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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Kogoro Mouri
| japanese-name = 毛利小五郎 (Mōri Kogorō)
| english-name = Richard Moore
| image = Kogoro Mouri Profile.jpg
| age = 38<ref name="CD59">Conan Drill page 59</ref><ref>[[Volume 78#File 818|Volume 78, File 818]] lists Kogoro's age as 38</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown<ref name="CD59" />
| relatives = [[Ran Mouri]] (daughter) [[Eri Kisaki]] (wife)
| occupation = Detective
| nicknames = Sleeping Kogoro The Sleeping Sleuth Detective Moron Smoking Kogoro Shinigami (Death God)
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_1#Company_President.27s_Daughter_Case|File 2]] (mentioned in File 1) Anime: [[Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Kogoro Mouri Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 400+ (via [[Shinichi Kudo|Conan]]), 4 (on his own), 18 (while awake)
| keyhole = [[Volume 3]]
| japanese-voice = [[Akira Kamiya]] (Ep. 1~548) [[Rikiya Koyama]] (Ep. 553~)
| english-voice = [[R. Bruce Elliott]]
| drama-actor = [[Takanori Jinnai]]
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kogoro Mouri'''|毛利小五郎|''Mōri Kogorō''}} is one of the main characters of the [[manga]] and [[anime]]. He is a private detective and the father of [[Ran Mouri]].

== Background ==
[[File:Young Kogoro and Eri.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Young Kogoro in school]]
Kogoro is a private investigator,<ref>[[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|Volume 1, File 1: "The Heisei Holmes"]]</ref> but he prefers to laze around his office all day unless his client is a beautiful woman. Kogoro attended Teitan High School, the same high school as [[Ran Mouri]] and [[Shinichi Kudo]], along with [[Eri Kisaki]], [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], and the actress Ruri Ujo.<ref>[[Volume 37]]</ref> He then graduated from Beika University, where he was the ace of the Judo team, though he was highly vulnerable to stage fright.<ref>[[Volume 9#File 086 - The Two Benkei Standing Deaths|Volume 9, File 86: "The Two Benkei Standing Deaths"]]</ref>

Some time after graduating, Kogoro became a police officer. He worked in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Division One with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]], but while an excellent marksman he was not a particularly good investigator. He also worked for some time under [[Inspector Yuminaga]] in the arson division as well. While Movie 2 strongly suggests that Kogoro left the police force because of the incident where he gave his wife, [[Eri Kisaki]], a bullet graze on the leg to save her from a hostage situation, his reasons for leaving the force have not been confirmed in the manga. <ref name="m2">[[The Fourteenth Target|Movie 2: The Fourteenth Target]]</ref> Around the time Kogoro left the police force, Eri also moved out, though they have never officially divorced despite ten years having passed.<ref name="m2" /> Their daughter, [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], keeps trying to get them back together, but she has yet to succeed. Despite constantly feigning disinterest in her, Kogoro still has feelings for Eri. He even asked her to move back in with him at one point, but at the time she pretended not to hear him because she was not "ready" yet,<ref>[[Volume 17]]</ref> though she still has feelings for him as well. These are expressed mainly through jealousy when Kogoro's attention is caught by other attractive women in the vicinity, which occurs on a regular basis.

After [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] was forced to adopt the identity of [[Conan Edogawa]], [[Hiroshi Agasa]] concluded that Shinichi couldn't openly continue investigating the [[Black Organization]] without attracting undue attention. To maintain his cover, Agasa suggested Shinichi to move in with Kogoro and use him as a front. During a case Kogoro took soon after, he reached the wrong conclusion, and Conan knocked him out with an ashtray before he could accuse an innocent person. Kogoro conveniently falls unconscious in a reclining pose, and Conan uses his [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|Voice Changer]] to imitate Kogoro's voice, presenting his conclusions and the identity of the true murderer.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 009 - An Unfortunate Misunderstanding|Volume 1, File 9: An Unfortunate Misunderstanding]]</ref> After a few more cases occur in this fashion (though Conan uses his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] instead of an ashtray), Kogoro receives the title "Sleeping Kogoro" and a public reputation as a master detective.<ref>[[Volume_4#File_032_-_The_Pen_That_Cannot_Write|Volume 1, File 4: The Pen That Cannot Write]]</ref>. In the few instances where Kogoro remains awake for some reason, Conan still does the main detective work and uses Kogoro as his official mouth-piece by drawing Kogoro's attentions to important clues he has uncovered.

In the Japanese version, due to his name Kogoro Mouri he is often mistaken for the famous astronaut [[wikipedia:Mamoru Mohri|Mamoru Mohri]] when he introduces himself, because they both are in the news frequently, of Japanese decent, and have the same last name. In the English version, when Kogoro introduces himself he is often mistaken for a famous astronaut as well, possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore Patrick Moore].

In the US version, Kogoro Mouri says that he is forty-three, as opposed to being thirty-eight in the Japanese version. It is unknown if Eri's age remains the same, since they attended school together. If not, if it will affect the ''Princess Pageant'' storyline that occurred twenty years ago, making her in her twenties when she participated instead of a teenager.
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==Personality==
[[File:Kogoro's personality.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Kogoro in the morning.]]
[[Image:Kogoro and Yoko Okino.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Kogoro showboating in front of [[Yoko Okino]].]]
[[File:701_5.png|thumb|250px|Kogoro as "Poirot" Mouri|link=The Jet-Black Mystery Train]]

Kogoro has an overinflated sense of his own importance and detective prowess to the point where he doesn't investigate why he is suddenly and consistently passing out at crime scenes and solving cases in his sleep with different deductions than he was making while awake. Kogoro is also frequently unprofessional in his work, frequently making sarcastic and blunt comments about suspects or even his own clients. On cases, Kogoro is typically lax with his deductions and investigation, following only the most obvious clues or assumptions to reach his conclusions, which are often silly or fall directly into a culprit's trap. The police, especially Megure, often find him to be an embarrassment while awake and hope to see "Sleeping Kogoro" as soon as possible. Kogoro does have a serious side which only emerges when the case has personal importance to him, such as when Eri and Ran are involved. When this happens, Kogoro's entire personality and demeanor changes and he begins acting professionally, demonstrating improved deductive skills and cunning. While he is not up to the standards of Shinichi and he still can have problems with finding clues, his logical reasoning becomes better, and Kogoro often demonstrates he has a better sense of interpersonal relationships than Shinichi does. <ref>[[Volume 37#File 376 - Kogoro's Choice 3|Volume 37, File 376: Kogoro's Choice 3]]</ref>

Kogoro easily becomes infatuated with beautiful women. His favorite celebrity is pop idol [[Yoko Okino]], and he never misses (or tries not to miss) her television shows.<ref>[[Volume 3#File 025 - The Dream That Will Not Come True|Volume 3, File 25: "The Dream That Will Not Come True"]]</ref><ref>Such behaviors can be seen consistently from [[Volume 1#File 006 - From Third-Rate to Great Detective|Volume 1, File 6: From Third-Rate to Great Detective]] to [[Volume 52#File 541 - Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Volume 52, File 541: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief]].</ref> He also keeps a large collection of Yoko related goods and his office and bedroom have Yoko posters. Because of his flirtatious behavior around attractive women, he often embarrasses Ran, and while it is not stated as the reason why Eri left him, it is one of the primary reasons why she hasn't come back.

While never outright called an alcoholic, Kogoro has a tendency to get intoxicated and [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi/Conan]] often makes sarcastic remarks about him spending money on alcohol. In the anime, particularly in early episodes, his office is littered with empty beer cans,<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> and he keeps a well-stocked liquor shelf. Kogoro is also a heavy smoker, and is usually seen with a cigarette in his mouth. Other hobbies include watching his favorite idol star, [[Yoko Okino]], betting on horse races, playing mahjong (which he tends to lose) and playing or watching baseball (he even plays in his neighborhood's team).

Kogoro suffers from a mild acrophobia (fear of heights) and is quite uncomfortable in high settings where he has the chance to see how high up he is. Kogoro is also an expert with a handgun, being able to hit targets at great distance with an impressive level of accuracy. He is also known for his Judo throw, which he often uses to incapacitate escaping suspects and taught to Eri.
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== Appearance ==
Kogoro is an average sized man with excellent physique (especially for the amount of beer he drinks). He has slicked back, short black hair with two loose locks hanging across his forehead and a short mustache. Ten years ago, when Kogoro was still on the police force, he was clean shaven.<ref>Manga Volume 55, File 7, page 6: "Dawn"</ref> While on cases Kogoro usually wears a muted blue or grey suit and necktie, and just a collared shirt when being more casual. If he has been drinking heavily, he often ties his necktie around his forehead like a bandana. He seems to be reasonably fit, as he is capable of doing an [[#Judo|Ippon seoi-nage]]. Kogoro is right handed.<ref>Manga Volume 51, File 8, page 3: "Goroo is Goro?!" Kogoro writing with his right hand</ref> Kogoro also smokes, although over the course of Detective Conan's run he has gradually been depicted smoking less often.

== Abilities ==
=== Detective skills ===
:''See also: [[List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri]]'' 
Throughout most of the series, Kogoro is depicted as a fairly incompetent (or just plain lazy) detective, often missing clues and jumping to the wrong conclusions, though several of these conclusions are shared by other people on the scene. However, Kogoro does follow the proper police procedures, asks questions, and (with a little help from Conan) follows leads quite well. Despite his ineptness, he had been a police officer under [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and in also the arson department ten years prior to the start of the series<ref name="m2" /> He is shown to have left the police force after events addressed in the second movie, ''[[The Fourteenth Target]]''.<ref name="m2" />[[File:Kogoro is stunned.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Kogoro's characteristic strange expression when Conan uses the [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]]]]

Thanks to Conan's undercover help in solving numerous cases, Kogoro's reputation as a detective grows quickly.<ref>[[Volume_4#File_032_-_The_Pen_That_Cannot_Write|Volume 1, File 4: The Pen That Cannot Write]]</ref> He hardly remembers the solutions of any cases because Conan knocks him out with tranquillizer darts before solving the case. However, Kogoro never seems to wonder about this fact and often boasts about his merits. Because of this, he has become nicknamed the '''{{nihongo|Sleeping Kogoro|眠りの小五郎|Nemuri no Kogorou}}'''. [[Jugo Yokomizo]] often mistakenly calls him '''{{nihongo|Smoking Kogoro|煙の小五郎|Kemuri no Kogorou}}''' because of his heavy smoking habits. Because of his (or rather, Conan's) tendency to coincidentally come across a crime scene, Inspector Megure has referred to Kogoro as a '''shinigami''' (death god).

In several stories, Kogoro demonstrates the ability to solve crimes without (or with little) help from Conan, especially when people he knows or cares about are involved; it appears that, while he can connect the dots just fine, he can't actually find them as quickly as Conan does. The first of these events takes place during a trip to a hot spring, where one of his old college friends is murdered. Kogoro is actually so disturbed and determined to find the killer on his own that Conan cannot bring himself to drug him, limiting himself to surreptitiously drawing attention to the necessary clues.<ref>[[Volume 9#File 084 - Kogoro's Class Reunion|Volume 9, Files 84-86: "Kogoro's Class Reunion"]]</ref> Despite his frequent moronic analyses, Kogoro is actually pretty smart when he applies himself. He is even able to completely solve a crime on his own in the ninth movie, ''[[Strategy Above the Depths]]'', due to the fact that the culprit Minako resembles Eri, and Conan applauds him mentally for his success. (For a more detailed list of the cases he has—more or less—solved on his own, see '''''[[List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri]]''''').

=== Judo ===
Kogoro was on the Judo team while he was at Beika University. Although he was the strongest on the team and can and still does toss large men with ease, he lost all the time at tournaments because he got excited and his strength was used against him. His trademark is the [http://www.judoinfo.com/images/animations/blue/ipponseoi.htm Ippon seoi-nage] (one arm shoulder throw). He appears to also be a capable teacher in the art, having taught both Eri and Ran.

=== Shooting ===
In the non-[[canon]] [[Movie 2]], Kogoro was an excellent shot with a handgun.
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== Appellations ==
Kogoro earned the news nickname {{nihongo|Sleeping Kogoro|眠りの小五郎|Nemuri no Kogorou}} because of his trademark technique of solving cases while looking like he is asleep. Many characters unfamiliar with him call him by this nickname when they realize who he is.

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| [[File:Eri Kisaki 60px.jpg]] || [[Eri Kisaki]] || Dear (Anata) Mustache old man || Eri Old woman ''(Oba-san)''
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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Dad or father (Oto-san) || Ran Ran-chan (drunk)
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| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Uncle Kogoro (Kogoro no oji-san or oc-chan)
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| [[File:Juzo Megure 60px.jpg]] || [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] || Mouri-kun || Mr. Inspector ''(Keibu-dono)''
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| [[File:Inspector Yuminaga 60px.jpg]] || [[Inspector Yuminaga]] || Mouri || Yuminaga-san Fiery Old Fossil
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| [[File:Tooru Amuro 60px.jpg]] || [[Tooru Amuro]] || Mouri-sensei Sensei (teacher) || Amuro-kun
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| [[File:Masumi_Sera_60px.jpg]] || [[Masumi Sera]] || Kogoro-san || Tomboy-ish Girl
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== Plot overview ==
=== Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: [[Volume 1|File 2-5]]; Anime: [[Episode 2]]) ===
[[File:Kogoro takes the credit.png|220px|thumb|right|Kogoro happily takes the credits for "solving" the case.]]
This is Kogoro Mouri’s first depicted case in the series,<ref>Even though this is the first case of Kogoro in [[Detective Conan]], it is not his first case ever, since he has been a private detective since before the current timeline started.</ref> after [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|the event]] where [[Shinichi]] was turned into a child by the [[Black Organization]]. He is requested by phone to find Akiko Tani, who is suspected to have been kidnapped by “a large man dressed in black”. Kogoro then immediately calls a taxi to go to the Tani mansion in Yayoi, without knowing that [[Ran|his daughter]] and [[Conan|a strange kid]] has already jumped in with him. He expresses his excitement about the case, calling himself “Great Detective”, but only to be sarcastically addressed as “Confused Detective” by the two instead.<ref>[[Volume 1|Volume 1, File 2, Page 28]]; the two characters 名 (renowned) and 迷 (confused) have the same pronunciation (mei) and can be used as a pun.</ref> Kogoro becomes furious and questions Ran about the identity of the strange kid, then intends to get rid of them from the car. He is unable to do so however, as they are on a highway.

When the three arrive at the Tani household, Kogoro questions some of the household members about the details of the kidnapping. However, Conan’s continuous interference gets on his nerves, even to the point that he wants to “kill” the boy after solving the case.<ref>[[Volume 1|Volume 1, File 3, Page 10]]. However, it was most likely just an exaggerated type of expression rather than his true desire of killing Conan.</ref> Later, with help from Conan’s hints, Kogoro is able to come to the conclusion that the house butler is behind the kidnapping. However, Akiko Tani has already been abducted in truth by someone else. After the case is over, it is revealed that the first kidnapping was just a set-up by the girl with the help from the butler, while the second one was by mere chance. Kogoro then laughs in satisfaction and takes all the credits for himself while Conan is actually the one to release the dog and locate Akiko. At the end, Kogoro finally accepts Conan and adopts him, feeling that with the boy around, “he will solve the cases smoothly as silk”.<ref>[[Volume 1| Volume 1, File 5, Page 16]]</ref> With this statement, Kogoro is, ironically, correct.

=== Bloody Idol Case (Manga: [[Volume 1|File 6-9]]; Anime: [[Episode 3]]) ===
[[File:KogoroRose.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Kogoro holding a rose, trying to act "charming" in front of Yoko.]]
This case marks the very first appearance of '''“Sleeping Kogoro”'''. [[Conan]] wakes up in the morning and finds a slothful Kogoro drinking beer and watching television shows, including the musical performance of his idol star, [[Yoko Okino]]. [[Agasa]] advises Conan to build Kogoro into a great detective, in order to find cases related to the [[Black Organization]], but Conan doubts if that is even possible given Kogoro's laziness.

Busying enjoying one of [[Yoko Okino]]’s shows, Kogoro tells a new client to come back the next day. However, after discovering that his client is none other than Yoko herself, he rushes to his room and cleans up into an impeccable suit. Yoko explains she is being stalked, and agreed to investigate her apartment secretly (after asking for her personal information and an autograph). However, to everyone's shock, when they arrive at the apartment there is a dead body inside. Kogoro orders them to call the Police and is furious when Yoko’s manager, Eiichi Yamagishi, tries to dissuade him in order to protect Yoko from the media. When Inspector [[Megure]] arrives, he gets depressed about his old subordinate’s appearance, thinking of him as the one who always makes situation turns into a “nightmare”.<ref>[[Volume 1|Volume 1, File 7, Page 5]]</ref>

Conan's investigations once again annoy Kogoro while Kogoro tries to defend Yoko despite the apparent evidence that she committed the murder. He repeatedly accuses Eiichi of being the murderer, as he has a copied key, though there's no proof of either person's guilt or innocence. He switches suspicions to fellow idol Yuko Ikezawa after Yuko's earring is discovered in the apartment. When Yuko is trapped into admitting she was the the "stalker" but still denies being the murderer, he switches back to accusing Eiichi. Realizing Kogoro’s mistake, Conan kicks an ash-tray at his head, knocking him unconscious. He uses the [[Voice-Changing Bowtie]] that [[Agasa]] has given to him earlier to imitate Kogoro’s voice, and points out that the case is in fact a suicide. Kogoro wakes up after the case is solved when the cigarette in his hand starts to burn his fingers. From then on, Conan has used Kogoro as a puppet mouthpiece for solving cases, with the secondary purpose of turning the man into a famous detective.

=== Mysterious Shadow Case (Manga: [[Volume 2|File 10-12]]; Anime: [[Episode 38]])===
[[File:Kogoro suspects Conan.png|thumb|220px|right|Kogoro is suspicious about Conan's identity.]]
Kogoro Mouri becomes suspicious about [[Conan]]'s identity for the first time in this case. When talking to the boy, Kogoro suddenly feels like he has seen Conan from somewhere before. He thinks that it might have been around the time when Ran was still in elementary school.<ref>[[Volume 2|Volume 2, File 010]]</ref> Later, when Kogoro is investigating the death of a man whom he has been hired to observe for three days, Conan provides a hint by pointing out that every picture of the suspect taken during the supposed time of the murder has clocks in them, which helps Kogoro figure out that they must have intentionally been taken that way in order to make people clearly see the "alibi". Kogoro immediately finds it strange that whenever it seems like he has been stuck, Conan always gives him some kind of clue, just like in the cases before. He, for the first time, notices that Conan is not an ordinary child and begins to wonder who the boy is. However, after Conan purposefully messes up with other photos, Kogoro completely loses his suspicions, thinking: "A brat is a brat after all..."<ref>[[Volume 2|Volume 2, File 12]]</ref>

=== Masami Hirota Case (Manga: [[Volume 2|File 13-16]]; Anime: [[Episode 128]])===
This is Kogoro's first direct encounter with a member from the [[Black Organization]], though he is unaware of it at the time.

=== Museum Owner Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 4|File 30-32]]; Anime: [[Episode 8]]) ===
This case marks Kogoro Mouri's first fame as a private detective.

[[File:Volume 4 File 032.jpg|220px|thumb|left|Kogoro's first fame.]]
[[Ran]] forces Kogoro and Conan to go to a medieval-themed art museum exhibit, because she heard a rumor about a knight armor that moves by itself at night. The three of them browse the museum, though Kogoro and Conan lack enthusiasm. However, when they walk into a gallery called the "Room of Hell", Ran discovers the corpse of the museum's new owner, Manaka, been brutally slashed and impaled on a sword. After the police arrive, Kogoro watches the security camera recording of the murder with them, showing that the culprit had been waiting for Manaka inside the exhibition room inside a knight's suit of armor. The armor both hid the murderer's identity and mirrored a painting in the gallery called "Divine Punishment" that depicts a knight having gruesomely killed a monster. Kogoro recalls the fact that the entrance to the "Room of Hell" was blocked during the time of the murder, indicating that the culprit must have been among the museum staff, as they know the museum and could access the equipment. With Conan's help, the police discover a dying message inside Manaka's hand. The crumpled note has the name "Kubota" written on it.

With this piece of evidence and some further discoveries, Kogoro and the police accuse Kubota of being the culprit. However, Conan is suspicious of the simplicity and of Manaka's behavior on the video while writing the note. Conan realizes that Kubota was framed by someone with a great love of art who could order Kubota into doing a job alone: the museum curator, Ochiai. Ochiai prepared the note beforehand and gave Manaka a pen without ink. Conan tricks Ochiai into revealing that he switched the pen found with Manaka with the one in his pocket, and Ochiai confesses to the crime. At the end of the case, Kogoro is shown reading a newspaper article that features him. He is proud of himself for "solving" the murder case, and is happy that he has become an "instant celebrity".
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=== Kogoro's Class Reunion (Manga: [[Volume 9|File 84-86]]; Anime: [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case|Episode 27-28]]) ===
[[File:Angry Kogoro.png|right|thumb|220px|Kogoro is furious because the murderer is one of his friends.]]
Kogoro brings [[Ran]] and [[Conan]] together to Togichi, to the reunion vacation with his old classmates from Beika University's Judo Club. These friends of his are [[Jun Omura]], model shop manager; Yukio Ayashiro, high school P.E. teacher; Yumi Horikoshi, businessman; Noriko Ayashiro, Yukio's wife and homemaker; and Kazushi Nakamichi, a police officer from Chiba Prefecture. During their conversation, they reveal that Kogoro used to skip practices and often lost in tournaments, while he has told Ran that he was "invincible".<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 84, Page 3]]</ref> Later, Kazushi suggests everyone play ping-pong before they go watch the fireworks at 6:30 PM. All of them agree to participate in the activity, except for Yumi Horikoshi, Kazushi's ex-girlfriend from their university days. While Kogoro plays against Yukio, Ran compliments Kazushi as being the strongest on their Judo team. However, Kazushi disclaims that title by specifying that there is a person even more powerful than himself whom he can never beat. He also states that the person he is talking about is present with them at that moment.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 84, Page 11]]</ref>

[[File:Kogoro KOs Kazushi.png|left|thumb|220px|Kogoro knocks out Kazushi with Judo.]]
Much later in the evening, when everyone gets back to the inn from the fireworks location (even though most of them got lost, they find out that Yumi is still sleeping, and decide to wake her up. Much to their surprise, the moment they walk into Yumi's room, she has already been shot. Kogoro, together with Kazushi, take the role in investigating her death before the polive arrive. Using professional techniques, they conclude that Yumi has been dead since 7 hours ago, when they all went to the ping-pong room. Just as usual, Kogoro becomes furious at Conan's interference, despite the boy's hints, and claims that she has committed suicide. However, right after Conan intentionally asks him how Yumi was shot, he rushes to her body and finds out that there are no burn mark around the wound, which wouldn't make sense if it was a suicide. Kogoro then comes to the conclusion that his friend was actually murdered.

Suspecting that Jun Omura is hiding something, Kogoro interrogates him and learns that he saw Yumi after 5 PM, when she was supposed to have died. Even though on the outside, Kogoro keeps saying that the killer was some intruder, deep inside he knows for sure that the culprit must have been among his best friends, since outsiders wouldn't bother faking the crime scene. When being questioned by Conan, Kogoro angrily punches at a house-stake, yelling that he will not forgive the culprit, and determines to "expose them with no question, no matter what".<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 85]]. In the anime version, he punched the wall.</ref>

[[File:Cheerful Kogoro.png|right|thumb|220px|Kogoro has got his "spirit" back.]]
Seeing Kogoro's determination, despite having found out the truth behind the murder, Conan decides not to use the [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]] this time, and chooses to give Kogoro clues so he can solve the case by himself. With Conan's helps, Kogoro is able to figure out that the culprit is Kazushi Nakamichi. Yumi was actually killed after playing ping-pong with Kazushi after 6 PM, that way, her muscle would harden much faster than usual. Another evidence was when Kazushi knew for sure that she had been dead the moment they discovered her corpse. When Kazushi confesses and says that she was a demon who was destroying his life, Kogoro sarcastically asks him who is the real demon. Kazushi angrily grabs his yukata, only to be thrown by Kogoro, who thinks that he doesn't want to understand the feeling of a killer.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 86, Page 16]]</ref> It is then revealed that Kogoro is the "strongest person" whom Kazushi was talking about earlier. He compliments Kogoro, saying he is still as strong as ever. However, Kogoro answers that Kazushi is actually the one who got weaker in both strength and mind.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 86, Page 17]]</ref>

The case ends with Kogoro staring sadly out of the window because of his friends' story, but his "spirit" immediately revives after seeing a girl's pink underwear.<ref>[[Volume 9|Volume 9, File 86, Page 18]]</ref>


=== TV Station Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 11|File 102-104]]; Anime: [[Episode 31]]) ===
Kogoro Mouri becomes suspicious about [[Conan]] for the second time in this case.

