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FBI

Jodie Starling

Jodie Starling

Age: 28

Debut: File 270-Game Start (Manga), Episodes 226-227- The Battle Game Trap (Anime)

Voiced by: Miyuki Ichijou, Yumi Toma (Young)

English Voice Actress: Maureen Price (TMS/Bang Zoom)

Spanish Voice Actress:Gigliola Mariángel (third Latin-American Spanish dub)

"A secret makes a woman a woman."

Ran and Sonoko's English teacher, an American young woman who's very pretty and friendly.

She was believed to be the Black Organization's Vermouth, but is actually an FBI agent named Jodie Starling looking into its whereabouts; unaware that the real Vermouth has been using her image as a disguise to hunt for Ai Haibara.

After her FBI status is revealed, she resigns from her teaching job and is seen taking part in cases; most of which involve the Black Organization.

Mandatory Naming Note: Jodie Foster :as Clarice Starling.

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• Amicable Exes: With Shuichi — they dated fives years prior to the story, but when Shuichi infiltrated the Black Organization, he started dating Akemi Miyano in order to gain more info, but fell in love with her. He decided to break up with Jodie, citing, "To be able to love two women at the same time…it's not that handy a personality". Despite this and Jodie's lingering feelings for him, they work well together with no friction from their past romance.
• Badass Driver: Despite her recklessness, Jodie has pulled amazing feats when driving.
• Berserk Button: Whatever you do, DON'T mention Vermouth in front of her, especially if you consider Vermouth a good person.
• Betty and Veronica: The straight-arrowed FBI agent ("Betty") to Akemi's mysterious Anti-Villain from an amoral syndicate ("Veronica") for Akai's "Archie". Originally, Akai was in a relationship with Jodie and only dated Akemi to get more info about the Organization, but came to fall in love with her for real and decided to break up with Jodie as a result.
• Broken Bird: Her parents are killed when she was still very little, and that completely marked her life.
• Catchphrase: "A secret makes a woman woman." Taken from Vermouth which she uses as a reminder of her mission in life.
• Dark and Troubled Past: When she was a child, Vermouth killed her parents.
• Demoted to Extra: She appeared A LOT more as Ran and Sonoko's teacher compared to her later appearances after she was revealed as an FBI agent. And that doesn't even count the times Vermouth was impersonating her.
• Drives Like Crazy: According to Akai, Jodie has no driving skills.
• Edible Theme Naming: To give the Red Herring that she is related to the Black Organization, her last name came from the famous wine-producing region Saint-Émilion.
• Funny Foreigner: Invoked by Jodie during her initial appearances to make people put their guards down when facing her.
• Gorgeous Gaijin: Aside from suggestive outfit, she's quite flirty. And she's a pretty young American woman.
• Hopeless Suitor: Zig-Zagged. She and Akai were a couple, but he fell in love with Akemi and decided to break up with Jodie because of it. And after Akemi's death, Akai is still in love with her while Jodie's feelings for him have not disappeared.
• Hot Teacher: She is an English teacher and wears quite slim-fitting outfits.
• Like a Daughter to Me: Seems to have this relationship with James Black, because her father had been his fellow FBI partner.
• Navel-Deep Neckline: In the episode that Heiji met Jodie for the first time, she wore a shirt with a slit at the middle, which went down to her stomach.
• Nerves of Steel: She is capable of keeping a cool head during crisis, like during a bus hijacking, she never fell out of her role as Jodie Saintemillion.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: She was named after both Clarice Starling, one of the main protagonists in Silence of the Lambs, and actress Jodie Foster who performed Starling's role in the movie adaptation of the same name.
• Red Herring: Was a very obvious potential suspect for being Vermouth for a long time. A blonde American woman with suspicious skills investigating at Conan's school, she even used Vermouth's famous Catchphrase, "A secret makes a woman woman". Turns out she's an FBI agent looking for Vermouth who picked the phrase up from her enemy.
• Secret-Keeper: Quoting Vermouth: "Secret makes a woman woman."
• Smart People Wear Glasses: She's shown to be quite observant and, while not at the level of Shinichi or Akai, is effective at deduction and case solving, contributing to the progress of several cases. Also, once she became aware that it was very likely Akai had faked his death, she was able to deduce most of the trick he used unassisted.
• Walking Spoiler: The Reveal that Jodie is an FBI Agent is almost impossible to cover up without giving away too much.
• Witness Protection: She was in one after seeing her parents killed by Sharon. Chapter 437 reveals that she rejected the witness protection program multiple times and only finally accepted it under one condition; James Black must help her joining FBI when she became adult.
• Working with the Ex: With Shuichi — see the Amicable Exes section for more details, and despite their past romantic history, they occasionally work together when doing FBI-related assignments and do so in a professional and friendly manner.
• You Killed My Father: The reason behind Jodie's intense hatred for Vermouth is because the woman killed her parents.

Shūichi Akai

Shūichi Akai / Dai Moroboshi / Rye / Subaru Okiya

Age: 32, 27 (as Subaru)

Debut: File 287-The Unseen Horror (Manga), Episodes 230-231 The Mysterious Passenger (Anime)

Voiced by: Shūichi Ikeda, Yuki Kaji (Young), Ryōtarō Okiayu (as “Subaru Okiya”)

"I'm not possessed. I’m afflicted. By a fever known as curiosity."

^{Click here to see him as him as Subaru Okiya}

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English Voice Actors: Keith Silverstein (TMS/Bang Zoom)

"I'm Akai Shūichi, an agent of the FBI. Like you, I'm a dog trying to sink my teeth into them."

An FBI agent who had previously been a part of the Black Organization as codename, Rye, before his cover was revealed. During his tenure there, Akai became The Rival to fellow agent and mole Bourbon/Rei Furuya. He chases after the Black Organization in the present time.

He was supposedly killed at the end of the Clash of Red and Black arc to implant Hidemi Hondō back as The Mole in the Black Organization. At the moment he is hiding in the Kudō family mansion under the persona of graduate student Subaru Okiya.

Mandatory Naming Note: Akai’s name is derived from from Char Aznable of Mobile Suit Gundam, who is given the nom de guerre of "The Red Comet” (赤い彗星, Akai Suisei) for his performance at the Battle of Lourn during the One Year War. "Shūichi" is also part of his seiyuu's name. Additionally, his first alias, Dai Moroboshi, comes from Char's real name, Casval Rem Deikun (sounds like Dai-kun in Japanese). Moroboshi can also mean falling star , another possible allusion to The Red Comet. His second alias, Subaru Okiya also comes from Casval (キャスバル Kyasubaru → キヤスバル Kiyasubaru) Rem Deikun.

