The Partner is Santa-san

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Episode 566 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Partner is Santa-san
Japanese title:	相棒はサンタさん (Aibō wa Santa-san)
Original airdate:	February 27, 2010
Season:	19
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi Detective Chiba
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Towel
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Screenplay:	Takeo Ohno
Storyboard:	Seiki Taichuu
Episode director:	Kouichirou Kuroda
Animation director:	Michitaka Yamamoto Masashi Hasegawa
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Isshin Chiba as Detective Chiba Rie Kugimiya as Santa Ishikawa Sayaka Ohara as Shigeko Ishikawa Yōsuke Akimoto as Toshihiko Yamanaka Masaharu Satō as Riki Kurata Shinapachi Tsuji as Sweet Potatoes Courier Hiro Shimono as Minoru Morikawa
Music
Opening song:	As the Dew
Closing song:	Hello Mr. my yesterday

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi 100px Detective Chiba

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Turbo Engine Skateboard Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Case

Situation

Shigeko Ishikawa is being stalked by an unknown man. While Kogoro investigates, Conan is forced to watch over her two-year-old son nicknamed Santa. For his very young age, however, Santa turns out to be very hyperactive and sociable, so Conan has difficulties keeping up with such a child.

Ishikawa is later kidnapped by the unknown man and Conan investigates Santa's home in order to search for clues.

Kidnapping
	Location: Toshihiko Yamanaka's pet shop Hostage: Shigeko Ishikawa Suspects: Unknown culprit

Conan finds a feather of a White-eye and learns that Santa has been giving away figurines to people in the neighborhood. Conan realizes what the culprit's motive is after learning about the endangered counterpart of the White-eye, the Black-eye.

People

Santa Ishikawa
	2 years old Shigeko Ishikawa's child

Shigeko Ishikawa
	30 years old Santa's mother

Minoru Moriwaki
	22 years old Beika University School of veterinary medicine student

Toshihiko Yamanaka
	Pet Shop Yamanaka management

Resolution

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Kurata attempts to steal the bird.

Santa takes Conan to the house of the man where a White-eye figurine was placed. Conan reads a note and realizes the culprit is at an abandoned pet store. At the store, Conan confronts the culprit, Toshihiko Yamanaka, and reveals that Yamanaka was intending to sell the endangered Black-eye in the black market and kidnapped Santa's mother when he perceived the White-eye figurine to be a threat. Conan clears the misunderstanding and explains Santa gave him the figurine in as a friendly gesture; Yamanaka realizes he did a horrible thing, releases Shigeko and prepares to turn himself in.

The dealer, Kurata, whom Yamanaka has organized a meeting with, doesn't share the idea. He attempts to steal the bird and takes little Santa as a hostage; Conan's sleeping darts are stuck in his watch so he cannot 'shoot' Kurata, but when the baby bites his kidnapper in the arm and is released, Conan takes the chance to use his Power Shoes and kick a ball into him, apprehending the dealer.

Later that day, it is revealed that Santa's real name is Haruka Ishikawa and that she is a little girl. Ran gives Haruka a hair ribbon and says she knew because Haruka hugged her at the start of the episode, and she did it in a way that's more typical of baby girls (with their whole bodies) than of baby boys (only with their arms). Conan also knows by that point... but because he had to go into the bathroom with little Haruka.

See also

• Season 19