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Wataru Takagi

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{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Wataru]] and [[Takagi]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Wataru Takagi
| japanese-name = 高木渉 (Takagi Wataru)
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = Wataru Takagi 1.png
| age = 26<ref>[[Volume 36|Volume 36, File 10, Page 6: "Red Trap"]]; Takagi says that Sato is 2 years older than him (彼女は二つ年上で先輩なんだから...) In Conan Drill page 29, Sato is assumed to be about 28.</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Unnamed nephew<ref>[[The Eleventh Striker|The Eleventh Striker]]</ref>
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| nicknames =
| aliases = Takao<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref>
| status = Alive
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|File 171]] Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Episode 21]] (prototype) / [[Night Road Murder Case|Episode 66]] (official)
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]] (FUNimation) [[Bill Townsley]] (FUNimation, episode 50) [[Christopher Bevins]] (Bang Zoom!) [[Diego Klock-Perez]] (Macias Group) [[Aaron Campbell]] (Studio Nano)
| drama-actor = [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Wataru Takagi|高木渉|Takagi Wataru}}''' is a police sergeant and detective from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo Metropolitan Police District]]'s Criminal Investigation First Division and the love interest of [[Miwako Sato]].

== Background ==
Wataru Takagi is a newcomer to the Tokyo Police Criminal Investigations Division 1, having transferred after the bomber case about three years ago but by the time [[Shinichi Kudo]] first established his reputation as a detective, about two years ago.<ref>Manga Chapters 204-207: Shinichi's First Case, and Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref> His mentor was a senior agent called Date, who died one year before the present timeline. In his last moments Date entrusted Takagi his notebook, which had a ring for his girlfriend Natalie Kuruma hidden. He kept Date's notebook as a personal motivation to be just as good as Date. It was first a year later he realized that Date's girlfriend was Natalie, but it was too late to give her the ring, because she committed suicide soon after Date's death. He was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters first introduced in an Anime original] case at an on location film set.

Ever since his joining the force, Takagi (like so many of his other colleagues) has harbored romantic feelings for [[Miwako Sato]]. While Sato appeared to have taken a liking to him as well, Takagi was easily discouraged by the way she dealt with other male colleagues, including their superior Inspector Megure (though in that case it was more a daughterly affection to a father figure, since Sato's father had died when she was very young).<ref>Manga Chapter 233: Countdown</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> In time, thanks to several severe incidents - and despite the interference of the other officers in the department, chiefly [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] -, their professional relationship grew more personal,<ref>Manga Chapters 267-269: Sato's Father Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 369-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 404-406: Missing Ring Case</ref> and finally Sato and Takagi shared their first kiss after he had been hospitalized in the course of a difficult case<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref> and kissed the second (and third!) time in Episode 683 when he almost died in a bomb accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref>

Takagi is among the investigators who receive the most near fatal experiences. That includes, among many things:
* Handcuffed to the window of a burning warehouse.
* Trapped in a tower containing a countdown bomb.
* Held hostages and shot by the criminal.
* Tied on a plank on a roofless two story building containing a countdown bomb, while the temperature outside is -20 Celsius degree.

Although at some point, Takagi briefly develops PTSD, he nevertheless relentlessly pursues justice, even if it endangers his life.

== Personality ==
While he is initially self-conscious and bumbling, Takagi is a dedicated member of the Tokyo Police Force and shows promise as a good officer as the series progresses. He is one of the few officers who trusts [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s judgments the most, listening to him at case scenes to find important evidence and sometimes even letting Conan take the lead in their investigation (the case with [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] handcuffed to the wrong suspect in the bathroom being a good example).<ref>Manga Chapter 232: Finding Evidence</ref>

Takagi has a strong intuition and sense of justice, and is very honorable. He has a strong drive to protect others, partially based in his profession as an officer, and partially based on a self-sacrificing trait in his personality. He is always very polite, even when alarmed, and defers to the judgment of his partner Miwako Sato not only because she is his senior, but because he truly respects her. 

His hobbies are playing the maracas<ref>Manga Chapter 620: The Vanished Blunt Weapon</ref> and following the international wrestling scene, being a fan of wrestlers such as [[Wikipedia: Bruiser Brody|Bruiser Brody]] and [[Wikipedia: Keiji Mutoh|Keiji Mutoh]], and recognizing a move that Ran does as the "Shining Wizard," a finishing move of Mutoh's.<ref>Manga Chapter 388: Wolf's Shadow</ref> In summary, his hobbies involve a lot of martial arts and sports.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Takagi-kun Takagi Wataru Takao-kun<ref name="file930">[[volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume88)]]</ref>|Sato-san Satoko-san<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Takagi-kun Takagi<ref name="ep791" />|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')}}

{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Takagi-kun|Shiratori-san}}

{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Takagi-san|Chiba}}

{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Takagi-kun Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')|Yumi-san}}

{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Takagi-san<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan Super Digest Book 80+ Page 113</ref>|Miike-san<ref>[[The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab|Episode 1130]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Takagi Takagi Wataru|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Date|Takagi|Date-san}}

{{appellations|Goro Otaki|Takagi-san}}

{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Takagi-kun}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file955">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 955: Whereabouts of the Betrayal (Volume 90)</ref> Amuro Tooru-san<ref name="file955" />}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684: Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 1)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|-|Jodie-san}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel-san}}

{{Appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda-san}}

{{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Sergeant Takagi (''Takagi junsa buchō'')|Kazami-san}}

{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}}
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'') Takagi-san<ref name="m4">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Ran-san}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Takagi<ref name="ep791">[[Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs]]</ref> Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>Episode 558: [[The Interrogation Room]]</ref>|Mouri-san}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475">[[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|File 475 (Volume 46)]]</ref>|Ai-chan}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475" />|Agasa-san}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Takagi|Genta-kun}}

{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Takagi-niisan|Ayumi-chan}}
|}
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<tab title="Thieves">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kaitou Kid Kid}}

{{appellations|Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|-|Lupin Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'')}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|-|Manager Ogura (''Ogura-tencho'')<ref name="ep645">[[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For|Episode 645]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|-|Sakurako-san}}

{{appellations|Sayo Ohashi|-|Ohashi-san<ref name="ep645" />}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Sera-kun Sera-san<ref>Chapter 1023</ref>}}

{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Yoko-san Okino Yoko}}

{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo Ryusuke}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Hondou Eisuke-kun}}

{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Genta-kun's dad (''Genta-kun no otōsan'')}}

{{appellations|Suguru Itakura|-|Itakura Suguru-san<ref>[[On the Trail of a Silent Witness|Episode 307]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Cute boy|-}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-| Kyogoku-kun<ref>File 1023</ref><ref>File 1024</ref>}}

{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Actor's Apartment Case (Manga: [[Volume 17|170]]-[[Volume 18|172]], Anime: [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|102-103]]) ===
Takagi makes his debut in the Manga series.

=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
This is the first case to show detective Takagi’s romantic affection for a female police officer, [[Miwako Sato]].

Initially, Takagi is tasked with the mission of recording the [[Detective Boys]]' testimonies regarding the events at the [[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Blue Castle]]. Just as they're about to begin, the children notice his untidy clothing and wonder if he doesn't have a girlfriend. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] offers to introduce to him his cousin's granddaughter, but Takagi awkwardly declines, stating that he has already had someone that he likes, right before detective [[Miwako Sato]] enters the room. Takagi keeps blushing, and his unnatural manner in front of Sato makes the Detective Boys think that she is really his girlfriend. However, both of them denies that this is true. Takagi wonders why Sato didn't go to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] in the bank robbery case, and learns that the bank manager, together with his wife, will arrive at the Police Headquarter. Sato asks Takagi whether he has heard anything from her friend Yumi. He silently recalls Yumi's words, about what Sato told her when she was drunk, that the person she likes is someone from the first investigation division, who may very well be Takagi himself.

The bank manager, Keizo Masuo, comes by himself and decides to call his wife. During the phone call, Takagi and the others suddenly hear the wife's scream. He, Sato, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and Keizo rush to Keizo's house and find his wife's dead body. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. When Sato sarcastically suggests that Shiratori may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", Takagi misunderstands and begins to suspect that the person whom Sato said she has feelings for is none other than Shiratori. He keeps thinking of unreal scenarios with Shiratori and Sato being together, and isn't able to fully concentrate on the case.

Later, with the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. After turning down the invitation of Shiratori, Sato invites Takagi to go out and have ramen for dinner, to which he accepts happily. Unexpectedly, a drunken Megure comes up and asks them to go for a drink with him at the bar, and Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the invitation to Takagi earlier. Because of this, Takagi suddenly suspects that Sato's love interest is in fact Inspector Megure, and declines the offer.

The case ends with a depressed Takagi lying on the table and being unable to do anything, even though he still hasn't taken the Detective Boys' testimonies yet.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) ===

=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
[[File:EP205-206b Case 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi was attacked with a blunt object while talking with Sato on the phone about the Shushiro case.]]

=== Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) ===

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===

=== American Kidnapped Man Case (Anime: [[The Man from Chicago|258-259]]) ===
When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===

=== Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===
[[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi about to kiss.]]

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) ===

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===

=== Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) ===

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===

=== Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) ===

=== Genta's Shot (Manga: [[Volume 55|567-569]], Anime: [[Genta's Certain Kill Shot|477]]) ===
In the anime, episode 477, at 11:50, Takagi is heard speaking numbers in French. In one of the Japanese Audio/English subtitles, his words are translated as "eins, zwei, drei," which is German, but he is actually saying "un, deux, trois." The victim was German, and Agasa says that when the dying victim (who spoke German, English and Japanese) was asked who the culprit was, he answered in his native tongue. Megure then turns to Takagi, who starts counting in French. Agasa then corrects him, saying "That's French," and then proceeds to count from one to eleven in German, solving the case. This exchange does not take place in the manga. This could suggest that Takagi is bilingual in French and Japanese (or at least took French in school).

=== Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) ===

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) ===

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) ===
[[File:681-7.png|thumb|200px|Takagi kidnapped.]]
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Takagi is kidnapped by a mystery man misunderstanding he is [[Wataru Date]] who made his daughter commit suicide. Around a year after the death of his friend and mentor Date, Takagi discovered that a suicide victim Natalie Kuruma was Date's girlfriend. Since the police investigation assumed that she killed herself due to having been dump, Takagi concluded that Natalie didn't know that Date had passed away in a traffic accident and decided to contact Natalie's next-of-kin to inform them of the truth. Since Natalie's parents had passed away, Takagi contacted the one who claimed her possessions, a colleague from English conversation school and old friend, Ryusaku Fuemoto. But due to that Natalie had never told her family her boyfriend's family name and because Date and Takagi had the same given name, Ryusaku mistook Takagi as the boyfriend who dumped Natalie, and lured him to Hokkaido. Police officers including [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] find their way to save Takagi with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s help. [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] saves Takagi on time before the bomb under him exploded.
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=== A Missing Item Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) ===
Takagi sees Sato is hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting some lost. Takagi thinks that she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) ===
Takagi and Sato put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.

=== Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) ===

=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case (Manga: [[Volume 106#Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case|1123-1125]], Anime: [[The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper|1184-1185]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Prior to manga appearances ===
Takagi was originally introduced as an [[anime]] only character to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] as well as [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] with the solutions to cases. He was inserted into both Manga canon episodes as well as TV originals. He appeared in 23 episodes spanning 20 cases before the [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|anime adaptation]] of his [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|first official Manga appearance]] aired.

=== On Location, TV Drama Murder Case (Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|21]])===
Takagi's first appearance in the [[anime]] series.

=== TV Station Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 11#TV Station Murder Case|102-104]], Anime: [[TV Station Murder Case|31]])===
The first Manga canon episode to feature Takagi despite him still being an Anime Original character at the time.

==== Captured in Her Eyes ([[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4]]) ====

==== The Bride of Halloween ([[The Bride of Halloween|Movie 25]]) ====

=== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]] ===
When [[Lupin III]] arrived in Japan to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Koichi Zenigata|Inspector Zenigata]] of the ICPO asked to use some of Inspector Megure's officers as part of a plan to prevent the theft. After seeing Miwako eagerly volunteer to join Zenigata's team (as Lupin was her first love), Takagi took part in the operation as well. However, at the scene of the planned crime, it was revealed that Takagi was actually Lupin, who had replaced Takagi after stealing his clothing and identity. After the heist, [[Yumi Miyamoto]] and [[Naeko Miike]] discovered the real Takagi stripped, bound and gagged inside a parking garage.

== List of disguises used ==
In one case, [[Parade of Malice and Saint]], he wore a disguise that by remarkable coincidence resembled [[Jinpei Matsuda]], Sato's late partner.
<gallery perrow=6>
File:EP301 Takagi as Matsuda.jpg|Jinpei Matsuda-esque disguise<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref>
File:EP643-14.png|''Mailman''<ref>[[Volume 72#A Wolf-Crier|Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits]]</ref>
File:Takao.jpg|''Takao''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref>
</gallery>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Miwako Sato ===
[[File:Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi.]]
{{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}}
His affection for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] is a driving force of his character development. While his insecurity and comical outside interference regularly gets in the way, he slowly manages to win her heart through his dedication, honesty and sincerity - traits Sato had also admired in her late colleague [[Jinpei Matsuda]]. Sato finally kisses Takagi after he has been severely wounded while protecting others.

=== Conan Edogawa ===
Takagi has come the closest of any of the Division One members to finding out [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s true identity. [[File: EP391 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan and Takagi.]]

In The Man From Chicago, Episode 258-259, When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

In the Tokyo Tower Bomber Case, while they waited for the elevator bomb's clock to run down to give the final clue to stop the greater crime, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], as Conan, told Takagi that he would answer Takagi's questions about his real identity "on the other side."

Takagi has also come to acknowledge Conan's sharp mind and intellect, taking Conan's observations seriously and even allowing him to accompany him to question suspects, most notably during the New Scar and the Whistling Man Case where he has the rest of the Detective Boys remain in the car.

He also fully supports Takagi's relationship with Sato, at one point orchestrated a plan to foil Shiratori's attempt of an arranged marriage with Sato. When asked for reasons, he didn't answer, but quietly relate the experience with Ran's relationship.

=== Kazunobu Chiba ===
[[File: EP526 4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kazunobu and Takagi.]]
Takagi and [[Kazunobu Chiba]] always work together on murder cases. Chiba is also the only male officer in their department who has had no obsessive crush on Sato, and in fact supported Takagi in his romantic endeavors on several occasions.

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Wataru Date|Date]] was Takagi's mentor and close friend who passed away in a traffic accident. As the pronunciation of his name was the same as Wataru Takagi's, Takagi and Date were nicknamed "the Wataru brothers" (ワタル・ブラザーズ). He is very loyal to his late friend's memory, as demonstrated when he tried to clear out misunderstanding around the death of Date's girlfriend. And he feels guilty in not living up to what he believes was Date's last wish; Giving Natalie a ring hidden in the notebook. He couldn't give her the ring, because Natalie had committed suicide soon after Date's death.

=== Other ===
In the non-canon 16th movie, "The Eleventh Striker," Takagi mentions that he saw a football (soccer) game with his nephew, but does not give a name. This implies that he has at least one sibling.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Takagi placed 14th in the poll with 46 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Takagi placed 10th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Takagi placed 10th overall with 226 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* He ranked 9th in the SDB 80+'s poll "Characters you want to marry the most", with 446 votes.

== Name origin ==
* Takagi is named after his voice actor. In the anime he was originally a nameless character called "Detective A" who would appear in the background in some episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1603/29/news079.html|title=声優・高木渉が「PON!」に生出演　高木刑事＆元太の声で映画「名探偵コナン」をアピール|date=2016-03-29|publisher=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> However while recording for [[Night Road Murder Case|episode 66]], Megure's voice actor [[Chafurin]] adlibbed asking Detective A "What's your name?", to which Takagi's voice actor mistakenly responded with his own name and replied "It's Takagi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://otapol.com/2016/01/post-5345.html|title=大河ドラマ『真田丸』に『コナン』の高木刑事が出陣中!?　ベテラン声優・高木渉の人気にNHKも東スポも驚く！|date=2016-01-17|publisher=https://otapol.com|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> While this ad-lib was not kept in for the airing, the name stuck and is used in this episode and beyond. Gosho included the name Wataru Takagi since it is also the name of a Detective created by Kenzo Kitakata named Yoshibumi '''Taka'''gi where only the first kanji in the surname is similar (高 - Taka).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 26]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Second Look.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 147]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 760]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|It doesn't matter whether it's a petty or a major crime, all crimes are unforgivable!}}
{{cquote|Every murderer makes at least one mistake.}}
{{cquote|I don't think you should forget him. When people die, they can only live through our memories.|[[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304]]}}
{{cquote|The way I see it, no matter the situation... No one’s dream can benefit from killing another person!|[[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|It’s certainly not right to lie, but you need to hold those who force others to lie accountable.|[[The Man Who Called for an Ambulance|Episode 405]]}}
{{cquote|But what you did is still a crime. No matter how unforgivable of an opponent. There’s no way to fix it with an apology!|[[A Mysterious Man - Overly Strict with Regulations|Episode 459]]}}
{{cquote|I always wake up the moment I fall off that plank. I keep telling myself..."I'm fine! I haven't fallen! I haven't fallen..."|[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684]]}}

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|واتارو Watāru|تاكاجي Takāji| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Bahasa Melayu|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) |涉 Shè|高木 Gāomù| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry Wataru|Wilder/Takagi<ref>In the manga</ref> Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Latin America)|''Not given'' Wataru|Torres Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Wataru|Takagi|In the anime, Takagi is pronunced like "Takaji"}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ватару Vataru|Такаги Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|วาตารุ Wātā-ru|ทาคางิ Thā-khāngi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* Despite debuting in [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case]] it isn't until the [[Karaoke Box Murder Case]] that Takagi is credited and referred to by that name.
* Takagi's appearance seems to have changed. His old hairstyle included a spikier fringe compared to the current one as well as a darker skin tone.
* Takagi drives a [[Cars|Nissan Skyline]],[[Cars|1966 Toyota Publica De Luxe [UP20-D]]].
* The name of the voice actor of Takagi is Wataru Takagi also.
* "Takagi" (高木) means "tall tree", his first name "Wataru" (渉) means "to cross".
* Takagi is the fifth character with most appearances on the anime, only less than the 3 protagonists and Inspector Megure; he has even more appearances than Detective Boys, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara.
*He can recognise police moves like File 1079 etc.

== Gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]]

== References ==
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Miwako Sato

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{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Sato]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Miwako Sato
| japanese-name = 佐藤美和子 (Satō Miwako)
| english-name = Detective Simone
| image = Miwako Sato 1.png
| age = 28<ref>Detective Conan Drill: The Dechipherment of Conan Page 29. Miwako's age is written as '''推定'''28歳 (presumably 28 years old).</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = April
| relatives = [[Masayoshi Sato]] (father, deceased) [[Mrs. Sato]] (mother)
| occupation = Police Detective (Assistant Inspector)
| nicknames =
| aliases = Satoko<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref>
| status = Alive
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 19#Stadium Bomber Case|File 190]] Anime: [[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|Episode 130]]
| appearances = {{:Miwako Sato Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 21]]
| japanese-voice = [[Atsuko Yuya]]
| english-voice = [[Kate Oxley]] (FUNimation) [[Katelyn Gault]] (Bang Zoom!) [[Sarah Bartels]] (Macias Group) [[Natalie Van Sistine]] (Studio Nano)
| drama-actor = [[Natsuhi Ueno]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Miwako Sato|佐藤美和子|Satō Miwako}}''', also known as '''Detective Simone''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a police assistant inspector and detective in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[Image:Miwako and her father.png|thumb|left|200px|Miwako and her last moment with her father.]]
Eighteen years ago, when she was still at elementary school, Miwako lost her father, [[Masayoshi Sato]], in a traffic accident as he was about to deliver a bank robber to the police - an event that marked her life. She eventually became a police officer on her own and now works alongside [[Inspector Megure]], [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], [[Kazunobu Chiba]], and especially [[Wataru Takagi]] in the Tokyo police district. Since joining the police force, her natural attractiveness has made practically every male police officer vie for her attention and scorns anyone who gets too close with to, always trying to interfere in any growing relationship.

