Booker Kudo

Booker Kudo, known as nihongo|Yusaku Kudo|工藤優作|Kudō Yūsaku in the original Japanese anime and manga, is a fictional character of the anime and manga "Case Closed", known in Japan as "Detective Conan" (名探偵コナン "Meitantei Conan"). Infobox animanga character
name = Booker Kudo
series = Case Closed ("Detective Conan")


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first = Edogawa Conan Kidnapping Case
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creator = Gosho Aoyama
voiced by = Hideyuki Tanaka (Japanese)
the late Randy Tallman (English)
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relatives = Vivian Kudo (wife)
Jimmy Kudo/Conan Edogawa (son)
occupation = Mystery writer
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age = 37
gender = Male
nationality = Japanese

Fictional character information

Booker (Yusaku) Kudo is a famous mystery novelist married to Vivian Kudo (Yukiko Kudo). The two have one son, Jimmy Kudo (Shin'ichi Kudo). ["Case Closed" Volume 5.]

He is known around the world as being the writer of a popular mystery novel series starring the Night Baron ["Case Closed" Volume 6.] (called Knight Baron in Case Closed). Twenty years prior to the start of the series, he helped Inspector Meguire (Juzo Megure) solve difficult cases, ["Detective Conan" Volume 21.] much as his son does in the beginning of the series. ["Case Closed" File 1, Volume 1, or anime episode 1.] However, Booker never sees himself as anything but a writer. Because of his fame, he and Vivian move to Los Angeles one year before the story begins, leaving their then-fourteen-year-old son behind to complete his schooling. Before leaving, and when Jimmy was still a 10 year old kid, he and the previous KID, used to be rivals. It was hinted in episode 472-473 that he may know the original KID's secret identity. Oddly enough, he was the one who named the previous KID, reading 1412, as KID, making him technically a parent of KID, and Shinichi's brother, figuratively through episode 471-473.

The Kudo couple make their first appearance in episode 43. They are shown to have become worried because sense Jimmy turned into Conan, he has not called them (which is a few months). They ask Dr. Agasa about the problem. Agasa tells them about Jimmy's poisoning and his double life as Conan. In an attempt to convince Conan that he should join his parents in Los Angeles, Booker disguises himself the Night Baron and Vivian disguises herself as Fanny Edogawa. With Dr. Agasa's help, they stage a mock kidnapping in an attempt to prove to Jimmy that he can't pull it off on his own, and to convince him to go live with them in America.

In episode 96, Booker appears once again, this time in an attempt to sharpen Conan's skills, although the fact that Booker is the mysterious man is not revealed until the end. It turns out that he had also come to win Vivian's forgiveness for some offense and to take her back home with him.

He also helps to design a Sherlock Holmes virtual video game in the 6th movie, that Conan and his friends get trapped inside of.

As his son can be compared to Sherlock Holmes he would be compared to Sherlock's older brother Mycroft. As he is a better detective but chooses not to be one.

Name

Yusaku Kudo refers to actor Yusaku Matsuda and Shunsaku Kudo, the detective played by Matsuda.

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