Kogoro Mouri's Imposter

Chronology
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Episode 243-244 (Int. Episode 262-263)
Information
Title:	Kogoro Mouri's Imposter
Japanese title:	毛利小五郎のニセ者 (Mōri Kogorō no Nisemono)
Original airdate:	July 23, 2001 (Part 1) July 30, 2001 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	19.7% 18.4%
Manga case:	#89
Season:	9
Manga source:	Volume 31: Files 2-4 (308-310)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Misao Yamamura
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Cellphone (Part 1) Ceiling light (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama (chief)
Organizer:	Mashu Ito
Storyboard:	Mashu Ito
Episode director:	243: Hiroshi Kurimoto 244: Mashu Ito
Animation director:	243: Takehiro Hamatsu 244: Izumi Shimura
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Junko Yamanaka and Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Toshio Furukawa as Misao Yamamura Yasuo Muramatsu as Yoshiro Onda Kozo Shioya as Eiji Urakawa Junichi Kagaya as Masao Jinbo Kan Tokumaru as Tatsuo Mori Shinpachi Tsuji as Voice on phone (Episode 244) Isshin Chiba as Forensics officer (Episode 244) Naoki Makishima as Employee (Episode 244) Fumiko Miyashita as Waitress (Episode 244) Saeko Chiba as Girl A (Episode 244) Akiko Kobayashi as Girl B (Episode 244)
Music
Opening song:	destiny
Closing song:	always

Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (毛利小五郎のニセ者 ,Mōri Kogorō no Nisemono) is the 243rd and 244th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Misao Yamamura

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

A man named Tatsuo Mori uses his physical resemblance to Kogoro Mouri to impersonate him at a traditional hotel near a creepy forest, probably inspired by the real Aokigahara Forest, where he is invited to investigate a case where a man is said to have committed suicide four-five years ago. Kogoro goes there without knowing about the double. On the way the trio is picked up by Detective Yamamura. Yamamura tells them about a man who committed suicide four-five years ago. There were a lot of strange things about the body. It had car keys, but no drivers license, cigarettes, but no lighter, and it was wearing a red winter coat, despite that a recipe, proved that he died in summer. Kogoro explains that the inn owner has hired him to investigate a mystery. Five years ago a long-haired man wearing a red coat arrived and paid the owner to keep a letter and a briefcase for him for a year. The instructions were that if the long-haired man came back, he should give him the briefcase, if someone else comes, the owner shall give him the letter. The day after another man came and ask for the briefcase. The owner gave him the letter as told to, and the man became mad upon reading it, torn it to pieces and left and was never seen again. The owner pieced together the letter, on which were written in red 'I kill you with my curse'. When they all arrive, they learn of the double. Kogoro is first enraged, but then he decides to play along and not reveal his identity. Later that night, Tatsuo is found hanged in his room.

Suicide? (Past)
	Location: Forest Victim: Man with the red coat Time: 4 years ago Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Yoshiro Onda, Masao Jinbo, and Eiji Urakawa

Suicide?
	Location: Aoiya Inn Victim: Tatsuo Mori Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Yoshiro Onda, Masao Jinbo, and Eiji Urakawa

Conan reveals that it is a murder and that it relates to the suicide incident five years ago.

People

Yoshiro Onda
	58 years old Aoiya inn owner Kogoro's client

Tatsuo Mori
	Victim (hanged) Kogoro Mouri's imposter

Masao Jinbo
	34 years old Aoiya staff

Eiji Urakawa
	37 years old Aoiya staff

Man
	Deceased (hanged) A long-haired man wearing a red coat

Resolution

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The culprit is Masao Jinbo. Jinbo and the brown haired man whom he killed 5 years ago in the forest of suicide victims were involved in an embezzlement scam that acquired them 50 billion yen from a confectionery enterprise. They then decided to leave the money in a briefcase at an inn for safekeeping and to build its interest. The brown haired man had a feeling that his partner would kill him to keep all the money so he removed the bills to a hidden location, leaving a threatening post death message in a jar. The brief-case now containing the money was under the possession of the owner.

