Detective Boys

Detective Boys
Profile
Japanese name:	少年探偵団 (Shōnen Tantei-dan)
English name:	Junior Detective League
Members:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima
Gadgets:	Detective Boys Badge Wristwatch Flashlight Kamen Yaiba Voice Changer
Guardians:	Hiroshi Agasa Sumiko Kobayashi
Age:	6-7
Gender:	Male and Female
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 17 Anime: Episode 1
Appearances:	Chapters: 358 Episodes: 420 Movies: 28 OVAs: 16 Specials: 4 Openings: 45 Closings: 16

The Detective Boys (少年探偵団 ,Shōnen Tantei-dan), also known as The Junior Detective League in the English Funimation adaption, are the pre-adolescent detectives with whom Conan solves the occasional crimes in which he and his Teitan Elementary classmates stumble into.

History

The Detective Boys were informally founded when Ayumi Yoshida and Genta Kojima decided to investigate a mansion which was once a murder site and had been abandoned. Conan and his classmate Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya were drafted into accompanying the two, and the foursome entered the house. In the course of this adventure, Conan found out that the house was still inhabited by the mother and son of the murder victim; the son had killed his father in a fit of rage over his abusive behavior, and his mother had subsequently locked her own son in a dungeon beneath the house to wait until the deed's time-bar had passed. After Conan succeeded in exposing the two, they were arrested and the case was resolved.

In time, the four kept stumbling into more and more criminal cases, which were resolved thanks to Conan's deductive skills and initiative. Particularly after the case involving a sizable cache of stolen Italian gold coins, Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko developed a taste for detective work and impulsively decided to become investigators themselves, mostly for fame and glory. After advertising their services in school, they have become actively involved in many criminal cases provided by their schoolmates, though more often than not they keep accidentally coming upon such during their free-time activities. Some time later, their new classmate (and former Black Organization member) Ai Haibara was drafted into the group. Two adults also joined this group informally, namely Professor Hiroshi Agasa, who provides the group with special gadgets to aid them in their adventures, and their class teacher Sumiko Kobayashi, a mystery novel enthusiast who proclaimed herself their manager.

In most cases, the Detective Boys act more like aides to Conan, who is the group's (mostly undisputed) leader due to his intelligence, extensive criminal knowledge and experience. In this role they function mostly as additional pairs of eyes who provide Conan with trivial-seeming but important clues, and display little investigative brilliance or determination of their own. As the series progresses, however, the other members, particularly Ai and Mitsuhiko, have demonstrated in some cases - especially where Conan is not present or out of commission - that the Detective Boys have the potential of becoming skilled investigators in their own right. Famous cases of such include:

Manga:

• Chapter 251-253: Dangerous Cave Case
• Chapter 548-549: Kobayashi-sensei's Mystery
• Chapter 712-715: Kaitou Kid and the Kirin's Horn
• Chapter 753-755: Two-Five-Two
• Chapter 759-761: Wolf-Crier

Anime:

• Episode 182: The Big Investigation of the Nine Doors (TV Original)
• Episode 225: The Secret of the High Sales (TV Original)
• Episode 303: The Victim Who Came Back (TV Original)
• Episode 936: Intrigue at the Food Court (TV Original)

Movie:

• Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

OVA:

• OVA 07: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys
• OVA 11: A Secret Order From London

Note: Caution must be advised for OVAs, Movies and TV Originals, as these are essentially non-canonical with the Manga series and therefore not 100% diagnostically conclusive.

Members

Conan Edogawa
	Actual leader of the Detective Boys

Ai Haibara
	Joined the Detective Boys much later Substitute analyzer and second-in-command of the team

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
	Great general knowledge and third-in-command of the team Likes to be prepared or plan things

Ayumi Yoshida
	First girl to be in the Detective Boys Keen sense of observation

Genta Kojima
	Self-proclaimed leader of the Detective Boys The team's "muscle man"

Guardians

Hiroshi Agasa
	Frequent guardian Inventor of the Detective Boy's special gadgets

Sumiko Kobayashi
	Self-proclaimed manager of the Detective Boys Teitan Elementary School teacher

Rumi Wakasa
	New guardian and protector Teitan Elementary School assistant teacher

Relationship analysis

Family and friends

Hiroshi Agasa

The Detective Boys love Professor Hiroshi Agasa very much and they have a good familial relationship with each other. Professor Agasa has invented the 'Wristwatch Flashlight' and the 'Detective Boys Badge' to help them in their deductions and to contact each other in any situation that might come up.

Agasa, in turn, seems to consider the actual children of the group as surrogate grandchildren, and is willing to help them with various cases.

Sumiko Kobayashi

Sumiko Kobayashi is the current teacher of the class that the Detective Boys are in. She also proclaims herself to be their manager, much to the children's chagrin.

Rumi Wakasa

Since becoming assistant teacher in the Detective Boys' class, she has gone on a number of outings with them. She is secretly highly skilled at fighting and has protected the Detective Boys on a number of occasions. She also has very sharp deduction skills and has had to drop hints for Conan on the cases they've had together. However, there are indications that she is using the Detective Boys to her own ends.

Trivia

• Genta refers to Conan as his apprentice in various episodes, mainly to show off to people.
• In an interview, Gosho Aoyama stated that the purpose of the Detective Boys was to act as a cover for Haibara.
• The Detective Boys in Detective Conan and Nobita and his friends in Doraemon both share a lot of resemblance.
  • Interestingly enough, Ai Haibara also draw parallel to Doraemon's sister Dorami, being a wise and intelligent member.

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  Detective Boys and Nobita and his friends

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  Conan Edogawa and Nobita Nobi (not in the sense of intelligence, but as the respective 'leaders' of their groups)

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  Ayumi Yoshida with Shizuka Minamoto

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  Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Suneo Honekawa

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  Genta Kojima and Takeshi 'Gian' Goda

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  Hiroshi Agasa and Doraemon (both provide gadgets and assistance).

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  Ai Haibara and Dorami (wise and intelligent as well as second female member(recurring in Dorami's case)).

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	少年探偵団 Shōnen Tantei-dan
Arabic	فريق التحرّيات الصغير / فريق المحقّقين الصغار Farīq At-Taḥarriyāt Aṣ-Ṣaghīr / Farīq Al-Muḥaqqiqīn Aṣ-Ṣighār
English	Junior Detective League
Korean	어린이 탐정단 Eo-rin-i Tam-jeong-dan
French	Détective Junior
Filipino	Junior Detective Squad
Bahasa Indonesia	Grup Detektif Cilik
Bahasa Malaysia	Kumpulan Detektif Muda
German	Detective Boys
Spanish	Liga Juvenil de Detectives
Galician	Liga de Detectives Xuvenís
Catalan	Lliga de Detectius Júnior
Italian	Squadra dei Giovani Detective
Vietnamese	Đội Thám Tử Nhí (manga) Đội Thám Tử Tí Hon (anime)
Chinese	少年侦探团 shào nián zhēn tàn tuán
Tradtional Chinese	少年偵探團 shào nián zhēn tàn tuán
Thai	ขบวนการนักสืบเยาวชน K̄hbwnkār nạks̄ụ̄b yeāwchn

Gallery

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  The Detective Boys.

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  Mitsuhiko, Genta, and Ayumi when they were in kindergarten.

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  Detective Boys ten years later.

See also

• Characters