ====
In [[Volume 26]], Conan is able to become Shinichi using an [[Antidote (prototype)]] that [[Ai Haibara]] synthesized. As himself, he tries to surprise Ran by disguising himself as a character in her play, but is interrupted by a murder case and ends up revealing himself to his entire high school. [[Heiji Hattori]] covers for him and Shinichi is able to spend about 48 hours as himself, albeit with a brief collapse about halfway through. He turns back into Conan just as he seems to be about to confess his feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 26#File 254 - An Infatuated Heart|Volume 26, Files 254-260: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

==== The Murderer is Shinichi Kudo (Manga: [[Volume 62|646-651]], Anime: [[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|521-523]]) ====
Shinichi's next appearance is not until [[Volume 62]], when, while on a case with Heiji, Conan goes missing and 'Shinichi' seems to appear. The 'Shinichi' is actually someone who had gotten plastic surgery to look like Shinichi Kudo, and is actually trying to blame Shinichi for a murder. The real Shinichi hides in the forest until he can clear his name. Shinichi had been temporarily restored by another of Haibara's prototypes, but this time by accident; Agasa mistakenly gave them to Shinichi thinking they were cold medicine.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 646 - Village of Animosity|Volume 62, Files 646-651: "Village of Animosity"]]</ref> After the case is solved Shinichi transforms back to Conan, but luckily, Haibara secretly followed him there and gives him another antidote, saving him from revealing his identity to Kogoro, Ran and Kazuha. While driving home from the case, the group is stopped by another murder which Shinichi and Heiji investigate together, despite increasing pangs that warn of his imminent reversion to Conan. After the case is resolved, Ran tries to stop Shinichi from leaving, saying she has something to tell him. Shinichi stops her, saying "According to my deductions, what you have to say and what I have to say are the same thing." Ran seizes his hand while he is transforming back into Conan, and though Haibara knocks her out with Conan's wristwatch, she refuses to let go of his hand. Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] have to cut and re-pin Conan's shirt onto him because Ran is still clutching his hand and he refuses to pull out of her grip.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 652 - The Thing She Really Wants to Ask|Volumes 62-63, Files 652-654: "The Thing She Really Wants to Ask"]]</ref>

==== Holmes' Revelation (Manga: [[Volume 71|743-751]], Anime: [[Holmes' Revelation|616-621]]) ====
In [[Volume 71]], Conan, Ran, and Kogoro are invited to England by a rich, elite British woman, Diana Kingstone, after Kogoro finds her cat under the table in Café Poirot. However, since 'Conan Edogawa' doesn't have the proper credentials to fly internationally, Ai gives him a prototype pill so that Shinichi and Agasa can fly low-profile to England on the same plane that Ran and Kogoro are flying. Ai provides a second prototype pill for the return journey, but Conan uses it while Ran was pursuing him in London. During that trip, Shinichi answers Ran's hurt feelings over his behavior with the fact that he cares for her and that he likes her; unfortunately, before she could respond or confess in kind, Shinichi has to vanish and becomes Conan again. Luckily for Conan, Shinichi's parents appear because Ai had expected him to use the second pill, and they provide him with an extra antidote to let Conan return to Japan. <ref name="f743" />

==== Kyoto School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 94|1000-1005]], Anime: TBD) ====
Shinichi returns to his real body to take part in the field trip of his school to Kyoto. Shinichi meets an old friend of his mother and through her gets involved in a serial murder case among her and her famous movie friends. After the case was solved, jealousy led Shinichi to ask Ran how she feels about him, since she never formally replied to his confession in London. Ran responds by kissing him on the cheek. Shinichi wants to go in for a full kiss after that, but before they can do it, the antidote wears off and Shinichi has to leave. He later thanks Ran for her reply via text message, making her happy and forget his rushed exit.

Although Shinichi asked the police to keep his involvement in the case secret again, rumours about high school detectives helping in the case spread quickly through the internet, with one poster mentioning seeing Shinichi in Kyoto, which doesn't go unnoticed by [[Hyoue Kuroda]] and [[Kanenori Wakita]]. The rumours then rapidly evolve into another media frenzy around Shinichi's person.

=== Flashback Appearances ===
==== Shinichi's first case (Manga: [[Volume 21|204-207]], Anime: [[The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|162]]) ====
One year ago, Shinichi solved his first case by himself on a plane flying to Los Angeles.

==== Golden Apple (Manga: [[Volume 34|350]]-[[Volume 35|354]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|286-288]]) ====
One year ago, Shinichi, [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]] went to New York City to see the play "Golden Apple". There, they encountered [[Vermouth|Sharron Vineyard]] and [[Shuichi Akai]].

==== Heiji's Memories (Manga: [[Volume 50|518-521]], Anime: [[Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope|490]]) ====
During a call to Conan, Heiji talks about a brilliant detective kid he met at a skiing trip during middle school, 3 years ago. That kid was actually Shinichi, who he competed with to solve the mystery.

==== Challenge from the original Kaitou Kid (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]]) ====
A flashback revealed that 10 years ago, as first-graders, Shinichi and Ran had been given a riddle by the original [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

==== Memories of Light Blue (Manga: [[Volume 83|882]]-[[Volume 84|884]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case|772-773]]) ====
During an aquarium visit with Conan and the Detective Boys, Ran remembers going to the aquarium with Shinichi almost a year ago. After solving a murder case there, it is revealed how Shinichi came to promise Ran [[Volume 1#Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case|their trip to Tropical Land]].

==== Ran GIRL/Shinichi BOY (Manga: [[Volume 87|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]]) ====
13 years ago Ran and Shinichi meet for the first time in pre-school.

==== Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|972-974]], Anime: [[The Wizard of the Ripples|881-882]]) ====
10 years ago Shinichi and Ran encounter the [[Akai family]] at the beach.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
==== Movie 7: [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]] ====
Heiji was injured and Kazuha kidnapped; her abductors threatened to kill her unless Heiji showed up for her. Believing Heiji to be unable to do so, Conan contacted Ai and asked if there was any way for him to briefly become Heiji. Ai gave him medicine to simulate the effects of a cold, then he drank some [[Baijiu]] which had changed him in his and Heiji's first manga appearance. Conan became Shinichi for approximately an hour, but according to Ai he was extremely weak and sick for the entire time.

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

==== Live action special 2 ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization}}

=== Flashback Appearances ===
==== Kaitou Kid's Clock Tower Heist (Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Black Star|MK 23-24]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid#Clocktower Heist|DC 129]], [[Black_Star|MK 06]]) ====
The first meeting of Shinichi and the current [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Kaito Kuroba]].

==== [[The Ten Planets in the Night Sky]] ====

==== [[Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab]] ====

==== [[Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata]] ====

==== [[Magic File 6: Flower of Fantasista]] ====

==== Live-action special 1 ====
{{main|A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Prologue Until Goodbye~}}

==== Live-action special 3 ====
{{main|A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~}}

==== Live-action special 4 ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case}}

==== Live-action drama series ====
{{main|Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo}}

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

=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]
==== Ran Mouri ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Ran Mouri]] is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have been friends and playmates since kindergarten<ref name="f569"/><ref>[[Volume 11#File 107 - The Two Mysteries|Volume 11, File 107: "The Two Mysteries"]]</ref>, though Shinichi's tendency to drag Ran along into minor trouble caused some censure from [[Eri Kisaki|her mother]]. Shinichi has liked Ran since they were little. It was revealed when he is in the first year of middle school, and turned down any other potential love interests as a result, but she has never realized this.<ref>[[Volume 18#File 175 - Unlock Your Heart!?|Volume 18, File 175, page 92: "Unlock Your Heart!?"]]</ref> Shinichi was similarly oblivious to Ran's regard until Ran confessed to Conan that despite his faults, which she is well aware of, she has liked Shinichi for some time.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 64: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> He is very protective of her, and has been amazed by her various skills and kindness on more than one occasion. Shinichi has since confessed his feelings to Ran in the non-[[canon]] 4th movie 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which Ran mistook as his attempt to get her memories back), and made attempts to say something during temporary cures in the manga and anime, but cases always seem to interfere until the cure runs out. Shinichi since then has finally canonically confessed to Ran in the case in London.<ref>[[Volume 72#File 752 - A Troublesome and Difficult Case|Volume 72, File 752, page 14: "A Troublesome and Difficult Case"]]</ref> Later, Ran kissed Shinichi in the cheek in Kyoto school trip as her answer for his confession in London. Immediately, Shinichi tries to do a full kiss with Ran, only for the antidote's effects to wear off; turning him back into Conan.

[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|250px|Shinichi Kudo somewhat and somehow confesses his feelings for [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to her under the Big Ben in London, during the Holmes' Revelation Arc.]]
Shinichi's initial disappearance troubled Ran to the point of insomnia and nearly going to the police. Since then, Shinichi sometimes calls Ran over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the [[voice-changing bowtie]] so that she doesn't worry about him. He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 009 - An Unfortunate Misunderstanding|Volume 1, File 9, Page 15: "An Unfortunate Misunderstanding"]]</ref> In reality, he is the brain behind her father's rapid rise to fame as a detective.

Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran, the most obvious evidence being his nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit<ref>[[Volume 83#File 873 - Red Devil|Volume 83, File 873, Page 4: "Red Devil"]]</ref>, or when Ran pulled him into an [[wikipedia: onsen|onsen]] with her.<ref>[[Volume 9#File 084 - Kogoro.27s Class Reunion|Volume 9, File 4: "Kogoro's Class Reunion"]]</ref> For her part, Ran often blushes when thinking of Shinichi, especially when Sonoko teases her about their relationship. Her attitude towards Conan is one of more open, sisterly affection, such as giving him hugs or holding his hand. Shinichi has some concerns of bodily harm should Ran realize that not only has he been lying to her, but they've shared a bed and taken a bath together.<ref>[[Volume 14#File 134 - Question In Dead Leave|Volume 14, File 134, pages 60-67: "Question In Dead Leave"]]</ref>

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

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

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

==== Heiji Hattori ====
When they first meet, Conan and [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] seem bound to become lifelong rivals, especially after Kudo beats Heiji in their first case. Even though Heiji discovers Shinichi's secret, he decides to keep quiet (though he often slips up and calls him Kudo in front of others). After Heiji realizes the truth, the two have become best friends, and consult one another on cases, developments concerning the Black Organization, and even their "girlfriends". They have solved many cases together, and Heiji is the person Shinichi turns to for advice or for confirmation regarding a deduction. Heiji has, on several occasions, declared himself to be Shinichi's best friend or brother.

Heiji still maintains some of his original feelings of rivalry, and gets annoyed if anyone claims Shinichi is better (or even equal), and will often go to great lengths to show that the "west" (Osaka) is better than the "east" (Tokyo). Shinichi usually starts off acting like he is disinterested in the frivolous competition, but may then become competitive himself if Heiji starts "winning" or someone bruises his ego. Others, like Ran and Kazuha, see them both as equally skilled detectives.

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
Sonoko and Shinichi have known each other since childhood. Sonoko finds Shinichi's obsession with mysteries annoying and considers him to be an arrogant showoff.{{citation needed}} That being said, she acknowledges his knowledge and intelligence. Sonoko enjoys teasing him about his relationship with Ran, calling them husband and wife or boyfriend / girlfriend. Shinichi finds her attempts at attracting boys to be rather irritating. Sonoko is one of the few people who calls Shinichi by his first name with kun. Shinichi also calls Sonoko by her first name without including any honorific.

=== Detective Boys ===
So far, Shinichi did not canonically meet the detective boys before becoming Conan. In the non-canonical animated special, [[Magic File 2: The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab|OVA Magic File 2]], four years prior to him becoming Conan, a thirteen-year-old Shinichi came across the Detective Boys, [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], while they were still three years old. He needed their help in confirming a client's alibi. Also, in the first live action drama and the first episode of the anime<ref>The anime was altered to introduce the Detective Boys early. In the manga they met after Shinichi became Conan.</ref>, the Detective Boys are seen sneaking into Tropical Land for treasure. Ran then says, pointing to the children, "It was like that last time, huh?" to Shinichi.

==== Ai Haibara ====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
[[Ai Haibara]], a defector from the [[Black Organization]] who was shrunk with the same poison as Shinichi, 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]], 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. She loves to tease him or otherwise insult him, pointing out his weakness.

=== Law enforcement ===
==== Juzo Megure ====
[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] has worked together with Shinichi to solve many cases. During Shinichi's [[The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|first case on the plane]], Megure mentions that he has not seen him since he was in his 6th year of Elementary school. Megure seemed irritated that Shinichi was poking his nose into a murder case. Since then, because Shinichi has proven himself solving cases one after the other, Megure has grown to respect Shinichi and his deductive abilities, thanking him for his assistance.

=== Others ===
==== Kaitou Kid ====
Despite the fact [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]] and Shinichi only met once prior to Toichi's death, it's worth mentioning that Toichi referred to Shinichi as his "older brother" and himself as the "younger brother". This is because Yusaku created and thus was the '''father''' of the moniker [[Kaitou Kid|Kaitou '''Kid''']], Toichi's secret identity. Toichi's son and successor, [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]], has also only crossed paths with Shinichi as Shinichi once, during the [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Kudo Shinichi vs. Kaitou Kid|Clocktower heist]]. Kaito thought Shinichi made the heist harder (and thus less boring) in [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s absence, and Shinichi found Kid's intention of 'stealing' the Clocktower in order to save it from demolition to be fairly admirable. Notably, neither of them saw the other's face.

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

== 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 and none have betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] also knows, but she has kept it a secret from the rest of the Organization to protect Shinichi because he had [[Vermouth timeline#Golden Apple Case .28Manga: 350-354.2C Anime: 286-288.29|saved her life in New York]]. [[Eisuke Hondou]], the younger brother of C.I.A. agent [[Hidemi Hondou]], also knows and keeps Conan's secret. [[Kaitou Kid]] was first aware of Conan's identity in the movies, showing up as Shinichi in the third movie to protect Conan's identity, making it non-canon. Canonically however, File 1018 implies that Kaito is aware of Conan's secret, as he addresses Conan and Heiji as "the highschool detectives". [[Ran]] gets suspicious on occasion, but so far Conan has managed to trick her into thinking Conan and Shinichi are two different people. Finally, [[Subaru Okiya]] has seen Conan use Shinichi's voice with his bowtie voice modifier. Since Subaru Okiya is actually [[Shuichi Akai]] in disguise, this means that Akai knows about it as well.

== Character popularity ==
* In a ''Newtype'' poll from 2001, Shinichi ranked fourth in the category "Top 10 Most Popular Male Anime Characters in Japan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-08-12/newtype-top-10-anime|title=Newtype top 10 Anime|date=2001-08-12|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref> In a ''Newtype Magazine'' poll from March 2010, Shinichi was voted as the ninth most popular male anime character from the 1990's.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Newtype, Issue 4|month=March|year=2010|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|title=NT Research}}</ref>
* In the survey "Friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com in which people had to choose what anime character they would like to have as a friend, Shinichi ranked third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|title=Which Anime Character Do You Wish You Could Be Friends With?|date=2007-02-28|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref>
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shinichi placed 2nd in the poll with 1,425 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* Shinichi placed 1st in the results of a poll ranking the top 3 "ikemen" ("good-looking men") of the series aired during the promotional special for [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].<ref>The Lost Ship in the Sky Special Edition Blu-ray</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* 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. Shinichi placed 4th overall with 1,443 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 ==
Shinichi's given name is a pun on "one truth". The "ichi" (一) means "one" and "shin" can be read as truth (真), however the kanji actually used for "shin" (新) in Shinichi's name means "new".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C|title=WWWJDIC: Word Search|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> Shinichi's family name "Kudo" comes from the fictional detective Shunsaku Kudo created by Nobumitsu Kodaka.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Detective Conan|volume=18|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1998-01-17|isbn=4-09-125048-3|chapter=|page=Back cover flap|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo}}</ref> The ON-readings of the kanji for "Kudo" mean "craft" or "construction" (工) and "wisteria" (藤).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1B|title=WWWJDIC: Kanji Selection|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>
"Shinichi" may also have come from "Shinichi Suzuki", a famous violinist. Shinichi Kudo plays violin.<ref>File 936: Ran mentions that Shinchi plays the violin very well but also mentions his tone-deafness.</ref>

== Character inspiration ==
Shinichi's design was based off of Conan's. Gosho said Shinichi's hairstyle was designed in about one minute. He smoothed [[Yaiba]]'s hair and added a tuft modeled after the apostrophe hairstyle of Kabu from [[Wikipedia: Sally the Witch|Sally the Witch]]. The tuft on hair on the top of Shinichi's head comes from the character Shichimi in [[Wikipedia: Niji Iro Tōgarashi|Niji Iro Tōgarashi]]. Shinichi's speech habits were meant to be slightly rough like Joe from [[Wikipedia: Ashita no Joe|Ashita no Joe]] and [[Wikipedia: Touch (manga)|Touch]].<ref>File 865 Shounen Sunday Special Booklet</ref>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:First_Color_Page.jpg|x185px|thumb|left|Shinichi Kudo's "Before" Manga Appearance (volume 1).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Aquarium case Shinichi manga.jpg|x185px|thumb|left|Shinichi Kudo's "After" Manga Appearance (volume 84).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "Before" Appearance (episode 1).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "Middle" Appearance (episode 192).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_After.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "After" Appearance (movie 8-15 introduction).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi Kudo MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 6).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== General ===
{{quote|When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.|Shinichi, quoting Sherlock Holmes from ''The Sign of the Four'', ch. 6}}

{{quote|In detective work, there's no winning or losing...there's no being superior or inferior...That's because...there is always one and only one truth.|[[Diplomat Murder Case|Episode 49]], talking to [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]]}}

{{quote|One truth prevails!|One of Shinichi's catchphrases.}}

{{quote|The only one who can miss a penalty kick is the one who has enough courage to take the penalty kick.|Episode 476, Quoting the "Treasure of Italy" Roberto Baggio}}

{{quote|Zero is where everything starts! Nothing would ever be born if we didn't depart from there...And nothing would ever be achieved!|Episode 621}}

{{quote|A trick is nothing but a puzzle mankind came up with. If you use your head, you can uncover the logical answer.|[[The Desperate Revival|Episode 191]], talking to Heiji}}

{{quote|It's always the little things, that we overlook, that are the most important.{{citation needed}}}}

{{quote|The strong one doesn’t win. The one who wins is strong.|Episode 476-477, Quoting Franz Beckenbauer}}

=== Specific ===
{{quote|You're a troublesome case, you know! With these unnecessary emotions entering me like crazy... Even if I were Holmes it is impossible to solve! The heart of the girl whom one likes... How can one accurately deduces that! (お前は厄介な難事件なんだよ！余計な感情が入りまくって、例え俺がホームズでも解くのは無理だろうぜ！好きな女の心を…正確に読み取るなんてことはな！！) (Omē wa yakkaina nan jiken'na nda yo! Yokeina kanjō ga hairi makutte, tatoe ore ga hōmuzu demo toku no wa muridaro ̄ ze! Sukina on'na no kokoro o...Sei kaku ni yomitoru nante koto wa na!!) |Shinichi confessing to Ran in London.|Episode 621}}

{{quote|Serial killer: Why did you save me?

