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· More people than you'd think know Kaito Kid (Kuroba Kaito)'s true identity. From a high school detective who performed DNA analysis on a single strand of hair, to a witch who saw through him with a magic mirror, and even a robot, various characters are aware of Kid's secret.
· They've each peered behind Kid's mask in their own ways, and the process and their relationship with Kid are quite fascinating.

Character	How they learned his identity	Relationship with Kid
Jii Konosuke	Assistant to the 1st Kid, acted as 1.5th Kid, revealed the truth to Kaito	Reliable Ally
Kuroba Chikage	Kaito's mother and the Phantom Lady, knows both her husband's and son's identities	Mother and Senior Phantom Thief
Hakuba Saguru	Identified Kaito's identity through DNA analysis of hair found at the crime scene	Rival Detective
Koizumi Akako	Discerned Kaito's identity through a magic mirror's prophecy and his magic resistance	Witch who became an ally
Ruby Jones (Phantom Thief Chat Noir)	Confirmed identity through knowledge of French birthstones and seeing Kid's bare face	Colleague sharing the same sorrow
Prince Philip	Exceptional observation skills and seeing Kid's bare face, kept secret as Kid saved his life	Boy who sees Kid as a hero and older brother
Jack Conelly (Nightmare)	Logically deduced Kaito's identity by tracking the 1st Kid and analyzing family connections	Died trying to use Kid for his son's sake
Robot Kaito	Shared memories and identity through Kaito's brain data transplant	Kaito's Clone Robot
Hanzawa Makoto	Accidentally found out by mistaking Kaito for Shinichi on the street and following him	Protagonist of a spin-off gag manga
Lupin III (Presumed)	Implied awareness of identity by saying 'still a high school student' in the movie	Genius Rival Phantom Thief
Kuroba Toichi	Kaito's father and the 1st Kid, faked his death and watched over his son's activities	Father and Senior Phantom Thief

· Jii Konosuke was the owner of the Blue Parrot billiard hall and the exclusive assistant to the 1st Kaito Kid, Kuroba Toichi.
· Eight years ago, when Toichi mysteriously died, Jii sensed that his death was no mere accident and briefly acted as the 1.5th Kaito Kid to uncover the truth.
· Later, when Kaito discovered his father's secret room and tried on the phantom thief costume, Jii Konosuke revealed the shocking truth to Kaito: that his father was the 1st Kid and had been murdered.
· This confession became the direct catalyst for Kaito's awakening as the 2nd Kaito Kid, and Jii Konosuke now calls Kaito 'Young Master' and serves as his most dependable ally.

· Kuroba Chikage is Kaito's mother and a former phantom thief known as the 'Phantom Lady.'
· She knew from the beginning that her husband Toichi was the 1st Kaito Kid, and after Toichi's death, she was fully aware that her son Kaito had discovered his father's secret room and begun acting as the 2nd Kid.
· In the story, there's a scene directly depicting her acknowledging Kaito's phantom thief activities through a video call.

· Hakuba Saguru, a high school detective from England, uncovered Kid's identity using the most realistic method.
· He collected a single strand of hair left by Kaito Kid at a crime scene and, leveraging his father's background as the Superintendent General and laboratory equipment, requested a DNA analysis.
· The analysis revealed the hair owner's age range to be 15 to 17, and cross-referencing this data with the national high school student database matched it to his classmate, Kuroba Kaito.
· Hakuba has kept this information secret, not handing it over to the police, as he intends to perfectly apprehend Kaito Kid, a worthy rival, within his own logical framework.

· Koizumi Akako, a transfer student at Ekoda High, is a successor of true magic and a genuine witch. She uncovered Kid's identity using a method completely opposite to Hakuba's.
· Her magic mirror prophesied that 'all men in the world are Akako's captives, but only Kaito Kid remains uncharmed.'
· The decisive moment came on Valentine's Day when all male students succumbed to Akako's magic-infused chocolates, but Kuroba Kaito alone resisted and left.
· Confirming that the sole exception predicted by the mirror and the sole exception to her magic in reality were the same person, Akako became certain that Kaito was Kaito Kid.
· Initially, she tried to subjugate Kaito with her magic, but their relationship gradually changed, and she became Kid's ally.

· The French phantom thief Chat Noir, real name Ruby Jones, outwardly works as an investigator for an American insurance company, but she became a phantom thief to retrieve her father's posthumous works.
· Her situation, having lost her father and becoming a phantom thief, mirrors Kaito's, and the two clashed in the final collection 'Golden Eye' heist.
· Kaito, who won, empathized with Ruby's story and conceded the real jewel, and their identities were simultaneously revealed during their final conversation.
· Ruby, upon hearing Aoko's name was derived from sapphire, casually remarked, 'My name and birthday are close.' Unlike in the US, ruby (March) and sapphire (April) are close in France. Kaito didn't miss this slip and deduced she was French, i.e., Phantom Thief Chat Noir.
· Conversely, Ruby also figured out Kaito's identity. During the heist, when Ruby physically managed to remove Kid's disguise, the lights went out, preventing others from seeing, but Ruby saw Kid's face up close at that moment.
· Combined with Kaito Kid's precise knowledge of the French birthstone system and his natural mention of 'malachite' (peacock stone), which sounds similar to Kaito, during their conversation, Ruby became convinced that Kaito Kid was Kuroba Kaito.
· However, instead of using this secret as a weapon against a colleague who shared the same sorrow and became a phantom thief, she returned to France, leaving only gratitude.