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• The Ace: Akai is a man of numerous talents and accomplishments. He is a brilliant tactician and planner, an excellent driver, a superb cook, an expert at Jeet Kune Do, a Master of Disguise and sniper capable of shooting a target 700 yards away.
• Actor Allusion: Shūichi Ikeda once again brings to life another attractive, manipulative and vengeful young man with numerous aliases. They also favor red vehicles.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: Akai’s eyes are blue in the manga (like every other character) and green in the anime.
  • As Subaru Okiya, his Subaru 360’s color remains white in all of its appearances in the manga, but in the anime, it changed from white to red, likely referencing his real name (Akai).
• Affectionate Nickname: Akai is referred to as “Shu-nii” by his younger sister Sera and Sonoko in Movie 18, “Dai-kun” by his lover and cousin Akemi, “Shu” by Jodie, “Pierrot Onii-san” by Shin’ichi and “Shu-chan” by Yukiko in Aoyama-sensei’s thoughts.
• Almost Lethal Weapons: Akai breaks both of Calvados’s legs and takes his rifle, shotgun, and three handguns. He is later able to permanently scar Gin’s face with a bullet, but he avoids serious damage.
• Aloof Big Brother: He was aloof towards Masumi when she first met him as a child, and ignores her attempts to get close to him.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: A GenderInverted example. Akai is a tall and sullen young man with a icy personality.
• Always Second Best: Despite being The Ace it is heavily implied that Conan/Shin’ichi and his younger brother Shūkichi Haneda are slightly smarter than him.
• Always Someone Better: Akai is consistently superior to other characters in different aspects. In particular his little sister Masumi admitted he is “three times stronger” than her and Gōshō Aoyama-sensei stated in an interview that Amuro cannot defeat Akai.
  Question 11: "Why is Amuro-san so popular?"
  Aoyama-sensei: "Well... I dunno (laughs). Why, I wonder (laughs). Maybe the fact that he can't beat Akai makes him popular (laughs) That might be it (laughs)."
• Amateur Sleuth: As far as everyone is concerned Subaru Okiya is a college student who is a fan of Sherlock Holmes and loves a good mystery.
• Amicable Exes: Akai has this relationship with Jodie — they dated fives years prior to the story, but when Shūichi infiltrated the Black Organization, he started dating Akemi Miyano in order to gain more info, but fell in love with her. He decided to break up with Jodie, citing, "To be able to love two women at the same time…it's not that handy a personality". Despite this and Jodie's lingering feelings for him, they work well together with no friction from their past romance.
• Ammunition Conservation: Akai’s philosophy is antithetical to More Dakka. He believes that if one should shoot, they should shoot to kill.
• Anti-Air: A human examole. In the climax of Movie 20, Conan launches his firework ball, allowing Akai to see the Black Organization’s helicopter and snipe it out of the sky.
  Akai Shūichi: Fall down!
• Anti-Hero: While his motivations are usually good, Akai has repeatedly shown that he will scheme and connive as long as the results turn out well.
• Armor-Piercing Attack: In The Darkest Nightmare, it is Akai’s sniper shot that is able to take down the Black Organization’s helicopter.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: Extremely observant and possessing excellent instincts, he has a knack for seeing through deceptions and reading the patterns of people. During Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out, after realizing that a transmitter had accidentally been attached to the Black Organization, he set up a sniper ambush at a nearby building to Kogorō’s detective agency, knowing that the enemies would try to kill Kogorō after finding the transmitter under the belief Kogorō was spying on them, all to trick the Organization into thinking the bug was his personal trap.
  • On his first meeting with Sonoko and Ran, he correctly deduces they had been to the restaurant "Welcome Burger" and exactly what they had to eat while they were there.
• Badass and Child Duo: Shūichi and Conan get along well and are capable of thinking on par with one another. In the short time they have worked together, Shūichi has come to respect Conan's intellect and deductive skills and speaks to him professionally.
• Badass Bookworm: Akai truly embodies the Greek ideal that a warrior should be of both a sound mind and body.
• Badass Driver: Shūichi is a skilled driver. He can overtake many cars quickly in heavy traffic conditions and drift around a U-turn.
• Badass Family: The Akai family is filled with remarkable individuals who have numerous skills that make them stand out from others and have ties to governmental law enforcement.
• Badass Teacher: It was Shūichi who taught Masumi Jeet Kune Do and made her into the badass she is.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: While primarily a gunman, Akai is such a good Jeet Kune Do fighter, his already badass younger sister readily admits he is three times stronger than her.
• Battle of Wits: As one of the series’s foremost Akai and his have engaged in this with several opponents, mostly notably Bourbon and the entire Black Organization.
• Beach Episode: The Wizard of the Ripples begins in File 972 of the manga turns out to be vital for the plot... Because it shows the first time Shin’ichi and Ran met Shūichi Akai and Masumi Sera.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Ultimately Akai fell for Akemi for real due to her treatment of him.
• Becoming the Mask: Akai’s affection for Akemi was simply a ruse at first, but over time it became all too real.
• Beware the Nice Ones: As Subaru, while he looks and acts like a friendly Sherlock Holmes-loving grad student and a Big Brother Mentor living in Conan/Shin’ichi’s house, yet he also sometimes gives Ai the chills, which only happens around Black Organization members and Shūichi Akai.
  Conan, explaining why he let the fox-faced Subaru stay at his house: "A person who loves Sherlock Holmes couldn't possibly be evil!"
• BFG: Several of Akai’s Sniper Rifles are as long as he is tall.
• Big Brother Instinct:
  • He keeps track of his younger brother Shūkichi Haneda's shogi matches. During The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department, he received a text from Shūkichi to protect Yumi Miyamoto. When Yumi is accosted by drunkards, he disguised as Subaru incapacitates them and has them leave her alone. In chapter 1045, when he hears that his younger brother was abducted by a murderer, he immediately goes to ensure his brother's safety without even bothering with his disguise (which poses a risk to his own safety).
  • While Masumi was growing up, Shūichi would send her training tapes of Jeet Kune Do that she could practice after. During the Antique Facet Case, when he realized Masumi was showing suspicious movements around Agasa's house, he shows up as Subaru to keep an eye on her. He realized that Masumi was trying to pressure Haibara. He ended up interrupting her investigation to prevent Masumi get involved into a dangerous situation.
• Big Brother Mentor:
  • PlayedWith. As Akai, he promised his girlfriend Akemi that he'd help her sister Ai. He's sorta fulfilling it, but under a fake identity.
  • PlayedStraight with Masumi, his younger sister. As she was growing up, he would send her training tapes of Jeet Kune Do that she could practice.
• Big Fancy House: Shin’ichi Kudō used to take care of his massive and luxurious home on his own since his parents work abroads, but after got shrunk into Conan and went to live with the Mōris (who live in a two-store duplex whose first floor is outfitted as the detective agency's office), Ran and Sonoko had to drop by once in a while to get it clean. Later, uni student Subaru Okiya (whose apartment was burned down in the case he appeared) was hired by Shin’ichi’s parents to become its landlord though in reality he is undercover cop Shūichi Akai under a disguise.
• Birds of a Feather: Shūichi gets along well with Conan, who shares many personality traits.
• Blasting It Out of Their Hands: If Akai wants to subdue an enemy while he is armed, this is his go to move.
• Blood Knight: Akai looks forward to opportunities to hunt the Black Organization down and get revenge for Akemi.
• Boom, Headshot!: In order to clear suspicions about how easy it was to reclaim her, the Boss through Gin, orders Kir to call out Shūichi Akai and kill him. She does so, shooting Akai in the lung and head while Gin and Vodka watch on camera. In reality, his death is a ploy by Conan, Akai and Kir.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: We later learn that two of Akai’s noticeable catchphrases were said by his father Tsutomu.
  Tsutomu and Shūichi: "I'm not possessed. I’m afflicted. By a fever known as curiosity"
  Tsutomu and Shūichi: "It was 50:50 so we’re both to blame"
• Brainy Brunette: Akai is a genius tactician who can match wits with Conan and has raven-colored hair.
• But Not Too Foreign: It's been recently revealed that Akai's mother is Mary British, and he was originally also raised in Britain, but he later went to school in the United States and obtained dual citizenship before joining the FBI.
• Cain and Abel and Seth: Shūkichi is introduced much after Sera was and was not really mentioned before that.
• Cast as a Mask: Some fans might have thought Ryōtarō Okiayu was portraying an original character but in reality, Akai used a voice changer to disguise his identity.