Shinichi: Is a reason necessary? I don't know why you would kill someone, but as for saving someone...A logical mind isn't needed, right?|After rescuing the [[Vermouth|serial killer, NY Case]].|Episode 288}}

{{quote|A detective who corners a culprit with their reasoning...and drives them to suicide in front of himself is no different than a murderer.|Conan/Shinichi Telling Heiji why letting the criminal commit suicide is wrong.|Episode 78}}

{{quote|Because I love you. I love you. In this world, more than anyone else.|Conan/Shinichi to Ran in [[Captured in Her Eyes]], replying Ran on why he keeps protecting her.}}

=== Quotes about Shinichi ===
{{quote|You're gonna be a great detective.|Akimoto to Shinichi.{{citation needed}}}}

{{quote|Ever since he was little he was a jerk, always full of himself, and a mystery otaku. But whenever you need him, he's dependable and brave and cool. I really like Shinichi!|Ran talking about her feelings towards to Shinichi to "Conan".|Episode 2}}

== Trivia ==
* Shinichi has been mentioned and parodied in many other anime series. See [[Detective Conan#Appearances in other media|this wiki page]] for more information.
* He was used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
* Shinichi seems to have plane narcolepsy, as mentioned in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|episode 162]] and [[Volume 21|file 204]]. This shows up when he is Conan as well.
* The name 'Shinichi' appears to be inspired by the word for 'truth' (真実 ''shinjitsu'') and the word for 'one' (一 ''ichi''). Roughly translating to mean "one truth" much like his/Conan's famous catchphrase.
* The name 'Kudō' is a transliteration of the word 'code'.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|سينشي Sēnshi|كودو Kōdo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|新一 Xīnyī|工藤 Gōngténg}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Denmark|Danish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Jimmy|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|도일 Doyle|남 Nam}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Mongolia|Mongolian|Шиничи|Күдо}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Синьити|Кудо}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Bobby (anime dub, 1-123) Shinichi (anime dub, 124+)|Jackson (anime dub, 1-123) Kudo (anime dub, 124+)}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชินอิจิ Chi-nxi-ci|คุโด้ Khu-dô}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|新一 Xīnyī|工藤 Gōngténg}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Baby kudo shinichi.png|Baby Shinichi.
File:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|Shinichi and Ran before grade school.
Image:Vlcsnap-2013-11-06-19h00m20s6.png|Shinichi's body begins to shrink again.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]

== References ==
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| japanese-name = 工藤新一 (Kudō Shin'ichi)
| english-name = Jimmy Kudo
| name = Shinichi Kudo
| image = Shinichi Kudo Profile.jpg
| age =16-17<ref name=CD41>Conan Drill Page 41</ref><ref name="f2">[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]] - Conan nearly gives his age as "16" before correcting himself and saying "6".</ref><ref name=141p8>Manga Volume 15, File 1, Page 8: "Gone!? ". The reporter gives Shinichi's age as 16.</ref><ref name="e3">[[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]] - Shinichi's opening prologue speech refers to him as 17</ref>, 6-7 as Conan<ref>Conan Drill Page 38</ref><ref name="f2" /><ref>[[The Significant Music Box|Episode 194: The Significant Music Box]] - Conan says he is "around 7" years old.</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'8.5")
| weight = Unknown<ref name=CD41/>
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name=CD41/>
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| occupation = Teitan High School student Detective
| nicknames = Detective Geek ([[Ran Mouri]]) Detective of the East The savior of the police force Shin-chan ([[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]]) Silver Bullet ([[Vermouth]]) The Heisei Holmes Cool guy ([[Vermouth]]) The Wizard ([[Masumi Sera]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Shinichi Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 291 (approx, manga only) (as Conan Edogawa) (one case solved by Ran) 60+ (as Shinichi Kudo)
| keyhole = [[Volume 1]] [[Volume 62]] (Shiragami-sama)
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] [[Minami Takayama]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| drama-actor = [[Shun Oguri]] (1st) [[Junpei Mizobata]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shinichi Kudo'''|工藤新一|Kudō Shin'ichi}} is the high school detective, narrator and main protagonist of the manga and anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''. While on a date with his childhood friend and romantic interest [[Ran Mouri]], Shinichi encounters [[Gin|two]] [[Vodka|men]] from a [[Black Organization|secret criminal organization]] who force feed him [[APTX 4869|a strange poison]] that causes his body to shrink back to first grade age. Shinichi takes up the alias '''[[Conan Edogawa]]''' and plans to use his immense skill as a detective to make Ran's [[Kogoro Mouri|bumbling private detective father]] famous in hopes that he will find a case involving the secret organization so he can expose its crimes and acquire an antidote that will turn him back into a teenager.

Viz romanized his original name as '''Shin'ichi Kudo'''.

== Background ==
Shinichi is a 16-year old<ref name="f2"/><ref>[[Volume 15#File 141 - Gone.21.3F|Volume 15, File 141, page 12: "Gone!?"]]</ref> (17, according to the anime)<ref name="e3"/> student at [[Setting#Teitan High School|Teitan High School]] who has become famous for helping the [[Law Enforcement#Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo police]] solve murder mysteries. Shinichi was born to [[Yusaku Kudo]], a mystery writer, and [[Yukiko Kudo]], a former movie star.<ref>[[Volume 5#File 049 - An Unfamiliar Visitor|Volume 5, File 49, page 163: "An Unfamiliar Visitor"]]</ref>

He met Ran when he started in kindergarten and spotted strange things that his father figured out were preparations to kidnap Ran. The kidnapping was foiled, and Ran and Shinichi formed a friendship when Shinichi defended her from the bullies.

The story begins when Shinichi takes his childhood friend [[Ran Mouri]] to a theme park, [[Tropical Land]], to celebrate her victory in a recent karate championship. During the course of their visit, Shinichi ends up solving [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|a murder case]]. He separates from Ran to follow a man in black, [[Vodka]], who was blackmailing a company president. He didn't notice when another man in black, [[Gin]], sneak up behind him and knocks him out with a baseball bat. Gin decides to test an experimental untraceable poison, [[APTX 4869]], on Shinichi to ensure that his death couldn't be traced back to them. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurs: his body shrinks into that of his six-year-old self.<ref name="f2"/>

[[Image:Conan Edogawa Investigating.jpg|120px|thumb|right|Conan Edogawa, the "small" Shinichi]]
=== Conan Edogawa ===
{{main|Conan Edogawa}}
After escaping from well-meaning but skeptical park security, with nowhere else to go Shinichi runs home. He there encounters into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. He convinces Agasa of his identity and head inside [[Setting#Kudo Residence|Shinichi's home]] to discuss the next move. Agasa warns him that he must keep his identity secret because the [[Black Organization]] will kill him and others associated with him should they discover the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>

Ran arrives to find out what happened to Shinichi, which forces him to come up with the alias Conan Edogawa from [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Rampo Edogawa|Rampo '''''Edogawa''''']] and he pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's, who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2"/> Ran's father, [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a [[Setting#Mouri Detective Agency|Detective Agency]], which will allow Conan to run into cases involving the Black Organization. He occasionally uses Kogoro, and Agasa, among others as a mouthpiece to solve crimes while searching for how to get his body back.

In the meantime, to protect his identity he is forced to play the part of a first-year Elementary student, enrolling as a student at [[Teitan Elementary]]. Three of his classmates, [[Ayumi]], [[Genta]], and [[Mitsuhiko]], befriend him and pull him into creating the ''[[Detective Boys]]'', <ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> after which he tries to keep them out of trouble. Their group is later joined by the creator of APTX 4869, [[Shiho Miyano]], shrunk down and using the alias [[Ai Haibara]].

Although he mostly uses the Conan alias to solve cases, in some (especially emergency) situations, he uses the Voice-Changing Bowtie to call the police using his original, Shinichi's voice and get involved with cases, which allow him to gain the authority that Conan lacks. In the aftermath; however, Shinichi requests his identity not to be revealed to the public, a clear contrast to what his attention-seeking behavior before turning to Conan.

== Personality ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is already well-known as a brilliant young detective, the "Savior of the police force", for solving many difficult cases the professionals could not.<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father and the general laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels.<ref name="f569">[[Volume 55#File 569 - The Mischievous Boy|Volume 55, Files 569-572: "The Mischievous Boy"]]</ref> His father, Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes as a child, which inspired him to be a detective.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205, pages 74-78: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref> Due to his bluntness and matter-of-fact manner, Shinichi can come off as rude and arrogant. However, he cares deeply about human life, unable to understand how any reason could be sufficient motive for murder,<ref>[[Volume 26#File 258 - Momentary Rest|Volume 26, File 258, page 71: "Momentary Rest"]]</ref> and is convinced that driving a culprit to suicide is no better than murder itself. <ref>[[Volume 16#File 153 - Bonds of Flame|Volume 16, File 153: "Bonds of Flame"]]</ref> The few times he has been too late to save a life haunt him throughout the series.

Prior to his transformation, Shinichi enjoyed being in the spotlight and was rather arrogant, reveling in making local headlines and receiving fan-mail. Throughout the series, Shinichi's predicament causes him to gain a sense of humility. Shinichi still keeps his flair for the dramatic (like his mother) that can be seen every time he sets out a deduction in pieces building to a climax.

Despite his popularity with the masses and his schoolmates, Shinichi has very few close friends. He is close to Ran and Agasa, and after deaging, he befriended Heiji, Haibara, and to some extent the other Detective Boys. Another reason for his lack of close friends was because his arrogant personality was a negative turn-off to many of his classmates and even teachers, making it hard to befriend him. Even with his close friends (one being older than him), Shinichi doesn't hesitate to call them "idiot", instead of calmly explaining his reason for doing or not doing something, sometimes causing arguments between him and Ran.

Shinichi also had a tendency, since elementary school, to have an air of being the "distant, cool guy". While he is a truly good and heroic individual, he doesn't make it known to others that obviously, and will make some "deductive reasoning" for why he did such a thing. His insensitive nature is also horrible, which was shown most prominently during the Holmes' Revelation Arc, when Ran started crying because she believed that Shinichi not telling her he was in London meant that he was indifferent to her feelings for him. However, instead of trying to comfort her, Shinichi repeatedly asked her about the [[Yukiko Kudo|strange woman]] she met, and told her to pull herself together.

Despite his intelligence, Shinichi is rather dense when it comes to love or romantic subjects, though perhaps not to the same extent as [[Heiji Hattori]]. He struggled to confess his love for to Ran, even after he knew her feelings (as Conan), and temporarily returned to his original body in the Desperate Revival Arc, he was about to confess to her, but chickened out at the last minute. After several failures, finally succeeded in [[Holmes' Revelation|London]]. However, he was revealed to be an amazing "wingman" in episodes 253-254.

== Appearance ==
Shinichi is a 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'8.5") Japanese teenager with a thin, athletic build. He has pale skin and a dark brown/black hair with a cowlick in front and distinctive tuft in the back. Shinichi bears a striking resemblance to his father, [[Yusaku Kudo]] minus his father's mustache and round glasses. Shinichi has blue eyes in the manga (a trait shared by all the characters), and they are blue in the anime as well.

Shinichi is right handed and right footed, but he is good with both feet because of his soccer skills.

Shinichi often appears in his high school uniform, but he also wears a suit and tie or regular clothing depending on the occasion. When Conan turns back into Shinichi by using [[baijiu]] or a [[temporary antidote]], Shinichi will wear whatever appropriately sized clothing he can find at the time. He was also very popular with the girls as he was handsome not to mention a high school detective.

== Skills ==
:''See also: [[Conan Edogawa#Skills|Conan's Skills]]''
=== Detective skills ===
Shinichi is very skilled as a detective, often earning him comparisons to [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Shinichi has acquired various nicknames because of his prowess, such as the "[[Wikipedia: Heisei|Heisei]] Holmes" and the "Detective of the East". He has a keen eye for details, and can spot any unusual aspects in a case that most people tend to ignore or not take into account. In the english version his motto is "Only one truth prevails". He repeatedly demonstrates the ability to recall every detail of an investigation or other topics he cares about, and may have a photographic memory to manage such perfect recall so consistently. Shinichi's fastidious attention to detail allows him to notice minor inconsistencies in crime scenes and suspect testimony, and using astute logic he uncovers the reasons behind those inconsistencies in order to link them to the crime. Shinichi has extraordinarily broad and deep knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases, something he likely acquired from incessant reading as a child. Only his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] and the current [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaitou Kid]] regularly surpass him.

=== Athletic ability ===
[[File:Shinichi playing soccer 4 years ago.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Shinichi playing soccer in middle school.]]
Besides intelligence, Shinichi also has an amazing athletic ability, partially derived from playing soccer, his favorite sport. Shinichi is an extremely skilled soccer player, having been professionally scouted while only in middle school, but he chooses to stay at the amateur level. He initially played to hone his reflexes and often juggles a ball to clear his mind, but he is also an enthusiastic fan of the sport in its own right.<ref name="e1"/> In order to defend himself and others from criminals, Shinichi has perfected a signature, powerful precision kick to knock out criminals using soccer balls or whatever substitute is handy. Shinichi's kick is accurate over long distances and he is capable of mentally reckoning the angle of impact necessary to rebound a soccer ball off a wall and strike an attacker from behind. He is also good at skiing and snowboarding.

Aside from soccer, Shinichi exhibits a knack for handling firearms due to his father taking him to shooting ranges from time to time. During the Clocktower Heist, Shinichi is able to shoot and dislodge the support beam of a giant projection screen, which Kaitou Kid had placed in order to fool a crowd of onlookers, with a single shot from a moving helicopter. Additionally, in [[The Fourteenth Target]], Conan shot a gun at Ran and the criminal holding her hostage with impeccable accuracy; in doing so, he reminds her of Shinichi.

Shinichi is nimble as well as strong. In the manga, he is capable of considerable acrobatics, jumping great distances and swinging from tree to tree to escape onlookers.<ref>[[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|Shiragami case]]</ref> The anime and movies augment Shinichi's athletic abilities in addition to what is shown in the manga. He has been able to skillfully dodge a kicking assault from an angry Ran, something very few have ever managed.

It is also aknowledged that even Shinichi knows a bit of karate and martial arts, even if he is not a great fan of them, and obviously not able to perform as Conan.<ref>Manga Volume 1, File 5 ; Anime episode 2.</ref> He is able to dodge Ran's karate movements easily and watches her karate matches with attention.<ref>Manga Volume 1, File 1; Anime episode 1 and [[Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small]].</ref> We can even see him put in practice some karate movements such as in [[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|Shiragami Case]], when he disarms the culprit trying to commit suicide, and judo in [[Drama Episode 13]], when he avoids Kogoro and take him down as he tries to hurt him. He has a strong sense of coordination giving him the abilities of shooting darts like in [[The Detective Boys Get Out of the Rain]], when he throws them to a giant [[Gomera]] puppet so it can fall on the culprit, and the ability of executing certain karate moves.

=== Music ===
Shinichi cannot sing on key in the slightest so he is often accused of being [[Wikipedia:tone deaf|tone deaf]]. Despite being a hilariously awful singer, Shinichi has [[Wikipedia:perfect pitch|perfect pitch]] and can identify notes accurately even in difficult contexts like the sound of phone button presses forming a melody.<ref>[[Volume 15#File 144 - Their Voices Are Alike!?|Volume 15, File 144: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref> Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in [[Full Score of Fear]], when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays." His proficiency with the violin became canon in [[The Unfriendly Girls Band]].

=== Language ===
Shinichi is well-educated in English, as seen when he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat, when he spoke to Ray Curtis in English in the anime version of [[The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case]], and when he solved a case in London without evidence of any language barrier.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref><ref name="f743">[[Volume 71#File 743 - Holmes' Apprentice|Volumes 71-72, Files 743-752: "Holmes' Apprentice"]]</ref> Shinichi also knows some German, at least how to count.<ref>[[Genta's Certain Kill Shot]]</ref> Shinichi is not familiar with Italian.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> Shinichi seems to understand "Girl Writing", due to the fact that he had solved an e-mail cipher of a 2nd year high school girl quickly.<ref>[[Secret of the Russian Blue]]</ref>

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{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Kudo Shinichi Detective Boy (''Tantei-bōzu'')|Kogoro-san Uncle (''Ojisan'' or ''Otchan'') Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}
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{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Shinichi-oniichan|Genta}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Shinichi-san|Mitsuhiko}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Kudo-kun|Haibara}}
{{appellations|Shiho Miyano|Kudo-kun|Haibara}}
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{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Shinichi-kun Kudo-kun (sometimes when talking directly to him as seen in the 8th movie)|Sonoko}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|Shinichi-san Kudo Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Shinichi-kun|Kisaki-san}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Kudo-kun Shinichi-kun Kudo Shinichi-kun|Sera Sera Masumi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18">[[Dimensional Sniper]]</ref>}}
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{{appellations|Vodka|Brat<ref>[[Volume 42|Volume 42, File 434, Page 2]]</ref>|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Kudo-kun|Inspector Takagi ("Takagi-keiji")}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Kudo-kun|Inspector Sato ("Sato-keiji")}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Kudo Shinichi<ref name="blackstar">[[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Black Star|Magic Kaito Chapter 23-24: Black Star]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="blackstar"/>}}
{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Kudo Shinichi-kun<ref name="m13">[[The Raven Chaser]]</ref> Kudo<ref name="m13"/>}}
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{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Holmes' Apprentice-kun (''Homuzu no deshi-kun'')<ref name="file 973">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 973 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Akai Shuichi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/> Pierrot<ref name="file972">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972 (Volume 92)]]</ref> Pierrot Oni-san}}
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{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel (movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/>}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Kir Mizunashi Rena [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] staff (''CIA kyokuin''; movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/>}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Kudo Shinichi-kun|Bourbon Amuro Tooru}}
{{appellations|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Kudo Shinichi-kun|Inspector Ayanokoji (''Ayanokoji-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Kudo}}
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{{appellations|Naoki Uemura|-|Naoki-san Uemura Naoki}}
{{appellations|Shizuka Hattori|Kudo Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Soshi Okita|-|Okita}}
{{appellations|Kanenori Wakita|Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Rumi Wakasa|Shinichi-kun}}
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== Plot overview ==
Because the main plot revolves around the fact that Shinichi has become 'Conan' and is forced into hiding, Shinichi is rarely in the series as himself. However, Conan is frequently shown calling Ran using his voice-changing bow tie to sound like Shinichi and sending/receiving text messages from her with "Shinichi's" phone. In these instances, it can be said that the character of Shinichi, albeit in the body of Conan, is appearing, since these phone conversations and text messages allow Shinichi to be himself, however briefly. The below instances however, are actual appearances of Shinichi as well as flashbacks from before the series began.

=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
==== Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 1|001-002]], Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|001]]) ====
[[Image:Shinichi appears.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi appears to correct Hattori's deduction]] Shinichi starts as himself in the Roller coaster murder case, but by the end he has been transformed into Conan, thus beginning the series' plot. Since then, Conan has temporarily turned back to Shinichi several times.

==== Great Detective of the West (Manga: [[Volume 10|092-095]], Anime: [[Diplomat Murder Case|048-049]]) ====
Shinichi's next real appearance after shrinking is in [[Volume 10]], when a strange detective from Osaka named [[Heiji Hattori]] arrives at Mouri Detective Agency looking for Shinichi in order to determine which of them is the better detective. A strange combination of having a cold and drinking the [[baijiu]] that Heiji had brought along allows Conan to briefly grow into Shinichi once again.<ref>[[Volume 10#File 092 - The Great Detective Of The West|Volume 10, Files 92-96: "The Great Detective Of The West"]]</ref> However, he develops an immunity to the alcohol and cannot replicate the transformation.

==== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume 26|254-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|188-193]]) ====
In [[Volume 26]], Conan is able to become Shinichi using an [[Antidote (prototype)]] that [[Ai Haibara]] synthesized. As himself, he tries to surprise Ran by disguising himself as a character in her play, but is interrupted by a murder case and ends up revealing himself to his entire high school. [[Heiji Hattori]] covers for him and Shinichi is able to spend about 48 hours as himself, albeit with a brief collapse about halfway through. He turns back into Conan just as he seems to be about to confess his feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 26#File 254 - An Infatuated Heart|Volume 26, Files 254-260: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

==== The Murderer is Shinichi Kudo (Manga: [[Volume 62|646-651]], Anime: [[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|521-523]]) ====
Shinichi's next appearance is not until [[Volume 62]], when, while on a case with Heiji, Conan goes missing and 'Shinichi' seems to appear. The 'Shinichi' is actually someone who had gotten plastic surgery to look like Shinichi Kudo, and is actually trying to blame Shinichi for a murder. The real Shinichi hides in the forest until he can clear his name. Shinichi had been temporarily restored by another of Haibara's prototypes, but this time by accident; Agasa mistakenly gave them to Shinichi thinking they were cold medicine.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 646 - Village of Animosity|Volume 62, Files 646-651: "Village of Animosity"]]</ref> After the case is solved Shinichi transforms back to Conan, but luckily, Haibara secretly followed him there and gives him another antidote, saving him from revealing his identity to Kogoro, Ran and Kazuha. While driving home from the case, the group is stopped by another murder which Shinichi and Heiji investigate together, despite increasing pangs that warn of his imminent reversion to Conan. After the case is resolved, Ran tries to stop Shinichi from leaving, saying she has something to tell him. Shinichi stops her, saying "According to my deductions, what you have to say and what I have to say are the same thing." Ran seizes his hand while he is transforming back into Conan, and though Haibara knocks her out with Conan's wristwatch, she refuses to let go of his hand. Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] have to cut and re-pin Conan's shirt onto him because Ran is still clutching his hand and he refuses to pull out of her grip.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 652 - The Thing She Really Wants to Ask|Volumes 62-63, Files 652-654: "The Thing She Really Wants to Ask"]]</ref>

==== Holmes' Revelation (Manga: [[Volume 71|743-751]], Anime: [[Holmes' Revelation|616-621]]) ====
In [[Volume 71]], Conan, Ran, and Kogoro are invited to England by a rich, elite British woman, Diana Kingstone, after Kogoro finds her cat under the table in Café Poirot. However, since 'Conan Edogawa' doesn't have the proper credentials to fly internationally, Ai gives him a prototype pill so that Shinichi and Agasa can fly low-profile to England on the same plane that Ran and Kogoro are flying. Ai provides a second prototype pill for the return journey, but Conan uses it while Ran was pursuing him in London. During that trip, Shinichi answers Ran's hurt feelings over his behavior with the fact that he cares for her and that he likes her; unfortunately, before she could respond or confess in kind, Shinichi has to vanish and becomes Conan again. Luckily for Conan, Shinichi's parents appear because Ai had expected him to use the second pill, and they provide him with an extra antidote to let Conan return to Japan. <ref name="f743" />

==== Kyoto School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 94|1000-1005]], Anime: TBD) ====
Shinichi returns to his real body to take part in the field trip of his school to Kyoto. Shinichi meets an old friend of his mother and through her gets involved in a serial murder case among her and her famous movie friends. After the case was solved, jealousy led Shinichi to ask Ran how she feels about him, since she never formally replied to his confession in London. Ran responds by kissing him on the cheek. Shinichi wants to go in for a full kiss after that, but before they can do it, the antidote wears off and Shinichi has to leave. He later thanks Ran for her reply via text message, making her happy and forget his rushed exit.

