Hirota Masami

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| **Akemi Miyano** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 宮野 明美   (Miyano Akemi) |
| English name: | Akemi Miyano (Kendra Miyano in Case Closed episode 14) |
| Age: | 25[](#cite_note-age-1) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Relatives: | [Shiho Miyano](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano") (younger sister)   [Elena Miyano](/wiki/Elena_Miyano "Elena Miyano") (mother, deceased)   [Atsushi Miyano](/wiki/Atsushi_Miyano "Atsushi Miyano") (father, deceased)   [Mary Sera](/wiki/Mary_Sera "Mary Sera") (aunt)   [Tsutomu Akai](/wiki/Tsutomu_Akai "Tsutomu Akai") (uncle-in-law, deceased)   [Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") (cousin, ex-boyfriend)   [Shukichi Haneda](/wiki/Shukichi_Haneda "Shukichi Haneda") (cousin)   [Sera Masumi](/wiki/Sera_Masumi "Sera Masumi") (cousin) |
| Occupation: | Black Organization member |
| Status: | Dead |
| Aliases: | Masami Hirota (Michelle in Case Closed episode 14) |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | Manga: [File 13](/wiki/Volume_2#Masami_Hirota_Case "Volume 2")   Anime: [Episode 13](/wiki/The_Strange_Person_Hunt_Murder_Case "The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case") (She is reintroduced in (/wiki/The_Black_Organization:_One_Billion_Yen_Robbery_Case "The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case"), though her previous appearance is ignored.) |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Akemi_Miyano_Appearances "Akemi Miyano Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Akemi_Miyano_Appearances "Akemi Miyano Appearances") Movies: (/wiki/Akemi_Miyano_Appearances "Akemi Miyano Appearances") Specials: (/wiki/Akemi_Miyano_Appearances "Akemi Miyano Appearances") Openings: (/wiki/Akemi_Miyano_Appearances "Akemi Miyano Appearances") Closings: (/wiki/Akemi_Miyano_Appearances "Akemi Miyano Appearances") |
| Keyhole number: | [Volume 41](/wiki/Volume_41 "Volume 41") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Sakiko Tamagawa](/wiki/Sakiko_Tamagawa "Sakiko Tamagawa")   [Masako Katsuki](/wiki/Masako_Katsuki "Masako Katsuki") (Masami Hirota) |
| English voice: | [Clarine Harp](/wiki/Clarine_Harp "Clarine Harp") (FUNimation)   [Alex Valle](/wiki/index.php?title=Alex_Valle&action=edit&redlink=1 "Alex Valle (page does not exist)") (FUNimation; Movie 5)   [Rebecca Davis](/wiki/index.php?title=Rebecca_Davis&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rebecca Davis (page does not exist)") (Bang Zoom!)   [Macy Anne Johnson](/wiki/index.php?title=Macy_Anne_Johnson&action=edit&redlink=1 "Macy Anne Johnson (page does not exist)") (Studio Nano) |
**Akemi Miyano** (宮野 明美 ,*Miyano Akemi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), also known by her alias as **Masami Hirota** (広田 雅美 ,*Hirota Masami*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), is a character in the manga and anime franchise *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. Akemi is the older sister of [Shiho Miyano](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano"), and both were members of the [Black Organization](/wiki/Black_Organization "Black Organization"). However, unlike her sister, Akemi was never considered a high ranking member. Akemi dated [Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") while he was infiltrating the Organization. Akemi was shot by Gin and killed after she performed a bank robbery. Although she dies in her first appearance, Akemi shows up numerous times throughout the series, mostly in episodes featuring Haibara, whom looks at [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") as a spitting image of her sister.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Personality](#Personality)
* [3 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [4 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [4.1 ¥1,000,000,000 Robbery Case (Manga: 013-016, Anime: 13/128)](#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery_Case_.28Manga:_013-016.2C_Anime:_13.2F128.29)
+ [4.2 Murdered Professor Case (Manga: 179-181, Anime: 129)](#Murdered_Professor_Case_.28Manga:_179-181.2C_Anime:_129.29)
+ [4.3 Bathroom Murder Case (Manga: 423-425, Anime: 340-341)](#Bathroom_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_423-425.2C_Anime:_340-341.29)
+ [4.4 Kir Transport Case (Manga: 599, Anime: 497)](#Kir_Transport_Case_.28Manga:_599.2C_Anime:_497.29)
+ [4.5 Foreign Suspect Case (Manga: 607-609, Anime 501-504)](#Foreign_Suspect_Case_.28Manga:_607-609.2C_Anime_501-504.29)
+ [4.6 Mystery Train (Manga: 818-824, Anime: 700-704)](#Mystery_Train_.28Manga:_818-824.2C_Anime:_700-704.29)
