Elena Miyano

Elena Miyano
Profile
Japanese name:	宮野 エレーナ (Miyano Erēna)
Age:	?
Gender:	Female
Relatives:	Akemi Miyano (daughter) Shiho Miyano (daughter) Atsushi Miyano (husband)
Occupation:	Black Organization member Scientist
Nicknames:	"Hell Angel" (Black Organization)
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 398 Anime: Episode 329
Appearances:	Chapters: 7 Chapters: 2 Chapters: 1 Episodes: 8 Episodes: 2 Specials: 1 Openings: 1
Actors
Japanese voice:	Hiroko Suzuki

Elena Miyano (宮野 エレーナ ,Miyano Erēna) was a biochemist in the Black Organization. She was married to Atsushi Miyano and had two children, Shiho Miyano and Akemi Miyano Together she and Atsushi started the APTX 4869 research according to Vermouth. Both Elena and Atsushi died during something that Pisco called an accident. Later the project was taken over by her daughter Shiho.

Background

Atsushi Miyano moved out of his father's house thirty years ago to go "somewhere" for his research, most likely the Black Organization. He got married in this time period to Elena, a foreigner of British origin. Vermouth may have hinted that there was an earlier project that the Miyanos assumed control over when they joined, perhaps the one Shiho implied was at least 50 years old. While they were researchers for the Organization, they worked on a project that they called Silver Bullet, which there lab mates refereed to as a "dream drug". This could be similar to, or the same one that Shiho calls APTX 4869.

Elena was known as “Hell Angel” in the Organization, which Haibara translates into Japanese as "the angel which fell into hell". Elena may have earned the nickname because of her apparently nice personality which set her apart from the darkness of the rest of the organization.

While she was in the Organization, Elena had two daughters, Akemi and Shiho. She and her husband also met Hiroshi Agasa at a science conference. Tooru Amuro revealed that he had met Elena some time before she died. Additionally, a woman resembling Elena appears in one of Amuro's flashbacks in File 889, where she asked him not to pick fights anymore as she wouldn't be able to tend his wounds the next time he comes, because she will go to somewhere "very far away".

Later, the couple and a 4~5 year old Akemi visited Atsushi's father's house then occupied by Atsushi's childhood friend and playmate Souhei Degima. The visit occurred 20 years prior to the current timeline.

Elena's death was claimed to be an accident by Pisco, an executive agent who apparently was close with the couple, but several mysterious points remain. Most notably, Elena and Atsushi seemed to know that something was going to happen to them, which Elena alluded to in her conversation with a young Rei Furuya and the tapes left for Shiho. In the tapes, Elena implies the drug they were working on, Silver Bullet, was related to their needing to leave Shiho and Akemi behind.

Tapes left for Shiho

Despite her cause of death apparently being an accident, for some reason Elena took the time to leave four tapes for Shiho meaning that Elena might have known something would happen or she was about to do something that she might not survive. The four tapes are numbered 1-20 with the numbers split into groups of five. The numbers correspond to a message left by Elena for Shiho's same-numbered birthday; Conan listened to the beginning of the #11-15 tape and Elena’s recording was for 11-year-old Shiho. Conan mentioned that he moved to the 11 through 15 one because there were so many blank ones, presumably referring to the earlier two #1-5, #6-10 tapes. On the fourth tape's number 18 meant for Ai’s 18th birthday, Elena talks about if Shiho will regret what she is about to do. Later on the same tape something Elena said about herself surprised Ai, but what was said was not revealed to the reader at that time. ("You are old enough to hear this… Actually, mom…") During the Bell Tree Express arc almost 400 chapters later, Haibara reveals the continuation of what Elena had said to her was that she was working on a remarkable drug she called "Silver Bullet", which may be an early nickname for APTX 4869 or a closely related project. She added that it was "terrifying" and the research would require them to leave Shiho and Akemi behind.

