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Kaito Kuroba

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kaito Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽快斗 (Kuroba Kaito)
| english-name =
| image = Kaito Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = 16-17<ref>Kaito's age is never stated in the manga, but due to his high school grade he is between 16-17 and likely celebrated a birthday behind the scenes. The anime [[Episode 219]] places his age as 17, but the intro-box ages are in violation of manga canon (Shinichi is aged at 17 also, when he should be 16 due to the clock tower case occurring pre-canon). The upcoming [[Magic Kaito#TV series|Magic Kaito anime]] also places his age as 17, according to the anime's website.</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = June 21
| relatives = [[Toichi Kuroba]] (father, deceased) [[Chikage Kuroba]] (mother)
| occupation = Ekoda High School Student
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Manga: [[Volume 16#Kaitou Kid and the Black Star|File 159]] Anime: [[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid|Episode 76]]
| appearances = {{:Kaito Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito manga: [[Kaito Kuroba Appearances|32]]
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]]
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kaito Kuroba|黒羽快斗|Kuroba Kaito}}''' is the main character in the manga franchise ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', and a recurring character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is the current '''[[Kaitou Kid]]''' and the childhood friend and the romantic interest of [[Aoko Nakamori]].

== Background ==
Kaito is a second-year student at Ekoda High School Class 2-B alongside his childhood friend [[Aoko Nakamori]], the witch [[Akako Koizumi]], and transfer student detective [[Saguru Hakuba]]. Kaito discovers [[Toichi Kuroba|his father]]'s identity as the original [[Kaitou Kid]] after eight years following his death thanks to a secret room inside his house as well as talking with his father's attendant and friend, [[Konosuke Jii]]. Wanting to pick up where Jii left off, Kaito continues to be Kaitou Kid in an effort to lure out [[Magic Kaito Organization|his father's murderers]] by making Kid a world-famous thief once again.

== Personality and Skills==
[[File:vlcsnap-2013-10-10-17h54m48s62.png|thumb|left|Kaito rejects Akako because of her arrogance.]]
According to Hakuba's analysis during his search for Kaitou Kid's identity, Kaito is 174 cm (5'8.5") tall, weighs 58 kg (128 lbs), has an IQ of 400, and is blood type 'B'.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122093-5 |chapter=Akako's Delivery Service |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=86-87 }}</ref>

Kaito as his normal self seems to be rather popular in school although he tends to get in trouble with the ladies, particularly Aoko, for flipping up their skirts or peeking on them in the locker room. He is a compulsive trickster who loves to demonstrate his magic tricks and share them with others, and hates to see people upset. Kaito seems to be quite good at many things, including skiing,<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=2 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-11-15 |isbn=4-09-122082-7 |chapter=Let Go of Him |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= }}</ref> but (much to Aoko's amusement) cannot ice skate<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122093-5 |chapter=The Great Detective Appears!! |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=36 }}</ref> or play billiards.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=2 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-11-15 |isbn=4-09-122082-7 |chapter=Hustler vs. Magician |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= }}</ref>

Although he hasn't demonstrated it while in full costume, Kaito has an extreme fear of fish (ichthyophobia) to the point where he freaks out upon seeing Aoko wear fish-print underwear one day.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=2 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-11-15 |isbn=4-09-122082-7 |chapter=Hustler vs. Magician |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=158 }}</ref> In OVA 10, while in the process of escaping Trap Island, a fish flops into his escape rowboat and he panics.<ref>OVA 10: Kid in Trap Island</ref>

In some episodes and chapters, it is shown that Kaito is ambidextrous. He is sometimes shown using his left hand, but his right hand is dominant for tricks that require one hand only.

==Appellations==
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<tab title="Friends and relatives">
{| class="chartable cells-centered" style="margin: 0px;"
! style="width:60px;"|Picture !! style="width:125px;"|Name !! style="width:200px;"|What they call Kaito !! style="width:200px;"|What Kaito calls them
|-
| [[File:Aoko Nakamori 60px.jpg]] || [[Aoko Nakamori]] || Kaito Bakaito ''(insult)'' || Aoko Ahoko ''(insult)''
|-
| [[File:Ginzo Nakamori 60px.jpg]] || [[Ginzo Nakamori]] || Kaito-kun || Inspector Nakamori ''(Nakamori-keibu)''
|-
| [[File:Akako Koizumi 60px.jpg]] || [[Akako Koizumi]] || Kuroba-kun Kaito ''(inner thoughts)'' || Akako-chan ''(first appearance only)'' Akako
|-
| [[File:Saguru Hakuba 60px.jpg]] || [[Saguru Hakuba]] || Kuroba-kun || Hakuba
|-
| [[File:Konosuke Jii 60px.jpg]] || [[Konosuke Jii]] || Young Master Kaito ''(Kaito-bocchama)'' Young Master ''(Bocchama)'' || Jii-chan
|-
| [[File:Toichi Kuroba 60px.jpg]] || [[Toichi Kuroba]] || Kaito || Dad ''(Oyaji)''
|-
| [[File:Chikage Kuroba 60px.jpg]] || [[Chikage Kuroba]] || Kaito || Mom ''(Kaa-san)''
|-
| [[File:Keiko Momoi 60px.jpg]] || [[Keiko Momoi]] || Kaito-kun || ???
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
{{main|Kaito Kuroba Appearances}}

===Magic Kaito===
The day after the Kaitou Kid makes his return after an eight-year hiatus, Kaito stumbles through a trap door in his room and discovers that his father, [[Toichi Kuroba]], was the original Kaitou Kid. Kaito dons his father's costume to discover the identity of the new Kaitou Kid, revealed to be his father's old assistant [[Konosuke Jii]]. Jii tells Kaito that Toichi had been murdered eight years ago, and that he had dressed as the Kid and staged the heist in order to lure Toichi's killers.

So Kaito adopts the mantle of the Kid, having proven that he is more skilled than the aging and serious Jii. As the Kaitou Kid, Kaito stages several high-profile jewel heists with the intention of smoking out his father's killers (although he seems to be enjoying himself in the process). It isn't until the ''Blue Birthday'' heist that the murderers appear and reveal that they are searching for the doublet red-coloured gem [[Pandora]], said to shed tears of immortality during the passing of a particular comet. Upon realizing [[Magic Kaito Organization|the organization's]] aim and that his father was killed for his refusal to aid them in retrieving Pandora, Kaito vows as Kaitou Kid to find the Pandora gem first and destroy it.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122093-5 |chapter=Blue Birthday |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=144 }}</ref>

===Detective Conan===
Since then, he has appeared in several Detective Conan cases. [[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h39m58s203.png|200px|thumb|right| A young Kaito Kuroba offers Yukiko Kudo a flower.]]If his target is a gem, he always holds it up to the moonlight, presumably to check if it's the Pandora gem, before returning it, even if Conan seemingly has him cornered.

In other instances, Kid has staged heists when people such as [[Jirokichi Suzuki]] have called him out, or when criminals have used the Kaitou Kid's name to deflect blame from themselves, as in the Sunset Mansion case or the Seiran case. He also appeared in the Ryoma case to expose several counterfeiters who were pretending to possess items that another thief called the Phantom Lady had stolen years ago. At that time, Kid implied that he may be a family relation of the 'Phantom Lady'.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=70 |chapter=74 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo }}</ref>

A young Kaito also appeared in a flashback during which Conan recalled a riddle that he and Ran had tried to solve when they were in first grade. It turned out that the 'riddler' had been the original Kaitou Kid, [[Toichi Kuroba]], who seemed to be a friend of [[Yusaku Kudo]].

In chapter 824, Kid had played a significant role in main Detective Conan plot by disguising as Sherry under Conan's request. Their plan successfully tricked the Black Organization into believing she is dead.

In [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]], it's revealed that Kaito knew Conan's real identity of Shinichi Kudo. He helped Conan who was thrown out of the airship and they worked together to get back. Kaito has disguised himself as Shinichi three times, in [[The Last Wizard of the Century]], in [[Magician of the Silver Sky]], and in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]] which led Sato and Takagi to suspect that Shinichi was Kaitou Kid. The two later share their suspicion with Heiji to which he responded with an 'Are you kidding me?' face.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:vlcsnap-2013-09-21-03h04m55s93.png|250px|thumb|right|Kaito and Aoko.]]
==== Aoko Nakamori ====
{{main|Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori}}
Kaito and [[Aoko Nakamori]] have been best friends since they were little and first met at the clock tower.<ref>[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/The_Gathering_of_the_Detectives!_Shinichi_Kudo_vs._Kaitou_Kid "Episode 219: The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid"]</ref> They are portrayed as a similar pairing to [[Shinichi Kudo]] and [[Ran Mouri]] (including how the characters are drawn) and [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Kazuha Toyama]], except much sillier. Kaito often teases Aoko by flipping her skirt. However, it has been seen that Kaito is quite protective of Aoko and doesn't appear to want her to go on a date with [[Saguru Hakuba]]. Aoko was somewhat suspicious that Kaito was actually Kaitou Kid, and in order to prove his innocence, she brought him along to a movie when a heist had been scheduled. She handcuffed him to the seat, but Kaito managed to escape and pull off the heist, thus veering Aoko's suspicions away from him. The two appear to have feelings for each other, but neither has admitted it as of yet.

In the last chapter of ''[[Yaiba]]'' a scene set after a three years timeskip has [[Keiko Momoi]] telling [[Sayaka Mine]] that Kuroba and Nakamori are a couple now, while [[List of minor Magic Kaito characters#Notable minor characters|Keiko's friend]] confirms having seen them together.
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==== Akako Koizumi ====
[[File:Displeased_with_Akako.png|thumb|right|250px|Kaito wishes he was with Aoko instead.]]
Since [[Akako Koizumi|Akako]]'s first appearance in Volume 1, she's attempted to get Kaito to fall head over heels for her using whatever means necessary, including using a voodoo doll and hurting him in the process. Akako's obsession with Kaito comes from Kaitou Kid, whom she realizes is Kaito, being the only man on Earth able to resist her. Despite Akako injuring Kaito during their first confrontation, Kaito as Kid behaves like a complete gentleman and encourages Akako to be herself in order to get someone to like her instead of forcing them through witchcraft.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Scarlet Temptress |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= 180}}</ref> Akako grows to have great concern for Kaito as evidenced by her warning Kaito<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122083-5 |chapter=Akako's Delivery Service |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= 93-95}}</ref> against going to a heist and later assisting Kaitou Kid to escape safely from the heist that she had foreseen him being captured at.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122083-5 |chapter=Akako's Delivery Service |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= 100-103}}</ref> In Volume 2, Akako openly states she likes Kaito in front of Aoko.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=2 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-11-15 |isbn=4-09-122082-7 |chapter=Let Go of Him |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= 11}}</ref>
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==== Saguru Hakuba ====
[[File:2013_7_6_19_58_14.png|thumb|right]]
The relationship between [[Saguru Hakuba|Hakuba]] and Kaito is a rather tense one; since Hakuba convinced himself early on that Kaito was instead Kid, and during the first few volumes he's constantly throwing out offhand comments that show his suspicion. However, later on in the manga, we have a small scene where Hakuba calls Kaito from Paris in order to give him some information on 'Chat Noir', a dangerous, fellow gem thief trying to outshine Kid.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122093-5 |chapter=Golden Eye Part 1 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= 18}}</ref> Though Kaito continues to vehemently deny being Kid, Hakuba gives him the information anyways, ending the conversation with, "Do your best at least. I don't want to see you lose to anyone before I capture you myself". Whether or not that was his actual motive, or if he was merely concerned for Kaito's well being, is unknown.
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=== Others ===
==== Conan Edogawa ====
{{Main|Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kuroba}}
[[File:名侦探柯南-515-DVD003348.jpg|thumb|right]]
In the manga, Kid and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] are rivals. Ever since Kaito met Conan, Kaito always seems to be anticipating Conan's appearance at his heists. Conan makes the heists more interesting for Kaito, while Conan views Kaito's heists as entertainment.

Before being shrunk, Shinichi had encountered Kaitou Kid once during the Clock Tower heist, though they did not meet face-to-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.

Since then, Conan is usually a serious threat to Kid's plans and stops Kid often enough from escaping with the jewel that Conan has gained reputation in the press as Kid's "natural enemy". In several instances Conan appears to be able to 'sense' Kid's presence; knowing Kid is close by often causes Conan to behave far more frenetically. Appropriately, Kid seems to find Conan dangerous enough to warrant specific measures to keep the boy distracted. Conan does not seem to like Kid, saying once "He's only a thief that uses magic".<ref>Anime Episode 515: Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic</ref> However, if necessary, the two can put their rivalry aside (for a little while) and work together.<ref>[[Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces]]</ref> Conan has something of a gentleman's agreement with Kaitou Kid that he won't look for the thief outside of heists. 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 mostly unhindered. This exchange of favors can sometimes become a bit unbalanced; Conan was perfectly willing to force Kaitou Kid against his will into facing a member of the [[Black Organization]] at gunpoint in a carriage filled with explosives.<ref>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 7 (824): "Mystery Train (Final Destination)"</ref>

In the movies, Kid becomes aware that Conan is Shinichi after he once overheard Conan talking to [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] and displaying too much criminal knowledge for a 7-year-old.<ref>Movie 03: ''[[The Last Wizard of the Century]]''</ref> As a result, he ends up using Shinichi's identity to either further his own goals and challenge Conan at the same time, or to pay back a favor Conan has done him. Since movies cannot be considered [[canon]], it's unclear whether Kid knows Conan is Shinichi in the official manga. There is also some speculations on Conan figuring out that Kid isn't just stealing randomly. At the end of the OVA 4: Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother, Conan had turned with a serious face when he remembered a phrase that Kid had said, "Next time, I'll help myself to the Jewel of Destiny." In movie 14, Conan asked for Kid to disguise as him for a while.
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==== Heiji Hattori ====
Kaito and [[Heiji Hattori]] have never canonically met, although Heiji faced up against the Kid in Movie 3, and interacted with a disguised Kaito during Movie 10. They were also involved in the same cases in OVA 6 and Movie 14, but never directly interacted.

==== Lupin III ====
In [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]], while they never directly meet face-to-face with each other, Kaitou Kid and [[Lupin III]] had made their first encounter in the beginning of the film. Kaito Kuroba, while being in his citizen guise, was among the many people present to see the heists of Lupin, who was masquerading as Kaitou Kid, with a valuable diamond. Fujiko Mine claimed if Lupin was unable to save her, by stealing the Cherry Sapphire, she can always ask Kaitou Kid for help. By the end of the film where Lupin was in Japan, in contrary to how Conan had thought he had left, Lupin had tried to steal another valuable jewel only to find it already to be stolen and replaced by a small note left by Kaitou Kid; the act was most likely to return the favor for Lupin’s temporary identity theft, for using Kid’s identity, with the diamond heist. As Lupin was being chased, by [[Inspector Zenigata]] who didn’t believe Lupin didn’t steal the jewel, he had declared his rivalry with Kaitou Kid.

== People who know Kaitou Kid's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity}}

The peoples who knew Kaitou Kid's real identity are Konusuke Jii, Koizumi Akako, Kuroba Chikage, Furuta Megumi(manga only), Prince Phillip and Ruby Jones.

==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather". Kaito's given name (快斗) has different kanji than the word 'kaitou' (怪盗), which means 'phantom thief,' although they intentionally sound alike.

== Character popularity ==
*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. Kaito/Kaitou Kid placed 2nd out of 10 with 18.99% 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. Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba placed 2nd overall with 1,696 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>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:vlcsnap-2013-11-02-20h53m04s237.png|thumb|left|x175px|Kaito's first appearance in Detective Conan.<ref>[[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid]]</ref>]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-17-01h27m23s176.png|thumb|left|x175px|Kaito's latest appearance in the movie [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:vlcsnap-2013-11-05-18h09m59s176.png|thumb|left|x175px|Kaito's first [[Magic Kaito]] appearance.<ref>[[The Revived Phantom Thief]]</ref>]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:vlcsnap-2013-11-02-21h00m37s127.png|thumb|left|x175px|Kaito's latest [[Magic Kaito]] appearance.<ref>[[Tears of Love for the Dark Knight]]</ref>]]
|}

== Trivia ==
[[image:Kaito Lupin.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Kaito Lupin]]
* A prototype version of Kaito appears in Aoyama's "{{nihongo|Nonchalant Lupin|さりげなくルパン|Sarigenaku Rupan}}" short story. In this version, Kaito is named {{nihongo|Kaito Lupin|流犯快斗|Rupan Kaito}}.
* The name 'Kuroba' is a transliteration of 'clover.' A four-leaf clover also appears on the tag of Kid's monocle.
* Kaito, along with [[Shinichi Kudo]], [[Heiji Hattori]], and [[Saguru Hakuba]], are sometimes referred to as 'The Four Geniuses' or 'The Gosho Boys' by fans.
* In both the Japanese and English dub, Kaito shares the same voice actor as that of Shinichi Kudo. Kaito and Shinichi already resemble each other so closely that in the Black Star case, Ran sees Kaito in the street and mistakes him for Shinichi. In Movie 8, Kaito disguises himself as Shinichi and without the use of a mask succeeds in completely fooling everyone except for Ran.
* In Spanish, he doesn't share his voice with Shinichi, but with Hattori. However, this isn't much of a problem since he can perfectly mimic voices.
* Although Kaito's and Shinichi's teenaged-selves share the same voice actor, Kappei Yamaguchi, two different voice actors portray them children: young Kaito is still voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi, while Conan and young Shinichi are voiced by [[Minami Takayama]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200px perrow=5>
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-04-20h32m55s176.png|Kaito uses a simple dark clothing scheme before heists to avoid calling attention to himself. Pursuers expecting the dramatic white of Kid's uniform are thrown off when Kaito switches to black.<ref>[[Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic]]</ref> <ref>[[Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure]]</ref>
File:Untitled.png|Kaito 10 years ago.<ref>[[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]]</ref>
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Kuroba family]]
* This fan-made [http://www.mischif.net/1412/kid.htm Kaitou Kid reference page].

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

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Ai Haibara

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ai Haibara
| japanese-name = 灰原哀 (Haibara Ai)
| english-name = Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (mangas and game)
| image = Ai Haibara Profile.jpg
| age = Estimated to be 18 <ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51</ref> 6 or 7 (as Ai Haibara)<ref name=CD49>Conan Drill Page 49</ref><ref>Stated to be 7 in OVA 11</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = Unknown<ref name=CD49/>
| occupation = Teitan Elementary School student Detective Boys member
| relatives = [[Akemi Miyano]] (older sister, deceased) [[Elena Miyano]] (mother, deceased) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (father, deceased)
| nicknames = Haibara (by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ai-chan (by [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]) (by [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]) Ai-kun (by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| aliases = [[Shiho Miyano]] (real name) Sherry
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_2#File_016_-_A_Devil-like_Woman|File 16]] (In a silhouette) / [[Volume_18#File_176_-_The_New_Student...|File 176]] (1st full appearance) Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]]
| appearances = {{:Ai Haibara Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 18]]
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice = [[Brina Palencia]]
| drama-actor = [[Kyoka Shibata]] (Ai Haibara) [[Yu Kashii]] (Shiho Miyano)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ai Haibara|灰原哀|Haibara Ai}}''', real name '''{{nihongo|[[Shiho Miyano]]|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}}''', is the inventor of the [[APTX 4869]] poison that shrunk [[Shinichi Kudo]] into [[Conan Edogawa]], and a victim of the poison herself. Formerly '''{{nihongo|Sherry|シェリー}}''' of the [[Black Organization]], she is on the run from them and lives with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|She is also one of few characters who knows Shinichi is Conan]].

== Background ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
{{main|Shiho Miyano}}
[[Image:Investigation_Kudo's_house.jpg‎|thumb|right|170px|Search team were sent to Kudo's house to investigate.]] Shiho Miyano and her older sister, [[Akemi Miyano]], were born into the secret crime syndicate "The [[Black Organization]]". Her English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and her Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both scientists working for the Black Organization on an important secret project. While Haibara was young, both her parents died in what was claimed to be an accident. While Akemi lived a normal life, the highly intelligent Haibara was groomed to take over her parents' research. A child prodigy, she was sent to the United States for education at a very young age, and then later came back to Japan to finish her parents' secret project, "Silver Bullet".<ref>Manga [[Volume 38]], Files 2-4 (384-386)</ref>. By the age of thirteen she was working as a scientist for the Black Organization.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s girlfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. (Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past") According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time. Furthermore this took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan (607 pg 8). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref> She was given the codename "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. She discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. While researching its effects, Shiho noticed that one of her lab mice had become younger after being given the drug instead of dying, though she did not report that effect. Meanwhile, the Black Organization started human trials, using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect when they used it on [[Shinichi Kudo]], the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found to confirm his death. Shiho and her team searched Shinichi's house twice after he had been shrunk to confirm his death for the Black Organization. She began to suspect Shinichi's transformation after the second search, when she found that his clothes from primary school had gone missing. Shiho then confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him after all.

[[Image:Shiho_taking_APTX4869.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Shiho swallowed the [[APTX 4869]]]]
Shiho was unhappy that the Black Organization's was using the incomplete APTX 4869 for murder, as that was not the drug's intended purpose. When Shiho received word that her sister Akemi had been killed, but was given no explanation why, she decided to boycott her research until the Black Organization gave her an adequate explanation. Instead, the Organization confined her in a small room to await her execution. With no other way out, she took a pill of APTX 4869 to commit suicide, but instead shrank into a six or seven year old girl. In her new, smaller body, she escaped from the Black Organization and attempted to reach Shinichi's house, hoping he might be able to help her. Exhausted, she collapsed in front of Shinichi's house, where she was found by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who eventually adopted her.<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> In fact, as it turned out later, Agasa was acquaintances with her parents—especially her father—even though he didn't know at that time that they had children or were part of the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara ===
[[Image:Haibara_founded_infront_of_Kudo's_house.JPG|thumb|right|245px|Haibara collapsed in front of Kudo's house.]]
To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered, Shiho and Professor Agasa create her alias ''Ai Haibara'' (known as Anita Hailey—recently Vi Graythorn—in the English dub). As Ai Haibara, she attends [[Teitan Elementary School]] with [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s shrunken form, [[Conan Edogawa]]. Following her first adventure with the [[Detective Boys]] in which they investigate the disappearance of a schoolmate's brother, she reveals her true identity to Conan and the fact that she had developed the [[APTX 4869]].<ref>Manga Chapter 178: Code Name Sherry</ref> At first stunned, then outraged, Conan protests her presence,<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> but as time passes, he accepts Haibara as a friend and fellow victim, though her cynicism and secretive air still rail him at times. Haibara also joins the ranks of the [[Detective Boys]], and although she does not think too highly of her teammates' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends.

Haibara has begun working on [[Prototype Antidote|an antidote]] for the APTX 4869, but since most of the important data had been stored on computer files, which are now mostly destroyed, the work progresses slowly. Conan also eventually succeeds in persuading [[Vermouth]], who was attempting to track down Shiho and had found out about her new identity, to leave Haibara in peace, easing the air of menace which had loomed over Haibara until that time.<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref>

Vermouth breaks her promise when the Black Organization member [[Bourbon]], who had been assigned to look for Sherry, discovers a video of Shiho taken while Haibara was using a [[temporary antidote]] to rescue the detective boys. When the Black Organization attempts to kill or capture her aboard a train, a counterplan devised by Conan, [[Subaru Okiya]], [[Yukiko Kudo]], and [[Kaitou Kid]] results in an explosion that preserves Shiho's secret identity and makes all the Black Organization members besides Vermouth believe she is dead.

