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| name                = Yusaku Kudo
 
| name                = Yusaku Kudo
| japanese-name      = 工藤 優作<br>(Kudō Yūsaku)
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| japanese-name      = 工藤 優作 <br> (Kudō Yūsaku)
 
| english-name        = Booker Kudo
 
| english-name        = Booker Kudo
| image              = Yusaku Kudo Profile.jpg
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| gender              = Male
 
| gender              = Male
| date-of-birth      =  
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| date-of-birth      =
| relatives          = [[Yukiko Kudo]] (wife)<br>[[Shinichi Kudo]] (son)
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| relatives          = [[Yukiko Kudo]] (wife) <br> [[Shinichi Kudo]] (only son)
 
| occupation          = Novelist
 
| occupation          = Novelist
| nicknames          =  
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| nicknames          =
| first-appearance    = Manga: [[Volume_6#Conan_Kidnapping_Case|File 51]]<br />Anime: [[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case|Episode 43]]
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| first-appearance    = Manga: [[Volume 6#Conan Kidnapping Case|File 51]] <br> Anime: [[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case|Episode 43]]
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| status              = Alive
 
| appearances        = {{:Yusaku Kudo Appearances}}
 
| appearances        = {{:Yusaku Kudo Appearances}}
 
| cases-solved        = 7
 
| cases-solved        = 7
 
| keyhole            = [[Volume 22]]
 
| keyhole            = [[Volume 22]]
 
| japanese-voice      = [[Hideyuki Tanaka]]
 
| japanese-voice      = [[Hideyuki Tanaka]]
| english-voice      = [[Randy Tallman]]<br>[[John Swasey]]
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| english-voice      = [[Randy Tallman]] <br> [[John Swasey]]
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'''{{nihongo|Yusaku Kudo|工藤 優作|Kudō Yūsaku}}''' is the father of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with his wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], is one of only a few characters to [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|know]] he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. He is also a world famous novelist and the creator of the popular [[Night Baron]] series.
 
'''{{nihongo|Yusaku Kudo|工藤 優作|Kudō Yūsaku}}''' is the father of [[Shinichi Kudo]] and, along with his wife [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]], is one of only a few characters to [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|know]] he is [[Conan Edogawa]]. He is also a world famous novelist and the creator of the popular [[Night Baron]] series.
  
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
[[File:Young Yusaku.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Young Yusaku.]]
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[[File:Young Yusaku.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Young Yusaku.]]
 
Yusaku Kudo was already noted for his sharp intellect and deductive abilities at a young age. He met Inspector Juzo Megure and became a good friend and valuable adviser to him in solving very difficult cases.<ref name="Call">Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call</ref> While he often assisted the police, Yusaku's primary aspiration was that of a writer. Quickly attracting acclaim in his early twenties as a young novelist, he encountered the girl whom he resolved to marry: [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], an already famed and beautiful actress. While taking her out in an expensive restaurant to make his proposal, he was involved in a murder case which he solved brilliantly, and right afterward proposed to a startled Yukiko - which she accepted (twenty years later, his son [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] would become involved in a follow-up of the exact same case in the exact same restaurant, but unlike Yusaku he wouldn't be able to profess his feelings to his own love, [[Ran Mouri]]).<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref>
 
Yusaku Kudo was already noted for his sharp intellect and deductive abilities at a young age. He met Inspector Juzo Megure and became a good friend and valuable adviser to him in solving very difficult cases.<ref name="Call">Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call</ref> While he often assisted the police, Yusaku's primary aspiration was that of a writer. Quickly attracting acclaim in his early twenties as a young novelist, he encountered the girl whom he resolved to marry: [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]], an already famed and beautiful actress. While taking her out in an expensive restaurant to make his proposal, he was involved in a murder case which he solved brilliantly, and right afterward proposed to a startled Yukiko - which she accepted (twenty years later, his son [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]] would become involved in a follow-up of the exact same case in the exact same restaurant, but unlike Yusaku he wouldn't be able to profess his feelings to his own love, [[Ran Mouri]]).<ref>Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place</ref>
  
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After Shinichi becomes Conan, Yusaku learns from [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] what occurred, and stages an elaborate false kidnapping to drive home to Conan what the stakes are if he is caught by the [[Black Organization]]. He offers to take Conan to a new life in America, but understands when Shinichi refuses due to a desire for independence and feelings for Ran - though Yusaku doesn't expect that resolve to last.<ref name="Kidnapping">{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=6 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1995-07-18 |isbn=4-09-123376-7 |chapter=File 1 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo|}}</ref> He and Yukiko occasionally check up on Conan, but seem content to respect Shinichi's wishes to pursue the Black Organization without their help.
 
