Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case

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| **Episode 44   (Int. Episode 45)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case |
| Japanese title: | 堀田三兄弟殺人事件   (Hotta Sankyōdai Satsujin Jiken) |
| Original airdate: | January 20, 1997 |
| Broadcast rating: | 17.6% |
| Filler case: | #15 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_2 "Season 2") |
| Manga source: | **TV Original** |
| **English version** | |
| English title: | Unhappy Birthday |
| Dubbed episode: | Episode 45 |
| English airdate: | August 9, 2004 |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") |
| Case solved by: | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")) |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Chemical fertilizer |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") |
| Screenplay: | [Yuichi Higurashi](/wiki/Yuichi_Higurashi "Yuichi Higurashi") |
| Storyboard: | [Hirohito Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi") |
| Episode director: | [Hirohito Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi") |
| Animation director: | [Haruo Ogawara](/wiki/Haruo_Ogawara "Haruo Ogawara") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [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")   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Shozo Iizuka](/wiki/index.php?title=Shozo_Iizuka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shozo Iizuka (page does not exist)") as Kosaku Hotta   [Masato Sako](/wiki/Masato_Sako "Masato Sako") as Masahiro Yamauchi   [Hideaki Ishii](/wiki/index.php?title=Hideaki_Ishii&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hideaki Ishii (page does not exist)") as Koichi Hotta   [Sayoko Nasu](/wiki/index.php?title=Sayoko_Nasu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sayoko Nasu (page does not exist)") as Harumi Hotta   [Masaki Aizawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaki_Aizawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masaki Aizawa (page does not exist)") as Ryoji Hotta   [Mikiko Miki](/wiki/index.php?title=Mikiko_Miki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mikiko Miki (page does not exist)") as Fumiko Hotta   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as Kentaro, Next Conan's Hint | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Feel Your Heart](/wiki/Feel_Your_Heart "Feel Your Heart") |
| Closing song: | [Meikyū no Lovers](/wiki/Meiky%C5%AB_no_Lovers "Meikyū no Lovers") |
***Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case*** (堀田三兄弟殺人事件 ,*Hotta Sankyōdai Satsujin Jiken*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 44th episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Translation changes](#Translation_changes)
+ [4.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
* [7 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [8 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [9 See also](#See_also)