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| name                = Vodka
 
| name                = Vodka
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| japanese-name      = ウォッカ <br> (Wokka)
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| japanese-name      = {{lang|ja|ウォッカ}} <br> (Wokka)
 
| english-name        = Kaspar
 
| english-name        = Kaspar
 
| image              = Vodka Profile.jpg
 
| image              = Vodka Profile.jpg
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| age                = ?
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| age                = unknown
 
| gender              = Male
 
| gender              = Male
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| date-of-birth      =  
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| nicknames          =  
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| occupation          = [[Black Organization]] managerial secretary
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| first-appearance    = Manga: File 1<br />Anime: Episode 1
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| status              = Alive
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| aliases            = Saburō Uokka<!--It has been confirmed multiple times that it is read as "Uokka" instead of "Uotsuka/Uozuka" https://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/bhufqf/and_then_there_were_no_mermaidsgina_and_vodka/f193ods/ https://discord.com/channels/352351264081969152/353321538080210945/772789872805150726--><ref>[[File:Mermaid case guestbook scene manga.PNG|thumb|right|200px|File 281]]
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[[File:EP223-guestbook.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Episode 223]]
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[[File:Op50-4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Opening 50]]
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In the Mermaid Curse Murder Case and later in [[opening 50]], [[Shiho Miyano]]'s name shows up in one of the guestbooks logging past contestants for the arrows, as well as [[Gin]] and Vodka's names, Kurosawa Jin (黒澤 陣) and Uokka Saburō (魚塚 三郎). This was commented in an interview with [[Gosho Aoyama]] in [[Interviews#Love Conan Interview|''Love♥Conan: Conan Official Fan Book for Girls'']], published by [[Shogakukan]] on March 1, 2004 in Japan. In addition, some say that these names are derived from the [[Wikipedia: Seven Lucky Gods|Seven Lucky Gods]] and Japanese actors and film directors and Vodka’s name would derive from [[Wikipedia: Sanjuro|Sanjūrō Tsubaki]], [[Wikipedia: Sanshiro Sugata|Sanshirō Sugata]] (Akira Kurosawa's films and their protagonists), [[Wikipedia:ja:門脇三郎|Saburō Kadowaki]], or [[Wikipedia:ja:池谷三郎|Saburō Iketani]] + a [[Wikipedia: Romanization of Japanese|romanization]] of "Vodka".
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| first-appearance    = Manga: [[Volume 1#File 001 - The Heisei Holmes|File 1]] <br> Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|Episode 1]]
 
| appearances        = {{:Vodka Appearances}}
 
| appearances        = {{:Vodka Appearances}}
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| cases-solved        =  
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| cases-solved        =
 
| keyhole            = [[Volume 38]]
 
| keyhole            = [[Volume 38]]
 
| japanese-voice      = [[Fumihiko Tachiki]]
 
| japanese-voice      = [[Fumihiko Tachiki]]
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| english-voice      = [[Kyle Hebert]]<br />[[Christopher Sabat]] (currently)
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| english-voice      = [[Kyle Hebert]] (1st FUNimation) <br> [[Christopher Sabat]] (2nd FUNimation) <br> [[Edward Bosco]] (Bang Zoom!)
 
| drama-actor        = [[Taro Okada]]
 
| drama-actor        = [[Taro Okada]]
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'''{{nihongo|Vodka|ウォッカ|Wokka}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is [[Gin]]'s secretary<ref name=CD237>Conan Drill page 237. Vodka's position is 全体監視役秘書係 which roughly translates to General Oversight division secretary</ref> and assistant. Like Gin, he was first introduced under the name of Kaspar in the English manga, but then was later renamed to Vodka.
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'''{{nihongo|Vodka|ウォッカ|Wokka}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is [[Gin]]'s partner and, like him, was first introduced under the name of Kaspar in the English manga, but then was later renamed to Vodka.<!--His real name is {{nihongo|'''Saburo Uokka'''|魚塚 三郎|Uokka Saburō}}<ref>[[Volume 28#Mermaid's Curse Case|Volume 28: Mermaid's Curse Case]]</ref>, then "Vodka" derived from the last name, which is very similar.<- Same as Gin, never confirmed, can very well be a fake name based on his codename.-->
  
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
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'''Vodka''' is a member of the [[Black Organization]] who is often seen by Gin's side. His official position is Gin's secretary<ref name=CD237/>, so he handles most of the research and information for the duo, such as setting up meetings (309-311), and relaying information to other members (54, 345).
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Vodka is a member of the [[Black Organization]] who is often seen by Gin's side. His official position is that of secretary in the general oversight division<ref>Conan Drill page 237. Vodka's position is 全体監視役秘書係 which roughly translates to General Oversight division secretary</ref>, so he handles most of the research and information for the duo, such as setting up meetings (309-311), and relaying information to other members (54, 345). Vodka is often seen using some transport.
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== Appearance ==
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Vodka has a muscular body, a wide chin making him look more like a member of the mafia, yakuza or simply a thug. Vodka wears a black fedora with a red stripe around it, also he wears black clothes but his shirt is red. Vodka is mostly seen wearing black glasses.
  
