Jimmy Kudo, known as Shinichi Kudo  in Japan, is the protagonist of the series. Jimmy is a brilliant high school detective who often solves difficult cases for the police. During one of his investigations, he is attacked and forced to take an experimental poison by a member of the Black Organization. The drug was supposed to kill him, but due to a rare side-effect, he was inadvertently shrunk back to his childhood body. In order to keep his true identity a secret, he now goes under the alias Conan Edogawa  and pretends to be a real child to throw off suspicion while he secretly solves many cases and looks for clues about the organization. He fears the organization will come back and kill him and everyone he knows if it is discovered that he isn't really dead. He is also in love with his childhood friend, Rachel Moore but can't reveal his feelings to her due to his current condition. His two Japanese voice actors are Kappei Yamaguchi for Jimmy and Minami Takayama for Conan. He is voiced by Jerry Jewell for Jimmy and Alison Viktorin for Conan in the English localization. In the first and second live drama he was portrayed by Shun Oguri in teenage form and Nao Fujisaki in child form. In future dramas, he is currently portrayed by Junpei Mizobata.