In addition to Conan Edogawa, another main character who also plays an important role throughout the series is Kogoro Mouri. Let’s discover the truth surrounding the zinc-bearded detective uncle in Famous Detective Conan.
1. Ran Mouri’s father
Kogoro Mouri is the father of Ran Mouri, a childhood friend who later becomes Shinichi Kudo’s lover. Kogoro is lucky to have a daughter like Ran. Ran is an intelligent, independent person. She volunteered to help, arrange everything related to household chores.
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She is gifted in martial arts and is a member of the Teitan High School karate team. She was also well trained in judo by her father, demonstrating proficiency in her one-handed throw.
2. Separation from wife
Mori Kogoro was childhood friends with Eri Kisaki before the two got married. Later, Kogoro lived alone with his daughter after he and his wife decided to live separately when Ran was 7 years old. However, the reason why the two decided to go their separate ways has not been given. In fact, Kogoro and Eri are still not officially divorced, they even seem to still like each other.
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However, it has not been clearly confirmed as to why the two made such a big decision. As a child, Ran always tried very hard to be reunited with her parents.
3. Lazy private detective
Kogoro’s personality seems to be the main reason why Ran was able to develop into an independent girl. Kogoro is known to be a lazy and suspicious-looking detective.
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Kogoro is also picky in serving customers. This private detective will only prioritize women with good looks and tend to ignore other potential clients. Fortunately, Ran was always quick to push her father to fulfill his duty.
However, Kogoro is very serious if the cases he faces involve Eri and Ran.
4. Used to be a police officer
Before deciding to open a detective agency and operate independently, Kogoro worked in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department with Inspector Megure. Although an excellent marksman, Mori is not good at investigating and finding evidence. He also worked for a time under Inspector Yuminaga in the fire police squad.
Around the time Mori left the police force, his wife Eri also decided to separate and move out to live separately for 10 years for various reasons. One of them seems to be due to the tragedy Kogoro shot Eri in the leg, in order to save Eri from being held hostage.
5. “Kogoro dozes off”
Kogoro Mouri is a detective known by the nickname “Sleeping Kogoro”. This nickname comes from Kogoro’s signature technique of solving a case while sleeping.
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However, it was actually just a trick by Conan Edogawa aka Shinichi Kudo. Conan must continue to keep his true identity a secret, so he needs someone else who can become the “speaker” for the issues he has solved.
Every time he solves a case, Conan will use an anesthetic needle to make Kogoro doze, then the young detective will imitate the zinc-bearded uncle’s voice and give his deductive results.
6. Kogoro’s age in the US version is different
In the original Detective Conan, Kogoro is introduced as a male from 37 to 38 years old. However, this only applies to the Japanese version.
In the US version, Kogoro is said to be 43 years old. However, it is not yet explained whether Eri’s age is different or not. The thing is, there will be messy plots if Eri’s age doesn’t change.
7. Two voice actors for Kogoro Mouri
The character Kogoro Mouri in the Detective Conan anime is played by two voice actors. At first, the voice actor for the role of “Sleeping Kogoro” was Akira Kamiya.
Then, from Detective Conan episode 553 onwards, Rikiya Koyama replaced this role.