Black Organization

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| **Black Organization** | |
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| Japanese name: | 黒ずくめの組織 or 黒の組織 |
| English name: | Black Organization |
| Boss: | [Renya Karasuma](/wiki/Renya_Karasuma "Renya Karasuma") |
| Active Members: | [Rum](/wiki/Rum "Rum") (second-in-command)   [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") (chief administrator)   [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka") (managerial secretary)   [Vermouth](/wiki/Vermouth "Vermouth")   [Chianti](/wiki/Chianti "Chianti")   [Korn](/wiki/Korn "Korn") |
| Deceased Members: | [Akemi Miyano](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano "Akemi Miyano")   [Tequila](/wiki/Tequila "Tequila")   [Pisco](/wiki/Pisco "Pisco")   [Calvados](/wiki/Calvados "Calvados")   [Rikumichi Kusuda](/wiki/Rikumichi_Kusuda "Rikumichi Kusuda")   [Ethan Hondou](/wiki/Ethan_Hondou "Ethan Hondou")   [Scotch](/wiki/Scotch "Scotch") |
| Former Members: | [Sherry](/wiki/Sherry "Sherry") ([Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara"))   [Rye](/wiki/Rye "Rye") ([Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai"))   [Ki'ichiro Numabuchi](/wiki/Ki%27ichiro_Numabuchi "Ki'ichiro Numabuchi") (death sentence) |
| Undercover Agents: | [Kir](/wiki/Hidemi_Hondou "Hidemi Hondou")   [Bourbon](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya") |
| Extended Canon Agents: |  |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | Manga: [File 1](/wiki/Volume_1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes "Volume 1")   Anime: [Episode 1](/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case "Roller Coaster Murder Case") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Black_Organization_Appearances "Black Organization Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Black_Organization_Appearances "Black Organization Appearances") Movies: (/wiki/Black_Organization_Appearances "Black Organization Appearances") Specials: (/wiki/Black_Organization_Appearances "Black Organization Appearances") Openings: (/wiki/Black_Organization_Appearances "Black Organization Appearances") Closings: (/wiki/Black_Organization_Appearances "Black Organization Appearances") |
The **Black Organization** (黒ずくめの組織 ,*Kuro-zukume no Soshiki*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"), lit. Completely Black Organization, also 黒の組織 *Kuro no Soshiki*) serves as the main antagonist in the series. It is a secret criminal syndicate with a hidden objective. To achieve that goal, they commit various crimes to maintain its secrecy, remove obstacles, and gather funding and resources for its mysterious research projects. The members of the organization are given code names based on alcoholic beverages. The head is [Renya Karasuma](/wiki/Renya_Karasuma "Renya Karasuma") and the first members to appear were [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") and [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka"), who were responsible for transforming [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") into a child with the enigmatic drug [APTX 4869](/wiki/APTX_4869 "APTX 4869"). They are the arch-enemy of [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa").
## Contents
* [1 Members](#Members)
+ [1.1 Current](#Current)
- [1.1.1 Executive members](#Executive_members)
- [1.1.2 Other members](#Other_members)
+ [1.2 Spies for other organizations](#Spies_for_other_organizations)
+ [1.3 Deceased](#Deceased)
+ [1.4 Former](#Former)
+ [1.5 Extended canon](#Extended_canon)
- [1.5.1 Movies](#Movies)
- [1.5.2 Special Manga](#Special_Manga)
- [1.5.3 Shogakukan Learning Series](#Shogakukan_Learning_Series)
- [1.5.4 Playstation](#Playstation)
* [2 Organization structure and divisions](#Organization_structure_and_divisions)
* [3 Rank](#Rank)
+ [3.1 Executive agents](#Executive_agents)
+ [3.2 Codenamed agents](#Codenamed_agents)
+ [3.3 Non codenamed agents](#Non_codenamed_agents)
* [4 Modus operandi](#Modus_operandi)
+ [4.1 Customs](#Customs)
+ [4.2 Criminal techniques](#Criminal_techniques)
+ [4.3 Locations and hideouts](#Locations_and_hideouts)
+ [4.4 Personnel](#Personnel)
+ [4.5 Investigative ability](#Investigative_ability)
+ [4.6 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [5 History](#History)
* [6 Goal and research](#Goal_and_research)
+ [6.1 APTX 4869 and biochemistry](#APTX_4869_and_biochemistry)
+ [6.2 Computer research and viruses](#Computer_research_and_viruses)
+ [6.3 Quotes](#Quotes)
+ [6.4 Speculation about the Black Organization's goal](#Speculation_about_the_Black_Organization.27s_goal)
- [6.4.1 Immortality/Anti-Aging](#Immortality.2FAnti-Aging)
- [6.4.2 Raising the dead](#Raising_the_dead)
* [7 Known Black Organization targets and contacts](#Known_Black_Organization_targets_and_contacts)
* [8 Plot timeline](#Plot_timeline)
* [9 Manga to anime differences](#Manga_to_anime_differences)
* [10 Relation to the organization from Magic Kaito](#Relation_to_the_organization_from_Magic_Kaito)
* [11 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [12 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [13 See also](#See_also)
* [14 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [15 References](#References)
## Members[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Members")]
### Current[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Current")]
#### Executive members[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Executive members")]
* **[Renya Karasuma](/wiki/Renya_Karasuma "Renya Karasuma")**: The true central antagonist of the series. Thought to be dead, but is still alive at an age of over 140-year-old. Head of the Black Organization, he is the man at the center of it all, respectfully referred to as "that person" ("ano kata") by lower ranked members of the Black Organization.
