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Many of the main characters as they appear ijimn the anime

The cast of the Case Closed series are created and drawn by Gosho Aoyama. The characters are modern day people in the 21st century taking place in Japan. The Protagonists transit from his earlier series Magic Kaito looking very alike besides for their hair style; Exceptionally, Kaito Kuroba has made a number of appearances as himself in the anime and manga of the series. The similarity has been noted between the main protagonist of the Case Closed series Shinichi Kudo and protagonist of the Magic Kaito Series, Kaito Kuroba. Over hundreds of minor characters with one time appearances have been created and used to create a scene of a murder, attempted in some cases, and are found by Jimmy's deductions. The minor characters are always given a background, motive, and a personality that suits to put them under suspect during the murder.

One day after solving a murder case at a theme park, Jimmy was observing a suspicious trade between some mysterious people. Jimmy was knocked out from behind by Gin who caught him off guard. The mysterious men decide to test a new poison called APTX 4869, that could kill without leaving any trace of it behind. They force Jimmy to drink it.Instead of killing him, the drug reverts him back to a seven year old child. He goes to Professor Agasa's house to ask for help. Agasa realize how dangerous the men who did this to him could be and told him Jimmy Kudo must disappear as if he were dead or the men will kill all those in contact with. Jimmy now lives under the alias Conan Edogawa; a name he quickly thought up of after using parts of authors names on a book when Rachel Moore suddenly asks him what his name is. Afterwards Agasa suggested Rachel to let Conan live with her while his parents are away. Because her father Richard Moore happens to own a detective agency, it can be used in hope a case will appear that will have connections to the Black Organization.

The English adaption hold courtesies over the name. The anime dubbed pronounced by Funimation has different names than the one in the manga published by Viz Media. The names in the article follow the Funimation formats.

Kudo Family

Jimmy Kudo

Jimmy also known in Japan as Kudo Shinichi (工藤 新一, Kudo Shin'ichi) is the protagonist of the series. Jimmy is a high school detective who was inadvertently shrunk back to his childhood body after being given an experimental poison when knocked out, the drug was supposed to kill him, by a criminal organization. He now goes under the alias Conan Edogawa (江戸川 コナン, Edogawa Konan) and has to pretend to be a little kid in order to protect his identity and the people around him from the organization. He is a popular detective and has a crush on his childhood friend, Rachel Moore. He is also a great soccer player, and was sometimes a bit full of himself before he became "Conan". His two seiyū are Kappei Yamaguchi for Shinichi and Minami Takayama for Conan. He is voiced by Jerry Jewell for Jimmy and Alison Viktorin for Conan. In the TV Drama he was portrayed by Shun Oguri in Teenage form Fujisaki Nao in child form.

Booker Kudo

Booker known in Japan as Yusaku Kudo (工藤 優作, Kudo Yusaku) is Jimmy's father. He is a famous author of detective stories[1], and he created the popular character, "Knight Baron." He is extremely intelligent, and often had helped the police many times in the past solve cases that no one else could solve. His deduction skills are superior to Jimmy's.[2][3] He was the one who created the name Phantom Thief Kid from Phantom Thief 1412.[4]. It was hinted that he may have known Toichi Kuroba was the Phantom Thief Kid he was facing.[5]. He and Vivian moved to Los Angeles to pursue their careers leaving Jimmy behind in Japan. His seiyū is Hideyuki Tanaka and his English voice actor is Randy Tallman.

Vivian Kudo

Vivian known in Japan as Yukiko Kudo (工藤 有希子, Kudō Yukiko) is Jimmy's mother. She was a former actress who gave up her career at age 20 to marry Booker against the will of her family[6]. She had been a rival of Eva Kadan in her high school years, and tied with Eva at the last Miss Titan beauty contest that was held at their school.[7] It is later revealed that due to Richard's poor English comprehension, he had failed to submit his vote to break the tie.[8] Because of her reputation as the wife of a famous mystery author and for involving herself in some criminal cases which she occasionally helps to solve, she has been given the nickname, "The Night Baroness"[9][10] after the main character that her husband created for his mystery novels. Her seiyū is Sumi Shimamoto and her English voice actress is Laurie Steele.

Moore Family

Rachel Moore

Rachel Moore known as Ran Mori (毛利 蘭, Mōri Ran) in Japan is Jimmy's best friend since elementary school. Both are in love with one another but neither have the courage to admit their feelings. While in the manga their relationship is not, in the drama movie and in several manga cases (different to the original manga series) they are indeed known as lovers. She is skilled in the martial arts and is the captain of her karate team, though her resolve can be easily broken if she has to face anything related with the horror genre. She spends most of her home life looking after Conan (whom she does not know is really Jimmy) and her irresponsible father. She sometimes threatens him with a punch on the table, but is a very genial person. Her seiyū is Wakana Yamazaki and her English voice actress is Colleen Clinkenbeard. In the live drama, she was portrayed by Tomoka Kurokawa.

Richard Moore

Richard Moore known as Kogoro Mori (毛利 小五郎, Mōri Kogorō) in Japan is Rachel's father, a former police officer turned incompetent private detective. He was married to Eva Kadan, a successful lawyer and childhood friend, but now they are divorced and living separately. Despite his irresponsible ways, he appears to care deeply for his daughter, and at times shows some flashes of honor and strict ethics. His seiyū is Akira Kamiya and his English voice actor is R. Bruce Elliot. He was portrayed by Takanori Jinnai in the live drama.

