Name change on Viz manga

[trumpet-205]

So I'm thinking about building up a manga collection of Detective Conan. I know for there are some name changes for the Viz manga but how extensive are they? Do they still do name change for new characters?

[Commi-Ninja]

They do some name changes still, but far less often than at the beginning of the series. Victims and culprits usually aren't changed anymore, but I think some of the series regulars are still being changed.

[usotsuki]

No new name changes. Only established characters, and not even all of them (for example, Takagi's and Nakamori's names were restored).

[Jecka]

Also Hakuba's name remains the same. And I think Sato does as well. All minor characters keep their names, but yeah, the rest of the major characters from the start of the series still have the name changes.

[randompi314159]

They've also restored Gin's and Vodka's names as well. After a while, they stopped changing the names of the reoccurring characters.

[usotsuki]

The Gin and Vodka change only happened with the first translator, the second translator had to add an explanation to revert the names (equivalent of 176-178).