* **[Rum](/wiki/Rum "Rum")**: Second in charge of the Black Organization, he has the left eye artificial. He is actually disguised as [Kanenori Wakita](/wiki/Kanenori_Wakita "Kanenori Wakita").
* **[Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin")**: The chief administrator who is specialized in coordinating deals and assassinations. He is one of the most frequently recurring Black Organization characters. He is shown to be highly intelligent, lethal, and very acute. His long silver hair and sweeping trench coat give him a distinctive appearance. He forced the drug [APTX 4869](/wiki/APTX_4869 "APTX 4869") on Shinichi.
* **[Vermouth](/wiki/Vermouth "Vermouth")** (Sharon Vineyard/Chris Vineyard): A mysterious actress from America with exceptional disguise and voice changing abilities that allow her to pose as anyone. Like Gin, she is a Black Organization executive member.[](#cite_note-1) She is hated by a number of the members of the Black Organization, but due to the fact that she is their boss' favorite, she is untouchable and they are unable to do anything to her. It is unknown where her loyalty lies, as she often protects [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa"), whom she knows to be Shinichi, and calls him a "[Silver Bullet](/wiki/Silver_Bullet "Silver Bullet")", implying that she believes him to be capable of bringing down the Black Organization. She also openly made Ran aware of her presence in a disguise, although that's likely because she knows Ran won't go to the police with this information. She also does not seem to age.
#### Other members[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other members")]
* **[Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka")**: Managerial secretary of the Black Organization[](#cite_note-CD237-2) as Gin's partner, he is another frequently recurring Black Organization character. He wears a hat and sunglasses at all times. He is less intelligent compared to his boss Gin whom he often is seen working with.
* **[Chianti](/wiki/Chianti "Chianti")**: A professional sniper who has been seen to take orders from Gin. However, in the Chess Tournament Murder Case, Rum directly commands her to kill Wakasa. She has a fiery and impatient personality. She loathes Vermouth.
* **[Korn](/wiki/Korn "Korn")**: A professional sniper who is Chianti's partner and who has been seen to take orders from Gin. However, in the Chess Tournament Murder Case, Rum directly commands him to kill Wakasa. His speech is characterized by short phrases with many pauses.
### Spies for other organizations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Spies for other organizations")]
* **[Kir](/wiki/Hidemi_Hondou "Hidemi Hondou")**: Operates under alias of Rena Mizunashi, a TV reporter. Her true name is Hidemi Hondou. Like her deceased father, she is actually a member of the [CIA](/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency "Central Intelligence Agency") who infiltrated the Black Organization. Her brother, [Eisuke Hondou](/wiki/Eisuke_Hondou "Eisuke Hondou"), was not aware of this since Hidemi pretended not to know him after she went undercover.
* **[Bourbon](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya")**: An operative specializing in deduction and intelligence gathering skills. His true name is Rei Furuya, but he goes by Tooru Amuro in public. He was initially dispatched to look for Sherry (who's confirmed dead by the organization currently), but spent more of that time investigating Shuichi Akai whom he hates because of the death of Scotch. He works for the [Public Security Bureau](/wiki/Public_Security_Bureau "Public Security Bureau").
### Deceased[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Deceased")]
* **[Tequila](/wiki/Tequila "Tequila")**: An agent with the same rank as Vodka who seemed to primarily deal with programmers. He was a giant man who spoke with an Osakan accent. He was unintentionally killed in explosion.
* **[Pisco](/wiki/Pisco "Pisco")**: An elderly executive agent who was also the chairman of a car company. He was killed by Gin after being caught on camera performing an assassination: Gin said that was the boss' order. He discovered Haibara was Sherry, but was unable to inform anyone before he was killed by Gin.
* **[Calvados](/wiki/Calvados "Calvados")**: A sniper infatuated with Vermouth who shot himself after being crippled by Shuichi Akai.