Although Shinichi asked the police to keep his involvement in the case secret again, rumours about high school detectives helping in the case spread quickly through the internet, with one poster mentioning seeing Shinichi in Kyoto, which doesn't go unnoticed by [[Hyoue Kuroda]] and [[Kanenori Wakita]]. The rumours then rapidly evolve into another media frenzy around Shinichi's person.

=== Flashback Appearances ===
==== Shinichi's first case (Manga: [[Volume 21|204-207]], Anime: [[The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|162]]) ====
One year ago, Shinichi solved his first case by himself on a plane flying to Los Angeles.

==== Golden Apple (Manga: [[Volume 34|350]]-[[Volume 35|354]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|286-288]]) ====
One year ago, Shinichi, [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]] went to New York City to see the play "Golden Apple". There, they encountered [[Vermouth|Sharron Vineyard]] and [[Shuichi Akai]].

==== Heiji's Memories (Manga: [[Volume 50|518-521]], Anime: [[Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope|490]]) ====
During a call to Conan, Heiji talks about a brilliant detective kid he met at a skiing trip during middle school, 3 years ago. That kid was actually Shinichi, who he competed with to solve the mystery.

==== Challenge from the original Kaitou Kid (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]]) ====
A flashback revealed that 10 years ago, as first-graders, Shinichi and Ran had been given a riddle by the original [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

==== Memories of Light Blue (Manga: [[Volume 83|882]]-[[Volume 84|884]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case|772-773]]) ====
During an aquarium visit with Conan and the Detective Boys, Ran remembers going to the aquarium with Shinichi almost a year ago. After solving a murder case there, it is revealed how Shinichi came to promise Ran [[Volume 1#Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case|their trip to Tropical Land]].

==== Ran GIRL/Shinichi BOY (Manga: [[Volume 87|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]]) ====
13 years ago Ran and Shinichi meet for the first time in pre-school.

==== Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|972-974]], Anime: [[The Wizard of the Ripples|881-882]]) ====
10 years ago Shinichi and Ran encounter the [[Akai family]] at the beach.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
==== Movie 7: [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]] ====
Heiji was injured and Kazuha kidnapped; her abductors threatened to kill her unless Heiji showed up for her. Believing Heiji to be unable to do so, Conan contacted Ai and asked if there was any way for him to briefly become Heiji. Ai gave him medicine to simulate the effects of a cold, then he drank some [[Baijiu]] which had changed him in his and Heiji's first manga appearance. Conan became Shinichi for approximately an hour, but according to Ai he was extremely weak and sick for the entire time.

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

==== Live action special 2 ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization}}

=== Flashback Appearances ===
==== Kaitou Kid's Clock Tower Heist (Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Black Star|MK 23-24]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid#Clocktower Heist|DC 129]], [[Black_Star|MK 06]]) ====
The first meeting of Shinichi and the current [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Kaito Kuroba]].

==== [[The Ten Planets in the Night Sky]] ====

==== [[Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab]] ====

==== [[Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata]] ====

==== [[Magic File 6: Flower of Fantasista]] ====

==== Live-action special 1 ====
{{main|A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Prologue Until Goodbye~}}

==== Live-action special 3 ====
{{main|A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~}}

==== Live-action special 4 ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case}}

==== Live-action drama series ====
{{main|Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo}}

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

=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]
==== Ran Mouri ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Ran Mouri]] is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have been friends and playmates since kindergarten<ref name="f569"/><ref>[[Volume 11#File 107 - The Two Mysteries|Volume 11, File 107: "The Two Mysteries"]]</ref>, though Shinichi's tendency to drag Ran along into minor trouble caused some censure from [[Eri Kisaki|her mother]]. Shinichi has liked Ran since they were little. It was revealed when he is in the first year of middle school, and turned down any other potential love interests as a result, but she has never realized this.<ref>[[Volume 18#File 175 - Unlock Your Heart!?|Volume 18, File 175, page 92: "Unlock Your Heart!?"]]</ref> Shinichi was similarly oblivious to Ran's regard until Ran confessed to Conan that despite his faults, which she is well aware of, she has liked Shinichi for some time.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 64: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> He is very protective of her, and has been amazed by her various skills and kindness on more than one occasion. Shinichi has since confessed his feelings to Ran in the non-[[canon]] 4th movie 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which Ran mistook as his attempt to get her memories back), and made attempts to say something during temporary cures in the manga and anime, but cases always seem to interfere until the cure runs out. Shinichi since then has finally canonically confessed to Ran in the case in London.<ref>[[Volume 72#File 752 - A Troublesome and Difficult Case|Volume 72, File 752, page 14: "A Troublesome and Difficult Case"]]</ref> Later, Ran kissed Shinichi in the cheek in Kyoto school trip as her answer for his confession in London. Immediately, Shinichi tries to do a full kiss with Ran, only for the antidote's effects to wear off; turning him back into Conan.

[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|250px|Shinichi Kudo somewhat and somehow confesses his feelings for [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to her under the Big Ben in London, during the Holmes' Revelation Arc.]]
Shinichi's initial disappearance troubled Ran to the point of insomnia and nearly going to the police. Since then, Shinichi sometimes calls Ran over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the [[voice-changing bowtie]] so that she doesn't worry about him. He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 009 - An Unfortunate Misunderstanding|Volume 1, File 9, Page 15: "An Unfortunate Misunderstanding"]]</ref> In reality, he is the brain behind her father's rapid rise to fame as a detective.

Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran, the most obvious evidence being his nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit<ref>[[Volume 83#File 873 - Red Devil|Volume 83, File 873, Page 4: "Red Devil"]]</ref>, or when Ran pulled him into an [[wikipedia: onsen|onsen]] with her.<ref>[[Volume 9#File 084 - Kogoro.27s Class Reunion|Volume 9, File 4: "Kogoro's Class Reunion"]]</ref> For her part, Ran often blushes when thinking of Shinichi, especially when Sonoko teases her about their relationship. Her attitude towards Conan is one of more open, sisterly affection, such as giving him hugs or holding his hand. Shinichi has some concerns of bodily harm should Ran realize that not only has he been lying to her, but they've shared a bed and taken a bath together.<ref>[[Volume 14#File 134 - Question In Dead Leave|Volume 14, File 134, pages 60-67: "Question In Dead Leave"]]</ref>

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

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

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

==== Heiji Hattori ====
When they first meet, Conan and [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] seem bound to become lifelong rivals, especially after Kudo beats Heiji in their first case. Even though Heiji discovers Shinichi's secret, he decides to keep quiet (though he often slips up and calls him Kudo in front of others). After Heiji realizes the truth, the two have become best friends, and consult one another on cases, developments concerning the Black Organization, and even their "girlfriends". They have solved many cases together, and Heiji is the person Shinichi turns to for advice or for confirmation regarding a deduction. Heiji has, on several occasions, declared himself to be Shinichi's best friend or brother.

Heiji still maintains some of his original feelings of rivalry, and gets annoyed if anyone claims Shinichi is better (or even equal), and will often go to great lengths to show that the "west" (Osaka) is better than the "east" (Tokyo). Shinichi usually starts off acting like he is disinterested in the frivolous competition, but may then become competitive himself if Heiji starts "winning" or someone bruises his ego. Others, like Ran and Kazuha, see them both as equally skilled detectives.

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
Sonoko and Shinichi have known each other since childhood. Sonoko finds Shinichi's obsession with mysteries annoying and considers him to be an arrogant showoff.{{citation needed}} That being said, she acknowledges his knowledge and intelligence. Sonoko enjoys teasing him about his relationship with Ran, calling them husband and wife or boyfriend / girlfriend. Shinichi finds her attempts at attracting boys to be rather irritating. Sonoko is one of the few people who calls Shinichi by his first name with kun. Shinichi also calls Sonoko by her first name without including any honorific.

=== Detective Boys ===
So far, Shinichi did not canonically meet the detective boys before becoming Conan. In the non-canonical animated special, [[Magic File 2: The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab|OVA Magic File 2]], four years prior to him becoming Conan, a thirteen-year-old Shinichi came across the Detective Boys, [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], while they were still three years old. He needed their help in confirming a client's alibi. Also, in the first live action drama and the first episode of the anime<ref>The anime was altered to introduce the Detective Boys early. In the manga they met after Shinichi became Conan.</ref>, the Detective Boys are seen sneaking into Tropical Land for treasure. Ran then says, pointing to the children, "It was like that last time, huh?" to Shinichi.

==== Ai Haibara ====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
[[Ai Haibara]], a defector from the [[Black Organization]] who was shrunk with the same poison as Shinichi, 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]], 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. She loves to tease him or otherwise insult him, pointing out his weakness.

=== Law enforcement ===
==== Juzo Megure ====
[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] has worked together with Shinichi to solve many cases. During Shinichi's [[The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|first case on the plane]], Megure mentions that he has not seen him since he was in his 6th year of Elementary school. Megure seemed irritated that Shinichi was poking his nose into a murder case. Since then, because Shinichi has proven himself solving cases one after the other, Megure has grown to respect Shinichi and his deductive abilities, thanking him for his assistance.

=== Others ===
==== Kaitou Kid ====
Despite the fact [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]] and Shinichi only met once prior to Toichi's death, it's worth mentioning that Toichi referred to Shinichi as his "older brother" and himself as the "younger brother". This is because Yusaku created and thus was the '''father''' of the moniker [[Kaitou Kid|Kaitou '''Kid''']], Toichi's secret identity. Toichi's son and successor, [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]], has also only crossed paths with Shinichi as Shinichi once, during the [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Kudo Shinichi vs. Kaitou Kid|Clocktower heist]]. Kaito thought Shinichi made the heist harder (and thus less boring) in [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s absence, and Shinichi found Kid's intention of 'stealing' the Clocktower in order to save it from demolition to be fairly admirable. Notably, neither of them saw the other's face.

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

== 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 and none have betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] also knows, but she has kept it a secret from the rest of the Organization to protect Shinichi because he had [[Vermouth timeline#Golden Apple Case .28Manga: 350-354.2C Anime: 286-288.29|saved her life in New York]]. [[Eisuke Hondou]], the younger brother of C.I.A. agent [[Hidemi Hondou]], also knows and keeps Conan's secret. [[Kaitou Kid]] was first of Conan's identity in the movies, showing up as Shinichi in the third movie to protect Conan's identity, making it non-canon. Canonically however, File 1018 implies that kaito is aware of Conan's secret, as he addresses Conan and Heiji as "the highschool detectives". [[Ran]] gets suspicious on occasion, but so far Conan has managed to trick her into thinking Conan and Shinichi are two different people. Finally, [[Subaru Okiya]] has seen Conan use Shinichi's voice with his bowtie voice modifier. Since Subaru Okiya is actually [[Shuichi Akai]] in disguise, this means that Akai knows about it as well.

== Character popularity ==
* In a ''Newtype'' poll from 2001, Shinichi ranked fourth in the category "Top 10 Most Popular Male Anime Characters in Japan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-08-12/newtype-top-10-anime|title=Newtype top 10 Anime|date=2001-08-12|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref> In a ''Newtype Magazine'' poll from March 2010, Shinichi was voted as the ninth most popular male anime character from the 1990's.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Newtype, Issue 4|month=March|year=2010|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|title=NT Research}}</ref>
* In the survey "Friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com in which people had to choose what anime character they would like to have as a friend, Shinichi ranked third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|title=Which Anime Character Do You Wish You Could Be Friends With?|date=2007-02-28|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref>
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shinichi placed 2nd in the poll with 1,425 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* Shinichi placed 1st in the results of a poll ranking the top 3 "ikemen" ("good-looking men") of the series aired during the promotional special for [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].<ref>The Lost Ship in the Sky Special Edition Blu-ray</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* 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. Shinichi placed 4th overall with 1,443 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 ==
Shinichi's given name is a pun on "one truth". The "ichi" (一) means "one" and "shin" can be read as truth (真), however the kanji actually used for "shin" (新) in Shinichi's name means "new".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C|title=WWWJDIC: Word Search|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> Shinichi's family name "Kudo" comes from the fictional detective Shunsaku Kudo created by Nobumitsu Kodaka.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Detective Conan|volume=18|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1998-01-17|isbn=4-09-125048-3|chapter=|page=Back cover flap|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo}}</ref> The ON-readings of the kanji for "Kudo" mean "craft" or "construction" (工) and "wisteria" (藤).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1B|title=WWWJDIC: Kanji Selection|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>
"Shinichi" may also have come from "Shinichi Suzuki", a famous violinist. Shinichi Kudo plays violin.<ref>File 936: Ran mentions that Shinchi plays the violin very well but also mentions his tone-deafness.</ref>

== Character inspiration ==
Shinichi's design was based off of Conan's. Gosho said Shinichi's hairstyle was designed in about one minute. He smoothed [[Yaiba]]'s hair and added a tuft modeled after the apostrophe hairstyle of Kabu from [[Wikipedia: Sally the Witch|Sally the Witch]]. The tuft on hair on the top of Shinichi's head comes from the character Shichimi in [[Wikipedia: Niji Iro Tōgarashi|Niji Iro Tōgarashi]]. Shinichi's speech habits were meant to be slightly rough like Joe from [[Wikipedia: Ashita no Joe|Ashita no Joe]] and [[Wikipedia: Touch (manga)|Touch]].<ref>File 865 Shounen Sunday Special Booklet</ref>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:First_Color_Page.jpg|x185px|thumb|left|Shinichi Kudo's "Before" Manga Appearance (volume 1).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Aquarium case Shinichi manga.jpg|x185px|thumb|left|Shinichi Kudo's "After" Manga Appearance (volume 84).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "Before" Appearance (episode 1).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "Middle" Appearance (episode 192).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_After.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "After" Appearance (movie 8-15 introduction).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi Kudo MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 6).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== General ===
{{quote|When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.|Shinichi, quoting Sherlock Holmes from ''The Sign of the Four'', ch. 6}}

{{quote|In detective work, there's no winning or losing...there's no being superior or inferior...That's because...there is always one and only one truth.|[[Diplomat Murder Case|Episode 49]], talking to [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]]}}

{{quote|One truth prevails!|One of Shinichi's catchphrases.}}

{{quote|The only one who can miss a penalty kick is the one who has enough courage to take the penalty kick.|Episode 476, Quoting the "Treasure of Italy" Roberto Baggio}}

{{quote|Zero is where everything starts! Nothing would ever be born if we didn't depart from there...And nothing would ever be achieved!|Episode 621}}

{{quote|A trick is nothing but a puzzle mankind came up with. If you use your head, you can uncover the logical answer.|[[The Desperate Revival|Episode 191]], talking to Heiji}}

{{quote|It's always the little things, that we overlook, that are the most important.{{citation needed}}}}

{{quote|The strong one doesn’t win. The one who wins is strong.|Episode 476-477, Quoting Franz Beckenbauer}}

=== Specific ===
{{quote|You're a troublesome case, you know! With these unnecessary emotions entering me like crazy... Even if I were Holmes it is impossible to solve! The heart of the girl whom one likes... How can one accurately deduces that! (お前は厄介な難事件なんだよ！余計な感情が入りまくって、例え俺がホームズでも解くのは無理だろうぜ！好きな女の心を…正確に読み取るなんてことはな！！) (Omē wa yakkaina nan jiken'na nda yo! Yokeina kanjō ga hairi makutte, tatoe ore ga hōmuzu demo toku no wa muridaro ̄ ze! Sukina on'na no kokoro o...Sei kaku ni yomitoru nante koto wa na!!) |Shinichi confessing to Ran in London.|Episode 621}}

{{quote|Serial killer: Why did you save me?

Shinichi: Is a reason necessary? I don't know why you would kill someone, but as for saving someone...A logical mind isn't needed, right?|After rescuing the [[Vermouth|serial killer, NY Case]].|Episode 288}}

{{quote|A detective who corners a culprit with their reasoning...and drives them to suicide in front of himself is no different than a murderer.|Conan/Shinichi Telling Heiji why letting the criminal commit suicide is wrong.|Episode 78}}

{{quote|Because I love you. I love you. In this world, more than anyone else.|Conan/Shinichi to Ran in [[Captured in Her Eyes]], replying Ran on why he keeps protecting her.}}

=== Quotes about Shinichi ===
{{quote|You're gonna be a great detective.|Akimoto to Shinichi.{{citation needed}}}}

{{quote|Ever since he was little he was a jerk, always full of himself, and a mystery otaku. But whenever you need him, he's dependable and brave and cool. I really like Shinichi!|Ran talking about her feelings towards to Shinichi to "Conan".|Episode 2}}

== Trivia ==
* Shinichi has been mentioned and parodied in many other anime series. See [[Detective Conan#Appearances in other media|this wiki page]] for more information.
* He was used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
* Shinichi seems to have plane narcolepsy, as mentioned in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|episode 162]] and [[Volume 21|file 204]]. This shows up when he is Conan as well.
* The name 'Shinichi' appears to be inspired by the word for 'truth' (真実 ''shinjitsu'') and the word for 'one' (一 ''ichi''). Roughly translating to mean "one truth" much like his/Conan's famous catchphrase.
* The name 'Kudō' is a transliteration of the word 'code'.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|سينشي Sēnshi|كودو Kōdo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|新一 Xīnyī|工藤 Gōngténg}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Denmark|Danish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Jimmy|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|도일 Doyle|남 Nam}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Mongolia|Mongolian|Шиничи|Күдо}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Синьити|Кудо}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Bobby (anime dub, 1-123) Shinichi (anime dub, 124+)|Jackson (anime dub, 1-123) Kudo (anime dub, 124+)}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชินอิจิ Chi-nxi-ci|คุโด้ Khu-dô}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|新一 Xīnyī|工藤 Gōngténg}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Baby kudo shinichi.png|Baby Shinichi.
File:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|Shinichi and Ran before grade school.
Image:Vlcsnap-2013-11-06-19h00m20s6.png|Shinichi's body begins to shrink again.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]

== References ==
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| japanese-name = 工藤新一 (Kudō Shin'ichi)
| english-name = Jimmy Kudo
| name = Shinichi Kudo
| image = Shinichi Kudo Profile.jpg
| age =16-17<ref name=CD41>Conan Drill Page 41</ref><ref name="f2">[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]] - Conan nearly gives his age as "16" before correcting himself and saying "6".</ref><ref name=141p8>Manga Volume 15, File 1, Page 8: "Gone!? ". The reporter gives Shinichi's age as 16.</ref><ref name="e3">[[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]] - Shinichi's opening prologue speech refers to him as 17</ref>, 6-7 as Conan<ref>Conan Drill Page 38</ref><ref name="f2" /><ref>[[The Significant Music Box|Episode 194: The Significant Music Box]] - Conan says he is "around 7" years old.</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'8.5")
| weight = Unknown<ref name=CD41/>
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name=CD41/>
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| occupation = Teitan High School student Detective
| nicknames = Detective Geek ([[Ran Mouri]]) Detective of the East The savior of the police force Shin-chan ([[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]]) Silver Bullet ([[Vermouth]]) The Heisei Holmes Cool guy ([[Vermouth]]) The Wizard ([[Masumi Sera]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Shinichi Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 291 (approx, manga only) (as Conan Edogawa) (one case solved by Ran) 60+ (as Shinichi Kudo)
| keyhole = [[Volume 1]] [[Volume 62]] (Shiragami-sama)
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] [[Minami Takayama]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| drama-actor = [[Shun Oguri]] (1st) [[Junpei Mizobata]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shinichi Kudo'''|工藤新一|Kudō Shin'ichi}} is the high school detective, narrator and main protagonist of the manga and anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''. While on a date with his childhood friend and romantic interest [[Ran Mouri]], Shinichi encounters [[Gin|two]] [[Vodka|men]] from a [[Black Organization|secret criminal organization]] who force feed him [[APTX 4869|a strange poison]] that causes his body to shrink back to first grade age. Shinichi takes up the alias '''[[Conan Edogawa]]''' and plans to use his immense skill as a detective to make Ran's [[Kogoro Mouri|bumbling private detective father]] famous in hopes that he will find a case involving the secret organization so he can expose its crimes and acquire an antidote that will turn him back into a teenager.

Viz romanized his original name as '''Shin'ichi Kudo'''.

== Background ==
Shinichi is a 16-year old<ref name="f2"/><ref>[[Volume 15#File 141 - Gone.21.3F|Volume 15, File 141, page 12: "Gone!?"]]</ref> (17, according to the anime)<ref name="e3"/> student at [[Setting#Teitan High School|Teitan High School]] who has become famous for helping the [[Law Enforcement#Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo police]] solve murder mysteries. Shinichi was born to [[Yusaku Kudo]], a mystery writer, and [[Yukiko Kudo]], a former movie star.<ref>[[Volume 5#File 049 - An Unfamiliar Visitor|Volume 5, File 49, page 163: "An Unfamiliar Visitor"]]</ref>

He met Ran when he started in kindergarten and spotted strange things that his father figured out were preparations to kidnap Ran. The kidnapping was foiled, and Ran and Shinichi formed a friendship when Shinichi defended her from the bullies.

