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"Mouri Kogoro! If you wish to stop me, become the Eleventh Striker and come to where l am!"
— The Culprit (Kazumasa Nakoka)
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker is the 16th Detective Conan Theatrical Film in the franchise. It was directed by Kobun Shizuno, written by Kazunari Kouchi, produced by Keiichi Ishiyama, Mitomu Asai and Michihiko Suwa and scored by Katsuo Ono, Aki Yokoyama, Masakazu Yokoyama, Hisako Ono and Takao Kondo. It was released on April 14, 2012.
After an interaction with J-League professional players, Conan and co watches the big match between Tokyo Spirits and Gamba Osaka, only to find out that a bomb has been planted in the stadium. It is now up to Conan once again to foil the culprit's plans and reveal his/her true identity.
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The Eleventh Striker provides examples of:
- Big Bad: Kazumasa Nakoka is ultimately behind the bombings and is revealed to have a grudge against Kogoro and all the sports fan clubs of the J-League.
- Big Damn Heroes Hide’s autographed ball comes in handy in the film’s finale when Conan’s Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt malfunctions.
- The Cuckoolander Was Right: Misao Yamamura has a bad feeling about Nakaka that turns out to be right on the money.
- It's Personal: After learning that the ambulance his young friend Tomofumi was delayed by a mob led by Kogoro, Nakoka was consumed with a murderous thirst for revenge. Unbeknownst to him, the mob was trying to save an old man suffering from heat stroke and thought the ambulance was ignoring them.
- The Ghost: Yoko Okino for some reason does not show up in person at all, even when her concert appears to be a plot point.
- Non-Standard Character Design: Justified Trope. The real-life soccer players that show up literally have a different character designer, Hiroyuki Notake.
- Red Herring: Ultimately, there a whopping total of five, but the biggest Red Herring is Tomofumi’s father, Keiichirou Motoura.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Conan dresses Nakoka down when he espouses his ideas on players who cannot play for the full game.Conan: Nakaoka-san…I heard you said that someone who cannot stand on the pitch for the entire 90 minutes has no qualification to play soccer, but…you’re wrong.Nakaoka: What?Conan: To Tomofumi-kun, whose body was weak and could only stay in a match for a short while…would you say he had no right to play soccer? Even if you could only stand on the pitch for 15 minutes…wouldn’t it be best if you found a way to make the most of it?
- Tragic Villain: Nakoka suffered a Game-Breaking Injury but found a new lease on life mentoring iII boy Tomofumi, which was robbed from him when Tomofumi died.
