Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI
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Japanese name:	FBI
English name:	Federal Bureau of Investigation
Active Members:	Jodie Starling James Black Andre Camel
Deceased Members:	Mr. Starling
Undercover Agents:	Shuichi Akai (as Subaru Okiya)
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 354 Anime: Episode 288
Appearances:	Chapters: 77 Episodes: 44 Movies: 5 Openings: 16

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a law enforcement and intelligence agency of the United States of America. The FBI team in Japan responsible for the investigation of the Black Organization consists of many agents lead by James Black.

Background

Seal of the FBI

The FBI has been investigating the Black Organization for at least twenty years. The first known clash occurred when Vermouth killed Jodie's father and burned his house down to destroy the FBI files on her. Then the seven year old Jodie was placed in witness protection and later became an FBI investigator in her father's footsteps. Five years prior to the current timeline, FBI agent Shuichi Akai infiltrated the Black Organization in Japan using the alias Dai Moroboshi and dated Akemi Miyano, one of their low-ranking members, in order to meet Shiho Miyano and use her influence to get into the Black Organization. Shuichi distinguished himself as an agent and two years prior to the current timeline received the codename Rye and was called to work under executive agent Gin. The FBI laid a trap hoping to capture Gin at a warehouse where the meeting was supposed to take place, but because agent Andre Camel mistakenly revealed himself, the Organization discovered Shuichi's true allegiance and Gin never appeared.

Their current target is Vermouth, an executive agent close to the boss whose current cover role is Chris Vineyard, a famous American actress. Hoping to capture Vermouth, a team of FBI agents lead by James Black followed her to Japan and began an investigation kept secret from the Japanese authorities.

Agents

FBI agents meet for a team discussion in Haido Central Hospital.

There are many of them in Japan, but only nine have been named so far (only four in manga canon).

Known

• Shuichi Akai - The most feared FBI agent. He is considered the FBI's trump card because of his deductive, information-gathering, and planning skills, and accumulated knowledge of the Black Organization from his prior infiltration. The Black Organization believes he died after ordering Kir to kill him, but Akai faked his death with her help and is undercover as Subaru Okiya.
• Jodie Starling - A star investigator with a personal vendetta against Vermouth. She takes a cover job as an English teacher at Teitan High School.
• James Black - The highest rank agent of the FBI in Japan. He originally is from Chicago.
• Andre Camel - A physically huge agent with a scary face who is a skilled driver. Andre promised to help Shuichi Akai after his mistake resulted in Shuichi Akai's rejection from the Black Organization.
• Mr. Starling - He was an agent killed twenty years ago by Vermouth and his files on her burned. Jodie wears his father's old glasses that she saved.
• Tim, Bill, Jeff, Meyer, Hodges, and Ishida.
• Tony, Jim Mason, Cheng, Mark, David, George, and Aaron.

Unknown

Aside from the four known agents, there are a few other agents that have appeared, yet, have been given no name or major introduction, being limited to cameos or small roles. Only one, a black agent, has made a number of appearances, first appearing in the end of episode 425, then reappearing during the Kir Case in episodes 496-501 and in 504. This agent has also appeared in the 22nd opening alongside Jodie and James Black. It is yet known if he will ever be given a name or more important role as others who have made cameos in the beginning (such as Detective Takagi, Officer Tome, etc).

Other

• Amanda Hughes was a wealthy investor who has contacts with both the FBI and CIA. She was murdered by the Black Organization in a case seventeen years prior to the current timeline.

Extended non-canon

• Rupert A. Wholf, the actual FBI director who had replaced Alan MacKenzie when he become the USWSG president.

Plot timeline

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This is a timeline of events relevant to the FBI originally posted here. Years marked with "??" are subject to change.

Timeline

•  ?? years ago – Sharon Vineyard's parents die in a fire on the same day that she debuts as an actress.

• 30 years ago – Ethan Hondou, a second generation Japanese-American, enters the CIA.

• 29 years ago – (lie) Sharon gave birth to Chris Vineyard.

