Takahiro Sanada

For other uses, see [Sanada](/wiki/Sanada "Sanada").
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| **Takahiro Sanada** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 真田 貴大   (Sanada Takahiro) |
| Age: | 18 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | unknown |
| Relatives: | unknown |
| Occupation: | Big Osaka soccer player |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | Anime: [Movie 16](/wiki/The_Eleventh_Striker "The Eleventh Striker")   Manga: [File 887](/wiki/Volume_84#Kite-Flying_Competition_Murder_Case "Volume 84") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Takahiro_Sanada_Appearances "Takahiro Sanada Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Takahiro_Sanada_Appearances "Takahiro Sanada Appearances") Movies: (/wiki/Takahiro_Sanada_Appearances "Takahiro Sanada Appearances") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Hiroyuki Yoshino](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroyuki_Yoshino&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroyuki Yoshino (page does not exist)") |
**Takahiro Sanada (真田 貴大 ,*Sanada Takahiro*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is a character in the anime and later manga franchise *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Personality](#Personality)
* [3 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [4 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [4.1 Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case (Manga: 887, Anime: 766)](#Kite-Flying_Competition_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_887.2C_Anime:_766.29)
+ [4.2 A Secret of the Big Couple (Manga: 925, Anime: 822)](#A_Secret_of_the_Big_Couple_.28Manga:_925.2C_Anime:_822.29)
+ [4.3 Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case (Manga: 997-999. Anime: 925-926)](#Haibara.27s_Lost_Phone_Strap_Case_.28Manga:_997-999._Anime:_925-926.29)
* [5 Non-canon plot overview](#Non-canon_plot_overview)
+ [5.1 The Eleventh Striker (Movie: 16)](#The_Eleventh_Striker_.28Movie:_16.29)
+ [5.2 Promise with a J-Leaguer (Anime: 742)](#Promise_with_a_J-Leaguer_.28Anime:_742.29)
+ [5.3 Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (Anime: 1083)](#Behind_the_Scenes_of_the_J_League_Finals_.28Anime:_1083.29)
* [6 Different looks](#Different_looks)
* [7 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [8 References](#References)
* [9 See also](#See_also)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Takahiro Sanada is [Big Osaka](/wiki/Culture#Soccer "Culture")'s striker bench. He usually kicks with his left foot and is the second best Osaka Big soccer player, after [Ryusuke Higo](/wiki/Ryusuke_Higo "Ryusuke Higo").
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Personality")]
Takahiro is fun-loving, goofy, and kind hearted. He keeps his promises and is trustworthy. He promised to Koh Watanabe to kick only with his right foot in the game because he injured Koh. Even [Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") remarked how Takahiro took a promise with a kid way too seriously.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Takahiro Sanada | What Takahiro Sanada calls them |
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|  | [Ryusuke Higo](/wiki/Ryusuke_Higo "Ryusuke Higo") | Takahiro[](#cite_note-file887-1) | This guy (*kono otchan*)[](#cite_note-file887-1) |
|  | [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") | - | Okino Yoko-chan[](#cite_note-file887-1) |
| Picture | Name | What they call Takahiro Sanada | What Takahiro Sanada calls them |
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|  | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | Sanada-senshu | - |
|  | [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima") | Sanada | - |
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## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_84#Kite-Flying_Competition_Murder_Case "Volume 84"), Anime: (/wiki/Teimuzu_River_Kite_Flying_Case "Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case (Manga: 887, Anime: 766)")]
Takahiro makes his debut in the manga series.
### A Secret of the Big Couple (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_87#A_Secret_of_the_Big_Couple "Volume 87"), Anime: (/wiki/The_Suspects_Are_a_Passionate_Couple "The Suspects Are a Passionate Couple"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: A Secret of the Big Couple (Manga: 925, Anime: 822)")]
Higo mentioned Sanada when he talked to Ai Haibara for being in his team, much to joy for her.
### Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case (Manga: [997-999](/wiki/Volume_94#Haibara.27s_Lost_Phone_Strap_Case "Volume 94"). Anime: [925-926](/wiki/The_Heartfelt_Strap "The Heartfelt Strap"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case (Manga: 997-999. Anime: 925-926)")]
The Detective Boys went to the metro station's lost and found to retrieve Haibara's Higo phone strap but the one the clerk gave them was in fact a phone strap with Sanada which made them sigh and continue to look back over for it.
## Non-canon plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Non-canon plot overview")]
### The Eleventh Striker (Movie: (/wiki/The_Eleventh_Striker "The Eleventh Striker"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: The Eleventh Striker (Movie: 16)")]
J. League All-Star Soccer is the bomber's target as it has the highest viewership. The letter declares in all ten simultaneous games, the strikers must use the following play hidden in the letter against the home team to stop the bomb. Conan reveals the border and the staple matches an association football pitch and the kanji written in red is written in a way so that the staple has red markings on top of it; He deduces the bomber wants the strikers to kick the ball in the center of the goal post. As per the letter, the police are only able to alert the coaches and the strikers in each game about the bombs. Without Ryusuke, Takahiro is the best striker so he accepted this task. Signals didn't appear after he kicked in the middle of the crossbar, he was able to kick to the ball in the center of the goal post under the dual pressures of missing and the threat of a bomb.
### Promise with a J-Leaguer (Anime: (/wiki/Promise_with_a_J-Leaguer "Promise with a J-Leaguer"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Promise with a J-Leaguer (Anime: 742)")]
While practicing penalty kicks, Takahiro's soccer ball accidentally hits Koh Watanabe while he's riding his bike past the park, injuring Koh's ankle. Koh is upset and makes Takahiro promise to play his next match and score a goal using his right leg. Later, it is proved that Takahiro's soccer ball hit Shingo Fukazawa not Koh in the face, knocking off his glasses. Angry, Fukazawa then picked up the ball and threw it, accidentally hitting Koh and causing the accident. After the misunderstanding was cleared, Takahiro tries to score a goal with his left foot, but misses. Fukazawa later apologizes to both Koh and Takahiro, and Takahiro in turn apologizes to Fukazawa.
### Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (Anime: (/wiki/Behind_the_Scenes_of_the_J_League_Finals "Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (Anime: 1083)")]
## Different looks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Different looks")]
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| Phone strap souvenir (episode 925). | Episode 822 | Episode 1083 |
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Sanada&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Sanada plays for Big Osaka and wears jersey number "19".
* Sanada seems to know a lot of Higo's secrets, like his favorite song or singer.
* Unlike Higo, Sanada is disliked by Ai Haibara, because Sanada makes more mistakes when playing for his team.
* He is the third original character from a movie to become a character in the [canon](/wiki/Canon "Canon").