 
== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==
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[[Image:vodka_calls.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Vodka makes a phone call to Itakura, but instead of him, Agasa and Conan are in Itakura's cottage.]]
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[[File:Vodka calls Itakura.png|thumb|left|200px|Vodka makes a phone call to Itakura, but instead of him, Agasa and Conan are in Itakura's cottage.]]
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While just as ruthless a killer as his partner Gin, Vodka is more easy-going and trusting, thus more susceptible to traps Conan sets to apprehend the Organization. He also tends to not perform well under duress without guidance from Gin or other characters, exemplified in [[Sherry's Return]] when, distracted by Gin being sedated, fails to notice and stop Shiho from escaping before it is too late. He speaks and acts like a typical mafia or Yakuza type gangster. While his astuteness is largely overshadowed by Gin, at some point Vodka notices suspicious things and unlike Gin occasionally notices things that prove dangerous to Conan. When Haibara was trapped by [[Pisco]] in wine storage room, she was trying to extract all the data about the [[APTX 4869]] from laptop and tell Conan about it, but it was too late because Gin and Vodka arrived in the room. Her half-drunken left-behind bottle [[baijiu]] (Haibara drinked it to transform into her real form, so she could become able to climb through chimney and succesfully escape from the room) and unfold laptop were noticed by Vodka. On the bullet train's dining car,<ref>Note that in the anime, Vodka and Gin's appearance was changed to some generic lookalikes.</ref> Vodka noticed a piece of gum with tracker in it that Conan planted in the armrest cigarette disposal where Gin and Vodka were sitting; however, Vodka then confirmed it was just a piece of gum. In another example, Vodka heard the click of [[Agasa]] turning on the lights in the background while Conan was on the phone with him impersonating the Organization contact Itakura with his [[voice changing bowtie]]. Conan alleviates Vodka's suspicion by telling him it was just the wind.<br />
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Vodka speaks and acts like a typical mafia or Yakuza type gangster, and he is just as ruthless a killer as his partner Gin. However, he is also more easy-going and trusting than the latter, thus making him more susceptible to traps Conan sets to apprehend the Organization. In addition, he tends to not perform well under stress without guidance from Gin or other characters, as exemplified in [[Reunion with the Black Organization]] when, distracted by Gin being sedated, he fails to realize Shiho is escaping and stop her before it is too late.
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In the original Japanese versions, he refers to Gin as "aniki", which literally means "big brother" and is used by yakuza-types to respectfully refer to their bosses but it is also a quasi-affectionate term within a tight social circle as well.
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While his astuteness is largely overshadowed by Gin, Vodka can notice details that Gin does not, sometimes to the point of endangering Conan. An example of this would again be in Sherry’s Return, where Vodka noted Haibara’s partially consumed bottle of [[baijiu]] and the unfolded laptop containing data about [[APTX 4869]]. (She had left these behind in order to be able to climb through the chimney and successfully escape from the room before the two arrived).
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On the bullet train's dining car,<ref>Note that in the anime, their appearance was replaced by a pair of generic lookalike criminals.</ref> Vodka spotted a piece of gum that Conan had previously planted; however, Vodka then confirmed it was just a piece of gum, apparently unaware of the tracker hidden inside.
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Another example occurred while Vodka was on the phone with Conan, who at the time was impersonating the Organization contact [[Suguru Itakura]] with his [[Voice-Changing Bowtie|voice changing bowtie]]. During the conversation, Vodka heard the click of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] turning on the lights in the background, although Conan again alleviates his suspicions by telling him that the sound was just the wind blowing.<br />
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== Abilities ==
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=== Marksmanship ===
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Vodka is a fairly accurate shot with handguns. In [[Reunion with the Black Organization]] he pretty accurately shoots at adult height where Conan is standing behind the door. Note that in the anime, Vodka is depicted as shooting wildly because the animators mistook the drawings of the muzzle flash for wall impacts.
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=== Memory ===
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Vodka apparently has a good memory. He could recall offhand the conditions, reasons, and circumstances of the Shinichi's death quite some time after the fact when Gin asked.
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== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Black Organization">
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{{appellations/head|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|The Boss|file=The Boss 60px.jpg|-|Ano kata}}
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{{appellations|Gin|Vodka|Bro (''aniki'')<br>Gin-aniki}}
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{{appellations|Rum|-|Rum}}
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{{appellations|Vermouth|Vodka|Vermouth}}
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{{appellations|Pisco|-|Pisco}}
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{{appellations|Korn|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Shiho Miyano|Vodka|That woman}}
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{{appellations|Tequila|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Rikumichi Kusuda|-|Fellow (''nakama'')}}
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{{appellations|Scar Akai|-|Man like [[Shuichi Akai|Akai]] (''Akai-rashiki otoko'')}}
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{{appellations|Yoshiaki Hara|-|Hara}}
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{{appellations|Curaçao|-|Curaçao}}
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|}
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</tab>
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<tab title="Law enforcement">
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{{appellations/head|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|-|Akai}}
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{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Bourbon}}
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{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Kir}}
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{{appellations|Andre Camel|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Men in Black (collective)}}
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|}
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</tab>
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<tab title="Detective Boys">
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{{appellations/head|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Vodka|Stupid Brat}}
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{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Men in Black (''Kuro-zukume no Otoko-tachi''; collective)}}
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|}
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</tab>
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<tab title="Others">
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{{appellations/head|Vodka}}
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{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Vodka|Brat (''bōzu'')}}
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{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Mouri Kogoro}}
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{{appellations|Suguru Itakura|-|Itakura <br> Bastard Itakura (''Itakura no yarō'') <br> Itakura-san}}
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{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
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|}
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</tab>
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</tabs>
  
 
== Plot overview ==
 
== Plot overview ==
 
Vodka was the first Black Organization member introduced to the series.
 
Vodka was the first Black Organization member introduced to the series.
  