•  ?? years ago – Sharon Vineyard's husband supposedly dies of an illness on the day she won an Oscar.

• 27 years ago – Ethan Hondou is in Japan and gets married to Eisuke and Hidemi's unnamed mother.

• 27 years ago – Hidemi Hondou is born.

• 25 years ago – Akemi Miyano is born.

•  ?? years ago – Head of the FBI, Jodie Starling's father, creates a file on "Vermouth".

• 20 years ago – Vermouth kills Jodie Starling's father and burns the house down, Jodie survives, fingerprints obtained.

• 20 years ago – Jodie Starling, with no friends to speak of, declines the witness protection program unless they let her join the FBI later.

• 18 years ago – Shiho Miyano is born.

• 17 years ago – Eisuke Hondou is born, lives with mother at Okudaira house.

• 17 years ago – Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes are killed in their hotel rooms by an assailant that remains unknown for 17 years. Kohji's dying message is eventually deciphered by Conan and Shuichi Akai and apparently points to Asaka and Rum.

• 16-17 years ago - Tsutomu Akai disappears and his apparent death prompts Shuichi to become an American citizen and join the FBI.

•  ?? years ago - Shuichi Akai joins the FBI.

•  ?? years ago – While Eisuke Hondou lived with his mother, Hidemi was studying abroad and Ethan lived in Osaka.

•  ?? years ago – Eisuke Hondou has a major operation due to leukemia, took place at a Tokyo hospital with his mother present.

•  ?? years ago – Eisuke Hondou's mother dies and he moves to Osaka with his father.

• 13 years ago – Photo of Eisuke Hondou and his father is taken at restaurant.

•  ?? years ago – Eisuke Hondou is in an accident and Hidemi Hondou donates blood to him.

•  ?? years ago – (lie) Sharon Vineyard claims that she taught Chris her disguise techniques.

•  ?? years ago – (lie) Sharon Vineyard visits husbands grave and Chris appears disguised as him.

• 10 years ago – (lie) Sharon claims she hasn't seen Chris since this time because she got mixed into a bad crowd.

• 10 years ago – Hidemi Hondou cuts ties with her family.

• 5 years ago – Shiho Miyano returns from America and enters the BO as "Sherry".

• 5 years ago – Shuichi Akai enters the BO under the alias "Dai Moroboshi", through relationship with Akemi Miyano to get to Shiho Miyano.

•  ?? years ago – Hidemi Hondou enters the BO and is positioned as the news castor "Rena Mizunaishi".

•  ?? years ago – the middle man between Ethan and the CIA is killed.

•  ?? years ago – It was Hidemi Hondou's job to introduce a new middle man "Barney".

•  ?? years ago – "Dai Moroboshi" gradually distinguished himself and eventually earned the codename "Rye".

• 4 years ago – Ethan Hondou dies to protect Hidemi Hondou and cement her place in the BO, "Barney" kills himself in front of Gin and Vodka.

•  ?? years ago – Hidemi Hondou presumably gained the name "Kir" due to "outing Ethan as a spy and killing him".

• 4 years ago - Rye and Scotch are waiting for Bourbon on a subway platform when Masumi suddenly appears. Scotch teaches her guitar.

•  ?? years ago – Bourbon finds Rye standing over Scotch's body, while holding a smoking gun.

• 2 years ago – "Rye" is finally called to work with Gin, but due to Camel's mistake he is outed as FBI agent Shuichi Akai.

• 2 years ago – Shuichi Akai cut all contact with Akemi Miyano, Akemi Miyano and Shiho Miyano are moved to a different location.

• 1 year ago – Shuichi Akai is in New York chasing "Vermouth", Chris Vineyard is already a successful actress according to Sharon Vineyard.

• 1 year ago – Sharon Vineyard "died", Chris Vineyard appears at the funeral, Jodie Starling obtains more fingerprints.

•  ?? years ago – Shuichi Akai cuts his hair.

