Characters
The series was created and is drawn by Gosho Aoyama. The protagonists from his earlier series Magic Kaito look very similar: Kaito Kuroba has made a number of appearances as himself in the anime and manga of the series. The main protagonist of the Case Closed 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 has different names than the one in the manga published by Viz Media.
Contents
Protagonists
The series revolves around Shinichi Kudo and his "child version", Conan Edogawa as well as his best friend Ran Mouri and her father Kogoro.
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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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 |
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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 Ai. 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 |
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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 "the Great Detective of the West". He's also a trained Kendo martial artist. | |
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. | |
Makoto Kyogoku | Makoto Kyogoku | Sonoko Suzuki's boyfriend, and a karate champion that has been admire by Ran. | |
Sumiko Kobayashi | Liz Faulkner | Conan's homeroom teacher and Inspector Shiratori's girlfriend. Also the self-proclaimed manager of the Detective Boys. | |
Tomoaki Araide | Tomoaki Araide | Ran's doctor, 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. Is later discovered to be looking for his sister, Hidemi and want 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 a member of the Black Organization. Often assists the Detective Boys and Conan on cases. | |
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. | |
Asami Tsuburaya | Asami Tennison | Mitsuhiko's older sister. | |
Midori Kuriyama | Midori Kuriyama | Eri Kisaki's secretary. | |
Genji Kojima | Genji Kaminski | Genta's dad, a true "Edokko" (child of Tokyo). |
Law Enforcement
Tokyo Metropolitan Police District
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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Juzo Megure | Joseph Meguire | Inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. | |
Wataru Takagi | Harry Wilder (anime/movies) Detective Takagi (manga) |
Police officer who works with Inspector Megure. Currently involved with Detective Sato. | |
Miwako Sato | Detective Saimone (movies) Miwako Sato (manga) |
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 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 | Officer Chiba | Officer Chiba | Police officer who often works with Inspector Megure. |
Ginzo Nakamori | Mace Fuller | Police inspector for Division 2 who is obsessed with capturing Kaitou Kid. | |
Shintaro Chaki | Bernie Biggers | Superintendent of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Division 2. | |
Officer Tome | Officer Tome | CSI officer who often works with Inspector Megure. Considered one of the top CSI officers in the district. | |
Kiyonaga Matsumoto | Kiyonaga McLaughlin | The chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, and Megure's superior. | |
Toshiro Odagiri | Superintendent Osterman | Police HQ Chief Superintendent | |
Masayoshi Sato | Masayoshi Sato | Miwako Sato's father and the chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, 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. | |
Inspector Yuminaga | Inspector Yuminaga | The head inspector of the arson squad, and Kogoro's former superior. |
Osaka Police District
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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Goro Otaki | Inspector Odin | Inspector from the Osaka Police district, and a very close friend to Heiji. | |
60px | Detective Toyama | Chief Thomas | Kazuha's father, and a detective from the Osaka Police district. |
Heizo Hattori | Martin Hartwell | Heiji's father, and a police chief from the Osaka Police district. |
Gunma District
|- | style="width:60px;"| || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Misao Yamamura || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Inspector Mangum || style="width: 600px; padding: 0 5px;"|Detective from the Gunma district, albeit a not very good one. Is later promoted to head Inspector in Gunma.
Nagano District
|- | style="width:60px;"| || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Kansuke Yamato || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Kansuke Yamato || style="width: 600px; padding: 0 5px;"|Inspector from the Nagano district, partially disabled after surviving an avalanche. |- | style="width:60px;"| || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Yui Uehara || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Yui Uehara || style="width: 600px; padding: 0 5px;"|Yamato's former partner who has recently returned to the force. |- | style="width:60px;"| || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Taka'aki Morofushi (Koumei) || style="width: 125px; line-height: 15px;" align="center"|Taka'aki Morofushi || style="width: 600px; padding: 0 5px;"|Police inspector from Nagano. Childhood friend and rival of Inspector Yamato.
Other police districts
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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Sango Yokomizo | Inspector Worthington | Inspector from the Shizuoka district, known for his gruff personality. | |
Jugo Yokomizo | Jugo Worthington | Sango's twin brother, also an inspector from Kanagawa district. He is not as easygoing as his brother. | |
Fumimaro Ayanokoji | Fumimaro Ayanokoji | Police inspector and detective from Kyoto. | |
Ayami Ogino | Ayami Ogino | Police inspector from Saitama. | |
Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno | Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno | Police detective from Nara. |
F.B.I.
