Kaito Kuroba
| Kaito Kuroba | |
|---|---|
| Magic Kaito, Case Closed character | |
Kaito Kuroba in Kaito Kid disguise, as drawn by Gosho Aoyama | |
| First appearance | Magic Kaito Ch. 1: "Return of the Phantom Thief" (1987) |
| Created by | Gosho Aoyama |
| Voiced by | Japanese Kappei Yamaguchi English Jerry Jewell (Funimation) Griffin Burns (Bang Zoom/Macias Group) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Kaito Kid Kaito 1412 Phantom Thief Kid Kid the Phantom Thief Kaitou 1412 Moonlight Magician The Heisei Lupin The Last Wizard of the Century |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Magician Ventriloquist Disguise artist Gentleman thief |
| Relatives | Toichi Kuroba (father, alive*) Chikage Kuroba (mother) Yusaku Kudo (uncle) Yukiko Kudo (aunt) Shinichi Kudo (cousin) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Profile | |
| Age | 17 |
| Birthday | June 21 |
Kaito Kuroba (Japanese: 黒羽 快斗, Hepburn: Kuroba Kaito), the true identity of the gentleman thief Kaito Kid (怪盗キッド, Kaitō Kiddo; lit. 'Phantom Thief Kid'), is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Magic Kaito manga series created by Gosho Aoyama. His father Toichi Kuroba was the original Kaito Kid before being killed by an unknown organization, while his mother Chikage Kuroba was a former phantom thief known as the Phantom Lady. Kaito Kuroba then takes on the role of Kid after learning the organization is after a gemstone called Pandora and decides to find and destroy it.
The Magic Kaito manga has been published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine infrequently since June 1987. It was also adapted into a 12-episode anime by TMS Entertainment, which aired from 2010 to 2012. Moreover, a 24-episode anime series titled Magic Kaito 1412 was created by A-1 Pictures and broadcast from 2014 to 2015.
Kaito Kuroba has also made significant appearances in Aoyama's Case Closed series. He is a rival to the series' main protagonist, Shinichi Kudo, though they are allies on some occasions. However, his appearances mostly don't affect the main story plot of the series. His strong resemblance to Shinichi allows Kaito to impersonate him without a mask. He is also voiced by the same voice actors as Shinichi in Japanese and English. When Case Closed was localized into English, Viz Media chose the rōmaji Kaito Kid for the manga, while in the anime, the English dub produced by Funimation Entertainment refer to him as Phantom Thief Kid, while the dubs produced by Discotek Media and Macias Group refer to him as Kid the Phantom Thief. Shogakukan Asia also chose to use Kaito Kid.