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== Relationships analysis==
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=== Blackmail Transaction with a Company Owner (Manga: [[Volume 1|1]], Anime: [[Roller Coaster Murder Case|1]]) ===
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=== Black Organization ===
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[[File:Vodka's blackmail transaction.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vodka conduct a blackmail transaction with a company owner.]]
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==== Gin ====
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Gin and Vodka blackmailed an unnamed company owner who had been smuggling guns for over 100 million yen in cash. After Vodka received the briefcase of cash, he returned the film evidence of the business' gun smuggling. Vodka may have intended to kill the man when the transaction was complete as he began to draw his gun, but it could also have been in response to the company owner's remark the Black Organization does even worse things than gun smuggling. The man escaped when Gin assaulted Shinichi who had been spying on the transaction and Vodka was distracted.
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Vodka is a subordinate of [[Gin]]'s and they frequently work together as a team, or are seen communicating with one another by phone. Vodka shows Gin absolute respect, using honorifics<ref>Vodka uses the word, "aniki", literally meaning "older brother", but in context means "one's senior".</ref> while speaking with Gin rather than just simply using his codename. Gin in turn values Vodka for his obedience. Gin views and treats Vodka as an "inexperienced little brother".<ref name=CD239a>Conan drill page 239: 出来の悪い弟分</ref>
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=== Murder of Akemi Miyano (Manga: [[Volume 2|16]], Anime: [[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case|128]]) ===
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[[File:V2-7 Such an awkwardly shaped panel.PNG|thumb|left|150px|Gin confronting Akemi Miyano.]]
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In order to free both her sister and herself from the Black Organization, [[Akemi Miyano]] accepts the mission to rob one billion yen from a bank. To increase the chances of her sucess, she hires a driver and a giant-like man as assistants. However, the driver, Kenzo Hirota, disappears with the cash after the robbery, forcing Akemi to search for him. She hires [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] under the alias "Masami Hirota", supposedly Kenzo's teenage daughter. Kogoro luckily manages to find Kenzo for Akemi; after she is left alone with Kenzo, she and their third partner kill Kenzo and stage his death as a suicide hanging after taking the money. Meanwhile, Gin and Vodka meets Masami, who call her Akemi Miyano. Gin asks where the money is. Akemi refuses to reveal the location without them giving up her sister, since she'd done the job on the condition that the two of them could leave after. Gin answers that her sister, as a "top brain" in the organization, is too indispensable to have ever considered giving up. Akemi refuses Gin offer of one last chance to reveal the money cache.
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=== Bullet Train Case (Manga: [[Volume 4|33]]) ===
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[[File:Gin and Vodka on a train.PNG|right|thumb|150px|Conan encounters Gin and Vodka.]]
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Gin and Vodka board a bullet train to complete a transaction: selling information about gold for 400 million yen. They arrange the meeting place to be a dining car on the second floor of the bullet train. On the way to their seats, Gin and Vodka coincidentally encounter [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]. However, neither of them recognize that he is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]], because they are unaware of the rare shrinking effect of [[APTX 4869]]. Vodka simply orders Conan to get out of the way and they take their seats, which are very near the Mouris', without paying further attention to him. When Gin and Vodka go to make the transaction, Conan plants an eavesdropping bug in the seat ashtray. Once they return, he overhears them discussing how the black briefcase they exchanged for 400 million yen has no information about gold, but is a bomb their client is sure to set off without meaning to at a specific time. Conan also learns their codenames at this time. They leave the train at Nagoya station, before the explosion is set to occur when the client dials a specific phone number as instructed to learn how to open the case; the number is actually the bomb activator. It is unknown if Gin, Vodka, or the Organization know that Conan was the one who found the bomb and kicked it off the train just before it exploded.
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=== Game Company Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 12|114-116]], Anime: [[Game Company Murder Case|54]]) ===
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[[File:Tequila talk with Vodka by phone-call.jpg|left|thumb|right|200px|Conan overhears Tequila start a phone-call with Vodka.]]
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At the Mantendo Convention, Conan encounters the man code-named [[Tequila]]. Tequila appears at the Mantendo Corporation convention to buy a list of the best programmers in the world from one of the company employees, Hideaki Nakajima. The exchange occurs by the two men bumping into each other in the hallway and exchanging claim tickets for the convention hall's coat-check area. Tequila uses the claim ticket to obtain Hideaki's company briefcase; however, both men are unaware that Hideaki's ticket was previously switched with that of his co-worker with the intention of killing him via a briefcase-bomb. When Tequila opens the briefcase, the explosion kills him.
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Meanwhile, Conan sees Tequila again on their way back, trading tag 98 for a Mantendo-employee briefcase. Conan is curious, but decides it's not his problem until he overhears the man start a phone-call with Vodka by identifying himself as Tequila and ask Vodka to tell Gin that he promise to meet both of them later.
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Tequila and Vodka speak over the phone, though Vodka's dialogue is never heard in the episode, and we're left to interpret it through Tequila's responses. Tequila is easily frustrated talking to Vodka, though it may just be from Conan distracting Tequila for a few seconds. Neither Gin or Vodka appear in the episode aside from some background shots, and Vodka doesn't have lines.
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=== The University Professor Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 18|179-180]] and [[Volume 19|181]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|129]]) ===
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[[File:Conan realize Vodka voice.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Conan and Haibara realize Vodka disguised as a person from "Kuro Life Insurance".]]
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Masami Hirota, age 61, was a Nanyo University professor. Akemi Miyano had contact with and was probably close to him because she borrowed his name when coming up with an alias. Shiho mistakenly sent him an APTX 4869 disk when it was mixed up for a disk of Akemi's pictures Shiho was sending back via the professor's address. The Black Organization intended to kill Masami Hirota, but he was killed by an unrelated person first. Vodka disguised his voice and left a message on his answering machine pretending to be from "Kuro Life Insurance" so he could try to set up a meeting.
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=== Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume 24|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]]) ===
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Gin and Vodka are planning to eliminate someone, and already has a member named [[Pisco]] in Haido City Hotel. Pisco recognizes Haibara's childhood form and on Gin's order, kidnaps her from the wake after he murders the target. Then Gin and Vodka are on their way to the hotel and intercept her, in Shiho's form, on the roof. Gin shoots her several times as torture to make her answer how she escaped the gas chamber. When she refuses, Gin is about to kill her when Conan shoots Gin with the tranquilizer needle and orders Shiho via th voice-changing bowtie to escape back down the chimney. Gin shoots himself in the arm to stay awake, while Vodka tries unsuccessfully to shoot Conan, letting Shiho escape successfully just before she reverts to Haibara.
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In the chimney, Haibara meet Kenzo Masuyama who is revealed to be Pisco. When he is just about to shoot Haibara, Conan reveals himself to Pisco. Ethanol fumes are set alight by Pisco's cigarette and the whole cellar catches fire. Conan and Haibara escape in the confusion. Pisco hears someone getting down the chimney. He thought that it was Conan and Haibara, but it was actually Gin who had survived from Conan's tranquilizer darts. He then tells Pisco that he was photographed when commiting the crime, and then shoots him, resulting in his death.
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=== Vodka's rendezvous with Suguru Itakura (Manga: [[Volume 37|380-382]] and [[Volume 38|381]], Anime: [[Contact with the Black Organization|309-311]]) ===
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[[File:Vodka call Conan.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Vodka talking with Conan who using Itakura's voice with his voice changing bowtie.]]
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[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] tells Conan that [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] is an FBI agent causing Conan to wonder what the FBI are doing in Japan. Conan heads to Agasa to analyze the data from [[Suguru Itakura|Itakura]]'s disk and learn that the Black Organization were going to Itakura's cottage to retrieve the program he was working on. Conan and Agasa head to Itakura's cottage in an attempt to intercept the email the email the Black Organization would send in order to trace them. However, the email was programmed to be deleted if the correct password was not typed and subsequently causes the Black Organization members to believe Itakura is in the cottage. Vodka phones the house and believing Itakura is in the cottage, to pick up the phone.
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Once arriving at their destination point, Conan reveals that the two people are the jewelry robbers. Conan reveals that they hijacked a car as evidenced by the man's inability to handle the foreign car and how coins were found in the ashtray yet the man is a smoker. Conan apprehends the two culprits and proceeds to the subway. Once there Conan places the CD containing the program the Black Organization wants and places it in a coin locker with a check sticking out of the prearranged locker. Vodka arrives and takes the CD but is stopped by Gin who revealed that there is tape on the CD which means that someone was trying to get his fingerprint. Gin finds a tracker device. He places his hand on the case to find out its warm meaning the one who set up the disk is nearby. Conan manages to hide in a coin locker and passes out due to the lack of oxygen; He is found by [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] the next day.
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=== Disguised as Zombie in Halloween Party (Manga: [[Volume 42|429-434]], Anime: [[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night|345]]) ===
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[[File:Vodka with Zombie Mask.PNG|thumb|left|200px|Vodka bring a zombie mask.]]
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[[Vermouth]] sends a signed off-season Halloween party invitation to Kogoro Mouri and to Conan addressed for Shinichi Kudo challenging them to solve a murder on the ship. Conan asks Haibara who is still sick about the name Vermouth, and learns from her reaction that it is the codename of one of the Black Organization members.
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Agasa’s house is still bugged and Conan takes advantage of that to manipulate Vermouth into believing he is going to go to the party. Conan knows at this time Vermouth wants to avoid catching him up in her plan to capture Sherry because of the events at New York in the Golden Apple case.
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Gin has been ordered by the boss to look into Vermouth’s movements related to the Halloween party and tells Vodka to board the ship and investigate. He has no idea what Vermouth is doing but tells Vodka to kill her if she does anything weird even if she is the boss' favorite.
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The invisible man gathers the party guests to the bow of the boat and reveals his identity as Shinichi and declares werewolf as the murderer. Vodka is very surprised and remembers that Gin had killed Shinichi in Tropical Land. The Shinichi present at the boat is then revealed to have been [[Heiji Hattori]] in disguise.
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=== Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out (Manga: [[Volume 48|499-500]] and [[Volume 49|501-504]], Anime: [[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out|425]]) ===
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=== Clash of Red and Black (Manga: [[Volume 57|595-597]] [[Volume 58|598-608]] and [[Volume 59|609]], Anime: [[Clash of Red and Black|495-504]]) ===
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=== Department Store Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 67|700-704]], Anime: [[The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen|579-581]]) ===
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=== The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-704]]) ===
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[[File:Vodka hearing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vodka observes Jirokichi who talks with Nagoya Police.]]
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Vermouth is on the phone with Gin. Vermouth passes on the information that [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] came across, which is that Sherry was hiding in Gunma and was going to travel on the Bell Tree Express, a train own by Suzuki family which hosts a special mystery onboard. Vermouth recalls her encounter with Conan and her promise to let Sherry go. She justifies the upcoming attack on Sherry as Bourbon's job and asks Gin not to interfere before the train reaches its destination.
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At the Bell Tree Express, there's an unexpected murder case. Etsuto Murobashi, a passanger room B car 7, was killed in a sealed room (8B). [[Jirokichi Suzuki|Jirokichi]] is very angry and calls a meeting with the Nagoya Police directing them to restore his and their honor by capturing the murderer post haste. Gin and Vodka watch the pep rally from behind a column on the Nagoya platform. Gin receives an text from Vermouth that Sherry is indeed boarded the train.
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=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 80|951-953]], Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]]) ===
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After the case is solved, Gin and Vodka talk about it in their Porsche 356 A. Gin comments that [[Rum]] screwed up in [[Kohji Haneda]]'s murder from seventeen years ago. He is intrigued by the fact that Kogoro Mouri decided to investigate that murder and suggests the detective be finished off before he becomes more dangerous.
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=== Yusaku Kudo's TV Show Case (Manga: [[Volume 100|1060]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Detective Show|1072]]) ===
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After the case, Gin and Vodka pick up Vermouth in their Porsche 356 A, who is order by Rum to investigate [[Yusaku Kudo]] as a threat to the organization. Gin ask him whether she had kill him or not. Vermouth comments that the investigate was a let down so she didn't kill him, but she can do it any time if it need to be.
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=== FBI Serial Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 100|1061-1066]], Anime: [[The Black Organization's Scheme|1077-1079]]) ===
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Gin and Vodka eliminate the FBI by hacking the FBI Communication code. When the FBI decide to planted a fake code, Rum was able to detect it and able to counter trap and attacked one of the FBI members, [[Andre Camel]], causing him falling into sea at Umibotaru. However, Gin decide to find Camel due to Korn remembers he has seen Camel before. They arrive at Umizarujima and split up for searching Camel. Vodka mentioned that he never met Rum before. The conflicting accounts of his overall appearance and build among the Black Organization members are fake to keep his identity a secret. Only the artifical eye are true rumor. Gin had been met him and knows where he is and what he is doing. He also mentioned that Rum changed his appearance and made up a silly name for himself. However, they were fooled into thinking to have successfully eliminated Camel.
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== Non-canon plot overview ==
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=== Differences in the anime ===
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{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
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==== The Shinkansen's Bomb Case ([[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case|Anime 5]]) ====
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In the manga, this case occurred after [[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case]]. In the anime version of this case, Gin and Vodka are replaced with unrelated criminals who look and dress very similarly. The replacement of Gin and Vodka created a continuity error because the episode omitted how Conan learned their codenames, which was important to identifying Tequila as a member of the Black Organization in the [[Game Company Murder Case]]. In the Funimation dub, they fixed this continuity error by having Heiji Hattori hint the code names Gin and Vodka.
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==== The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case ([[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case|Anime 13]]) ====
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In the manga, this case occurred before [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case]]. In the anime version of this case, Gin was replaced by a similar looking man with glasses who shot but did not kill Akemi Miyano. This created a rather large continuity error.<ref>Akemi's participation in the robbery was a deal she made with the Black Organization stipulating that if she successfully stole the money, she and her sister would be freed. However, the Organization had intended for her to fail so they could kill her for having a relationship with the FBI infiltrator [[Shuichi Akai]]. Although Akemi was successful, Gin killed her anyway. Her death, which the Black Organization refused to explain, was part of the motive that led to Sherry betraying the Organization.</ref> The continuity error was corrected in [[The Black Organization: 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case|episode 128]]. Other information that wound up being delayed included Gin revealing that Akemi had a scientist sister who was valuable to the Organization, and that he was left handed based on how he held his handgun.
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==== Murder of Akemi Miyano ([[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case|Anime 128]]) ====
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Akemi Miyano, works as a bank teller under the alias "Masami Hirota" to prepare for the upcoming robbery. With the assistance of Shirou Kaizuka (a racecar driver) and Kishi (one of the bank guards), Akemi steals one billion yen from a transport van. However, soon after the Black Organization murders Akemi’s two accomplices and a lipstick-smeared facemask is left at the crime scene in order to frame Akemi as the third robber (which she is), who killed her partners to keep all the money herself (which she didn't). Meanwhile, Gin and Vodka meets Masami, who call her Akemi Miyano. Gin asks where the money is. Akemi refuses to reveal the location without them giving up her sister, since she'd done the job on the condition that the two of them could leave after. Gin answers that her sister, as a "top brain" in the organization, is too indispensable to have ever considered giving up. Akemi refuses Gin offer of one last chance to reveal the money cache.
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=== Special Manga Appearances ===
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==== [[Special Volume 35#Protect the Luxury Liner from the Virus|Protect the Luxury Liner from the Virus (Part 1)]] ====
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== Relationships analysis ==
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=== Gin ===
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Vodka is a subordinate of [[Gin]]'s and they frequently work together as a team, or are seen communicating with one another by phone. Vodka shows Gin absolute respect, using honorifics<ref> Vodka refers to Gin as "aniki", which literally means "big brother" and is a quasi-affectionate term for people within a tight social circle. However, the term is also used by yakuza-types to respectfully refer to their bosses.</ref> while speaking with Gin rather than just simply using his codename. Gin in turn values Vodka for his obedience. Gin views and treats Vodka as an "inexperienced little brother".<ref name=CD239a>Conan drill page 239: 出来の悪い弟分</ref>
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=== Tequila ===
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Vodka and [[Tequila]] are approximately equally ranked, though despite being equals, Tequila is very impatient and easily frustrated with Vodka during their phone call in The Game Company Murder Case. Unlike Vodka, Tequila doesn't use honorifics when referring to Gin, showing that Vodka likely has more respect for Gin given their frequent partnership. Both are Gin's subordinates.<ref name=CD239/>
  
