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{{InfoBox BlackOrganization
| name = Black Organization
| japanese-name = 黒の組織
| english-name = Black Organization
| image = Black Organization Profile.jpg
| boss = [[Anokata]]
| members = [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]] ([[Sharon Vineyard]]) [[Korn]] [[Chianti]] Bourbon
| deceased-members = [[Akemi Miyano]] [[Tequila]] [[Pisco]] [[Calvados]] [[Rikumichi Kusuda]] [[Arrack]] (Conan Special) Yoshiaki Hara ([[Countdown to Heaven|Movie 5]]) [[Irish]] ([[The Raven Chaser|Movie 13]])
| former-members = [[Sherry]] ([[Ai Haibara]]) [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] [[Generic]] (Conan Special)
| undercover-agents = [[Rye]] ([[Shuichi Akai]]) [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]]
| aliases = The men in black
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Chapter 1]] Anime: [[Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Black Organization Appearances}}
| footnotes =
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Black Organization'''|黒の組織|kuro no soshiki}} serves as the main antagonist in the series. It is a secret syndicate that commits a number of crimes for various reasons which range from blackmail to robberies to assassinations. The first members to appear were Gin and Vodka, who were responsible for [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s transformation in the first place. Ever since, they have been looking for him in order to finish the job that their poison failed to do.

==Members==

===Current==

sherry made APTX 4869
*[[Anokata]] Often called as'(that person)' (the boss, currently unknown)

*[[Gin]] A high ranking BO official. He forced the drug [[APTX 4869]] on Shinichi, and his favorite car is the Porsche 356A.

*[[Vodka]] Gin's lackey.

*[[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]] (Sharon Vineyard/Chris Vineyard) A mysterious actress from America. She is hated by a number of the members of the BO, but due to the fact that she is their boss's favorite, she is untouchable and they are unable to do anything to her. It is unknown where her loyalty lies, as she often protects Conan and calls him a "silver bullet," implying that she believes him to be capable of bringing down the BO. She also does not seem to age.

*[[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] Operates under the guise of Rena Mizunashi, a TV reporter. Her real name is Hidemi Hondou. Like her deceased father, she is actually a member of the [[CIA]] who infiltrated the BO. Her brother, [[Eisuke Hondou]], was not aware of this since Hidemi pretended not to know him after she went undercover.

*[[Korn]] Professional in sniper riffles, but talks less.

*[[Chianti]] Professional in sniper riffles.

====Bourbon====
A newly established organization member mentioned by Kir to [[Jodie Starling]] of the FBI. He has recently been dispatched to search for [[Ai Haibara|Sherry]] and is said to have great deduction and intelligence gathering skills. Gin has said that Bourbon hates [[Shuichi Akai]] much more than he does and that he is a man who follows his own rules, much like Vermouth. There have been many hints that he may be [[Subaru_Okiya#Bourbon|Subaru Okiya]].

===Deceased===

*[[Tequila]]. Killed in explosion in Episode 54 and manga volume 12

*[[Calvados]] shot himself after being crippled by Shuichi in Episode 345.

*[[Pisco]] was killed by Gin in Episode 178

*[[Akemi Miyano]] was killed by Gin in Episode 128 and in manga volume 2

*[[Rikumichi Kusuda]] (Voice: [[Mitsuo Iwata]]) killed himself when Akai was hot on his trail.

*[[Arrack]] (Conan Special: Volume 26 - manga only) Suicide

*'''Yoshiaki Hara''' ([[Koichi Hashimoto]]) (killed by Gin in ''[[Countdown to Heaven|Movie 5]]'' - movie only)

*[[Irish]] was killed by Chianti in ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''.

===Former===

*[[Ai Haibara|Sherry]] (Ai Haibara) (since Episode 129)

*[[Shuichi Akai|Rye]] was Shuichi Akai's identity while working undercover for the FBI.

*[[Generic]] is an old friend of Sherry who considers her as his sister. He used the Apotoxin medicine to shrink his own body and entered the school where Ai is. He lost his memory due to his own memory removal gas in Conan Special: Volume 26 (Manga only).

*[[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] is a serial killer whom was the original test subject for the APTX drug. Later escaped and is now in custody for murders he has committed, mostly in fear of the B.O. sending agents after him.

== Organization chart ==

{| width="900" align="center" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="3" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0 3px;"
! style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#222222;"|Boss
|-
| align="center"|[[Anokata]]
|}
|-
| colspan="3" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="margin: 3px 0; border: 0px;"
! colspan="3" style="color: #FFFFFF; background:#555555;"|High ranking agents
|-
| align="center" width="33%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]]
|}
| align="center" width="34%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Sharon Vineyard 60px.jpg]] || [[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]]
|}
| align="center" width="33%" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]]
|}
|}
|-
| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="border: 0px; margin-top: 3px;"
! colspan="3" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #777799;"|Internal Division || colspan="3" style="color: #FFFFFF; background: #779977;"|External Division
|-
! width="17%"|Lab Research || width="17%"|IT Research || width="17%"|Finance || width="17%"|Homicides || width="17%"|Theft || width="17%"|Investigation
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]] || [[Ai Haibara|Sherry]] ''(escaped)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Tequila 60px.jpg]] || [[Tequila]] ''(deceased)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Pisco 60px.jpg]] || [[Pisco]] ''(deceased)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top" |
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Chianti 60px.jpg]] || [[Chianti]]
|-
| [[File:Korn 60px.jpg]] || [[Korn]]
|-
| [[File:Kichiro Numabuchi 60px.jpg]] || [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] ''(disappeared)''
|-
| [[File:Irish 60px.jpg]] || [[Irish]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Rikumichi Kusuda 60px.jpg]] || [[Rikumichi Kusuda|Rikumichi Kusuda]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Calvados 60px.jpg]] || [[Calvados]] ''(deceased)''
|-
|   || [[Arrack]]
|}
| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Akemi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Akemi Miyano]] ''(deceased)''
|}
| style="vertical-align: top"|
{| class="wikitable noborder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"
| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai|Rye]] ''(deceased)''
|-
| [[File:Hidemi Hondou 60px.jpg]] || [[Hidemi Hondou|Kir]] ''(undercover)''
|}
|}
|}

== Modus operandi, intentions and goals==
For an as yet unrevealed reason, nearly all the Black Organization's members (with the exception of the [[Anokata]]) use code names based on alcoholic drinks: hard alcoholics for men, wine or wine-based cocktails for women.

The Black Organization commits crimes such as illegal deals, blackmail, robberies, and assassinations. It tends to eliminate anyone who threatens to expose their secret, including members who have become a liability, such as [[Akemi Miyano]], [[Tequila]], and [[Pisco]].

As of now, the Organization's main purpose and goal still remain unknown. Currently, the CIA's undercover member Kir, as well as the Boss's ringtone, appear to be the only source of information Conan and the FBI can rely on to learn the true intentions behind the Organization. There is a hint of possibility (through secret documents that Conan managed to obtain)<ref>[[Contact with the Black Organization: Negotiation Chapter|Episode 309: Contact with the Black Organization: Negotiation Chapter]]</ref> that they are planning to "raise the dead" - an implication that they may intend to control biological life. The fact that Sharon Vineyard apparently remains ageless, and the original purpose of the [[APTX 4869]] (as hinted by [[Ai Haibara]] herself)<ref>Manga Chapter 384: The Unexpected Treasure</ref>, provide strong hints in that direction.

By some unknown method, at least certain key members of the Organization have been trained or immunized to resist knockout effects, at least long enough to administer a countermeasure (like shooting oneself to keep awake via pain) to prevent capture and interrogation. [[Gin]]<ref>Manga Chapter 242: The White World</ref> and [[Vermouth]]<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref> have displayed such a resistance in the past, as has suspected member [[Subaru Okiya]].<ref>Manga Chapter 638: Paper Airplane</ref>

== History ==
*This needs to be completely re-written*

=== The beginning ===

In episode 1, Gin and Vodka go on a roller coaster at Tropical Land to observe an individual that they have a transaction with (the man they have business with is to pay them, in exchange for proof of his weapon smugling). They are delayed as they are counted among as suspects in a murder case, which is solved by Shinichi Kudo. Later that night, Vodka completes the transaction, unaware that Shinichi followed him.

Gin in turn sneaks up behind the teen detective and knock him unconscious with a pipe. Vodka is about to shoot him, only for Gin to remind him that the police are still around and proposes to use an untested poison on him as it will leave no trace in an autopsy. They leave Shinichi for dead, unaware that the poison reverted his body to the age of a seven year old kid. The transformed Shinichi (now going by the name of Conan Edogawa) seeks to gain a lead on the two men.

=== Slow developments ===

In volume 4, file 033-035 (Manga Version Only), Conan encounters the two men responsible for his condition on the Shinkansen bullet train. After eavesdropping with the microphone, he learns their codenames (Gin and Vodka) and their plan to blow up the train. He fails, however, to apprehend them.

In episode 54, Conan encounters a tall, built member of the organization named Tequila. However, he is killed in an explosion before Conan could gain any information from him.

In episode 118, Conan encounters a member named Numabuchi who was hiding out. He tries to stab Ran, but stabs Conan instead. Mitsuhiko actually has an individual encounter with the runaway Numabuchi in episode 290, but Conan and the police arrive before he's capable of doing anything to him.

=== Akemi Miyano and Ai Haibara ===
In episode 128 (This particular incident occured much earlier in the manga continuity during Volume 2 File 13-16), the Black Organization planned a billion yen heist. [[Gin]] and Vodka were the members that made a plan to rob 10 billion [[Glossary|yen]]. Conan stops them. After the episode, the organization mentioned member named [[Shiho Miyano]], also known as Sherry, the creator of APTX-4869. After the organization killed [[Akemi Miyano]], Shiho's older sister, the organization imprisoned Sherry. In order to escape, Sherry took her poison, and her body shrank. The organization found out that Sherry has betrayed them, so Sherry lives with Dr. Agasa under her alias [[Ai Haibara]].

=== The first head to head battle ===
In episode 176-178, Conan encounters Gin and Vodka again. Ai is kidnapped and confined to a wine cellar, but turns into an adult after the wine spills on her. Despite wearing glasses and janitor clothing, Gin and Vodka recognize her and shoot her repeatedly until Conan appears. He shoots Gin with his needle, but Gin doesn't fall asleep. He tells Ai to jump into the chimmey, and Vodka shoots at him, but he gets away. Gin purposely shoots himself in the arm due to trying to stay awake. Inside, Pisco almost kills her, but Conan rescues her after Pisco accidentally causes a fire. Gin kills Pisco for failure before he's able to tell him the truth about Shiho. Worried that the organization is after her, Ai decides to leave the city.

=== A new threat: Vermouth, and the carjacking incident ===
Aside from Gin and Vodka being the most recurring members, a female member introduced late into the series named Vermouth also starts to play a huge role in the series. She makes her first appearance in episodes 176-178, but her talents aren't revealed until episode 230. She disguises herself as a doctor named Araide and is one of the few characters that learns who Conan really is. In one episode she is saved by Ran and Shinichi from falling through a fire escape, and keeps his secret unknown from the rest possibly because of this reason. She disguises herself as two actresses, Chris Vineyard and Sharon Vineyard. It is noted several times in the series that she is a master of disguise, who trained with Shinichi's mother in the past.

=== Confrontation with Vodka? ===
In episodes 309-311, Conan manages to arrange contact with Vodka of the organization, and goes to confront him in a trap, however, Gin arrives and realizes it's a set up. He and Vodka leave before Conan is able to find out more information about the BO. Though, prior to the meeting, Conan does manage to obtain information from their original contact's diary that reveal a bit of the BO's dark intentions.

=== The second head to head battle, and revealed allegiances ===
In episode 345, many identities are finally unveiled: Vermouth is revealed to be Dr. Araide, Chris Vineyard, [[Sharon Vineyard]], and the silver-haired serial killer in Shinichi's New York Case; Jodie Saintemillion is revealed to be an undercover FBI agent working towards capturing Vermouth, who killed her father when she was younger; Akai Shuichi is confirmed to be an FBI agent, and one with great skill too--enough to make the boss of the Black Organization believe that he is their ''Silver Bullet.'' Near the end of the episode, it becomes clear that Vermouth's purpose was to seek and eliminate Sherry, but her attempts are thwarted by several people: Shinichi/Conan, Jodie Saintemillion, Akai Shuichi, and even Ran. When she becomes cornered, she takes Conan hostage and drives away into a forest. There, she makes a call to her boss (still nameless), and to her surprise, Conan was recording the entire conversation. In order to preserve the organization's secrecy, she sprays sleeping gas in the car, putting both herself and Conan to sleep. She claims that this would be a duel--whoever wakes up first will win. Vermouth does indeed wake up first, but does not kill Conan. Instead, she just crushes his recording device. Ultimately, the only clue Conan gained from this whole ordeal is the ringtone that the boss uses; this is mentioned in episode 425 as well, although its importance has not yet been revealed.

