Characters

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.

Name	English Name	Role
Shinichi Kudo	Jimmy Kudo	Main character.
Conan Edogawa	Conan Edogawa	Child "version" of Shinichi. Main version ever since the series started.
Ran Mouri	Rachel Moore	Shinichi's childhood friend, and main love interest.
Kogoro Mouri	Richard Moore	Ran's father.

Detective Boys

Main article: Detective Boys

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

Name	English Name	Role
Ayumi Yoshida	Amy Yeager	Member of the Detective Boys. One of Conan's love interests.
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Mitch Tennison	Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi and Ai.
Genta Kojima	George Kaminski	Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi.
Ai Haibara	Anita Hailey	Member of the Detective Boys. Maybe one of Conan's love interests.
Sumiko Kobayashi	Liz Faulkner	Conan's homeroom teacher and Inspector Shiratori's girlfriend. Also the manager of the Detective Boys.

Family & Friends

Main article: Family and Friends

Name	English Name	Role
Yusaku Kudo	Booker Kudo	Shinichi's father. A famous author that been known in both America and Japan.
Yukiko Kudo	Vivian Kudo	Shinichi's mother. A retired actress, can disguise perfectly, even speaks the same voice of the person she's disguised as without a voice changer and as good as Sharon Vineyard.
Eri Kisaki	Eva Kadan	Ran's mother. Left Kogoro Mouri.
Hiroshi Agasa	Hershel Agasa	Professor who creates gadgets for Conan to use and the best friend of Yusaku Kudo.
Sonoko Suzuki	Serena Sebastian	Ran's best friend.
Heiji Hattori	Harley Hartwell	Shinichi's rival detective and best friend from Osaka. Known as "the Great Detective of the West."
Kazuha Toyama	Kirsten Thomas	Heiji's best friend since childhood. Also his love interest and the best friend of Ran and Sonoko.
Makoto Kyogoku	Makoto Kyogoku	Sonoko Suzuki's boyfriend, and a karate champion that been admire by Ran.
Tomoaki Araide	Tomoaki Araide	Ran's doctor, and a high school basketball coach.
Azusa Enomoto	Azusa Enomoto	A kind worker at the coffee shop that is right under the Mouri Detective Agency, who sometimes has a case that she wants Kogoro to solve.
Eisuke Hondou	Eisuke Hondou	Ran and Sonoko's classmate, whom Conan finds suspicious. Is later discovered to be looking for his sister, Hidemi and want to follow the footstep of his father and sister to be a CIA agent.
Subaru Okiya	Subaru Okiya	A person currently living in Shinichi's house, whom Haibara suspects is a member of the Black Organization that has a codename of "Bourbon" but still no proof that he is one. Often assists the Detective Boys and Conan on cases.
Genji Kojima	Genji Kojima	Genta's dad, a true "Edokko" (child of Tokyo).
Midori Kuriyama	Midori Kuriyama	Eri Kisaki's secretary.

Law Enforcement

Main article: Law Enforcement

Tokyo Metropolitan Police District

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Inspector Juzo Megure	Inspector Joseph Meguire	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	Nicholas Santos	Police officer who works with Inspector Megure.
	Yumi Miyamoto	Yumi Miyamoto	Miwako Sato's best friend, often trying to get Sato and Takagi together.
File:Officer Chiba 60px.jpg	Officer Chiba	Officer Chiba	Police officer who works with Inspector Megure.
	Ginzo Nakamori	Mace Fuller	Police chief who is obsessed with capturing Kaitou Kid.
	Officer Tome	Officer Tome	CSI officer who often works with Inspector Megure. Considered one of the top CSI officers in the district.
	Kiyonaga Matsumoto	Kiyonaga McLaughlin	The chief of the Metropolitan Police, and Megure's superior.
	Jinpei Matsuda	Jinpei Matsuda	Sato's old partner, died in the line of duty defusing a bomb.
	Inspector Yuminaga	Inspector Yuminaga	The head inspector of the arson squad, and Kogoro's former superior.