Eva Kadan

Eva Kaden known in Japan as Eri kisaki (妃 英里, Kisaki Eri) is Rachel's lawyer mother that has been separated with Richard Moore for the last ten years. She still wears her wedding band and still cares for him and is not above testing if he still cares for her. Her seiyū was Gara Takashima and her English voice actress is Julie Mayfield.

Junior Detective League

Amy Yeager

Amy Yeager known as Ayumi Yoshida (吉田歩美, Yoshida Ayumi) in Japan is a girl who becomes friends with Conan. Amy was the sole female member of the Junior Detective League until they got Ai to join. She has a crush on Conan which makes him uncomfortable, though Ayumi thinks that he loves Ai Haibara because he tries to protect her. A naive and innocent little girl who shows courage from time to time and acts as the team's cheerful spirit. She won deeper friendship with Ai and was allowed to use the term Ai-chan to address Haibara.[11] In the English Manga, her name is translated to Amy Yoshida. Her seiyū is Yukiko Iwai and her English voice actress is Monica Rial.

Mitch Tennison

Mitch known as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (円谷光彦, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko) in Japan is a friend of Amy who has a scientific approach. He seems to be infatuated with both Amy and Ai Haibara. A smart and well-read first-grader who believes that technology can solve all problems. It was shown that his parents are both teachers. and he has an older sister, Asami Tsuburaya (円谷 朝美, Tsuburaya Asami), two years his senior.[12] In the English Manga, his name is translated to Mitch Tsuburaya. His seiyū is Ikue Ohtani and his English voice actor is Cynthia Cranz. He was temporarily voiced by Orikasa Ai in the 10th movie.

George Kaminski

George also known as Genta Kojima (小嶋元太, Kojima Genta) in Japan is an overweight, self-proclaimed leader of the Junior Detective League. He has a crush on Amy. In the English Manga, his name is translated to George Kojima. His seiyū is Wataru Takagi and his English voice actor was Dameon Clarke and currently Mike McFarland.

Shiho Miyano

Shiho Miyano (宮野志保, Miyano Shiho) former member of the crime syndicate under the code name "Sherry" (シェリー, Sherry). She was the inventor of APTX 4869, the poison that shrank Jimmy. Shiho betrays the organization after Gin killed her sister, Akemi Miyano. Shiho took the drug in a suicide attempt, but rather than dying, she, like Jimmy, became small. She is taken in by Dr. Agasa and becomes Conan Edogawa's right hand under her alias Anita Hailey known in Japan as Ai Haibara (灰原哀, Haibara Ai). She shows affection towards Jimmy and is cheered by him as well, but she denies having said feelings. Despite being constantly in the company of Junior Detective League and Ran, she was very reserved and only opened up a little more to Amy and Rachel after sometime. In Episode 330, she allowed only Ayumi to call her "Ai-chan". She often helps Conan solve cases and find information on the Black Organization to help bring them down. In the English Manga and English anime remain the same. Her seiyū is Megumi Hayashibara. In the live drama, her teenage form was portrayed by Yuu Kashii and her child form was by Shibota Kyota.

Law Enforcement

Tokyo Metropolitan Police

Inspector Joseph Megure

Inspector Joseph Megure known in Japan as Inspector Megure Juzo (目暮警部, Megure Juzo-keibu) is a veteran police officer who has been working with Shinichi/Conan, Yusaku Kudo and Richard Moore. In fact, Moore used to work under him 10 years ago. It was noted in the second Detective Conan movie, "The Fourteenth Target", that he never took his hat off; it is eventually revealed that he uses it to hide an old scar which reminds him of a special case from 20 years ago, during his early police days, which involved his then-future wife Midori. That time he was still a new police officer in charge of protecting a high school student(his later wife)from a madman who tries to hit and run teenager girls. Megure saved the girl's life, at the cost of a scar on his head. [13] His seiyū is Chafurin and English voice actor is Mark Stoddard.

Miwako Sato

Miwako Sato (佐藤 美和子, Satō Miwako) is a young female officer who works with Meguire. Her father was also a police officer who was killed on duty when she was only six years old. Her former partner Matsuda was killed in an explosion. She made her debut as a cameo appearance in Volume 19 of the manga or Episode 130 and was properly introduced in Volume 21 or Episode 146. Her seiyū is Atsuko Yuya.

Tough, energetic, and a dedicated police officer that her "dates" tend to turn into police investigations, but she also can be quite lively and cheerful. Sato is hugely popular with the male members of the police department, but to their chagrin she, albeit hesitantly, begins to develop feelings for her colleague Takagi. She has come to value Conan's aid in several tough cases and trusts his judgment implicitly. She can tell he is no ordinary boy, and accepts him as a member of the police.

Wataru Wilder Wataru Wilder known in Japan as Wataru Takagi (高木 渉, Takagi Wataru) is an officer who works with Meguire and has a crush on Sato which is somewhat awkwardly requited. He first appeared in the anime in episode 21/22(Lights... Camera... Murder), and made his first manga appearance in Volume 18 Chapter 171 - It Must be Similar. His last name, Takagi, is used as the first name in the English Manga. He was named after his seiyū Wataru Takagi. His English voice actor is Doug Burks.

