The J League Bodyguard

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Episode 907 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The J League Bodyguard
Japanese title:	Jリーグの用心棒 (J rīgu no yōjinbō)
Original airdate:	July 14, 2018
Filler case:	#297
Season:	27
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ai Haibara Detective Boys Wataru Takagi Hideo Akagi Yasuhito Endo Tomoaki Makino Naoki Uemura
Next Conan's Hint:	Stadium tour
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Hajime Kamegaki
Storyboard:	Hajime Kamegaki
Episode director:	Hajime Kamegaki
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (Supervisor)  Hirona Okada, Shintani Ken, Yonemoto Nanae, Mari Tominaga
Character design:	Kyoko Yoshimi Kumiko Shishido (Design Works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Koji Tsujitani as Hideo Akagi Yuko Goto as Risa Miyamoto Toru Furusawa as Yuichi Tonozuka Tetsuya Iwanaga as Yasuaki Iwasada Jin Urayama as Mitsuru Murai Kazumasa Takemoto as Isha Hidemitsu Shimizu as Foreign man A Kazuaki Iwasada as Media Yasuhito Endo as Himself
Music
Opening song:	Countdown
Closing song:	Kamikaze Express

The J League Bodyguard (Jリーグの用心棒 ,J rīgu no yōjinbō) is the 907th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi (voice) Hideo Akagi Yasuhito Endo Tomoaki Makino Naoki Uemura

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

The case first starts in an office where two suspicious men are gambling and watching results on a computer. The first man says :" They are taking it in right from the start." and the other replies by the affirmative. That first man continues by telling "The Japanese will understand what gambling is all about." As they watch results, the game then comes at 8-2. The second man ask if they shoud proceed with buying and the first man says that it is being taken care of.

Illegal Gambling
	Location: Unknown place in England Way of illegal gambling: Computer results Culprits: Two english men The two men that were in that office were doing illegal gambling which is severely punished in Japan since it never happened in the J-League.

After this scene, the boss of the J League is talking to one of his employee Yasuaki Iwasada telling that Japan performance at the World Cup was disappointing with in background a poster of all-star J-League players written "The Second Half of the J League Starts Now!!".

Attempted Murder
	Location: J-League Stadium Victim: Kogoro Mouri Cause of Injury: Bottle containing laxatives Suspects: Yasuaki Iwasada, Yuichi Tonozuka and Risa Miyamoto Kogoro couldn't kick the ball in the penalty match since he suddenly felt pain in his stomach. He was then hurried to the infirmary.

People

Unknown Man
	Mysterious english man Gambler

Unknown Man 2
	Mysterious english man Gambler

Yasuaki Iwasada
	40 years old J League employee

Yuichi Tonozuka
	45 years old Tokyo Spirits Roupeiro

Risa Miyamoto
	22 years old Tokyo Spirits Roupeiro

Isha
	J League infirmary staff Doctor Avid soccer fan

Masunaga
	Tokyo Spirits goalkeeper

Real-Life People

Mitsuru Murai
	58 years old J League President and Chairman

Kazuki Fukai
	23 years old Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo current player #8

Yu Kobayashi
	30 years old Team Captain Kawasaki Frontale current player #11

Takuma Nishimura
	21 years old Vegalta Sendai current player #30

Gen Shoji
	25 years old Kashima Antlers current player #3

Kosuke Nakamura
	23 years old Kashiwa Reysol current player #23

Masato Morishige
	31 years old Team captain FC Tokyo current player #3

Pierce Waring
	19 years old Cerezo Osaka current player #46 (temporary number)

Chong Tese
	34 years old Shimizu S-Pulse current player #9 (Written #8 since there is a mistake)

Kaoru Takayama
	30 years old Shonan Bellmare current player #23 (Typewriting mistake: Bellemare instead of Bellmare)

Shu Kurata
	29 years old Gamba Osaka current player #10

Resolution

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Trivia

• The J League staff employee Yasuaki Iwasada was probably named after one of the voice actors, the one who voices the Media in the stadium, Kazuaki Iwasada.
• This is the second filler to reference Movie 16, after Episode 742.
• This is the first filler where Jodie Starling, James Black and Andre Camel make an appearance.
• Endo, a popular football player in Japan, reprised his own role from Movie 16.
• The licensed water bottles from the J League feature Hide and Naoki Uemura.
• Kogoro Mouri wears the Jersey number 556 which contrasts with the other player's shirt composed of one or two digits.

Gallery

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  Title Card

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  Tokyo Spirits Vs. Osaka Gamba

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  Players arrive

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  Match begins

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  Conan's deduction

See also

• Season 27
• The Eleventh Striker