EP003

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case |
| Japanese title: | アイドル密室殺人事件   (Aidoru Misshitsu Satsujin Jiken) |
| Original airdate: | January 22, 1996 |
| Broadcast rating: | 11.4% |
| Manga case: | #3 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_1 "Season 1") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 1: Files 6-9 (006-009)](/wiki/Volume_1#Bloody_Idol_Case "Volume 1") |
| **English version** | |
| English title: | Beware of Idols (Funimation) A Murder Behind the Locked Doors of an Idol's Apartment (Netflix) |
| Dubbed episode: | Episode 3 |
| English airdate: | May 26, 2004 (Adult Swim) November 1, 2025 (Netflix) |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")   [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin")   [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka")   [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi_(character) "Eiichi Yamagishi (character)")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Officer Tome](/wiki/Officer_Tome "Officer Tome") |
| Case solved by: | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")) |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Ice |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") |
| Screenplay: | [Junichi Miyashita](/wiki/Junichi_Miyashita "Junichi Miyashita") |
| Storyboard: | [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato") |
| Episode director: | [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato") |
| Animation director: | [Akio Kawamura](/wiki/Akio_Kawamura "Akio Kawamura") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Kenichi Ogata](/wiki/Kenichi_Ogata "Kenichi Ogata") as [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima"), Next Conan's Hint   [Ikue Otani](/wiki/Ikue_Otani "Ikue Otani") as [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya")  [Yukiko Iwai](/wiki/Yukiko_Iwai "Yukiko Iwai") as [Ayumi Yoshida](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida")   [Yuri Amano](/wiki/Yuri_Amano "Yuri Amano") as [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")   [Asako Dodo](/wiki/Asako_Dodo "Asako Dodo") as Yuko Ikezawa   [Kazuya Ichijo](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Ichijo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Ichijo (page does not exist)") as [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi_(character) "Eiichi Yamagishi (character)")   [Hitoshi Horimoto](/wiki/Hitoshi_Horimoto "Hitoshi Horimoto") as Forensics officer   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as Police officer | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Mune ga Dokidoki](/wiki/Mune_ga_Dokidoki "Mune ga Dokidoki") |
| Closing song: | [STEP BY STEP](/wiki/STEP_BY_STEP "STEP BY STEP") |
***An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case*** (アイドル密室殺人事件 ,*Aidoru Misshitsu Satsujin Jiken*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), known in English as **Beware of Idols** in Funimation's English release and as **A Murder Behind the Locked Doors of an Idol's Apartment** in Netflix release, is the 3rd episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
It adapts the [Chapters 6-9](/wiki/Volume_1#Bloody_Idol_Case "Volume 1") from the [original manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga"). It was first aired in January 22, 1996.
In this episode, [Kogoro](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") gets a surprising visit of his favorite popstar [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") as his client to investigate a possible stalker of hers. However, arriving at her apartment, they (along with [Conan](/wiki/Conan "Conan"), [Ran](/wiki/Ran "Ran") and [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")) would end up finding an dead body.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
+ [2.1 Gadgets introduced](#Gadgets_introduced)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
* [7 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [8 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [9 See also](#See_also)