The story begins when Shinichi takes his childhood friend [[Ran Mouri]] to a theme park, [[Tropical Land]], to celebrate her victory in a recent karate championship. During the course of their visit, Shinichi ends up solving [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|a murder case]]. He separates from Ran to follow a man in black, [[Vodka]], who was blackmailing a company president. He didn't notice when another man in black, [[Gin]], sneak up behind him and knocks him out with a baseball bat. Gin decides to test an experimental untraceable poison, [[APTX 4869]], on Shinichi to ensure that his death couldn't be traced back to them. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurs: his body shrinks into that of his six-year-old self.<ref name="f2"/>

[[Image:Conan Edogawa Investigating.jpg|120px|thumb|right|Conan Edogawa, the "small" Shinichi]]
=== Conan Edogawa ===
{{main|Conan Edogawa}}
After escaping from well-meaning but skeptical park security, with nowhere else to go Shinichi runs home. He there encounters into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. He convinces Agasa of his identity and head inside [[Setting#Kudo Residence|Shinichi's home]] to discuss the next move. Agasa warns him that he must keep his identity secret because the [[Black Organization]] will kill him and others associated with him should they discover the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>

Ran arrives to find out what happened to Shinichi, which forces him to come up with the alias Conan Edogawa from [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Rampo Edogawa|Rampo '''''Edogawa''''']] and he pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's, who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2"/> Ran's father, [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a [[Setting#Mouri Detective Agency|Detective Agency]], which will allow Conan to run into cases involving the Black Organization. He occasionally uses Kogoro, and Agasa, among others as a mouthpiece to solve crimes while searching for how to get his body back.

In the meantime, to protect his identity he is forced to play the part of a first-year Elementary student, enrolling as a student at [[Teitan Elementary]]. Three of his classmates, [[Ayumi]], [[Genta]], and [[Mitsuhiko]], befriend him and pull him into creating the ''[[Detective Boys]]'', <ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> after which he tries to keep them out of trouble. Their group is later joined by the creator of APTX 4869, [[Shiho Miyano]], shrunk down and using the alias [[Ai Haibara]].

Although he mostly uses the Conan alias to solve cases, in some (especially emergency) situations, he uses the Voice-Changing Bowtie to call the police using his original, Shinichi's voice and get involved with cases, which allow him to gain the authority that Conan lacks. In the aftermath; however, Shinichi requests his identity not to be revealed to the public, a clear contrast to what his attention-seeking behavior before turning to Conan.

== Personality ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is already well-known as a brilliant young detective, the "Savior of the police force", for solving many difficult cases the professionals could not.<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father and the general laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels.<ref name="f569">[[Volume 55#File 569 - The Mischievous Boy|Volume 55, Files 569-572: "The Mischievous Boy"]]</ref> His father, Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes as a child, which inspired him to be a detective.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205, pages 74-78: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref> Due to his bluntness and matter-of-fact manner, Shinichi can come off as rude and arrogant. However, he cares deeply about human life, unable to understand how any reason could be sufficient motive for murder,<ref>[[Volume 26#File 258 - Momentary Rest|Volume 26, File 258, page 71: "Momentary Rest"]]</ref> and is convinced that driving a culprit to suicide is no better than murder itself. <ref>[[Volume 16#File 153 - Bonds of Flame|Volume 16, File 153: "Bonds of Flame"]]</ref> The few times he has been too late to save a life haunt him throughout the series.

Prior to his transformation, Shinichi enjoyed being in the spotlight and was rather arrogant, reveling in making local headlines and receiving fan-mail. Throughout the series, Shinichi's predicament causes him to gain a sense of humility. Shinichi still keeps his flair for the dramatic (like his mother) that can be seen every time he sets out a deduction in pieces building to a climax.

Despite his popularity with the masses and his schoolmates, Shinichi has very few close friends. He is close to Ran and Agasa, and after deaging, he befriended Heiji, Haibara, and to some extent the other Detective Boys. Another reason for his lack of close friends was because his arrogant personality was a negative turn-off to many of his classmates and even teachers, making it hard to befriend him. Even with his close friends (one being older than him), Shinichi doesn't hesitate to call them "idiot", instead of calmly explaining his reason for doing or not doing something, sometimes causing arguments between him and Ran.

Shinichi also had a tendency, since elementary school, to have an air of being the "distant, cool guy". While he is a truly good and heroic individual, he doesn't make it known to others that obviously, and will make some "deductive reasoning" for why he did such a thing. His insensitive nature is also horrible, which was shown most prominently during the Holmes' Revelation Arc, when Ran started crying because she believed that Shinichi not telling her he was in London meant that he was indifferent to her feelings for him. However, instead of trying to comfort her, Shinichi repeatedly asked her about the [[Yukiko Kudo|strange woman]] she met, and told her to pull herself together.

Despite his intelligence, Shinichi is rather dense when it comes to love or romantic subjects, though perhaps not to the same extent as [[Heiji Hattori]]. He struggled to confess his love for to Ran, even after he knew her feelings (as Conan), and temporarily returned to his original body in the Desperate Revival Arc, he was about to confess to her, but chickened out at the last minute. After several failures, finally succeeded in [[Holmes' Revelation|London]]. However, he was revealed to be an amazing "wingman" in episodes 253-254.

== Appearance ==
Shinichi is a 174 cm<ref name=CD41/> (5'8.5") Japanese teenager with a thin, athletic build. He has pale skin and a dark brown/black hair with a cowlick in front and distinctive tuft in the back. Shinichi bears a striking resemblance to his father, [[Yusaku Kudo]] minus his father's mustache and round glasses. Shinichi has blue eyes in the manga (a trait shared by all the characters), and they are blue in the anime as well.

Shinichi is right handed and right footed, but he is good with both feet because of his soccer skills.

Shinichi often appears in his high school uniform, but he also wears a suit and tie or regular clothing depending on the occasion. When Conan turns back into Shinichi by using [[baijiu]] or a [[temporary antidote]], Shinichi will wear whatever appropriately sized clothing he can find at the time. He was also very popular with the girls as he was handsome not to mention a high school detective.

== Skills ==
:''See also: [[Conan Edogawa#Skills|Conan's Skills]]''
=== Detective skills ===
Shinichi is very skilled as a detective, often earning him comparisons to [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Shinichi has acquired various nicknames because of his prowess, such as the "[[Wikipedia: Heisei|Heisei]] Holmes" and the "Detective of the East". He has a keen eye for details, and can spot any unusual aspects in a case that most people tend to ignore or not take into account. In the english version his motto is "Only one truth prevails". He repeatedly demonstrates the ability to recall every detail of an investigation or other topics he cares about, and may have a photographic memory to manage such perfect recall so consistently. Shinichi's fastidious attention to detail allows him to notice minor inconsistencies in crime scenes and suspect testimony, and using astute logic he uncovers the reasons behind those inconsistencies in order to link them to the crime. Shinichi has extraordinarily broad and deep knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases, something he likely acquired from incessant reading as a child. Only his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] and the current [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaitou Kid]] regularly surpass him.

=== Athletic ability ===
[[File:Shinichi playing soccer 4 years ago.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Shinichi playing soccer in middle school.]]
Besides intelligence, Shinichi also has an amazing athletic ability, partially derived from playing soccer, his favorite sport. Shinichi is an extremely skilled soccer player, having been professionally scouted while only in middle school, but he chooses to stay at the amateur level. He initially played to hone his reflexes and often juggles a ball to clear his mind, but he is also an enthusiastic fan of the sport in its own right.<ref name="e1"/> In order to defend himself and others from criminals, Shinichi has perfected a signature, powerful precision kick to knock out criminals using soccer balls or whatever substitute is handy. Shinichi's kick is accurate over long distances and he is capable of mentally reckoning the angle of impact necessary to rebound a soccer ball off a wall and strike an attacker from behind. He is also good at skiing and snowboarding.

Aside from soccer, Shinichi exhibits a knack for handling firearms due to his father taking him to shooting ranges from time to time. During the Clocktower Heist, Shinichi is able to shoot and dislodge the support beam of a giant projection screen, which Kaitou Kid had placed in order to fool a crowd of onlookers, with a single shot from a moving helicopter. Additionally, in [[The Fourteenth Target]], Conan shot a gun at Ran and the criminal holding her hostage with impeccable accuracy; in doing so, he reminds her of Shinichi.

Shinichi is nimble as well as strong. In the manga, he is capable of considerable acrobatics, jumping great distances and swinging from tree to tree to escape onlookers.<ref>[[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|Shiragami case]]</ref> The anime and movies augment Shinichi's athletic abilities in addition to what is shown in the manga. He has been able to skillfully dodge a kicking assault from an angry Ran, something very few have ever managed.

It is also aknowledged that even Shinichi knows a bit of karate and martial arts, even if he is not a great fan of them, and obviously not able to perform as Conan.<ref>Manga Volume 1, File 5 ; Anime episode 2.</ref> He is able to dodge Ran's karate movements easily and watches her karate matches with attention.<ref>Manga Volume 1, File 1; Anime episode 1 and [[Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small]].</ref> We can even see him put in practice some karate movements such as in [[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|Shiragami Case]], when he disarms the culprit trying to commit suicide, and judo in [[Drama Episode 13]], when he avoids Kogoro and take him down as he tries to hurt him. He has a strong sense of coordination giving him the abilities of shooting darts like in [[The Detective Boys Get Out of the Rain]], when he throws them to a giant [[Gomera]] puppet so it can fall on the culprit, and the ability of executing certain karate moves.

=== Music ===
Shinichi cannot sing on key in the slightest so he is often accused of being [[Wikipedia:tone deaf|tone deaf]]. Despite being a hilariously awful singer, Shinichi has [[Wikipedia:perfect pitch|perfect pitch]] and can identify notes accurately even in difficult contexts like the sound of phone button presses forming a melody.<ref>[[Volume 15#File 144 - Their Voices Are Alike!?|Volume 15, File 144: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref> Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in [[Full Score of Fear]], when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays." His proficiency with the violin became canon in [[The Unfriendly Girls Band]].

=== Language ===
Shinichi is well-educated in English, as seen when he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat, when he spoke to Ray Curtis in English in the anime version of [[The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case]], and when he solved a case in London without evidence of any language barrier.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref><ref name="f743">[[Volume 71#File 743 - Holmes' Apprentice|Volumes 71-72, Files 743-752: "Holmes' Apprentice"]]</ref> Shinichi also knows some German, at least how to count.<ref>[[Genta's Certain Kill Shot]]</ref> Shinichi is not familiar with Italian.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> Shinichi seems to understand "Girl Writing", due to the fact that he had solved an e-mail cipher of a 2nd year high school girl quickly.<ref>[[Secret of the Russian Blue]]</ref>

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{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Kudo Shinichi Detective Boy (''Tantei-bōzu'')|Kogoro-san Uncle (''Ojisan'' or ''Otchan'') Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}
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{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Shinichi-oniichan|Genta}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Shinichi-san|Mitsuhiko}}
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{{appellations|Shiho Miyano|Kudo-kun|Haibara}}
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{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Shinichi-kun Kudo-kun (sometimes when talking directly to him as seen in the 8th movie)|Sonoko}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|Shinichi-san Kudo Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Shinichi-kun|Kisaki-san}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Kudo-kun Shinichi-kun Kudo Shinichi-kun|Sera Sera Masumi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18">[[Dimensional Sniper]]</ref>}}
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{{appellations|Vodka|Brat<ref>[[Volume 42|Volume 42, File 434, Page 2]]</ref>|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Kudo-kun|Inspector Takagi ("Takagi-keiji")}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Kudo-kun|Inspector Sato ("Sato-keiji")}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Kudo Shinichi<ref name="blackstar">[[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Black Star|Magic Kaito Chapter 23-24: Black Star]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="blackstar"/>}}
{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Kudo Shinichi-kun<ref name="m13">[[The Raven Chaser]]</ref> Kudo<ref name="m13"/>}}
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{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Holmes' Apprentice-kun (''Homuzu no deshi-kun'')<ref name="file 973">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 973 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Akai Shuichi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/> Pierrot<ref name="file972">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972 (Volume 92)]]</ref> Pierrot Oni-san}}
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{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel (movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/>}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Kir Mizunashi Rena [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] staff (''CIA kyokuin''; movie introduction)<ref name="m18"/>}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Kudo Shinichi-kun|Bourbon Amuro Tooru}}
{{appellations|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Kudo Shinichi-kun|Inspector Ayanokoji (''Ayanokoji-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Kudo}}
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{{appellations|Hideo Akagi|-|Akagi Hideo-senshu}}
{{appellations|Naoki Uemura|-|Naoki-san Uemura Naoki}}
{{appellations|Shizuka Hattori|Kudo Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Soshi Okita|-|Okita}}
{{appellations|Kanenori Wakita|Shinichi}}
{{appellations|Rumi Wakasa|Shinichi-kun}}
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== Plot overview ==
Because the main plot revolves around the fact that Shinichi has become 'Conan' and is forced into hiding, Shinichi is rarely in the series as himself. However, Conan is frequently shown calling Ran using his voice-changing bow tie to sound like Shinichi and sending/receiving text messages from her with "Shinichi's" phone. In these instances, it can be said that the character of Shinichi, albeit in the body of Conan, is appearing, since these phone conversations and text messages allow Shinichi to be himself, however briefly. The below instances however, are actual appearances of Shinichi as well as flashbacks from before the series began.

=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
==== Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 1|001-002]], Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|001]]) ====
[[Image:Shinichi appears.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi appears to correct Hattori's deduction]] Shinichi starts as himself in the Roller coaster murder case, but by the end he has been transformed into Conan, thus beginning the series' plot. Since then, Conan has temporarily turned back to Shinichi several times.

==== Great Detective of the West (Manga: [[Volume 10|092-095]], Anime: [[Diplomat Murder Case|048-049]]) ====
Shinichi's next real appearance after shrinking is in [[Volume 10]], when a strange detective from Osaka named [[Heiji Hattori]] arrives at Mouri Detective Agency looking for Shinichi in order to determine which of them is the better detective. A strange combination of having a cold and drinking the [[baijiu]] that Heiji had brought along allows Conan to briefly grow into Shinichi once again.<ref>[[Volume 10#File 092 - The Great Detective Of The West|Volume 10, Files 92-96: "The Great Detective Of The West"]]</ref> However, he develops an immunity to the alcohol and cannot replicate the transformation.

==== The Desperate Revival (Manga: [[Volume 26|254-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|188-193]]) ====
In [[Volume 26]], Conan is able to become Shinichi using an [[Antidote (prototype)]] that [[Ai Haibara]] synthesized. As himself, he tries to surprise Ran by disguising himself as a character in her play, but is interrupted by a murder case and ends up revealing himself to his entire high school. [[Heiji Hattori]] covers for him and Shinichi is able to spend about 48 hours as himself, albeit with a brief collapse about halfway through. He turns back into Conan just as he seems to be about to confess his feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 26#File 254 - An Infatuated Heart|Volume 26, Files 254-260: "An Infatuated Heart"]]</ref>

==== The Murderer is Shinichi Kudo (Manga: [[Volume 62|646-651]], Anime: [[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo|521-523]]) ====
Shinichi's next appearance is not until [[Volume 62]], when, while on a case with Heiji, Conan goes missing and 'Shinichi' seems to appear. The 'Shinichi' is actually someone who had gotten plastic surgery to look like Shinichi Kudo, and is actually trying to blame Shinichi for a murder. The real Shinichi hides in the forest until he can clear his name. Shinichi had been temporarily restored by another of Haibara's prototypes, but this time by accident; Agasa mistakenly gave them to Shinichi thinking they were cold medicine.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 646 - Village of Animosity|Volume 62, Files 646-651: "Village of Animosity"]]</ref> After the case is solved Shinichi transforms back to Conan, but luckily, Haibara secretly followed him there and gives him another antidote, saving him from revealing his identity to Kogoro, Ran and Kazuha. While driving home from the case, the group is stopped by another murder which Shinichi and Heiji investigate together, despite increasing pangs that warn of his imminent reversion to Conan. After the case is resolved, Ran tries to stop Shinichi from leaving, saying she has something to tell him. Shinichi stops her, saying "According to my deductions, what you have to say and what I have to say are the same thing." Ran seizes his hand while he is transforming back into Conan, and though Haibara knocks her out with Conan's wristwatch, she refuses to let go of his hand. Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] have to cut and re-pin Conan's shirt onto him because Ran is still clutching his hand and he refuses to pull out of her grip.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 652 - The Thing She Really Wants to Ask|Volumes 62-63, Files 652-654: "The Thing She Really Wants to Ask"]]</ref>

==== Holmes' Revelation (Manga: [[Volume 71|743-751]], Anime: [[Holmes' Revelation|616-621]]) ====
In [[Volume 71]], Conan, Ran, and Kogoro are invited to England by a rich, elite British woman, Diana Kingstone, after Kogoro finds her cat under the table in Café Poirot. However, since 'Conan Edogawa' doesn't have the proper credentials to fly internationally, Ai gives him a prototype pill so that Shinichi and Agasa can fly low-profile to England on the same plane that Ran and Kogoro are flying. Ai provides a second prototype pill for the return journey, but Conan uses it while Ran was pursuing him in London. During that trip, Shinichi answers Ran's hurt feelings over his behavior with the fact that he cares for her and that he likes her; unfortunately, before she could respond or confess in kind, Shinichi has to vanish and becomes Conan again. Luckily for Conan, Shinichi's parents appear because Ai had expected him to use the second pill, and they provide him with an extra antidote to let Conan return to Japan. <ref name="f743" />

==== Kyoto School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 94|1000-1005]], Anime: TBD) ====
Shinichi returns to his real body to take part in the field trip of his school to Kyoto. Shinichi meets an old friend of his mother and through her gets involved in a serial murder case among her and her famous movie friends. After the case was solved, jealousy led Shinichi to ask Ran how she feels about him, since she never formally replied to his confession in London. Ran responds by kissing him on the cheek. Shinichi wants to go in for a full kiss after that, but before they can do it, the antidote wears off and Shinichi has to leave. He later thanks Ran for her reply via text message, making her happy and forget his rushed exit.

Although Shinichi asked the police to keep his involvement in the case secret again, rumours about high school detectives helping in the case spread quickly through the internet, with one poster mentioning seeing Shinichi in Kyoto, which doesn't go unnoticed by [[Hyoue Kuroda]] and [[Kanenori Wakita]]. The rumours then rapidly evolve into another media frenzy around Shinichi's person.

=== Flashback Appearances ===
==== Shinichi's first case (Manga: [[Volume 21|204-207]], Anime: [[The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|162]]) ====
One year ago, Shinichi solved his first case by himself on a plane flying to Los Angeles.

==== Golden Apple (Manga: [[Volume 34|350]]-[[Volume 35|354]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|286-288]]) ====
One year ago, Shinichi, [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]] went to New York City to see the play "Golden Apple". There, they encountered [[Vermouth|Sharron Vineyard]] and [[Shuichi Akai]].

==== Heiji's Memories (Manga: [[Volume 50|518-521]], Anime: [[Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope|490]]) ====
During a call to Conan, Heiji talks about a brilliant detective kid he met at a skiing trip during middle school, 3 years ago. That kid was actually Shinichi, who he competed with to solve the mystery.

==== Challenge from the original Kaitou Kid (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]]) ====
A flashback revealed that 10 years ago, as first-graders, Shinichi and Ran had been given a riddle by the original [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].

==== Memories of Light Blue (Manga: [[Volume 83|882]]-[[Volume 84|884]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case|772-773]]) ====
During an aquarium visit with Conan and the Detective Boys, Ran remembers going to the aquarium with Shinichi almost a year ago. After solving a murder case there, it is revealed how Shinichi came to promise Ran [[Volume 1#Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case|their trip to Tropical Land]].

==== Ran GIRL/Shinichi BOY (Manga: [[Volume 87|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]]) ====
13 years ago Ran and Shinichi meet for the first time in pre-school.

==== Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|972-974]], Anime: [[The Wizard of the Ripples|881-882]]) ====
10 years ago Shinichi and Ran encounter the [[Akai family]] at the beach.

== Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
=== Transformations back into Shinichi ===
==== Movie 7: [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]] ====
Heiji was injured and Kazuha kidnapped; her abductors threatened to kill her unless Heiji showed up for her. Believing Heiji to be unable to do so, Conan contacted Ai and asked if there was any way for him to briefly become Heiji. Ai gave him medicine to simulate the effects of a cold, then he drank some [[Baijiu]] which had changed him in his and Heiji's first manga appearance. Conan became Shinichi for approximately an hour, but according to Ai he was extremely weak and sick for the entire time.

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

==== Live action special 2 ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization}}

=== Flashback Appearances ===
==== Kaitou Kid's Clock Tower Heist (Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Black Star|MK 23-24]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid#Clocktower Heist|DC 129]], [[Black_Star|MK 06]]) ====
The first meeting of Shinichi and the current [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Kaito Kuroba]].

