Shinichi Kudo
| Jimmy Kudo | |
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| Case Closed character | |
 
Jimmy Kudo, shown in his regular form (top) and his "Conan Edogawa" form (bottom) from the anime
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| First appearance | Case Closed File 1: "A Modern-Day Sherlock Holmes" |
| Created by | Gosho Aoyama |
| Voiced by |
Japanese:
Alison Viktorin (Conan) |
| Profile | |
| Nickname(s) | Great Detective of the East |
| Aliases | Conan Edogawa |
| Relatives |
Booker Kudo (father) Vivian Kudo (mother) |
Japanese:
Kappei Yamaguchi (Shinichi)
Minami Takayama (Conan)
Jimmy Kudo, known in Japan as Shinichi Kudo (Japanese: 工藤 新一 Hepburn: Kudō Shin'ichi?), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga series Case Closed, created by Gosho Aoyama. A high school detective, he is forced to ingest the lethal poison APTX 4869 after his encounter with Gin and Vodka. Due to a rare side effect, the poison shrinks him into a child and he adopts the pseudonym Conan Edogawa (江戸川 コナン Edogawa Konan) to hide from those who poisoned him. He lives with his childhood friend Rachel Moore and her father Richard Moore as he awaits the day he can take down the Black Organization and regain his original size.
The idea that Jimmy Kudo would be turned into a child stemmed from the idea of a Tortoiseshell cat Sherlock Holmes as a protagonist. Gosho Aoyama's idea was the cat would indicate the crucial evidence needed to solve the case; a performance the child-turned Jimmy does to help those around with the investigation. Jimmy was inspired by the fictional private eye Shunsaku Kudo. Aoyama revealed that his editor was against the name Conan due to the protagonist from the anime series Future Boy Conan sharing the same name and had suggested to name him Doyle instead. The author stuck with the name Conan believing it would overtake the Future Boy series. According to Aoyama, Jimmy's catch phrase Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Hitotsu! (真実はいつもひとつ!?, literally There is only one truth!) was thought of by the anime adaptation's script writer and drawn into chapter 96 of the manga at the same time. In the English localization, the catch phrase was translated as "One Truth Prevails".
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