• Casting Gag: Shūichi Ikeda portrays Shūichi Akai, a popular and handsome young man who takes on numerous names, favors red vehicles, seeks revenge against another and has long-lost family. In Gundam, he protrays Char Aznable, a popular and handsome young man who takes on numerous names, favors red vehicles, seeks revenge against another and has long-lost family.
  • Carried through in the dub, where he's voiced by Keith Silverstein, who voiced Char in Unicorn and The Origin.
• Catchphrase: Akai has a few expressions that he uses with enough regularity that others are able to make a connection between him and [Subaru Okiya based on his use. For instance, "Don't make that kind of face" is what prompts Haibara to connect him to Dai Moroboshi, the name he used when she knew him. "It was 50:50 so we’re both to blame" allows Jodie to, in hindsight, connect the dots and realize Akai faked his death.
• The Chessmaster: Especially when working alongside Conan, Akai is capable of numerous gambits involving many people and factors.
• Chick Magnet: With his good looks and rather detached personality, it is no wonder he is popular with the opposite sex. Yukiko Kudō finds him attractive and playfully flirts with him. Akemi Miyano was head over heels for him and did not leave him after secretly finding out his true allegiance. Before that he was in a relationship with his FBI coworker Jodie Starling. In The Wizard of the Ripples, Yasue Kitamori a beach girl claims to have come to the beach looking for a date and is visibly attracted to Akai, even asking him out.
• Clark Kent Outfit: Most of Akai’s wardrobe fails to portray how well-built he really is.
• *Click* Hello: Nine hours after the The Unsolved Cocktail Case, Bourbon breaks into the Kudō family home. Akai greets him with a gun to the head, a gesture Bourbon returns.
  Bourbon : "You’ve messed up…Akai Shūichi!"
  Akai : "Those words…one could say the same about you…Bourbon!"
• Code Name: As a member of the Black Organization, he went under the codename “Rye”, a whiskey in which a significant amount of the grain used in distillation is fermented rye.
• Cold Sniper: Akai fits the bill as a cold, calculating man and an incredibly fast gunman with the precision of a surgeon.
• Color Motif: Akai is usually adorned in a black colored wardrobe. As Subaru, he gives a surprisingly insightful reason for why black is both his favorite and least favorite color to Inspector Yuminaga.
  Subaru: "If I had to choose, I'd say black because it is a color that covers things inside me that I don't want known. Well, I hate the color black for the same reason as well."
• Colourful Theme Naming: "Akai" means "red" and many chapters and cases he appears have "red" or "scarlet" in the title. Overall, his name is a Shout-Out to both Char Aznable himself from Mobile Suit Gundam, who is nicknamed "Red Comet" due to his numerous red Zaku, and to Char's seiyuu Shūichi Ikeda. Shūichi Akai eventually becomes The Danza.
• Commonality Connection: He has a lot of similarities with Shin’ichi/Conan, which is why they work together extremely well, and trust each other with many things that they'd otherwise hide from family/friends. Both have amazing deductive skills, tenacity, trouble relating to others, remain calm even when threatened with death, and are fans of Sherlock Holmes. They also share similar personality traits which includes the same Fatal Flaw ("I work alone" tendencies) and while they will do anything to protect their loved ones, they are also not above manipulating them either to apprehend a criminal and/or gain information. They both even have a main Love Interests who are both similar in appearance and personality as well as a similar predicament. Later, they both have double lives, with their alter-ego still solving crimes and wearing glasses]]. Additionally, The Boss of the Black Organization believes Akai to be the 'Silver Bullet' who could potentially bring them down someday. Vermouth eventually also gives this nickname and status to Shin’ichi.
• Cool Big Bro: Akai acts as a reassuring older figure to his younger siblings, Shūkichi and Masumi as well Conan/Shin’ichi.
• Cool Car: During the corse of the series Akai has had three prominent vehicles.
  • Akai’s first car was his black Chevrolet C-1500. In the anime, it has the license plate 新宿 800, た 12-02 (Shinjuku 800, Ta 12-02). It was permanently destroyed by an explosion at the end of the Clash of Red and Black.
  • Since Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare, Shūichi has started driving a red 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 with two white racing stripes down the center. Its plate is 新宿 300, た 12-02 (Shinjuku 300, Ta 12-02).
  • As Subaru Okiya, he fittingly drives a Subaru 360. Okiya claims his car has some unique quirks that make it difficult to handle, but he may have been lying because he wanted to be the driver. The license plate number is 88 新宿 す 20-80. In the manga, his car's color remains white in all of its appearances, but in the anime, it changed from white to red.
• The Cracker: As Subaru, he hacked into Kogorō’s computer to see what cases he had received from his website. Later he hacked into Haibara's Phone and saw the message that Vermouth had sent her.
• Create Your Own Hero: In a way, it was the Black Organization who created the man their own boss refers to as the “Silver Bullet” capable of taking them down. Had they caused the disappearance of his father Tsutomu Akai, his curiosity would never have been stirred.
• Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: Shūichi Akai, FBI Agent and good guy is drawn having eyes which have permanent bags underneath them that make him appear sleep deprived, and other characters describe him as evil-eyed. It even becomes a Plot Point: Both Conan and the readers use his distinctive look to identify him when in disguise - and also relatives of his, such as his sister Masumi Sera, who has the same eyes, and Mary, the mysterious girl hiding in Sera's hotel room.
• Dark Is Not Evil: He looks quite sinister, especially a few years back when it's shown that his black hair was once as long as Gin's, but he's definitely a good guy.
• Declaration of Protection. The Anti-Villain Akemi Miyano is heavily implied to have asked her boyfriend Shūichi Akai to promise that he would protect her teenage sister Shiho — few hours before her own death. The twist is that he's fulfilling the trope, and even made an explicit declaration of protection to Shiho in which he referred to her as a princess and called himself her knight... but both of them are living under secret identities: he names himself “Subaru Okiya”, and she not only has been shrunk to a little girl’s body but calls herself “Ai Haibara”.
• Determinator: He is a skilled and relentless pursuer and detective, qualities which have labeled him the number one enemy of the Black Organization and earned him the nickname “Silver Bullet”.
• Disappeared Dad: 17 years prior to the current timeline, Shūichi's father, Tsutomu Akai, got himself involved in the murder case of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes and disappeared.
• Deuteragonist: After we get to know him, Akai becomes the second most important character whenever he is around.
• Dramatic Gun Cock: During certain situations, Akai will perform this move for different reasons.
• The Dreaded: In the two years since the mission failure of the FBI’s infiltration attempt, The Boss of the Black Organization came to believe Akai could become the organization's “Silver Bullet”, the threat whom he fears the most, and is more like Vermouth than Gin.
• Drink-Based Characterization:
  • Akai’s favorite alcohol beverage is whiskey- he has also recently taken to drinking bourbon rather than scotch.
  • His favorite non-alcoholic beverage is canned coffee, and he is seen consuming it from time to time.
• Easily Forgiven: The people Akai let believe he was dead easily look past the fact that he lied to them for some time. Justified as the plan would not have work if they were in on it.
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Initially Akai’s skin is portrayed as an almost sickly pale and coupled with his mysterious actions it gave him an off-putting vibe.
• Encyclopaedic Knowledge: Like most competent detectives in this series, Akai has a wealth of knowledge on numerous subjects and topics.
• Exhausted Eye Bags: One of his trademark features are his eyes which have permanent bags underneath them that make him appear sleep deprived.
• "Eureka!" Moment: Just like other detectives in this series, Akai thinks or says “I see. So that’s how it was…!” upon cracking a case.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: When he infiltrated the B.O., his hair was long enough to trail well down his back. In the present time, his hair is cut.
• Expressive Mask: Akai’s Subaru is extremely expressive and allows him to display a wide range of emotions.
• Eyes Always Shut: When disguised as Subaru. If he opens his eyes, it's clear that he's Shuichi Akai. Now in chapters 898, when disguised as Subaru, he sometimes opens his eyes while talking to Andre Camel and Jodie Starling.
• Face of a Thug: Especially at first, Akai’s mannerisms and face made him give off a creepy vibe. Conan (and others) describe him as an evil-eyed man. He's a bit intimidating, but he's not that bad.
• Fair Cop: Akai is a cop with the FBI and is considered very attractive In-Universe and out with both genders.
