Characters

Main characters of the series

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

The English adaption dubbed by Funimation has different names than the one in the manga published by Viz Media. The names in the article follow the Funimation formats.

Protagonists

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

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Shinichi Kudo	Jimmy Kudo	Main character.
	Conan Edogawa	Conan Edogawa	Child "version" of Shinichi.
	Ran Mouri	Rachel Moore	Shinichi's best friend since childhood.
	Kogoro Mouri	Richard Moore	Ran's father.

Detective Boys

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Ayumi Yoshida	Amy Yeager	Member of the Detective Boys.
File:Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko 60px.jpg	Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko	Mitch Tennison	Member of the Detective Boys.
File:Kojima Genta 60px.jpg	Kojima Genta	George Kaminski	Member of the Detective Boys.
	Ai Haibara	Anita Hailey	Member of the Detective Boys.

Family & Friends

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Yusaku Kudo	Booker Kudo	Shinichi's father.
	Yukiko Kudo	Vivian Kudo	Shinichi's mother.
	Eri Kisaki	Eva Kadan	Ran's mother.
	Hiroshi Agasa	Hershel Agasa	Professor.
	Sonoko Suzuki	Serena Sebastian	Ran's best friend.
	Heiji Hattori	Harley Hartwell	Shinichi's rival detective from Osaka.
	Kazuha Toyama	Katie Thompson	Heiji's childhood and best friend.

Law Enforcement

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Inspector Juzo Megure	Inspector Joseph Megure	Inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitain Police.
	Miwako Sato	Miwako Sato	Female police officer who works with Inspector Megure.
	Wataru Takagi	Harry Wilder	Police officer who works with Inspector Megure.
	Ninzaburo Shiratori	Ninzaburo Santos	Police officer who works with Inspector Megure.

Others

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Kaitou Kid	Phantom Thief Kid	Magician and thief known to be "uncatchable".