SHINICHI KUDO

Shinichi Kudo is the protagonist of the manga and anime “Detective Conan”. At the beginning of the series, Shinichi is a fairly famous high school detective in Teitan Senior High School second grade. He frequently helps the Tokyo police solve murder mysteries. His father’s name is Yusaku Kudo. He works as a famous novel author. His mother’s name is Yukiko Kudo. She is a famous artist in Japan. Shinichi likes detective novels very much, one of them is Sherlock Holmes. Shinichi is also a great football player.

One day, Shinichi brings his friend Ran to a local theme park called "Tropical Land", to celebrate her victory in the Metropolitan Karate Championships. Shinichi witnesses a blackmail exchange between a suspicious man in black, Vodka and a company president in a secluded area just outside the park. Shinichi too engrossed watching the black mail. Then, Gin, Vodka's partner, sneaks up from behind and notices Shinichi. Gin knocks him out and forces him to swallow a new experimental poison known as APTX 4869, and they then leave him to die. However, instead of killing Shinichi, a rare side-effect occurs: his body shrinks into that of his six year-old self.

Shinichi is very confused knowing his body shrinks into a child. Than he runs into his next door neighbor and close family friend, Dr. Hiroshi Agasa. Shinichi asks Prof. Agasa’s help. Prof. Agasa warns Shinichi that he must keep his identity secret because the Black Organization will kill him. But at the time, Ran who is very worried because Shinichi suddenly disappears, comes to Prof. Agasa house. Shinichi are confusion when Ran asks his name. Shinichi sees some books behind Ran with the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edogawa Ranpo. He makes a new name for his little body quickly. It is Conan Edogawa. It’s a strange name for Japanese because it’s heard like a foreign name.

To hide his identity, Shinichi stays at office of Detective Kogoro Mouri. Kogoro Mouri is Ran’s father. As Conan, Shinichi looks for information about black organization which changes his body. Shinichi has to school in Teitan Elementary School, his ex elementary school to deceive the local society. and he also helps Kogoro Mouri to solve murder mystery with sophisticated devices given from Prof. Agasa.