Junior Detective League

The Junior Detective League, known as Detective Boys (少年探偵団 Shōnen Tantei-dan^?) in Japan, are a group consisting of Conan Edogawa, Amy Yeager, Mitch Tennison, George Kaminski, and Anita Hailey. Professor Agasa often looks over the kids and assist them when a case needs to be solved. As a symbol of the group, each member has a badge used as a walkie talkie and a tracer.

Amy Yeager

Amy Yeager, known as Ayumi Yoshida (吉田歩美 Yoshida Ayumi^?) in Japan, is Conan's friend and classmate. Amy was the sole female member of the Junior Detective League until they got Anita Hailey to join. She has a crush on Conan, which makes him uncomfortable, though Amy thinks that he loves Anita because he tries to protect her and she often sees them talk amongst themselves in private. She is a naive and innocent little girl who shows courage from time to time and acts as the team's cheerful spirit. Amy later becomes better friends with Ai, and in the Japanese version, Ai allows Amy to use the more informal term Ai-"chan" to address her.^[11] In the English Manga, her name is translated to Amy Yoshida. Her seiyū is Yukiko Iwai and her English voice actress is Monica Rial.

Mitch Tennison

Mitch, known as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (円谷光彦 Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko^?) in Japan, is a friend of Amy and George who enjoys reading science books and takes a scientific approach to problem solving. He seems to be infatuated with both Amy and Anita Hailey. He is a smart and well-read first-grader who believes that technology can solve most problems. It was shown that his parents are both teachers, and he has an older sister, Asami Tsuburaya (円谷 朝美 Tsuburaya Asami^?), two years his senior.^[12] In the English Manga, his name is translated to Mitch Tsuburaya. His seiyū is Ikue Ohtani and his English voice actor is Cynthia Cranz. He was temporarily voiced by Orikasa Ai in the 10th movie.

George Kaminski

George, also known as Genta Kojima (小嶋元太 Kojima Genta^?) in Japan, is the overweight, self-proclaimed leader of the Junior Detective League. He loves food and can eat more than all the other Junior Detective League members combined. His favorite food is eel rice. Even though he can be intimidating, he is actually very kind. He is a friend of Amy and Mitch, and has been shown to admire his father, who owns a liquor store. Both he and Mitch have a crush on Amy, and they both envy Conan since she likes him. In the English Manga, his name is translated to George Kojima. His seiyū is Wataru Takagi and his English voice actor was Dameon Clarke and currently Mike McFarland.

Shiho Miyano

Main article: Shiho Miyano

Shiho Miyano (宮野志保 Miyano Shiho^?) was a former member of the Black Organization under the code name "Sherry" (シェリー Sherry^?). A gifted chemist at a young age, she was the inventor of APTX 4869, the poison that shrank Jimmy. Shiho betrays the organization after Gin killed her sister, Akemi Miyano. Shiho took the drug in a suicide attempt, but rather than dying, she, like Jimmy, became small. She is taken in by Dr. Agasa and becomes Conan Edogawa's right hand under her alias Anita Hailey, known in Japan as Haibara Ai (灰原哀 Ai Haibara^?). She shows affection towards Jimmy, but she denies having said feelings. Despite being constantly in the company of the Junior Detective League and Ran, she was very reserved and only opened up a little more to Amy and Rachel after sometime. In Episode 330, she allowed only Ayumi to call her "Ai-chan". She often helps Conan solve cases and find information on the Black Organization to help bring them down in addition to working on the cure to their condition. Her seiyū is Megumi Hayashibara and her English voice actor is Brina Palencia. In the live drama, her teenage form was portrayed by Yuu Kashii and her child form was by Shibota Kyota.

Shiho Miyano (宮野志保 Miyano Shiho?)

Shiho Miyano (宮野志保 Miyano Shiho^?) is a fictional character in the detective manga and anime Case Closed. Shiho is an ally, of the main protagonist Jimmy Kudo, and an ex-member and fugitive from the malevolent "Black Organization" which she betrayed. Although mentally an adult, her body has reverted back to childhood form due to an experimental poison, APTX 4869, which she developed for the Black Organization and subsequently used on herself in a failed suicide attempt. She often helps Jimmy Kudo with cases while she tries to develop an antidote for the poison she created.