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=== Sherry ===
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Vodka and [[Tequila]] are approximately equally ranked and both are Gin's subordinates.<ref name=CD239/>
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Vodka is acquainted with [[Shiho Miyano]], and is just as willing to kill or harm her as Gin, as shown in Reunion with the Black Organization, though likely would leave any finishing blows for Gin to execute. <ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref>
  
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=== Vermouth ===
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Vodka has met [[Shiho Miyano]] and they are acquaintances.<ref name=CD239>Conan drill page 239</ref>
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Throughout the series, Vodka has not been shown as having any negative emotions regarding [[Vermouth]], unlike other members of the organization (like [[Chianti]] and [[Korn]]). Vodka and Vermouth have been seen along on missions sometimes, but in general they don't pay much attention to each other.
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She does tease Vodka about his lack of literary knowledge when he fails to understand how Haido Park could be a place most suited for hunting.
  
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=== Chianti ===
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Throughout the series Vodka didn't show any negative emotion to [[Vermouth]] unlike the other members such as [[Chianti]] and [[Korn]]. Vodka and Vermouth were seen along on missions sometimes, but they didn't pay attention to each others.
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During the [[Episode 1079|The Black Organization's Scheme]], he and Chianti hunt down FBI Agent Andre Camel, and Chianti asks him about what Rum looks like, and Vodka relays the info he knows from Gin regarding Rum. The two seem to have a mutual respect for each other despite their limited interactions together. Just like Tequila, Chianti and Vodka are both subordinates of Gin.
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She does tease Vodka about his lack of literary knowledge when he fails to understand to understand how Haido Park could be a place most suited for hunting.
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Korn and Vodka don't interact much, but likely respect each other, and seem to get along fairly well, and both are Gin's subordinates.
  