Sato first met [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and the [[Detective Boys]] during a blackmail case against Nichiuri TV.<ref>Manga Chapter 190: The 56 Thousand Hostages</ref> In a subsequent case which dealt with a cunning murder of a banker's wife by her husband, she became impressed with Conan's intellect and deductionary ability and has since come to trust his judgements implicitly.<ref>Manga Chapter 210: An Unexpected Rival</ref> Eventually, the case of her father's death was also resolved with [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s help, which helped fanning the spark of affection she was feeling for him at the time.<ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> Although Sato generally follows order from Megure, at one point she secretly asks Takagi investigate a case and not reports to the police department on their whereabouts, which almost leads to their fatality.

Sato's first love interest was [[Jinpei Matsuda]], whom she only got to know briefly due to his death in a bomb explosion. Although she denied it at first, she finally acknowledged her feelings for Takagi. Nonetheless, for a very long time, each time they were about to take their relationship to the very next step, something got in the way (mostly in the shape of Miwako's best friend, [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]]), until Sato and Takagi - mostly undisturbed (thanks to the help of Conan and the Detective Boys for creating a makeshift reason for the interlopers to leave) - shared their very first kiss when Takagi was hospitalized in the course of a hard case.<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref> Then had their second kiss (and third) when Takagi survived a bombing accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref>

== Personality ==
Sato is considered one of the most dangerous members of the police, being not at all afraid to get tangled with dangerous men in fights, which she almost always wins. She has a strong sense of justice, and hates criminals who take lives for an idiotic reason. She does have a softer personality, in which she is very friendly with the [[Detective Boys]], and especially [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], whom she considers is a big help in difficult cases. When in action, however, Sato can be quite reckless and daring, which has earned her the title 'The Silver Witch' among car racers on Mount Fuyuna due to her driving style.<ref>Manga Chapter 663: The True Identity of the Witch</ref> Sato can also get highly emotional if cases involve people close to her, like Takagi and Matsuda.

Her favorite hobbies are going to the karaoke, attending all-you-can-eat buffets, and going out to eat ramen. She dislikes expensive restaurants.

She appears to be traumatized of Ferris Wheels most likely because of Matsuda, as seen during her date with Takagi in [[Tropical Land]].<ref>Manga Chapter 406: Misguided but Successful Arrest</ref>

== Appearance ==
Sato is a fairly tall and slender woman of fair complexion. She has short brown hair reaching just past her nape with strands framing the sides of her face and blue eyes. Apart from hair color, she is noted to have a striking resemblance to Sumiko Kobayashi, even similar hairstyles. She is well-recognized as a beautiful woman of curvaceous and well-endow built. Her beauty has ultimately made her very popular with nearly every male officer in the Tokyo Police Department. She is commonly seen wearing a light blue short skirt, dark blue shirt, blue jacket, black leggings, and low black heels.

== Skills ==
=== Physical Prowess ===
Greatly belying her feminine form, Sato is known to be a very fierce fighter, effortlessly taking down criminals much larger than her. She has advanced prowess in jujitsu and wrestling maneuvers, often ending the confrontation in a single move. She is also quite strong, having once crushed her cellphone in her hand during a fit of anger.

=== Firearms ===
Sato is proficient in guns, being able to aim accurately even in very difficult situations.

=== Driving ===
Sato is a strong and sometimes a reckless driver. She owns a Mazda RX-7.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Sato|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Sato Sato-kun|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Sato-san Lieutenant Miwako Sato (''Sato Miwako-keibu-ho'')<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|Episode 254]]</ref> Satoko-san<ref name="file930">[[volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume88)]]</ref>|Takagi-kun (usually) Takagi Wataru (rare) Sergeant Wataru Takagi<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|Episode 254]]</ref> Takao-kun<ref name="file930"/>}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Sato-san Miwako-san Sato<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref>|Shiratori-kun}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Sato-san|Chiba-kun}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Miwako|Yumi}}
{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Sato-san|Miike Miike-chan<ref name="file946">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 946 (Volume 89)]]</ref> ''Anata''<ref>[[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|Episode 681]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Anta<ref>[[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304]]</ref>|Matsuda-kun}}
{{appellations|Kenji Hagiwara|Officer Hagiwara Kenji (''Hagiwara Kenji-taiin'')<ref>[[The Bride of Halloween|Movie 25]]</ref> Hagiwara-san|-}}
{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Sato}}
{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Wataru Date|-|Date-san}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|-|Inspector Nakamori (''Nakamori-keibu'')<ref name="file545">[[Volume 53#Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces|File 545: Konjiki (Volume 53)]]</ref> Inspector (''Keibu'')<ref name="file545"/>}}
{{appellations|Koichi Zenigata|This girl (''kono nēchan''; talking to [[Lupin III]])|Inspector (''Keibu'') Inspector Zenigata (''Zenigata-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Detective Sogawa|Sato-san|file=Detective Sogawa.jpg}}
{{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Lieutenant Inspector Sato (''Satō keibuho'')|-}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Furuya}}
{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Miwako}}
{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'') Sato-san<ref name="ep791">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Ran-chan}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Mouri-san}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Miwako}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Ayumi-chan}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Genta-kun}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Agasa-san<ref name="m13"/> Professor (''Hakase'')<ref name="m13"/>}}
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|Sato Miwako-san Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Kobayashi-sensei}}
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{{appellations/head|Miwako}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Sonoko-chan}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Taiko Meijin<ref name="file946"/> Haneda Shukichi<ref name="file946"/> Your boyfriend (''kareshi''; talking to [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]]<ref name="file945">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 945 (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Lupin III{{!}}Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|Girl (''Onēchan'')|Lupin Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'') My first love (''Watashi no Hatsukoi'')}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|Kazuha-chan<ref>File 1068</ref>}}
{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>
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== Plot overview ==
=== Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|189]]-[[Volume 20|191]], Anime: [[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|130-131]]) ===
Miwako's first appearance was in episode 130, and in manga file 190, where she is seen trying to arrest the culprit's accomplice along with other police officers, but failed.

=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
This case is the very beginning of the long and enduring love story between Miwako Sato and her fellow police officer, [[Wataru Takagi]].

One night, Sato and her best friend [[Yumi Miyamoto]] from the traffic department have a drink together. In her drunken state, Sato unknowingly reveals to Yumi the person that she has feelings for. However, when she wakes up, she doesn't remember the exact details of what she has told her friend. The next day, Sato arrives at the Police Headquarters and meets up with detective [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], who is talking to the [[Detective Boys]] at the time. She asks Takagi who the children are, only to be mistaken by them that she is his girlfriend. However, both of them deny this. She also wonders if Takagi has heard anything from Yumi, without knowing that her friend has already told the police officer about what happened the previous night, saying that the person whom Sato likes is "someone from the first investigation division".

Later, the bank manager from a recent bank robbery case comes to see the police. During his phone call to his wife, everyone hears her sudden scream. Sato immediately drives Takagi, Conan and the manager to their house, only to discover the wife's stabbed body instead. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. Sato sarcastically congratulates Shiratori on his rapid promotion, and jokingly comments that he may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", without knowing that this statement has raised a major misunderstanding from Takagi, who thinks that she really has affection for the new police inspector.

With the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. When all is done, Shiratori invites Sato to have dinner with him at a restaurant that he knows, but she turns down the offer, saying that French cuisine isn't her favorite. She instead invites Takagi to go out and eat ramen together. Just as the misunderstanding earlier is about to be cleared and Takagi finally has the chance to be with Sato, a drunken [[Juzo Megure|Megure]] suddenly appears and suggests to them to go out for a drink with him at a bar. Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the other invitation to Takagi, thus raising another serious misconception: Detective Sato has special feelings for Inspector Megure.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) ===
In the course of chasing down Higashida, a suspect in a murder case, Sato corners him in a public bathroom and manages to cuff him to herself to end any further escape attempts. However, she soon discovers that she has accidentally cuffed them around a toilet pipe, meaning neither of them were going anywhere. When Higashida protests his innocence, and that he has to catch a plane the next day to attend his daughter's wedding, Sato relies on Takagi and the Detective Boys to find the true culprit without alerting headquarters to the embarrassing situation - headquarters, meanwhile, launches a hunt for the apparently missing Higashida, Sato and Takagi. While Takagi and the Detective Boys are able to unveil the true culprit, proving Higashida innocent, they also discover that the building that Sato is trapped in is due to be demolished by Agasa using the Tropical Rainbow device, an experimental bomb that detonates with a multicoloured explosion. Conan manages to subdue Agasa before he hits the button using his [[Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes|power shoes]], and Sato is cut free - though naturally the embarrassing situation was found out. Sato also finds herself having to explain to Takagi that she only sees Megure as a father figure - much to Takagi's relief.

=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
It is the last day before the case of Sato's father's death - a murder/robbery - hits the statute of limitations, allowing the culprit to leave scot-free. Sato intends to solve both this case and a serial arson case currently ongoing in the city, promising Takagi a request if they are successful. In the course of investigating, Sato gives Takagi her father's handcuffs to use, being as hers had to be broken to release her during the [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|Innocent Suspect case]]. However, the arsonist attacks Takagi and uses the cuffs to restrain him to a set of window bars in his final target building. As midnight approaches, Sato - unaware of Takagi's predicament - sits down with the culprit of her father's murder, and once midnight has passed he reveals to her the entire story. At this point, Sato reveals to him that given that time outside Japan does not count towards the statute of limitations, and he had spent time in Italy since the crime, the time limit had been extended some. While the suspect knew this, upon returning to Japan from Italy a flight delay due to bad weather caused his arrival time to fall just after midnight the day after the scheduled time - meaning there are in fact still twenty-four hours in which he could be charged, and he had just given a full confession. He is promptly arrested.

Sato is then informed of Takagi's situation, and returns to the warehouse where the arsonist - subdued by Conan - has struck. Takagi has managed to escape by breaking the window bars off the frame - being unable to bring himself to break Sato's father's handcuffs - and he collapses in Sato's arms, but ultimately survives. Once he has recuperated, he uses his request to ask Sato out on a date - which she doubles with tailing a suspect, to Takagi's annoyance.

=== Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) ===

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
[[File:Miwako picking randomly.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato randomly picks up a file.]]
In these episodes, Sato and Takagi's feelings for each other are explored. Sato chose randomly and incidentally landed on Shiratori for her omiai (arranged date). Meanwhile, Sato realized her feelings for Takagi. Before she and Shiratori can kiss, Conan stopped them with Takagi and [[Tomoaki Araide|Dr. Araide's]] help.

=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===
Sato and the rest of the department are undercover at the Tokyo Spirits' victory parade, having received a fax alluding to a bombing from three years ago that targeted police. She comes across the Detective Boys and Professor Agasa, and then Takagi, also undercover. However, Sato abruptly slaps him and scolds him, since as a new addition to the Beika police he did not have to be undercover. Privately, she is upset that his diguise makes him resemble [[Matsuda Jinpei|an officer]] who apparently died in the prior case. Takagi returns his disguise to his car, shortly before a bomb explodes underneath the car. Sato attempts to pull him out, suffering burns on her hands, before Miyamoto informs her that Takagi had in fact gotten away. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys, it is determined that the allusions to the previous case and the bombs are all false flags and this is in fact a robbery targeting the postal service - the police organise a sting and the offenders are taken in.

Later, Sato suggests to Takagi that they should cancel an upcoming date as everyone who Sato cares about, including her father, an old teacher, a club senpai and (though she does not say out loud) the officer that died in the previous bombings, seems to disappear and she would prefer not to live through such pain again. Takagi struggles to reveal his feelings, and ultimately - in front of the Detective Boys, Shiratori, Miyamoto, and a significant portion of the police department - agrees that their relationship should remain professional, much to the audience's chagrin. Though Takagi tries to get her attention as she walks away, Sato merely waves.

=== The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===
During this case, Sato was having many flash backs of her former crush, Jinpei Matsuda, who was killed during a bombing incident. When the bombing started to involve more familiar police officers (including Shiratori), she became very worried for Takagi. When Takagi and Conan were trapped in an elevator with a mercury lever bomb, Takagi told Sato that he and Conan would have to remain and die with the bomb to get the name of the location of a much bigger bomb. She tried to force her way through police to get to Takagi, but failed. However, the bomb was disabled by Conan at the last second. Later after apprehending the bomber, she chased and attempted to kill him, being fully taken in with the impulse of revenge. At the last moment before she would have killed him, Takagi tackled Sato and even smacked her in the face to make her regain her senses. Takagi and Sato then almost kissed, but the arrival of Inspector Megure broke the moment.

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) ===

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===

=== Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) ===

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===

=== Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) ===

=== Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) ===

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===
[[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Miwako and Takagi about to kiss.]]

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) ===
Sato and Takagi had agreed on going out to a spa as soon as a difficult case (involving a serial killer whose cases are about to caducate) that they were working on (alongside Megure, Shiratori, and Matsumoto) was resolved. Takagi gets very fired up and decides to work harder than usual; their seniors, however, see it as a terrible signal since officers who behave like that often end up dying in the line of duty, which greatly worries Sato. This bad omen almost becomes true when Takagi ends up being shot, with only a mahjong tile he carried in his pocket saving him from death. Sato is greatly relieved when he survives, and they ''finally'' can share a kiss.

=== White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69|725-727]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal |608-609]]) ===

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) ===
[[File:683-6.png|thumb|left|200px|Sato jumps from a helicopter to save Takagi.]]
Takagi is kidnapped by a mysterious man who mistakes him to be [[Wataru Date]] (a deceased police officer and Takagi's former mentor) who had made the kidnapper's daughter commit suicide. He is bandaged on a plank of wood and there is a bomb under it. Sato saves Takagi from getting killed by the bomb, and the duo kiss again.

=== Taii's Owner (Manga: [[Volume 82|865-868]], Anime: [[The Case of the Lucky Calico|751-752]]) ===

=== Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) ===
[[File:748-1.png|thumb|200px|Embarrassed Sato.]]
Sato hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting but has lost. Naeko, Takagi and Yumi believe that her period is late... and since Takagi is now her lover as well as her partner, this means she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.

=== Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) ===
Sato and Takagi put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.

=== Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) ===
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=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case (Manga: [[Volume 106#Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case|1123-1125]], Anime: [[The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper|1184-1185]]) ===
Sato inadvertently let Shiori Ishigami’s kidnapper escape without retrieving the GPS-tracked suitcase that Inspector Hatori of the Special Investigation Team had installed, and is forced to chase after him. However, she nearly hit a young boy still in shock from the chaos the kidnapper created while honking his horn to scare people away, if it weren't for Chihaya Hagiwara's intervention. Fortunately, the kidnapper fell off his motorcycle and fled into a nearby warehouse. Chihaya then comes up with the idea of swapping uniforms so that she and Takagi (posing as a couple) can enter and identify the kidnapper.

=== List of disguises used ===
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Sato has used many disguises over the course of the series with her preference being a simple disguise with wig and sun glasses. However, she is also capable of disguising as other individual if given enough time. These are the known ones used so far.
<gallery perrow=6>
File:Satodisguise217.jpg|Female Civilian<ref>[[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]</ref>
File:Satodisguise242.jpg|Mall Shopper<ref>[[Boy_Genta's Misfortune|Episode 242]]</ref>
File:Miwakofirstdisguise.png|Random citizen<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref>
File:EP303 Police G.jpg|Post Office Employee<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 302]]</ref>
File:satorei.jpg|Rei Masudo<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|Episode 449]]</ref>
File:satokoba.jpg|Sumiko Kobayashi<ref>[[Kobayashi-sensei's Love|Episode 583-585]]</ref>
File:satoko 828.jpg|''Satoko''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref>
</gallery>

== Non-canon plot overview==
==== Captured in Her Eyes ([[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4]]) ====
[[File:Movie4 Case3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|]]
During ''Captured in Her Eyes'', Miwako was a target of a serial killer. She thought she was safe, but when she and Ran went to the bathroom, a blackout in the hotel occurred. A gunman then came into the bathroom, and she jumped on Ran to protect her. However, she was shot several times and put into a coma. This incident caused a large deal of grief for Ran and Takagi, even going as far as to make Ran completely lose her memories. She was given by doctors a 50% chance at surviving due to one bullet stopping extremely close to her heart. Luckily, she survived.

==== The Bride of Halloween ([[The Bride of Halloween|Movie 25]]) ====

==== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]] ====
After the international criminal [[Lupin III]] announced his intention to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Inspector Zenigata]] from the ICPO put together an operation to prevent the theft. Miwako eagerly volunteered to join Zenigata's team, relishing the chance to capture her hero. During the operation, she actually managed to handcuff Lupin, but lost him after he electrocuted her. Though weakened from the electrical attack, Miwako pursued him into the subway tunnels underneath the city, but was nearly killed after collapsing on the train tracks. Impressed with her tenacity, Lupin returned and saved Miwako from being hit by the train, before disappearing with the sapphire.

== Relationship analysis ==
=== Wataru Takagi ===
{{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}}
[[File:Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi sharing their first kiss]]
Since their first meeting, Takagi was revealed to have strong romantic feelings towards her, but it was unknown if Sato felt the same way as she was shown to be quite oblivious to his feelings for her. However as time went on, their relationship slowly grew and they soon became more closer towards each other as Takagi learned more of her past, including the death of her father. Eventually, Sato finally realized her true feelings for [[Takagi]] when she was nearly force to marry Shiratori. Their relationship gradually develops as the series continues. However their relationship became threatened when Sato revealed she still hadn't completely gotten over the death of her former love, Jinpei Matsuda. However, after finally confronting the man who killed him and after being comforted by Takagi, Sato was finally able to move on with her life and renew her relationship with Takagi. At present, Takagi and Sato are very much in love, having kissed at least thrice.
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=== Jinpei Matsuda ===
Matsuda was Sato's former partner and first love.They only got to know each other for a brief period but his death affected her greatly. Before his death, he sent her a message of the next bomb location and a note that he actually liked her.She struggled to put his death behind her but finally managed to do so when she avenged matsuda by capturing the bomber.She also developed a strong fear of Ferris Wheels due to the trauma she experienced when he died.

=== Yumi Miyamoto ===
[[Image:Miwako and Yumi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Miwako and Yumi.]]
Yumi is Miwako's best friend in the headquarter. They are seen together a lot, and Yumi always teases Miwako about her relationship with Takagi. She often tries to bring the two closer together, much to the chagrin of Sato and Takagi. They have been friends for at least 10 years.
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=== Juzo Megure ===
[[File:Miwako&Juzo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inspector Megure with Miwako Sato.]]
Inspector Megure is like a father figure to Miwako as she said to Takagi in one of the episodes (although Takagi mistook it as a love interest at first).
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=== Conan Edogawa ===
Miwako seems to admire Conan and consider him an equal (quite surprisingly), like Takagi, usually telling Conan information that is actually forbidden to be leaked to normal citizens.<ref>Episode 533</ref>
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=== Ninzaburo Shiratori ===
[[File:NinzaburoShiratori & MiwakoSato.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ninzaburo and Miwako]]
Although Shiratori, initially, had a crush on Sato and attempted to marry her, she views him only as a friend. It is later revealed that the main reason Shiratori had a crush on her was because he believed her to be the "girl of destiny" who changed his life, but later it turned out that the said girl was [[Sumiko Kobayashi]], who bears an extreme physical similarity to Sato. Once this is revealed, Shiratori stops chasing after Sato's affections, and has become very friendly to her. Sato really supports Shiratori and Kobayashi relationship.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Sato placed 13th in the poll with 50 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Sato placed 14th overall with 107 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* She ranked 7th in the Super Digest Book 60+ "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 80 votes.

