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{{hatnote|For Takagi disambiguation see [[Takagi]].}}
{{hatnote|For Wataru disambiguation see [[Wataru]].}}

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Wataru Takagi
| japanese-name = 高木渉 (Takagi Wataru)
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = Takagi Wataru 3.jpg
| age = ~26<ref>[[Volume 36|Volume 36, File 10, Page 6: "Red Trap"]]; Takagi says that Miwako 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 =
| relatives = Unnamed nephew <ref>[[The Eleventh Striker|The Eleventh Striker]]</ref>
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| nicknames = Takagi-kun ([[Miwako Sato|Sato]]) Takagi-niisan ([[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_18#Actor.27s_Apartment_Case|File 171]] Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Episode 21]]
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]]
| 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.

== 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. He first met Shinichi's alter ego [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] during the investigation of the murder of actress Isami Nagakura, accompanying [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and helping to expose the trick with the identical rooms.<ref>Manga Chapters 171-172: Actor's Appartment Case</ref>

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>Episode 683: The Life-Threating Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref> and kissed the second (and third!) time in Episode 683 when he almost died in a bomb accident.

== 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.

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== Plot overview ==
=== Prior to Manga Appearances ===

=== 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. [[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 [[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]]) ===

=== 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]]) ===

=== 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]]) ===

=== 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 (Part 2)|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 "einz, 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]]

Takagi is kidnapped by a mystery man misunderstanding he is [[Wataru Date]] who makes his daughter suicide. Police officers including [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and 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.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
[[File:Episode 535 - Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sato and Takagi]]
==== Miwako Sato ====
{{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 get 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. 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.

==== Detective Chiba ====
Takagi and [[Detective Chiba|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).

==== Other ====
In the 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: he was originally a nameless character. In [[Night Road Murder Case|Episode 66]], when Megure asks Takagi to check the bloodstains on the roof, his voice actor [[Chafurin]] adlibbed the name "Wataru Takagi" by accident during the recording session.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "Before" Appearance (Episode 26)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_Second_Look.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 147)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "After" Appearance (Episode 760)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|It doesn't matter whether it's a petty or a major crime, all crimes are unforgivable!{{citation needed}}}}
==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry|Wilder/Takagi<ref>In the manga</ref>| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|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=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|''Not given''| تاكاجي　Takaji| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|涉 She|高木 Gaomu}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|วาตารุ Wa-ta-ru|ทาคางิ Ta-ka-ngi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ватару|Такаги| }}
{{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|Nissan Datsan 510]].
*The name of the voice actor of Takagi is Wataru Takagi also.

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

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{{hatnote|For Takagi disambiguation see [[Takagi]].}}
{{hatnote|For Wataru disambiguation see [[Wataru]].}}

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| name = Wataru Takagi
| japanese-name = 高木渉 (Takagi Wataru)
| english-name = Harry Wilder
| image = [[File:Takagi Wataru.png|400px]]
| age = ~26<ref>[[Volume 36|Volume 36, File 10, Page 6: "Red Trap"]]; Takagi says that Miwako 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 =
| relatives = Unnamed nephew <ref>[[The Eleventh Striker|The Eleventh Striker]]</ref>
| occupation = Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Detective
| nicknames = Takagi-kun ([[Miwako Sato|Sato]]) Takagi-niisan ([[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]])
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume_18#Actor.27s_Apartment_Case|File 171]] Anime: [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Episode 21]]
| appearances = {{:Wataru Takagi Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 20]]
| japanese-voice = [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]]
| english-voice = [[Doug Burks]]
| 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.

== 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. He first met Shinichi's alter ego [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] during the investigation of the murder of actress Isami Nagakura, accompanying [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and helping to expose the trick with the identical rooms.<ref>Manga Chapters 171-172: Actor's Appartment Case</ref>

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>Episode 683: The Life-Threating Broadcast of Love (entering the scene)</ref> and kissed the second (and third!) time in Episode 683 when he almost died in a bomb accident.

== 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.

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== Plot overview ==
=== Prior to Manga Appearances ===

=== 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. [[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 [[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]]) ===

=== 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]]) ===

=== 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]]) ===

=== 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 (Part 2)|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 "einz, 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]]) ===
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Takagi is kidnapped by a mystery man misunderstanding he is [[Wataru Date]] who makes his daughter suicide. Police officers including [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Superintendent Matsumoto]] and 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.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family & Friends ===
[[File:Episode 535 - Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sato and Takagi]]
==== Miwako Sato ====
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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 get 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. 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.

==== Detective Chiba ====
Takagi and [[Detective Chiba|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).

==== Other ====
In the 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: he was originally a nameless character. In [[Night Road Murder Case|Episode 66]], when Megure asks Takagi to check the bloodstains on the roof, his voice actor [[Chafurin]] adlibbed the name "Wataru Takagi" by accident during the recording session.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_Before.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "Before" Appearance (Episode 26)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_Second_Look.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "Middle" Appearance (Episode 147)]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Takagi_After.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Takagi's "After" Appearance (Episode 760)]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|It doesn't matter whether it's a petty or a major crime, all crimes are unforgivable!{{citation needed}}}}
==In other languages==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|渉 Wataru|高木 Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Harry|Wilder/Takagi<ref>In the manga</ref>| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|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=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Takagi|Wataru| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|''Not given''| تاكاجي　Takaji| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|涉 She|高木 Gaomu}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|형선 Hyung Sun|신 Shin| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Wataru|Takagi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|วาตารุ Wa-ta-ru|ทาคางิ Ta-ka-ngi| }}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ватару|Такаги| }}
{{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|Nissan Datsan 510]].
*The name of the voice actor of Takagi is Wataru Takagi also.

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

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