 
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== Name origin ==
 
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Vodka's English name, Kaspar, is the name of one of the three Magi in Christian tradition. Gin's English name, Melchior, is also one of the Magi. The third name is Balthazar.
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Vodka is the name of a type of wine made by the distillation of converted substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits or sugar.
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Vodka's English dub name, Kaspar, is the name of one of the three Magi in Christian tradition. In accordance with that theme, Gin's English name, Melchior, is also the name of one of the Magi.
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== Character inspiration ==
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Vodka is modeled after a bad guy who was in the movie ''[[Wikipedia: Diva (1981 film)|Diva]]'', a guy with good body build.<ref>Detective Conan SDB Black Plus (2018)</ref>
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== Trivia ==
 
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* Vodka was actually the first Black Organization member to appear and speak. In the anime during the first episode, he rushed towards the roller coaster yelling, "Move it! Move it! We were here first!". His bulky body blocked Gin from view for a few seconds, who was walking right behind Vodka. Gin remained silent as they boarded the roller coaster and only uttered his first words after the murder took place.
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* Vodka was the first Black Organization member to appear and speak. In the first episode of the anime, he rushed towards the roller coaster yelling, "Move it! Move it! We were here first!". His bulky body blocked Gin from view for a few seconds, who was walking right behind Vodka. Gin remained silent as they boarded the roller coaster and only uttered his first words after the murder took place.
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* Vodka never seen taking off his hat or sunglasses. His eyes were shown only during episode 345.
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* Vodka has never been seen taking off his hat or sunglasses. His eyes were shown only during episode 345.
  
 
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Vodka

Vodka Profile.jpg

Profile
Japanese name: ウォッカ
(Wokka)
English name: Kaspar
Age: unknown
Gender: Male
Occupation: Black Organization managerial secretary
Status: Alive
Aliases: Saburō Uokka[1]
Statistics
First appearance: Manga: File 1
Anime: Episode 1
Appearances: Chapters: 101
Chapters: 7
Chapters: 1
Episodes: 64
Episodes: 1
Movies: 4
OVAs: 1
Specials: 1
Openings: 27
Closings: 4
Keyhole number: Volume 38
Actors
Japanese voice: Fumihiko Tachiki
English voice: Kyle Hebert (1st FUNimation)
Christopher Sabat (2nd FUNimation)
Edward Bosco (Bang Zoom!)
Drama actor: Taro Okada

Vodka (ウォッカ Wokka?) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. He is Gin's partner and, like him, was first introduced under the name of Kaspar in the English manga, but then was later renamed to Vodka.

Contents

Background

Vodka is a member of the Black Organization who is often seen by Gin's side. His official position is that of secretary in the general oversight division[2], so he handles most of the research and information for the duo, such as setting up meetings (309-311), and relaying information to other members (54, 345). Vodka is often seen using some transport.

Appearance

Vodka has a muscular body, a wide chin making him look more like a member of the mafia, yakuza or simply a thug. Vodka wears a black fedora with a red stripe around it, also he wears black clothes but his shirt is red. Vodka is mostly seen wearing black glasses.

Personality

Vodka makes a phone call to Itakura, but instead of him, Agasa and Conan are in Itakura's cottage.

Vodka speaks and acts like a typical mafia or Yakuza type gangster, and he is just as ruthless a killer as his partner Gin. However, he is also more easy-going and trusting than the latter, thus making him more susceptible to traps Conan sets to apprehend the Organization. In addition, he tends to not perform well under stress without guidance from Gin or other characters, as exemplified in Reunion with the Black Organization when, distracted by Gin being sedated, he fails to realize Shiho is escaping and stop her before it is too late.

While his astuteness is largely overshadowed by Gin, Vodka can notice details that Gin does not, sometimes to the point of endangering Conan. An example of this would again be in Sherry’s Return, where Vodka noted Haibara’s partially consumed bottle of baijiu and the unfolded laptop containing data about APTX 4869. (She had left these behind in order to be able to climb through the chimney and successfully escape from the room before the two arrived). On the bullet train's dining car,[3] Vodka spotted a piece of gum that Conan had previously planted; however, Vodka then confirmed it was just a piece of gum, apparently unaware of the tracker hidden inside. Another example occurred while Vodka was on the phone with Conan, who at the time was impersonating the Organization contact Suguru Itakura with his voice changing bowtie. During the conversation, Vodka heard the click of Agasa turning on the lights in the background, although Conan again alleviates his suspicions by telling him that the sound was just the wind blowing.

Abilities

Marksmanship

Vodka is a fairly accurate shot with handguns. In Reunion with the Black Organization he pretty accurately shoots at adult height where Conan is standing behind the door. Note that in the anime, Vodka is depicted as shooting wildly because the animators mistook the drawings of the muzzle flash for wall impacts.

Memory

Vodka apparently has a good memory. He could recall offhand the conditions, reasons, and circumstances of the Shinichi's death quite some time after the fact when Gin asked.

Appellations

Plot overview

Vodka was the first Black Organization member introduced to the series.

Blackmail Transaction with a Company Owner (Manga: 1, Anime: 1)

Vodka conduct a blackmail transaction with a company owner.

Gin and Vodka blackmailed an unnamed company owner who had been smuggling guns for over 100 million yen in cash. After Vodka received the briefcase of cash, he returned the film evidence of the business' gun smuggling. Vodka may have intended to kill the man when the transaction was complete as he began to draw his gun, but it could also have been in response to the company owner's remark the Black Organization does even worse things than gun smuggling. The man escaped when Gin assaulted Shinichi who had been spying on the transaction and Vodka was distracted.

Murder of Akemi Miyano (Manga: 16, Anime: 128)

Gin confronting Akemi Miyano.

In order to free both her sister and herself from the Black Organization, Akemi Miyano accepts the mission to rob one billion yen from a bank. To increase the chances of her sucess, she hires a driver and a giant-like man as assistants. However, the driver, Kenzo Hirota, disappears with the cash after the robbery, forcing Akemi to search for him. She hires Kogoro under the alias "Masami Hirota", supposedly Kenzo's teenage daughter. Kogoro luckily manages to find Kenzo for Akemi; after she is left alone with Kenzo, she and their third partner kill Kenzo and stage his death as a suicide hanging after taking the money. Meanwhile, Gin and Vodka meets Masami, who call her Akemi Miyano. Gin asks where the money is. Akemi refuses to reveal the location without them giving up her sister, since she'd done the job on the condition that the two of them could leave after. Gin answers that her sister, as a "top brain" in the organization, is too indispensable to have ever considered giving up. Akemi refuses Gin offer of one last chance to reveal the money cache.

Bullet Train Case (Manga: 33)

Conan encounters Gin and Vodka.

Gin and Vodka board a bullet train to complete a transaction: selling information about gold for 400 million yen. They arrange the meeting place to be a dining car on the second floor of the bullet train. On the way to their seats, Gin and Vodka coincidentally encounter Conan. However, neither of them recognize that he is actually Shinichi Kudo, because they are unaware of the rare shrinking effect of APTX 4869. Vodka simply orders Conan to get out of the way and they take their seats, which are very near the Mouris', without paying further attention to him. When Gin and Vodka go to make the transaction, Conan plants an eavesdropping bug in the seat ashtray. Once they return, he overhears them discussing how the black briefcase they exchanged for 400 million yen has no information about gold, but is a bomb their client is sure to set off without meaning to at a specific time. Conan also learns their codenames at this time. They leave the train at Nagoya station, before the explosion is set to occur when the client dials a specific phone number as instructed to learn how to open the case; the number is actually the bomb activator. It is unknown if Gin, Vodka, or the Organization know that Conan was the one who found the bomb and kicked it off the train just before it exploded.