Elena seemed to be somewhat close to Akemi. For instance, Akemi was taken with Atsushi and Elena to the Miyano's old home. It was also Akemi who got the tapes for Shiho from Elena.

Appearance and Personality

The British Elena is the foreign half of Ai’s parents and bears a strong resemblance to her younger daughter. She wears glasses and has long hair. Her eyes have not been shown to date.

Elena seems to have had a generally nice personality, although Agasa feels she came off as being more suspicious than her "mad scientist" husband, Atsushi. Given the tapes she left behind, Elena seems to have loved her daughters. That said, even though Elena knew that she was going to "disappear" in advance, she left her daughters at the mercy of the Black Organization.

Plot overview

Hotel Party Murder Case (Manga: 242; Anime: 178)

Pisco tells Haibara that he is an old acquaintance of her parents and knew that they were working on a drug project. He us surprised on how far she has come with the project. He also mentions that the parents died in an accident.

Moving Dolls Case (Manga: 384; Anime: 312)

The first look at Elena we get, courtesy of Agasa's flashback

When Conan questions Haibara about why she doesn't know much about the Doll sets, the topic shifts to her past. She mentions that the Black Organization told Akemi that her parents had died in a lab accident, but Haibara is skeptical despite Pisco's earlier words. Haibara mentions that she doesn't know much about her mother, but that her father "Atsushi Miyano" was often called a Mad Scientist, and his projects were often boycotted.

The Torn Friendship (Manga: 398; Anime: 329)

On the way to a camping retreat Agasa comments that he does know the scientist, Atsushi Miyano. He says that he was a very friendly man who complimented his inventions.He reveals that his wife was named "Elena Miyano" and that she was quiet and he could never tell what she was thinking. Rumor has it that she met Atsushi when she came from England to study in Japan.

Bathroom Murder Case (Manga: 423-425; Anime: 340-341)

Elena and Haibara on a chapter cover

Approximately 30 years ago Atsushi moved out of the house he inherited from his father to go do research. He left the home to a childhood friend of his to open a design company. A short time later he sent a wedding invitation to his friend. At a point 20 years ago Atsushi and his wife, Elena, and his daughter, Akemi, came back to the house with something very important to tell the friend and stayed overnight, however the friend who was living there was busy and away for a few days. The other members of the company remember Elena being very quiet. They thought it was because she didn't speak Japanese very well, but Akemi spoke it perfectly. Atsushi had been looking out the window frequently and a black car with grey windows was parked nearby quite often. The three of them left without leaving any message behind. Akemi returned at a much more recent point of time (approximately one week before dying) to use the bathroom and hid something in the water tank. Twice someone had broken into the house and broken the lock on the bathroom door, possibly to find the item and spy on the occupants. Haibara reveals that her mother's nickname in the organization was "Hell Angel" (ヘル エンジェル) and she translates it into Japanese as "Jigoku ni ochita tenshi" (地獄に落ちた天使) (The Angel that fell to hell). At the end of the main case, Conan reveals that the items that Akemi hid in the bathroom were cassette tapes sealed in a plastic bag. The four tapes are numbered in 5 intervals ending with 20. Conan says that the first two tapes were empty and began to listen to the 11-15 tape. He stops and hands the headphones to Haibara saying that its something he shouldn't hear. The tape begins with "To the 11-year old Shiho, happy brithday!" The tapes are recorded messages from Elena to a more grown-up Shiho who she would have not been able to meet.

Haibara listening to Elena's tapes

Convenience Store Case (Manga: 427; Anime: 343)

In the middle of this case we have Haibara sitting in Agasa's basement listening to the tapes that were recovered in the previous case. "Shiho, won't you regret what you are about to do? If so, I am totally on your side. I'll never loose faith in you. Do your best. Well, it'll be your 19th birthday next time... bye-bye honey, oh, by the way... maybe you are old enough to hear this... I'm really..." However this is all we get to hear of the tape. (Later in the series we get the continuation of the quote.)

