Character design recycling
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Characters designs are used when a single visual design is used in multiple episodes for different characters. When character recycling occurs, the characters are generally identical in appearance, with only small cosmetic changes.
Detective Conan: The Mechanical Temple Murder Case
Miki Tosawa's design is based on Ryoko Akagi from the Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case. The head of the eponymous temple, on the other hand, is based on Masashi Oyama from the Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case, just with white instead of black hair. Another character is modelled after Katsuki Doito.
Yaeko Kamei's from The Bay of Revenge character design is re-used for a Sumida River boat guest in The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River. They aren't the same person, because Yaeko is a widow and arrested for murder, while that woman is with her husband.
Shiro Konno's character design from Night Baron Murder Case is re-used in The Wandering Artist Murder Case, Dracula's Villa Murder Case, The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case, and Captured in Her Eyes.
Officer Tome's character design is re-used for a forensic member of Shizuoka Prefectural Police in Night Baron Murder Case.
Hirumo sisters from The Lover Gone Missing in a Snowstorm are modelled after the ice sculpture at the beginning of The Unsolvable Ice Trap, then Shiota could be an acquaintance of them. Their character design is also re-used for the three women in Friendship Washed Away in the Riverbed.
The character design for the CSI member from the Gunma Prefecture Police in The Sealed Western-Style Window is the same as Miss Tome's.
Kobayashi from The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case is the surname and character design on which Detective Kobayashi was based.
The character design for Chihiro Ohgi The Super Narrow Shop Crime Scene is the same Natsumi Miyadai's in Sunflowers of Inferno.
Hasue Kira and Mitsuaki Funato from Episode 279-280 reappear in the photos entitled "Naomi Tsuku" and "Waka Saitou" on the culprit's laptop in The Private Eyes' Requiem. Yoshitaka Nigaki and Mika Konakawa from Episode 266-268 reappear in the photos entitled "Hitomi T" and "Hutoshi Yama" on the culprit's laptop in The Private Eyes' Requiem. Tetsuya Aoyagi and Ayaka Yoshino from The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus reappear in the pictures about Yokohama University club's first and seventh president in The Private Eyes' Requiem. Also Ayaka Yoshino and Yasunori Domoto from the same episode reappear in the one year ago flashback from The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid
The director and Nobuharu Nagumo from The Unseen Suspect reappear in the photos entitled "Masao Sueoka" and "Kazu Iwasawa" on the culprit's laptop in The Private Eyes' Requiem. The doctor and the nurse from The Cursed Tears of Borgia reappear in The Unsolved Cocktail Case.
Kazuyoshi Sunaoka from The Murdered Famous Detective reappears in the picture about Yokohama University club's eighth president in The Private Eyes' Requiem.
Akio Muramatsu from The Final Screening Murder Case reappears in the photo entitled "Keisuke T" on the culprit's laptop in The Private Eyes' Requiem.
Norikazu Sasai from ep 9 reappears in the one year ago flashback from The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case as a passenger Masako Arai from ep 183 reappears in The Private Eyes' Requiem as Miracle Land nurse, and Yasuo Murakami from ep 183 in the picture about Yokohama University club's sixth president in movie 10.
Shizuka Kawai from ep 158 eappears in The Private Eyes' Requiem as a thief's victim in Miracle Land. Haruyuki Hoshino from ep 175 reappears in the picture about Yokohama University club's fifth president in The Private Eyes' Requiem.
Chie Taniguchi from ep 196 reappears at Miracle Land in The Private Eyes' Requiem.
Chiyoko Kandori from ep 205-206 reappears in the one year ago flashback from The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid.
Takayuki Irie from ep 207 reappears in the picture about Yokohama University club's second president in The Private Eyes' Requiem. Ryoichi Aonogi from ep 210-211 reappears in the picture about Yokohama University club's ninth president in The Private Eyes' Requiem.
Kaori Obayashi from ep 214 reappears in the picture about Yokohama University club's third president in The Private Eyes' Requiem.
Masaki Usami from ep 264-265 reappears in the photo entitled "Maki Miura" on the culprit's laptop from The Private Eyes' Requiem. Toshiyuki Hiranuma from ep 688 reappears at the Tohto Aquarium in The Darkest Nightmare.
Tatsuo Yamagami from ep 87 makes a brief cameo in Strategy Above the Depths.
Mizuki from movie 15 reappears in Private Eye in the Distant Sea, then she was discharged for accidentally having pushed her sister to death. Koichi Yamamoto from The Shaking Restaurant reappears in The Private Eyes' Requiem as a Yokohama homeless gaz, and Reiko Hanaoka and Saki Yoshizawa from the same episode in the photos entitled "Jyunpaku H" and "Asuka Sawasa" on the culprit's laptop.
Suzu Mikami from A Ghost Ship Murder Case reappears only in a poster in The Locked Bathroom Murder Case. Kurara Midorikawa from ep 512 has Reiko Kujo's little similar character design and reappears only in a poster from Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention. in a poster from Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention.
Mizutani and Sawamura from movie 13 reappear in Private Eye in the Distant Sea, then the organization decided to not kill them for their relationship with the serial killer. Naomichi from ep 6 will make a cameo in The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case
Ryoichi Takahashi from ep 34-35 reappears in the one year ago flashback from The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case.
Noriko Ayashiro from ep 27-28 reappears in the one year ago flashback from The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid.
Maria Toda from ep 57-58 reappears in the one year ago flashback from The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case.
Reiji Fukuura from A Friendship That Can't Be Bought reappears at Miracle Land in The Private Eyes' Requiem. Bunjiro from movie 8 reappears in Private Eye in the Distant Sea. Noburo Ikema from ep 291-293 reappears in the photo entitled "Shidayuki" on the culprit's laptop in The Private Eyes' Requiem.