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

Although Vermouth often comes off as evil and malicious, her allegiance is rather ambiguous. She chooses to protect both Conan/Shinichi and Ran, most likely because they let her live back in the New York Case when she was disguised as the silver-haired serial killer. At the end of the episode, she could have very well killed Shinichi, but instead she lets him live and even drapes her coat over his sleeping body so he wouldn't get cold. She even kept her promise with Shinichi to stop her attempt on killing Sherry/Shiho. For some reason, she seems to wish for the Black Organization to be taken down as well--for she believes that Kudo Shinichi is their true ''Silver Bullet.''

=== The third head to head battle, and three new threats ===
In episode 425, the Black Organization introduces three new members, Chianti, Kir, and Korn, who first make their introduction in the 16th Opening episodes before their actual appearance in the series. Episode 425 is also the first to show the most BO members in one episode. Chianti and Korn are introduced in the very beginning of episode 425 as highly trained assassins that Gin recruits after seeing their sniping skills. Kir is first introduced to Conan and the others as a news reporter (Rena Mizunashi) and a friend of Yoko Okino's, however, she is revealed as a member of the black corps later on. After encountering FBI during her mission, Kir tries to flee, but gets knocked unconscious and crashes, resulting in her getting taken by the FBI agents. She appeared in the 17th Opening as part of Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth's group, and Opening 18 alone, which foreshadowed that, despite her injuries, she would play a huge role in the series(which she has during the course of the anime and manga). In the manga, [[Heiji Hattori]] mentions she has been seen in Osaka before.

=== Eisuke Hondou, and the captured Kir ===
In episodes 462-465, the BO reveals some information about Kir and Eisuke's father. Eisuke appears to be linked to the BO, as Conan notices similarities between him and Kir, and he also appears to be gaining info on the secret behind Kogoro's cases. In addition, Vermouth is revealed to be linked to another murder case. In the following episode 466, Conan tells Ai and Agasa that the boy involved in the previous case told a mysterious man(unknown, but sometimes thought to be Kusuda Rikumichi, as they have the same outer appearance, though, his face is shadowed) that he had seen Kir before.

In episodes 484-485, Conan investigates more on Eisuke and belief that he and his father may have a possible link to Rena Mizunashi and the Black Organization. This later leads to further investigations in episode 491-494 with a possibility that Eisuke and Rena are related when they watch a video tape from years ago.

=== The Clash of Red and Black ===

=== Subaru Okiya, and "Bourbon" ===
Jodie calls Conan and tells him that she changed her number and cell phone. She tells him that Mizunashi Rena called them and told them that a new member of the black organization (Code name: Bourbon) is investigating about Sherry (Haibara Ai). As Conan and Haibara were in a middle of a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which Haibara felt was Okiya Subaru. Conan invites Okiya to live in his house since Okiya's flat was burnt.

== Manga to anime differences ==

The first season of Detective Conan, featured The Organization scarcely, due to the writers wanting to down play their presence.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/case-closed/mystery-mastermind/episode/336019/trivia.html#notes Episode trivia on TV.com]</ref> Two of the episodes at least, were altered heavily in light of it:

'''Episode 5, [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case]]:'''
The episode has Conan running into lookalikes of the men who drugged him. Volume 4 of the manga, however, it is the same guys. In fact, that story has him learning their code name (Gin/Vodka in the Japanese Version, Melkior and Kaspar in the English Version), which creates a continuity error in '''Episode 54, [[Game Company Murder Case]]''', when Conan recognizes their names when Tequila speaks to them, despite the fact that he had never heard their names (in the anime) before that point.

'''Episode 13, [[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]:'''
In the episodes end, Masami runs into the criminal in charge the recent murders. She survives a gunshot wound thanks to Conan. The manga version, which is in Volume 2, the masterminds are Gin and Vodka.

Masami is actually Akemi Miyano, and stole the yen to buy her sister out of the organization. Upon refusal to give the location Gin (who has an idea where it is) shoots her. Conan arrvies shortly to try helping Akemi. He gives her his real name, and before dying she tell Conan the location of the yen. (note that in the manga she was killed early on in the 2nd volume of the manga)

The anime had to do a similar story in Episode 128 '''The Black Corps One Billion Yen Robbery Case''' in order to repair the storyline.

==Trivia==
*According to the English-language Case Closed Volume 1: The Secret Life of [[Shinichi Kudo]], [[Gin]]'s real name is "Kaspar" and [[Vodka]]'s real name is "Melkior". In the English manga, these are explained as specific brands of the relevant drinks.

*[[Gin]] can't seem to remember faces he encounters or kills, which explains that he doesn't remember Shinichi.

*Members seem to get along fairly well most of the time. [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] have a particularly close rapport. [[Gin]] is annoyed by [[Vermouth]]'s teasing, but when on business they seem to get along alright. [[Chianti]] holds a hateful grudge against [[Vermouth]] because she believes [[Vermouth]] led [[Calvados]] to his death, indicating that [[Chianti]] has some sort of relationship with the deceased agent. [[Korn]] appears to be anti-social.

*[[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] are close to figuring out who is behind the attempts to stopping them (Conan/Shinichi)

*[[Vermouth]] knows Conan's intentions but does not really try to rat him out to the Organization when having the chance. Due to Shinichi having saved her life when he and Ran had visited New York.

*[[Vermouth]] is the only living member of the organization who learned that Ai Haibara is Shiho Miyano and Conan Edogawa is [[Shinichi Kudo]]. Pisco also knew Ai's identity, and unlike Vermouth, would've revealed it to [[Gin]] if he hadn't been murdered by him first.

*Although [[Vermouth]]'s true appearance is a young woman, confirmed by [[Shuichi Akai]] in episode 345, it still does not explain why she does not appear to age--the very question that she never answered when Jodie confronted her about it.

*According to the Organization only the "Silver Bullet" can defeat/kill them, Vermouth believes that Conan/Shinichi is their "Silver Bullet". However everyone else thinks Akai is their greatest threat.

*So far, the youngest member still in the Organization is revealed to be [[Rena Mizunashi|Kir]] at age 27. [[Sherry]] is actually much younger, as her age was revealed to be 18, and her sister is in her early twenties. The oldest member was [[Pisco]] (currently deceased). The oldest living member so far appears to be [[Korn]].

*Episodes 462-465 marks the first 4-part episode dealing with the BO without it being aired as a special (However, international airings outside Japan have separated each 2hr special dealing with the BO into 6 separate parts).

*Episodes 491-504 marks the longest BO arc to ever air, consisting of more than ten parts.

*During the course of the series, almost every member had some kind of individual contact with Conan/Shinichi; [[Gin]] in the episode 1 and episode 178 when Conan shoots him with his needle while hiding, [[Vodka]] during the course of episodes 309-311, [[Vermouth]] in episode 345, [[Rena Mizunashi|Kir]] in episode 425, [[Akemi Miyano]] in episode 128, [[Pisco]] in episode 178, [[Tequila]] in episode 54, [[Numabuchi Kiichiro]] in episode 118 and briefly in 290, and Kusuda Rikumichi in episodes 496-497.

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==

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Jodie Starling

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| english-name =
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| age = 28-29
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
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| aliases = Jodie Santemillion
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 270 Anime: Episode 226
| appearances = {{:Jodie Starling Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 42]]
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Miyuki Ichijo]]
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Jodie Starling|ジョディ・スターリング|Jodi Sutaaringu}}''', referred to in earlier episodes as '''{{nihongo|Jodie Santemillion|ジョディ・サンテミリオン|Jodi Santemirion}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
Jodie ia frome:F.B.I

Some twenty years ago, when Jodie was still just a little girl, [[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]] killed her parents, who had been working on the [[Black Organization]] for the FBI. Vermouth was surprised to find her in her house, and after Jodie had asked what was going on, Vermouth told her to wait by her father until he woke up, and that "a secret makes a woman woman". She then set the house ablaze, thus destroying any evidence that she had been there, along with the corpses of Jodie's parents and any records about the Black Organization. Fortunately, Jodie had decided to run down the street to the store to buy her father some orange juice, and had thus survived. She was put under protection by the FBI, although she declined the Witness Protection Program, and eventually became an FBI agent herself under the tutelage and patronage of [[James Black]]. The only remaining memento from her past is the set of glasses she wears, which had originally belonged to her father.

Jodie appears around the same time as Vermouth as Ran's new English teacher at Teitan High under the name of "Jodie Saintemillion". She comes off as somewhat strange, and refers to Conan as "Cool Kid", which caused fans to believe that she knew his secret. (In fact, she now knows he's an incredible detective, but it is unclear if she knows his true identity). She is noted for often using the phrase of her enemy, Vermouth ('A secret makes a woman woman'). In episode 226-227 Jodie, after watching Conan suspiciously, informs someone over the phone that she has found their target, whom she refers to as "Rotten Apple".

First indications of Jodie's FBI training are shown during the confrontation with the bus hijackers. She stealthily turns on the safety to one of the hijacker's guns, while knocking him down thus he cannot shoot it when he attempts to fire at her. She appears later in 271-272 and gives Conan information that allows him to solve the case. In episodes 277-278, she is investigated by Conan and Heiji, both believing her to be Vermouth in disguise, as she appears to know they are both detectives despite being foreign to Japan, and even helps them solve a cese in the same episode.

It is not until her personal confrontation with Vermouth that Jodie's past and true identity as an FBI agent is revealed, as well as the real reason she's in Japan and the person she's looking for. She is tracking down Vermouth, and after a brief confrontation with her, Jodie is rescued by Conan and her colleague [[Shuichi Akai]]. Following this, she offers Ai a place in the Witness Protection Program, but Ai declines. She does not appear again until when she helps Conan prevent an assassination plot of a politician orchestrated by the Black Organization and the subsequent capture and hospitalization of the BO member Kir.

Jodie has been heavily involved in the BO arc episodes 492-504, which has involved the BO and the FBI. The death of her partner, Akai, takes a very emotional toll on her. As it later turns out, they used to be lovers before Akai infiltrated the Black Organization by dating [[Akemi Miyano]], with whom he eventually became more intensely involved. Still, despite their breakup Jodie does maintain strong feelings for him.<ref name=Akai>Manga Chapter 677: The Fated Individual</ref>. When a man who looks like Shuichi Akai appears, Jodie is convinced that the stranger is her partner who has lost his memory, but he is gone before she can affirm her suspicion.

== Personality ==
Jodie usually is a very serene person, but also has demonstrated a very playful and carefree side (as it is seen when she is Ran's English teacher). She often says "just like in the movies", to imply that she is in fact American and watches a lot of movies. Jodie considers [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] her "favorite detective," knowing that he is no ordinary boy. She always takes him seriously, and lets him help her in figuring out plans.

== Name origin ==
Jodie Starling was named after both Clarice Starling, one of the main protagonists in ''Silence of the Lambs'', and actress Jodie Foster who performed Starling's role in the movie adaptation of the same name.

== See also ==

== References ==

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Akemi Miyano

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| name = Akemi Miyano
| english-name = Akemi Miyano (Kendra in Case Closed episode 14)
| image = Miyano Akemi Profile.jpg
| age = Around 25 (deceased)
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| relatives = [[Shiho Miyano]] (sister) Elena Miyano (mother, deceased) Atsushi Miyano (father, deceased)
| aliases = Masami Hirota (Michelle in Case Closed episode 14)
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 13 Anime: Episode 13 (She is reintroduced in 128, though her previous appearance is ignored.)
| appearances = {{:Akemi Miyano Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 41]]
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Sachiko Tamagawa]] [[Masako Katsuki]] (Masami Hirota)
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Akemi Miyano|宮野明美|Miyano Akemi}}''', also known by her alias as '''{{nihongo|Masami Hirota|広田雅美|Hirota Masami}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Akemi is the older sister of [[Shiho Miyano]], and both were members of the [[Black Organization]]. However, unlike her sister, Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization.

After completing a bank heist that was supposed to free her and her sister from the Organization, [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] betray her and kill her before [[Conan]] can save her. Akemi is one of the few characters in the show that know that Conan is [[Shinichi Kudo]], as he admits it to her while she is dying in front of him, telling him about how dangerous the Organization.

Although she dies in her first appearance, Akemi shows up numerous times throughout the series, mostly in episodes featuring Haibara, whom looks at [[Ran Mouri]] as a spitting image of her sister. It is also later learned that Akemi was the girlfriend of [[Shuichi Akai]], back when he was undercover in the Organization, and wanted to begin a real relationship with him after she would have left.

== Background ==
[[Image:Conan and Akemi.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A dying Akemi warns Conan about the Black Organization.]]\
Akemi was shot by a gun and died
Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization, as her sister was considered more important, due to her being the one that created the poison the shrunk Shinichi. After many years in it, she decides she wants to leave, along with her sister. Both wanted to start a new life, and Akemi was in love with undercover FBI agent [[Shuichi Akai]], who she knew as her boyfriend Dai Moroboshi.

