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Nanako Eguchi
	38 years old; Toraharu City mayor;

Renji Matsuo
	Victim (explosion - injured); 45 years old; Nanako’s secretary;

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The J.League Starting Whistle (J(ジェー)リーグ開幕の警笛(ホイッスル) ,Jē Rīgu Kaimaku no Hoissuru^?) is the 1207th episode of the Detective Conan anime. It's one of the commemorative episodes for the 30th anniversary of the Detective Conan anime, as well as the fourth J.League collaboration episode.

Conan and the Detective Boys are watching the opening match of the J.League, which is filled with excitement. Former Japan national team players Hiroaki Morishima and Yūka Kageyama are also in the commentary booth, and the match is a heated affair with VAR decisions being made. However, Conan senses something ominous when he sees Kogoro and Megure guarding the Mayor Nanako Eguchi of Toraharu. It turns out that a bomb has been planted somewhere in the stadium, which is packed with spectators, and will explode at the end of the match. With time running out, Conan pursues the culprit and the bomb.^[1]

Cast

Characters

Ryusuke Higo (background)

Gadgets

Transmitter

Detective Boys Badge

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

Renji Matsuo is working as secretary for Nanako Eguchi, mayor of Toraharu city. He has been waiting at one of Eguchi’s cars, waiting for her, when his phone suddenly rings. When he picks up the call, the other end of the line blares the referee’s whistle loudly, causing the pipe bomb installed under the car Matsuo has been standing to explode. The man is left gravely injured for the rest of the episode.

Bombing - Attempted murder

Location: In front of Toraharu City Hall

Victim: Renji Matsuo

Age: 45 years old

Weapon: Pipe bomb

Suspects: Unknown

Matsuo went off with a bang after the other end of his call blared the referee's whistle loudly. He barely survived from the explosion and was taken to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Agasa, Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys are at an undisclosed stadium to watch the football match between Big Osaka and Tokyo Spirits, the opening match of this year’s J-League. While the match is going on, Conan notices a man who wears a dark yellow shirt and a yellow cap looking elsewhere in the stadium. His behavior makes Conan suspect what he is plotting to. At the time, Haibara finds Kogoro sitting with Nanako in a room for special guests to spectate the match, so she points Conan to her direction. Coincidentally, Just as when Conan has a look at the old man, Takagi and Megure reach out to Kogoro and Nanako for something. Haibara searches the internet as she fears something is off, and discovers the bombing that happened earlier.

Meanwhile, Takagi and Megure have brought Kogoro and Nanako to an undisclosed room inside the stadium to inform them about the bombing that just happened. This prompts Nanako to show the police about the threat message that she received this morning, which she believes to be from someone who opposes her city land use plan. She also recalls about a man who sent her a cut-off ball, believing him to be from the people who want to buy the youth soccer team’s field for cheap and flip it.

Moments later, the first round of the match ends and Conan takes advantage of the break to investigate the situation, of which the Detective Boys are soon aware when Haibara explains to Agasa. They decide to carry out their own investigation, much to Haibara and Agasa’s dismay.

To sum up with the investigation, Conan finds a connection between the man he saw in the first round of the match, named Iwashimizu, and the people targeting Toraharu city mayor. He then gets in touch with VAR team members and their video operation room when the Detective Boys are investigating on their own, as they mistook them for suspicious people. He once again meets Takagi and Megure, who are trying to find Iwashimizu, and suggests doing so with the help of the video operation room.

People

Iwashimizu
	Bombing suspect

Kaoru
	FC Beika youth soccer team player

Man
	FC Beika youth soccer team coach

Man A
	VAR member

Man B
	VAR member

Man C
	VAR member

Man D
	Soccer commentator

Real-life people

Hiroaki Morishima
	54 years old Former national team player Soccer commentator

Yūka Kageyama
	25 years old ^[2] Guest commentator

Resolution

Show spoilers »