* **[Akemi Miyano](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano "Akemi Miyano")**: Shiho Miyano's older sister and Shuichi Akai's girlfriend. She was a low ranking member of the organization and completed a billion yen robbery as part of an agreement to release herself and her sister from the organization. The organization reneged on the deal and she was killed by Gin.
* **[Rikumichi Kusuda](/wiki/Rikumichi_Kusuda "Rikumichi Kusuda")**: An agent sent to infiltrate Haido Central Hospital to discover the whereabouts of Kir. He killed himself when Akai was hot on his trail.
* **[Ethan Hondou](/wiki/Ethan_Hondou "Ethan Hondou")**: A CIA agent who infiltrated the Black Organization. He committed suicide to protect his daughter Hidemi Hondou from being uncovered as a CIA agent.
* **[Scotch](/wiki/Scotch "Scotch")**: An undercover operative who committed suicide before the Black Organization manages to reveal his true identity. He shot his smartphone along with his own chest in order to protect his secret info and committed suicide.
### Former[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Former")]
* **[Sherry](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano")** ([Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")/Shiho Miyano): A high ranking biochemist who worked on APTX 4869. She was scheduled to be executed when she boycotted her work because her sister Akemi was murdered. Shiho took an APTX 4869 pill she had smuggled in with her, with an intention to commit suicide, but instead shrunk to her 6-7 year old body. She then escaped. She has been living with Professor Agasa and working on an antidote to the APTX 4869, in order to restore Conan to his actual "Shinichi body".
* **[Rye](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai")**: The codename of Shuichi Akai, he was an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Black Organization. His allegiance was discovered and he was rejected by the organization. His prowess led the organization to view him as the FBI's trump card.
* **[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi](/wiki/Ki%27ichiro_Numabuchi "Ki'ichiro Numabuchi")**: A serial killer whom was slated to be the original test subject for the APTX drug before he escaped. He was in custody for the murders he has committed, mostly in fear of the Black Organization sending agents after him. In the end, the court sentences him to death.
### Extended canon[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Extended canon")]
:   *See also: [List of notable Non-Canon Black Organization](/wiki/List_of_notable_Non-Canon_Black_Organization "List of notable Non-Canon Black Organization")*
These agents are original characters not found in the main manga [canon](/wiki/Canon "Canon"). They include Black Organization agents who were introduced in the anime, movies, special manga, and other sources.
#### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Movies")]
* **[Yoshiaki Hara](/wiki/Yoshiaki_Hara "Yoshiaki Hara")**: an agent who is killed by Gin.
* **[Irish](/wiki/Irish "Irish")**: an agent who is killed by Chianti.
* **[Masaaki Okakura](/wiki/Masaaki_Okakura "Masaaki Okakura")**: an agent who is killed by a serial killer before the Black Organization.
* **[Curaçao](/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao "Curaçao")**: Rum's right-hand agent (deceased).
* **[Aquavit](/wiki/Aquavit "Aquavit")**: a member of the Canadian [CSIS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service "wikipedia:Canadian Security Intelligence Service") who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Chianti.
* **[Riesling](/wiki/Riesling "Riesling")**: a member of the German [BND](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Intelligence_Service_(Germany) "wikipedia:Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)") who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Gin.
* **[Stout](/wiki/Stout "Stout")**: a member of the English [MI6](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Intelligence_Service "wikipedia:Secret Intelligence Service") who infiltrated the Black Organization and is killed by Korn.
* **[Pinga](/wiki/Pinga "Pinga")**: killed in the submarine blast in Movie 26.
#### Special Manga[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Special Manga")]
* **[Arrack](/wiki/Arrack "Arrack")**: an agent who committed suicide.
* **[Generic](/wiki/Generic "Generic")**: a scientist who is an old friend of Sherry and considers her as his older sister. He used the Apoptoxin medicine to shrink his own body and entered the school where Haibara is. Due to [Genta](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima"), that frees his own memory removal gas, he lost his memory.
* **[Blackbeard](/wiki/Blackbeard "Blackbeard")**: a virologist who committed suicide.
#### [Shogakukan Learning Series](/wiki/Shogakukan_Learning_Series "Shogakukan Learning Series")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Shogakukan Learning Series")]
* **[Antonio Gomez](/wiki/Antonio_Gomez "Antonio Gomez")**: a Black Organization historiographer focusing on [Oda Nobunaga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga "wikipedia:Oda Nobunaga").
* **[Two men](/wiki/List_of_notable_case_characters#Two_men "List of notable case characters")**: two Black Organization hunters for holy relics.
#### Playstation[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Playstation")]
* **[Kate Lauren](/wiki/Kate_Lauren "Kate Lauren")**: a Black Organization assassin.
