Eva Kadan

Infobox animanga character
name = Eri Kisaki
series = Case Closed ("Detective Conan")


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first = Coffee Shop Murder Case
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creator = Gosho Aoyama
voiced by = Gara Takashima (Japanese)
Julie Mayfield (English)
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relatives = Kogoro Mori (husband)
Ran Mori (daughter)
occupation = Lawyer
nickname = Teitan High's Queen of Wisdom
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age = 37
gender = Female
nationality = Japanese

Eva Kadan, known as Nihongo|Eri Kisaki|妃 英理|"Kisaki Eri" in the original Japanese anime and manga, is a character of the anime and manga "Case Closed", known in Japan as "Detective Conan" (名探偵コナン "Meitantei Conan").

Fictional character biography

Eva is the wife (and was a childhood friend) of Richard Moore (Kogoro Mōri) and the mother of Rachel Moore (Ran Mōri). The name "Eri Kisaki" came from the mystery writer/detective Ellery Queen. "Kisaki" means "queen" in Japanese. She is also a childhood friend of Vivian Kudo (Yukiko Kudo).

Ten years ago [Detective Conan Movie 2: The Fourteenth Target (1998)] , she had been taken hostage by a man who Richard (back when he was still a police officer) had arrested at the police station. The man had escaped the questioning room, grabbed her, and held her at gunpoint. Being an expert marksman, Richard shot at her so the bullet just grazed her leg. Due to this, she fell out of the way, allowing them to take the man back into custody. Despite this, Richard's superiors believed he had been reckless and didn't care about her safety. He was thus forced to leave the police force. Rachel originally thought that her mother left him since he had shot her, but Eva later reveals that she had known all along why he had shot her, and was proud of him for saving her life. Apparently the real reason that she left him was rather silly-- Richard criticized her cooking (which "is" terrible). However, she still shows affection for Richard, and she would return to him if only he would stop his perverted attitude when he is around other attractive women.

Eva is very intelligent and quick on the uptake; as an experienced lawyer, she has been known to be able to solve criminal cases, occasionally with the help of Conan. She may also suspect that there is more behind Conan than meets the eye; however, she has come to trust his mystery-solving capabilities and vouches for him - even though she is reluctant to see her daughter get romantically involved with a childhood friend (as was the case with her).

In Volume 17 of the manga, she is seen driving a classic Mini Cooper (an LHD one, which is odd for Japan, an RHD county, especially since most Minis built were RHD, even those sold in LHD countries like the United States). She refers to it as her car, but it may have been a rental.

Kisaki (Eva) and Kogoro (Richard) were in the same school since kindergarten, where they were always at loggerheads with each other. Their fellow classmates were amused that despite their fierce bickering during a home economics class over choice of sauce to go with omelette, Kisaki favouring the traditional Western seasonings while Kogoro insisted on Japanese soysauce. Despite their adamant disagreement, they ended up eating in exactly the same manner. The top student Kisaki was polar opposite to the academically inept Kogoro, yet they were always inexplicably drawn to each other, though mostly to quarrel, clued other students their concealed mutual attraction. [Episode 305-306, The Unseen Suspect (見えない容疑者)] .

It was revealed in Volume 41 of the manga, and episodes 333-334 of the anime that she once competed with Vivian Kudo in a beauty pageant that had taken place in Teitan High. Apparently, both of them won in a draw, due to Richard's ticket not being placed in. Ironically, he had voted for Eva because of some word-twisting which made him think of the election as a sort of nerd competition.

Aside from helping Conan solve cases, the anime has adapted her into a few original courtroom battle episodes in which her profession is put into motion. In each battle, her rival is top public prosecutor named Nihongo|Reiko Kujo|九条 玲子|Kujo Reiko, whose nickname was "Madonna of the prosecutors". [First appearance: Episode 264 (7th Season), Courtroom Battle: Kisaki vs. Kogoro (Part 1)]

Her secretary is Nihongo|Midori Kuriyama|栗山 綠|Kuriyama Midori.

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