== Personality ==
[[File:Ai - Sai Brand's Wallet.jpg|thumb|Haibara asking for a ''Sai Brand'''s wallet for her cooperation]]

Haibara has a calm and cool personality, sarcastic wit, and high intelligence. When freshly escaped from the Black Organization, she was cynical and pushed others away. Haibara has since defrosted by embracing her new child life and has established strong relationships with Conan, the Detective Boys, Agasa, and Ran.

As Ai Haibara, she speaks and acts older than she is supposed to be, which results in the Detective Boys referring to her as "cool" or "mature". This is emphasized by her impressing general knowledge, even in areas without relation with sciences (such as theology or history<ref>[[Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys|Episode 212: Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys]] where she explains the religious myth of the Fall</ref><ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 232: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]] where she explains the death of Marie-Antoinette</ref>). Despite her jaded demeanor, she can be kind and caring, though usually more to animals than people. Haibara tends to be quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization. She considers Conan and the Detective Boys the first real friends she has ever had, and is even willing to sacrifice herself just to ensure their safety.<ref>Manga Chapters 289: Bus Hijacking Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 434: Rotten Apple Case</ref>. Indeed, she considers herself as a threat for them, since the Black Organization will most likely eliminate all of them once she is found. That is why she describes herself as "dangerous and not like the others"<ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]]</ref>

Haibara is generally a loner and misses her older sister, Akemi, greatly (in the film ''[[Countdown to Heaven]]'', she would call her sister's old apartment just to hear her voice on the voicemail). Her greatest fear is being caught by the [[Black Organization]], and she is especially terrified of [[Gin]] and [[Vermouth]]. She tries to keep Conan from doing reckless things that may give away their identity, though often she is surprised by his actions which usually result in gaining the information he needs while also keeping their identities secret. However, whenever Conan is reckless in regards to keeping his identity from Ran, Haibara is the one who plans ahead in order to keep him from being revealed.

While she generally accompanies her fellow Detective Boys to soccer matches played by the Tokyo Spirits, Haibara herself is a fan of [[Culture#Soccer|Big Osaka]] in general and of the player [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Celebrities|Ryusuke Higo]] in particular, especially since the latter has likewise abandoned a "black organization" (Noir Tokyo) after the team had betrayed him and had remained an outcast in public opinion for a time.<ref>Manga Chapters 344-346: Soccer Supporter Case</ref> Because she occasionally works overnight on the antidote for the APTX 4869, she tends to be tired quite frequently, causing Conan to call her an "evil-eyed yawny girl" on one occasion.<ref>Manga Chapter 680: A Dangerous Couple</ref>

In the OVA ''[[A Secret Order From London]]'', Haibara reveals to [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] that she likes sandwiches with a mixture of peanut butter and blueberry jam, from her schooldays in America. However, since [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] caught her eating one of these sandwiches—especially since Haibara was on her part constantly pestering him into eating low-calorie foods only—she had to abandon that habit for a while.<ref>OVA 11: ''A Secret Order From London''</ref>

=== Taste for fashion ===
[[File:Haibara and fashion.png|thumb|150px|Haibara reading fashion magazine 'Com Com'.]]Haibara seems to have some interest in fashion, as she has made repeated requests for a certain type of purse when asked to do something. For instance, when [[Miwako Sato]] declares she would do anything for the one who will solve her father's mystery, she asks for Prada's newest handbag model<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|Episode 205: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3]]</ref>. What's more, in one of the cases, in order to expose the identity of the person who hid the phone cables to cut off communications with the outside world, she was asked by Conan to fake an unbearable appendix pain, which she agreed to after jokingly requesting for a Fusae Brand's wallet for her cooperation. She then started rolling on the floor and screaming for help. The culprit felt like he had no choice but to reveal the cable from his pockets and reconnect the phone to ask for an ambulance. <ref>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco]]</ref> She is also seen with a Prada cell phone case in the Mystery Train case. Haibara reads 'ComCom' magazine (a name similar to Japan's 'CanCam' fashion magazine) during a soccer game in the Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case. <ref>[[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|Episode 130: The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case]]</ref> In OVA 11, the Detective Boys wrongly began to suspect Haibara was a child model from America, due to her looks and knowledge of fashion and makeup.
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===Rides===
In Lupin III vs Detective Conan The Movie, Haibara is able to ride a Harley motorbike, she stated that she used to have Harley when she was Shiho.

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

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| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Haibara || Kudo-kun
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| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Haibara Haibara-san (once) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once)<ref>[[A Dangerous Party of Two|Episode 557: A Dangerous Party of Two]]</ref> || Edogawa-kun (around others) Kudo-kun (in private) Great Detective-san (Meitantei-san) (once) Conan (once)<ref>[[Movie 6]]</ref> Sherlock Holmes of the modern world<ref>[[The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code|Episode 411: The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part I)]]</ref> A pervert little brat<ref>[[Movie 16]]</ref> Death magnet Corpse magnet
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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Ai-chan || Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency
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| [[File:Kogoro Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Kogoro Mouri]] || || Kogoro-san
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] || Haibara-san (formerly) Ai-chan || Yoshida-san (usually) Ayumi-chan (twice)<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[SOS! Messages from Ayumi|episode 140]]</ref><ref>''Detective Conan'' [[A Secret Order From London|OVA 11]]</ref>
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| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || Haibara || Kojima-kun
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || Haibara-san || Tsuburaya-kun
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| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] || Shiho || Onee-san
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| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] || Shiho || Okaa-san (Mother)
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| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] || ??? || Otou-san (Father)
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Haibara-san Ai-chan<ref>Chapter 824</ref> || ???
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] || Ai-kun || Professor (Hakase)
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| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || That little girl (in Japanese "nee-chan" = "older sister") || Osaka friend
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| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Ai-chan || ???
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| [[File:Subaru Okiya 60px.jpg]] || [[Subaru Okiya]] || Princess<ref>[[Episode 684]]</ref> || Subaru-san<ref>Chapter 801</ref>
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| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]] || Sherry || Gin
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| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]] || ??? || Vodka
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| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]] || Sherry That girl Special Lady<ref>Chapter 823</ref> || Vermouth
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| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] || Shiho-chan || Pisco
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| [[File:Juzo Megure 60px.jpg]] || [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] || ??? || Inspector Megure (Megure-keibu)
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| [[File:Wataru Takagi 60px.jpg]] || [[Wataru Takagi]] || Ai-chan || Takagi-keiji
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| [[File:Jodie Starling 60px.jpg]] || [[Jodie Starling]] || "Little red hiding hood" Brown haired girl Sherry || Jodie-sensei
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| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai]] || That brown haired girl || Moroboshi Dai That Akai person<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[Clash of Red and Black|episode 501]]</ref>
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| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || Young lady || Kid (in her thoughts) Mr. Magician in the Moonlight (once)
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== Plot overview ==
=== [[Episode 129|Introduction of Ai Haibara]] ===
Conan's class receives a new student named Ai Haibara. She acts rather cold and reserved when the Detective Boys try to befriend her, and Genta notices she's looking at Conan suspiciously. She tells them where she lives but Conan fails to realize it's at Agasa's home (Tokyo blocks are not numbered in sequential order and Conan has never had reason to learn Agasa's mailing address due to their being neighbors).

After school, a boy named Toshiya asks the Detective Boys to find his missing brother. The Detective Boys along with Haibara investigate Toshiya's house and finds a painting of [[Wikipedia:Natsume Sōseki|Natsume Sōseki]]. Toshiya reveals that before his brother disappeared, a woman, who had an interest in that portrait, approached Toshiya's brother. The Detective Boys search around town to ask whether anyone has seen the woman or Toshiya's brother. Conan notices that a man was using a counterfeit ¥1000 and realizes Toshiya's brother was actually kidnapped and forced to help create counterfeit bills. After following the man along with the clues Toshiya's brother left behind, they are able to apprehend the organized crime group and save Toshiya's brother.

On the way home, Haibara reveals to Conan that she is a former member of the Black Organization, with the code name "Sherry". She actually betrayed the group and escaped with the use of the APTX 4869, which caused her to become a child. She reveals that she once accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her older sister, and the disc is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota.

[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|right|150px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking him why hadn't he helped her sister.]] Agasa takes Conan and Haibara there to retrieve the disk, only to discover that Hirota has been murdered. The suspects are Hirota's three students who visited that day. Conan reveals the culprit to be a man named Akira Shirakura; Shirakura after bludgeoning Hirota to death and tied the answering machine cassette tape around the key to the room which rewound when a call was made, subsequently dragging the key into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that Shirakura's fingerprints should be found on the tape. After seeing Conan's amazing display of logic after she had given up on the case herself, Haibara breaks down and asks Conan why he could not save her sister, Akemi, from the Black Organization. Conan finally makes the connection that the "Masami Hirota" who Gin killed was actually Shiho's sister, and sympathy for Haibara's attitude stirs in him. The disc is taken into police custody, but once it is released to them Haibara attempts to read the files off the disk—only to have [[Night Baron|a virus]] delete all the data.

=== [[Reunion with the Black Organization]] ===
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|150px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
In Episode 176-178, Conan encounters Gin and Vodka again. Haibara is kidnapped and confined to a wine cellar by the Black Orgnization member [[Pisco]], but she escapes before Gin and Vodka arrive by drinking [[baijiu]] to turn back into an adult. Gin anticipates her actions and intercepts her on the roof. Gin shoots her repeatedly, hoping he can force her to explain how she escaped from the Organization. Conan prevents Gin from killing her by shooting the man with his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer wristwatch]]. Conan tells Haibara to jump into the chimmey, and Vodka shoots at him, but Conan gets away. Gin purposely shoots himself in the arm to stay awake. Inside, Pisco almost kills Haibara, but Conan rescues her after tricking Pisco into accidentally causing a fire. Gin kills Pisco for failure before Pisco's able to tell him the truth that Shiho Miyano has deaged into a young girl. Worried that the Organization is after her, Haibara decides to leave the city. Conan anticipates that Gin will predict her next move as leaving Tokyo, so it will be better if she does the unexpected and remains in Beika. Unknown to Conan or Haibara, [[Vermouth]] saw Haibara at the party and uses her expert disguise skills to get closer to Haibara and Conan in order to confirm Haibara's identity as Sherry and then kill her.

=== [[The Desperate Revival]] ===
Conan finds out that Ran suspects him of being Shinichi, because Ran said she knew Conan's blood type for a blood transfusion. While Conan is in the hospital contemplating admitting his identity to her, Haibara enters and points a gun at his head, saying that the Black Organization has found out about her due to an unknown agent being present at the Pisco incident. Because of this, Professor Agasa is held hostage and, in exchange for his life and a chance to return to the Black Organization, Haibara is required to terminate all the links she had in her child identity. However, when she pulls the trigger a bunch of flowers come out, showing that the story was just an act. Still, she uses this story as her point: both Haibara and Conan cannot reveal their identities no matter the situation, in order to prevent such a tragedy from occurring.

During that night, Haibara explains her plan to disassociate Conan from Shinichi in Ran's eyes. She has Conan take a [[prototype antidote]] for APTX 4869 and then disguises herself as Conan. For the rest of the arc, Conan returns as Shinichi while Haibara is present as Conan, thus creating the illusion of Shinichi and Conan existing at the same time, disproving that the two are the same person.

At the end of the Desperate Revival arc, the antidote begins to run out and Shinichi runs into the bathroom, where Haibara knocks him out using the sleeping needle. She then switches Shinichi into Conan's clothes after the antidote runs out.

=== [[Episode 230|Busjacking incident]] ===
Vermouth, disguised as [[Tomoaki Araide]], boards a bus that Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are riding to a ski resort. Whatever plan Vermouth might have had is completely interrupted by the bus being hijacked by random criminals and the presence of two FBI agents that have been tracking her: [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Shuichi Akai]]. Haibara detects Vermouth's presence on the bus. She becomes so afraid that the Detective Boys, Conan, and Agasa will be killed because of her that she decides to commit suicide, staying deliberately in the bus whose explosion was imminent. Only Conan's quick thinking saves her, and he asks her to not run away from life. However, those events make her remain anxious for several days.

=== [[Episode 345|Showdown with Vermouth]] ===
[[Image:Episode_345_Screencap.jpg‎|thumb|right|180px|Encounter with Vermouth.]] Vermouth finally launches her plan to kill Shiho. She prepares a distraction to lure Conan away so that Haibara is alone at Agasa's. Taking advantage of the fact that Haibara has practically become ill from fear, she calls as Dr. Araide to tell Haibara she is taking her to the hospital because she has been unwell for so long. The eavesdropping FBI agent [[Jodie Starling]] arrives first to protect Haibara and starts driving her towards the shipping yard where the FBI have laid a trap for Vermouth.

In a complicated turn of events, Vermouth reveals she already thwarted Jodie's trap, and then shoots her. Haibara then reveals herself to be Conan; Yukiko had helped with his disguise while Conan sent [[Heiji Hattori]] to participate in Vermouth's distraction. The real Haibara then shows up which distracts Conan long enough for Vermouth to dart him with his own stun-gun watch. Just as Haibara is about to be killed, Ran, who had suspected Jodie of being untrustworthy and decided to spy on her, jumps from Jodie's car trunk and protects Haibara. Vermouth is unwilling to kill either Conan or Ran because they had saved her life in the past. Part of the reason why she originally did not tell the rest of the Black Organization about Haibara's true identity is likely because they would find out about Conan too and then silence him and everyone around him as well.

Before Vermouth can come up with another plan, the other FBI agent, [[Shuichi Akai]] arrives and forces Vermouth to flee with Conan as a hostage. Vermouth dials [[anokata|the boss]] of the Black Organization to lie to him about why she was injured. Conan overhears the number and threatens to give it to the police for analysis unless Vermouth promises that she will give up on trying to kill Haibara. Vermouth consents and escapes.

=== [[Episode 394|Pandora's box]] ===
In Episode 394, Conan figures out the boss's full number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia:Pandora's Box|Pandora's Box]]". Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to, but then Haibara warns that if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed.

=== [[Episode 425|FBI versus the Black Organization]] ===

=== [[Clash of Red and Black]] ===

===[[Episode 509|Subaru Okiya]]===
Not long after Akai's death, Conan hears fresh intel from the [[FBI]] that a new [[Black Organization]] agent called [[Bourbon]] is looking for Shiho, which Conan keeps secret from Haibara. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, [[Subaru Okiya]]. Conan invites Okiya to live in Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt to the ground. Okiya appears in other cases later on, including at the Haido mall where the rest of the Black Organization gathered to chase a rumored sighting of a [[Scar Akai|scarred Shuichi Akai]]. Although Okiya is trusted by Conan and Agasa and kind to Haibara, she remains frightened of him. Later, some of his actions lead her to believe he might be someone she knows and she comes to trust him more, even attempting to uncover his identity when she thought he was asleep.

===[[Episode 646|Sera Masumi]]===

Meanwhile American high school detective [[Masumi Sera]] and detective [[Tooru Amuro]] also begin hanging around. Sera is unusually interested in Haibara<ref>Manga Chapter 775-777: Target On Tape</ref> and Conan; although more aggressive in scrutinizing Conan, Sera also secretly collected pictures of Haibara (which Sera later deleted) and kept trying to meet with her after they kept coincidentally missing on another. Because of this, Haibara becomes suspicious of Sera although Sera does not give her the sort of fear the Black Organization inspires. Haibara never directly meets Amuro; the closest she gets is when he drives by her while she rides in Okiya's car during a car chase.

===[[Episode 699|Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret]]===
[[File:Shiho_700.png|thumb|Haibara turns into Shiho via the [[Prototype antidote|prototype antidote]] for the first time]]

Later, when Haibara is forced to revert to Shiho using a [[temporary antidote]], a video of her as an adult is sent to the Mouri Detective Agency by Mitsuhiko which Sera, Okiya, and Amuro find out about. Because of this, Haibara is later targeted by a plot concocted by Vermouth and Bourbon aboard the Bell Tree Express Train. Bourbon is revealed to be Amuro and Haibara learns that he knew her parents. Bourbon was hoping to capture Shiho alive, but Vermouth's modifications to his plan which were designed to kill her led to Shiho supposedly being blown up on the train. The Shiho Vermouth and Bourbon thought was killed was really [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise, Conan having forced him into the plan. Because of this, all of the Black Organization besides Vermouth think Shiho is now dead, and Vermouth is unable to reveal the truth to the rest of them without also compromising Conan, Haibara and their deaged condition against her wishes.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
====Conan Edogawa====
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[[File:699-4.png|thumb|Haibara enjoys teasing Conan]]

Both are de-aged by APTX and have almost equal levels of intelligence, which makes Haibara and [[Conan]] close confidants and more sympathetic to one other than most other characters. Conan is one of the few people in front of whom she has shown any signs of weakness, such as breaking down over her sister's death. Ai Haibara appears to have romantic feelings for [[Conan]]/[[Shinichi]], although she never truly admits to it (due to her assumption of Conan loving Ran). Haibara expresses a lot of interest in Conan's personality, intelligence, and sense of justice. If Conan is in danger she is willing to throw away her life to save him, overriding fears and concerns for her own safety that would ordinarily paralyze her. Similarly, Conan has saved Haibara's life more than once when she would have sacrificed herself for his and the [[Detective Boys]]' safety. Haibara also often enjoys teasing Conan which Conan takes in good stride. Conan is oblivious of Haibara's feelings and sometimes finds it difficult to deal with her sarcasm and impudent, cold nature. Although close on many matters, they still don't fully trust one another with information about the Black Organization out of concern for the safety and feelings of the other.

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

==== Ran Mouri ====
There are instances where Haibara will caution Conan from actions that involve [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that she wants to keep her identity hidden. Early on, she is cold and distant towards Ran, even more so than she is to most other people. Ran believes that it is because Haibara hated her,<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> though in truth it is because Ran reminds Haibara strongly of her dead sister.

After Ran notices Haibara is not feeling well and carries her to safety during a case, Haibara finally properly introduces herself to Ran, and they slowly became friends. Because Haibara finds that Ran resembles her older sister, Akemi Miyano, she takes special interest in protecting her. These feelings increase after Ran jumps through a slew of bullets from [[Calvados|a Black Organization sniper]] to save Haibara.<ref name=Vermouth>[[Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon]]</ref> Haibara immediately thinks of her own sister, and begins acting to try to protect Ran from the organization, such as when Haibara begs for Ran to stay at Agasa's house when she knows that [[Korn]], [[Chianti]], and the rest of the Black Organization are lurking about, immediately thinking of her own sister's death, and wanting to keep Ran safe.<ref name=KornChianti>[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!|Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!]]</ref>

Assuming that Conan has romantic feelings for Ran, Haibara may feel somewhat jealous of her, and may suffer from considering herself as less attractive than Ran. She even implies that Ran would be similar to a dolphin, when she would only be a shark coming from the cold depths of the sea, indicating that she cannot compete against her for Conan<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>.

====Dai Moroboshi====
[[File:701_8.png|thumb|link=The Jet-Black Mystery Train]]

Haibara knows [[Dai Moroboshi]] as her sister's boyfriend. She deduces that Dai approaches her sister just to collect information about the Black Organization. Later on, she meets a [[Scar Akai|guy]] similar to him in [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]] and wonders he got the scar on his face.

====Subaru Okiya====
[[File:702_g.png|thumb]]

The first time [[Subaru]] appears, Haibara felt a strange feeling toward him and thought he is a member of the Black Organization. However, the feeling kept coming and going. In later episodes, Haibara doesn't seem to hate him so much anymore. She even tries to uncover Subaru's scarf to check something behind his neck.

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

==== Ayumi Yoshida ====
Out of the Detective Boys, Haibara is the closest with [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. At one time, Ayumi noticed that she called everyone by their first names except for Haibara and decided to try and call her "Ai-chan", but without success. At the end of a case which involved a shattered friendship, Haibara told Ayumi that it was okay for her to call her "Ai-chan". When Mitsuhiko and Genta tried to call her that, however, she told them that only Ayumi was allowed to call her by her first name.<ref name=Ai-chan>[[A Friendship That Can't Be Bought|Episode 329-330: A Friendship That Can't Be Bought]]</ref> On the whole, Haibara seems to see Ayumi as a little sister, even going so far as to physically shield her from danger.<ref name=starsandtobacco>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Part 2)]]</ref> Besides, Ayumi is one of the people who teach her that she cannot win by always running away, and that she has to face her enemies<ref>[[Episode 347|Episode 347: Find the Buttock's Mark]]</ref>.
However, Haibara and Ayumi may almost be love rivals, since both seem to develop romantic feelings for Conan: Ayumi even asks her if she is in love with him, and is really frightened when she is answered positively (she eventually cheers up when Haibara says she is not).<ref>[[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Episode 205: The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case]]</ref>
[[Image:279haibaramitsuhiko.png|thumb|right|220|Haibara listening in on Mitsuhiko's radio.]]

==== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ====
{{main|Ai Haibara and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
Haibara's classmate and fellow detective [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] develops romantic feelings for her, and Haibara is fully aware of this. Haibara uses Mitsuhiko's feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, but she also does admire his intelligence and courage during missions the Detective Boys must perform and respects his feelings. In some episodes she even shows more confidence in Mitsuhiko than in Ayumi or Genta when the going gets tough.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Sherry}}
[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho and seems to enjoy hunting her, while she hates and fears him. They had some sort of relationship in the past,<ref>[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__60__p__287218#entry287218 青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013]</ref> possibly romantic.<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref>

==== Vodka ====
Shiho and [[Vodka]] have met and are acquaintances.<ref name=CD239/>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] and Shiho have some connection, although it has not been elaborated on. Shiho fears Vermouth more than other Black Organization members except perhaps Gin: in the first times, the feeling of her presence can even entirely paralyse her<ref>[[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 231: The Mysterious Passenger]]</ref>. Shiho was initially Vermouth's target, but Vermouth promised to give up on her after Conan's intervention.<ref name=CD239/> She broke this promise later when Bourbon discovered a video of Sherry, still clinging to her personal conviction that Shiho is the one person who can't be allowed to exist in the world.<ref>Manga File 818</ref>

==== Tooru Amuro ====
[[Tooru Amuro|Amuro]] knew Haibara's parents and sister, but they didn't know each other.

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

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Haibara placed 4th in the poll with 686 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, ''[[Quarter of Silence]]'', the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Haibara placed 4th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

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

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

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

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

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ai_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's "Before" Appearance (Episode 129)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ai_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's "After" Appearance (Episode 631)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

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

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

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

== Trivia ==
*Sherry is a fortified wine from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. Most sherries are initially dry, with sweetness added later. This could be a play on her personality that the Black Organization recognized. To further confirm the pun, in the Spanish dub of the anime, her codename in the organization is "Jerez" rather than "Sherry" (in Spanish language, both the town and the wine share the name), although she was renamed later to "Sherry" again.
* Haibara is an animal lover.
* Haibara strongly dislikes getting shocked by static electricity. She used to have some accessories to dissipate the charge, but she seems to have given up on them after Shinichi taught her a good strategy to avoid being shocked.<ref>Manga [[Volume 61]], Files 5-7 (635-637), Anime [[Episode 525]]</ref>
* Haibara reveals to [[Fujiko Mine]] that she used to ride a Harley before she shrank.<ref>[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]</ref>

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

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

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

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Miyano family]]
* [[Agasa family]]
* [[APTX4869]]
* [[Antidote (Prototype)]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]

== References ==
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{{Detective Boys}}
{{Black Organization}}

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ai Haibara
| japanese-name = 灰原哀 (Haibara Ai)
| english-name = Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (mangas and game)
| image = Ai Haibara Profile.jpg
| age = Estimated to be 18 <ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51</ref> 6 or 7 (as Ai Haibara)<ref name=CD49>Conan Drill Page 49</ref><ref>Stated to be 7 in OVA 11</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = Unknown<ref name=CD49/>
| occupation = Teitan Elementary School student Detective Boys member
| relatives = [[Akemi Miyano]] (older sister, deceased) [[Elena Miyano]] (mother, deceased) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (father, deceased)
| nicknames = Haibara (by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Ai-chan (by [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]) (by [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]) Ai-kun (by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| aliases = [[Shiho Miyano]] (real name) Sherry
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_2#File_016_-_A_Devil-like_Woman|File 16]] (In a silhouette) / [[Volume_18#File_176_-_The_New_Student...|File 176]] (1st full appearance) Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]]
| appearances = {{:Ai Haibara Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 18]]
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice = [[Brina Palencia]]
| drama-actor = [[Kyoka Shibata]] (Ai Haibara) [[Yu Kashii]] (Shiho Miyano)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ai Haibara|灰原哀|Haibara Ai}}''', real name '''{{nihongo|[[Shiho Miyano]]|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}}''', is the inventor of the [[APTX 4869]] poison that shrunk [[Shinichi Kudo]] into [[Conan Edogawa]], and a victim of the poison herself. Formerly '''{{nihongo|Sherry|シェリー}}''' of the [[Black Organization]], she is on the run from them and lives with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|She is also one of few characters who knows Shinichi is Conan]].