Osaka Police District

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Goro Otaki	Inspector Odin	Osaka Inspector, very close to Heiji.
File:Detective Toyama 60px.jpg	Detective Toyama	Chief Thomas	Kazuha's father, and a detective for the Osaka District.
	Heizo Hattori	Martin Hartwell	Heiji's father, and the police chief for the Osaka District.

Other police districts

Name	English Name	Role
Sango Yokomizo	Inspector Worthington	Inspector from the Shizuoka district, known for his gruff personality.
Misao Yamamura	Detective Mangum	Detective from the Gunma district, albeit a not very good one. Is later promoted to head Inspector in Gunma.
Jugo Yokomizo	Jugo Yokomizo	Sango's twin brother, also a detective. He is not as easygoing as his brother.
Kansuke Yamato	Kansuke Yamato	Inspector from the Nagano district, partially disabled after surviving an avalanche.
Yui Uehara	Yui Uehara	Yamato's former partner who has recently returned to the force.
Fumimaro Ayanokoji	Fumimaro Ayanokoji	Police inspector and detective from Kyoto.

F.B.I.

Main article: F.B.I.

Name	English Name	Role
Jodie Starling	Jodie Starling	Ran's english teacher at one point, turns out to be an FBI agent in disguise.
James Black	James Black	High ranking FBI agent, Jodie's superior.
Shuichi Akai	Shuichi Akai	FBI agent, considered by Gin his rival, and the "Silver Bullet" that could take down the Black Organization.

Black Organization

Main article: Black Organization

Name	English Name	Role
Gin	Gin	Black Organization Member. High ranking member.
Vodka	Vodka	Black Organization Member. Often Gin's partner.
Sharon Vineyard (Vermouth)	Sharon Vineyard	Black Organization Member. Considered the Boss' "favorite," and knows that Haibara and Conan are really Sherry and Shinichi.
Chianti	Chianti	Black Organization Member. Considered an excellent sniper.
Korn	Korn	Black Organization Member. Considered an excellent sniper.
Hidemi Hondou (Kir)	Hidemi Hondou	An undercover CIA agent, also pretending to be TV reporter Rena Mizunashi.
Tequila	Tequila	Black Organization Member, originally trying to get programming codes. Accidentally killed by a bomb.
Kenzo Masuyama (Pisco)	Pisco	A senior member of the Black Organization and a family friend of the Miyanos. His last assignment was to kill Ai. Killed by Gin upon failure.
Irish	Irish	Black Organization Member, discovers Conan's identity as Shinichi. Killed by Chianti.

Others

Main article: Other Characters

Name	English Name	Role
Kaitou Kid	Phantom Thief Kid	Magician and thief known to be "uncatchable".
Akemi Miyano	Akemi Miyano	Former member of the Black Organization, and sister of Ai Haibara.
Aoko Nakamori	Aoko Nakamori	Kaito Kuroba's childhood friend, and love interest.
Saguru Hakuba	Saguru Hakuba	High school detective trying to catch Kaitou Kid
Yoko Okino	Yoko Okino	Pop star who is worshipped by Kogoro.
Shizuka Hattori	Shizuka Hattori	Heiji's mother.
Jirokichi Suzuki	Jirokichi Suzuki	Sonoko's Uncle, obsessed with embarrassing and outsmarting the Kaitou Kid.
Misae Yamamura	Misae Yamamura	Misao Yamamura's grandmother, who sometimes gets involved in cases that he is working on.
Kichiro Numabuchi	Cornelius Graver	Serial killer whom Conan runs into a few times. Former member of the Black Organization, who was the original test subject for APTX.
Akako Koizumi	Akako Koizumi	A witch who wants to seduce the Kaitou Kid. Her role in Detective Conan is a drastic difference from her role in the Magic Kaito manga.
Keiko Momoi	Keiko Momoi	Aoko's best friend and classmate.
Konosuke Jii	Konosuke Jii	Kaitou Kid's assistant.
Reiko Kujo	Reiko Kujo	Eri's rival attorney.