Takagi has an appearance of ineffectual nervousness, but he's not as useless as he seems. He is quick to assess a situation and take immediate and decisive action when necessary are points in his favor. He also appeared to know (or at least suspect) about Conan/Jimmy's secret identity and problem; this is seen when he makes close observation to Conan in some investigation and in the end of Volume 36 or Episode 304 when Conan wants to defuse the time bomb. Like Sato, he sees that Conan is extraordinary. When Conan and Takagi have a talk about the time bomb, he asks Conan "Who are you?" Conan says that he'll tell him, but only in the afterlife.

Officer Isshin Chiba

Officer Isshin Chiba (千葉一伸, Isshin Chiba) is Takagi's partner who likes to eat a lot. He's nice and very encouraging towards his friend. He made his debut in the fourth Detective Conan movie, then as a cameo appearance in Volume 29 of the manga and was properly introduced in Volume 32. Later in the series it's revealed he is a fan of the children's show Kamen Yaiba.

Ninzaburo Santos

Ninzaburo Santos (白鳥 任三郎, Shiratori Ninzaburō) is another officer who works with Meguire and likes Sato; however, she does not feel the same about him. He made his first appearance in the first Detective Conan movie and his manga appearance was in Volume 21, along with Officer Sato. Later in the series he makes overt advances towards Miwako, relying heavily on his status as the scion of a wealthy family (and doing his best to make the shy and awkward Takagi feel inferior in the process). His seiyū was Kaneto Shiozawa and is now Kazuhiko Inoue. His English voice actor is Eric Vale.

Kiyonaga McLaughlin

Kiyonaga Mclaughlin known in Japan as Kiyonaga Matsumoto (松本 清長, Matsumoto Kiyonaga) is the superior officer of Joseph Meguire and his underlings. His brutish appearance and the scar running down his left eye easily hide the fact that he is a caring, if somewhat stern, father figure. He is widowed and has a single daughter, Sayuri Matsumoto / Catherine McLaughlin, who used to be Jimmy's, Rachel's, and Serena's music teacher in middle school. He received the scar on his face during a confrontation with a serial killer 20 years prior to the series. His seiyū is Seizo Katou and his English voice actor is Bob Carter.

Jinpei Matsuda

Jinpei Matsuda (松田 陣平, Matsuda Jinpei) is Miwako's parter who died while trying to stop a bomb from exploding. He chose to stay inside a Ferris wheel ride with a bomb because a message came that another bomb's location would be displayed on the casing three seconds before the explosion. He originally meant to redeem his partner Hagiwara, who died four years before in a related incident, but was unable to succeed. Miwako was partnered with him for less than a week, but his intense personality and subsequent death left a huge and lasting impact on her for years to come. Judging from her reactions to him shortly before he died, it is believed Sato was starting to fall in love with him. She has now carried the love on to Detective Wilder, though she does not admit it. His character design is based on that of the famous Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda. His seiyū is Canna Nobutoshi.

Yumi Miyamoto

Yumi Miyamoto (宮本 由美, Miyamoto Yumi) is a traffic officer and Inspector Sato's best friend. She is a gossip who knows about Takagi's crush on Sato and, while often teasing the two about their relationship, she tries her best to help them get underway. Yumi is also quite attractive and popular in her own way, and she owns two dogs named Suta and Hachi. Her seiyū is Yuu Sugimoto.

Mace Fuller

Mace Fuller known in Japan as Ginzo Nakamouri (中森 銀三, Nakamouri Ginzō) is the inspector who is the head of the Phantom Theif Kid Task force, and can never quite catch him. He is known for his colorful, loud curses and temperamental demeanor. He mistakenly believes that the current Kaito Kid is the one that he started chasing after more than 20 years ago. He is unaware however, that the best friend of his daughter, Aoko, is the current Kaitou Kid. He appears in the manga Magic Kaito as well. His seiyū is Unshou Ishizuka and his English voice actor is Jay Jones.

Osaka Prefecture Police

Martin Hartwell

Martin Hartwel, known in Japan as Heizo Hattori (服部 平蔵, Hattori Heizō) is Harley's father is the chief commissioner of the Osaka police department. While a very serious and stern police officer and family man, he has come to admire his son's abilities, though he rarely shows. His seiyū is Takehiro Koyama and his English voice actor is Andrew Chandler.

Commissioner Toyama (遠山)

Kazuha Toyama's father and member of the Osaka police department who works closely with Heizō Hattori. His seiyū is Shinji Ogawa.

Goro Otaki

Goro Otaki (大滝 悟郎, Gorō Ōtaki) is a member of the Osaka police department who is also a close friend to Harley Hartwell and has learned to trust him in the face of hard-to-crack cases. His seiyū is Norio Wakamoto.

Other State Police

Detective Worthington

Detective Worthington (横溝 参悟, Yokomizo Sango) is a stern-looking police inspector from Saitama who later he transfers to Shizuoka whom Conan has run into on several occasions. He is a serious and capable police officer, though he tends to be skeptical about theories and to intimidate suspects by moving up close and staring at them. He made his first appearance in the Case Closed Volume 6. His seiyū is Akio Ohtsuka and his English voice actor is Dameon Clarke.