Game Company Murder Case (Manga: 114-116, Anime: 54)

Conan overhears Tequila start a phone-call with Vodka.

At the Mantendo Convention, Conan encounters the man code-named Tequila. Tequila appears at the Mantendo Corporation convention to buy a list of the best programmers in the world from one of the company employees, Hideaki Nakajima. The exchange occurs by the two men bumping into each other in the hallway and exchanging claim tickets for the convention hall's coat-check area. Tequila uses the claim ticket to obtain Hideaki's company briefcase; however, both men are unaware that Hideaki's ticket was previously switched with that of his co-worker with the intention of killing him via a briefcase-bomb. When Tequila opens the briefcase, the explosion kills him.

Meanwhile, Conan sees Tequila again on their way back, trading tag 98 for a Mantendo-employee briefcase. Conan is curious, but decides it's not his problem until he overhears the man start a phone-call with Vodka by identifying himself as Tequila and ask Vodka to tell Gin that he promise to meet both of them later.

Tequila and Vodka speak over the phone, though Vodka's dialogue is never heard in the episode, and we're left to interpret it through Tequila's responses. Tequila is easily frustrated talking to Vodka, though it may just be from Conan distracting Tequila for a few seconds. Neither Gin or Vodka appear in the episode aside from some background shots, and Vodka doesn't have lines.

The University Professor Murder Case (Manga: 179-180 and 181, Anime: 129)

Conan and Haibara realize Vodka disguised as a person from "Kuro Life Insurance".

Masami Hirota, age 61, was a Nanyo University professor. Akemi Miyano had contact with and was probably close to him because she borrowed his name when coming up with an alias. Shiho mistakenly sent him an APTX 4869 disk when it was mixed up for a disk of Akemi's pictures Shiho was sending back via the professor's address. The Black Organization intended to kill Masami Hirota, but he was killed by an unrelated person first. Vodka disguised his voice and left a message on his answering machine pretending to be from "Kuro Life Insurance" so he could try to set up a meeting.

Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: 238-242, Anime: 176-178)

Gin and Vodka are planning to eliminate someone, and already has a member named Pisco in Haido City Hotel. Pisco recognizes Haibara's childhood form and on Gin's order, kidnaps her from the wake after he murders the target. Then Gin and Vodka are on their way to the hotel and intercept her, in Shiho's form, on the roof. Gin shoots her several times as torture to make her answer how she escaped the gas chamber. When she refuses, Gin is about to kill her when Conan shoots Gin with the tranquilizer needle and orders Shiho via th voice-changing bowtie to escape back down the chimney. Gin shoots himself in the arm to stay awake, while Vodka tries unsuccessfully to shoot Conan, letting Shiho escape successfully just before she reverts to Haibara.

In the chimney, Haibara meet Kenzo Masuyama who is revealed to be Pisco. When he is just about to shoot Haibara, Conan reveals himself to Pisco. Ethanol fumes are set alight by Pisco's cigarette and the whole cellar catches fire. Conan and Haibara escape in the confusion. Pisco hears someone getting down the chimney. He thought that it was Conan and Haibara, but it was actually Gin who had survived from Conan's tranquilizer darts. He then tells Pisco that he was photographed when commiting the crime, and then shoots him, resulting in his death.

Vodka's rendezvous with Suguru Itakura (Manga: 380-382 and 381, Anime: 309-311)

Vodka talking with Conan who using Itakura's voice with his voice changing bowtie.

Ran tells Conan that Shuichi is an FBI agent causing Conan to wonder what the FBI are doing in Japan. Conan heads to Agasa to analyze the data from Itakura's disk and learn that the Black Organization were going to Itakura's cottage to retrieve the program he was working on. Conan and Agasa head to Itakura's cottage in an attempt to intercept the email the email the Black Organization would send in order to trace them. However, the email was programmed to be deleted if the correct password was not typed and subsequently causes the Black Organization members to believe Itakura is in the cottage. Vodka phones the house and believing Itakura is in the cottage, to pick up the phone.

Once arriving at their destination point, Conan reveals that the two people are the jewelry robbers. Conan reveals that they hijacked a car as evidenced by the man's inability to handle the foreign car and how coins were found in the ashtray yet the man is a smoker. Conan apprehends the two culprits and proceeds to the subway. Once there Conan places the CD containing the program the Black Organization wants and places it in a coin locker with a check sticking out of the prearranged locker. Vodka arrives and takes the CD but is stopped by Gin who revealed that there is tape on the CD which means that someone was trying to get his fingerprint. Gin finds a tracker device. He places his hand on the case to find out its warm meaning the one who set up the disk is nearby. Conan manages to hide in a coin locker and passes out due to the lack of oxygen; He is found by Haibara the next day.

Disguised as Zombie in Halloween Party (Manga: 429-434, Anime: 345)

Vodka bring a zombie mask.

Vermouth sends a signed off-season Halloween party invitation to Kogoro Mouri and to Conan addressed for Shinichi Kudo challenging them to solve a murder on the ship. Conan asks Haibara who is still sick about the name Vermouth, and learns from her reaction that it is the codename of one of the Black Organization members.

Agasa’s house is still bugged and Conan takes advantage of that to manipulate Vermouth into believing he is going to go to the party. Conan knows at this time Vermouth wants to avoid catching him up in her plan to capture Sherry because of the events at New York in the Golden Apple case.

Gin has been ordered by the boss to look into Vermouth’s movements related to the Halloween party and tells Vodka to board the ship and investigate. He has no idea what Vermouth is doing but tells Vodka to kill her if she does anything weird even if she is the boss' favorite.

The invisible man gathers the party guests to the bow of the boat and reveals his identity as Shinichi and declares werewolf as the murderer. Vodka is very surprised and remembers that Gin had killed Shinichi in Tropical Land. The Shinichi present at the boat is then revealed to have been Heiji Hattori in disguise.

Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out (Manga: 499-500 and 501-504, Anime: 425)

Clash of Red and Black (Manga: 595-597 598-608 and 609, Anime: 495-504)

Department Store Bomber Case (Manga: 700-704, Anime: 579-581)

The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Manga: 818-824, Anime: 701-704)

Vodka observes Jirokichi who talks with Nagoya Police.

Vermouth is on the phone with Gin. Vermouth passes on the information that Bourbon came across, which is that Sherry was hiding in Gunma and was going to travel on the Bell Tree Express, a train own by Suzuki family which hosts a special mystery onboard. Vermouth recalls her encounter with Conan and her promise to let Sherry go. She justifies the upcoming attack on Sherry as Bourbon's job and asks Gin not to interfere before the train reaches its destination.

At the Bell Tree Express, there's an unexpected murder case. Etsuto Murobashi, a passanger room B car 7, was killed in a sealed room (8B). Jirokichi is very angry and calls a meeting with the Nagoya Police directing them to restore his and their honor by capturing the murderer post haste. Gin and Vodka watch the pep rally from behind a column on the Nagoya platform. Gin receives an text from Vermouth that Sherry is indeed boarded the train.

Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: 951-953, Anime: 863-864)

After the case is solved, Gin and Vodka talk about it in their Porsche 356 A. Gin comments that Rum screwed up in Kohji Haneda's murder from seventeen years ago. He is intrigued by the fact that Kogoro Mouri decided to investigate that murder and suggests the detective be finished off before he becomes more dangerous.

Yusaku Kudo's TV Show Case (Manga: 1060, Anime: 1072)

After the case, Gin and Vodka pick up Vermouth in their Porsche 356 A, who is order by Rum to investigate Yusaku Kudo as a threat to the organization. Gin ask him whether she had kill him or not. Vermouth comments that the investigate was a let down so she didn't kill him, but she can do it any time if it need to be.

FBI Serial Murder Case (Manga: 1061-1066, Anime: 1077-1079)

Gin and Vodka eliminate the FBI by hacking the FBI Communication code. When the FBI decide to planted a fake code, Rum was able to detect it and able to counter trap and attacked one of the FBI members, Andre Camel, causing him falling into sea at Umibotaru. However, Gin decide to find Camel due to Korn remembers he has seen Camel before. They arrive at Umizarujima and split up for searching Camel. Vodka mentioned that he never met Rum before. The conflicting accounts of his overall appearance and build among the Black Organization members are fake to keep his identity a secret. Only the artifical eye are true rumor. Gin had been met him and knows where he is and what he is doing. He also mentioned that Rum changed his appearance and made up a silly name for himself. However, they were fooled into thinking to have successfully eliminated Camel.

Non-canon plot overview

Differences in the anime

Main article: List of differences between the manga and anime

The Shinkansen's Bomb Case (Anime 5)

In the manga, this case occurred after The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case. In the anime version of this case, Gin and Vodka are replaced with unrelated criminals who look and dress very similarly. The replacement of Gin and Vodka created a continuity error because the episode omitted how Conan learned their codenames, which was important to identifying Tequila as a member of the Black Organization in the Game Company Murder Case. In the Funimation dub, they fixed this continuity error by having Heiji Hattori hint the code names Gin and Vodka.

The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case (Anime 13)

In the manga, this case occurred before The Shinkansen's Bomb Case. In the anime version of this case, Gin was replaced by a similar looking man with glasses who shot but did not kill Akemi Miyano. This created a rather large continuity error.[5] The continuity error was corrected in episode 128. Other information that wound up being delayed included Gin revealing that Akemi had a scientist sister who was valuable to the Organization, and that he was left handed based on how he held his handgun.

Murder of Akemi Miyano (Anime 128)

Akemi Miyano, works as a bank teller under the alias "Masami Hirota" to prepare for the upcoming robbery. With the assistance of Shirou Kaizuka (a racecar driver) and Kishi (one of the bank guards), Akemi steals one billion yen from a transport van. However, soon after the Black Organization murders Akemi’s two accomplices and a lipstick-smeared facemask is left at the crime scene in order to frame Akemi as the third robber (which she is), who killed her partners to keep all the money herself (which she didn't). Meanwhile, Gin and Vodka meets Masami, who call her Akemi Miyano. Gin asks where the money is. Akemi refuses to reveal the location without them giving up her sister, since she'd done the job on the condition that the two of them could leave after. Gin answers that her sister, as a "top brain" in the organization, is too indispensable to have ever considered giving up. Akemi refuses Gin offer of one last chance to reveal the money cache.

Special Manga Appearances

Protect the Luxury Liner from the Virus (Part 1)

Relationships analysis

Gin

Vodka is a subordinate of Gin's and they frequently work together as a team, or are seen communicating with one another by phone. Vodka shows Gin absolute respect, using honorifics[6] while speaking with Gin rather than just simply using his codename. Gin in turn values Vodka for his obedience. Gin views and treats Vodka as an "inexperienced little brother".[7]

Tequila

Vodka and Tequila are approximately equally ranked, though despite being equals, Tequila is very impatient and easily frustrated with Vodka during their phone call in The Game Company Murder Case. Unlike Vodka, Tequila doesn't use honorifics when referring to Gin, showing that Vodka likely has more respect for Gin given their frequent partnership. Both are Gin's subordinates.[8]

Sherry

Vodka is acquainted with Shiho Miyano, and is just as willing to kill or harm her as Gin, as shown in Reunion with the Black Organization, though likely would leave any finishing blows for Gin to execute. [8]

Vermouth

Throughout the series, Vodka has not been shown as having any negative emotions regarding Vermouth, unlike other members of the organization (like Chianti and Korn). Vodka and Vermouth have been seen along on missions sometimes, but in general they don't pay much attention to each other. She does tease Vodka about his lack of literary knowledge when he fails to understand how Haido Park could be a place most suited for hunting.

Chianti

During the The Black Organization's Scheme, he and Chianti hunt down FBI Agent Andre Camel, and Chianti asks him about what Rum looks like, and Vodka relays the info he knows from Gin regarding Rum. The two seem to have a mutual respect for each other despite their limited interactions together. Just like Tequila, Chianti and Vodka are both subordinates of Gin.

Korn

Korn and Vodka don't interact much, but likely respect each other, and seem to get along fairly well, and both are Gin's subordinates.

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. Vodka placed 25th in the poll with 10 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.[9]

Name origin

Vodka is the name of a type of wine made by the distillation of converted substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits or sugar.

Vodka's English dub name, Kaspar, is the name of one of the three Magi in Christian tradition. In accordance with that theme, Gin's English name, Melchior, is also the name of one of the Magi.

Character inspiration

Vodka is modeled after a bad guy who was in the movie Diva, a guy with good body build.[10]

Different looks

Episode 1
Episode 425
Episode 704

Quotes

In other languages

Language Name
Flag of Japan Japanese ウォッカ Wokka
Flag of Arab League Arabic ڤودكا Vōdka
Flag of Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia Vodka / Wokka
Flag of Malaysia Bahasa Melaya Vodka (anime)
Volka (manga)
Flag of China Chinese (Simplified) 伏特加 Fútèjiā
Flag of US English Kaspar / Vodka[11]
Flag of Finland Finnish Vodka
Flag of France French Vodka
Flag of Germany German Vodka
Flag of Italy Italian Vodka
Flag of Spain Spanish Vodka
Flag of Thailand Thai วอตก้า
Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Vodka

Trivia

  • Vodka was the first Black Organization member to appear and speak. In the first episode of the anime, he rushed towards the roller coaster yelling, "Move it! Move it! We were here first!". His bulky body blocked Gin from view for a few seconds, who was walking right behind Vodka. Gin remained silent as they boarded the roller coaster and only uttered his first words after the murder took place.
  • Vodka has never been seen taking off his hat or sunglasses. His eyes were shown only during episode 345.

See also

References

  1. ^
    File 281
    Episode 223
    Opening 50

    In the Mermaid Curse Murder Case and later in opening 50, Shiho Miyano's name shows up in one of the guestbooks logging past contestants for the arrows, as well as Gin and Vodka's names, Kurosawa Jin (黒澤 陣) and Uokka Saburō (魚塚 三郎). This was commented in an interview with Gosho Aoyama in Love♥Conan: Conan Official Fan Book for Girls, published by Shogakukan on March 1, 2004 in Japan. In addition, some say that these names are derived from the Seven Lucky Gods and Japanese actors and film directors and Vodka’s name would derive from Sanjūrō Tsubaki, Sanshirō Sugata (Akira Kurosawa's films and their protagonists), Saburō Kadowaki, or Saburō Iketani + a romanization of "Vodka".

