Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case

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Information
Title:	Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case
Japanese title:	小五郎の同窓会殺人事件 (Kogoro no Dōsōkai Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	August 5, 1996 (Part 1) August 12, 1996 (Part 2) August 16, 2014 (Part 1) (Remastered version) August 23, 2014 (Part 2) (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	13.4% 12.6%
Remastered rating:	8.9% 8.7%
Manga case:	#23
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 9: Files 4-6 (084-086)
English version
English title:	Richard's Class Reunion
Dubbed episode:	Episode 28-29
English airdate:	July 8, 2004 (Part 1) July 12, 2004 (Part 2)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Jun Omura
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri
Next Conan's Hint:	Gun (Part 1) Benkei (Part 2) Yukata (Part 1) (Remastered version) Ping-pong (Part 2) (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	27 Kou Matsuzono 28 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	27 Hirotoshi Takaya 28 Masatomo Sudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kazuhiro Yamaji as Yukio Ayashiro Takaya Hashi as Jun Omura Tomoko Miyadera as Yumi Horikoshi Mayumi Kitagawa as Noriko Ayashiro Tesshô Genda as Kazushi Nakamichi Isshin Chiba as Policeman Wataru Takagi as Robber, Next Conan's Hint Fumihiko Tsuburaya as Master of the inn Miya Sakita as Waitress
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	Meikyū no Lovers

Characters introduced

Jun Omura
	37/38 years old Hobby shop manager

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

After Kogoro and Conan take down a would-be bank robber, they head off to Kogoro's 15-year class reunion with Ran in Tochigi Prefecture. Kogoro's old friends were all on the state-winning Judo team together, but when the beautiful Yumi Horikoshi turns up in her room dead of an apparent suicide, the fun is abruptly ended.

Robbery
	Location: Alley Victim: Store Suspects: Robber Kogoro and Conan chased the robber into an alley. When the robber prepared to shoot, Conan used his kicking shoes, and kicked a brick at the robber, knocking his gun out of his hand, which allowed Kogoro to tackle the robber. However the gun quickly disappeared from the crime scene.

Suicide?
	Location: Benkei Private Inn Victim: Yumi Horikoshi Age: 37 years old Cause of death: Gunshot wound to Right temple Suspects: Yukio Ayashiro, Jun Omura, Noriko Ayashiro, and Kazushi Nakamichi

Part 2

Kogoro's class reunion continues, but all the catching up has finally caught up to the classmates leaving one of them dead! Is the killer still among them, and if so, can Conan apprehend him in time? Everyone's a suspect in this exciting episode of Detective Conan!

People

Yukio Ayashiro
	38 years old High school P.E. teacher University Beika Judo club former member

Jun Omura
	37 years old Hobby shop manager University Beika Judo club former member

Yumi Horikoshi
	Victim (gunshot) 37 years old Cosmetics company employee University Beika Judo club's former manager

Noriko Ayashiro
	37 years old Yukio's wife University Beika Judo club's former manager

Kazushi Nakamichi
	38 years old Detective from Chiba Police University Beika Judo club former leader

Private Inn staff
	Benkei Private Inn staff

Robber
	Bank robber

Policeman
	Local police officer

Resolution

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The killer is Kazushi Nakamichi. To settle their deals and as soon as the others were out of sight, confronted her and shot her in the head by using the gun that had been missing in the bank robbing case, which he stole. He did so at the moment the fireworks were set off, that way, the sound of the gunshot would be drowned out. Kazushi manage to trick everyone (except for Conan and Kogoro) into thinking that Yumi had committed suicide, taking also advantage of how Yumi had mentioned that she did want to kill herself due to depression and her really bad economic situation. Unfortunately, what Nakamichi didn't count on was accelerated rigor mortis, caused by exercising before dying; he played ping-pong with Yumi before killing her, but had to leave the room to make up an alibi when Conan and Ran were drawing close. Because Yumi held a ping-pong racket with her index finger pointing out, it was impossible to move it around the trigger of the gun once rigor mortis settles in.

Conan wanted to drug Kogoro to expose Nakamichi, but when he was about to do so, he heard Kogoro talking to himself about how angry he was at the idea of one of his beloved friends being a killer, then swearing to resolve the case no matter what. Conan was so moved by Kogoro's sincerity that instead of making him sleep, he limited himself to give him the pointers he needed to fully uncover Nakamichi's guilt. One of these was Conan mentioning a statue of the legendary Benkei, a warrior who died while on his feet. This made Kogoro realize the trick that Nakamichi used to fake the time of Yumi's death.