Inspector Jugo

Inspector Jugo (横溝 重悟, Yokomizo Jugo), He is the twin brother of Detectiving Yokomizo Worthington works at the Kanagawa police department. As intimidating as his older brother, he is much neater and much less easy-going, which does not make him particularly popular with the people he encounters. His seiyū is Akio Ohtsuka, the same for Worthington.

Misao Yamamura

Misao Yamamura (山村 ミサオ, Yamamura Misao) is a young police officer from the Gunma Prefecture. Thanks to watching too much TV, he is very enthusiastic about his work but is totally naive, bumbling and child-headed, and thus totally unsuited for the job. The first reaction of Conan and all who know him whenever they happen to encounter him is exasperation, but once set on the right track he is very supportive. His grandmother, Nonna Yamamura (山村 ばあちゃん, Yamamura Nonna), made an appearance in manga volume 52. His seiyū is Toshio Furukawa.

Kansuke Yamato

Inspector Kansuke Yamato (大和 敢助, Yamato Kansuke) is a Police officer from Nagano Prefecture with a prominent pair of criss-crossed scars over his blinded left eye. He walks with a crutch on his left arm. His first appearance in manga volume 59. In the same case, it was revealed he sustained those injuries during his disappearance for six months previously, while pursuing some criminals. His name seemed to have been inspired by Yamamoto Kansuke (山本 勘助), a brilliant strategist and advisor of Takeda Shingen (武田信玄), a background character in the case. Yamamoto Kansuke was also disabled in one eye and one leg. Kansuke is also a childhood friend of Yui Euhara (上原 由衣, Uehara Yui), as well as her superior in the Nagano police. They were very close, but when he was presumed dead during his disappearance, she resigned and took it upon herself to marry into the Torada (虎田) family to investigate the death of another well-loved colleague.

Jodie Starling

Jodie Starling appeared in episode 226 as Rachel's English teacher under the name of Jodie Saintemillion. For a long time she was suspected by Conan's friends to be Vermouth in disguise, and even investigated by Conan and Harley on these suspicions in episodes 277-278, but is later revealed to be an FBI Agent in episode 345. She has a personal vendetta against Vermouth concerning the death of her father. She likes to call Conan "cool kid" but does not know his secret as she asks Vermouth (who knows Conan's identity) the reason she called him "cool guy" instead of "kid". Please note that her name is a reference to Agent Clarice Starling from The Silence of the Lambs, played by actress Jodie Foster. Her seiyū is Miyuki Ichijou.

Shuichi Akai

Shuichi Akai (赤井 秀一, Akai Shū'ichi) First appeared in episode 230-231 as a mysterious man spying on Conan. He is later revealed to be an FBI agent in episode 345 and Jodie's partner. He joined the BO (he was codenamed "Rye") to spy on them. He is also the boyfriend of Miyano Akemi, the sister of Anita Hailey. In the manga, Gin refers to him as a very dangerous man after Vermouth informs him about her encounter with Conan and the FBI agents. His seiyū is Shuuichi Ikeda.


James Black

Another FBI Agent who works with Shu'ichi and Jodie. He is older and appears to have a higher ranking. He first appears in episode 258, mistaken for a celebrity whom he resembles. His seiyū is Iemasa Kayumi.

Andre Camel

A new FBI introduced in Chapter 600 of the manga, and episode 497 of the anime. He works as Jodie's partner, and at first, both Jodie and Conan were very suspicious of him. He and Shu'ichi appear to have somewhat of an alliance. It is revealed that he feels as though he owes Shu'ichi because he's the one who blew his cover while working as an undercover BO member, thus, getting his girlfriend Akemi killed. His seiyū is Kiyoyouki Yanada.

Ethan Hondou

Ethan Hondou (本堂 イーサン) a deceased and a hard-boiled CIA agent. He is Hidemi and Eisuke's father, He was originally thought by Conan and friends to have been a member of the Black Organization, but it turned out he had infiltrated them for the purposes of destroying them. When he and his daughter put a plan in motion to place a new CIA agent within the organization (her), Ethan noticed that the syndicate had bugged Hidemi's clothes. To protect his daughter, Ethan was forced to injure Hidemi and kill himself - making it look like he had interrogated her and she had killed him. His seiyū is Rikiya Koyama.

Eisuke Hondou

Eisuke Hondou (本堂 瑛祐, Hondō Eisuke) is Rachel's new classmate and is very clumsy. At first, Conan suspects he works for the Black Organization because not only does he look a lot like Rena Mizunashi (Kir), but he uses the same lying-detecting skills as she did. Conan is the only one having second thoughts about Eisuke, but others think that he's just a smart misguided student. In episode 464, Eisuke tries to dig for information on how Richard Moore figures out his cases. After Kir "escaped" from the FBI, Eisuke is revealed to be the son of a deceased CIA agent, Ethan Hondou. The Government offers him protection, but he refuses it. Currently, he intends to join the CIA like his sister and father. Eisuke also later tricks Conan into revealing his secret to him by telling Conan that he is in love with Ran and plans to ask her to go with him to America. His seiyū is Junko Noda.