Robbery (past)
	Location: Confectionery company Time: 5 years ago Amount: 100 million Yen Culprits: Masao Jinbo and Man with the red coat

Jinbo decided the only way he could obtain the money now was to employ himself as a worker at said inn. Few years later he discovered a suicide body and stole cigarettes, milk and recipe from it and planted it on his dead partner's body to create a false time of death, when the body would be discovered. When he learn that the inn owner would get Kogoro to investigate the mystery, he hired Tatsuo Mori to retrieve the brief-case, under the impression he would get paid. Discovering that there was only a sumo magazine, that actually contained hints to the treasure's location, Tatsuo felt double crossed and threatened to tell the real Kogoro everything once he arrived. Jinbo killed Tatsuo to keep him silent, then managed to discover the treasure's location, thanks to hints from Conan, before getting caught. It turns out that Jinbo had given himself away right from the start. When Kogoro and the others arrived, and no one knew that Kogoro was the real Sleeping Kogoro or had even met Detective Yamamura before, Jinbo had approached him with Ran's cell phone saying 'Is this your daughter's' after seeing the sticker with Ran's full name on it. Hence Jinbo had revealed that he knew from the start that that Kogoro was the real Sleeping Kogoro.

Afterwards, Kogoro picks up girls who are his fans and gives them a ride in the car.

Trivia

• Misao Yamamura's car is a green 1999 Toyota FunCargo [XP20].
• After learning of his imposter, Kogoro gave the name Echigo Mitsuemon, which is a reference to Mito Kōmon, a TV drama character based off famous Japanese feudal lord Tokugawa Mitsukuni.
• At the end of the case, talking to some fangirls, Kogoro said that his name was "Toyama Kingoro", a mash-up of his own name and Tōyama no Kin-san, a TV show character based off famous samurai Tōyama Kagemoto.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	destiny	destiny	destiny	destiny
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	夜の探索	Yoru no Tansaku	Night Search	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
4	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6	黒い影─挑戦	Kuroi Kage - Chōsen	Black Shadow - Challenge	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	新少年探偵団のテーマ	Shin Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The New Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
8	毛利小五郎のテーマ	Mōri Kogorō no Tēma	Kogoro Mouri's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	暗殺者のテーマ─事件の予感	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Jiken no Yokan	Assassin's Theme - Foreboding Case	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
11	事情聴取	Jijōchōshu	Police Interrogation	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
12	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	always	always	always	always

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	destiny	destiny	destiny	destiny
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki	Assassin's Theme - Sniping	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
4	犯人（スナイパー）の正体	Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai	The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6	キーワードの謎解き	Kiiwādo no Nazotoki	Keyword to the Riddle Solution	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
7	夜の探索	Yoru no Tansaku	Night Search	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
8	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
11	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
12	コナン組曲－Captured In Her Eyes	Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes	Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	always	always	always	always
14	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	منتحل شخصية توغو موري	Togo Mouri’s Imposter
Bahasa Melayu	Penyamar Kogoro	Kogoro imposter
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El fals Kogoro Mouri	The fake Kogoro Mouri
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'imitador de Kogoro	Kogoro's impersonator
Galician	O imitador de Kogoro Mouri	Kogoro's impersonator
German	Kogoros Doppelgänger	Kogoro's Double
Italian	L'impostore	The Imposter
Spanish (American dub)	El impostor de Kogoro Mouri	The imposter of Kogoro Mouri
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El Kogoro Mouri impostor	Kogoro Mouri's imposter
Thai	โมริ โคโกโร่ ตัวปลอม	The Kogoro Mouri imposter
Vietnamese	Kẻ mạo danh thám tử Mori Kogoro	Detective Mori Kogoro's Imposter

See also

• Season 6