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• <1 year ago – Akemi Miyano sends Shuichi Akai a text-mail the day before her mission started.

• Ch013-016 – Akemi Miyano is killed after completion of the 1 billion yen robbery, but refusal to give up the money.

• Ch234-237 – Tomoaki Araide's father is killed by his step-mother, police files were altered to protect the housekeeper.

• Ch238-242 – Vermouth is called to Japan to assist Pisco in the murder of politician Shigehiko Nomiguchi.

• <1 year ago – Chris Vineyard begins to visit Tomoaki Araide with plans to kill and impersonate him, FBI tracks Vermouth to Japan.

• <1 year ago – Nastuko Shibuya (28), elementary teacher, helps Jodie Starling out with teaching skills while she is posing as an English teacher.

• <1 year ago – Jodie Starling fakes Tomoaki Araide's death which makes it easier for Vermouth to impersonate him, Araide family sent to live in America.

• Ch255-257 – Both Jodie Starling and Vermouth have taken their positions in the school, Jodie has alias Jodie Saintemillion.

• Ch287-289 – Same day as the bus jacking the altered police files were stolen along with extra files, Shuichi Akai says "target (Gin?) did not appear".

• <1 year ago – Kir visits Vermouth several times while she was disguised as Tomoaki Araide, Jodie Starling witnesses this.

• Ch325-327 – Shuichi Akai calls James Black to Japan to assist with the investigation (presumably against Gin).

• <1 year ago – Jodie Starling sneaks into the hospital and copies the photos of "Cool Guy", "Angel", and "Sherry" (happens sometime after ch340).

• Ch379-383 – Shuichi Akai was positioned very near the train station where Conan attempted to complete Sugaru Itakura's deal with BO.

• Ch420-422 – By this point both Vermouth and Shuichi Akai have bugged Hiroshi Agasa's house.

• Ch429-434 – Showdown between Jodie Starling and Vermouth at the shipyard.

• Ch500-502 – Jodie Starling and James Black aid Conan Edogawa in preventing the assassination of Yasuteru Domon.

• Ch503-504 – Kir is captured by the FBI, Akai helps to prevent assassination of Kogoro Mouri.

• Ch595-598 – FBI outs Rikumichi Kusuda as a BO spy at the hospital and chases him until he commits suicide.

• <1 year ago – Conan Edogawa and Shuichi Akai reveal Hidemi Hondou as a CIA agent to Eisuke Hondou and form a plan to return her.

• Ch600-603 – The main arc of Clash of Red and Black, Kir is returned to the BO.

• Ch608-609 – Shuichi Akai's death is faked thanks to a plan concocted by Conan.

• Ch622-624 – "Subaru Okiya" appears, his apartment burns down and he moves in to Shinichi Kudo's house.

• <1 year ago – Yukiko Kudo begins to visit "Subaru Okiya" in order to teach him how to cook.

• Ch638-640 – Kir informs Jodie Starling that an agent named "Bourbon" is now on the move.

• Ch677-679 – Scar Akai appears and follows Jodie Starling into Teito bank as it is being robbed, he saves Conan'ss life, and Jodie takes note of his hat.

• Ch700-701 – Jodie Starling tracks the hat, Andre Camel sees Scar Akai, Scar Akai leaves a note for Jodie "Run! This place is dangerous".

• Ch702-704 – "Subaru Okiya" observes Scar Akai from a distance, Jodie Starling chases Scar Akai at the end and bumps into Okiya but doesn't notice him.

• Ch778-780 – Andre Camel and Jodie Starling think that Masumi Sera reminds them of someone, James Black is the only person to get her gender correct first try.

• Ch812-814 – "Subaru Okiya" figures out that Conan Edogawa is really Shinichi Kudo (Akai only).

• Ch850-852 – Conan Edogawa tells Jodie that Scar Akai is really Bourbon, a man named Tooru Amuro, aided by Vermouth.

• Ch891-893 – Jodie Starling and Andre Camel see disguise-less Tooru Amuro in person for the first time, Camel lets slip information about Rikumichi Kusuda.

