Who Knows Conan Is Shinichi? Full List + Close Calls

In the Detective Conan manga, 13 characters know (or have all but worked out) that Conan Edogawa is Shinichi Kudo. Conan told four of them himself: Professor Agasa, Heiji Hattori, Akemi Miyano and Eisuke Hondou. His parents heard it from Agasa. The rest figured it out alone, including Ai Haibara, Vermouth, Shuichi Akai, Masumi Sera, Mary, Kaitou Kid and, most recently, Rei Furuya (Amuro).

Ran and Kogoro still do not know, although Ran has come very close several times. This guide lists everyone who knows, how and when they found out (manga File and anime episode), and whether Conan knows that they know. The second half covers the closest calls. It is current as of Volume 108 (April 2026) and contains spoilers up to that point.

A quick note on names and numbers. Detective Conan is published in English as Case Closed. VIZ’s English manga renames some characters (Shinichi is “Jimmy Kudo”, Ran is “Rachel Moore”), but this guide uses the original names most fans use. Episode numbers are the Japanese broadcast numbers. Some English releases number the early episodes differently.

Who knows Conan is Shinichi? The full list

These are the characters who know in the manga canon, in the order they found out.

Character	How they found out	Manga	Anime	Does Conan know they know?
Hiroshi Agasa	Shinichi told him right after shrinking, then proved it with deductions	File 2 (Vol. 1)	Episode 1	Yes
Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo (parents)	Agasa told them, then they tested Conan with a fake kidnapping	Files 49–51 (Vol. 5–6)	Episode 43	Yes
Akemi Miyano (deceased)	Conan told her his real name as she was dying	File 16 (Vol. 2)	Episode 128	Yes
Heiji Hattori	Worked it out, then saw Conan use his voice. Conan confessed when Heiji threatened to tell Ran	Files 117–121 (Vol. 12–13)	Episodes 57–58	Yes
Ai Haibara (Shiho Miyano)	Deduced it from the APTX 4869 test results and Shinichi’s missing childhood clothes	Files 176–178 (Vol. 18)	Episode 129	Yes
Vermouth	Recognized him. Conan realized she knew during the Full Moon showdown	Files 429–434 (Vol. 42)	Episode 345	Yes
Eisuke Hondou	Suspected for a long time. Conan revealed himself, and Eisuke confirmed he already knew	Files 619–621 (Vol. 59–60)	Episodes 507–508	Yes
Masumi Sera	Remembers Shinichi from ten years ago. First hinted she knows in her thoughts, confirmed later	Files 778–780 (Vol. 74); confirmed Files 1047–1050 (Vol. 98–99)	Episode 651; Episodes 1045–1046	Not confirmed to Conan
Subaru Okiya (Shuichi Akai)	Caught Conan speaking as Shinichi over the phone	File 813 (Vol. 77)	Episodes 690–691	Yes (he realizes it in Files 948–950, Episodes 861–862)
Mary Sera	Hinted in Files 951–953. She and Masumi recognized him from TV footage of the London case	Files 1047–1050 (Vol. 98–99)	Episodes 1045–1046	No
Kaitou Kid	Calls Conan a “high school detective” (File 1018). Later disguises himself as Shinichi at Conan’s request	File 1018 (Vol. 96); Files 1119–1122 (Vol. 105)	Episodes 983–984; Episodes 1193–1194	Yes
Rei Furuya (Toru Amuro / Bourbon)	Remembers meeting child Shinichi as a police cadet. Hears Conan mention a detail only Shinichi could know	Files 1134–1136 (Vol. 107)	Not animated yet (as of Episode 1216, October 2026)	No

Some notes on the less obvious entries:

• Kaitou Kid. The manga never shows exactly how Kid learned the secret. In the Azure Throne case (Files 1119–1122, Episodes 1193–1194), Kid disguises himself as Shinichi at Conan’s request. Conan also asks him why his face looks so much like Shinichi’s. That exchange makes it clear that both sides know.
• Rei Furuya. Amuro thinks it through in File 1136: if the boy from seven years ago is Conan, then Conan is Shinichi. Some fans read this as not yet 100% confirmed, but it is as close as the manga gets without a direct statement. Haibara’s soliloquy for that chapter is simply “Kudo-kun, you were sooo careless.”
• Akai. Subaru may have suspected much earlier. He asked Ran some pointed questions soon after moving into the Kudo house. File 813 is where he gets proof.

