Night Baron

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| **Night Baron** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 闇の男爵(ナイトバロン)   (Naito Baron) |
| English name: | Knight Baron |
| Age: | unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
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| First appearance: | Manga: [File 49](/wiki/Volume_5#File_049_-_An_Unfamiliar_Visitor "Volume 5")   Anime: [Episode 43](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa_Kidnapping_Case "Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Night_Baron_Appearances "Night Baron Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Night_Baron_Appearances "Night Baron Appearances") Movies: (/wiki/Night_Baron_Appearances "Night Baron Appearances") |
**Night Baron** (闇の男爵(ナイトバロン) ,*Naito Baron*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a fictional character that [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo") invented in his bestselling mystery series.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [3 Personality](#Personality)
* [4 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [4.1 Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Manga: 049-051, Anime: 043)](#Conan_Edogawa_Kidnapping_Case_.28Manga:_049-051.2C_Anime:_043.29)
+ [4.2 Night Baron Murder Case (Manga: 072-077, Anime: 068-070)](#Night_Baron_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_072-077.2C_Anime:_068-070.29)
+ [4.3 University Professor Murder Case (Manga: 181, Anime: 129)](#University_Professor_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_181.2C_Anime:_129.29)
+ [4.4 Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: 812, Anime: 690)](#Yusaku_Kudo.27s_Cold_Case_.28Manga:_812.2C_Anime:_690.29)
* [5 Non-canon plot overview](#Non-canon_plot_overview)
+ [5.1 Home of Beika's Grenier (Anime: 418)](#Home_of_Beika.27s_Grenier_.28Anime:_418.29)
+ [5.2 The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (Anime: 1039)](#The_Flying_Jack-o.27-lantern_.28Anime:_1039.29)
+ [5.3 The Bride of Halloween (Movie: 25)](#The_Bride_of_Halloween_.28Movie:_25.29)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
* [7 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
The book's author.
Night Baron is a phantom thief who also occasionally descends to murder, but still has yet to be caught. The identity of Night Baron is currently unknown even to [Shinichi](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo"). There are at least eight books in the series.[](#cite_note-1) As little else is known about Yusaku's novels, Night Baron has no known nemeses or rivals. Night Baron's costume has been used multiple times to hide the identity of characters during a case. Additionally, Night Baron's name was appropriated for the name of a computer virus, which has been used by the [Black Organization](/wiki/Black_Organization "Black Organization") to protect sensitive data.
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Appearance")]
Night Baron wears a white face mask with eye-slits and a mouth curved in a twisted grin. The only visible physical features are that he is tall and thin, with straight black hair that falls just past his ears. He always wears a dark blue or black top hat, suit, and caped overcoat. He seems very similar to [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid"), but is willing to kill to avoid being captured.
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Personality")]
He is a sly thief who ambushes in dark and sometimes a cold-hearted killer which kills to not get caught as stated by [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa").
## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Manga: [049-051](/wiki/Volume_5 "Volume 5"), Anime: (/wiki/Conan_Edogawa_Kidnapping_Case "Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Manga: 049-051, Anime: 043)")]
Yusaku, [Yukiko](/wiki/Yukiko_Kudo "Yukiko Kudo"), and [Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") pretend to kidnap Conan. Yusaku uses the Night Baron's costume as his disguise and later expresses his disappointment that Conan did not recognize the reference.
### Night Baron Murder Case (Manga: [072-077](/wiki/Volume_8 "Volume 8"), Anime: [068-070](/wiki/Night_Baron_Murder_Case "Night Baron Murder Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Night Baron Murder Case (Manga: 072-077, Anime: 068-070)")]
The Black Organization's software.
A mystery contest occurs at the Izu Princess hotel, where the participants have to guess which one among them is really the contest sponsor. The reward for the one who correctly deduces the sponsor's identity is that their stay at the hotel is free, as well as a copy of the mysterious Night Baron virus program. A costume of Night Baron is used three times. The first time, Night Baron pushes Conan off a high balcony into the hotel pool. Later, one of the mystery participants was in the Night Baron costume when he was pushed off a balcony and killed. Finally, [another participant](/wiki/Satoru_Maeda "Satoru Maeda") wears the costume to provide an alibi for the murderer, his fiancée.
### University Professor Murder Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_19 "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=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: University Professor Murder Case (Manga: 181, Anime: 129)")]
Conan and [Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") manage to obtain a disk of data on the [APTX 4869](/wiki/APTX_4869 "APTX 4869") poison and the organization, but when Ai accesses it from an unapproved computer in Agasa's house, the Night Baron virus destroys all the data and the computer itself. [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") is aware the floppy has this little flitter, but not [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka").
### Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_77 "Volume 77"), Anime: (/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo%27s_Cold_Case "Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: 812, Anime: 690)")]
[Masumi](/wiki/Masumi_Sera "Masumi Sera") tells [Ran](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") and [Sonoko](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki") that she read the Night Baron novel series a lot as a kid and loves Yusaku as a writer.
## Non-canon plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Non-canon plot overview")]
### Home of Beika's Grenier (Anime: (/wiki/Home_of_Beika%27s_Grenier "Home of Beika's Grenier"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Home of Beika's Grenier (Anime: 418)")]
Yusaku, disguised as an old man, comes back to Japan to meet an old Chinese man, the owner of an antique shop in China town, who was the leader of bandits in the mainland in his younger days, as he needs to gather material for the next Night Baron series, the title of which is "Night Baron vs. The Mysterious Man from China". Conan is sneakily tailing Yusaku, but not knowing he is his father, when the bandit spots Conan and throws a sword to his direction.
### The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (Anime: (/wiki/The_Flying_Jack-o%27-lantern "The Flying Jack-o'-lantern"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (Anime: 1039)")]
### The Bride of Halloween (Movie: (/wiki/The_Bride_of_Halloween "The Bride of Halloween"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Night_Baron&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: The Bride of Halloween (Movie: 25)")]