==== [[The Ten Planets in the Night Sky]] ====

==== [[Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab]] ====

==== [[Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata]] ====

==== [[Magic File 6: Flower of Fantasista]] ====

==== Live-action special 1 ====
{{main|A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Prologue Until Goodbye~}}

==== Live-action special 3 ====
{{main|A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~}}

==== Live-action special 4 ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case}}

==== Live-action drama series ====
{{main|Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo}}

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

=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]
==== Ran Mouri ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Ran Mouri]] is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have been friends and playmates since kindergarten<ref name="f569"/><ref>[[Volume 11#File 107 - The Two Mysteries|Volume 11, File 107: "The Two Mysteries"]]</ref>, though Shinichi's tendency to drag Ran along into minor trouble caused some censure from [[Eri Kisaki|her mother]]. Shinichi has liked Ran since they were little. It was revealed when he is in the first year of middle school, and turned down any other potential love interests as a result, but she has never realized this.<ref>[[Volume 18#File 175 - Unlock Your Heart!?|Volume 18, File 175, page 92: "Unlock Your Heart!?"]]</ref> Shinichi was similarly oblivious to Ran's regard until Ran confessed to Conan that despite his faults, which she is well aware of, she has liked Shinichi for some time.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 64: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> He is very protective of her, and has been amazed by her various skills and kindness on more than one occasion. Shinichi has since confessed his feelings to Ran in the non-[[canon]] 4th movie 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which Ran mistook as his attempt to get her memories back), and made attempts to say something during temporary cures in the manga and anime, but cases always seem to interfere until the cure runs out. Shinichi since then has finally canonically confessed to Ran in the case in London.<ref>[[Volume 72#File 752 - A Troublesome and Difficult Case|Volume 72, File 752, page 14: "A Troublesome and Difficult Case"]]</ref> Later, Ran kissed Shinichi in the cheek in Kyoto school trip as her answer for his confession in London. Immediately, Shinichi tries to do a full kiss with Ran, only for the antidote's effects to wear off; turning him back into Conan.

[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|250px|Shinichi Kudo somewhat and somehow confesses his feelings for [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to her under the Big Ben in London, during the Holmes' Revelation Arc.]]
Shinichi's initial disappearance troubled Ran to the point of insomnia and nearly going to the police. Since then, Shinichi sometimes calls Ran over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the [[voice-changing bowtie]] so that she doesn't worry about him. He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 009 - An Unfortunate Misunderstanding|Volume 1, File 9, Page 15: "An Unfortunate Misunderstanding"]]</ref> In reality, he is the brain behind her father's rapid rise to fame as a detective.

Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran, the most obvious evidence being his nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit<ref>[[Volume 83#File 873 - Red Devil|Volume 83, File 873, Page 4: "Red Devil"]]</ref>, or when Ran pulled him into an [[wikipedia: onsen|onsen]] with her.<ref>[[Volume 9#File 084 - Kogoro.27s Class Reunion|Volume 9, File 4: "Kogoro's Class Reunion"]]</ref> For her part, Ran often blushes when thinking of Shinichi, especially when Sonoko teases her about their relationship. Her attitude towards Conan is one of more open, sisterly affection, such as giving him hugs or holding his hand. Shinichi has some concerns of bodily harm should Ran realize that not only has he been lying to her, but they've shared a bed and taken a bath together.<ref>[[Volume 14#File 134 - Question In Dead Leave|Volume 14, File 134, pages 60-67: "Question In Dead Leave"]]</ref>

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

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

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

==== Heiji Hattori ====
When they first meet, Conan and [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] seem bound to become lifelong rivals, especially after Kudo beats Heiji in their first case. Even though Heiji discovers Shinichi's secret, he decides to keep quiet (though he often slips up and calls him Kudo in front of others). After Heiji realizes the truth, the two have become best friends, and consult one another on cases, developments concerning the Black Organization, and even their "girlfriends". They have solved many cases together, and Heiji is the person Shinichi turns to for advice or for confirmation regarding a deduction. Heiji has, on several occasions, declared himself to be Shinichi's best friend or brother.

Heiji still maintains some of his original feelings of rivalry, and gets annoyed if anyone claims Shinichi is better (or even equal), and will often go to great lengths to show that the "west" (Osaka) is better than the "east" (Tokyo). Shinichi usually starts off acting like he is disinterested in the frivolous competition, but may then become competitive himself if Heiji starts "winning" or someone bruises his ego. Others, like Ran and Kazuha, see them both as equally skilled detectives.

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
Sonoko and Shinichi have known each other since childhood. Sonoko finds Shinichi's obsession with mysteries annoying and considers him to be an arrogant showoff.{{citation needed}} That being said, she acknowledges his knowledge and intelligence. Sonoko enjoys teasing him about his relationship with Ran, calling them husband and wife or boyfriend / girlfriend. Shinichi finds her attempts at attracting boys to be rather irritating. Sonoko is one of the few people who calls Shinichi by his first name with kun. Shinichi also calls Sonoko by her first name without including any honorific.

=== Detective Boys ===
So far, Shinichi did not canonically meet the detective boys before becoming Conan. In the non-canonical animated special, [[Magic File 2: The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab|OVA Magic File 2]], four years prior to him becoming Conan, a thirteen-year-old Shinichi came across the Detective Boys, [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], and [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], while they were still three years old. He needed their help in confirming a client's alibi. Also, in the first live action drama and the first episode of the anime<ref>The anime was altered to introduce the Detective Boys early. In the manga they met after Shinichi became Conan.</ref>, the Detective Boys are seen sneaking into Tropical Land for treasure. Ran then says, pointing to the children, "It was like that last time, huh?" to Shinichi.

==== Ai Haibara ====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
[[Ai Haibara]], a defector from the [[Black Organization]] who was shrunk with the same poison as Shinichi, 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]], 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. She loves to tease him or otherwise insult him, pointing out his weakness.

=== Law enforcement ===
==== Juzo Megure ====
[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] has worked together with Shinichi to solve many cases. During Shinichi's [[The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|first case on the plane]], Megure mentions that he has not seen him since he was in his 6th year of Elementary school. Megure seemed irritated that Shinichi was poking his nose into a murder case. Since then, because Shinichi has proven himself solving cases one after the other, Megure has grown to respect Shinichi and his deductive abilities, thanking him for his assistance.

=== Others ===
==== Kaitou Kid ====
Despite the fact [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]] and Shinichi only met once prior to Toichi's death, it's worth mentioning that Toichi referred to Shinichi as his "older brother" and himself as the "younger brother". This is because Yusaku created and thus was the '''father''' of the moniker [[Kaitou Kid|Kaitou '''Kid''']], Toichi's secret identity. Toichi's son and successor, [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]], has also only crossed paths with Shinichi as Shinichi once, during the [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Kudo Shinichi vs. Kaitou Kid|Clocktower heist]]. Kaito thought Shinichi made the heist harder (and thus less boring) in [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s absence, and Shinichi found Kid's intention of 'stealing' the Clocktower in order to save it from demolition to be fairly admirable. Notably, neither of them saw the other's face.

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

== 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 and none have betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] also knows, but she has kept it a secret from the rest of the Organization to protect Shinichi because he had [[Vermouth timeline#Golden Apple Case .28Manga: 350-354.2C Anime: 286-288.29|saved her life in New York]]. [[Eisuke Hondou]], the younger brother of C.I.A. agent [[Hidemi Hondou]], also knows and keeps Conan's secret. [[Kaitou Kid]] was first non-canonically aware of Conan's identity in the movies, showing up as Shinichi in the third movie to protect Conan's identity. Canonically File 1018 implies that kaito is aware of Conan's secret, as he addresses Conan and Heiji as "the highschool detectives". [[Ran]] gets suspicious on occasion, but so far Conan has managed to trick her into thinking Conan and Shinichi are two different people. Finally, [[Subaru Okiya]] has seen Conan use Shinichi's voice with his bowtie voice modifier. Since Subaru Okiya is actually [[Shuichi Akai]] in disguise, this means that Akai knows about it as well.

== Character popularity ==
* In a ''Newtype'' poll from 2001, Shinichi ranked fourth in the category "Top 10 Most Popular Male Anime Characters in Japan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-08-12/newtype-top-10-anime|title=Newtype top 10 Anime|date=2001-08-12|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref> In a ''Newtype Magazine'' poll from March 2010, Shinichi was voted as the ninth most popular male anime character from the 1990's.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Newtype, Issue 4|month=March|year=2010|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|title=NT Research}}</ref>
* In the survey "Friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com in which people had to choose what anime character they would like to have as a friend, Shinichi ranked third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|title=Which Anime Character Do You Wish You Could Be Friends With?|date=2007-02-28|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref>
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shinichi placed 2nd in the poll with 1,425 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* Shinichi placed 1st in the results of a poll ranking the top 3 "ikemen" ("good-looking men") of the series aired during the promotional special for [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].<ref>The Lost Ship in the Sky Special Edition Blu-ray</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* 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. Shinichi placed 4th overall with 1,443 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 ==
Shinichi's given name is a pun on "one truth". The "ichi" (一) means "one" and "shin" can be read as truth (真), however the kanji actually used for "shin" (新) in Shinichi's name means "new".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C|title=WWWJDIC: Word Search|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> Shinichi's family name "Kudo" comes from the fictional detective Shunsaku Kudo created by Nobumitsu Kodaka.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Detective Conan|volume=18|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1998-01-17|isbn=4-09-125048-3|chapter=|page=Back cover flap|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo}}</ref> The ON-readings of the kanji for "Kudo" mean "craft" or "construction" (工) and "wisteria" (藤).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1B|title=WWWJDIC: Kanji Selection|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>
"Shinichi" may also have come from "Shinichi Suzuki", a famous violinist. Shinichi Kudo plays violin.<ref>File 936: Ran mentions that Shinchi plays the violin very well but also mentions his tone-deafness.</ref>

== Character inspiration ==
Shinichi's design was based off of Conan's. Gosho said Shinichi's hairstyle was designed in about one minute. He smoothed [[Yaiba]]'s hair and added a tuft modeled after the apostrophe hairstyle of Kabu from [[Wikipedia: Sally the Witch|Sally the Witch]]. The tuft on hair on the top of Shinichi's head comes from the character Shichimi in [[Wikipedia: Niji Iro Tōgarashi|Niji Iro Tōgarashi]]. Shinichi's speech habits were meant to be slightly rough like Joe from [[Wikipedia: Ashita no Joe|Ashita no Joe]] and [[Wikipedia: Touch (manga)|Touch]].<ref>File 865 Shounen Sunday Special Booklet</ref>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:First_Color_Page.jpg|x185px|thumb|left|Shinichi Kudo's "Before" Manga Appearance (volume 1).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Aquarium case Shinichi manga.jpg|x185px|thumb|left|Shinichi Kudo's "After" Manga Appearance (volume 84).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "Before" Appearance (episode 1).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "Middle" Appearance (episode 192).]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_After.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's "After" Appearance (movie 8-15 introduction).]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi Kudo MK1412.jpg|thumb|left|x185px|Shinichi Kudo's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 6).]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== General ===
{{quote|When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.|Shinichi, quoting Sherlock Holmes from ''The Sign of the Four'', ch. 6}}

{{quote|In detective work, there's no winning or losing...there's no being superior or inferior...That's because...there is always one and only one truth.|[[Diplomat Murder Case|Episode 49]], talking to [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]]}}

{{quote|One truth prevails!|One of Shinichi's catchphrases.}}

{{quote|The only one who can miss a penalty kick is the one who has enough courage to take the penalty kick.|Episode 476, Quoting the "Treasure of Italy" Roberto Baggio}}

{{quote|Zero is where everything starts! Nothing would ever be born if we didn't depart from there...And nothing would ever be achieved!|Episode 621}}

{{quote|A trick is nothing but a puzzle mankind came up with. If you use your head, you can uncover the logical answer.|[[The Desperate Revival|Episode 191]], talking to Heiji}}

{{quote|It's always the little things, that we overlook, that are the most important.{{citation needed}}}}

{{quote|The strong one doesn’t win. The one who wins is strong.|Episode 476-477, Quoting Franz Beckenbauer}}

=== Specific ===
{{quote|You're a troublesome case, you know! With these unnecessary emotions entering me like crazy... Even if I were Holmes it is impossible to solve! The heart of the girl whom one likes... How can one accurately deduces that! (お前は厄介な難事件なんだよ！余計な感情が入りまくって、例え俺がホームズでも解くのは無理だろうぜ！好きな女の心を…正確に読み取るなんてことはな！！) (Omē wa yakkaina nan jiken'na nda yo! Yokeina kanjō ga hairi makutte, tatoe ore ga hōmuzu demo toku no wa muridaro ̄ ze! Sukina on'na no kokoro o...Sei kaku ni yomitoru nante koto wa na!!) |Shinichi confessing to Ran in London.|Episode 621}}

{{quote|Serial killer: Why did you save me?

Shinichi: Is a reason necessary? I don't know why you would kill someone, but as for saving someone...A logical mind isn't needed, right?|After rescuing the [[Vermouth|serial killer, NY Case]].|Episode 288}}

{{quote|A detective who corners a culprit with their reasoning...and drives them to suicide in front of himself is no different than a murderer.|Conan/Shinichi Telling Heiji why letting the criminal commit suicide is wrong.|Episode 78}}

{{quote|Because I love you. I love you. In this world, more than anyone else.|Conan/Shinichi to Ran in [[Captured in Her Eyes]], replying Ran on why he keeps protecting her.}}

=== Quotes about Shinichi ===
{{quote|You're gonna be a great detective.|Akimoto to Shinichi.{{citation needed}}}}

{{quote|Ever since he was little he was a jerk, always full of himself, and a mystery otaku. But whenever you need him, he's dependable and brave and cool. I really like Shinichi!|Ran talking about her feelings towards to Shinichi to "Conan".|Episode 2}}

== Trivia ==
* Shinichi has been mentioned and parodied in many other anime series. See [[Detective Conan#Appearances in other media|this wiki page]] for more information.
* He was used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
* Shinichi seems to have plane narcolepsy, as mentioned in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|episode 162]] and [[Volume 21|file 204]]. This shows up when he is Conan as well.
* The name 'Shinichi' appears to be inspired by the word for 'truth' (真実 ''shinjitsu'') and the word for 'one' (一 ''ichi''). Roughly translating to mean "one truth" much like his/Conan's famous catchphrase.
* The name 'Kudō' is a transliteration of the word 'code'.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|新一 Shin’ichi|工藤 Kudō}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|سينشي Sēnshi|كودو Kōdo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|新一 Xīnyī|工藤 Gōngténg}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Denmark|Danish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Jimmy|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|도일 Doyle|남 Nam}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Mongolia|Mongolian|Шиничи|Күдо}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Синьити|Кудо}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Bobby (anime dub, 1-123) Shinichi (anime dub, 124+)|Jackson (anime dub, 1-123) Kudo (anime dub, 124+)}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชินอิจิ Chi-nxi-ci|คุโด้ Khu-dô}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|新一 Xīnyī|工藤 Gōngténg}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shinichi|Kudo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Baby kudo shinichi.png|Baby Shinichi.
File:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|Shinichi and Ran before grade school.
Image:Vlcsnap-2013-11-06-19h00m20s6.png|Shinichi's body begins to shrink again.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]

== References ==
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List of characters who know Conan's identity

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[[File:Op40-8.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Conan and Shinichi from [[WE GO]]]]
Over the course of the series, 22 characters have come to know that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]] (11 of which are not manga [[canon]]). In addition, [[Ran Mouri]] has noticed similarities between the two and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and [[Rei Furuya]] have shown signs of doubting that Conan is just ''"very smart"''. This should not be confused with the [[people who know Conan is really Sleeping Kogoro|people who know Conan is the puppeteer behind Sleeping Kogoro]].

In their respective categories, characters are listed by the order they came to discover (or become suspicious of) Conan's identity.

== Canon ==
So far eleven people have learned Conan's true identity is Shinichi in the manga [[canon]]. Four were told the truth, six discovered it for themselves. How the remaining one became aware of this is unconfirmed.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] found out in Volume 1, the very beginning of the series during the second chapter. Shortly after Shinichi had been shrunk, he went back to his home, but was unable to enter his house due to his shrunken state. Professor Agasa had soon appeared and Shinichi revealed his identity, although he didn't believe Shinichi even after he displayed knowledge that only Shinichi would know. It wasn't until did Shinichi display his deductions and intelligence did Professor Agasa realize that the young child really was Shinichi Kudo. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 2 |language=English |location=San Francisco |date=2004-09-07 |page=54}}</ref>
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=== Akemi Miyano (Deceased) ===
[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Akemi Miyano]], [[Ai Haibara]]'s elder sister. Conan told her his real name as Akemi was dying.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=2|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-11-03|isbn=1-59116-587-3|chapter=File 7|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== The Kudo Couple ===
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| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Yukiko Kudo.jpg|100px|right]]
|}
The Kudo couple, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], heard that from Professor Agasa in Volume 6, after finding the Kudo household empty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=6|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-07-01|isbn=1-59116-838-4|chapter=File 1|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== Heiji Hattori ===
[[File:Heiji Hattori.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Heiji Hattori]] found out in Volume 13. Originally when he first met Conan, he didn't realize the truth as he was blinded by his competitive nature to beat Shinichi and prove he was the better detective. During their second encounter in the [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]], he started to realize the similiarites between Conan and Shinchi as well as the fact that neither of them were in the same room together during their first meeting. Due to this, Heiji came to realize that the young child Conan Edogawa was in fact the Famous High School Detective Shinichi Kudo. However, he lacked proof until he secretly witnessed Conan speaking in Heiji's voice after Heiji was knocked unconsciousness by the Stun-Gun Wristwatch. He secretly regained consciousness and witnessed Conan solving the case in his voice and confronted him shortly thereafter. While Conan still refused his claims, Heiji threatened to expose his identity to Ran and thus Conan had quickly confessed the truth of his identity. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=13 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-09-19 |isbn=1-4215-0443-X |chapter=File 1 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano ===
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| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Ai Haibara.jpg|100px|right]]
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Shiho Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
|}
[[Ai Haibara]]'s deduction of that was mentioned in Volume 18<ref name="Anitafirst">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=18|publisher=Viz Media|date=2007-07-17|isbn=1-4215-0883-4|chapter=File 8|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>, after knowing Shinichi's clothes from his childhood had somehow disappeared from his house and that APTX4869 had de-aged one mouse during trials.
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=== Vermouth ===
[[File:Vermouth.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Vermouth]] realized similarities between Shinichi (when he was young) and Conan. She also chose not to betray Shinichi to the Black Organization, most likely because he and Ran saved her when she was disguised as a serial killer in New York.
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=== Eisuke Hondou ===
[[File:Eisuke Hondou.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Eisuke Hondou]] revealed his awareness of Conan's true idenitiy in Volume 60.<ref>''Detective Conan'', File 621.</ref> Originally when he began investigating the whereabouts of his sister, he was still unaware that Rena Mizunashi was his sister or the fact she is an agent of the CIA. When she disappeared, he began investigating and believed that Kogoro was responsible behind her disappearance since he was the last person to see her. However when he began further investigating Kogoro, it lead to him discovering Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo. He realised that Kogoro's skills as a detective were different before he began "Sleeping Kogoro" and noticed that Conan was always by his side whenever he was solving a case as well as the fact that Shinichi had taken a leave of absence from school around the exact same time.

Upon these discoveries, Eisuke discovered Conan Edogawa was really Shinichi Kudo, but still didn't know how he became small. This reveals that even before they first met, Eisuke knew all along who Conan really was. When he first met Conan, Eisuke purposely fell into him, knocking off his glasses. Then acting as if he couldn't see, he called Conan, Detective Mouri. Later after finding his sister and learning the circumstances, Eisuke revealed his desire to go to America to join the CIA to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister. Eisuke also confesses to Conan that he is in love with Ran and desires to bring her with him to America, but wants to ask for Shinichi's permission after learning that Shinichi and Ran are in love. Due to this, Conan reveals himself as Shinichi Kudo, refusing Eisuke's request and Eisuke then revealed this truly confirms his suspicions and confesses to knowing Conan's true identity all along.
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=== Masumi Sera ===
[[File:Masumi Sera.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Masumi Sera|Sera]] seems to have known Conan was Shinichi before they first met recently. Masumi remembers Shinichi from some meeting they had in the past and has been since trying to encourage Conan to remember where he met her. In "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West" episode, it's confirmed that Sera knows when she thinks "Now we already know who's the winner" while looking towards Conan that thinking about the case, referring him as "Shinichi". Also during [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel]], she purposely made a mistake in her deductions so she could test Conan's skills and make him solve the case using Shinichi's voice.
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=== Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai===
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| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Subaru Okiya.jpg|100px|right]]
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Shuichi Akai.jpg|100px|right]]
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[[Subaru Okiya]] (officially revealed to be [[Shuichi Akai]] in File 898) obtained proof of Conan's identity when [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|he caught Conan pretending to be Shinichi over the phone]].<ref>Chapter 813</ref> Based on some of the questions he asked Ran, he may have deduced Conan was Shinichi very soon after he moved into the Kudo house,<ref>Paper Airplane Case</ref> but had lacked absolute proof up until the phone incident. Since finding out the truth, he teases Conan and has on occasion confronted him regarding his identity, but doesn't further press the issue until Conan is ready to reveal the truth himself. However, while Conan still refuses to speak of his identity, it's revealed he has already realised that Shuichi Akai knows he is Shinichi Kudo.<ref>Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene</ref>
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=== Mary Sera ===
[[File:Mary.jpg|100px|right]]
In Volume 90 (Soul Detective Murder Case), [[Mary Sera|Mary]] told Masumi that Conan is no longer [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|the same person that she and Masumi met 10 years ago]]. This implies that she is aware that Conan is Shinichi.
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=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
Although [[Kaitou Kid]]'s (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') knowledge of Conan's identity has not been explicitly stated in the manga, Kid addresses Conan and Heiji in File 1018 as "the two highschool detectives", implying that he is aware of Conan's alter ego. How Kid became aware of this is unclear, and has of now not been mentioned or hinted at. The two most likely scenarios are, that he became aware of it after Conan revealed some info to Kid about his mother during the Ryoma heist, which might have alowed Kid to make the connection, since Yukiko Kudo was a pupil to Kaito's father, Toichi Kuroba; or that he became aware of it, after the media attention Shinichi got, during the case before the Fairy Lip heist. Whether or not Kid's assistant Konosuke Jii is also aware of Conan's identity is unclear but most likely if Kid truly knows.
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== Non-Canon ==
=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kaitou Kid]] (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') becomes aware of Conan's true identity in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]. While disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], Kid had bugged the phones on the Suzuki Financial Group's ship and therefore heard all of the conversation between Conan and Agasa on the phone. Not realizing they were being listened to, Agasa continued to refer to Conan as "Shinichi" on the phone as he normally does. It is assumed that afterwards Kid put two and two together. Kid's knowledge of Conan being Shinichi is confirmed in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].


