A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~ |
| Japanese Title: | 工藤新一への挑戦状～怪鳥伝説の謎～   (Kudō Shin'ichi e no Chōsenjō ~Kaichō Densetsu no Nazo~) |
| Original airdate: | April 15, 2011 |
| Characters: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Eri Kisaki](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure") |
| Case solved by: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") |
| | Cast: | | --- | | [Junpei Mizobata](/wiki/Junpei_Mizobata "Junpei Mizobata") as [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Shiori Kutsuna](/wiki/Shiori_Kutsuna "Shiori Kutsuna") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Takanori Jinnai](/wiki/Takanori_Jinnai "Takanori Jinnai") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Nene Otsuka](/wiki/Nene_Otsuka "Nene Otsuka") as [Eri Kisaki](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki")   [Sayaka Akimoto](/wiki/Sayaka_Akimoto "Sayaka Akimoto") as [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Masato Ibu](/wiki/Masato_Ibu "Masato Ibu") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Masao Kusakari](/wiki/index.php?title=Masao_Kusakari&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masao Kusakari (page does not exist)") as Isamu Wakura   [Tomoharu Hasegawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomoharu_Hasegawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomoharu Hasegawa (page does not exist)") as Yoichi Wakura   [Asuka Shibuya](/wiki/index.php?title=Asuka_Shibuya&action=edit&redlink=1 "Asuka Shibuya (page does not exist)") as Kotomi Wakura   [Tetsuji Sakakibara](/wiki/index.php?title=Tetsuji_Sakakibara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tetsuji Sakakibara (page does not exist)") as Ryoji Wakura   [Kasumi Suzuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Kasumi_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kasumi Suzuki (page does not exist)") as Misa Wakura   [Yutaro Tamariguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Yutaro_Tamariguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yutaro Tamariguchi (page does not exist)") as Sho Kosaka   [Takashi Yamanaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Yamanaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takashi Yamanaka (page does not exist)") as [Issei Haji](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Issei_Hagi "Minor law enforcement")   [Machiko Washio](/wiki/index.php?title=Machiko_Washio&action=edit&redlink=1 "Machiko Washio (page does not exist)") as Tomi   [Youichi Nukumizu](/wiki/index.php?title=Youichi_Nukumizu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Youichi Nukumizu (page does not exist)") as Kogoro's client | | |
| Director: | [Tsukasa Shirakawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Tsukasa_Shirakawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tsukasa Shirakawa (page does not exist)") |
| Screenplay: | [Takehiko Hata](/wiki/index.php?title=Takehiko_Hata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takehiko Hata (page does not exist)") |
**A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~** (工藤新一への挑戦状～怪鳥伝説の謎～ ,*Kudō Shin'ichi e no Chōsenjō ~Kaichō Densetsu no Nazo~*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 3rd live-action drama special of the [Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Challenge_Letter_to_Shinichi_Kudo "Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo") series. It was aired in April 15, 2011.
[Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo"), [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"), [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki"), [Eri Kisaki](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki") and [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") are invited to a village by a leading fast food restaurant company owner. However, an impossible kill was successively happening before them.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Case](#Case)
+ [2.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [2.2 People](#People)
+ [2.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [3 Music](#Music)
* [4 Differences between the novel and the live action drama](#Differences_between_the_novel_and_the_live_action_drama)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 See also](#See_also)