+ [4.7 UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: 942, Anime: 847-848)](#UFO_Sighting_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_942.2C_Anime:_847-848.29)
+ [4.8 Black Bunny Club Case (Manga: 1011, Anime: 953)](#Black_Bunny_Club_Case_.28Manga:_1011.2C_Anime:_953.29)
+ [4.9 Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Manga: 1070-1072, Anime: 1093-1094)](#Akemi_Miyano.27s_Time_Capsule_.28Manga:_1070-1072.2C_Anime:_1093-1094.29)
* [5 Non-canon plot overview](#Non-canon_plot_overview)
* [6 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [7 Relationships analysis](#Relationships_analysis)
+ [7.1 Shuichi Akai](#Shuichi_Akai)
+ [7.2 Ai Haibara](#Ai_Haibara)
+ [7.3 Rei Furuya](#Rei_Furuya)
+ [7.4 Akai Family](#Akai_Family)
* [8 Speculation](#Speculation)
+ [8.1 Hidden P.S.](#Hidden_P.S.)
* [9 Different looks](#Different_looks)
* [10 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [11 See also](#See_also)
* [12 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Akemi Miyano, the oldest child of [Elena Miyano](/wiki/Elena_Miyano "Elena Miyano") and [Atsushi Miyano](/wiki/Atsushi_Miyano "Atsushi Miyano"), was born into the Black Organization approximately some 25 years before the current timeline.[](#cite_note-age-1) Unlike her younger sister [Shiho Miyano](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano"), Akemi was never considered a high ranking member of the Organization and managed to live a mostly normal life, traveling about freely and going to school and college like normal, despite being watched over by the organization. Both of her parents later died an accident while she was young, orphaning Akemi and Shiho. Although her sister became a highly ranked codenamed scientist, Akemi remained in close contact with Shiho and served as her lifeline to normalcy. She only involved herself into the organization to try get Shiho out of it.
At some point 13 years ago she attended Teitan Elementary School and graduated from it. She was in Class 6-A.[](#cite_note-2)
Some five years before the current timeline, Akemi met undercover FBI agent [Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") who was using the alias Dai Moroboshi. He planned to date Akemi in order to get close to Shiho Miyano so he could gain standing within the Black Organization as part of his mission. Although Shuichi initially was just using her, they wound up really falling in love. Akemi discovered Shuichi was an FBI agent and guessed his plan, but kept this knowledge secret even from him. Three years later, Shuichi's true allegiance was uncovered and he was ejected from the Organization. Akemi then revealed that she knew his secret, and that she wished to leave the Organization and date him seriously.
This did not happen because Akemi was unwilling to leave without her sister, and the Black Organization would not allow Shiho to go because her work on the [APTX 4869](/wiki/APTX_4869 "APTX 4869") project was extremely valuable. Although Shuichi stopped contacting Akemi for her safety, the Organization was planning to get rid of her anyway because her connection to Shuichi was considered a serious risk. The Organization could not simply eliminate her though because it would jeopardize Shiho's loyalty. The Black Organization finally put their plan to kill Akemi into motion two years later just after [Shinichi](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") had shrunk into [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa").
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Personality")]
Akemi had a nurturing, kind, friendly, cheerful and outgoing personality, with a good sense of humor. Playful as a child, she enjoyed playing games and creating codes for other people, but never to hurt them. For example, she hid the work tools of her father's friends and happily watched as they panicked; however, she only wanted them to work less hard. Even though she knew of her elementary classmates’ mischievings, in the class memory capsule, she did not rat them out but simply wished everyone well. She was popular among classmates for her sweet nature. She appeared likable and well-adjusted considering that she had to change schools many times.
As an adult, she remained loving despite being in the Black Organization. She likely had to violate her moral code to complete criminal missions for them. However, she was strong-willed enough to arrange an escape deal for her and her sister. Although they rarely saw each other, she and her sister Shiho were very close and confided in each other. However, Shuichi says Akemi was always crying in the dark while pretending to be strong, suggesting that she had painful memories she did not want to burden other people with. Her selfless, nurturing, and slightly vulnerable personality reminds Shiho (as Haibara Ai) as well as Akai Shuichi of Ran Mouri.