Black Organization members who know Conan’s identity

In the manga, only one active Black Organization member knows: Vermouth. She has known since her early appearances. She hides it from Gin and the boss because Shinichi and Ran saved her life in New York, and because of her own secret agenda. Conan worked out that she knows during the Full Moon arc (Files 429–434, Episode 345).

Rei Furuya is technically also “Bourbon” of the Organization, but he is an undercover Public Security officer. He has shown no sign of passing the secret on.

The movies are a different story. Two Organization members learn the truth there, and neither gets to pass it on:

Member	Movie	What happens
Irish	The Raven Chaser (Movie 13)	Discovers Conan’s identity and plans to use it against Gin. He is shot dead by Chianti.
Pinga	Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26)	Discovers Conan’s identity during the Pacific Buoy incident. He never gets to report it.

Characters who know only in the movies (non-canon)

The movies are not manga canon, but they add several people who learn the secret:

• Kaitou Kid learns it in The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie 3) by listening in on Conan’s calls with Agasa. His movie knowledge came long before the manga hinted at it.
• Konosuke Jii, Kid’s assistant, is said to know in Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie 19).
• Lupin III and his gang in Lupin III vs. Detective Conan.
• Hiroki Sawada, the AI in The Phantom of Baker Street (Movie 6), reads Conan’s memories.

Does Ran know Conan is Shinichi?

No, not in canon. Ran has suspected it several times and has been “talked out of it” each time, usually by a phone call from “Shinichi” (Agasa or Conan using the voice-changing bowtie), or by Shinichi showing up in person thanks to a temporary antidote. The close-calls table below covers her main suspicion arcs.

Kogoro has had brief doubts too. After the TV Station case (Files 102–104, Episode 31), he noticed he always falls asleep right after Conan drags him somewhere. He dropped it when Yoko Okino really did appear. Detective Takagi once made Conan promise to tell him “who he really is” while they were defusing a bomb (File 372, Episode 304). Gosho Aoyama later said that Takagi does not suspect Conan at all. Shukichi Haneda, Sera’s brother, met young Shinichi ten years ago and seems to recognize Conan’s skills. His knowledge is not confirmed.

Closest calls: episodes where Conan’s identity was almost exposed

Episode	Manga	Who almost found out	How Conan escaped
Episode 7	Files 26–29	Ran	Ran first suspects Conan after a Shinichi-style deduction. Agasa calls the agency as Shinichi while Conan is in the room with her.
Episode 31	Files 102–104	Kogoro	Kogoro grabs Conan to “clear things up” about his sudden naps. Yoko Okino walks in and he forgets about it.
Episode 43	Files 49–51	Conan fears the Black Organization	A kidnapper says she knows Conan is Shinichi. It turns out to be his disguised mother, Yukiko, testing him with Yusaku.
Episode 96	Files 131–138	Ran	Ran sees Conan without his glasses. He looks exactly like child Shinichi. Yukiko arrives and says Conan is her distant relative.
Episodes 188–193	Files 251–260	Ran	Ran now believes Conan is Shinichi. Conan takes an antidote and appears as Shinichi while Haibara disguises herself as Conan, so both are seen at once.
Episode 304	File 372	Takagi	Takagi demands to know who Conan really is during a bomb crisis. Conan promises to tell him “in the afterlife.”
Episodes 398–400	Files 479–483	Ran	A text Ran sent to Shinichi arrives on Conan’s phone. She tries to unlock it. Conan calls her as Shinichi from Agasa’s phone and gives her a “new number.”
Episodes 616–621	Files 743–752	Ran, in London	Conan can’t travel abroad without a passport, so he takes antidote pills and flies as Shinichi. He changes back to Conan while still in London.
Episode 651	Files 778–780	Sera	Heiji nearly slips about Conan’s identity in front of Sera, then covers for it.
Episodes 724–725	Files 828–830	Sonoko and onlookers	Ran hugs Conan as he fires at Kogoro, so the dart hits Sonoko. He has to solve the case in Sonoko’s voice.
Episodes 927–928	Files 1000–1005	Classmates in Kyoto	Shinichi joins the school trip on an antidote, in front of Ran, Sonoko and Sera.

The two most dangerous moments are both about Ran. In Episode 96, the evidence was visual: without glasses, Conan’s face is unmistakable. In Episodes 398–400, she goes after physical proof by trying to unlock his phone. Both times Conan needed outside help to escape, from Yukiko once and from Agasa’s phone the other time.

How does Conan keep his identity secret?

Conan has four standard ways of keeping the secret:

1. The voice-changing bowtie. A call from “Shinichi” while Conan is in the room is the fastest way to clear Ran’s doubts (Episode 7, Episodes 398–400).
2. Temporary antidotes. Showing up as Shinichi disproves the theory, but the effect wears off at unpredictable times (Episodes 188–193, 616–621, 927–928).
3. Helpers. Agasa, Haibara, his parents, Heiji and Kid have all covered for him. Kid even appeared as Shinichi at Conan’s request in the Azure Throne case.
4. Looking like a kid. Most adults simply assume Conan is a bright child who picked things up from Shinichi or Kogoro.

For another look at how absurd Conan’s world is, see our breakdown of the Detective Conan death count.

FAQ

Who knows Conan is Shinichi?

In the manga (as of Volume 108): Professor Agasa, Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo, Akemi Miyano (deceased), Heiji Hattori, Ai Haibara, Vermouth, Eisuke Hondou, Masumi Sera, Shuichi Akai (as Subaru Okiya), Mary, Kaitou Kid and Rei Furuya (Amuro).

Does Ran know Conan is Shinichi?

No. She has suspected it several times, most seriously in Episode 96 and Episodes 398–400, but each time Conan convinced her otherwise with a phone call as Shinichi or a temporary return to his real body.

Does Amuro know Conan is Shinichi?

Almost certainly. In Files 1134–1136 (Volume 107), Rei Furuya remembers meeting child Shinichi as a police cadet and concludes that Conan must be Shinichi. Conan does not know this yet, and the story has not been animated as of Episode 1216 (October 2026).

Does Kaitou Kid know Conan is Shinichi?

Yes. The movies show it from The Last Wizard of the Century on. In the manga, Kid calls Conan a high school detective in File 1018 and disguises himself as Shinichi at Conan’s request in the Azure Throne case (Files 1119–1122, Episodes 1193–1194).

In which episode does Heiji find out Conan is Shinichi?

In the Holmes Freak Murder Case, Episodes 57–58 (manga Files 117–121). Heiji sees Conan solve the case in his voice and gets him to confess by threatening to tell Ran.

More Detective Conan guides

• Detective Conan Death Count: How Many Murders per Year?Detective Conan (Case Closed) death count: 281 present-day deaths in the manga over six months in-story, roughly 560 a year, vs 283 murder deaths in Japan.
• Detective Conan Black Organization Members and Code NamesEvery Black Organization member in Detective Conan: all 14 code names, real identities, who is dead, who is a spy, who Rum is, and the boss. Up to Vol. 109.
• Detective Conan Relationships: Families, Couples & SpiesDetective Conan relationship chart up to Vol. 109: the Kudo, Mouri, Akai and Miyano families, every couple, police links, FBI and Black Organization spies.

This guide is the English edition of a BuzzBeaver article originally written in Japanese: 日本語版を読む. Facts are checked against the official manga and anime; fan theories are labeled as such.