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: 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 a 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.

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
	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.

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 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. Maybe one of Conan's love interests. Former Black Organization Member Codename "Sherry" real name "Shiho Miyano"
	Sumiko Kobayashi	Liz Faulkner	Conan's homeroom teacher and Inspector Shiratori's girlfriend. Also the self-proclaimed manager of the Detective Boys.

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, can disguise perfectly, even speaks the same voice of the person she's disguised as without a voice changer and as good as Sharon Vineyard.
	Eri Kisaki	Eva Kadan	Ran's mother, a very successful attorney. Currently legally separated 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	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 been admire by Ran.
	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 that has a codename of "Bourbon" but still no proof that he is one. 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 Tsuburaya	Mitsuhiko's older sister.
	Midori Kuriyama	Midori Kuriyama	Eri Kisaki's secretary.
	Genji Kojima	Genji Kojima	Genta's dad, a true "Edokko" (child of Tokyo).

Law Enforcement

Tokyo Metropolitan Police District

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Juzo Megure	Joseph Meguire	Inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitain Police.
	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 Sato's affection, he is currently involved with Kobayashi-sensei.
	Yumi Miyamoto	Yumi Miyamoto	Detective Sato's best friend, often trying to get Sato and Takagi together. A traffic enforcer.
60px	Officer Chiba	Officer Chiba	Police officer who often works with Inspector Megure.
	Ginzo Nakamori	Mace Fuller	Police chief who is obsessed with capturing Kaitou Kid.
	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 Metropolitan Police, and Megure's superior.
	Jinpei Matsuda	Jinpei Matsuda	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
	Goro Otaki	Inspector Odin	Osaka Inspector, very close to Heiji.
60px	Detective Toyama	Chief Thomas	Kazuha's father, and a detective for the Osaka District.
	Heizo Hattori	Martin Hartwell	Heiji's father, and the police chief for the Osaka District.

Other police districts

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

F.B.I.

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Jodie Starling	Jodie Starling	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.

Black Organization

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	Gin	Gin Melkior (manga)	Black Organization Member. High ranking member.
	Vodka	Vodka Kaspar (manga)	Black Organization Member. Often Gin's partner.
	Sharon Vineyard (Vermouth)	Sharon Vineyard	Black Organization Member. 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.
	Hidemi Hondou (Kir)	Hidemi Hondou	An undercover CIA agent, also pretending to be TV reporter Rena Mizunashi.
	Tequila	Tequila	Black Organization Member, originally trying to get programming codes. Accidentally killed by a bomb.
	Kenzo Masuyama (Pisco)	Pisco	A senior member of the Black Organization and a family friend of the Miyanos. His last assignment was to kill Ai. Killed by Gin upon failure.
	Calvados	Calvados	Black Organization Member, another sniper. Kills himself after Shuichi Akai breaks his arms.
	Irish	Irish	Black Organization Member, discovers Conan's identity as Shinichi. Killed by Chianti.
	Rikumichi Kusuda	Rikumichi Kusuda	Member of the Black Organization, who almost successfully enters as a patient in the hospital holding Kir. He commits suicide when his cover is blown.
	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.

Others

Picture	Name	English Name	Role
	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.
	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.
	Akemi Miyano	Akemi Miyano	Former Black Organization Member, Sister of Shiho Miyano and the girl friend of Shuichi Akai. Killed by Gin for trying to leave the Organization.
	Yoko Okino	Yoko Okino	Pop star who is worshipped by Kogoro.
	Shizuka Hattori	Shizuka Hattori	Heiji's mother.
	Jirokichi Suzuki	Jirokichi Suzuki	Sonoko's Uncle, obsessed with embarrassing and outsmarting the Kaitou Kid.
	Misae Yamamura	Misae Yamamura	Misao Yamamura's grandmother, who sometimes gets involved in cases that he is working on.
	Kichiro Numabuchi	Cornelius Graver	Serial killer whom Conan runs into a few times. Former member of the Black Organization, who was the original test subject for APTX.
	Reiko Kujo	Reiko Kujo	Eri's rival attorney.
	Midori Megure	Midori Megure	Inspector Megure's wife, who met him on an old case.
	Ethan Hondou	Ethan Hondou	CIA member, Hidemi and Eisuke's father.