List of minor recurring manga characters

This is a list of recurring minor characters in Detective Conan. Most played a role in previous cases, either as former suspects, clients, or victims. This list excludes main characters, main law enforcement, the Black Organization, and mystery people related to the arc (e.g. Eisuke or Araide).

Family members

Ayako Suzuki

Ayako Suzuki ( 鈴木 綾子 ,Suzuki Ayako) (Angie Sebastian in the FUNimation dub), age 24, is Sonoko's older sister who is a graduate student interested in film. She is in a film club and is the head of makeup and costumes. She owns a villa and will be getting married to Yuzo Tomizawa, age 28, who’s father is the head of Tomizawa Zaibatsu (122). Shiro Suzuki is Sonoko’s and Ayako’s father as well as the head of Suzuki financial corp. Tomoko Suzuki is her mother. Ayako Suzuki appears in Man In Bandages at Mountain Villa (40-44), and is mentioned in A Karaoke Box Murder Case (45), The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case (122), Conan VS The Mysterious Kaitou Kid (158)

In contrast to her sister, Ayako is much more polite,kind and lacks the snobbish and shallow attitude Sonoko often displays. She acts relatively happy and she always appears as if she has her eyes closed, which is not a unheard character style in manga and anime respectively.

She is the keyhole character for Volume 13. She is voiced by Cynthia Cranz in the FUNimation dub.

Yuzo Tomizawa

Yuzo Tomizawa, age 28, is the fiance of Ayako Suzuki who’s father is the head of Tomizawa Zaibatsu (122). Yuzo Tomizawa shows up in The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case (122) and Conan VS The Mysterious Kaitou Kid (158-159).

Asami Tsuburaya

Asami Tsuburaya (円谷 朝美 ,Tsuburaya Asami), age 17, is Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's older sister. Asami is shown to be very cheerful and enthusiastic. She was not worried when Mitsuhiko disappeared and was actually pretty excited, because she thought it was like a TV drama. She speaks politely (addressing her mother as "Okaa-sama instead of Okaa-san) because her parents are strict about polite speech. Like her little brother, her name comes from Yasuo Uchida's reporter character Mitsuhiko Asami (浅見 光彦 ,Asami Mitsuhiko). She appears in Mitsuhiko's Disappearance (358) and requests an autograph in Satan-san (591).

She is voiced by Ikue Otani.

Recurring characters in the manga

Friends and Acquaintances

Koshi Anno

Anno is one of Kogoro’s mahjong friends who has a cute long haired dog and is a major fan of Rena Mizunashi. He appears in Episode 491: Clash of Red and Black (The Beginning) (Files 585-586), and has a cameo appearance in File 594: "The Fugitive", which is the only manga file so far skipped over entirely by the anime.

Midori Kuriyama

Midori Kuriyama (栗山 緑 ,Kuriyama Midori) is the secretary of Eri Kisaki. She is the keyhole character for Volume 51.

She is voiced by Asako Dodo.

Takuya Mifune

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Takuya Mifune (三船　拓也 ,Mifune Takuya), age 26, is the Mifune electronics industry president with a somewhat sarcastic personality. He has dark skin, a black ponytail, and a bisecting hairline. He appears Episodes 39-40: Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Files 87-91), and Episode 76: Conan vs. Kaitou Kid (Files 158-159).

Celebrities

Ryusuke Higo

Ryusuke Higo is a soccer player for Big Osaka admired by Ai Haibara. Higo first appears in the Episode 279-280: Hooligan's Labyrinth case, adapted from Files 344-346, and later has a cameo in File 787: "Kogoro-san is a Good Man".

Naoki Uemura

Originally Hideo Akagi's soccer rival, Naoki once kidnapped Hideo's brother because he was frustrated that Hideo was surpassing him while his leg was broken, but they later reconciled and have been performing as the Tokyo Spirits' dream team ever since. He appears or is mentioned in three cases:

1. Episode 10: Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case (Files 68-71).
2. Episode 130: The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case (Part 1), and more specifically in manga File 189.
3. Episode 301: Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 1), specifically in File 366.