• Faking the Dead: At the end of Clash of Red and Black, FBI Agent Shūichi Akai faked his death with the help of Conan Edogawa and CIA Agent Hidemi Hondō, undercover as the Black Organization member Kir. The plan was to have Kir meet with Akai and pretend to shoot him. To make it look realistic for Gin and others involved, blank cartridges and blood packets with small detonators would be used. Akai would then fall down in the truck, seemingly dead while Kir set the detonator, Akai would place Rikumichi Kusuda's disguised body in his place and hide out of sight. The two would then leave. Meanwhile, Jodie Starling would take one of Conan's two cellphones with her, with Rikumichi's fingerprints on it, thinking they were Akai's, when she went to validate the identity of the body with the police- the fingerprints matched with those of the corpse and Akai's death was then "verified”.
• Family Eye Resemblance: Except for Tsutomu and Shūkichi, every member of the Akai family has apparently genetic stylized Exhausted Eye Bags.
• Family Theme Naming: It only applies to Akai and his sister Sera. Akai is named after Char Aznable and Sera is named after his younger sister Sayla Mass.
• Fanboy: Akai is almost as big of a fan of Sherlock Holmes as Conan is. He greatly admires his deductive power, although he seems to possess more of Mycroftian personality when it comes to cases.
• Fantasy Forbidding Mother: Mary didn't approve at first of Shūichi’s decision to join the FBI and investigate his father's death, even going as far as to instigate a physical fight between the two of them to voice her disapproval, but eventually she gave him her blessing.
• Fastest Gun in the West: Akai is a blitzing fast shot, being able to shoot someone else before they can even draw their weapon.
• Fatal Flaw: Shūichi has an unhealthy tendency to prioritize his missions above the emotional well-being of his friends, coworkers, family, and love interests. Conflict between his missions and the interests of those he cares about has led to significant sorrow for him and others.
• FBI Agent: The FBI is one of the major forces that investigate the Black Organization. The most prominent agents are Shūichi Akai, Jodie Starling, Andre Camel and James Black. Akai is notably one of the few characters to intellectually be on par with Shin’ichi himself.
• Firing One-Handed: Akai is a mostly cautious gun but on occasion he has fired like this.
• Following in Relative's Footsteps: Akai’s father was a MI6 Agent and he became an FBI to both defeat the Black Organization and figure out the mystery behind his disappearance.
• Foreign Exchange Student: Shūichi, as a Japanese/British man, determined to investigate his missing father's "incident," convinced his mother to let him study in America.
• Foreshadowing: There were numerous hints that Subaru Okiya was Shūichi Akai the entire time.
  • Subaru and Shūichi have similar appearances◊ and habits.
  • Subaru and Shūichi are both left-handed.
  • Conan, who knew Subaru was Shūichi and was therefore an ally, uncharacteristically broke with his normal untrusting tendencies by allowing Subaru to be close to Haibara despite multiple warnings from her. Not only did Conan continue to brush off her warnings, but he also came up with excuses as to why he trusted Subaru. One such excuse, "A Holmes fan can't be a bad person!" was an obvious lie as there was an entire murder case where all the suspects were Holmes fans, and the Black Organization has used Sherlock references before.
  • Ran felt like she has seen Subaru from somewhere. Ran has met Shuichi three times that she can remember: once in New York City, in a restaurant, and another time after the On the Trail of a Silent Witness case. Shūichi had frightened and deliberately intimidated her in their first meeting, so she felt uncomfortable and decided she shouldn't talk about Shin’ichi with Subaru.
  • Haibara began suspecting Subaru to be Dai Moroboshi. During a car chase, Subaru said the line "Don't make that kind of face” which caused Haibara to remember that Dai Moroboshi said something similar to that in the past. Subaru triggering Haibara's Black Organization sense also fit with this as Dai had been in the Black Organization. She even tries removing his scarf while he is sleeping but he blocks her and says, "beyond here...is my area".
  • Subaru and Shūichi use similar expressions. Subaru at one point admonishes Haibara "not to make that kind of face." Shūichi has used that line twice before, once to Conan in Clash of Red and Black and once as Dai Moroboshi in Haibara's past. Both Shūichi and Subaru refer to the Black Organization members as wolves.
  • Subaru was often shown drinking bourbon, which Camel had earlier stated was Akai's favorite alcoholic drink.
  • In the Conan vs. Double Code Mystery case, Conan recognized the address Subaru was staying at despite never having met Subaru before.
  • In the ''Hint of Red and Thirteen” case, Subaru keeps out of “Scar Akai’s” sight. Scar Akai at this time was Tōru Amuro who has a major grudge against Akai. Later, Subaru mocks the Black Organization who were mistakenly waiting for Scar Akai to appear. Subaru also knocks Jodie down, preventing her from chasing Scar Akai and keeping her out of sight of the Black Organization sniper that Subaru had spotted earlier. After apologizing, he tells her, "The division of fault is 50/50. You also bear some of the blame for neglecting to pay attention to your surroundings." As he blocked her from chasing the fake Akai, one can surmise that Subaru's intention may have been to hint that he was the Akai she was looking for. Eventually, this phrase led to Jodie realizing that Subaru was Akai, since Camel noted this was a phrase he frequently used.
  • On the Bell Tree Express, when Subaru returned the unconscious Masumi Sera to her room, Sera whispered 'Shu-nii' (-nii being the Japanese honorific for older brother) in her sleep and Okiya smiled, implying that he is her brother, Shūichi Akai. Subaru was also revealed to be collaborating with Yukiko and Conan.
  • Subaru Okiya", "Dai Moroboshi", and "Shūichi Akai" are all references to Mobile Suit Gundam character Char Aznable. His surname refers to Char's nickname "Red comet." His given name is a reference to the voice actor of Char Aznable, Shūichi Ikeda (who became Akai’s voice actor too upon Aoyama-sensei’s request). Dai Moroboshi, the alias Akai used while he was undercover in the Black Organization, comes from part of Char's real name, Casval Rem Deikun, with "Dei" pronounced as "Dai" (ダイ) in Japanese. In Moroboshi (諸星), the first kanji can be broken up into 言者 which when pronounced as げんしゃ (gensha) sounds very similar to the word for "phenomenon" (genshō). The second character (星) means "star". Moroboshi, read as "Star phenomenon" references falling stars or maybe comets. “Subaru Okiya” is a pun on Char Aznable’s real name which is キャスバル “Kyasubaru” (romanized as 'Casval').
  • When Subaru was introduced in the "Red, White, Yellow and the Detective Boys" case, he was given the nickname "Red Guy" (akai hito) by Kaito Sugiura, hinting at his identity as Shūichi Akai.
  • Subaru is very protective of his neck area, where the voice changer is. He stopped Haibara from removing his scarf. The very next chapter Ran, Sonoko and Sera ran into him while he was grooming in the bathroom and left his collar open, Subaru signaled them to Conan's location without whispering a word. He did not want any of the girl to hear his Shūichi voice, especially Sera, his sister.
  • The real scarless Shūichi Akai who distracted Bourbon with a grenade appeared wearing Subaru's clothes and Masumi's hat, which was last seen in Masumi's room while Subaru was laying her down.
  • When Akai appears (Manga: 894-897) behind Jodie Starling while they were in pursuit by Bourbon's men and Yusaku Kudo is disguised as Subaru as Conan instructed.
  • In the movie Dimensional Sniper, it is revealed that Subaru is in secret communication with James Black In addition, he surreptitiously leaves a bouquet of flowers in Masumi's hospital room after she is shot. As the movie closes, he speaks with James and after hanging up he responds with "Roger," but is voiced by Shūichi Ikeda Ikeda as opposed to Ryōtarō Okiayu.
• Friendly Sniper: Overall he's a pretty decent guy and actually gets along well with Conan.
• The Friends Who Never Hang: The way Detective Conan is structured means that Conan is the only consistent character and the supporting cast changes case after case. Over time this means that characters in certain groups have never had even a conversation with other characters in different groups.
• Genius Bruiser: While he typically relies on his intellect or his shooting skills, Akai’s fighting skills match his intelligence.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: Downplayed. Akai can be a Socially Awkward Hero but he does not let his high intelligence make him into an Insufferable Genius.
• Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Akai is an example of Good Smoking, being a law enforcement officer who enjoys a smoke every now and again.
• Great Detective: Akai is a genius sleuth much like the numerous other ones in the series and is one of the few to be on Conan’s level. It’s implied his younger brother Shūkichi is more intelligent than him, though.
• Guile Hero: Akai primarily relies on his brain to solve conflicts and get out of crises.
• The Gunslinger: A modern example. Akai is an FBI Agent who specializes in guns and has proven to be peerless in that regard.