Akemi was clever and calculating, given that she could plan a 1-billion-yen robbery. Her convincing disguise and acting eluded even Conan.
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Appearance")]
As Masami Hirota
Akemi is often noted to be very similar to [Ran](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"). Both Haibara and Shuichi get the feeling that they are alike. She is a pretty Japanese girl with long black hair and a medium height.
## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### ¥1,000,000,000 Robbery Case (Manga: [013-016](/wiki/Volume_2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery "Volume 2"), Anime: (/wiki/The_Strange_Person_Hunt_Murder_Case "The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case")/(/wiki/The_Black_Organization:_One_Billion_Yen_Robbery_Case "The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: ¥1,000,000,000 Robbery Case (Manga: 013-016, Anime: 13/128)")]
Akemi's death in the manga.
The Organization's plan to silence Akemi was to pretend to make a deal with her; in exchange for a successful one billion yen bank robbery, [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") told Akemi she and Shiho could go free. The Organization thought Akemi would surely fail and thus they would have an acceptable reason to kill her. Akemi hired two partners to help her. Kenzo Hirota, a Tokyoite with no family, would be the get-away driver, because he used to work as a taxi driver. An unnamed giant man would serve as muscle. The day before the mission, she send a text to Akai, explaining the situation and asked if he would want to go out with her for real, should she manage to get out of the organization.
Akemi and her two partners successfully pull off the robbery, killing a guard in the process. Unfortunately, Kenzo Hirota then backstabs Akemi and the giant by running away with the billion yen. In order to track him down, Akemi and her partner approach different detectives pretending to be Kenzo's relatives. Akemi creates the alias Hirota Masami, borrowing from [a professor friend's name](/wiki/The_Girl_from_the_Black_Organization_and_the_University_Professor_Murder_Case "The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case"), and changing her hairstyle so she appears to be a high school girl from Yamagata looking for her missing "father".[](#cite_note-3) Akemi approaches the then-not-well-known Detective [Kogoro](/wiki/Kogoro "Kogoro") at his office and convinces him to help her. Kogoro begins to search for the man's via his contacts.
Akemi's death in the anime.
Sometime while Kogoro is searching for Kenzo, Akemi meets with Shiho at a restaurant and describes Conan to her. Akemi tells Shiho that Conan lives in the [Mouri Detective Agency](/wiki/Mouri_Detective_Agency "Mouri Detective Agency") near the [Kudo house](/wiki/Setting "Setting") that Shiho had visited earlier (as part of a search to ensure Shinichi was really killed by APTX 4869) and that he has the composure of an adult. Shiho then asks Akemi to tell her about the dangerous mission that Akemi had just performed, but Akemi tells Shiho she is fine and that she should stop working on that drug and try to get a boyfriend instead.
With Conan and Ran's help, Kogoro finds Kenzo and "Hirota Masami" pretends to be overjoyed at their "reunion". Later that night, Akemi and the giant man confront Kenzo to take back the money. A fight breaks out between the two men, resulting in the giant strangling Kenzo to death against Akemi's wishes. Akemi and the giant hang Kenzo's corpse from a rope to make it appear like a suicide, grab the cash, and leave for a hotel. Akemi slips some pills given to her by Gin into the giant's drink so she could take the money, unaware that they were laced with cyanide and would kill him instantly. With both of her partners dead, she hides the suitcases of money at the hotel's front desk and takes a taxi to meet Gin and [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka") at the shipping yard, with [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") following closely behind.[](#cite_note-manga-4)
When she arrives at the meeting place, she tells Gin that she will only tell him where the money is after he frees her sister, but Gin goes back on his word, saying her sister is far too valuable to let go of. He gives her one last chance to cooperate, but she refuses and he shoots her. Conan arrives at the scene with her bleeding out. Akemi is one of the few characters in the show that knows Conan is [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo"), as he admits it to her while she is dying in front of him, while she tells him about the dangers of the Black Organization and tells him where the money is.[](#cite_note-Akemi-5) Akemi's death is ruled a suicide, as Gin's fingerprints were not found on the gun that killed her,[](#cite_note-Akemi-5) but her fingerprints were.[](#cite_note-manga-4)
### Murdered Professor Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_18#Murdered_Professor_Case "Volume 18")-(/wiki/Volume_19#Murdered_Professor_Case "Volume 19"), Anime: (/wiki/The_Girl_from_the_Black_Organization_and_the_University_Professor_Murder_Case "The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Murdered Professor Case (Manga: 179-181, Anime: 129)")]
Akemi with Shiho, only a little bit before her death, in one of the last times they ever saw each other.
[Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara"), the shrunken [Shiho Miyano](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano"), remembers her meetings with Akemi leading up to her death by Gin. She breaks down in front of [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") asking why he could not save Akemi.
### Bathroom Murder Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_41#Bathroom_Murder_Case "Volume 41")-(/wiki/Volume_42#Bathroom_Murder_Case "Volume 42"), Anime: [340-341](/wiki/Hidden_Bathroom_Secret "Hidden Bathroom Secret"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Bathroom Murder Case (Manga: 423-425, Anime: 340-341)")]
20 years prior to the current timeline, [Atsushi Miyano](/wiki/Atsushi_Miyano "Atsushi Miyano") and [Elena Miyano](/wiki/Elena_Miyano "Elena Miyano") visit Atsushi's father's house whom he had left to a friend. They brought with them a 4-5 year old Akemi. The friend had turned the house into a Design company office. The Miyano's had come there and acted like they were hiding from something/someone. Akemi hid the tools of the workers causing her to unknowingly prevent a murder from occurring. Closer to the present day, around one week prior to her death, Akemi returned and planted tapes created by Elena for Shiho, in the same spot that she had hid the tools years before. She told one of the workers that she would be back with-in the week and bring her sister to meet them.
### Kir Transport Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_58#Kir_Transport_Case "Volume 58"), Anime: (/wiki/Clash_of_Red_and_Black#Resolution_3 "Clash of Red and Black"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Kir Transport Case (Manga: 599, Anime: 497)")]
The night before the heist, Akemi sends Dai Moroboshi (Shuichi Akai) a text message, asking him to be her real boyfriend if she is able to escape from the organization.[](#cite_note-Akai-6) The text message also had an unshown PS message.
### Foreign Suspect Case (Manga: [607-609](/wiki/Volume_58#Foreign_Suspect_Case "Volume 58"), Anime [501-504](/wiki/Clash_of_Red_and_Black#Friday_the_Thirteenth_.28Manga:_605-609.2C_Anime:_501-504.29 "Clash of Red and Black"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Foreign Suspect Case (Manga: 607-609, Anime 501-504)")]
Shuichi has a flashback to when he confronted Akemi with the news that he was an FBI agent. She says that she has known for a while.
### Mystery Train (Manga: [818-824](/wiki/Volume_78#Mystery_Train "Volume 78"), Anime: [700-704](/wiki/The_Jet-Black_Mystery_Train "The Jet-Black Mystery Train"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Mystery Train (Manga: 818-824, Anime: 700-704)")]
[Subaru Okiya](/wiki/Subaru_Okiya "Subaru Okiya") reveals to Haibara that he can read her movements due to her acting similar to her sister Akemi, this was one of the clues leading to the reveal of his identity. [Bourbon](/wiki/Bourbon "Bourbon"), whose identity was also revealed in this case, mentioned knowing the Miyano parents which caused Haibara to remember hearing mention of him from her chats with Akemi.
### UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_89#UFO_Sighting_Murder_Case "Volume 89"), Anime: [847-848](/wiki/Chiba%27s_Difficult_UFO_Case "Chiba's Difficult UFO Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: 942, Anime: 847-848)")]
Conan realizes that Haibara and [Mary](/wiki/Mary "Mary") might share a resemblance. He thinks back to the relationship between Akemi and Shuichi and the idea that they might have been related.
### Black Bunny Club Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_95#Black_Bunny.27s_Club_Case "Volume 95"), Anime: (/wiki/The_Unsolved_Cocktail_Case "The Unsolved Cocktail Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Black Bunny Club Case (Manga: 1011, Anime: 953)")]
Amuro is badly injured due to fighting with his bullies. Akemi brings him to her parents' clinic to get him treated.
### Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Manga: [1070-1072](/wiki/Volume_101#Akemi_Miyano.27s_Time_Capsule "Volume 101"), Anime: [1093-1094](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano%27s_Time_Capsule "Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Manga: 1070-1072, Anime: 1093-1094)")]
It's revealed that Akemi went to [Teitan Elementary School](/wiki/Teitan_Elementary_School "Teitan Elementary School") and graduated from it. She also buried a time capsule at the school as well.
It also revealed her body hasn't been identified yet.
The capsule content reveals that a class photos with on the back it says how she wishes for everyone dream to come true and photo of her and Shino in the past with a letter on the back.
## Non-canon plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Non-canon plot overview")]
:   *See also: [The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case](/wiki/The_Black_Organization:_One_Billion_Yen_Robbery_Case "The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case")*
In the anime, she works at a bank under the name Masami Hirota and pulls an inside job. Her partners in the robbery are Shirou Kaizuka (a race driver) and Kishi (a bank guard),[](#cite_note-Akemi-5) while the Kenzo Hirota part of the story was used for another case unrelated to Akemi or the Black Organization.[](#cite_note-Hirota-7)
The Anime also added a Non-canon scene into Clash of Red and Black that shows how Akemi met Shuichi. Shuichi walks out in front of her car on purpose and gets hospitalized. Then they fall in love as she nurses him back to health in the hospital.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Akemi | What Akemi calls them |
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|  | [Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") | Kimi Omae | Dai-kun |
|  | [James Black](/wiki/James_Black "James Black") | Miyano Akemi   Hirota Masami | - |
|  | [Jodie Starling](/wiki/Jodie_Starling "Jodie Starling") | Shuu's girlfriend Miyano Akemi-san | - |
|  | [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure") | Hirota Masami | Inspector Megure |
| Picture | Name | What they call Akemi | What Akemi calls them |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | Miyano Akemi   Masami-san   Hirota-san's daughter (*Hirota-san no musume*) Miyano Akemi-san | Conan-kun[](#cite_note-8) Little Detective-san (*Chiisana Tantei-san*)[](#cite_note-9)   Kudo Shinichi |
|  | [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") | Masami-san Hirota Masami-san | - |
|  | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") | Hirota Masami-san   Masami-san | Detective-san (*Tantei-san*) |
|  | [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") | Onēchan | - |
| Picture | Name | What they call Akemi | What Akemi calls them |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | [Rum](/wiki/Rum "Rum") | Miyano Akemi | - |
|  | [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") | Hirota Masami   Miyano Akemi | - |
|  | [Shiho Miyano](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano") | Onēchan | Shiho   Younger sister (*imōto*) |
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## Relationships analysis[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Relationships analysis")]
### Shuichi Akai[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Shuichi Akai")]
Main article: [Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai_and_Akemi_Miyano "Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano")
[Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") and Akemi Miyano were lovers while he was infiltrating the [Black Organization](/wiki/Black_Organization "Black Organization"). Shuichi's original mission was to date Akemi Miyano in order to meet Shiho Miyano. Shuichi used Shiho's influence to gain rank in the Organization, intending to become trusted enough to meet with high level agents so the FBI could capture one for questioning. As [James Black](/wiki/James_Black "James Black") later recalls, although Shuichi's relationship with Akemi was merely a stepping stone, Shuichi actually fell in love with Akemi, and considered her his real girlfriend. Because of this he broke up with the woman (and felow agent) he dated until then, [Jodie Starling](/wiki/Jodie_Starling "Jodie Starling"); he cared deeply for Jodie, but since he had fallen for Akemi he didn't want to keep two parallel relationships.
How Akemi and Shuichi met in the manga is unknown, but in the anime, Shuichi Akai originally met Akemi by an intentional accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he deliberately walked into the street in front of her in order to be hit by her.[](#cite_note-10) Akemi helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi replied, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this they began dating.
Shuichi asks Akemi why she didn't get away from him after knowing that he was just using her.
Sometime later, Akemi develops the suspicion that Shuichi really wasn't who he claimed to be. Later, due to a massive error by [Andre Camel](/wiki/Andre_Camel "Andre Camel"), Shuichi is discovered by the rest of the Organization to be an FBI agent, leading to his expulsion. Shuichi confirms that he is an FBI agent to her. To Shuichi's surprise, Akemi doesn’t seem surprised by this, prompting Shuichi to ask why she never mentioned her suspicions about being used by him. Akemi subtly hints that it’s because she loves him. Initially, the Organization couldn’t take action against Akemi due to their need to secure her sister’s loyalty. However, two years later, they deemed the risk of her contact with Shuichi too great. They orchestrated a plan to eliminate her by staging a bank heist, knowing she would fail. Shortly before the heist, Akemi sent Shuichi a long text, asking if he would want to be her real boyfriend once she was finally free from the Organization[](#cite_note-11). After the heist, Akemi is killed by [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin"), and it is unknown how Shuichi responded if at all. Shuichi treasures her final text message, and keeps it in his phone many months after Akemi's death.
