Detective Boys

The Detective Boys (Junior Detective League in America) are a group of children who want to be detectives. They are not all boys, as the name implies; instead, of the five kids in the group, two are female. One of the girls joins later than the rest, but the others were all founding members. They generally start out with an innocent enough mission or plan, such as finding a lost cat, or a missing autograph, or simply playing hide-and-seek, but quickly find themselves in deeper water than they knew.

The members are:
 * Conan Edogawa. The real leader of the group, and the only true detective. Often snarky about the start of a case, but when things get dangerous, tries to send the others home, as he truly does care about them, and never wanted to see them in danger. They rarely listen.
 * Genta Kojima (George Kojima in the english translation). He thinks he is the leader, and often claims to be so, but is nothing of the sort. He is the largest physically, but is the slowest intellectually. He seems to have a crush on both Ayumi Yoshida and Ai Haibara, and is sometimes jealous of Conan, as both girls seem to like him.
 * Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (Mitch Tennyson in the english translation). Possibly thinks he is the smartest, and certainly tries to act like it. He is very fond of talking about science, and tries to take a scientific approach to problem solving. He's not really very good at it. Has a crush on both Ayumi and Ai, just as Genta does, and is jealous of Conan for the same reason.
 * Ayumi Yoshida (Amy Yoshida in the english translation). The only girl until Ai Haibara arrived, she has a crush on Conan, which makes him rather uncomfortable, and the others rather jealous. She occasionally refers to herself in the third person. She is often the cheerful of the group, and is the closest to Ai, besides Conan. In the Japanese, she is the only person allowed to use the name 'Ai-chan' instead of the more formal 'Haibara-san'.
 * Ai Haibara. The last member to join, and the second girl. She remains very reserved with the boys, but has become close to Ayumi. Denies having any romantic feelings for Conan, though this does not seem true.