== Name origin ==

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 146]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 402]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 661]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|But kid, remember one thing... The word "justice" isn't a word you can involve in any occasion... it's something we must hold secretly in our heart.|To [[Genta]]}}
{{cquote|Kidnapping is an extremely vulgar crime, right up there with murder.|Episode 432 [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7]]}}

== Gallery ==
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File:Miwako as a child.png|As a child (18 years ago).
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
[[File:Satorx7.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato's RX-7]]
* Sato drives a [[Cars#Miwako Sato|red series 6 Mazda (Ẽfini) RX-7]]. It used to be white, but she painted it red so it would be more visible in the fog.
* Sato has a habit of shrieking while drifting without pulling the handbrake, as she feels that shrieking helps make it easier. But she finds it embarrassing, though. This habit caused the "Mountain Witch" story to happen, as people reported the witch would drift using a white FD and scream really loud.
* It is likely that Sato's driving style is inspired by Takumi Fujiwara, the protagonist of the manga / anime Initial D. (with one difference that Sato drives an FD, while Takumi drives a Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 panda).
* Sato is a fan of [[Lupin III]] and has stated that he was her first love.
* Sato dislikes any shiny and expensive jewelry. This fact was used by Yumi to trick some of Sato's admirers to buy expensive jewels for her that Yumi herself finds nice.<ref>Episode 402</ref> However, Sato currently wears a ring that Takagi had bought for her, not realizing that he intended it to be an engagement ring.<ref>Episode 487</ref>
*Sato dislikes expensive restaurants, and once denied an offer made by Inspector Shiratori to go eat at a French cuisine.<ref>Chapter 205</ref>
* A running gag in the series is how whenever she and Takagi go on a date, they are stalked by other police officers who have crushes on her.<ref>Episode 358</ref> Previously, this 'Miwako Sato's Line of Defence' was led by Inspector Shiratori.<ref>Episode 583</ref>
* A script Error in the English Dub of [[Movie 4]]: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] referred that Sato died from the shot in the restroom (which, in fact, she does not and remained critically injured in hospital until her fate is known at the end of the film). This creates continuity error, as beyond that point, others characters in the Dubbing version continued to make reference that she died until the news of her recovery reaches the policemen at the end of the film.
* Sato is bad at drawing.<ref>Episode 205</ref>
* Sato, Takagi and Yumi are the only Police Officers to take Conan seriously, usually treating him as an equal.
* Her last name Satō (佐藤) is written with the characters for 'help' and 'wisteria'. Written with different characters, Satō (砂糖) can also mean sugar. In a flashback showing the first encountering of her and Takagi, he uses this as a pun and refers to her as 'Inspector Sugar'.
* Her first name Miwako (美和子) is written with the characters for 'beautiful', 'peace' and 'child'.
* Sato doesn't know that the whole police department all have a romantic attraction to her...or is at least trying to ignore that...
* According to Gosho in Super Digest Book 80+, Miwako is the faster driver than Yukiko.
* Miwako appeared to not know what White Day was until she learned it from Yumi.
*According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, she taught herself her driving techniques.
*According to RECIPE PLUS Super Digest Book she can't cook.
*Miwako used to wear lipstick in her earlier appearance.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|美和子 Miwako|佐藤 Satou}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)|美和子 Měihézǐ|佐藤 Zhúoténg}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]]

== References ==
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Wataru Takagi

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{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Wataru]] and [[Takagi]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Wataru Takagi
| japanese-name = 高木渉 (Takagi Wataru)
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = Wataru Takagi 1.png
| age = 26<ref>[[Volume 36|Volume 36, File 10, Page 6: "Red Trap"]]; Takagi says that Sato is 2 years older than him (彼女は二つ年上で先輩なんだから...) In Conan Drill page 29, Sato is assumed to be about 28.</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Unnamed nephew<ref>[[The Eleventh Striker|The Eleventh Striker]]</ref>
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| nicknames =
| aliases = Takao<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref>
| status = Alive
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|File 171]] Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Episode 21]] (prototype) / [[Night Road Murder Case|Episode 66]] (official)
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]] (FUNimation) [[Bill Townsley]] (FUNimation, episode 50) [[Christopher Bevins]] (Bang Zoom!) [[Diego Klock-Perez]] (Macias Group) [[Aaron Campbell]] (Studio Nano)
| drama-actor = [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Wataru Takagi|高木渉|Takagi Wataru}}''' is a police sergeant and detective from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo Metropolitan Police District]]'s Criminal Investigation First Division and the love interest of [[Miwako Sato]].

== Background ==
Wataru Takagi is a newcomer to the Tokyo Police Criminal Investigations Division 1, having transferred after the bomber case about three years ago but by the time [[Shinichi Kudo]] first established his reputation as a detective, about two years ago.<ref>Manga Chapters 204-207: Shinichi's First Case, and Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref> His mentor was a senior agent called Date, who died one year before the present timeline. In his last moments Date entrusted Takagi his notebook, which had a ring for his girlfriend Natalie Kuruma hidden. He kept Date's notebook as a personal motivation to be just as good as Date. It was first a year later he realized that Date's girlfriend was Natalie, but it was too late to give her the ring, because she committed suicide soon after Date's death. He was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters first introduced in an Anime original] case at an on location film set.

Ever since his joining the force, Takagi (like so many of his other colleagues) has harbored romantic feelings for [[Miwako Sato]]. While Sato appeared to have taken a liking to him as well, Takagi was easily discouraged by the way she dealt with other male colleagues, including their superior Inspector Megure (though in that case it was more a daughterly affection to a father figure, since Sato's father had died when she was very young).<ref>Manga Chapter 233: Countdown</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> In time, thanks to several severe incidents - and despite the interference of the other officers in the department, chiefly [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] -, their professional relationship grew more personal,<ref>Manga Chapters 267-269: Sato's Father Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 369-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 404-406: Missing Ring Case</ref> and finally Sato and Takagi shared their first kiss after he had been hospitalized in the course of a difficult case<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref> and kissed the second (and third!) time in Episode 683 when he almost died in a bomb accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref>

Takagi is among the investigators who receive the most near fatal experiences. That includes, among many things:
* Handcuffed to the window of a burning warehouse.
* Trapped in a tower containing a countdown bomb.
* Held hostages and shot by the criminal.
* Tied on a plank on a roofless two story building containing a countdown bomb, while the temperature outside is -20 Celsius degree.

Although at some point, Takagi briefly develops PTSD, he nevertheless relentlessly pursues justice, even if it endangers his life.

== Personality ==
While he is initially self-conscious and bumbling, Takagi is a dedicated member of the Tokyo Police Force and shows promise as a good officer as the series progresses. He is one of the few officers who trusts [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s judgments the most, listening to him at case scenes to find important evidence and sometimes even letting Conan take the lead in their investigation (the case with [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] handcuffed to the wrong suspect in the bathroom being a good example).<ref>Manga Chapter 232: Finding Evidence</ref>

Takagi has a strong intuition and sense of justice, and is very honorable. He has a strong drive to protect others, partially based in his profession as an officer, and partially based on a self-sacrificing trait in his personality. He is always very polite, even when alarmed, and defers to the judgment of his partner Miwako Sato not only because she is his senior, but because he truly respects her. 

His hobbies are playing the maracas<ref>Manga Chapter 620: The Vanished Blunt Weapon</ref> and following the international wrestling scene, being a fan of wrestlers such as [[Wikipedia: Bruiser Brody|Bruiser Brody]] and [[Wikipedia: Keiji Mutoh|Keiji Mutoh]], and recognizing a move that Ran does as the "Shining Wizard," a finishing move of Mutoh's.<ref>Manga Chapter 388: Wolf's Shadow</ref> In summary, his hobbies involve a lot of martial arts and sports.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Takagi-kun Takagi Wataru Takao-kun<ref name="file930">[[volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume88)]]</ref>|Sato-san Satoko-san<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Takagi-kun Takagi<ref name="ep791" />|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')}}

{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Takagi-kun|Shiratori-san}}

{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Takagi-san|Chiba}}

{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Takagi-kun Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')|Yumi-san}}

{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Takagi-san<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan Super Digest Book 80+ Page 113</ref>|Miike-san<ref>[[The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab|Episode 1130]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Takagi Takagi Wataru|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Date|Takagi|Date-san}}

{{appellations|Goro Otaki|Takagi-san}}

{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Takagi-kun}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file955">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 955: Whereabouts of the Betrayal (Volume 90)</ref> Amuro Tooru-san<ref name="file955" />}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684: Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 1)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|-|Jodie-san}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel-san}}

{{Appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda-san}}

{{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Sergeant Takagi (''Takagi junsa buchō'')|Kazami-san}}

{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}}
|}
</tab>
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{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'') Takagi-san<ref name="m4">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Ran-san}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Takagi<ref name="ep791">[[Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs]]</ref> Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>Episode 558: [[The Interrogation Room]]</ref>|Mouri-san}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475">[[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|File 475 (Volume 46)]]</ref>|Ai-chan}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475" />|Agasa-san}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Takagi|Genta-kun}}

{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Takagi-niisan|Ayumi-chan}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Thieves">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kaitou Kid Kid}}

{{appellations|Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|-|Lupin Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'')}}
|}
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<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|-|Manager Ogura (''Ogura-tencho'')<ref name="ep645">[[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For|Episode 645]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|-|Sakurako-san}}

{{appellations|Sayo Ohashi|-|Ohashi-san<ref name="ep645" />}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Sera-kun Sera-san<ref>Chapter 1023</ref>}}

{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Yoko-san Okino Yoko}}

{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo Ryusuke}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Hondou Eisuke-kun}}

{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Genta-kun's dad (''Genta-kun no otōsan'')}}

{{appellations|Suguru Itakura|-|Itakura Suguru-san<ref>[[On the Trail of a Silent Witness|Episode 307]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Cute boy|-}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-| Kyogoku-kun<ref>File 1023</ref><ref>File 1024</ref>}}

{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}}
</tab>
</tabs>
|}

== Plot overview ==
=== Actor's Apartment Case (Manga: [[Volume 17|170]]-[[Volume 18|172]], Anime: [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|102-103]]) ===
Takagi makes his debut in the Manga series.

=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
This is the first case to show detective Takagi’s romantic affection for a female police officer, [[Miwako Sato]].

Initially, Takagi is tasked with the mission of recording the [[Detective Boys]]' testimonies regarding the events at the [[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Blue Castle]]. Just as they're about to begin, the children notice his untidy clothing and wonder if he doesn't have a girlfriend. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] offers to introduce to him his cousin's granddaughter, but Takagi awkwardly declines, stating that he has already had someone that he likes, right before detective [[Miwako Sato]] enters the room. Takagi keeps blushing, and his unnatural manner in front of Sato makes the Detective Boys think that she is really his girlfriend. However, both of them denies that this is true. Takagi wonders why Sato didn't go to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] in the bank robbery case, and learns that the bank manager, together with his wife, will arrive at the Police Headquarter. Sato asks Takagi whether he has heard anything from her friend Yumi. He silently recalls Yumi's words, about what Sato told her when she was drunk, that the person she likes is someone from the first investigation division, who may very well be Takagi himself.

The bank manager, Keizo Masuo, comes by himself and decides to call his wife. During the phone call, Takagi and the others suddenly hear the wife's scream. He, Sato, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and Keizo rush to Keizo's house and find his wife's dead body. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. When Sato sarcastically suggests that Shiratori may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", Takagi misunderstands and begins to suspect that the person whom Sato said she has feelings for is none other than Shiratori. He keeps thinking of unreal scenarios with Shiratori and Sato being together, and isn't able to fully concentrate on the case.

Later, with the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. After turning down the invitation of Shiratori, Sato invites Takagi to go out and have ramen for dinner, to which he accepts happily. Unexpectedly, a drunken Megure comes up and asks them to go for a drink with him at the bar, and Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the invitation to Takagi earlier. Because of this, Takagi suddenly suspects that Sato's love interest is in fact Inspector Megure, and declines the offer.

The case ends with a depressed Takagi lying on the table and being unable to do anything, even though he still hasn't taken the Detective Boys' testimonies yet.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) ===

=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
[[File:EP205-206b Case 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi was attacked with a blunt object while talking with Sato on the phone about the Shushiro case.]]

=== Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) ===

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===

=== American Kidnapped Man Case (Anime: [[The Man from Chicago|258-259]]) ===
When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===

=== Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===
[[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi about to kiss.]]

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) ===

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===

=== Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) ===

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===

=== Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) ===

=== Genta's Shot (Manga: [[Volume 55|567-569]], Anime: [[Genta's Certain Kill Shot|477]]) ===
In the anime, episode 477, at 11:50, Takagi is heard speaking numbers in French. In one of the Japanese Audio/English subtitles, his words are translated as "eins, zwei, drei," which is German, but he is actually saying "un, deux, trois." The victim was German, and Agasa says that when the dying victim (who spoke German, English and Japanese) was asked who the culprit was, he answered in his native tongue. Megure then turns to Takagi, who starts counting in French. Agasa then corrects him, saying "That's French," and then proceeds to count from one to eleven in German, solving the case. This exchange does not take place in the manga. This could suggest that Takagi is bilingual in French and Japanese (or at least took French in school).

=== Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) ===

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) ===

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) ===
[[File:681-7.png|thumb|200px|Takagi kidnapped.]]
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Takagi is kidnapped by a mystery man misunderstanding he is [[Wataru Date]] who made his daughter commit suicide. Around a year after the death of his friend and mentor Date, Takagi discovered that a suicide victim Natalie Kuruma was Date's girlfriend. Since the police investigation assumed that she killed herself due to having been dump, Takagi concluded that Natalie didn't know that Date had passed away in a traffic accident and decided to contact Natalie's next-of-kin to inform them of the truth. Since Natalie's parents had passed away, Takagi contacted the one who claimed her possessions, a colleague from English conversation school and old friend, Ryusaku Fuemoto. But due to that Natalie had never told her family her boyfriend's family name and because Date and Takagi had the same given name, Ryusaku mistook Takagi as the boyfriend who dumped Natalie, and lured him to Hokkaido. Police officers including [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] find their way to save Takagi with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s help. [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] saves Takagi on time before the bomb under him exploded.
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=== A Missing Item Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) ===
Takagi sees Sato is hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting some lost. Takagi thinks that she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) ===
Takagi and Sato put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.

=== Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) ===

=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case (Manga: [[Volume 106#Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case|1123-1125]], Anime: [[The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper|1184-1185]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Prior to manga appearances ===
Takagi was originally introduced as an [[anime]] only character to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] as well as [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] with the solutions to cases. He was inserted into both Manga canon episodes as well as TV originals. He appeared in 23 episodes spanning 20 cases before the [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|anime adaptation]] of his [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|first official Manga appearance]] aired.

=== On Location, TV Drama Murder Case (Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|21]])===
Takagi's first appearance in the [[anime]] series.

=== TV Station Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 11#TV Station Murder Case|102-104]], Anime: [[TV Station Murder Case|31]])===
The first Manga canon episode to feature Takagi despite him still being an Anime Original character at the time.

=== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]] ===
When [[Lupin III]] arrived in Japan to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Koichi Zenigata|Inspector Zenigata]] of the ICPO asked to use some of Inspector Megure's officers as part of a plan to prevent the theft. After seeing Miwako eagerly volunteer to join Zenigata's team (as Lupin was her first love), Takagi took part in the operation as well. However, at the scene of the planned crime, it was revealed that Takagi was actually Lupin, who had replaced Takagi after stealing his clothing and identity. After the heist, [[Yumi Miyamoto]] and [[Naeko Miike]] discovered the real Takagi stripped, bound and gagged inside a parking garage.

== List of disguises used ==
In one case, [[Parade of Malice and Saint]], he wore a disguise that by remarkable coincidence resembled [[Jinpei Matsuda]], Sato's late partner.
<gallery perrow=6>
File:EP301 Takagi as Matsuda.jpg|Jinpei Matsuda-esque disguise<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref>
File:EP643-14.png|''Mailman''<ref>[[Volume 72#A Wolf-Crier|Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits]]</ref>
File:Takao.jpg|''Takao''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref>
</gallery>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Miwako Sato ===
[[File:Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi.]]
{{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}}
His affection for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] is a driving force of his character development. While his insecurity and comical outside interference regularly gets in the way, he slowly manages to win her heart through his dedication, honesty and sincerity - traits Sato had also admired in her late colleague [[Jinpei Matsuda]]. Sato finally kisses Takagi after he has been severely wounded while protecting others.

=== Conan Edogawa ===
Takagi has come the closest of any of the Division One members to finding out [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s true identity. [[File: EP391 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan and Takagi.]]

In The Man From Chicago, Episode 258-259, When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

In the Tokyo Tower Bomber Case, while they waited for the elevator bomb's clock to run down to give the final clue to stop the greater crime, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], as Conan, told Takagi that he would answer Takagi's questions about his real identity "on the other side."

Takagi has also come to acknowledge Conan's sharp mind and intellect, taking Conan's observations seriously and even allowing him to accompany him to question suspects, most notably during the New Scar and the Whistling Man Case where he has the rest of the Detective Boys remain in the car.

He also fully supports Takagi's relationship with Sato, at one point orchestrated a plan to foil Shiratori's attempt of an arranged marriage with Sato. When asked for reasons, he didn't answer, but quietly relate the experience with Ran's relationship.

=== Kazunobu Chiba ===
[[File: EP526 4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kazunobu and Takagi.]]
Takagi and [[Kazunobu Chiba]] always work together on murder cases. Chiba is also the only male officer in their department who has had no obsessive crush on Sato, and in fact supported Takagi in his romantic endeavors on several occasions.

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Wataru Date|Date]] was Takagi's mentor and close friend who passed away in a traffic accident. As the pronunciation of his name was the same as Wataru Takagi's, Takagi and Date were nicknamed "the Wataru brothers" (ワタル・ブラザーズ). He is very loyal to his late friend's memory, as demonstrated when he tried to clear out misunderstanding around the death of Date's girlfriend. And he feels guilty in not living up to what he believes was Date's last wish; Giving Natalie a ring hidden in the notebook. He couldn't give her the ring, because Natalie had committed suicide soon after Date's death.

=== Other ===
In the non-canon 16th movie, "The Eleventh Striker," Takagi mentions that he saw a football (soccer) game with his nephew, but does not give a name. This implies that he has at least one sibling.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Takagi placed 14th in the poll with 46 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Takagi placed 10th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Takagi placed 10th overall with 226 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* He ranked 9th in the SDB 80+'s poll "Characters you want to marry the most", with 446 votes.

== Name origin ==
* Takagi is named after his voice actor. In the anime he was originally a nameless character called "Detective A" who would appear in the background in some episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1603/29/news079.html|title=声優・高木渉が「PON!」に生出演　高木刑事＆元太の声で映画「名探偵コナン」をアピール|date=2016-03-29|publisher=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> However while recording for [[Night Road Murder Case|episode 66]], Megure's voice actor [[Chafurin]] adlibbed asking Detective A "What's your name?", to which Takagi's voice actor mistakenly responded with his own name and replied "It's Takagi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://otapol.com/2016/01/post-5345.html|title=大河ドラマ『真田丸』に『コナン』の高木刑事が出陣中!?　ベテラン声優・高木渉の人気にNHKも東スポも驚く！|date=2016-01-17|publisher=https://otapol.com|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> While this ad-lib was not kept in for the airing, the name stuck and is used in this episode and beyond. Gosho included the name Wataru Takagi since it is also the name of a Detective created by Kenzo Kitakata named Yoshibumi '''Taka'''gi where only the first kanji in the surname is similar (高 - Taka).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 26]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Second Look.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 147]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 760]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|It doesn't matter whether it's a petty or a major crime, all crimes are unforgivable!}}
{{cquote|Every murderer makes at least one mistake.}}
{{cquote|I don't think you should forget him. When people die, they can only live through our memories.|[[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304]]}}
{{cquote|The way I see it, no matter the situation... No one’s dream can benefit from killing another person!|[[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|It’s certainly not right to lie, but you need to hold those who force others to lie accountable.|[[The Man Who Called for an Ambulance|Episode 405]]}}
{{cquote|But what you did is still a crime. No matter how unforgivable of an opponent. There’s no way to fix it with an apology!|[[A Mysterious Man - Overly Strict with Regulations|Episode 459]]}}
{{cquote|I always wake up the moment I fall off that plank. I keep telling myself..."I'm fine! I haven't fallen! I haven't fallen..."|[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684]]}}

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|واتارو Watāru|تاكاجي Takāji| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Bahasa Melayu|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) |涉 Shè|高木 Gāomù| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry Wataru|Wilder/Takagi<ref>In the manga</ref> Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Latin America)|''Not given'' Wataru|Torres Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Wataru|Takagi|In the anime, Takagi is pronunced like "Takaji"}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ватару Vataru|Такаги Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|วาตารุ Wātā-ru|ทาคางิ Thā-khāngi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* Despite debuting in [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case]] it isn't until the [[Karaoke Box Murder Case]] that Takagi is credited and referred to by that name.
* Takagi's appearance seems to have changed. His old hairstyle included a spikier fringe compared to the current one as well as a darker skin tone.
* Takagi drives a [[Cars|Nissan Skyline]],[[Cars|1966 Toyota Publica De Luxe [UP20-D]]].
* The name of the voice actor of Takagi is Wataru Takagi also.
* "Takagi" (高木) means "tall tree", his first name "Wataru" (渉) means "to cross".
* Takagi is the fifth character with most appearances on the anime, only less than the 3 protagonists and Inspector Megure; he has even more appearances than Detective Boys, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara.
*He can recognise police moves like File 1079 etc.

== Gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]]

== References ==
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{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Wataru]] and [[Takagi]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Wataru Takagi
| japanese-name = 高木渉 (Takagi Wataru)
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = Wataru Takagi 1.png
| age = 26<ref>[[Volume 36|Volume 36, File 10, Page 6: "Red Trap"]]; Takagi says that Sato is 2 years older than him (彼女は二つ年上で先輩なんだから...) In Conan Drill page 29, Sato is assumed to be about 28.</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Unnamed nephew<ref>[[The Eleventh Striker|The Eleventh Striker]]</ref>
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| nicknames =
| aliases = Takao<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref>
| status = Alive
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|File 171]] Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Episode 21]] (prototype) / [[Night Road Murder Case|Episode 66]] (official)
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]] (FUNimation) [[Bill Townsley]] (FUNimation, episode 50) [[Christopher Bevins]] (Bang Zoom!) [[Diego Klock-Perez]] (Macias Group) [[Aaron Campbell]] (Studio Nano)
| drama-actor = [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Wataru Takagi|高木渉|Takagi Wataru}}''' is a police sergeant and detective from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo Metropolitan Police District]]'s Criminal Investigation First Division and the love interest of [[Miwako Sato]].

== Background ==
Wataru Takagi is a newcomer to the Tokyo Police Criminal Investigations Division 1, having transferred after the bomber case about three years ago but by the time [[Shinichi Kudo]] first established his reputation as a detective, about two years ago.<ref>Manga Chapters 204-207: Shinichi's First Case, and Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref> His mentor was a senior agent called Date, who died one year before the present timeline. In his last moments Date entrusted Takagi his notebook, which had a ring for his girlfriend Natalie Kuruma hidden. He kept Date's notebook as a personal motivation to be just as good as Date. It was first a year later he realized that Date's girlfriend was Natalie, but it was too late to give her the ring, because she committed suicide soon after Date's death. He was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters first introduced in an Anime original] case at an on location film set.

Ever since his joining the force, Takagi (like so many of his other colleagues) has harbored romantic feelings for [[Miwako Sato]]. While Sato appeared to have taken a liking to him as well, Takagi was easily discouraged by the way she dealt with other male colleagues, including their superior Inspector Megure (though in that case it was more a daughterly affection to a father figure, since Sato's father had died when she was very young).<ref>Manga Chapter 233: Countdown</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> In time, thanks to several severe incidents - and despite the interference of the other officers in the department, chiefly [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] -, their professional relationship grew more personal,<ref>Manga Chapters 267-269: Sato's Father Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 369-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 404-406: Missing Ring Case</ref> and finally Sato and Takagi shared their first kiss after he had been hospitalized in the course of a difficult case<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref> and kissed the second (and third!) time in Episode 683 when he almost died in a bomb accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref>

Takagi is among the investigators who receive the most near fatal experiences. That includes, among many things:
* Handcuffed to the window of a burning warehouse.
* Trapped in a tower containing a countdown bomb.
* Held hostages and shot by the criminal.
* Tied on a plank on a roofless two story building containing a countdown bomb, while the temperature outside is -20 Celsius degree.

Although at some point, Takagi briefly develops PTSD, he nevertheless relentlessly pursues justice, even if it endangers his life.

== Personality ==
While he is initially self-conscious and bumbling, Takagi is a dedicated member of the Tokyo Police Force and shows promise as a good officer as the series progresses. He is one of the few officers who trusts [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s judgments the most, listening to him at case scenes to find important evidence and sometimes even letting Conan take the lead in their investigation (the case with [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] handcuffed to the wrong suspect in the bathroom being a good example).<ref>Manga Chapter 232: Finding Evidence</ref>

Takagi has a strong intuition and sense of justice, and is very honorable. He has a strong drive to protect others, partially based in his profession as an officer, and partially based on a self-sacrificing trait in his personality. He is always very polite, even when alarmed, and defers to the judgment of his partner Miwako Sato not only because she is his senior, but because he truly respects her. 

His hobbies are playing the maracas<ref>Manga Chapter 620: The Vanished Blunt Weapon</ref> and following the international wrestling scene, being a fan of wrestlers such as [[Wikipedia: Bruiser Brody|Bruiser Brody]] and [[Wikipedia: Keiji Mutoh|Keiji Mutoh]], and recognizing a move that Ran does as the "Shining Wizard," a finishing move of Mutoh's.<ref>Manga Chapter 388: Wolf's Shadow</ref> In summary, his hobbies involve a lot of martial arts and sports.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Takagi-kun Takagi Wataru Takao-kun<ref name="file930">[[volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume88)]]</ref>|Sato-san Satoko-san<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Takagi-kun Takagi<ref name="ep791" />|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')}}

{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Takagi-kun|Shiratori-san}}

{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Takagi-san|Chiba}}

{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Takagi-kun Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')|Yumi-san}}

{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Takagi-san<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan Super Digest Book 80+ Page 113</ref>|Miike-san<ref>[[The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab|Episode 1130]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Takagi Takagi Wataru|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Date|Takagi|Date-san}}

{{appellations|Goro Otaki|Takagi-san}}

{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Takagi-kun}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file955">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 955: Whereabouts of the Betrayal (Volume 90)</ref> Amuro Tooru-san<ref name="file955" />}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684: Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 1)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|-|Jodie-san}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel-san}}

{{Appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda-san}}

{{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Sergeant Takagi (''Takagi junsa buchō'')|Kazami-san}}

{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Protagonists">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'') Takagi-san<ref name="m4">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Ran-san}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Takagi<ref name="ep791">[[Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs]]</ref> Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>Episode 558: [[The Interrogation Room]]</ref>|Mouri-san}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475">[[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|File 475 (Volume 46)]]</ref>|Ai-chan}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475" />|Agasa-san}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Takagi|Genta-kun}}

{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Takagi-niisan|Ayumi-chan}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Thieves">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kaitou Kid Kid}}

{{appellations|Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|-|Lupin Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|-|Manager Ogura (''Ogura-tencho'')<ref name="ep645">[[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For|Episode 645]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|-|Sakurako-san}}

{{appellations|Sayo Ohashi|-|Ohashi-san<ref name="ep645" />}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Sera-kun Sera-san<ref>Chapter 1023</ref>}}

{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Yoko-san Okino Yoko}}

{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo Ryusuke}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Hondou Eisuke-kun}}

{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Genta-kun's dad (''Genta-kun no otōsan'')}}

{{appellations|Suguru Itakura|-|Itakura Suguru-san<ref>[[On the Trail of a Silent Witness|Episode 307]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Cute boy|-}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-| Kyogoku-kun<ref>File 1023</ref><ref>File 1024</ref>}}

{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}}
</tab>
</tabs>
|}

== Plot overview ==
=== Actor's Apartment Case (Manga: [[Volume 17|170]]-[[Volume 18|172]], Anime: [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|102-103]]) ===
Takagi makes his debut in the Manga series.

=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
This is the first case to show detective Takagi’s romantic affection for a female police officer, [[Miwako Sato]].

Initially, Takagi is tasked with the mission of recording the [[Detective Boys]]' testimonies regarding the events at the [[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Blue Castle]]. Just as they're about to begin, the children notice his untidy clothing and wonder if he doesn't have a girlfriend. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] offers to introduce to him his cousin's granddaughter, but Takagi awkwardly declines, stating that he has already had someone that he likes, right before detective [[Miwako Sato]] enters the room. Takagi keeps blushing, and his unnatural manner in front of Sato makes the Detective Boys think that she is really his girlfriend. However, both of them denies that this is true. Takagi wonders why Sato didn't go to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] in the bank robbery case, and learns that the bank manager, together with his wife, will arrive at the Police Headquarter. Sato asks Takagi whether he has heard anything from her friend Yumi. He silently recalls Yumi's words, about what Sato told her when she was drunk, that the person she likes is someone from the first investigation division, who may very well be Takagi himself.

The bank manager, Keizo Masuo, comes by himself and decides to call his wife. During the phone call, Takagi and the others suddenly hear the wife's scream. He, Sato, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and Keizo rush to Keizo's house and find his wife's dead body. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. When Sato sarcastically suggests that Shiratori may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", Takagi misunderstands and begins to suspect that the person whom Sato said she has feelings for is none other than Shiratori. He keeps thinking of unreal scenarios with Shiratori and Sato being together, and isn't able to fully concentrate on the case.

Later, with the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. After turning down the invitation of Shiratori, Sato invites Takagi to go out and have ramen for dinner, to which he accepts happily. Unexpectedly, a drunken Megure comes up and asks them to go for a drink with him at the bar, and Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the invitation to Takagi earlier. Because of this, Takagi suddenly suspects that Sato's love interest is in fact Inspector Megure, and declines the offer.

The case ends with a depressed Takagi lying on the table and being unable to do anything, even though he still hasn't taken the Detective Boys' testimonies yet.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) ===

=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
[[File:EP205-206b Case 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi was attacked with a blunt object while talking with Sato on the phone about the Shushiro case.]]

=== Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) ===

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===

=== American Kidnapped Man Case (Anime: [[The Man from Chicago|258-259]]) ===
When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===

=== Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===
[[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi about to kiss.]]

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) ===

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===

=== Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) ===

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===

=== Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) ===

=== Genta's Shot (Manga: [[Volume 55|567-569]], Anime: [[Genta's Certain Kill Shot|477]]) ===
In the anime, episode 477, at 11:50, Takagi is heard speaking numbers in French. In one of the Japanese Audio/English subtitles, his words are translated as "eins, zwei, drei," which is German, but he is actually saying "un, deux, trois." The victim was German, and Agasa says that when the dying victim (who spoke German, English and Japanese) was asked who the culprit was, he answered in his native tongue. Megure then turns to Takagi, who starts counting in French. Agasa then corrects him, saying "That's French," and then proceeds to count from one to eleven in German, solving the case. This exchange does not take place in the manga. This could suggest that Takagi is bilingual in French and Japanese (or at least took French in school).

=== Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) ===

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) ===

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) ===
[[File:681-7.png|thumb|200px|Takagi kidnapped.]]
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Takagi is kidnapped by a mystery man misunderstanding he is [[Wataru Date]] who made his daughter commit suicide. Around a year after the death of his friend and mentor Date, Takagi discovered that a suicide victim Natalie Kuruma was Date's girlfriend. Since the police investigation assumed that she killed herself due to having been dump, Takagi concluded that Natalie didn't know that Date had passed away in a traffic accident and decided to contact Natalie's next-of-kin to inform them of the truth. Since Natalie's parents had passed away, Takagi contacted the one who claimed her possessions, a colleague from English conversation school and old friend, Ryusaku Fuemoto. But due to that Natalie had never told her family her boyfriend's family name and because Date and Takagi had the same given name, Ryusaku mistook Takagi as the boyfriend who dumped Natalie, and lured him to Hokkaido. Police officers including [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] find their way to save Takagi with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s help. [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] saves Takagi on time before the bomb under him exploded.
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=== A Missing Item Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) ===
Takagi sees Sato is hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting some lost. Takagi thinks that she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) ===
Takagi and Sato put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.

=== Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) ===

=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case (Manga: [[Volume 106#Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case|1123-1125]], Anime: [[The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper|1184-1185]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Prior to manga appearances ===
Takagi was originally introduced as an [[anime]] only character to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] as well as [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] with the solutions to cases. He was inserted into both Manga canon episodes as well as TV originals. He appeared in 23 episodes spanning 20 cases before the [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|anime adaptation]] of his [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|first official Manga appearance]] aired.

=== On Location, TV Drama Murder Case (Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|21]])===
Takagi's first appearance in the [[anime]] series.

=== TV Station Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 11#TV Station Murder Case|102-104]], Anime: [[TV Station Murder Case|31]])===
The first Manga canon episode to feature Takagi despite him still being an Anime Original character at the time.

=== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]] ===
When [[Lupin III]] arrived in Japan to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Koichi Zenigata|Inspector Zenigata]] of the ICPO asked to use some of Inspector Megure's officers as part of a plan to prevent the theft. After seeing Miwako eagerly volunteer to join Zenigata's team (as Lupin was her first love), Takagi took part in the operation as well. However, at the scene of the planned crime, it was revealed that Takagi was actually Lupin, who had replaced Takagi after stealing his clothing and identity. After the heist, [[Yumi Miyamoto]] and [[Naeko Miike]] discovered the real Takagi stripped, bound and gagged inside a parking garage.

== List of disguises used ==
In one case, [[Parade of Malice and Saint]], he wore a disguise that by remarkable coincidence resembled [[Jinpei Matsuda]], Sato's late partner.
<gallery perrow=6>
File:EP301 Takagi as Matsuda.jpg|Jinpei Matsuda-esque disguise<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref>
File:EP643-14.png|''Mailman''<ref>[[Volume 72#A Wolf-Crier|Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits]]</ref>
File:Takao.jpg|''Takao''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref>
</gallery>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Miwako Sato ===
[[File:Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi.]]
{{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}}
His affection for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] is a driving force of his character development. While his insecurity and comical outside interference regularly gets in the way, he slowly manages to win her heart through his dedication, honesty and sincerity - traits Sato had also admired in her late colleague [[Jinpei Matsuda]]. Sato finally kisses Takagi after he has been severely wounded while protecting others.

=== Conan Edogawa ===
Takagi has come the closest of any of the Division One members to finding out [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s true identity. [[File: EP391 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan and Takagi.]]

In The Man From Chicago, Episode 258-259, When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

In the Tokyo Tower Bomber Case, while they waited for the elevator bomb's clock to run down to give the final clue to stop the greater crime, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], as Conan, told Takagi that he would answer Takagi's questions about his real identity "on the other side."

Takagi has also come to acknowledge Conan's sharp mind and intellect, taking Conan's observations seriously and even allowing him to accompany him to question suspects, most notably during the New Scar and the Whistling Man Case where he has the rest of the Detective Boys remain in the car.

He also fully supports Takagi's relationship with Sato, at one point orchestrated a plan to foil Shiratori's attempt of an arranged marriage with Sato. When asked for reasons, he didn't answer, but quietly relate the experience with Ran's relationship.

=== Kazunobu Chiba ===
[[File: EP526 4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kazunobu and Takagi.]]
Takagi and [[Kazunobu Chiba]] always work together on murder cases. Chiba is also the only male officer in their department who has had no obsessive crush on Sato, and in fact supported Takagi in his romantic endeavors on several occasions.

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Wataru Date|Date]] was Takagi's mentor and close friend who passed away in a traffic accident. As the pronunciation of his name was the same as Wataru Takagi's, Takagi and Date were nicknamed "the Wataru brothers" (ワタル・ブラザーズ). He is very loyal to his late friend's memory, as demonstrated when he tried to clear out misunderstanding around the death of Date's girlfriend. And he feels guilty in not living up to what he believes was Date's last wish; Giving Natalie a ring hidden in the notebook. He couldn't give her the ring, because Natalie had committed suicide soon after Date's death.

=== Other ===
In the non-canon 16th movie, "The Eleventh Striker," Takagi mentions that he saw a football (soccer) game with his nephew, but does not give a name. This implies that he has at least one sibling.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Takagi placed 14th in the poll with 46 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Takagi placed 10th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Takagi placed 10th overall with 226 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* He ranked 9th in the SDB 80+'s poll "Characters you want to marry the most", with 446 votes.

== Name origin ==
* Takagi is named after his voice actor. In the anime he was originally a nameless character called "Detective A" who would appear in the background in some episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1603/29/news079.html|title=声優・高木渉が「PON!」に生出演　高木刑事＆元太の声で映画「名探偵コナン」をアピール|date=2016-03-29|publisher=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> However while recording for [[Night Road Murder Case|episode 66]], Megure's voice actor [[Chafurin]] adlibbed asking Detective A "What's your name?", to which Takagi's voice actor mistakenly responded with his own name and replied "It's Takagi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://otapol.com/2016/01/post-5345.html|title=大河ドラマ『真田丸』に『コナン』の高木刑事が出陣中!?　ベテラン声優・高木渉の人気にNHKも東スポも驚く！|date=2016-01-17|publisher=https://otapol.com|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> While this ad-lib was not kept in for the airing, the name stuck and is used in this episode and beyond. Gosho included the name Wataru Takagi since it is also the name of a Detective created by Kenzo Kitakata named Yoshibumi '''Taka'''gi where only the first kanji in the surname is similar (高 - Taka).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 26]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Second Look.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 147]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 760]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|It doesn't matter whether it's a petty or a major crime, all crimes are unforgivable!}}
{{cquote|Every murderer makes at least one mistake.}}
{{cquote|I don't think you should forget him. When people die, they can only live through our memories.|[[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304]]}}
{{cquote|Sometimes the proof is in what’s not actually there.|From Mouri Kogoro (aka Conan) [[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|The way I see it, no matter the situation... No one’s dream can benefit from killing another person!|[[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|It’s certainly not right to lie, but you need to hold those who force others to lie accountable.|[[The Man Who Called for an Ambulance|Episode 405]]}}
{{cquote|But what you did is still a crime. No matter how unforgivable of an opponent. There’s no way to fix it with an apology!|[[A Mysterious Man - Overly Strict with Regulations|Episode 459]]}}
{{cquote|I always wake up the moment I fall off that plank. I keep telling myself..."I'm fine! I haven't fallen! I haven't fallen..."|[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684]]}}

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|واتارو Watāru|تاكاجي Takāji| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Bahasa Melayu|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) |涉 Shè|高木 Gāomù| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry Wataru|Wilder/Takagi<ref>In the manga</ref> Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Latin America)|''Not given'' Wataru|Torres Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Wataru|Takagi|In the anime, Takagi is pronunced like "Takaji"}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ватару Vataru|Такаги Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|วาตารุ Wātā-ru|ทาคางิ Thā-khāngi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* Despite debuting in [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case]] it isn't until the [[Karaoke Box Murder Case]] that Takagi is credited and referred to by that name.
* Takagi's appearance seems to have changed. His old hairstyle included a spikier fringe compared to the current one as well as a darker skin tone.
* Takagi drives a [[Cars|Nissan Skyline]],[[Cars|1966 Toyota Publica De Luxe [UP20-D]]].
* The name of the voice actor of Takagi is Wataru Takagi also.
* "Takagi" (高木) means "tall tree", his first name "Wataru" (渉) means "to cross".
* Takagi is the fifth character with most appearances on the anime, only less than the 3 protagonists and Inspector Megure; he has even more appearances than Detective Boys, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara.
*He can recognise police moves like File 1079 etc.

== Gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]]

== References ==
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{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Wataru]] and [[Takagi]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Wataru Takagi
| japanese-name = 高木渉 (Takagi Wataru)
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = Wataru Takagi 1.png
| age = 26<ref>[[Volume 36|Volume 36, File 10, Page 6: "Red Trap"]]; Takagi says that Sato is 2 years older than him (彼女は二つ年上で先輩なんだから...) In Conan Drill page 29, Sato is assumed to be about 28.</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Unnamed nephew<ref>[[The Eleventh Striker|The Eleventh Striker]]</ref>
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| nicknames =
| aliases = Takao<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref>
| status = Alive
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|File 171]] Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Episode 21]] (prototype) / [[Night Road Murder Case|Episode 66]] (official)
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]] (FUNimation) [[Bill Townsley]] (FUNimation, episode 50) [[Christopher Bevins]] (Bang Zoom!) [[Diego Klock-Perez]] (Macias Group) [[Aaron Campbell]] (Studio Nano)
| drama-actor = [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Wataru Takagi|高木渉|Takagi Wataru}}''' is a police sergeant and detective from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo Metropolitan Police District]]'s Criminal Investigation First Division and the love interest of [[Miwako Sato]].