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=== John ===
[[File:John2.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''John'''|ジョン|Jyon}} is a pet dog owned by Masayoshi Sakaguchi, the famous lawyer that specializes in crimes committed by juveniles, in [[Pet Dog John Murder Case]]. When he was in primary school, along with Ran, Shinichi used to come at that house a lot on the way home. He used to save his bread from lunch and gave it to this dog. Then, even if he is Conan at the moment, John recognizes Shinichi.
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=== Hiroki Sawada (Deceased) ===
[[File:Hiroki Sawada.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''Hiroki Sawada'''|ヒロキ・サワダ|Hiroki Sawada}} in [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]. How he knew that was not given, though it was most likely through the DNA Query Program.
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=== Hajime Kindaichi ===
[[File:Hajime Kindaichi.jpg|100px|right]]
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=== Lupin III Cast ===
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| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Daisuke Jigen.jpg|100px|right]]
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Goemon Ishikawa.jpg|100px|right]]
| style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Fujiko Mine.jpg|100px|right]]
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In the TV Special [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]], the famous gentleman thief named [[Lupin III]] and his associates Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon, through some means discover Conan's true identity and help him sneak back into Japan after traveling to the country Vespania (Conan would've needed a passport to return home, but his passport was for Shinichi Kudo).
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=== Irish (Deceased) ===
[[File:Irish.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] discovers Conan's secret identity. However, instead of revealing it to the Organization, he decides to use that to gain more power with the boss, because of an old grudge he has with [[Gin]] for killing [[Pisco]], his mentor, without orders to do so. He is shot to death by [[Chianti]] before he can do anything.
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=== Alan Smithee (Deceased) ===
[[File:Adam Smithy.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], Conan revealed his true name to Alan. Alan died shortly after that.
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Sunflowers of Inferno]], Konosuke was explained to know Conan's true identity.
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=== Tokujiro Nagai ===
[[File:Tokujiro Nagai.jpg|100px|right]]
'''{{nihongo|Tokujiro Nagai|長井徳次郎|Nagai Tokujirō}}''', age 72, is the Nagai Toys shopkeeper in [[The Mysterious Boy]]. His wife was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but he's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Tsutomu Oshiro, a 38 years old employee, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for his wife's sake. But then Oshiro decided to demand repayment from the wife, heedless of her condition. When she heard that her husband had plunged himself into debt, she suffered a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards. Then, Nagai murders Oshiro for revenge.

Upon that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children visiting his toy shop had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this realization convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Inspector Megure orders a thorough investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to surrender himself, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has [[APTX-4869|remained unchanged]] for ten years" has influenced him into doing so, as a sort of messenger from his late wife.
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=== Suehiko Itoh ===
[[File:Suehiko Itoh.jpg|100px|right]]
Actually, '''Suehiko''' just dubious know Conan's true identity. Because he can't see anything (he is blind), he think Conan is Shinichi thanks to the collected fingerprint when Conan sit on the armchair at the initial meeting. He appears in [[Movie 10]].{{clear}}

== Suspicious ==
Although several characters have caught on to the fact that Conan is much smarter than most children, only a few characters have questioned exactly why he is so smart. Although the [[FBI]] are aware of Conan's intelligence and even talk to him like he is an adult ([[Shuichi Akai]]), they do not seem to be too concerned about how he got so smart, especially since they have not encountered Conan's true self, [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Some of the police like [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] take Conan's deductions seriously, but like the FBI, they seem to believe he is just an exceptionally bright child.

=== Confirmed suspicions ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] was the first character to become suspicious of Conan's identity, albeit briefly. In [[Volume 2]], he felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before, likely the time when Ran was in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|File 10, Page 16]]</ref> Later, he noticed that Conan was once again pointing out things he overlooked, such as that all of the photos proving the suspects alibi had clocks in them. However, he instantly loses his suspicions when Conan spills another envelope of photos for the case, deciding that "a brat is a brat" after all.<ref>Manga Chapter 11: A Perfect Alibi</ref>

In the [[TV Station Murder Case]], Kogoro became suspicious about Conan for the second time. He was invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurred at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lured Kogoro to a separate room, lying that [[Yoko Okino]] was in there. Just as usual, he decided to tranquilize Kogoro and used the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro woke up, he began to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He was also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tried to pull him outside, he always fell asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabbed the boy's suit jacket and wanted to "clear things up". Much to Conan's luck, Yoko Okino appeared for real and Kogoro completely lost his suspicions.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Ran being suspicious.jpg|thumb|left|Ran suspecting Conan is Shinichi.]]
[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has on more than one occasion noticed the striking similarities between Shinichi and Conan, being his childhood friend and one of the people that know Shinichi the best.<ref>Episode 96.</ref> She first becomes suspicious during the Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] when Conan deduces that the client is a surgeon in a manner similar to Shinichi's deductions, but her suspicions are diluted due to Conan playing with the toys. Later, her suspicions are raised due to Conan acting suspiciously mature for a child and then tricked him into saying indirectly that he's Shinichi. At the end of the episode her suspisions are cleared due to Conan being in the agency while Shinichi( Agasa using a voice changer to mimic)calls the agency.<ref>Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]]</ref> In [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96]], she sees Conan without his glasses and notices he looks exactly the same as Shinichi when he was a child. She even tries to confront him about it, but [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] then arrives and claims that Conan is her distant nephew.<ref>Episode 96: [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Later on, in [[The Desperate Revival]], it is revealed that Ran believes Conan is Shinichi and is waiting for him to tell her.<ref>Episodes 188-193: [[The Desperate Revival]]</ref> She is only dissuaded from this when Shinichi appears at the same time that Conan does. It turns out that Haibara has given Conan a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]] that will return him to Kudo Shinichi and disguised herself as Conan. After a text message she sends to Shinichi is received on Conan's cell phone her suspicions are aroused again<ref>Manga Chapter 479: The Suspicious Message</ref>, but Conan uses Agasa's cell phone to call her as Shinichi and messages her his "new" cell phone number.<ref>Episode 400: [[Ran's Suspicions]] Manga Chapter 483: Unlocking It!</ref> Since then, Ran has apparently been too happy with having Shinichi's "secret number" to become suspicious of Conan.<ref> Manga Chapter 484: From Him to Her</ref>
An upcoming suspicion arc has been foreshadowed with Heiji Hattori's omamori and her wondering how Shinichi's fingerprints got on it when only Conan has touched it, coupled with Conan's recent lack of subtlety.
And in the [[Volume 66#Kazuha's Charm Case|Kazuha's Charm Case]], Ran told Conan if he has the resolution of the case yet, hinting that she continue suspecting about Shinichi being Conan. Upin witnessing how Conan helps solving cases, it is likely possible that she subconsciously knows that Conan is Shinichi, and due to suspecting him several times, she might be aware that he is using some tricks to create alibis to satisfy her concerns.
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==== Wataru Takagi ====
[[File:Wataru Takagi.jpg|100px|right]]
When it seemed they would both die while disarming a bomb, [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] agreed to follow Conan's instructions in exchange for telling him who he really is. Conan agreed but said he would tell him in the afterlife.<ref>Manga Chapter 372: The Most in This World...</ref> Takagi had also thought to himself that Conan was not just any normal kid prior to this, but he has not made this observation since nor has he asked Conan to explain his answer. It is worth noting however that Takagi is aware of Conan's [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] and will do nearly anything Conan asks him to do, including dressing up as a mailman in order to fool some kidnappers. Also, in a recent case Takagi refers to Kudo as "Shinichi-kun", something that is strange considering that the last contact Shinichi and Takagi had (Shiragami case) he still called him "Kudo-kun", and also in the [[Volume 63#Highway Murder Case|Shiragami Case]] he had the same attitude with Shinichi than with Conan in other cases, possibly because he continues suspecting about his identity. However, in the [[Super Digest Books#SDB80.2B questions translations|Q&A of the Super Digest Book 80+]], Gosho Aoyama stated that Takagi doesn't suspect Conan "even the tiniest bit".

==== Keith Dan Stinger ====
[[File:Keith.jpg|100px|right]]
He became amazed by Conan's intelligence by discovering the fake sommelier that tried to poison Princess Mira and how he managed to alert the cockpit of his presence when he jumped onto the plane upon take off. Upon witnessing his actions, Keith reveals his suspicions that although Conan may look like a child, he has the mind of an adult and entrusts him along with Jigen to find evidence that proves Duke Gerard murdered Queen Sakura and Prince Gill.
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=== Non confirmed suspicions===
==== Rei Furuya/Tooru Amuro/Bourbon ====
[[File:Rei Furuya.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] suspects Conan is creating the Sleeping Kogoro, but it is unclear if he has any suspicions about Conan's identity or relationship to Shinichi. Also, in the final chapter of the [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]], Conan said to him "liar" and then [[Rei Furuya|Furuya]] responded him "look who's talking", possibly because he also noted Conan is not just a very smart boy.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
[[File:Jodie Starling.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] overheard [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] call Shinichi by the first half of his real name: "Shin-Conan". She noted the slip but didn't seem to understand what it meant.<ref>Sometime very soon after Scarlet Showdown</ref>
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[File:Shukichi Haneda.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Shukichi]] noticed that Conan is a skilled detective during their first meeting. During a case, he even writes to his sister [[Masumi]] that there is no problem if Conan is making the deduction. By the end of the case, he sent her an e-mail asking if she has already met the wizard. [[Shinichi]] met Shukichi 10 years ago in the beach, so there is a possibility that Shukichi knows that Conan is Shinichi due to his excellent memory. Well in the 'Yumi's Love Story' case, he thought that the case has reached it's checkmate by looking at Conan which nearly conforms that he already knew about him.
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=== People who questioned Conan's identity ===
==== Kurumi Shodo ====
[[File:Kurumi Shodo.jpg|100px|right]]
Shodo is blind, and based on Conan's speech manner, she concluded that he was in high school age and just had a high voice. She said to Conan that it was as if Sherlock Holmes was imitating a child.
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity‎]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Subaru Okiya's identity]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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[[File:Op40-8.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Conan and Shinichi from [[WE GO]]]]
Over the course of the series, 22 characters have come to know that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]] (11 of which are not manga [[canon]]). In addition, [[Ran Mouri]] has noticed similarities between the two and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and [[Rei Furuya]] have shown signs of doubting that Conan is just ''"very smart"''. This should not be confused with the [[people who know Conan is really Sleeping Kogoro|people who know Conan is the puppeteer behind Sleeping Kogoro]].

In their respective categories, characters are listed by the order they came to discover (or become suspicious of) Conan's identity.

== Canon ==
So far eleven people have learned Conan's true identity is Shinichi in the manga [[canon]]. Four were told the truth, six discovered it for themselves. How the remaining one became aware of this is unconfirmed.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] found out in Volume 1, the very beginning of the series during the second chapter. Shortly after Shinichi had been shrunk, he went back to his home, but was unable to enter his house due to his shrunken state. Professor Agasa had soon appeared and Shinichi revealed his identity, although he didn't believe Shinichi even after he displayed knowledge that only Shinichi would know. It wasn't until did Shinichi display his deductions and intelligence did Professor Agasa realize that the young child really was Shinichi Kudo. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 2 |language=English |location=San Francisco |date=2004-09-07 |page=54}}</ref>
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=== Akemi Miyano (Deceased) ===
[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Akemi Miyano]], [[Ai Haibara]]'s elder sister. Conan told her his real name as Akemi was dying.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=2|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-11-03|isbn=1-59116-587-3|chapter=File 7|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== The Kudo Couple ===
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The Kudo couple, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], heard that from Professor Agasa in Volume 6, after finding the Kudo household empty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=6|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-07-01|isbn=1-59116-838-4|chapter=File 1|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== Heiji Hattori ===
[[File:Heiji Hattori.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Heiji Hattori]] found out in Volume 13. Originally when he first met Conan, he didn't realize the truth as he was blinded by his competitive nature to beat Shinichi and prove he was the better detective. During their second encounter in the [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]], he started to realize the similiarites between Conan and Shinchi as well as the fact that neither of them were in the same room together during their first meeting. Due to this, Heiji came to realize that the young child Conan Edogawa was in fact the Famous High School Detective Shinichi Kudo. However, he lacked proof until he secretly witnessed Conan speaking in Heiji's voice after Heiji was knocked unconsciousness by the Stun-Gun Wristwatch. He secretly regained consciousness and witnessed Conan solving the case in his voice and confronted him shortly thereafter. While Conan still refused his claims, Heiji threatened to expose his identity to Ran and thus Conan had quickly confessed the truth of his identity. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=13 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-09-19 |isbn=1-4215-0443-X |chapter=File 1 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano ===
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[[Ai Haibara]]'s deduction of that was mentioned in Volume 18<ref name="Anitafirst">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=18|publisher=Viz Media|date=2007-07-17|isbn=1-4215-0883-4|chapter=File 8|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>, after knowing Shinichi's clothes from his childhood had somehow disappeared from his house and that APTX4869 had de-aged one mouse during trials.
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=== Vermouth ===
[[File:Vermouth.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Vermouth]] realized similarities between Shinichi (when he was young) and Conan. She also chose not to betray Shinichi to the Black Organization, most likely because he and Ran saved her when she was disguised as a serial killer in New York.
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=== Eisuke Hondou ===
[[File:Eisuke Hondou.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Eisuke Hondou]] revealed his awareness of Conan's true idenitiy in Volume 60.<ref>''Detective Conan'', File 621.</ref> Originally when he began investigating the whereabouts of his sister, he was still unaware that Rena Mizunashi was his sister or the fact she is an agent of the CIA. When she disappeared, he began investigating and believed that Kogoro was responsible behind her disappearance since he was the last person to see her. However when he began further investigating Kogoro, it lead to him discovering Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo. He realised that Kogoro's skills as a detective were different before he began "Sleeping Kogoro" and noticed that Conan was always by his side whenever he was solving a case as well as the fact that Shinichi had taken a leave of absence from school around the exact same time.

Upon these discoveries, Eisuke discovered Conan Edogawa was really Shinichi Kudo, but still didn't know how he became small. This reveals that even before they first met, Eisuke knew all along who Conan really was. When he first met Conan, Eisuke purposely fell into him, knocking off his glasses. Then acting as if he couldn't see, he called Conan, Detective Mouri. Later after finding his sister and learning the circumstances, Eisuke revealed his desire to go to America to join the CIA to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister. Eisuke also confesses to Conan that he is in love with Ran and desires to bring her with him to America, but wants to ask for Shinichi's permission after learning that Shinichi and Ran are in love. Due to this, Conan reveals himself as Shinichi Kudo, refusing Eisuke's request and Eisuke then revealed this truly confirms his suspicions and confesses to knowing Conan's true identity all along.
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=== Masumi Sera ===
[[File:Masumi Sera.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Masumi Sera|Sera]] seems to have known Conan was Shinichi before they first met recently. Masumi remembers Shinichi from some meeting they had in the past and has been since trying to encourage Conan to remember where he met her. In "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West" episode, it's confirmed that Sera knows when she thinks "Now we already know who's the winner" while looking towards Conan that thinking about the case, referring him as "Shinichi". Also during [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel]], she purposely made a mistake in her deductions so she could test Conan's skills and make him solve the case using Shinichi's voice.
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=== Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai===
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[[Subaru Okiya]] (officially revealed to be [[Shuichi Akai]] in File 898) obtained proof of Conan's identity when [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|he caught Conan pretending to be Shinichi over the phone]].<ref>Chapter 813</ref> Based on some of the questions he asked Ran, he may have deduced Conan was Shinichi very soon after he moved into the Kudo house,<ref>Paper Airplane Case</ref> but had lacked absolute proof up until the phone incident. Since finding out the truth, he teases Conan and has on occasion confronted him regarding his identity, but doesn't further press the issue until Conan is ready to reveal the truth himself. However, while Conan still refuses to speak of his identity, it's revealed he has already realised that Shuichi Akai knows he is Shinichi Kudo.<ref>Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene</ref>
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=== Mary Sera ===
[[File:Mary.jpg|100px|right]]
In Volume 90 (Soul Detective Murder Case), [[Mary Sera|Mary]] told Masumi that Conan is no longer [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|the same person that she and Masumi met 10 years ago]]. This implies that she is aware that Conan is Shinichi.
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=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
Although [[Kaitou Kid]]'s (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') knowledge of Conan's identity has not been explicitly stated in the manga, Kid addresses Conan and Heiji in File 1018 as "the two highschool detectives", implying that he is aware of Conan's alter ego. How Kid became aware of this is unclear, and has of now not been mentioned or hinted at. The two most likely scenarios are, that he became aware of it after Conan revealed some info to Kid about his mother during the Ryoma heist, which might have alowed Kid to make the connection, since Yukiko Kudo was a pupil to Kaito's father, Toichi Kuroba; or that he became aware of it, after the media attention Shinichi got, during the case before the Fairy Lip heist. Whether or not Kid's assistant Konosuke Jii is aslo aware of Conan's identity is unclear but likely if Kid truly knows.
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== Non-Canon ==
=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kaitou Kid]] (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') becomes aware of Conan's true identity in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]. While disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], Kid had bugged the phones on the Suzuki Financial Group's ship and therefore heard all of the conversation between Conan and Agasa on the phone. Not realizing they were being listened to, Agasa continued to refer to Conan as "Shinichi" on the phone as he normally does. It is assumed that afterwards Kid put two and two together. Kid's knowledge of Conan being Shinichi is confirmed in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].


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=== John ===
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{{nihongo|'''John'''|ジョン|Jyon}} is a pet dog owned by Masayoshi Sakaguchi, the famous lawyer that specializes in crimes committed by juveniles, in [[Pet Dog John Murder Case]]. When he was in primary school, along with Ran, Shinichi used to come at that house a lot on the way home. He used to save his bread from lunch and gave it to this dog. Then, even if he is Conan at the moment, John recognizes Shinichi.
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=== Hiroki Sawada (Deceased) ===
[[File:Hiroki Sawada.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''Hiroki Sawada'''|ヒロキ・サワダ|Hiroki Sawada}} in [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]. How he knew that was not given, though it was most likely through the DNA Query Program.
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=== Hajime Kindaichi ===
[[File:Hajime Kindaichi.jpg|100px|right]]
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=== Lupin III Cast ===
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In the TV Special [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]], the famous gentleman thief named [[Lupin III]] and his associates Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon, through some means discover Conan's true identity and help him sneak back into Japan after traveling to the country Vespania (Conan would've needed a passport to return home, but his passport was for Shinichi Kudo).
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=== Irish (Deceased) ===
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In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] discovers Conan's secret identity. However, instead of revealing it to the Organization, he decides to use that to gain more power with the boss, because of an old grudge he has with [[Gin]] for killing [[Pisco]], his mentor, without orders to do so. He is shot to death by [[Chianti]] before he can do anything.
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=== Alan Smithee (Deceased) ===
[[File:Adam Smithy.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], Conan revealed his true name to Alan. Alan died shortly after that.
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Sunflowers of Inferno]], Konosuke was explained to know Conan's true identity.
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=== Tokujiro Nagai ===
[[File:Tokujiro Nagai.jpg|100px|right]]
'''{{nihongo|Tokujiro Nagai|長井徳次郎|Nagai Tokujirō}}''', age 72, is the Nagai Toys shopkeeper in [[The Mysterious Boy]]. His wife was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but he's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Tsutomu Oshiro, a 38 years old employee, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for his wife's sake. But then Oshiro decided to demand repayment from the wife, heedless of her condition. When she heard that her husband had plunged himself into debt, she suffered a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards. Then, Nagai murders Oshiro for revenge.