Halloween Party Case (Manga: 434; Anime: 345)

In the confrontation between Jodie and Vermouth at the docs once the main case had finished, Haibara arrived and said that she would willingly give herself over to Vermouth in exchange for sparing everyone else. Vermouth told her "If you want to blame anyone, blame your parents who took over this foolish research."

Mystery Train (Manga: 821, 823-824; Anime: 702, 704)

After receiving a message from Vermouth on her phone while on the train, Haibara freaks out and ditches the main group and hides around the corner as to not be detected. She then has a flashback to the words that her mother left her on the tapes (that were recovered 400 chapters ago). This version was translated slightly different than the original: "Alright, so the next time will be your 19th birthday... bye-bye see you soon... oh yes, maybe its about time I told you... the truth is, your mom is making a truly terrifying drug at the moment... my lab mates are getting really excited about it, they say it's like a "dream drug"... your dad and I are putting our hopes on it and calling it... the silver bullet! But in order to complete the drug, your dad and I will have to leave you and your sister... please understand Shiho..."

At the end of the case Bourbon's identity is revealed and he tells the person he believes to be Shiho that she looks very much like her mother. He reveals that he has met both of the Miyano parents as well as Akemi. However that Shiho happened to be Kaitou Kid in a mask with Haibara feeding him lines.

Amuro has a flashback to a woman who looks similar to Elena.

Tea Poisoning Murder Case (Manga: 889; Anime: 771)

Tooru Amuro has a flashback to when he was a kid and his wounds were being treated by woman who looks strikingly similar to Elena. However she tells him that soon she may have to go far away and will be unable to continue to treat his wounds from when he was picking fights.

Department Store Stabbing Case (Manga: 939-941, Anime: Unknown)

When a makeup counter sales associate asks Haibara where her mother was, she commented that her mother had died shortly after she was born.

Speculation

Elena Miyano and the Unknown child are sisters

In 2014 Gosho Aoyama did an interview with the Da Vinci magazine in which he revealed that "Two mothers will be revealed to be sisters". From then on there as been speculation as to who the sisters might be. Many people jumped in with the idea that the Unknown child, who is assumed to be the Akai family mother would be one of them since she is a recently introduced character of the arc that was happening at the time. Additional speculation began to link Elena as the other sister due to her being mentioned in the same question of the same interview.

Conan makes a connection between the Unknown child and Haibara due to some remaining makeup.

In the manga the recent Department Store Stabbing Case, Conan noticed some left over make-up on Haibara's face that made it look like she had the Akai family eye bags. Conan immediately began to suspect that Haibara may be related somehow to the Unknown child. Interestingly enough, even at this stage in the series we have not seen Elena Miyano's eyes for comparison. This may be because she has the Akai family eye bags due to being related.

Other commentary on Sisters Speculation

Gosho has given three different Super Digest Books Q&A answers on the subject.
SDB 70+
Q67: Are Yukiko and Sera's mother sisters?
A: Yukiko is not the sister...
SDB 80+
Q5: Are Elena Miyano and Shuichi Akai's/Sera's mother sisters?
A: Eh? Why's that?
Q62: Are Sera-san and Haibara cousins?
A: Stop asking in a roundabout way, I'm not going to get tricked! (laughs)

Quotes

“	Shiho, won't you regret what you are about to do? If so, I'm totally on your side! Well, it will be you nineteenth birthday next time. Bye-bye, honey. Oh yes, maybe it's about time I told you... The truth is, your mom is making a truly terrifying drug at the moment. My lab mates are getting really excited about it, they say it's like a dream drug. Your dad and I are putting all our hopes on it and calling it the Silver Bullet! But in order to complete the drug, your dad and I will have to leave you and your sister. Please understand, Shiho.	„
— Part of Elena's message on Shiho's 18th tape.

Name origin

"Elena" comes from the German reading of the Irene of Irene Adler.

See also

• Characters
• Miyano family
• APTX4869
• Silver Bullet (drug)
• Black Organization