== Background ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
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[[Image:Investigation_Kudo's_house.jpg‎|thumb|right|170px|Search team were sent to Kudo's house to investigate.]] Shiho Miyano and her older sister, [[Akemi Miyano]], were born into the secret crime syndicate "The [[Black Organization]]". Her English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and her Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both scientists working for the Black Organization on an important secret project. While Haibara was young, both her parents died in what was claimed to be an accident. While Akemi lived a normal life, the highly intelligent Haibara was groomed to take over her parents' research. A child prodigy, she was sent to the United States for education at a very young age, and then later came back to Japan to finish her parents' secret project, "Silver Bullet".<ref>Manga [[Volume 38]], Files 2-4 (384-386)</ref>. By the age of thirteen she was working as a scientist for the Black Organization.<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s girlfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. (Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past") According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time. Furthermore this took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan (607 pg 8). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref> She was given the codename "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. She discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. While researching its effects, Shiho noticed that one of her lab mice had become younger after being given the drug instead of dying, though she did not report that effect. Meanwhile, the Black Organization started human trials, using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect when they used it on [[Shinichi Kudo]], the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found to confirm his death. Shiho and her team searched Shinichi's house twice after he had been shrunk to confirm his death for the Black Organization. She began to suspect Shinichi's transformation after the second search, when she found that his clothes from primary school had gone missing. Shiho then confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him after all.

[[Image:Shiho_taking_APTX4869.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Shiho swallowed the [[APTX 4869]]]]
Shiho was unhappy that the Black Organization's was using the incomplete APTX 4869 for murder, as that was not the drug's intended purpose. When Shiho received word that her sister Akemi had been killed, but was given no explanation why, she decided to boycott her research until the Black Organization gave her an adequate explanation. Instead, the Organization confined her in a small room to await her execution. With no other way out, she took a pill of APTX 4869 to commit suicide, but instead shrank into a six or seven year old girl. In her new, smaller body, she escaped from the Black Organization and attempted to reach Shinichi's house, hoping he might be able to help her. Exhausted, she collapsed in front of Shinichi's house, where she was found by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who eventually adopted her.<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> In fact, as it turned out later, Agasa was acquaintances with her parents—especially her father—even though he didn't know at that time that they had children or were part of the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>
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=== Ai Haibara ===
[[Image:Haibara_founded_infront_of_Kudo's_house.JPG|thumb|right|245px|Haibara collapsed in front of Kudo's house.]]
To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered, Shiho and Professor Agasa create her alias ''Ai Haibara'' (known as Anita Hailey—recently Vi Graythorn—in the English dub). As Ai Haibara, she attends [[Teitan Elementary School]] with [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s shrunken form, [[Conan Edogawa]]. Following her first adventure with the [[Detective Boys]] in which they investigate the disappearance of a schoolmate's brother, she reveals her true identity to Conan and the fact that she had developed the [[APTX 4869]].<ref>Manga Chapter 178: Code Name Sherry</ref> At first stunned, then outraged, Conan protests her presence,<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> but as time passes, he accepts Haibara as a friend and fellow victim, though her cynicism and secretive air still rail him at times. Haibara also joins the ranks of the [[Detective Boys]], and although she does not think too highly of her teammates' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends.

Haibara has begun working on [[Prototype Antidote|an antidote]] for the APTX 4869, but since most of the important data had been stored on computer files, which are now mostly destroyed, the work progresses slowly. Conan also eventually succeeds in persuading [[Vermouth]], who was attempting to track down Shiho and had found out about her new identity, to leave Haibara in peace, easing the air of menace which had loomed over Haibara until that time.<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref>

Vermouth breaks her promise when the Black Organization member [[Bourbon]], who had been assigned to look for Sherry, discovers a video of Shiho taken while Haibara was using a [[temporary antidote]] to rescue the detective boys. When the Black Organization attempts to kill or capture her aboard a train, a counterplan devised by Conan, [[Subaru Okiya]], [[Yukiko Kudo]], and [[Kaitou Kid]] results in an explosion that preserves Shiho's secret identity and makes all the Black Organization members besides Vermouth believe she is dead.

== Personality ==
[[File:Ai - Sai Brand's Wallet.jpg|thumb|Haibara asking for a ''Sai Brand'''s wallet for her cooperation]]

Haibara has a calm and cool personality, sarcastic wit, and high intelligence. When freshly escaped from the Black Organization, she was cynical and pushed others away. Haibara has since defrosted by embracing her new child life and has established strong relationships with Conan, the Detective Boys, Agasa, and Ran.

As Ai Haibara, she speaks and acts older than she is supposed to be, which results in the Detective Boys referring to her as "cool" or "mature". This is emphasized by her impressing general knowledge, even in areas without relation with sciences (such as theology or history<ref>[[Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys|Episode 212: Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys]] where she explains the religious myth of the Fall</ref><ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 232: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]] where she explains the death of Marie-Antoinette</ref>). Despite her jaded demeanor, she can be kind and caring, though usually more to animals than people. Haibara tends to be quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization. She considers Conan and the Detective Boys the first real friends she has ever had, and is even willing to sacrifice herself just to ensure their safety.<ref>Manga Chapters 289: Bus Hijacking Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 434: Rotten Apple Case</ref>. Indeed, she considers herself as a threat for them, since the Black Organization will most likely eliminate all of them once she is found. That is why she describes herself as "dangerous and not like the others"<ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]]</ref>

Haibara is generally a loner and misses her older sister, Akemi, greatly (in the film ''[[Countdown to Heaven]]'', she would call her sister's old apartment just to hear her voice on the voicemail). Her greatest fear is being caught by the [[Black Organization]], and she is especially terrified of [[Gin]] and [[Vermouth]]. She tries to keep Conan from doing reckless things that may give away their identity, though often she is surprised by his actions which usually result in gaining the information he needs while also keeping their identities secret. However, whenever Conan is reckless in regards to keeping his identity from Ran, Haibara is the one who plans ahead in order to keep him from being revealed.

While she generally accompanies her fellow Detective Boys to soccer matches played by the Tokyo Spirits, Haibara herself is a fan of [[Culture#Soccer|Big Osaka]] in general and of the player [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Celebrities|Ryusuke Higo]] in particular, especially since the latter has likewise abandoned a "black organization" (Noir Tokyo) after the team had betrayed him and had remained an outcast in public opinion for a time.<ref>Manga Chapters 344-346: Soccer Supporter Case</ref> Because she occasionally works overnight on the antidote for the APTX 4869, she tends to be tired quite frequently, causing Conan to call her an "evil-eyed yawny girl" on one occasion.<ref>Manga Chapter 680: A Dangerous Couple</ref>

In the OVA ''[[A Secret Order From London]]'', Haibara reveals to [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] that she likes sandwiches with a mixture of peanut butter and blueberry jam, from her schooldays in America. However, since [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] caught her eating one of these sandwiches—especially since Haibara was on her part constantly pestering him into eating low-calorie foods only—she had to abandon that habit for a while.<ref>OVA 11: ''A Secret Order From London''</ref>

=== Taste for fashion ===
[[File:Haibara and fashion.png|thumb|150px|Haibara reading fashion magazine 'Com Com'.]]Haibara seems to have some interest in fashion, as she has made repeated requests for a certain type of purse when asked to do something. For instance, when [[Miwako Sato]] declares she would do anything for the one who will solve her father's mystery, she asks for Prada's newest handbag model<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|Episode 205: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3]]</ref>. What's more, in one of the cases, in order to expose the identity of the person who hid the phone cables to cut off communications with the outside world, she was asked by Conan to fake an unbearable appendix pain, which she agreed to after jokingly requesting for a Fusae Brand's wallet for her cooperation. She then started rolling on the floor and screaming for help. The culprit felt like he had no choice but to reveal the cable from his pockets and reconnect the phone to ask for an ambulance. <ref>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco]]</ref> She is also seen with a Prada cell phone case in the Mystery Train case. Haibara reads 'ComCom' magazine (a name similar to Japan's 'CanCam' fashion magazine) during a soccer game in the Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case. <ref>[[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|Episode 130: The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case]]</ref> In OVA 11, the Detective Boys wrongly began to suspect Haibara was a child model from America, due to her looks and knowledge of fashion and makeup.
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===Rides===
In Lupin III vs Detective Conan The Movie, Haibara is able to ride a Harley motorbike, she stated that she used to have Harley when she was Shiho.

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

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| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Haibara || Kudo-kun
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| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Haibara Haibara-san (once) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once)<ref>[[A Dangerous Party of Two|Episode 557: A Dangerous Party of Two]]</ref> || Edogawa-kun (around others) Kudo-kun (in private) Great Detective-san (Meitantei-san) (once) Conan (once)<ref>[[Movie 6]]</ref> Sherlock Holmes of the modern world<ref>[[The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code|Episode 411: The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part I)]]</ref> A pervert little brat<ref>[[Movie 16]]</ref> Death magnet Corpse magnet
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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Ai-chan || Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency
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| [[File:Kogoro Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Kogoro Mouri]] || || Kogoro-san
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] || Haibara-san (formerly) Ai-chan || Yoshida-san (usually) Ayumi-chan (twice)<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[SOS! Messages from Ayumi|episode 140]]</ref><ref>''Detective Conan'' [[A Secret Order From London|OVA 11]]</ref>
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| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || Haibara || Kojima-kun
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || Haibara-san || Tsuburaya-kun
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| [[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]] || Herself || Haibara The girl of the Black Organisation (to Conan)
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| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] || Shiho || Onee-san
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| [[File:Elena Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Elena Miyano]] || Shiho || Okaa-san (Mother)
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| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] || ??? || Otou-san (Father)
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Haibara-san Ai-chan<ref>Chapter 824</ref> || ???
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] || Ai-kun || Professor (Hakase)
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| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || That little girl (in Japanese "nee-chan" = "older sister") || Osaka friend
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| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Ai-chan || ???
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| [[File:Subaru Okiya 60px.jpg]] || [[Subaru Okiya]] || Princess<ref>[[Episode 684]]</ref> || Subaru-san<ref>Chapter 801</ref>
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| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]] || Sherry || Gin
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| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]] || ??? || Vodka
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| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]] || Sherry That girl Special Lady<ref>Chapter 823</ref> || Vermouth
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| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] || Shiho-chan || Pisco
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| [[File:Tooru Amuro 60px.jpg]] || [[Tooru Amuro]] || Hell's Angel's daughter || ???
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| [[File:Juzo Megure 60px.jpg]] || [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] || ??? || Inspector Megure (Megure-keibu)
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| [[File:Wataru Takagi 60px.jpg]] || [[Wataru Takagi]] || Ai-chan || Takagi-keiji
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| [[File:Jodie Starling 60px.jpg]] || [[Jodie Starling]] || "Little red hiding hood" Brown haired girl Sherry || Jodie-sensei
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| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai]] || That brown haired girl || Moroboshi Dai That Akai person<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[Clash of Red and Black|episode 501]]</ref>
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| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || Young lady || Kid (in her thoughts) Mr. Magician in the Moonlight (once)
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== Plot overview ==
=== [[Episode 129|Introduction of Ai Haibara]] ===
Conan's class receives a new student named Ai Haibara. She acts rather cold and reserved when the Detective Boys try to befriend her, and Genta notices she's looking at Conan suspiciously. She tells them where she lives but Conan fails to realize it's at Agasa's home (Tokyo blocks are not numbered in sequential order and Conan has never had reason to learn Agasa's mailing address due to their being neighbors).

After school, a boy named Toshiya asks the Detective Boys to find his missing brother. The Detective Boys along with Haibara investigate Toshiya's house and finds a painting of [[Wikipedia:Natsume Sōseki|Natsume Sōseki]]. Toshiya reveals that before his brother disappeared, a woman, who had an interest in that portrait, approached Toshiya's brother. The Detective Boys search around town to ask whether anyone has seen the woman or Toshiya's brother. Conan notices that a man was using a counterfeit ¥1000 and realizes Toshiya's brother was actually kidnapped and forced to help create counterfeit bills. After following the man along with the clues Toshiya's brother left behind, they are able to apprehend the organized crime group and save Toshiya's brother.

On the way home, Haibara reveals to Conan that she is a former member of the Black Organization, with the code name "Sherry". She actually betrayed the group and escaped with the use of the APTX 4869, which caused her to become a child. She reveals that she once accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her older sister, and the disc is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota.

[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|right|150px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking him why hadn't he helped her sister.]] Agasa takes Conan and Haibara there to retrieve the disk, only to discover that Hirota has been murdered. The suspects are Hirota's three students who visited that day. Conan reveals the culprit to be a man named Akira Shirakura; Shirakura after bludgeoning Hirota to death and tied the answering machine cassette tape around the key to the room which rewound when a call was made, subsequently dragging the key into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that Shirakura's fingerprints should be found on the tape. After seeing Conan's amazing display of logic after she had given up on the case herself, Haibara breaks down and asks Conan why he could not save her sister, Akemi, from the Black Organization. Conan finally makes the connection that the "Masami Hirota" who Gin killed was actually Shiho's sister, and sympathy for Haibara's attitude stirs in him. The disc is taken into police custody, but once it is released to them Haibara attempts to read the files off the disk—only to have [[Night Baron|a virus]] delete all the data.

=== [[Reunion with the Black Organization]] ===
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|150px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
In Episode 176-178, Conan encounters Gin and Vodka again. Haibara is kidnapped and confined to a wine cellar by the Black Orgnization member [[Pisco]], but she escapes before Gin and Vodka arrive by drinking [[baijiu]] to turn back into an adult. Gin anticipates her actions and intercepts her on the roof. Gin shoots her repeatedly, hoping he can force her to explain how she escaped from the Organization. Conan prevents Gin from killing her by shooting the man with his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer wristwatch]]. Conan tells Haibara to jump into the chimmey, and Vodka shoots at him, but Conan gets away. Gin purposely shoots himself in the arm to stay awake. Inside, Pisco almost kills Haibara, but Conan rescues her after tricking Pisco into accidentally causing a fire. Gin kills Pisco for failure before Pisco's able to tell him the truth that Shiho Miyano has deaged into a young girl. Worried that the Organization is after her, Haibara decides to leave the city. Conan anticipates that Gin will predict her next move as leaving Tokyo, so it will be better if she does the unexpected and remains in Beika. Unknown to Conan or Haibara, [[Vermouth]] saw Haibara at the party and uses her expert disguise skills to get closer to Haibara and Conan in order to confirm Haibara's identity as Sherry and then kill her.

=== [[The Desperate Revival]] ===
Conan finds out that Ran suspects him of being Shinichi, because Ran said she knew Conan's blood type for a blood transfusion. While Conan is in the hospital contemplating admitting his identity to her, Haibara enters and points a gun at his head, saying that the Black Organization has found out about her due to an unknown agent being present at the Pisco incident. Because of this, Professor Agasa is held hostage and, in exchange for his life and a chance to return to the Black Organization, Haibara is required to terminate all the links she had in her child identity. However, when she pulls the trigger a bunch of flowers come out, showing that the story was just an act. Still, she uses this story as her point: both Haibara and Conan cannot reveal their identities no matter the situation, in order to prevent such a tragedy from occurring.

During that night, Haibara explains her plan to disassociate Conan from Shinichi in Ran's eyes. She has Conan take a [[prototype antidote]] for APTX 4869 and then disguises herself as Conan. For the rest of the arc, Conan returns as Shinichi while Haibara is present as Conan, thus creating the illusion of Shinichi and Conan existing at the same time, disproving that the two are the same person.

At the end of the Desperate Revival arc, the antidote begins to run out and Shinichi runs into the bathroom, where Haibara knocks him out using the sleeping needle. She then switches Shinichi into Conan's clothes after the antidote runs out.

=== [[Episode 230|Busjacking incident]] ===
Vermouth, disguised as [[Tomoaki Araide]], boards a bus that Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are riding to a ski resort. Whatever plan Vermouth might have had is completely interrupted by the bus being hijacked by random criminals and the presence of two FBI agents that have been tracking her: [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Shuichi Akai]]. Haibara detects Vermouth's presence on the bus. She becomes so afraid that the Detective Boys, Conan, and Agasa will be killed because of her that she decides to commit suicide, staying deliberately in the bus whose explosion was imminent. Only Conan's quick thinking saves her, and he asks her to not run away from life. However, those events make her remain anxious for several days.

=== [[Episode 345|Showdown with Vermouth]] ===
[[Image:Episode_345_Screencap.jpg‎|thumb|right|180px|Encounter with Vermouth.]] Vermouth finally launches her plan to kill Shiho. She prepares a distraction to lure Conan away so that Haibara is alone at Agasa's. Taking advantage of the fact that Haibara has practically become ill from fear, she calls as Dr. Araide to tell Haibara she is taking her to the hospital because she has been unwell for so long. The eavesdropping FBI agent [[Jodie Starling]] arrives first to protect Haibara and starts driving her towards the shipping yard where the FBI have laid a trap for Vermouth.

In a complicated turn of events, Vermouth reveals she already thwarted Jodie's trap, and then shoots her. Haibara then reveals herself to be Conan; Yukiko had helped with his disguise while Conan sent [[Heiji Hattori]] to participate in Vermouth's distraction. The real Haibara then shows up which distracts Conan long enough for Vermouth to dart him with his own stun-gun watch. Just as Haibara is about to be killed, Ran, who had suspected Jodie of being untrustworthy and decided to spy on her, jumps from Jodie's car trunk and protects Haibara. Vermouth is unwilling to kill either Conan or Ran because they had saved her life in the past. Part of the reason why she originally did not tell the rest of the Black Organization about Haibara's true identity is likely because they would find out about Conan too and then silence him and everyone around him as well.

Before Vermouth can come up with another plan, the other FBI agent, [[Shuichi Akai]] arrives and forces Vermouth to flee with Conan as a hostage. Vermouth dials [[anokata|the boss]] of the Black Organization to lie to him about why she was injured. Conan overhears the number and threatens to give it to the police for analysis unless Vermouth promises that she will give up on trying to kill Haibara. Vermouth consents and escapes.

=== [[Episode 394|Pandora's box]] ===
In Episode 394, Conan figures out the boss's full number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia:Pandora's Box|Pandora's Box]]". Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to, but then Haibara warns that if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed.

=== [[Episode 425|FBI versus the Black Organization]] ===

=== [[Clash of Red and Black]] ===

===[[Episode 509|Subaru Okiya]]===
Not long after Akai's death, Conan hears fresh intel from the [[FBI]] that a new [[Black Organization]] agent called [[Bourbon]] is looking for Shiho, which Conan keeps secret from Haibara. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, [[Subaru Okiya]]. Conan invites Okiya to live in Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt to the ground. Okiya appears in other cases later on, including at the Haido mall where the rest of the Black Organization gathered to chase a rumored sighting of a [[Scar Akai|scarred Shuichi Akai]]. Although Okiya is trusted by Conan and Agasa and kind to Haibara, she remains frightened of him. Later, some of his actions lead her to believe he might be someone she knows and she comes to trust him more, even attempting to uncover his identity when she thought he was asleep.

===[[Episode 646|Sera Masumi]]===

Meanwhile American high school detective [[Masumi Sera]] and detective [[Tooru Amuro]] also begin hanging around. Sera is unusually interested in Haibara<ref>Manga Chapter 775-777: Target On Tape</ref> and Conan; although more aggressive in scrutinizing Conan, Sera also secretly collected pictures of Haibara (which Sera later deleted) and kept trying to meet with her after they kept coincidentally missing on another. Because of this, Haibara becomes suspicious of Sera although Sera does not give her the sort of fear the Black Organization inspires. Haibara never directly meets Amuro; the closest she gets is when he drives by her while she rides in Okiya's car during a car chase.

===[[Episode 699|Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret]]===
[[File:Shiho_700.png|thumb|Haibara turns into Shiho via the [[Prototype antidote|prototype antidote]] for the first time]]

Later, when Haibara is forced to revert to Shiho using a [[temporary antidote]], a video of her as an adult is sent to the Mouri Detective Agency by Mitsuhiko which Sera, Okiya, and Amuro find out about. Because of this, Haibara is later targeted by a plot concocted by Vermouth and Bourbon aboard the Bell Tree Express Train. Bourbon is revealed to be Amuro and Haibara learns that he knew her parents. Bourbon was hoping to capture Shiho alive, but Vermouth's modifications to his plan which were designed to kill her led to Shiho supposedly being blown up on the train. The Shiho Vermouth and Bourbon thought was killed was really [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise, Conan having forced him into the plan. Because of this, all of the Black Organization besides Vermouth think Shiho is now dead, and Vermouth is unable to reveal the truth to the rest of them without also compromising Conan, Haibara and their deaged condition against her wishes.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
====Conan Edogawa====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
[[File:699-4.png|thumb|Haibara enjoys teasing Conan]]

Both are de-aged by APTX and have almost equal levels of intelligence, which makes Haibara and [[Conan]] close confidants and more sympathetic to one other than most other characters. Conan is one of the few people in front of whom she has shown any signs of weakness, such as breaking down over her sister's death. Ai Haibara appears to have romantic feelings for [[Conan]]/[[Shinichi]], although she never truly admits to it (due to her assumption of Conan loving Ran). Haibara expresses a lot of interest in Conan's personality, intelligence, and sense of justice. If Conan is in danger she is willing to throw away her life to save him, overriding fears and concerns for her own safety that would ordinarily paralyze her. Similarly, Conan has saved Haibara's life more than once when she would have sacrificed herself for his and the [[Detective Boys]]' safety. Haibara also often enjoys teasing Conan which Conan takes in good stride. Conan is oblivious of Haibara's feelings and sometimes finds it difficult to deal with her sarcasm and impudent, cold nature. Although close on many matters, they still don't fully trust one another with information about the Black Organization out of concern for the safety and feelings of the other.

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

==== Ran Mouri ====
There are instances where Haibara will caution Conan from actions that involve [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that she wants to keep her identity hidden. Early on, she is cold and distant towards Ran, even more so than she is to most other people. Ran believes that it is because Haibara hated her,<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> though in truth it is because Ran reminds Haibara strongly of her dead sister.