== Background ==
Wataru Takagi is a newcomer to the Tokyo Police Criminal Investigations Division 1, having transferred after the bomber case about three years ago but by the time [[Shinichi Kudo]] first established his reputation as a detective, about two years ago.<ref>Manga Chapters 204-207: Shinichi's First Case, and Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref> His mentor was a senior agent called Date, who died one year before the present timeline. In his last moments Date entrusted Takagi his notebook, which had a ring for his girlfriend Natalie Kuruma hidden. He kept Date's notebook as a personal motivation to be just as good as Date. It was first a year later he realized that Date's girlfriend was Natalie, but it was too late to give her the ring, because she committed suicide soon after Date's death. He was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters first introduced in an Anime original] case at an on location film set.

Ever since his joining the force, Takagi (like so many of his other colleagues) has harbored romantic feelings for [[Miwako Sato]]. While Sato appeared to have taken a liking to him as well, Takagi was easily discouraged by the way she dealt with other male colleagues, including their superior Inspector Megure (though in that case it was more a daughterly affection to a father figure, since Sato's father had died when she was very young).<ref>Manga Chapter 233: Countdown</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> In time, thanks to several severe incidents - and despite the interference of the other officers in the department, chiefly [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] -, their professional relationship grew more personal,<ref>Manga Chapters 267-269: Sato's Father Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 369-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 404-406: Missing Ring Case</ref> and finally Sato and Takagi shared their first kiss after he had been hospitalized in the course of a difficult case<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref> and kissed the second (and third!) time in Episode 683 when he almost died in a bomb accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref>

Takagi is among the investigators who receive the most near fatal experiences. That includes, among many things:
* Handcuffed to the window of a burning warehouse.
* Trapped in a tower containing a countdown bomb.
* Held hostages and shot by the criminal.
* Tied on a plank on a roofless two story building containing a countdown bomb, while the temperature outside is -20 Celsius degree.

Although at some point, Takagi briefly develops PTSD, he nevertheless relentlessly pursues justice, even if it endangers his life.

== Personality ==
While he is initially self-conscious and bumbling, Takagi is a dedicated member of the Tokyo Police Force and shows promise as a good officer as the series progresses. He is one of the few officers who trusts [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s judgments the most, listening to him at case scenes to find important evidence and sometimes even letting Conan take the lead in their investigation (the case with [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] handcuffed to the wrong suspect in the bathroom being a good example).<ref>Manga Chapter 232: Finding Evidence</ref>

Takagi has a strong intuition and sense of justice, and is very honorable. He has a strong drive to protect others, partially based in his profession as an officer, and partially based on a self-sacrificing trait in his personality. He is always very polite, even when alarmed, and defers to the judgment of his partner Miwako Sato not only because she is his senior, but because he truly respects her. 

His hobbies are playing the maracas<ref>Manga Chapter 620: The Vanished Blunt Weapon</ref> and following the international wrestling scene, being a fan of wrestlers such as [[Wikipedia: Bruiser Brody|Bruiser Brody]] and [[Wikipedia: Keiji Mutoh|Keiji Mutoh]], and recognizing a move that Ran does as the "Shining Wizard," a finishing move of Mutoh's.<ref>Manga Chapter 388: Wolf's Shadow</ref> In summary, his hobbies involve a lot of martial arts and sports.

== Appellations ==
{|
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<tabs jsId="nicknames">
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Takagi-kun Takagi Wataru Takao-kun<ref name="file930">[[volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume88)]]</ref>|Sato-san Satoko-san<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Takagi-kun Takagi<ref name="ep791" />|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')}}

{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Takagi-kun|Shiratori-san}}

{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Takagi-san|Chiba}}

{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Takagi-kun Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')|Yumi-san}}

{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Takagi-san<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan Super Digest Book 80+ Page 113</ref>|Miike-san<ref>[[The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab|Episode 1130]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Takagi Takagi Wataru|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Date|Takagi|Date-san}}

{{appellations|Goro Otaki|Takagi-san}}

{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Takagi-kun}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file955">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 955: Whereabouts of the Betrayal (Volume 90)</ref> Amuro Tooru-san<ref name="file955" />}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684: Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 1)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|-|Jodie-san}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel-san}}

{{Appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda-san}}

{{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Sergeant Takagi (''Takagi junsa buchō'')|Kazami-san}}

{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}}
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'') Takagi-san<ref name="m4">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Ran-san}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Takagi<ref name="ep791">[[Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs]]</ref> Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>Episode 558: [[The Interrogation Room]]</ref>|Mouri-san}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}}
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{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475">[[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|File 475 (Volume 46)]]</ref>|Ai-chan}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475" />|Agasa-san}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Takagi|Genta-kun}}

{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Takagi-niisan|Ayumi-chan}}
|}
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<tab title="Thieves">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kaitou Kid Kid}}

{{appellations|Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|-|Lupin Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'')}}
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{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|-|Manager Ogura (''Ogura-tencho'')<ref name="ep645">[[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For|Episode 645]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|-|Sakurako-san}}

{{appellations|Sayo Ohashi|-|Ohashi-san<ref name="ep645" />}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Sera-kun Sera-san<ref>Chapter 1023</ref>}}

{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Yoko-san Okino Yoko}}

{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo Ryusuke}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Hondou Eisuke-kun}}

{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Genta-kun's dad (''Genta-kun no otōsan'')}}

{{appellations|Suguru Itakura|-|Itakura Suguru-san<ref>[[On the Trail of a Silent Witness|Episode 307]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Cute boy|-}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-| Kyogoku-kun<ref>File 1023</ref><ref>File 1024</ref>}}

{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Actor's Apartment Case (Manga: [[Volume 17|170]]-[[Volume 18|172]], Anime: [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|102-103]]) ===
Takagi makes his debut in the Manga series.

=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
This is the first case to show detective Takagi’s romantic affection for a female police officer, [[Miwako Sato]].

Initially, Takagi is tasked with the mission of recording the [[Detective Boys]]' testimonies regarding the events at the [[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Blue Castle]]. Just as they're about to begin, the children notice his untidy clothing and wonder if he doesn't have a girlfriend. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] offers to introduce to him his cousin's granddaughter, but Takagi awkwardly declines, stating that he has already had someone that he likes, right before detective [[Miwako Sato]] enters the room. Takagi keeps blushing, and his unnatural manner in front of Sato makes the Detective Boys think that she is really his girlfriend. However, both of them denies that this is true. Takagi wonders why Sato didn't go to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] in the bank robbery case, and learns that the bank manager, together with his wife, will arrive at the Police Headquarter. Sato asks Takagi whether he has heard anything from her friend Yumi. He silently recalls Yumi's words, about what Sato told her when she was drunk, that the person she likes is someone from the first investigation division, who may very well be Takagi himself.

The bank manager, Keizo Masuo, comes by himself and decides to call his wife. During the phone call, Takagi and the others suddenly hear the wife's scream. He, Sato, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and Keizo rush to Keizo's house and find his wife's dead body. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. When Sato sarcastically suggests that Shiratori may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", Takagi misunderstands and begins to suspect that the person whom Sato said she has feelings for is none other than Shiratori. He keeps thinking of unreal scenarios with Shiratori and Sato being together, and isn't able to fully concentrate on the case.

Later, with the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. After turning down the invitation of Shiratori, Sato invites Takagi to go out and have ramen for dinner, to which he accepts happily. Unexpectedly, a drunken Megure comes up and asks them to go for a drink with him at the bar, and Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the invitation to Takagi earlier. Because of this, Takagi suddenly suspects that Sato's love interest is in fact Inspector Megure, and declines the offer.

The case ends with a depressed Takagi lying on the table and being unable to do anything, even though he still hasn't taken the Detective Boys' testimonies yet.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) ===

=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
[[File:EP205-206b Case 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi was attacked with a blunt object while talking with Sato on the phone about the Shushiro case.]]

=== Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) ===

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===

=== American Kidnapped Man Case (Anime: [[The Man from Chicago|258-259]]) ===
When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===

=== Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===
[[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi about to kiss.]]

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) ===

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===

=== Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) ===

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===

=== Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) ===

=== Genta's Shot (Manga: [[Volume 55|567-569]], Anime: [[Genta's Certain Kill Shot|477]]) ===
In the anime, episode 477, at 11:50, Takagi is heard speaking numbers in French. In one of the Japanese Audio/English subtitles, his words are translated as "eins, zwei, drei," which is German, but he is actually saying "un, deux, trois." The victim was German, and Agasa says that when the dying victim (who spoke German, English and Japanese) was asked who the culprit was, he answered in his native tongue. Megure then turns to Takagi, who starts counting in French. Agasa then corrects him, saying "That's French," and then proceeds to count from one to eleven in German, solving the case. This exchange does not take place in the manga. This could suggest that Takagi is bilingual in French and Japanese (or at least took French in school).

=== Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) ===

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) ===

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) ===
[[File:681-7.png|thumb|200px|Takagi kidnapped.]]
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Takagi is kidnapped by a mystery man misunderstanding he is [[Wataru Date]] who made his daughter commit suicide. Around a year after the death of his friend and mentor Date, Takagi discovered that a suicide victim Natalie Kuruma was Date's girlfriend. Since the police investigation assumed that she killed herself due to having been dump, Takagi concluded that Natalie didn't know that Date had passed away in a traffic accident and decided to contact Natalie's next-of-kin to inform them of the truth. Since Natalie's parents had passed away, Takagi contacted the one who claimed her possessions, a colleague from English conversation school and old friend, Ryusaku Fuemoto. But due to that Natalie had never told her family her boyfriend's family name and because Date and Takagi had the same given name, Ryusaku mistook Takagi as the boyfriend who dumped Natalie, and lured him to Hokkaido. Police officers including [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] find their way to save Takagi with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s help. [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] saves Takagi on time before the bomb under him exploded.
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=== A Missing Item Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) ===
Takagi sees Sato is hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting some lost. Takagi thinks that she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) ===
Takagi and Sato put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.

=== Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) ===

=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case (Manga: [[Volume 106#Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case|1123-1125]], Anime: [[The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper|1184-1185]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Prior to manga appearances ===
Takagi was originally introduced as an [[anime]] only character to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] as well as [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] with the solutions to cases. He was inserted into both Manga canon episodes as well as TV originals. He appeared in 23 episodes spanning 20 cases before the [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|anime adaptation]] of his [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|first official Manga appearance]] aired.

=== On Location, TV Drama Murder Case (Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|21]])===
Takagi's first appearance in the [[anime]] series.

=== TV Station Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 11#TV Station Murder Case|102-104]], Anime: [[TV Station Murder Case|31]])===
The first Manga canon episode to feature Takagi despite him still being an Anime Original character at the time.

=== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]] ===
When [[Lupin III]] arrived in Japan to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Koichi Zenigata|Inspector Zenigata]] of the ICPO asked to use some of Inspector Megure's officers as part of a plan to prevent the theft. After seeing Miwako eagerly volunteer to join Zenigata's team (as Lupin was her first love), Takagi took part in the operation as well. However, at the scene of the planned crime, it was revealed that Takagi was actually Lupin, who had replaced Takagi after stealing his clothing and identity. After the heist, [[Yumi Miyamoto]] and [[Naeko Miike]] discovered the real Takagi stripped, bound and gagged inside a parking garage.

== List of disguises used ==
In one case, [[Parade of Malice and Saint]], he wore a disguise that by remarkable coincidence resembled [[Jinpei Matsuda]], Sato's late partner.
<gallery perrow=6>
File:EP301 Takagi as Matsuda.jpg|Jinpei Matsuda-esque disguise<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref>
File:EP643-14.png|''Mailman''<ref>[[Volume 72#A Wolf-Crier|Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits]]</ref>
File:Takao.jpg|''Takao''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref>
</gallery>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Miwako Sato ===
[[File:Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi.]]
{{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}}
His affection for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] is a driving force of his character development. While his insecurity and comical outside interference regularly gets in the way, he slowly manages to win her heart through his dedication, honesty and sincerity - traits Sato had also admired in her late colleague [[Jinpei Matsuda]]. Sato finally kisses Takagi after he has been severely wounded while protecting others.

=== Conan Edogawa ===
Takagi has come the closest of any of the Division One members to finding out [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s true identity. [[File: EP391 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan and Takagi.]]

In The Man From Chicago, Episode 258-259, When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

In the Tokyo Tower Bomber Case, while they waited for the elevator bomb's clock to run down to give the final clue to stop the greater crime, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], as Conan, told Takagi that he would answer Takagi's questions about his real identity "on the other side."

Takagi has also come to acknowledge Conan's sharp mind and intellect, taking Conan's observations seriously and even allowing him to accompany him to question suspects, most notably during the New Scar and the Whistling Man Case where he has the rest of the Detective Boys remain in the car.

He also fully supports Takagi's relationship with Sato, at one point orchestrated a plan to foil Shiratori's attempt of an arranged marriage with Sato. When asked for reasons, he didn't answer, but quietly relate the experience with Ran's relationship.

=== Kazunobu Chiba ===
[[File: EP526 4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kazunobu and Takagi.]]
Takagi and [[Kazunobu Chiba]] always work together on murder cases. Chiba is also the only male officer in their department who has had no obsessive crush on Sato, and in fact supported Takagi in his romantic endeavors on several occasions.

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Wataru Date|Date]] was Takagi's mentor and close friend who passed away in a traffic accident. As the pronunciation of his name was the same as Wataru Takagi's, Takagi and Date were nicknamed "the Wataru brothers" (ワタル・ブラザーズ). He is very loyal to his late friend's memory, as demonstrated when he tried to clear out misunderstanding around the death of Date's girlfriend. And he feels guilty in not living up to what he believes was Date's last wish; Giving Natalie a ring hidden in the notebook. He couldn't give her the ring, because Natalie had committed suicide soon after Date's death.

=== Other ===
In the non-canon 16th movie, "The Eleventh Striker," Takagi mentions that he saw a football (soccer) game with his nephew, but does not give a name. This implies that he has at least one sibling.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Takagi placed 14th in the poll with 46 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Takagi placed 10th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Takagi placed 10th overall with 226 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* He ranked 9th in the SDB 80+'s poll "Characters you want to marry the most", with 446 votes.

== Name origin ==
* Takagi is named after his voice actor. In the anime he was originally a nameless character called "Detective A" who would appear in the background in some episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1603/29/news079.html|title=声優・高木渉が「PON!」に生出演　高木刑事＆元太の声で映画「名探偵コナン」をアピール|date=2016-03-29|publisher=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> However while recording for [[Night Road Murder Case|episode 66]], Megure's voice actor [[Chafurin]] adlibbed asking Detective A "What's your name?", to which Takagi's voice actor mistakenly responded with his own name and replied "It's Takagi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://otapol.com/2016/01/post-5345.html|title=大河ドラマ『真田丸』に『コナン』の高木刑事が出陣中!?　ベテラン声優・高木渉の人気にNHKも東スポも驚く！|date=2016-01-17|publisher=https://otapol.com|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> While this ad-lib was not kept in for the airing, the name stuck and is used in this episode and beyond. Gosho included the name Wataru Takagi since it is also the name of a Detective created by Kenzo Kitakata named Yoshibumi '''Taka'''gi where only the first kanji in the surname is similar (高 - Taka).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 26]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Second Look.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 147]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 760]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|It doesn't matter whether it's a petty or a major crime, all crimes are unforgivable!}}
{{cquote|Every murderer makes at least one mistake.}}
{{cquote|I don't think you should forget him. When people die, they can only live through our memories|[[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304]]}}
{{cquote|Sometimes the proof is in what’s not actually there.|From Mouri Kogoro (aka Conan) [[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|The way I see it, no matter the situation... No one’s dream can benefit from killing another person!|[[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|It’s certainly not right to lie, but you need to hold those who force others to lie accountable.|[[The Man Who Called for an Ambulance|Episode 405]]}}
{{cquote|But what you did is still a crime. No matter how unforgivable of an opponent. There’s no way to fix it with an apology!|[[A Mysterious Man - Overly Strict with Regulations|Episode 459]]}}
{{cquote|I always wake up the moment I fall off that plank. I keep telling myself..."I'm fine! I haven't fallen! I haven't fallen..."|[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684]]}}

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|واتارو Watāru|تاكاجي Takāji| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Bahasa Melayu|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) |涉 Shè|高木 Gāomù| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry Wataru|Wilder/Takagi<ref>In the manga</ref> Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Latin America)|''Not given'' Wataru|Torres Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Wataru|Takagi|In the anime, Takagi is pronunced like "Takaji"}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ватару Vataru|Такаги Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|วาตารุ Wātā-ru|ทาคางิ Thā-khāngi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* Despite debuting in [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case]] it isn't until the [[Karaoke Box Murder Case]] that Takagi is credited and referred to by that name.
* Takagi's appearance seems to have changed. His old hairstyle included a spikier fringe compared to the current one as well as a darker skin tone.
* Takagi drives a [[Cars|Nissan Skyline]],[[Cars|1966 Toyota Publica De Luxe [UP20-D]]].
* The name of the voice actor of Takagi is Wataru Takagi also.
* "Takagi" (高木) means "tall tree", his first name "Wataru" (渉) means "to cross".
* Takagi is the fifth character with most appearances on the anime, only less than the 3 protagonists and Inspector Megure; he has even more appearances than Detective Boys, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara.
*He can recognise police moves like File 1079 etc.

== Gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]]

== References ==
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Miwako Sato

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{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Sato]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Miwako Sato
| japanese-name = 佐藤美和子 (Satō Miwako)
| english-name = Detective Simone
| image = Miwako Sato 1.png
| age = 28<ref>Detective Conan Drill: The Dechipherment of Conan Page 29. Miwako's age is written as '''推定'''28歳 (presumably 28 years old).</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = April
| relatives = [[Masayoshi Sato]] (father, deceased) [[Mrs. Sato]] (mother)
| occupation = Police Detective (Assistant Inspector)
| nicknames =
| aliases = Satoko<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref>
| status = Alive
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 19#Stadium Bomber Case|File 190]] Anime: [[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|Episode 130]]
| appearances = {{:Miwako Sato Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 21]]
| japanese-voice = [[Atsuko Yuya]]
| english-voice = [[Kate Oxley]] (FUNimation) [[Katelyn Gault]] (Bang Zoom!) [[Sarah Bartels]] (Macias Group) [[Natalie Van Sistine]] (Studio Nano)
| drama-actor = [[Natsuhi Ueno]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Miwako Sato|佐藤美和子|Satō Miwako}}''', also known as '''Detective Simone''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a police assistant inspector and detective in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[Image:Miwako and her father.png|thumb|left|200px|Miwako and her last moment with her father.]]
Eighteen years ago, when she was still at elementary school, Miwako lost her father, [[Masayoshi Sato]], in a traffic accident as he was about to deliver a bank robber to the police - an event that marked her life. She eventually became a police officer on her own and now works alongside [[Inspector Megure]], [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], [[Kazunobu Chiba]], and especially [[Wataru Takagi]] in the Tokyo police district. Since joining the police force, her natural attractiveness has made practically every male police officer vie for her attention and scorns anyone who gets too close with to, always trying to interfere in any growing relationship.

Sato first met [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and the [[Detective Boys]] during a blackmail case against Nichiuri TV.<ref>Manga Chapter 190: The 56 Thousand Hostages</ref> In a subsequent case which dealt with a cunning murder of a banker's wife by her husband, she became impressed with Conan's intellect and deductionary ability and has since come to trust his judgements implicitly.<ref>Manga Chapter 210: An Unexpected Rival</ref> Eventually, the case of her father's death was also resolved with [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s help, which helped fanning the spark of affection she was feeling for him at the time.<ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> Although Sato generally follows order from Megure, at one point she secretly asks Takagi investigate a case and not reports to the police department on their whereabouts, which almost leads to their fatality.

Sato's first love interest was [[Jinpei Matsuda]], whom she only got to know briefly due to his death in a bomb explosion. Although she denied it at first, she finally acknowledged her feelings for Takagi. Nonetheless, for a very long time, each time they were about to take their relationship to the very next step, something got in the way (mostly in the shape of Miwako's best friend, [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]]), until Sato and Takagi - mostly undisturbed (thanks to the help of Conan and the Detective Boys for creating a makeshift reason for the interlopers to leave) - shared their very first kiss when Takagi was hospitalized in the course of a hard case.<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref> Then had their second kiss (and third) when Takagi survived a bombing accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref>

== Personality ==
Sato is considered one of the most dangerous members of the police, being not at all afraid to get tangled with dangerous men in fights, which she almost always wins. She has a strong sense of justice, and hates criminals who take lives for an idiotic reason. She does have a softer personality, in which she is very friendly with the [[Detective Boys]], and especially [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], whom she considers is a big help in difficult cases. When in action, however, Sato can be quite reckless and daring, which has earned her the title 'The Silver Witch' among car racers on Mount Fuyuna due to her driving style.<ref>Manga Chapter 663: The True Identity of the Witch</ref> Sato can also get highly emotional if cases involve people close to her, like Takagi and Matsuda.

