Detective Conan (名探偵コナン Meitantei Konan, lit. Great Detective Conan?) is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994 and has been collected in seventy-four Tankōbon volumes as of December 14th, 2011.

The manga has been adapted into an anime series by the animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto, and is broadcast in Japan on Nippon Television, Yomiuri TV and Animax. The series debuted on January 8th, 1996 and has since broadcast 586 episodes as of September 4th, 2010. The series has seen high levels of popularity in both manga and anime formats in Japan since its reception, and has also been adapted into fifteen Golden Week movies, with the first released on April 17th, 1997 and since then followed with a movie released each year. Ten of the movies held a top 10 box office position in the year they were screened. In addition, five Magic Files related to the movies and twelve Original Video Animations have been released.

Characters

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

Name	English Name	Role
Shinichi Kudo	Jimmy Kudo	Main character of the series and Ran's love interest. 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 Kudo. 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 detective father, Kogoro. She is also skilled in karate.
Kogoro Mouri	Richard Moore	Private eye and Ran's father. Separated from Eri Kisaki, Ran's mother.

Detective Boys

Main article: 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.

Name	English Name	Role
Ayumi Yoshida	Amy Yeager	Member of the Detective Boys. She likes Conan and she considers Haibara like a best friend to her.
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Mitch Tennison	Member of the Detective Boys. Has a crush on Ayumi and Haibara. The most intelligent true child 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 roasted eel on rice.
Ai Haibara	Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (manga)	Member of the Detective Boys and an adult shrunken by APTX 4869. Her former identity was a Black Organization scientist codenamed "Sherry", real name "Shiho Miyano". She invented APTX 4869.

Family & Friends

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Name	English Name	Role
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.
Eri Kisaki	Eva Kadan	Ran's mother, a very successful attorney. Married to, but currently living separately from Kogoro Mouri.
Yusaku Kudo	Booker Kudo	Shinichi's father. A famous mysterious novel 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, a skill she learned from the deceased magician Toichi Kuroba. She is a close friend of Sharon Vineyard.
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 and the first one to deduce Conan's true identity.
Kazuha Toyama	Kirsten Thomas (anime) Kazuha Toyama (manga) Katrina Tolliver (video game) Katie Thompson (card game)	Heiji Hattori'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	N/A	Kogoro's doctor, Teitan school nurse, and a high school basketball coach. He was once impersonated by Vermouth.
Makoto Kyogoku	N/A	Sonoko Suzuki's boyfriend, and a karate champion that has been admired by Ran.
Shizuka Hattori	N/A	Heiji Hattori's mother.
Jirokichi Suzuki	N/A	Sonoko's uncle, obsessed with embarrassing and outsmarting the thief, Kaitou Kid.
Eisuke Hondou	N/A	Ran and Sonoko's classmate, whom Conan finds suspicious. He is later discovered to be looking for his sister, Hidemi and wants to follow in the footsteps of his father and sister to be a CIA agent.
Subaru Okiya	N/A	A person currently living in Shinichi Kudo's house, whom Haibara suspects is the member of the Black Organization known as Bourbon. Sometimes assists the Detective Boys and Conan on cases.
Masumi Sera	N/A	A high school detective who transfers into Ran and Sonoko's high school class and the sister of Shuichi Akai.

Law enforcement

Main article: Law Enforcement

Tokyo Metropolitan Police District

Main article: Tokyo Metropolitan Police

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 Simone	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	N/A	A traffic enforcer and Detective Sato's best friend who is a compulsive tease.
Detective Chiba	Detective Chiba	Police officer who often works with Inspector Megure. He is Naeko Miike's childhood friend and love interest.
Naeko Miike	N/A	A traffic enforcer working with Yumi Miyamoto. She is Detective Chiba's childhood friend and love interest.
Kiyonaga Matsumoto	Kristopher McLaughlin	Superintendent of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police 1st Division and Inspector Megure's superior.
Inspector Yuminaga	N/A	The head inspector of the arson squad and Kogoro Mouri's former superior.
Shintaro Chaki	Bernie Biggers	Superintendent of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police 2nd Division and Ginzo Nakamori's superior.