After Ran notices Haibara is not feeling well and carries her to safety during a case, Haibara finally properly introduces herself to Ran, and they slowly became friends. Because Haibara finds that Ran resembles her older sister, Akemi Miyano, she takes special interest in protecting her. These feelings increase after Ran jumps through a slew of bullets from [[Calvados|a Black Organization sniper]] to save Haibara.<ref name=Vermouth>[[Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon]]</ref> Haibara immediately thinks of her own sister, and begins acting to try to protect Ran from the organization, such as when Haibara begs for Ran to stay at Agasa's house when she knows that [[Korn]], [[Chianti]], and the rest of the Black Organization are lurking about, immediately thinking of her own sister's death, and wanting to keep Ran safe.<ref name=KornChianti>[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!|Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!]]</ref>

Assuming that Conan has romantic feelings for Ran, Haibara may feel somewhat jealous of her, and may suffer from considering herself as less attractive than Ran. She even implies that Ran would be similar to a dolphin, when she would only be a shark coming from the cold depths of the sea, indicating that she cannot compete against her for Conan<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>.

====Dai Moroboshi====
[[File:701_8.png|thumb|link=The Jet-Black Mystery Train]]

Haibara knows [[Dai Moroboshi]] as her sister's boyfriend. She deduces that Dai approaches her sister just to collect information about the Black Organization. Later on, she meets a [[Scar Akai|guy]] similar to him in [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]] and wonders he got the scar on his face.

====Subaru Okiya====
[[File:702_g.png|thumb]]

The first time [[Subaru]] appears, Haibara felt a strange feeling toward him and thought he is a member of the Black Organization. However, the feeling kept coming and going. In later episodes, Haibara doesn't seem to hate him so much anymore. She even tries to uncover Subaru's scarf to check something behind his neck.

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

==== Ayumi Yoshida ====
Out of the Detective Boys, Haibara is the closest with [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. At one time, Ayumi noticed that she called everyone by their first names except for Haibara and decided to try and call her "Ai-chan", but without success. At the end of a case which involved a shattered friendship, Haibara told Ayumi that it was okay for her to call her "Ai-chan". When Mitsuhiko and Genta tried to call her that, however, she told them that only Ayumi was allowed to call her by her first name.<ref name=Ai-chan>[[A Friendship That Can't Be Bought|Episode 329-330: A Friendship That Can't Be Bought]]</ref> On the whole, Haibara seems to see Ayumi as a little sister, even going so far as to physically shield her from danger.<ref name=starsandtobacco>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Part 2)]]</ref> Besides, Ayumi is one of the people who teach her that she cannot win by always running away, and that she has to face her enemies<ref>[[Episode 347|Episode 347: Find the Buttock's Mark]]</ref>.
However, Haibara and Ayumi may almost be love rivals, since both seem to develop romantic feelings for Conan: Ayumi even asks her if she is in love with him, and is really frightened when she is answered positively (she eventually cheers up when Haibara says she is not).<ref>[[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Episode 205: The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case]]</ref>
[[Image:279haibaramitsuhiko.png|thumb|right|220|Haibara listening in on Mitsuhiko's radio.]]

==== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ====
{{main|Ai Haibara and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
Haibara's classmate and fellow detective [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] develops romantic feelings for her, and Haibara is fully aware of this. Haibara uses Mitsuhiko's feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, but she also does admire his intelligence and courage during missions the Detective Boys must perform and respects his feelings. In some episodes she even shows more confidence in Mitsuhiko than in Ayumi or Genta when the going gets tough.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Sherry}}
[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho and seems to enjoy hunting her, while she hates and fears him. They had some sort of relationship in the past,<ref>[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__60__p__287218#entry287218 青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013]</ref> possibly romantic.<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref>

==== Vodka ====
Shiho and [[Vodka]] have met and are acquaintances.<ref name=CD239/>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] and Shiho have some connection, although it has not been elaborated on. Shiho fears Vermouth more than other Black Organization members except perhaps Gin: in the first times, the feeling of her presence can even entirely paralyse her<ref>[[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 231: The Mysterious Passenger]]</ref>. Shiho was initially Vermouth's target, but Vermouth promised to give up on her after Conan's intervention.<ref name=CD239/> She broke this promise later when Bourbon discovered a video of Sherry, still clinging to her personal conviction that Shiho is the one person who can't be allowed to exist in the world.<ref>Manga File 818</ref>

==== Tooru Amuro ====
[[Tooru Amuro|Amuro]] knew Haibara's parents and sister, but they didn't know each other.

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

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Haibara placed 4th in the poll with 686 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, ''[[Quarter of Silence]]'', the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Haibara placed 4th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

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

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

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

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

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ai_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's "Before" Appearance (Episode 129)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Ai_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's "After" Appearance (Episode 631)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

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

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

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

== Trivia ==
*Sherry is a fortified wine from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. Most sherries are initially dry, with sweetness added later. This could be a play on her personality that the Black Organization recognized. To further confirm the pun, in the Spanish dub of the anime, her codename in the organization is "Jerez" rather than "Sherry" (in Spanish language, both the town and the wine share the name), although she was renamed later to "Sherry" again.
* Haibara is an animal lover.
* Haibara strongly dislikes getting shocked by static electricity. She used to have some accessories to dissipate the charge, but she seems to have given up on them after Shinichi taught her a good strategy to avoid being shocked.<ref>Manga [[Volume 61]], Files 5-7 (635-637), Anime [[Episode 525]]</ref>
* Haibara reveals to [[Fujiko Mine]] that she used to ride a Harley before she shrank.<ref>Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]</ref>

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

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

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

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Miyano family]]
* [[Agasa family]]
* [[APTX4869]]
* [[Antidote (Prototype)]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]

== References ==
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{{Detective Boys}}
{{Black Organization}}

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Private Eye in the Distant Sea

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{{InfoBox Movie
| video = 5BWx92bI-Lg
| movie = 17
| image = Movie17poster.jpg
| title = Private Eye in the Distant Sea
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 名探偵コナン絶海の探偵 (Meitantei Konan Zekkai no Puraibēto Ai)
| season =
| airdate = April 20, 2013
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Kazuha Toyama]] [[Heiji Hattori]] [[Fumimaro Ayanokoji]] [[Ginshiro Toyama]] [[Goro Otaki]] [[Heizo Hattori]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan]])
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Mouri Kogoro]]] as [[Rikiya Koyama]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Ikue Ohtani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]], [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]]
| theme-song = One More Time
| case =
| prev-movie = The Eleventh Striker
| next-movie = Dimensional Sniper
| footnotes =
}}
'''Private Eye in the Distant Sea''' is the 17th movie in the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' franchise. It was released in Japan on April 20, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2012/11/16/17eme-film-pour-Detective-Conan|date=|accessdate=2012-11-16|publisher=Manga-News.com|title=17ème film pour Détective Conan - Manga news}}</ref> The movie is based on the [[wikipedia:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]].

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Heiji Hattori}}
{{Char|Kazuha Toyama}}
{{Char|Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Heizo Hattori}}
{{Char|Ginshiro Toyama}}
{{Char|Goro Otaki}}
{{Char|Fumimaro Ayanokoji}}
{{Char|Detective Kurumazaki}}
}}

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

== Case ==

=== Situation ===
====The suspicious boat====
At Maizuru Bay, on the dawn of April 20,<ref name="time">As shown on Ran's ticket.</ref> a coast guard named Masaaki Kurata finds a suspicious boat during his patrol. Upon examining the inside of the boat, he discovers some explosives and immediately reports this to the Wakasa Coast Guard. The discovery quickly hits the news reports, where is it revealed that the boat contains data and components not found in Japan. It's also believed to have entered Japan illegally.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Bombing?
| image = Movie17 Case 2.jpg
| location = Inside a suspicious boat located at a coast in Maizuru Bay
| time = April 20<ref name="time" />
}}

====The military exercises====
On the same morning, [[Conan Edogawa]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] and [[Kogoro Mouri]], [[Sonoko Suzuki]] and the [[Detective Boys]] board an Aegis Destroyer warship, ''Hotaka'', to experience public military exercises after they've won the tickets. Before getting aboard, Conan receives a call from [[Professor Agasa]], who's currently in Osaka together with [[Ai Haibara]] for a conference, via the newly added satellite-phone on his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]]. The professor wants to test if the new gadget is working properly, but doesn't forget to leave a quiz for the children before hanging up.

After boarding the ship, the participants are gathered at a meeting room. While the Chief Navigator Fumitada Inoue is explaining about the exercise schedule, Ran mentions that her watch was broken and sent to be repaired. Mitsuhiko then lends her his waterproof [[wikipedia:Radio clock|radio-controlled watch]], which sets itself at 5 AM and 5 PM every day according to radio transmitters. Suddenly, they hear a strange loud sound. Fumitada explains that it was just the sound of the pumping system operating, however, Conan wonders whether that was really the case.

The participants are guided into the ship's [[wikipedia:Operations room|Combat Information Center]] (CIC), where they are to witness a simulated anti-air combat. However, after having "shot down" the two set-up targets, the guards continue to detect a sonar response. An unidentified target of unknown nationality is slowly approaching the ship. The tactical action officer quickly reports this to their captain, Yukio Tateishi, who orders them to search for the target with all radars, before heading to the CIC himself. Following him is a female [[wikipedia:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Self-Defense Force]] (SDF) member, Nanami Fujii. The civilian participants are generally impressed by the realistic and tense atmosphere of the training, only Conan realizes that they're truly under attack. Yukio instructs the crews to prepare for an anti-submarine combat. They decide to fire a torpedo towards the unknown object. The ship is slightly hit with the shockwave caused by the impact. Conan then notices a sick boy with no accompanying adult. The crews are relieved that their target is nothing but a shipwreck. Fumitada announces to the participants that the "exercises" are now over.

====Meeting Yuuki and Nanami====
The participants arrive at the deck during free time. Conan sees the boy from before, who is called "Yuuki-kun" by a man nearby. Conan wonders if the man is Yuuki's father, and finds it suspicious that he didn't notice the shock, and wouldn't show himself until after the free time had started. He decides to follow the two, only to be stopped by Kogoro. Conan then notices the female SDF member, Nanami Fujii, who's also on the deck at the time. Conan borrows Mitsuhiko's camera and begs Nanami to take a group photo with them, attempting to get a close-up shot of her. When asked about her specific work on the ship, Nanami answers that she only cooks everyone's meal, a lie that Conan can easily perceive due to her captain-ranked insignia. Before Nanami leaves, Kogoro reaches for one of his flashy business card as he wants to hand it to her himself. Unfortunately, the detective's clumsiness causes the cards to fly all around them. They have to pick the cards up and give them to Ran.

Conan borrows Mitsuhiko's camera again and runs off to a corner. He gives Agasa a call via the satellite-phone and asks him to investigate Nanami basing on the picture that he sent to Haibara's phone, specifically from which department does the SDF member come from. The ship crews detect a satellite transmission from the right side of the deck, where Conan was calling Agasa. They suspect that "X" is among the civilians. When one of the guides is introducing the ship's radar which can cover over 450km, Conan sees some crew members checking his previous hiding spot. He wonders whether they have found out about the call, or it was actually something else.

====Discovering the arm and its owner====
Conan plans to chase after the crew members with the excuse of "going to the toilet", but Ran doesn't trust him and suggests that the two go together. On the way, Ran mentions that she almost got lost earlier, which reminds Conan that Ran isn't always good with directions. He remembers the time when Ran also got lost at [[Tropical Land]]. However, she wasn't afraid of getting lost again, because she knew that Shinichi would always find her, as he's a great detective; to which Shinichi replied: "Don't you worry! I'll always find you, wherever you are."

Unsurprising to Conan, Ran gets lost again as their path was blocked with a forbidden sign. Suddenly, they hear a scream coming from a room beyond the limit. Upon arriving, they see a human arm wearing SDF's Lieutenant uniform on the table. They advise the crew members to consult Kogoro.

In Osaka, [[Heiji Hattori]] gets a call from Conan, who informs him of the situation. He, together with [[Kazuha Toyama]], heads off to Maizuru. The ship crews detect Conan's satellite signal again but don't find any transmitter. It is then that he learns of the person with the codename "X". Unfortunately, Conan's phone rings again as he receives a call from Agasa, who's about to inform him that their search for Nanami didn't find any match. However, he manages to hide before the crew members discover him. Conan then looks for a different method of communication, and he comes across a room with strong magnetic field.

Meanwhile, inside the bridge, Hotaka's Captain Yukio Tateishi and Captain Makoto Sekiguchi from the Wakasa Military Police discuss the case with Kogoro and Ran. Kogoro deduces that the arm wasn't cut off by a sharp blade and was removed post-mortem. As it was found inside the pumping system's filter, they conclude that the arm was sucked in by the pumping system and got stuck in the filter, making the loud sound from earlier. Yukio hesitantly reveals that the arm probably belongs to Lt. Sasaura from the Wakasa base, whose whereabouts is currently unknown. Kogoro agrees with this assumption after seeing that his clock stopped at 5:30 AM that morning. According to Yukio, Sasaura wasn't in that day's shift. As the pumping system was started when they left Maizuru Harbor, Sasaura's body must have already drifted at the time. Fearing that it would be too late for an autopsy when they get back, Conan hints that they use the helicopter to transport the arm, pretending that it's only a demonstration. Kogoro then informs [[Inspector Megure]] of the case, not knowing that Nanami is watching nearby.

Conan and Ran encounter Yuuki when they come to watch the "demonstration", and notice that his father is missing again. Yuuki doesn't want to let Ran tell the crews about his situation and attempts to run away before dropping some medicines. He reveals that they are for food allergies. Just as he's about to leave, Yuuki's father appears. Conan comes to the magnetic room and contacts Agasa, in order to avoid being discovered. Haibara tells him about her discovery. Meanwhile, at a shipyard in Wakasa Bay, Heiji and Kazuha find Sasaura's body. Heiji notices a red stain on Sasaura's neck and secretly retrieves it.

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| crime = Murder
| image = pc_600x450 (1).jpg
| location = At a shipyard in Wakasa Bay
| time = April 20, around 5:30 AM
| victim = Yousuke Sasaura
| cause-death = Drowned
| suspects = Spy "X."
| description = Self-Defense Force member Yousuke Sasaura's body is found, minus his left arm, which was found earlier. A strange red stain is found on his neck.
}}

====Initial investigation====
[[File:M17 Heiji's theory.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Heiji's conclusion.]]
Inspector Megure, [[Miwako Sato]], [[Wataru Takagi]] and two officers from Wakasa Coast Guard, Masaaki Kurata and Tsutomu Munekawa, arrive at the ship in a helicopter. Heiji informs Conan that he's found the body at Wakasa Bay. He surmises that Sasaura drifted there after having his arm swallowed at Maizuru Harbor. After hearing about the red stain, Conan asks Heiji to meet up with Agasa.

[[File:M17 Police's theory.gif|right|250px|thumb|The police's theory on what happened to the body.]]
While the civilians are having lunch, the police suggest an investigation on the ship, considering that the victim might have been sucked into the pump before she ship departed. Conan follows them to the deck, where they find Sasaura's phone. The last email was after 9 PM and the last call was at 5:30 AM. According to the autopsy, his death was between 4 AM and 6 AM and the cause of death is drowning, which means that he was on the ship before falling into the sea at 5:30 AM. Kogoro deduces that Sasaura had a fight with someone on the deck and was eventually pushed down. This also confirms that his body was stuck in the filter before the departure, and the arm was severed when they left Maizuru Harbor. Sato finds an empty microSD slot on the phone. Kogoro thinks that the card was the culprit's target. Conan then sees Nanami spying on the investigation and gives chase.

====Nanami's mission and spy "X"====

Nanami enters the captain's office and checks the content of the microSD card stolen from Sasaura's phone. Conan imitates the captain's voice to trick her out of the room. Conan finds out that she hasn't completely deleted the extracted data and attempts to copy them into the new USB flash drive on his watch. However, Nanami realizes that she was tricked and quickly makes her way back to the office, Conan is thus unable to retrieve all of the data. She wonders why X is interested in the data. To uncover her true identity, Conan deliberately sends the data to Agasa from within the room, creating a detectable satellite signal.

The police arrive at the captain's office. They demands that Nanami explain herself, but Yukio and Makoto refuse to cooperate. Conan then comes out and innocently points out all of the contradictory facts about Nanami, forcing her to reveal herself as a member of the Intelligence Security Command. Due to the incident with the foreign boat, they suspect that the spy X, whose target is believed to be classified intel on Aegis Destroyers, might be on board. It's also revealed that the victim was the Director of Intelligence for the Wakasa SDF base. His duty was to guard information on Aegis Destroyers. Because of this, they suspect that X was the killer. Conan wonders why Nanami doesn't talk about the card. He plants a bug on Kogoro before running off.

====Investigation on the victim====

Conan asks Heiji, who's now inside Agasa's car, about the red stain. They learn that it's [[wikipedia:Anti-fouling paint|anti-fouling paint]], a special paint used for ships. Conan asks them to check if the paint was from Hotaka. Heiji says that there is no current that could've sent the victim's body from Maizuru Harbor to Wakasa Bay. Conan then asks about the data from earlier, about which Agasa reveals that it's indeed a data of Aegis Destroyers, and was copied from a cloud service. If they have the ID and password, they can get the original data from the cloud. Conan wonders why would Sasaura store such important data on a public cloud service. He instructs Agasa to access the cloud data and send it to the captain's office.

Back in the captain's office, Kogoro asks Inspector [[Fumimaro Ayanokoji]], who's just arrived, to share the result of his investigation. Having investigated the victim's actions before his death, Fumimaro reveals that at 5:30 AM, Sasaura was waving a Japanese flag on a cliff at Maizuru Harbor, as witnessed by a crew member of a sightseeing cruise nearby. He then asks Makoto about the interrogation of Sasaura, but Nanami doesn't let the latter answer. Luckily, Agasa sents the data as instructed, forcing Makoto to reveal that data about the ships have been leaked by Sasaura, and sent to a shell company of a spy called Takekawa. This, together with the suspicious boat, indicates that a spy from the same country as Takekawa attempted to board this ship with the victim's help. It also explains Nanami's motive for taking the memory card. Nanami contacts her superior, and learns that Takekawa has been spotted in Kyoto. His plan is to meet up with X, who's currently on board. They then work together to track down Takekawa.

====Takekawa's whereabouts and the truth behind the shipwreck====

Components from the same country as the ones in the foreign boat was found on the shipwreck. As the sailing route of the ship was changed from right to left that morning and only people from the Wakasa base knew about this, X wouldn't have known the true direction to send out the shipwreck. However, the flag that Sasaura waved turns out to be a signal flag, the purpose of which was to inform X of the change. Nanami becomes suspicious of Conan's knowledge.

Takekawa was spotted at 12:03 PM in Ponto Town Park (Kyoto), where he's shown dropping something into a trash can. Conan asks Heiji to go to the park before the police do. At 12:10 PM, Takekawa got on an express train to Osaka. They then ask the Osaka Police to cooperate.

Heiji manages to catch up before the police arrive and takes a photo of Takekawa's burned memo.

Back at the cafeteria, Conan revises the whole case and realizes X's motive for sending the shipwreck. Unexpectedly, Nanami approaches him and questions about his identity. Without telling her the truth, Conan drops his façade and directly asks Nanami whether there is any kind of data that can only be obtained on the ship. Nanami confirms his theory and says that the only two places where such data can be found are the CIC and captain's office. Conan deduces that during the emergency, the captain had to come to the CIC; that's when X made his move in the captain's office. He now realizes who X is and quickly runs off, with Nanami and Ran chasing behind. Makoto then informs Nanami that they spotted Takekawa at Yodoyabashi Station (Osaka). Conan tells Heiji to go after him, while he confronts X himself.

====X's true identity====
<spoiler>
'''The man who claims to be Yuuki Amemiya's father''' is spy X. Conan tells Yuuki to hide away before exposing that the man's not his real father. X attempts to silence Conan, but then flees because there are two many civilians on the deck. Conan gives chase, but Yuuki, fearing about his real father's safety, intervenes. Meanwhile, after examining the picture of Takekawa's burned memo, Heiji concludes that Takekawa will come to Senshu Airport (now known as Kansai International Airport). He reports this to Inspector [[Goro Otaki]].

Conan tells the police that Yuuki's father vanished at Maizuhu Harbor, where Yuuki was forced to board with a strange man. Because Conan also remembers X's face, they invite him to check the camera footage. The Osaka police head to Kansai Airport in chase of Takekawa.

X destroys the footage before Conan can locate him. Yuuki wants to help them catch X, so Fumitada goes together with him, only to be assaulted by the spy. X takes Yuuki to the deck and are spotted by Ran, who's looking for Conan. Yuuki tells Ran about X's true identity. Ran fights X, but is eventually defeated and thrown into the sea.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = Movie17 Case 3.jpg
| location = Hotaka's deck
| victim = [[Ran Mouri]]
| suspects = Spy "X."
| suspects-label = Culprit
}}

At Kansai Airport, Kazuha finds Takekawa and tries to catch him. She chases him to a dead end. Takekawa shoots Kazuha, but Heiji jumps in and takes the bullet for her. Luckily, Otaki arrives just in time to stop Takekawa. Kazuha cries even though Heiji's not fatally wounded.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = Movie 17 image.jpg
| location = Kansai International Airport
| victim = [[Heiji Hattori]]
| cause-death =
| suspects = Takekawa
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Takekawa attempts to shoot Kazuha, but Heiji intervenes and is wounded.
}}
[[File:M17 dragging.gif|thumb|250px|What really happened to the body.]]
Meanwhile, Yuuki leads the police to X. While Miwako and the others chase X, Conan instructs Nanami to ambush on the deck. X takes a crew member hostage. Conan tells Nanami to rotate the cannon anticlockwise. Before X manages to escape, Conan uses the setting to kick a ball at him.

After the two spies are captured, they discover a suspicious voice-mail sent by Sasaura to Takekawa, which was recorded at 5:30 AM. Conan hears sounds of waves, some metallic clicking sounds and a man's voice in the record. Agasa calls him to inform that the paint wasn't from Hotaka, but from a sightseeing cruise, which left Maizuru Harbor and passed by Wakasa Shipyard. Conan deduces that the victim's body was dragged along the cruise from Maizuru Harbor to Wakasa Harbor. After revising all of the evidences, Conan realizes he has been misled.
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Fumitada Inoue|Fumitada Inoue.jpg|
* Self-Defense Force member
* Hotaka's navigator}}
{{People|Yukio Tateishi|Yukio Tateishi.jpg|
* Self-Defense Force member
* Hotaka's captain}}
{{People|Nanami Fujii|Nanami Fujii.jpg|
* Self-Defense Force member}}
{{People|Makoto Sekiguchi|Makoto Sekiguchi.jpg|
* Self-Defense Force member}}
{{People|Yousuke Sasaura|Yousuke Sasaura.jpg|
* Victim (drowned)
* Self-Defense Force member}}
{{People|Yuuki Amemiya|Yuuki Amemiya.jpg|
* Boy}}
{{People|Mr. Amemiya|Yuuki's father.jpg|
* Yuuki's father}}
{{People|Masaaki Kurata|Masaaki Kurata.jpg|
* Wakasa coast guard}}
{{People|Tsutomu Munekawa|Tsutomu Munekawa.jpg|
* Wakasa coast guard}}
{{People|Takekawa|Takekawa.jpg|
* Infiltrator }}
{{People|Juugo Sakuma|Juugo Sakuma.jpg|
* Hotaka's tactical action officer}}
{{People|Masashi Nozubara|Masashi Nozubara.jpg|
* }}
{{People|Yamato Kishi|Yamato Kishi.jpg|
* Hotaka's CIC radio operator}}
{{People|Hajime Maruyama|Hajime Maruyama.jpg|
* Hotaka's CIC radio operator}}
{{People|Akira Matoba|Akira Matoba.jpg|
* }}
{{People|Yuusaku Ajitani|Yuusaku Ajitani.jpg|
* }}
{{People|Munenori Hata|Munenori Hata.jpg|
* }}
{{People|Yuuji Abiko|Yuuji Abiko.jpg|
* Hotaka's security guard}}
{{People|Hayato Watanabe|Hayato Watanabe.jpg|
* Hotaka's security guard}}
{{People|Keita Sawamura|Keita Sawamura.jpg|
* Hotaka's engineer}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Sasaura's death was an accident. He slipped into the ocean and drowned after being chased by '''Masaaki Kurata''', who thought he was someone suspicious.
{{InfoBox Evidence|
'''Direct evidences:'''
*The person who stole the card was '''Nanami''', not X, which means that X has no clear motive to kill Sasaura, who's supposed to be his accomplice.
*The time when the victim's watch stopped, his last phone call, the voice-mail record, and the sightseeing cruise staff witnessed him waving a flag on a cliff at Maizuru Harbor all match with his estimated time of death: '''5:30 AM'''. This clearly indicates that Sasaura fell from the cliff itself, not from Hotaka.
**The same sightseeing cruise, not Hotaka, dragged his body all the way to Wakasa Harbor further proves that he was never on the ship.
**It also shows that the last location of his phone would be near the cliff, not on the ship.
*Nobody noticed '''the phone''' despite being left at a very obvious place. This shows that it hadn't been on the ship since the victim died, but was actually brought recently from the real "crime scene" after they departed, during midday. Masaaki was one of the people who had the chance to do this.
*'''The metallic sound''' heard in the record was the sound made when an expandable baton and a gun bump into each other, both of which Masaaki is wearing. He's the only one to patrol near Maizuru Harbor at the time.

