Ayumi Yoshida

Ayumi Yoshida
Profile
Japanese name:	吉田 歩美 (Yoshida Ayumi)
English name:	Amy Yeager (FUNimation dub and manga by Viz)
Age:	6-7
Gender:	Female
Height:	Unknown
Weight:	15kg (33 lbs)
Date of birth:	Unknown
Occupation:	Teitan Elementary School student Detective Boys member
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 17 Anime: Episode 1
Appearances:	Chapters: 363 Episodes: 424 Movies: 28 OVAs: 16 Specials: 4 Openings: 45 Closings: 16
Cases solved:	1 (Episode 259)
Keyhole number:	Volume 6
Actors
Japanese voice:	Yukiko Iwai
English voice:	Monica Rial

Ayumi Yoshida (吉田 歩美 ,Yoshida Ayumi), also known Amy Yeager in the English dub and manga, is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Ayumi

Ayumi Yoshida is a student in Teitan Elementary when Shinichi joins her class as Conan Edogawa. Ayumi befriends Conan and convinces him to join her, Genta, and Mitsuhiko in investigating an apparently haunted mansion. As it turns out, the haunting is a cover-up for an old homicide case, and due to Conan, the mystery is solved and the culprits are arrested.

Soon after, the accidental acquisition of a treasure map leads Ayumi, Genta, Mistuhiko and Conan on a hunt for a cache of stolen Italian gold coins, during which Conan saves them from getting killed by the mafia members who are also after the gold. His actions earn Ayumi's gratitude, which quickly develops into a serious crush. Additionally, after the case is resolved, Ayumi joins Genta and Mitsuhiko in forming the nucleus of an amateur detective group, the Detective Boys. Ayumi is the sole female member of the Detective Boys until Ai Haibara joins their ranks.

Appearance

Ayumi has short hair, having some hair points sticking out on the side of her face. Furthermore, she has blue eyes and brown hair.

Personality

Ayumi is a primarily naive and innocent little girl who enjoys adventure. She demonstrates courage as time goes on and acts as the group's cheerful spirit. She has an open crush on Conan, which makes him uncomfortable, though Ayumi thinks that he has feelings for Haibara because he tries to protect her and she often sees them talking amongst themselves in private. Ayumi later becomes better friends with Haibara, and in the Japanese version, Haibara allows Ayumi permission to use the more informal term Ai-chan to address her.

When on a case, Ayumi often makes simple observations that help lead to progress and resolution. For instance, she unlocked one of the codes from the Momotaro container the Detective Boys found in Kurashiki by deducing that it was most likely referring to one of the statues at the Oohara Art Museum: they had to walk 25 steps from the statue towards the direction it was facing.

Plot overview

Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case (Manga: 81-83; Anime: 12)

Ayumi plays hide and seek with the Detective Boys. She hides in the trunk of a parked car, not knowing that the owners would drive off with her. While in the dark, she hears the driver and passenger saying criminal things and, feeling around in the dark, finds a bundles of cash and a severed head. Conan, Genta, and Mistuhiko chase after the car using Conan's skateboard. When they catch up and free Ayumi, they discover the "criminals" were really actors practicing their lines for a play and the "severed head" and "money" were only props made out of newspaper. To make up for the damage they caused, the reluctant Ayumi has to play the role of the dead girl in the play.

Appellations

Picture	Name	What they call Ayumi	What Ayumi calls them
	Conan Edogawa	Ayumi-chan Ayumi	Conan-kun
	Genta Kojima	Ayumi	Genta-kun
	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Ayumi-chan	Mitsuhiko-kun
	Ai Haibara	Yoshida-san (usually) Ayumi-chan (twice)	Ai-chan Haibara-san (formerly)
	Hiroshi Agasa	Ayumi-kun	Professor Agasa (Agasa-hakase) Professor (Hakase)
	Sumiko Kobayashi	-	Kobayashi-sensei

Picture	Name	What they call Ayumi	What Ayumi calls them
	Ran Mouri	Ayumi-chan	Ran-onēsan
	Shinichi Kudo	Ayumi-chan	Shinichi-oniisan
	Subaru Okiya	-	Subaru-oniisan Subaru-no-oniisan
	Masumi Sera	-	Onēsan
	Asami Tsuburaya	-	Mitsuhiko-kun's older sister (Mitsuhiko-kun no onēsan)
	Takuma Sakamoto	-	Takuma-kun
	Maria Higashio	-	Maria-chan
	Sonoko Suzuki	Ayumi-chan	Sonoko-onēsan