Hidemi Hondou

Hidemi Hondou (本堂 瑛海, Hondō Hidemi) is originally introduced as a newscaster under the name Rena Mizunashi, Hidemi Hondou also serves as a member of the Black Organization under the codename Kir, as revealed in episode 425 (volume 48-49 of the manga). She is later knocked into a coma and detained by FBI agents after being involved in a traffic accident. It is revealed that her name is most likely an alias that refers to "007". She later wakes up and it is ultimately revealed that she is an undercover CIA agent, working as a double agent within the BO, trying to bring them down. She is the sister of Eisuke. Her seiyū is Kotono Mitsuishi.

Black Organization

Current

Gin

Gin (ジン, Gin) is One of the top-ranked members in the BO, and the person who gave the APTX 4869 poison to Jimmy. Extremely cold-blooded and one of the most menacingly-drawn of the villains. It should be noted that he is also extremely perceptive, which explains why it would be extremely difficult to catch him. His name is changed to Melkior in the Manga. His seiyū is Yukitoshi Hori and his English voice actor is Troy Baker. He was portrayed by Sasaki Kuranosuke in the live drama.

Vodka

Vodka (ウォッカ, Vodka) is a member of the BO; always seen alongside Gin and refers to him as aniki ("older brother"). Unlike Gin, he is very slow and easy to trick. Vodka would've been caught many times if he wasn't with Gin all the time. His name is Kasper in the manga. His seiyū is Fumihiko Tachiki and his English voice actor is Kyle Herbert. He was portrayed by Taro Okada in the live drama.

Vermouth

Vermouth is an important member of the Black Organization. Her true identity is Sharon Vineyard, a famous American actress who mastered the skill of disguise alongside her friend Yukiko (Vivian) Kudo, Jimmy's mother. They were both tutored through an acting class by the world famous magician, Toichi Kuroba, who was secretly the original Kaitou Kid and who was later killed by the B.O. She is the Boss's favorite member of the B.O. She is shrouded with mystery. The cold-blooded part of her personality doesn't hesitate to carry out the BO's top orders in the forms of assassinations and so forth, without the slightest bit of remorse. However, she shows affection for both Shinichi (Jimmy) and Ran (Rachel) after they unknowingly save her life as she is disguised as a male serial killer in New York. She eventually realizes who Conan must really be later in the series, and supports him in a way, by protecting him and keeping his true identity hidden from the other B.O. members. She believes that if anyone is capable of bringing down the Black Organization, Conan/Jimmy is that "silver bullet". She also does not seem to ever age, or ages extremely slowly. It is still a mystery as to why this is. She even goes to such lengths as to say she has a "daughter" named Chris Vineyard and she disguises herself as both "Sharon" and "Chris." She is questioned about her agelessness by Jodie Starling, who has a personal vendetta against her. Jodie remembered that Vermouth killed her father, who was also an FBI agent, when she was just a little girl. Vermouth never gives her a straight answer. "Sharon" later supposedly dies, while "Chris" looks on at the funeral. Vermouth's famous line is "A secret makes a woman, a woman." Her seiyū is Mami Koyama.

Chianti

A member of the Black Organization who serves as an assassin/sniper and replaces Calvados. [14]. She appears in volume 48-49 of the manga and episode 425 alongside her partner, Korn. Chianti is first introduced to the Case Closed series in episode 425 as an experienced assassin. [15]. In the anime, her sniping range limit is revealed to be 600 yards, making her a less experienced sniper than her partner Korn, as well as her FBI rival, Shuichi Akai.[16] Chianti hints that she had some kind of connection to Calvados before he killed himself, though it is unclear just what that may be. Along with Korn, Chianti does not appear to like Vermouth. As far as appearance goes, Chianti takes on a goth-like style. [17] She wears a jumpsuit and dark lipstick, and has a dark tattoo resembling a butterfly's wing on her left eye.[18] In the anime, she speaks with a distinct accent, and unlike the other members (aside from her partner), she rarely smiles. However, she appears to have some sense of ironic humor, as proven in the beginning of episode 425 when she and Korn are practicing sniping and he misses.[19] Her weapon of choice is a Heckler & Koch PSG1 sniper rifle,and she drives a black Viper.[20] Recently, she participated in a mission in bringing back Kir, which succeeded thanks to Gin. She was about to kill the FBI agent Camel, but an explosion interfered. She is forced to in her flee with the other BO members when onlookers appeared and called the police. Her seiyū is Kikuko Inoue.

Korn

Chianti's partner, and fellow assassin/sniper. Appears in episode 425 and volume 48-49 of the manga. He is much older than his comrades and wears dark sunglasses. Unlike the other members of the Black Organization, he never smiles. He resents Vermouth because she had Calvados killed, possibly indicating that he does have feelings despite his cold appearance. He wears a dark cap and dark sunglasses which hides his eyes. His face is designed in a way that makes him look as if he is perpetually frowning, and he has grey hair and wrinkles. His seiyū is Hiroyuki Kinoshita.

Bourbon

The newest member of the Black Organization, first mentioned in File 622 as having incredible investigative skills. It is controversial whether he is Subaru Okiya or haven't been introduced to the series.

