Special Characters
These are non-"Black Organization" characters who do not appear in the series on a regular basis, and whose appearances may warrant a special mention.
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Heiji Hattori
Shinichi's friendly rival. Heiji is a young aspiring detective from Osaka, and speaks with a Kansai accent. He's the son of Osaka's Chief of Police Heizou Hattori. And just like Shinichi, he also has a childhood female friend slash romantic interest. Her name is Kazuha Toyama.
Heiji first shows up in Tokyo to challenge his eastern counterpart, Shinichi, to a battle of detective skills. Instead, he meets Conan.
At first, Heiji would go head to head against Conan/Shinichi to see who can solve a case first. But he has since become good friends with Conan/Shinichi, so they now go solving cases together.
First appearance: vol.10 file.2 in the "Heiji vs. Shinichi" case. It's well worth checking out, since that is also the case when Shinichi first returns to his grown-up body.
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Kaitou Kid - Kid The Phantom Thief
(Kaito Kuroba)
A fan favorite. He's the very elusive phantom thief who uses word puzzles to announce his targets. He is also the main character of a 3-volume long manga that Goushou Aoyama finished before he created Detective Conan.
The Kaitou Kid is a master of disguise, and can take on the voice and form of anyone. He's not an evil person, but he is on the wrong side of the law.
Just like Shinichi, the Kaitou Kid is actually a normal highschooler leading a double life. Named Kaito Kuroba, he's the son of a famous kaitou/magician, and steals to maintain his father's legend.
He's gone head to head against Conan and Shinichi multiple times. All the cases involving the Kaitou Kid are worth checking out.
First appearance: vol.16 file.6 in the "Black Star Pearl" case.
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Yusaku Kudou
Shinichi's father. He's a famous mystery novelist who lives in Los Angeles with his wife.
Occasionaly, he shows up in the series to play tricks on his son.
First appearance: vol.6 file.1 in the "Conan Kidnapped" case.
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Yukiko Kudou
Shinichi's mother. She was a famous actress/idol back in her youth, but she chose to give up her career to focus on her family when she married Yusaku.
She's fond of disguises, and using the pseudonym "Fumiyo."
First appearance: vol.6 file.1 in the "Conan Kidnapped" case.
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Eri Kisaki
Ran's mother. She's a no-nonsense lawyer.
Eri was Kogorou's childhood sweetheart, but their marriage didn't work out so they separated. She still wears her wedding ring though. Ran is constantly trying to get her parents back together.
First appearance: vol.11 file.5 in the "Bathroom Stall Murder" case.
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Jodie Saintemillion
(Spoiler Warning for vol.42 file.9)
Ran's English teacher. She's a mysterious American woman who is spying on Conan and the people around him.
Jodie's into video games, and tries to pass herself off as a ditzy blonde. But she's actually working for the FBI and protected in the Witness Protection Program. She bares a personal vendetta against Vermouth.
First appearance: vol.27 file.7 in the "Arcade" case.
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Shuichi Akai
(Spoiler Warning for vol. 35 file.4 and vol.42 file.9)
A mysterious man who has been spying on Conan & his friends. It's implied that he's working with Jodie for the FBI and once had a relationship with Shiho Miyano.
First appearance: vol.29 file.3 in the "Hijacked Bus" case.
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Sharon Vineyard
An old famous American actress, and mother of Chris Vineyard.
Sharon is a good friend of Shinichi's mother Yukiko. They both studied disguise techniques in their youth under a famous Japanese magician (presumably the Kaitou Kid's father).
There's more to her than meets the eye.
First appearance: vol.34 file.11 in the "Golden Apple" case.
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"Night Baron"
A fictional character, created by Shinichi's novelist father.
Even though he's not real, he is an enigmatic character that shows up several times in the series. He serves as a very effective mask, used by the villain to hide his/her true identity when commiting a crime.
Because of his freakish appearance, cases involving the "Night Baron" are particularly unnerving.
First appearance: vol.5 file.10 in the "Conan Kidnapped" case.
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Kazuha Toyama
Heiji's childhood friend and love interest. Even though she and Heiji are not an official couple, Kazuha is extremely jealous of anyone who may steal Heiji away from her. She was very suspicious of Ran at first, but they've become good friends since then.
Heiji always wears the lucky charm Kazuha gave him. It has protected him and Conan on multiple occassions.
Kazuha is the daughter of Inspector Toyama of the Osaka police force.
First appearance: vol.19 file.5 in the "Osaka" case.
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Makoto Kyougoku
(Spoiler Warning for vol.22 file.10)
Sonoko's love interest. He's a karate champ with the nickname "the prince of kicks." He meets Sonoko and Ran during their vacation to Izu, and saves Sonoko from a deranged serial killer, thus ending Sonoko's lonely streak.
He's a stoic old-fashioned guy who uses few words. Most of the time when he talks, he's telling Sonoko to wear less revealing clothes.
Unfortunately for Sonoko's love life, Makoto is obsessed with finding worthy karate challengers, and went abroad to further train himself. They have since had to carry a long-distance relationship.
First appearance: vol.22 file.8 in the "Sonoko Is The Target" case.
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Tomoaki Araide
A young handsome doctor who volunteers at Ran's high school. He first appeared in the "Bathtub Murder" case as the son of a murdered doctor. He has since appeared intermittently in various cases as a minor supporting character.
There may be more to him than meets the eye.
First appearance: vol.24 file.3 in the "Bathtub Murder" case.
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James Black
(Spoiler Warning for vol.32 file.10)
An old man who was born in England but now lives in Chicago. He first appears in the "Kidnapping Of James Black" case, and has connections with Shuichi Akai.
There's more to him than meets the eye.
First appearance: vol.32 file.8 in the "Kidnapping Of James Black" case.
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Misa Kinoshita
(Spoiler Warning for vol.40 file.9)
She was Professor Agasa's childhood friend and first love 40 years ago. Agasa helped her overcome her fear of animals, and made her feel better about being different from everyone else (Misa is half-white and half-Japanese).
She moved away from Agasa's neighborhood not long after befriending him, but promised to come back and see him at their promised place every 10 years.
She has since become a successful handbag designer, but remains single.
First appearance: vol.40 file.9 in the "Agasa's First Love" case.
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Junpei Matsuda
(Spoiler Warning for vol.36 file.8)
A bomb expert with the police. He was partnered with Miwako Satou for 7 days before he was killed by a serial bomber. Matsuda continues to haunt Miwako as her one lost love.
First appearance: vol.36 file.8 in the "Tokyo Tower Bombing" case.