Kogoro is invited to attend a television live show as a guest star. However, a murder occurs at the studio. After finding out all the evidences, Conan lures Kogoro to a separate room with the lie that [[Yoko Okino]] is in there. Just as usual, he decides to tranquilize Kogoro and uses the man to solve the case. Unfortunately, when Kogoro wakes up, he begins to question Conan about Yoko's whereabouts. He is also suspicious about the fact that whenever Conan tries to pull him outside, he always falls asleep right after. Kogoro angrily grabs the boy's suit jacket and wants to "clear things up". Luckily for Conan, Yoko Okino appears for real and Kogoro completely loses his suspicions.

=== Game Convention Case (Manga: [[Volume 12|File 114-116]]; Anime: [[Episode 54]])===
Kogoro's fame has reached the point that a video game was developed with him as the main character. Though Conan encounters someone from the [[Black Organization]], Kogoro is only involved with investigation the man's death.



=== Scuba Diving Case (Manga: [[Volume 17|File 163-165]]; Anime: [[Scuba Diving Murder Case|Episode 114-115]]) ===
[[File:Kogoro Eri beach.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Kogoro encounters Eri at Izu.]]
Kogoro, [[Ran]] and [[Conan]] vacation at a beach in Izu. When Ran asks her father to look at her new swimsuit, he tells her to keep quiet because it will be harder for him to flirt with women once they know that he's together with her. Suddenly, Kogoro notices a beautiful woman in swimsuit standing right next to them and excitedly asks if she needs any sun cream. To his surprise, when the woman turns around, he finds out that it is none other than [[Eri Kisaki|his wife]]. Kogoro and Eri soon realize that the coincidental encounter was actually set up by Ran in an attempt to get them back together. They react poorly to being manipulated and mock each other until Kogoro leaves to use the toilet. Ran starts to worry after Kogoro is gone for some time, but Eri predicts that Kogoro stopped to flirt with other women. When Kogoro comes back, he is indeed shown with two young girls, Kiwako Toda and Harumi Matsuzaki. The situation worsens when Eri notices traces of sand on Kogoro's legs, and assumes he must have been kneeling while applying sun scream to those girls at the beach, then brought them back to show off to her. However, Conan suspects that Kogoro actually went searching for Eri's lost wedding ring until Kogoro’s goofiness makes Conan dismiss the idea.

[[File:Kogoro Eri giving cards.jpg|thumb|220px|The relationship between the two is still very tense despite Ran's efforts.]]
Later, with the invitation from the university students, the Mouri family have lunch together at a seaside restaurant. When Ran once again attempts to alleviate the tense relationship between Kogoro and Eri by commenting that Kiwako Toda and her boyfriend Masahiko Matsuzaki are childhood friends like they were, Kogoro sarcastically tells them that many couples have suffered in marriage for loving a friend they’ve known since childhood. He and Eri even give the young couple their business cards and recommend the two to seek them in case “he suspects that his wife is cheating” or because “they plan to divorce and she wants to get a lot of alimony from her husband”.

[[File:Kogoro returns ring.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Kogoro returns the ring back to Eri.]]
After Kiwako Toda goes diving with Ran and gets bitten by a sea snake, Ran is asked to identify it. Kogoro compliments his daughter for having good sense of observation, but Eri takes advantage of the topic and comments that she is completely different from “a certain someone who still haven’t even noticed that his wife’s finger is empty”. However, Kogoro acts as if he doesn’t understand Eri’s hint. Later, as Kogoro is about to drive Kiwako’s friends to the hospital, Eri decides to drop Ran and Conan off there and then goes home right away. However, Kogoro informs her with a serious expression that he has something to tell her after the case is resolved. At the hospital, when Eri is about to leave after seeing Kogoro to some girls, Conan asks a nurse to call Eri and Harumi Matsuzaki and tells them to go to an office to see Kogoro. He then immediately lures Kogoro into becoming "Sleeping Kogoro" and reveals that the culprit is none other than Harumi. Conan also adds that Eri didn't purposely remove the wedding ring in order to attract Kogoro’s attention. After the case is solved, it is revealed that Kogoro did indeed go search for the wedding ring, which explains the sand traces on his legs, as he knelt on the sand to do so. Kogoro takes the ring out of his pocket and throws it to Eri. He says that he figured it out because Eri was drying her hair with her glasses on; normally no one would do that unless they’re trying to find something on the ground. He also assumes that Eri intentionally dropped her ring and tried to make him see that by using her left hand to hold the cup and continuously waving it around. Just as their relationship looks to be improved by this act, Kogoro completely ruins the moment by showing off with the female nurses, which enrages Eri and she leaves right after.
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=== Murderer Kogoro Mouri Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|File 264-266]]; Anime: [[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|Episode 199-200]]) ===
[[File:Kogoro at the bar.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Kogoro is drunken at the bar.]]
Kogoro encounters his wife Eri once again at a vacation spot, where he eventually becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her colleague and rival, Ritsuko Usui.

The events take place when Kogoro, along with Ran and Conan, unexpectedly finds Eri shopping with a fellow lawyer, Norifumi Saku. He suspects that his wife is going out with Saku, not knowing that she's actually trying to pick a present for himself as the next day will be their wedding anniversary. They agree to have a drink together with Eri's other acquainted lawyers, but the detective's old bad habits while drunk once again enrages her.

[[File:Kogoro talking to Eri.jpg|thumb|left|220px|A healed relationship?]]
Later, Kogoro accompanies the lawyers back to the hotel, where he, while unconscious, is instead brought to Usui's room as one of her tactics to ruin Eri's career by having "the queen" suspect that her husband has been cheating on her. An unexpected turn of events occurs when Usui is strangled by an unknown culprit with Kogoro being the only one found sleeping inside the locked crime scene. He is then suspected to have committed the murder.

Much to everyone's surprise, Eri refuses to defend her husband in court, while openly declaring her accusation of Kogoro. However, her real intention is to remain at the crime scene in order to find a way to prove his innocence, but the detective misunderstands this and angrily walks away after replying with some sarcastic comments.

Eri, with Conan's help, eventually manages to unmask the true murderer and clear Kogoro's name. The next day morning, after learning of his wife's deeds, Kogoro walks to where Eri is sitting and apologizes to her. He also sincerely asks her to come back with him, only to find out that she's just listening to Ran's MD without actually hearing anything that he said. Kogoro gets angry at Eri again as she leaves, not knowing that she has recorded all of his nice words into the disk.
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=== Kogoro's Choice (Manga: [[Volume 37|File 374-376]]; Anime: [[The Unseen Suspect|Episode 305-306]]) ===
=== Footsteps of Darkness (Manga: [[Volume 37|File 377-379]]; Anime: [[The Dark Footprint|Episode 307-308]]) ===
Kogoro is requested to find the location of the famous game system engineer [[Suguru Itakura]], who has been in contact with the [[Black Organization]].

=== Eri vs. Yukiko (Manga: [[Volume 40|File 413]]-[[Volume 41|416]]; Anime: [[The Similar Princesses|Episode 333-334]]) ===
=== Black Organization vs. FBI (Manga: [[Volume 48|File 499]]-[[Volume 49|504]]; Anime: [[Episode 425]]) ===
=== Cat Sitting Case (Manga: [[Volume 51|File 528-529]]; Anime: [[Episode 445]]) ===
=== Shinichi's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|File 570-573]]; Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|Episode 472-473]])===
This case shows Kogoro's home life before he separated from Eri and left the police force.



=== Judo Champion Case (Manga: [[Volume 62|File 643-645]]; Anime: [[Might Over Mystery|Episode 528-529]]) ===
=== Eri's Birthday Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 68|File 709-711]]; Anime: [[The Worst Birthday|Episode 589-590]]) ===
Kogoro bought an expensive necklace as a birthday present to Eri Kisaki without telling Ran or Conan beforehand. Ran and Conan found out about this when they discovered the receipt in Kogoro's wallet. Later on, Ran managed to win them a family trip to Shizuoka with Kogoro's lottery ticket and invited Eri to a birthday dinner with Kogoro, Ran and Conan.

The dinner didn't go so well as Kogoro kept behaving in his usual casual manners, acting indifferent to Eri's presence and seemed to have no intention of giving Eri the necklace. Later that night, a murder occurred in Eri's hotel room. Kogoro immediately devoted himself to solving the case and after receiving hints from Conan and both Conan and Eri's help with his deduction, found out the murderer's identity.

After the case closed, Kogoro stepped up to present Eri the present. It turned out Kogoro had remembered Eri's birthday as Sports Day(taiiku no hi) and the recent change of the date of Sports Day made his birthday present one day late. While he was flustered and frustrated by his mistake, Eri decided she still wanted it because she could tell Kogoro deeply cared for her. However, she opened the package and found out that Kogoro had due to his carelessness given her a buddhist rosary(nenju) he had bought for the owner of Poaro while Eri's birthday present had been lying in his desk drawer all along.

=== Private Eye ([[Volume 75|File 793-795]]; Anime: [[Wedding Eve|Episode 667-668]]) ===
[[Tooru Amuro]] becomes Kogoro's apprentice.

== Relationships analysis ==
===Family & Friends===
====Eri Kisaki====
Eri Kisaki is Kogoro's wife, who has been living separately from him for the last ten years. A primary reason they have not yet gotten back together is because of Mouri's constant flirting with other women, though it is shown that she still cares for him, even naming her cat 'Goro', which is taken from Kogoro. She is also annoyed by his frequent indulgences into alcohol. Despite constantly feigning disinterest in her, Kogoro still has feelings for Eri. He even asked her to move back in with him at one point, but at the time she pretended not to hear him because she was not "ready" yet, though she still has feelings for him as well.

====Ran Mouri====
She is Kogoro's 16-year old daughter. She often has to look after her irresponsible father because of his drinking. She is very determined to get her parents back together and tries every chance she gets to make them reconcile, though her attempts usually end in failure.

====Conan Edogawa====
Kogoro took in Conan after he had 'solved' the case in episode 2, saying that Conan was his 'luck' and allowing Conan to live with them. He has been suspicious of Conan's behavior at times, but quickly drops his suspicions as ridiculous. Ever since Yukiko (disguised as Conan's nonexistent mother) gave Kogoro a large sum of money for Conan's expenses, he has been more than happy to take care of Conan.

====Yoko Okino====
Yoko is Kogoro's idol. He always watches her television appearances and admires her. Yoko sometimes invites Kogoro to host a show or appear on commercials, which helps to spread his fame as a detective.

====Shinichi Kudo====
They are both detectives, but due to Shinichi being the better detective, Mouri is constantly complaining about how he never gets any work because of the 'detective brat'. He is also against his daughter being with Shinichi so much, likely due to his own rocky marriage to his childhood friend.

====Tooru Amuro====
[[Tooru Amuro]] became [[Kogoro]]'s apprentice in the [[Wedding Eve]] case. The first case he solved with Kogoro is the [[Detectives' Nocturne]] case. Because of Tooru told Kogoro that he'll pay for the fees, Kogoro immediately accepted the offer.

===Law Enforcement===
====Juzo Megure====
Kogoro used to work with [[Megure]] when he was still part of the police force. But until now, They seems to be helping each other even after Kogoro left the police force.

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Kogoro placed 8th in the poll with 84 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Kogoro placed 16th overall with 82 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
The name "Kogoro Mouri" came from two mystery-related sources. "Kogoro" came from "[[Kogoro Akechi]]", the detective created by [[Edogawa Rampo]], while Mouri came from [[Maurice Leblanc|'''Mauri'''ce Leblanc]]. Coincidentally, his drama actor, [[Takanori Jinnai]], has played Kogoro Akechi in many TV movies. The kanji for "Mouri" (毛利) comes from daimyo [[wikipedia:Mōri Motonari|Mouri Motonari]].

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kogoro_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro's "Before" Appearance (Episode 2)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kogoro_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 199)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kogoro_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro's "After" Appearance (Episode 632)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|You're talking about someone who can swoop in like a bird and then fly away again without anyone noticing. A flying killer with wings! Is that what you're trying to tell me?!}}

{{cquote|You're right, old pal. I'll never understand no matter the reason what drives someone to murder. And I don't think I want to.|[[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case]]}}

{{cquote|A caged animal still has teeth!}}

== New Voice ==
Starting with [[The Interrogation Room|Episode 553]], Akira Kamiya's contract was not renewed. Kamiya posted in his blog that his contract pay negotiations were leaked to other company members; they reacted negatively, so he felt it was appropriate to leave.<ref>http://forums.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=2074.msg47102#msg47102</ref> Since Episode 553, Kogoro has been voiced by Rikiya Koyama.

== Trivia ==

==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|小五郎 Kogorō|毛利　Mōri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Richard|Moore}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian manga|Kogoro|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian anime|Goro|Mori or Moori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Carlos|Guzmán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Kogoro|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Kogoro|Mouri}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Kogoro|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|توغو Togo|موري Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|명한 Myunghan|유 Yoo}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|小五郎 Xiǎowǔláng|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|小五郎 Xiǎowǔláng|毛利 Máolì}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|โคโกโร่ khokorò|โมริ Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Kogoro|Mori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Когоро|Мори}}
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== Gallery ==
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File:Kogoro Mouri -10.PNG|Kogoro Mouri 10 years ago
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Mouri family]]
* [[List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri]]

== References ==
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| japanese-name = 工藤新一 (Kudō Shin'ichi)
| english-name = Jimmy Kudo
| name = Shinichi Kudo
| image = Shinichi Kudo Profile.jpg
| age =16-17<ref name=CD41>Conan Drill Page 41</ref><ref name="f2">[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]] - Conan nearly gives his age as "16" before correcting himself and saying "6".</ref><ref name=141p8>Manga Volume 15, File 1, Page 8: "Gone!? ". The reporter gives Shinichi's age as 16.</ref><ref name="e3">[[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case|Episode 003: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]] - Shinichi's opening prologue speech refers to him as 17</ref>, 6-7 as Conan<ref>Conan Drill Page 38</ref><ref name="f2" /><ref>[[The Significant Music Box|Episode 194: The Significant Music Box]] - Conan says he is "around 7" years old.</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = 174 cm<ref name=CD41 /> (5'8.5")
| weight = Unknown<ref name=CD41/>
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name=CD41/>
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| occupation = Teitan High School student Detective
| nicknames = Detective Geek Detective of the East The savior of the police force Cool Guy ([[Jodie Starling]]) Shin-chan ([[Yukiko Kudo|his mother]]) Silver Bullet ([[Vermouth]]) The Heisei Holmes Kudo ([[Heiji Hattori]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|File 1]] Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
| appearances = {{:Shinichi Kudo Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 600+ (one case solved by Ran)
| keyhole = [[Volume 1]] [[Volume 62]] (Shiragami-sama)
| japanese-voice = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] [[Minami Takayama]] (young)
| english-voice = [[Jerry Jewell]]
| drama-actor = [[Shun Oguri]] (1st) [[Junpei Mizobata]] (2nd)
| footnotes =
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{{nihongo|'''Shinichi Kudo'''|工藤新一|Kudō Shin'ichi}} is the protagonist of the manga and anime. Viz romanized his original name as ''Shin'ichi Kudo'' while Shogakukan's website romanizes it as ''Shinichi Kudoh''. He is the childhood friend and the romantic interest of [[Ran Mouri|Ran]].

== Background ==
At the beginning of the [[Detective Conan]] series, Shinichi is a 16-year old<ref name="f2" /><ref>[[Volume_15#File_141_-_Gone.21.3F|Volume 15, File 141, page 12: "Gone!?"]]</ref> (17, according to the anime)<ref name="e3" /> student at Teitan High School who has become famous for helping the Tokyo police solve murder mysteries. Shinichi was born to [[Yusaku Kudo]], a mystery writer, and [[Yukiko Kudo]], a former movie star.<ref>[[Volume 5#File 049 - An Unfamiliar Visitor|Volume 5, File 49, page 163: "An Unfamiliar Visitor"]]</ref>

One day, Shinichi brings his friend [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to a local theme park called [[Tropical Land]], to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]].</ref> As they are leaving, Shinichi heads off alone to follow a suspicious man in black, [[Vodka]], who was a suspect in the earlier murder. Shinichi witnesses a blackmail exchange between Vodka and a company president in a secluded area just outside the park, but is too engrossed to notice [[Gin]], Vodka's partner, sneak up from behind. Gin knocks him out and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]], and they then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurs: his body shrinks into that of his six year-old self.<ref name="f2" /> After escaping from well-meaning but skeptical park security, with nowhere else to go Shinichi heads home. He there runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who warns him that he must keep his identity secret because the [[Black Organization]] will kill him and others associated with him should they discover the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>
[[Image:Conan Edogawa Investigating.jpg|120px|thumb|left|Conan Edogawa, the "small" Shinichi]]

=== Conan Edogawa ===
{{main|Conan Edogawa}}
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa from [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's, who places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2" /> Ran's father [[Kogoro Mouri]] owns a Detective Agency, which may allow Conan to run into a case involving the Black Organization. In the meantime, to protect his identity he is forced to play the part of a first-grader, including enrolling as a student at [[Teitan Elementary]]. Three classmates befriend him and pull him into creating the ''[[Detective Boys]]'',<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case|Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref> after which he tries to keep them out of trouble between using Kogoro as a mouthpiece to solve crimes and searching for how to get his big body back with the help of [[Ai Haibara]].
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== Personality ==
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is already well-known as a brilliant young detective, the "Savior of the police force", for solving many difficult cases the professionals could not.<ref name="e1" /> He is extremely intelligent, and even from a young age was very intuitive and observant. Due to the influence of his father and the general laissez-faire environment at home, he has long been an incessant and persistent reader, especially of mystery novels.<ref name="f569">[[Volume 55#File 569 - The Mischievous Boy|Volume 55, Files 569-572: "The Mischievous Boy"]]</ref> His father, Yusaku started taking Shinichi to crime scenes as a child, which inspired him to be a detective.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205, pages 74-78: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref> Due to his bluntness and matter-of-fact manner, Shinichi can come off as rude and arrogant. However, he cares deeply about human life, unable to understand how any reason could be sufficient motive for murder,<ref>[[Volume 26#File 258 - Momentary Rest|Volume 26, File 258, page 71: "Momentary Rest"]]</ref> and is convinced that driving a culprit to suicide is no better than murder itself. <ref>[[Volume 16#File 153 - Bonds of Flame|Volume 16, File 153: "Bonds of Flame"]]</ref> The few times he has been too late to save a life haunt him throughout the series.

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

Despite his popularity with the masses and his schoolmates, he has very few close friends. As Shinichi he was close to Ran and Agasa, and after deaging he befriended Heiji, Haibara, and to some extent the other Detective Boys. Despite his intelligence, Shinichi is rather dense when it comes to love or romantic subjects, though perhaps not to the same extent as [[Heiji Hattori]].

== Appearance ==
Shinichi has a striking resemblance to his father, Yusaku Kudo, sporting the same dark brown hair, slightly paled skin, and facial structures. The only traits he doesn't share with his father are the mustache and round glasses. The only physical feature he inherited from his mother, Yukiko Kudo, is his blue eyes. He often appears in his high school uniform, but he also wears a suit and tie or regular clothing depending on the occasion.

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

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

Aside from soccer, Shinichi exhibits a knack for handling firearms due to his father taking him to firing ranges from time to time. During the Clocktower Heist, Shinichi is able to shoot and dislodge the support beam of a giant projection screen, which Kaitou Kid had placed in order to fool a crowd of onlookers, with a single shot from a moving helicopter. Additionally, in [[Movie 2]] Conan shot a gun at Ran and the criminal holding her hostage with impeccable accuracy; in doing so, he reminds her of Shinichi.

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

=== Music ===
Shinichi cannot sing on key in the slightest so he is often accused of being [[Wikipedia:tone deaf|tone deaf]]. Despite being a hilariously awful singer, Shinichi has [[Wikipedia:perfect pitch|perfect pitch]] and can identify notes accurately even in difficult contexts like the sound of phone button presses forming a melody.<ref>[[Volume 15#File 144 - Their Voices Are Alike!?|Volume 15, File 144: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref> Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in movie 12 of the 'Full Score of Fear' when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays."

=== Language ===
Shinichi is well-educated in English, as he once conversed with and translated for an American diplomat, and later solved a case in London without evidence of any language barrier.<ref>[[Volume 21#File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber|Volume 21, File 205: "Midair Sealed Chamber"]]</ref><ref name="f743">[[Volume 71#File 743 - Holmes' Apprentice|Volumes 71-72, Files 743-752: "Holmes' Apprentice"]]</ref> Shinichi also knows some German, at least how to count.<ref>[[Genta's Certain Kill Shot]]</ref> Shinichi is not familiar with Italian.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref>

==Appellations==
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| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Shinichi-niichan || Conan-kun Kid in the Glasses
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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Shinichi Deduction freak Mystery Geek Deduction Nut Detective Maniac || Ran Mouri (san) (twice during the original Kaitou Kid flashback)
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] || Shinichi-oniisan || Ayumi
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| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || Shinichi-oniichan || Genta
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || Shinichi-san|| Mitsuhiko
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Shin-chan Shinichi || Mom (Kaa-san)
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] || Shinichi-kun Shinichi || Professor Agasa (Agasa-hakase) Professor (Hakase)
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| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Kudo-kun || Kazuha (also seen in Conan's thoughts)
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| [[File:Sonoko Suzuki 60px.jpg]] || [[Sonoko Suzuki]] || Shinichi-kun Kudo-kun (sometimes when talking directly to him as seen in the 8th movie) || Sonoko
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== Plot overview ==
Because the main plot revolves around the fact that Shinichi has become 'Conan' and is forced into hiding, Shinichi is rarely in the series as himself. However, Conan is frequently shown calling Ran using his voice-changing bow tie to sound like Shinichi and sending/receiving text messages from her with "Shinichi's" phone. In these instances, it can be said that the character of Shinichi, albeit in the body of Conan, is appearing, since these phone conversations and text messages allow Shinichi to be himself, however briefly.

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

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

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

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

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

=== Flashback Appearances ===
Shinichi has appeared in several flashbacks.

==== Shinichi's first case ====
One year ago, Shinichi solved his first case by himself on a plane flying to New York City. The second half of this trip is retold in the next flashback.

==== New York City ====
One year ago, Shinichi went to New York City with [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to meet up with his mother and see a play called the Golden Apple in [[Volume 35]]. There, they met [[Vermouth]] and [[Shuichi Akai]] for the first time.

==== Heiji's Memories ====
During a call to Conan Heiji talks about a brilliant detective kid he met at a skiing trip during middle school who was actually Shinichi who he competed with to solve the mystery.

==== Challenge from the original Kaitou Kid ====
In [[Volume 55#Shinichi's Childhood Adventure|Volume 55]], a flashback revealed that as first-graders, Shinichi and Ran had been given a riddle by the original [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Toichi Kuroba]].<ref>[[Volume 53#File 550 - The Only Witness|Volume 53, Files 550-553: "The Only Witness"]]</ref>

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

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

==== Live action special 2 ====

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

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

=== Family & Friends ===
[[Image:Shinichi and Ran.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shinichi and Ran]]
==== Ran Mouri ====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
[[Ran Mouri]] is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have been friends and playmates since kindergarten<ref name="f569"/><ref>[[Volume 11#File 107 - The Two Mysteries|Volume 11, File 107: "The Two Mysteries"]]</ref>, though Shinichi's tendency to drag Ran along into minor trouble caused some censure from [[Eri Kisaki|her mother]]. Shinichi has liked Ran since at least the first year of middle school, and turned down any other potential love interests as a result, but she has never realized this.<ref>[[Volume 18#File 175 - Unlock Your Heart!?|Volume 18, File 175, page 92: "Unlock Your Heart!?"]]</ref> Shinichi was similarly oblivious to Ran's regard until Ran confessed to Conan that despite his faults, which she is well aware of, she has liked Shinichi for some time.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 64: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> Shinichi has since confessed his feelings to Ran in the non-[[canon]] 4th movie 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which Ran mistook as his attempt to get her memories back), and made attempts to say something during temporary cures in the manga and anime, but cases always seem to interfere until the cure runs out. Shinichi since then has finally canonically confessed to Ran in the case in London.<ref>[[Volume 72#File 752 - A Troublesome and Difficult Case|Volume 72, File 752, page 14: "A Troublesome and Difficult Case"]]</ref> Ran has yet to verbally return his confession, but Shinichi is confident he now understands how she feels already.

