The Splendid Rivals

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| **TV Special The Splendid Rivals** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Splendid Rivals |
| Japanese Title: | 華麗なるライバルたち   (Kareinaru Raibaru-tachi) |
| Original airdate: | August 4, 2012[](#cite_note-1) |
| Manga source: | [Volume 3: Chapters 2-3 (15-16)](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_3#The_Great_Detective_Appears.21.21 "Magic Kaito Volume 3") |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba")   [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")   [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")   [Akako Koizumi](/wiki/Akako_Koizumi "Akako Koizumi")   [Chikage Kuroba](/wiki/Chikage_Kuroba "Chikage Kuroba")   [Konosuke Jii](/wiki/Konosuke_Jii "Konosuke Jii")   [Ginzo Nakamori](/wiki/Ginzo_Nakamori "Ginzo Nakamori")   [Saguru Hakuba](/wiki/Saguru_Hakuba "Saguru Hakuba")   [Superintendent General Hakuba](/wiki/Superintendent_General_Hakuba "Superintendent General Hakuba")   [Keiko Momoi](/wiki/Keiko_Momoi "Keiko Momoi")   [Spider](/wiki/Spider "Spider")   [Snake](/wiki/Snake "Snake")   [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Detective Konno](/wiki/Detective_Konno "Detective Konno")   [Newscaster Konno](/wiki/Newscaster_Konno "Newscaster Konno")   [Erika Konno](/wiki/Erika_Konno "Erika Konno") |
| Next Kid's Magic: | White horse |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Toshiki Hirano](/wiki/Toshiki_Hirano "Toshiki Hirano") |
| Screenplay: | [Junichi Miyashita](/wiki/Junichi_Miyashita "Junichi Miyashita") |
| Storyboard: | [Toshiki Hirano](/wiki/Toshiki_Hirano "Toshiki Hirano") |
| Technical Director: | [Masahisa Koyata](/wiki/Masahisa_Koyata "Masahisa Koyata") |
| Animation Director: | [Noriyuki Fukuda](/wiki/Noriyuki_Fukuda "Noriyuki Fukuda")   [Kenichi Otomo](/wiki/Kenichi_Otomo "Kenichi Otomo") (asst.) |
| Character Design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Seiji Muta](/wiki/Seiji_Muta "Seiji Muta")   [Noriyuki Fukuda](/wiki/Noriyuki_Fukuda "Noriyuki Fukuda") (sub) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba"), [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")   [Unsho Ishizuka](/wiki/Unsho_Ishizuka "Unsho Ishizuka") as [Ginzo Nakamori](/wiki/Ginzo_Nakamori "Ginzo Nakamori")   [Ayumi Fujimura](/wiki/Ayumi_Fujimura "Ayumi Fujimura") as [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")   [Miyuki Sawashiro](/wiki/Miyuki_Sawashiro "Miyuki Sawashiro") as [Akako Koizumi](/wiki/Akako_Koizumi "Akako Koizumi")   [Michie Tomizawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Michie_Tomizawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Michie Tomizawa (page does not exist)") as [Chikage Kuroba](/wiki/Chikage_Kuroba "Chikage Kuroba")   [Koji Yada](/wiki/index.php?title=Koji_Yada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Koji Yada (page does not exist)") as [Konosuke Jii](/wiki/Konosuke_Jii "Konosuke Jii")   [Akira Ishida](/wiki/Akira_Ishida "Akira Ishida") as [Saguru Hakuba](/wiki/Saguru_Hakuba "Saguru Hakuba")   [Daisuke Namikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Daisuke_Namikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Daisuke Namikawa (page does not exist)") as [Spider](/wiki/Spider "Spider")   [Hochu Otsuka](/wiki/Hochu_Otsuka "Hochu Otsuka") as [Snake](/wiki/Snake "Snake")   [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Takashi Nagasako](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Nagasako&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takashi Nagasako (page does not exist)") as [Superintendent General Hakuba](/wiki/Superintendent_General_Hakuba "Superintendent General Hakuba")   [Mugihito](/wiki/index.php?title=Mugihito&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mugihito (page does not exist)") as [Akako's assistant](/wiki/Akako%27s_assistant "Akako's assistant")   [Kazuhiro Nakaya](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuhiro_Nakaya&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuhiro Nakaya (page does not exist)") as [Detective Konno](/wiki/Detective_Konno "Detective Konno")   [Shusaku Shirakawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Shusaku_Shirakawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shusaku Shirakawa (page does not exist)") as Policeman A   [Mizuki Nakamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Mizuki_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mizuki Nakamura (page does not exist)") as Policeman B   [Kanehira Yamamoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Kanehira_Yamamoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kanehira Yamamoto (page does not exist)") as Culprit   [Hiromi Konno](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiromi_Konno&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiromi Konno (page does not exist)") as [Newscaster Konno](/wiki/Newscaster_Konno "Newscaster Konno")   [Naomi Shindo](/wiki/index.php?title=Naomi_Shindo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Naomi Shindo (page does not exist)") as [Erika Konno](/wiki/Erika_Konno "Erika Konno")   [Megumi Han](/wiki/index.php?title=Megumi_Han&action=edit&redlink=1 "Megumi Han (page does not exist)") as Keiko's third friend | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Kimi no Namida ni Konna ni Koi Shiteru](/wiki/Kimi_no_Namida_ni_Konna_ni_Koi_Shiteru "Kimi no Namida ni Konna ni Koi Shiteru") |
| Closing song: | [Koi ni Koishite](/wiki/Koi_ni_Koishite "Koi ni Koishite") |
**"The Splendid Rivals"** (華麗なるライバルたち ,*Kareinaru Raibaru-tachi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is an animated special for [Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito") based on the second and third chapters from the [third Magic Kaito volume](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_3 "Magic Kaito Volume 3"). It aired in August as part of the 2012 **Kaitou Kid's Summer Festival** (夏の怪盗キッド祭り ,*Natsu no Kaitō Kiddo Matsuri*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) event.
## Contents
* [1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
* [2 Cast](#Cast)
* [3 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [4 Plot](#Plot)
+ [4.1 Story](#Story)
+ [4.2 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 References](#References)
* [8 See also](#See_also)
## Characters introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Splendid_Rivals&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters introduced")]
- | [Saguru Hakuba](/wiki/Saguru_Hakuba "Saguru Hakuba") | |
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|  | * High school student * Detective |
- | [Superintendent General Hakuba](/wiki/Superintendent_General_Hakuba "Superintendent General Hakuba") | |
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|  | * Tokyo MPD head * Saguru's father |
- | [Spider](/wiki/Spider "Spider") | |
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|  | * [Criminal organization](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Organization "Magic Kaito Organization") member * Gunter Von Goldberg II * Illusionist and assassin |