Shiho Miyano grew up within the villainous secret crime syndicate, the "Black Organization," along with her sister, Akemi. She is the daughter of an English mother and a Japanese father,^[1] also scientists and members of the Black Organization, both of whom are dead. A prodigy, she was sent to the United States for education at a young age, then returned to Japan as a chemist to continue an unfinished secret project that her parents had been working on for the Black Organization. Her code name within the organization is "Sherry".

Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound APTX 4869. She discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. In the manga, while researching its effects, Shiho noticed that a rare few of her lab mice had become younger after being given the drug instead of dying. Meanwhile, the Black Organization had begun using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect, the Black Organization orders a search for Jimmy Kudo because his body had not been found. Shiho searched Jimmy's house twice after he had been shrunk to confirm his death for the Black Organization. She began to suspect Jimmy's transformation after she searched his house for the second time and noticed that his childhood clothes were missing. Shiho then confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him.

Her dissatisfaction over the Black Organization's usage of the APTX 4869-- for killing purposes, in addition to her open questioning over the murder of her sister Akemi Miyano resulted in her imprisonment and scheduled execution by the Black Organization. With no other way out, she decided to secretly commit suicide by taking a pill of APTX 4869.

However, it made her body's physical age regress to that of about her seven or eight-year-old self, the same fluke that happened to Jimmy Kudo. With her new small body, she escapes from the Black Organization and collapses in front of Jimmy's house, hoping he may be able to help her.^[2] She was then found and adopted by Hiroshi Agasa.

To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered, she and Hiroshi Agasa created her alias Anita Hailey, known as Ai Haibara (灰原哀 Haibara Ai^?) in Japan.^[3] The translated Viz manga had her alias as Anita Hailey from Anna Katherine Green, the first American mystery writer, and Hailey was suggested by Agasa as it means "hero". Though she took the name, she disagreed with the reasoning. She then attends Teitan Elementary along with Conan, and helps him solve cases and find clues about the Black Organization.

Shiho has a jaded, mistrustful, sarcastic, and cold attitude and often reminds others about the darker side of reality and human nature. Anita also acts older than she is supposed to be in school, which the detective boys refer to as "cool". But despite her cold acts, Shiho is actually a kind and caring girl.

In the fourth movie in the series, she says to Jimmy/Conan that she wished that she would forget her memories about the Black Organization, the death of her sister and the pill, claiming all she wants was to be a normal little girl and live together with Conan instead. But then as Conan was shocked by the words, Ai immediately said that she was lying, keeping in line with the sarcastic part of her personality. This could also be interpreted as a sign of insecurity: at times, she says things that may or may not be her actual beliefs. If they're taken badly, she may simply choose to cover them up by saying she's joking. For example, at one point, she tells Conan that her age is "18, perfect for you, right?". Conan is surprised - "Just kidding." If interpreted that way, she may or may not have some affection beyond friendship for Conan/Jimmy; however, whichever the case, she certainly respects him. Ai also seems to have some interest in fashion, as she has made repeated requests for a certain type of purse when asked to do something.

She is fearful of Black Organization members Vermouth, Gin and worries they will find her one day and kill her along with anyone who knows about her. When a Black Organization member is nearby, she can feel their malicious stares. As Ai Haibara, she is very indifferent to the ideals pitched in by the Junior Detective League. Often she acts as a babysitter for them, explaining complicated matters to them or keeping them out of trouble. Still, she regards them all as the first real friends she has ever had.

She has an interesting relationship with Rachel, where it initially appears that she is avoiding her. She frequently ignores Rachel's comments toward her, even going so far as to pretend to be asleep when she enters a room (though it is very transparent to everyone that it's an act). Conan is mystified as to what would make Ai act this way, and no clear motive is actually presented. However, strong clues have shown that Ai is reminded of her sister when sees Rachel, perhaps because of their similar appearances and personalities. While she maintains her distance from Rachel, she is motivated to speak to her in one case where Rachel leaving Professor Agasa's residence could endanger her life, asking her not to go (though avoiding saying why). Rachel appears to think Ai does not like her for some unknown reason, but she respects Ai's need for distance. She maintains a friendly demeanor toward her, and treats her like the other children.

Shiho was introduced as Anita Hailey, a new student in Conan's classroom. Later, she reveals herself to Conan and reveals the facts about the Black Organization. She then attends the series as a regular cast and joins Conan in his investigation. She has had three run ins with the Black Organization. As the series progress, Anita had developed a temporary antidote to APTX 4869 and continues to tweak it until it becomes complete.