Akemi made a deal with [[Gin]] to pull a bank heist in exchange for her and Shiho's freedom. She hired two men to help her out, taxi driver Kenzo Hirota for his getaway car, and a large man for his strength. The night before the heist, Akemi sent Dai-kun (Akai) a text message, asking him to be her real boyfriend if she is able to escape from the organization.<ref name=Akai>Detective Conan Manga File 599: Akai's Past</ref>

=== Manga version ===
[[Image:Akemi and Shiho.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Akemi with Shiho, only a little bit before her death, in one of the last times they ever saw each other.]]
However, after successfully completing the heist, Hirota betrayed them and took the loot for himself. In order to find Hirota and the money, Akemi disguised herself as a school girl and visited [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]]'s office, claiming to be Hirota's daughter Masami searching for her runaway father. After they found him, Akemi contacted the giant, whom had hired his own detective, and a fight broke out between the two men, resulting in the giant strangling Hirota. Akemi and the giant hung Hirota's corpse from a rope to make it appear like a suicide, grabbed the cash, and left for a hotel. Akemi slipped some pills given to her by Gin into the giants drink, unaware that they were poisonous and would kill him instantly.With both of her partners dead, she hides the suitcases of money at the hotel's front desk and heads of to meet Gin and [[Vodka]], with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] following closely behind.<ref name=manga>Detective Conan Manga Files 13 to 16</ref>

When she arrives at the meeting place, she tells Gin she will only tell him where the money is after he frees her sister, but Gin goes back on his word, saying her sister is far too valuable to let go of. He gives her one last chance to cooperate, but she refuses and he shoots her. Conan arrives at the scene too late, and she dies while he tries to save her.<ref name=Akemi /> It is here that Conan reveals to her, while she is dying, that he is [[Shinichi Kudo]].<ref name=Akemi /> Akemi's death is ruled a suicide, as Gin's fingerprints were not found on the gun that killed her.<ref name=Akemi />

=== Anime version ===
In the anime, she works at a bank under the name Masami Hirota and pulls an inside job, without any partners,<ref name=Akemi>[[The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case|Episode 128: The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case]]</ref> while the Kenzo Hirota part of the story was used for another case unrelated to Akemi or the Black Organization.<ref name=Hirota>[[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case|Episode 13: The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]</ref>

== Personality ==
Akemi was a friendly, cheerful and outgoing personality. While she could kill without remorse if she had to, she retained enough compassion to despise her life of crime and try to find a better life for herself and her sister.

== Relationship Analysis ==

* '''Akemi Miyano and Shuichi Akai'''
[[Shuichi Akai]] originally met Akemi by accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he was walking in the street. Akemi was concerned over this, and helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi told him her name, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this, both of them discovered they were in the Black Organization, and began dating. However, for Akai, there was a catch involved. To the FBI, Akai's relationship was merely a stepping stone, something to use to take advantage of the Black Organization, and to get information. However, as [[James Black]] later recalls, Akai had begun to fall in love with Akemi, and consider her his real girlfriend.
[[Image:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]

In Akemi's heart, she always felt that Akai (Dai,) really wasn't who he seemed to be. Later, due to a massive error by [[Andre Camel]], Akai is discovered to be an FBI agent, leading to his exile from the Organization. When Akemi discovers this, she runs to him in tears, sad and angry, and afraid that Akai really had only used her to get information on the Organization. When Akai asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions before, Akemi basically hints it is because she loves him. After this, Akemi and Akai don't hear from each other for a long while, and Akemi's role in the Organization dwindles because they believe that she gave information about the Organization to Akai. After the successful bank heist, she is killed by the Organization. However, on the day of the heist, Akemi sent Akai a long text message, tell him that after the heist, when she is finally free from the Organization, if he wants to be her real boyfriend. Akai is never able to answer this, as she is killed by [[Gin]]. Akai treasures this text message, and it was even still in his phone, many months after Akemi's death.

* '''Akemi Miyano and Ai Haibara'''
Despite the fact that they couldn't see each other often, Akemi and her sister Shiho were very close to each other. Akemi had constantly tried to encourage the studious and workaholic Shiho to relax and find herself a boyfriend.

Akemi's death scarred her sister deeply. Much of Akemi's personality Shiho finds personified in [[Ran Mouri]] - perhaps this is the main reason why Shiho was first reluctant to accept her (due to the still-fresh pain of her loss), but eventually came to consider her as a surrogate sister.

== Trivia ==
*Akemi's voice actress, [[Sakiko Tamagawa]], is in real-life married to Akai's voice actor, [[Shuichi Ikeda]].

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==
<references />

{{Black Organization}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyano Akemi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Miyano family]]
[[Category:Black Organization]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]

Akemi Miyano

2010-08-19T17:04:06Z

We all love you connan: /* Background */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Akemi Miyano
| english-name = Akemi Miyano (Kendra in Case Closed episode 14)
| image = Miyano Akemi Profile.jpg
| age = Around 25 (deceased)
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Shiho Miyano]] (sister) Elena Miyano (mother, deceased) Atsushi Miyano (father, deceased)
| aliases = Masami Hirota (Michelle in Case Closed episode 14)
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 13 Anime: Episode 13 (She is reintroduced in 128, though her previous appearance is ignored.)
| appearances = {{:Akemi Miyano Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 41]]
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Sachiko Tamagawa]] [[Masako Katsuki]] (Masami Hirota)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Akemi Miyano|宮野明美|Miyano Akemi}}''', also known by her alias as '''{{nihongo|Masami Hirota|広田雅美|Hirota Masami}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Akemi is the older sister of [[Shiho Miyano]], and both were members of the [[Black Organization]]. However, unlike her sister, Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization.

After completing a bank heist that was supposed to free her and her sister from the Organization, [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] betray her and kill her before [[Conan]] can save her. Akemi is one of the few characters in the show that know that Conan is [[Shinichi Kudo]], as he admits it to her while she is dying in front of him, telling him about how dangerous the Organization.

Although she dies in her first appearance, Akemi shows up numerous times throughout the series, mostly in episodes featuring Haibara, whom looks at [[Ran Mouri]] as a spitting image of her sister. It is also later learned that Akemi was the girlfriend of [[Shuichi Akai]], back when he was undercover in the Organization, and wanted to begin a real relationship with him after she would have left.

== Background ==
[[Image:Conan and Akemi.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A dying Akemi warns Conan about the Black Organization.]]\
Akemi was shot by a gun and died[[File:Example.jpg]]Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization, as her sister was considered more important, due to her being the one that created the poison the shrunk Shinichi. After many years in it, she decides she wants to leave, along with her sister. Both wanted to start a new life, and Akemi was in love with undercover FBI agent [[Shuichi Akai]], who she knew as her boyfriend Dai Moroboshi.

Akemi made a deal with [[Gin]] to pull a bank heist in exchange for her and Shiho's freedom. She hired two men to help her out, taxi driver Kenzo Hirota for his getaway car, and a large man for his strength. The night before the heist, Akemi sent Dai-kun (Akai) a text message, asking him to be her real boyfriend if she is able to escape from the organization.<ref name=Akai>Detective Conan Manga File 599: Akai's Past</ref>

=== Manga version ===
[[Image:Akemi and Shiho.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Akemi with Shiho, only a little bit before her death, in one of the last times they ever saw each other.]]
However, after successfully completing the heist, Hirota betrayed them and took the loot for himself. In order to find Hirota and the money, Akemi disguised herself as a school girl and visited [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]]'s office, claiming to be Hirota's daughter Masami searching for her runaway father. After they found him, Akemi contacted the giant, whom had hired his own detective, and a fight broke out between the two men, resulting in the giant strangling Hirota. Akemi and the giant hung Hirota's corpse from a rope to make it appear like a suicide, grabbed the cash, and left for a hotel. Akemi slipped some pills given to her by Gin into the giants drink, unaware that they were poisonous and would kill him instantly.With both of her partners dead, she hides the suitcases of money at the hotel's front desk and heads of to meet Gin and [[Vodka]], with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] following closely behind.<ref name=manga>Detective Conan Manga Files 13 to 16</ref>

When she arrives at the meeting place, she tells Gin she will only tell him where the money is after he frees her sister, but Gin goes back on his word, saying her sister is far too valuable to let go of. He gives her one last chance to cooperate, but she refuses and he shoots her. Conan arrives at the scene too late, and she dies while he tries to save her.<ref name=Akemi /> It is here that Conan reveals to her, while she is dying, that he is [[Shinichi Kudo]].<ref name=Akemi /> Akemi's death is ruled a suicide, as Gin's fingerprints were not found on the gun that killed her.<ref name=Akemi />

=== Anime version ===
In the anime, she works at a bank under the name Masami Hirota and pulls an inside job, without any partners,<ref name=Akemi>[[The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case|Episode 128: The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case]]</ref> while the Kenzo Hirota part of the story was used for another case unrelated to Akemi or the Black Organization.<ref name=Hirota>[[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case|Episode 13: The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]</ref>

== Personality ==
Akemi was a friendly, cheerful and outgoing personality. While she could kill without remorse if she had to, she retained enough compassion to despise her life of crime and try to find a better life for herself and her sister.

== Relationship Analysis ==

* '''Akemi Miyano and Shuichi Akai'''
[[Shuichi Akai]] originally met Akemi by accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he was walking in the street. Akemi was concerned over this, and helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi told him her name, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this, both of them discovered they were in the Black Organization, and began dating. However, for Akai, there was a catch involved. To the FBI, Akai's relationship was merely a stepping stone, something to use to take advantage of the Black Organization, and to get information. However, as [[James Black]] later recalls, Akai had begun to fall in love with Akemi, and consider her his real girlfriend.
[[Image:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]

In Akemi's heart, she always felt that Akai (Dai,) really wasn't who he seemed to be. Later, due to a massive error by [[Andre Camel]], Akai is discovered to be an FBI agent, leading to his exile from the Organization. When Akemi discovers this, she runs to him in tears, sad and angry, and afraid that Akai really had only used her to get information on the Organization. When Akai asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions before, Akemi basically hints it is because she loves him. After this, Akemi and Akai don't hear from each other for a long while, and Akemi's role in the Organization dwindles because they believe that she gave information about the Organization to Akai. After the successful bank heist, she is killed by the Organization. However, on the day of the heist, Akemi sent Akai a long text message, tell him that after the heist, when she is finally free from the Organization, if he wants to be her real boyfriend. Akai is never able to answer this, as she is killed by [[Gin]]. Akai treasures this text message, and it was even still in his phone, many months after Akemi's death.

* '''Akemi Miyano and Ai Haibara'''
Despite the fact that they couldn't see each other often, Akemi and her sister Shiho were very close to each other. Akemi had constantly tried to encourage the studious and workaholic Shiho to relax and find herself a boyfriend.

Akemi's death scarred her sister deeply. Much of Akemi's personality Shiho finds personified in [[Ran Mouri]] - perhaps this is the main reason why Shiho was first reluctant to accept her (due to the still-fresh pain of her loss), but eventually came to consider her as a surrogate sister.

== Trivia ==
*Akemi's voice actress, [[Sakiko Tamagawa]], is in real-life married to Akai's voice actor, [[Shuichi Ikeda]].

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==
<references />

{{Black Organization}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyano Akemi}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Miyano family]]
[[Category:Black Organization]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]

Kaitou Kid

2010-08-19T12:18:54Z

We all love you connan: /* Toichi Kuroba */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kaitou Kid
| japanese-name = 怪盗キッド (Kaitou KIDDO)
| english-name = Phantom Thief Kid
| image = Kaitou Kid Profile.jpg
| age = 17
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = June 21
| relatives = [[Toichi Kuroba]] (father, deceased) [[Chikage Kuroba]] (mother)
| nicknames = The Magician Under the Moonlight The Heisei Lupin
| aliases = Kaitou 1412 Phantom Thief Kid 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Manga: File 156 Anime: 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|Kaitou KIDDO|lit. Phantom Thief Kid}}''' is the main character in the manga franchise ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', and a recurring character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==

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

=== Toichi Kuroba ===
{{main|Toichi Kuroba}}
kaitou kid his Volume like Volume senshi kudo in the japanes
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Touichi}}''' 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>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Resurrected Kaitou |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> It seems that 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 Resurrected Kaitou |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

=== Konosuke Jii ===
{{main|Konosuke Jii}}

'''{{nihongo|Konosuke Jii|寺井黄之助|Jii Kōnosuke}}''' ''temporarily'' portrayed Kaitou Kid eight years following Toichi's death during a fake magic accident in an effort to lure out Toichi's murderers. Jii ceases being Kid and becomes Kaito's assistant upon seeing Kaito rightfully take Toichi's place as the Kaitou Kid.

=== Kaito Kuroba ===
{{main|Kaito Kuroba}}

'''{{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-coloured gem Pandora, said to shed tears of immortality during the passing of a particular comet. Upon realizing 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 shatter it into pieces.<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>

== Personality ==

=== Toichi as Kid ===

=== Jii as Kid ===

=== Kaito as Kid ===

Kid is infamous for having a rather arrogant attitude, always preferring to create as big a bang as possible. He loves nothing more then 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 then one occasion when Kid has refused to show when the police tried to bar the general public from witnessing his act. 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 never hesitates in leaping to rescue someone, whether physically or mentally.

