Characters

Main characters of the series

The series was created and is drawn by Gosho Aoyama. The protagonists from his earlier series Magic Kaito look very similar: Kaitou Kid has made a number of appearances as himself in the anime and manga of the series. The main protagonist of the Detective Conan series, Shinichi Kudo, and the protagonist of the Magic Kaito series, Kaito Kuroba are also similar. Hundreds of minor characters have been created and are always given backgrounds, motives, and personalities that put them under suspicion during the investigation.

The English adaption dubbed by Funimation, called Case Closed, has different names than the one in the manga published by Viz Media.

Protagonists

The series revolves around Shinichi Kudo and his "child version", Conan Edogawa as well as his best friend Ran and her father Kogoro.

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Shinichi Kudo	Jimmy Kudo	Main character of the series. He was shrunk into a child after being forced to take a poison, called APTX 4869, created by the Black Organization.
	Conan Edogawa	Conan Edogawa	"Child" version of Shinichi. He's after the Black Organization to regain his original body. The show follows his journey and the different cases he encounters along the way.
	Ran Mouri	Rachel Moore	Shinichi's childhood friend, and main love interest. She doesn't know Conan's real identity. She's the one taking care of him along with her dad, Kogoro.
	Kogoro Mouri	Richard Moore	Private eye and Ran's father. Separated from Eri Kisaki, Ran's mother.

Detective Boys

The Detective Boys are called the "Junior Detective League" in the English version of the show. Notably, the Detective Boys are the only people that see the bowtie in action who aren't suspicious about Conan's identity. They have seen Conan use the bowtie, and even caught Conan using the bowtie to solve the case.

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Ayumi Yoshida	Amy Yeager	Member of the Detective Boys. She likes Conan.
	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Mitch Tennison	Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi and Haibara. One of the most intelligent in the Detective Boys. He is great when it comes to science and logic.
	Genta Kojima	George Kaminski	Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi. Always saying he is the leader of Detective Boys. He loves to eat, especially eel rice.
	Ai Haibara	Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (manga)	Member of the Detective Boys. Former Black Organization member codename "Sherry", real name "Shiho Miyano", she invented APTX 4869.

Family & Friends

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Yusaku Kudo	Booker Kudo	Shinichi's father. A famous author that is well-known in both America and Japan.
	Yukiko Kudo	Vivian Kudo	Shinichi's mother. A retired actress, she can disguise well and can mimic voices without a voice changer.
	Eri Kisaki	Eva Kadan	Ran's mother, a very successful attorney. Married to, but currently living separately from Kogoro Mouri.
	Hiroshi Agasa	Herschel Agasa	Professor who creates gadgets for Conan to use and the best friend of Yusaku Kudo.
	Sonoko Suzuki	Serena Sebastian	Ran's best friend. Youngest daughter of the wealthy Suzuki family.
	Heiji Hattori	Harley Hartwell	Shinichi's rival detective and best friend from Osaka. Known as "Great Detective of the West". He's also a trained Kendo martial artist. Knows Conan's identity.
	Kazuha Toyama	Kirsten Thomas (anime) Kazuha Toyama (manga) Katrina Tolliver (video game) Katie Thompson (card game)	Heiji's best friend since childhood and love interest. She is also a trained Aikido martial artist.
	Sumiko Kobayashi	Liz Faulkner	Conan's homeroom teacher and Ninzaburo Shiratori's girlfriend. Also the self-proclaimed manager of the Detective Boys.
	Tomoaki Araide	Tomoaki Araide	Kogoro's doctor, Teitan school nurse, and a high school basketball coach. He was once impersonated by Vermouth.
	Eisuke Hondou	Eisuke Hondou	Ran and Sonoko's classmate, whom Conan finds suspicious. It is later discovered to be looking for his sister, Hidemi and wants to follow the footstep of his father and sister to be a CIA agent.
	Subaru Okiya	Subaru Okiya	A person currently living in Shinichi's house, whom Haibara suspects is the member of the Black Organization known as Bourbon. Sometimes assists the Detective Boys and Conan on cases.