[[File:Shinichi Confesses.jpg|thumb|250px|Shinichi Kudo somewhat and somehow confesses his feelings for [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] to her under the Big Ben in London, during the Holmes' Revelation Arc.]]
Shinichi's initial disappearance troubled Ran to the point of insomnia and nearly going to the police. Since then, Shinichi sometimes calls Ran over the telephone and imitates his normal voice with the [[voice-changing bowtie]] so that she doesn't worry about him. He convinces her that he is off solving a very difficult case and will return once the investigation concludes.<ref>[[Volume_1#File_009_-_An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding|Volume 1, File 9, Page 15: "An Unfortunate Misunderstanding"]]</ref> In reality, he is the brain behind her father's rapid rise to fame as a detective.

Shinichi/Conan is not without sexual fantasies regarding Ran, the most obvious evidence being his nosebleeds or blushing when he sees her in a bathing suit, or when Ran pulled him into an [[wikipedia: osen|onsen]] with her.<ref>[[Volume_9#File_084_-_Kogoro.27s_Class_Reunion|Volume 9, File 4: "Kogoro's Class Reunion"]]</ref> For her part, Ran often blushes when thinking of Shinichi, especially when Sonoko teases her about their relationship. Her attitude towards Conan is one of more open, sisterly affection, such as giving him hugs or holding his hand. Shinichi has some concerns of bodily harm should Ran realize that not only has he been lying to her, but they've shared a bed and taken a bath together.<ref>[[Volume 14#File 134 - Question In Dead Leave|Volume 14, File 134, pages 60-67: "Question In Dead Leave"]]</ref>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=== Law enforcement ===
==== Juzo Megure ====
[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] has worked together with Shinichi to solve many cases. During Shinichi's first case on the plane to New York, Megure seemed irritated that Shinichi was poking his nose into a murder case. Since then, because Shinichi has proven himself solving cases one after the other, Megure has grown to respect Shinichi and his deductive abilities, thanking him for his assistance.

=== Others ===
==== Kaitou Kid ====
Despite the fact [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi]] and Shinichi only met once prior to Toichi's death, it's worth mentioning that Toichi referred to Shinichi as his "older brother" and himself as the "younger brother". This is because Yusaku created and thus was the '''father''' of the moniker [[Kaitou Kid|Kaitou '''Kid''']], Toichi's secret identity. Toichi's son and successor, [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]], has also only crossed paths with Shinichi as Shinichi once, during the [[The_Gathering_of_the_Detectives!_Kudo_Shinichi_vs._Kaitou_Kid|Clocktower heist]]. Kaito thought Shinichi made the heist harder (and thus less boring) in [[Saguru Hakuba]]'s absence, and Shinichi found Kid's intention of 'stealing' the Clocktower in order to save it from demolition to be fairly admirable.

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

== People who know Conan's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Conan's identity}}
There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity and none have betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], Conan's parents, [[Heiji Hattori]] and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] also knows, but she has kept it a secret from the rest of the Organization to protect Shinichi because he had [[Vermouth_timeline#Golden_Apple_Case_.28Manga:_350-354.2C_Anime:_286-288.29|saved her life in New York]]. [[Eisuke Hondou]], the younger brother of C.I.A. agent [[Hidemi Hondou]], also knows and keeps Conan's secret. [[Kaitou Kid]] also knows Conan's identity in the movies, though it is not clear whether he knows Conan's secret in the actual anime and manga. However, Kid seems to know there is something unusual about Conan, as whenever he tries to publicly steal he usually reveals that he only wants to compete with Conan as thief and detective. [[Ran]] gets suspicious on occasion, but so far Conan has managed to trick her into thinking Conan and Shinichi are two different people. Finally, [[Subaru Okiya]] has seen Conan use Shinichi's voice with his bowtie voice modifier. Since Subaru Okiya is most likely a disguise of [[Shuichi Akai]], (as evidenced by the near perfect similarity of their eyes,) this means that Akai pretty much knows as well.

== Character popularity ==
*In a ''Newtype'' poll from 2001, Shinichi ranked fourth in the category "Top 10 Most Popular Male Anime Characters in Japan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-08-12/newtype-top-10-anime|title=Newtype top 10 Anime|date=2001-08-12|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref> In a ''Newtype Magazine'' poll from March 2010, Shinichi was voted as the ninth most popular male anime character from the 1990's.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Newtype, Issue 4|month=March|year=2010|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|title=NT Research}}</ref>

*In the survey "Friendship" developed by rankingjapan.com in which people had to choose what anime character they would like to have as a friend, Shinichi ranked third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-28/which-anime-character-do-you-wish-you-could-be-friends-with|title=Which Anime Character Do You Wish You Could Be Friends With?|date=2007-02-28|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-06-29}}</ref>

*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Shinichi placed 2nd in the poll with 1,425 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*Shinichi placed 1st in the results of a poll ranking the top 3 "ikemen" ("good-looking men") of the series aired during the promotional special for [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]].<ref>The Lost Ship in the Sky Special Edition Blu-ray</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Shinichi placed 4th overall with 1,443 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
Shinichi's given name is a pun on "one truth". The "ichi" (一) means "one" and "shin" can be read as truth (真), however the kanji actually used for "shin" (新) in Shinichi's name means "new".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C|title=WWWJDIC: Word Search|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> Shinichi's family name "Kudo" comes from the fictional detective Shunsaku Kudo created by Nobumitsu Kodaka. <ref>{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Detective Conan|volume=18|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1998-01-17 |isbn=4-09-125048-3|chapter=|page=Back cover flap|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo}}</ref> The ON-readings of the kanji for "Kudo" mean "craft" or "construction" (工) and "wisteria" (藤). <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1B|title=WWWJDIC: Kanji Selection|date=2011|publisher=Jim Breen|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref>
"Shinichi" may also have come from "Shinichi Suzuki", a famous violinist. (Shinichi Kudo plays violin){{citation needed}} His English name, Jimmy, rhymes with Shinichi.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Before.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Shinichi's "Before" Appearance (Episode 1)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Shinichi's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 192)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shinichi_After.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Shinichi's "After" Appearance (Movie introduction: Movies 7-15)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
===General===
{{cquote|When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.|Shinichi, directly quoting from one of Sherlock Holmes' famous quotes.}}

{{cquote|There is no deduction that is superior or inferior... because there is only one truth.|[[Diplomat Murder Case|Episode 49]], talking to [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]]}}

{{cquote|One truth prevails!}}

{{cquote|The only ones who can miss a kick draw are those who have the courage to kick it.}}

{{cquote|Zero is where everything starts! Nothing would ever be born if we didn't depart from there...|[[Holmes%27 Revelation|Episode 621]], confessing to [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] in front of Big Ben}}

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

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

{{cquote|The strong one doesn’t win. The one that wins is strong.}}

===Specific===
{{cquote|You're a tough, troublesome case, you know! With all these distracting emotions... Even if I were Holmes it'd still be impossible to figure out! The heart of a woman whom one loves... How can anyone accurately deduce that?|Shinichi confessing to Ran in London.}}

{{cquote|Vermouth: Why did you save me?
Shinichi: Is a reason necessary? I don't know why you would kill someone but as for saving someone... a logical mind isn't needed, right?|After rescuing the serial killer.}}



{{cquote|A detective who uses his deductive powers to corner a suspect and then does nothing to stop them from committing suicide, is no better than the murderer himself!|Telling Heiji why letting the criminal commit suicide is wrong.}}

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

== Trivia ==
*Shinichi has been mentioned and parodied in many other anime series. See [[Detective Conan#Appearances in other media|this wiki page]] for more information.
*He was used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
*Shinichi seems to have plane narcolepsy, as mentioned in [[The Sealed Chamber in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case|Episode 162]] and [[Volume 21|Chapter 204]]. This shows up when he is Conan as well.
*Shinichi, along with [[Heiji Hattori]], [[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Saguru Hakuba]], are sometimes referred to as 'The Four Geniuses' or 'The Gosho Boys' by fans.

==In other languages==
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== Gallery ==
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File:Pre-gradeschool Shinichi and Ran.PNG|Shinichi and Ran before grade school
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo Appearances]]
* [[Kudo family]]

== References ==
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Conan Edogawa

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Conan Edogawa
| japanese-name = 江戸川コナン (Edogawa Konan)
| english-name = Conan Edogawa
| image = Conan Edogawa Profile.jpg
| age = 6-7<ref name=CD38>Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = Unknown<ref name="CD38">Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| weight = 18 kg<ref name="CD38" /> (39 lbs)
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name="CD38" />
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| occupation = Teitan Elementary School student Detective
| nicknames = Cool Kid ([[Jodie Starling]]) Cool Guy ([[Vermouth]] & [[James Black]]) Silver Bullet-kun ([[Vermouth]]) Glasses Kid ([[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]) Holmes' Apprentice ([[Apollo Glass|Apollo]] & [[Minerva Glass|Minerva]] Glass) Tantei-kun ([[Kaitou Kid]]) Kudo ([[Heiji Hattori]]) Kudo-Kun ([[Ai Haibara]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File_002_-_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small|File 2]] Anime: [[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2]]
| appearances = {{:Conan Edogawa Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 583 (one solved by Ran)
| japanese-voice = [[Minami Takayama]]
| english-voice = [[Alison Viktorin]]
| drama-actor = [[Nao Fujisaki]] [[Minami Takayama]] (voice)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Conan Edogawa|江戸川コナン|Edogawa Konan}}''' is the alias used by [[Shinichi Kudo]] in his shrunken form. Shinichi took the appearance of his six year old self after being exposed to a prototype poison called [[APTX 4869]], which he had been forced to swallow by two men in black later revealed to be members of the [[Black Organization]].<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]]</ref> The poison deaged Shinichi's entire body except for his nervous system and therefore he still has the personality, memories, and incredible deductive ability of his teenage self. Conan's goal is to hunt down the Black Organization and have them arrested for their crimes, as well as find an antidote to the APTX 4869. To do so he plans to make the washout detective [[Kogoro Mouri]] famous in hopes of attracting cases related to the Black Organization.

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

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

[[Image:APTX 4869 given to Shinichi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi being drugged.]]
=== The Transformation ===
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi brings his friend [[Ran Mouri]] to [[Setting#Tropical_Land|Tropical Land]], a local theme park, to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="e1" /> As they are leaving, Shinichi witnesses a suspicious exchange between an unknown business man and [[Vodka|a man in black]] in a secluded area by the ferris wheel. While spying on the suspicious men, Shinichi does not notice [[Gin|another man in black]], who knocks him out from behind and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]]. They then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurred. Shinichi's body shrunk back to that of his six-year-old self.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> In desperation and confusion, Shinichi heads back to his house and runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. After a few attempts at proving he's in fact Shinichi, he finally succeeds in convincing the Professor. The latter warns him he must keep his identity secret as the [[Black Organization]] will surely try to kill him and others associated with him should they learn the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>
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=== Taking a new identity ===
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa using the mystery author names [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's who then places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2" /> Ran's father, [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a Detective Agency which may provide a chance for Conan to run into a case involving the Black Organization. However, Kogoro is a terrible detective with little credibility. Using helpful gadgets that Agasa makes, Conan sets out to improve Kogoro's detective reputation by solving cases for him while also hiding the truth that Conan is really the one solving cases. By knocking Kogoro out at crime scenes with a fast-acting [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer]] and using a [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|voice modulator]] to relay deductions in Kogoro's voice, Conan creates 'Sleeping Kogoro'. The conceited Kogoro enjoys his newfound reputation and the money it brings in so much that he doesn't question why he is suddenly passing out at crime scenes and solving cases in his sleep.

=== Creation of the Detective Boys ===
Conan enrolls at [[Teitan Elementary]] to further protect his identity and is befriended by classmates [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], and [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], who create the ''[[Detective Boys]]'' not long after.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case|Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref>

[[Image:Conan Stuns Kogoro.jpg|200px|thumb|Conan stuns Kogoro with his wristwatch, ready to solve a case!]]
=== Solving cases ===
As Conan, Shinichi helps Ran's father solve cases by putting him to sleep and simulating Kogoro's voice using the special bowtie gadget Professor Agasa made for him. He also spends a good amount of time with his Detective Boys fellows and solves many small cases with them and sometimes in the company of Professor Agasa. In some situations, when there's only Ran, Sonoko, and himself, he will use Sonoko instead to solve the case at hand. Because of that, Sonoko eventually becomes another moderately well-known "sleeping" detective, although her reputation is only known to the local police investigation team and Sonoko's friends. In much later files, Conan has solved the case as himself then claimed afterwards that Shinichi told him what to say.

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

[[File:Ran telling Conan she likes Shinichi.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Ran telling Conan she likes Shinichi.]]
Conan remains very close to Ran, who in return is very protective of him. However, because Ran is unaware of his true identity, Conan often finds himself in awkward situations with her, such as when she confessed her feeling for Shinichi to him and when she made him bathe with her at a hot spring.

Conan's intelligence remains intact even though he is shrunk to a child. As Shinichi, his deductive ability earned him the monikers "[[Wikipedia:Heisei|Heisei]] Holmes" and "Savior of the Japanese police force". Conan maintains an extraordinarily broad knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases and escape tricky situations. Conan tries to speak in a child-like manner when dealing with adults, but he often gets caught up in the current case and begins speaking like an adult, referring to advanced topics and using reasoning much too complex for a normal child. When this happens, he often tries to pass it off as "something [he] heard on TV". [[File:Conan, Tome, and Chiba.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Conan whispers to [[Detective Chiba|Chiba]] and [[Officer Tome|Tome]].]] Likewise, he makes no effort to hide his love for [[Sherlock Holmes]] and soccer, so if he called out for talking about either subject in too much detail, he tries to escape suspicion by saying it was something Shinichi told him about. Although as the series has progressed the adults around him have become more used to his "being quite smart for a child", causing him to behave more like himself around them, he still tries to pass as a normal child. The only police officers with whom Conan can speak in a professional manner are the [[FBI]], especially [[Jodie Starling]], [[Shuichi Akai]], [[James Black]], and Inspector [[Kansuke Yamato]] of the Nagano Police, all of whom suspect that there is more to Conan than meets the eye.

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

== Appearance ==
[[Image:Conan full face.png|right|150px]]
Conan has dark brown hair which mostly hangs downwards just above his blue eyes, but there are also a few strands that stick up at the front and back of his head. Conan's usual outfit consists of a blue suit jacket with a single button and a pair of shorts, red trainers and white socks, even though he has taken to wearing more casual clothing as time goes on. He also wears a red bowtie and his dad's old glasses. Both these items were later [[Gadgets|specifically modified]] by Professor Agasa to include a [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|voice changer]], [[Button Speaker|microphone]], and [[Criminal Tracking Glasses|homing device]], to aid in Conan in his cases. His [[Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes|red shoes]] have also been modified to harness electric and magnetic fields to stimulate pressure points on Conan's foot, greatly enhancing his kicking power.
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==Skills==
:''See also: [[Shinichi Kudo#Skills|Shinichi's Skills]]''
=== Detective skills ===
All of Shinichi's detective skills carry over to his Conan form, although Conan does not the have the reputation Shinichi had. He repeatedly demonstrates the ability to remember every detail of an investigation or other topics he cares about, and may have a photographic memory to manage such perfect recall so consistently. Conan's fastidious attention to detail allows him to notice minor inconsistencies in crime scenes and suspect testimony that other people miss, and using astute logic he uncovers the reasons behind those inconsistencies in order to link them to the crime. Conan has extraordinarily broad knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases; something he likely acquired from his incessant reading in his "first childhood". There are only few people like, [[Heiji]] and [[Kaito]], who are as intelligent as Conan.

As a child, Conan can attract less suspicion while investigating crime scenes, get away with searching people's personal property, and ask innocent questions without setting suspects on guard, although it comes with the drawback of not having Shinichi's authority or reputation.

=== Athletic ability ===
Conan is just as skilled as Shinichi in soccer, but a lot less powerful because he only has the strength of a young child. To make up for this, Conan uses Agasa's Power-enhancing kick shoes. Conan uses signature, powerful precision kick to knock out criminals using soccer balls or whatever substitute is handy. Like Shinichi, Conan's kick is accurate over distances and he is capable of mentally reckoning the angle of impact necessary to rebound a soccer ball off a wall and strike an attacker from behind. He is also good at skiing, snowboarding, and ice-skating.

Conan also has some skill with firearms despite the recoil being much more severe for a child's body. He shoots out a bus window during a bus hijacking, and precisely grazes Ran's leg to render her useless as a hostage in the second movie.

Conan's nimbleness is especially noticeable in the non-[[canon]] movies. For example, in the sixth movie, Conan is seen to fight with various antagonists, and he even holds his own against Jack the Ripper, a notorious serial killer who bests even Ran in combat. In the fourteenth movie, Conan does a back flip on his skateboard in order to avoid being killed by the blimp's hijackers. Conan shows a proclivity for skateboarding. In the movies and anime, Conan can easily perform very complicated tricks and dodges with his skateboard at high speed.

=== First Aid ===
Conan has repeatedly dispensed first aid to stabbed/shot/cardiac/poisoned/hurt victims before the rescuers arrive.

=== Music ===
[[Image:Conan_singing.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Conan sings in the Karaoke.]]
Conan cannot sing on key in the slightest so he is often accused of being [[Wikipedia:tone deaf|tone deaf]]. Despite being a hilariously awful singer, Conan has [[Wikipedia:perfect pitch|perfect pitch]] and can identify notes accurately even in difficult contexts like the sound of phone button presses forming a melody. In Episode 11: The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case, he knows that the piano is in tune and deciphers a message at the end just by listening to the notes that are played. Haibara directly described Shinichi Kudo as having perfect pitch in the last scenes of the twelfth Detective Conan movie, [[Full Score of Fear]]. He also manages to replicate and sing dial tones for a phone, showing that the reason he can't sing is because he simply doesn't have ''relative'' pitch. In File 728 (Episode 614), Conan stated he isn't very knowledgeable about music but identified the untuned piano key whereupon Haibara joked about his sharp ears despite being tone-deaf.

Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in movie 12 of the 'Full Score of Fear' when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays."

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


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| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Conan-kun Kid in the Glasses || Shinichi-niichan
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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Conan-kun || Ran-neechan
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| [[File:Kogoro Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Kogoro Mouri]] || Brat Conan (rarely) Freeloader Conan-kun(rarely) Four Eyed squirt
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| [[File:Ayumi Yoshida 60px.jpg]] || [[Ayumi Yoshida]] || Conan-kun || Ayumi-chan Ayumi
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| [[File:Genta Kojima 60px.jpg]] || [[Genta Kojima]] || Conan || Genta
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| [[File:Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya 60px.jpg]] || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] || Conan-kun || Mitsuhiko
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| [[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]] || [[Ai Haibara]] || Kudo-kun (privately) Edogawa-kun (around others) Great Detective-san (Meitantei-san) (once) || Haibara Haibara-san (once) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once)
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Shin-chan Shinichi Conan-kun (around others) || Mom (Kaa-san) Aunt (Oba-san, much to her annoyance) Big sister (Onee-san, after Yukiko gets angry at Oba-san)
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] || Shinichi Shinichi-kun Conan-kun || Professor Agasa (Agasa-hakase) Professor (Hakase)
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| [[File:Sonoko Suzuki 60px.jpg]] || [[Sonoko Suzuki]] || Conan-kun Brat in the glasses Chibi-chan || Sonoko-neechan
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| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || Kudo (privately, on accident) Kid Conan-kun || Hattori (privately) Heiji-niichan Heiji-kun (joke)
|-
| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Conan-kun || Kazuha-neechan
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| [[File:Eri Kisaki 60px.jpg]] || [[Eri Kisaki]] || Conan-kun || Aunt Eri (Eri no oba-san), Kisaki-sensei Oba-san
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| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]] || {{nihongo|Brat|ガキ|Gaki}}<ref>Manga File 504, pg 11</ref> || Man in Black (formerly)<ref>He referred to Gin & Vodka as "Men in Black" before learning their codenames. E.g. in [[Volume 2|Volume 2, File 16, Page 17]].</ref> Gin
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| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]] || Stupid Brat<ref>[[Volume 4|'''File 033''': Running intro the two]]</ref> || Vodka
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| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]] || Cool Guy Silver Bullet || Vermouth
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| [[File:Bourbon_60px.jpg]] || [[Tooru Amuro]] || Conan-kun || Amuro-san Bourbon (thoughts)
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| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] || --- || Professor Miyano (Miyano hakase)<ref>[[Volume 41|Volume 41, File 423, Page 10]]</ref>
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| [[File:Minerva Glass.jpg|60px]] || [[Minerva Glass]] || Holmes' Apprentice || Queen of the Grass Court
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| [[File:Apollo Glass.jpg|60px]] || [[Apollo Glass]] || Holmes' Apprentice || Glass-kun
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| [[File:Hades Sabara.jpg|60px]] || [[Holmes' Revelation|Hades Sabara]] || Holmes' Apprentice || Hades
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| [[File:Jodie Starling 60px.jpg]] || [[Jodie Starling]] || Cool Kid Conan-kun Boss || Jodie-sensei
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| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai]] || Boy || Akai-san
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| [[File:James Black 60px.jpg]] || [[James Black]] || Conan-kun Cool Guy || James-san
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| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || Detective-kun (Tantei-kun) Great Detective (Meitantei) || Kaitou Kid Kid Kaitou 1412 (first time)
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| [[File:Masumi_Sera_60px.jpg]] || [[Masumi Sera]] || Conan-kun || Sera-san Sera-no-neechan
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== Plot overview ==

=== Initial pursuit ===
After Shinichi becomes Conan, he sets out to find the men in black almost immediately. At the suggestion of Agasa, he moves in with Ran and Kogoro, hoping that cases related to them come by. Pretty soon, a case involving a woman name [[Akemi Miyano]] (using the alias Masami Hirota) appears. Akemi robs a bank for the men in black in the hopes that they will free her sister from their organization. Conan is unable to realize the case's connection to the organization until after the men in black have shot Akemi and left her for dead rather than give up such a valuable asset as her sister. In her dying moments, Akemi warns Conan of the danger of the organization.<ref>[[Volume 2#File 013 - The Missing Man|Volume 2, Files 13-16: "The Missing Man"]]</ref>

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

At a game convention, Conan meets a third man in black named [[Tequila]], only to have him die in an explosion meant for someone else. Conan learns about a meeting place from the murderer, but just before he reaches the bar an explosion set by the men in black destroys the place entirely, leaving Conan without any leads.

=== Introduction of Ai Haibara===

Later on, Conan meets child-size biochemist [[Ai Haibara]], the creator of [[APTX 4869]]. Ai grew up within the Black Organization as [[Shiho Miyano]] and is a former member of it along with her deceased sister, Akemi.<ref name="f178">[[Volume_18#File 178 - Code Name Sherry|Volume 18, File 178: "Code Name Sherry"]]</ref> After Akemi died, Shiho refused to keep working and took APTX 4869 to die before the Black Organization could execute her. Instead, she shrinks like Conan did and is adopted by Agasa so she and Conan can work together to find a cure and catch the men in black.

=== Meeting with the Black Organization ===

=== After Vermouth ===

=== The Phone Number of 'That Person' ===
After Conan solves a case of serial murders, the culprit tells Conan that the tune created by dialing the phone number for the Leader of the Black Organization is the song "[[Seven Children]]".

=== Returning Back to Shinichi ===
Throughout the series Conan has returned back to Shinichi several times, but never permanently.
==== East versus West Detective ====
First he temporary returns to normal after drinking alcohol while infected with a cold.<ref>[[Diplomat Murder Case|Episodes 48-49: Diplomat Murder Case]].</ref>
He quickly turns back into Conan after solving the case and develops an immunity to the alcohol.