'''Other hints:'''
*At the beginning of the movie, Masaaki is already shown running down the cliff in hurry for some unknown reasons, despite not having even seen the suspicious boat yet. He was trying to find Sasaura at the time, who had just fallen into the sea.
|image=
{{Evidence
|M17 card.jpg|text1=Nanami stealing the card
|M17 5.30AM.jpg|text2=All important events took place at 5:30 AM
|M17 sightseeing cruise.jpg|text3=The sightseeing cruise that spotted Sasaura
|M17 dragging.gif|text4=...and dragged his body to Wakasa}}
{{Evidence
|M17 victim's phone.jpg|text1=Where the victim's phone was found
|M17 baton.jpg|text2=The source of the metallic sound
|M17 Masaaki running.jpg|text3=Masaaki runs down to find Sasaura}}}}

After Kurata is arrested, Yuuki reunites with his real father. Fujii asks Conan who he really is, but Conan simply replies he is just an elementary school student.
</spoiler>

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

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</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* 'Private Eye in the Distant Sea' is currently the third highest grossing film in the Detective Conan franchise grossing up to 3,509,406,150 yen.

== See also ==
* [[Movies]]
* [[The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop]]

== References ==
<references />

{{Movies}}

[[Category:Movies]]

Volume 85

2014-05-10T21:59:19Z

PetePete: /* File 896 - Scarlet Return */

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| volume = 85
| image = No cover.jpg
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| isbn =
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| detective =
| keyhole =
| prev-volume = Volume 84
| next-volume =
| footnotes =
}}
==Cast==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Jodie Starling}}
{{Char|Andre Camel}}
{{Char|Tooru Amuro|display=Bourbon}}
{{Char|Vermouth}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure (background)}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi|display=Wataru Takagi (background)}}
{{Char|Shuichi Akai|display=Shuichi Akai}}
{{Char|Hidemi Hondou|display=Hidemi Hondou (flashback)}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa (background)}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Yusaku Kudo|display = Yusaku Kudo (background/TV)}}
{{Char|Subaru Okiya}}
{{Char|Rikumichi Kusuda|display=Rikumichi Kusuda (background)}}
{{Char|Gin|display=Gin (background)}}
{{Char|Vodka|display=Vodka (background)}}
{{Char|Pisco|display=Pisco (background)}}
}}

==Scarlet==
===File 894 - Scarlet Suspicion===

[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] arrive at [[Andre Camel|Camel]] side to found out Jodie that Camel talked with was [[Vermouth]] in disguise. Conan deduced the enemies's plan and explain: [[Bourbon]] use Shibuya-sensei's phone to send message to Jodie hence she didn't remember send it. Bourbon also makes Jodie' phone run out of battery to make sure she use her FBI collegue friend's cellphone to call back. When anything happen to Shibuya-sensei, Jodie and her friend (Camel) will be called to the crime scene. Allow Vermouth to copies Jodie's costume and identified Camel. Vermouth then fake-call to the school to lure them to the hospital, having Bourbon distracts Camel, use psychological trick to pressures Camel and finally Vermouth in Jodie disguise is able to get information out of him.

Vermouth reunites with Bourbon and relays him the information: [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] shot himself in his car. Bourbon is pleased with the new, conclude his theory that [[Shuichi Akai]] is still alive. Vermouth rebutted him, say Akai's conversation with [[Kir]] before his death couldn't be an act. Bourbon set out to find his proof, announces he can find his "ghost" within a day.

Unknown time passes, Conan is absent from school due to cold, though [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] believes something is actually going on. [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] also reveals to [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] that Conan won't be home to watch "Macademy award" with her but will stay at [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]]'s house. [[Yusaku Kudo]] is nominated for best script award and is expected to be in the ceremony. At Kudo house, [[Subaru Okiya]] is watching the ceremony but a delivery service interrupted him. He opens the door to meet Bourbon, who claims they didn't meet for the first time.

===File 895 - Scarlet Interrogation===

[[Subaru Okiya|Okiya]] allows [[Tooru Amuro|Amuro]] in, but refuse to let a group of Amuro's "friends" outside to come in too. Amuro starts telling a detective story which explain how [[Shuichi Akai|Akai]] could fake his death with help from [[Kir]] and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] as the mastermind. [[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] who riding with [[Andre Camel|Camel]] to Raiha Pass also come to the same conclusion based on her set of information. She also cast suspicion on Okiya who uses similar phrase to Akai, of being Akai in disguise. Camel then needs to speed up to shakes off a group of cars chasing them. Amuro concludes that Okiya is Akai, forcing him to answer by threatening that Jodie and Camel are cornered by his "friends".

===File 896 - Scarlet Return===

[[Amuro]] asks [[Okiya]] to take his mask off, which he did. [[Amuro]] is not satisfied, say Okiya should drops the whole disguise. Amuro points out that there're video cameras set around the house to observe them. Okiya is confuses, asks if his appearance or voice matches those of Akai Shuuichi's. Amuro say appearance can be deceiving, voice can be change by wearing a neck-shaped-voice-changer. He then removes Okiya's high collar but found nothing. He then receive a call from his colleague.

[[Camel]] shows off his driving skill to avoid a road block, but damage his tire in the process. [[Jodie]] thinks the one after them are Amuro's colleague, try to captures them to lure [[Akai]] into a trap. She mentally ask Akai for help. Akai then shows up in the back seat and orders Camel to open the car deck, alert the cars following of his presence, who report it to Amuro.

At the same time, [[Yusaku]]'s name is announce for the winner of best script award. He goes to the stage to receive it. The ceremony is live-broadcasting which Okiya and [[Ran]] watching separately at their houses. [[Conan]] is manning a group of tv screens and computers, a microphone and his voice changing bowtie.

==See also==
*[[Manga]]
*[[Volume 81-90]]
*[[Detective Conan]]
{{Volumes}}
[[Category:Volumes]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-10T00:40:58Z

PetePete: /* Gallery */

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| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
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'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that Yusaku replied to his challenge with a single exclamation mark, indicating that they were semi-friendly rivals and Yusaku knows his identity.
{{clearleft}}

==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==
When Toichi meets Shinichi and Ran in [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]], he's seen reading Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice LeBlanc.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba challenge to Yusaku Kudo asking will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-10T00:39:38Z

PetePete: /* Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: 570-573, Anime: 472-473) */

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| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that Yusaku replied to his challenge with a single exclamation mark, indicating that they were semi-friendly rivals and Yusaku knows his identity.
{{clearleft}}

==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==
When Toichi meets Shinichi and Ran in [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]], he's seen reading Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice LeBlanc.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-10T00:39:12Z

PetePete: /* Trivia */

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| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h41m20s182.png|thumb|right|Toichi's challenge to Yusaku]]
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that Yusaku replied to his challenge with a single exclamation mark, indicating that they were semi-friendly rivals and Yusaku knows his identity.
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==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==
When Toichi meets Shinichi and Ran in [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]], he's seen reading Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice LeBlanc.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-10T00:35:15Z

PetePete: /* Trivia */

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| name = Toichi Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h41m20s182.png|thumb|right|Toichi's challenge to Yusaku]]
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that Yusaku replied to his challenge with a single exclamation mark, indicating that they were semi-friendly rivals and Yusaku knows his identity.
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==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==
[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h11m32s199.png|thumb|200px|left|Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice LeBlanc]]
When Toichi meets Shinichi and Ran in [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]], he's seen reading Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice LeBlanc.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-10T00:34:47Z

PetePete: /* Trivia */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Toichi Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h41m20s182.png|thumb|right|Toichi's challenge to Yusaku]]
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that Yusaku replied to his challenge with a single exclamation mark, indicating that they were semi-friendly rivals and Yusaku knows his identity.
{{clearleft}}

==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==
When Toichi meets Shinichi and Ran in [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure]], he's seen reading Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice LeBlanc.
[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h11m32s199.png|thumb|200px|right|Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice LeBlanc]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Kaitou Kid

2013-12-10T00:30:44Z

PetePete: /* Toichi as Kid */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kaitou Kid
| japanese-name = 怪盗キッド (Kaitō Kiddo)
| english-name = Phantom Thief Kid
| image = Kaitou Kid Profile.jpg
| age = 16-17<ref>Kaito's age is never stated in the manga, but due to his high school grade he is between 16-17 and likely celebrated a birthday behind the scenes. The anime [[Episode 219]] places his age as 17, but the intro-box ages are in violation of manga canon (Shinichi is aged at 17 also, when he should be 16 due to the clock tower case occurring pre-canon).</ref> ([[Kaito Kuroba]]) Unknown [deceased] (Toichi Kuroba) 61<ref>[[Episode 219]]</ref> (Konosuke Jii)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = June 21 (Kaito Kuroba) Unknown (Toichi Kuroba) Unknown (Konosuke Jii)
| occupation = Thief
| nicknames = The Magician Under the Moonlight The Heisei Lupin The Last Wizard of the Century
| aliases = Kaitou 1412 Phantom Thief Kid 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] [[Magic Kaito Volume 1#The Revived Phantom Thief|Chapter 1]] Manga: [[Volume 16#Kaitou Kid and the Black Star|File 156]] Anime: [[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid|Episode 76]]
| appearances = {{:Kaitou Kid Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 16]]
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]]
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Kaitou Kid|怪盗キッド|Kaitō Kiddo|lit. Phantom Thief Kid}}''' is the main character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', and a recurring character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Kaitou Kid first appeared 18 years ago in Paris, a herald to the quiet retirement of the master thief, [[Chikage Kuroba|Phantom Lady]].<ref name=MKf29>Magic Kaito Volume 5, Chapters 29 and 30: The Phantom Lady.</ref>
=== Toichi Kuroba ===
{{main|Toichi Kuroba}}
[[File:Toichi Kuroba.jpg|left]]

'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' was the original Kaitou Kid. Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref name=MKf1>[[Volume 1|Volume 1, File 1]]</ref> Chikage was well aware of her husband's double life, having witnessed the inception of Kaitou Kid.<ref name=MKf29 /> Toichi ceased to be Kaitou Kid only upon his death in a fake magic accident arranged by [[Magic Kaito Organization|a mysterious rival group]].
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=== Konosuke Jii ===
{{main|Konosuke Jii}}
[[File:Konosuke Jii.jpg|left]]

'''{{nihongo|Konosuke Jii|寺井黄之助|Jii Kōnosuke}}''' temporarily portrayed Kaitou Kid eight years following Toichi's death in an effort to lure out Toichi's murderers. Jii ceases being Kid and becomes Kaito's assistant when Kaito dons the mantle of Kaitou Kid himself. Since then, Jii has occasionally been a decoy Kid on Kaito's behalf, but more commonly he assists on heists in other ways.
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=== Kaito Kuroba ===
{{main|Kaito Kuroba}}
[[File:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|left]]

'''{{nihongo|Kaito Kuroba|黒羽快斗|Kuroba Kaito}}''' is the current Kaitou Kid. Kaito is a second-year student at Ekoda High School Class 2-B alongside his childhood friend [[Aoko Nakamori]], the witch [[Akako Koizumi]], and transfer student detective [[Saguru Hakuba]]. Kaito discovers his father's identity as the original Kaitou Kid after eight years following his death thanks to a secret room inside his house as well as talking with his father's attendant and friend, Konosuke Jii. Wanting to pick up where Jii left off, Kaito continues to be Kaitou Kid in an effort to lure out his father's murderers by making Kid a world-famous thief once again. It isn't until the ''Blue Birthday'' heist that the murderers appear and reveal that they are searching for the doublet red-colored gem [[Pandora Gem|Pandora]], said to shed tears of immortality during the passing of a particular comet. Upon realizing the [[Magic Kaito Organization|organization]]'s aim and that his father was killed for his refusal to aid them in retrieving Pandora, Kaito vows as Kaitou Kid to find the Pandora gem first and shatter it into pieces.<ref>[[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Blue_Birthday|Magic Kaito Volume 3, Chapter 7: Blue Birthday]].</ref> Kaito's mother is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room and has taken up the mantle of Kaitou Kid.<ref name=MKf1 />
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=== Akako Koizumi ===
{{main|Akako Koizumi}}
[[File:Akako Koizumi.jpg|left]]
'''{{nihongo|Koizumi Akako|小泉红子|Akako Koizumi}}''' has dressed up as Kaitou Kid once, so that [[Saguru Hakuba]] doesn't arrest Kaito.
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==Personality==
=== Toichi as Kid ===
[[File:Elder Kid.PNG|thumb|150px|right|Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid]]
Not much is given about Toichi as Kaitou Kid. However, we do know that at some point in time, a dark organization forced him to steal gems to find [[Pandora Gem |Pandora]]. His refusal led to his death in a "magic accident."

=== Jii as Kid ===
After the death of Toichi, Jii lived by himself. Over the course of eight years, he grew angrier and angrier until he donned the costume of Kaitou Kid in order to lure out the organization that killed Toichi. He was only dressed as Kid twice before Kaito took over.

=== Kaito as Kid ===
[[File:名侦探柯南剧场版之天空的遇难船C003025.jpg|thumb|right|Kid seduces Ran by tricking her into believing he is really Shinichi]]
In both civilian and costumed life, Kaitou Kid is a compulsive trickster who is drawn to any challenge just for the sheer thrill of overcoming all hazards in the end. Kid is infamous for having a rather overconfident (close to the point of arrogance) attitude, always preferring to create as big a bang as possible. He loves nothing more than leading the police in wild goose chases, letting them get within a hair of catching him before exiting one way or another. Seemingly having a soft-spot for his fans, there has been more than one occasion when Kid has refused to show when the police tried to bar the general public from witnessing his act. Generally, when these instances occur, one of Kid's tricks rely, one way or another, on his ability to blend in with a crowd.

Kaitou Kid is also quite a charmer, seeming to always know just what to say to the ladies to leave them speechless. Kid hates to see others get hurt, and he never hesitates in leaping to rescue someone, whether physically or mentally. Despite his low reputation in some quarters, Kid does have a sense of honor, inasmuch as that he decides to leave the loot behind if it has no further purpose other than having challenged his trickster skills, doesn't contain Pandora, or when a more humane background stands behind their existence. These qualities are some of the reasons why he and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] occasionally end up as allies in a common cause.

For some as yet unexplained reason, Kaito suffers from a severe case of ichthyophobia (fear of fish).
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==Appellations==
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|-
| [[File:Ginzo Nakamori 60px.jpg]] || [[Ginzo Nakamori]] || Kaitou Kid Kid || Inspector Nakamori ''(Nakamori-keibu)''
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==Appearance==
[[File:Kaitou Kid Manga.png|thumb|200px|right|[[Kaito Kuroba]] as Kaitou Kid]]
===Toichi as Kid===
The classic Kaitou Kid outfit was originally developed for one of his stage performances to honor Arsène Lupin, but he decided to use it as his thief outfit after saving [[Phantom Lady]].

===Jii as Kid===

Jii donned the costume of Kaitou Kid, but used a smiling mask, in order to lure out the organization that killed Toichi. He was only dressed as Kid twice before Kaito took over.

===Kaito as Kid ===
Kid has dark brown hair with fringe that ends just above his eyes, but the rest of his hair is normally covered by a white top hat with a blue ribbon band. When dressed in his normal outfit, his right eye is covered by a white monocle that has a dangling green charm with a white clover imprinted on it. Kid's outfit consists of a white suit jacket on top of a blue shirt with a red tie and white dress slacks. The white [[Hang Glider Cape]] is attached to the jacket at Kid's shoulders. Kid wears blue socks with white Oxford style shoes with white soles. In his original appearances Kid wore white loafer type shoes.

Kid has been seen wearing black shirts and pants along with a black hat to help cover his face, usually when doing information gathering for heists or when he has his "audience" at his heists looking elsewhere. Apart from these two outfits, Kid is a master of disguise and has been seen disguising as several people throughout the course of ''Detective Conan'' and ''Magic Kaito''.

At several instances, it has been demonstrated that Kid shares a close natural likeness with [[Shinichi Kudo]].<ref>[[Volume 16#Kaitou Kid and the Black Star|Manga Chapters 156-159: Kaitou Kid and the Black Star]]</ref> This, on occasion (particularly in the non-canon appearances), allows him to pass himself off as Shinichi whenever needed, without requiring a special disguise.<ref>[[The Last Wizard of the Century|Movie 03: ''The Last Wizard of the Century'']]</ref><ref>[[Magician of the Silver Sky|Movie 08: ''Magician of the Silver Sky'']]</ref><ref>[[The Lost Ship in the Sky|Movie 14: ''The Lost Ship in the Sky'']]</ref><ref>[[Kid in Trap Island|OVA 10: ''Kid in Trap Island'']]</ref>
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== Plot overview ==

===List of disguises used===
{{main|Disguise}}
Kaitou Kid has used many disguises over the course of the series. These are the known ones used so far.

====Kaito Kuroba in disguises====

<spoiler>
<gallery perrow="6">
File:Shiro Suzuki.jpg|Kaitou Kid briefly impersonated [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]'s [[Shiro Suzuki|father]] to sneak aboard a cruise ship.<ref>[[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid]]</ref>
File:Fake Ran in Red Dress.png|Kaitou Kid disguised as [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to snatch the Suzuki family's Black Star Pearl.<ref>[[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid]]</ref>
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-20-00h24m04s67.png| Conan reveals Kaitou Kid changed into a police officer outfit during their first encounter on the roof.
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-20-17h42m07s212.png|Dressed up as a busboy, Kaitou Kid takes Ran's dress and duplicates it right before the showdown between him and Conan on the ship.<ref>[[Conan vs. Kaitou Kid]]</ref>
File:Katsuki Doito.jpg|Rearrange the letters in "Katsuki Doito" to make Kaitou Kid.<ref>[[Magic Lover's Murder Case]]</ref>
File:vlcsnap-2013-10-29-19h39m14s76.png|I'm single, twenty-seven years old, and my name is Sensui Yoichi.<ref>[[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid]]</ref>
File:vlcsnap-2013-10-29-20h59m04s106.png|[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] not smoking tipped Conan off that the sleeping detective had been replaced.<ref>[[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid]]</ref>
File:Fake Jirokichi Suzuki on bike.jpg|Kaitou Kid borrows [[Jirokichi Suzuki|Jirokichi]]'s motorbike and face for a getaway. <ref>[[Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk]]</ref>
File:Eri Senju.jpg|As a creepy old treasure hunting woman.<ref>[[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion]]</ref>
File:TV crew member Kid.jpg|TV crew can get close to the scene of a crime.<ref>[[Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces]]</ref>
File:Fake Wataru Takagi with smirk.jpg|Kid helps solve a murder as [[Wataru Takagi]].<ref>[[Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces]]</ref>
File:vlcsnap-2013-11-04-21h32m45s232.png|As a maid... <ref>[[Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe]]</ref>
File:Fake Ginzo Nakamori.jpg|Disguising as his rival, [[Ginzo Nakamori]].<ref>[[The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark]]</ref>
File:Fake Genta hole in floor.jpg|Kid proves he can even disguise as a child.<ref>[[The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark]]</ref>
File:Kid disguise guard.png|Disguising as one of Nakamori's officers to escape.<ref>[[The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark]]</ref>
File:Fake museum guest.jpg|As a heavy man to hide lots of forged goods under his clothes.<ref>[[Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure]]</ref>
File:Hiroka Sumitomo.jpg|Kaito scopes out the location of his next heist as a maid, with his assistant [[Konosuke Jii]] in disguise as an old woman.<ref>[[Volume_78#Mystery_Train|Mystery Train]]</ref>
File:Kaito Shiho 824.PNG|Conan coerces Kaitou Kid to face [[Tooru Amuro|Bourbon]] as [[Shiho Miyano|Shiho]] in an explosive laden luggage car.<ref>[[Volume_78#Mystery_Train|Mystery Train]]</ref>
File:Kaito Sera 828-830.jpg|Kid unfortunately mistook [[Masumi Sera]] to be a boy.<ref>[[Volume_78#The_Blush_Mermaid|The Blush Mermaid]]</ref>
File:KaitouKidPic.png|Kid finding out about the world strongest safe.
File:KidSonoko.png|[[Makoto]] and Conan was able to see through Kid's Sonoko disguise, making Kaito "lose" his bet to Sonoko.
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-18-01h36m44s39.png|In [[The Last Wizard of the Century|Movie 3]], Kid disguised as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]].
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-18-00h56m52s230.png|The first time Kid disguised himself as Shinichi to save Conan's true identity from Ran in [[The Last Wizard of the Century|Movie 3]].
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-18-00h52m31s183.png|Kid uses Shinichi's identity a second time in [[Magician of the Silver Sky|Movie 8]] to get closer to The Jewel of Destiny.
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-18-00h21m15s109.png|Kid changes his Shinichi disguise to a guard disguise after leaving the play in [[Magician of the Silver Sky|Movie 8]] to attempt to deceive Conan.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-02-20h14m51s65.png|Kid used Isao Shinjo to scope out a ring in [[Magician of the Silver Sky|Movie 8]].
File:vlcsnap-2013-09-18-00h44m32s0.png|Kid uses a paramedic disguise to check on Ran after she lands a plane in [[Magician of the Silver Sky|Movie 8]].
File:Fake Saguru Hakuba.jpg|Kid disguising as [[Saguru Hakuba]] temporarily joined the teenage detective ranks in [[The Private Eyes' Requiem|Movie 10]].
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-17-00h53m39s163.png|Kid sneaks aboard the giant blimp disguised as one of the crew in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky|Movie 14]].
File:Movie 14 maintenance personnel.jpg|Kid then changes disguises later in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky|Movie 14]] as one of their waiters.
File:Fake Shinichi Kudo.jpg|Kid's third time using Shinichi's identity; saving himself from Ran when she was about to turn him in to the inspector and to board the police helicopter with Conan in [[The Lost Ship in the Sky|Movie 14]].<ref>[[The Lost Ship in the Sky|Movie 14]]</ref>
File:Another fake Saguru Hakuba.jpg|Kid disguising as Hakuba for a brief time in order to distract Nakamori and his assistants, so he can escape along with the Bronze Statue.<ref>[[The Splendid Rivals|Magic Kaito Episode 7]]</ref>
File:Fake Nakamori's assistant.jpg|Kid disguising as one of Inspector Nakamori's assistants to win the challenge over Chat Noir.<ref>[[The Reminiscent Golden Eye|Magic Kaito Episode 10]]</ref>
</gallery>
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== Relationships analysis ==

