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Makoto Kyougoku
"Voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama (JP)"

Sonoko's long-distance boyfriend, a famous karate champion. He's from Izu, actually, and his family owns a ryokan there.

Mandatory Naming Note: The last two kanji of his name (-goku Makoto) is Alternate Character Reading of Kyokushin, a major school of karate (This has been Lampshaded in-universe).


 * Adorkable
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Big Damn Heroes: Not bad at these.
 * Rescue Romance: He started gaining Sonoko's favor when he rescued her from a Serial Killer in the same case he was introduced.
 * Genius Bruiser and Gentle Giant
 * Long-Distance Relationship
 * Love At First Sight: Makoto actually saw Sonoko for the first time when she was cheering for Ran in a karate tournament, and since then he had a crush on her.
 * Made of Iron: Seems to have an uncanny resistence to pain. Come on, he gets a knife stuck in his left arm and just says he's okay!
 * Oblivious to Love: Since he's horribly Not Good with People, so he seems to have a hard time picking up on her "subtle" hints--in the Valentine's Day episode where she went to a resort with Kogoro's family to make a chocolate heart for (she told Makoto) "the person she cared for most," Makoto showed up to see who this person was and if he was a suitable companion for her. When he asked who it was and Sonoko pointed at him, he turned around to look behind him.
 * Pointless Band-Aid: Near his left eye
 * Red Baron: "The Prince of Attack", according to Ran.
 * Skilled but Naive: Very talented karate expert. Very naive in any social interactions.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome

Sumiko Kobayashi
Conan and the Detective Boys' class teacher.


 * Cool Teacher: After her first episode.
 * Fan Girl: Of Ranpo Edogawa
 * Hot Teacher: More of a cute one, though.
 * Identical Stranger: Without her glasses, Kobayashi looks a LOT like Detective Satou.
 * Meganekko
 * Pet the Dog: Even when she was making herself pass as a Sadist Teacher, Kobayashi couldn't fully hide her kind nature, thus she watered the plants and fed the pet fishes in secret.
 * Sadist Teacher: Her Jerkass Facade. For the reason, see...
 * Shrinking Violet: After some really bad experiences in her former workplace, Kobayashi was so terrified of doing badly in parent meetings that she used to practice in the empty school at night with dolls. The Detective Kids thought she was a witch, though. (And Conan thought she was planning to kill someone else!).
 * Shrinking Violet: After some really bad experiences in her former workplace, Kobayashi was so terrified of doing badly in parent meetings that she used to practice in the empty school at night with dolls. The Detective Kids thought she was a witch, though. (And Conan thought she was planning to kill someone else!).

Subaru Okiya
"Voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu (JP)"

A grad-school student that currently lives in the (now vacant) Kudo mansion and takes care of it after his apartment burns down.

"Conan, explaining why he let the fox-faced Subaru stay at his house: "A person who loves Sherlock Holmes couldn't possibly be evil!""


 * Big Brother Mentor
 * Big Fancy House: Subverted, he's only the caretaker of the Kudo mansion.
 * Fanboy: Of Sherlock Holmes.
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Megane
 * The Stoic: Never loses his cool.
 * Supreme Chef
 * The Un-Reveal: Recent chapters have hinted that there's something suspicious about his neck, which he always has covered.
 * The Un-Reveal: Recent chapters have hinted that there's something suspicious about his neck, which he always has covered.

Yoko Okino
"Voiced by Yuri Amano / Miki Nagasawa (JP)"

One of the earliest recurring characters on record, she is Kogoro's favourite Idol Singer. Often guides the Mouris in situations involving the entertainment industry.


 * Idol Singer
 * Plucky Girl: The day after, Yoko returned to work. Ran comments on her strength of mind and heart.
 * Spoiled Sweet

Eisuke Hondou
"Voiced by Junko Noda (JP)"

One of Sonoko and Ran's classmates, who has a somewhat weak health and is very clumsy.

Mandatory naming note: "Hondou" comes from Bondo (ボンド), the Japanese pronounciation of (James) Bond, Eisuke from mystery writer Eisuke Kaito.


 * Butt Monkey
 * Cute Clumsy Girl: A Rare Male Example
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: And how-- go back above and check Kobayashi-sensei's picture, and he looks 80% like her.
 * Ill Boy: He had leukemia when he was a child, and he got better due to his older sister Hidemi's bone marrow donation.
 * All story arcs related to him happened in hospitals. Even when he's not the one admitted.
 * Kansai Regional Accent: He was born and raised in Osaka
 * Love Triangle:
 * Meganekko: Rare Male Example, due to his very high Moe quotient.
 * New Transfer Student
 * Nice Guy
 * Secret Keeper: One of the few people who actually guessed Conan's secret identity correctly, and by himself. This probably put his intelligence on par with Heiji!
 * Strong Family Resemblance: With his older sister,  Unknowingly lampshaded by Ran, who notices it.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: With his older sister,  Unknowingly lampshaded by Ran, who notices it.