==== Desperate revival ====
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Haibara invented an [[Antidote (prototype)|antidote]] prototype for the APTX 4869, and Conan first uses it in [[Volume 26]] to conceal his identity and allay Ran's suspicions that he is Shinichi. Haibara disguises as Conan and appears in front of Ran with Shinichi in order to put Ran's fears to rest.<ref>[[The Desperate Revival|Episodes 191-193: The Desperate Revival]].</ref><ref>[[Volume 26#File 256 - Concealed Truth|Volume 26, Files 256-258: "Concealed Truth"]]</ref>

==== Shiragami case ====
The antidote prototype is again taken, this time accidentally in place of cough syrup. It wears off 24 hours later, with Haibara giving him another one to protect his identity. This time it wears off in a shortened 4 hours, once again interrupting his chance to confess his feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 647 - The Lost Memory|Volumes 62-63, Files 647-654: "The Lost Memory"]]</ref>

==== London Arc ====
During the Holmes' Revelation arc in London, Conan takes an antidote so he can go overseas, because "Conan Edogawa" does not exist in real life, and has no passport. Ran quickly deduces that Shinichi is in London as well. She asks some Londoners about a Japanese boy, and they give her directions, without specifying it was actually a six-year-old they saw. In a phone booth, Conan takes the pill originally meant for his return trip to Tokyo in order to conceal his identity from Ran. During this time, he manages to confess his feelings to her. Luckily for Conan, Haibara asks Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo, his parents, to go to London and give him a third pill, as she guessed he would have used his spare one for Ran.<ref>[[Holmes' Revelation|Episode 616-621]]</ref><ref>[[Volume 71#Following Holmes|Volume 71, Files 743-751]]</ref><ref>[[Volume 72#Following Holmes|Volume 72, File 752]]</ref>

== Relationships analysis ==

=== Family & Friends ===

[[File:Ran and Conan.jpg|thumb|Ran holding Conan.]]
====Ran Mouri====
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Although they are romantic interests as Shinichi and Ran, Conan and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] share a brother/sister kind of relationship. Ran plays a nurturing protective role and treats Conan like a child version of Shinichi. They do a lot of activities together, such as swimming, going to the movies or festivals, and more. Ran and Conan both look out for each other's wellbeing. Ran stands up for Conan during Kogoro's outbursts and destroys any criminals seeking to inflict harm on Conan with her karate. Conan lends an ear and advice when Ran is in an difficult situation or needs to vent, and he comforts and encourages her when she is feeling down, especially about Shinichi being away for so long. It is even likely that Ran unconsciously knows that Conan actually ''is'' Shinichi, even though she seems reluctant to follow that notion.<ref>Ran told Conan that if only he is Shinichi on Episode 308.</ref>
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[[File:Kogoro noticing Conan in the car.jpg|thumb|Kogoro noticing Conan in the car.]]
====Kogoro Mouri====
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] and Conan most often see each other as nuisances. Conan dislikes Kogoro's usually poor detective ability and case handling, slovenly personal habits, and overinflated ego. Kogoro's deduction doesn't seem to improve so Conan almost always needs to knock Kogoro out when he starts spouting off incorrect theories. Although in most cases Conan merely sees Kogoro as a drunk idiot, he often is impressed when Kogoro gets serious and actually gets the case right, so he will allow the "non-sleeping Kogoro" to take the spotlight. Kogoro views Conan as a freeloader who constantly gets underfoot and never fails to insinuate himself at cases, "interfere" with the scene, and pipe up with childish observations that consistently ruin Kogoro's deductions.
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==== Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo ====
Conan's parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], like to push their child towards becoming an even better detective. They enjoy giving him challenges, typically without letting Conan know who's giving them; once they disguised as Black Organization operatives trying to kill Shinichi Kudo in order to show Conan how dangerous his goals are.

Yukiko loves to meddle in Conan's (and Shinichi's) love life, as she will often make allusions regarding Ran being her possible future daughter-in-law and Ai or Ayumi having feelings for Conan. He doesn't usually pay much attention to them. Once she told Conan that Ai has romantic feelings for him because she looked at him ten times in a short span of time, saying that the only time a girl would do that is if she likes the boy or the boy has something on his face. Conan simply pushes it off as Ai checking on her "lab mouse," but at night, in bed, Conan asks Ai if he has something on his face.

Conan's mother helped him out once to keep his secret identity from being exposed to Ran by creating an alibi for him.
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==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
[[image:Agasa_and_Conan_investigating.png|thumb|right|Conan investigates with Agasa.]]
Conan treats [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] as a member of his own family, like an uncle. Due to the fact that they both share the secret behind Shinichi's transformation and knowledge about the Black Organization, Conan often comes to him when in trouble or seeking for help. Agasa's willingness to help whenever possible makes Shinichi's life as Conan more convenient. He was the one who created most of Conan's gadgets, including his power shoes and tracking glasses. He willingly plays Conan's case solving mouthpiece when Conan lacks someone else convenient to use. When Conan needs something, such as information regarding past cases, he usually asks Agasa to get it. Agasa often acts as a chauffeur because he is trustworthy and the only adult with a car regularly available.

Agasa often worries about Shinichi, especially when he thinks Shinichi might be getting over his head. Agasa almost always responds positively to Shinichi's requests, but doesn't like it when Shinichi hides the reasons for it, especially if it is dangerous.
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====Heiji Hattori====
[[Image:Heiji teasing Conan.jpg|thumb|right|Heiji enjoys teasing Conan.]]
When they first meet, Conan and [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] seem bound to become lifelong rivals, especially after Kudo bests Heiji in their first case. However, after discovering Conan's real identity, Heiji starts to act like an older brother towards him, much to the annoyance of Conan. Since then, the two have become closest friends, and consult one another on cases, developments concerning the Black Organization, and even their "girlfriends". They tend to stick together on cases, although sometimes this is because Heiji forces the less enthusiastic Conan to come along. While fond of Heiji as a fellow detective he can relate to, Conan finds Heiji's antics occasionally annoying. Much to Conan's chagrin, Heiji even convinces others that Conan is his disciple. Conan especially dislikes Heiji's dangerous habit of unthinkingly calling Conan 'Kudo' when others are present.

Heiji still maintains some of his original feelings of rivalry, and gets annoyed if anyone claims Shinichi is better , and will often go to great lengths to show that the "west" (Osaka) is better than the "east" (Tokyo). Shinichi usually starts off acting like he is disinterested in the frivolous competition, but may then become competitive himself if Heiji starts "winning" or someone bruises his ego. Others, like Ran and Kazuha, see them both as equally skilled detectives.
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=== Detective Boys ===
[[File:Conan and Ai.jpg|thumb|Conan and Haibara investigating]]
====Ai Haibara====
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[[Ai Haibara]] is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it; indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as [[Yukiko Kudo|Conan's mother]], have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. both victims of the [[APTX 4869]]), she finds it easier to talk to him. She certainly has no qualms about teasing him, and is more than willing to poke a hole in his ego. While Conan initially was disgusted by Ai's ties to the Black Organization, especially with how she introduced herself, seeing her remorse and pain has improved his opinion of her. He is repeatedly protective of her and tries to give her hope when her fear of the men in black is overwhelming.
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====Ayumi Yoshida====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ayumi Yoshida}}
Conan grows to respect the little girl in his class for her sharp wit and observational skills, along with the other members of the [[Detective Boys]]. [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] in turn clearly seems to like Conan and isn't aware that the other two Detective Boys are jealous of him because of this.

====Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Genta Kojima====
[[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] sees Conan as a model, someone he looks up to. [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], and more so Mitsuhiko, are often impressed by Conan's fast knowledge and incredible deduction skills. However, they both become quite jealous of Conan whenever Ayumi shows gestures of affection towards him (usually a small kiss on the cheek). While Conan initially only tolerated their presence, he has grown fond of them despite their relative immaturity.

=== Law enforcement ===
[[File:Megure_and_Conan_Relationship.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Megure waffles between treating Conan like a child and a detective]]
====Police====
With the exception of a few inspectors, most listen to the little clues that Conan points out. After a while, Conan gets the attention of the whole Tokyo police department for noticing things even pros miss. [[Wataru Takagi]] in particular has taken to trusting Conan completely and doing whatever Conan asks him to without hesitation.

====FBI====
The FBI contains most of the few people that Conan acts normally around despite them not knowing his identity. Conan seems to place trust in the FBI, and occasionally helps in their operations.

====Jodie Starling====
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] nicknamed Conan "Cool Kid" and Conan (despite being wary when he first met her) now places complete trust in Jodie. Jodie has also called Conan to share what would normally be classified information, notifying him of a new Black Organization member, Bourbon.

====Shuichi Akai / Subaru Okiya====
[[Shuichi Akai|Akai]] has been shown to respect Conan's detective skills. It has been strongly implied in a [[Volume 78#File 824 - Mystery Train (Final_Destination)|recent plot line]] that Akai has [[Volume_77#Cold_Case|figured out]] that Conan and Shinichi are one and the same. Conan once says to Akai, "I'm glad you're an ally."

=== Black Organization ===
====Gin and Vodka====
Even though [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] do not yet know who's interfering with their operations, Gin has been shown to be curious who "that guy" is, referring to Conan. Gin tries to catch a glimpse of Conan's face from a helicopter in the movie [[The Raven Chaser]], but fails when Conan successfully downs the helicopter. Conan seems to have a very bitter hatred towards them, and this only increases as more people are targeted by the Black Organization.

====Vermouth====
[[Vermouth]] seems to have great personal interest in Conan, referring to him as the Black Organization's 'Silver Bullet'. She also protects Conan, probably because when she was disguising as a serial killer in New York she was saved by Conan (Shinichi at the time) and Ran. When the Organization plans on killing Kogoro, and later Conan, she strongly objects to a degree where Gin suspects whether Kogoro is related to Vermouth. Because of this, Conan does not react strongly when she is mentioned, as opposed to Haibara. He also seems to consider her less of a threat than the other members because he is able to bargain with her about Haibara and knows Vermouth is keeping his secret for personal reasons.

====Bourbon====
[[Tooru Amuro]] (codenamed Bourbon) has attached himself to the Mouri Detective Agency as Kogoro's "apprentice". Conan initially treats him in a somewhat friendly manner, though he privately thinks "another annoying person's showed up" when he learns Amuro will be joining Kogoro on cases. After learning of Amuro's membership in the Black Organization, though, Conan has been relatively nervous about him being near Ran. He's become more cautious and is somewhat confused by Amuro's helpful behavior, though he attempts to pretend nothing has changed.

=== Others ===
====Kaitou Kid====
Before being shrunk, Shinichi encountered [[Kaitou Kid]] once during the Clock Tower heist, though they did not meet face-to-face. In their next encounter, however, after Shinichi has become Conan, Kid disguises himself as Ran in order to steal the Suzuki family's Black Star pearl. When Conan corners him on the Suzuki cruise ship, Kid implies that he stole all of Ran's clothes to impersonate her, and left her naked on the deck. While this ends up being a bluff, Conan displays a much more intense desire to capture Kid in subsequent encounters. Conan stops Kid from escaping with the jewel often enough that Conan has gained reputation with the press as Kid's "natural enemy". In several instances Conan appears to be able to 'sense' Kid's presence, and seems excited by the chance to catch Kid again; appropriately, Kid seems to find Conan dangerous enough to warrant specific measures to keep him distracted.

Conan does not buy in to Kid's reputation as a mysterious, uncatchable phantom, saying once "He's only a thief that uses magic",<ref>Anime Episode 515: Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic</ref> and encouraging police officers that Kid is only a man and he can be arrested. However, if necessary, the two can put their rivalry aside for a little while and work together.<ref>[[Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces]]</ref> Conan has something of a gentleman's agreement with Kaitou Kid, in that he doesn't try to find or catch the thief outside of heists. In several instances, when Kid does Conan a favor, such as saving Genta's life<ref>[[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion]]</ref>, Conan reciprocates by halting his investigation just shy of capturing Kid, thereby allowing him to escape mostly unhindered. This exchange of favors can sometimes become a bit unbalanced; in exchange for not giving Kid away on a train Conan has Kid face down the [[Black Organization]] in disguise, and because Kid narrowly escapes an explosion with his life, he says that Conan now owes ''him'' one.<ref>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 7 (824): "Mystery Train (Final Destination)"</ref>

In the non-[[canon]] movies, it is implied that Kid knows Conan's identity; he even helps Conan maintain his cover by disguising himself as Shinichi so that a suspicious Ran would stop suspecting Conan. However, this has not been confirmed by Gosho Aoyama, nor has it been implied in the manga.

== People who know Conan's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Conan's identity}}
There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity. None of them have ever betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], [[Yusaku Kudo]], [[Yukiko Kudo]], [[Heiji Hattori]], and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] of the Black Organization also knows about Conan's secret. Later, in Episode 508 of the anime, [[Eisuke Hondou]] confirms Conan's identity as [[Shinichi Kudo]] straight from him. In manga chapter 812-814, [[Subaru Okiya]] ([[Shuichi Akai]] in disguise) confirms that Conan is Shinichi. [[Masumi Sera]] may also be suspicious that Conan is Shinichi Kudo.

The 3rd, 8th, and 14th movies also demonstrate that Kaitou Kid apparently knows Conan's identity and acts to protect it. However, this has yet to be backed up by the original artist, Gosho Aoyama, in the manga or (as would follow) the anime main series.

== Gadgets ==
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Professor Agasa has made many gadgets for Conan, including a tranquilizer wristwatch, voice-modulating bow tie, kick-enhancing shoes, tracking/binocular glasses, stretchable suspenders, and a solar powered skateboard. Conan uses the first two regularly to create "Sleeping Kogoro", and the glasses and other gadgets to investigate cases or catch criminals. Agasa also created radio badges and watch flashlights Conan and the other Detective Boys.

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Conan placed 3rd in the poll with 866 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Conan placed 1st overall with 2,843 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
Gosho Aoyama (and Shinichi, in the story) got the name 'Conan Edogawa' from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories, and Edogawa Rampo, the pen name of Japanese mystery fiction writer Hirai Tarō. Hirai Tarō himself got the pen name "Edogawa Rampo" from a transliteration of "Edgar Allan Poe." Pronouncing Poe's name in a Japanese accent sounds like 'Edogawa Rampo.'

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan's "Before" Appearance (Episode 2)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 227)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan's "After" Appearance (Episode 627)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

=== General ===
{{quote|{{nihongo|Conan Edogawa, detective!||Edogawa Konan, tantei sa!}}|One of Conan's catchphrases.}}
{{quote|{{nihongo|There is always only one truth!||Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!}}|One of Conan's catchphrases.}}
{{quote|Only one truth prevails!|One of Conan's catchphrases, which appears at the end of every solved case in Case Closed.}}

=== Specific ===
{{quote|After all, I'm the guy who's been breaking [[Ran Mouri|her]] heart by making her wait an eternity... even though I'm always by her side.|Talking to Haibara}}
{{quote|Don't run away, Haibara. Don't look away from your fate.|After rescuing Haibara from a suicidal situation.<ref>[[Volume 29]], File 5, pg 15: "Concealed beneath the truth"</ref>}}
{{quote|Ah, if you want to know, I'll tell you... In the afterlife...|Conan's response when [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] asked who he is really.}}
{{quote|Even if you're facing a bitter aspect of life, drugs and murder are foul without any excuse, deserve a red card for a loser.|Talking to Ray Curtis in English}}
{{quote|Ran, If we die, we die together...|[[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]]}}
{{quote|Because I love you. I love you. In this world, more than anyone...|[[Captured in Her Eyes]]}}
{{quote|Words are like swords. If you use them the wrong way they'll turn into ugly weapons.|[[Quarter of Silence]], talking to the Detective Boys}}
{{quote|Once those words leave your mouth, you'll never be able to take them back.|[[Quarter of Silence]], talking to the Detective Boys}}
{{quote|If you’re going to hide a leaf, hide it in a forest. When there’s no forest, you can make one yourself.|[[OVA 4]], talking to Phillip}}
{{quote|Detectives are also human, not God who knows everything.|talking to Ran}}
{{quote|Right! Just that face..If you keep that face, no matter who they will think you look 100% like a little girl!|Talking to Ai|[[Volume 29|File 292: "The Disappeared Evidence"]]}}

===Quotes about Conan===
{{quote|While pursuing the truth and justice without thinking about consequences...you stand the strain of all pressure alone in order to protect everyone...Such boy-like temperaments of yours are astonishingly intriguing, however...I wonder if you realize it...That clean scent of yours is strangling her, us, and yourself with lonelinesss and danger.|Ai thinking about Conan|[[Volume 33|File 336: "Clean Scent"]]}}

== Trivia ==
* Conan's bad singing came to light as a joke after the anime began airing because Conan's voice actress [[Minami Takayama]] is a well-known singer. In [[Volume 15]] of the manga, Takayama herself is kidnapped and Conan, who sounds similar to her, tries to take her place at a concert. However, despite having similar voices, they sound completely different when it comes to singing.<ref>[[Volume 15|Volume 15, Files 144-146: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref>

* [[Image:EP622-623 Gallery 16.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan's cellphone wallpaper - Kogoro changed it when he was drunk]]He owns two cellphones, the one he uses as Conan and one that he uses as Shinichi. He is also shown using different kinds of cellphones throughout the series.

* The Japanese word 'konnan' (pronounced the same as 'Conan') means 'difficulty' or 'distress.'

* Conan often uses the expression "Ah-le-le?" when he is trying to point out a clue, something that is usually said by Japanese gradeschoolers. The expression was even said by Kogoro in Episode 317 out of irritation at Conan.

* Conan/Shinichi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] share the same blood type.

==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Conan|Edogawa}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Conan|Blasi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay (Bahasa Melayu / Bahasa Malaysia)|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|كونان 　Konan|إيدوجاوا Iidojawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|코난 Konan|에도가와<ref>In the Korean version, Conan was never given a last name, possibly because his original last name, Edogawa, has 4 syllables, where all last names in Korean must be one syllable.</ref>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|柯南 Kēnán|江户川 Jiānghùchuān}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|柯南 Kēnán|江戶川 Jiānghùchuān}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|โคนัน khonạn|เอโดะงาวะ E-do-ngā-wa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Conan|Edogawa}}
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==Gallery==
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Image:Conan white bow tie.jpg|Conan wearing a white version of his bow tie.<ref>In episode 505-506, and 520</ref>
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Kudo family]]
* [[Mouri family]]

==References==
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| name = Conan Edogawa
| japanese-name = 江戸川コナン (Edogawa Konan)
| english-name = Conan Edogawa
| image = Conan Edogawa Profile.jpg
| age = 6-7<ref name=CD38>Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = Unknown<ref name="CD38">Conan Drill Page 38</ref>
| weight = 18 kg<ref name="CD38" /> (39 lbs)
| date-of-birth = May 4th<ref name="CD38" />
| relatives = [[Yusaku Kudo]] (father) [[Yukiko Kudo]] (mother)
| occupation = Teitan Elementary School student Detective
| nicknames = Cool Kid ([[Jodie Starling]]) Cool Guy ([[Vermouth]] & [[James Black]]) Silver Bullet-kun ([[Vermouth]]) Glasses Kid ([[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]) Holmes' Apprentice ([[Apollo Glass|Apollo]] & [[Minerva Glass|Minerva]] Glass) Tantei-kun ([[Kaitou Kid]]) Kudo ([[Heiji Hattori]]) Kudo-Kun ([[Ai Haibara]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 1#File_002_-_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small|File 2]] Anime: [[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2]]
| appearances = {{:Conan Edogawa Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 583 (one solved by Ran)
| japanese-voice = [[Minami Takayama]]
| english-voice = [[Alison Viktorin]]
| drama-actor = [[Nao Fujisaki]] [[Minami Takayama]] (voice)
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'''{{nihongo|Conan Edogawa|江戸川コナン|Edogawa Konan}}''' is the alias used by [[Shinichi Kudo]] in his shrunken form. Shinichi took the appearance of his six year old self after being exposed to a prototype poison called [[APTX 4869]], which he had been forced to swallow by two men in black later revealed to be members of the [[Black Organization]].<ref name="e1">[[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case]]</ref> The poison deaged Shinichi's entire body except for his nervous system and therefore he still has the personality, memories, and incredible deductive ability of his teenage self. Conan's goal is to hunt down the Black Organization and have them arrested for their crimes, as well as find an antidote to the APTX 4869. To do so he plans to make the washout detective [[Kogoro Mouri]] famous in hopes of attracting cases related to the Black Organization.

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

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

[[Image:APTX 4869 given to Shinichi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinichi being drugged.]]
=== The Transformation ===
At the beginning of the series, Shinichi brings his friend [[Ran Mouri]] to [[Setting#Tropical_Land|Tropical Land]], a local theme park, to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. He later ends up solving a murder case there.<ref name="e1" /> As they are leaving, Shinichi witnesses a suspicious exchange between an unknown business man and [[Vodka|a man in black]] in a secluded area by the ferris wheel. While spying on the suspicious men, Shinichi does not notice [[Gin|another man in black]], who knocks him out from behind and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as [[APTX 4869]]. They then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurred. Shinichi's body shrunk back to that of his six-year-old self.<ref>[[Volume 1#File 002 - The Great Detective Turned Small|Volume 1, File 2, page 59: "The Great Detective Turned Small"]]</ref> In desperation and confusion, Shinichi heads back to his house and runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. After a few attempts at proving he's in fact Shinichi, he finally succeeds in convincing the Professor. The latter warns him he must keep his identity secret as the [[Black Organization]] will surely try to kill him and others associated with him should they learn the truth.<ref name="e2">[[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case|Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case]].</ref>
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=== Taking a new identity ===
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa using the mystery author names [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur '''''Conan''''' Doyle]] and [[Edogawa Rampo|'''''Edogawa''''' Rampo]] and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's who then places Conan in Ran's care.<ref name="e2" /> Ran's father, [[Kogoro Mouri]], owns a Detective Agency which may provide a chance for Conan to run into a case involving the Black Organization. However, Kogoro is a terrible detective with little credibility. Using helpful gadgets that Agasa makes, Conan sets out to improve Kogoro's detective reputation by solving cases for him while also hiding the truth that Conan is really the one solving cases. By knocking Kogoro out at crime scenes with a fast-acting [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer]] and using a [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|voice modulator]] to relay deductions in Kogoro's voice, Conan creates 'Sleeping Kogoro'. The conceited Kogoro enjoys his newfound reputation and the money it brings in so much that he doesn't question why he is suddenly passing out at crime scenes and solving cases in his sleep.

=== Creation of the Detective Boys ===
Conan enrolls at [[Teitan Elementary]] to further protect his identity and is befriended by classmates [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]], and [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], who create the ''[[Detective Boys]]'' not long after.<ref>[[The Coded Map of the City Case|Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]]</ref>

[[Image:Conan Stuns Kogoro.jpg|200px|thumb|Conan stuns Kogoro with his wristwatch, ready to solve a case!]]
=== Solving cases ===
As Conan, Shinichi helps Ran's father solve cases by putting him to sleep and simulating Kogoro's voice using the special bowtie gadget Professor Agasa made for him. He also spends a good amount of time with his Detective Boys fellows and solves many small cases with them and sometimes in the company of Professor Agasa. In some situations, when there's only Ran, Sonoko, and himself, he will use Sonoko instead to solve the case at hand. Because of that, Sonoko eventually becomes another moderately well-known "sleeping" detective, although her reputation is only known to the local police investigation team and Sonoko's friends. In much later files, Conan has solved the case as himself then claimed afterwards that Shinichi told him what to say.

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

[[File:Ran telling Conan she likes Shinichi.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Ran telling Conan she likes Shinichi.]]
Conan remains very close to Ran, who in return is very protective of him. However, because Ran is unaware of his true identity, Conan often finds himself in awkward situations with her, such as when she confessed her feeling for Shinichi to him and when she made him bathe with her at a hot spring.