• Heartbroken Badass: While he refrains from outwardly showing emotion, several actions he takes shows that he truly loved Akemi and is deeply torn about by her passing.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Akai owns a stylish black jacket that has essentially become his trademark.
• Heroic Build: It is shown that Akai is a very muscular man, most likely because of his Jeet Kune Do training.
• Heroic Lineage: Akai’s mother and father were members of the British Secret Intelligence Service, often known as MI6. His aunt and uncle were genius biochemists in the Black Organization.
• Hidden Depths: Apparently, he can play the accordion. He is also a Socially Awkward Hero.
• Honey Trap: A Rare Male Example. In the past was instructed by the FBI to strengthen his position as The Mole inside The Syndicate he had infiltrated by dating a membress who also was the older sister of one of said syndicate's top scientists. However, he ended up falling in love with the woman for real…
• Hot Pursuit: Movie 20 opens on PSB Agent Rei Furuya chasing Black Organization memebrr Curaçao in her stolen Dark Blue 1980 Toyota Mark II [X60], while he is in his white Mazda RX-7. Akai joins Furuya in his perseverance red Ford Shelby GT500 SVT.
• Hunk: Akai is a well-built man with broad shoulders and chest and well-defined arms.
• Iconic Outfit: Akai’s most recognizable outfit is his black wool hat, black leather jacket, dark blue shirt with black pants and shoes.
• I Have Many Names: Akai has been referred to as Subaru Okiya, Dai Moroboshi, “Silver Bullet”, and Rye.
• Important Haircut: Even though he admitted it to James Black rather dryly, he cut his waist length hair after Akemi’s death “to freshen up”.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out shows that Akai can fire a shot from 700 yards or more than 1300 yards, easily beating the Black Organization’s snipers Korn and Chianti’s 550 yards.
• The Infiltration: Five years prior to the current timeline, FBI Agent Shūichi Akai infiltrated the Black Organization using the alias Dai Moroboshi as a mole and dated Akemi Miyano, one of their low-ranking members, in order to meet her little sister Shiho Miyano, a high-ranked scientist codenamed Sherry, and use her influence to get into the Black Organization.
• Institutional Allegiance Concealment: At two points Akai has been forced to conceal his allegiance to the FBI for two reasons.
  • As Dai Moroboshi, Akai could not tell his girlfriend he was a cop because she was a criminal, but she found out anyway.
  • As Subaru Okiya, Akai himself is supposed to be dead so as far as everyone is concerned, he is an eccentric college graduate.
• In Love with the Mark: As Rye, Akai dated Akemi, a low-ranking member of the Black Organization to feed information to the FBI. Eventually he fell in love with her for real.
• In the Blood: The Akai family is filled with geniuses and fearsome martial artists who use their skills for varying purposes.
• It Runs in the Family: Akai inherited his genius and martial arts prowess from his parents, before passing his Jeet Kune Do skills to his younger sister Sera.
• It's Not You, It's My Enemies: He broke up with Akemi to protect her and he lost contact with her after the mission to capture Gin failed.
• I Work Alone: Shūichi prefers to plan secretly, and will readily trick his friends and coworkers, even injuring them, if helps the success of his missions. Shūichi is often forgiven for these transgressions because his judgment is usually sound, and his plans work out well. Shūichi’s secret plans, while strategically robust in the short term, often cause emotional problems for others that he does not fully appreciate.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While not a "jerk" in the traditional sense, Shuichi has a tendency to be insensitive towards the emotional well-being of others but isn't unempathic.
• Kissing Cousins: With the revelation of their heritage, this is the relationship Akai had with Akemi, albeit accidentally.
• Lady and Knight: A platonic version with Ai Haibara with him as the Knight. When the already adult Akai gave a Declaration of Protection to [Haibara while masquerading as Subaru Okiya, he explicitly referred to her as her to a princess and himself to a knight that would protect her. There are no romantic undertones because not only Ai is much younger than Akai and is Older Than They Look thanks to a drug, but she is the sister of his dead girlfriend Akemi, who is implied to have asked him to protect Ai before being murdered.
• Lamarck Was Right: It’s implied that the Akai dynasty essentially breeds exceptional people. Even a Non-Action Guy like Shūkichi makes up for it by being the biggest genius in the family.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Akai has an exceptionally well-sculpted jaw and despite his Anti-Hero nature, has very noble and heroic goals.
• Laser Sight: As a sniper, Akai uses laser sights to pinpoint his targets.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: Akai’s true identity, his tenure as The Mole in the Black Organization are big reveals in the story but are made casual later on.
• Latex Perfection: Shūichi learned how to act and properly apply his Subaru disguise by himself thanks to Yukiko Kudō and equipment from Professor Agasa.
• Lightning Bruiser: Akai is a top Jeet Kune Do practitioner able to quickly dodge an attack from his sister Sera and handle a kick from Ran when he was off his guard.
• Like Father, Like Son: Akai is a determined, decisive yet aloof man like his father before him.
• Limited Wardrobe: Akai is usually seen in his Iconic Outfit, black wool hat, leather jacket, pants and shoes and a blue shirt and not much else.
• Living a Double Life: After Faking the Dead, Akai lives as college graduate Subaru in the Kudō family home.
• Lethal Chef: When he began posing as Subaru Okiya, Akai was a rather poor cook and his meals where not well-regarded.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Shūichi prefers to plan secretly, and will readily trick his friends, coworkers and even his family, even injuring them, if helps the success of his missions.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Up to one year ago, he had very long waist length hair, which accented his good looks.
• Long-Lost Relative: We later learn that Akai has quite a large family. We meet his younger sister Sera, his little brother Shūkichi, his mother Mary and learn about his father Tsutomu. We also later learn that the Akemi family, Atsushi, Elena, Akemi and Shiho/Haibara are all blood relatives of his as well.
• The Lost Lenore: Shūichi Akai has Akemi Miyano as this. He met her while working as The Mole in the Black Organization that she and her Teen Genius younger sister Shiho belonged to, faked feelings for her but ultimately fell in love for real since she was an Anti-Villain... but after lots of messy stuff, she was murdered.
• Love-Interest Traitor: He was this to Akemi, initially pretending to be her boyfriend while being an FBI Agent the entire time.
• Manipulative Bastard: Akai is perfect willing to manipulate his own allies and even his family for a scheme.
• Mangst: Clash of Red and Black reveals that Akai still has Akemi’s final text message which contained a confession of love to him, and an unrevealed P.S.
• Married to the Job: Akai has had two romantic entanglements in the past, but it seems the true love of his life is his mission to defeat the Black Organization.
• Master of Disguise: As Subaru he eventually becomes one and can do the disguise by himself.
• Megane: Subaru is a bespectacled young man with handsome facial features.
• Minored In Ass Kicking: Akai, like most of the other men in this series, is a brilliant detective who is able to kick ass when needed.
• Minority Police Officer: Akai is Japanese/British but initially he is one of the few FBI Agents we see who racially stands out. However, arcs like the FBI Serial Murder Case show that there are other minorities in the FBI’s ranks.
• The Mole: Years ago, Akai infiltrated the Black Organization and became "Rye".
• Mr. Fanservice: Akai is one of the biggest reasons for the series’ Estrogen Brigade and you would have to be blind to not see why.
• Named After Somebody Famous: Akai is named after Mobile Suit Gundam ‘s Breakout Villain Char Aznable who is also Gundam’s Mascot Villain and his iconic seiyuu Shūichi Ikeda.
• Never Bareheaded: Akai is very seldom depicted without something on his head, a knit cap in the present and a grey fedora in the past Sera now wears herself. This trait was even pointed out by Amuro.
  Tōru Amuro: "The man who was shot always wore a black knit hat."
• Nerves of Steel: Akai is always composed and becomes even more so under high pressure situations.
• Noodle Incident: He apparently at one point held a part-time job playing the accordion, making decent money from it.
• No Social Skills: Even though he means well, Shūichi is notably clumsy at trying to comfort and connect with others. As Okiya, his technique to approach Haibara leaves her terrified of him, and repeated contact only intensifies her loathing. Despite his social awkwardness, Shūichi is not unempathetic; he gives Jodie some hope by leaving her a message in his own handwriting and leaves her a very roundabout hint about his identity after knocking her down even though he cannot reveal the truth to her yet.