After Shinichi becomes Conan, Yusaku learns from [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] what occurred, and stages an elaborate false kidnapping to drive home to Conan what the stakes are if he is caught by the [[Black Organization]]. He offers to take Conan to a new life in America, but understands when Shinichi refuses due to a desire for independence and feelings for Ran - though Yusaku doesn't expect that resolve to last.<ref name="Kidnapping">{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume=6 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1995-07-18 |isbn=4-09-123376-7 |chapter=File 1 |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo|}}</ref> He and Yukiko occasionally check up on Conan, but seem content to respect Shinichi's wishes to pursue the Black Organization without their help.
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== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==
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| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Dad (''Tou-san'') || Shinichi
 
| [[File:Shinichi Kudo 60px.jpg]] || [[Shinichi Kudo]] || Dad (''Tou-san'') || Shinichi
 
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| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Dad (''Tou-san'') || Shinichi
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| [[File:Conan Edogawa 60px.jpg]] || [[Conan Edogawa]] || Dad (''Tou-san'') || Shinichi<br>Edogawa Conan-kun
 
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| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Shinichi's dad (''Shinichi no otou-san'') || Ran-chan<br>Mouri Ran<br>Ran-kun<ref name="14f8">[[Volume 14]], File 8</ref>
 
| [[File:Ran Mouri 60px.jpg]] || [[Ran Mouri]] || Shinichi's dad (''Shinichi no otou-san'') || Ran-chan<br>Mouri Ran<br>Ran-kun<ref name="14f8">[[Volume 14]], File 8</ref>
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| [[File:Masumi Sera 60px.jpg]] || [[Masumi Sera]] || Kudo Yusaku || -
 
| [[File:Masumi Sera 60px.jpg]] || [[Masumi Sera]] || Kudo Yusaku || -
 
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Kudo Yusaku-shi<ref name="file898">[[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|File 898 (Volume 85)]]</ref>|That FBI agent}}
 
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Kudo Yusaku-shi<ref name="file898">[[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|File 898 (Volume 85)]]</ref>|That FBI agent}}
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{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|-|Akai-kun}}
 
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Kudo Yusaku<ref name="file895">[[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|File 895 (Volume 85)]]</ref>|-}}
 
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Kudo Yusaku<ref name="file895">[[Volume 85#Scarlet Showdown|File 895 (Volume 85)]]</ref>|-}}
 
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== Plot overview ==
 
== Plot overview ==
===Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 5|49-51]], Anime: [[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case|43]])===
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=== Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 5|49-51]], Anime: [[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case|43]]) ===
 
Yusaku and Yukiko reveal themselves to Shinichi. Yusaku created this scenario to test Shinichi's detective skills. Shinichi's parents are worried about him and want Shinichi to realize the danger of hunting the Black Organization. They also want Shinichi to go with them to America and have Interpol or another professional law enforcement try to find the Black Organization instead and have Shinichi give up as a detective because they know how dangerous it is. Shinichi refuses, however, because he wants to stay near Ran and look for the Black Organization too. Yukiko was angry as this, but Yusaku tells her they should respect Shinichi's decision and says mischievously that he had another reason to stay in Japan. Later on a plane, Yukiko began to worry about Shinichi, but Yusaku calmed her down and told her that Shinichi will be alright and believes that he will come back to them. People from Foreigner Magazine find Yusaku, who was surprised that they found him. He asks how they found him. The Foreigner Magazine people said that Shinichi told them. Yukiko wants Shinichi go with them this time and this forces Yusaku to work endlessly.
 
Yusaku and Yukiko reveal themselves to Shinichi. Yusaku created this scenario to test Shinichi's detective skills. Shinichi's parents are worried about him and want Shinichi to realize the danger of hunting the Black Organization. They also want Shinichi to go with them to America and have Interpol or another professional law enforcement try to find the Black Organization instead and have Shinichi give up as a detective because they know how dangerous it is. Shinichi refuses, however, because he wants to stay near Ran and look for the Black Organization too. Yukiko was angry as this, but Yusaku tells her they should respect Shinichi's decision and says mischievously that he had another reason to stay in Japan. Later on a plane, Yukiko began to worry about Shinichi, but Yusaku calmed her down and told her that Shinichi will be alright and believes that he will come back to them. People from Foreigner Magazine find Yusaku, who was surprised that they found him. He asks how they found him. The Foreigner Magazine people said that Shinichi told them. Yukiko wants Shinichi go with them this time and this forces Yusaku to work endlessly.
  
===Night Baron Murder Case (case part) (Manga: [[Volume 8#Night Baron Murder Case|72]], Anime: [[Night Baron Murder Case|68]])===
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=== Night Baron Murder Case (case part) (Manga: [[Volume 8#Night Baron Murder Case|72]], Anime: [[Night Baron Murder Case|68]]) ===
  
===Moon, Star, Sun Code Case (Manga: [[Volume 12#Moon.2C Star.2C and Sun Case|111-113]], Anime: [[The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun|163-164]])===
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=== Moon, Star, Sun Code Case (Manga: [[Volume 12#Moon.2C Star.2C and Sun Case|111-113]], Anime: [[The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun|163-164]]) ===
  
===The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases (Manga: [[Volume 14|131-138]], Anime: [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases |096]])===
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=== The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases (Manga: [[Volume 14|131-138]], Anime: [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases |096]]) ===
  
===Desperate Revival: Shinichi's Return and The Promised Place (Manga: [[Volume 26#Elevator Murder Case|258-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival#Shinichi.27s Return and The Promised Place .28Manga: 258-260.2C Anime: 192-193.29|192-193]])===
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=== Desperate Revival: Shinichi's Return and The Promised Place (Manga: [[Volume 26#Elevator Murder Case|258-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival#Shinichi.27s Return and The Promised Place .28Manga: 258-260.2C Anime: 192-193.29|192-193]]) ===
 
It was revealed that Yusaku, after solving a crime in a high end restaurant, proposed to Yukiko 20 years ago. Shinichi attempted to confess to Ran in the same fashion, but shrunk to Conan before being able to do so.
 