Her favorite hobbies are going to the karaoke, attending all-you-can-eat buffets, and going out to eat ramen. She dislikes expensive restaurants.

She appears to be traumatized of Ferris Wheels most likely because of Matsuda, as seen during her date with Takagi in [[Tropical Land]].<ref>Manga Chapter 406: Misguided but Successful Arrest</ref>

== Appearance ==
Sato is a fairly tall and slender woman of fair complexion. She has short brown hair reaching just past her nape with strands framing the sides of her face and blue eyes. Apart from hair color, she is noted to have a striking resemblance to Sumiko Kobayashi, even similar hairstyles. She is well-recognized as a beautiful woman of curvaceous and well-endow built. Her beauty has ultimately made her very popular with nearly every male officer in the Tokyo Police Department. She is commonly seen wearing a light blue short skirt, dark blue shirt, blue jacket, black leggings, and low black heels.

== Skills ==
=== Physical Prowess ===
Greatly belying her feminine form, Sato is known to be a very fierce fighter, effortlessly taking down criminals much larger than her. She has advanced prowess in jujitsu and wrestling maneuvers, often ending the confrontation in a single move. She is also quite strong, having once crushed her cellphone in her hand during a fit of anger.

=== Firearms ===
Sato is proficient in guns, being able to aim accurately even in very difficult situations.

=== Driving ===
Sato is a strong and sometimes a reckless driver. She owns a Mazda RX-7.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Sato-san Miwako-san Sato<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref>|Shiratori-kun}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Sato-san|Chiba-kun}}
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{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Sato-san|Miike Miike-chan<ref name="file946">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 946 (Volume 89)]]</ref> ''Anata''<ref>[[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|Episode 681]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Anta<ref>[[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304]]</ref>|Matsuda-kun}}
{{appellations|Kenji Hagiwara|Officer Hagiwara Kenji (''Hagiwara Kenji-taiin'')<ref>[[The Bride of Halloween|Movie 25]]</ref> Hagiwara-san|-}}
{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Sato}}
{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Sato-san}}
{{appellations|Wataru Date|-|Date-san}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|-|Inspector Nakamori (''Nakamori-keibu'')<ref name="file545">[[Volume 53#Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces|File 545: Konjiki (Volume 53)]]</ref> Inspector (''Keibu'')<ref name="file545"/>}}
{{appellations|Koichi Zenigata|This girl (''kono nēchan''; talking to [[Lupin III]])|Inspector (''Keibu'') Inspector Zenigata (''Zenigata-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Detective Sogawa|Sato-san|file=Detective Sogawa.jpg}}
{{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Lieutenant Inspector Sato (''Satō keibuho'')|-}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Furuya}}
{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}}
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{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'') Sato-san<ref name="ep791">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Ran-chan}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Mouri-san}}
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{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Ayumi-chan}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Genta-kun}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Agasa-san<ref name="m13"/> Professor (''Hakase'')<ref name="m13"/>}}
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|Sato Miwako-san Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Kobayashi-sensei}}
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{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Sonoko-chan}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Taiko Meijin<ref name="file946"/> Haneda Shukichi<ref name="file946"/> Your boyfriend (''kareshi''; talking to [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]]<ref name="file945">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 945 (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Lupin III{{!}}Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|Girl (''Onēchan'')|Lupin Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'') My first love (''Watashi no Hatsukoi'')}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|Kazuha-chan<ref>File 1068</ref>}}
{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|189]]-[[Volume 20|191]], Anime: [[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|130-131]]) ===
Miwako's first appearance was in episode 130, and in manga file 190, where she is seen trying to arrest the culprit's accomplice along with other police officers, but failed.

=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
This case is the very beginning of the long and enduring love story between Miwako Sato and her fellow police officer, [[Wataru Takagi]].

One night, Sato and her best friend [[Yumi Miyamoto]] from the traffic department have a drink together. In her drunken state, Sato unknowingly reveals to Yumi the person that she has feelings for. However, when she wakes up, she doesn't remember the exact details of what she has told her friend. The next day, Sato arrives at the Police Headquarters and meets up with detective [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], who is talking to the [[Detective Boys]] at the time. She asks Takagi who the children are, only to be mistaken by them that she is his girlfriend. However, both of them deny this. She also wonders if Takagi has heard anything from Yumi, without knowing that her friend has already told the police officer about what happened the previous night, saying that the person whom Sato likes is "someone from the first investigation division".

Later, the bank manager from a recent bank robbery case comes to see the police. During his phone call to his wife, everyone hears her sudden scream. Sato immediately drives Takagi, Conan and the manager to their house, only to discover the wife's stabbed body instead. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. Sato sarcastically congratulates Shiratori on his rapid promotion, and jokingly comments that he may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", without knowing that this statement has raised a major misunderstanding from Takagi, who thinks that she really has affection for the new police inspector.

With the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. When all is done, Shiratori invites Sato to have dinner with him at a restaurant that he knows, but she turns down the offer, saying that French cuisine isn't her favorite. She instead invites Takagi to go out and eat ramen together. Just as the misunderstanding earlier is about to be cleared and Takagi finally has the chance to be with Sato, a drunken [[Juzo Megure|Megure]] suddenly appears and suggests to them to go out for a drink with him at a bar. Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the other invitation to Takagi, thus raising another serious misconception: Detective Sato has special feelings for Inspector Megure.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) ===
In the course of chasing down Higashida, a suspect in a murder case, Sato corners him in a public bathroom and manages to cuff him to herself to end any further escape attempts. However, she soon discovers that she has accidentally cuffed them around a toilet pipe, meaning neither of them were going anywhere. When Higashida protests his innocence, and that he has to catch a plane the next day to attend his daughter's wedding, Sato relies on Takagi and the Detective Boys to find the true culprit without alerting headquarters to the embarrassing situation - headquarters, meanwhile, launches a hunt for the apparently missing Higashida, Sato and Takagi. While Takagi and the Detective Boys are able to unveil the true culprit, proving Higashida innocent, they also discover that the building that Sato is trapped in is due to be demolished by Agasa using the Tropical Rainbow device, an experimental bomb that detonates with a multicoloured explosion. Conan manages to subdue Agasa before he hits the button using his [[Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes|power shoes]], and Sato is cut free - though naturally the embarrassing situation was found out. Sato also finds herself having to explain to Takagi that she only sees Megure as a father figure - much to Takagi's relief.

=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
It is the last day before the case of Sato's father's death - a murder/robbery - hits the statute of limitations, allowing the culprit to leave scot-free. Sato intends to solve both this case and a serial arson case currently ongoing in the city, promising Takagi a request if they are successful. In the course of investigating, Sato gives Takagi her father's handcuffs to use, being as hers had to be broken to release her during the [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|Innocent Suspect case]]. However, the arsonist attacks Takagi and uses the cuffs to restrain him to a set of window bars in his final target building. As midnight approaches, Sato - unaware of Takagi's predicament - sits down with the culprit of her father's murder, and once midnight has passed he reveals to her the entire story. At this point, Sato reveals to him that given that time outside Japan does not count towards the statute of limitations, and he had spent time in Italy since the crime, the time limit had been extended some. While the suspect knew this, upon returning to Japan from Italy a flight delay due to bad weather caused his arrival time to fall just after midnight the day after the scheduled time - meaning there are in fact still twenty-four hours in which he could be charged, and he had just given a full confession. He is promptly arrested.

Sato is then informed of Takagi's situation, and returns to the warehouse where the arsonist - subdued by Conan - has struck. Takagi has managed to escape by breaking the window bars off the frame - being unable to bring himself to break Sato's father's handcuffs - and he collapses in Sato's arms, but ultimately survives. Once he has recuperated, he uses his request to ask Sato out on a date - which she doubles with tailing a suspect, to Takagi's annoyance.

=== Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) ===

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===
[[File:Miwako picking randomly.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato randomly picks up a file.]]
In these episodes, Sato and Takagi's feelings for each other are explored. Sato chose randomly and incidentally landed on Shiratori for her omiai (arranged date). Meanwhile, Sato realized her feelings for Takagi. Before she and Shiratori can kiss, Conan stopped them with Takagi and [[Tomoaki Araide|Dr. Araide's]] help.

=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===
Sato and the rest of the department are undercover at the Tokyo Spirits' victory parade, having received a fax alluding to a bombing from three years ago that targeted police. She comes across the Detective Boys and Professor Agasa, and then Takagi, also undercover. However, Sato abruptly slaps him and scolds him, since as a new addition to the Beika police he did not have to be undercover. Privately, she is upset that his diguise makes him resemble [[Matsuda Jinpei|an officer]] who apparently died in the prior case. Takagi returns his disguise to his car, shortly before a bomb explodes underneath the car. Sato attempts to pull him out, suffering burns on her hands, before Miyamoto informs her that Takagi had in fact gotten away. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys, it is determined that the allusions to the previous case and the bombs are all false flags and this is in fact a robbery targeting the postal service - the police organise a sting and the offenders are taken in.

Later, Sato suggests to Takagi that they should cancel an upcoming date as everyone who Sato cares about, including her father, an old teacher, a club senpai and (though she does not say out loud) the officer that died in the previous bombings, seems to disappear and she would prefer not to live through such pain again. Takagi struggles to reveal his feelings, and ultimately - in front of the Detective Boys, Shiratori, Miyamoto, and a significant portion of the police department - agrees that their relationship should remain professional, much to the audience's chagrin. Though Takagi tries to get her attention as she walks away, Sato merely waves.

=== The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===
During this case, Sato was having many flash backs of her former crush, Jinpei Matsuda, who was killed during a bombing incident. When the bombing started to involve more familiar police officers (including Shiratori), she became very worried for Takagi. When Takagi and Conan were trapped in an elevator with a mercury lever bomb, Takagi told Sato that he and Conan would have to remain and die with the bomb to get the name of the location of a much bigger bomb. She tried to force her way through police to get to Takagi, but failed. However, the bomb was disabled by Conan at the last second. Later after apprehending the bomber, she chased and attempted to kill him, being fully taken in with the impulse of revenge. At the last moment before she would have killed him, Takagi tackled Sato and even smacked her in the face to make her regain her senses. Takagi and Sato then almost kissed, but the arrival of Inspector Megure broke the moment.

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) ===

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===

=== Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) ===

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===

=== Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) ===

=== Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) ===

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===
[[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Miwako and Takagi about to kiss.]]

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) ===
Sato and Takagi had agreed on going out to a spa as soon as a difficult case (involving a serial killer whose cases are about to caducate) that they were working on (alongside Megure, Shiratori, and Matsumoto) was resolved. Takagi gets very fired up and decides to work harder than usual; their seniors, however, see it as a terrible signal since officers who behave like that often end up dying in the line of duty, which greatly worries Sato. This bad omen almost becomes true when Takagi ends up being shot, with only a mahjong tile he carried in his pocket saving him from death. Sato is greatly relieved when he survives, and they ''finally'' can share a kiss.

=== White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69|725-727]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal |608-609]]) ===

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) ===
[[File:683-6.png|thumb|left|200px|Sato jumps from a helicopter to save Takagi.]]
Takagi is kidnapped by a mysterious man who mistakes him to be [[Wataru Date]] (a deceased police officer and Takagi's former mentor) who had made the kidnapper's daughter commit suicide. He is bandaged on a plank of wood and there is a bomb under it. Sato saves Takagi from getting killed by the bomb, and the duo kiss again.

=== Taii's Owner (Manga: [[Volume 82|865-868]], Anime: [[The Case of the Lucky Calico|751-752]]) ===

=== Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) ===
[[File:748-1.png|thumb|200px|Embarrassed Sato.]]
Sato hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting but has lost. Naeko, Takagi and Yumi believe that her period is late... and since Takagi is now her lover as well as her partner, this means she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.

=== Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) ===
Sato and Takagi put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.

=== Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) ===
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=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case (Manga: [[Volume 106#Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case|1123-1125]], Anime: [[The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper|1184-1185]]) ===
Sato inadvertently let Shiori Ishigami’s kidnapper escape without retrieving the GPS-tracked suitcase that Inspector Hatori of the Special Investigation Team had installed, and is forced to chase after him. However, she nearly hit a young boy still in shock from the chaos the kidnapper created while honking his horn to scare people away, if it weren't for Chihaya Hagiwara's intervention. Fortunately, the kidnapper fell off his motorcycle and fled into a nearby warehouse. Chihaya then comes up with the idea of swapping uniforms so that she and Takagi (posing as a couple) can enter and identify the kidnapper.

=== List of disguises used ===
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Sato has used many disguises over the course of the series with her preference being a simple disguise with wig and sun glasses. However, she is also capable of disguising as other individual if given enough time. These are the known ones used so far.
<gallery perrow=6>
File:Satodisguise217.jpg|Female Civilian<ref>[[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]</ref>
File:Satodisguise242.jpg|Mall Shopper<ref>[[Boy_Genta's Misfortune|Episode 242]]</ref>
File:Miwakofirstdisguise.png|Random citizen<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref>
File:EP303 Police G.jpg|Post Office Employee<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 302]]</ref>
File:satorei.jpg|Rei Masudo<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|Episode 449]]</ref>
File:satokoba.jpg|Sumiko Kobayashi<ref>[[Kobayashi-sensei's Love|Episode 583-585]]</ref>
File:satoko 828.jpg|''Satoko''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref>
</gallery>

== Non-canon plot overview==
==== Captured in Her Eyes ([[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4]]) ====
[[File:Movie4 Case3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|]]
During ''Captured in Her Eyes'', Miwako was a target of a serial killer. She thought she was safe, but when she and Ran went to the bathroom, a blackout in the hotel occurred. A gunman then came into the bathroom, and she jumped on Ran to protect her. However, she was shot several times and put into a coma. This incident caused a large deal of grief for Ran and Takagi, even going as far as to make Ran completely lose her memories. She was given by doctors a 50% chance at surviving due to one bullet stopping extremely close to her heart. Luckily, she survived.

==== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]] ====
After the international criminal [[Lupin III]] announced his intention to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Inspector Zenigata]] from the ICPO put together an operation to prevent the theft. Miwako eagerly volunteered to join Zenigata's team, relishing the chance to capture her hero. During the operation, she actually managed to handcuff Lupin, but lost him after he electrocuted her. Though weakened from the electrical attack, Miwako pursued him into the subway tunnels underneath the city, but was nearly killed after collapsing on the train tracks. Impressed with her tenacity, Lupin returned and saved Miwako from being hit by the train, before disappearing with the sapphire.

== Relationship analysis ==
=== Wataru Takagi ===
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[[File:Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi sharing their first kiss]]
Since their first meeting, Takagi was revealed to have strong romantic feelings towards her, but it was unknown if Sato felt the same way as she was shown to be quite oblivious to his feelings for her. However as time went on, their relationship slowly grew and they soon became more closer towards each other as Takagi learned more of her past, including the death of her father. Eventually, Sato finally realized her true feelings for [[Takagi]] when she was nearly force to marry Shiratori. Their relationship gradually develops as the series continues. However their relationship became threatened when Sato revealed she still hadn't completely gotten over the death of her former love, Jinpei Matsuda. However, after finally confronting the man who killed him and after being comforted by Takagi, Sato was finally able to move on with her life and renew her relationship with Takagi. At present, Takagi and Sato are very much in love, having kissed at least thrice.
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=== Jinpei Matsuda ===
Matsuda was Sato's former partner and first love.They only got to know each other for a brief period but his death affected her greatly. Before his death, he sent her a message of the next bomb location and a note that he actually liked her.She struggled to put his death behind her but finally managed to do so when she avenged matsuda by capturing the bomber.She also developed a strong fear of Ferris Wheels due to the trauma she experienced when he died.

=== Yumi Miyamoto ===
[[Image:Miwako and Yumi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Miwako and Yumi.]]
Yumi is Miwako's best friend in the headquarter. They are seen together a lot, and Yumi always teases Miwako about her relationship with Takagi. She often tries to bring the two closer together, much to the chagrin of Sato and Takagi. They have been friends for at least 10 years.
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=== Juzo Megure ===
[[File:Miwako&Juzo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inspector Megure with Miwako Sato.]]
Inspector Megure is like a father figure to Miwako as she said to Takagi in one of the episodes (although Takagi mistook it as a love interest at first).
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=== Conan Edogawa ===
Miwako seems to admire Conan and consider him an equal (quite surprisingly), like Takagi, usually telling Conan information that is actually forbidden to be leaked to normal citizens.<ref>Episode 533</ref>
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=== Ninzaburo Shiratori ===
[[File:NinzaburoShiratori & MiwakoSato.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ninzaburo and Miwako]]
Although Shiratori, initially, had a crush on Sato and attempted to marry her, she views him only as a friend. It is later revealed that the main reason Shiratori had a crush on her was because he believed her to be the "girl of destiny" who changed his life, but later it turned out that the said girl was [[Sumiko Kobayashi]], who bears an extreme physical similarity to Sato. Once this is revealed, Shiratori stops chasing after Sato's affections, and has become very friendly to her. Sato really supports Shiratori and Kobayashi relationship.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Sato placed 13th in the poll with 50 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Sato placed 14th overall with 107 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* She ranked 7th in the Super Digest Book 60+ "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 80 votes.

== Name origin ==

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 146]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 402]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 661]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|But kid, remember one thing... The word "justice" isn't a word you can involve in any occasion... it's something we must hold secretly in our heart.|To [[Genta]]}}
{{cquote|Kidnapping is an extremely vulgar crime, right up there with murder.|Episode 432 [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7]]}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200px perrow=5>
File:Miwako as a child.png|As a child (18 years ago).
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
[[File:Satorx7.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato's RX-7]]
* Sato drives a [[Cars#Miwako Sato|red series 6 Mazda (Ẽfini) RX-7]]. It used to be white, but she painted it red so it would be more visible in the fog.
* Sato has a habit of shrieking while drifting without pulling the handbrake, as she feels that shrieking helps make it easier. But she finds it embarrassing, though. This habit caused the "Mountain Witch" story to happen, as people reported the witch would drift using a white FD and scream really loud.
* It is likely that Sato's driving style is inspired by Takumi Fujiwara, the protagonist of the manga / anime Initial D. (with one difference that Sato drives an FD, while Takumi drives a Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 panda).
* Sato is a fan of [[Lupin III]] and has stated that he was her first love.
* Sato dislikes any shiny and expensive jewelry. This fact was used by Yumi to trick some of Sato's admirers to buy expensive jewels for her that Yumi herself finds nice.<ref>Episode 402</ref> However, Sato currently wears a ring that Takagi had bought for her, not realizing that he intended it to be an engagement ring.<ref>Episode 487</ref>
*Sato dislikes expensive restaurants, and once denied an offer made by Inspector Shiratori to go eat at a French cuisine.<ref>Chapter 205</ref>
* A running gag in the series is how whenever she and Takagi go on a date, they are stalked by other police officers who have crushes on her.<ref>Episode 358</ref> Previously, this 'Miwako Sato's Line of Defence' was led by Inspector Shiratori.<ref>Episode 583</ref>
* A script Error in the English Dub of [[Movie 4]]: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] referred that Sato died from the shot in the restroom (which, in fact, she does not and remained critically injured in hospital until her fate is known at the end of the film). This creates continuity error, as beyond that point, others characters in the Dubbing version continued to make reference that she died until the news of her recovery reaches the policemen at the end of the film.
* Sato is bad at drawing.<ref>Episode 205</ref>
* Sato, Takagi and Yumi are the only Police Officers to take Conan seriously, usually treating him as an equal.
* Her last name Satō (佐藤) is written with the characters for 'help' and 'wisteria'. Written with different characters, Satō (砂糖) can also mean sugar. In a flashback showing the first encountering of her and Takagi, he uses this as a pun and refers to her as 'Inspector Sugar'.
* Her first name Miwako (美和子) is written with the characters for 'beautiful', 'peace' and 'child'.
* Sato doesn't know that the whole police department all have a romantic attraction to her...or is at least trying to ignore that...
* According to Gosho in Super Digest Book 80+, Miwako is the faster driver than Yukiko.
* Miwako appeared to not know what White Day was until she learned it from Yumi.
*According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, she taught herself her driving techniques.
*According to RECIPE PLUS Super Digest Book she can't cook.
*Miwako used to wear lipstick in her earlier appearance.