== Relationships analysis ==

* '''[[Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori]]'''
[[Image:Kaito and Aoko.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Kaito and Aoko.]]
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* '''Kaito Kuroba and Akako Koizumi'''

Since 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>

* '''Kaito Kuroba and Saguru Hakuba'''

The relationship between 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.

== People who know Kaitou Kid's real identity ==

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

== 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".<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>

== Misc ==

* '''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.

== Fan Theories ==

* ''The organization that killed Toichi and searching for Pandora is the [[Black Organization]] in Detective Conan''

It has been suggested that the organization in question may actually be the Black Organization in Detective Conan, but this theory has yet to be proven. The member of the organization that claimed responsibility for killing Toichi eight years ago is referred to as "Snake"<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122093-5 |chapter=Blue Birthday |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=140 }}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. This though may not be the case if Snake refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_wine Snake Wine], but because Kaitou Kid's origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. It does not help that in Snake's second appearance during the ''Crystal Mother'' heist he is referred to as "Jackal", yet another name that doesn't fit with the Organization's codenames.

== See also ==

* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:High school students]]

Kaitou Kid

2010-08-19T12:17:58Z

We all love you connan: /* Background */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kaitou Kid
| japanese-name = 怪盗キッド (Kaitou KIDDO)
| english-name = Phantom Thief Kid
| image = Kaitou Kid Profile.jpg
| age = 17
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = June 21
| relatives = [[Toichi Kuroba]] (father, deceased) [[Chikage Kuroba]] (mother)
| nicknames = The Magician Under the Moonlight The Heisei Lupin
| aliases = Kaitou 1412 Phantom Thief Kid 1412
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 Manga: File 156 Anime: 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|Kaitou KIDDO|lit. Phantom Thief Kid}}''' is the main character in the manga franchise ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', and a recurring character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==

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

=== Toichi Kuroba ===
{{main|Toichi Kuroba}}
kaitou kid his volum like volum senshi kudo[[File:Example.jpg]]
'''{{nihongo|Toichi Kuroba|黒羽盗一|Kuroba Touichi}}''' 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>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Resurrected Kaitou |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=35 }}</ref> It seems that 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 Resurrected Kaitou |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref>

=== Konosuke Jii ===
{{main|Konosuke Jii}}

'''{{nihongo|Konosuke Jii|寺井黄之助|Jii Kōnosuke}}''' ''temporarily'' portrayed Kaitou Kid eight years following Toichi's death during a fake magic accident in an effort to lure out Toichi's murderers. Jii ceases being Kid and becomes Kaito's assistant upon seeing Kaito rightfully take Toichi's place as the Kaitou Kid.

=== Kaito Kuroba ===
{{main|Kaito Kuroba}}

'''{{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-coloured gem Pandora, said to shed tears of immortality during the passing of a particular comet. Upon realizing 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 shatter it into pieces.<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>

== Personality ==

=== Toichi as Kid ===

=== Jii as Kid ===

=== Kaito as Kid ===

Kid is infamous for having a rather arrogant attitude, always preferring to create as big a bang as possible. He loves nothing more then 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 then one occasion when Kid has refused to show when the police tried to bar the general public from witnessing his act. 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 never hesitates in leaping to rescue someone, whether physically or mentally.

== Relationships analysis ==

* '''[[Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori]]'''
[[Image:Kaito and Aoko.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Kaito and Aoko.]]
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* '''Kaito Kuroba and Akako Koizumi'''

Since 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>

* '''Kaito Kuroba and Saguru Hakuba'''

The relationship between 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.

== People who know Kaitou Kid's real identity ==

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

== 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".<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>

== Misc ==

* '''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.

== Fan Theories ==

* ''The organization that killed Toichi and searching for Pandora is the [[Black Organization]] in Detective Conan''

It has been suggested that the organization in question may actually be the Black Organization in Detective Conan, but this theory has yet to be proven. The member of the organization that claimed responsibility for killing Toichi eight years ago is referred to as "Snake"<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1994-10-15 |isbn=4-09-122093-5 |chapter=Blue Birthday |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=140 }}</ref>, a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. This though may not be the case if Snake refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_wine Snake Wine], but because Kaitou Kid's origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. It does not help that in Snake's second appearance during the ''Crystal Mother'' heist he is referred to as "Jackal", yet another name that doesn't fit with the Organization's codenames.

== See also ==

* [[Kaitou Kid Appearances]]
* [[Kaito Kuroba]]
* [[Toichi Kuroba]]
* [[Characters]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magic Kaito characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:High school students]]

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

2010-08-19T12:01:36Z

We all love you connan: /* Background */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
| japanese-name = 円谷光彦 (Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko)
| english-name = Mitch Tennison
| image = Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Profile.jpg
| age = 7-8
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Asami Tsuburaya]] (older sister)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 17 Anime: Episode 1
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: ? Specials: ? Openings: 24
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 12]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ikue Otani]] [[Ai Orikasa]] (Ep. 425~436, [[The Private Eyes' Requiem|Movie 10]])
| english-voice = [[Cynthia Cranz]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|円谷光彦|''Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko''}}''', also known as '''Mitch Tennison''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==

Mitsuhiko love Ai haibra but haibra not love her
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was a student in Teitan Elementary when [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] was enlisted into his class [[Conan Edogawa|after he had been shrunk]] by the drug [[APTX 4869]]. Shortly afterwards, his classmates [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] and [[Genta Kojima|Genta]] had the idea of investigating an apparently haunted mansion, and they persuaded Conan to come along. When Mitsuhiko espressed his scepticism about supernatural hauntings, Genta forcefully 'persuaded' him to tag along as well.

In fact, the haunting served as a cover-up for an old homicide case. Following its resolution, the foursome decided to stay together and form the nucleus of what would become the [[Detective Boys]]. It is later revealed that Mitsuhiko's parents are both teachers, and he has an older sister, {{nihongo|[[Asami Tsuburaya]]|円谷朝美|Tsuburaya Asami}}, about ten years his senior.<ref>[[Mitsuhiko in a Forest of Indecision|Episode 289: Mitsuhiko in a Forest of Indecision]]</ref>

== Personality ==

[[File:Mitsuhiko - Impressed Ayumi.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Mitsuhiko happy to have impressed Ayumi]]
Mitsuhiko enjoys reading science books and takes a scientific approach to problem-solving. He is a smart and well-read first-grader who believes that technology can solve most problems.

It has been showed at numerous times that Mitsuhiko really likes to be prepared for any occasion. He enjoys studying scientific, historical and general subjects for his own interest and fun. This eventually allows him to provide useful insights whenever necessary. He's been (or felt) rewarded a few times for his knowledge. In one instance, Ayumi said how impressed she was after Mitsuhiko provided some precise historical facts behind the Ohashi House in Kurashiki, and he thought to himself with a big happy smile on his face: "I'm so glad I studied!".<ref name="ep377">[[Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour|Episode 377-378: Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour]]</ref>

One of his other qualities is that he tends to be pro-active in many situations and think ahead of possible outcomes. For example, while the [[Detective Boys]] were trying to solve riddles they found in a Momotaro container in a small river in Kurashiki, a murder occurred which eventually led to the different codes to get burned. [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], knowing that resolving those codes would lead to concrete proof as to who the murderer might be, was quite pleased when Mitsuhiko proudly announced that he took notes in his Detective Boys notebook "thinking that something like that could happen".<ref name="ep377" />

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== Relationship analysis ==

* '''Ai Haibara'''
:Mitsuhiko develops heavy romantic feelings for his classmate and fellow detective [[Ai Haibara]]. Ai uses his feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, but she also does admire his courage during missions the Detective Boys must perform and respects his feelings enough as not to be truly exploitative.

* '''The Detective Boys'''
:As the cheerful and innocent girl she is, Ayumi has attracted the romantic interests of her teammates Mitsuhiko and [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], but she is blissfully unaware of that. Instead, her romantic feelings are set on Conan because of his intelligence and courage, making her view him as the person she can surely count upon.<ref>Manga Chapter 039: The Shining Fish's True Form</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 081: A Dangerous Game of Hide-And-Seek</ref> However, Conan views Ayumi as a good friend and nothing more, and her open flirting with him often incites feelings of outrage in Mitsuhiko and Genta.

== Name origin ==

*Mitsuhiko's name comes from novelist [[wikipedia:ja:内田康夫|Yasuo Uchida's]] reporter character '''{{nihongo|[[wikipedia:ja:浅見光彦|Mitsuhiko Asami]]|浅見光彦|Asami Mitsuhiko}}'''. In the English Manga, his name is translated to Mitch Tsuburaya, and Mitch Tennison in the English anime.

== References ==
<references />

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Elementary school students]]
[[Category:Detective Boys]]

Characters

2010-08-19T11:59:51Z

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[[Image:Detective Conan Characters.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Main characters of the series]]
The series was created and is drawn by [[Gosho Aoyama]]. The protagonists from his earlier series [[Magic Kaito]] look very similar: [[Kaitou Kid|Kaito Kuroba]] has made a number of appearances as himself in the anime and manga of the series. The main protagonist of the Case Closed series [[Shinichi Kudo]] and the protagonist of the Magic Kaito Series, Kaito Kuroba are also similar. Hundreds of minor characters have been created and are always given backgrounds, motives, and a personalities that put them under suspicion during the investigation.

The English adaption dubbed by [[Funimation]] has different names than the one in the manga published by [[Viz Media]].

== Protagonists ==
The series revolves around Shinichi Kudo and his "child version", Conan Edogawa as well as his best friend [[Ran Mouri]] and her father [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]].

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Shinichi Kudo|Jimmy Kudo|Main character of the series. He was shrunk into a child after being forced to take a poison, called [[APTX 4869]], created by the [[Black Organization]].}}
{{CharItem|Conan Edogawa|Conan Edogawa|Child "version" of Shinichi. He's after the [[Black Organization]] to regain his original body. The show follows his journey and the different cases he encounters along the way.}}
{{CharItem|Ran Mouri|Rachel Moore|Shinichi's childhood friend, and main love interest. She doesn't know Conan's real identity. She's the one taking care of him along with her dad, Kogoro.}}
{{CharItem|Kogoro Mouri|Richard Moore|Private eye and Ran's father. Separated from [[Eri Kisaki]], Ran's mother.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Detective Boys ==

{{main|Detective Boys}}

The Detective Boys are called "The Junior Detective League" in the English version of the show.

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Ayumi Yoshida|Amy Yeager|Member of the Detective Boys. She likes Conan.}}
{{CharItem|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitch Tennison|Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi and Ai. One of the most intelligent in the Detective Boys. He is great when it comes to science and logic.}}
{{CharItem|Genta Kojima|George Kaminski|Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi. Always saying he is the leader of Detective Boys. He loves to eat, especially eel rice.}}
{{CharItem|Ai Haibara|Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (manga)|Member of the Detective Boys. Maybe one of Conan's love interests. Former Black Organization Member Codename "Sherry" real name "Shiho Miyano"}}
{{CharItem|Sumiko Kobayashi|Liz Faulkner|Conan's homeroom teacher and Inspector Shiratori's girlfriend. Also the self-proclaimed manager of the Detective Boys.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Family & Friends ==

{{main|Family and Friends}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Yusaku Kudo|Booker Kudo|Shinichi's father. A famous author that is well-known in both America and Japan.}}
{{CharItem|Yukiko Kudo|Vivian Kudo|Shinichi's mother. A retired actress, she can disguise well and can mimic voices without a voice changer.}}
{{CharItem|Eri Kisaki|Eva Kadan|Ran's mother, a very successful attorney. Currently legally separated from [[Kogoro Mouri]].}}
{{CharItem|Hiroshi Agasa|Herschel Agasa|Professor who creates gadgets for Conan to use and the best friend of Yusaku Kudo.}}
{{CharItem|Sonoko Suzuki|Serena Sebastian|Ran's best friend. Youngest daughter of the wealthy Suzuki family.}}
{{CharItem|Heiji Hattori|Harley Hartwell|Shinichi's rival detective and best friend from Osaka. Known as "the Great Detective of the West". He's also a trained Kendo martial artist.}}
{{CharItem|Kazuha Toyama|Kirsten Thomas (anime) Kazuha Toyama (manga) Katrina Tolliver (video game) Katie Thompson (card game)|Heiji's best friend since childhood and love interest. She is also a trained Aikido martial artist.}}
{{CharItem|Makoto Kyogoku|Makoto Kyogoku|Sonoko Suzuki's boyfriend, and a karate champion that has been admire by Ran.}}
{{CharItem|Tomoaki Araide|Tomoaki Araide|Ran's doctor, and a high school basketball coach. He was once impersonated by [[Vermouth]].}}
{{CharItem|Eisuke Hondou|Eisuke Hondou|Ran and Sonoko's classmate, whom Conan finds suspicious. Is later discovered to be looking for his sister, [[Hidemi Hondou|Hidemi]] and want to follow the footstep of his father and sister to be a CIA agent.}}
{{CharItem|Subaru Okiya|Subaru Okiya|A person currently living in Shinichi's house, whom Haibara suspects is a member of the Black Organization. Often assists the Detective Boys and Conan on cases.}}
{{CharItem|Azusa Enomoto|Azusa Enomoto|A kind worker at the coffee shop that is right under the Mouri Detective Agency, who sometimes has a case that she wants Kogoro to solve.}}
{{CharItem|Asami Tsuburaya|Asami Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko's older sister.}}
{{CharItem|Midori Kuriyama|Midori Kuriyama|Eri Kisaki's secretary.}}
{{CharItem|Genji Kojima|Genji Kojima|Genta's dad, a true "Edokko" (child of Tokyo).}}
{{EndTable}}