Kaito Kuroba (黒羽 快斗 Kuroba Kaito?)

Kaito Kuroba (黒羽 快斗 Kuroba Kaito^?), the true identity under his alias Phantom Thief Kid (怪盗キッド Kaito Kido^?) is a fictional character created by Gosho Aoyama. His father Toichi Kuroba (黒羽 盗一 Kuroba Tōichi^?) was the original Phantom Thief Kid and was killed when he refused to steal the Pandora Jewel for an unknown organization. Kaito Kuroba then takes on the role of Phantom Thief Kid after learning the truth about his father in order to search for the Pandora Jewel and prevent it from reaching the hands of the organization. Kaito Kuroba is the protagonist of the Magic Kaitomanga series and has made significant appearances in Detective Conan, often as an opponent to Shinichi Kudo who tries to solve Kaito's trickery and stop him from succeeding in his theft. He has an uncanny resemblance to Shinichi, as shown when Shinichi's childhood friend Ran mistook Kaito for him. The only noticeable differences between their physical appearance being their haircuts.

Kaito Kuroba's father Toichi Kuroba was the first Phantom Thief 1412, is a world-renowned thief who steals treasure and jewels. He was referred to as Phantom Thief Kid, when a journalist hastily scrawled "1412" and Booker Kudo read it as "KID."^[1]. After finding out the cause of his father's death, Kaito takes on the role as Phantom Thief Kid in order to find the Pandora Jewel and stop the organization from obtaining it. The only clue to finding it, is that it is a Jewel that turns red when shone in the full moon's moonlight, revealing a smaller gem inside of the larger one. During a certain comet, it will shed a tear, and if that tear is drank, it shall grant immortality.

Kaito is very intelligent, and loves pulling harmless pranks on people, often involving magic. After learning about his father's alter ego, Kaito picks up where his father left off and assumes his identity in order to investigate his mysterious death. He finds out that his father was in fact murdered by a mysterious crime syndicate for interfering with them while they searched for the Pandora gem. He then vows to find it before they do and destroy it, denying the possibility of immortality to his father's murderers. In addition, he tries to lure them out with his incredibly publicized and flamboyant heists. He even goes to such lengths as to announce the time and place of his heists in the form of riddles. Kaito fears of his secret identity becoming public knowledge and has ichthyophobia.

Kaito's skills, and intelligence prevent him from getting caught. He is also very skilled at performing magic tricks and illusions. Kaito is also known for his acrobatic and daredevil-like antics. Kaito can also imitate practically any voice without the aid of a special device. His costumes and disguises are top notch as well. Kaito can even make someone believe he is their husband, son, or family member.^[2]

Kaitou Kid uses a number of gadgets to help with his thievery. Most notable are the sharp, thin metal playing cards shot by a card gun, a cape that can unfold into a hang glider, pink smoke bombs, and blow-up mannequins of himself which act as decoys to distract the inspector. He also has an assistant who had previously worked for his father, an old man named Jii Konosuke. Kaito's classmate Akako Koizumi and Kaito's mother know of his identity as Kid.

Throughout the anime and manga of Case Closed, sometimes as a cameo appearance or an opponent Shinichi Kudo tries to capture.

Eva Kadan known in Japan as Eri Kisaki (妃 英里 Kisaki Eri?)

Eva Kadan known in Japan as Eri Kisaki (妃 英里 Kisaki Eri^?) is a fictional character of the anime and manga Case Closed, known in Japan as Detective Conan (名探偵コナン Meitantei Conan). Eva is very intelligent and quick on the uptake; as an experienced lawyer, she has been known to be able to solve criminal cases, occasionally with the help of Conan. She may also suspect that there is more behind Conan than meets the eye; however, she has come to trust his mystery-solving capabilities and vouches for him. The name "Eri Kisaki" came from the mystery writer/detective Ellery Queen. Kisaki means "queen" in Japanese.

Eva was a childhood friend and wife of Richard Moore, and the mother of Rachel Moore. She is also a childhood friend of Vivian Kudo.