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|美和子 Miwako|佐藤 Satou}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)|美和子 Měihézǐ|佐藤 Zhúoténg}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato Miwako}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Martial artists]]

[[ca:Miwako Sato]]
[[de:Miwako Sato]]
[[fr:Miwako Sato]]
[[zh:佐藤美和子]]

File:Miwako Sato 1.png

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Jinpei Matsuda

2026-06-29T12:39:30Z

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| name = Jinpei Matsuda
| japanese-name = 松田陣平 (Matsuda Jinpei)
| english-name =
| image = Jinpei Matsuda Profile.png
| age = 26 (three years ago)<ref>Manga volume 96, file 7</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Jotaro Matsuda]] (father)
| nicknames =
| status = Dead
| occupation = Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 36#Parade Bomber Case|File 366]] Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]
| appearances = {{:Jinpei Matsuda Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 36]]
| japanese-voice = [[Nobutoshi Canna]]
| english-voice = [[Samuel Drake]]
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Jinpei Matsuda|松田陣平|Matsuda Jinpei}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is also a main character in [[Wild Police Story]] manga.

== Background ==

Matsuda's father was a pro-boxer who was innocently arrested for the cause someone who was a former pro-boxer was beaten to death and Matsuda's father was there at that time, later the real culprit was arrested and police set Matsuda's father free, but he had lost the match by that time and later nothing went good for him. In the end he quit boxing and drown himself into alcohol. Because of this Matsuda hold a grudge againts police

Prior to becoming a police officer Matsuda developed strong feelings for his first love. Many times he attempted to confess to [[Chihaya Hagiwara]] during his high school years.

Matsuda decided become a police officer. He asked his father to teach him boxing. He attend the police academy with [[Rei Furuya]], [[Kenji Hagiwara]], [[Wataru Date]], and [[Hiromitsu Morofushi]]. Kenji Hagiwara is his childhood friend and he learned mechanic from him and his father. He get into fight with Rei but they later became close friends. All five friends then graduate from the police academy at the same time.

Jinpei Matsuda was originally a member of the Tokyo Police bomb squadron. His partner [[Kenji Hagiwara]] was killed seven years ago by a serial bomber in Shinjuku<ref>The license plate number of his murderer's car, a 1992 Gray Toyota Corolla Van DX [E100], in the anime version is 新宿 400, せ 12-75 (Shinjuku 400, Se 12-75).</ref> who had sworn revenge on the police for the accidental death of his partner. When the killer resurfaced three years ago, Matsuda's superiors, fearing that he would become reckless due to personal interest, transferred him to [[Juzo Megure|Megure]]'s department, where he was promptly partnered with [[Miwako Sato]], then a rather new detective.

Sato was at first put off by his direct manner, but then the bomber appeared in their district less than a week later, depositing an explosive charge in a Ferris wheel at an amusement park. When Matsuda attempted to disarm the bomb, the killer trapped him inside and revealed the existence of yet another bomb hidden in the city. As the countdown of the Ferris wheel bomb would wind down, the name of the second bomb's location would be gradually displayed, claiming a policeman's life for the life of innocents, as the bomber had intended. Matsuda sent the bomb location to Sato via SMS just as the final seconds ran out, his last thoughts being regret that he would not be able to drink to his partner's memory following the apprehension of the culprit.

Matsuda's death haunted Sato for years to come, as she had fallen in love with him, and she kept his final message on her cell phone as a reminder of him. When the bomb killer was finally caught by her and [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], she managed to put behind the haunt of her past, though she promised herself never to forget about Matsuda.

== Personality ==
Upon his transfer to the Tokyo Metropolian Police, Sato found Matsuda rather blunt and aloof, since he spoke out his mind no matter what anybody would think. However, despite his personal interest in the case which eventually claimed his life, Matsuda remained cool and professional, placing the safety of Sato, for whom he had come to care as well, and innocents over his own life, qualities which had won Sato's heart.

== Appearance ==

== Abilities ==
Matsuda was skiled at boxing since he was taught by his father who was pro-boxer. He was skilled at mechanical since he could fix cars and he was also skilled at taking gun apart,repair it and put it back together, also he could defuse bomb quickly in three minutes.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Matsuda-kun|Anta}}
{{appellations|Kenji Hagiwara|Matsuda Jinpei-chan Jinpei|Hagiwara Hagi}}
{{appellations|Chihaya Hagiwara|Idiot Matsuda (''Matsuda no baka'') Jinpei Ano baka|-}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Matsuda One of the academy's best Mr. Detective (''Keiji-san'')<ref>[[The Bride of Halloween|Movie 25]]</ref>|Zero}}
{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|Matsuda|Morofushi Boss Hiro Hiro}}
{{appellations|Wataru Date|Senpai|Squad leader (''Hanchou'') Boss (''Taishou'')}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Matsuda Jinpei-kun|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda-san}}
{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Matsuda-san<ref name="movie25">[[The Bride of Halloween]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Matsuda-san}}

|}
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{{appellations/head|Jinpei Matsuda}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda Jinpei}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'')}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36#Parade Bomber Case|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===
Matsuda was shown in a series of Sato's flashbacks, in which he was depicted solving the case of the bombing and sending Sato the location of the second bomb, shortly before dying in the explosion on the Ferris Wheel.

=== Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36#Serial Bomber Case|369-373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40#Missing Ring Case|406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|359]]) ===

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64#Whistling Killer Case|672]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|535]]) ===

=== Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: [[Volume 96#Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips|1021]], Anime: [[Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips|984]]) ===
Matsuda appears in a flashback along with Kenji Hagiwara, [[Wataru Date]], [[Hiromitsu Morofushi]], and [[Rei Furuya]].

=== Hiroshi Agasa Abduction Case (Manga: [[Volume 101#Hiroshi Agasa Abduction Case|1075]], Anime: [[Chihaya Hagiwara, Goddess of the Wind|1099]]) ===
Matsuda appears in [[Chihaya Hagiwara]]'s flashback, in which he broke Chihaya's phone.

=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Shinichi, Ran and the Haunted House (Manga: [[Volume 107#Shinichi, Ran and the Haunted House|1134-1136]], Anime: TBA) ===

=== Mud Bath Hot Spring Case (Manga: [[Volume 108#Mud Bath Hot Spring Case|1123]]-[[Volume 109#Mud Bath Hot Spring Case|1125]], Anime: TBA) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: [[The Darkest Nightmare|20]]) ===

=== The Bride of Halloween (Movie: [[The Bride of Halloween|25]]) ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Chihaya Hagiwara ===
Chihaya was Jinpei's first love and throughout his youth he attempted to confess to her many times.

=== Miwako Sato ===
Jinpei was [[Miwako Sato]]'s first love who died inside the Ferris Wheel planted with a bomb, where he waited for the last few seconds before the explosion of the bomb in order to obtain the clue to figuring out the culprit behind the bombing cases. While Sato originally found him cold and aloof, they still grew close and cared deeply about each other, falling in love at some point of time after he transferred to Sato's division and met her. His death haunted Sato for a long period of time, and she kept his last message to her in which he revealed his feelings for her as a memento of him. However, Sato was able to let go of Jinpei's death following the apprehension of the bomb culprit as well as Takagi's advice towards her and also deleted his last message to her as a sign of putting his death behind her. Regardless, Sato vows to never forget about him. She has also apparently cultivated a slight fear of Ferris Wheels as shown when she was stunned and shocked upon seeing a Ferris Wheel while chasing a culprit in the amusement park, when she had been on a date with Takagi some time after, to the point that it caused her legs to give in and for her to burst into tears.

=== Rei Furuya ===
[[File:Matsuda.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rei remembers Matsuda.]]
[[Rei Furuya]] from the [[Public Security Bureau]] was his friend and they also attended the same police academy. Rei has also learned by him how to defuse a bomb.

=== Kenji Hagiwara ===
[[File:EP304-friends.png|thumb|right|200px|Matsuda and Hagiwara.]]
Jinpei and [[Kenji Hagiwara]] were really good friends and always did missions together. They also attended the same police academy. Although Jinpei was more careful to his friend, Kenji was more carefree. On Kenji's last mission, Jinpei called him like he always did and chated with him and told him he should have worn his bomb defusal suit to which Kenji replied he was fine. Unfortunately for him, he died, and Jinpei decided to avenge him although himself died at the hands of the same bomber four years later. Although Kenji died, Jinpei still sent mails to his email even after.

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Wataru Date]] attended the same police academy as Jinpei. They also graduated together.

=== Hiromitsu Morofushi ===
Jinpei was well acquainted with [[Hiromitsu Morofushi]] since they were good friends along with the three others and attended the academy together.

== Character popularity ==
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Matsuda placed 13th overall with 123 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Matsuda before.png|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 304]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:matsudamiddle.png|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 359]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Matsuda after.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Movie 20]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jinpei Matsuda Move 25.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Movie 25]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Matsuda 7 years ago.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Seven years ago (episode 1029)]]
|}

== Name origin ==

His name came from "Yūsaku Matsuda([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABsaku_Matsuda　松田優作])" and "jiipan"("jeans" in Japanese), the nickname of the character in "Taiyō ni Hoero!([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiy%C5%8D_ni_Hoero! 太陽にほえろ！])"　he played.

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Nah... You don't need to forget anything. Whether you can move on or not is totally up to you. It is when you forget when your old man really dies, you know? |To [[Miwako Sato]] (File 370)}}

{{Cquote|No matter how horribly you've been treated don't throw your life|To Chihaya (File 1087)}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|陣平 Jinpei|松田 Matsuda}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|جيمبي Jembi|ماتسودا Mātsōda}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Jinpei|Matsuda}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Jinpei|Matsuda}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese (Simplified)|阵平 Zhènpíng|松田 Sо̄ngtián}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Jinpei|Matsuda}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Jinpei|Matsuda}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Jinpei|Matsuda}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|보윤 Bo Yoon|송 Song}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|จินเปย์ Ci-m-pey̒|มัตสึดะ Mạts̄ụ-da}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Jinpei|Matsuda}}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* Jinpei Matsuda's character design has probably been inspired by [[Wikipedia: Spike Spiegel|Spike Spiegel]], the protagonist of the manga and anime franchise ''[[Wikipedia: Cowboy Bebop|Cowboy Bebop]]''. Both of the characters have messy curled hair, smokes a lot in different places and has almost the same tuxedo.
* He appears with Hagiwara in a [https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/File:M10_Poster.jpg poster] for [[The Private Eyes' Requiem]], but with a halo on his head since he's dead.
*According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, Jinpei wear sunglasses to show off.
* According to Super Digest Book+100 Matsuda tone-deaf.

== See also ==
* [[List of notable case characters]]
* [[Wild Police Story]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Characters}}
{{Police}}
{{Wild Police Story}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuda Jinpei}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Police detectives]]
[[Category:Deceased characters]]

[[ca:Jinpei Matsuda]]
[[de:Jinpei Matsuda]]
[[fr:Jinpei Matsuda]]
[[zh:松田阵平]]

Jinpei Matsuda

2026-06-29T12:37:04Z

BriarRose: /* Relationships analysis */

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| name = Jinpei Matsuda
| japanese-name = 松田陣平 (Matsuda Jinpei)
| english-name =
| image = Jinpei Matsuda Profile.png
| age = 26 (three years ago)<ref>Manga volume 96, file 7</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Jotaro Matsuda]] (father)
| nicknames =
| status = Dead
| occupation = Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 36#Parade Bomber Case|File 366]] Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]
| appearances = {{:Jinpei Matsuda Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 36]]
| japanese-voice = [[Nobutoshi Canna]]
| english-voice = [[Samuel Drake]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Jinpei Matsuda|松田陣平|Matsuda Jinpei}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. He is also a main character in [[Wild Police Story]] manga.

== Background ==

Matsuda's father was a pro-boxer who was innocently arrested for the cause someone who was a former pro-boxer was beaten to death and Matsuda's father was there at that time, later the real culprit was arrested and police set Matsuda's father free, but he had lost the match by that time and later nothing went good for him. In the end he quit boxing and drown himself into alcohol. Because of this Matsuda hold a grudge againts police

Matsuda decided become a police officer. He asked his father to teach him boxing. He attend the police academy with [[Rei Furuya]], [[Kenji Hagiwara]], [[Wataru Date]], and [[Hiromitsu Morofushi]]. Kenji Hagiwara is his childhood friend and he learned mechanic from him and his father. He get into fight with Rei but they later became close friends. All five friends then graduate from the police academy at the same time.

Jinpei Matsuda was originally a member of the Tokyo Police bomb squadron. His partner [[Kenji Hagiwara]] was killed seven years ago by a serial bomber in Shinjuku<ref>The license plate number of his murderer's car, a 1992 Gray Toyota Corolla Van DX [E100], in the anime version is 新宿 400, せ 12-75 (Shinjuku 400, Se 12-75).</ref> who had sworn revenge on the police for the accidental death of his partner. When the killer resurfaced three years ago, Matsuda's superiors, fearing that he would become reckless due to personal interest, transferred him to [[Juzo Megure|Megure]]'s department, where he was promptly partnered with [[Miwako Sato]], then a rather new detective.

Sato was at first put off by his direct manner, but then the bomber appeared in their district less than a week later, depositing an explosive charge in a Ferris wheel at an amusement park. When Matsuda attempted to disarm the bomb, the killer trapped him inside and revealed the existence of yet another bomb hidden in the city. As the countdown of the Ferris wheel bomb would wind down, the name of the second bomb's location would be gradually displayed, claiming a policeman's life for the life of innocents, as the bomber had intended. Matsuda sent the bomb location to Sato via SMS just as the final seconds ran out, his last thoughts being regret that he would not be able to drink to his partner's memory following the apprehension of the culprit.

Matsuda's death haunted Sato for years to come, as she had fallen in love with him, and she kept his final message on her cell phone as a reminder of him. When the bomb killer was finally caught by her and [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], she managed to put behind the haunt of her past, though she promised herself never to forget about Matsuda.

== Personality ==
Upon his transfer to the Tokyo Metropolian Police, Sato found Matsuda rather blunt and aloof, since he spoke out his mind no matter what anybody would think. However, despite his personal interest in the case which eventually claimed his life, Matsuda remained cool and professional, placing the safety of Sato, for whom he had come to care as well, and innocents over his own life, qualities which had won Sato's heart.

== Appearance ==

== Abilities ==
Matsuda was skiled at boxing since he was taught by his father who was pro-boxer. He was skilled at mechanical since he could fix cars and he was also skilled at taking gun apart,repair it and put it back together, also he could defuse bomb quickly in three minutes.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Matsuda-kun|Anta}}
{{appellations|Kenji Hagiwara|Matsuda Jinpei-chan Jinpei|Hagiwara Hagi}}
{{appellations|Chihaya Hagiwara|Idiot Matsuda (''Matsuda no baka'') Jinpei Ano baka|-}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Matsuda One of the academy's best Mr. Detective (''Keiji-san'')<ref>[[The Bride of Halloween|Movie 25]]</ref>|Zero}}
{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|Matsuda|Morofushi Boss Hiro Hiro}}
{{appellations|Wataru Date|Senpai|Squad leader (''Hanchou'') Boss (''Taishou'')}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Matsuda Jinpei-kun|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda-san}}
{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Matsuda-san<ref name="movie25">[[The Bride of Halloween]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Matsuda-san}}

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{{appellations/head|Jinpei Matsuda}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda Jinpei}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'')}}
|}
</tab>
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== Plot overview ==
=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36#Parade Bomber Case|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===
Matsuda was shown in a series of Sato's flashbacks, in which he was depicted solving the case of the bombing and sending Sato the location of the second bomb, shortly before dying in the explosion on the Ferris Wheel.

=== Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36#Serial Bomber Case|369-373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40#Missing Ring Case|406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|359]]) ===

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64#Whistling Killer Case|672]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|535]]) ===

=== Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: [[Volume 96#Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips|1021]], Anime: [[Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips|984]]) ===
Matsuda appears in a flashback along with Kenji Hagiwara, [[Wataru Date]], [[Hiromitsu Morofushi]], and [[Rei Furuya]].

=== Hiroshi Agasa Abduction Case (Manga: [[Volume 101#Hiroshi Agasa Abduction Case|1075]], Anime: [[Chihaya Hagiwara, Goddess of the Wind|1099]]) ===
Matsuda appears in [[Chihaya Hagiwara]]'s flashback, in which he broke Chihaya's phone.

=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Shinichi, Ran and the Haunted House (Manga: [[Volume 107#Shinichi, Ran and the Haunted House|1134-1136]], Anime: TBA) ===

=== Mud Bath Hot Spring Case (Manga: [[Volume 108#Mud Bath Hot Spring Case|1123]]-[[Volume 109#Mud Bath Hot Spring Case|1125]], Anime: TBA) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: [[The Darkest Nightmare|20]]) ===

=== The Bride of Halloween (Movie: [[The Bride of Halloween|25]]) ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Chihaya Hagiwara ===
Chihaya was Jinpei's first love and throughout his youth he attempted to confess to her many times.

=== Miwako Sato ===
Jinpei was [[Miwako Sato]]'s first love who died inside the Ferris Wheel planted with a bomb, where he waited for the last few seconds before the explosion of the bomb in order to obtain the clue to figuring out the culprit behind the bombing cases. While Sato originally found him cold and aloof, they still grew close and cared deeply about each other, falling in love at some point of time after he transferred to Sato's division and met her. His death haunted Sato for a long period of time, and she kept his last message to her in which he revealed his feelings for her as a memento of him. However, Sato was able to let go of Jinpei's death following the apprehension of the bomb culprit as well as Takagi's advice towards her and also deleted his last message to her as a sign of putting his death behind her. Regardless, Sato vows to never forget about him. She has also apparently cultivated a slight fear of Ferris Wheels as shown when she was stunned and shocked upon seeing a Ferris Wheel while chasing a culprit in the amusement park, when she had been on a date with Takagi some time after, to the point that it caused her legs to give in and for her to burst into tears.

=== Rei Furuya ===
[[File:Matsuda.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rei remembers Matsuda.]]
[[Rei Furuya]] from the [[Public Security Bureau]] was his friend and they also attended the same police academy. Rei has also learned by him how to defuse a bomb.

=== Kenji Hagiwara ===
[[File:EP304-friends.png|thumb|right|200px|Matsuda and Hagiwara.]]
Jinpei and [[Kenji Hagiwara]] were really good friends and always did missions together. They also attended the same police academy. Although Jinpei was more careful to his friend, Kenji was more carefree. On Kenji's last mission, Jinpei called him like he always did and chated with him and told him he should have worn his bomb defusal suit to which Kenji replied he was fine. Unfortunately for him, he died, and Jinpei decided to avenge him although himself died at the hands of the same bomber four years later. Although Kenji died, Jinpei still sent mails to his email even after.

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Wataru Date]] attended the same police academy as Jinpei. They also graduated together.

=== Hiromitsu Morofushi ===
Jinpei was well acquainted with [[Hiromitsu Morofushi]] since they were good friends along with the three others and attended the academy together.

== Character popularity ==
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Matsuda placed 13th overall with 123 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Matsuda before.png|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 304]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:matsudamiddle.png|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 359]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Matsuda after.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Movie 20]]
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Jinpei Matsuda Move 25.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Movie 25]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Matsuda 7 years ago.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Seven years ago (episode 1029)]]
|}

== Name origin ==

His name came from "Yūsaku Matsuda([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABsaku_Matsuda　松田優作])" and "jiipan"("jeans" in Japanese), the nickname of the character in "Taiyō ni Hoero!([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiy%C5%8D_ni_Hoero! 太陽にほえろ！])"　he played.

