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Aoko Nakamori

Aoko Nakomori Profile.jpg

Profile
Japanese name: 中森 青子
(Nakamori Aoko)
Age: 16-17
Gender: Female
Date of birth: Unknown (September)
Relatives: Ginzo Nakamori (father)
Occupation: Ekoda High School Student
Statistics
First appearance: Magic Kaito Chapter 1
Manga: File 159
Anime: Episode 76
Appearances: Chapters: 37
Episodes: 24
Chapters: 1
Chapters: 1
Chapters: 3
Episodes: 2
Movies: 1
OVAs: 1
Specials: 12
Openings: 4
Closings: 2
Magic Kaito Manga: 31
Magic Kaito 1412: 17
Actors
Japanese voice: Yukiko Iwai (Episode 76)
Minami Takayama (Episode 219 and OVA 4)
Ayumi Fujimura (Magic Kaito Specials)
M.A.O (Magic Kaito 1412)

Aoko Nakamori (中森 青子 Nakamori Aoko?) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Magic Kaito, as well as the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. She is the childhood friend and the romantic interest of Kaito Kuroba.

Background

Aoko has been Kaito's best friend ever since they were young children, much like Ran and Shinichi in Detective Conan. Aoko currently attends Ekoda High School as a second-year student in class 2-B along with Kaito, Keiko, Akako, and Hakuba. Aoko dislikes the Kaitou Kid for making a mockery of her father, Ginzo Nakamori, but is unaware that Kid is actually her best friend in disguise.

Personality

Aoko declares to her father she will go on a date with Kaito to prove he isn't the Kaitou Kid.

Aoko has a temperamental personality, sweet and gentle at one moment, then boisterous and fiery at the next. Like her father, she is impulsive, easily riled up, and often shouts. Kaito and Kaitou Kid in particular are often the trigger for bouts of loud, violent displays. She also has a mischievous side, using Kaito's weakness for fish to get revenge on him for harassing her.

Aoko has a tendency to refer to herself in the third-person, which is considered 'cutesy' and childish in Japan. She is also shown to dress rather childishly, in skirts and cardigans when she's not in her school uniform.

Aoko is shown to be very intelligent. However, she may also have rather low self-esteem. Once, to prove that Kaito wasn't the Kid, she asked him out on date on the day of a Kid heist. Kaito, taken aback, snaps "Why would I go out with an ugly girl like you?" to which she tearfully replies "I know...but please!" [1]

Aoko does not like being alone; she blames Kaitou Kid for stealing her father from her because she wishes her dad was at home more instead of chasing Kaitou Kid.

Appellations

Relationships analysis

Kaito and Aoko.

Kaito Kuroba

Kaito and Aoko Nakamori have been best friends since they were little and first met at the clock tower. They are portrayed as a similar pairing to Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri (including how the characters are drawn), except much sillier. Kaito often teases Aoko by flipping her skirt. However, it has been seen that Kaito is quite protective of Aoko and doesn't appear to want her to go on a date with Saguru Hakuba. Aoko was somewhat suspicious that Kaito was actually Kaitou Kid, and in order to prove his innocence, she brought him along to a movie when a heist had been scheduled. She handcuffed him to the seat, but Kaito managed to escape and pull off the heist, thus veering Aoko's suspicions away from him. Although neither has admitted it as of yet, it is shown that the two have feelings for each other.

In the last chapter of Yaiba a scene set after a three years timeskip has Keiko Momoi telling Sayaka Mine that Kaito and Aoko are a couple now, while Keiko's friend confirms having seen them together.

Hakuba and Aoko.

Saguru Hakuba

Prior to the heist in Volume 3, Chapter 3, Hakuba seems to flirt with Aoko after Kaito turns down Aoko's offer to go to the Prince Prince concert. Hakuba and Kaito then make a bet that if Hakuba manages to catch Kid then Hakuba will go to the concert with Aoko, and if he fails to capture the thief, Kaito will go instead. When interviewed before the heist, Hakuba notes "Tonight's battle has a special meaning to me".[2] Although initially excited to have Hakuba want to go to the concert with her, Aoko during the actual heist seems to want Hakuba to fail so that she can go to the concert with Kaito instead. This relationship has not been touched upon much since then because of Hakuba's limited appearances in Magic Kaito and Detective Conan.

Plot overview

Aoko hits Kaito with a mop.