Boss

Leader of the Black Organization. Unseen and unheard, known only through text messages. His phone number follows the tune of the children's song "nanazu-no-ko" ("7-year-old child"). No matter what the consequences are the BO members follow his orders immediately and without questions, with the exception of Vermouth.[citation needed]

Deceased

Akemi Miyano

Akemi Miyano (宮野明美, Miyano Akemi) was a member of the Black Organization under the alias Masami Hirota and Shiho Miyano's older sister. She was killed by Gin. Her seiyū was Akemi Miyano.

Tequila

Tequila is a tall intimidating member of the Black Organization that is used to muscle people into making deals with his syndicate.[21] He apparently comes from Osaka since he is heard to speak with a Kansai accent.[22] He first appears in Volume 12 of the manga where Conan literally bumps into him at a video game convention in a hotel.[23] At first, Conan only dismisses him as being a game company employee when he sees him pick up a suitcase with a game company's logo on it.He is a giant BO henchman towering above 6'5" (192.5 cm). He is accidentally killed by a briefcase bomb. His seiyū was Kōsei Hirota and his English voice actor was Andrew Chandler.

Sigehiko Nomiguchi

A 56 year old politician and member of the Black Organization. He appeared in Volume 24 or episode 176, he was being indicted for taking bribes, but was killed by the Organization's member Pisco so he wouldn't talk.

Pisco

Kenzo Masuyama, a 71-year-old car company owner and a high ranking member of the Black Organization. Appearing in Volume 24 or episode 176-178, he knew Ai's parents, and her secret identity. However, Gin killed him for breaking the Organization's code of secrecy after being caught on camera as he committed a murder. His seiyū was Yasuo Maramatsu.

Atsushi Miyano

Akemi and Shiho's's father, he was a scientist for the Black Organization. He had been working on a primitive version of what would eventually become the APTX 4869 drug for the syndicate. He was described as "The Mad Scientist" by the scientific community, but Hiroshi Agasa remembered him as a kind and gentle man. He was killed in an "accident" when Shiho was very young.

Elena Miyano

Akemi and Shiho's mother, she also worked for the Black Organization as a scientist. She was born in England, but fell in love with Atsushi and lived with him in Japan. In the organization, she was given the codename Hell Angel. She was remembered as a silent, shy woman. She died in what was believed to be an accident with her husband when Shiho was very young. On a case, Shiho discovered several audiotapes from her mother that were addressed to her.[24]. Her seiyū was Hiroku Suzuki.

Calvados

Sniper who aids Vermouth in almost killing Jodie, but near the end of episode 345 he eventually killed himself rather than being captured.

Kusuda Rikumichi

A member of the Black Organization who posed as a patient in hopes of tracking Rena Mizunashi; however, Conan and the FBI managed to find him out. He escaped the hospital, and Conan and Shuichi went after him, but he committed suicide for unknown reasons before they managed to get information. He is first properly introduced in volume 57 of the manga, however, he can be considered the mysterious man the boy who witnessed in the Kir Case informed that he had seen Rena Mizunashi. His seiyū is Mitsuo Iwata.

Former

Kiichiro Numabuchi

A hideously deformed killer who first appeared as the likely suspect in a murder spree in Osaka in Volume 19. Later, he turned out to have been employed by the Organization as an assassin, but he ultimately proved useless for them. He was going to be sent to Sherry's lab to have the APTX 4869 tested on him, but he escaped. He then went into hiding, killing innocent people whom he believed to be Organization members sent to get him. His seiyū is Naoki Tatsuta.

Undercover

Kir

Rena Mizunashi is working with the CIA who is a spy in the Black Organization.

Other Characters

Serena Sebastian

Serena Sebastian known in Japan as Sonoko Suzuki (鈴木 園子, Suzuki Sonoko) Rachel's best friend. Sonoko is very obsessed with guys, but later she develops a somewhat genuine liking towards Makoto Kyougoku (京極 真, Kyogoku Makoto), a promising martial artist. Sonoko's last name in the English manga is Sebastian. Her sister is named Ayako Suzuki / Ayako Sebastian (Viz) or Angie Sebastian (Funimation). She thinks Jimmy is a loser and is always trying to set Rachel up on dates with new guys. She admits later that she wants Kaito Kid and Makoto to become candidates to be her boyfriend and fight each other for her affections. Every Kaitou Kid episode, she screams "Kid-sama take me!" although she already has a boyfriend. Her seiyū is Naoka Matsui and her English voice actress is Laura Bailey.

Professor Hershel Agasa

Hershel Agasa known in Japan as Hiroshi Agasa (阿笠 博士, Agasa Hiroshi) is an absent-minded professor who invents several devices to help out Jimmy. His given name is Hiroshi in the English manga and Herschel in the English anime. He serves as one of the few roles in the story who learns about Conan's true identity and helps the little detective in cases. His seiyū is Kenichi Ogata and his English voice actor is Bill Flynn.

Harley Hartwell

Harley Hartwell known in Japan as Heiji Hattori (服部 平次, Hattori Heiji) is Jimmy's rival detective from Osaka and his father is the chief of the Osaka police department. He later becomes best friends with Jimmy. He has a relationship with martial artist Kazuha Toyama, his childhood friend and would-be love interest, and this is pretty similar in the case of Jimmy and Rachel. He is also one of the few people who know that Conan is really Jimmy. He persistantly builds friendship with Conan/Jimmy because they share the same goals of becoming greatest detectives and Jimmy is the only person he finds in his age group that can rival his deduction skills. Harley is also a master Kendo fighter. Unlike Jimmy, his favorite author is Ellery Queen rather than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote Sherlock Holmes. His seiyū is Ryo Horikawa and his English voice actor is Keven M. Connolly.

