Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago

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Episode 437 (Int. Episode 475)
Information
Title:	Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago
Japanese title:	上戸彩と新一 4年前の約束 (Ueto Aya to Shin'ichi Yonenmae no Yakusoku)
Original airdate:	May 8, 2006
Broadcast rating:	12.0%
Filler case:	#141
Season:	11
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Yusaku Kudo Yukiko Kudo Rina Aiuchi
Case solved by:	Shinichi Kudo (via Conan on phone)
Next Conan's Hint:	TV drama
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Masato Sato Roko Ogiwara
Episode director:	Masato Sato
Animation director:	Daisuke Niinuma
Character design:	Mari Tominaga Kumiko Shishido (sub-character and design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Aya Ueto as Herself Masako Ikeda as Fumie Koda  Atsuko Mine as Matsuko Natsuko Fuji as Masako Shitara Junichi Sugawara as Greengrocer Katsuyuki Konishi as Kitada Yuri Amano as Teacher Ryoko Ono as Rina Aiuchi Risa Yukino as Yuuka Saegusa
Music
Opening song:	Shōdō
Closing song:	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki

Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago (上戸彩と新一 4年前の約束 ,Ueto Aya to Shin'ichi Yonenmae no Yakusoku) is the 437th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo (voice/flashback) Yusaku Kudo (photo/background) Yukiko Kudo (photo) Rina Aiuchi (TV show)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Aya Ueto, who made a promise with Shinichi four years ago, comes back to his house to ask help for a case involving her neighbor and her daughter that died forty years ago, at the age of 17.

People

Aya Ueto
	20 years old Real-life actress Shinichi's friend

Fumie Koda
	80 years old Aya's elderly neighbor

Ayako Koda
	Deceased (illness) 17 years old (40 years ago) Fumie's only daughter

Yuuka Saegusa
	25 years old Real-life actress

Matsuko
	Fumie's friend

Masako Shitara
	Shitara Memorial Hall owner

Shunichi Shitara
	Deceased (illness) Pianist Masako's late husband

Resolution

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Conan solves the case which Ran and Aya had shared through the cellphone using Shinichi's voice and reveals that the missing old lady went to the place she last saw her daughter, the Beika Hospital. The promise that was made four years ago was when they met again, Aya would be a real actress, and Shinichi would be a real detective. The episode ends with Conan getting a text message from Ran asking Shinichi what the promise was. He feels that Ran will not call him for a while.

Trivia

• Aya Ueto is a real-life Japanese idol who's a Detective Conan fan. She voiced her own character in this episode, and later the lawyer Kyoko Tachibana in Zero the Enforcer as a special guest.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	衝動	Shōdō	Impulse	Shōdō
2	機上のサスペンス１	Kijō no Sasupensu 1	On-board Suspense 1	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
3	赤い光のスナイパー１	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1	The Sniper's Red Light 1	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4	コナンの大作戦２	Konan no Daisakusen 2	Conan's Big Battle 2	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
5	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
6	ミッドナイト・ステップ	Middonaito・Suteppu	Midnight Step	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
7	激突	Gekitotsu	Clash	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	昼下がりの天使たち	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi	Early Afternoon Angels	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	コナンと警備員	Konan to Keibiin	Conan and the Guard	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
10	のんびり気分（アナザーver.）	Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)	Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	夜の探索	Yoru no Tansaku	Night Search	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
12	沈む夕陽 （アコースティックver.）	Shizumu Yūhi (Akōsutikku ver.)	Depressing Sunset (Acoustic ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	闇の男爵ナイトバロンのテーマ	Yami no Danshaku Naito Baron no Tēma	Baron of the Darkness, The Night Baron's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
15	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
16	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
18	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
19	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
20	コナン組曲－Captured In Her Eyes	Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes	Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
21	イースターエッグの謎	Iisutā Eggu no Nazo	Mystery of the Easter Egg	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
22	月夜のテーマ２	Tsukiyo no Tēma 2	Moonlit Night Theme 2	Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack
23	対決のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Showdown Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
24	悲しいほど貴方が好き	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki	I Love You As Much As I'm Sad	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki
25	事件解決	Jiken Kaiketsu	Case Resolution	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	لغز اختفاء الجدة	The Mystery of the Grandmother's Disappearance
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La promesa de l'Aya Ueto i d'en Shinichi, quatre anys enrere	Aya ueto and Shinichi promise, four years ago
German	Aya Ueto und Shin’ichi – Das Versprechen von vor vier Jahren	Aya Ueto and Shin’ichi – The promise from four years before
Italian	La promessa	The promise
Thai	สัญญาเมื่อ 4 ปีก่อนของอุเอโตะ อายะ กับ ชินอิจิ	Ueto Aya and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago
Vietnamese	Ueto Aya và Shinichi – Lời hứa của bốn năm trước

See also

• Season 11