It was revealed that Yusaku, after solving a crime in a high end restaurant, proposed to Yukiko 20 years ago. Shinichi attempted to confess to Ran in the same fashion, but shrunk to Conan before being able to do so.
  
===The North Star No.3 Express (Manga: [[Volume_22#Unpublished_Novel_Case|215-218]], Anime: [[The_North_Star_No.3_Express_Leaving_Ueno|144-145]])===
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=== The North Star No.3 Express (Manga: [[Volume 22#Unpublished Novel Case|215-218]], Anime: [[The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno|144-145]]) ===
  
===Heiji Hattori Vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slopes (Manga: [[Volume 50#Yuki-Onna Murder Case|518-521]] and [[Volume 51#Yuki-Onna Murder Case|522]], Anime: [[Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope|490]])===
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=== Heiji Hattori Vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slopes (Manga: [[Volume 50#Yuki-Onna Murder Case|518-521]] and [[Volume 51#Yuki-Onna Murder Case|522]], Anime: [[Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope|490]]) ===
  
===Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]])===
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=== Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]]) ===
 
10 years in the past Shinichi receives a coded message from a mysterious man at his school. Yusaku manages to give Shinichi a clue to the first code, setting him off on a Childhood Adventure. While Shinichi is gone, [[Eri Kisaki]] delivers a message from the police to Yusaku, thanking him for his efforts at chasing away a mysterious thief. Yusaku had been unable to receive the message due to disconnecting his phone, to work on his manuscripts. When Shinichi reached the end of the code trail, he came to the incorrect conclusion that his father, was the one who had made the code. In the present day, Conan solves the true code and realizes that it was from the original Kaito Kid ([[Toichi Kuroba]]) and was meant for his father to solve.  
 
10 years in the past Shinichi receives a coded message from a mysterious man at his school. Yusaku manages to give Shinichi a clue to the first code, setting him off on a Childhood Adventure. While Shinichi is gone, [[Eri Kisaki]] delivers a message from the police to Yusaku, thanking him for his efforts at chasing away a mysterious thief. Yusaku had been unable to receive the message due to disconnecting his phone, to work on his manuscripts. When Shinichi reached the end of the code trail, he came to the incorrect conclusion that his father, was the one who had made the code. In the present day, Conan solves the true code and realizes that it was from the original Kaito Kid ([[Toichi Kuroba]]) and was meant for his father to solve.  
 
   
 
   
===Holmes' Revelation (Manga: [[Volume 71|743-751]], Anime: [[Holmes' Revelation|616-621]])===
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=== Holmes' Revelation (Manga: [[Volume 71|743-751]], Anime: [[Holmes' Revelation|616-621]]) ===
  
===Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]])===
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=== Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]]) ===
 
10 years in the past Yusaku was called in to assist on a case where a man had died in a park leaving a bloody "death" kanji character next to it. The character caused fear of a possible serial killer. He solved the case instantly and turned to Megure and said that this case would never happen again. In the present day [[Ran Mouri]], [[Sonoko Suzuki]], and [[Masumi Sera]] stumble across a body that also has a bloody "death" kanji next to it. They meet up with Conan and [[Subaru Okiya]] at the Kudo home and go through Yusaku's files. A combination of information from the past and present lead them to the solution that Yusaku had come up with all those years ago. The death had been a accident, but the first person who discovered the body, a young boy, had accidentally created the character, by placing candy next to the body, so the blood would flow around it and shape into the 'death' character. Yusaku withhold the details, because he fear that the boy's actions would be misunderstood as a rude prank. Conan and the girls as well solve the new case and stopping the criminals. However this case had the consequence that Subaru discovered Conan's identity.
 
10 years in the past Yusaku was called in to assist on a case where a man had died in a park leaving a bloody "death" kanji character next to it. The character caused fear of a possible serial killer. He solved the case instantly and turned to Megure and said that this case would never happen again. In the present day [[Ran Mouri]], [[Sonoko Suzuki]], and [[Masumi Sera]] stumble across a body that also has a bloody "death" kanji next to it. They meet up with Conan and [[Subaru Okiya]] at the Kudo home and go through Yusaku's files. A combination of information from the past and present lead them to the solution that Yusaku had come up with all those years ago. The death had been a accident, but the first person who discovered the body, a young boy, had accidentally created the character, by placing candy next to the body, so the blood would flow around it and shape into the 'death' character. Yusaku withhold the details, because he fear that the boy's actions would be misunderstood as a rude prank. Conan and the girls as well solve the new case and stopping the criminals. However this case had the consequence that Subaru discovered Conan's identity.
  
