Yellow Alibi

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Information
Title:	Yellow Alibi
Japanese title:	黄色い不在証明 (Kiiroi Fuzai Shōmei)
Original airdate:	July 23, 2007
Season:	16
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Knife
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Screenplay:	Takeo Ohno
Storyboard:	Yuzo Aoki
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	Rei Masunaga
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Ken Narita as Detective Okumura Junichi Sugawara as Detective Nakagawa Hiromichi Koyama as Detective Sugita Sukekiyo Kameyama as Osamu Kizuka Yōko Kawanami as Hiroko Inoue Ryūsei Nakao as Akira Takaoka
Music
Opening song:	Namida no Yesterday
Closing song:	I still believe ~Tameiki~

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

A hostess named Hiroko Inoue is found dead in her home by Osamu Kizuka, a colleague of Inoue's to be husband Akira Takaoka.

Murder
	Location: Inoue household Victim: Hiroko Inoue Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Akira Takaoka and Osamu Kizuka

Kizuka had a planned meeting with Takaoka on that day and was the reason he found the body. As Kogoro and Conan investigate, the police conclude it to be a random burglary after Takaoka's alibi proves he was at Fukushima Prefecture during the time of Inoue's death.

People

Akira Takaoka
	35 years old Independent film director

Hiroko Inoue
	Victim (strangled) 38 years old "Sunflower" Bar proprietor

Osamu Kizuka
	35 years old Scenario writer hopeful

Resolution

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Conan is able to find conclusive evidence on Akira Takaoka and tranquilizes Kogoro to reveal that Inoue was murdered in Fukushima and carried back to her home by Takaoka dressed as a delivery man. The time of Inoue's real death is shown when a video recording by Inoue is interrupted since Takaoka accidentally pulled the plug to the VCR. As evidence against Takaoka, there was coral sand found on Inoue's shoes and in the trunk of his car; a beach in Fukushima has coral sand. Takaoka confesses and reveals Inoue was forcing him into marriage to repay his debt to her.

See also

• Season 16