=== Toichi Kuroba ===
:''[[Toichi_Kuroba#Relationships_analysis|Main article: Toichi Kuroba's relationships]]''

=== Konosuke Jii ===
:''[[Konosuke_Jii#Relationships_analysis|Main article: Konosuke Jii's relationships]]''

=== Kaito Kuroba ===
:''[[Kaito_Kuroba#Relationships_analysis|Main article: Kaito Kuroba's relationships]]''

== People who know Kaitou Kid's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity}}
The [[canon]] characters who know Kaito Kuroba is the Kaitou Kid are [[Konosuke Jii]], [[Akako Koizumi]], Ruby Jones, and [[Chikage Kuroba]]. The characters who are or have been suspicious of Kaito are [[Ginzo Nakamori]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], and [[Saguru Hakuba]]. There are also one time characters from Magic Kaito who has found out Kaitou Kid's identity such as Ruby Jones from the Recollection of the Golden Eye. In the Crystal Mother's Tears, Prince Phillip of Ingram also finds out that Kaitou Kid is Kaito Kuroba.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Kid placed 1st in the poll with 1,460 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>

* Kid placed 2nd 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. Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid placed 2nd out of 10 with 18.99% 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. Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid placed 2nd overall with 1,696 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 ==
Originally referred to as Kaitou 1412, [[Yusaku Kudo]] saw a reporter's hastily scribbled "1412" on a piece of paper and purposely misread it as "KID". Thus, Yusaku named the Kaitou Kid. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=55 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1996-18-01 |isbn=4-09-120628-X|chapter=File 3 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=151}}</ref>

== Different looks ==
=== Toichi Kuroba ===
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:asdadaasda.png|thumb|left|x200px|Toichi Kuroba speaking to the Phantom Lady about his outfit during his first heist 18 years ago in Paris. (The Phantom Lady Chapter II)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Uxczed.png|thumb|left|x200px|Toichi escaping from Yusaku Kudo in Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure flashback. (Episode 473)]]
|}

=== Kaito Kuroba ===
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kid_Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Kid's "Before" Appearance (Episode 76)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kid_After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Kid's "After" Appearance (Magic Kaito Special Episode 3)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Smiles and laughter are always good, but never forget your Poker Face.}}

{{cquote|A thief is a creative artist who takes his prey in style... But a detective is nothing more than a critic, who follows our footsteps...}}

{{cquote|You are right. I am not a detective, but a thief. And stealing is what thieves do best, even if it's a person's heart.}}

{{cquote|Better not.. Just because you don't know what's in it, and want to open Pandora's box, because if you know what's inside the box before you open it, it won't be interesting at all!}}

{{cquote|It's better trusting someone than to die doubting people altogether.}}

{{cquote|A thief will only live by stealing, would you mind if I steal your heart?
(Kid talking to Ran in The Lost Ship in the Sky)}}

{{cquote|See you later, maybe next time we can meet under the moonlight.}}

{{cquote|I'm different from a thief that wears all black. I'm bold and flamboyant; I'm Kaitou Kid!}}

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable OtherLang}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|怪盗キッド {{Bracket|Kaitou Kid|(Phantom Thief Kid)}} }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Phantom Thief Kid/Kaito Kid/Bandit Kid}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|{{Bracket|(Kid l'Insaisissable)|The Elusive Kid}}/Kid Cat Burglar/Kaito Kid}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Kaito Kid in the manga/ Kid el Ladrón (Kid the Thief) in the anime}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|"Kaito Kid", "Meisterdieb 1412" or "Phantom Kid"}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Galicia|Galician|Caco Kid}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Català|Kid 1412 / Kid Kat, el lladre / Kaito Kid}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Siêu trộm Kid / Siêu đạo chích Kid / Đạo tặc Kid}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic| الفتى اللص {{Bracket|Al-Fatah Al-Lis|Thief boy}}, اللص الطائر {{Bracket|Al-Lis At-Tair|Flying thief}} }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malaysia|Kaitou Kid / Thief Kid / Pencuri Aneh Kid (Manga)}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Indonesian|Kid si Pencuri, Kaito Kid in late episodes/chapters}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Tradional Chinese|怪盜基德}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|จอมโจรคิด}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Kaito Kid}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Kaito Kid (manga), {{Bracket|Kid il ladro|Kid the thief}}/{{Bracket|Furto Kid|Theft Kid}}/{{Bracket|Ladro Kid|Thief Kid}} (anime)}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Kaito Kid (DC), Kaitou Kid (MK)}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|괴도키드 "''Gwedo Kid''"}}
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==Gallery==

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File:vlcsnap-2013-11-04-21h23m18s211.png|Kaitou Kid's insignia, left in every notice to ensure its from the Phantom thief.
File:vlcsnap-2013-11-02-20h29m21s82.png|Conan mentioning during the [[The Private Eyes' Requiem]] intro that Kaitou Kid is one of the few people that knows his true identity in the movies.
</gallery>
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== Trivia ==
* '''Kuroba''' (Kaito and Toichi's family name) is also a way to pronounce "clover" in Japanese. This is most likely why a clover appears on Kaitou Kid's monocle.
* Kaitou Kid was clearly modeled after the fictional gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, by French author Maurice Leblanc. In the French-speaking world, Lupin is as famous as Sherlock Holmes is in the English-speaking world. Interestingly, Holmes appeared in several Arsène Lupin stories; however, after Conan Doyle protested due to copyright laws, Leblanc changed the name to "Herlock Sholmes."
* Kaitou Kid signs his heist notes with a drawing of his face in abstract. He re-draws this insignia for each note, so that police will know that it was truly him and not an imitator using a scanned copy of a former insignia.
* He made a cameo in [[A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Prologue Until Goodbye~]], in his [[Hang Glider Cape]] when the bomb explodes in mid-air.
* In [[The Last Wizard of the Century]], the police attribute 134 cases of thievery to Kaitou Kid, fifteen of which have been overseas including America, France, Germany, and 12 other places. In total, 152 gems have been stolen with a net worth of 38,925,000,000 yen.
* Akako Koizumi once dressed up as the Kaitou Kid to trick [[Saguru Hakuba]] into thinking Kaito was innocent. During her escape with the target jewel, she screamed in a revealingly girly manner, causing Aoko to deduce that the Kaitou Kid must be a homosexual.
* In both the Japanese and English dub, Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid shares the same voice actor as that of Shinichi Kudo.
* Kaitou Kid apparently knows how to drive as shown when he was disguised as Kogoro Mouri in Volume 30: Sunset Manor Case.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* This fan-made [http://www.mischif.net/1412/kid.htm Kaitou Kid reference page].

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

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Toichi Kuroba

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PetePete: /* Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: 570-573, Anime: 472-473) */

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| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h41m20s182.png|thumb|right|Toichi's challenge to Yusaku]]
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that Yusaku replied to his challenge with a single exclamation mark, indicating that they were semi-friendly rivals and Yusaku knows his identity.
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==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

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Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-10T00:26:36Z

PetePete: /* Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: 570-573, Anime: 472-473) */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Toichi Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h41m20s182.png|thumb|left|Toichi's challenge to Yusaku]]
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that Yusaku replied to his challenge with a single exclamation mark, indicating that they were semi-friendly rivals and Yusaku knows his identity.
{{clearleft}}

==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Magic Lover's Murder Case

2013-12-09T22:25:38Z

PetePete: /* Cast */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 132-134
| image = TV Episode 132-134.jpg
| title = Magic Lover's Murder Case
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 奇術愛好家殺人事件 (Kijutsu Aikōka Satsujin Jiken)
| season = [[Season 5|5]]
| manga = [[Volume 20#Magic Lovers Case|Volume 20: Files 2-6 (192-196)]]
| airdate = January 25, 1999 (The Case) February 1, 1999 (The Suspicion) February 8, 1999 (The Resolution)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Kaitou Kid]]
| suspects = Kikue Tanaka, Naoko Kuroda, Yoshinori Ara, and Katsuki Doito
| solved-by = [[Sonoko Suzuki]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Boat sail (The Case) Bow gun (The Suspicion) Trash pickup day and crows (The Resolution)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]], Next Conan's Hint (Part 1/Part 2) [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]], Next Conan's Hint [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]], Next Conan's Hint (Part 3) [[Natsuo Tokuhiro]] as Yoshinori Ara [[Kanji Watanabe]] as Katsuki Doito [[Hiroko Fukuda]] as Kikue Tanaka [[Renshi Fukuyama]] as Toshiya Hamano [[Maki Tamura]] as Naoko Kuroda [[Kenji Hamada]] as Tsutomu Nishiyama [[Tousei Tanaka]] as Kiyohiro Sugama [[Isshin Chiba]] as Radio [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Kaitou Kid]]
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Kenji Kodama]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
| storyboard = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
| producer = 132 [[Johei Matsuura]] 133 [[Yoshio Suzuki]] 134 [[Nana Harada]]
| animation-director = 132 [[Masayuki Hiraoka]] 133 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]] 134 [[Izumi Shimura]]
| opening-song = TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~
| closing-song = Still for your love
| prev-episode = The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case
| next-episode = The Disappearing Weapon Search Case
| footnotes =
}}
== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Kaitou Kid}}
{{Char|Kazumi Sanada|display=Kazumi Sanada (background)}}
{{Char|Toichi Kuroba|display=Toichi Kuroba (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
{{Gadget|Hang Glider Cape}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===

==== The Murder ====
Sonoko invites Ran, to attend a meeting full of avid magic fans she met online. After dropping her off at the snowy lodge, Conan and Kogoro return home. During the ride, they hear on the radio that one of the members, Tsutomu Nishiyama, is found dead in his home and that his dying message was the name Dark Master, one of the members of the club.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP132-134a_Case.jpg
| location = Nishiyama Household
| victim = Tsutomu Nishiyama
| cause-death = Beaten to death
| suspects = Kikue Tanaka, Naoko Kuroda, Yoshinori Ara, Kiyohiro Sugama and Katsuki Doito
| description =
}}
Conan rushes back to the lodge only to find out the only bridge across is on fire. Conan rushes through the bridge before it collapses and arrives at the lodge. Toshiya Hamano is later found dead ten metres from the lodge.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP132-134b_Case.jpg
| location = Snowfield near the lodge
| victim = Toshiya Hamano
| cause-death = Strangulation
| suspects = Kikue Tanaka, Naoko Kuroda, Yoshinori Ara, Kiyohiro Sugama and Katsuki Doito
| description =
}}
Conan wonders how the murder was done since no footprint was found in the snow.

==== The Suspicion ====
The members of the lodge decide to leave the Hamano's body untouched to preserve the crime scene and retreat back into the lodge. They discuss among themselves and believe that the club member with the Username Dark Master is the murderer. Conan, Ran, Kikue Tanaka, and Katsuki Doito, head upstairs to retrieve a sweater. While upstairs, an arrow breaks through the window and almost hits them. At the same time, another arrow breaks through the window on the bottom floor. The people of the lodge head outside to investigate and find a crossbow on the ground. The people begin to believe that the culprit is an outsider of the club. Conan investigates and notices that there was evidence that something was stapled to the outside of the house. Conan realizes how the murders are done.

==== The Resolution ====
Conan recreates the crossbow attack on the top floor and lures everyone outside.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kikue Tanaka|Kikue_Tanaka.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Username: The Fake Child}}
{{People|Toshiya Hamano|Toshiya_Hamano.jpg|
* Victim (strangled)
* 27 years old
* Username: The Disappearing Bunny}}
{{People|Naoko Kuroda|Naoko_Kuroda.jpg|
* 25 years old
* Username: Illusion}}
{{People|Yoshinori Ara|Yoshinori_Ara.jpg|
* 46 years old
* Username: The Silent Ventriloquist
* Lodge owner}}
{{People|Kiyohiro Sugama|Kiyohiro_Sugama.jpg|
* 23 years old
* Part-time worker}}
{{People|Katsuki Doito|Katsuki_Doito.jpg|
* 21 years old
* Username: Red Herring}}
{{People|Tsutomu Nishiyama|Tatsuo_Nishiyama.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 41 years old
* Username: Escape King
* Leader of the Magic Lover's Club}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Using a tranquilizer, Conan knocks Sonoko out and reveals the culprit to be '''Kikue Tanaka'''. Conan reveals that the crossbow incident was simple, Kikue pulled a string with an object at the end to break the window, and fired a concealed crossbow to create the idea the attack was coming from the outside. She did the same for the bottom window but had the arrow stuck to the mirror prepared beforehand. As for Hamano's murder, Kikue strangled him, and using resilient strings, fired them from the balcony to the forest until there was enough to support Hamano's weight. She then tied a string around Hamano's body and used the positioned string to slide the body downwards. She then tied all the strings into another arrow and fired it off. As evidence, Conan reveals that the arrows were specialized to have string connected to them and that they should be found on Tanaka's body somewhere. Tanaka confesses to the murder and reveals that the group members online prompted her grandfather, a famous magician, to attempt a dangerous trick which resulted in his death. Conan meanwhile confronts Katsuki Doito and reveals that his name is the anagram for Kaitou Kid. Kaitou Kid reveals that he saw that someone was on the magician's account and wanted to investigate it and escapes the lounge with the use of his hang glider.
</spoiler>

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== See also ==

* [[Season 5]]

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Animation directed by Masayuki Hiraoka]][[Category:Animation directed by Hirobi Muranaka]][[Category:Animation directed by Izumi Shimura]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-09T22:01:59Z

PetePete: /* Plot overview */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Toichi Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Magic Lover's Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|192-196]], Anime: [[Magic Lover's Murder Case|132-134]])===
Thought not seen during this case, Toichi was mentioned by Yoshinori Ara as his favorite japanese magician, when Katsuki Doito (disguised as Kaitou Kid) agreed with him.

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his "older brother" Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it too difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that he and [[Yusaku Kudo]] were semi-friendly rivals.
{{clearleft}}

==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Talk:Kaitou Kid

2013-12-09T21:44:32Z

PetePete: About the plot overview

== Changing names of Kid ==
I want to move "Kaitou Kid" into "Kaito Kid"? Reason: The title is Magic Kaito so it's supposed to be "Kaito". --[[User:S261157|S261157]] 18:21, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
:To be fair, the Kaito being referred to by the title of the manga is the Kaito (快斗) of "Kaito Kuroba" which had no "ou" at the end unlike the the completely-differently-spelled "Kaitou Kid's" kaitou (怪盗) which does end in "ou". However, the people waging war on romanizing "ou's" as "o's" seems to be winning, so why not? [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 19:54, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
::Yeah yeah that makes sense. But what about in Case Closed book? In Case Closed Volume 16, it says "Kaito Kid". There's no "u" at the end of "Kaito". This wiki is english and Kaito is Kaito. I think it will be better to change Kaitou into Kaito which is Kaito Kid. --[[User:S261157|S261157]] 14:40, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
:::That would cause lots of unnecessary confusion. It's always been in the English fandom that you refer to Kaito Kuroba as Kaito whereas if you want to refer to Kaitou Kid you say "Kaitou" or "Kid" because we don't have a convenient way to distinguish the two like the Japanese language does (快斗 (Kaito) as opposed to 怪盗 (Kaitou (phantom thief)). In my opinion the Case Closed manga name changes are not to be followed; we use the Japanese names on this Wiki anyway. As for Chekhov's explanation, there is a way to distinguish the "o" versus "ou" problem by spelling the names this way: Kaito and Kaitō (the latter containing the "ou"). The problem with this is that the general English reading population of Magic Kaito and Detective Conan don't tend to use this because to be frank, we're lazy. Why look up a keystroke when you can simply write "ou" instead? --[[User:Skyechan|Skyechan]] 16:31, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
::::Darn, this sucks! This is confusing, indeed. Grrrr. Don't know why there's a difference between them. Hey Maurice-sama, what's your opinion? --[[User:S261157|S261157]] 18:54, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::I've made some research on the topic and I've also noticed the same thing as Skyechan. When we're referring to Kaito Kuroba, it's "Kaito", but otherwise you'll find that it's more commonly referred to as "Kaitou Kid" when talking about the "Phantom Thief" (which is the accurate translation of Kaitō/Kaitou if I understand correctly). Like Skyechan mentionned, since we've always been using "ou" instead or "ō" in this wiki (due to the way it is interpreted by the "general English population"), I also think it's correct to leave it as it is to prevent confusion and promote reader-friendliness. --[[User:Maurice|Maurice]] 14:39, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

== I saw the use of "Kaito Kid" in the manga. ==

Hence, I will add it in.

== An Update on the profile of Kaitou Kid ==

on the 9th episode of Kaitou Kid series, Hakuba was showing the data to Nakamori about Kid. Well, there are lots of new info about the latter (height, weight ...etc) that we can add to his profile and we can reference to the info in the References section though I have never done anything related to the references but I can learn that. I already have the page that teaches me how to do so in [[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Detective_Conan_Wiki:Manual_of_Style#References]]
However, guys, I need your help or to be precise, can I add this kind of information to the profile of Kaitou Kid in Kaitou Kid page ?
Thanks in advance
:This type of information can go in the profile section and the appearances section, but it would go on the [[Kaito Kuroba]] page because not all the Kids weigh the same, etc. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 15:08, 27 August 2013 (PDT)
Well, I went to Kaito Kuroba's page and found out that under Personality and Skills section: "According to Hakuba's analysis during his search for Kaitou Kid's identity, Kaito is 174 cm (5'8.5") tall, weighs 58 kg (128 lbs), has an IQ of 400, and is blood type 'B'.[2]"
Well, shouldn't those info be also mentioned in the profile section of Kaito Kuroba ? (Kaito, according to references #2, weighs 58 kg (128 lbs). However, in the 9th anime episode of Magic Kaito, Kaito weighs 50 kg (110 lbs). Well, I know that for a guy, he should weighs 58 kg. So what do you think ?. And if we want to add the info to the profile, should we reference ? If yes, would that reference be different from the reference #2 ?
Another thing, in same the anime episode, his eyesight is: L 2.0, R 2.0. Can we also add this to the profile ?
One last thing, while Hacuba is talking with Nakamori in the laboratory, one of the lab's staff came & said that Kaito's age is between 15 and 17. Can we make this as a reference to his age ?
Sorry for the long questions, and thank you so much for everything.
:What do you mean by profile section? Which page? The lab guy's guess for Kaito's age can be referenced. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 16:34, 30 August 2013 (PDT)
Sorry for the confusion :). I didn't clear what I want. What I meant is this page [[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba]] and under his photo on the right there's "Profile" including Japanese name, age ...etc.

==Plot Overview==

Should we add the cases that didn't include a heist in the episode in the plot overview? Like maybe the Magic lover murder case and the jet black mystery train case?

Minor law enforcement

2013-12-09T21:34:38Z

PetePete: /* Yusuke Sakata */

== Manga-based episodes ==
=== Shintaro Chaki ===
[[Image:Shintaro_Chaki.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Shintaro Chaki}}
[[Ginzo Nakamori]]'s boss.
{{clear}}

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Image:Wataru Date.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Wataru Date}}
'''{{nihongo|Wataru Date|伊達航|Date Wataru}}''' is a deceased Tokyo MPD police officer who was [[Wataru Takagi]]'s mentor.
{{clear}}

=== Jinpei Matsuda ===
[[Image:Jinpei Matsuda.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Jinpei Matsuda}}
'''{{nihongo|Jinpei Matsuda|松田陣平|Matsuda Jinpei}}''' was a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department bomb squadron who died on duty three years ago.
{{clear}}

=== Kazushi Nakamichi ===
[[Image:Kazushi Nakamichi.jpg|right|100px]]
Age 38, Kazushi Nakamichi was a police officer from Chiba. He was a classmate of Kogoro and a member of the Judo club. He murdered his ex-girlfriend Yumi Horikoshi for blackmailing him. He appears in [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case]].
{{clear}}

=== Inspector Nishimura ===
[[Image:Inspector_Nishimura.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Inspector Nishimura}}
Inspector Nishimura is part of the Hokkaido Police department. He stays even tempered as long as the suspects cooperate, but has a tendency to yell if his authority is questioned or his investigation is delayed. Nishimura prefers to be straight to the point and doesn't like to make assumptions. He has an assistant officer who looks a little like a spiky-haired Chiba. He recognizes the famous Kogoro Mouri. He appears in the [[Episode 144|Northbound Train case]] and [[Movie 8]].
{{clear}}

=== Inspector Momose ===
[[Image:Inspector_Momose.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Inspector Momose}}
[[Inspector Momose]] is part of theft related Division 3 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is a kind inspector, who readily listens to the detective boys, and doesn't become irritated even when a case wasted his time. He appears in the hina doll case and the warehouse case.
{{clear}}

===Radish Redwood===
[[Image:Radish_Redwood.jpg|right|100px]]
Radish Redwood is a police officer in New York City who was in charge of a murder case at a Broadway play that Shinichi solved one year before the current timeline. He can speak Japanese because his wife is from Japan. [[Sharon Vineyard]] disguised as him to help Yukiko escape a traffic ticket. He appeared in the [[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Golden Apple case]].
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=== Yusuke Sakata ===
[[Image:Yusuke Sakata.jpg|right|100px]]
Yusuke Sakata, age 26, is a police detective from Osaka, Investigation Unit 1 at Tojiri Station. He appears in [[The Naniwa Serial Murder Case]] where his real name is revealed to be Yusuke Inaba and killed 4 people as an act of revenge for his father.
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=== Masayoshi Sato ===
[[Image:Masayoshi Sato.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Masayoshi Sato}}
'''{{nihongo|Masayoshi Sato|佐藤正義|Satou Masayoshi}}''' was the father of [[Miwako Sato]]. He was a Senior Superintendent (Rank 4) in the Tokyo MPD before he died on duty, trying to stop a criminal. His death affected his [[Sato family|family]] deeply. He is voiced by [[Toru Okawa]].
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=== Kazuma Shiroyama ===
[[Image:Kazuma Shiroyama.jpg|right|100px]]
Kazuma Shiroyama, age 46 and he's a police officer. He appears in [[Murderer, Shinichi Kudo]].
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=== Chosuke Takagi ===
[[Image:Chosuke Takagi.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Chosuke Takagi}}
'''{{nihongo|Chosuke Takagi|高木長介|Takagi Chōsuke}}''' is a police detective and [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]'s senior by two years. He was moved from Tokyo to Tottori in order to investigate a large crime syndicate there.