Conan's intelligence remains intact even though he is shrunk to a child. As Shinichi, his deductive ability earned him the monikers "[[Wikipedia:Heisei|Heisei]] Holmes" and "Savior of the Japanese police force". Conan maintains an extraordinarily broad knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases and escape tricky situations. Conan tries to speak in a child-like manner when dealing with adults, but he often gets caught up in the current case and begins speaking like an adult, referring to advanced topics and using reasoning much too complex for a normal child. When this happens, he often tries to pass it off as "something [he] heard on TV". [[File:Conan, Tome, and Chiba.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Conan whispers to [[Detective Chiba|Chiba]] and [[Officer Tome|Tome]].]] Likewise, he makes no effort to hide his love for [[Sherlock Holmes]] and soccer, so if he called out for talking about either subject in too much detail, he tries to escape suspicion by saying it was something Shinichi told him about. Although as the series has progressed the adults around him have become more used to his "being quite smart for a child", causing him to behave more like himself around them, he still tries to pass as a normal child. The only police officers with whom Conan can speak in a professional manner are the [[FBI]], especially [[Jodie Starling]], [[Shuichi Akai]], [[James Black]], and Inspector [[Kansuke Yamato]] of the Nagano Police, all of whom suspect that there is more to Conan than meets the eye.

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

== Appearance ==
[[Image:Conan full face.png|right|150px]]
Conan has dark brown hair which mostly hangs downwards just above his blue eyes, but there are also a few strands that stick up at the front and back of his head. Conan's usual outfit consists of a blue suit jacket with a single button and a pair of shorts, red trainers and white socks, even though he has taken to wearing more casual clothing as time goes on. He also wears a red bowtie and his dad's old glasses. Both these items were later [[Gadgets|specifically modified]] by Professor Agasa to include a [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|voice changer]], [[Button Speaker|microphone]], and [[Criminal Tracking Glasses|homing device]], to aid in Conan in his cases. His [[Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes|red shoes]] have also been modified to harness electric and magnetic fields to stimulate pressure points on Conan's foot, greatly enhancing his kicking power.
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==Skills==
:''See also: [[Shinichi Kudo#Skills|Shinichi's Skills]]''
=== Detective skills ===
All of Shinichi's detective skills carry over to his Conan form, although Conan does not the have the reputation Shinichi had. He repeatedly demonstrates the ability to remember every detail of an investigation or other topics he cares about, and may have a photographic memory to manage such perfect recall so consistently. Conan's fastidious attention to detail allows him to notice minor inconsistencies in crime scenes and suspect testimony that other people miss, and using astute logic he uncovers the reasons behind those inconsistencies in order to link them to the crime. Conan has extraordinarily broad knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases; something he likely acquired from his incessant reading in his "first childhood". There are only few people like, [[Heiji]] and [[Kaito]], who are as intelligent as Conan.

As a child, Conan can attract less suspicion while investigating crime scenes, get away with searching people's personal property, and ask innocent questions without setting suspects on guard, although it comes with the drawback of not having Shinichi's authority or reputation.

=== Athletic ability ===
Conan is just as skilled as Shinichi in soccer, but a lot less powerful because he only has the strength of a young child. To make up for this, Conan uses Agasa's Power-enhancing kick shoes. Conan uses signature, powerful precision kick to knock out criminals using soccer balls or whatever substitute is handy. Like Shinichi, Conan's kick is accurate over distances and he is capable of mentally reckoning the angle of impact necessary to rebound a soccer ball off a wall and strike an attacker from behind. He is also good at skiing, snowboarding, and ice-skating.

Conan also has some skill with firearms despite the recoil being much more severe for a child's body. He shoots out a bus window during a bus hijacking, and precisely grazes Ran's leg to render her useless as a hostage in the second movie.

Conan's nimbleness is especially noticeable in the non-[[canon]] movies. For example, in the sixth movie, Conan is seen to fight with various antagonists, and he even holds his own against Jack the Ripper, a notorious serial killer who bests even Ran in combat. In the fourteenth movie, Conan does a back flip on his skateboard in order to avoid being killed by the blimp's hijackers. Conan shows a proclivity for skateboarding. In the movies and anime, Conan can easily perform very complicated tricks and dodges with his skateboard at high speed.

=== First Aid ===
Conan has repeatedly dispensed first aid to stabbed/shot/cardiac/poisoned/hurt victims before the rescuers arrive.

=== Music ===
[[Image:Conan_singing.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Conan sings in the Karaoke.]]
Conan cannot sing on key in the slightest so he is often accused of being [[Wikipedia:tone deaf|tone deaf]]. Despite being a hilariously awful singer, Conan has [[Wikipedia:perfect pitch|perfect pitch]] and can identify notes accurately even in difficult contexts like the sound of phone button presses forming a melody. In Episode 11: The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case, he knows that the piano is in tune and deciphers a message at the end just by listening to the notes that are played. Haibara directly described Shinichi Kudo as having perfect pitch in the last scenes of the twelfth Detective Conan movie, [[Full Score of Fear]]. He also manages to replicate and sing dial tones for a phone, showing that the reason he can't sing is because he simply doesn't have ''relative'' pitch. In File 728 (Episode 614), Conan stated he isn't very knowledgeable about music but identified the untuned piano key whereupon Haibara joked about his sharp ears despite being tone-deaf.

Also, to be like his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, he plays the violin. This was confirmed in movie 12 of the 'Full Score of Fear' when he played "Amazing Grace" for Ran. However, he is stumped on what Ran meant when she said, "He has a funny habit when he plays."

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


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| [[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]] || [[Ai Haibara]] || Kudo-kun (privately) Edogawa-kun (around others) Great Detective-san (Meitantei-san) (once) || Haibara Haibara-san (once) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once)
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| [[File:Yukiko Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Yukiko Kudo]] || Shin-chan Shinichi Conan-kun (around others) || Mom (Kaa-san) Aunt (Oba-san, much to her annoyance) Big sister (Onee-san, after Yukiko gets angry at Oba-san)
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| [[File:Hiroshi Agasa 60px.jpg]] || [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] || Shinichi Shinichi-kun Conan-kun || Professor Agasa (Agasa-hakase) Professor (Hakase)
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| [[File:Sonoko Suzuki 60px.jpg]] || [[Sonoko Suzuki]] || Conan-kun Brat in the glasses Chibi-chan || Sonoko-neechan
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| [[File:Heiji Hattori 60px.jpg]] || [[Heiji Hattori]] || Kudo (privately, on accident) Kid Conan-kun || Hattori (privately) Heiji-niichan Heiji-kun (joke)
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| [[File:Kazuha Toyama 60px.jpg]] || [[Kazuha Toyama]] || Conan-kun || Kazuha-neechan
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| [[File:Eri Kisaki 60px.jpg]] || [[Eri Kisaki]] || Conan-kun || Aunt Eri (Eri no oba-san), Kisaki-sensei Oba-san
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| [[File:Gin 60px.jpg]] || [[Gin]] || {{nihongo|Brat|ガキ|Gaki}}<ref>Manga File 504, pg 11</ref> || Man in Black (formerly)<ref>He referred to Gin & Vodka as "Men in Black" before learning their codenames. E.g. in [[Volume 2|Volume 2, File 16, Page 17]].</ref> Gin
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| [[File:Vodka 60px.jpg]] || [[Vodka]] || Stupid Brat<ref>[[Volume 4|'''File 033''': Running intro the two]]</ref> || Vodka
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| [[File:Vermouth 60px.jpg]] || [[Vermouth]] || Cool Guy Silver Bullet || Vermouth
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| [[File:Bourbon_60px.jpg]] || [[Tooru Amuro]] || Conan-kun || Amuro-san Bourbon (thoughts)
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| [[File:Atsushi Miyano 60px.jpg]] || [[Atsushi Miyano]] || --- || Professor Miyano (Miyano hakase)<ref>[[Volume 41|Volume 41, File 423, Page 10]]</ref>
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| [[File:Apollo Glass.jpg|60px]] || [[Apollo Glass]] || Holmes' Apprentice || Glass-kun
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| [[File:Jodie Starling 60px.jpg]] || [[Jodie Starling]] || Cool Kid Conan-kun Boss || Jodie-sensei
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| [[File:Shuichi Akai 60px.jpg]] || [[Shuichi Akai]] || Boy || Akai-san
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| [[File:James Black 60px.jpg]] || [[James Black]] || Conan-kun Cool Guy || James-san
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| [[File:Kaitou Kid 60px.jpg]] || [[Kaitou Kid]] || Detective-kun (Tantei-kun) Great Detective (Meitantei) || Kaitou Kid Kid Kaitou 1412 (first time)
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== Plot overview ==

=== Initial pursuit ===
After Shinichi becomes Conan, he sets out to find the men in black almost immediately. At the suggestion of Agasa, he moves in with Ran and Kogoro, hoping that cases related to them come by. Pretty soon, a case involving a woman name [[Akemi Miyano]] (using the alias Masami Hirota) appears. Akemi robs a bank for the men in black in the hopes that they will free her sister from their organization. Conan is unable to realize the case's connection to the organization until after the men in black have shot Akemi and left her for dead rather than give up such a valuable asset as her sister. In her dying moments, Akemi warns Conan of the danger of the organization.<ref>[[Volume 2#File 013 - The Missing Man|Volume 2, Files 13-16: "The Missing Man"]]</ref>

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

At a game convention, Conan meets a third man in black named [[Tequila]], only to have him die in an explosion meant for someone else. Conan learns about a meeting place from the murderer, but just before he reaches the bar an explosion set by the men in black destroys the place entirely, leaving Conan without any leads.

=== Introduction of Ai Haibara===

Later on, Conan meets child-size biochemist [[Ai Haibara]], the creator of [[APTX 4869]]. Ai grew up within the Black Organization as [[Shiho Miyano]] and is a former member of it along with her deceased sister, Akemi.<ref name="f178">[[Volume_18#File 178 - Code Name Sherry|Volume 18, File 178: "Code Name Sherry"]]</ref> After Akemi died, Shiho refused to keep working and took APTX 4869 to die before the Black Organization could execute her. Instead, she shrinks like Conan did and is adopted by Agasa so she and Conan can work together to find a cure and catch the men in black.

=== Meeting with the Black Organization ===

=== After Vermouth ===

=== The Phone Number of 'That Person' ===
After Conan solves a case of serial murders, the culprit tells Conan that the tune created by dialing the phone number for the Leader of the Black Organization is the song "[[Seven Children]]".

=== Returning Back to Shinichi ===
Throughout the series Conan has returned back to Shinichi several times, but never permanently.
==== East versus West Detective ====
First he temporary returns to normal after drinking alcohol while infected with a cold.<ref>[[Diplomat Murder Case|Episodes 48-49: Diplomat Murder Case]].</ref>
He quickly turns back into Conan after solving the case and develops an immunity to the alcohol.

==== Desperate revival ====
{{Main|Antidote (Prototype)}}
Haibara invented an [[Antidote (prototype)|antidote]] prototype for the APTX 4869, and Conan first uses it in [[Volume 26]] to conceal his identity and allay Ran's suspicions that he is Shinichi. Haibara disguises as Conan and appears in front of Ran with Shinichi in order to put Ran's fears to rest.<ref>[[The Desperate Revival|Episodes 191-193: The Desperate Revival]].</ref><ref>[[Volume 26#File 256 - Concealed Truth|Volume 26, Files 256-258: "Concealed Truth"]]</ref>

==== Shiragami case ====
The antidote prototype is again taken, this time accidentally in place of cough syrup. It wears off 24 hours later, with Haibara giving him another one to protect his identity. This time it wears off in a shortened 4 hours, once again interrupting his chance to confess his feelings to Ran.<ref>[[Volume 62#File 647 - The Lost Memory|Volumes 62-63, Files 647-654: "The Lost Memory"]]</ref>

==== London Arc ====
During the Holmes' Revelation arc in London, Conan takes an antidote so he can go overseas, because "Conan Edogawa" does not exist in real life, and has no passport. Ran quickly deduces that Shinichi is in London as well. She asks some Londoners about a Japanese boy, and they give her directions, without specifying it was actually a six-year-old they saw. In a phone booth, Conan takes the pill originally meant for his return trip to Tokyo in order to conceal his identity from Ran. During this time, he manages to confess his feelings to her. Luckily for Conan, Haibara asks Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo, his parents, to go to London and give him a third pill, as she guessed he would have used his spare one for Ran.<ref>[[Holmes' Revelation|Episode 616-621]]</ref><ref>[[Volume 71#Following Holmes|Volume 71, Files 743-751]]</ref><ref>[[Volume 72#Following Holmes|Volume 72, File 752]]</ref>

== Relationships analysis ==

=== Family & Friends ===

[[File:Ran and Conan.jpg|thumb|Ran holding Conan.]]
====Ran Mouri====
{{main|Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri}}
Although they are romantic interests as Shinichi and Ran, Conan and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] share a brother/sister kind of relationship. Ran plays a nurturing protective role and treats Conan like a child version of Shinichi. They do a lot of activities together, such as swimming, going to the movies or festivals, and more. Ran and Conan both look out for each other's wellbeing. Ran stands up for Conan during Kogoro's outbursts and destroys any criminals seeking to inflict harm on Conan with her karate. Conan lends an ear and advice when Ran is in an difficult situation or needs to vent, and he comforts and encourages her when she is feeling down, especially about Shinichi being away for so long. It is even likely that Ran unconsciously knows that Conan actually ''is'' Shinichi, even though she seems reluctant to follow that notion.<ref>Ran told Conan that if only he is Shinichi on Episode 308.</ref>
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[[File:Kogoro noticing Conan in the car.jpg|thumb|Kogoro noticing Conan in the car.]]
====Kogoro Mouri====
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] and Conan most often see each other as nuisances. Conan dislikes Kogoro's usually poor detective ability and case handling, slovenly personal habits, and overinflated ego. Kogoro's deduction doesn't seem to improve so Conan almost always needs to knock Kogoro out when he starts spouting off incorrect theories. Although in most cases Conan merely sees Kogoro as a drunk idiot, he often is impressed when Kogoro gets serious and actually gets the case right, so he will allow the "non-sleeping Kogoro" to take the spotlight. Kogoro views Conan as a freeloader who constantly gets underfoot and never fails to insinuate himself at cases, "interfere" with the scene, and pipe up with childish observations that consistently ruin Kogoro's deductions.
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==== Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo ====
Conan's parents, [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku]] and [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], like to push their child towards becoming an even better detective. They enjoy giving him challenges, typically without letting Conan know who's giving them; once they disguised as Black Organization operatives trying to kill Shinichi Kudo in order to show Conan how dangerous his goals are.

Yukiko loves to meddle in Conan's (and Shinichi's) love life, as she will often make allusions regarding Ran being her possible future daughter-in-law and Ai or Ayumi having feelings for Conan. He doesn't usually pay much attention to them. Once she told Conan that Ai has romantic feelings for him because she looked at him ten times in a short span of time, saying that the only time a girl would do that is if she likes the boy or the boy has something on his face. Conan simply pushes it off as Ai checking on her "lab mouse," but at night, in bed, Conan asks Ai if he has something on his face.

Conan's mother helped him out once to keep his secret identity from being exposed to Ran by creating an alibi for him.
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==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
[[image:Agasa_and_Conan_investigating.png|thumb|right|Conan investigates with Agasa.]]
Conan treats [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] as a member of his own family, like an uncle. Due to the fact that they both share the secret behind Shinichi's transformation and knowledge about the Black Organization, Conan often comes to him when in trouble or seeking for help. Agasa's willingness to help whenever possible makes Shinichi's life as Conan more convenient. He was the one who created most of Conan's gadgets, including his power shoes and tracking glasses. He willingly plays Conan's case solving mouthpiece when Conan lacks someone else convenient to use. When Conan needs something, such as information regarding past cases, he usually asks Agasa to get it. Agasa often acts as a chauffeur because he is trustworthy and the only adult with a car regularly available.

Agasa often worries about Shinichi, especially when he thinks Shinichi might be getting over his head. Agasa almost always responds positively to Shinichi's requests, but doesn't like it when Shinichi hides the reasons for it, especially if it is dangerous.
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====Heiji Hattori====
[[Image:Heiji teasing Conan.jpg|thumb|right|Heiji enjoys teasing Conan.]]
When they first meet, Conan and [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] seem bound to become lifelong rivals, especially after Kudo bests Heiji in their first case. However, after discovering Conan's real identity, Heiji starts to act like an older brother towards him, much to the annoyance of Conan. Since then, the two have become closest friends, and consult one another on cases, developments concerning the Black Organization, and even their "girlfriends". They tend to stick together on cases, although sometimes this is because Heiji forces the less enthusiastic Conan to come along. While fond of Heiji as a fellow detective he can relate to, Conan finds Heiji's antics occasionally annoying. Much to Conan's chagrin, Heiji even convinces others that Conan is his disciple. Conan especially dislikes Heiji's dangerous habit of unthinkingly calling Conan 'Kudo' when others are present.

Heiji still maintains some of his original feelings of rivalry, and gets annoyed if anyone claims Shinichi is better , and will often go to great lengths to show that the "west" (Osaka) is better than the "east" (Tokyo). Shinichi usually starts off acting like he is disinterested in the frivolous competition, but may then become competitive himself if Heiji starts "winning" or someone bruises his ego. Others, like Ran and Kazuha, see them both as equally skilled detectives.
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=== Detective Boys ===
[[File:Conan and Ai.jpg|thumb|Conan and Haibara investigating]]
====Ai Haibara====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}
[[Ai Haibara]] is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it; indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as [[Yukiko Kudo|Conan's mother]], have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. both victims of the [[APTX 4869]]), she finds it easier to talk to him. She certainly has no qualms about teasing him, and is more than willing to poke a hole in his ego. While Conan initially was disgusted by Ai's ties to the Black Organization, especially with how she introduced herself, seeing her remorse and pain has improved his opinion of her. He is repeatedly protective of her and tries to give her hope when her fear of the men in black is overwhelming.
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====Ayumi Yoshida====
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ayumi Yoshida}}
Conan grows to respect the little girl in his class for her sharp wit and observational skills, along with the other members of the [[Detective Boys]]. [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] in turn clearly seems to like Conan and isn't aware that the other two Detective Boys are jealous of him because of this.

====Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Genta Kojima====
[[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] sees Conan as a model, someone he looks up to. [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], and more so Mitsuhiko, are often impressed by Conan's fast knowledge and incredible deduction skills. However, they both become quite jealous of Conan whenever Ayumi shows gestures of affection towards him (usually a small kiss on the cheek). While Conan initially only tolerated their presence, he has grown fond of them despite their relative immaturity.

=== Law enforcement ===
[[File:Megure_and_Conan_Relationship.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Megure waffles between treating Conan like a child and a detective]]
====Police====
With the exception of a few inspectors, most listen to the little clues that Conan points out. After a while, Conan gets the attention of the whole Tokyo police department for noticing things even pros miss. [[Wataru Takagi]] in particular has taken to trusting Conan completely and doing whatever Conan asks him to without hesitation.

====FBI====
The FBI contains most of the few people that Conan acts normally around despite them not knowing his identity. Conan seems to place trust in the FBI, and occasionally helps in their operations.

====Jodie Starling====
[[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] nicknamed Conan "Cool Kid" and Conan (despite being wary when he first met her) now places complete trust in Jodie. Jodie has also called Conan to share what would normally be classified information, notifying him of a new Black Organization member, Bourbon.

====Shuichi Akai / Subaru Okiya====
[[Shuichi Akai|Akai]] has been shown to respect Conan's detective skills. It has been strongly implied in a [[Volume 78#File 824 - Mystery Train (Final_Destination)|recent plot line]] that Akai has [[Volume_77#Cold_Case|figured out]] that Conan and Shinichi are one and the same. Conan once says to Akai, "I'm glad you're an ally."

=== Black Organization ===
====Gin and Vodka====
Even though [[Gin]] and [[Vodka]] do not yet know who's interfering with their operations, Gin has been shown to be curious who "that guy" is, referring to Conan. Gin tries to catch a glimpse of Conan's face from a helicopter in the movie [[The Raven Chaser]], but fails when Conan successfully downs the helicopter. Conan seems to have a very bitter hatred towards them, and this only increases as more people are targeted by the Black Organization.

====Vermouth====
[[Vermouth]] seems to have great personal interest in Conan, referring to him as the Black Organization's 'Silver Bullet'. She also protects Conan, probably because when she was disguising as a serial killer in New York she was saved by Conan (Shinichi at the time) and Ran. When the Organization plans on killing Kogoro, and later Conan, she strongly objects to a degree where Gin suspects whether Kogoro is related to Vermouth. Because of this, Conan does not react strongly when she is mentioned, as opposed to Haibara. He also seems to consider her less of a threat than the other members because he is able to bargain with her about Haibara and knows Vermouth is keeping his secret for personal reasons.

====Bourbon====
[[Tooru Amuro]] (codenamed Bourbon) has attached himself to the Mouri Detective Agency as Kogoro's "apprentice". Conan initially treats him in a somewhat friendly manner, though he privately thinks "another annoying person's showed up" when he learns Amuro will be joining Kogoro on cases. After learning of Amuro's membership in the Black Organization, though, Conan has been relatively nervous about him being near Ran. He's become more cautious and is somewhat confused by Amuro's helpful behavior, though he attempts to pretend nothing has changed.

=== Others ===
====Kaitou Kid====
Before being shrunk, Shinichi encountered [[Kaitou Kid]] once during the Clock Tower heist, though they did not meet face-to-face. In their next encounter, however, after Shinichi has become Conan, Kid disguises himself as Ran in order to steal the Suzuki family's Black Star pearl. When Conan corners him on the Suzuki cruise ship, Kid implies that he stole all of Ran's clothes to impersonate her, and left her naked on the deck. While this ends up being a bluff, Conan displays a much more intense desire to capture Kid in subsequent encounters. Conan stops Kid from escaping with the jewel often enough that Conan has gained reputation with the press as Kid's "natural enemy". In several instances Conan appears to be able to 'sense' Kid's presence, and seems excited by the chance to catch Kid again; appropriately, Kid seems to find Conan dangerous enough to warrant specific measures to keep him distracted.

Conan does not buy in to Kid's reputation as a mysterious, uncatchable phantom, saying once "He's only a thief that uses magic",<ref>Anime Episode 515: Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic</ref> and encouraging police officers that Kid is only a man and he can be arrested. However, if necessary, the two can put their rivalry aside for a little while and work together.<ref>[[Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces]]</ref> Conan has something of a gentleman's agreement with Kaitou Kid, in that he doesn't try to find or catch the thief outside of heists. In several instances, when Kid does Conan a favor, such as saving Genta's life<ref>[[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion]]</ref>, Conan reciprocates by halting his investigation just shy of capturing Kid, thereby allowing him to escape mostly unhindered. This exchange of favors can sometimes become a bit unbalanced; in exchange for not giving Kid away on a train Conan has Kid face down the [[Black Organization]] in disguise, and because Kid narrowly escapes an explosion with his life, he says that Conan now owes ''him'' one.<ref>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 7 (824): "Mystery Train (Final Destination)"</ref>

In the non-[[canon]] movies, it is implied that Kid knows Conan's identity; he even helps Conan maintain his cover by disguising himself as Shinichi so that a suspicious Ran would stop suspecting Conan. However, this has not been confirmed by Gosho Aoyama, nor has it been implied in the manga.

== People who know Conan's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Conan's identity}}
There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity. None of them have ever betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are [[Hiroshi Agasa]], [[Yusaku Kudo]], [[Yukiko Kudo]], [[Heiji Hattori]], and [[Ai Haibara]]. [[Vermouth]] of the Black Organization also knows about Conan's secret. Later, in Episode 508 of the anime, [[Eisuke Hondou]] confirms Conan's identity as [[Shinichi Kudo]] straight from him. In manga chapter 812-814, [[Subaru Okiya]] ([[Shuichi Akai]] in disguise) confirms that Conan is Shinichi. [[Masumi Sera]] may also be suspicious that Conan is Shinichi Kudo.

The 3rd, 8th, and 14th movies also demonstrate that Kaitou Kid apparently knows Conan's identity and acts to protect it. However, this has yet to be backed up by the original artist, Gosho Aoyama, in the manga or (as would follow) the anime main series.

== Gadgets ==
{{main|Gadgets}}
Professor Agasa has made many gadgets for Conan, including a tranquilizer wristwatch, voice-modulating bow tie, kick-enhancing shoes, tracking/binocular glasses, stretchable suspenders, and a solar powered skateboard. Conan uses the first two regularly to create "Sleeping Kogoro", and the glasses and other gadgets to investigate cases or catch criminals. Agasa also created radio badges and watch flashlights Conan and the other Detective Boys.

== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Conan placed 3rd in the poll with 866 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Shinichi/Conan placed 1st out of 10 with 30.46% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Conan placed 1st overall with 2,843 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Name origin ==
Gosho Aoyama (and Shinichi, in the story) got the name 'Conan Edogawa' from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories, and Edogawa Rampo, the pen name of Japanese mystery fiction writer Hirai Tarō. Hirai Tarō himself got the pen name "Edogawa Rampo" from a transliteration of "Edgar Allan Poe." Pronouncing Poe's name in a Japanese accent sounds like 'Edogawa Rampo.'

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan's "Before" Appearance (Episode 2)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_Middle.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 627)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Conan_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan's "After" Appearance (Episode 627)]]
|}

== Quotes ==

=== General ===
{{quote|{{nihongo|Conan Edogawa, detective!||Edogawa Konan, tantei sa!}}|One of Conan's catchphrases.}}
{{quote|{{nihongo|There is always only one truth!||Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!}}|One of Conan's catchphrases.}}
{{quote|Only one truth prevails!|One of Conan's catchphrases, which appears at the end of every solved case in Case Closed.}}

=== Specific ===
{{quote|After all, I'm the guy who's been breaking [[Ran Mouri|her]] heart by making her wait an eternity... even though I'm always by her side.|Talking to Haibara}}
{{quote|Don't run away, Haibara. Don't look away from your fate.|After rescuing Haibara from a suicidal situation.<ref>[[Volume 29]], File 5, pg 15: "Concealed beneath the truth"</ref>}}
{{quote|Ah, if you want to know, I'll tell you... In the afterlife...|Conan's response when [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] asked who he is really.}}
{{quote|Even if you're facing a bitter aspect of life, drugs and murder are foul without any excuse, deserve a red card for a loser.|Talking to Ray Curtis in English}}
{{quote|Ran, If we die, we die together...|[[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]]}}
{{quote|Because I love you. I love you. In this world, more than anyone...|[[Captured in Her Eyes]]}}
{{quote|Words are like swords. If you use them the wrong way they'll turn into ugly weapons.|[[Quarter of Silence]], talking to the Detective Boys}}
{{quote|Once those words leave your mouth, you'll never be able to take them back.|[[Quarter of Silence]], talking to the Detective Boys}}
{{quote|If you’re going to hide a leaf, hide it in a forest. When there’s no forest, you can make one yourself.|[[OVA 4]], talking to Phillip}}
{{quote|Detectives are also human, not God who knows everything.|talking to Ran}}
{{quote|Right! Just that face..If you keep that face, no matter who they will think you look 100% like a little girl!|Talking to Ai|[[Volume 29|File 292: "The Disappeared Evidence"]]}}

===Quotes about Conan===
{{quote|While pursuing the truth and justice without thinking about consequences...you stand the strain of all pressure alone in order to protect everyone...Such boy-like temperaments of yours are astonishingly intriguing, however...I wonder if you realize it...That clean scent of yours is strangling her, us, and yourself with lonelinesss and danger.|Ai thinking about Conan|[[Volume 33|File 336: "Clean Scent"]]}}

== Trivia ==
* Conan's bad singing came to light as a joke after the anime began airing because Conan's voice actress [[Minami Takayama]] is a well-known singer. In [[Volume 15]] of the manga, Takayama herself is kidnapped and Conan, who sounds similar to her, tries to take her place at a concert. However, despite having similar voices, they sound completely different when it comes to singing.<ref>[[Volume 15|Volume 15, Files 144-146: "Their Voices Are Alike!?"]]</ref>

* [[Image:EP622-623 Gallery 16.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan's cellphone wallpaper - Kogoro changed it when he was drunk]]He owns two cellphones, the one he uses as Conan and one that he uses as Shinichi. He is also shown using different kinds of cellphones throughout the series.

* The Japanese word 'konnan' (pronounced the same as 'Conan') means 'difficulty' or 'distress.'

* Conan often uses the expression "Ah-le-le?" when he is trying to point out a clue, something that is usually said by Japanese gradeschoolers. The expression was even said by Kogoro in Episode 317 out of irritation at Conan.

* Conan/Shinichi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] share the same blood type.

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|コナンConan|江戸川Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish Latin America|Conan|Blasi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay (Bahasa Melayu / Bahasa Malaysia)|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|كونان 　Konan|إيدوجاوا Iidojawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|코난 Konan|에도가와<ref>In the Korean version, Conan was never given a last name, possibly because his original last name, Edogawa, has 4 syllables, where all last names in Korean must be one syllable.</ref>}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|柯南 Kēnán|江户川 Jiānghùchuān}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|柯南 Kēnán|江戶川 Jiānghùchuān}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|โคนัน khonạn|เอโดะงาวะ E-do-ngā-wa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Conan|Edogawa}}
{{EndTable}}

==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Conan white bow tie.jpg|Conan wearing a white version of his bow tie.<ref>In episode 505-506, and 520</ref>
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
* [[Kudo family]]
* [[Mouri family]]

==References==
<references/>

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[[Category:Detectives]]
[[Category:High school detectives]]
[[Category:High school students]]
[[Category:Elementary school students]]
[[Category:Detective Boys]]
[[Category:Characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]

[[de:Conan Edogawa]]
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User talk:Ocianne

2013-09-18T11:07:32Z

YuanataProductions:

== Welcome to the DCW wiki! ==

Welcome to the DCW wiki! Thank you for your edits. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talkpage. [[User:CarpetCrawler|'''''Carpet''''''''''Crawler''''']][[User_talk:CarpetCrawler|'''''message me''''']] 17:32, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

== Police Insignias ==

Those police insignias look wonderful. I look forward to seeing them on the DC police pages. If you need any help remembering who has what rank, this list may help (if you haven't seen it before): http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=6114.0. Best, [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 13:28, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

== Timeline ==

At least in the pre-Conan section, there are descriptions about how one event lead to another: "Kenji Hagiwara is killed in an apartment bombing on Novemeber 7th when one of a duo of bombers gets revenge for his partner whom the police accidentally killed while he was running away. Hagiwara was the friend of Jinpei Matsuda who successfully disarmed the other bomb. The bomber's remaining partner plans for revenge 4 years later." If you are worried about complicated buildups like the Vermouth arc, you could always refer to the [[Vermouth timeline]] of other sections of the Vermouth page in your description. If this doesn't quite answer your question, send me another message. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 13:35, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

== RE: Style Questions ==

Hello! Here are the answers to your questions:
# The second one would be the most appropriate here. It's better to include the 2 types of file numbers (relative to the Volume as well as the whole series such as "743" in this case, etc.) for one simple reason: reader-friendliness (i.e. more useful information in a concise way).
# It's interesting cause I remember we couldn't really use headers before cause it would add the headers to the Table of Contents at the top of the page even though the content is hidden because of the spoiler tags (and this doesn't look too great). That's why it was decided at the time to use bullets instead. But, I just tried right now and it seems that whatever header we include within the spoiler tags don't seem to appear in the Table of Contents anymore (must have been due to an update made at some point). So yes, I think it would be nicer to use sub-headers in this case. If it works out well, we'll have to update the MoS accordingly.
# Blank backgrounds should be used for 60px and 100px images of character listed on the Characters page. The 225px one is usually for one-time occurring characters from cases or other situations. So, on the Notable Case and Minor Recurring characters pages, go for 100px and it's not necessary to go with a blank background.
# If the episode exists, link to it instead because the episode is made in a way that it gathers a set of corresponding manga files together in an organized fashion. The episode page itself will then mention the manga source. The other advantage is that episodes also include TV originals that cannot be found in manga files of course. Therefore, it's the "superset" of events and it'll even be possible to link to events referring to TV originals. Finally, an episode name usually refers to one single case and very nicely describes the context of the case in one brief sentence. People can deduce in an instead what case the episode is referring to just by the name (and thus where the event is from). It's true that files also have names but they're usually very specific and not as memorable and they only refer to a small part of a case and thus are harder to place within their rightful contexts (unless they're famous File names). Once again, we aim for user-/reader-friendliness.
# By illustration, I'm guessing you're talking about screenshots highlighting parts of a plot summary on a Volume article? I believe a manga screenshot would be best in this case cause it better reflects the "manga" look and feel of the page's context. As mentioned above, one of our main goals in this wiki is to be as reader-friendly as possible and avoid confusion. There are all kind of readers from all ages and if a user is reading a manga-related article, he/she could be confused if he/she sees an anime screenshot (and ask him/herself question). I also believe it's just more accurate to have manga-related images on manga-related articles. The only exception is for character pictures of course (which don't describe events).
--[[User:Maurice|Maurice]] [[User talk:Maurice|talk]] 22:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

== Feedback on List Format ==
Just wanted to say thank you for your hard work on the minor character list! The new format looks much much better! :) --[[User:Skyechan|Skyechan]] 02:31, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
: They're both one-time only characters. Generic and Arrack appear in [[Special Volume 26]]. --[[User:Skyechan|Skyechan]] 11:24, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

... for grammar ninja-ing the Shiho article. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 23:23, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

== Re: DC Covers ==
Only order I came up with was making sure all the Chinese ones were right next to one another, European covers are next to eachother, and Asia in general is kept together. The other thought in my head is that since Chinese is one of the main languages of the world their covers would go right after the European ones.--[[User:Skyechan|Skyechan]] 14:50, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
:Maybe just "Rep. of China"; if people don't realize it's Taiwan they can always figure it out via Google. *laugh* --[[User:Skyechan|Skyechan]] 21:38, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

== Re: Manga "People" equivalent ==

Hmm, why not use the same people's template and make pictures of 100x100 (instead of the usual 225x225)? The thing is that 100x100 is the perfect 1:1 size ratio without any resizing being done on display. Right now, you have 90x90 images but I'm sure it should be possible to do 100x100 images out of the manga pages. Even if they're smaller, they'll only be resized a little bit to 100x100 and it doesn't look too bad either. Just check what I did for [[Volume_1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes|Volume 1]]. It works quite well I think. The cool thing is that you can give more details about those people plus it's "standard" since it looks like what we have for anime pages. The only thing is that we should follow the same rules set by the [[Detective_Conan_Wiki:Manual_of_Style#Cases|MoS]]: if using a generic name such as "Friend manga.jpg", add a File prefix to be more accurate and avoid future conflicts with other generic names. In this case, it should be called "F001 Friend manga.jpg" instead. Thank you! Oh and Merry Xmas and Happy New Year! :) --[[User:Maurice|Maurice]] [[User talk:Maurice|talk]] 16:05, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
:On a side note, I should've pointed it out to you sooner! ^^; When I do the Heist Boxes for Kid heists I simply rename one image as being the anime version. (i.e. Angel Crown anime.jpg) We also used the same People template on the live action series, so this template would work best for the manga as well. :) --[[User:Skyechan|Skyechan]] 17:16, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
:As long as they're "square" and at least 100x100, I'm ok with having bigger sizes (as per MoS). Since there are only a few, it would be great if you could re-upload the few ones you had at 90x90. Thank you! --[[User:Maurice|Maurice]] [[User talk:Maurice|talk]] 14:49, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

== Forum ==
What's your forum name? Because I want to add you as a friend and maybe you can help me correct my grammar on my summaries for editing. It seems you're really good at making sentences sounds perfect and right. --[[User:S261157|S261157]] 12:38, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
:Oh, well okay. Then can I have your email address? Here's my email: jin2668104@yahoo.com.

== S261157 or Ghostbot ==

Moderator here, if you received a message from S261157 or Ghostbot telling you not to edit certain sections of the wiki or to only edit sections in certain ways, please disregard him. He is a troublesome user who insists on doing things his way even if it means telling other people not to edit certain sections he likes to edit. If you have any questions about the official style or way to edit certain sections, please consult the official [[Detective Conan Wiki:Manual of Style|manual of style]]. Thanks, and I hope you have a great time at DCW. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 21:36, 16 February 2013 (PST)
:Oops, you've been around for a while and know how things go. Sorry, Ocianne‎, I was doing some damage control. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 21:38, 16 February 2013 (PST)

== Just a little appreciation ==

I wanted to let you know I really appreciate that you take the time to sort out contributors' awkward grammar and sentence structures. It's not easy, and you do a great job vetting for content while trimming the fat so to speak. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 18:00, 22 February 2013 (PST)

== About Yumi's rank ==

In the [[Police Organization]] article, you said that Yumi is Rank 9 (Junsa 巡査) but I think that she's actually Rank 7 (Keibu-ho 警部補) because Naeko called her "Assistant Inspector" (警部補) in file 847, page 2. Perhaps that is why her uniform badge only has one bar, since I noticed that both ranks' badges look pretty much the same when drawn without colors in the manga. Well, I'll just let you know though because I'm not 100% sure and I understand basically nothing about this whole police ranking system thing... XDD;;; --- [[User:Black Demon|'''BLACK DEMON''']] | [[User talk:Black Demon|'''Reply''']] 06:41, 1 April 2013 (PDT)

== Those color pictures... ==

I gotta know, where did you get color pages for volume 18? Did you scan one of your books or a calender? I've been trying to collect all the color pages for a while now since black and white only is the main volume format that I have seen. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 23:01, 2 August 2013 (PDT)
:Then I will send you the ones I have too. I'll give you a link later. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 16:36, 3 August 2013 (PDT)
::Received and returned! [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 21:11, 4 August 2013 (PDT)

== Thanks for uploading new versions of those pictures ==

Thanks for taking the time to upload the new versions of the pictures. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 22:46, 17 August 2013 (PDT)
* It was on my planned list to do anyway, but I appreciate the thanks. ^^ [[User:Ocianne|Ocianne]] ([[User talk:Ocianne|talk]]) 20:04, 18 August 2013 (PDT)

== Extra u ==
As far as I now about the extra u, yes I think you are right. The "exceptions" seem to be new episodes/manga and new characters (all of this being informal and something I don't feel strongly about in the case of generic 1 case suspects). [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''Chekhov MacGuffin''']] [[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''talk''']] 18:48, 24 August 2013 (PDT)

== Just made minor edit ==
Hello Ocianne, I'm so glad that you liked my editing. Thank you. However, I undid two changes you made: "any questions" and "A police inspector". The first one is actually wrong grammatically. We don't use "any" with plural nouns unless it is in a negative sentence or question. You can check that yourself [http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/any]. The second is also wrong because "a" is an indefinite article. The police inspector is definite in this case because we mentioned who is that inspector: Nakamori. Of course I appreciate your editing for clearing the mistakes. It just that those two are wrong. Thank you again :)) [[User talk:Calia Archer|'''Calia Archer: talk''']] 12:22, 10 September 2013

== Change the Image of [[Volume 28]] to [[Volume 34]], Add the Image of [[Volume 34]] to [[Volume 72]], and Edit the [[Volume 9]] to [[Volume 82]] ==

Change the Image of [[Volume 28]] to [[Volume 34]], Add the Image of [[Volume 34]] to [[Volume 72]], and Edit the [[Volume 9]] to [[Volume 82]]

Megure's Sealed Secret

2013-09-18T10:57:05Z

YuanataProductions:

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 217-218
| image = TV Episode 217-218.jpg
| title = Megure's Sealed Secret
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 封印された目暮の秘密 (Fuuin-sareta Megure no Himitsu)
| season = [[Season 9|9]]
| manga = [[Volume 28|Volume 28: File 11 (284)]] ~ [[Volume 29|Volume 29: File 2 (285-286)]]
| airdate = December 11, 2000 (Part 1) December 18, 2000 (Part 2) January 15, 2011 '''(Part 1, Remastered version)''' January 22, 2011 '''(Part 2, Remastered version)'''
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Midori Megure]] [[Makoto Kyogoku]] [[Detective Chiba]]
| suspects = Noriyuki Shirakawa, Yuri Konno, Yoshio Sadakane, and Haruyoshi Shirakawa
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]
| next-conan-hint = Thick-soled boots (Part 1) 10 yen coin (Part 2)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Seizo Katou]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Yoko Asada]] as Michiko Ishiguro [[Kunihiko Yasui]] as Noriyuki Shirakawa [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] as Yuri Konno [[Masato Sako]] as Yoshio Sadakane [[Hajime Koseki]] as Haruyoshi Shirakawa [[Ai Orikasa]] as [[Midori Megure|High school girl]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as Policeman A [[Takayuki Inoue]] as Policeman B [[Nao Takamori]] as Broadcasting facilities
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Kenji Kodama]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Hiroshi Matsuzono]]
| storyboard = [[Hiroshi Matsuzono]]
| producer = 217 [[Minoru Tozawa]] 218 [[Kazuo Nogami]]
| animation-director = 217 [[Keiko Sasaki]] 218 [[Masatomo Sudo]]
| opening-song = Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
| closing-song = Natsu no Maboroshi
| prev-episode = The Bay of Revenge
| next-episode = The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Midori Megure]]|image = Midori Megure.jpg|description =
* 37-38 years old
* [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]'s wife}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku|display=Makoto Kyogoku}}
{{Char|Detective Chiba}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===

==== Part 1 ====
The episode starts with a dark-skinned young lady in a phone booth at night, speaking to someone over the phone. Right after she is done calling, and when she was getting ready to return to her nearby car, a man dragging a club comes up from behind her and knocks her out with it.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Grave Physical Injury - Attempted Murder
| image = EP217-218a_Case_1.jpg
| location = Phone Booth
| victim = Michiko Ishiguro
| cause-death =
| suspects =
| description =
}}

The next scene shows Ran and Sonoko shopping for a sweater as Sonoko wants to buy for Makoto Kyogoku; Sonoko gets scolded by Ran when she learns that Sonoko wants to make it pass as if she had knitted the sweater for him. Kogoro and Conan left the girls to do their shopping, and while crossing the street Kogoro notices a good looking girl coming out of a phone booth. Conan notices that she left a ball-point pen in the booth so Kogoro grabs it and went to the lady to give it to her. As Kogoro touches her, she tackles him to the ground; Inspector Megure, Wataru Takagi and two other police officers come out and jump on Kogoro without realizing that it is Kogoro.

After they find out it is Kogoro, they all go to a pasta shop and explain the case to Kogoro. It is also shown that the lady who attacked Kogoro was Miwako Sato, posing as a decoy. They show him pictures of the three different victims (Ryouko Mizutani, Hitomi Endou, and Michiko Ishiguro - the girl from the first scene): all of them are young women with bleached hair, fashionable clothes and deep tans, and according to their testimonies the man attacking them was around their own height, meaning around 150 cms tall.

Sonoko arrives to the pasta shop right then and upon seeing the girls's pictures she identifies them as Ganguro, girls who change their looks drastically to look fashionable and exotic and as a way to rebel against Japanese society. After being unable to figure out a relation between the victims other than their looks, Kogoro brings up a case about a string of female high-school students being hit by cars, which happened 20 years ago. Inspector Megure looks shocked, stands up and says they should get back to the investigation.

As Inspector Megure is about to leave, he tells Sato and Takagi that they should start at the beginning. Then Conan spots something else similar to the three victims and Sonoko: they all are wearing rather fashionable jewelry pieces that are given as a gift in a particular shop if you spend 10,000 yen or more there. Megure approaches her, checks on the jewels Sonoko's wearing and compares them to the photos: all of the girls are at least one piece of the jewelry set, though Sonoko has them all due to having purchased lots of stuff there.

Sonoko calls Ran to ask where she is. She says she's in a parking lot and then she screams in terror because she has just found another victim. Said victim is a 20 year old girl named Tae Aizawa, who used to work at the same store: again, a very young woman with bleached hair, tanned skin, and wearing the special jewelry gifts. Unlike the others, however, Aizawa is actually dead.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP217-218b_Case_1.jpg
| location = Haido Department Store parking lot
| victim = Tae Aizawa
| cause-death = Blow to the head with a blunt object (metal bat)
| suspects = Noriyuki Shirakawa, Yuri Konno, Yoshio Sadakane, and Haruyoshi Shirakawa
| description = Ran found the dead body.
}}

The victim's boyfriend, arrives to the crime scene. His name is Noriyuki Shirakawa, he works as a cook in the convenience store owned by his dad, and he had asked Aizawa to meet up with him so they'd reunite with his dad. Some possible suspects gather in the scene: Shirakawa's father Haruyoshi (who opposed to him and Tae's relationship), the waitress Yuri Konno who also was a friend of Noriyuki Shirakawa, and a guard named Sadakane who used to work for another convenience store, whom Haruyoshi Shirakawa accuses of being the killer to ruin the store's reputation. He then also tells his son to get a new girlfriend, one "with a clean slate". Yuri Konno then explains that Aizawa was related to another case a year ago: she accidentally hit a young boy named Akira Sakurai with her car in the parking garage and killed him, thus she renounced to her job and was searching for another before she died.

Among the investigation questions, Noriyuki freaks out when his father is mentioned as a possible suspect for the case in general. He snaps and tells the police "You are all useless!" in horror and frustration. Upon hearing Noriyuki's words, Megure goes into a shocked state and remembers a very young woman saying the same phrase in tears... as well as saying "Why are you suprised? I said I was going to play decoy." Then the woman's face in his memories is shown again, except she's bleeding profusely and says "Guess... it didn't go as smoothly as in the movies." Megure drops to his knee and looks like he has a headache; he says it's nothing when Kogoro and Sato show concern, and Yuri offers apologies before taking Noriyuki away, but Conan suspects something.

Conan then brings up other points. First, only Mizutani (first victim) and Ishiguro (third) could offer reliable descriptions, since Endou (second) was attacked from behind and couldn't see who attacked her. Second: the girls weren't wearing much, even though it was freezing and at night, meaning they were in the way to their own vehicles where either was warmer or they had their coats. Sato says she will wear the decoy outfit she wore before and exit her car, in case she can do more. Inspector Megure then shouts "Didn't I say no more decoys!?" Superintendant Matsumoto arrives and asks if it's "that case" from before. Megure denies it and Conan thinks something is strange with him...

==== Part 2 ====

After asking Kogoro if she can borrow his keys, Sonoko puts her and Ran's shopping bags in the car and then goes searching for the restroom, unaware that she's being watched over by the culprit who, for a then-unknown reason, decides to follow her...

The investigation continues, and when the policemen accidentally drop Aizawa's shoe and cannot put it back on since it doesn't fit, Conan deduces that the killer took her shoes away to hide how he was tracking and attacking girls with similar footwear. Since all of the girls attacked were gyarus, he also deduces that Aizawa was using platform boots, which are very popular among them. Sato hears this and says that a year ago, in the incident that took the life of little Akira Sakurai, Aizawa was supposedly wearing platform footwear; the boy's parents told this to the judge and said that was the reason why Aizawa didn't step properly on the brake and ended up hitting him. Megure sends out Takagi to find more info about the accident, and then tells the others to seek for the culprit who is still not too far from them.

After discussing some more details, Takagi returns and confirms the information already given. Conan and Ran see that Sonoko isn't with them; Ran mentions that Sonoko was supposed to go to the car and then to the restroom, and then Conan realizes that Sonoko was wearing platform boots... like all the victims. Ran calls Sonoko to her cellphone, and Sonoko says she's looking for a safe way out since the lights are out.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ryouko Mizutani|Ryouko_Mizutani.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)}}
{{People|Hitomi Endou|Hitomi_Endou.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)}}
{{People|Michiko Ishiguro|Michiko_Ishiguro.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)}}
{{People|Tae Aizawa|Tae_Aizawa.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 20 years old
* Former Haido Department Store clerk}}
{{People|Noriyuki Shirakawa|Noriyuki_Shirakawa.jpg|
* 24 years old
* Cook
* Haruyoshi Shirakawa's son}}
{{People|Yuri Konno|Yuri_Konno.jpg|
* 24 years old
* Waitress}}
{{People|Yoshio Sadakane|Yoshio_Sadakane.jpg|
* 43 years old
* Security guard
* Akira Sakurai's father}}
{{People|Haruyoshi Shirakawa|Haruyoshi_Shirakawa.jpg|
* 53 years old
* Haido Department Store owner
* Noriyuki Shirakawa's father}}
{{People|Akira Sakurai|Akira_Sakurai.jpg|
* Deceased (car accident)
* Yoshio Sadakane's son}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
The killer was, effectively, the guard '''Yoshio Sadakane'''. He was the father of little Akira Sakurai, whose different surname was his mother's maiden name whom he took up when his parents got divorced.