Akemi never learned before her death that Shuichi was actually her cousin.[](#cite_note-12)
### Ai Haibara[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: Ai Haibara")]
Despite the fact that they couldn't see each other often, Akemi and her sister Shiho were very close to each other. Akemi had constantly tried to encourage the studious and workaholic Shiho to relax and find herself a boyfriend.
Akemi's death scarred her sister deeply. Much of Akemi's personality Shiho finds personified in [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") - perhaps this is the main reason why Shiho was first reluctant to accept her (due to the still-fresh pain of her loss), but eventually came to consider her as a surrogate sister.
### Rei Furuya[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Rei Furuya")]
Akemi seems to have known [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya"), and described him and his relationship with Shuichi to Shiho.This is not revealed yet. In the flashback during [The Unsolved Cocktail Case](/wiki/The_Unsolved_Cocktail_Case "The Unsolved Cocktail Case"), it shows that Akemi and Rei met and knew each other from when they were children. They might be close. Akemi cared about Rei. However, according to Aoyama Gosho, Akemi did not remember Rei when she is a adult. This implies that when meeting each other in the black organization, Akemi did not realize that Bourbon was Rei. This protected the true person of Rei.
### Akai Family[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: Akai Family")]
In [File 1049](/wiki/Volume_99#File_1049_-_It.27s_Unbelievable.21 "Volume 99"), the flashback conversations between Vermouth and Mary confirmed that Mary and Elena are sisters. So that Akemi is blood relatives with [Akai family](/wiki/Akai_family "Akai family").
## Speculation[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=21 "Edit section: Speculation")]
### Hidden P.S.[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=22 "Edit section: Hidden P.S.")]
The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.
In the text message that Akemi Miyano sent to [Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") before she commits the bank robbery, aside from the main content, there is also a **"P.S."** shown below it, at the bottom left corner of his cell phone's screen. However, what Akemi wrote *under* that part (the things she wanted to say in the P.S.) has never been revealed to the readers (watchers).
There is a common speculation among the fans that Akemi has asked [Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai") to protect the safety of her sister, [Shiho Miyano](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano"), in case the robbery she planned ends up in failure, or that the [Black Organization](/wiki/Black_Organization "Black Organization") decides to betray their promise, which is to let her and her sister leave if she succeeds. It is important to note that in the Manga File 810, Shuichi, while disguising as [Subaru Okiya](/wiki/Subaru_Okiya "Subaru Okiya"), has mentioned in his mind about the promise he made with a certain **"her"**, because of which he refuses to make [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") go with him by force.[](#cite_note-13) This woman whom Shuichi was referring to might have been his late girlfriend Akemi, and his promise with her might be relevant to the hidden content of the mysterious P.S.
## Different looks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=23 "Edit section: Different looks")]
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| Episode 13 | Episode 492 | Young Akemi Episode 953 | 13 years ago |
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akemi_Miyano&action=edit&section=24 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Akemi's voice actress, [Sakiko Tamagawa](/wiki/Sakiko_Tamagawa "Sakiko Tamagawa"), is in real-life married to Shuichi Akai's voice actor, [Shuichi Ikeda](/wiki/Shuichi_Ikeda "Shuichi Ikeda").
* She is the first one [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") revealed himself to besides Professor Agasa, in the second manga volume.
* In [Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene](/wiki/Just_Like_a_17_Years_Old_Crime_Scene "Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene") Haibara mentioned that Akemi had a Put On Mascara mirror that originally belonged to Elena.
* In Episode 312, it’s revealed by Haibara that her parent bought Akemi festival dolls that look like the Hinamatsu Dolls at the apartment the Detective Boys were in, but when their parents died, Akemi put them away as they brought painful memories of Haibara and Akemi deceased parents.
* She often had to transfer schools under the Black Organization's orders.[](#cite_note-14)
* Akemi was in the library committee and as well being popular in Teitan Elementary school.