Chosuke first appeared in MPD Case 6, in which the other Tokyo police thought Wataru Takagi was being sent to Tottori. Chosuke investigated a crime with [[Miwako Sato]] and [[Wataru Takagi]] that involved a friend of [[Detective Chiba|Chiba]]'s. After the case was solved, Takagi found out that it was Chosuke being sent to Tottori and not him. Chosuke was shown to be very aggressive at times in an investigation. Once he grabbed Chiba by the collar and slammed him against the wall just to ask him for confirmation to a question. He is also very efficient at investigating, taking notice of minor details and connecting the dots rather quickly. He suspected Chiba of lying to protect his friend in the first case he appeared in, because he believed that as a police detective he had to suspect everyone no matter how good they are. He is voiced by [[Takko Ishimori]].
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=== Detective Tamura ===
[[Image:Detective Tamura.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Detective Tamura}}
'''{{nihongo|Detective Tamura|田村|Tamura}}''' is an anime only police detective in Hokkaido. He appears in the [[Episode 144|Northbound train case]] and [[Movie 8]].
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=== Shoji Terabayashi ===
[[Image:Shoji Terabayashi.jpg|right|100px]]
'''{{nihongo|Shoji Terabayashi|寺林省二|Terabayashi Shōji}}''' is a detective from Chiba Prefecture Police. He appears in [[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story]] and [[The Raven Chaser]].
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=== Unnamed officers ===
[[Image:EP11 Policeman.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer from Tsukikage Island. He appears in [[Moonlight Sonata Murder Case]].
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[[Image:EP18 Police Investigator.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department]]. He appears in [[A June Bride Murder Case]].
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[[Image:EP27-28 Police Officer.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer. He appears in [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case]].
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[[Image:EP113 Policeman.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer. He appears in [[The White Sandy Beach Murder Case]].
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[[Image:EP589-590 Police Officer.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer from the Shizuoka district who is subordinate to [[Sango Yokomizo]]. He appears in [[The Worst Birthday]].
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[[Image:EP624 police officer.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer working for Tokyo Metropolitan Police District's Traffic Department. She appears in [[A Video Letter of First Love]].
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== Movies ==
=== Fumimaro Ayanokoji ===
[[Image:Fumimaro Ayanokoji.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Fumimaro Ayanokoji}}
'''{{nihongo|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|綾小路文麿|Ayanokouji Fumimaro}}''', age 26, is a Police Inspector in the anime version of ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is known to be polite and snarky, as well as of noble descent. He has no close friends, with the sole exception is the cute little chipmunk he takes everywhere with him. He is voiced by [[Ryotaro Okiayu]].
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=== Tadao Azegami ===
[[Image:Tadao Azegami.jpg|right|100px]]
Tadao Azegami is a policeman from the Niigata Prefectural Police. He appears in [[Quarter of Silence]].
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=== Osamu Narasawa ===
[[Image:Osamu Narasawa.jpg|right|100px]]
Osamu Narasawa, age 48, is a movie-only Assistant Chief Inspector. He was killed in a serial murder. He appears in [[Captured in Her Eyes]].
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=== Soichi Narutaki ===
[[Image:Soichi Narutaki.jpg|right|100px]]
Soichi Narutaki , age 59, is an anime-only police detective. He appears in [[The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies]].
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=== Inspector Nishimura ===

[[Image:Inspector_Nishimura.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Inspector Nishimura}}
Inspector Nishimura is part of the Hokkaido Police department. He stays even tempered as long as the suspects cooperate, but has a tendency to yell if his authority is questioned or his investigation is delayed. Nishimura prefers to be straight to the point and doesn't like to make assumptions. He has an assistant officer who looks a little like a spiky-haired Chiba. He recognizes the famous Kogoro Mouri. He appears in the [[Episode 144|Northbound Train case]] and [[Movie 8]].
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=== Toshiro Odagiri ===
[[Image:Toshiro Odagiri.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Toshiro Odagiri}}
'''{{nihongo|Toshiro Odagiri|小田切敏郎|Odagiri Toshirou}}''', age 56, is known as Superintendent Osterman in the FUNimation dub. He is a [[Police_Organization#Senior_Superintendent_.28Rank_4.29|Senior Superintendent]] in the Tokyo Police, and is the Chief of the Criminal Investigations Division. Not much is known about Odagiri but he has a son, Toshiya Odagiri. Toshiro Odagiri seems to be a very strict person which may be because of his strict upbringing. He spares no hesitation to suspect his son of murder, which shows he is very dedicated to his job. He is also a good swordsman, as Conan notices his sword style in Movie 4.
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=== Ayami Ogino ===
[[Image:Ayami_Ogino.jpg|right|100px]]
'''{{nihongo|Ayami Ogino|荻野彩実|Ogino Ayami}}''' is a movie-only character from [[The Raven Chaser]] and is a police inspector from Saitama.
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=== Detective Sasamoto ===
[[Image:Detective Sasamoto.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Sasamoto is a detective from the Niigata Prefectural Police. He appears in [[Quarter of Silence]].
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=== Youichiro Shiba ===
[[Image:Youichiro Shiba.jpg|right|100px]]
Youichiro Shiba is a movie-only officer. He was killed in a serial murder. He appears in [[Captured in Her Eyes]].
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=== Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno ===
[[Image:Tsuyoshi_Shikatsuno.jpg|right|100px]]
'''{{nihongo|Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno||Shikatsuno Tsuyoshi}}''' is a movie-only character in ''[[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]'' and is a police inspector from Nara.
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=== Detective Tamura ===
[[Image:Detective Tamura.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Detective Tamura}}
'''{{nihongo|Detective Tamura|田村|Tamura}}''' is a police detective in Hokkaido. He appears in the [[Episode 144|Northbound train case]] and [[Movie 8]].
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=== Inspector Tomonari ===
[[Image:Inspector Tomonari.jpg|right|100px]]
Inspector Tomonari is a movie-only inspector. He was killed in a serial murder. He has a son named Makoto Tomonari. He appears in [[Captured in Her Eyes]].
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=== Officer Uehira ===
[[Image:Officer Uehira.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Uehira is an police officer from Koumi Island. He appears in [[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]].
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=== Detective Watanabe ===
[[Image:Detective Watanabe.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Watanabe is a detective from the Niigata Prefectural Police. He has an unusual voice an speaks very slowly. He appears in [[Quarter of Silence]].
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=== Detective Yokoyama ===
[[Image:Detective_Yokoyama.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Detective Yokoyama}}
'''{{nihongo|Detective Yokoyama|横山|Yokoyama}}''' is a detective in the Tokyo MPD. He appears in [[The Last Wizard of the Century|Movie 3: The Last Wizard of the Century]].
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== Anime-only based episodes ==
=== Officer Ando ===
[[Image:Officer Ando.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Ando is an anime-only police officer from the Shirahama Eastern Police. He appears in [[The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour]].
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=== Officer Anzai ===
[[Image:EP299-300 Anzai.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Anzai is an anime-only detective from Yamakuchi Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent]].
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=== Officer Baba ===
[[Image:Officer Baba.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Baba is an anime-only police officer from the Chiba Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Bay of Revenge]].
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=== Officer Daimatsu ===
[[Image:Daimatsu.jpg|jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Daimatsu is an anime-only policeman from the precinct. He appears in [[Place Exposed to the Sun]].
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=== Hironobu Eguchi ===
[[Image:Hironobu Eguchi.jpg|right|100px]]
Hironobu Eguchi is an anime-only policeman. He appears in [[The Framed Great Detective]].
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=== Detective Ezomatsu ===
[[Image:Detective Ezomatsu.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Ezomatsu is a Detective from Hokkaido Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case]].
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=== Detective Fujii ===
[[Image:Detective Fujii.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Fujii, age 27, is an anime only detective. He appears in [[Chase the Miyama Stag Beetle]].
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=== Inspector Goto ===
[[Image:Inspector Goto.jpg|right|100px]]
Inspector Goto is an anime-only inspector from the Nishi-Sumida Police Station. He appears in [[Hidden Circumstances of the Falling Incident]].
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=== Akira Haraguchi ===
[[Image:Akira Haraguchi.jpg|right|100px]]
Akira Haraguchi, age 31, is an anime-only inspector from Niigata Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Unsolvable Ice Trap]].
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=== Shouhei Hino ===
[[Image:Shouhei Hino.jpg|right|100px]]
Shouhei Hino is an anime only police detective from jurisdiction department. He appears in [[The Tenth Passenger]].
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=== Detective Hirose ===
[[Image:Detective Hirose.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Hirose is an anime only detective from the Shimane Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The 14th Round of the Matsue Tamatsukuri Linked Verse Contest]].
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=== Kango Hisamoto ===
[[Image:Kango Hisamoto.jpg|right|100px]]
Kango Hisamoto, age 50, is an anime-only detective from Josai Police Department. He appears in [[The Day Kogoro Mouri Ceased Being a Detective]].
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=== Officer Inoki ===
[[Image:Officer Inoki.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Inoki is an anime-only police officer from the Chiba Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Bay of Revenge]].
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=== Officer Iwanaga ===
[[Image:Officer Iwanaga.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Iwanaga, age 55, is an anime only police officer. He appears in [[Chase the Miyama Stag Beetle]].
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=== Kenzo Katsuragi ===
[[Image:Kenzo Katsuragi.jpg|right|100px]]
Kenzo Katsuragi, age 45, is an anime-only inspector from Police HQ First Division Special Investigation Department. He appears in [[Rainbow Color Kidnapping]].
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=== Norio Kasamatsu ===
[[Image:Norio Kasamatsu.jpg|right|100px]]
Norio Kasamatsu, age 52, he's an anime-only detective from Beika Police First Division. He appears in [[The Interrogation Room]].
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=== Sergeant Kato ===
[[Image:Sergeant Kato.jpg|right|100px]]
Sergeant Kato is an anime-only sergeant from Kumamoto Prefectural Police. He appears in [[The Smash of Determination and Love]].
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=== Detective Kawada ===
[[Image:Detective Kawada.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Kawada is an anime only detective from Mikka Town Station. He appears in [[Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case]].
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=== Officer Kinoshita ===
[[Image:Officer_Kinoshita.jpg|right|100px]]
In [[episode 397]], he is insisting to Aikawa Etsuko that the victim committed suicide as opposed to being murdered. He then asks [[Mouri Kogoro]] to prove he is right however due to [[Conan]]'s investigating, the culprit is found.
He is then afterwards seen at the The Sweet Taste Shop with Conan and Mouri eating with them and complimenting Mouri on how well he did with the case which Mouri doesn't remember since he was put to sleep by Conan.
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=== Detective Kobayashi ===
[[Image:Detective_Kobayashi.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Detective Kobayashi}}
'''{{nihongo|Detective Kobayashi|小林|Kobayashi}}''' is a detective in the Tokyo MPD.
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=== Yosuke Kobayashi ===
[[Image:Yosuke_Kobayashi.jpg|right|100px]]
Yosuke Kobayshi is an anime-only chief of the railway police. He appears in [[The Train Trick Murder Case]].
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=== Officer Komura ===
[[Image:Officer Komura.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Komura is an anime-only police officer from the Shimane Prefecture: Izumo Police Station. He appears in [[Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent]].
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=== Officer Kusuda ===
[[Image:EP299-300 Kusuda.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Kusada is an anime-only detective from Shimenonoseki Central Police Station. He appears in [[The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent]].
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=== Detective Kuzumazaki ===
[[Image:Detective Kusumazaki.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Kuzumazaki is a police detective from Kyoto Prefecture Police Investigation Division 1. He works for [[Fumimaro Ayanokoji]] and he appears on [[The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop]].
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=== Minoru Masaki ===
[[Image:Minoru Masaki.jpg|right|100px]]
Minoru Masaki, age 59, is an anime-only assistant inspector from Yamagata Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night]].
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=== Yoji Midorikawa ===
[[Image:Yoji Midorikawa.jpg|right|100px]]
Yoji Midorikawa, age 54, is an anime-only policeman. He appears in [[The Alibi of the Soothing Forest]].
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=== Koichi Mito ===
[[Image:Koichi Mito.jpg|right|100px]]
Koichi Mito, age 33, is an anime-only detective from Nagano province. He appears in [[The Black Wings of Icarus]].
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=== Kenichi Miyamoto ===
[[Image:Kenichi Miyamoto.jpg|right|100px]]
Kenichi Miyamoto, age 55, is an anime-only inspector from Hiroshima Police First Division. He appears in [[The Seven Wonders of the Hiroshima Miyajima Tour]].
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=== Detective Motohashi ===
[[Image:Detective Motohashi.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Motohashi, age 45, is an anime only detective. He appears in [[Chase the Miyama Stag Beetle]].
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=== Detective Momoi ===
[[Image:Detective Momoi.jpg|right|100px]]
{{nihongo|Detective Momoi|桃井|Momoi}}, age 42, is a police detective in Yamanashi. He appears in [[The Roses in the Vineyard]].
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=== Officer Okumura ===
[[Image:Officer Okumura.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Okumura is an anime-only police officer. He appears in [[Bad Luck Grand Prix]].
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=== Omura ===
[[Image:Omura.jpg|right|100px]]
Omura is an anime-only patrolman. He appears in [[The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night]].
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=== Officer Onishi ===
[[Image:Officer Onishi.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Onishi is an anime-only police officer from the Kagawa Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Phantom of the Konpira]].
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=== Officer Otakeyama ===
[[Image:Officer Otakeyama.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Otakeyama is an anime-only police officer from the Kagoshima Prefecture Police. He appears in [[Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma]].
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=== Officer Otani ===
[[Image:Officer Otani.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Otani is an anime-only police officer from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]]. He appears in [[The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven]].
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=== Officer Oura ===
[[Image:Officer Oura.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Oura is an anime-only police officer from the Wakayama Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour]].
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=== Sakata ===
[[Image:EP677 Sakata.jpg|right|100px]]
Sakata is an anime-only policeman. He appears in [[The Footprintless Beach]].
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=== Takehiko Sakuraba ===
[[Image:Takehiko Sakuraba.jpg|right|100px]]
Takehiko Sakuraba, age 55, he's an anime-only parole officer. He was murdered by the ex-con, Fumitaka Togashi. He appears in [[The Interrogation Room]].
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=== Taizo Sakurada ===
[[Image:Officer_Sakurada.jpg|right|100px]]
Taizo Sakurada is an officer of the Tokyo Police Eastern side and appears in [[episode 405]] and accuses Hiromatsu of murdering the victim.
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=== Officer Sakurai ===
[[Image:Officer Sakurai.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Sakurai is an anime-only police officer. He appears in [[Houseboat Fishing Shock]].
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=== Chief Saito ===
[[Image:EP179 Chief Saito.jpg|right|100px]]
Chief Saito is an anime-only policeman. He appears in [[The Coffee Shop Truck's Wild Entrance Case]].
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=== Officer Saito ===
[[Image:Officer Saito.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Saito is an anime-only police officer from the Nishi-Sumida Police Station. He appears in [[Hidden Circumstances of the Falling Incident]].
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=== Hitoshi Shinkai ===
[[Image:Hitoshi Shinkai.jpg|right|100px]]
Hitoshi Shinaki is a anime only police officer from Kagekura Village substation. He appears in [[The Tenth Passenger]].
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=== Officer Shinpuku ===
[[Image:Officer Shinpuku.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Shinpuku is an anime-only police officer from the Kagoshima Prefecture Police. He appears in [[Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma]].
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=== Sugiyama ===
[[Image:EP677 Sugiyama.jpg|right|100px]]
Sugiyama is an anime-only detective. He appears in [[The Footprintless Beach]].
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=== Ichiro Suzuki ===
[[Image:Officer Suzuki.jpg|right|100px]]
Ichiro Suzuki is an anime-only police officer. He appears in [[A Honey Cocktail Murder Case]].
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=== Inspector Tamana ===
[[Image:Inspector Tamana.jpg|right|100px]]
Inspector Tamana is an anime-only inspector from Kumamoto Prefectural Police. He appears in [[The Smash of Determination and Love]].
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===Sumio Tateno===
[[Image:Sumio Tateno.jpg|right|100px]]
'''{{nihongo|Sumio Tateno|}}''', age 27, he's an anime-only policeman. He works at the Beika 5th District Police Box. He murdered the security guard named Zenkichi Ooka for blackmailing him and the other people. He appears in the [[The Suspicious Initial K]].
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=== Officer Tome ===
[[Image:Officer Tome.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Officer Tome}}
'''{{nihongo|Tome|トメ}}''', most commonly referred to as '''Officer Tome''' (and less commonly, '''Tome-san''',) is a CSI member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, and is often seen investigating the crime scene during cases where [[Juzo Megure]] is the head inspector. Tome is an anime only character and, unlike [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]], and [[Officer Chiba|Chiba]], has never appeared in the manga. Up until 2008, he only made sporadic and scattered appearances in the show, but starting with the 17th season, Tome's role has increased heavily, appearing more frequently. Conan frequently asks him about forensic evidence he has collected, and Tome is often happy to answer. He is voiced by [[Toshihiko Nakajima]].
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=== Officer Tsubaki ===
[[Image:Officer Tsubaki.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Tsubaki is an anime-only police officer from the Shimane Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The 14th Round of the Matsue Tamatsukuri Linked Verse Contest]].
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=== Officer Tsuyama ===
[[Image:Officer Tsuyama.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Tsuyama is an anime-only police officer from the Okayama Prefecture Police. He appears in [[Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour]].
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=== Kenji Wakai ===
[[Image:Kenji Wakai.jpg|right|100px]]
Kenji Wakai, 28 years old, is an anime-only police officer from the Harii Station Police. He appears in [[The Streetcar's Sudden Stopping Case]].

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=== Officer Yamane ===
[[Image:Officer Yamane.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Yamane is an anime-only police officer from the Shimane Prefecture: Izumo Police Station. He appears in [[Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent]].
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=== Officer Yamata ===
[[Image:Officer Yamata.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Yamata is an anime-only police officer. He appears in [[The Suspicious Astronomical Observation]].
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=== Detective Yasugi ===
[[Image:Detective Yasugi.jpg|right|100px]]
Detective Yasugi is an anime only detective from the Shimane Prefecture Police. He appears in [[The 14th Round of the Matsue Tamatsukuri Linked Verse Contest]].
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=== Unnamed officer ===
[[Image:EP24 Police Officer.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer. He appears in [[The Mysterious Woman With Amnesia Case]].
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[[Image:EP182 Policeman1.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer. He appears in [[The Big Investigation of the Nine Doors]].
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[[Image:EP182 Policeman2.jpg|right|100px]]
An unnamed police officer. He appears in [[The Big Investigation of the Nine Doors]].
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== Magic Kaito ==
=== Shintaro Chaki ===
[[Image:Shintaro_Chaki.jpg|right|100px]] {{main|Shintaro Chaki}}
[[Ginzo Nakamori]]'s boss.
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=== Jack Connery ===
[[Image:Jack Connery.jpg|right|100px]]
A [[Magic Kaito]]-only policeman from Interpol. He is the secret identity of Nightmare and the reason why he steals the jewels so he can pay for his son's surgery. He died in an accident when Kid tries to save him. He appears in [[Tears of Love for the Dark Knight]].
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=== Detective Delon ===
[[Image:Detective Delon.jpg|right|100px]]
A [[Magic Kaito]]-only detective, Detective Delon is a famous European police detective known for shooting criminals. He tried to kill [[Kaitou Kid]]. He appears in [[The Princess Prefers Magic]].
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=== Superintendent General Hakuba ===
[[Image:Superintendent_General_Hakuba.jpg|right|100px]]
A character from Magic Kaito and [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s father. As Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he holds the highest police rank existent in Japan. He appeared in Magic Kaito Volume 3, chapter 2, to ensure that Saguru was allowed to join the Task Force in chasing Kaitou Kid.
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=== Yoichi Sensui ===
[[Image:Yoichi Sensui.jpg|right|100px]]
Yoichi Sensui, age 27, is a policeman. He was once impersonated by [[Kaitou Kid]] to sneak into the clock tower. He appears in [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid]].
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=== Unnamed officers ===
[[Image:Division II officer 1.jpg|right|100px]]
A [[Magic Kaito]]-based, unnamed police officer from the Tokyo Metropolitan police division II who is subordinate to [[Ginzo Nakamori]]. He appears in [[The Splendid Rivals]], [[The Reminiscent Golden Eye]], and other [[Magic Kaito]] episodes.
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[[Image:Division II officer 2.jpg|right|100px]]
A [[Magic Kaito]]-based, unnamed police officer from the Tokyo Metropolitan police division II who is subordinate to [[Ginzo Nakamori]]. He appears in [[The Splendid Rivals]], [[The Reminiscent Golden Eye]], and other [[Magic Kaito]] episodes.
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== Specials/Dramas ==
=== Officer Haji ===
[[Image:Officer Haji.jpg|right|100px]]
Officer Haji is a special-only police officer. He appears in [[A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~]].
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=== Inspector Holmes ===
[[Image:Inspector Holmes.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories}}
Inspector Holmes is a special-only inspector. He is the prototype for [[Ginzo Nakamori]] and the father of Aoko Holmes. He appears in [[Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories|Nonchalant Lupin]].
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=== Hajime Inukai ===
[[Image:Gen'ichi Inukai.jpg|right|100px]]
Hajime Inukai is a detective from Kyoto Prefecture Police. He appears in [[Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case]].
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=== Masayoshi Moria ===
[[Image:Masayoshi Moria.jpg|right|100px]]
Masayoshi Moria is a police detective from Beika Police. He appears in [[Drama Episode 9]].
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=== Chief Tamagawa ===
[[Image:Chief Tamagawa.jpg|right|100px]]
Chief Tamagawa is a policeman. He appears in [[A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Prologue Until Goodbye~]].
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=== Inspector Zenigata ===
[[Image:Inspector Zenigata.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Inspector Zenigata}}
Inspector Zenigata is an special-only inspector from Interpol and the rival of the master thief, [[Lupin III]]. He appears in [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]].
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==See also==
*[[Law Enforcement]]
*[[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]]
*[[Characters]]
*[[List of minor recurring manga characters]]
*[[List of minor recurring anime characters]]

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Yusaku Kudo

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Yusaku Kudo
| japanese-name = 工藤優作 (Kudō Yūsaku)
| english-name = Booker Kudo
| image = Yusaku Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 37-38
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Yukiko Kudo]] (wife) [[Shinichi Kudo]] (son)
| occupation = Novelist
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_6#Conan_Kidnapping_Case|File 51]] Anime: [[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case|Episode 43]]
| appearances = {{:Yusaku Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 22]]
| japanese-voice = [[Hideyuki Tanaka]]
| english-voice = [[Randy Tallman]] [[John Swasey]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Yusaku Kudo|工藤優作|Kudō Yūsaku}}''' is the father of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with his wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], is one of only a few characters to [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|know]] he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. He is also a world famous novelist and the creator of the popular [[Night Baron]] series.

== Background ==
[[File:Young Yusaku.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Young Yusaku.]]
Yusaku Kudo was already noted for his sharp intellect and deductive abilities at a young age. He met Inspector Juzo Megure and became a good friend and valuable adviser to him in solving very difficult cases.<ref name="Call">Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call</ref> While he often assisted the police, Yusaku's primary aspiration was that of a writer. Quickly attracting acclaim in his early twenties as a young novelist, he encountered the girl whom he resolved to marry: [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], an already famed and beautiful actress. While taking her out in an expensive restaurant to make his proposal, he was involved in a murder case which he solved brilliantly, and right afterward proposed to a startled Yukiko - which she accepted. (Twenty years later, his son [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] would become involved in a follow-up of the exact same case, but unlike Yusaku he wouldn't be able to profess his feelings to [[Ran Mouri|his own love]].)<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref>

Yusaku's detective stories have won international acclaim, especially his novels involving the character called Night Baron, who has become a popular cultural item. He prefers to be known as a novelist, despite multiple demonstrations of a Mycroftian tendency to solve a case before Shinichi reaches the same conclusions. In the course of his career, he also encountered the first [[Toichi Kuroba|Kaitou Kid]] and struck a sort of competitive friendship with him; it is implied that Yusaku knew Kid's identity, but chose to chase Kid only during heists in order to foil the theft and no further.<ref name="Code">Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

After Shinichi becomes Conan, Yusaku learns from Agasa what occurred and stages an elaborate false kidnapping to drive home to Conan what the stakes are if he is caught by the [[Black Organization]]. He offers to take Conan to a new life in America, but understands when Shinichi refuses due to a desire for independence and feelings for Ran - though Yusaku doesn't expect that resolve to last.<ref name="Kidnapping">{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=6 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1995-07-18 |isbn=4-09-123376-7 |chapter=File 1 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo|}}</ref> He and Yukiko occasionally check up on Conan, but seem content to respect Shinichi's wishes to pursue the Black Organization without their help.
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== Personality ==
Yusaku Kudo possesses a very sharp intellect and observation skills, traits which his son inherited, though Yusaku's own abilities remain more well-honed. He demonstrates in multiple cases an ability to operate one step ahead of both Shinichi and criminals, but he chooses to not get involved unless Conan appears unable solve the case alone in time to save the intended victim.<ref name="Train">Manga Chapter 218: The Last Station</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 752: A Troublesome and Difficult Case</ref><ref>Episode (English #99-102: The Cornered Detective)</ref> His success as a novelist is to a large part based on his keen understanding of the criminal mind, as his most famous recurring character is a criminal. While he is an excellent author, he will occasionally blow off his editors in order to do other things, such as travel with Yukiko.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> He is very laid back and calm, never seen to lose his temper. Some might think him too laid back, as he often took his son to crime scenes before Shinichi was eleven,<ref name="Call"></ref> and showed no concern over six-year-old Shinichi dragging Ran and Agasa into a potentially dangerous area of town to investigate a code.<ref>Manga Chapter 572: Broad Daylight</ref> The only time he has been shown to be caught off-guard or stressed by a situation is after the false kidnapping, when Shinichi alerts Yusaku's editors to his location and they force him to make up for missing his deadlines.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> His less tolerable personality traits include a certain cockiness and a very bad touch at making humor.<ref name="Train"></ref>

Yusaku loves to read, and is the one who compiled the massive library of mystery fiction Shinichi read as a child. His love of Sherlock Holmes is briefly explored in the non-[[canon]] 6th movie, '[[The Phantom of Baker Street]]', wherein Yusaku and Agasa helped develop one of the Cocoon VR modules as 19th Century London and included Holmes, Watson, and Irene Adler as non-playable characters modeled visually after Yusaku, Agasa, and Yukiko, respectively.