• Not That Kind of Partner: Shūichi Akai refers to Gin as "the one that got away" (even going so far as calling Gin his koibito, i.e., "lover") so anyone who overheard him talking would think "ex-girlfriend who initiated the breakup" rather than "criminal that slipped through his fingers"; Kaito Kid, when asked about his relationship with Conan/Shin’ichi by the Suspect of the Week, uses the identical metaphor, since he both anticipates that his Worthy Opponent would always show up to thwart whatever he's doing but also dreads the interference.
  • Aoyama Gōshō-sensei uses a Japanese literary device to give the word "koibito" a double meaning. Japanese in Detective Conan includes the pronunciation, called furigana, in hiragana next to kanji. Normally the furigana matches the word in the kanji; however, Aoyama-sensei used the kanji for "old enemy" (宿敵), but the furigana for "koibito" (こいびと), giving Akai's word a double meaning. The true meaning of what Akai meant is "old enemy", but what he said out loud was the furigana "koibito". In effect Akai had nicknamed Gin "loved one".
• Official Couple: Shūichi Akai used to be Akemi Miyano's boyfriend, but she is killed by Gin early on in the manga (or in episode 128 in the anime). Akai also used to be together with Jodie Starling prior to dating Akemi. He still has feelings for his dead girlfriend.
• Old Cop, Young Cop: Akai has this dynamic with his superior James Black, being the Young Cop to his Old Cop. James was one of the very few who knew that Shūichi was alive after Shūichi's fake death, but only because he saw the glue on Shūichi's fingers and would have otherwise also been kept in the dark. The two maintain close contact with each other up to present.
• Older Alter Ego: Inverted Trope. Word of God indicates that Akai is 32 and Subaru “is” 27.
• One-Handed Shotgun Pump: On some occasions this is how Akai handles a rifle.
• Parental Substitute: Invoked Trope. His mother, Mary, wanted him to act as a surrogate father figure to his only sister and youngest sibling, Masumi, since their father died before she was born.
• Patriotic Fervor: Downplayed. Despite that fact he has American citizenship, he still considers England to be his home country.
• The Power of Family: While separated, the Akai family are united both by their blood and most of their desires to topple the Black Organization.
• Practically Different Generations: Masumi Sera, a 2nd year high school student (16-17) is searching for her missing older brother with the help of her genius middle brother. Said brothers are, respectively, Shūichi Akai, 32, and Shūkichi Haneda, 28. There's a Whole Episode Flashback The Wizard of the Ripples, depicting Sera's first meeting with them (the siblings lived in different countries for the first few years of her life due to various familial circumstances), and the brothers are already adults who look exactly the way they do in the present, while Sera is still a first grader.
• Progressively Prettier: In his first appearances, especially in the anime, Akai lived up to Conan’s comment of him being an “evil-eyed man”. As time progressed, he became more and more attractive. See◊ for◊ yourself◊.
• Promotion to Parent: Mary thought her firstborn son Shūichi, who is a rather cold person, would make a good replacement father figure for Masumi and Shūkichi. However, soon after she realized that Shūichi was driven by the same sense of curiosity as his father was and he would go his own way.
• Pursuing Parental Perils: Akai doggedly pursued becoming a FBI agent, even against his mother’s (violent) denial.
• The Quiet One: Akai is a man of few words, choosing to speak when it’s important and seemingly using as few words as possible.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Akai inherited his dark hair from his Japanese father and has fairly light skin.
• Real Men Can Cook: While Subaru does not really have a “manly” aura, he is still intelligent, an excellent fighter and eventually a fantastic cook.
• Red Baron: Akai’s skills, intellect and tenacity have earned fear from the Boss of the Black Organization who dubbed Akai the “Silver Bullet”, their number one enemy and the man capable of bringing down the Black Organization.
• Red Herring: Initially, Akai was intentionally set up to make readers think that he was Gin in disguise. Also applies to his identity as Okiya Subaru, as readers were initially heavily led to believe Subaru was Bourbon, appearing shortly after Conan learns about them and Subaru even drinking a bottle of bourbon shortly after he moves into Shin’ichi’s house. However there were hints that implied he was not Bourbon.
  • Subaru knew about Conan's tracking glasses and the detective badges. Conan has never used the tracking glasses in front of Subaru before. Bourbon or a third party would not be privy to Conan's gadgets. The mechanism to operate Conan's glasses isn't obvious, so only someone who knows about their existence beforehand could recognize the glasses at Agasa's and figure out how to activate the tracking function. Shūichi Akai could have heard about the glasses in several ways. The first source is when James Black was kidnapped while he had Ayumi’s detective badge. Conan used the badge to track down James Black. James was waiting to meet with Akai before he was kidnapped and drove away with Akai after he was rescued. Akai could have also heard about the tracking function from Jodie when Conan chased after Kir to prevent an assassination. Finally, Akai may also know about them from when Haibara borrowed the glasses to find Conan at the shipping yards at the climax of the Vermouth arc. He was present at the time and would have seen Haibara wearing them even though she has never worn glasses when Akai had seen her previously.
  • Subaru was unlikely to be loyal to the Black Organization because he did not take action against Haibara after meeting her, even when she was alone or vulnerable. Bourbon's stated mission was to look for Sherry. Conan trusted Subaru around Haibara, ignored her warnings about him, and allowed Subaru to live in his house close to her despite supposedly meeting just that afternoon. Subaru also mocked the Black Organization in the Thirteen Red Shirts case. Subsequently, Haibara herself gradually overcame her fear and stayed around Subaru.
  • Subaru had "the scent" of the Black Organization, which meant he was not one of Conan's other allies who has no history in the Black Organization. So far, Haibara has been correct about everyone who has "Black Organization smell"; although she sometimes does not detect certain Black Organization agents, she has never had a false positive.
• Renaissance Man: His current tenure as Subaru Okiya truly highlights how versatile Akai really is. He is proficient at Jeet Kune Do, hacking, cooking, driving, disguise, accordion and can speak fluent English.
• The Reveal: He is Okiya Subaru. The reason why he's sensitive about his neck is because his covered neck hides a voice-changer choker, and the one time his bare neck is seen, he didn't say anything.
• Scary Shiny Glasses: As Subaru, his glasses glow when he is thinking thoroughly and when he is shown as mysterious.
• Scope Snipe: Shūichi Akai managed to do this to stop Gin from killing Conan and Kogorō Mōri. Unfortunately, Gin reacted fast enough [[to survive with only a scar.
• Secret Identity: It is eventually revealed that the main Red Herring for Bourbon, Subaru Okiya was actually the thought dead Akai Shūichi all along.
• Secret Identity Vocal Shift: Shūichi Akai was supposedly killed by Kir on orders from the Black Organization, only to resurface under the alias of Subaru Okiya, with a voice changing choker underneath his turtleneck sweater to alter his distinctive voice, even played by a different voice actor to complete the masquerade.
• Secret Other Family: Vermouth sneers at Mary when she forced her to take the poison her younger sister Elena Miyano created. This means the entire Miyano family are his blood relatives. This knowledge is completely unknown to most characters, including Akai.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: After Shūichi s expulsion from the Black Organization, he confirms that he is an FBI Agent to Akemi. To Shūichi s surprise, Akemi doesn't seem surprised by this, so Shūichi asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions when she was being used by him before, and Akemi hints it is because she loves him.
• Sent Into Hiding: In his last message before getting himself involved in the murder case of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes, Tsutomu Akai instructed his pregnant wife Mary and their two sons to hide in Japan.
  • Subaru is the identity Akai took up after Shūichi Akai was murdered by Kir after falling for a trap to prove her loyalty to the Black Organization.
• Signature Headgear: Akai is almost never seen with his black wool hat covering his hair.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: When Subaru opens his eyes, they are green which really makes him stand out.
• Silver Bullet: Conan and Shūichi Akai are both called "Silver Bullet" by the Black Organization, particularly by Vermouth, a metaphor to describe how dangerous they are to the Black Organization. The term was also first dropped during a case where a murderer was wearing a werewolf costume and he was identified by the cocktail named "Silver Bullet". This case happened parallel to the incident where Vermouth was confronted by Conan, and she would start calling him by said nickname since then.
  • In ''The Scarlet Bullet'', sniper Shūichi Akai uses a specially made silver bullet to shoot along the tracks of the 'Japanese Bullet' linear train: not for any supernatural properties, but because silver will not be affected by the high-density magnets used in the maglev tracks.