Trivia

The guest voice actors featured in this episode are: Hiroaki Morishima, former member of Japanese national football team player and now president for Cerezo Osaka; and Yuka Kageyama, actress and former member of Hinatazaka46 idol group, who returned to voice herself after Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals.^[3]
In the same vein of other fictional place names in Detective Conan named after real places in London, Toraharu City (虎春市) is named after Trafalgar Square.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قنبلة في الملعب	A Bomb in the Stadium
French (Subbed)	Coup d'envoi de la J-League	The J-League kick-off
German (Subbed)	J-League – Anpfiff	J-League – Kickoff
Korean	J리그 개막의 휘슬	The J.League Starting Whistle

References

^ https://fan.books.rakuten.co.jp/articles/8981
^ Based on real-life character's age at the time the episode aired
^ https://eiga.com/news/20260711/13/

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[1] ttps://fan.books.rakuten.co.jp/articles/8981

[2] Based on real-life character's age at the time the episode aired

[3] ttps://eiga.com/news/20260711/13/

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+| rating                 = 4.6%
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 | opening-song           = Ai no FIRE
-| closing-song           = TOWA ~Towa ni Kaze ni Noru~
+| closing-song           = 7 DAYS
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-{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|{{ruby|J|ジェー}}リーグ 開幕の{{ruby|警笛|ホイッスル}}|Jē Rīgu Kaimaku no Keiteki}} is the 1207th episode of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]]. It's one of the commemorative episodes for the 30th anniversary of the ''Detective Conan'' anime, as well as the fourth [[Wikipedia:J.League|J.League]] collaboration episode.
+{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|{{ruby|J|ジェー}}リーグ 開幕の{{ruby|警笛|ホイッスル}}|Jē Rīgu Kaimaku no Hoissuru}} is the 1207th episode of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]]. It's one of the commemorative episodes for the 30th anniversary of the ''Detective Conan'' anime, as well as the fourth [[Wikipedia:J.League|J.League]] collaboration episode.
 [[Conan]] and the [[Detective Boys]] are watching the opening match of the J.League, which is filled with excitement. Former Japan national team players [[Wikipedia:Hiroaki Morishima|Hiroaki Morishima]] and [[Wikipedia:Yūka Kageyama|Yūka Kageyama]] are also in the commentary booth, and the match is a heated affair with [[wikipedia:Video assist referee|VAR]] decisions being made. However, Conan senses something ominous when he sees [[Kogoro]] and [[Megure]] guarding the Mayor Nanako Eguchi of Toraharu. It turns out that a bomb has been planted somewhere in the stadium, which is packed with spectators, and will explode at the end of the match. With time running out, Conan pursues the culprit and the bomb.<ref>https://fan.books.rakuten.co.jp/articles/8981</ref>
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 == Gadgets ==
 {{Gadgets Appearances|
-{{Gadget|Microphone}}
+{{Gadget|Transmitter}}
 {{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
 {{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
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 == Case ==
 === Situation ===
-At the parking lot of a skyscraper is Renji Matsuo standing beside a car to wait for the mayor of Toraharu city, Nanako Eguchi, as he is her secretary. He receives a call from someone, so he decides to pick it up. The other end of the call blares the referee's whistle loudly, triggering the bomb planted under the car he has been standing by. The man is badly injured from the explosion and has to be taken to the hospital to keep him alive.
+Renji Matsuo is working as secretary for Nanako Eguchi, mayor of Toraharu city. He has been waiting at one of Eguchi’s cars, waiting for her, when his phone suddenly rings. When he picks up the call, the other end of the line blares the referee’s whistle loudly, causing the pipe bomb installed under the car Matsuo has been standing to explode. The man is left gravely injured for the rest of the episode.
 {{InfoBox Crime
-| crime              = Bombing - attempted murder
+| crime              = Bombing - Attempted murder
 | image              = EP1207Case1.jpg
-| location           = A parking lot near a skyscraper
+| location           = In front of Toraharu City Hall
 | victim             = Renji Matsuo
 | age                = 45 years old
-| cause-death        = A bomb planted under Eguchi's car
+| cause-death        = [[wikipedia:Pipe bomb|Pipe bomb]]
-| cause-death-label  = Method
+| cause-death-label  = Weapon
-| suspects           = Iwashimizu, and Nanako Eguchi
+| suspects           = Unknown
