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Kaito Kuroba (黒羽 快斗, Kuroba Kaito), also known as the notorious Phantom Thief Kaitou Kid (怪盗 キッド, Kaitō Kiddo), is the main protagonist in the manga and anime franchise Magic Kaito and a minor recurring antagonist in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

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-colored 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. Kaito's mother is aware that Kaito discovered Toichi's secret room and has taken up the mantle of Kaitou Kid.

Appearance[]

Kaito has dark brown hair (black in Magic Kaito 1412) with fringe that ends just above his eyes, but the rest of his hair is normally covered by a white top hat with a blue ribbon band. When dressed in his normal outfit, his right eye is covered by a white monocle that has a dangling green charm with a white clover imprinted on it. Kaito's outfit consists of a white suit jacket on top of a blue shirt with a red tie and white dress slacks. The white Hang Glider Cape is attached to the jacket at Kaito's shoulders. Kid wears blue socks with white Oxford style shoes with white soles. In his original appearances Kaito wore white loafer type shoes.

Kaito has been seen wearing black shirts and pants along with a black hat to help cover his face, usually when doing information gathering for heists or when he has his "audience" at his heists looking elsewhere. Apart from these two outfits, Kaito is a master of disguise and has been seen disguising as several people throughout the course of Detective Conan and Magic Kaito.

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Kaito Kuroba as Phantom Thief Kid

At several instances, it has been demonstrated that Kaito shares a close natural likeness with Shinichi Kudo. This, on occasion (particularly in the non-canon appearances), allows him to pass himself off as Shinichi whenever needed, without requiring a special disguise.

Personality[]

In both civilian and costumed life, Kaito is a compulsive trickster who is drawn to any challenge just for the sheer thrill of overcoming all hazards in the end. Kaito is infamous for having a rather overconfident (close to the point of arrogance) attitude, always preferring to create as big a bang as possible. He loves nothing more than leading the police in wild goose chases, letting them get within a hair's breadth of catching him, before exiting one way or another. Seemingly having a soft-spot for his fans, there has been more than one occasion when Kid has refused to show when the police tried to bar the general public from witnessing his act. Generally, when these instances occur, one of Kaito's tricks rely, one way or another, on his ability to blend in with a crowd.

Kaito is also quite a charmer, seeming to always know just what to say to the ladies to leave them speechless. Kaito hates to see others get hurt, and he never hesitates in leaping to rescue someone, whether physically or mentally. Despite his low reputation in some quarters, Kaito does have a sense of honor, in as much as that he decides to leave the loot behind if it has no further purpose other than having challenged his trickster skills, doesn't contain Pandora, or when a more humane background stands behind their existence. These qualities are some of the reasons why he and Conan occasionally end up as allies in a common cause.

For some as yet unexplained reason, Kaito suffers from a severe case of ichthyophobia (fear of fish).

Canon Plot Overview[]

Conan Arc[]

Vermouth Arc[]

Boss' Cell Phone Number Arc[]

Kir Arc[]

Bourbon Arc[]

Rum Arc[]

Non-Canon Plot Overview[]

Movies[]

Specials[]

OVAs[]

Trivia[]

  • Kaito Kuroba's Full Name means/comes from the following:

    • "Kaito" (快斗) comes from "Kaitou" (怪盗) which means "Phantom Thief".

    • "Kuroba" (黒羽) means "Black Feather".

    • Kaito's Family Name "Kuroba" (黒羽) is a transliteration of "Clover", which also appears on the Tag of Kaitou Kid's Monocle.

  • Kaito Kuroba's Character Design is derived from the Fictional Character Kaito Lupin from Gosho Aoyama's Manga Nonchalant Lupin.

  • Kaito Kuroba and Shinichi Kudo have similar Character Designs and the same Voice Actor as an Adult.

    • Kaito resembles Shinichi so much that even Ran and Sonoko mistook him for Shinichi as shown in Episode 76.

    • Kaito does not use a Latex Mask when disguising as Shinichi.

  • Kaito Kuroba seems to have Ichthyophobia, the Fear of Fish.

  • Kaito Kuroba is right-handed.

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