## Organization structure and divisions[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Organization structure and divisions")]
There are many divisions in the Black Organization which are roughly grouped into three categories: Internal Division (内部活動部隊 ,*Naibu Katsudō-butai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), External Division (外部活動部隊 ,*Gaibu Katsudō-butai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), and General Oversight (全体監視役 ,*Zentai Kanshi-yaku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")). The external division is composed of agents who primarily deal with people outside the organization. The known internal division agents are focused on in-house research and development. General oversight takes a managerial and coordinating role. The divisions are unrelated to relative ranking among members.[](#cite_note-3) (e.g Vermouth is higher ranking than Vodka.)
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| | Boss | | --- | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Renya Karasuma](/wiki/Renya_Karasuma "Renya Karasuma") | | | | | | | | |
| | Second-in-command | | --- | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Rum](/wiki/Rum "Rum") | | |
| | General Oversight | | | --- | --- | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka") | | | |
| | Internal Division | External Division | | | | | Unknown | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Drug Development | Software Development | Reconnaissance | Operations | | Fundraising | Unknown | | Assassination | Robbery | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Sherry](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano") *(escaped)* | |  | [Generic](/wiki/Generic "Generic")\* *(former)* | |  | [Blackbeard](/wiki/Blackbeard "Blackbeard")\* *(deceased)* | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Tequila](/wiki/Tequila "Tequila") *(deceased)* | |  | [Yoshiaki Hara](/wiki/Yoshiaki_Hara "Yoshiaki Hara")\* *(deceased)* | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Vermouth](/wiki/Vermouth "Vermouth") | |  | [Kir](/wiki/Hidemi_Hondou "Hidemi Hondou")[](#cite_note-4) (Incertae sedis) | |  | [Bourbon](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya") | |  | [Rikumichi Kusuda](/wiki/Rikumichi_Kusuda "Rikumichi Kusuda") *(deceased)* | |  | [Irish](/wiki/Irish "Irish")\* *(deceased)* (Incertae sedis) | |  | [Masaaki Okakura](/wiki/Masaaki_Okakura "Masaaki Okakura")\* *(deceased)* (Incertae sedis) | |  | [Curaçao](/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao "Curaçao")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Pinga](/wiki/Pinga "Pinga")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Mysterious man](/wiki/Man_in_bar_(Black_Organization) "Man in bar (Black Organization)")\* *(deceased)* | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Chianti](/wiki/Chianti "Chianti") | |  | [Korn](/wiki/Korn "Korn") | |  | [Ki'ichiro Numabuchi](/wiki/Ki%27ichiro_Numabuchi "Ki'ichiro Numabuchi") *(arrested)* | |  | [Calvados](/wiki/Calvados "Calvados") *(deceased)* | |  | [Arrack](/wiki/Arrack "Arrack")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Kate Lauren](/wiki/Kate_Lauren "Kate Lauren")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Man](/wiki/List_of_notable_case_characters#Drama_assassin "List of notable case characters")\* *(deceased)* | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Akemi Miyano](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano "Akemi Miyano") *(deceased)* | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Pisco](/wiki/Pisco "Pisco") *(deceased)* | | |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | [Rye](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") *(former)* | |  | [Ethan Hondou](/wiki/Ethan_Hondou "Ethan Hondou") *(deceased)* | |  | [Scotch](/wiki/Scotch "Scotch") *(deceased)* | |  | [Antonio Gomez](/wiki/Antonio_Gomez "Antonio Gomez")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Man #1](/wiki/List_of_notable_case_characters#Two_men "List of notable case characters")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Man #2](/wiki/List_of_notable_case_characters#Two_men "List of notable case characters")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Stout](/wiki/Stout "Stout")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Aquavit](/wiki/Aquavit "Aquavit")\* *(deceased)* | |  | [Riesling](/wiki/Riesling "Riesling")\* *(deceased)* | | |
**\*** *These characters are not considered to be [canon](/wiki/Canon "Canon").*
## Rank[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Rank")]
Agents who excel at their work and make their way up the ranks are given alcohol codenames by the boss. Even within codenamed agents there are further rank divisions.[](#cite_note-5) One advantage that comes with being higher ranked is access to more informational files; lower rank agents have to request to see certain materials from higher ranking agents.[](#cite_note-824p16-6) Agents from outside manga canon are italicized.
### Executive agents[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Executive agents")]
The "Executive"[](#cite_note-7) agents are the highest ranked codenamed agents within the Black Organization under the boss. They can command many other codenamed agents and have access to more information than lower ranked agents. Even among them, killing another executive agent without express orders from the boss would result in a loss of standing.[](#cite_note-8)
* [Rum](/wiki/Rum "Rum"): Second-in-command[](#cite_note-9)
* [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin")
* [Vermouth](/wiki/Vermouth "Vermouth"): The boss' favorite
* [Pisco](/wiki/Pisco "Pisco")[](#cite_note-10)
### Codenamed agents[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Codenamed agents")]
Agents who have excelled beyond the rank and file member enough earn recognition and an alcohol codename.