• Shadow Archetype: To Shin’ichi Kudō/Conan Edogawa, as they share many personality traits, but Akai represents what Shin’ichi/Conan could become if something were to happen to Ran, becoming more emotionally closed off with his other loved ones.
• Shed the Family Name: Not by choice. Due to Faking the Dead, Akai becomes Subaru Okiya.
• Sherlock Scan: Like other geniuses in this series, a mere glance is all Akai needs to get a lay of the land.
• Shoot Your Mate: At the end of Clash of Red and Black FBI Agent Shūichi Akai faked his death with the help of Conan Edogawa and CIA Agent Hidemi Hondou, undercover as the Black Organization member Kir. The plan was to have Kir meet with Akai and pretend to shoot him. To make it look realistic for Gin and others involved, blank cartridges and blood packets with small detonators would be used. Akai would then fall down in the truck, seemingly dead. While Kir set the detonator, Akai would place Rikumichi Kusuda's disguised body in his place and hide out of sight. The two would then leave.
• Shout-Out Theme Naming: Like a couple of other characters, essentially all of Akai’s numerous aliases are a Shout-Out to Gōshō Aoyama’s beloved Mobile Suit Gundam.
  • Akai’s name is derived from from Char Aznable of Mobile Suit Gundam, who is given the nom de guerre of "The Red Comet” (赤い彗星, Akai Suisei) for his performance at the Battle of Lourn during the One Year War. "Shūichi" is also part of his seiyuu's name Additionally, his first alias, Dai Moroboshi, comes from Char's real name, Casval Rem Deikun (sounds like Dai-kun in Japanese). Moroboshi can also mean falling star , another possible allusion to The Red Comet. His second alias, Subaru Okiya also comes from Casval (キャスバル Kyasubaru → キヤスバル Kiyasubaru) Rem Deikun.
• Small Parent, Huge Child: Akai towers of his mother Mary. To be fair, she’s currently in a middle schooler’s body despite being 53 years old.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: Akai is bespectacled during his Subaru disguise and is one of the series’s smartest people.
• Smoking Is Cool: Shuichi is a heavy smoker, is an expert Cold Sniper, and is considered a huge threat against the Black Organization.
• Sniper Rifle: Akai uses various models of rifles in different times and situations.
• Sniper Scope Glint: This is how Gin finds out who grazed his cheek when he attempts to kill Kogorō.
• Socially Awkward Hero: Deep down, Akai is not really accustomed to certain social cues and has trouble gauging people’s feelings.
• Staged Shooting: Akai, Conan and Kir fake Akai’s death when Kir’s hand is forced and pretend to shoot Akai in the lung and head.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: This was the relationship he has with Akemi Miyano — He started dating her only to strengthen his position as The Mole for the Black Organization but seeing that she was an Anti-Villain and that she liked him despite suspecting that he was using her made him change his mind. When he was found out he tried to get her to come with him, but she refused because her little sister was a member, and she didn't want to abandon her. And few afterwards, after a last and failed attempt to free herself and her sister, she was murdered.
• Starting a New Life: After Faking the Dead, Akai became Subaru Okiya a 27-year-old a graduate student attending Tohto University to earn a doctorate degree in engineering.
• The Stoic: Shūichi is a tenacious but stoic agent. Even in personal matters, he remains cool, even detached, from anyone, but his redeeming value is a great sense of loyalty to anyone he knows.
• Stoic Spectacles: Subaru is generally shown to be quiet and reserved, often seeming unfazed by normally stressful situations, such as when Ran attacked him while he was brushing his teeth, believing he had broken into Shin’ichi’s house, or when a murderer grabbed Ayumi as a hostage
• The Strategist: Like Conan, Akai is fond of one or more plans prepared beforehand to deal with situations.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Akai mostly has the facial features of his mother, with her facial structure and Exhausted Eye Bags. Sera takes after her as well, but Shūkichi greatly resembles his father.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Akai is usually businesslike and professional, but he shows remarkable amounts of levity and love for those he cares for.
• Supreme Chef: As Subaru, Akai became a phenomenal cook. He often uses cooking as an excuse to gain access to Agasa's house. Stews and soups seem to be his specialty: Cream Stew, beef stew, curry, etc. In chapter 898, he states that it was Yukiko who taught Akai to be a very capable cook. This was meant to help him better keep a low-profile.
• Surprise Incest: We learn from Vermouth that Akai’s mother Mary is Elena Miyano’s elder sister. This makes Elena’s firstborn daughter and Akai’s ex-girlfriend Akemi his blood cousin, something unbeknownst to all parties.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: With his curly mop of ebony hair and his very impressive height, Akai is a perfect fit for this trope.
• Talking the Monster to Death: During the Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish case Subaru Okiya is able to taunt Shuhei Aosato, who had Ayumi held hostage at knifepoint to turning his knife on him instead. It worked.
  Subaru: "0.12%... That would be the probability that a criminal will succeed in escaping. That's about 1 in every 1000 people; however, of those that fall under the devil's influence, many grow tired of leading a false life and living in fear. If we eliminate those who eventually surrender to the police and those that opt for suicide, the amount that do successfully escape amounts to nearly zero. Are you prepared to endure the feelings of loneliness and pressure as a result of your actions?"
• Token Minority: Initially, Akai is the only prominent member of the FBI who is not Caucasian. Later arcs show much more varied members. This itself is downplayed as Akai is mixed Japanese/Caucasian and was born in England.
• Theme Naming:
  • Akai has had two names which formed a theme.
  • Rye is an alcoholic beverage. Like other male members of the Blacks Organization, it is a hard liquor.
  • His full name Shūichi Akai is a Shout-Out to Mobile Suit Gundam.
• Turn Out Like His Father: This was something Mary feared and (violently) tried to prevent. She was unsuccessful.
• Two Aliases, One Character: File 897-Scarlet Truth and Episode 783-The Scarlet Truth reveal that Subaru was always Akai in disguise —his apparent death was a ruse to allow Kir to maintain her infiltration of the Organization.
• Undercover Cop Reveal: His cover in the Black Organization was accidentally blown by his FBI colleague Andre Camel.
• Unintentional Final Message: Tsutomu Akai did not thing when he told his wife Mary to take their sons Shūkichi and Shūichi into hiding that would’ve been the last they heard of him.
• Unknown Relative: Akai has completely no idea that his late ex-girlfriend and her little sister are his first cousins.
• Unknown Rival:
  • While Akai is determined to capture Gin for his numerous crimes and murdering his girlfriend, that animosity is not at all reciprocated, despite what many fans believe. The FBI laid a trap hoping to capture Gin at a warehouse where the meeting was supposed to take place, but the Organization discovered Akai's true allegiance and Gin never appeared. The Organization no longer trusted Akemi after her entanglement with Akai and had her killed. Unlike his boss, Gin doesn't believe a single person who could take down the Organization exists. He also had Akai murdered as a way to test Kir’s loyalty while he safely hid in his Porsche quite a bit away with Vodka.
  • Shūichi appears to help and protect Rei in some cases, he gradually wants to compensate for the losses which Rei has experienced, he also reveals that he doesn't want to be Rei's enemy. This is contrasted with Rei’s murderous hatred for him.
• Unlimited Wardrobe: As Subaru, apparently being domesticated gave him access to a much larger wardrobe than what he used to have.
• Voice Changeling: An example of someone using a device, instead of having the skill. As Subaru, Akai utilizes Professor Agasa’s Voice-Changing Choker.
• Walking Spoiler: He fakes his death in the conclusion of the Clash of Red and Black and it's revealed seven years later in real life during The Scarlet Return that he's currently living under the fake identity of Okiya Subaru.
• Workaholic: Akai is very focused on his job and does not let distractions interfere with him.
• Working with the Ex: This the truth for Akai and Jodie. Despite their past romantic history, they occasionally work together when doing FBI-related assignments and do so in a professional and friendly manner.
• Would Hit a Girl: In self-defense at least.
  • When Akai told his mother his plans to join the FBI, she became enraged and beat him, with him attacking her retaliation. Both were left with bruises afterwards.
  • Akai outdraws then shoots Vermouth in the stomach with his rifle. When Jodie protests Akai points out that Vermouth is wearing a Bulletproof Vest, but his shot definitely broke a few bones.
• You Remind Me of X: After the The Wizard of the Ripples case, Shūichi said that he enjoys solving the case speaks of being "infected by the disease called curiosity," Mary is immediately reminded of Tsutomu. Shūkichi is also reminded of his father when Mary tells Shūichi to "purge the fog that covers the truth".