===The Scarlet Return (Manga: [[Volume 85|894-898]], Anime: [[The Scarlet Return|779-783]])===
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=== The Scarlet Return (Manga: [[Volume 85|894-898]], Anime: [[The Scarlet Return|779-783]]) ===
 
[[Bourbon]] manages to trick [[Andre Camel]] into revealing the last piece of information to prove that [[Shuichi Akai]] is still alive. This happens to occur on the same night that Yusaku had been nominated for a Macademy Award. When Bourbon arrives at the Kudo house to confront [[Subaru Okiya]] who he believed to be Akai in disguise, he is met with a "Subaru" wearing the [[Voice-Changing Face Mask]]. After Bourbon reveals the trick that allowed Akai to survive, he gets a call from his co-workers announcing that they had encountered Akai while trying to capture [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Andre Camel]]. Bourbon apologizes to the "Subaru" and leaves. Afterword it is revealed that this was a new plan orchestrated by Conan with Yusaku wearing the Subaru disguise. The Yusaku on the TV in the background, receiving a Macademy Award, was actually [[Yukiko Kudo]] also in a disguise.
 
[[Bourbon]] manages to trick [[Andre Camel]] into revealing the last piece of information to prove that [[Shuichi Akai]] is still alive. This happens to occur on the same night that Yusaku had been nominated for a Macademy Award. When Bourbon arrives at the Kudo house to confront [[Subaru Okiya]] who he believed to be Akai in disguise, he is met with a "Subaru" wearing the [[Voice-Changing Face Mask]]. After Bourbon reveals the trick that allowed Akai to survive, he gets a call from his co-workers announcing that they had encountered Akai while trying to capture [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Andre Camel]]. Bourbon apologizes to the "Subaru" and leaves. Afterword it is revealed that this was a new plan orchestrated by Conan with Yusaku wearing the Subaru disguise. The Yusaku on the TV in the background, receiving a Macademy Award, was actually [[Yukiko Kudo]] also in a disguise.
  
===Ran GIRL/Shinichi BOY (Manga: [[Volume 87#Ran .26 Shinichi .E2.80.93 First Contact|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]])===
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=== Ran GIRL/Shinichi BOY (Manga: [[Volume 87#Ran .26 Shinichi .E2.80.93 First Contact|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]]) ===
  
==Non-Canon Plot Overview==
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=== Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Crimson School Trip Case|1005]], Anime: [[The Scarlet School Trip|927-928]]) ===
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=== The Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Missing Maria Higashio Case|1008]], Anime: [[Search for Maria-chan!|942]]) ===
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Yukiko and Yusaku have returned to Japan and reveal to Conan that they convinced the blog owner to retract her claim in exchange for their autographs. They decide to remain in the country for the foreseeable future, in light of Yusaku's interpretation of [[Koji Haneda]]'s dying message, which leads them and Conan to believe that [[Renya Karasuma]] is connected to the organization.
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== Non-canon plot overview ==
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=== The Phantom of Baker Street (Movie: [[The Phantom of Baker Street|6]]) ===
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=== Home of Beika's Grenier (Anime: [[Home of Beika's Grenier|418]]) ===
  
 
== Relationships analysis ==
 
== Relationships analysis ==
 
{{main|Kudo family}}
 
{{main|Kudo family}}
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=== Yukiko Kudo ===
 
=== Yukiko Kudo ===
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{{main|Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo}}
 
Not much is known about Yusaku and Yukiko's backstory before they get married. The most notable scene was from 20 years ago, when Yusaku and Yukiko met in a high end restaurant. Yusaku observed a murder crime, quickly solved it and suddenly proposed to a startled Yukiko, which she accepted. Despite occasional quarrels, they truly love each other and Yusaku fully supports Yukiko on her connections with the film industry after her retirement.
 
Not much is known about Yusaku and Yukiko's backstory before they get married. The most notable scene was from 20 years ago, when Yusaku and Yukiko met in a high end restaurant. Yusaku observed a murder crime, quickly solved it and suddenly proposed to a startled Yukiko, which she accepted. Despite occasional quarrels, they truly love each other and Yusaku fully supports Yukiko on her connections with the film industry after her retirement.
  
=== Conan Edogawa / Shinichi Kudo ===
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=== Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa ===
Shinichi is his son and learns detective work from him. Yusaku takes Shinichi to crime scenes as soon as Shinichi was 7 years old. Overall, Yusaku is a better detective, both from his experience and his astute observations that Shinichi sometimes misses. Yusaku fully supports Shinichi's goal and gives him the needed independence to solve cases, only dropping hints or stepping in when it is absolutely necessary. Although Yusaku and Yukiko left their son in Japan 3 years ago when they moved to America, they still supported him financially and occasionally came back to Japan to check their son's wellbeing.
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Shinichi is his son and learns detective work from him. Yusaku began taking Shinichi to crime scenes as soon as Shinichi was 7 years old. Overall, Yusaku is a better detective, both from his experience and his astute observations that Shinichi sometimes misses. Yusaku fully supports Shinichi's goal and gives him the needed independence to solve cases, only dropping hints or stepping in when it is absolutely necessary. Although Yusaku and Yukiko left their son in Japan 3 years ago when they moved to America, they still supported him financially and occasionally came back to Japan to check their son's wellbeing.
  