Upon that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children visiting his toy shop had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this realization convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Inspector Megure orders a thorough investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to surrender himself, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has [[APTX-4869|remained unchanged]] for ten years" has influenced him into doing so, as a sort of messenger from his late wife.
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=== Suehiko Itoh ===
[[File:Suehiko Itoh.jpg|100px|right]]
Actually, '''Suehiko''' just dubious know Conan's true identity. Because he can't see anything (he is blind), he think Conan is Shinichi thanks to the collected fingerprint when Conan sit on the armchair at the initial meeting. He appears in [[Movie 10]].{{clear}}

== Suspicious ==
Although several characters have caught on to the fact that Conan is much smarter than most children, only a few characters have questioned exactly why he is so smart. Although the [[FBI]] are aware of Conan's intelligence and even talk to him like he is an adult ([[Shuichi Akai]]), they do not seem to be too concerned about how he got so smart, especially since they have not encountered Conan's true self, [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Some of the police like [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] take Conan's deductions seriously, but like the FBI, they seem to believe he is just an exceptionally bright child.

=== Confirmed suspicions ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] was the first character to become suspicious of Conan's identity, albeit briefly. In [[Volume 2]], he felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before, likely the time when Ran was in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|File 10, Page 16]]</ref> Later, he noticed that Conan was once again pointing out things he overlooked, such as that all of the photos proving the suspects alibi had clocks in them. However, he instantly loses his suspicions when Conan spills another envelope of photos for the case, deciding that "a brat is a brat" after all.<ref>Manga Chapter 11: A Perfect Alibi</ref>

In the [[TV Station Murder Case]], Kogoro became suspicious about Conan for the second time. He was invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurred at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lured Kogoro to a separate room, lying that [[Yoko Okino]] was in there. Just as usual, he decided to tranquilize Kogoro and used the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro woke up, he began to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He was also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tried to pull him outside, he always fell asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabbed the boy's suit jacket and wanted to "clear things up". Much to Conan's luck, Yoko Okino appeared for real and Kogoro completely lost his suspicions.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Ran being suspicious.jpg|thumb|left|Ran suspecting Conan is Shinichi.]]
[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has on more than one occasion noticed the striking similarities between Shinichi and Conan, being his childhood friend and one of the people that know Shinichi the best.<ref>Episode 96.</ref> She first becomes suspicious during the Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] when Conan deduces that the client is a surgeon in a manner similar to Shinichi's deductions, but her suspicions are diluted due to Conan playing with the toys. Later, her suspicions are raised due to Conan acting suspiciously mature for a child and then tricked him into saying indirectly that he's Shinichi. At the end of the episode her suspisions are cleared due to Conan being in the agency while Shinichi( Agasa using a voice changer to mimic)calls the agency.<ref>Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]]</ref> In [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96]], she sees Conan without his glasses and notices he looks exactly the same as Shinichi when he was a child. She even tries to confront him about it, but [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] then arrives and claims that Conan is her distant nephew.<ref>Episode 96: [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Later on, in [[The Desperate Revival]], it is revealed that Ran believes Conan is Shinichi and is waiting for him to tell her.<ref>Episodes 188-193: [[The Desperate Revival]]</ref> She is only dissuaded from this when Shinichi appears at the same time that Conan does. It turns out that Haibara has given Conan a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]] that will return him to Kudo Shinichi and disguised herself as Conan. After a text message she sends to Shinichi is received on Conan's cell phone her suspicions are aroused again<ref>Manga Chapter 479: The Suspicious Message</ref>, but Conan uses Agasa's cell phone to call her as Shinichi and messages her his "new" cell phone number.<ref>Episode 400: [[Ran's Suspicions]] Manga Chapter 483: Unlocking It!</ref> Since then, Ran has apparently been too happy with having Shinichi's "secret number" to become suspicious of Conan.<ref> Manga Chapter 484: From Him to Her</ref>
An upcoming suspicion arc has been foreshadowed with Heiji Hattori's omamori and her wondering how Shinichi's fingerprints got on it when only Conan has touched it, coupled with Conan's recent lack of subtlety.
And in the [[Volume 66#Kazuha's Charm Case|Kazuha's Charm Case]], Ran told Conan if he has the resolution of the case yet, hinting that she continue suspecting about Shinichi being Conan. Upin witnessing how Conan helps solving cases, it is likely possible that she subconsciously knows that Conan is Shinichi, and due to suspecting him several times, she might be aware that he is using some tricks to create alibis to satisfy her concerns.
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==== Wataru Takagi ====
[[File:Wataru Takagi.jpg|100px|right]]
When it seemed they would both die while disarming a bomb, [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] agreed to follow Conan's instructions in exchange for telling him who he really is. Conan agreed but said he would tell him in the afterlife.<ref>Manga Chapter 372: The Most in This World...</ref> Takagi had also thought to himself that Conan was not just any normal kid prior to this, but he has not made this observation since nor has he asked Conan to explain his answer. It is worth noting however that Takagi is aware of Conan's [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] and will do nearly anything Conan asks him to do, including dressing up as a mailman in order to fool some kidnappers. Also, in a recent case Takagi refers to Kudo as "Shinichi-kun", something that is strange considering that the last contact Shinichi and Takagi had (Shiragami case) he still called him "Kudo-kun", and also in the [[Volume 63#Highway Murder Case|Shiragami Case]] he had the same attitude with Shinichi than with Conan in other cases, possibly because he continues suspecting about his identity. However, in the [[Super Digest Books#SDB80.2B questions translations|Q&A of the Super Digest Book 80+]], Gosho Aoyama stated that Takagi doesn't suspect Conan "even the tiniest bit".

==== Keith Dan Stinger ====
[[File:Keith.jpg|100px|right]]
He became amazed by Conan's intelligence by discovering the fake sommelier that tried to poison Princess Mira and how he managed to alert the cockpit of his presence when he jumped onto the plane upon take off. Upon witnessing his actions, Keith reveals his suspicions that although Conan may look like a child, he has the mind of an adult and entrusts him along with Jigen to find evidence that proves Duke Gerard murdered Queen Sakura and Prince Gill.
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=== Non confirmed suspicions===
==== Rei Furuya/Tooru Amuro/Bourbon ====
[[File:Rei Furuya.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] suspects Conan is creating the Sleeping Kogoro, but it is unclear if he has any suspicions about Conan's identity or relationship to Shinichi. Also, in the final chapter of the [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]], Conan said to him "liar" and then [[Rei Furuya|Furuya]] responded him "look who's talking", possibly because he also noted Conan is not just a very smart boy.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
[[File:Jodie Starling.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] overheard [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] call Shinichi by the first half of his real name: "Shin-Conan". She noted the slip but didn't seem to understand what it meant.<ref>Sometime very soon after Scarlet Showdown</ref>
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[File:Shukichi Haneda.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Shukichi]] noticed that Conan is a skilled detective during their first meeting. During a case, he even writes to his sister [[Masumi]] that there is no problem if Conan is making the deduction. By the end of the case, he sent her an e-mail asking if she has already met the wizard. [[Shinichi]] met Shukichi 10 years ago in the beach, so there is a possibility that Shukichi knows that Conan is Shinichi due to his excellent memory. Well in the 'Yumi's Love Story' case, he thought that the case has reached it's checkmate by looking at Conan which nearly conforms that he already knew about him.
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=== People who questioned Conan's identity ===
==== Kurumi Shodo ====
[[File:Kurumi Shodo.jpg|100px|right]]
Shodo is blind, and based on Conan's speech manner, she concluded that he was in high school age and just had a high voice. She said to Conan that it was as if Sherlock Holmes was imitating a child.
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity‎]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Subaru Okiya's identity]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity|*]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Characters who know secrets]]

[[de:Geheimnisträger]]

List of characters who know Conan's identity

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[[File:Op40-8.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Conan and Shinichi from [[WE GO]]]]
Over the course of the series, 22 characters have come to know that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]] (11 of which are not manga [[canon]]). In addition, [[Ran Mouri]] has noticed similarities between the two and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and [[Rei Furuya]] have shown signs of doubting that Conan is just ''"very smart"''. This should not be confused with the [[people who know Conan is really Sleeping Kogoro|people who know Conan is the puppeteer behind Sleeping Kogoro]].

In their respective categories, characters are listed by the order they came to discover (or become suspicious of) Conan's identity.

== Canon ==
So far eleven people have learned Conan's true identity is Shinichi in the manga [[canon]]. Four were told the truth, six discovered it for themselves. How the remaining one became aware of this is unconfirmed.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] found out in Volume 1, the very beginning of the series during the second chapter. Shortly after Shinichi had been shrunk, he went back to his home, but was unable to enter his house due to his shrunken state. Professor Agasa had soon appeared and Shinichi revealed his identity, although he didn't believe Shinichi even after he displayed knowledge that only Shinichi would know. It wasn't until did Shinichi display his deductions and intelligence did Professor Agasa realize that the young child really was Shinichi Kudo. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 2 |language=English |location=San Francisco |date=2004-09-07 |page=54}}</ref>
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=== Akemi Miyano (Deceased) ===
[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Akemi Miyano]], [[Ai Haibara]]'s elder sister. Conan told her his real name as Akemi was dying.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=2|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-11-03|isbn=1-59116-587-3|chapter=File 7|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== The Kudo Couple ===
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The Kudo couple, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], heard that from Professor Agasa in Volume 6, after finding the Kudo household empty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=6|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-07-01|isbn=1-59116-838-4|chapter=File 1|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== Heiji Hattori ===
[[File:Heiji Hattori.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Heiji Hattori]] found out in Volume 13. Originally when he first met Conan, he didn't realize the truth as he was blinded by his competitive nature to beat Shinichi and prove he was the better detective. During their second encounter in the [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]], he started to realize the similiarites between Conan and Shinchi as well as the fact that neither of them were in the same room together during their first meeting. Due to this, Heiji came to realize that the young child Conan Edogawa was in fact the Famous High School Detective Shinichi Kudo. However, he lacked proof until he secretly witnessed Conan speaking in Heiji's voice after Heiji was knocked unconsciousness by the Stun-Gun Wristwatch. He secretly regained consciousness and witnessed Conan solving the case in his voice and confronted him shortly thereafter. While Conan still refused his claims, Heiji threatened to expose his identity to Ran and thus Conan had quickly confessed the truth of his identity. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=13 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-09-19 |isbn=1-4215-0443-X |chapter=File 1 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano ===
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[[Ai Haibara]]'s deduction of that was mentioned in Volume 18<ref name="Anitafirst">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=18|publisher=Viz Media|date=2007-07-17|isbn=1-4215-0883-4|chapter=File 8|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>, after knowing Shinichi's clothes from his childhood had somehow disappeared from his house and that APTX4869 had de-aged one mouse during trials.
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=== Vermouth ===
[[File:Vermouth.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Vermouth]] realized similarities between Shinichi (when he was young) and Conan. She also chose not to betray Shinichi to the Black Organization, most likely because he and Ran saved her when she was disguised as a serial killer in New York.
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=== Eisuke Hondou ===
[[File:Eisuke Hondou.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Eisuke Hondou]] revealed his awareness of Conan's true idenitiy in Volume 60.<ref>''Detective Conan'', File 621.</ref> Originally when he began investigating the whereabouts of his sister, he was still unaware that Rena Mizunashi was his sister or the fact she is an agent of the CIA. When she disappeared, he began investigating and believed that Kogoro was responsible behind her disappearance since he was the last person to see her. However when he began further investigating Kogoro, it lead to him discovering Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo. He realised that Kogoro's skills as a detective were different before he began "Sleeping Kogoro" and noticed that Conan was always by his side whenever he was solving a case as well as the fact that Shinichi had taken a leave of absence from school around the exact same time.

Upon these discoveries, Eisuke discovered Conan Edogawa was really Shinichi Kudo, but still didn't know how he became small. This reveals that even before they first met, Eisuke knew all along who Conan really was. When he first met Conan, Eisuke purposely fell into him, knocking off his glasses. Then acting as if he couldn't see, he called Conan, Detective Mouri. Later after finding his sister and learning the circumstances, Eisuke revealed his desire to go to America to join the CIA to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister. Eisuke also confesses to Conan that he is in love with Ran and desires to bring her with him to America, but wants to ask for Shinichi's permission after learning that Shinichi and Ran are in love. Due to this, Conan reveals himself as Shinichi Kudo, refusing Eisuke's request and Eisuke then revealed this truly confirms his suspicions and confesses to knowing Conan's true identity all along.
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=== Masumi Sera ===
[[File:Masumi Sera.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Masumi Sera|Sera]] seems to have known Conan was Shinichi before they first met recently. Masumi remembers Shinichi from some meeting they had in the past and has been since trying to encourage Conan to remember where he met her. In "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West" episode, it's confirmed that Sera knows when she thinks "Now we already know who's the winner" while looking towards Conan that thinking about the case, referring him as "Shinichi". Also during [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel]], she purposely made a mistake in her deductions so she could test Conan's skills and make him solve the case using Shinichi's voice.
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=== Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai===
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[[Subaru Okiya]] (officially revealed to be [[Shuichi Akai]] in File 898) obtained proof of Conan's identity when [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|he caught Conan pretending to be Shinichi over the phone]].<ref>Chapter 813</ref> Based on some of the questions he asked Ran, he may have deduced Conan was Shinichi very soon after he moved into the Kudo house,<ref>Paper Airplane Case</ref> but had lacked absolute proof up until the phone incident. Since finding out the truth, he teases Conan and has on occasion confronted him regarding his identity, but doesn't further press the issue until Conan is ready to reveal the truth himself. However, while Conan still refuses to speak of his identity, it's revealed he has already realised that Shuichi Akai knows he is Shinichi Kudo.<ref>Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene</ref>
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=== Mary Sera ===
[[File:Mary.jpg|100px|right]]
In Volume 90 (Soul Detective Murder Case), [[Mary Sera|Mary]] told Masumi that Conan is no longer [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|the same person that she and Masumi met 10 years ago]]. This implies that she is aware that Conan is Shinichi.
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=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
Although [[Kaitou Kid]]'s (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') knowledge of Conan's identity has not been explicitly stated in the manga, Kid addresses Conan and Heiji in File 1018 as "the two highschool detectives", implying that he is aware of Conan's alter ego. How Kid became aware of this is unclear, and has of now not been mentioned or hinted at. The two most likely scenarios are, that he became aware of it after Conan revealed some info to Kid about his mother during the Ryoma heist, which might have alowed Kid to make the connection, since Yukiko Kudo was a pupil to Kaito's father, Toichi Kuroba; or that he became aware of it, after the media attention Shinichi got, during the case before the Fairy Lip heist. Whether or not Kid's assistant Konosuke Jii is aslo aware of Conan's identity is unclear but likely if Kid truly knows.
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== Non-Canon ==
=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kaitou Kid]] (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') becomes aware of Conan's true identity in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]. While disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], Kid had bugged the phones on the Suzuki Financial Group's ship and therefore heard all of the conversation between Conan and Agasa on the phone. Not realizing they were being listened to, Agasa continued to refer to Conan as "Shinichi" on the phone as he normally does. It is assumed that afterwards Kid put two and two together. Kid's knowledge of Conan being Shinichi is confirmed in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]. Kid's knowledge of Conan's identity has not been stated in the manga and has not been confirmed by [[Gosho Aoyama]] to be canon, although in the manga Kid is definitely aware that Conan is no mere child.


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=== John ===
[[File:John2.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''John'''|ジョン|Jyon}} is a pet dog owned by Masayoshi Sakaguchi, the famous lawyer that specializes in crimes committed by juveniles, in [[Pet Dog John Murder Case]]. When he was in primary school, along with Ran, Shinichi used to come at that house a lot on the way home. He used to save his bread from lunch and gave it to this dog. Then, even if he is Conan at the moment, John recognizes Shinichi.
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=== Hiroki Sawada (Deceased) ===
[[File:Hiroki Sawada.jpg|100px|right]]
{{nihongo|'''Hiroki Sawada'''|ヒロキ・サワダ|Hiroki Sawada}} in [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]. How he knew that was not given, though it was most likely through the DNA Query Program.
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=== Hajime Kindaichi ===
[[File:Hajime Kindaichi.jpg|100px|right]]
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=== Lupin III Cast ===
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In the TV Special [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]], the famous gentleman thief named [[Lupin III]] and his associates Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon, through some means discover Conan's true identity and help him sneak back into Japan after traveling to the country Vespania (Conan would've needed a passport to return home, but his passport was for Shinichi Kudo).
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=== Irish (Deceased) ===
[[File:Irish.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] discovers Conan's secret identity. However, instead of revealing it to the Organization, he decides to use that to gain more power with the boss, because of an old grudge he has with [[Gin]] for killing [[Pisco]], his mentor, without orders to do so. He is shot to death by [[Chianti]] before he can do anything.
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=== Alan Smithee (Deceased) ===
[[File:Adam Smithy.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], Conan revealed his true name to Alan. Alan died shortly after that.
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Sunflowers of Inferno]], Konosuke was explained to know Conan's true identity.
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=== Tokujiro Nagai ===
[[File:Tokujiro Nagai.jpg|100px|right]]
'''{{nihongo|Tokujiro Nagai|長井徳次郎|Nagai Tokujirō}}''', age 72, is the Nagai Toys shopkeeper in [[The Mysterious Boy]]. His wife was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but he's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Tsutomu Oshiro, a 38 years old employee, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for his wife's sake. But then Oshiro decided to demand repayment from the wife, heedless of her condition. When she heard that her husband had plunged himself into debt, she suffered a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards. Then, Nagai murders Oshiro for revenge.

Upon that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children visiting his toy shop had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this realization convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Inspector Megure orders a thorough investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to surrender himself, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has [[APTX-4869|remained unchanged]] for ten years" has influenced him into doing so, as a sort of messenger from his late wife.
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=== Suehiko Itoh ===
[[File:Suehiko Itoh.jpg|100px|right]]
Actually, '''Suehiko''' just dubious know Conan's true identity. Because he can't see anything (he is blind), he think Conan is Shinichi thanks to the collected fingerprint when Conan sit on the armchair at the initial meeting. He appears in [[Movie 10]].{{clear}}

== Suspicious ==
Although several characters have caught on to the fact that Conan is much smarter than most children, only a few characters have questioned exactly why he is so smart. Although the [[FBI]] are aware of Conan's intelligence and even talk to him like he is an adult ([[Shuichi Akai]]), they do not seem to be too concerned about how he got so smart, especially since they have not encountered Conan's true self, [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Some of the police like [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] take Conan's deductions seriously, but like the FBI, they seem to believe he is just an exceptionally bright child.

=== Confirmed suspicions ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] was the first character to become suspicious of Conan's identity, albeit briefly. In [[Volume 2]], he felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before, likely the time when Ran was in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|File 10, Page 16]]</ref> Later, he noticed that Conan was once again pointing out things he overlooked, such as that all of the photos proving the suspects alibi had clocks in them. However, he instantly loses his suspicions when Conan spills another envelope of photos for the case, deciding that "a brat is a brat" after all.<ref>Manga Chapter 11: A Perfect Alibi</ref>

In the [[TV Station Murder Case]], Kogoro became suspicious about Conan for the second time. He was invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurred at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lured Kogoro to a separate room, lying that [[Yoko Okino]] was in there. Just as usual, he decided to tranquilize Kogoro and used the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro woke up, he began to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He was also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tried to pull him outside, he always fell asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabbed the boy's suit jacket and wanted to "clear things up". Much to Conan's luck, Yoko Okino appeared for real and Kogoro completely lost his suspicions.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Ran being suspicious.jpg|thumb|left|Ran suspecting Conan is Shinichi.]]
[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has on more than one occasion noticed the striking similarities between Shinichi and Conan, being his childhood friend and one of the people that know Shinichi the best.<ref>Episode 96.</ref> She first becomes suspicious during the Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] when Conan deduces that the client is a surgeon in a manner similar to Shinichi's deductions, but her suspicions are diluted due to Conan playing with the toys. Later, her suspicions are raised due to Conan acting suspiciously mature for a child and then tricked him into saying indirectly that he's Shinichi. At the end of the episode her suspisions are cleared due to Conan being in the agency while Shinichi( Agasa using a voice changer to mimic)calls the agency.<ref>Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]]</ref> In [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96]], she sees Conan without his glasses and notices he looks exactly the same as Shinichi when he was a child. She even tries to confront him about it, but [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] then arrives and claims that Conan is her distant nephew.<ref>Episode 96: [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Later on, in [[The Desperate Revival]], it is revealed that Ran believes Conan is Shinichi and is waiting for him to tell her.<ref>Episodes 188-193: [[The Desperate Revival]]</ref> She is only dissuaded from this when Shinichi appears at the same time that Conan does. It turns out that Haibara has given Conan a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]] that will return him to Kudo Shinichi and disguised herself as Conan. After a text message she sends to Shinichi is received on Conan's cell phone her suspicions are aroused again<ref>Manga Chapter 479: The Suspicious Message</ref>, but Conan uses Agasa's cell phone to call her as Shinichi and messages her his "new" cell phone number.<ref>Episode 400: [[Ran's Suspicions]] Manga Chapter 483: Unlocking It!</ref> Since then, Ran has apparently been too happy with having Shinichi's "secret number" to become suspicious of Conan.<ref> Manga Chapter 484: From Him to Her</ref>
An upcoming suspicion arc has been foreshadowed with Heiji Hattori's omamori and her wondering how Shinichi's fingerprints got on it when only Conan has touched it, coupled with Conan's recent lack of subtlety.
And in the [[Volume 66#Kazuha's Charm Case|Kazuha's Charm Case]], Ran told Conan if he has the resolution of the case yet, hinting that she continue suspecting about Shinichi being Conan. Upin witnessing how Conan helps solving cases, it is likely possible that she subconsciously knows that Conan is Shinichi, and due to suspecting him several times, she might be aware that he is using some tricks to create alibis to satisfy her concerns.
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==== Wataru Takagi ====
[[File:Wataru Takagi.jpg|100px|right]]
When it seemed they would both die while disarming a bomb, [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] agreed to follow Conan's instructions in exchange for telling him who he really is. Conan agreed but said he would tell him in the afterlife.<ref>Manga Chapter 372: The Most in This World...</ref> Takagi had also thought to himself that Conan was not just any normal kid prior to this, but he has not made this observation since nor has he asked Conan to explain his answer. It is worth noting however that Takagi is aware of Conan's [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] and will do nearly anything Conan asks him to do, including dressing up as a mailman in order to fool some kidnappers. Also, in a recent case Takagi refers to Kudo as "Shinichi-kun", something that is strange considering that the last contact Shinichi and Takagi had (Shiragami case) he still called him "Kudo-kun", and also in the [[Volume 63#Highway Murder Case|Shiragami Case]] he had the same attitude with Shinichi than with Conan in other cases, possibly because he continues suspecting about his identity. However, in the [[Super Digest Books#SDB80.2B questions translations|Q&A of the Super Digest Book 80+]], Gosho Aoyama stated that Takagi doesn't suspect Conan "even the tiniest bit".