Conan found out that Sadakane had to be the culprit since he worked at the guard in charge of the parking site, so he could take his time to observe the people driving around and see if they were wearing platform boots. Sadakane thought that Aizawa's use of such footwear was the cause why she couldn't stop in time and hit Akira, so he targetted young women (all of them Gyarus) who wore it; by coincidence, Sonoko had been given a pair, hence why he targetted her despite not being a Gyaru.

The girls were all around 150 cms. tall, but reached 160 cms with the boots on, whcih confused the police since the three surviving victims said they were attacked by "someone around their height". Aizawa and the other girls were attacked either in the open or in the parking lot not just because of Sadakane's connections, but also because Aizawa was a minor when she fatally struck Akira down, thus he had no way to find out where she lived or what her name was, due to the law. He first waited for a woman who fitted her physical description, and when he didn't find her, he broke down and attacked any girl with platform shoes that he saw driving, with Aizawa being the last one almost by accident.

Sonoko then gets scared since it looks like she's being followed, and as she turns, the culprit is right in front of her and she starts screaming. Sonoko manages to avoid the culprit's pipe and throws her phone at him, revealing his face which of course, it's Sadakane. She tries running downstairs, with the man being horrified since she saw him clearly. Conan says that the killer saw Sonoko with Kogoro's keys and mistook her for the driver, hence why he's chasing her now. Sonoko's phone lands near a purikura machine located near a restaurant in the tenth floor, so they deduce Sonoko and the killer are not too far away from it. Megure takes active part in commanding the police, and both Matsumoto and Kogoro notice how pumped up he is.

Sonoko runs aimlessly in the tenth floor, and when she's about to reach the gates she trips over her boots and falls to the ground. Ran and the police find her phone on the stairs and deduce she's in the apartment store as no one has seen her in the restaurants. Meanwhile, the maddened killer starts ranting about how all the fashionable girls are bitches in sheep's clothing who should be all killed. Sonoko screams again and this time Ran, Conan, Megure and Co. hear her; they also hear the sound of several things falling, Go stones among them, which allow them to see she's now on the fourth floor (the only one with such arrangments).

Sonoko again dodges the pipe, as Sadakane rants about how he only wanted to teach her a lesson, but after seeing his face, he had to kill her. Cornered again, Sonoko cowers as he tries to hit her directly... and then Megure shows up. He takes the hit for her and gets struck in the head, but the blow is softened by his hat.

The bleeding but still conscious Megure asks the man if hurting others feels good. Then he lectures to Sadakane, calling him out on how he thinks he's following justice and revenge, yet aside of killing Aizawa he has only harmed innocent girls who had nothing to do with the incident that robbed him of his son, thus acting only out of petty rage and will to harm others. Sadakane falls to his knees, saying that he started by wanting for "that woman" (Aizawa) to wear "decent" shoes and apologize to his son in Heaven, and breaks down in tears. Ran arrives and comforts Sonoko, then Sato and Conan come in and see Megure injured but he insists it's nothing.

Later at the hospital, Matsumoto reveals a case in the past explaining why Megure was so anxious and reluctant to use a decoy, as well as the origin of a scar that he covers with his omnipresent hat... the case that Kogoro and Matsumoto himself were speaking about. 20 years ago, a man was attacking school-aged girls with long skirts after having been bullied into insanity by delinquent schoolgirls (whose trademark in Japan is the use of long school skirts); he started by trying to just scare the girls off, but then he became increasingly violent and killed at least one of them by running her over with his car.

After the female students from the area stopped wearing said long skirts, the crimes stopped; but a while later, a delinquent schoolgirl willingly went to the police and said she wanted to become a decoy, since she was the best friend of the murdered girl and wanted the culprit to be caught. She was very rebellious and insisted to do what she wanted in these regards, so Matsumoto assigned the rookie Megure as her bodyguard...

One rainy night, the culprit tried to run the decoy girl and Megure over with his car. Both of them were badly injured... specially the girl, who took the brunt of the impact despite Megure's efforts. He still got to identify the culprit's car, leading to his capture.

Ran and Sonoko are moved to tears, thinking that the decoy girl died. Matsumoto laughs and says he never said she passed away... and then a dark-haired woman shows up. As she and Matsumoto make small talk, Conan notices that she has a rather big scar on her forehead; then they hear Megure's voice asking for the help of someone named Midori, and the woman replies to his call. They deduce that after the decoy stunt, Midori married Megure, and not only he covers the scar with his hat to keep others from seeing it, but to avoid being teased for marrying a woman much younger than him and with such a rebellious past.
</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
* In Part 1, the scene where Ran screams is a part of Closing 37.

* Also the part where Megure drops to his knee is also in Closing 37

* Except for Sonoko, all of the women attacked by the culprit have dark skin and bleached hair. They were members of a Japanese subculture known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru Gyaru], in which young women rebel against the very conservative Japanese society by bleaching their hair, adquiring deep tans, and more often than not behaving like fashionable wild party girls without much concern for the future. Such a subgroup and its equivalents are viewed in contempt by lots of Japanese people, who accuse them of being selfish, materialistic and shallow. This is seen in Haruyoshi Shirakawa's words about Noriyuki Shirakawa dating a "girl without a clean state", and how everyone comments that the girls were wearing skimpy clothes in the freezing winter.

: Kogoro doesn't seem to be very aware about the Gyarus, as he only comments that "the girls looked like they were living in the jungle or something" (alluding to their unnatural tans), and adds that "they just don't look like normal Japanese people". Then Sonoko correctly identifies the girls as part of the Gyarus, referring to them by their more popular nickname "ganguro". Sato adds that Endou, the second victim, is actually a "yamanba", a Gyaru/ganguro with specially dark skin.

* A parallel is made between the Gyaru girls and young female delinquent schoolgirls, known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukeban Sukeban] ([http://noriyaro.com/?p=5045 girl delinquents]). Said school girls are identified by, among other things, wearing their school skirts much longer than usual. Like the Gyaru group, they were very hated by Japanese society, to the point of being denounced in the eighties as "omens of downfall" due to their rebellious and arrogant attitude. [[Midori Megure]] and her deceased best friend were ''sukeban''.

== Remastered version ==
Both episodes were remastered on the 15th and 22th of January 2011, respectively.

==Gallery==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery perrow=5>
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Season 9]]

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Remastered episode]][[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]][[Category:Animation directed by Masatomo Sudo]]

Megure's Sealed Secret

2013-09-18T10:55:19Z

YuanataProductions:

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 217-218
| image = TV Episode 217-218.jpg
| title = Megure's Sealed Secret
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 封印された目暮の秘密 (Fuuin-sareta Megure no Himitsu)
| season = [[Season 9|9]]
| manga = [[Volume 28|Volume 28: File 11 (284)]] ~ [[Volume 29|Volume 29: File 2 (285-286)]]
| airdate = December 11, 2000 (Part 1) December 18, 2000 (Part 2) January 15, 2011 '''(Part 1, Remastered version)''' January 22, 2011 '''(Part 2, Remastered version)'''
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Midori Megure]] [[Makoto Kyogoku]] [[Detective Chiba]]
| suspects = Noriyuki Shirakawa, Yuri Konno, Yoshio Sadakane, and Haruyoshi Shirakawa
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]
| next-conan-hint = Thick-soled boots (Part 1) 10 yen coin (Part 2)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Seizo Katou]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Yoko Asada]] as Michiko Ishiguro [[Kunihiko Yasui]] as Noriyuki Shirakawa [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] as Yuri Konno [[Masato Sako]] as Yoshio Sadakane [[Hajime Koseki]] as Haruyoshi Shirakawa [[Ai Orikasa]] as [[Midori Megure|High school girl]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as Policeman A [[Takayuki Inoue]] as Policeman B [[Nao Takamori]] as Broadcasting facilities
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Kenji Kodama]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Hiroshi Matsuzono]]
| storyboard = [[Hiroshi Matsuzono]]
| producer = 217 [[Minoru Tozawa]] 218 [[Kazuo Nogami]]
| animation-director = 217 [[Keiko Sasaki]] 218 [[Masatomo Sudo]]
| opening-song = Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
| closing-song = Natsu no Maboroshi
| prev-episode = The Bay of Revenge
| next-episode = The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Midori Megure]]|image = Midori Megure.jpg|description =
* 37-38 years old
* [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]'s wife}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku|display=Makoto Kyogoku}}
{{Char|Detective Chiba}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===

==== Part 1 ====
The episode starts with a dark-skinned young lady in a phone booth at night, speaking to someone over the phone. Right after she is done calling, and when she was getting ready to return to her nearby car, a man dragging a club comes up from behind her and knocks her out with it.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Grave Physical Injury - Attempted Murder
| image = EP217-218a_Case_1.jpg
| location = Phone Booth
| victim = Michiko Ishiguro
| cause-death =
| suspects =
| description =
}}

The next scene shows Ran and Sonoko shopping for a sweater as Sonoko wants to buy for Makoto Kyogoku; Sonoko gets scolded by Ran when she learns that Sonoko wants to make it pass as if she had knitted the sweater for him. Kogoro and Conan left the girls to do their shopping, and while crossing the street Kogoro notices a good looking girl coming out of a phone booth. Conan notices that she left a ball-point pen in the booth so Kogoro grabs it and went to the lady to give it to her. As Kogoro touches her, she tackles him to the ground; Inspector Megure, Wataru Takagi and two other police officers come out and jump on Kogoro without realizing that it is Kogoro.

After they find out it is Kogoro, they all go to a pasta shop and explain the case to Kogoro. It is also shown that the lady who attacked Kogoro was Miwako Sato, posing as a decoy. They show him pictures of the three different victims (Ryouko Mizutani, Hitomi Endou, and Michiko Ishiguro - the girl from the first scene): all of them are young women with bleached hair, fashionable clothes and deep tans, and according to their testimonies the man attacking them was around their own height, meaning around 150 cms tall.

Sonoko arrives to the pasta shop right then and upon seeing the girls's pictures she identifies them as Ganguro, girls who change their looks drastically to look fashionable and exotic and as a way to rebel against Japanese society. After being unable to figure out a relation between the victims other than their looks, Kogoro brings up a case about a string of female high-school students being hit by cars, which happened 20 years ago. Inspector Megure looks shocked, stands up and says they should get back to the investigation.

As Inspector Megure is about to leave, he tells Sato and Takagi that they should start at the beginning. Then Conan spots something else similar to the three victims and Sonoko: they all are wearing rather fashionable jewelry pieces that are given as a gift in a particular shop if you spend 10,000 yen or more there. Megure approaches her, checks on the jewels Sonoko's wearing and compares them to the photos: all of the girls are at least one piece of the jewelry set, though Sonoko has them all due to having purchased lots of stuff there.

Sonoko calls Ran to ask where she is. She says she's in a parking lot and then she screams in terror because she has just found another victim. Said victim is a 20 year old girl named Tae Aizawa, who used to work at the same store: again, a very young woman with bleached hair, tanned skin, and wearing the special jewelry gifts. Unlike the others, however, Aizawa is actually dead.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP217-218b_Case_1.jpg
| location = Haido Department Store parking lot
| victim = Tae Aizawa
| cause-death = Blow to the head with a blunt object (metal bat)
| suspects = Noriyuki Shirakawa, Yuri Konno, Yoshio Sadakane, and Haruyoshi Shirakawa
| description = Ran found the dead body.
}}

The victim's boyfriend, arrives to the crime scene. His name is Noriyuki Shirakawa, he works as a cook in the convenience store owned by his dad, and he had asked Aizawa to meet up with him so they'd reunite with his dad. Some possible suspects gather in the scene: Shirakawa's father Haruyoshi (who opposed to him and Tae's relationship), the waitress Yuri Konno who also was a friend of Noriyuki Shirakawa, and a guard named Sadakane who used to work for another convenience store, whom Haruyoshi Shirakawa accuses of being the killer to ruin the store's reputation. He then also tells his son to get a new girlfriend, one "with a clean slate". Yuri Konno then explains that Aizawa was related to another case a year ago: she accidentally hit a young boy named Akira Sakurai with her car in the parking garage and killed him, thus she renounced to her job and was searching for another before she died.

Among the investigation questions, Noriyuki freaks out when his father is mentioned as a possible suspect for the case in general. He snaps and tells the police "You are all useless!" in horror and frustration. Upon hearing Noriyuki's words, Megure goes into a shocked state and remembers a very young woman saying the same phrase in tears... as well as saying "Why are you suprised? I said I was going to play decoy." Then the woman's face in his memories is shown again, except she's bleeding profusely and says "Guess... it didn't go as smoothly as in the movies." Megure drops to his knee and looks like he has a headache; he says it's nothing when Kogoro and Sato show concern, and Yuri offers apologies before taking Noriyuki away, but Conan suspects something.

Conan then brings up other points. First, only Mizutani (first victim) and Ishiguro (third) could offer reliable descriptions, since Endou (second) was attacked from behind and couldn't see who attacked her. Second: the girls weren't wearing much, even though it was freezing and at night, meaning they were in the way to their own vehicles where either was warmer or they had their coats. Sato says she will wear the decoy outfit she wore before and exit her car, in case she can do more. Inspector Megure then shouts "Didn't I say no more decoys!?" Superintendant Matsumoto arrives and asks if it's "that case" from before. Megure denies it and Conan thinks something is strange with him...

==== Part 2 ====

After asking Kogoro if she can borrow his keys, Sonoko puts her and Ran's shopping bags in the car and then goes searching for the restroom, unaware that she's being watched over by the culprit who, for a then-unknown reason, decides to follow her...

The investigation continues, and when the policemen accidentally drop Aizawa's shoe and cannot put it back on since it doesn't fit, Conan deduces that the killer took her shoes away to hide how he was tracking and attacking girls with similar footwear. Since all of the girls attacked were gyarus, he also deduces that Aizawa was using platform boots, which are very popular among them. Sato hears this and says that a year ago, in the incident that took the life of little Akira Sakurai, Aizawa was supposedly wearing platform footwear; the boy's parents told this to the judge and said that was the reason why Aizawa didn't step properly on the brake and ended up hitting him. Megure sends out Takagi to find more info about the accident, and then tells the others to seek for the culprit who is still not too far from them.

After discussing some more details, Takagi returns and confirms the information already given. Conan and Ran see that Sonoko isn't with them; Ran mentions that Sonoko was supposed to go to the car and then to the restroom, and then Conan realizes that Sonoko was wearing platform boots... like all the victims. Ran calls Sonoko to her cellphone, and Sonoko says she's looking for a safe way out since the lights are out.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ryouko Mizutani|Ryouko_Mizutani.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)}}
{{People|Hitomi Endou|Hitomi_Endou.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)}}
{{People|Michiko Ishiguro|Michiko_Ishiguro.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)}}
{{People|Tae Aizawa|Tae_Aizawa.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 20 years old
* Former Haido Department Store clerk}}
{{People|Noriyuki Shirakawa|Noriyuki_Shirakawa.jpg|
* 24 years old
* Cook
* Haruyoshi Shirakawa's son}}
{{People|Yuri Konno|Yuri_Konno.jpg|
* 24 years old
* Waitress}}
{{People|Yoshio Sadakane|Yoshio_Sadakane.jpg|
* 43 years old
* Security guard
* Akira Sakurai's father}}
{{People|Haruyoshi Shirakawa|Haruyoshi_Shirakawa.jpg|
* 53 years old
* Haido Department Store owner
* Noriyuki Shirakawa's father}}
{{People|Akira Sakurai|Akira_Sakurai.jpg|
* Deceased
* Yoshio Sadakane's son}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
The killer was, effectively, the guard '''Yoshio Sadakane'''. He was the father of little Akira Sakurai, whose different surname was his mother's maiden name whom he took up when his parents got divorced.

Conan found out that Sadakane had to be the culprit since he worked at the guard in charge of the parking site, so he could take his time to observe the people driving around and see if they were wearing platform boots. Sadakane thought that Aizawa's use of such footwear was the cause why she couldn't stop in time and hit Akira, so he targetted young women (all of them Gyarus) who wore it; by coincidence, Sonoko had been given a pair, hence why he targetted her despite not being a Gyaru.

The girls were all around 150 cms. tall, but reached 160 cms with the boots on, whcih confused the police since the three surviving victims said they were attacked by "someone around their height". Aizawa and the other girls were attacked either in the open or in the parking lot not just because of Sadakane's connections, but also because Aizawa was a minor when she fatally struck Akira down, thus he had no way to find out where she lived or what her name was, due to the law. He first waited for a woman who fitted her physical description, and when he didn't find her, he broke down and attacked any girl with platform shoes that he saw driving, with Aizawa being the last one almost by accident.

Sonoko then gets scared since it looks like she's being followed, and as she turns, the culprit is right in front of her and she starts screaming. Sonoko manages to avoid the culprit's pipe and throws her phone at him, revealing his face which of course, it's Sadakane. She tries running downstairs, with the man being horrified since she saw him clearly. Conan says that the killer saw Sonoko with Kogoro's keys and mistook her for the driver, hence why he's chasing her now. Sonoko's phone lands near a purikura machine located near a restaurant in the tenth floor, so they deduce Sonoko and the killer are not too far away from it. Megure takes active part in commanding the police, and both Matsumoto and Kogoro notice how pumped up he is.

Sonoko runs aimlessly in the tenth floor, and when she's about to reach the gates she trips over her boots and falls to the ground. Ran and the police find her phone on the stairs and deduce she's in the apartment store as no one has seen her in the restaurants. Meanwhile, the maddened killer starts ranting about how all the fashionable girls are bitches in sheep's clothing who should be all killed. Sonoko screams again and this time Ran, Conan, Megure and Co. hear her; they also hear the sound of several things falling, Go stones among them, which allow them to see she's now on the fourth floor (the only one with such arrangments).

Sonoko again dodges the pipe, as Sadakane rants about how he only wanted to teach her a lesson, but after seeing his face, he had to kill her. Cornered again, Sonoko cowers as he tries to hit her directly... and then Megure shows up. He takes the hit for her and gets struck in the head, but the blow is softened by his hat.

The bleeding but still conscious Megure asks the man if hurting others feels good. Then he lectures to Sadakane, calling him out on how he thinks he's following justice and revenge, yet aside of killing Aizawa he has only harmed innocent girls who had nothing to do with the incident that robbed him of his son, thus acting only out of petty rage and will to harm others. Sadakane falls to his knees, saying that he started by wanting for "that woman" (Aizawa) to wear "decent" shoes and apologize to his son in Heaven, and breaks down in tears. Ran arrives and comforts Sonoko, then Sato and Conan come in and see Megure injured but he insists it's nothing.

Later at the hospital, Matsumoto reveals a case in the past explaining why Megure was so anxious and reluctant to use a decoy, as well as the origin of a scar that he covers with his omnipresent hat... the case that Kogoro and Matsumoto himself were speaking about. 20 years ago, a man was attacking school-aged girls with long skirts after having been bullied into insanity by delinquent schoolgirls (whose trademark in Japan is the use of long school skirts); he started by trying to just scare the girls off, but then he became increasingly violent and killed at least one of them by running her over with his car.

After the female students from the area stopped wearing said long skirts, the crimes stopped; but a while later, a delinquent schoolgirl willingly went to the police and said she wanted to become a decoy, since she was the best friend of the murdered girl and wanted the culprit to be caught. She was very rebellious and insisted to do what she wanted in these regards, so Matsumoto assigned the rookie Megure as her bodyguard...

One rainy night, the culprit tried to run the decoy girl and Megure over with his car. Both of them were badly injured... specially the girl, who took the brunt of the impact despite Megure's efforts. He still got to identify the culprit's car, leading to his capture.

Ran and Sonoko are moved to tears, thinking that the decoy girl died. Matsumoto laughs and says he never said she passed away... and then a dark-haired woman shows up. As she and Matsumoto make small talk, Conan notices that she has a rather big scar on her forehead; then they hear Megure's voice asking for the help of someone named Midori, and the woman replies to his call. They deduce that after the decoy stunt, Midori married Megure, and not only he covers the scar with his hat to keep others from seeing it, but to avoid being teased for marrying a woman much younger than him and with such a rebellious past.
</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
* In Part 1, the scene where Ran screams is a part of Closing 37.

* Also the part where Megure drops to his knee is also in Closing 37

* Except for Sonoko, all of the women attacked by the culprit have dark skin and bleached hair. They were members of a Japanese subculture known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru Gyaru], in which young women rebel against the very conservative Japanese society by bleaching their hair, adquiring deep tans, and more often than not behaving like fashionable wild party girls without much concern for the future. Such a subgroup and its equivalents are viewed in contempt by lots of Japanese people, who accuse them of being selfish, materialistic and shallow. This is seen in Haruyoshi Shirakawa's words about Noriyuki Shirakawa dating a "girl without a clean state", and how everyone comments that the girls were wearing skimpy clothes in the freezing winter.

: Kogoro doesn't seem to be very aware about the Gyarus, as he only comments that "the girls looked like they were living in the jungle or something" (alluding to their unnatural tans), and adds that "they just don't look like normal Japanese people". Then Sonoko correctly identifies the girls as part of the Gyarus, referring to them by their more popular nickname "ganguro". Sato adds that Endou, the second victim, is actually a "yamanba", a Gyaru/ganguro with specially dark skin.

* A parallel is made between the Gyaru girls and young female delinquent schoolgirls, known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukeban Sukeban] ([http://noriyaro.com/?p=5045 girl delinquents]). Said school girls are identified by, among other things, wearing their school skirts much longer than usual. Like the Gyaru group, they were very hated by Japanese society, to the point of being denounced in the eighties as "omens of downfall" due to their rebellious and arrogant attitude. [[Midori Megure]] and her deceased best friend were ''sukeban''.

== Remastered version ==
Both episodes were remastered on the 15th and 22th of January 2011, respectively.

==Gallery==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery perrow=5>
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Season 9]]

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Remastered episode]][[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]][[Category:Animation directed by Masatomo Sudo]]

The Time-Bombed Skyscraper

2013-09-18T10:50:23Z

YuanataProductions:

{{InfoBox Movie
| video = dC9wRse2dh8
| movie = 1
| image = Movie 1.jpg
| title = The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
| english-title = The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
| japanese-title = 名探偵コナン　時計じかけの摩天楼 (Meitantei Konan Tokei-jikake no matenrō)
| season =
| airdate = April 19, 1997
| english-airdate = October 3, 2006
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Shinichi Kudo]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Ran Mouri]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Kaneto Shiozawa]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Taro Ishida]] as Teiji Moriya
| case =
| prev-movie =
| next-movie = The Fourteenth Target
| footnotes =
}}
== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]]|image = Ninzaburo Shiratori.jpg|description =
* Police officer from Tokyo Police District
* Works with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Teiji Moriya]]|image = Teiji Moriya.jpg|description =
* 47 years old
* Architect}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
{{Gadget|Turbo Engine Skateboard}}
}}

== Case 1: Kurokawa Household Murder Case ==

=== Situation ===
The opening of the movie starts with a murder at Kurokawa Household.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = Movie1 Case1.jpg
| location = Kurokawa Household
| victim = Daizo Kurokawa
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Mina Kurokawa, Daisuke Kurokawa, and Manami Nagasawa
| description =
}}

[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] deduced from the victim's dying message JUN that it points to Mina Kurokawa, as June is also the dry month (Minazuki) and that she was born in June which earn a scold from Mina herself. [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] then puts Kogoro to sleep and starts the deduction.

<spoiler>
[[File:Movie1a Gallery.png|thumb|]]
[[File:Movie1b Gallery.png|thumb|Daizo Kurokawa is making the message "Ma-Na-Mi".]]
The culprit is '''Manami Nagasawa'''. The message isn't JUN but a hiragana of "Ma-Na-Mi" which points to Manami herself. The evidence is that the weird blood on the floor match the one on her sock. Manami confessed that Daizo was responsible for her husband falled surgery and his death due to Daizo was drunk before performing the surgery. She couldn't find any witness due to everyone was scared of Daizo. So Manami comes to work as housekeeper to murder him as today in her husband's death anniversary.
</spoiler>

== Case 2: Nishitama City Murder Case ==

=== Situation ===

[[File:Movie1c Gallery.png|thumb|left|Conan finds a strange letter (an invitation to a tea party) which is addressed to [[Shinichi Kudo]].]]
While sorting mail at [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]'s house, Conan finds a strange letter (an invitation to a tea party) which is addressed to [[Shinichi Kudo]]. The letter was sent from a man named Teiji Moriya who is a famous architect. Conan calls [[Ran Mouri]] using his [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|Voice-Changing Bowtie]] to mimic Shinichi's voice and tells her he can't go to this tea party and if she would go in his place. He tells her to bring her dad, Kogoro Mouri and "that kid" (referring to Conan).

