Kaito Kuroba

Kaito Kuroba (黒羽 快斗 ,Kuroba Kaito) is the main character in the manga franchise Magic Kaito, and a recurring character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.
He was voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi, who also voices Shinichi Kudo from Detective Conan, L Lawliet from Death Note, Usopp from One Piece, Inuyasha from Inuyasha and Ranma Saotome (Male form) from Ranma 1/2.
He is voiced in the English version by Jerry Jewell in the Funimation Dub, who also voiced Jimmy Kudo from Case Closed, Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket, Licht from Black Clover. He was later recast by Griffin Burns, who also voiced Shinichi Kudo.
==Background==
Kaito is the current Kaitou Kid. Kaito is a second-year student at Ekoda High School Class 2-B alongside his childhood friend Aoko Nakamori, the witch Akako Koizumi, and transfer student detective Saguru Hakuba. Kaito discovers his father's identity as the original Kaitou Kid after eight years following his death thanks to a secret room inside his house as well as talking with his father's attendant and friend, Konosuke Jii. Wanting to pick up where Jii left off, Kaito continues to be Kaitou Kid in an effort to lure out his father's murderers by making Kid a world-famous thief once again.
It isn't until the Blue Birthday heist that the murderers appear and reveal that they are searching for the doublet red-coloured gem Pandora, said to shed tears of immortality during the passing of a particular comet. Upon realizing the organization's aim and that his father was killed for his refusal to aid them in retrieving Pandora, Kaito vows as Kaitou Kid to find the Pandora gem first and shatter it into pieces.
Implied in Detective Conan File 733, Kaito may have a family relation with the thief Phantom Lady. In Magic Kaito 1412, it was revealed that Phantom Lady's true identity was in fact Chikage Kuroba, the mother of the current Kid the Phantom Thief.
==Personality ==
According to Hakuba's analysis during his search for Kaitou Kid's identity, Kaito is 174cm (5'8") tall, weighs 58kg (128lbs), and is blood type 'B'.
Kaito as his normal self seems to be rather popular in school although he tends to get in trouble with the ladies, particularly Aoko, for flipping up their skirts or peeking on them in the locker room. He loves to demonstrate his magic tricks and share them with others and hates to see people upset. Kaito seems to be quite good at many things, including skiing,[3] but (much to Aoko's amusement) cannot ice skate or play snooker.
Although he hasn't demonstrated it while dressed as Kaitou Kid, Kaito has an extreme fear of fish (ichthyophobia) to the point where he freaks out seeing Aoko wearing fish-print underwear one day.
==Relationships analysis==
: Main article: Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori 
*Since Akako's first appearance in Volume 1, she's attempted to get Kaito to fall head over heels for her using whatever means necessary, including using a voodoo doll and hurting him in the process. Akako's obsession with Kaito comes from Kaitou Kid, whom she realizes is Kaito, being the only man on Earth able to resist her. Despite Akako injuring Kaito during their first confrontation, Kaito as Kid behaves like a complete gentleman and encourages Akako to be herself in order to get someone to like her instead of forcing them through witchcraft. Akako grows to have great concern for Kaito as evidenced by her warning Kaito[8] against going to a heist and later assisting Kaitou Kid to escape safely from the heist that she had foreseen him being captured at. In Volume 2, Akako openly states she likes Kaito in front of Aoko. Kaito Kuroba and Akako Koizumi
*Kaito Kuroba and Saguru Hakuba
The relationship between Hakuba and Kaito is a rather tense one; since Hakuba convinced himself early on that Kaito was instead Kid, and during the first few volumes he's constantly throwing out offhand comments that show his suspicion. However, later on in the manga, we have a small scene where Hakuba calls Kaito from Paris in order to give him some information on 'Chat Noir', a dangerous, fellow gem thief trying to outshine Kid. Though Kaito continues to vehemently deny being Kid, Hakuba gives him the information anyways, ending the conversation with, "Do your best at least. I don't want to see you lose to anyone before I capture you myself". Whether or not that was his actual motive, or if he was merely concerned for Kaito's well being, is unknown.
==People who know Kaitou Kid's real identity==
:Main article: List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity
==Fan Theories ==
It has been suggested that the organization in question may actually be the Black Organization in Detective Conan, but this theory has yet to be proven. The member of the organization that claimed responsibility for killing Toichi eight years ago is referred to as "Snake", 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, but because Kaitou Kid's origins have yet to be reexplained within the Detective Conan story, this is only speculation. It does not help that in Snake's second appearance during the Crystal Mother heist he is referred to as "Jackal", yet another name that doesn't fit with the Organization's codenames.
*The organization that killed Toichi and searching for Pandora is the Black Organization in Detective Conan
*All text and images on this page are taken from Detective Conan World Wiki.
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