When Shinichi shrunk into Conan, Yusaku staged a fake kidnapping scheme with Yukiko and Professor Agasa to make Shinichi realize the danger of the organization Shinichi was trying to investigate. He offered to bring Shinichi to America, which Shinichi refused. Since then, he still acted the same way towards Conan as before and limited his involvement with Black Organization, only helping his son on a single case by disguising as Okiya Subaru to fool Tooru Amuro.
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When Shinichi shrunk into Conan, Yusaku staged a fake kidnapping scheme with Yukiko and Professor Agasa to make Shinichi realize the danger of the organization Shinichi was trying to investigate. He offered to bring Shinichi to America, which Shinichi refused. Since then, he still acted the same way towards Conan as before and limited his involvement with Black Organization, only helping his son on a single case by disguising as Subaru Okiya to fool Tooru Amuro.
  
 
== Character popularity ==
 
== Character popularity ==
*eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yusaku placed 15th in the poll with 45 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
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* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yusaku placed 15th in the poll with 45 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
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* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Yusaku placed 17th overall with 76 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>
  
*In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Yusaku placed 17th overall with 76 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>
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== Name origin ==
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Yusaku's name comes from Shunsaku "Kudo" (protagonist of the TV Drama [[Wikipedia: Tantei Monogatari|Tantei Monogatari]] (探偵物語<sup>[[Help:Japanese|?]]</sup>, lit. Detective Story<ref>[[Wikipedia: Tantei Monogatari|Wikipedia]]</ref>)) and actor [[Wikipedia: Yusaku Matsuda|"Yusaku" Matsuda]] (who portrayed Shunsaku Kudo).
  
== Name origin ==
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== Character inspiration ==
Yusaku's name comes from Shunsaku '''Kudo''' (protagonist of the TV Drama [[wikipedia:Tantei Monogatari|Tantei Monogatari]] (探偵物語<sup>[[Help:Japanese|?]]</sup>, lit. Detective Story<ref>[[Wikipedia:Tantei Monogatari|Wikipedia]]</ref>)) and actor [[wikipedia:Yusaku Matsuda|'''Yusaku''' Matsuda]] (who portrayed Shunsaku Kudo).
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[[Gosho Aoyama]] was inspired by the fictional character [[Wikipedia: Mycroft Holmes|Mycroft Holmes]] in the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''' series to create Yusaku Kudo. He's smarter than Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist, which is also the same situation with Shinichi's father.<ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>
  
 
== Different looks ==
 
== Different looks ==
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
 
* Yusaku often solves a case before his own son, Shinichi.
 
* Yusaku often solves a case before his own son, Shinichi.
* Yusaku appears to be very near-sighted without his glasses, as Conan first noticed when using one his pairs.
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* Yusaku appears to be very near-sighted without his glasses, as Conan first noticed when using one of his pairs.
* His first name translates to, "make abundance".
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* His first name translates to, "masterpiece".
 
* Aoyama has stated in Super Digest Book 10+ that Yusaku and Yukiko met because Yukiko had been chosen to play the main character of a drama based on one of Yusaku's books.
 
* Aoyama has stated in Super Digest Book 10+ that Yusaku and Yukiko met because Yukiko had been chosen to play the main character of a drama based on one of Yusaku's books.
  
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File:Yusaku Kudo -10.PNG|Yusaku 10 years ago.
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File:Yusaku Kudo 17.jpg|Twenty years ago.
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File:Yusaku Kudo -10.PNG|Ten years ago.
 
File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h42m31s252.png|Yusaku responding to [[Toichi Kuroba]]'s (Original [[Kaitou Kid]]) challenge saying "Yeah, Of course!".
 
File:Vlcsnap-2013-12-08-20h42m31s252.png|Yusaku responding to [[Toichi Kuroba]]'s (Original [[Kaitou Kid]]) challenge saying "Yeah, Of course!".
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File:The Scarlet Return-Mr Yusaku Kudo.jpg|Yusaku in the hall of Macademy Awards ([[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko]] in disguise).
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Characters]]
 
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* [[Shinichi Kudo]]
 
* [[Yukiko Kudo]]
 
* [[Conan Edogawa]]
 
* [[Kudo family]]
 
  
 
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Yusaku Kudo

Yusaku Kudo Profile.png

Profile
Japanese name: 工藤 優作
(Kudō Yūsaku)
English name: Booker Kudo
Age: 37-38
Gender: Male
Relatives: Yukiko Kudo (wife)
Shinichi Kudo (only son)
Occupation: Novelist
Status: Alive
Statistics
First appearance: Manga: File 51
Anime: Episode 43
Appearances: Chapters: 59
Chapters: 3
Episodes: 38
Movies: 3
OVAs: 3
Specials: 1
Openings: 12
Closings: 3
Cases solved: 7
Keyhole number: Volume 22
Actors
Japanese voice: Hideyuki Tanaka
English voice: Randy Tallman
John Swasey

Yusaku Kudo (工藤 優作 Kudō Yūsaku?) is the father of Shinichi Kudo and, along with his wife Yukiko, is one of only a few characters to know he is Conan Edogawa. He is also a world famous novelist and the creator of the popular Night Baron series.