Picture	Name	What they call Ayumi	What Ayumi calls them
	Juzo Megure	Ayumi-kun	Inspector Megure (Megure-keibu)
	Wataru Takagi	Ayumi-chan	Detective Takagi (Takagi-keiji)
	Miwako Sato	Ayumi-chan	Detective Sato (Sato-keiji)
	Ninzaburo Shiratori	-	Inspector Shiratori (Shiratori-keibu)
	Kazunobu Chiba	-	Detective Chiba (Chiba-keiji
	Misao Yamamura	-	Yama-san
	Yumi Miyamoto	-	Yumi-san
	Rei Furuya	-	Detective-san (Tantei-san)
	Jodie Starling	-	Jodie-sensei
	Jugo Yokomizo	-	Detective-san (Keiji-san)

Picture	Name	What they call Ayumi	What Ayumi calls them
	Shukichi Haneda	-	Yumi-san's ex-boyfriend-san (Yumi-san no moto-kare-san)
	Hidemi Hondou	-	Mizunashi Rena-san
	Yoko Okino	-	Yoko-chan Okino Yoko-chan
	Hideo Akagi	-	Hide
	Naoki Uemura	-	Naoki
	Minami Takayama	-	Minami-chan

Picture	Name	What they call Ayumi	What Ayumi calls them
	Genji Kojima	-	Genta-kun's dad (Genta-kun no otōsan)
	Yoshiaki Hara	-	Hara-san

Relationships analysis

Detective Boys

Ayumi gives Conan her first kiss.

Conan Edogawa

Ayumi has strong romantic feelings for Conan and sees him as a role model as well as an extremely reliable person she can look up to and may always count on. Conan in turn is a bit unnerved by Ayumi's feelings, though he does respect her as a good friend.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Genta Kojima

Ayumi gets along well with Mitsuhiko and Genta, but blissfully fails to realize that they both have a crush on her. As a result, her open flirting with Conan leaves them frequently jealous or disappointed.

Ai Haibara

Ayumi is the first to approach and try to befriend their new classmate, Haibara, by offering to walk her home and then inviting her along on a Detective Boys investigation. At first Haibara remains distant, but later recognizes the value of friendship and allows Ayumi (and only her) to call her "Ai-chan". In turn, Haibara considers Ayumi like a little sister and gets along with her much better than with her other teammates.

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. Ayumi placed 11th in the poll with 55 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.

• 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. Ayumi placed 15th overall with 95 votes.

Name origin

Ayumi's name comes from mystery writer Ayumi Kitagawa (北川 歩実 ,Kitagawa Ayumi).

Different looks

Ayumi's "Before" Appearance (Episode 1)

Ayumi's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 460)

Ayumi's "After" Appearance (Episode 631)

Quotes

“	But, I... don't want to run! If I keep running, I won't win! I definitely won't!	„
— Ayumi on why she wants to get closer to the suspects so she can identify the criminal.

Trivia

• "Ayumi" means beautiful step. "Yoshida" means joyful ricefield
• Ayumi appears to be an only child living with her father and mother.
• Ayumi has a pink cellphone and her background is of her playing with a sparkler.

Gallery

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  Ayumi is scolded by her father.

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  Ayumi in 10 years, along with Mitsuhiko and Conan/Shinichi, as shown in OVA 9

In other languages

Language	Given Name	Family Name
Japanese	歩美 Ayumi	吉田 Yoshida
Arabic	إيومي Iyōmi	يوشيدا Yūshīda
Bahasa Indonesia	Ayumi	Yoshida
Catalan	Ayumi	Yoshida
Chinese	步美 Bùmeǐ	吉田 Jítían
English	Amy	Yeager/Yoshida
French	Ayumi	Yoshida
Finnish	Ayumi	Yoshida
German	Ayumi	Yoshida
Italian	Ayumi	Yoshida
Korean	아름 Ah Reum	한 Han
Malay	Ayumi	Yoshida
Russian	Аюми	Ёшида
Spanish	Ayumi	Yoshida
Spanish Latin America	Jessica	Unknown
Thai	อายูมิ XĀ-yū-mi	โยชิดะ Yo-chi-da
Traditional Chinese	步美 Bùmeǐ	吉田 Jítían
Vietnamese	Ayumi	Yoshida

See also

• Characters
• Ayumi Yoshida Appearances
• Yoshida family
• Detective Boys