Shizuka Hattori

Shizuka Hattori (服部 静華, Hattori Shizuka) is Harley's mother, wife of Hattori Heizō. She appeared in manga volume 28 to test Kogoro's skills, noting how her son always seemed to come out second best in encounters with Kogoro. She is an expert in kendo. Her complexion is so fair that Ran could hardly believe she is Heiji's mother.

Katie Thompson

Katie Thompson known in Japan as Kazuha Toyama (遠山和葉, Tōyama Kazuha) Harley's childhood friend and a daughter of a commissioner who is positioned high in the Osaka police department. Her relationship with Harley closely mirrors Rachel's with Jimmy; she is too shy to admit that they feel more than 'friendship' for their respective partner. She is skilled in Aikido. This is similar to Rachel who is skilled in karate. Also both of them are scared of ghosts because "karate and aikido won't work on them." Harely and Kazuha's fathers are close friends, which would explain how they've had close relationship since childhood. Her seiyū is Yuko Miyamura.

Saguru Hakuba

Saguru Hakuba (白馬探, Hakuba Saguru) is a famous high school detective based outside Japan, he is an originally a character from Magic Kaito series. He is the son of a high police official. He is Kaito's love rival for Aoko. He also attempts to catch the Phantom Thief Kid. Saguru believes that Kaito might be the Kaito Kid, but can never prove it. Sagura has also made appearances in the anime and manga of Case Closed, though there are times Kaito uses him as a disguise. In his Case Closed appearance, he appears to be of high nobility with a pet falcon. His opinion of Heiji is very low; an example would be in the Lavender Re-Murder case, where he presumed there were holes in the window and that Heiji broke it down in a rush. This lead Hakuba to the wrong criminal. His seiyū is Akira Ishida.

Tomoaki Araide

Tomoaki Araide (新出 智明, Araide Tomoaki) is a young doctor and the son of Richard's physician. He was once the basketball coach on Rachel's school and, upon their first encounter, thought to be a rival for Jimmy affections for Rachel. While Tomoaki had practised along with his father, he intended to move to Aomori for a job at a local clinic, along with his grandmother Mitsu Araide and his household helper Hikaru Yasumoto, especially after his father had been murdered by his stepmother Yoko for driving his actual mother (and Yoko's friend), Chiaki, into alcoholism and eventual death. However, he has reappeared in Conan's vicinity on several occasions - seemingly at least; his identity was used by Vermouth in order to track down Ai aka Sherry. He was almost murdered by her to facilitate the cover, but the FBI had temporarily moved him to safety in America. After Vermouth's disguise was exposed, he returned as of volume #44 to Titan High School and continues to practise in the area. His seiyū is Hideyuki Hori.

Hikaru Yasumoto

Hikaru Yasumoto (保本 ひかる, Yasumoto Hikaru) is the young household keeper to Dr. Tomoaki Araide. She tends to be overly nervous about her chores, mostly because of the possibility that she may have a crush on her young employer that once was her doctor and therefore is too anxious about having to leave him. Her seiyū is Akiko Hiramatsu.

Makoto Kyogoku

Makoto Kyogoku (京極 真, Kyōgoku Makoto) is Serena's boyfriend, and the karate champion of Haido High School; his skills are up to the point where he can take on a gang of fifty sword armed men.[25] He first appears in episode 153, and is a suspect during a case where Serena is a target for a killer. He saves Serena from the real killer, however, and hints that he is actually attracted to her. In his own way, he can be considered a valuable ally because of his Karate skills. Because of his participation in several tournaments inland and overseas, and a well-hidden shyness towards Sonoko, they do not get to see each other often. Although he is regarded by Conan as a brainless fighting champion, he saves Serena many times when she becomes involved in dangerous cases by hanging around with Rachel and Conan, by stumbling through the moronic clues left by Serena, which was originally made to find her and have one of her romantic fantasies come true. His seiyū is Nobuyuki Hiyama.

Sumiko Kobayashi

Sumiko Kobayashi (小林 澄子, Kobayashi Sumiko) is (as of Vol.16) the Detective Boys' class teacher. Actually a kind person, in her initial period at Titan Elementary she was known as "the witch" due to her harsh behaviour to her students, which was in fact prompted by previous bad experience and her innate stage fright. With the help of Conan and his little friends she has warmed considerably, and after having seen the Detective Boys in action she has even appointed herself as their manager. Incidentally, Ms. Kobayashi is a huge fan of detective story writer Rampo Edogawa - the author whose surname Jimmy had adopted for his alias. As yet, she has not guessed at that connection between the two. Her seiyū is Yuko Kato.

Okiya Subaru

Okiya Subaru (Subaru Okiya) was introduced in file 622 as a nameless suspect of burning down an apartment. His appearance is that of a young blond haired man with glasses. He is currently staying in Jimmy's house with his permission after his apartment burned down. He is a graduate student concentrating on engineering with deduction skills equal to that of high school detectives shown so far. Subaru was once seen drinking some creates speculation of his role as Bourbon. Sherry also senses the black organization stare from Okiya but it disappears as quickly as it comes.

