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:	Jodie Starling's father
Undercover Agents:	Shuichi Akai (as Subaru Okiya)
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: 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 four have been named so far.

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. He was apparently killed by Kir. Now appear 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.
  
• Jodie Starling's father - He was an agent killed 20 years ago by Vermouth and his files on her burned. Jodie wears his old glasses that she saved.

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 Officer Takagi, Officer Tome, etc).

Plot timeline

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This is a timeline of events relevant to the FBI originally posted here.

Timeline

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

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

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

•  ?? years ago – Sharron Vineyard’s husband supposedly dies of an illness on the day she won an Oscar

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

• 27 years ago – Hidemi Hondo 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 Hondo is born, lives with mother at Okudaira house,

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

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

•  ?? years ago – Eisuke Hondo’s mother dies and he moves to Osaka with his father

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

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

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

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

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

• 10 years ago – Hidemi Hondo cuts ties with her family

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

• 5 years ago – Shuuichi Akai enters the BO under the alias “Dai Moroboshi”, through relationship with Akemi Miyano to get to Shiho Miyano

•  ?? years ago – Hidemi Hondo 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 Hondo’s job to introduce a new middle man “Barney”

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

•  ?? years ago – Hidemi Hondo presumably gained the name “Kir” due to “outing Ethan as a spy and killing him”

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

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

•  ?? years ago – An unknown incident involving Bourbon, Scotch and Rye occurs, Scotch does not survive.

• 2 years ago – “Rye” is finally called to work with Gin, but due to Camel’s mistake he is outed as FBI agent Shuuichi Akai

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

• 1 year ago – Shuuichi Akai is in New York chasing “Vermouth”, Chris Vineyard is already a successful actress according to Sharron Vineyard

• 1 year ago – Sharron Vineyard “died”, Chris Vineyard appears at the funeral, Jodie Starling obtains more fingerprints

•  ?? years ago – Shuuichi Akai cuts his hair

SERIES START – CH 001

• <1 year ago – Akemi Miyano sends Shuuichi 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, Shuuichi 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 – Shuuichi 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 – Shuuichi 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 Shuuichi 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 Domon Yasuteru,

• 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 Shuuichi Akai reveal Hidemi Hondo as a CIA agent to Eisuke Hondo 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 – Shuuichi 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 Akai’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’s 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 Toru Amuro, aided by Vermouth

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

• Ch894-897 – Toru Amuro Vs Shuuichi Akai, Akai is revealed to be alive to Jodie Starling and Andre Camel, Amuro’s real name is Rei Furuya

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

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 occassionally 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.

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

• FBI (Detective Conan).png

  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
• James Black
• Shuichi Akai
• Jodie Starling
• Andre Camel
• Subaru Okiya
• FBI Agent 1
• Tim (FBI Agent 2)
• Black Organization