Background

Young Yusaku.

Yusaku Kudo was already noted for his sharp intellect and deductive abilities at a young age. He met Inspector Juzo Megure and became a good friend and valuable adviser to him in solving very difficult cases.[1] While he often assisted the police, Yusaku's primary aspiration was that of a writer. Quickly attracting acclaim in his early twenties as a young novelist, he encountered the girl whom he resolved to marry: Yukiko Fujimine, an already famed and beautiful actress. While taking her out in an expensive restaurant to make his proposal, he was involved in a murder case which he solved brilliantly, and right afterward proposed to a startled Yukiko - which she accepted (twenty years later, his son Shinichi would become involved in a follow-up of the exact same case in the exact same restaurant, but unlike Yusaku he wouldn't be able to profess his feelings to his own love, Ran Mouri).[2]

Yusaku's detective stories have won international acclaim, especially his novels involving the character called Night Baron, who has become a popular cultural item. He prefers to be known as a novelist, despite multiple demonstrations of a Mycroftian tendency to solve a case before Shinichi reaches the same conclusions (as in the OVA where Shinichi was trying to prove the alibi involving, supposedly, a black labrador dog). In the course of his career, he also encountered the first Kaitou Kid and struck a sort of competitive friendship with him; it is implied that Yusaku knew Kid's identity, but chose to chase Kid only during heists in order to foil the theft and no further.[3]

After Shinichi becomes Conan, Yusaku learns from Agasa what occurred, and stages an elaborate false kidnapping to drive home to Conan what the stakes are if he is caught by the Black Organization. He offers to take Conan to a new life in America, but understands when Shinichi refuses due to a desire for independence and feelings for Ran - though Yusaku doesn't expect that resolve to last.[4] He and Yukiko occasionally check up on Conan, but seem content to respect Shinichi's wishes to pursue the Black Organization without their help.

Personality

Yusaku Kudo possesses a very sharp intellect and observation skills, traits which his son inherited, though Yusaku's own abilities remain more well-honed. He demonstrates in multiple cases an ability to operate one step ahead of both Shinichi and criminals, but he chooses to not get involved unless Conan appears unable solve the case alone in time to save the intended victim.[5][6][7] His success as a novelist is to a large part based on his keen understanding of the criminal mind, as his most famous recurring character is a criminal. While he is an excellent author, he will occasionally blow off his editors in order to do other things, such as travel with Yukiko.[4] He is very laid back and calm, never seen to lose his temper. Some might think him too laid back, as he often took his son to crime scenes before Shinichi was eleven,[1] and showed no concern over six-year-old Shinichi dragging Ran and Agasa into a potentially dangerous area of town to investigate a code.[8] The only time he has been shown to be caught off-guard or stressed by a situation is after the false kidnapping, when Shinichi alerts Yusaku's editors to his location and they force him to make up for missing his deadlines.[4] His less tolerable personality traits include a certain cockiness and a very bad touch at making humor.[5]

Yusaku loves to read, and is the one who compiled the massive library of mystery fiction Shinichi read as a child. His love of Sherlock Holmes is briefly explored in the non-canon 6th movie, 'The Phantom of Baker Street', wherein Yusaku and Agasa helped develop one of the Cocoon VR modules as 19th Century London and included Holmes, Watson, and Irene Adler as non-playable characters modeled visually after Yusaku, Agasa, and Yukiko, respectively.

Appellations

Plot overview

Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Manga: 49-51, Anime: 43)

Yusaku and Yukiko reveal themselves to Shinichi. Yusaku created this scenario to test Shinichi's detective skills. Shinichi's parents are worried about him and want Shinichi to realize the danger of hunting the Black Organization. They also want Shinichi to go with them to America and have Interpol or another professional law enforcement try to find the Black Organization instead and have Shinichi give up as a detective because they know how dangerous it is. Shinichi refuses, however, because he wants to stay near Ran and look for the Black Organization too. Yukiko was angry as this, but Yusaku tells her they should respect Shinichi's decision and says mischievously that he had another reason to stay in Japan. Later on a plane, Yukiko began to worry about Shinichi, but Yusaku calmed her down and told her that Shinichi will be alright and believes that he will come back to them. People from Foreigner Magazine find Yusaku, who was surprised that they found him. He asks how they found him. The Foreigner Magazine people said that Shinichi told them. Yukiko wants Shinichi go with them this time and this forces Yusaku to work endlessly.

Night Baron Murder Case (case part) (Manga: 72, Anime: 68)

Moon, Star, Sun Code Case (Manga: 111-113, Anime: 163-164)

The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases (Manga: 131-138, Anime: 096)

Desperate Revival: Shinichi's Return and The Promised Place (Manga: 258-260, Anime: 192-193)

It was revealed that Yusaku, after solving a crime in a high end restaurant, proposed to Yukiko 20 years ago. Shinichi attempted to confess to Ran in the same fashion, but shrunk to Conan before being able to do so.