Law enforcement

Tokyo Metropolitan Police District

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Juzo Megure	Joseph Meguire	Inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District.
	Wataru Takagi	Harry Wilder	Police officer who works with Inspector Megure. Currently involved with Detective Sato.
	Miwako Sato	Detective Saimone	Female police officer who works with Inspector Megure. Currently involved with Detective Takagi.
	Ninzaburo Shiratori	Nicholas Santos	Police inspector who works with Inspector Megure. Originally Detective Takagi's rival for Detective Sato's affection, he is currently involved with Sumiko Kobayashi.
	Yumi Miyamoto	Yumi Miyamoto	A traffic enforcer and Detective Sato's best friend who is a compulsive tease.
60px	Detective Chiba	Detective Chiba	Police officer who often works with Inspector Megure.
	Naeko Miike	Naeko Miike	A traffic enforcer and Detective Chiba's childhood friend.
	Kiyonaga Matsumoto	Kiyonaga McLaughlin	Superintendent of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, and Inspector Megure's superior.
	Inspector Yuminaga	Inspector Yuminaga	The head inspector of the arson squad, and Kogoro Mouri's former superior.
	Shintaro Chaki	Bernie Biggers	Superintendent of Tokyo Metropolitan Police 2nd Division.
	Masayoshi Sato	Masayoshi Sato	Miwako Sato's father and the superintendent of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District, died in the line of duty.
	Jinpei Matsuda	Jinpei Matsuda	Miwako Sato's old partner and love interest, died in the line of duty defusing a bomb.
	Toshiro Odagiri	Superintendent Osterman	Police HQ chief superintendent.

Osaka Police District

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Heizo Hattori	Martin Hartwell	Heiji Hattori's father, and a police chief from the Osaka Police District.
	Goro Otaki	Inspector Odin	Inspector from the Osaka Police District, and a very close friend to Heiji Hattori.
60px	Detective Toyama	Chief Thomas	Kazuha's father, and a detective from the Osaka Police District.

Other police districts

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Jugo Yokomizo	Jugo Worthington	Sango Yokomizo's twin brother, also an inspector from Kanagawa Police District. He is not as easygoing as his brother.
	Sango Yokomizo	Inspector Worthington	Inspector from the Shizuoka Police District, known for his gruff personality.
	Misao Yamamura	Inspector Mangum	Detective from the Gunma Police District, albeit a not very good one. Is later promoted to "Inspector".
	Kansuke Yamato	Kansuke Yamato	Inspector from the Nagano Police District, partially disabled after surviving an avalanche.
	Yui Uehara	Yui Uehara	Kansuke Yamato's former partner who has recently returned to the force.
	Taka'aki Morofushi (Koumei)	Taka'aki Morofushi	Inspector from the Nagano Police District. Childhood friend and rival of Kansuke Yamato.

FBI

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Jodie Starling (Jodie Saintemillion)	Jodie Starling (Jodie Saintemillion)	An FBI agent on an undercover assignment against the Black Organization, and Ran's English teacher at one point.
	James Black	James Black	High ranking FBI agent, Jodie's superior.
	Shuichi Akai	Shuichi Akai	FBI agent, considered by Gin as his rival, and the "Silver Bullet" that could take down the Black Organization.
	Andre Camel	Andre Camel	FBI agent, played a vital role in the protection of Rena Mizunashi.

CIA

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Hidemi Hondou (Kir)	Hidemi Hondou	An undercover CIA agent, also pretending to be TV reporter Rena Mizunashi.
	Ethan Hondou	Ethan Hondou	Deceased CIA member who infiltrated the Black Organization. Hidemi and Eisuke's father.