Nakamichi admitted to being the killer, explained why he killed Yumi, and then angrily attacked Kogoro, who then easily used a Judo throw to immobilize him. Nakamichi says Kogoro is still as strong as ever but Kogoro denies it, saying that Nakamichi has become weaker.

Motive

Kazushi and Yumi had been secretly dating for years, yet Yumi refused his marriage proposals no matter how many times he begged her to marry him. However, at some point Kazushi went into an omiai (arranged date) with the daughter of his boss, the two liked one another, and Kazushi decided to marry her instead. When he told Yumi about it, Yumi got so horribly jealous that she started blackmailing Nakamichi with private photos of themselves, which she threatened to send to his fiancé. Sick and tired of her interfering with his life, he made a deal with her to buy all of the photos of them together at the day of the reunion.

The school reunion was supposed to be the last time Kazushi and Yumi would see each other. Kazushi took the photos from Yumi's purse, then told Yumi about that and killed her, just as they .

Manga to anime changes

• The manga starts off at the reunion during the moment where Conan and Ran are bathing. The anime starts before the reunion is held with Conan and Ran trying to convince Kogoro to take them. During which a robbery takes place with Kogoro and Conan pursuing the robber. Kogoro is saved when Conan kicks the gun away from the robber. Afterwards, Kogoro, Conan, and Ran meet with Yumi who hopes to see all of them at the reunion. Meanwhile the culprit sneaks onto the scene to steal the gun used by the robber (though the culprit's not revealed until Part 2).

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Yukio Ayashiro - Scott Andros
• Yumi Horikoshi - Jamie Hummelford
• Noriko Ayashiro - Nancy Andros
• Kazushi Nakamichi - Craig Newberry

Remastered version

• A remastered version of this case was aired on August 16, 2014 (Part 1) and August 23, 2014 (Part 2).

Trivia

Episode 219

• Noriko Ayashiro reappears in the one year ago flashback from The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid.
• The pistol held by the victim is a Smith & Wesson 439.
• This is the first case where one of Kogoro's friends kills another one of his friends.
• This is the first case where the culprit is a policeman.
• This is the first case where Conan began to tranquilize Kogoro, and realizes that Kogoro WANTS and NEEDS to solve this case himself, so he gave him all needed hints to solve it, while awake.
• Kogoro noticed that Conan managed to kick a brick hard enough to knock the gun out of the robber's hand some distance away, and even asked him about it.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
2	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
5	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
7	蘭・愛のテーマ （ギターver.）	Ran・Ai no Tēma (Gitā ver.)	Ran's Love Theme (Guitar ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	蘭のテーマ （音コンテ）	Ran no Tēma (Oto Konte)	Ran's Theme (Sound Cue)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	コナンのRock&Roll２	Konan no Rock & Roll 2	Conan's Rock & Roll 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	沈む夕陽１	Shizumu Yūhi 1	Depressing Sunset 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Lovers	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
14	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
2	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	事件解明 （音コンテ）	Jiken Kaimei (Oto Konte)	Case Clarification (Sound Cue)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	沈む夕陽１	Shizumu Yūhi 1	Depressing Sunset 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
12	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	コナンの夢 （夕暮れver.）	Konan no Yume (Yūgure ver.)	Conan's Dream (Twilight ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （ジャズver.）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Jazu ver.)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Jazz ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Lovers	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
17	コナンの勝利 （夜空ver.）	Konan no Shōri (Yozora ver.)	Conan's Victory (Night Sky ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
18	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	جريمة في المدرسة القديمة جريمة في أثناء اللقاء بالأصدقاء القدامى	A Crime in the Old School A Crime During the Meeting with the Old Friends
Basque	Hilketa Kogororen lagunartean	Murder among Kogoro´s friends
Catalan (Balearic dub)	S'assassinat a sa trobada d'antics alumnes	Murder on former students meeting
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la trobada d'antics alumnes	Murder on former students meeting case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La reunió de companys de Kogoro	Kogoro mate's reunion
French	La Réunion de classe de Kogoro	Kogoro's Class Reunion
Galician	Asasinato na xuntanza de excompañeiros de Kogoro	Murder during the Kogoro's Meeting with Old Mates
German	Mord unter Freunden	Murder among Friends
Italian	Gita nel mistero	Excursion within Mystery
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Reunión de compañeros de Kogoro	Kogoro's Class Reunion
Spanish (American dub)	Homicidio en la reunión escolar de Carlos Guzmán	Homicide in Carlos Guzmán (Kogoro Mouri) scholar reunion
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมสมาคมศิษย์เก่าของโคโกโร่	Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case

See also

• Season 1
• List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri