Reika Shijo (Case Closed)

Reika Shijo (Rumi Kasahara) was a villainess from "The Broken Horoscope", episode 17.22 of Case Closed (airdate August 11, 2008). She was a famous astrologist who was introduced in the midst of an interview with Kogoro Mouri for an article in Starry Sky Weekly magazine.
Reika was introduced as a kind-hearted person, though hints of her true personality were shown in her interactions with her apprentice Yuuka Shiraishi, who she snapped at for bringing her and Kogoro coffee that was too cold. It was later revealed that Reika had persuaded Starry Sky Weekly president Kensuke Katsuragi into not allowing Yuuka to write an astrology column for the magazine, with editor Machio Tamura revealing that Reika often treated Yuuka (who he revealed was also Reika's niece) like a servant and took her frustrations out on her. Reika had also been shown in a cryptic meeting with actress Kurara Midorikawa privately, where it was revealed that Reika was blackmailing her with information that she stated would destroy Kurara's career.
Shortly after promising Ran Mouri that she would read her fortune later and allowing her to hold on to one of her charms, Reika was discovered stabbed to death in her office. After she became a suspect in Reika's murder, Kurara confirmed that Reika was a greedy blackmailer, having manipulated Kurara to confess her secrets to Reika during a fortune reading session in order to blackmail her, threatening to expose Kurara's secrets if she didn't pay her off. While this led Kogoro to believe Kurara killed Reika to put an end to the blackmail, Conan deduced the true culprit and knocked Kogoro out to reveal their identity: Kensuke, who had locked the door after killing Reika and broke a hole in the glass ceiling of Reika's office in order to drop her keys back into the room, doing so in an attempt to frame Yuuka under the false assumption that she had a spare copy of Reika's office key.
After being cornered by Conan's deductions, Kensuke confessed to killing Reika, revealing in the process that she had been blackmailing him as well. Sometime prior to the episode's events, Reika demanded that Kensuke repay her for all her investments, threatening to sell insider trading information about his publishing house if he couldn't go through with her demand. Unable to pay Reika off, Kensuke instead resorted to killing Reika by stabbing the greedy villainess to death in her office.
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Reika Shijo Corpse.png|Reika's deceased body
Category:2000s
Category:Anime Villainess
Category:Aunt
Category:Blackmailer
Category:Blonde
Category:Callous
Category:Corpse
Category:Greedy
Category:Man Kills Villainess
Category:Offscreen Death
Category:Opportunistic Corruption
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Demise: Stabbed
Category:Fate: Deceased