Fusae Campbell Kinoshita
Famous fashion designer using gingko leaves as her personal motif.


 * But Not Too Foreign: One can guess from the name. Although her introduction arc also discussed a Real Life issue: she tends to hide her blond hair as the very xenophobic Japanese would have quite a bit of prejudice against people of mixed blood like her. And specially when her story was supposedly set 40 years ago, few after World War Two.

Reiko Kujou
"Voiced by Rica Matsumoto (JP)"

A beautiful and strongwilled attorney who serves as Eri's rival.


 * Canon Foreigner: Only appears in the anime.
 * Hello, Attorney!
 * The Rival: To Eri
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Ayako Suzuki
Angie Sebastian

Sonoko's elder sister.


 * Cool Big Sis
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Official Couple: With Yuzo.
 * The Ojou: More of a Type 1 than Sonoko.

Yuzo Tomizawa
Tod Appenheimer

"Voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto (JP)"

Sonoko's future brother-in-law, a young painter and son of another rich family.


 * Adorkable: For some.
 * Official Couple: With Ayako
 * Same Sex Triplets: The youngest of them.
 * The White Prince
 * The White Prince

Midori Megure
"Voiced by Ai Orikasa (JP)"

Inspector Megure's wife.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a scar on her forehead,
 * Joshikousei: When in highschool, and actually
 * May-December Romance: Is quite younger than Megure.
 * Silk Hiding Steel: Her introductory episode shows a skill for subtlty.
 * Silk Hiding Steel: Her introductory episode shows a skill for subtlty.

Masumi Sera
"Voiced by Noriko Hidaka (JP)"

A rather peculiar New Transfer Student who appeared recently in the manga and now has showed up in the anime.


 * Action Girl: Jeet Kune Do practitioner
 * A-Cup Angst: "They're due to pop out every day now!", and mentioning that her mother seems to have quite large breasts so hers will become this too
 * Amateur Sleuth
 * Bifauxnen
 * Bi the Way: Maybe, she did tease Ran and Sonoko by saying Ran's just her type.
 * Nice Hats
 * Panty Shot: While bringing down someone.
 * Running Gag: About the above, people being unsure if she's a girl or a boy.
 * Samus Is a Girl: On Ran, Conan and Sonoko
 * She's Got Legs: see Panty Shot
 * Tomboy
 * Tomboy

Dr. Tomoaki Araide
"Voiced by Hideyuki Hori (JP)"

The handsome son of Kogoro's doctor, with the bad luck of being introduced  After that, he's been seen around more than once, acting nice to almost everyone and being a possible Romantic Runner-Up.


 * : In the middle of two of these. See the main page for more details.
 * Hideyuki Hori: Despite not being a ninja.
 * Hospital Hottie
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover
 * Megane
 * Nice Guy: Even veering into a male Ingenue of sorts, since he's way too gullible sometimes.
 * Romantic False Lead: Was presented as one, thought he's much nicer than the standard.
 * Romantic Runner-Up: Sorry, dude. You're nice and all, we all know it... but you're just not Shinichi.
 * Sympathy for the Devil: When he returns to his normal life after  tried to kill him and took over his identity for a while, most people don't notice a difference and comment on what a good person he is. This causes him to wonder whether his impostor is really evil.
 * The Average-looking Doctor's Hot Son: His dad wasn't a Gonk, but it's clear that the younger Araide didn't inherit his looks.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Male example. Yeah, he's THAT sweet.

Hikaru Yasumoto
"Voiced by Akiko Hiramatsu (JP)"

Dr. Araide's housekeeper.


 * Dojikko: Not Played for Laughs, as Dr. Araide treats her harshly due to her blunders.
 * Ill Girl: She met the Araide family when she was hospitalized, then started working for them.
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Yamato Nadeshiko
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Midori Kuriyama
"Voiced by Asako Dodo (JP)"

Eri's secretary.


 * Cool Big Sis
 * Sexy Secretary

Tooru Amuro
Private Detective who first appeared posing as a waiter while helping a client with a case. He currently works at Café Poirot, and has become Kogoro's apprentice.


 * Bishonen
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Homage: to Amuro. complete with white RX-7 which is Shout-Out to RX-78-2
 * Sherlock Scan: Here