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 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.

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[]

Main article: Detective Boys

The Detective Boys are called "The Junior Detective League" in the English version of the show.

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[]

Main article: Family & Friends

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.