Kyoko Saegusa (Case Closed)

Kyoko Saegusa (Kaori Yamagata) was a minor villainess from "The Fearful Traversing Murder Case", episodes 4.10 and 4.11 of Case Closed (airdates February 23 and March 2, 1998). She was the wife of Akira Kawabe, and the two were among a group of people going on a traversing expedition at Tanbara Summit Mountains with detective Kogoro Mouri, his daughter Ran, and Conan Edogawa.
Conan and company were going on the trip with Kogoro's new client, Bunzo Ushio, as he had claimed to have hired a notorious assassin known simply as "Fox" to kill him when he believed he was dying of cancer (when he was in actuality planning to kill the Fox for having indirectly caused the death of his daughter). During the trip, Conan took notice of tension between Kyoko and Akira, including when Kogoro's status as a private investigator was exposed.
In the end of the first of the two-part episode, Ran discovered Kyoko murdered, having died via a knife wound to the back. While neither Kyoko or Akira were the assassin, the newlyweds were revealed as evil robbers, having robbed the safe of a retired business mogul, with the man being killed in the process. When Kyoko and Akira overheard Kogoro and Bunzo discussing the Fox, Kyoko feared they were after them for the robbery/murder and planned to turn herself and Akira in. To keep his wife quiet, Akira feigned acceptance to Kyoko's plans while holding her in his arms, before using a knife he had hidden behind his back to stab his accomplice dead. Kyoko's villainous reveal came posthumously when Conan discovered her and Akira's backpacks filled with blood-stained money.
== Trivia ==
* In the English dub, Kyoko's name is translated as Sara Kelly and is voiced by Jamie Marchi.
* Jamie Marchi (Kyoko's English dub actress) also provided the voice of the evil Businesswoman from Case Closed's first season, and also voiced Case Closed villainesses Reika Yotsui, Kazumi Tatsumi, Akiko Yonehara, Keiko Yabuuchi, and Mizue Ichikawa.
* Kaori Yamagata also voiced the evil Sarina Akutsu, who appeared in Case Closed's 14th season.
==Gallery==
Kyoko Saegusa corpse.jpg|Kyoko after being stabbed to death by Akira
Category:1990s
Category:A Taste Of Her Own Medicine
Category:Anime Villainess
Category:Brunette
Category:Conspirator
Category:Corpse
Category:Greedy
Category:Man Kills Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Robber
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Fate: Deceased
Category:Demise: Stabbed
Category:Betrayed