Osamu Kenzaki

Osamu Kenzaki is an actor who plays katana wielding TV detective Samonji. He appears in:

1. Episode 116: The Missing Mystery Writer Case (182) on the television.
2. Episodes 249-250: The Idol Stars' Secret, which covers Files 322-324.
3. Episode 381: Whose Reasoning Show (File 441) has a cameo appearance on a book cover.

Tomomi Sakaguchi

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Tomomi Sakaguchi, age 24, is the actress who plays the fairy in the Gomera series. She appears:

1. In person during the Episode 63: Big Monster Gomera Murder Case (Files 128-130).
2. In a movie in Episodes 138-139: The Final Screening Murder Case (Files 222-224).
3. In a movie in Episode 568-569: Inspector Shiratori, Memeories of the Cherry Blossom (Files 687-689).

Kazumi Sanada

Kazumi Sanada, age 27, is a famous magician. He appears or is mentioned in several cases:

1. In person in Episode 96: The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases, specifically in Files 131-133 of the manga.
2. In person in Episode 76: Conan vs. Kaitou Kid, taken from Files 158-159.
3. His name is mentioned during the Episode 132: Magic Lover's Murder Case (File 192).
4. Takagi has tickets to his magic show in Episode 206: MPD Love Story 3 (File 269).
5. In Conan and Heiji's Reasoning Magic (Part 1) (File 487), he is brought up in connection to the mystery house.

Kikuemon

Kikuemon, real name Mankichi Tsuchiya, is a famous potter. He appears as a suspect in Episodes 98-99: The Famous Potter Murder Case (Files 160-162), and is mentioned in Episode 228: The Murderous Pottery Class (File 305).

Samizu Kichiemon

A long-deceased doll maker who worked during the Bakumatsu era, he is better known for his elaborate and often dangerous mechanical contraptions used to guard jewels and other precious items. His works and the protected items are frequently targeted by Kaitou Kid or acquired by Suzuki Jirokichi as bait. His constructions appear in: Strange Mansion Adventure (475-478), The Iron Tanuki (674-676), The Haunted Warehouse (690-692), and Kirin's Horn (712-715).

Families

Hatamoto family

Natsue Hatamoto, age 22, is a member of a feuding family composed of squabbling selfish relatives who want the inheritance: ownership of the huge Hatamoto group and a lot of money. The companies are the Hatamoto products (Hatamoto Bussan) where Takeshi worked, and Hatamoto Construction, of which Kitaro is the Vice President. The company/group itself has corruption allegations and debt issues. The family hates detectives to the point where Gozo Hatamoto forbade even detective novels and dramas. They are rich enough to own Hatamoto Island and rent a huge boat. Natsue’s parents (father = Shoichi, mother = Miyuki) died in an accident of some sort the year previous. She renounced the inheritance to live with her husband. Who got the inheritance is unknown. Kenji Suzuki is a Hatamoto family butler with an unknown relationship to Suzuki family.

Natsue appears in the Episodes 22-23: Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case (Files 20-25), in the manga in The Case of the Once-A-Month Present Threat (File 26), and in a letter in Episode 144: The North Star #3 Express Leaving Ueno (File 215).

Jyouji/George/Shouji Hatamoto is a chef of French cuisine whose name has been changed between appearances. He is in the Episodes 22-23: Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case (Files 20-25), and Episode 76: Conan vs. Kaitou Kid (Files 158-159).