Osaka Police District

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

Other police districts

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

FBI

Main article: FBI

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

CIA

Main article: CIA

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

Black Organization

Main article: Black Organization

Name	English Name	Role
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.
Vermouth	N/A	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	N/A	Member of the Black Organization. Considered an excellent sniper.
Korn	N/A	Member of the Black Organization. Considered an excellent sniper.
Bourbon	N/A	Aka Tooru Amuro. Specializes in detective work and information gathering. Posed as a private detective and became Kogoro Mouri's apprentice.
Shiho Miyano	Shiho Miyano	Codenamed Sherry, she was a scientist for the Black Organization and creator of APTX 4869. Her sister's death caused her to betray the Black Organization. Her current alias is Ai Haibara.
Akemi Miyano	Akemi Miyano	Former member of the Black Organization, sister of Shiho Miyano, daughter of Elena Miyano and Atsushi Miyano, and the girlfriend of Shuichi Akai. She was killed by Gin for being a liability to the organization.
Elena Miyano	N/A	Akemi Miyano and Shiho Miyano's mother. Deceased member of the Black Organization. Known as the Hell's Angel.
Atsushi Miyano	N/A	Akemi Miyano and Shiho Miyano's father. Deceased member of the Black Organization. Known as the "Mad Scientist".
Tequila	Tequila	Member of the Black Organization, originally trying to get programs and a list of the world's top programmers. Accidentally got killed by a bomb.
Pisco	N/A	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	N/A	Member of the Black Organization, another sniper. Kills himself after Shuichi Akai disables him. He was in love with Vermouth.
Rikumichi Kusuda	N/A	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

Main article: Magic Kaito

Name	English Name	Role
Kaito Kuroba	N/A	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".
Aoko Nakamori	N/A	Kaito Kuroba's childhood friend, and love interest. Daughter of Ginzo Nakamori.
Ginzo Nakamori	Mace Fuller	Inspector from Tokyo Metropolitan Police 2nd Division, who is obsessed with capturing Kaitou Kid.
Toichi Kuroba	N/A	Kaito Kuroba's deceased father. Once a world-renowned magician and the original Kaitou Kid.
Chikage Kuroba	N/A	Kaito Kuroba's mother. She is a thief called Phantom Lady.
Konosuke Jii	N/A	Once Toichi Kuroba's attendant and friend, now Kaito's assistant.
Akako Koizumi	N/A	A witch who wants to seduce Kaitou Kid.
Saguru Hakuba	N/A	High school detective trying to catch Kaitou Kid.
Snake	N/A	A member of the Magic Kaito Organization who is responsible for murdering Toichi Kuroba.
Spider	N/A	An anime only character who works for the Magic Kaito Organization as an assassin. His public persona is a stage performer and illusionist named Gunter Von Goldberg II.
Rose	N/A	A member of the Magic Kaito Organization. An assistant of Snake's when he targeted the big topaz "Crystal Mother" belonging to the Queen of the Principality of Ingram.

Others

Name	English Name	Role
"The Criminal"	"The Criminal"	A generic depiction taking the place of an unknown culprit.
Yoko Okino	Yoko Okino	Idol star who is worshiped by Kogoro Mouri.
Hideo Akagi	Harrison Akers	A soccer player playing for the Tokyo Spirits. Once involved in case that has been solved by Shinichi Kudo mimic by Conan Edogawa.
Azusa Enomoto	N/A	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.
Fusae Campbell	N/A	Professor Agasa’s first love.
Scar Akai	N/A	Shuichi Akai disguise used by Bourbon and Vermouth to find out if the real Akai is dead and to lure out Sherry.
Unknown child	N/A	An unknown child of middle-school age who appears to be a girl with light hair was shown hiding in Masumi Sera's room. The child's eyes have a remarkable resemblance to those of Shuichi Akai and Masumi Sera.