Yoko Okino

Yoko Okino (沖野 ヨーコ, Okino Yōko) is a young pop star idol who is a regular focus of worship by Richard Moore. She has a number of cameos throughout the series, mostly as a prominent guest at some social gatherings which turn into criminal cases. Her seiyū is Miki Nagasawa and her English voice actress is Elise Baughman.

Azusa Enomoto

Azusa Enomoto (榎本 梓, Enomoto Azusa) is a young waitress at the Poirot Cafe, which Kogoro occasionally visits for a snack. She seems to have a knack to bring some cases Richard's way. Her seiyū is Mikiko Enomoto.

Phantom Thief Kid

Phantom Thief Kid (怪盗キッド, Kaitō Kiddo) is a male teenager who looks a lot like Jimmy. He also has a best friend named Aoko Nakamori, who looks a lot like Rachel. Despite the fact that Jimmy does not care much about investigating thefts, Kid draws his attention by being an uncatchble magician. Curiously, in the anime, Kaitou discovers Conan's true identity, but keeps his secret, and sometimes Jimmy can even count on Kid's help to solve some of his cases. His codename in the police department is 'International Criminal 1412'. Kaitou Kid appears in his own manga series, Magic Kaito as well. The original Kaitou Kid (8 years prior to the start of the story) focused on mostly stealing antiques and high-valued art. However, he was murdered, and his son takes over for him by continuing in his guise, stealing mostly jewels with strange histories in order to find his father's killers and lure them out. He is a noble thief at heart. His seiyū is Kappei Yamaguchi and his English voice actor is Jerry Jewell.

Reiko Kujo

Reiko Kujo (九条 玲子, Kujō Reiko) is a public prosecutor, nicknamed "Madonna of the Courtroom", who has appeared only in the anime.[26] each concerning a courtroom case in which she is Eva Kadan's rival. She is replaced in episode 489 with another lawyer. It should be noted that she is the only anime only character so far who has made a reoccurring appearance. Her seiyū is Rica Matsumoto.

Midori Megure

Midori Megure (目暮 みどり, Megure Midori) is the wife of Inspector Megure.[27],She first appears in episode 218. Her seiyū is Ai Orikasa.

APTX 4869

APTX 4869 is a fictional toxin is a derivative of an experimental immortality formula developed by Sherry, which is used by the Black Organization as an untraceable, lethal poison.

APTX is an abbreviation of "Apotoxin," and, as the name implies, it involves the activation of uncontrolled apoptosis which causes death by the destruction of cells. In addition, it can also activate telomerase.

The poison is designed to be untraceable in its victims. However, in very rare cases, it causes the apoptosis of non-neural cells only and the apoptosis would stabilise at some point, causing the victim's apparent age to be decreased. Conan Edogawa, the series' protagonist, is such a victim; later Shiho Miyano, who chooses to attempt suicide by using her own drug, was added to the very short list of people not killed by APTX-4869.

Throughout the series there are several instances in which the APTX was temporarily neutralized and Shinichi and Ai/Shiho were returned to their actual age forms. The main ingredient for this reversal is a component found in Chinese ginseng root schnaps, which Ai has already incorporated in a prototype - and as yet non-permanent - antidote for the APTX. It is to note that in the instances where Shinichi or Ai changed back, the recipient was suffering from a common cold while the component was ingested, indicating that the immune system somehow has to be taxed for the antidote to work.

References

  1. ^ Case Closed, Volume 1.
  2. ^ Case Closed, Volume 6.
  3. ^ Case Closed, Volume 14, Chapters 5-8
  4. ^ Detective Conan Episodes 471-473
  5. ^ Detective Conan episodes 472-473
  6. ^ Case Closed, volume 5.
  7. ^ Aoyama, Gosho. Detective Conan. Vol. Volume 41. ISBN ISBN 4-09-126411-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
  8. ^ Aoyama, Gosho. Detective Conan. Vol. Volume 41. ISBN ISBN 4-09-126411-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
  9. ^ Detective Conan, Volume 34, Chapter 11
  10. ^ Detective Conan, Volume 35, Chapters 1-4.
  11. ^ Aoyama, Gosho. Detective Conan, Volume 39. Viz Media. pp. p. 18. ISBN 4-09-126169-8. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  12. ^ Detective Conan Anime Episode 289
  13. ^ Volume 29 of the manga or Detective Conan Episode 218
  14. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 425
  15. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 425
  16. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 425
  17. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 425
  18. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 425
  19. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 425
  20. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 425
  21. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 54, Manga Volume 12
  22. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 54, Manga Volume 12
  23. ^ Case Closed Anime Episode # 54, Manga Volume 12
  24. ^ Detective Conan Volume 41-42 or Detective Conan Episode 340-341
  25. ^ Aoyama, Gosho. Detective Conan, Volume 52. Viz Media. pp. pp. 14-16. ISBN 4-09-120026-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  26. ^ Detective Conan Anime Episdoes 264-265 and 297-298
  27. ^ Detective Conan Episode 146, The Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story Part 1.