== Law Enforcement ==

{{main|Law Enforcement}}

=== Tokyo Metropolitan Police District===
{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|image=Juzo Megure|link=Juzo Megure|Juzo Megure|Joseph Meguire|Inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitain Police.}}
{{CharItem|Wataru Takagi|Harry Wilder (anime/movies) Detective Takagi (manga)|Police officer who works with Inspector Megure. Currently involved with Detective Sato.}}
{{CharItem|Miwako Sato|Detective Saimone (movies) Miwako Sato (manga)|Female police officer who works with Inspector Megure. Currently involved with Detective Takagi}}
{{CharItem|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Nicholas Santos|Police inspector who works with Inspector Megure. Originally Detective Takagi's rival for Sato's affection, he is currently involved with Kobayashi-sensei.}}
{{CharItem|Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi Miyamoto|Detective Sato's best friend, often trying to get Sato and Takagi together. A traffic enforcer.}}
{{CharItem|Officer Chiba|Officer Chiba|Police officer who often works with Inspector Megure.}}
{{CharItem|Ginzo Nakamori|Mace Fuller|Police chief who is obsessed with capturing [[Kaitou Kid]].}}
{{CharItem|Officer Tome|Officer Tome|CSI officer who often works with Inspector Megure. Considered one of the top CSI officers in the district.}}
{{CharItem|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Kiyonaga McLaughlin|The chief of the Metropolitan Police, and Megure's superior.}}
{{CharItem|Jinpei Matsuda|Jinpei Matsuda|Sato's old partner and love interest, died in the line of duty defusing a bomb.}}
{{CharItem|Inspector Yuminaga|Inspector Yuminaga|The head inspector of the arson squad, and Kogoro's former superior.}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Osaka Police District ===
{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Goro Otaki|Inspector Odin|Osaka Inspector, very close to Heiji.}}
{{CharItem|Detective Toyama|Chief Thomas|Kazuha's father, and a detective for the Osaka District.}}
{{CharItem|Heizo Hattori|Martin Hartwell|Heiji's father, and the police chief for the Osaka District.}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Other police districts ===
{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Sango Yokomizo|Inspector Worthington|Inspector from the Shizuoka district, known for his gruff personality.}}
{{CharItem|Misao Yamamura|Inspector Mangum|Inspector from the Gunma district, albeit a not very good one. Is later promoted to head Inspector in Gunma.}}
{{CharItem|Jugo Yokomizo|Jugo Yokomizo|Sango's twin brother, also a detective. He is not as easygoing as his brother.}}
{{CharItem|Kansuke Yamato|Kansuke Yamato|Inspector from the Nagano district, partially disabled after surviving an avalanche.}}
{{CharItem|Yui Uehara|Yui Uehara|Yamato's former partner who has recently returned to the force.}}
{{CharItem|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Police inspector and detective from Kyoto.}}
{{CharItem|image=Taka'aki Morofushi|link=Taka'aki Morofushi|Taka'aki Morofushi (Koumei)|Taka'aki Morofushi|Police inspector from Nagano. Childhood friend and rival of Inspector Yamato.}}
{{EndTable}}

=== F.B.I. ===

{{main|F.B.I.}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Jodie Starling|Jodie Starling|Ran's english teacher at one point, turns out to be an FBI agent in disguise.}}
{{CharItem|James Black|James Black|High ranking FBI agent, Jodie's superior.}}
{{CharItem|Shuichi Akai|Shuichi Akai|FBI agent, considered by [[Gin]] as his rival, and the "Silver Bullet" that could take down the Black Organization.}}
{{CharItem|Andre Camel|Andre Camel|FBI agent, played a vital role in the protection of Mizunashi Rena.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Black Organization ==

{{main|Black Organization}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Gin|Gin Melkior (manga, later changed to Gin)|[[Black Organization]] Member. High ranking executive member.}}
{{CharItem|Vodka|Vodka Kaspar (manga, later changed to Vodka)|[[Black Organization]] Member. Often Gin's partner.}}
{{CharItem|image=Sharon Vineyard|link=Sharon Vineyard|Sharon Vineyard (Vermouth)|Sharon Vineyard|[[Black Organization]] Member. She is an actress and master of disguise. Considered the Boss' "favorite," and knows that Haibara and Conan are really Sherry and Shinichi.}}
{{CharItem|Chianti|Chianti|[[Black Organization]] Member. Considered an excellent sniper.}}
{{CharItem|Korn|Korn|[[Black Organization]] Member. Considered an excellent sniper.}}
{{CharItem|image=Hidemi Hondou|link=Hidemi Hondou|Hidemi Hondou (Kir)|Hidemi Hondou|An undercover CIA agent, also pretending to be TV reporter Rena Mizunashi.}}
{{CharItem|Akemi Miyano|Akemi Miyano|Former [[Black Organization]] member, sister of Shiho Miyano, and the girlfriend of [[Shuichi Akai]]. She was killed by Gin for being a liability to the Organization.}}
{{CharItem|Tequila|Tequila|[[Black Organization]] Member, originally trying to get programs and a list of the world's top programmers. Accidentally killed by a bomb.}}
{{CharItem|image=Pisco|link=Pisco|Kenzo Masuyama (Pisco)|Pisco|An executive member of the Black Organization and a family friend of the Miyanos. His last assignment was to kill a politician. He was killed by Gin for getting caught in the act.}}
{{CharItem|Calvados|Calvados|[[Black Organization]] Member, another sniper. Kills himself after Shuichi Akai disables him.}}
{{CharItem|Rikumichi Kusuda|Rikumichi Kusuda|Member of the Black Organization, who pretends to be a patient in the hospital holding Kir. He commits suicide when his cover is blown.}}
{{CharItem|Kichiro Numabuchi|Cornelius Graver Kichiro Numabuchi (manga)|Serial killer whom Conan runs into a few times. Former member of the Black Organization, who was the original test subject for APTX.}}
{{CharItem|Irish|Irish|[[Black Organization]] Member, a Movie 13 only character, he discovers Conan's identity as Shinichi. Killed by Chianti.}}
{{CharItem|Generic|Generic|Former member of the Black Organization, who almost takes the APTX drug and searches for Haibara, but accidentally uses his own amnesia gas. From the Special Manga not written by Gosho Aoymama.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Others ==

{{main|Other Characters}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Kaito Kuroba|Kaito Kuroba|High school student and magician. Son of world-renowned magician Toichi Kuroba. Aoko Nakamori's childhood friend, and love interest.}}
{{CharItem|Kaitou Kid|Phantom Thief Kid|Secret identity of Kaito Kuroba. Magician and thief known to be "uncatchable".}}
{{CharItem|Aoko Nakamori|Aoko Fuller|Kaito Kuroba's childhood friend, and love interest.}}
{{CharItem|Saguru Hakuba|Saguru Hakuba|High school detective trying to catch Kaitou Kid}}
{{CharItem|Akako Koizumi|Akako Koizumi|A witch who wants to seduce the Kaitou Kid. Her role in Detective Conan is a drastic difference from her role in the Magic Kaito manga.}}
{{CharItem|Keiko Momoi|Keiko Momoi|Aoko's friend and classmate.}}
{{CharItem|Toichi Kuroba|Toichi Kuroba|Kaito Kuroba's deceased father. Once a world-renowned magician and the original Kaitou Kid.}}
{{CharItem|Konosuke Jii|Konosuke Jii|Once Toichi Kuroba's attendant and friend, now Kaito's assistant.}}
{{CharItem|Yoko Okino|Yoko Okino|Pop star who is worshipped by Kogoro.}}
{{CharItem|Shizuka Hattori|Shizuka Hattori|Heiji's mother.}}
{{CharItem|Jirokichi Suzuki|Jirokichi Suzuki|Sonoko's Uncle, obsessed with embarrassing and outsmarting the Kaitou Kid.}}
{{CharItem|Misae Yamamura|Misae Yamamura|Misao Yamamura's grandmother, who sometimes gets involved in cases that he is working on.}}
{{CharItem|Reiko Kujo|Reiko Kujo|Eri's rival attorney.}}
{{CharItem|Midori Megure|Midori Megure|Inspector Megure's wife, who met him on an old case.}}
{{CharItem|Ethan Hondou|Ethan Hondou|CIA member, Hidemi and Eisuke's deceased father.}}
{{EndTable}}

[[Category:Characters|*]] [[Category:General Information]]

Characters

2010-08-19T11:59:16Z

We all love you connan: /* Protagonists */

[[Image:Detective Conan Characters.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Main characters of the series]]
The series was created and is drawn by [[Gosho Aoyama]]. The protagonists from his earlier series [[Magic Kaito]] look very similar: [[Kaitou Kid|Kaito Kuroba]] has made a number of appearances as himself in the anime and manga of the series. The main protagonist of the Case Closed series [[Shinichi Kudo]] and the protagonist of the Magic Kaito Series, Kaito Kuroba are also similar. Hundreds of minor characters have been created and are always given backgrounds, motives, and a personalities that put them under suspicion during the investigation.

The English adaption dubbed by [[Funimation]] has different names than the one in the manga published by [[Viz Media]].

== Protagonists ==
[[File:Example.jpg]]
The series revolves around Shinichi Kudo and his "child version", Conan Edogawa as well as his best friend [[Ran Mouri]] and her father [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]].

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Shinichi Kudo|Jimmy Kudo|Main character of the series. He was shrunk into a child after being forced to take a poison, called [[APTX 4869]], created by the [[Black Organization]].}}
{{CharItem|Conan Edogawa|Conan Edogawa|Child "version" of Shinichi. He's after the [[Black Organization]] to regain his original body. The show follows his journey and the different cases he encounters along the way.}}
{{CharItem|Ran Mouri|Rachel Moore|Shinichi's childhood friend, and main love interest. She doesn't know Conan's real identity. She's the one taking care of him along with her dad, Kogoro.}}
{{CharItem|Kogoro Mouri|Richard Moore|Private eye and Ran's father. Separated from [[Eri Kisaki]], Ran's mother.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Detective Boys ==

{{main|Detective Boys}}

The Detective Boys are called "The Junior Detective League" in the English version of the show.

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Ayumi Yoshida|Amy Yeager|Member of the Detective Boys. She likes Conan.}}
{{CharItem|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitch Tennison|Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi and Ai. One of the most intelligent in the Detective Boys. He is great when it comes to science and logic.}}
{{CharItem|Genta Kojima|George Kaminski|Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi. Always saying he is the leader of Detective Boys. He loves to eat, especially eel rice.}}
{{CharItem|Ai Haibara|Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (manga)|Member of the Detective Boys. Maybe one of Conan's love interests. Former Black Organization Member Codename "Sherry" real name "Shiho Miyano"}}
{{CharItem|Sumiko Kobayashi|Liz Faulkner|Conan's homeroom teacher and Inspector Shiratori's girlfriend. Also the self-proclaimed manager of the Detective Boys.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Family & Friends ==

{{main|Family and Friends}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Yusaku Kudo|Booker Kudo|Shinichi's father. A famous author that is well-known in both America and Japan.}}
{{CharItem|Yukiko Kudo|Vivian Kudo|Shinichi's mother. A retired actress, she can disguise well and can mimic voices without a voice changer.}}
{{CharItem|Eri Kisaki|Eva Kadan|Ran's mother, a very successful attorney. Currently legally separated from [[Kogoro Mouri]].}}
{{CharItem|Hiroshi Agasa|Herschel Agasa|Professor who creates gadgets for Conan to use and the best friend of Yusaku Kudo.}}
{{CharItem|Sonoko Suzuki|Serena Sebastian|Ran's best friend. Youngest daughter of the wealthy Suzuki family.}}
{{CharItem|Heiji Hattori|Harley Hartwell|Shinichi's rival detective and best friend from Osaka. Known as "the Great Detective of the West". He's also a trained Kendo martial artist.}}
{{CharItem|Kazuha Toyama|Kirsten Thomas (anime) Kazuha Toyama (manga) Katrina Tolliver (video game) Katie Thompson (card game)|Heiji's best friend since childhood and love interest. She is also a trained Aikido martial artist.}}
{{CharItem|Makoto Kyogoku|Makoto Kyogoku|Sonoko Suzuki's boyfriend, and a karate champion that has been admire by Ran.}}
{{CharItem|Tomoaki Araide|Tomoaki Araide|Ran's doctor, and a high school basketball coach. He was once impersonated by [[Vermouth]].}}
{{CharItem|Eisuke Hondou|Eisuke Hondou|Ran and Sonoko's classmate, whom Conan finds suspicious. Is later discovered to be looking for his sister, [[Hidemi Hondou|Hidemi]] and want to follow the footstep of his father and sister to be a CIA agent.}}
{{CharItem|Subaru Okiya|Subaru Okiya|A person currently living in Shinichi's house, whom Haibara suspects is a member of the Black Organization. Often assists the Detective Boys and Conan on cases.}}
{{CharItem|Azusa Enomoto|Azusa Enomoto|A kind worker at the coffee shop that is right under the Mouri Detective Agency, who sometimes has a case that she wants Kogoro to solve.}}
{{CharItem|Asami Tsuburaya|Asami Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko's older sister.}}
{{CharItem|Midori Kuriyama|Midori Kuriyama|Eri Kisaki's secretary.}}
{{CharItem|Genji Kojima|Genji Kojima|Genta's dad, a true "Edokko" (child of Tokyo).}}
{{EndTable}}