Kaneshiro family

Genichirou Kaneshiro, age 74, is the owner of a computer company. He owns islands in Okinawa and wants to increase tourism. He appears as a participant in the Episode 68-70: Night Baron Murder Case in Izu (Files 72-77), and built the house on the island in Episode 291-293 (Files 361-365). In the Night Baron case he pretends to be blind to throw other participants off. Apparently the Night Baron virus ruined the girl dating game he created four years ago. Genichirou has a servant named Shizue Hayashi. In the Solitary Island case a mayor by the name of Hyogo Kaneshiro (age 63) appears. He seems to be a relation to Genichirou. Miyako Kaneshiro is the daughter of Hyogo.

Yukiko Katsuragi and Takayoshi Tsujimura

Medical student, Yukiko Katsuragi, age 24, and Takayoshi Tsujimura, age 27, are step-siblings. Yukiko Katsuragi is the daughter of Kimie Tsujimura’s first husband, diplomat Kenji Yamashiro. Takayoshi Tsujimura is the son of Isao Tsujimura, the diplomat who landed diplomat Kenji Yamashiro in jail by framing him in a corruption scandal. They both appear in Episodes 48-49: Diplomat Murder Case (Files 92-95) and they are mentioned in Episode 224: And Then There Were No Mermaids (File 283) – Katsuragi grew up on the island and recommended Kudo to her old friend Saori, who wrote the letter to Hattori requesting Kudo’s help. They do appear in the non-remastered anime version of the mermaid case, but not the remastered version.

Police

Inspector Momose

Inspector Momose (百瀬 ,Momose) works in the third division (Robbery) of the Tokyo police. He is a kind inspector, who readily listens to the Detective Boys, and doesn't become irritated even when a case wasted his time. He appears in Episodes 312-313: Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Files 385-386), and Battle of the Haunted Warehouse's Treasure (Part 2), seen in the manga in File 692.

He is voiced by Kozo Shioya.

School

Nakamichi

Nakamichi is a male soccer player at Teitan high. He appears in Teitan high’s ghost story (457) and Red vs. Black (597) where he helped hide Eisuke at the hospital after being admitted for head injuries following a bicycle kick.

Aya Nanakawa

Aya Nanakawa, a friend of Ran and Sonoko from junior high. She appears in the convenience store shoplifting case (Manga: 426-428, Anime: 343-344) and in Haido Central Hospital where Rena Mizunashi was being held, where she was recovering from appendicitis (Manga: 585). She is voiced by Akiko Yajima in the Japanese dub.

Takuma Sakamoto

Takuma Sakamoto, a first grade student in class 1B who transferred in recently. He appears in the 200 faced man case (548-549) and is mentioned in the trick warehouse case (690).

Kazumi Tsukamoto

Kazumi Tsukamoto (塚本 和美 ,Tsukamoto Kazumi), age 18, is the third year karate club former captain and Ran’s senpai. She appears in Teitan high’s ghost story (457-459), and it is mentioned that she taught Ran the flipping axe kick in Tori-man case (Manga 718). Kazumi made another appearance in episode 592, in which she fought Ran in a karate match.

She is the keyhole character for Volume 45.

Fishermen

Futoshi Ejiri

Futoshi Ejiri, age 41, is a fisherman who was nearly killed by poison and was rescued by Agasa and Conan. He appears in Poisoned Bait case (460-462) and Ikkaku rock case (664-666).

Iwao Ida

Iwao Ida, age 39, a fisherman and boat driver, friend of the Yokomizos. He appears in Poisoned Bait case (460-462) and Ikkaku rock case (664-666)

Anime only or partially Anime-only recurring characters

Friends and Acquaintances

Jun Omura

Jun Omura, age 35, is the manager of a hobby store and former member of the Beika University Judo Team. He is not married. He appears in the manga-based case Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case (Manga 84-86, Anime 27-28) and the anime only Night Road Murder Case (Anime 66).

Reiko Kujo

Reiko Kujo (九条 玲子 ,Kujou Reiko) is Eri Kisaki's rival in those courtroom battles where the two meet on opposing sides. She has gathered a reputation as a successful prosecutor and, as a result of such, the nickname "Madonna of Prosecutors".