Ran says she will do it only if he goes to a movie with her on Saturday; Conan tries to make her change the date but she is determined that it has to be on May 3rd. She then asks him whats his favorite color: Red or Blue to which he responds Red. Conan leaves the pay phone and while walking home trying to figure why she wants it to be on May 3rd. While on the way home he meets [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] who introduces him to [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]].

While eating dinner with Ran and Kogoro, Ran tells Conan she's taking Shinichi to the movies on May 3rd and when it hits midnight she will give her gift to him (which is a red polo shirt). Conan then realizes that May the 4th is his birthday.

[[File:Movie1d Gallery.png|thumb|Kogoro is thinking Moriya's quiz.]]
Conan tricks Kogoro into going to the tea party as Kogoro doesn't want to go in the first place. They meet Teiji Moriya and tell him that Shinichi couldn't make it but that Kogoro is another famous detective. Moriya gives everyone a quiz and asks them to solve it. Conan is the first to solve it so he gets to go to see his gallery with Ran. While observing the pictures Ran tells Moriya that shes going to the movies with Shinichi and is going to be watching it in one of the buildings he designed.

The next day Ran goes out to get some food and Conan goes to Agasa's house. Trying to think of what to do for his movie "date" with Ran. A news station on T.V. reported that someone stole lots of octogen which is the main component for plastic explosives. Right after, Professor Agasa receives a phone call asking to talk to Shinichi, the man using a voice changing device tells Shinichi that he is the one who stole the Octogen and tells him to give his mobile phone number to him. Conan tells him his number and the man tells him to go to Greenbelt park or else the kids will die.

Conan uses his skateboard and rushes to Greenbelt park where he finds: [[Genta Kojima]], [[Ayumi Yoshida]], and [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] playing with a remote controlled plane. Mitsuhiko tells Conan a man with a mustache and a beard gave it to them. Conan notices that there is a bomb on the plane so he takes the controller away from Mitsuhiko but he refuses to give it to him since its Genta's turn. Conan tells them there is a bomb on it and they drop it and the antenna breaks. The plane is now flying uncontrolled so Conan uses his [[Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes]] and kicks the Controller into the Plane blowing it up. Conan then realizes this isn't a prank and then gets another call telling him about another bomb.

[[File:Movie1e Gallery.png|thumb|left|The second bomb blows up.]]
When Conan was searching for the second bomb, he only manages to bring to a deserted place before it blows up which sends Conan flying into a tree. He wakes up in the hospital. They get another notice that there are more bombs planted on a train track. They also found that one case related to Shinichi might connect to this mass-bombing event.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident (Past)
| image = Movie1 Case2.jpg
| location = Nishitama City
| victim = Office Lady
| cause-death = Hit by a car
| suspects = Kohei Okamoto, Mayor Okamoto
| description = During driving and smoking, Kohei Okamoto accidently hit a young woman to death. However, something doesn't match..
}}
Shinichi is called to unveiled this accident by Megure.
<spoiler>
The evidences do not point that Kohei was the driver of the car. IT points to '''Mayor Okamoto''' the mayor.He is the driver.
</spoiler>
Using Conan's help they defuse them all. Later that day Conan, Megure, Shiratori and Kogoro go to Moriya's house.

=== People ===

== Case 1 ==

{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Daizo Kurokawa|Daizo Kurokawa.jpg|
* Victim (bludgeoned)
* 62 years old
* Director of Kurokawa Clinic}}
{{People|Mina Kurokawa|Mina Kurokawa.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Daizo's second wife}}
{{People|Daisuke Kurokawa|Daisuke Kurokawa.jpg|
* 36 years old
* Daizo's eldest son
* Doctor of internal medicine}}
{{People|Manami Nakazawa|Manami Nakazawa.jpg|
* 27 years old
* Housemaid}}
{{People|Teiji Moriya|Teiji Moriya.jpg|
* 47 years old
* Architect}}
{{EndBox}}

== Case 2 ==

{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Woman|Woman_movie1.jpg|
* Deceased (hit by a car)
* 25 years old
* Office worker}}
{{People|Kohei Okamoto|Kohei Okamoto.jpg|
* 21 years old
* Son of the mayor}}
{{People|Mayor Okamoto|Mayor Okamoto.jpg|
* 52 years old
* Mayor of Nishitama City}}
{{People|Sakaguchi|Sakaguchi.jpg|
* 52 years old
* Chief of operations from Touto Railway Control Center}}
{{People|Kusunoki|Kusunoki.jpg|
* 45 years old
* Command center chief from Touto Railway Control Center}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan figures out that the famous architect '''Teiji Moriya''' has been the bomber all along. He was driven to this due to his obsession with symmetry. His plan was to blow up his structures and replace them with symmetrical structures (all of the bomb targets were either at or near buildings he designed).

[[File:Movie1f Gallery.png|thumb|Another bomb explodes Beika City Building.]]
[[File:Movie1g Gallery.png|thumb|Conan contacts Ran (using his tie to mimic his Shinichi voice) and tells her she must find and disarm the bomb.]]
Another bomb is revealed to be in the mall where Ran is. It explodes and both and many others get trapped in the building, but Conan (who is at the other side of the building) contacts Ran (using his tie to mimic his Shinichi voice) and tells her she must find and disarm the bomb. Ran finds the box with the bomb and cuts through various wires using plans left by Leo and learns that one wire is booby-trapped. Ran is down to 2 wires, a red one and a blue one.

Conan gets into the building and realizes the red wire is booby-trapped. He loses hope since this means there's almost no way to keep the bomb from exploding and tells Ran to do as she likes, since they are going to die together at this rate. Conan is then found and taken out of the building... but much to Conan's surprise, Ran cuts the blue wire and saves everyone. Conan asks Ran why she didn't cut the red wire (her lucky color). She replies she didn't cut is because she didn't want to sever the red string of fate between her and Shinichi.

The movie ends with Conan remarking that there is no "red string", and mentions that's because "it's no use... as long as I'm Conan".
</spoiler>

== Music ==

End credit music "Happy Birthday" by Kyoko.

== Dub changes ==

* The names of the characters in the [[Funimation]] Dub are:
:* Daizo Kurokawa - Magnum Cornhouser
:* Mina Kurokawa - Mina Cornhouser
:* Daisuke Kurokawa - Mortimer Cornhouser
:* Manami Nakazawa - Minami Goodsbe
:* Teiji Moriya - Leo Joel

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery perrow=5>
File:TR_Terminal_Station.png
File:TR Terminal Command Center.png
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Movies]]

{{Movies}}

[[Category:Movies]]

File:Daizo Kurokawa.jpg

2013-09-18T10:47:19Z

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The Time-Bombed Skyscraper

2013-09-18T10:43:50Z

YuanataProductions:

{{InfoBox Movie
| video = dC9wRse2dh8
| movie = 1
| image = Movie 1.jpg
| title = The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
| english-title = The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
| japanese-title = 名探偵コナン　時計じかけの摩天楼 (Meitantei Konan Tokei-jikake no matenrō)
| season =
| airdate = April 19, 1997
| english-airdate = October 3, 2006
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Shinichi Kudo]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Ran Mouri]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Kaneto Shiozawa]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Taro Ishida]] as Teiji Moriya
| case =
| prev-movie =
| next-movie = The Fourteenth Target
| footnotes =
}}
== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]]|image = Ninzaburo Shiratori.jpg|description =
* Police officer from Tokyo Police District
* Works with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Teiji Moriya]]|image = Teiji Moriya.jpg|description =
* 47 years old
* Architect}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
{{Gadget|Turbo Engine Skateboard}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===
The opening of the movie starts with a murder at Kurokawa Household.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = Movie1 Case1.jpg
| location = Kurokawa Household
| victim = Daizo Kurokawa
| cause-death = Blunt-force trauma
| suspects = Mina Kurokawa, Daisuke Kurokawa, and Manami Nagasawa
| description =
}}

[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] deduced from the victim's dying message JUN that it points to Mina Kurokawa, as June is also the dry month (Minazuki) and that she was born in June which earn a scold from Mina herself. [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] then puts Kogoro to sleep and starts the deduction.

<spoiler>
[[File:Movie1a Gallery.png|thumb|]]
[[File:Movie1b Gallery.png|thumb|Daizo Kurokawa is making the message "Ma-Na-Mi".]]
The culprit is '''Manami Nagasawa'''. The message isn't JUN but a hiragana of "Ma-Na-Mi" which points to Manami herself. The evidence is that the weird blood on the floor match the one on her sock. Manami confessed that Daizo was responsible for her husband falled surgery and his death due to Daizo was drunk before performing the surgery. She couldn't find any witness due to everyone was scared of Daizo. So Manami comes to work as housekeeper to murder him as today in her husband's death anniversary.
</spoiler>

[[File:Movie1c Gallery.png|thumb|left|Conan finds a strange letter (an invitation to a tea party) which is addressed to [[Shinichi Kudo]].]]
While sorting mail at [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]'s house, Conan finds a strange letter (an invitation to a tea party) which is addressed to [[Shinichi Kudo]]. The letter was sent from a man named Teiji Moriya who is a famous architect. Conan calls [[Ran Mouri]] using his [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|Voice-Changing Bowtie]] to mimic Shinichi's voice and tells her he can't go to this tea party and if she would go in his place. He tells her to bring her dad, Kogoro Mouri and "that kid" (referring to Conan).

Ran says she will do it only if he goes to a movie with her on Saturday; Conan tries to make her change the date but she is determined that it has to be on May 3rd. She then asks him whats his favorite color: Red or Blue to which he responds Red. Conan leaves the pay phone and while walking home trying to figure why she wants it to be on May 3rd. While on the way home he meets [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] who introduces him to [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]].

While eating dinner with Ran and Kogoro, Ran tells Conan she's taking Shinichi to the movies on May 3rd and when it hits midnight she will give her gift to him (which is a red polo shirt). Conan then realizes that May the 4th is his birthday.

[[File:Movie1d Gallery.png|thumb|Kogoro is thinking Moriya's quiz.]]
Conan tricks Kogoro into going to the tea party as Kogoro doesn't want to go in the first place. They meet Teiji Moriya and tell him that Shinichi couldn't make it but that Kogoro is another famous detective. Moriya gives everyone a quiz and asks them to solve it. Conan is the first to solve it so he gets to go to see his gallery with Ran. While observing the pictures Ran tells Moriya that shes going to the movies with Shinichi and is going to be watching it in one of the buildings he designed.

The next day Ran goes out to get some food and Conan goes to Agasa's house. Trying to think of what to do for his movie "date" with Ran. A news station on T.V. reported that someone stole lots of octogen which is the main component for plastic explosives. Right after, Professor Agasa receives a phone call asking to talk to Shinichi, the man using a voice changing device tells Shinichi that he is the one who stole the Octogen and tells him to give his mobile phone number to him. Conan tells him his number and the man tells him to go to Greenbelt park or else the kids will die.

Conan uses his skateboard and rushes to Greenbelt park where he finds: [[Genta Kojima]], [[Ayumi Yoshida]], and [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] playing with a remote controlled plane. Mitsuhiko tells Conan a man with a mustache and a beard gave it to them. Conan notices that there is a bomb on the plane so he takes the controller away from Mitsuhiko but he refuses to give it to him since its Genta's turn. Conan tells them there is a bomb on it and they drop it and the antenna breaks. The plane is now flying uncontrolled so Conan uses his [[Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes]] and kicks the Controller into the Plane blowing it up. Conan then realizes this isn't a prank and then gets another call telling him about another bomb.

[[File:Movie1e Gallery.png|thumb|left|The second bomb blows up.]]
When Conan was searching for the second bomb, he only manages to bring to a deserted place before it blows up which sends Conan flying into a tree. He wakes up in the hospital. They get another notice that there are more bombs planted on a train track. They also found that one case related to Shinichi might connect to this mass-bombing event.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident (Past)
| image = Movie1 Case2.jpg
| location = Nishitama City
| victim = Office Lady
| cause-death = Hit by a car
| suspects = Kohei Okamoto, Mayor Okamoto
| description = During driving and smoking, Kohei Okamoto accidently hit a young woman to death. However, something doesn't match..
}}
Shinichi is called to unveiled this accident by Megure.
<spoiler>
The evidences do not point that Kohei was the driver of the car. IT points to '''Mayor Okamoto''' the mayor.He is the driver.
</spoiler>
Using Conan's help they defuse them all. Later that day Conan, Megure, Shiratori and Kogoro go to Moriya's house.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Daizo Kurokawa|Daizo Kurokawa.jpg|
* Victim (bludgeoned)
* 62 years old
* Director of Kurokawa Clinic}}
{{People|Mina Kurokawa|Mina Kurokawa.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Daizo's second wife}}
{{People|Daisuke Kurokawa|Daisuke Kurokawa.jpg|
* 36 years old
* Daizo's eldest son
* Doctor of internal medicine}}
{{People|Manami Nakazawa|Manami Nakazawa.jpg|
* 27 years old
* Housemaid}}
{{People|Teiji Moriya|Teiji Moriya.jpg|
* 47 years old
* Architect}}
{{clear}}
{{People|Woman|Woman_movie1.jpg|
* Deceased (hit by a car)
* 25 years old
* Office worker}}
{{People|Kohei Okamoto|Kohei Okamoto.jpg|
* 21 years old
* Son of the mayor}}
{{People|Mayor Okamoto|Mayor Okamoto.jpg|
* 52 years old
* Mayor of Nishitama City}}
{{People|Sakaguchi|Sakaguchi.jpg|
* 52 years old
* Chief of operations from Touto Railway Control Center}}
{{People|Kusunoki|Kusunoki.jpg|
* 45 years old
* Command center chief from Touto Railway Control Center}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan figures out that the famous architect '''Teiji Moriya''' has been the bomber all along. He was driven to this due to his obsession with symmetry. His plan was to blow up his structures and replace them with symmetrical structures (all of the bomb targets were either at or near buildings he designed).

[[File:Movie1f Gallery.png|thumb|Another bomb explodes Beika City Building.]]
[[File:Movie1g Gallery.png|thumb|Conan contacts Ran (using his tie to mimic his Shinichi voice) and tells her she must find and disarm the bomb.]]
Another bomb is revealed to be in the mall where Ran is. It explodes and both and many others get trapped in the building, but Conan (who is at the other side of the building) contacts Ran (using his tie to mimic his Shinichi voice) and tells her she must find and disarm the bomb. Ran finds the box with the bomb and cuts through various wires using plans left by Leo and learns that one wire is booby-trapped. Ran is down to 2 wires, a red one and a blue one.

Conan gets into the building and realizes the red wire is booby-trapped. He loses hope since this means there's almost no way to keep the bomb from exploding and tells Ran to do as she likes, since they are going to die together at this rate. Conan is then found and taken out of the building... but much to Conan's surprise, Ran cuts the blue wire and saves everyone. Conan asks Ran why she didn't cut the red wire (her lucky color). She replies she didn't cut is because she didn't want to sever the red string of fate between her and Shinichi.

The movie ends with Conan remarking that there is no "red string", and mentions that's because "it's no use... as long as I'm Conan".
</spoiler>

== Music ==

End credit music "Happy Birthday" by Kyoko.

== Dub changes ==

* The names of the characters in the [[Funimation]] Dub are:
:* Daizo Kurokawa - Magnum Cornhouser
:* Mina Kurokawa - Mina Cornhouser
:* Daisuke Kurokawa - Mortimer Cornhouser
:* Manami Nakazawa - Minami Goodsbe
:* Teiji Moriya - Leo Joel

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery perrow=5>
File:TR_Terminal_Station.png
File:TR Terminal Command Center.png
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Movies]]

{{Movies}}

[[Category:Movies]]

Volume 82

2013-09-18T10:38:19Z

YuanataProductions:

{{InfoBox Volume
| volume = 82
| image = No cover.jpg
| releasedate =
| isbn =
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| detective =
| keyhole =
| prev-volume = Volume 81
| next-volume = Volume 83
| footnotes =
}}
== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kaitou Kid}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku}}
{{Char|Shiro Suzuki}}
{{Char|Tomoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Jirokichi Suzuki}}
{{Char|Ginzo Nakamori}}
{{Char|Shintaro Chaki}}
{{Char|Ayako Suzuki|display=Ayako Suzuki (background)}}
{{Char|Yuzo Tomizawa|display=Yuzo Tomizawa (background)}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Tooru Amuro|display=Bourbon}}
{{Char|Azusa Enomoto}}
{{Char|Taii cat manga|display=Taii|nolink=1}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Goro}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa}}
{{Char|Eri Kisaki|display=Eri Kisaki (background)}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{Char|Naeko Miike}}
{{Char|Detective Chiba}}
{{Char|Masumi Sera}}
}}

== Twin Bets ==
===Heist Info===
{{BeginBox}}
{{KidHeist|name = Green Emperor|image = Green Emperor manga.jpg|description =
* Green gem}}
{{EndBox}}

=== File 862 - Iron Wall ===

=== File 863 - Blackout ===

=== File 864 - Girls and Boys ===
<spoiler>
It is hinted that '''Sonoko Suzuki''' is Kaitou Kid in disguise. Makoto reveals he can detail the physical features of anyone he meets in moments.
</spoiler>

== Taii's Owner ==

=== File 865 - Taii the Calico Cat ===

=== File 866 - A Cat Hiding Its Claws ===

<spoiler>
The real owner of Taii is '''Teishi Masuko'''. Taii's real name is Souseki (漱石).

When Conan and the Detective Boys went to visit Masuko, he was found lying unconscious on the floor with his head bleeding.</spoiler>

=== File 867 - Mischievous Child ===

=== File 868 - Lucky Cat ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveal to them that culprit is '''Rinpei Urushiya'''. Takagi lets it slip he and Sato have slept together. Rinpei reveals he is Taii old owner who had him for a year and a half while he was kitten who was stray. He gave to Teishi when his wife was suffering from a animal loss. After the case, soon Taii went around for a bit and ended up with Azusa.

</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Shougo Amesawa|Shougo Amesawa manga.jpg|
* 36 years old
* Freeter}}
{{People|Teishi Masuko|Teishi Masuko manga.jpg|
* Victim (bludgeoned)
* 54 years old
* Company president}}
{{People|Mutsumi Shiyagawa|Mutsumi Shagawa manga.jpg|
* 61 years old
* Housewife}}
{{People|Girl|V82-F865 Girl manga.jpg|
* Mutsumi's granddaughter}}
{{People|Teishi's Wife|V82-F865 Woman manga.jpg|
* Deceased
* Wife of Company President}}
{{People|Furuyo Tsuyuguchi|Furuyo Tsuyuguchi manga.jpg|
* 41 years old
* Snack bar owner}}
{{People|Mari Asou|Mari Asou manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Ex-office worker}}
{{People|Rinpei Urushiya|Rinpei Urushiya manga.jpg|
* 53 years old
* Novelist}}
{{EndBox}}

== A Missing Item ==

=== File 869 - It's not there... ===

=== File 870 - When A Wish Comes True... ===

=== File 871 - Red Badge ===
<spoiler>
The culprit is '''Toshinari Shiga'''.
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Noriya Makabe|Noriya Makabe manga.jpg|
* 7 years old
* First grader}}
{{People|Toshinari Shiga|Toshinari Shiga manga.jpg|
* 25 years old
* Graduate student}}
{{People|Mika Shiga|869 Mika manga.jpg|
* Deceased (car accident)
* Toshinari's older sister}}
{{People|Hiroto Yasutomi|Hiroto Yasutomi manga.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 31 years old
* Freeter}}
{{EndBox}}

== ??? ==

=== File 872 - Red Woman ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* Victim (drowned)
* 29 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* 29 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* Red Woman}}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* Deceased}}
{{EndBox}}

== Trivia ==
* This volume marks the first appearance of [[Shiro Suzuki]] and [[Tomoko Suzuki]] since "[[Volume 16|'''File 159''': Finale]]".

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

Volume 82

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YuanataProductions:

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| image = No cover.jpg
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| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
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| prev-volume = Volume 81
| next-volume = Volume 83
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== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kaitou Kid}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku}}
{{Char|Shiro Suzuki}}
{{Char|Tomoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Jirokichi Suzuki}}
{{Char|Ginzo Nakamori}}
{{Char|Shintaro Chaki}}
{{Char|Ayako Suzuki|display=Ayako Suzuki (background)}}
{{Char|Yuzo Tomizawa|display=Yuzo Tomizawa (background)}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Tooru Amuro|display=Bourbon}}
{{Char|Azusa Enomoto}}
{{Char|Taii cat manga|display=Taii|nolink=1}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Goro}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa}}
{{Char|Eri Kisaki|display=Eri Kisaki (background)}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{Char|Naeko Miike}}
{{Char|Detective Chiba}}
{{Char|Masumi Sera}}
}}

== Twin Bets ==
===Heist Info===
{{BeginBox}}
{{KidHeist|name = Green Emperor|image = Green Emperor manga.jpg|description =
* Green gem}}
{{EndBox}}

=== File 862 - Iron Wall ===

=== File 863 - Blackout ===

=== File 864 - Girls and Boys ===
<spoiler>
It is hinted that '''Sonoko Suzuki''' is Kaitou Kid in disguise. Makoto reveals he can detail the physical features of anyone he meets in moments.
</spoiler>

== Taii's Owner ==

=== File 865 - Taii the Calico Cat ===

=== File 866 - A Cat Hiding Its Claws ===

<spoiler>
The real owner of Taii is '''Teishi Masuko'''. Taii's real name is Souseki (漱石).

When Conan and the Detective Boys went to visit Masuko, he was found lying unconscious on the floor with his head bleeding.</spoiler>

=== File 867 - Mischievous Child ===

=== File 868 - Lucky Cat ===
<spoiler>
Conan reveal to them that culprit is '''Rinpei Urushiya'''. Takagi lets it slip he and Sato have slept together. Rinpei reveals he is Taii old owner who had him for a year and a half while he was kitten who was stray. He gave to Teishi when his wife was suffering from a animal loss. After the case, soon Taii went around for a bit and ended up with Azusa.

</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Shougo Amesawa|Shougo Amesawa manga.jpg|
* 36 years old
* Freeter}}
{{People|Teishi Masuko|Teishi Masuko manga.jpg|
* Victim (bludgeoned)
* 54 years old
* Company president}}
{{People|Mutsumi Shiyagawa|Mutsumi Shagawa manga.jpg|
* 61 years old
* Housewife}}
{{People|Girl|V82-F865 Girl manga.jpg|
* Mutsumi's granddaughter}}
{{People|Woman|V82-F865 Woman manga.jpg|
* Deceased
* Teishi's wife}}
{{People|Furuyo Tsuyuguchi|Furuyo Tsuyuguchi manga.jpg|
* 41 years old
* Snack bar owner}}
{{People|Mari Asou|Mari Asou manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Ex-office worker}}
{{People|Rinpei Urushiya|Rinpei Urushiya manga.jpg|
* 53 years old
* Novelist}}
{{EndBox}}

== A Missing Item ==

=== File 869 - It's not there... ===

=== File 870 - When A Wish Comes True... ===

=== File 871 - Red Badge ===
<spoiler>
The culprit is '''Toshinari Shiga'''.
</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Noriya Makabe|Noriya Makabe manga.jpg|
* 7 years old
* First grader}}
{{People|Toshinari Shiga|Toshinari Shiga manga.jpg|
* 25 years old
* Graduate student}}
{{People|Mika Shiga|869 Mika manga.jpg|
* Deceased (car accident)
* Toshinari's older sister}}
{{People|Hiroto Yasutomi|Hiroto Yasutomi manga.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 31 years old
* Freeter}}
{{EndBox}}

== ??? ==

=== File 872 - Red Woman ===

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* 28 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* Victim (drowned)
* 29 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* 29 years old
* }}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* Red Woman}}
{{People|???|?? manga.jpg|
* Deceased}}
{{EndBox}}

== Trivia ==
* This volume marks the first appearance of [[Shiro Suzuki]] and [[Tomoko Suzuki]] since "[[Volume 16|'''File 159''': Finale]]".

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