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Nah... You don't need to forget anything. Whether you can move on or not is totally up to you. It is when you forget when your old man really dies, you know? |To [[Miwako Sato]] (File 370)}}

{{Cquote|No matter how horribly you've been treated don't throw your life|To Chihaya (File 1087)}}

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|جيمبي Jembi|ماتسودا Mātsōda}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese (Simplified)|阵平 Zhènpíng|松田 Sо̄ngtián}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|보윤 Bo Yoon|송 Song}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|จินเปย์ Ci-m-pey̒|มัตสึดะ Mạts̄ụ-da}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Jinpei|Matsuda}}
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== Trivia ==
* Jinpei Matsuda's character design has probably been inspired by [[Wikipedia: Spike Spiegel|Spike Spiegel]], the protagonist of the manga and anime franchise ''[[Wikipedia: Cowboy Bebop|Cowboy Bebop]]''. Both of the characters have messy curled hair, smokes a lot in different places and has almost the same tuxedo.
* He appears with Hagiwara in a [https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/File:M10_Poster.jpg poster] for [[The Private Eyes' Requiem]], but with a halo on his head since he's dead.
*According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, Jinpei wear sunglasses to show off.
* According to Super Digest Book+100 Matsuda tone-deaf.

== See also ==
* [[List of notable case characters]]
* [[Wild Police Story]]

== References ==
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Wataru Takagi

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{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Wataru]] and [[Takagi]].}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Wataru Takagi
| japanese-name = 高木渉 (Takagi Wataru)
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = Wataru Takagi 1.png
| age = 26<ref>[[Volume 36|Volume 36, File 10, Page 6: "Red Trap"]]; Takagi says that Sato is 2 years older than him (彼女は二つ年上で先輩なんだから...) In Conan Drill page 29, Sato is assumed to be about 28.</ref>
| gender = Male
| date-of-birth = Unknown
| relatives = Unnamed nephew<ref>[[The Eleventh Striker|The Eleventh Striker]]</ref>
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| nicknames =
| aliases = Takao<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref>
| status = Alive
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|File 171]] Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Episode 21]] (prototype) / [[Night Road Murder Case|Episode 66]] (official)
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]] (FUNimation) [[Bill Townsley]] (FUNimation, episode 50) [[Christopher Bevins]] (Bang Zoom!) [[Diego Klock-Perez]] (Macias Group) [[Aaron Campbell]] (Studio Nano)
| drama-actor = [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Wataru Takagi|高木渉|Takagi Wataru}}''' is a police sergeant and detective from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police|Tokyo Metropolitan Police District]]'s Criminal Investigation First Division and the love interest of [[Miwako Sato]].

== Background ==
Wataru Takagi is a newcomer to the Tokyo Police Criminal Investigations Division 1, having transferred after the bomber case about three years ago but by the time [[Shinichi Kudo]] first established his reputation as a detective, about two years ago.<ref>Manga Chapters 204-207: Shinichi's First Case, and Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref> His mentor was a senior agent called Date, who died one year before the present timeline. In his last moments Date entrusted Takagi his notebook, which had a ring for his girlfriend Natalie Kuruma hidden. He kept Date's notebook as a personal motivation to be just as good as Date. It was first a year later he realized that Date's girlfriend was Natalie, but it was too late to give her the ring, because she committed suicide soon after Date's death. He was [http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_to_manga_characters first introduced in an Anime original] case at an on location film set.

Ever since his joining the force, Takagi (like so many of his other colleagues) has harbored romantic feelings for [[Miwako Sato]]. While Sato appeared to have taken a liking to him as well, Takagi was easily discouraged by the way she dealt with other male colleagues, including their superior Inspector Megure (though in that case it was more a daughterly affection to a father figure, since Sato's father had died when she was very young).<ref>Manga Chapter 233: Countdown</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> In time, thanks to several severe incidents - and despite the interference of the other officers in the department, chiefly [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] -, their professional relationship grew more personal,<ref>Manga Chapters 267-269: Sato's Father Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 366-368: Parade Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 369-373: Serial Bomber Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 404-406: Missing Ring Case</ref> and finally Sato and Takagi shared their first kiss after he had been hospitalized in the course of a difficult case<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref> and kissed the second (and third!) time in Episode 683 when he almost died in a bomb accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref>

Takagi is among the investigators who receive the most near fatal experiences. That includes, among many things:
* Handcuffed to the window of a burning warehouse.
* Trapped in a tower containing a countdown bomb.
* Held hostages and shot by the criminal.
* Tied on a plank on a roofless two story building containing a countdown bomb, while the temperature outside is -20 Celsius degree.

Although at some point, Takagi briefly develops PTSD, he nevertheless relentlessly pursues justice, even if it endangers his life.

== Personality ==
While he is initially self-conscious and bumbling, Takagi is a dedicated member of the Tokyo Police Force and shows promise as a good officer as the series progresses. He is one of the few officers who trusts [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s judgments the most, listening to him at case scenes to find important evidence and sometimes even letting Conan take the lead in their investigation (the case with [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] handcuffed to the wrong suspect in the bathroom being a good example).<ref>Manga Chapter 232: Finding Evidence</ref>

Takagi has a strong intuition and sense of justice, and is very honorable. He has a strong drive to protect others, partially based in his profession as an officer, and partially based on a self-sacrificing trait in his personality. He is always very polite, even when alarmed, and defers to the judgment of his partner Miwako Sato not only because she is his senior, but because he truly respects her. 

His hobbies are playing the maracas<ref>Manga Chapter 620: The Vanished Blunt Weapon</ref> and following the international wrestling scene, being a fan of wrestlers such as [[Wikipedia: Bruiser Brody|Bruiser Brody]] and [[Wikipedia: Keiji Mutoh|Keiji Mutoh]], and recognizing a move that Ran does as the "Shining Wizard," a finishing move of Mutoh's.<ref>Manga Chapter 388: Wolf's Shadow</ref> In summary, his hobbies involve a lot of martial arts and sports.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Takagi-kun Takagi Wataru Takao-kun<ref name="file930">[[volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume88)]]</ref>|Sato-san Satoko-san<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Takagi-kun Takagi<ref name="ep791" />|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')}}

{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Takagi-kun|Shiratori-san}}

{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Takagi-san|Chiba}}

{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Takagi-kun Detective-san (''Keiji-san'')|Yumi-san}}

{{appellations|Naeko Miike|Takagi-san<ref name="sdb80-113">Detective Conan Super Digest Book 80+ Page 113</ref>|Miike-san<ref>[[The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab|Episode 1130]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Takagi Takagi Wataru|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Date|Takagi|Date-san}}

{{appellations|Goro Otaki|Takagi-san}}

{{appellations|Eri Kisaki|Takagi-kun}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file955">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 955: Whereabouts of the Betrayal (Volume 90)</ref> Amuro Tooru-san<ref name="file955" />}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Froth, Steam, and Smoke|Episode 684: Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 1)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|-|Jodie-san}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|Andre Camel-san}}

{{Appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'') Matsuda-san}}

{{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Sergeant Takagi (''Takagi junsa buchō'')|Kazami-san}}

{{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}}
|}
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'') Takagi-san<ref name="m4">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Ran-san}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Takagi<ref name="ep791">[[Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs]]</ref> Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>Episode 558: [[The Interrogation Room]]</ref>|Mouri-san}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}}
|}
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<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475">[[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|File 475 (Volume 46)]]</ref>|Ai-chan}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref name="file475" />|Agasa-san}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Takagi|Genta-kun}}

{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Takagi-niisan|Ayumi-chan}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Thieves">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{Appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kaitou Kid Kid}}

{{appellations|Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|-|Lupin Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'')}}
|}
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<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Wataru}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|-|Manager Ogura (''Ogura-tencho'')<ref name="ep645">[[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For|Episode 645]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sakurako Yonehara|-|Sakurako-san}}

{{appellations|Sayo Ohashi|-|Ohashi-san<ref name="ep645" />}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>|Sera-kun Sera-san<ref>Chapter 1023</ref>}}

{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Yoko-san Okino Yoko}}

{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo Ryusuke}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Hondou Eisuke-kun}}

{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Genta-kun's dad (''Genta-kun no otōsan'')}}

{{appellations|Suguru Itakura|-|Itakura Suguru-san<ref>[[On the Trail of a Silent Witness|Episode 307]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Cute boy|-}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-| Kyogoku-kun<ref>File 1023</ref><ref>File 1024</ref>}}

{{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}}
</tab>
</tabs>
|}

== Plot overview ==
=== Actor's Apartment Case (Manga: [[Volume 17|170]]-[[Volume 18|172]], Anime: [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|102-103]]) ===
Takagi makes his debut in the Manga series.

=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
This is the first case to show detective Takagi’s romantic affection for a female police officer, [[Miwako Sato]].

Initially, Takagi is tasked with the mission of recording the [[Detective Boys]]' testimonies regarding the events at the [[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Blue Castle]]. Just as they're about to begin, the children notice his untidy clothing and wonder if he doesn't have a girlfriend. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]] offers to introduce to him his cousin's granddaughter, but Takagi awkwardly declines, stating that he has already had someone that he likes, right before detective [[Miwako Sato]] enters the room. Takagi keeps blushing, and his unnatural manner in front of Sato makes the Detective Boys think that she is really his girlfriend. However, both of them denies that this is true. Takagi wonders why Sato didn't go to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] in the bank robbery case, and learns that the bank manager, together with his wife, will arrive at the Police Headquarter. Sato asks Takagi whether he has heard anything from her friend Yumi. He silently recalls Yumi's words, about what Sato told her when she was drunk, that the person she likes is someone from the first investigation division, who may very well be Takagi himself.

The bank manager, Keizo Masuo, comes by himself and decides to call his wife. During the phone call, Takagi and the others suddenly hear the wife's scream. He, Sato, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and Keizo rush to Keizo's house and find his wife's dead body. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. When Sato sarcastically suggests that Shiratori may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", Takagi misunderstands and begins to suspect that the person whom Sato said she has feelings for is none other than Shiratori. He keeps thinking of unreal scenarios with Shiratori and Sato being together, and isn't able to fully concentrate on the case.

Later, with the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. After turning down the invitation of Shiratori, Sato invites Takagi to go out and have ramen for dinner, to which he accepts happily. Unexpectedly, a drunken Megure comes up and asks them to go for a drink with him at the bar, and Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the invitation to Takagi earlier. Because of this, Takagi suddenly suspects that Sato's love interest is in fact Inspector Megure, and declines the offer.

The case ends with a depressed Takagi lying on the table and being unable to do anything, even though he still hasn't taken the Detective Boys' testimonies yet.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) ===

=== Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) ===
[[File:EP205-206b Case 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi was attacked with a blunt object while talking with Sato on the phone about the Shushiro case.]]

=== Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) ===

=== Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) ===

=== American Kidnapped Man Case (Anime: [[The Man from Chicago|258-259]]) ===
When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

=== Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) ===

=== Serial Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) ===
[[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi about to kiss.]]

=== Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) ===

=== Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) ===

=== Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) ===

=== Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]]; Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) ===

=== Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) ===

=== Genta's Shot (Manga: [[Volume 55|567-569]], Anime: [[Genta's Certain Kill Shot|477]]) ===
In the anime, episode 477, at 11:50, Takagi is heard speaking numbers in French. In one of the Japanese Audio/English subtitles, his words are translated as "eins, zwei, drei," which is German, but he is actually saying "un, deux, trois." The victim was German, and Agasa says that when the dying victim (who spoke German, English and Japanese) was asked who the culprit was, he answered in his native tongue. Megure then turns to Takagi, who starts counting in French. Agasa then corrects him, saying "That's French," and then proceeds to count from one to eleven in German, solving the case. This exchange does not take place in the manga. This could suggest that Takagi is bilingual in French and Japanese (or at least took French in school).

=== Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) ===

=== Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) ===

=== Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) ===

=== The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) ===
[[File:681-7.png|thumb|200px|Takagi kidnapped.]]
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Takagi is kidnapped by a mystery man misunderstanding he is [[Wataru Date]] who made his daughter commit suicide. Around a year after the death of his friend and mentor Date, Takagi discovered that a suicide victim Natalie Kuruma was Date's girlfriend. Since the police investigation assumed that she killed herself due to having been dump, Takagi concluded that Natalie didn't know that Date had passed away in a traffic accident and decided to contact Natalie's next-of-kin to inform them of the truth. Since Natalie's parents had passed away, Takagi contacted the one who claimed her possessions, a colleague from English conversation school and old friend, Ryusaku Fuemoto. But due to that Natalie had never told her family her boyfriend's family name and because Date and Takagi had the same given name, Ryusaku mistook Takagi as the boyfriend who dumped Natalie, and lured him to Hokkaido. Police officers including [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] find their way to save Takagi with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s help. [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] saves Takagi on time before the bomb under him exploded.
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=== A Missing Item Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) ===
Takagi sees Sato is hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting some lost. Takagi thinks that she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) ===
Takagi and Sato put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.

=== Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) ===

=== Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Marriage Partner Searching Party Murder Case|1085-1087]], Anime: [[Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party|1115-1116]]) ===

=== Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case (Manga: [[Volume 106#Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case|1123-1125]], Anime: [[The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper|1184-1185]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Prior to manga appearances ===
Takagi was originally introduced as an [[anime]] only character to assist [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] as well as [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] with the solutions to cases. He was inserted into both Manga canon episodes as well as TV originals. He appeared in 23 episodes spanning 20 cases before the [[The Historical Actor Murder Case|anime adaptation]] of his [[Volume 18#Actor.27s Apartment Case|first official Manga appearance]] aired.

=== On Location, TV Drama Murder Case (Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|21]])===
Takagi's first appearance in the [[anime]] series.

=== TV Station Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 11#TV Station Murder Case|102-104]], Anime: [[TV Station Murder Case|31]])===
The first Manga canon episode to feature Takagi despite him still being an Anime Original character at the time.

=== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]] ===
When [[Lupin III]] arrived in Japan to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Koichi Zenigata|Inspector Zenigata]] of the ICPO asked to use some of Inspector Megure's officers as part of a plan to prevent the theft. After seeing Miwako eagerly volunteer to join Zenigata's team (as Lupin was her first love), Takagi took part in the operation as well. However, at the scene of the planned crime, it was revealed that Takagi was actually Lupin, who had replaced Takagi after stealing his clothing and identity. After the heist, [[Yumi Miyamoto]] and [[Naeko Miike]] discovered the real Takagi stripped, bound and gagged inside a parking garage.

== List of disguises used ==
In one case, [[Parade of Malice and Saint]], he wore a disguise that by remarkable coincidence resembled [[Jinpei Matsuda]], Sato's late partner.
<gallery perrow=6>
File:EP301 Takagi as Matsuda.jpg|Jinpei Matsuda-esque disguise<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref>
File:EP643-14.png|''Mailman''<ref>[[Volume 72#A Wolf-Crier|Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits]]</ref>
File:Takao.jpg|''Takao''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref>
</gallery>

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Miwako Sato ===
[[File:Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi.]]
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His affection for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] is a driving force of his character development. While his insecurity and comical outside interference regularly gets in the way, he slowly manages to win her heart through his dedication, honesty and sincerity - traits Sato had also admired in her late colleague [[Jinpei Matsuda]]. Sato finally kisses Takagi after he has been severely wounded while protecting others.

=== Conan Edogawa ===
Takagi has come the closest of any of the Division One members to finding out [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s true identity. [[File: EP391 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conan and Takagi.]]

In The Man From Chicago, Episode 258-259, When Conan is telling the police officers present about the Panda colors of the Police Cars, and that the younger generation may not know this information about their black and white cars, Takagi asks himself, "What generation is this kid from?"

In the Tokyo Tower Bomber Case, while they waited for the elevator bomb's clock to run down to give the final clue to stop the greater crime, [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], as Conan, told Takagi that he would answer Takagi's questions about his real identity "on the other side."

Takagi has also come to acknowledge Conan's sharp mind and intellect, taking Conan's observations seriously and even allowing him to accompany him to question suspects, most notably during the New Scar and the Whistling Man Case where he has the rest of the Detective Boys remain in the car.

He also fully supports Takagi's relationship with Sato, at one point orchestrated a plan to foil Shiratori's attempt of an arranged marriage with Sato. When asked for reasons, he didn't answer, but quietly relate the experience with Ran's relationship.

=== Kazunobu Chiba ===
[[File: EP526 4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kazunobu and Takagi.]]
Takagi and [[Kazunobu Chiba]] always work together on murder cases. Chiba is also the only male officer in their department who has had no obsessive crush on Sato, and in fact supported Takagi in his romantic endeavors on several occasions.

=== Wataru Date ===
[[Wataru Date|Date]] was Takagi's mentor and close friend who passed away in a traffic accident. As the pronunciation of his name was the same as Wataru Takagi's, Takagi and Date were nicknamed "the Wataru brothers" (ワタル・ブラザーズ). He is very loyal to his late friend's memory, as demonstrated when he tried to clear out misunderstanding around the death of Date's girlfriend. And he feels guilty in not living up to what he believes was Date's last wish; Giving Natalie a ring hidden in the notebook. He couldn't give her the ring, because Natalie had committed suicide soon after Date's death.

=== Other ===
In the non-canon 16th movie, "The Eleventh Striker," Takagi mentions that he saw a football (soccer) game with his nephew, but does not give a name. This implies that he has at least one sibling.

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Takagi placed 14th in the poll with 46 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, [[Quarter of Silence]], the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Takagi placed 10th out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>

* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Takagi placed 10th overall with 226 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* He ranked 9th in the SDB 80+'s poll "Characters you want to marry the most", with 446 votes.

== Name origin ==
* Takagi is named after his voice actor. In the anime he was originally a nameless character called "Detective A" who would appear in the background in some episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1603/29/news079.html|title=声優・高木渉が「PON!」に生出演　高木刑事＆元太の声で映画「名探偵コナン」をアピール|date=2016-03-29|publisher=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> However while recording for [[Night Road Murder Case|episode 66]], Megure's voice actor [[Chafurin]] adlibbed asking Detective A "What's your name?", to which Takagi's voice actor mistakenly responded with his own name and replied "It's Takagi".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://otapol.com/2016/01/post-5345.html|title=大河ドラマ『真田丸』に『コナン』の高木刑事が出陣中!?　ベテラン声優・高木渉の人気にNHKも東スポも驚く！|date=2016-01-17|publisher=https://otapol.com|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref> While this ad-lib was not kept in for the airing, the name stuck and is used in this episode and beyond. Gosho included the name Wataru Takagi since it is also the name of a Detective created by Kenzo Kitakata named Yoshibumi '''Taka'''gi where only the first kanji in the surname is similar (高 - Taka).

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 26]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi Second Look.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 147]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 760]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|It doesn't matter whether it's a petty or a major crime, all crimes are unforgivable!}}
{{cquote|Every murderer makes at least one mistake.}}
{{cquote|Sometimes the proof is in what’s not actually there.|From Mouri Kogoro (aka Conan) [[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|The way I see it, no matter the situation... No one’s dream can benefit from killing another person!|[[The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm|Episode 392]]}}
{{cquote|It’s certainly not right to lie, but you need to hold those who force others to lie accountable.|[[The Man Who Called for an Ambulance|Episode 405]]}}
{{cquote|But what you did is still a crime. No matter how unforgivable of an opponent. There’s no way to fix it with an apology!|[[A Mysterious Man - Overly Strict with Regulations|Episode 459]]}}

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|واتارو Watāru|تاكاجي Takāji| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Bahasa Melayu|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) |涉 Shè|高木 Gāomù| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry Wataru|Wilder/Takagi<ref>In the manga</ref> Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Wataru|Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Latin America)|''Not given'' Wataru|Torres Takagi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Wataru|Takagi|In the anime, Takagi is pronunced like "Takaji"}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ватару Vataru|Такаги Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|วาตารุ Wātā-ru|ทาคางิ Thā-khāngi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* Despite debuting in [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case]] it isn't until the [[Karaoke Box Murder Case]] that Takagi is credited and referred to by that name.
* Takagi's appearance seems to have changed. His old hairstyle included a spikier fringe compared to the current one as well as a darker skin tone.
* Takagi drives a [[Cars|Nissan Skyline]],[[Cars|1966 Toyota Publica De Luxe [UP20-D]]].
* The name of the voice actor of Takagi is Wataru Takagi also.
* "Takagi" (高木) means "tall tree", his first name "Wataru" (渉) means "to cross".
* Takagi is the fifth character with most appearances on the anime, only less than the 3 protagonists and Inspector Megure; he has even more appearances than Detective Boys, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara.
*He can recognise police moves like File 1079 etc.

== Gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]]

== References ==
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