**Work(ed) under Rum**
* [Curaçao](/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao "Curaçao") (movie only): She is his right-hand agent.
**Work(ed) under Gin**
* [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka"): Tequila and Vodka are approximately the same rank[](#cite_note-CD239-11)
* [Tequila](/wiki/Tequila "Tequila"): Vodka and Tequila are approximately the same rank[](#cite_note-CD239-11)
* [Chianti](/wiki/Chianti "Chianti")
* [Korn](/wiki/Korn "Korn")
* [Rye](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai"): With his promotion to codenamed agent, Rye was supposed to work for Gin, but he was revealed to be FBI and expelled from the Organization before he assumed that role.
**Work(ed) under Vermouth**
* [Calvados](/wiki/Calvados "Calvados")
**General**
* [Sherry](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano"): Known to be highly ranked but it has not been stated if she was an executive agent.
* [Kir](/wiki/Hidemi_Hondou "Hidemi Hondou")
* [Bourbon](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya")
* [Scotch](/wiki/Scotch "Scotch")
* [Irish](/wiki/Irish "Irish") (movie only)
### Non codenamed agents[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Non codenamed agents")]
* [Akemi Miyano](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano "Akemi Miyano")
* [Ki'ichiro Numabuchi](/wiki/Ki%27ichiro_Numabuchi "Ki'ichiro Numabuchi")
* [Ethan Hondou](/wiki/Ethan_Hondou "Ethan Hondou")
* [Rikumichi Kusuda](/wiki/Rikumichi_Kusuda "Rikumichi Kusuda")
* [Yoshiaki Hara](/wiki/Yoshiaki_Hara "Yoshiaki Hara")
* [Masaaki Okakura](/wiki/Masaaki_Okakura "Masaaki Okakura")
* [Antonio Gomez](/wiki/Antonio_Gomez "Antonio Gomez")
## Modus operandi[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: Modus operandi")]
The Black Organization commits crimes such as illegal deals[](#cite_note-12), blackmail[](#cite_note-13), robberies[](#cite_note-14), and contract assassinations[](#cite_note-15) to raise money for research.[](#cite_note-16) The organization operates like a hybrid of a business and a mafia group. The Black Organization recruits outside talent and cultivates clients and sponsors by sending high ranking members like Gin to business meetings, but they also use mafia-like tactics to intimidate desirable civilians into making deals with them.[](#cite_note-17) Besides their financially motivated crimes, the organization engages in other stereotypical criminal activities like bribery, spying, and eliminating threats or former partners who are deemed useless or a risk.
### Customs[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Customs")]
Agents dress in black.
The organization is highly secretive, and tries to eliminate anyone who has knowledge of their existence and threatens to expose their inner workings, including members who have become a liability, such as Akemi Miyano. They will dispose of even senior members like Pisco without hesitation to protect their secrets. Remaining unknown seems to be a higher priority than even research as Ai Haibara thought Conan would be killed before he could be “studied”.[](#cite_note-18) The organization often destroys evidence via fire or explosion[](#cite_note-19) and Haibara warns that they will not hesitate to kill family and friends of a target to protect the secret of their existence.
The organization has several practices that resemble those of stereotypical secret societies.[](#cite_note-20) The Black Organization members all tend to wear black outfits, which Akemi says is intentional and supposed to resemble [crows](/wiki/Crow "Crow"). For an as of yet unrevealed reason, nearly all the Black Organization's members (with the exception of the boss) use code names based on alcoholic drinks: hard liquors for men and wine or wine-based cocktails for women. Also it would appear the organization is also fond using detective fiction and classic literature in their project names and passwords. Examples include the APTX 4869 pun on Sherlock Holmes, the computer password Shelling Ford - a prototype name for [Sherlock Holmes](/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"), a computer virus called [Night Baron](/wiki/Night_Baron "Night Baron") named after a character from mystery writer [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo")'s novels, and mission codenames relating to the novel *[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde "wikipedia:Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde")*.