==== Keith Dan Stinger ====
[[File:Keith.jpg|100px|right]]
He became amazed by Conan's intelligence by discovering the fake sommelier that tried to poison Princess Mira and how he managed to alert the cockpit of his presence when he jumped onto the plane upon take off. Upon witnessing his actions, Keith reveals his suspicions that although Conan may look like a child, he has the mind of an adult and entrusts him along with Jigen to find evidence that proves Duke Gerard murdered Queen Sakura and Prince Gill.
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=== Non confirmed suspicions===
==== Rei Furuya/Tooru Amuro/Bourbon ====
[[File:Rei Furuya.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] suspects Conan is creating the Sleeping Kogoro, but it is unclear if he has any suspicions about Conan's identity or relationship to Shinichi. Also, in the final chapter of the [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]], Conan said to him "liar" and then [[Rei Furuya|Furuya]] responded him "look who's talking", possibly because he also noted Conan is not just a very smart boy.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
[[File:Jodie Starling.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] overheard [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] call Shinichi by the first half of his real name: "Shin-Conan". She noted the slip but didn't seem to understand what it meant.<ref>Sometime very soon after Scarlet Showdown</ref>
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[File:Shukichi Haneda.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Shukichi]] noticed that Conan is a skilled detective during their first meeting. During a case, he even writes to his sister [[Masumi]] that there is no problem if Conan is making the deduction. By the end of the case, he sent her an e-mail asking if she has already met the wizard. [[Shinichi]] met Shukichi 10 years ago in the beach, so there is a possibility that Shukichi knows that Conan is Shinichi due to his excellent memory. Well in the 'Yumi's Love Story' case, he thought that the case has reached it's checkmate by looking at Conan which nearly conforms that he already knew about him.
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=== People who questioned Conan's identity ===
==== Kurumi Shodo ====
[[File:Kurumi Shodo.jpg|100px|right]]
Shodo is blind, and based on Conan's speech manner, she concluded that he was in high school age and just had a high voice. She said to Conan that it was as if Sherlock Holmes was imitating a child.
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity‎]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Subaru Okiya's identity]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity|*]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Characters who know secrets]]

[[de:Geheimnisträger]]

List of characters who know Conan's identity

2018-09-08T13:02:15Z

MexulDS:

[[File:Op40-8.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Conan and Shinichi from [[WE GO]]]]
Over the course of the series, 22 characters have come to know that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]] (11 of which are not manga [[canon]]). In addition, [[Ran Mouri]] has noticed similarities between the two and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and [[Rei Furuya]] have shown signs of doubting that Conan is just ''"very smart"''. This should not be confused with the [[people who know Conan is really Sleeping Kogoro|people who know Conan is the puppeteer behind Sleeping Kogoro]].

In their respective categories, characters are listed by the order they came to discover (or become suspicious of) Conan's identity.

== Canon ==
So far eleven people have learned Conan's true identity is Shinichi in the manga [[canon]]. Four were told the truth, six discovered it for themselves. How the remaining one became aware of this is unconfirmed.

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===
[[File:Hiroshi Agasa.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] found out in Volume 1, the very beginning of the series during the second chapter. Shortly after Shinichi had been shrunk, he went back to his home, but was unable to enter his house due to his shrunken state. Professor Agasa had soon appeared and Shinichi revealed his identity, although he didn't believe Shinichi even after he displayed knowledge that only Shinichi would know. It wasn't until did Shinichi display his deductions and intelligence did Professor Agasa realize that the young child really was Shinichi Kudo. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=1-59116-327-7 |chapter=File 2 |language=English |location=San Francisco |date=2004-09-07 |page=54}}</ref>
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=== Akemi Miyano (Deceased) ===
[[File:Akemi Miyano.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Akemi Miyano]], [[Ai Haibara]]'s elder sister. Conan told her his real name as Akemi was dying.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=2|publisher=Viz Media|date=2004-11-03|isbn=1-59116-587-3|chapter=File 7|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== The Kudo Couple ===
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The Kudo couple, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], heard that from Professor Agasa in Volume 6, after finding the Kudo household empty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=6|publisher=Viz Media|date=2005-07-01|isbn=1-59116-838-4|chapter=File 1|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
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=== Heiji Hattori ===
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[[Heiji Hattori]] found out in Volume 13. Originally when he first met Conan, he didn't realize the truth as he was blinded by his competitive nature to beat Shinichi and prove he was the better detective. During their second encounter in the [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]], he started to realize the similiarites between Conan and Shinchi as well as the fact that neither of them were in the same room together during their first meeting. Due to this, Heiji came to realize that the young child Conan Edogawa was in fact the Famous High School Detective Shinichi Kudo. However, he lacked proof until he secretly witnessed Conan speaking in Heiji's voice after Heiji was knocked unconsciousness by the Stun-Gun Wristwatch. He secretly regained consciousness and witnessed Conan solving the case in his voice and confronted him shortly thereafter. While Conan still refused his claims, Heiji threatened to expose his identity to Ran and thus Conan had quickly confessed the truth of his identity. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Case Closed |volume=13 |publisher=Viz Media |date=2006-09-19 |isbn=1-4215-0443-X |chapter=File 1 |language=English |location=San Francisco }}</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano ===
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[[Ai Haibara]]'s deduction of that was mentioned in Volume 18<ref name="Anitafirst">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=18|publisher=Viz Media|date=2007-07-17|isbn=1-4215-0883-4|chapter=File 8|language=English|location=San Francisco}}</ref>, after knowing Shinichi's clothes from his childhood had somehow disappeared from his house and that APTX4869 had de-aged one mouse during trials.
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=== Vermouth ===
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[[Vermouth]] realized similarities between Shinichi (when he was young) and Conan. She also chose not to betray Shinichi to the Black Organization, most likely because he and Ran saved her when she was disguised as a serial killer in New York.
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=== Eisuke Hondou ===
[[File:Eisuke Hondou.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Eisuke Hondou]] revealed his awareness of Conan's true idenitiy in Volume 60.<ref>''Detective Conan'', File 621.</ref> Originally when he began investigating the whereabouts of his sister, he was still unaware that Rena Mizunashi was his sister or the fact she is an agent of the CIA. When she disappeared, he began investigating and believed that Kogoro was responsible behind her disappearance since he was the last person to see her. However when he began further investigating Kogoro, it lead to him discovering Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo. He realised that Kogoro's skills as a detective were different before he began "Sleeping Kogoro" and noticed that Conan was always by his side whenever he was solving a case as well as the fact that Shinichi had taken a leave of absence from school around the exact same time.

Upon these discoveries, Eisuke discovered Conan Edogawa was really Shinichi Kudo, but still didn't know how he became small. This reveals that even before they first met, Eisuke knew all along who Conan really was. When he first met Conan, Eisuke purposely fell into him, knocking off his glasses. Then acting as if he couldn't see, he called Conan, Detective Mouri. Later after finding his sister and learning the circumstances, Eisuke revealed his desire to go to America to join the CIA to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister. Eisuke also confesses to Conan that he is in love with Ran and desires to bring her with him to America, but wants to ask for Shinichi's permission after learning that Shinichi and Ran are in love. Due to this, Conan reveals himself as Shinichi Kudo, refusing Eisuke's request and Eisuke then revealed this truly confirms his suspicions and confesses to knowing Conan's true identity all along.
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=== Masumi Sera ===
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[[Masumi Sera|Sera]] seems to have known Conan was Shinichi before they first met recently. Masumi remembers Shinichi from some meeting they had in the past and has been since trying to encourage Conan to remember where he met her. In "Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West" episode, it's confirmed that Sera knows when she thinks "Now we already know who's the winner" while looking towards Conan that thinking about the case, referring him as "Shinichi". Also during [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel]], she purposely made a mistake in her deductions so she could test Conan's skills and make him solve the case using Shinichi's voice.
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=== Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai===
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[[Subaru Okiya]] (officially revealed to be [[Shuichi Akai]] in File 898) obtained proof of Conan's identity when [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|he caught Conan pretending to be Shinichi over the phone]].<ref>Chapter 813</ref> Based on some of the questions he asked Ran, he may have deduced Conan was Shinichi very soon after he moved into the Kudo house,<ref>Paper Airplane Case</ref> but had lacked absolute proof up until the phone incident. Since finding out the truth, he teases Conan and has on occasion confronted him regarding his identity, but doesn't further press the issue until Conan is ready to reveal the truth himself. However, while Conan still refuses to speak of his identity, it's revealed he has already realised that Shuichi Akai knows he is Shinichi Kudo.<ref>Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene</ref>
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=== Mary Sera ===
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In Volume 90 (Soul Detective Murder Case), [[Mary Sera|Mary]] told Masumi that Conan is no longer [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|the same person that she and Masumi met 10 years ago]]. This implies that she is aware that Conan is Shinichi.
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=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
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[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
Although [[Kaitou Kid]]'s (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') knowledge of Conan's identity has not been explicitly stated in the manga, Kid addresses Conan and Heiji in File 1018 as "the two highschool detectives", pretty much confirming that he is aware of Conan's alter ego. How Kid became aware of this is unclear, and has of now not been mentioned or hinted at. The two most likely scenarios are, that he became aware of it after Conan revealed some info to Kid about his mother during the Ryoma heist, which might have alowed Kid to make the connection, since Yukiko Kudo was a pupil to Kaito's father, Toichi Kuroba; or that he became aware of it, after the media attention Shinichi got, during the case before the Fairy Lip heist. Whether or not Kid's assistant Konosuke Jii is aslo aware of Conan's identity is unclear but likely if Kid truly knows.
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== Non-Canon ==
=== Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ===
[[File:Kaitou Kid.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kaitou Kid]] (also known as ''Phantom Thief Kid'') becomes aware of Conan's true identity in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]. While disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], Kid had bugged the phones on the Suzuki Financial Group's ship and therefore heard all of the conversation between Conan and Agasa on the phone. Not realizing they were being listened to, Agasa continued to refer to Conan as "Shinichi" on the phone as he normally does. It is assumed that afterwards Kid put two and two together. Kid's knowledge of Conan being Shinichi is confirmed in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]. Kid's knowledge of Conan's identity has not been stated in the manga and has not been confirmed by [[Gosho Aoyama]] to be canon, although in the manga Kid is definitely aware that Conan is no mere child.


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=== John ===
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{{nihongo|'''John'''|ジョン|Jyon}} is a pet dog owned by Masayoshi Sakaguchi, the famous lawyer that specializes in crimes committed by juveniles, in [[Pet Dog John Murder Case]]. When he was in primary school, along with Ran, Shinichi used to come at that house a lot on the way home. He used to save his bread from lunch and gave it to this dog. Then, even if he is Conan at the moment, John recognizes Shinichi.
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=== Hiroki Sawada (Deceased) ===
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{{nihongo|'''Hiroki Sawada'''|ヒロキ・サワダ|Hiroki Sawada}} in [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]. How he knew that was not given, though it was most likely through the DNA Query Program.
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=== Hajime Kindaichi ===
[[File:Hajime Kindaichi.jpg|100px|right]]
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=== Lupin III Cast ===
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In the TV Special [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]], the famous gentleman thief named [[Lupin III]] and his associates Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon, through some means discover Conan's true identity and help him sneak back into Japan after traveling to the country Vespania (Conan would've needed a passport to return home, but his passport was for Shinichi Kudo).
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=== Irish (Deceased) ===
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In [[The Raven Chaser]], Black Organization member [[Irish]] discovers Conan's secret identity. However, instead of revealing it to the Organization, he decides to use that to gain more power with the boss, because of an old grudge he has with [[Gin]] for killing [[Pisco]], his mentor, without orders to do so. He is shot to death by [[Chianti]] before he can do anything.
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=== Alan Smithee (Deceased) ===
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In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], Conan revealed his true name to Alan. Alan died shortly after that.
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[Sunflowers of Inferno]], Konosuke was explained to know Conan's true identity.
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=== Tokujiro Nagai ===
[[File:Tokujiro Nagai.jpg|100px|right]]
'''{{nihongo|Tokujiro Nagai|長井徳次郎|Nagai Tokujirō}}''', age 72, is the Nagai Toys shopkeeper in [[The Mysterious Boy]]. His wife was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but he's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Tsutomu Oshiro, a 38 years old employee, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for his wife's sake. But then Oshiro decided to demand repayment from the wife, heedless of her condition. When she heard that her husband had plunged himself into debt, she suffered a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards. Then, Nagai murders Oshiro for revenge.

Upon that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children visiting his toy shop had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this realization convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Inspector Megure orders a thorough investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to surrender himself, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has [[APTX-4869|remained unchanged]] for ten years" has influenced him into doing so, as a sort of messenger from his late wife.
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=== Suehiko Itoh ===
[[File:Suehiko Itoh.jpg|100px|right]]
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== Suspicious ==
Although several characters have caught on to the fact that Conan is much smarter than most children, only a few characters have questioned exactly why he is so smart. Although the [[FBI]] are aware of Conan's intelligence and even talk to him like he is an adult ([[Shuichi Akai]]), they do not seem to be too concerned about how he got so smart, especially since they have not encountered Conan's true self, [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Some of the police like [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] take Conan's deductions seriously, but like the FBI, they seem to believe he is just an exceptionally bright child.

=== Confirmed suspicions ===
==== Kogoro Mouri ====
[[File:Kogoro Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] was the first character to become suspicious of Conan's identity, albeit briefly. In [[Volume 2]], he felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before, likely the time when Ran was in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|File 10, Page 16]]</ref> Later, he noticed that Conan was once again pointing out things he overlooked, such as that all of the photos proving the suspects alibi had clocks in them. However, he instantly loses his suspicions when Conan spills another envelope of photos for the case, deciding that "a brat is a brat" after all.<ref>Manga Chapter 11: A Perfect Alibi</ref>

In the [[TV Station Murder Case]], Kogoro became suspicious about Conan for the second time. He was invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurred at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lured Kogoro to a separate room, lying that [[Yoko Okino]] was in there. Just as usual, he decided to tranquilize Kogoro and used the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro woke up, he began to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He was also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tried to pull him outside, he always fell asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabbed the boy's suit jacket and wanted to "clear things up". Much to Conan's luck, Yoko Okino appeared for real and Kogoro completely lost his suspicions.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran Mouri.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Ran being suspicious.jpg|thumb|left|Ran suspecting Conan is Shinichi.]]
[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has on more than one occasion noticed the striking similarities between Shinichi and Conan, being his childhood friend and one of the people that know Shinichi the best.<ref>Episode 96.</ref> She first becomes suspicious during the Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] when Conan deduces that the client is a surgeon in a manner similar to Shinichi's deductions, but her suspicions are diluted due to Conan playing with the toys. Later, her suspicions are raised due to Conan acting suspiciously mature for a child and then tricked him into saying indirectly that he's Shinichi. At the end of the episode her suspisions are cleared due to Conan being in the agency while Shinichi( Agasa using a voice changer to mimic)calls the agency.<ref>Episode 7: [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]]</ref> In [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96]], she sees Conan without his glasses and notices he looks exactly the same as Shinichi when he was a child. She even tries to confront him about it, but [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] then arrives and claims that Conan is her distant nephew.<ref>Episode 96: [[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Later on, in [[The Desperate Revival]], it is revealed that Ran believes Conan is Shinichi and is waiting for him to tell her.<ref>Episodes 188-193: [[The Desperate Revival]]</ref> She is only dissuaded from this when Shinichi appears at the same time that Conan does. It turns out that Haibara has given Conan a temporary [[Antidote (Prototype)|antidote]] that will return him to Kudo Shinichi and disguised herself as Conan. After a text message she sends to Shinichi is received on Conan's cell phone her suspicions are aroused again<ref>Manga Chapter 479: The Suspicious Message</ref>, but Conan uses Agasa's cell phone to call her as Shinichi and messages her his "new" cell phone number.<ref>Episode 400: [[Ran's Suspicions]] Manga Chapter 483: Unlocking It!</ref> Since then, Ran has apparently been too happy with having Shinichi's "secret number" to become suspicious of Conan.<ref> Manga Chapter 484: From Him to Her</ref>
An upcoming suspicion arc has been foreshadowed with Heiji Hattori's omamori and her wondering how Shinichi's fingerprints got on it when only Conan has touched it, coupled with Conan's recent lack of subtlety.
And in the [[Volume 66#Kazuha's Charm Case|Kazuha's Charm Case]], Ran told Conan if he has the resolution of the case yet, hinting that she continue suspecting about Shinichi being Conan. Upin witnessing how Conan helps solving cases, it is likely possible that she subconsciously knows that Conan is Shinichi, and due to suspecting him several times, she might be aware that he is using some tricks to create alibis to satisfy her concerns.
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==== Wataru Takagi ====
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When it seemed they would both die while disarming a bomb, [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] agreed to follow Conan's instructions in exchange for telling him who he really is. Conan agreed but said he would tell him in the afterlife.<ref>Manga Chapter 372: The Most in This World...</ref> Takagi had also thought to himself that Conan was not just any normal kid prior to this, but he has not made this observation since nor has he asked Conan to explain his answer. It is worth noting however that Takagi is aware of Conan's [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] and will do nearly anything Conan asks him to do, including dressing up as a mailman in order to fool some kidnappers. Also, in a recent case Takagi refers to Kudo as "Shinichi-kun", something that is strange considering that the last contact Shinichi and Takagi had (Shiragami case) he still called him "Kudo-kun", and also in the [[Volume 63#Highway Murder Case|Shiragami Case]] he had the same attitude with Shinichi than with Conan in other cases, possibly because he continues suspecting about his identity. However, in the [[Super Digest Books#SDB80.2B questions translations|Q&A of the Super Digest Book 80+]], Gosho Aoyama stated that Takagi doesn't suspect Conan "even the tiniest bit".

==== Keith Dan Stinger ====
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He became amazed by Conan's intelligence by discovering the fake sommelier that tried to poison Princess Mira and how he managed to alert the cockpit of his presence when he jumped onto the plane upon take off. Upon witnessing his actions, Keith reveals his suspicions that although Conan may look like a child, he has the mind of an adult and entrusts him along with Jigen to find evidence that proves Duke Gerard murdered Queen Sakura and Prince Gill.
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=== Non confirmed suspicions===
==== Rei Furuya/Tooru Amuro/Bourbon ====
[[File:Rei Furuya.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] suspects Conan is creating the Sleeping Kogoro, but it is unclear if he has any suspicions about Conan's identity or relationship to Shinichi. Also, in the final chapter of the [[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|Scarlet Showdown]], Conan said to him "liar" and then [[Rei Furuya|Furuya]] responded him "look who's talking", possibly because he also noted Conan is not just a very smart boy.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
[[File:Jodie Starling.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] overheard [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] call Shinichi by the first half of his real name: "Shin-Conan". She noted the slip but didn't seem to understand what it meant.<ref>Sometime very soon after Scarlet Showdown</ref>
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==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[File:Shukichi Haneda.jpg|100px|right]]
[[Shukichi]] noticed that Conan is a skilled detective during their first meeting. During a case, he even writes to his sister [[Masumi]] that there is no problem if Conan is making the deduction. By the end of the case, he sent her an e-mail asking if she has already met the wizard. [[Shinichi]] met Shukichi 10 years ago in the beach, so there is a possibility that Shukichi knows that Conan is Shinichi due to his excellent memory. Well in the 'Yumi's Love Story' case, he thought that the case has reached it's checkmate by looking at Conan which nearly conforms that he already knew about him.
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=== People who questioned Conan's identity ===
==== Kurumi Shodo ====
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Shodo is blind, and based on Conan's speech manner, she concluded that he was in high school age and just had a high voice. She said to Conan that it was as if Sherlock Holmes was imitating a child.
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity‎]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Subaru Okiya's identity]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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