== Law Enforcement ==

{{main|Law Enforcement}}

=== Tokyo Metropolitan Police District===
{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|image=Juzo Megure|link=Juzo Megure|Juzo Megure|Joseph Meguire|Inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitain Police.}}
{{CharItem|Wataru Takagi|Harry Wilder (anime/movies) Detective Takagi (manga)|Police officer who works with Inspector Megure. Currently involved with Detective Sato.}}
{{CharItem|Miwako Sato|Detective Saimone (movies) Miwako Sato (manga)|Female police officer who works with Inspector Megure. Currently involved with Detective Takagi}}
{{CharItem|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Nicholas Santos|Police inspector who works with Inspector Megure. Originally Detective Takagi's rival for Sato's affection, he is currently involved with Kobayashi-sensei.}}
{{CharItem|Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi Miyamoto|Detective Sato's best friend, often trying to get Sato and Takagi together. A traffic enforcer.}}
{{CharItem|Officer Chiba|Officer Chiba|Police officer who often works with Inspector Megure.}}
{{CharItem|Ginzo Nakamori|Mace Fuller|Police chief who is obsessed with capturing [[Kaitou Kid]].}}
{{CharItem|Officer Tome|Officer Tome|CSI officer who often works with Inspector Megure. Considered one of the top CSI officers in the district.}}
{{CharItem|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Kiyonaga McLaughlin|The chief of the Metropolitan Police, and Megure's superior.}}
{{CharItem|Jinpei Matsuda|Jinpei Matsuda|Sato's old partner and love interest, died in the line of duty defusing a bomb.}}
{{CharItem|Inspector Yuminaga|Inspector Yuminaga|The head inspector of the arson squad, and Kogoro's former superior.}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Osaka Police District ===
{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Goro Otaki|Inspector Odin|Osaka Inspector, very close to Heiji.}}
{{CharItem|Detective Toyama|Chief Thomas|Kazuha's father, and a detective for the Osaka District.}}
{{CharItem|Heizo Hattori|Martin Hartwell|Heiji's father, and the police chief for the Osaka District.}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Other police districts ===
{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Sango Yokomizo|Inspector Worthington|Inspector from the Shizuoka district, known for his gruff personality.}}
{{CharItem|Misao Yamamura|Inspector Mangum|Inspector from the Gunma district, albeit a not very good one. Is later promoted to head Inspector in Gunma.}}
{{CharItem|Jugo Yokomizo|Jugo Yokomizo|Sango's twin brother, also a detective. He is not as easygoing as his brother.}}
{{CharItem|Kansuke Yamato|Kansuke Yamato|Inspector from the Nagano district, partially disabled after surviving an avalanche.}}
{{CharItem|Yui Uehara|Yui Uehara|Yamato's former partner who has recently returned to the force.}}
{{CharItem|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Fumimaro Ayanokoji|Police inspector and detective from Kyoto.}}
{{CharItem|image=Taka'aki Morofushi|link=Taka'aki Morofushi|Taka'aki Morofushi (Koumei)|Taka'aki Morofushi|Police inspector from Nagano. Childhood friend and rival of Inspector Yamato.}}
{{EndTable}}

=== F.B.I. ===

{{main|F.B.I.}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Jodie Starling|Jodie Starling|Ran's english teacher at one point, turns out to be an FBI agent in disguise.}}
{{CharItem|James Black|James Black|High ranking FBI agent, Jodie's superior.}}
{{CharItem|Shuichi Akai|Shuichi Akai|FBI agent, considered by [[Gin]] as his rival, and the "Silver Bullet" that could take down the Black Organization.}}
{{CharItem|Andre Camel|Andre Camel|FBI agent, played a vital role in the protection of Mizunashi Rena.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Black Organization ==

{{main|Black Organization}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Gin|Gin Melkior (manga, later changed to Gin)|[[Black Organization]] Member. High ranking executive member.}}
{{CharItem|Vodka|Vodka Kaspar (manga, later changed to Vodka)|[[Black Organization]] Member. Often Gin's partner.}}
{{CharItem|image=Sharon Vineyard|link=Sharon Vineyard|Sharon Vineyard (Vermouth)|Sharon Vineyard|[[Black Organization]] Member. She is an actress and master of disguise. Considered the Boss' "favorite," and knows that Haibara and Conan are really Sherry and Shinichi.}}
{{CharItem|Chianti|Chianti|[[Black Organization]] Member. Considered an excellent sniper.}}
{{CharItem|Korn|Korn|[[Black Organization]] Member. Considered an excellent sniper.}}
{{CharItem|image=Hidemi Hondou|link=Hidemi Hondou|Hidemi Hondou (Kir)|Hidemi Hondou|An undercover CIA agent, also pretending to be TV reporter Rena Mizunashi.}}
{{CharItem|Akemi Miyano|Akemi Miyano|Former [[Black Organization]] member, sister of Shiho Miyano, and the girlfriend of [[Shuichi Akai]]. She was killed by Gin for being a liability to the Organization.}}
{{CharItem|Tequila|Tequila|[[Black Organization]] Member, originally trying to get programs and a list of the world's top programmers. Accidentally killed by a bomb.}}
{{CharItem|image=Pisco|link=Pisco|Kenzo Masuyama (Pisco)|Pisco|An executive member of the Black Organization and a family friend of the Miyanos. His last assignment was to kill a politician. He was killed by Gin for getting caught in the act.}}
{{CharItem|Calvados|Calvados|[[Black Organization]] Member, another sniper. Kills himself after Shuichi Akai disables him.}}
{{CharItem|Rikumichi Kusuda|Rikumichi Kusuda|Member of the Black Organization, who pretends to be a patient in the hospital holding Kir. He commits suicide when his cover is blown.}}
{{CharItem|Kichiro Numabuchi|Cornelius Graver Kichiro Numabuchi (manga)|Serial killer whom Conan runs into a few times. Former member of the Black Organization, who was the original test subject for APTX.}}
{{CharItem|Irish|Irish|[[Black Organization]] Member, a Movie 13 only character, he discovers Conan's identity as Shinichi. Killed by Chianti.}}
{{CharItem|Generic|Generic|Former member of the Black Organization, who almost takes the APTX drug and searches for Haibara, but accidentally uses his own amnesia gas. From the Special Manga not written by Gosho Aoymama.}}
{{EndTable}}

== Others ==

{{main|Other Characters}}

{{BeginTable Char}}
{{CharItem|Kaito Kuroba|Kaito Kuroba|High school student and magician. Son of world-renowned magician Toichi Kuroba. Aoko Nakamori's childhood friend, and love interest.}}
{{CharItem|Kaitou Kid|Phantom Thief Kid|Secret identity of Kaito Kuroba. Magician and thief known to be "uncatchable".}}
{{CharItem|Aoko Nakamori|Aoko Fuller|Kaito Kuroba's childhood friend, and love interest.}}
{{CharItem|Saguru Hakuba|Saguru Hakuba|High school detective trying to catch Kaitou Kid}}
{{CharItem|Akako Koizumi|Akako Koizumi|A witch who wants to seduce the Kaitou Kid. Her role in Detective Conan is a drastic difference from her role in the Magic Kaito manga.}}
{{CharItem|Keiko Momoi|Keiko Momoi|Aoko's friend and classmate.}}
{{CharItem|Toichi Kuroba|Toichi Kuroba|Kaito Kuroba's deceased father. Once a world-renowned magician and the original Kaitou Kid.}}
{{CharItem|Konosuke Jii|Konosuke Jii|Once Toichi Kuroba's attendant and friend, now Kaito's assistant.}}
{{CharItem|Yoko Okino|Yoko Okino|Pop star who is worshipped by Kogoro.}}
{{CharItem|Shizuka Hattori|Shizuka Hattori|Heiji's mother.}}
{{CharItem|Jirokichi Suzuki|Jirokichi Suzuki|Sonoko's Uncle, obsessed with embarrassing and outsmarting the Kaitou Kid.}}
{{CharItem|Misae Yamamura|Misae Yamamura|Misao Yamamura's grandmother, who sometimes gets involved in cases that he is working on.}}
{{CharItem|Reiko Kujo|Reiko Kujo|Eri's rival attorney.}}
{{CharItem|Midori Megure|Midori Megure|Inspector Megure's wife, who met him on an old case.}}
{{CharItem|Ethan Hondou|Ethan Hondou|CIA member, Hidemi and Eisuke's deceased father.}}
{{EndTable}}

[[Category:Characters|*]] [[Category:General Information]]

Yukiko Kudo

2010-08-18T22:46:12Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Yukiko Kudo
| japanese-name = 工藤有希子 (Kudou Yukiko)
| english-name = Vivian Kudo
| image = Yukiko Kudo Profile.jpg
| age = 37
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (husband) [[Shinichi Kudo]] (son)
| nicknames = The Night Baroness
| aliases = Yukiko Fujimine (maiden name) Fumiyo Edogawa Fumiyo Akechi
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 49 Anime: Episode 43
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: ? Specials: ? Openings: 5
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 14]]
| japanese-voice = [[Sumi Shimamoto]]
| english-voice = [[Laurie Steele]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Yukiko Kudo|工藤有希子|Kudou Yukiko}}''' is the mother of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with her husband [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]], one of few characters who knows he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. She was once a famous actress, but retired after marrying Yusaku. She was also close friends with fellow actress, [[Sharon Vineyard]], both being excellent masters of disguise.

== Background ==[[File:Examplejpg]]
he know connan is senshi
Despite her then-tender years as a student at Teitan High, Yukiko was already an internationally famous actress and had a prospectively prosperous future in the film industry.<ref>Manga Chapter 414: Mama's Rival!?</ref> Thus it came as a major surprise to the world when, practically out of the blue, she married [[Yusaku Kudo]] and retired from acting.<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref> She still retains good contacts in the acting industry, however, and has since become known as the Night Baroness (named after one of her husband's characters) after babbling out some clues provided by Yusaku which helped solve a criminal case on a live television show.<ref>Manga Chapter 342: Golden Apple 2</ref>

During her acting years, Yukiko went to a famous [[Toichi Kuroba|stage magician and disguise artist]] to learn the finer arts of disguise for a role she was preparing to play. There she met another actress who would become one of her closest friends: [[Sharon Vineyard]]. Until Sharon's (supposed) death, the two women stayed in touch, and Yukiko even attended her funeral, but her appearance was overshadowed by a small scandal involving Sharon's 'daughter' Chris. Yukiko has since learned from her son about Chris/Sharon's secret life, a revelation which troubles her deeply.<ref>Manga Chapter 341: Golden Apple 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 433: The Truth Behind The Mask</ref>

Despite a certain rivalry for popularity in their high school years, which had culminated in a Miss Teitan Election, Yukiko is also a close friend of [[Eri Kisaki]], and (unlike Eri) finds her daughter [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] a perfect match for her son.<ref>Manga Chapter 342: Golden Apple 2</ref>

== Personality ==
[[Image:Eri and Yukiko.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Yukiko and her childhood friend, [[Eri Kisaki]].]]
Despite her adult age, Yukiko still behaves like a teenager. She is bubbly, overconfident and attention-seeking, and prefers to stand in the lime-light (literally) whenever possible. She is an extremely reckless driver and very sensitive about her age: Whenever her son ''dares'' to call her "oba-chan" in Japanese (in English, the closest equivalent would be "aunt"), she sets up such a furious face that Shinichi must quickly correct himself by calling her "one-chan" ("older sister").

== Name origin ==
The name '''Yukiko Fujimine''' (藤峰) name comes from [[Lupin III]] character '''Fuji'''ko '''Mine''' and actress [[wikipedia:二階堂有希子|'''Yukiko''' Nikaido]] (the original voice of Fujiko). Her alias, '''Fumiyo''' (文代), comes from Fumiyo Akechi, wife of [[Edogawa Rampo]]'s [[Kogoro Akechi]].

