Episode 144

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| **Episode 144-145   (Int. Episode 154-155)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno |
| Japanese title: | 上野発北斗星3号   (Ueno-hatsu Hokutosei Sangō) |
| Original airdate: | May 10, 1999 (Part 1)   May 17, 1999 (Part 2) |
| Broadcast rating: | 18.9%   19.4% |
| Manga case: | #62 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_4 "Season 4") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 22: Files 4-7 (215-218)](/wiki/Volume_22#North_Star_Murder_Case "Volume 22") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Natsue Hatamoto](/wiki/Natsue_Hatamoto "Natsue Hatamoto")   [Takeshi Hatamoto](/wiki/Takeshi_Hatamoto "Takeshi Hatamoto")   [Yukiko Kudo](/wiki/Yukiko_Kudo "Yukiko Kudo")   [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo")   [Kyohei Nishimura](/wiki/Kyohei_Nishimura "Kyohei Nishimura")   [Detective Tamura](/wiki/Detective_Tamura "Detective Tamura") |
| Case solved by: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo") |
| Next Conan's Hint: | B-class sleeping car (Part 1)   Disguise (Part 2) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto")   [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") (chief) |
| Organizer: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto") |
| Storyboard: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto") |
| Episode director: | 144: [Nana Harada](/wiki/Nana_Harada "Nana Harada")   145: [Minoru Tozawa](/wiki/Minoru_Tozawa "Minoru Tozawa") |
| Animation director: | 144: [Atsushi Aono](/wiki/Atsushi_Aono "Atsushi Aono")   145: [Keiko Sasaki](/wiki/Keiko_Sasaki "Keiko Sasaki") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Keiko Sasaki](/wiki/Keiko_Sasaki "Keiko Sasaki") (sub-character)   [Yasuhiro Moriki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Moriki "Yasuhiro Moriki") (design works) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa"), Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"), Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri"), Next Conan's Hint (Part 1)   [Hideyuki Tanaka](/wiki/Hideyuki_Tanaka "Hideyuki Tanaka") as [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo")   [Sumi Shimamoto](/wiki/Sumi_Shimamoto "Sumi Shimamoto") as Fumiyo Akechi, [Yukiko Kudo](/wiki/Yukiko_Kudo "Yukiko Kudo")   [Hikaru Hanada](/wiki/index.php?title=Hikaru_Hanada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hikaru Hanada (page does not exist)") as [Kyohei Nishimura](/wiki/Kyohei_Nishimura "Kyohei Nishimura")   [Takashi Nagasako](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Nagasako&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takashi Nagasako (page does not exist)") as [Detective Tamura](/wiki/Detective_Tamura "Detective Tamura")   [Shigeru Ushiyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Shigeru_Ushiyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shigeru Ushiyama (page does not exist)") as Keitaro Izumo   [Takashi Taniguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Taniguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takashi Taniguchi (page does not exist)") as Toshinori Kaetsu   [Yuzuru Fujimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuzuru_Fujimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuzuru Fujimoto (page does not exist)") as Akishige Ishizuchi   [Seiko Fujiki](/wiki/index.php?title=Seiko_Fujiki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Seiko Fujiki (page does not exist)") as Azusa Izumo   [Tsutomu Tsuji](/wiki/index.php?title=Tsutomu_Tsuji&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tsutomu Tsuji (page does not exist)") as Yasuji Asama   [Kouichi Nagano](/wiki/index.php?title=Kouichi_Nagano&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kouichi Nagano (page does not exist)") as Toru Aoba   [Yuri Aso](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuri_Aso&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuri Aso (page does not exist)") as [Natsue Hatamoto](/wiki/Natsue_Hatamoto "Natsue Hatamoto")   [Yasuyuki Kase](/wiki/index.php?title=Yasuyuki_Kase&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yasuyuki Kase (page does not exist)") as Conductor (Episode 144)   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as Waiter (Episode 144), Announcement (Episode 145)   [Hiromichi Kogami](/wiki/Hiromichi_Kogami "Hiromichi Kogami") as Passenger A (Episode 144)   [Mari Tomokawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Mari_Tomokawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mari Tomokawa (page does not exist)") as Passenger B (Episode 144)   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as Next Conan's Hint | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Girigiri chop](/wiki/Girigiri_chop "Girigiri chop") |
| Closing song: | [Still for your love](/wiki/Still_for_your_love "Still for your love") |
***The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno*** (上野発北斗星3号 ,*Ueno-hatsu Hokutosei Sangō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 144th and 145th episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
* [2 Case](#Case)
+ [2.1 Situation](#Situation)
- [2.1.1 Part 1](#Part_1)
- [2.1.2 Part 2](#Part_2)
+ [2.2 People](#People)
+ [2.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [3 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [4 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
+ [4.1 Part 1](#Part_1_2)
+ [4.2 Part 2](#Part_2_2)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 Quotes](#Quotes)
* [7 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [8 Notes](#Notes)
* [9 See also](#See_also)