== Plot overview ==
===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
===Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]])===

== Relationships analysis ==
{{main|Kudo family}}

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yusaku placed 15th in the poll with 45 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Yusaku placed 17th overall with 76 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 ==
Yusaku's name comes from Shunsaku '''Kudo''' (protagonist of the TV Drama [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]] and actor [[wikipedia:Yusaku Matsuda|'''Yusaku''' Matsuda]] (who portrayed Shunsaku Kudo).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "Before" Appearance (Episode 43)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "After" Appearance (Episode 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|"You are going to regret it, if you underestimate girls."|[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Episode 96]], talking to [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] about [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]}}

== Trivia ==

* Yusaku often solves a case before his own son, Shinichi.
*His first name, translates to, "make abundance".

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|優作 Yusaku|工藤 Kudou}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Booker|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Yusaku (anime), Yusuke (manga, file 218)|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|يوساكو Yosako|كودو Kodo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|건 Gun|남 Nam}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|優作 Youzuo|工藤 Gongteng}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ยูซากุ|คุโด้}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Yusaku (Yasuke in ep. 286)|Kudo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Yusaku Kudo -10.PNG|Yusaku Kudo 10 years ago.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h42m31s252.png|Yusaku responding to Toichi Kuroba's (Original Kaitou Kid) challenge saying "Yeah, Of course!".
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Yukiko Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Kudo family]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kudo Yusaku}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Detectives]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
{{Characters}}
[[de:Yusaku Kudo]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-09T02:46:08Z

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| name = Toichi Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his older brother Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it to difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that he and [[Yusaku Kudo]] were semi-friendly rivals.
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==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Yusaku Kudo

2013-12-09T02:44:03Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Yusaku Kudo
| japanese-name = 工藤優作 (Kudō Yūsaku)
| english-name = Booker Kudo
| image = Yusaku Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 37-38
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Yukiko Kudo]] (wife) [[Shinichi Kudo]] (son)
| occupation = Novelist
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_6#Conan_Kidnapping_Case|File 51]] Anime: [[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case|Episode 43]]
| appearances = {{:Yusaku Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 22]]
| japanese-voice = [[Hideyuki Tanaka]]
| english-voice = [[Randy Tallman]] [[John Swasey]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Yusaku Kudo|工藤優作|Kudō Yūsaku}}''' is the father of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with his wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], is one of only a few characters to [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|know]] he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. He is also a world famous novelist and the creator of the popular [[Night Baron]] series.

== Background ==
[[File:Young Yusaku.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Young Yusaku.]]
Yusaku Kudo was already noted for his sharp intellect and deductive abilities at a young age. He met Inspector Juzo Megure and became a good friend and valuable adviser to him in solving very difficult cases.<ref name="Call">Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call</ref> While he often assisted the police, Yusaku's primary aspiration was that of a writer. Quickly attracting acclaim in his early twenties as a young novelist, he encountered the girl whom he resolved to marry: [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], an already famed and beautiful actress. While taking her out in an expensive restaurant to make his proposal, he was involved in a murder case which he solved brilliantly, and right afterward proposed to a startled Yukiko - which she accepted. (Twenty years later, his son [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] would become involved in a follow-up of the exact same case, but unlike Yusaku he wouldn't be able to profess his feelings to [[Ran Mouri|his own love]].)<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref>

Yusaku's detective stories have won international acclaim, especially his novels involving the character called Night Baron, who has become a popular cultural item. He prefers to be known as a novelist, despite multiple demonstrations of a Mycroftian tendency to solve a case before Shinichi reaches the same conclusions. In the course of his career, he also encountered the first [[Toichi Kuroba|Kaitou Kid]] and struck a sort of competitive friendship with him; it is implied that Yusaku knew Kid's identity, but chose to chase Kid only during heists in order to foil the theft and no further.<ref name="Code">Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

After Shinichi becomes Conan, Yusaku learns from Agasa what occurred and stages an elaborate false kidnapping to drive home to Conan what the stakes are if he is caught by the [[Black Organization]]. He offers to take Conan to a new life in America, but understands when Shinichi refuses due to a desire for independence and feelings for Ran - though Yusaku doesn't expect that resolve to last.<ref name="Kidnapping">{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=6 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1995-07-18 |isbn=4-09-123376-7 |chapter=File 1 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo|}}</ref> He and Yukiko occasionally check up on Conan, but seem content to respect Shinichi's wishes to pursue the Black Organization without their help.
{{clearleft}}

== Personality ==
Yusaku Kudo possesses a very sharp intellect and observation skills, traits which his son inherited, though Yusaku's own abilities remain more well-honed. He demonstrates in multiple cases an ability to operate one step ahead of both Shinichi and criminals, but he chooses to not get involved unless Conan appears unable solve the case alone in time to save the intended victim.<ref name="Train">Manga Chapter 218: The Last Station</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 752: A Troublesome and Difficult Case</ref><ref>Episode (English #99-102: The Cornered Detective)</ref> His success as a novelist is to a large part based on his keen understanding of the criminal mind, as his most famous recurring character is a criminal. While he is an excellent author, he will occasionally blow off his editors in order to do other things, such as travel with Yukiko.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> He is very laid back and calm, never seen to lose his temper. Some might think him too laid back, as he often took his son to crime scenes before Shinichi was eleven,<ref name="Call"></ref> and showed no concern over six-year-old Shinichi dragging Ran and Agasa into a potentially dangerous area of town to investigate a code.<ref>Manga Chapter 572: Broad Daylight</ref> The only time he has been shown to be caught off-guard or stressed by a situation is after the false kidnapping, when Shinichi alerts Yusaku's editors to his location and they force him to make up for missing his deadlines.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> His less tolerable personality traits include a certain cockiness and a very bad touch at making humor.<ref name="Train"></ref>

Yusaku loves to read, and is the one who compiled the massive library of mystery fiction Shinichi read as a child. His love of Sherlock Holmes is briefly explored in the non-[[canon]] 6th movie, '[[The Phantom of Baker Street]]', wherein Yusaku and Agasa helped develop one of the Cocoon VR modules as 19th Century London and included Holmes, Watson, and Irene Adler as non-playable characters modeled visually after Yusaku, Agasa, and Yukiko, respectively.

== Plot overview ==
===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
===Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]])===

== Relationships analysis ==
{{main|Kudo family}}

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yusaku placed 15th in the poll with 45 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Yusaku placed 17th overall with 76 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 ==
Yusaku's name comes from Shunsaku '''Kudo''' (protagonist of the TV Drama [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]] and actor [[wikipedia:Yusaku Matsuda|'''Yusaku''' Matsuda]] (who portrayed Shunsaku Kudo).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "Before" Appearance (Episode 43)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "After" Appearance (Episode 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|"You are going to regret it, if you underestimate girls."|[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Episode 96]], talking to [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] about [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]}}

== Trivia ==

* Yusaku often solves a case before his own son, Shinichi.
*His first name, translates to, "make abundance".

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|優作 Yusaku|工藤 Kudou}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Booker|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Yusaku (anime), Yusuke (manga, file 218)|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|يوساكو Yosako|كودو Kodo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|건 Gun|남 Nam}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|優作 Youzuo|工藤 Gongteng}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ยูซากุ|คุโด้}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Yusaku (Yasuke in ep. 286)|Kudo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Yusaku Kudo -10.PNG|Yusaku Kudo 10 years ago.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h42m31s252.png|Yusaku responding to Toichi Kuroba's (Original Kaitou Kid) challenge.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Yukiko Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Kudo family]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kudo Yusaku}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Detectives]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
{{Characters}}
[[de:Yusaku Kudo]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-09T02:41:51Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Toichi Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his older brother Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it to difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that he and [[Yusaku Kudo]] were semi-friendly rivals.
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==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba asking Yusaku Kudo will he stop him in his next heist.
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Toichi Kuroba

2013-12-09T02:40:13Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Toichi Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽盗一 (Kuroba Tōichi)
| english-name =
| image = Toichi Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown (deceased)
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Chikage Kuroba]] (wife) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| occupation = Magician
| nicknames =
| aliases = Kaitou Kid Phantom Thief Kid 1412 Kaitou 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 219
| appearances = {{:Toichi Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances|6]]
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 55]]
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice =
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Tōichi}}''' is [[Kaito Kuroba]]'s father, a world-renowned magician, and the original [[Kaitou Kid]].

== Background ==

Toichi's first heist was how he first met his wife. It involved him wearing an outfit that was in homage for the great Arsène Lupin for his next magic show. Toichi saved Chikage which is how they fell in love. When people saw it, Toichi automatically knew the outfit was going to be his costume.

Toichi as Kid was the greatest jewel thief in Japan as well as the best stage magician in Japan until he was murdered in a fake magic accident. Sometime prior to his death, Toichi had his attendant and friend [[Konosuke Jii]] promise him that he would never tell Kaito about his thieving.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> In the manga [[Chikage Kuroba|Kaito's mother]] was aware of her husband's double life and is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room within their household.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

It was implied in Magic Kaito that Toichi's magic teacher was world-renowned British magician James Hopper, whose granddaughter Kaito defended against [[Snake]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=4 |chapter=2 |language=Japanese}}(Red Tear)</ref>

== Personality ==

Toichi seems to have a playful atmosphere about himself, like his son [[Kaito Kuroba]], as demonstrated by his amusing magic tricks to delight his audience.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===

==== Kaito Kuroba ====

==== Konosuke Jii ====
[[Konosuke Jii|Jii]] is Toichi's loyal friend and assistant.

==== Chikage Kuroba ====

==== Yusaku Kudo ====
Toichi seems to have had a friendly rivalry with [[Yusaku Kudo]], as Yusaku successfully stopped one of Toichi's jewelery heists and then ''gave'' Toichi the "Kaitou Kid" name when he purposely misread a "1412" a news reporter had scribbled down. Toichi daringly sent a letter as the Kaitou Kid to Yusaku once with only a question mark on it, questioning whether Yusaku would be able to stop him again. (Yusaku replies with an exclaimation mark, meaning that yes, he will.)

==== Yukiko Kudo ====
It is subtly implied that Toichi is the very man who taught Yusaku's wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] and [[Sharon Vineyard]] the finer art of disguise. This theory is given credibility by the intricateness of Kaitou Kid's disguises, the secrets of which he has inherited from his father. However, Yukiko remains ignorant about Toichi's true identity and his actual relationship with her husband. Also she called him one of her seven knights.<ref>Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

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

== Plot overview ==
[[Image:473_BABY_KAITO_5.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Toichi and his young son Kaito, as they appeared in a flashback in Episode 473.]]
Having died eight years before the start of the Magic Kaito manga, Toichi has not played an active role in the plot. However, he still has a posthumous influence on his son Kaito, whose stated reason for dressing as the Kaitou Kid is to find the men who killed his father. Kaito later unearths that his father was killed by [[Snake]] over a mysterious jewel known as the [[Pandora Gem]].

===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
Toichi appeared in a flashback episode of Detective Conan, where he challenges his older brother Shinichi to a treasure hunt. Toichi gives the challenge to Shinichi thinking his father [[Yusaku Kudo]] will read it after Shinichi finds it to difficult. At the end of episode 473 it was revealed that he had instructed [[Yukiko Kudo]] in disguises and that he and [[Yusaku Kudo]] were semi-friendly rivals.
{{clearleft}}

==Name origin==
The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather" and one of the characters in Toichi (盗) means thief.

== Trivia ==

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow=5>
File:Elder Kid.PNG|Toichi Kuroba as Kaitou Kid
File:Vlcsnap-2013-09-21-20h29m09s239.png|A flashback of Toichi telling Kaito about the red tear.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kaitou Kid]]
* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Kuroba family]]

== References ==

<references/>
{{Magic Kaito}}
{{Characters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroba Toichi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito]]
[[de:Toichi Kuroba]]

Yusaku Kudo

2013-12-09T02:36:05Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Yusaku Kudo
| japanese-name = 工藤優作 (Kudō Yūsaku)
| english-name = Booker Kudo
| image = Yusaku Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 37-38
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Yukiko Kudo]] (wife) [[Shinichi Kudo]] (son)
| occupation = Novelist
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_6#Conan_Kidnapping_Case|File 51]] Anime: [[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case|Episode 43]]
| appearances = {{:Yusaku Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 22]]
| japanese-voice = [[Hideyuki Tanaka]]
| english-voice = [[Randy Tallman]] [[John Swasey]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Yusaku Kudo|工藤優作|Kudō Yūsaku}}''' is the father of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with his wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], is one of only a few characters to [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|know]] he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. He is also a world famous novelist and the creator of the popular [[Night Baron]] series.

== Background ==
[[File:Young Yusaku.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Young Yusaku.]]
Yusaku Kudo was already noted for his sharp intellect and deductive abilities at a young age. He met Inspector Juzo Megure and became a good friend and valuable adviser to him in solving very difficult cases.<ref name="Call">Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call</ref> While he often assisted the police, Yusaku's primary aspiration was that of a writer. Quickly attracting acclaim in his early twenties as a young novelist, he encountered the girl whom he resolved to marry: [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], an already famed and beautiful actress. While taking her out in an expensive restaurant to make his proposal, he was involved in a murder case which he solved brilliantly, and right afterward proposed to a startled Yukiko - which she accepted. (Twenty years later, his son [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] would become involved in a follow-up of the exact same case, but unlike Yusaku he wouldn't be able to profess his feelings to [[Ran Mouri|his own love]].)<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref>

Yusaku's detective stories have won international acclaim, especially his novels involving the character called Night Baron, who has become a popular cultural item. He prefers to be known as a novelist, despite multiple demonstrations of a Mycroftian tendency to solve a case before Shinichi reaches the same conclusions. In the course of his career, he also encountered the first [[Toichi Kuroba|Kaitou Kid]] and struck a sort of competitive friendship with him; it is implied that Yusaku knew Kid's identity, but chose to chase Kid only during heists in order to foil the theft and no further.<ref name="Code">Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun</ref>

After Shinichi becomes Conan, Yusaku learns from Agasa what occurred and stages an elaborate false kidnapping to drive home to Conan what the stakes are if he is caught by the [[Black Organization]]. He offers to take Conan to a new life in America, but understands when Shinichi refuses due to a desire for independence and feelings for Ran - though Yusaku doesn't expect that resolve to last.<ref name="Kidnapping">{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=6 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1995-07-18 |isbn=4-09-123376-7 |chapter=File 1 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo|}}</ref> He and Yukiko occasionally check up on Conan, but seem content to respect Shinichi's wishes to pursue the Black Organization without their help.
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== Personality ==
Yusaku Kudo possesses a very sharp intellect and observation skills, traits which his son inherited, though Yusaku's own abilities remain more well-honed. He demonstrates in multiple cases an ability to operate one step ahead of both Shinichi and criminals, but he chooses to not get involved unless Conan appears unable solve the case alone in time to save the intended victim.<ref name="Train">Manga Chapter 218: The Last Station</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 752: A Troublesome and Difficult Case</ref><ref>Episode (English #99-102: The Cornered Detective)</ref> His success as a novelist is to a large part based on his keen understanding of the criminal mind, as his most famous recurring character is a criminal. While he is an excellent author, he will occasionally blow off his editors in order to do other things, such as travel with Yukiko.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> He is very laid back and calm, never seen to lose his temper. Some might think him too laid back, as he often took his son to crime scenes before Shinichi was eleven,<ref name="Call"></ref> and showed no concern over six-year-old Shinichi dragging Ran and Agasa into a potentially dangerous area of town to investigate a code.<ref>Manga Chapter 572: Broad Daylight</ref> The only time he has been shown to be caught off-guard or stressed by a situation is after the false kidnapping, when Shinichi alerts Yusaku's editors to his location and they force him to make up for missing his deadlines.<ref name="Kidnapping"></ref> His less tolerable personality traits include a certain cockiness and a very bad touch at making humor.<ref name="Train"></ref>

Yusaku loves to read, and is the one who compiled the massive library of mystery fiction Shinichi read as a child. His love of Sherlock Holmes is briefly explored in the non-[[canon]] 6th movie, '[[The Phantom of Baker Street]]', wherein Yusaku and Agasa helped develop one of the Cocoon VR modules as 19th Century London and included Holmes, Watson, and Irene Adler as non-playable characters modeled visually after Yusaku, Agasa, and Yukiko, respectively.

== Plot overview ==
===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
===Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]])===

== Relationships analysis ==
{{main|Kudo family}}

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yusaku placed 15th in the poll with 45 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Yusaku placed 17th overall with 76 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 ==
Yusaku's name comes from Shunsaku '''Kudo''' (protagonist of the TV Drama [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]] and actor [[wikipedia:Yusaku Matsuda|'''Yusaku''' Matsuda]] (who portrayed Shunsaku Kudo).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "Before" Appearance (Episode 43)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Yusaku_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yusaku's "After" Appearance (Episode 621)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|"You are going to regret it, if you underestimate girls."|[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Episode 96]], talking to [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] about [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]}}

== Trivia ==

* Yusaku often solves a case before his own son, Shinichi.
*His first name, translates to, "make abundance".

==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|優作 Yusaku|工藤 Kudou}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Booker|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Yusaku (anime), Yusuke (manga, file 218)|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|يوساكو Yosako|كودو Kodo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Yusaku|Kudo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|건 Gun|남 Nam}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|優作 Youzuo|工藤 Gongteng}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ยูซากุ|คุโด้}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Yusaku (Yasuke in ep. 286)|Kudo}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow=5>
File:Yusaku Kudo -10.PNG|Yusaku Kudo 10 years ago
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Yukiko Kudo]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Kudo family]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kudo Yusaku}}
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[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Detectives]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
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[[de:Yusaku Kudo]]

Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure

2013-12-09T02:17:29Z

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{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 472-473
| image = TV Episode 472-473.jpg
| title = Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 工藤新一少年の冒険 (Kudō Shin'ichi Shōnen no Bōken)
| season = [[Season 16|16]]
| manga = [[Volume 55|Volume 55: Files 6-9 (570-573)]]
| airdate = May 14, 2007 (Part 1) May 21, 2007 (Part 2)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] [[Yusaku Kudo]] [[Toichi Kuroba]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Yukiko Kudo]] [[Eri Kisaki]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Sumiko Kobayashi]] [[Kaito Kuroba]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Shinichi Kudo]]
| next-conan-hint = Kaitou Kid's godparent (Part 1) Baby language (Part 2)
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| storyboard = [[Yuzo Aoki]]
| producer = 472 [[Minoru Tozawa]] 473 [[Yasuo Ejima]]
| animation-director = 472 [[Rei Masunaga]] 473 [[Tomoyuki Kanno]]
| opening-song = Kumo ni Notte
| closing-song = I still believe ~Tameiki~
| prev-episode = The Uncontrollable Rental Car!
| next-episode = The Love of Lawyer Eri Kisaki
| footnotes =
}}
== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (young/flashback)}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri|display=Ran Mouri (young/flashback)}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa (flashback)}}
{{Char|Yusaku Kudo|display=Yusaku Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Toichi Kuroba|display=Toichi Kuroba (flashback)}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri|display=Kogoro Mouri (flashback)}}
{{Char|Yukiko Kudo|display=Yukiko Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Eri Kisaki|display=Eri Kisaki (flashback)}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure (flashback)}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Sumiko Kobayashi}}
{{Char|Kaito Kuroba|display=Kaito Kuroba (young/flashback)}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki|display=Sonoki Suzuki (young/flashback)}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===

==== Part 1 ====

Conan's class finds a wallet with a message from Ran ten years ago. Conan shares the story of how it got there by explaining the adventure he had in the past. Ten years ago, Shinichi and Ran enter the school at night to investigate the rumors of a ghost. They run into a mysterious man who claims to be Shinichi's younger brother who challenges them in a treasure hunt; He then hands them a wallet with a letter containing the message "Quell the anger of Haido" in kanji. "Quell the anger" is pronounced the same as "Drop the anchor", the riddle refers to Haido Port. The pair finds another riddle hidden on a fire hydrant which contains the message "Clear the allegations against Toriya and demolish the liver of Goroukou" in kanji. Conan reveals that clearing the allegation is to prove innocent meaning to prove White (白, Shiro?) which refers to the word Castle (城, Shiro?) meaning Toriya castle. Goroukou is a reference to Mito Kōmon (水戸黄門?). Destroying the liver means destroying the middle, so removing the middle kanji of Mito Kōmon yields Suimon (水門?, lit. Flood Gates). The pair finds the next clue near a railroad track by floodgates of Toriya Castle; The message on the riddle is "Erase this Mark. With a raspy voice, endure loneliness."

==== Part 2 ====

Shinichi solves the riddle and heads to the school and finds the next riddle on a stop sign. The letter contains a mixture of kanji, and mahjong symbols and when read, pronounces Beika City Hall. Once there, Shinichi finds a sign on a pole with the message "S → W". Shinichi presumes it means the sunset and assumes his father created the riddle for his entertainment.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Back in the present time, Conan realizes what the riddle actually means. Conan writes down the symbols for port, castle, flood gate, post office, middle school, and city hall. It is revealed "S → W" means South to West, so when the symbols are turned 90 degrees, the spell out 'ox hide' in english letters. Conan rips open the leather wallet which reveals a message for Yusaku Kudo from the original Phantom Thief Kid, a single question mark. In the past, Yukiko Kudo has dinner with Toichi Kuroba and hands him a letter from Yusaku. It contains a single exclamation mark, revealing that Yusaku received Toichi's message and implying that he knows Kid's true identity.
</spoiler>

== Gallery ==

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== See also ==

* [[Season 16]]

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Animation directed by Rei Masunaga]][[Category:Animation directed by Tomoyuki Kanno]]

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2013-12-09T02:14:06Z

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Image:Juzo Megure -10.PNG|[[Juzo Megure]] 10 years ago
Image:Hiroshi Agasa -10.PNG|[[Hiroshi Agasa]] 10 years ago
Image:Elder Kid.PNG|[[Toichi Kuroba]] as [[Kaitou Kid]]
Image:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|[[Shinichi]] and [[Ran]] before grade school
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