-| description        = Matsuo went off with a bang as he was answering his call. He barely survived from the explosion and was taken to the hospital.
+| description        = Matsuo went off with a bang after the other end of his call blared the referee's whistle loudly. He barely survived from the explosion and was taken to the hospital.
 }}
-This season’s J-League has just kicked off with the opening match between Big Osaka and Tokyo spirits. [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] has taken the children to the stadium holding the opener to watch their favourite teams on the field. During the match, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] looks around and sees a man who is standing beside a railing and is looking somewhere as if he has been planning on something. The man is wearing a dark yellow shirt and a light yellow cap. [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] looks another way and sees [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] sitting with Eguchi, so she points Conan to her direction. As Conan turns his way around, both he and Haibara see [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] and [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] talking to Kogoro’s side. Feeling that something is off, Haibara opens her phone and learns news about the bombing case earlier that day.
+Meanwhile, Agasa, Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys are at an undisclosed stadium to watch the football match between Big Osaka and Tokyo Spirits, the opening match of this year’s J-League. While the match is going on, Conan notices a man who wears a dark yellow shirt and a yellow cap looking elsewhere in the stadium. His behavior makes Conan suspect what he is plotting to. At the time, Haibara finds Kogoro sitting with Nanako in a room for special guests to spectate the match, so she points Conan to her direction. Coincidentally, Just as when Conan has a look at the old man, Takagi and Megure reach out to Kogoro and Nanako for something. Haibara searches the internet as she fears something is off, and discovers the bombing that happened earlier.
-Conan goes on his own to eavesdrop on the conversation between the police and the mayor’s side, bringing a microphone so he can always put on Kogoro when the kid is found eavesdropping. Mayor Eguchi reveals several events that have happened recently:
+Meanwhile, Takagi and Megure have brought Kogoro and Nanako to an undisclosed room inside the stadium to inform them about the bombing that just happened. This prompts Nanako to show the police about the threat message that she received this morning, which she believes to be from someone who opposes her city land use plan. She also recalls about a man who sent her a cut-off ball, believing him to be from the people who want to buy the youth soccer team’s field for cheap and flip it.
-* She received a message demanding her to step down from being mayor if she wants to be alive. She believes that the message was sent by one who opposed her land city use plans.
+Moments later, the first round of the match ends and Conan takes advantage of the break to investigate the situation, of which the Detective Boys are soon aware when Haibara explains to Agasa. They decide to carry out their own investigation, much to Haibara and Agasa’s dismay.
-* She received a cut-off soccer ball from a man. She believes the man is part of the people who want to buy the youth soccer team’s field for cheap and flip it.
-Eguchi then attends the photo shoot with the youth soccer team, the reason she insisted on attending the opener of this year’s J-League. The photo shoot ends and Eguchi becomes worried again, as she receives another message from the bomber, claiming they will blow her up when the match ends. In addition, she confirms that the man who gave her the cut-off soccer ball is present, and is the one standing beside the railing.
-The Detective Boys had also gone to investigate somewhere else about the bombing case without Conan knowing. They find VAR team members, but mistake them for suspicious people, so they inform Conan unknowingly, forcing Conan to resolve the misunderstanding when he arrives. Then, Conan also meets Takagi and Megure, who are looking for the man wearing a yellow cap and yellow shirt, and suggests the two use the video operating room inside the truck to help look for the man.
+To sum up with the investigation, Conan finds a connection between the man he saw in the first round of the match, named Iwashimizu, and the people targeting Toraharu city mayor. He then gets in touch with VAR team members and their video operation room when the Detective Boys are investigating on their own, as they mistook them for suspicious people. He once again meets Takagi and Megure, who are trying to find Iwashimizu, and suggests doing so with the help of the video operation room.
