Reiko Kujo
| Reiko Kujo | |
| Japanese name: | 九条 玲子 (Kujō Reiko) |
|---|---|
| Age: | 33 |
| Gender: | Female |
| Occupation: | Prosecutor |
| Nicknames: | Madonna of Prosecutors |
| First appearance: | Anime: Episode 264 |
| Appearances: | Episodes: 7 |
| Japanese voice: | Rica Matsumoto |
Reiko Kujo (九条 玲子 Kujō Reiko) is a character in the anime franchise Detective Conan.
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Background
Reiko Kujo is Eri Kisaki's rival in those courtroom battles where the two meet on opposing sides. She is a well known professional lawyer who has gathered a reputation as a successful, independent, feared and respected female prosecutor at the Tokyo District Court and, as a result of such, the nickname Madonna of Prosecutors (検察のマドンナ Kensatsu no Madon'na).
Some years ago, she begins her legal activity in the S.I.D. (Special Investigation Department), with Takeshi Nezu[1] as her boss. Five years ago, her boss was the primary prosecutor in a case which started as an investigation into the Takeuchi Construction Company scandal, over some defective townhouse construction work, but they began to suspect it involved bribery on a political level and joined forces. But then the key deponent of their case, the construction design office's manager, who was actually Hiroaki Takeuchi's boss, committed suicide and turned the case into a maze. They could have resolved the case on his testimony, but he suddenly changed his story entirely, which caused her to have no choice but to cease the prosecution. And then, Hiroaki married into Takeuchi Construction and became a key figure in the company. Her boss ended up being reassigned elsewhere, in Tottori, with his wife Kayoko and their son, where he died two years later, on November 27th.
Kujo first met Kisaki when the latter took up the defense of Shinji Usami, who was being accused of the murder of Hirasawa Tsuyoshi, who slew Usami's young son Masaki by thoughtlessness. She became determined to beat Kisaki's winning streak and thus further her reputation by defeating the one defender who had never lost a case. However, it turned out that while Usami was involved in the crime in question, he was actually providing a cover for the true culprit, his ex-wife Masako Kameda, who was subsequently exposed and arrested.[2]
Despite this defeat, with the help of her secretary Sasaki, Kujo vowed to humble Kisaki whenever a chance would present itself. However, she was always foiled by Conan's brilliance as a detective. In addition, a useful side effect of the confrontations between Kujo and Kisaki was that the latter's separated husband, Kogoro Mouri, would prepare to jump to his wife's defense in whatever way he could, even to the point of testifying as a witness in court.
Unlike Ran, Conan has heard so much about her before their meeting in person. She should note that Conan has a keen sense of observation, telling him it during a check out on the crime scene for their next trial. But as always, Kogoro contradicts her, because for his ignorance all he observed were useless things.[3]
Personality
Kujo is rather rash and eager to proclaim a defendant's guilt even with scant evidence at hand; whether this stems from her personal drive to defeat Kisaki or from her profession is as yet unrevealed. Whenever a case brings them together as opponents in the courtroom, Eri Kisaki and Reiko Kujo deal with each other on a strictly professional basis despite their intense rivalry. Each of them respects the other for her skills, however, and whenever a case turns against her, Kujo is fair enough to accept defeat and bring the true culprit to justice.
Kujo has a habit of twirling her pen around her finger when tense or in thought. She lives alone and, during her break, trains in a sport center with a tapis roulant.
Appearance
Reiko appears to be a fairly tall woman with a fair skin tone, dark violet eyes and a long black hair. Furthermore, she is usually seen wearing business suits whenever performing in the court. She is right-handed.
Abilities
Intellectual Abilities
Kujo is a calculating and intelligent individual who carefully analyses her case piece by piece and thoroughly examines the flow and situation of her prosecutions. However, she often lacks concrete evidence(s) in her investigation(s) which usually results a backfire whenever she states her conclusions.
Appellations
Plot overview
Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro (Anime: 264-265)
Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Anime: 297-298)
Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness (Anime: 489)
She is the prosecutor against Hiroaki Takeuchi, who had been accused of Hit and Run incident with the death of a biker, Yasuyuki Matsukawa. However, the evidence suggests it was his wife, Mariko Takeuchi, who has committed the crime. Hiroaki calls her, telling to meet him, and he will tell her the truth. Accompanied by Mariko, she visits Hiroaki and sees him fall off his apartment balcony to his death.
Believing her questioning motivated his suicide, she quits her job as a prosecutor. But she learns from Eri the possibility it was a murder made to look like a suicide by Mariko. During the hearing, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and, with supporting evidence, reveals Mariko to be the cause of the Hit and Run and that she murdered Hiroaki.
Due to this case, she has been given a six-month salary deduction as punishment and is on technical leave for a month, and Eri was grilled by the higher-ups as well. But, it looks like it's a good break for her. She hasn't been on vacation for a while now, then takes it nice and slow, having a safe trip and forgetting about the case. She's heading to Tottori. Her former boss's third anniversary memorial is coming up, so she plans to visit his grave. She's back to her old self.
Courtroom Confrontation IV: Juror Sumiko Kobayashi (Anime: 606-607)
Relationships analysis
Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Eri Kisaki
Sasaki
Sasaki is her secretary and then the substitute prosecutor. It's very clear that he loves her, but it's still unknown if she reciprocates his feelings. He is also very similar to her former boss.
Presiding judge
Takeshi Nezu
Takeshi Nezu is his former superior.
Different looks
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In other languages
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
|---|---|---|
 Arabic |
ريكو Riko | كواجو Kawajo |
 Bahasa Indonesia |
Reiko | Kujo |
 German |
Reiko | Kujo |
 Italian |
Reiko | Kujo |
 Japanese |
玲子 Reiko | 九条 Kujō |
  Korean |
영주 Young Joo | 서 Seo |
 Thai |
เรโกะ | คุโจ |
Trivia
- Reiko Kujo is a character exclusive to the anime TV series and has no appearance in the manga series. She is also the second, anime-only character to make repeated appearances in the show, the first being Officer Tome of the CSI.
- Her character design minorly changes for episode 489: no lipstick and slight hair alterations. However, in subsequent episodes her original appearance has been restored.
- Kurara Midorikawa, a 28-year-old actress in The Broken Horoscope and in a poster from Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention (Part 2), has her same character design.
- The photo in her apartment from episode 489 seems to be right about Kudo Residence, then she could be a Kudo family's acquaintance.
References
- ^ Takeshi Nezu (根津武 Nedzu Takeshi) is the same name (根津猛 Nedzu Takeshi) of the victim murdered in And It'd Be Nice if Everybody Disappeared.
- ^ Episodes 264-265
- ^ Episode 606. Conan looks her that he don't see a vase despite there being a vase mat on top of that. She confirms who he's right, because the area around the missing vase was bleached by the sun. Conan noted that the housekeeper looked pretty nervous when asked about the vase and, when he asked her if she knows anything about it, she tells that vase belonged to the victim's wife and was placed there after her death, but it looks like the victim got rid of it recently. For a second, Conan thought it was knocked off and shattered as a result of the struggle with the culprit. She informs him that they didn't find any vase fragments during the initial inspection of the scene. Their short conversation about Conan's knowledges is interrupted by the housekeeper, who tells then she'll be on her way.