The North Star No.3 Express (Manga: 215-218, Anime: 144-145)

Heiji Hattori Vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slopes (Manga: 518-521 and 522, Anime: 490)

Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Manga: 570-573, Anime: 472-473)

10 years in the past Shinichi receives a coded message from a mysterious man at his school. Yusaku manages to give Shinichi a clue to the first code, setting him off on a Childhood Adventure. While Shinichi is gone, Eri Kisaki delivers a message from the police to Yusaku, thanking him for his efforts at chasing away a mysterious thief. Yusaku had been unable to receive the message due to disconnecting his phone, to work on his manuscripts. When Shinichi reached the end of the code trail, he came to the incorrect conclusion that his father, was the one who had made the code. In the present day, Conan solves the true code and realizes that it was from the original Kaito Kid (Toichi Kuroba) and was meant for his father to solve.

Holmes' Revelation (Manga: 743-751, Anime: 616-621)

Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: 812-814, Anime: 690-691)

10 years in the past Yusaku was called in to assist on a case where a man had died in a park leaving a bloody "death" kanji character next to it. The character caused fear of a possible serial killer. He solved the case instantly and turned to Megure and said that this case would never happen again. In the present day Ran Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki, and Masumi Sera stumble across a body that also has a bloody "death" kanji next to it. They meet up with Conan and Subaru Okiya at the Kudo home and go through Yusaku's files. A combination of information from the past and present lead them to the solution that Yusaku had come up with all those years ago. The death had been a accident, but the first person who discovered the body, a young boy, had accidentally created the character, by placing candy next to the body, so the blood would flow around it and shape into the 'death' character. Yusaku withhold the details, because he fear that the boy's actions would be misunderstood as a rude prank. Conan and the girls as well solve the new case and stopping the criminals. However this case had the consequence that Subaru discovered Conan's identity.

The Scarlet Return (Manga: 894-898, Anime: 779-783)

Bourbon manages to trick Andre Camel into revealing the last piece of information to prove that Shuichi Akai is still alive. This happens to occur on the same night that Yusaku had been nominated for a Macademy Award. When Bourbon arrives at the Kudo house to confront Subaru Okiya who he believed to be Akai in disguise, he is met with a "Subaru" wearing the Voice-Changing Face Mask. After Bourbon reveals the trick that allowed Akai to survive, he gets a call from his co-workers announcing that they had encountered Akai while trying to capture Jodie Starling and Andre Camel. Bourbon apologizes to the "Subaru" and leaves. Afterword it is revealed that this was a new plan orchestrated by Conan with Yusaku wearing the Subaru disguise. The Yusaku on the TV in the background, receiving a Macademy Award, was actually Yukiko Kudo also in a disguise.

Ran GIRL/Shinichi BOY (Manga: 921-924, Anime: 853-854)

Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: 1005, Anime: 927-928)

The Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: 1008, Anime: 942)

Yukiko and Yusaku have returned to Japan and reveal to Conan that they convinced the blog owner to retract her claim in exchange for their autographs. They decide to remain in the country for the foreseeable future, in light of Yusaku's interpretation of Koji Haneda's dying message, which leads them and Conan to believe that Renya Karasuma is connected to the organization.

Non-canon plot overview

The Phantom of Baker Street (Movie: 6)

Home of Beika's Grenier (Anime: 418)

Relationships analysis

Yukiko Kudo

Not much is known about Yusaku and Yukiko's backstory before they get married. The most notable scene was from 20 years ago, when Yusaku and Yukiko met in a high end restaurant. Yusaku observed a murder crime, quickly solved it and suddenly proposed to a startled Yukiko, which she accepted. Despite occasional quarrels, they truly love each other and Yusaku fully supports Yukiko on her connections with the film industry after her retirement.

Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa

Shinichi is his son and learns detective work from him. Yusaku began taking Shinichi to crime scenes as soon as Shinichi was 7 years old. Overall, Yusaku is a better detective, both from his experience and his astute observations that Shinichi sometimes misses. Yusaku fully supports Shinichi's goal and gives him the needed independence to solve cases, only dropping hints or stepping in when it is absolutely necessary. Although Yusaku and Yukiko left their son in Japan 3 years ago when they moved to America, they still supported him financially and occasionally came back to Japan to check their son's wellbeing.

When Shinichi shrunk into Conan, Yusaku staged a fake kidnapping scheme with Yukiko and Professor Agasa to make Shinichi realize the danger of the organization Shinichi was trying to investigate. He offered to bring Shinichi to America, which Shinichi refused. Since then, he still acted the same way towards Conan as before and limited his involvement with Black Organization, only helping his son on a single case by disguising as Subaru Okiya to fool Tooru Amuro.

Character popularity

  • eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Yusaku placed 15th in the poll with 45 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.[12]
  • In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Yusaku placed 17th overall with 76 votes.[13]

Name origin

Yusaku's name comes from Shunsaku "Kudo" (protagonist of the TV Drama Tantei Monogatari (探偵物語?, lit. Detective Story[14])) and actor "Yusaku" Matsuda (who portrayed Shunsaku Kudo).