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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Jodie Starling (Jodie Saintemillion) |
Jodie Starling (Jodie Saintemillion) |
Ran's english teacher at one point, turns out to be an FBI agent in disguise. | |
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 Mizunashi Rena. |
C.I.A.
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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Hidemi Hondou | 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 |
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60px | Anokata | That Person | The leader of the Black Organization. |
Gin | Gin Melkior (manga, later changed to Gin) |
Black Organization member. High ranking executive member. | |
Vodka | Vodka Kaspar (manga, later changed to Vodka) |
Black Organization member. Often Gin's partner. | |
Vermouth | Sharon Vineyard Chris Vineyard |
Black Organization member. 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 | Black Organization member. Considered an excellent sniper. | |
Korn | Korn | Black Organization member. Considered an excellent sniper. | |
Akemi Miyano | Akemi Miyano | Former Black Organization member, sister of Shiho Miyano, and the girlfriend of Shuichi Akai. She was killed by Gin for being a liability to the organization. | |
Tequila | Tequila | Black Organization member, originally trying to get programs and a list of the world's top programmers. Accidentally killed by a bomb. | |
Kenzo Masuyama (Pisco) | Pisco | An executive member of the Black Organization and a family friend of the Miyano. His last assignment was to kill a politician. He was killed by Gin for getting caught in the act. | |
Calvados | Calvados | Black Organization member, another sniper. Kills himself after Shuichi Akai disables him. | |
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. | |
Kichiro Numabuchi | Cornelius Graver (anime) Kichiro Numabuchi (manga) |
Serial killer whom Conan runs into a few times. Former member of the Black Organization, who was the original test subject for APTX. | |
Yoshiaki Hara | Zachary Hara | Black Organization member, a Movie 5 only character, he is a game programmer and computer hacker. He is killed by Gin. | |
Irish | Irish | Black Organization member, a Movie 13 only character, he discovers Conan's identity as Shinichi. Killed by Chianti. | |
Generic | Generic | Former member of the Black Organization, who almost takes the APTX drug and searches for Haibara, but accidentally uses his own amnesia gas. From the Special Manga not written by Gosho Aoyama. |
Magic Kaito
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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Kaito Kuroba | Kaito Kuroba | High school student and magician. Son of world-renowned magician Toichi Kuroba. Aoko Nakamori's childhood friend, and love interest. | |
Kaitou Kid | Phantom Thief Kid | Secret identity of Kaito Kuroba. Magician and thief known to be "uncatchable". | |
Aoko Nakamori | Aoko Fuller | Kaito Kuroba's childhood friend, and love interest. | |
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. Her role in Detective Conan is a drastic difference from her role in the Magic Kaito manga. | |
Chikage Kuroba | Chikage Kuroba | Kaito's mother. | |
Keiko Momoi | Keiko Momoi | Aoko's friend and classmate. | |
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. | |
60px | Saguru's Housekeeper | Governess | Saguru Hakuba's caretaker and driver, whom he calls 'baaya.' |
Snake | Snake | A mysterious man responsible for murdering Toichi Kuroba. |
Others
Picture | Name | English Name | Role |
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"The Criminal" | "The Criminal" | A generic depiction taking the place of an unknown culprit. | |
Yoko Okino | Yoko Okino | Pop star who is worshipped by Kogoro. | |
Shizuka Hattori | Shizuka Hartwell | Heiji's mother. | |
Jirokichi Suzuki | Jirokichi Sebastian | Sonoko's Uncle, obsessed with embarrassing and outsmarting the Kaitou Kid. | |
Misae Yamamura | Misae Mangum | Misao Yamamura's grandmother, who sometimes gets involved in cases that he is working on. | |
Reiko Kujo | Reiko Kujo | A successful prosecutor and Eri's rival attorney. She only appears in the anime TV series. | |
Midori Megure | Midori Meguire | Inspector Megure's wife, who met him on an old case. | |
Natsuki Koshimizu | Natsuki Koshimizu | High School Detective of the South. | |
Ayako Suzuki | Angie Sebastian | Sonoko's older sister. | |
Masumi Sera | Masumi Sera | A high school detective who transfers into Ran and Sonoko's high school class. |