· Prince Philip, the young prince of the Ingram Principality, learned Kid's identity during the luxury train incident involving Queen Serizabesu's jewel, the 'Crystal Mother.'
· Philip is a child with exceptional observation skills, capable of immediately pointing out a subtle change in the queen's necklace to find a hidden bug Kid had secretly installed.
· With this keen eye, he spotted Kaito's suspicious behavior while searching for the jewel on the train and approached him, whispering, 'You're Kaito Kid, aren't you?'
· In the latter half of the incident, during the chase on the train roof, Kid's bare face was revealed, and Philip became completely certain, calling him 'Brother,' the same way he usually addressed Kaito.
· What solidified Kid's image for Philip was when Kid risked his life to rescue him when he was taken hostage by Snake, a killer from the organization targeting Pandora.
· Seeing Kid readily return the jewel after confirming that the Crystal Mother was not Pandora, Philip no longer saw Kid as a thief but as a hero and an older brother who protected him.
· Philip chose friendship over exposure, vowing to keep this secret forever in his heart.

· Interpol investigator and crime planner 'Nightmare,' Jack Conelly, was originally a fan of the 1st Kid.
· He had long tracked the relationship between Toichi and his assistant Jii Konosuke, noting the 8-year hiatus in Kaito Kid's activities after Toichi's death and the timing of the 2nd Kid's appearance.
· By tracing the connection between Jii and the Toichi family, he logically deduced that the 2nd Kid was Toichi's son, Kaito.
· Jack Conelly used this information as leverage, threatening to hand over information about Jii's connection to Kid to the police, thereby forcibly involving Kaito in his criminal plans.
· The reason he did this was for his son Kenta's surgery fees; the Interpol investigator became a crime planner to save his child.
· In the final confrontation, as everything was falling apart, his son Kenta's voice was heard, and the man who became a criminal for his son was swayed by his son's voice and tragically fell to his death.
· Thus, the Interpol investigator who could have perfectly proven Kid's identity disappeared.

· In 'Magic Kaito' Volume 1, 'The Clockwork Heart' episode, Dr. Ogami creates 'Robot Kaito' by directly transplanting Kaito's brain data.
· Since Robot Kaito is a robot with Kuroba Kaito's memories entirely copied, he naturally knew Kaito's secret of being Kaito Kid.
· He even disguised himself as the phantom thief and carried out a heist in Kaito's place.

· Hanzawa Makoto, the protagonist of the official spin-off gag manga 'The Culprit Hanzawa,' also knows Kid's identity.
· He simply found out by chance after mistaking Kaito for Kudo Shinichi on the street and following him.

· Lupin III is also presumed to know Kaito Kid's identity.
· In 'Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie,' after stealing a diamond, Lupin lights a cigarette in the car and says, 'They call him the Magician Under the Moonlight, but that guy's still a high school student.'
· Given that Mine Fujiko asks which school he attends after hearing that, it's highly likely Lupin knows not only that Kid is a high school student but also his residence or school.
· There was no explanation for how Lupin III knew this fact, but since this work is a special collaboration movie and not part of Conan's main story, it can be understood that Lupin, with his genius intellect, simply knows his identity.

· The last person to know Kid's identity is Kaito's father and the 1st Kaito Kid, Kuroba Toichi.
· Although it was mentioned at the beginning of the video that the 1st Kaito Kid, Kuroba Toichi, died mysteriously during a magic show 8 years ago, he was actually alive.
· In 'Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram' movie, the identity of 'Phantom Thief Corbeau,' who operates in Las Vegas, was confirmed to be Kuroba Toichi.
· His death 8 years ago was a deception, and he even appeared directly before his son Kaito, disguised as the phantom thief in a black suit, to challenge him. This was to test his son's growth.
· As the 1st Kaito Kid himself and Kaito's father, he naturally knew and watched over his son's activities as the 2nd Kid.

· While many characters have peered behind Kaito Kid's mask in their own ways, Kudo Shinichi (Conan), Kid's cousin, doesn't actually know Kid's true identity.
· Conan knows that Kid's bare face looks exactly like his own, but he hasn't yet reached the truth that Kid is Kuroba Kaito, a high school student from Ekoda High, and his cousin.
· Conversely, Kid already knew that Conan was Kudo Shinichi, having eavesdropped on Conan's call with Professor Agasa in 'The Last Wizard of the Century' movie.
· The day this asymmetry breaks, the true story of the two worlds might begin.
· Finally, Hattori Heiji also knows that Kid looks identical to Shinichi but doesn't know his true identity.