== Quotes ==

{{charquote|Hey, you may be looking at my future daughter-in-law.|[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286]]||talking about Ran}}
{{charquote|There's only two reasons for a girl to look at a boy like that: he has something on his face or she likes him.|[[Secret of the Touto Film Making Centre|Episode 335]]||talking to Conan about Haibara}}

== References ==
<references />

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kudo Yukiko}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]
[[Category:Kudo family|Yukiko]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Sleeping detectives]]

Vermouth

2010-08-18T22:44:44Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Sharon Vineyard
| english-name = Sharon Vineyard
| image = Sharon Vineyard Profile.jpg
| age = ?
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| nicknames = Rotten Apple
| aliases = Vermouth Belmot Chris Vineyard
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 238 Anime: Episode 176
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: 1 Specials: ? Openings: 8
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 26]] (Vermouth) [[Volume 35]] (Sharon)
| japanese-voice = [[Mami Koyama]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Sharon Vineyard|シャロン・ヴィンヤード|Sharon Binyaado}}''', also known by her alias '''{{nihongo|Chris Vineyard|クリス・ヴィンヤード|Kurisu Binyaado}}''', and as her [[Black Organization]] name '''{{nihongo|Vermouth|ベルモット|Berumotto}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
he know sherry is haibra
Sharon's background is very mysterious. She was friends with [[Yukiko Kudo]] back when they were acting together. However, she was even then secretly a member of the [[Black Organization]]. It is unknown for exactly how long she has been a member of the Organization, but it is known that she had been secretly living two lives through the art of disguise; that of herself and her supposed daughter, Chris Vineyard. After staging Sharon Vineyard's death, she now lives as "Chris" and continues to serve the Black Organization. At one point, some twenty years ago, she killed the parents of a little girl who would become the FBI agent [[Jodie Starling]], one of her most bitter enemies.

Sharon entered the storyline some time after [[Ai Haibara|Shiho Miyano/Sherry/Ai Haibara]]'s mysterious flight from the Organization. Her main objective was to track down and eliminate the 'traitor', and for that purpose she assumed the identity of doctor [[Tomoaki Araide]]. But although she managed to discover Shiho's reversion into a child, she did not succeed in killing her, as she met [[Conan Edogawa]], who was able to discover and thwart her plans. She also encountered the FBI during this process.

Vermouth has great personal interest in Conan, constantly calling him "Silver Bullet". Since it has been revealed that she knows about Ai and Kudo's reversion to their child forms, she seems to know the shrinking effect the drug can have, but for reasons yet unrevealed she keeps this knowledge secret from the rest of the Organization.

== Personality ==
At this point, Sharon seems very mysterious. She knows about Conan being Shinichi, as well as that Haibara is Sherry, yet she has kept this information a secret from the rest of the Organization.

It is frequently implied that Sharon does not approve with the Organization's plans and is willing to quit, but fears the consequences of doing so openly. She is frequently shown to hold hopes that Conan is the 'silver bullet' that will eventually stop the Organization. She also retains personal feelings for persons who have earned a special place in her heart, such as Shinichi/Conan (as the son of her best friend) and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] (who had inadvertently saved her life during her and Shinichi's adventures in New York).<ref name="epsiode 288">[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case, Part 3]].</ref> As a result, she is highly unwilling to do them any harm even when she is ordered to do so.

== Quotes ==

=== General ===

{{cquote|A secret makes a woman woman.|(Her motto)}}

=== Specific ===

{{charquote|No angel has ever smiled upon me.|[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286]]}}

{{charquote|We can be both of God and the Devil. Since we're trying to raise the dead against the stream of time.|[[White Snow...Black Shadow Volume 37 File 8 pg. 11]]}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

{{Black Organization}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vineyard, Sharon}}
[[Category:Black Organization]] [[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]

Vermouth

2010-08-18T22:44:07Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Sharon Vineyard
| english-name = Sharon Vineyard
| image = Sharon Vineyard Profile.jpg
| age = ?
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| nicknames = Rotten Apple
| aliases = Vermouth Belmot Chris Vineyard
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 238 Anime: Episode 176
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: 1 Specials: ? Openings: 8
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 26]] (Vermouth) [[Volume 35]] (Sharon)
| japanese-voice = [[Mami Koyama]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Sharon Vineyard|シャロン・ヴィンヤード|Sharon Binyaado}}''', also known by her alias '''{{nihongo|Chris Vineyard|クリス・ヴィンヤード|Kurisu Binyaado}}''', and as her [[Black Organization]] name '''{{nihongo|Vermouth|ベルモット|Berumotto}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
he know sherry is haibra[[File:Example.jpg]]
Sharon's background is very mysterious. She was friends with [[Yukiko Kudo]] back when they were acting together. However, she was even then secretly a member of the [[Black Organization]]. It is unknown for exactly how long she has been a member of the Organization, but it is known that she had been secretly living two lives through the art of disguise; that of herself and her supposed daughter, Chris Vineyard. After staging Sharon Vineyard's death, she now lives as "Chris" and continues to serve the Black Organization. At one point, some twenty years ago, she killed the parents of a little girl who would become the FBI agent [[Jodie Starling]], one of her most bitter enemies.

Sharon entered the storyline some time after [[Ai Haibara|Shiho Miyano/Sherry/Ai Haibara]]'s mysterious flight from the Organization. Her main objective was to track down and eliminate the 'traitor', and for that purpose she assumed the identity of doctor [[Tomoaki Araide]]. But although she managed to discover Shiho's reversion into a child, she did not succeed in killing her, as she met [[Conan Edogawa]], who was able to discover and thwart her plans. She also encountered the FBI during this process.

Vermouth has great personal interest in Conan, constantly calling him "Silver Bullet". Since it has been revealed that she knows about Ai and Kudo's reversion to their child forms, she seems to know the shrinking effect the drug can have, but for reasons yet unrevealed she keeps this knowledge secret from the rest of the Organization.

== Personality ==
At this point, Sharon seems very mysterious. She knows about Conan being Shinichi, as well as that Haibara is Sherry, yet she has kept this information a secret from the rest of the Organization.

It is frequently implied that Sharon does not approve with the Organization's plans and is willing to quit, but fears the consequences of doing so openly. She is frequently shown to hold hopes that Conan is the 'silver bullet' that will eventually stop the Organization. She also retains personal feelings for persons who have earned a special place in her heart, such as Shinichi/Conan (as the son of her best friend) and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] (who had inadvertently saved her life during her and Shinichi's adventures in New York).<ref name="epsiode 288">[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 288: Shinichi Kudo's New York Case, Part 3]].</ref> As a result, she is highly unwilling to do them any harm even when she is ordered to do so.

== Quotes ==

=== General ===

{{cquote|A secret makes a woman woman.|(Her motto)}}

=== Specific ===

{{charquote|No angel has ever smiled upon me.|[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Episode 286]]}}

{{charquote|We can be both of God and the Devil. Since we're trying to raise the dead against the stream of time.|[[White Snow...Black Shadow Volume 37 File 8 pg. 11]]}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

{{Black Organization}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vineyard, Sharon}}
[[Category:Black Organization]] [[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]

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2010-08-18T22:39:10Z

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Akemi Miyano

2010-08-18T22:36:26Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Akemi Miyano
| english-name = Akemi Miyano (Kendra in Case Closed episode 14)
| image = Miyano Akemi Profile.jpg
| age = Around 25 (deceased)
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Shiho Miyano]] (sister) Elena Miyano (mother, deceased) Atsushi Miyano (father, deceased)
| aliases = Masami Hirota (Michelle in Case Closed episode 14)
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 13 Anime: Episode 13 (She is reintroduced in 128, though her previous appearance is ignored.)
| appearances = {{:Akemi Miyano Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 41]]
| cases-solved =
| japanese-voice = [[Sachiko Tamagawa]] [[Masako Katsuki]] (Masami Hirota)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Akemi Miyano|宮野明美|Miyano Akemi}}''', also known by her alias as '''{{nihongo|Masami Hirota|広田雅美|Hirota Masami}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Akemi is the older sister of [[Shiho Miyano]], and both were members of the [[Black Organization]]. However, unlike her sister, Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization.

After completing a bank heist that was supposed to free her and her sister from the Organization, [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] betray her and kill her before [[Conan]] can save her. Akemi is one of the few characters in the show that know that Conan is [[Shinichi Kudo]], as he admits it to her while she is dying in front of him, telling him about how dangerous the Organization.

Although she dies in her first appearance, Akemi shows up numerous times throughout the series, mostly in episodes featuring Haibara, whom looks at [[Ran Mouri]] as a spitting image of her sister. It is also later learned that Akemi was the girlfriend of [[Shuichi Akai]], back when he was undercover in the Organization, and wanted to begin a real relationship with him after she would have left.

== Background ==
[[Image:Conan and Akemi.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A dying Akemi warns Conan about the Black Organization.]]\
Akemi did with a Gun[[File:Example.jpg]]
Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization, as her sister was considered more important, due to her being the one that created the poison the shrunk Shinichi. After many years in it, she decides she wants to leave, along with her sister. Both wanted to start a new life, and Akemi was in love with undercover FBI agent [[Shuichi Akai]], who she knew as her boyfriend Dai Moroboshi.

Akemi made a deal with [[Gin]] to pull a bank heist in exchange for her and Shiho's freedom. She hired two men to help her out, taxi driver Kenzo Hirota for his getaway car, and a large man for his strength. The night before the heist, Akemi sent Dai-kun (Akai) a text message, asking him to be her real boyfriend if she is able to escape from the organization.<ref name=Akai>Detective Conan Manga File 599: Akai's Past</ref>

=== Manga version ===
[[Image:Akemi and Shiho.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Akemi with Shiho, only a little bit before her death, in one of the last times they ever saw each other.]]
However, after successfully completing the heist, Hirota betrayed them and took the loot for himself. In order to find Hirota and the money, Akemi disguised herself as a school girl and visited [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]]'s office, claiming to be Hirota's daughter Masami searching for her runaway father. After they found him, Akemi contacted the giant, whom had hired his own detective, and a fight broke out between the two men, resulting in the giant strangling Hirota. Akemi and the giant hung Hirota's corpse from a rope to make it appear like a suicide, grabbed the cash, and left for a hotel. Akemi slipped some pills given to her by Gin into the giants drink, unaware that they were poisonous and would kill him instantly.With both of her partners dead, she hides the suitcases of money at the hotel's front desk and heads of to meet Gin and [[Vodka]], with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] following closely behind.<ref name=manga>Detective Conan Manga Files 13 to 16</ref>

When she arrives at the meeting place, she tells Gin she will only tell him where the money is after he frees her sister, but Gin goes back on his word, saying her sister is far too valuable to let go of. He gives her one last chance to cooperate, but she refuses and he shoots her. Conan arrives at the scene too late, and she dies while he tries to save her.<ref name=Akemi /> It is here that Conan reveals to her, while she is dying, that he is [[Shinichi Kudo]].<ref name=Akemi /> Akemi's death is ruled a suicide, as Gin's fingerprints were not found on the gun that killed her.<ref name=Akemi />

=== Anime version ===
In the anime, she works at a bank under the name Masami Hirota and pulls an inside job, without any partners,<ref name=Akemi>[[The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case|Episode 128: The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case]]</ref> while the Kenzo Hirota part of the story was used for another case unrelated to Akemi or the Black Organization.<ref name=Hirota>[[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case|Episode 13: The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]</ref>

== Personality ==
Akemi was a friendly, cheerful and outgoing personality. While she could kill without remorse if she had to, she retained enough compassion to despise her life of crime and try to find a better life for herself and her sister.

== Relationship Analysis ==

* '''Akemi Miyano and Shuichi Akai'''
[[Shuichi Akai]] originally met Akemi by accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he was walking in the street. Akemi was concerned over this, and helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi told him her name, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this, both of them discovered they were in the Black Organization, and began dating. However, for Akai, there was a catch involved. To the FBI, Akai's relationship was merely a stepping stone, something to use to take advantage of the Black Organization, and to get information. However, as [[James Black]] later recalls, Akai had begun to fall in love with Akemi, and consider her his real girlfriend.
[[Image:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]

In Akemi's heart, she always felt that Akai (Dai,) really wasn't who he seemed to be. Later, due to a massive error by [[Andre Camel]], Akai is discovered to be an FBI agent, leading to his exile from the Organization. When Akemi discovers this, she runs to him in tears, sad and angry, and afraid that Akai really had only used her to get information on the Organization. When Akai asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions before, Akemi basically hints it is because she loves him. After this, Akemi and Akai don't hear from each other for a long while, and Akemi's role in the Organization dwindles because they believe that she gave information about the Organization to Akai. After the successful bank heist, she is killed by the Organization. However, on the day of the heist, Akemi sent Akai a long text message, tell him that after the heist, when she is finally free from the Organization, if he wants to be her real boyfriend. Akai is never able to answer this, as she is killed by [[Gin]]. Akai treasures this text message, and it was even still in his phone, many months after Akemi's death.

* '''Akemi Miyano and Ai Haibara'''
Despite the fact that they couldn't see each other often, Akemi and her sister Shiho were very close to each other. Akemi had constantly tried to encourage the studious and workaholic Shiho to relax and find herself a boyfriend.