  2. ^ Conan Drill page 237. Vodka's position is 全体監視役秘書係 which roughly translates to General Oversight division secretary
  3. ^ Note that in the anime, their appearance was replaced by a pair of generic lookalike criminals.
  4. ^ File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)
  5. ^ Akemi's participation in the robbery was a deal she made with the Black Organization stipulating that if she successfully stole the money, she and her sister would be freed. However, the Organization had intended for her to fail so they could kill her for having a relationship with the FBI infiltrator Shuichi Akai. Although Akemi was successful, Gin killed her anyway. Her death, which the Black Organization refused to explain, was part of the motive that led to Sherry betraying the Organization.
  6. ^ Vodka refers to Gin as "aniki", which literally means "big brother" and is a quasi-affectionate term for people within a tight social circle. However, the term is also used by yakuza-types to respectfully refer to their bosses.
  7. ^ Conan drill page 239: 出来の悪い弟分
  8. ^ a b Conan drill page 239
  9. ^ "『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結". eBookJapan. 2011-05-12. http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp. Retrieved on 2011-05-15. 
  10. ^ Detective Conan SDB Black Plus (2018)
  11. ^ Changed to Vodka in the manga
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Black Organization
High ranking The Boss • Rum • Gin • Vermouth
Other agents Vodka • Kir (undercover) • Chianti • Korn • Bourbon (undercover)
Deceased agents Akemi Miyano • Tequila • Kenzo Masuyama/Pisco • Atsushi Miyano • Elena Miyano • Calvados • Rikumichi Kusuda • Ethan Hondou (undercover) • Hiromitsu Morofushi/Scotch (undercover)
Former agents Shiho Miyano/Sherry (Ai Haibara) • Shuichi Akai/Dai Moroboshi/Rye (undercover) • Ki'ichiro Numabuchi
Extended canon Yoshiaki Hara (movie only) • Irish (movie only) • Masaaki Okakura (movie only) • Arrack (special manga only) • Generic (special manga only) • Blackbeard (special manga only) • Kate Lauren (playstation only) • Curaçao (movie only) • Stout (movie only) • Aquavit (movie only) • Leona Bucholz/Riesling (movie only) • Man in bar (tv special only) • Pinga (movie only)
Related articles Black Organization timeline • APTX 4869 • Nanatsu no Ko • Scar Akai • List of Black Organization related characters • Vermouth timeline • Suguru Itakura • Kohji Haneda case • Karasuma Group • "The Criminal" • Night Baron • Crow
Manga Roller Coaster Murder Case • ¥1,000,000,000 Robbery • Bullet-Train Bombing • Game Convention Case • Missing Older Brother Case • Murdered Professor Case • Hotel Party Murder Case • Bus Hijacking Case • Kaitou Kid and the Murder • Escalator Message Case • Golden Apple Case • Footsteps of Darkness • Meeting with Vodka • Four Porsches Case • Bathroom Murder Case • Halloween Party Case • Black Organization vs. FBI • Mysterious Job Case • Kir Transport Case • Foreign Suspect Case • Department Store Bomber Case • Online Client • Mystery Train • Tennis Meetup • A Shrine to Remember • Elementary Teacher Assault • Scarlet Showdown • Girls Band Murder Case • Soul Detective Murder Case • A song named ASACA • Missing Maria Higashio Case • Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case • Yusaku Kudo's TV Show Case • FBI Serial Murder Case • Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule • Chess Tournament Murder Case
Anime Roller Coaster Murder Case • Game Company Murder Case • The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case • The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case • Reunion with the Black Organization • The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid • The Mysterious Passenger • The Secret Rushed Omission • Shinichi Kudo's New York Case • On the Trail of a Silent Witness • Contact with the Black Organization • The Four Porsches • Hidden Bathroom Secret • Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night • Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out • The Shadow of the Black Organization • Clash of Red and Black • The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen • Detectives' Nocturne • The Jet-Black Mystery Train • Conan in a Locked Room • Jodie's Memories and the Cherry Blossom Viewing Trap • The Scarlet Return • The Shadow Approaching Amuro (TV original) • The Unfriendly Girls Band • The Spirit Detective's Murder • The Betrayal's Stage • Search for Maria-chan! • The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment • Yusaku Kudo's Detective Show • The Black Organization's Scheme • Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule
Movies and Specials Countdown to Heaven • Time Travel of the Silver Sky • Black History • The Raven Chaser • Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization • The Darkest Nightmare • Black Iron Submarine
Special Manga The Wish Put on the Airship • The Black Organization...Revealed • Protect the Luxury Liner from the Virus
Playstation Remembrance Treasure Case
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Main Characters
Protagonists Shinichi Kudo • Conan Edogawa • Ran Mouri • Kogoro Mouri
Detective Boys Ai Haibara • Ayumi Yoshida • Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya • Genta Kojima
Family & Friends Hiroshi Agasa • Sonoko Suzuki • Eri Kisaki • Yusaku Kudo • Yukiko Kudo • Heiji Hattori • Kazuha Toyama • Yoko Okino • Sumiko Kobayashi • Tomoaki Araide • Makoto Kyogoku • Shizuka Hattori • Jirokichi Suzuki • Eisuke Hondou • Azusa Enomoto • Subaru Okiya • Masumi Sera • Shukichi Haneda • Sakurako Yonehara • Rumi Wakasa • Momiji Ooka • Muga Iori
Tokyo Metropolitan Police District Juzo Megure • Wataru Takagi • Miwako Sato • Ninzaburo Shiratori • Yumi Miyamoto • Kazunobu Chiba • Naeko Miike • Kiyonaga Matsumoto • Inspector Yuminaga • Shintaro Chaki • Hyoue Kuroda • Kenji Hagiwara • Jinpei Matsuda • Wataru Date
Osaka Police District Heizo Hattori • Ginshiro Toyama • Goro Otaki
Nagano Police District Kansuke Yamato • Yui Uehara • Taka'aki Morofushi
Other police districts Sango Yokomizo • Misao Yamamura • Jugo Yokomizo • Chihaya Hagiwara • Fumimaro Ayanokoji
NPA and Public Security Bureau Rei Furuya (Bourbon) • Hiromitsu Morofushi • Yuya Kazami
FBI Shuichi Akai • Jodie Starling • James Black • Andre Camel
CIA Hidemi Hondou (Kir) • Ethan Hondou
MI6 Mary Sera • Tsutomu Akai
Black Organization The Boss • Rum • Gin • Vodka • Vermouth • Chianti • Korn • Shiho Miyano • Akemi Miyano • Elena Miyano • Atsushi Miyano • Tequila • Pisco • Calvados • Rikumichi Kusuda • Ki'ichiro Numabuchi
Magic Kaito Kaito Kuroba • Kaitou Kid • Aoko Nakamori • Ginzo Nakamori • Midoriko Nakamori • Toichi Kuroba • Chikage Kuroba • Konosuke Jii • Keiko Momoi • Akako Koizumi • Saguru Hakuba • Snake • Kaitou Corbeau
Others "The Criminal" • Hideo Akagi • Ryusuke Higo • Takahiro Sanada • Scar Akai • Kohji Haneda • Kamen Yaiba • Amanda Hughes
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