Black Organization

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
60px	Anokata	That Person	Leader of the Black Organization.
	Gin	Gin Melkior (manga, later changed to Gin)	Member of the Black Organization. High ranking executive member.
	Vodka	Vodka Kaspar (manga, later changed to Vodka)	Member of the Black Organization. Often Gin's partner.
60px	Vermouth	Sharon Vineyard Chris Vineyard	Member of the Black Organization. She is an actress and master of disguise. Considered the Boss' "favorite," and knows that Haibara and Conan are really Sherry and Shinichi.
	Chianti	Chianti	Member of the Black Organization. Considered an excellent sniper.
	Korn	Korn	Member of the Black Organization. Considered an excellent sniper.
60px	Bourbon	Bourbon	Member of the Black Organization.
	Akemi Miyano	Akemi Miyano	Former member of the Black Organization, sister of Shiho Miyano, and the girlfriend of Shuichi Akai. She was killed by Gin for being a liability to the organization.
	Elena Miyano	Elena Miyano	Shiho Miyano's mother. Deceased member of the Black Organization.
	Atsushi Miyano	Atsushi Miyano	Shiho Miyano's father. Deceased member of the Black Organization.
	Tequila	Tequila	Member of the Black Organization, originally trying to get programs and a list of the world's top programmers. Accidentally killed by a bomb.
	Pisco	Pisco	An executive member of the Black Organization and a family friend of the Miyanos. His last assignment was to kill a politician. He was killed by Gin for getting caught in the act.
	Calvados	Calvados	Member of the Black Organization, another sniper. Kills himself after Shuichi Akai disables him. He was in love with Vermouth.
	Rikumichi Kusuda	Rikumichi Kusuda	Member of the Black Organization, who pretends to be a patient in the hospital holding Kir. He commits suicide when his cover is blown.
	Ki'ichiro Numabuchi	Cornelius Graver	Serial killer whom Conan runs into a few times. Former member of the Black Organization, who scheduled to be the original test subject for APTX 4869 before he escaped.

Magic Kaito

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Kaito Kuroba	Kaito Kuroba	High school student and magician. Aoko Nakamori's childhood friend, and love interest. Son of world-renowned magician Toichi Kuroba.
	Kaitou Kid	Phantom Thief Kid	Secret identity of Kaito Kuroba. Magician and thief known to be "uncatchable".
	Ginzo Nakamori	Mace Fuller	Inspector from Tokyo Metropolitan Police 2nd Division, who is obsessed with capturing Kaitou Kid.
	Aoko Nakamori	Aoko Fuller	Kaito Kuroba's childhood friend, and love interest. Daughter of Ginzo Nakamori.
	Saguru Hakuba	Saguru Hakuba	High school detective trying to catch Kaitou Kid.
	Akako Koizumi	Akako Koizumi	A witch who wants to seduce the Kaitou Kid.
	Keiko Momoi	Keiko Momoi	Aoko's friend and classmate.
	Chikage Kuroba	Chikage Kuroba	Kaito Kuroba's mother.
	Toichi Kuroba	Toichi Kuroba	Kaito Kuroba's deceased father. Once a world-renowned magician and the original Kaitou Kid.
	Konosuke Jii	Konosuke Jii	Once Toichi Kuroba's attendant and friend, now Kaito's assistant.
	Snake	Snake	A mysterious man responsible for murdering Toichi Kuroba.
	Spider	Spider	A newly established anime only character who appears to work under the same person Snake works under.
	Hakuba's Housekeeper	Governess	Saguru Hakuba's caretaker and driver, whom he calls 'baaya.'

Others

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	"The Criminal"	"The Criminal"	A generic depiction taking the place of an unknown culprit.
	Hideo Akagi	Harrison Akers	A soccer player.
	Scar Akai	Scar Akai	Mysterious person who looks like Shuichi Akai.
60px	Tooru Amuro	Tooru Amuro	A private detective.
	Fusae Campbell	Fusae Campbell	Professor Agasa’s love interest.
	Azusa Enomoto	Azusa Enomoto	A kind worker at the coffee shop that is right under the Mouri Detective Agency, who sometimes has a case that she wants Kogoro to solve.
	Shizuka Hattori	Shizuka Hartwell	Heiji Hattori's mother.
	Makoto Kyogoku	Makoto Kyogoku	Sonoko Suzuki's boyfriend, and a karate champion that has been admired by Ran.
	Yoko Okino	Yoko Okino	Idol star who is worshiped by Kogoro.
	Masumi Sera	Masumi Sera	A high school detective who transfers into Ran and Sonoko's high school class.
	Jirokichi Suzuki	Jirokichi Sebastian	Sonoko's uncle, obsessed with embarrassing and outsmarting the Kaitou Kid.

See also

• List of notable case characters
• List of minor recurring characters