Kujo first met Kisaki when the latter took up the defense of Shinji Usami, who was being accused of the murder of Hirasawa Tsuyoshi, who slew Usami's young son by thoughtlessness. She became determined to beat Kisaki's winning streak and thus further her reputation by defeating the one defender who had never lost a case. However, it turned out that while Usami was involved in the crime in question, he was actually providing a cover for the true culprit, his ex-wife, who was subsequently exposed and arrested.

Despite this defeat, Kujo vowed to humble Kisaki whenever a chance would present itself. However, she was always foiled by Conan's brilliance as a detective. In addition, a useful side effect of the confrontations between Kujo and Kisaki was that the latter's separated husband, Kogoro Mouri, would prepare to jump to his wife's defense in whatever way he could, even to the point of testifying as a witness in court.

Kujo is rather rash and eager to proclaim a defendant's guilt even with scant evidence at hand; whether this stems from her personal drive to defeat Kisaki or from her profession is as yet unrevealed. Whenever a case brings them together as opponents in the courtroom, Eri Kisaki and Reiko Kujo deal with each other on a strictly professional basis despite their intense rivalry. Each of them respects the other for her skills, however, and whenever a case turns against her, Kujo is fair enough to accept defeat and bring the true culprit to justice.

Kujo has a habit of twirling her pen around her finger when tense or in thought.

She is voiced by Rika Matsumoto.

Police

Fumimaro Ayanokoji

Fumimaro Ayanokoji (綾小路 文麿 ,Ayanokouji Fumimaro) is a character in the anime version of Detective Conan. He appears in the movies Crossroad in the Ancient Capital and The Raven Chaser.

He is known to be polite and snarky, as well as of noble descent as Officer Sato describes him in the 7th movie. He has no close friends, with the sole exception is the cute little chipmunk he takes everywhere with him.

He is voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu.

Toshiro Odagiri

Toshiro Odagiri (小田切 敏郎 ,Odagiri Toshirou) (56) known as Superintendent Osterman in the FUNimation dub appears in the movies Captured in Her Eyes, The Lost Ship in the Sky, and Quarter of Silence.

Not much is known about Odagiri but he has a son "Toshiya Odagiri". Toshiro Odagiri seems to be a very strict person which may be because of his strict upbringing. He spares no hesitation in Movie 4 to suspect his son of murder, which shows he is very dedicated to his job. He is also a good swordsman as Conan notices his sword style in Movie 4.

He is voiced by Kouji Nakata in the Japanese version and Kent Williams in the FUNimation dub.

Officer Tome

Tome (トメ ), most commonly referred to as Officer Tome (and less commonly, Tome-san,) is a CSI member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, and is often seen investigating the crime scene during cases where Juzo Megure is the head inspector. Tome is an anime only character and, unlike Takagi, Shiratori, and Chiba, has never appeared in the manga. Up until 2008, he only made sporadic and scattered appearances in the show, but starting with the 17th season, Tome's role has increased heavily, appearing more frequently. Conan frequently asks him about forensic evidence he has collected, and Tome is often happy to answer.

He is voiced by Toshihiko Nakajima.

Detective Kobayashi

School

Ryujiro Uematsu

Ryujiro Uematsu, age 59, is the headmaster of Teitan Elementary School. He has been working at Teitan Elementary for at least thirty years, at least since the new school building was constructed. Although kind and supportive, he is also something of a shrewd jokester. He appears in the manga-based case Strange Wonders of Teitan Elementary (Manga 154-155, Episode 112) and the anime-only (Episodes 606-607: "Courtroom Confrontation IV: Juror Sumiko Kobayashi").

Nichiuri TV

Mikihiko Kamisuwa

Kouji Yatsukawa

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Theater Troupe

Tamanosuke Ito

Megumi Ito

Renge Kataoka

See also

• List of notable case characters
• Characters