Akemi's death scarred her sister deeply. Much of Akemi's personality Shiho finds personified in [[Ran Mouri]] - perhaps this is the main reason why Shiho was first reluctant to accept her (due to the still-fresh pain of her loss), but eventually came to consider her as a surrogate sister.

== Trivia ==
*Akemi's voice actress, [[Sakiko Tamagawa]], is in real-life married to Akai's voice actor, [[Shuichi Ikeda]].

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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Kazuha Toyama

2010-08-18T20:20:21Z

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| name = Kazuha Toyama
| japanese-name = 遠山和葉 (Tooyama Kazuha)
| english-name = Kirsten Thomas
| image = Kazuha Toyama Profile.jpg
| age = 17
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Detective Toyama]] (father)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 185 Anime: Episode 118
| appearances = {{:Kazuha Toyama Appearances}}
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| keyhole = [[Volume 19]]
| japanese-voice = [[Yuko Miyamura]]
| english-voice = [[Gwendolyn Lau]]
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'''{{nihongo|Kazuha Toyama|遠山和葉|Tooyama Kazuha}}''', also known as '''Kirsten Thomas''' in the Funimation dub, is character in the manga and anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is a childhood friend of [[Heiji Hattori]].

== Background ==
Kazuha has been Heiji's Bf(and not-so-secret love interest) since childhood. At one time, Heiji had had the unfortunate idea of locking each other together with a set of old handcuffs which had no key to unlock it; as a result they involuntarily had to spend time together even on some rather intimate occasions (i.e., bathroom visits) before the cuffs could be removed. As a reminder of this 'closeness' and for good luck, Kazuha fashioned two identical lucky charms, each incorporating a chain link from the cuffs, which she and Heiji have been wearing ever since.<ref name="StabbedWallet">Manga Volume 19: File 185 (Stabbed Wallet Case)</ref> At some later point, Kazuha added a picture of Heiji into her own charm pouch as a sign of her devotion to him.<ref>Manga Chapters 693-695: Kazuha's Charm Case</ref>

After Heiji had met [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and discovered his [[Shinichi Kudo|true identity]], he kept talking about him enthusiastically, but since he neglected to mention that Kudo was male, Kazuha thought Heiji was entertaining annother love interest. When Heiji invited Conan, [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] and [[Kogoro Mouri|her father]] to a culinary trip in Osaka, Kazuha furiously confronted Ran as her apparent rival over Heiji, but after the misunderstandings in their true relationship were cleared out, she and Ran quickly became best friends.<ref name="WeddingMurder">Manga Volume 21: File 211 (Wedding Murder Case)</ref>

Kazuha is also a 2-dan in aikido.

== Personality ==
Kazuha is an Osakian version of [[Ran Mouri]]. Though she is a bit less optimistic than Ran, the two girls share many common things, including a special passion and pride for their respective detective boyfriends and a strong fear of the supernatural. It is perhaps because of these similarities that the two girls understand each other so well and treat each other like sisters.

== Relationships analysis ==

* '''[[Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama]]'''

Heiji Hattori has been best friends with Kazuha since they were very young. Often times they act more like a couple then like friends, though they both deny having any such relation with each other. Kazuha tends to be somewhat overbearing and extremely protective of Heiji, and has no problems in chasing off any potential female who may show some interest in him.

== Name origin ==
Toyama comes from Edo period "police detective" [[wikipedia:Tōyama Kagemoto|Kagetomo Toyama]], aka [[wikipedia:Tōyama no Kin-san|Toyama no Kin-san]], while Kazuha comes from one of [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s assistants.

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==
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Jodie Starling

2010-08-18T20:15:43Z

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| english-name =
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| age = 28-29
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
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| aliases = Jodie Santemillion
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 270 Anime: Episode 226
| appearances = {{:Jodie Starling Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 42]]
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| japanese-voice = [[Miyuki Ichijo]]
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'''{{nihongo|Jodie Starling|ジョディ・スターリング|Jodi Sutaaringu}}''', referred to in earlier episodes as '''{{nihongo|Jodie Santemillion|ジョディ・サンテミリオン|Jodi Santemirion}}''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
from:F.B.I

Some twenty years ago, when Jodie was still just a little girl, [[Sharon Vineyard|Vermouth]] killed her parents, who had been working on the [[Black Organization]] for the FBI. Vermouth was surprised to find her in her house, and after Jodie had asked what was going on, Vermouth told her to wait by her father until he woke up, and that "a secret makes a woman woman". She then set the house ablaze, thus destroying any evidence that she had been there, along with the corpses of Jodie's parents and any records about the Black Organization. Fortunately, Jodie had decided to run down the street to the store to buy her father some orange juice, and had thus survived. She was put under protection by the FBI, although she declined the Witness Protection Program, and eventually became an FBI agent herself under the tutelage and patronage of [[James Black]]. The only remaining memento from her past is the set of glasses she wears, which had originally belonged to her father.

Jodie appears around the same time as Vermouth as Ran's new English teacher at Teitan High under the name of "Jodie Saintemillion". She comes off as somewhat strange, and refers to Conan as "Cool Kid", which caused fans to believe that she knew his secret. (In fact, she now knows he's an incredible detective, but it is unclear if she knows his true identity). She is noted for often using the phrase of her enemy, Vermouth ('A secret makes a woman woman'). In episode 226-227 Jodie, after watching Conan suspiciously, informs someone over the phone that she has found their target, whom she refers to as "Rotten Apple".

First indications of Jodie's FBI training are shown during the confrontation with the bus hijackers. She stealthily turns on the safety to one of the hijacker's guns, while knocking him down thus he cannot shoot it when he attempts to fire at her. She appears later in 271-272 and gives Conan information that allows him to solve the case. In episodes 277-278, she is investigated by Conan and Heiji, both believing her to be Vermouth in disguise, as she appears to know they are both detectives despite being foreign to Japan, and even helps them solve a cese in the same episode.

It is not until her personal confrontation with Vermouth that Jodie's past and true identity as an FBI agent is revealed, as well as the real reason she's in Japan and the person she's looking for. She is tracking down Vermouth, and after a brief confrontation with her, Jodie is rescued by Conan and her colleague [[Shuichi Akai]]. Following this, she offers Ai a place in the Witness Protection Program, but Ai declines. She does not appear again until when she helps Conan prevent an assassination plot of a politician orchestrated by the Black Organization and the subsequent capture and hospitalization of the BO member Kir.

Jodie has been heavily involved in the BO arc episodes 492-504, which has involved the BO and the FBI. The death of her partner, Akai, takes a very emotional toll on her. As it later turns out, they used to be lovers before Akai infiltrated the Black Organization by dating [[Akemi Miyano]], with whom he eventually became more intensely involved. Still, despite their breakup Jodie does maintain strong feelings for him.<ref name=Akai>Manga Chapter 677: The Fated Individual</ref>. When a man who looks like Shuichi Akai appears, Jodie is convinced that the stranger is her partner who has lost his memory, but he is gone before she can affirm her suspicion.

== Personality ==
Jodie usually is a very serene person, but also has demonstrated a very playful and carefree side (as it is seen when she is Ran's English teacher). She often says "just like in the movies", to imply that she is in fact American and watches a lot of movies. Jodie considers [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] her "favorite detective," knowing that he is no ordinary boy. She always takes him seriously, and lets him help her in figuring out plans.

== Name origin ==
Jodie Starling was named after both Clarice Starling, one of the main protagonists in ''Silence of the Lambs'', and actress Jodie Foster who performed Starling's role in the movie adaptation of the same name.

== See also ==

== References ==

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Ai Haibara

2010-08-18T14:15:40Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

=== Ai Haibara ===

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

Eventually, Ai joined the ranks of the [[Detective Boys]]In order to conceal their identity

, and although she does not think too highly of her mates' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends.

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

While she generally accompanies her fellow Detective Boys to soccer matches played by the Tokyo Spirits, Ai herself is a fan of Big Osaka in general and of the player [[Ryusuke Higo]] in particular, especially since the latter has likewise abandoned an organization which had betrayed him and had remained an outcast for a time.<ref>Manga Chapters 344-346: Soccer Supporter Case</ref>

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

== Relationship analysis ==

=== Conan Edogawa ===

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

=== Ran Mouri ===

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

=== Ayumi Yoshida ===

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

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

=== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ===

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

=== Hiroshi Agasa ===

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Quotes ==

=== General ===

{{cquote|Using too much of your brain can make you bald like Prof. Agasa! <ref>Manga Chapter 222: The Last Movie p.07, to Conan</ref> }}

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

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Hiroshi Agasa

2010-08-18T14:11:10Z

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| name = Hiroshi Agasa
| japanese-name = 阿笠博士 (Agasa Hiroshi)
| english-name = Hershel Agasa
| image = Hiroshi Agasa Profile.jpg
| age = 52
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = Kurisuke Agasa (great-uncle) Teiko Agasa (great-aunt)
| aliases = Dr. Agasa Professor Agasa
| nicknames = Hakase ([[Ai Haibara]]) Agasa Hakase ([[Conan Edogawa]], [[Detective Boys]])
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 2 Anime: Episode 1
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: ? Specials: ? Openings: 16
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| keyhole = [[Volume 5]]
| japanese-voice = [[Kenichi Ogata]] [[Kazunari Tanaka]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Bill Flynn]]
| drama-actor = [[Ryosei Tayama]]
| footnotes = Was voted most likely to be "[[Anokata|That Person]]" in a fan poll
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'''{{nihongo|Hiroshi Agasa|阿笠博士|Agasa Hiroshi}}''', most commenly referred to as '''{{nihongo|Professor Agasa|阿笠博士|Agasa-hakase}}''', and known in the [[Funimation]] dub as '''Hershel Agasa''', is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Agasa is [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s next door neighbor and family friend. The first person to learn Shinichi is [[Conan Edogawa]], he has invented all of Conan's special gadgets as well as the [[Detective Boys]]' badges.

== Background ==
Hiroshi Agasa is an inventor and [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]]'s closest neighbor, living in a large house right next to the Kudo residence. He makes his living with a wide number of patents and inventions, mostly video games (of whom the [[Detective Boys]] are enthusiastic test players). He has been a friend of Shinichi und [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] since their childhood years.

After Shinichi had been shrunk by the [[APTX 4869]], the first person he met and entrusted himself to was Agasa. After having been convinced that the little boy was Shinichi, Agasa was also the first one to advise Shinichi to exercise caution in his pursuit of the [[Black Organization]]. He also helped Shinichi in establishing his new identity as [[Conan Edogawa]], including constructing several gadgets which help Shinichi in carrying on his detective work surreptitiously, and in order to perfect Conan's cover, he also enlisted him into [[Teitan Elementary]] and thus came to know the children who would form the [[Detective Boys]]. When [[Ai Haibara|Shiho Miyano]] fled the clutches of the Organization, she fled to Shinichi's house but collapsed from exhaustion before Agasa's doorstep. Agasa subsequently took her in, learned about her true identity and helped her establish her new identity as Ai Haibara. He also entrusted Shinichi's parents with the secret about what has happened to their son.

Ever since these beginnings, Agasa has been an invaluable friend for Shinichi and the Detective Boys as a confidant, paternal friend, and someone to hang out with. He often takes the children to some trip (which inevitably become criminal cases instead) and provides a place for them to hang out.
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== Personality ==
Hiroshi Agasa is a jovial and outgoing person and has many friends in his community, a fact which helped him in his covering up of Conan's and Ai's true origins (he simply claims that they are the children of his friends and acquaintances).

Agasa has a special love for pasta and tomato juice.

== Relationship analysis ==

* '''Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa and Dr. Agasa'''

* '''Ai Haibara and Dr. Agasa'''

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

* '''Dr. Agasa and [[Fusae Campbell]]'''
:Fusae Campbell, today a successful fashion designer, was Agara's first love in their childhood years. Because of her half-American heritage she has blonde hair, which had made her the target of ridicule among her fellow students and thus made her very shy; she usually wore a large hat to conceal her hair. Right after she found her first love in Agasa, she had to move away, but promised to return every ten year to a special place to meet him again. However, in his forgetfulness Agasa misplaced the postcard on which she had placed her clues, and it took him forty years and the help of the [[Detective Boys]] to find the place again. While they did not openly talk about their feelings, there is a hint that their relationship is now beginning to grow.

== Name origin ==

Agasa's name comes from mystery writer [[wikipedia:Agatha Christie|'''Agatha''' Christie]]. Also, his first name '''Hiroshi''' is a pun as it is written with the same kanji for {{nihongo|''hakase''|博士|professor}}.

Additionally, his great uncle and aunt, '''{{nihongo|Kurisuke|栗介}}''' and '''{{nihongo|Teiko|定子}}''', get their names from the Japanese pronunciation of '''{{nihongo|Christie|クリスティ|Kurisuti}}''' (''Kurisuke'' obviously comes from ''Kurisu'' (クリス), but ''Teiko'' comes from ''Tei'' (テイ), and alternate writing for ''Ti'' (ティ)).

== Trivia ==

* Agasa has a mole on his butt with a hair sticking out of it (which Conan revealed while trying to prove his real identity to the Professor).<ref>[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]]</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==

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