It is stated that Eva and Richard have known each other since elementary school, but they mostly argued. Their fellow classmates were quite amused at their fierce bickering during a home economics class over the choice of which sauce should be put on an omelet (Eva favoring the traditional Western seasonings while Richard insisted on Japanese soy sauce). Despite their adamant disagreement, they ended up eating in exactly the same manner.

Ten years^[2] prior to the series, she had been taken hostage by a man whom Richard, who was at that time a police officer, had arrested at the police station. The man had escaped the questioning room, grabbed her and held her at gunpoint. Being an expert marksman, Richard shot at her so that the bullet would only graze her leg. Due to this, she fell out of the way, allowing them to take the man back into custody. Despite this, Richard's superiors believed he had been reckless and didn't care about her safety. He was thus forced to leave the police force.

Rachel originally thought that her mother left him since he had shot her, but Eva later reveals that she had known all along why he had shot her and was proud of him for saving her life. Apparently the real reason that she left him was because Richard criticized her cooking, which was quite terrible to begin with. However, she still shows affection for Richard, and she would return to him if only he would stop his perverted attitude when he is around other attractive women.^{[citation needed]}

It was also revealed that she once competed with Vivian Kudo in a pageant that had taken place in Teitan High.^[3] Apparently, both of them won in a draw,^[4] due to Richard's ticket not being placed in. He voted for Eva because, being poor at English as a teenager, he thought "Miss Teitan High" stood for "Mistake" and stated that he would have voted for Vivian.^[5]

Eva is seen driving a classic Mini Cooper (an LHD one, which is odd for Japan, an RHD county, especially since most Minis built were RHD, even those sold in LHD countries like the United States). She refers to it as her car but it is in fact a rental.

Aside from helping Conan solve cases, the anime has adapted her into a few original courtroom battle episodes in which her profession is put into motion. In each battle, her rival is top public prosecutor named Reiko Kujo (九条 玲子 Kujo Reiko^?), whose nickname was "Madonna of the prosecutors".^[6]

She has a secretary named Midori Kuriyama (栗山 綠 Kuriyama Midori^?).

Vivian Kudo also known as Yukiko Kudo (工藤 有希子 Kudō Yukiko?)

Vivian Kudo also known as Yukiko Kudo (工藤 有希子 Kudō Yukiko^?) Japan, is a fictional character of the anime and manga Case Closed, known in Japan as Detective Conan (名探偵コナン Meitantei Conan).

Vivian Kudo is married to Booker Kudo, and is the mother of Jimmy Kudo. She had become a famous actress and idol at a very young age, but abandoned her promising career in order to marry her husband. This caused an uproar within her family at the time, since she had been only 20 years old. After having Jimmy, she and her husband traveled to America to pursue their own careers after he had grown old enough to care for himself.

Vivian is also an old friend of Rachel Moore's mother Eva Kadan from high school, and both had competed in a pageant which had taken place in their school. Despite still being friends, they keep up a friendly competition in those regards, since the contest had ended in a tie^[3] because Kogoro had failed to turn in his vote.^[4]

Vivian had also studied for an acting role with her friend, Sharon Vineyard (who unbeknown to her, was Vermouth) under the world-famous stage magician, Toichi Kuroba.^[5] One of the things he taught them was the art of disguise, and they both become masters of the art and use their disguising skills throughout the series. They did not know that Toichi Kuroba was secretly the original Kaitou Kid, who was later murdered by the Black Organization, and whose identity was later discovered and taken up by his own son, Kuroba Kaito in order to find his father's murderers. Vivian had met Kaito before, when he was ten years old.^{[citation needed]}

She also drive a Jaguar E-Type as shown in 'The Golden Apple' case serial set in New York. Her reckless driving had landed it in the body shop and it had recently gotten out.

Yukiko's personality is more that of a wild, over-confident teenager than of a mature woman; she is impulsive, a reckless driver (caught back in New York because of it), and likes to stand in the limelight (literally) whenever she has the chance. Because of her marriage to a famous mystery author and her knack for becoming involved in criminal cases from time to time, she has been publicly dubbed the "Night Baroness",^[1] after one of her husband's more notorious characters, the Night Baron.

A running gag in the series is that whenever Yukiko meets her son and they have to pretend not to know each other, in the original Japanese versions Jimmy calls her "oba-san". This term, which means "old lady" or "grandmother", is often used by small children for women in their thirties and forties, sometimes even younger ones - a rather discomforting thought for those Japanese women who consider themselves in the prime of their lives. Yukiko also reacts rather unfavorably to it, as she is "only" 37 years old, so Conan has to correct himself by calling her "onēe-san" ("older sister").