### Criminal techniques[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: Criminal techniques")]
The Black Organization conducts its crimes in ways that are difficult to trace back to them. Handguns and sniping[](#cite_note-21), fire and bombs[](#cite_note-22), and poisons[](#cite_note-23) seem to be their preferred techniques. Sometimes the organization attempts to disguise their murders as accidents or suicides.[](#cite_note-24) To this end, APTX 4869 was deployed as a poison because it is forensically difficult to detect.[](#cite_note-25) If they are unable to disguise a murder as something else, they will usually attempt to destroy any evidence using fire or explosives to make it difficult to investigate.[](#cite_note-26) Sometimes they will time their crimes so the blame will fall on another party instead, confusing the investigation.[](#cite_note-27) If a meeting place or asset of theirs is compromised, the Black Organization typically thoroughly destroys it before it can be investigated properly.[](#cite_note-28)
Their supplies of explosives and firearms are very extensive.
### Locations and hideouts[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=21 "Edit section: Locations and hideouts")]
The Black Organization seems to have hideouts,[](#cite_note-383p11-29) but none of them have been revealed so far. In line with their secretive existence, the Black Organization prefers to meet in places that are isolated or where they can slip away easily. Several operatives occupy public positions like famous actress (Vermouth), television announcer (Kir), or company chairman (Pisco) which gives the Black Organization connections to circles of the rich and famous and access to otherwise unavailable locations. So far, the Black Organization have met clients at a dim restaurant, a Shinkansen's dining car, a crowded wake, a train station under construction, and in an isolated area of an amusement park. The Black Organization often conducts business and meetings at the shipping yard.[](#cite_note-30) Not very many member's abodes have been shown, but they range in extravagance from Kir's relatively plain apartment to Vermouth's lavish penthouse in a tall building.
### Personnel[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=22 "Edit section: Personnel")]
The Organization is large enough to quickly dispatch field investigative teams of at least a dozen members[](#cite_note-31). The members of the Organization are also demographically varied, including foreigners and natives, men and women, teenagers[](#cite_note-32) and elderly.[](#cite_note-33)
Individually, the organization's higher ranking members are typically intelligent and often multitalented. So far, at least all senior members are shown to carry guns and wear body armor under their clothing when out. Many agents, even those outside the assassination divisions, are skilled at using firearms. Disguise is a particularly common skill. Both Gin and Vermouth were shown to be resistant to Conan's tranquilizer needle[](#cite_note-34) and knockout gas[](#cite_note-35)and subsequently both readily shot themselves in order to continue to stay awake. This may show that they have trained themselves to resist knockout effects to prevent capture and cope with pain.
### Investigative ability[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=23 "Edit section: Investigative ability")]
The Black Organization has a remarkable amount of resources for a criminal group, more than any other opponent of Conan's shown so far. Their financial resources, technology, and manpower seems to be on par with or even superior to the that of the [FBI](/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "Federal Bureau of Investigation") investigation team sent to Japan to investigate them, but less than the Japanese police. The Black Organization has enough manpower at their disposal to thoroughly monitor and investigate even minor threats or to observe all the avenues of entry to a crowded meeting place in the middle of a city. However, the organization is nowhere close to omniscient; Shinichi, who is supposed to be dead, was able to participate in several public cases that were successfully hushed up by the police, and leave the country with his passport without detection.
### Gadgets[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=24 "Edit section: Gadgets")]
:   *[Main article: Black Organization's Gadgets](/wiki/Minor_gadgets#Black_Organization "Minor gadgets")*
The Black Organization is technologically sophisticated and their equipment rivals even that of the infiltrating FBI. In the manga they have access to a wide variety of firearms and ammunition, [vehicles](/wiki/Vehicles "Vehicles"), theatrical supplies, and large amounts of various explosives. Bourbon and Vermouth even planned to use a helicopter as part of one of their plans. The Black Organization's arsenal also includes various specialized gadgets.
## History[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=25 "Edit section: History")]
Main article: [Black Organization timeline](/wiki/Black_Organization_timeline "Black Organization timeline")
The Black Organization’s main research project, of which APTX 4869 is a part, has been around for at least half a century.[](#cite_note-36)[](#cite_note-37) The Black Organization has historical ties to America before the current storyline. Evidence for this is the involvement of the FBI and CIA in counter operations. Also, Jodie mentions that her father in the FBI was investigating Vermouth as Sharon Vineyard twenty years ago.[](#cite_note-38)
## Goal and research[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=26 "Edit section: Goal and research")]
As of now, the Black Organization's main purpose and goal still remain unknown. What is known is that they are recruiting talent in biochemistry and computer science and funding research using the proceeds from their crime. Currently, the only sources of information Conan can rely on to learn the true intentions behind the Black Organization are former agent Sherry, the CIA's undercover member Kir, and Black Organization related cases.