Character inspiration

Gosho Aoyama was inspired by the fictional character Mycroft Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes' series to create Yusaku Kudo. He's smarter than Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist, which is also the same situation with Shinichi's father.[15]

Different looks

Episode 43
Episode 418
Episode 621

Quotes

"You are going to regret it, if you underestimate girls."

Episode 96, talking to Conan about Ran

Trivia

  • Yusaku often solves a case before his own son, Shinichi.
  • Yusaku appears to be very near-sighted without his glasses, as Conan first noticed when using one of his pairs.
  • His first name translates to, "masterpiece".
  • Aoyama has stated in Super Digest Book 10+ that Yusaku and Yukiko met because Yukiko had been chosen to play the main character of a drama based on one of Yusaku's books.

In other languages

Language Given Name Family Name
Flag of Japan Japanese 優作 Yūsaku 工藤 Kudō
Flag of Arab League Arabic يوساكو Yūsāko كودو Kōdo
Flag of Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia Yusaku Kudo
Flag of Catalonia Catalan Yusaku Kudo
Flag of China Chinese 优作 Youzuo 工藤 Gongteng
Flag of US English Booker Kudo
Flag of Philippines Filipino Yusaku Kudo
Flag of Finland Finnish Yusaku Kudo
Flag of France French Yusaku Kudo
Flag of Germany German Yusaku Kudo
Flag of Italy Italian Yusaku (Yasuke in ep. 286) Kudo
Flag of North KoreaFlag of South Korea Korean 건 Gun 남 Nam
Flag of Spain Spanish Yusaku (anime), Yusuke (manga, file 218) Kudo
Flag of Thailand Thai ยูซากุ Yū-sā-ku คุโด้ Khu-dô
Flag of Republic of China Traditional Chinese 優作 Youzuo 工藤 Gongteng
Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Yuusaku Kudo

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Manga Chapter 204: The Initial Call
  2. ^ Manga Chapter 260: The Memorable Place
  3. ^ Manga Chapter 573: Setting Sun
  4. ^ a b c Aoyama, Gosho (1995-07-18). "File 1" (in Japanese). Detective Conan. 6. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-123376-7. 
  5. ^ a b Manga Chapter 218: The Last Station
  6. ^ Manga Chapter 752: A Troublesome and Difficult Case
  7. ^ Episode (English #99-102: The Cornered Detective)
  8. ^ Manga Chapter 572: Broad Daylight
  9. ^ a b Volume 14, File 8
  10. ^ File 898 (Volume 85)
  11. ^ File 895 (Volume 85)
  12. ^ "『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結果". eBookJapan. 2011-05-12. http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp. Retrieved on 2011-05-15. 
  13. ^ "Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic"]. eva. 2012-02-28. http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566. Retrieved on 2012-02-29. 
  14. ^ Wikipedia
  15. ^ Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)
Main Characters
Protagonists Shinichi KudoConan EdogawaRan MouriKogoro Mouri
Detective Boys Ai HaibaraAyumi YoshidaMitsuhiko TsuburayaGenta Kojima
Family & Friends Hiroshi AgasaSonoko SuzukiEri KisakiYusaku KudoYukiko KudoHeiji HattoriKazuha ToyamaYoko OkinoSumiko KobayashiTomoaki AraideMakoto KyogokuShizuka HattoriJirokichi SuzukiEisuke HondouAzusa EnomotoSubaru OkiyaMasumi SeraShukichi HanedaSakurako YoneharaRumi WakasaMomiji OokaMuga Iori
Tokyo Metropolitan Police District Juzo MegureWataru TakagiMiwako SatoNinzaburo ShiratoriYumi MiyamotoKazunobu ChibaNaeko MiikeKiyonaga MatsumotoInspector YuminagaShintaro ChakiHyoue KurodaKenji HagiwaraJinpei MatsudaWataru Date
Osaka Police District Heizo HattoriGinshiro ToyamaGoro Otaki
Nagano Police District Kansuke YamatoYui UeharaTaka'aki Morofushi
Other police districts Sango YokomizoMisao YamamuraJugo YokomizoFumimaro Ayanokoji
NPA and Public Security Bureau Rei Furuya (Bourbon)Hiromitsu MorofushiYuya Kazami
FBI Shuichi AkaiJodie StarlingJames BlackAndre Camel
CIA Hidemi Hondou (Kir)Ethan Hondou
MI6 Mary SeraTsutomu Akai
Black Organization The BossRumGinVodkaVermouthChiantiKornShiho MiyanoAkemi MiyanoElena MiyanoAtsushi MiyanoTequilaPiscoCalvadosRikumichi KusudaKi'ichiro Numabuchi
Magic Kaito Kaito KurobaKaitou KidAoko NakamoriGinzo NakamoriToichi KurobaChikage KurobaKonosuke JiiKeiko MomoiAkako KoizumiSaguru HakubaSnakeRose (OVA only) • Saguru's HousekeeperSpider (TV special only)
Others "The Criminal"Hideo AkagiRyusuke HigoTakahiro SanadaScar AkaiKohji HanedaKamen YaibaAmanda Hughes