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In Detective Conan and Magic Kaito, Aoyama Gosho often uses thematic naming schemes for his characters.

Background

Most case suspects for weekly cases have thematic naming schemes. For example, in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For, the names of the characters are related to ramen sizes.

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• Ogura Katsumasa (小倉功雅) - small
• Taninaka Atsushi (谷中篤) - middle
• Ōhashi Sayo (大橋彩代) - large
• Saizu Tokumori (西津徳盛) - size tokumori, or size extra-large

Fictional Detectives

Many protagonists in Detective Conan are named after fictional detectives.

Fictional Detectives or Authors

Most main characters in the series are named after authors or major characters from detective literature, shows, or films.

• Conan Edogawa
• Ran Mouri
• Kogoro Mouri
• Ayumi
• Genta
• Mitsuhiko
• Ai Haibara
• Hiroshi Agasa
• Sumiko Kobayashi

James Bond

• Hidemi
• Eisuke
• Ethan

Mobile Suit Gundam

• Akai
• Camel
• Sera
• Amuro

Voice actors

• Kazunobu Chiba / Isshin Chiba
• Wataru Takagi / Wataru Takagi
• Shuichi Akai / Shuichi Ikeda
• Rei Furuya, Tooru Amuro / Tohru Furuya

Colors

The Magic Kaito cast are typically named after colors.

• Kuroba - The characters in Kuroba (黒羽) mean "black feather".
• Ginzo - The "gin" in Nakamori's first name means "silver".
• Aoko - The given name "Aoko" means "blue child".
• Akako - The given name "Akako" means "red child".
• Hakuba - The reading for 白馬 (Hakuba) means "white horse
• Konosuke - The kanji "黄" in Kōnosuke means "yellow".

Puns

• Shinichi Kudo - One truth