### APTX 4869 and biochemistry[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=27 "Edit section: APTX 4869 and biochemistry")]
:   *See also: [APTX 4869](/wiki/APTX_4869 "APTX 4869")*
The Black Organization has a long history of biochemistry research. 30 years before Conan was shrunk, it is rumored that they had their eye on [Shirohato Pharmaceuticals](/wiki/Shirohato_Pharmaceuticals "Shirohato Pharmaceuticals") and one on of their biochemists [Atsushi Miyano](/wiki/Atsushi_Miyano "Atsushi Miyano"), and had a hand in the company's demise. 19 years ago, the [Karasuma Group](/wiki/Karasuma_Group "Karasuma Group") offered to sponsor Atsushi Miyano and Elena Miyano's research. Eventually, the two scientists developed a drug they called [Silver Bullet](/wiki/Silver_Bullet_(drug) "Silver Bullet (drug)"). Not long after the two died in what some members of the Organization called an accident and their daughter, Shiho Miyano, took over research on the APTX 4869 project. Although APTX 4869 was being developed for another, still secret, purpose, the Organization is using the incomplete prototype as an untraceable, lethal poison.
The Organization's project data for APTX 4869 contains important secrets. One disk Haibara and Conan tried to retrieve had real names, addresses, and codenames of agents, and the name of the person/people who invested money for the research.[](#cite_note-39) Haibara made a copy of some of the APTX 4869 data when she was locked in a room with Pisco's computer, but then lied to Conan about losing it.[](#cite_note-40)
### Computer research and viruses[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=28 "Edit section: Computer research and viruses")]
Another part of the Organization's research requires the skills of world class programmers. It is known the Black Organization has involvement with computer viruses (Night Baron); however, the main purpose of their computer science research may be something other than virii and related to their biochemistry research. Hideaki Nakajima made an exchange with Tequila in episode 54, giving Tequila a list of some of the world's most highly skilled programmers in exchange for a large amount of money. Vermouth and Tequila also blackmailed a famous CG graphic designer/games system engineer named Suguru Itakura to complete a particular “system software” Itakura had stopped developing because of bad eyesight. Whatever it is, it prompted the coerced programmer Suguru Itakura to say that he didn’t want to complete his program “for the sake of humanity”.[](#cite_note-41)
### Quotes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=29 "Edit section: Quotes")]
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| “ | Kudo-kun... You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century. | „ |
| — Haibara[](#cite_note-42) | | |
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| “ | We can be both of God and Devil, since we are trying to raise the dead against the stream of time... | „ |
| — Vermouth[](#cite_note-380p13-43) | | |
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| --- | --- | --- |
| “ | You can’t rush things. Humans can never go against the stream of time. If man forcibly tries to change that there will be punishment. | „ |
| — Haibara[](#cite_note-44) | | |
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| “ | No, I can't finish it... I won't. That program must not be completed, not for the sake of my vision but for humanity. | „ |
| — December 22nd journal entry from Itakura's diary[](#cite_note-380p11-45) | | |
### Speculation about the Black Organization's goal[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=30 "Edit section: Speculation about the Black Organization's goal")]
#### Immortality/Anti-Aging[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=31 "Edit section: Immortality/Anti-Aging")]
Shiho Miyano's name is in a guestbook logging past contestants for the immortality arrows.
One possibility is that the Black Organization's research, especially APTX 4869 development, is trying to create a therapy which will cause immortality, stall or reverse the effects of aging, or extend a human's lifespan. Gosho has said that immortality is not the ultimate goal of the Black Organization[](#cite_note-April2014Interview-46); however, achieving immortality or anti-aging might be an important step to reach the true end.
Shiho Miyano said that, in developing APTX 4869, she didn't intend to create a poison,[](#cite_note-47) which suggests that APTX 4869 was originally developed with a different goal in mind. It probably was just a useful side effect that the current prototype kills while leaving no trace in the victim’s body, and was thus employed as a poison - a usage which Haibara detests.[](#cite_note-48) Additionally, APTX 4869 is nicknamed the "*incomplete* detective" by the Black Organization, which means its true purpose has not yet been achieved.
The de-aging effect that occurred when Shinichi and Haibara took APTX 4869 probably indicates the main intent of the drug's development. After Pisco saw Haibara shrink back to her child form, he commented that he was impressed she had developed the drug to that point, implying that de-aging is in the right direction.[](#cite_note-49) Supporting this is Haibara’s line, "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century."[](#cite_note-50) APTX 4869 is the only known intersection between Shinichi and the Black Organization; meaning that Shinichi's de-aging made him relevant to the Black Organization's project.
According to Haibara’s description about APTX 4869[](#cite_note-51), the drug activates [telomerase](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/telomerase "wikipedia:telomerase"), an enzyme which can increase the number of times a cell can divide, and therefore affect a cell's lifespan and “reproductive potential”. The goal of this might be to revert all non-neural cells to a "youthful", high reproductive potential state.