 === People ===
 {{BeginBox}}
 {{People|Renji Matsuo|Renji Matsuo.jpg|
-* Victim (explosion, injured)
+* Victim (explosion - injured)
 * 45 years old
 * Nanako’s secretary}}
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 * Bombing suspect}}
 {{People|Kaoru|EP1207 Kaoru.jpg|
-* FC Beika youth soccer team player}}
-{{People|Take|Take.jpg|
 * FC Beika youth soccer team player}}
 {{People|Man|EP1207 Coach.jpg|
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 {{People|Man D|EP1207 Man D.jpg|
 * Soccer commentator}}
+{{EndBox}}
 === Real-life people ===
+{{BeginBox}}
 {{People|[[wikipedia:Hiroaki Morishima|Hiroaki Morishima]]|Hiroaki Morishima.jpg|
+* 54 years old
 * Former national team player
-* Soccer commentator
+* Soccer commentator}}
-}}
 {{People|[[wikipedia:Yūka Kageyama| Yūka Kageyama]]|Yūka Kageyama Ep 1207.jpg|
-* Guest commentator
 * 25 years old <ref> Based on real-life character's age at the time the episode aired </ref>
-}}
+* Guest commentator}}
 {{EndBox}}
 === Resolution ===
 <spoiler>
-The match begins its second round, as Conan is still looking for the bombing case this morning. Conan also eavesdrops from Megure about how the explosion occurred: The bomb activates its timer at its designated time, and then, it explodes in response to a certain frequency. In this particular case, the frequency the bomb responds to is 4.15 kHz and 3.67 hHz sounds<ref> A different type of whistle produces different frequencies. A type can also produce more than one frequency.  </ref>, which is the sound of the [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3 referee’s whistle] at the end of a round.
+While Conan has a look at pictures of the blown up car, he notices the doll hanging on the rearview mirror inside the car, which reminds him of the one Nanako pulled out from her purse during her photo shoot with FC Beika youth soccer team. He suspects '''Nanako Eguchi''' being responsible for the explosion, so he confronts her inside the discussing room. At first, she denies his accusation and tries to convince otherwise, but starts to run away in panic when she hears from Kogoro that her secretary regained consciousness, prompting Kogoro to follow her since he still believes her innocence. Just then, FC Beika youth soccer team coach enters and asks Conan if he knows where Kaoru is at, to which another member of the team Take informs them that Kaoru went to the team’s vehicle for sweets. Conan becomes concerned since Nanako planted another bomb at the said vehicle, parking near the vehicle she rode earlier, and has to either defuse it or relocate it elsewhere to avoid civilian damage. As the bomb detonates in the sky thanks to Conan's efforts, Eguchi surrenders herself to the police. Her plan was to put all the blame on the man wearing yellow, and to flatter her image as one who survives two attempted bombing with both explosions.
+{{BeginBox}}
-At the room Takagi, Megure were in just now, Conan reveals that mayor '''Nanako Eguchi''' is the one responsible for Matsuo's injury, and that she planted a bomb under FC Beika youth soccer team’s vehicle. Conan is forced to either defuse the bomb or move it somewhere else when the coach of FC Beika youth soccer team comes to ask about Kaoru, who has gone back to the team’s vehicle to eat some sweets. As Conan successfully kicks the bomb to the air, Eguchi surrenders herself to the police. Her plan was to put all the blame on the man wearing yellow, and to flatter her image as one who survives two attempted bombing with both explosions.
+{{People|Take|Take.jpg|
+* FC Beika youth soccer team player}}
+{{EndBox}}
+{{InfoBox Crime
+| crime             = Attempted property destruction
+| image             = EP1207Case2.jpg
+| location          =
+| time              =
+| victim            = FC Beika young soccer team vehicle and Kazuo (by accident)
+| age               =
+| cause-death       = Pipe bomb
+| cause-death-label = Weapon
+| suspects          = Nanako Eguchi
+| suspects-label    = Culprit
+| description       = This is the second explosion in the sequence of flattering her image as a mighty mayor who survived two attempted bombing. No one expects Kaoru inside the car for the snacks.
+}}
 </spoiler>
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 == In other languages ==
 {{BeginTable EpLang}}
+{{EpLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|قنبلة في الملعب|A Bomb in the Stadium}}
 {{EpLangItem|flag=France|French (Subbed)|Coup d'envoi de la J-League|The J-League kick-off}}
+{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German (Subbed)|J-League – Anpfiff|J-League – Kickoff}}
+{{EpLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|J리그 개막의 휘슬|The J.League Starting Whistle}}
 {{EndTable}}