Yoko Okino

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Yoko Okino

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Profile
Japanese name: 沖野 ヨーコ
(Okino Yōko)
English name: Yoko Okino
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Statistics
First appearance: Manga: File 6
Anime: Episode 3
Appearances: Chapters: 51
Chapters: 1
Chapters: 4
Episodes: 58
Episodes: 1
Movies: 1
OVAs: 4
Specials: 2
Openings: 1
Keyhole number: Volume 17
Actors
Japanese voice: Yuri Amano (Episode 3~122)
Miki Nagasawa (Episode 249~present)
English voice: Elise Baughman
Drama actor: Becky

Yoko Okino (沖野 ヨーコ Okino Yōko?), which is also the character's name in the Funimation dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Before becoming an idol

Yoko attended Konan High School and had a boyfriend named Akiyoshi Fujie. Yoko began pursuing a career as an idol leading Akiyoshi broke up with Yoko after being persuaded by Yoko's manager, Yamagishi, but it was later revealed that Akiyoshi never stopped loving her.[1][2]

Idol career

Yoko started her idol career as a member of the quartet "Earth Ladies", along with Kaoru Kusano, Yuki Takeno, and Terumi Hoshino. The team was quite successful, but after some time they disbanded to pursue their own careers. Yoko has remained successful and quite popular in the pop idol and acting business.[3]

Yoko first met Conan Edogawa, Kogoro Mouri and his daughter Ran Mouri when she asked for Kogoro's help in apprehending a stalker who had even penetrated her apartment (and of course, Kogoro would not hesitate to take the case). But in the apartment they found an unknown man impaled upon a knife, turning this case into a murder investigation. Soon, however, Conan figured out that the 'victim' had actually committed suicide: The man was Akiyoshi Fujie, Yoko's old boyfriend who still loved her. Due to a fatal misunderstanding, however, Akiyoshi fell into despair and plunged himself on to the knife, making it appear as if he had been murdered in order to take revenge on Yoko. Luckily, Conan found out the truth before damage could be inflicted on Yoko's career.[1][2]

Overcoming her grief, Yoko has carried on her career and has remained a friend and valuable contact to Kogoro and Conan in the TV and idol industry ever since.

Personality

Yoko is a modest and friendly person whose fame hasn't got into her head and is devoted to her friends and fans; perhaps one of the reasons she has remained popular to this day.

Relationships analysis

Family & Friends

Kogoro Mouri

Kogoro Mouri is completely infatuated with the young popstar and has all of her appearances in movies and music on tape and DVD, and has even once appeared on her cooking show. Yoko considers Mouri, Ran, and Conan to be good friends. She often suggests Kogoro for participation in her TV shows and commercials, and often invites him, Ran and Conan to parties and dinners. However, the latter often tend to evolve into murder cases.

Name origin

The name "Yoko Okino" is probably a reference to the Japanese-American artist and musician Yoko Ono (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko?).

Trivia

  • In Episode 495, Yoko is seen singing Yukidoke no ano kawa no nagare no you ni (the 29th closing song of the Detective Conan TV series) on TV.[4]
  • In her introductory case, there are cigarette stubs in an ashtray in her apartment despite her claims to not smoke. Some fans speculate that this may have been a hint at her being the boss of the Black Organization when the series was still planned to be short.

In other languages

Language Given Name Family Name
Flag of Japan Japanese ヨーコ Yoko 沖野 Okino
Flag of US English Yoko Okino
Flag of France French Yoko Okino
Flag of Germany German Yoko Okino
Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Yoko Okino
Flag of Saudi Arabia Arabic يوكو Yoko [5] Okino اوكينو
Flag of North KoreaFlag of South Korea Korean 소라 So Ra 오 Oh

References

  1. ^ a b Manga Chapter 009: An Unfortunate Misunderstanding
  2. ^ a b Episode 003: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case
  3. ^ Manga Chapter 322: A Long-Awaited Gathering
  4. ^ Episode 495: Clash of Red and Black
  5. ^ This is the same as Yokomizo's Arabic name

See also

Main Characters
Protagonists Shinichi KudoConan EdogawaRan MouriKogoro Mouri
Detective Boys Ai HaibaraAyumi YoshidaMitsuhiko TsuburayaGenta Kojima
Family & Friends Hiroshi AgasaSonoko SuzukiEri KisakiYusaku KudoYukiko KudoHeiji HattoriKazuha ToyamaYoko OkinoSumiko KobayashiTomoaki AraideMakoto KyogokuShizuka HattoriJirokichi SuzukiEisuke HondouAzusa EnomotoSubaru OkiyaMasumi SeraShukichi HanedaSakurako YoneharaRumi WakasaMomiji OokaMuga Iori
Tokyo Metropolitan Police District Juzo MegureWataru TakagiMiwako SatoNinzaburo ShiratoriYumi MiyamotoKazunobu ChibaNaeko MiikeKiyonaga MatsumotoInspector YuminagaShintaro ChakiHyoue KurodaKenji HagiwaraJinpei MatsudaWataru Date
Osaka Police District Heizo HattoriGinshiro ToyamaGoro Otaki
Nagano Police District Kansuke YamatoYui UeharaTaka'aki Morofushi
Other police districts Sango YokomizoMisao YamamuraJugo YokomizoChihaya HagiwaraFumimaro Ayanokoji
NPA and Public Security Bureau Rei Furuya (Bourbon)Hiromitsu MorofushiYuya Kazami
FBI Shuichi AkaiJodie StarlingJames BlackAndre Camel
CIA Hidemi Hondou (Kir)Ethan Hondou
MI6 Mary SeraTsutomu Akai
Black Organization The BossRumGinVodkaVermouthChiantiKornShiho MiyanoAkemi MiyanoElena MiyanoAtsushi MiyanoTequilaPiscoCalvadosRikumichi KusudaKi'ichiro Numabuchi
Magic Kaito Kaito KurobaKaitou KidAoko NakamoriGinzo NakamoriMidoriko NakamoriToichi KurobaChikage KurobaKonosuke JiiKeiko MomoiAkako KoizumiSaguru HakubaSnakeKaitou Corbeau
Others "The Criminal"Hideo AkagiRyusuke HigoTakahiro SanadaScar AkaiKohji HanedaKamen YaibaAmanda Hughes