Midoriko

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| **Midoriko Nakamori** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 中森 碧子   (Nakamori Midoriko) |
| Age: | 40[](#cite_note-GD1-1-1) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Occupation: | Public prosecutor |
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| First appearance: | Magic Kaito Manga: [Chapter 37](/wiki/Green_Dragon_(Part_1) "Green Dragon (Part 1)") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Midoriko_Nakamori_Appearances "Midoriko Nakamori Appearances") |
**Midoriko Nakamori** (中森 碧子 ,*Nakamori Midoriko*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a supporting character in *[Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")*. A public prosecutor, she is the mother of the female deuteragonist [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori") and the wife of [Ginzo Nakamori](/wiki/Ginzo_Nakamori "Ginzo Nakamori"), the inspector tasked with arresting [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid").
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [3 Personality](#Personality)
* [4 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [5 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [5.1 Green Dragon (Manga: 37-39)](#Green_Dragon_.28Manga:_37-39.29)
* [6 Name origin](#Name_origin)
* [7 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [8 See also](#See_also)
* [9 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [9.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [9.2 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
A young Midoriko discovers Kaito's magic trick.
Midoriko Nakamori is a 40-year-old public prosecutor at the [Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Prosecutors_Office_(Japan) "wikipedia:Public Prosecutors Office (Japan)"), where she is one of its best members, as her superiors describe her as being on the road to become prosecutor general. She lives in an [Ekoda](/wiki/Ekoda "Ekoda") free-standing house along with her husband Ginzo and her daughter Aoko and is the one taking care of cooking. She dated Ginzo for many years and both started working before they married, and after their marriage, to avoid fights, they stopped talking to each other about their work.
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Appearance")]
She is a woman of medium height, being about a foot taller than her daughter Aoko, who is 160 centimeters tall. She is short and slender and has her hair tied in a bun, with bangs sent towards the right. She wears half-rim glasses and is shown wearing lipstick and makeup. Ten years ago, she tied her hair in a ponytail along with a scrunchie. She is seen wearing business casual clothes.
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Personality")]
Her personality is quite different from that of her daughter, who takes from her father's brash and agressive personality. She is shown to be a much more calculating person and is able to easily notice tricks and patterns that stand out, as well as small details, like the fact that Kaito dislikes fish. She is also meticulous, often working long hours to get things done, causing her to often not sleep enough. Thus, she often falls asleep and spends her free time sleep-banking. She also does not keep up with the news nor watches TV. As an excellent prosecutor, she can be compared to [Eri Kisaki](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki"), the mother of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")'*s deuteragonist [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"), an excellent lawyer and an equally calculating fighter.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Midoriko Nakamori | What Midoriko Nakamori calls them |
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|  | [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori") | Mom (*okaa-san*) | Aoko |
|  | [Ginzo Nakamori](/wiki/Ginzo_Nakamori "Ginzo Nakamori") | - | Gin-chan   Ginzo |
|  | [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") | Midoriko-san   Aoko's mother (*Aoko no okaa-san*) | Kaito-kun |
| Picture | Name | What they call Midoriko Nakamori | What Midoriko Nakamori calls them |
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|  | [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid") | Prosecutor Midoriko Nakamori (*Nakamori Midoriko-kensatsukan*) | Kaitou Something-san (*Kaitō nanigashi-san*) |
| Picture | Name | What they call Midoriko Nakamori | What Midoriko Nakamori calls them |
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|  | [Keiko Momoi](/wiki/Keiko_Momoi "Keiko Momoi") | Aoko's mother (*Aoko no okaa-san*) | - |
|  | [Shintaro Chaki](/wiki/Shintaro_Chaki "Shintaro Chaki") | - | Superintendent Chaki (*Chaki-keishi*) |
|  | [Konosuke Jii](/wiki/Konosuke_Jii "Konosuke Jii") | Prosecutor Midoriko Nakamori (*Nakamori Midoriko-kensatsukan*) | - |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Green Dragon (Manga: [37-39](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Chapters_not_yet_included_in_a_Volume "Magic Kaito Chapters not yet included in a Volume"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Green Dragon (Manga: 37-39)")]
## Name origin[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Name origin")]
Her last name, just like her daughter and husband's, was taken from [Akina Nakamori](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akina_Nakamori "wikipedia:Akina Nakamori") (中森 明菜)[](#cite_note-name_origin_akina-2), an extremely popular pop idol at the time [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") started drawing *Magic Kaito*, and who is also the model for Aoko's character design. Her first name contains the character for child "ko" (子), like all other female characters in the series (Akako, Aoko, Keiko, etc.). The "midori" (碧) part means "green", as all characters are related to a colour[[N 1]](#cite_note-4)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Midoriko_Nakamori&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Due to her late appearance in the series and the fact she was never mentioned in any previous chapters, fans theorized she could have been dead, which Gosho referenced when he had Keiko say that she thought Aoko's mother was dead[](#cite_note-GD1-8-5).