Aoko has been friends with Kaito Kuroba since they were both small children.[3] However, they frequently bicker and fight; she seems to be the target of many of Kaito's pranks, to which she retaliates by attempting to bludgeon him with whatever she can get her hands on (often a mop).[4]

Aoko hates the Kaitou Kid for humiliating her father, Ginzo Nakamori. This is partly why Kaito has to go to such lengths to keep his identity hidden from her. However, Kaito has come under suspicion of being the Kaitou Kid several times. In one instance, Aoko went to great lengths to prove Kaito innocent: she asked him out on the day the heist was supposed to take place, and then during the actual time of the heist she handcuffed Kaito to her. Kaito, however, was able to escape and use a dummy to fool Aoko into thinking that he had been with her the entire time.

Aoko frequently attends Kaitou Kid heists, similar to how Ran Mouri attends many of her father's mystery cases. Kaito has not had to prove his 'innocence' to her recently, which suggests that she now 'trusts' him.

Name origin

  • The given name "Aoko" means "blue child" in Japanese. This contrasts with her classmate Akako Koizumi's name, which means "red child".
  • The surname "Nakamori" comes from Akina Nakamori.[5]

Different looks

Aoko's "Before" Appearance in Detective Conan (Episode 76)
Aoko's "After" Appearance in Detective Conan (Episode 219)
Aoko's Appearance in Magic Kaito Special (Episode 2)
Aoko's Appearance in Magic Kaito 1412 (Episode 5)

Trivia

Aoko Holmes
  • A prototype version of Aoko appears in Gosho's "Nonchalant Lupin (さりげなくルパン Sarigenaku Rupan?)" short story. In this version, Aoko is named Aoko Holmes (宝陸 葵子 Hōmuzu Aoko?) and is a high school detective who started her own Detective Club.
  • Aoko shares a voice actor with Conan for her appearance in Detective Conan OVA 4 and Episode 219.
  • Unlike her counterparts Ran and Kazuha, it has been suggested that Aoko has a high level of intelligence at least approaching that of her 'love-interest' Kaito. In the first file of the Magic Kaito manga, the two are causing havoc in the classroom; the teacher tries to get them to focus by asking first Kaito, then Aoko to answer a complicated math problem on the board, but both answer her question with hardly a glance at the board and continue with their mayhem.

In other languages

Language Given Name Family Name
Flag of Japan Japanese 青子 Aoko 中森 Nakamori
Flag of US English Fuller[6]
Flag of Philippines Filipino Aoko Nakamori
Flag of France French Aoko Nakamori
Flag of Thailand Thai อาโอโกะ นากาโมริ

See also

References

  1. ^ Aoyama, Gosho (1994-10-15). "4" (in Japanese). Kid's Busy Day. 1. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-122093-5. 
  2. ^ Aoyama, Gosho (1994-10-15). "Kaitou Under Scrutiny" (in Japanese). Magic Kaito. 3. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-122093-5. 
  3. ^ Detective Conan Episode 219: The Gathering of the Detectives! Kudo Shinichi vs. Kaitou Kid (2 Hour Special)
  4. ^ Aoyama, Gosho (1994-10-15). "1" (in Japanese). Magic Kaito. 1. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-122093-5. 
  5. ^ Love Conan - Meitantei Conan Official Fan Book for Girls
  6. ^ Dubbed episode 78-79: Phantom Thief 1412
Magic Kaito
Main Characters Kaito KurobaKaitou KidAoko NakamoriGinzo NakamoriAkako KoizumiSaguru Hakuba
Secondary Characters Toichi KurobaChikage KurobaKaitou CorbeauMidoriko NakamoriKonosuke JiiKeiko MomoiSnakeSuperintendent General HakubaKashiko ShikibeRose (OVA only) • Spider (TV specials only) • List of minor Magic Kaito characters
Manga Magic Kaito Volume 1-5Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5Magic Kaito Chapters not yet included in a VolumeMagic Kaito Manga Listed By Heist
OVA adaptations Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother
Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief specials The Revived Phantom ThiefKaitou Kid's Busy DateThe Princess Prefers MagicA Witch Sheds No TearsThe Fated Blue BirthdayLove on the Ski Slope on Christmas EveThe Splendid RivalsThe Secret of the Red TearThe Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom ThiefThe Reminiscent Golden EyeThe Tearful Crystal MotherTears of Love for the Dark Knight
Magic Kaito 1412 Season 1Staff
Crossovers The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid (Detective Conan anime only)
Related Articles List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identityKaitou Kid's GadgetsMagic Kaito OrganizationPandora GemEkodaNonchalant LupinK∀ITOCrowList of Kaitou Kid Heists Items
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