• Ch894-897 – Tooru Amuro vs Shuichi Akai, Akai is revealed to be alive to Jodie Starling and Andre Camel, Amuro's real name is Rei Furuya.

• Ch898 – Shuichi Akai tells Jodie Starling and Andre Camel that he got a text from Kir about Rum, someone even more important that Gin...

• Ch948-950 – "Subaru Okiya" and Conan work on a case that is similar to a case from 17 years ago, they both realize that the culprit 17 years ago was Rum

• Ch954-957 – "Subaru Okiya" and Conan follow a lead to a concert with a song called "ASACA", and encounter Amuro and Vermouth, in disguise.

Speculation

The issue of how the FBI came to know about the Black Organization is still unresolved. Jodie's father's murder by Vermouth twenty years ago is the earliest known interaction between the two entities. That was then followed by the murder of Amanda Hughes in a case seventeen years ago which is now known to involve Rum.

Relationships analysis

FBI and the Black Organization

The FBI are known enemies of the Black Organization going back at least twenty years when Vermouth killed Jodie's FBI father. The original event that allowed the FBI to uncover the Black Organization and begin operations against them is currently unknown, but presumably relates to something that occurred in America based on the Black Organization's known connections there and the fact the FBI got involved. Frequent clashes and subterfuge have resulted in personalized conflicts between individuals, such as Jodie and Vermouth and Gin and Shuichi. While the two organizations clearly hate one another, individual members will occasionally show grudging respect for the other side in light of clever maneuvers or shows of skill. Until his apparent death, the Black Organization feared FBI agent Shuichi Akai most of all, with the boss and Vermouth considering him a "silver bullet".

FBI and the CIA

Despite being on the same side, the FBI and the CIA have separate secret missions concerning the Black Organization which have not been communicated to one another. Their lack of communication resulted in an unfortunate debacle where an FBI sting to capture Vermouth backfired and the FBI caught and injured Kir instead. The FBI held Kir thinking she was a member of the Black Organization until the research of Conan and Shuichi Akai proved she was in fact a CIA agent. The FBI and Kir successfully managed to come up with a plan to sneak Kir back into the Black Organization, but she had lost her trusted status. In order to regain the Black Organization's trust, she was ordered to kill Shuichi Akai and apparently did so. Kir promised to report information to the FBI after passing it to CIA headquarters.

“	Under any circumstance, my father's CIA mission will be first-priority. Even if I become inconvenient for the FBI, please don't think badly of me.	„
— Kir to explaining her position to Akai, Chapter 605 pg 5

FBI and the Japanese Law Enforcement

The FBI are conducting their investigation in Japan illegally without proper permissions. While Jodie and Camel's status as FBI was exposed because of coincidental involvement in unrelated cases, they lied to the police about their reason for being in Japan, telling them they are on an extended vacation.

FBI and the Public Security Bureau

Initially Rei Furuya and the Security Bureau in general wanted the FBI, who are operating illegally in Japan, completely deported. Rei Furuya in particular wanted to arrest Shuichi Akai for killing Scotch. After The Scarlet Return, the Security Bureau appear to be grudgingly tolerating the FBI's presence.

Jodie and Shuichi

Shuichi and Jodie used to be lovers before Shuichi infiltrated the Black Organization by dating Akemi Miyano, with whom he eventually became more intensely involved. Shuichi broke up with Jodie because he didn't want to feel guilty about two-timing them. Jodie still loves Shuichi despite the break up, and the apparent death Shuichi takes a very emotional toll on her.

Jodie and Camel

Jodie has twice needed to pretend Camel is her lover in order to escape probing questions. The first time was to trick the police when Camel was a prime suspect in a murder case, and later to dodge awkward questions from Ran about why Jodie was still in Japan. Camel plays along awkwardly.

Gallery

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  James, Shuichi, and Jodie

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  Subaru, Jodie, and Andre

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  Subaru and Shuichi

See also

• Law Enforcement
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Black Organization