The J League Bodyguard

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Episode 907
(Int. Episode 962)

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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
Broadcast rating: 6.6%
Filler case: #296
Season: 28
Manga source: TV Original
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ai Haibara
Detective Boys
Wataru Takagi
Hideo Akagi
Yasuhito Endo
Tomoaki Makino
Naoki Uemura
Jodie Starling
Andre Camel
James Black
 Shigetatsu Masunaga
 Masakiyo Maedono
Tsuyoshi Itazawa
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
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
Mari Tominaga
Ken Araya
Nanae Yonemoto
Character Design: Masatomo Sudo
Kyoko Yoshimi (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (Design Works)
Music
Opening song: Countdown
Closing song: Kamikaze Express
Chronology
Prev episode: « Eyewitness Testimony Seven Years Later
Next episode: Friendship Washed Away in the Riverbed »
List of episodes
The Eleventh Striker post-story.

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. This episode is a post-story for The Eleventh Striker.

Cast

Gadgets

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 with an 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 asks if they should proceed with buying, and the first man says that it is being taken care of.

Illegal Gambling

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Location: Unknown place in England
Illegal gambling way: Computer rig 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

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Location: J-League Stadium
Victim: Kogoro Mouri
Age: 38 years old
Injury: Abdominal pain due to 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

  • Real-life people

  • Resolution

    Trivia

    Japanese soccer player Yasuhito Endo in the recording room.
    • The J League staff employee Yasuaki Iwasada was named after Yasuaki Iwasada, the J League Media Promotion manager who in charge of working with Detective Conan production committee during the pre-production of The Eleventh Striker and during the pre-production of every collaboration episode that concerns the J League. However, the character was voiced by normal voice actor. Iwasada himself voiced mass media reporter in this episode.
    • This episode is made to commemorate the 25th anniversary of J League, was aired during 2018 FIFA World Cup, and is the second filler to reference movie 16, after Promise with a J-Leaguer. However, as Kazunari Kouchi, the writer of movie 16, passes away in 2016, Hajime Kamegaki wrote the episode instead.
    • Yasuhito 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 Uemura.
    • Kogoro wears the Jersey number 556, which is pronounced similar to his name in Japanese.

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) El guardaespatlles de la lliga japonesa The bodyguard of the Japanese League
    Flag of France French (Subbed) L'ange gardien de la J. League The guardian angel of the J League
    Flag of Thailand Thai บอดี้การ์ดแห่งเจลีก The bodyguard of J League
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Người bảo hộ J League

    See also

    Episodes of Season 28
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    Detective Conan Movies
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