James Black

James Black

Age: Unknown

Debut: File 325-Something the Lion Dropped (Manga), Episodes 258-259- The Man from Chicago (Anime)

Voiced by: Iemasa Kayumi (Episodes 258-783, movie 18) Takaya Hashi(Movie 20-Present)

English Voice Actors: Jamieson Price ^note  credited as Taylor Henry (TMS/Bang Zoom)''

"As expected of the child that you have your eyes on. It almost makes me want to scout him for the bureau."

A high ranking FBI agent and the superior to Jodie, Akai, and Camel.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Blonde in his first anime appearance. Has grey hair in subsequent episodes.
• Cool Old Guy: He even wants to listen to Conan.
• The Lestrade: He's basically the FBI version of the Tokyo police force's Juzo Megure.
• Mistaken Identity: During his first appearance, he was mistaken by the Japanese media to be the wealthy American sponsor of a popular circus that was visiting Japan. Unfortunately, so did some kidnappers looking for a ransom.
• Parental Substitute: Seems to have this relationship with Jodie, because her father was his fellow FBI partner.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Allows his agents to take the lead because he trusts their abilities.
• Secret-Keeper: Akai has revealed that James already knew all along from the beginning about Akai's faked death. But he kept it a secret from everyone in FBI because Akai asked him not to tell everyone about it.
• The Stoic: Usually keeps a cool head.

Andre Camel

Andre Camel

Age: 27

Debut: File 599-Akai's Past (Manga), Episode 497- Clash of Red and Black: Awakening (Anime)

Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada

English Voice Actor: Chris Tergliafera (TMS/Bang Zoom)

A recurring FBI agent who feels in-debt to Akai due to an error he made in a past Black Organization case.

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• The Atoner: He volunteers to be the solo driver of the truck housing Kir to partially make-up for his past mistake.
• Badass Driver: During the time when he was tasked with deliberately transporting Kir back to the Black Organization, his superb driving skills allowed him to position the vehicle he was driving that was rigged with explosives such that he could escape from it unnoticed when it exploded.
• The Big Guy: Among the major FBI characters, Camel's deduction skills isn't as high as the others and he tends to get tricked more often than them, but fitting to his tall and muscular build, he has skills suited to action-packed missions and he's very reliable in that field.
• Busman's Holiday: Has a strange tendency to get caught up with the Mystery of the Week during his off-duty appearances.
• Drink-Based Characterization: Camel likes fruit juice drinks, especially the one they serve at the restaurant on the top of the New Beika Hotel. His liking of them accidentally got him involved in a murder case as the primary suspect.
• Face of a Thug: Camel's intimidating-looking face and huge physique got him suspected as the culprit during a murder case.
• Faking the Dead:
  • As seen in Badass Driver above, he deliberately positioned the driver's side of the van to face the guardrail so he can easily escape its explosion.
  • In File 1066, he "dies" once again in front of the Black Organization with the help of Conan and Akai (as Subaru). Camel taped two reams of copier paper on his back to act as a bulletproof vest, then Gin and Subaru shot at the same time (whereas the former shot at Camel's back, the latter sniped at a blood squib marked by a penlight on the chest). He also spits out some real blood, thanks to the force created by Gin shooting at the improvised vest. When he fell to the sea, so did his cap (a device created by Agasa that spits out fake blood; half of the fluid was used on the squib Subaru shot at earlier), creating the impression that Gin finished him off despite other circumstances forcing the Black Organization to abandon searching for his "corpse." In the aftermath, Yukiko cuts Camel's hair short, causing his fellow agents to fail at containing their laughter.
• My Greatest Failure: How Camel feels regarding a past case that was meant to capture the Black Organization's Gin. At a warehouse where Akai, under his Rye alias, was going to meet Gin and have him forcibly arrested by a squad of FBI agents, he left his post when he noticed an old man walking in the area and told him to leave due to the area being dangerous. What Camel failed to realize was that this old man was a scout of the Black Organization making sure that the meeting between Akai and Gin was safe from outside interference. Not only did this expose Akai of being an FBI agent to the Organization, but Camel also believes that this led to Akai's girlfriend, Akemi Miyano, being murdered. It's made even worse when this old man is later revealed to be Rum, who recognizes Camel during an FBI scheme and almost gets the poor man killed.
• Red Herring: He was thought to be the Black Organization's spy during the Haido Central Hospital arc.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He likes the special curry served at Danny's. Just like his preferred drink, his liking of the food accidentally got him involved in a murder case, except this time as a primary witness.
• Would Hit a Girl: Punches Jodie in the belly after she wanted to ask him a few questions.

CIA

SPOILER CHARACTER

Rena Mizunashi. See here for more information on her.

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Ethan Hondō

Ethan Hondō

'Age: ? (Deceased)

Debut: File 584-Company (Manga), Episodes 484-485- Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Anime)

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama

Eisuke's deceased father.

He died some time before the beginning of the series to make sure his daughter, Hidemi, got planted safely in the Black Organization.

Mandatory Naming Note: "Hondou" comes from the Japanese pronunciation of Bond. As in, James Bond. Meanwhile, "Ethan" comes from Ethan Hunt from the Mission: Impossible movies.

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• Action Dad: He was a CIA agent and the father of two.
• Disappeared Dad: To Eisuke and Hidemi. For worse, Hidemi had to kill him.
• Papa Wolf: The Shoot Your Mate incident came from them being almost having their covers blow, and Ethan sacrificing himself to trick the Organization into believing Hidemi had shot him dead for treason. Doubles as a Heroic Sacrifice.
• The Mole: He is a CIA agent who infiltrated Black Organization until his death.

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