Besides APTX 4869, Vermouth's unnatural youth is another indicator that the Black Organization may be involved in research towards extending lifespan, halting aging, or rejuvenating the body. In addition, Shiho Miyano’s name was on the raffle list for the immortality arrows in the mermaid case in Fukui.[](#cite_note-52)
#### Raising the dead[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=32 "Edit section: Raising the dead")]
There is a possibility that the Black Organization may be trying to develop a method to revive the dead. Suguru Itakura's diary contained a quote by one of the Black Organization's agents, most likely Vermouth: "We can be both God and Devil since we are trying to raise the dead against the stream of time."[](#cite_note-380p13-43) The original purpose of APTX 4869 might be to raise the dead. [Professor Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") and Conan later wondered if the line meant that the Black Organization was trying to create zombies.[](#cite_note-380p16-53) Once when Conan asked Haibara directly what APTX 4869 was meant to do she replied, "It's a nostrum to raise the dead. I wonder if that answer is satisfactory?."[](#cite_note-384p8-54) It may be her comment was a bluff intended to provoke Conan into revealing what he had been up to rather than a serious statement of the purpose of the drug.
## Known Black Organization targets and contacts[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=33 "Edit section: Known Black Organization targets and contacts")]
Main article: [List of Black Organization related characters](/wiki/List_of_Black_Organization_related_characters "List of Black Organization related characters")
The Black Organization has involved many non-members in its plots, as collaborators or as targets. Additionally, many characters are friends or acquaintances with members of the Black Organization, often without realizing it.
## Plot timeline[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=34 "Edit section: Plot timeline")]
Main article: [Black Organization timeline](/wiki/Black_Organization_timeline "Black Organization timeline")
## Manga to anime differences[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=35 "Edit section: Manga to anime differences")]
Main article: [List of differences between the manga and anime](/wiki/List_of_differences_between_the_manga_and_anime "List of differences between the manga and anime")
The first season of Detective Conan rarely featured the Black Organization because the anime writers wanted to downplay their presence.[](#cite_note-55) Two of the episodes at least, were altered heavily in light of this:
* **[Episode 5](/wiki/The_Shinkansen%27s_Bomb_Case "The Shinkansen's Bomb Case")**: The episode replaces the two men who shrunk Conan with lookalikes Ueda and Shimoda, unrelated to the Black Organization. In the manga version of this case, Conan runs into the real pair and learns their code names (Gin/Vodka in the Japanese Version, Melkior and Kaspar in the English Version). Their replacement creates a continuity error in [episode 54](/wiki/Game_Company_Murder_Case "Game Company Murder Case"). Conan recognizes their code names when Tequila speaks to them, yet Conan never learned their code names in the anime version of events.
* **[Episode 13](/wiki/The_Strange_Person_Hunt_Murder_Case "The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case")**: At the end of the episode, Masami Hirota meets with the criminal in charge the recent murders. She survives a gunshot wound thanks to Conan. In the manga version, which is in volume 2, the masterminds are Gin and Vodka. Masami is actually Akemi Miyano, and stole the money to buy her sister out of the organization. Upon refusal to give the money's location to Gin, he shoots her. Conan arrives shortly after, and tries to help Akemi. He gives her his real name, and before dying she tells Conan the location of the money and that the organization who killed her wears black like crows. The anime had to do a similar story in [episode 128](/wiki/The_Black_Organization:_One_Billion_Yen_Robbery_Case "The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case"), in order to repair the storyline because Akemi's death is what prompted Shiho Miyano to defect from the Organization.
## Relation to the organization from Magic Kaito[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Organization&action=edit&section=36 "Edit section: Relation to the organization from Magic Kaito")]
:   *See also: [Magic Kaito Organization](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Organization "Magic Kaito Organization")*
It is questionable if the Detective Conan's Black Organization and [Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")'s [unnamed organization](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Organization "Magic Kaito Organization") are the same organization. The member of the magic Kaito organization that claimed responsibility for killing [Toichi Kuroba](/wiki/Toichi_Kuroba "Toichi Kuroba") eight years ago is referred to as [Snake](/wiki/Snake "Snake")[](#cite_note-56), a nickname that doesn't fit in with the codenames of the Black Organization, suggesting they are two separate groups. This though may not be the case if Snake refers to [Snake wine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_wine "wikipedia:Snake wine"), but because [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")'s origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation.
Additionally the members of the Magic Kaito Organization are looking for a magical gem called [Pandora](/wiki/Pandora "Pandora") thought to possibily grant immortality in some way. This could be connected to the age-reversing drug mentioned earlier but the true magical nature of Magic Kaito and its organization's search does not mesh with the non-magical setting of Detective Conan. Although after Toichi and Yuusaku are revealed to be twins in Movie 27, it's possible a connection between the two organisations as well could arise in the future.