The Boss of the Black Organization

Ano Kata

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Profile

English name:

That Person

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of birth:

Unknown

Relatives:

Unknown

Statistics

First appearance:

Unknown

Appearances:

Unknown

Actors

Japanese voice:

None as of yet

Ano Kata (あの方 ,That Person) is what the Black Organization refer to their boss as. The true identity and gender of "That Person" is still unknown, with only a few insignificant facts about them revealed in the manga's 15 year (and counting) run.

Known canon information

• The boss uses the first few notes of the song Nanatsu no Ko to encode his/her phone number. The number is #969#6261, which was purposefully made non-functional by Gosho Aoyama to prevent prank calls. The number might have a Tottori area code; but it is uncertain because of the way the number, including the area code, was altered to prevent prank calls. It is worth noting that Haibara reacts to the word Kurayoshi – a city in Tottori province, when she notices Shinichi Kudo had taken an interest.
• The operatives dress in black, which Akemi says is supposed to resemble crows. This is probably an expression of the boss’s dress code preferences.
• He/She uses alcoholic codenames for agents.
• The boss is very careful. Vermouth says, “The boss is always careful to the extreme. He’s the type to ruin the plan by overthinking it.”
• Vermouth is the boss’ favorite for an unknown reason and he/she allows her some degree of independence.
• The Boss thought Shuichi Akai could become the Black Organization’s silver bullet. In that regard he/she's more like Vermouth than Gin who doesn't believe a single person who can take the syndicate down in one shot exists.

Gosho Aoyama's interviews

Gosho Aoyama has given several interviews concerning the boss, however there are few primary sources. The following interview accounts come from transcripts from fansites and blogs on the web and have not been independently verified.

• Aoyama specified that the name of the boss has appeared somewhere in the manga. It was not clarified whether the boss has appeared in person.
• The Black Organization's formal name gives away the boss' name. "The Black Organization" is not the real name of the organization.
• Minami Takayama, Gosho Aoyama's former wife and Conan's voice actor, knows the boss' identity.
• Aoyama revealed that he didn't expect the Detective Conan series to last longer than three months. This indicates that the boss might have been hinted early in Detective Conan.

Speculations

The organization uses clever codenames, passwords, etc. based on mysteries and history. If the boss is behind the naming scheme then perhaps the boss has an interest in detectives and mysteries.

Fan speculation has led to many theories concerning "that person's" identity, ranging from Vodka to Yusaku Kudo to even one of the Detective Boys after having taken APTX 4869. In a "Who is That Person" fan poll in Shonen Sunday, Professor Agasa was ranked the most likely suspect, while Gin was voted in a Case Closed FUNimation community poll.