In episode 43, Vivian makes her first appearance in the series. In the episode, the couple had returned from America to discover that their son had gone missing. Dr. Hiroshi Agasa feels inclined to tell them about what had happened to Jimmy, and the danger that he is in. They are extremely worried about him and want him to go live with them in America. They do this by staging a mock "kidnapping" of one Conan Edogawa and create a case for him to solve, while scaring him half to death at the same time.

Vivian disguises herself as Conan's supposed mother, "Fanny Edogawa" and shows up at the Moore Detective Agency to pick him up. Conan immediately knows something is wrong since Conan was an alias that he made up, and fears her to be part of the Black Organization. In the end, she and her husband reveal themselves to him, and plead with him to stay with them in America. Conan rejects the idea, because he feels that he needs to bring down the Black Organization and keep the Professor, Rachel, and her family safe at the same time. Thus, Vivian takes him back to Rachel Moore's (Ran Mori) place while disguised as Fanny. She and her husband then return to America, but check in on him from time to time.

Later, in episode 96, Vivian returns to Japan to find that Rachel is highly suspicious of Conan being Jimmy. Vivian pretends that she didn't know that Conan is Jimmy to lure Rachel away, and convinces her that Conan is a very distant relative of both herself and the professor. Later in the episode, Vivian takes Conan to her friend's house, where yet another mystery has to be solved.

Vivian also makes another appearance in episodes 144 and 145, North Star #3 Express Leaving Ueno.

In the film Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street, Vivian is mentioned as having been at a family reunion during the course of the film. However, she appears later on, as the VR game's version of Irene Adler. Conan realises this is his father's work, comparing her to Irene Adler because Booker is comparing himself to Sherlock Holmes.

Booker Kudo, also known as Yusaku Kudo (工藤 優作 Kudō Yūsaku?)

Booker Kudo, also known as Yusaku Kudo (工藤 優作 Kudō Yūsaku^?) in Japan, is a fictional character of the anime and manga Case Closed, known in Japan as Detective Conan (名探偵コナン Meitantei Conan). Booker Kudo is a famousmystery novelist married to Vivian Kudo. The two have one son, Jimmy Kudo.^[1] His original Japanese name Yusaku Kudo refers to actor Yusaku Matsuda and Shunsaku Kudo, the detective played by Matsuda.^{[citation needed]}

Booker's novels are known worldwide often starring the Night Baron; Knight Baron in the dubbed animation, a fictional villain in his stories.^[2] Twenty years prior to the start of the series, he helped Inspector Meguire solve many cases,^[3] much as his son now.^[4] However, Booker never sees himself as anything but a writer. Because of his fame, he and Vivian move to Los Angeles one year before the story begins, leaving their Jimmy at fourteen years behind for school.As his son can be compared to Sherlock Holmes he would be compared to Sherlock's older brother Mycroft. As he is a better detective but chooses not to be one.

When Jimmy was still in the first grade, he and the previous Phantom Thief 1412, used to be rivals.^[5] He created the name Phantom Thief Kid when he read 1412, as KID, making him technically a parent of Phantom Thief Kid figuratively.^[6]. It was hinted that he may have known Toichi Kuroba was the Phantom Thief Kid he was facing.^[7].

When Jimmy became Conan, he neglected to call them for many months causing them to worry about him. They return to Japan where Agasa tells them about Jimmy's poisoning and his double life as Conan. In an attempt to convince Conan that he should join his parents in Los Angeles, Booker disguises himself the Night Baron and Vivian disguises herself as Fanny Edogawa, pretending to be Conan's actual mother. With Dr. Agasa's help, they stage a kidnapping in an attempt to prove to Jimmy that he can not handle the organization he is facing himself, as he has failed against the fake kidnapping.

In episode 96, Booker appears once again, this time in an attempt to sharpen Conan's skills, although the fact that Booker is the mysterious man is not revealed until the end. It turns out that he had also come to win Vivian's forgiveness for some unknown offense and to take her back home with him.

He also makes a short appearance in episode 145 to save his wife in time from being pushed in front of a bullet train by a murderer.

He also players a major role in the Sixth Movie such as designing a Sherlock Holmes virtual video game of London.