Shinichi Kudo (German Suplex)
【名探偵プロレス】 工藤新一 (ジャーマン・スープレックス)
DETECTIVE PRO-WRESTLING: SHINICHI KUDO (GERMAN SUPLEX)
漫画: 名探偵コナン
Manga/Anime: Detective Conan
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Extra Notes
September 10 was dubbed among Japanese fans of Detective Conan as Kudo Day. I had planned on joining in on the celebration by submitting a new wrestling artwork featuring Shinichi. Though the day has already passed this year, I decided to press on with the artwork.
I opted to draw Shinichi performing a German Suplex as a form of shout-out to Konosuke Takeshita, a top pro-wrestler for the Japanese wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling, as well as a self-confessed Detective Conan fan. Similarly, I also based the tights of Shinichi on Takeshita’s own tights.
Because I based Shinichi’s pro-wrestling persona here on Takeshita, I also chose to design the background to make it similar in appearance to a typical house show in DDT Pro-Wrestling.
Shinichi’s opponent in this piece was intended to be Heiji Hattori, a popular character in the Detective Conan series. Since his looks aren’t too obvious here, I chose not to highlight it too much.
I hope you enjoy this piece.
Alternative Versions
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- Shinichi Kudo 2020 – Clean Version
Shinichi Kudo – World Champion
【名探偵プロレス】 工藤新一 – 世界チャンピオン
DETECTIVE PRO-WRESTLING: SHINICHI KUDO – WORLD CHAMPION
漫画: 名探偵コナン
Manga/Anime: Detective Conan
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Extra Notes
Once again, it’s September 10, the day Detective Conan fans consider as “Kudo Day”. Normally, fan art of the protagonist Shinichi Kudo would pop up on Twitter to mark this occasion. This year also happens to be the 25th anniversary of the Detective Conan manga. With these in mind, I decided to mark this day of the year by drawing Shinichi Kudo as a pro-wrestling world champion.
The original concept I had for this was to draw Shinichi with a silver championship belt to symbolize the 25th year of the manga. Eventually, I decided that the championship belt always looked good in gold.
The design of the belt was loosely based on the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. The pro-wrestling episode of Detective Conan featured a promotion that looked similar to AJPW. Thus, I opted with their top championship belt for the design.
His gear is inspired by Keiji Mutoh’s gear. Ever since my Mutoh-inspired drawings of Conan and Shinichi last year, I’ve decided to keep up with the Mutoh connection.
With Detective Conan being so popular worldwide, we can safely say that it has become a “champion” in its own right. As such, I guess you can say Shinichi deserves this belt. And hey, he looks good in it.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this piece. Happy Kudo Day everyone.
Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaito Kuroba (Shining Wizard)
【名探偵プロレス】 工藤新一VS黒羽快斗 (シャイニング・ウィザード)
DETECTIVE PRO-WRESTLING: SHINICHI KUDO VS. KAITO KUROBA (SHINING WIZARD)
漫画: 名探偵コナン
Manga/Anime: Detective Conan
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Extra Notes
I am a pro-wrestling fan, and I am also a Detective Conan. Sometimes, I want to mix them both, and usually this comes in the form of a fan art. And since September 10 is what Detective Conan fans consider as “Kudo Day”, I decided to use this as a chance to let Shinichi Kudo (Conan’s adult form) step in the wrestling ring. And facing off against him is his “friendly competitor”, the man behind Kaito Kid — Kaito Kuroba.
For this piece, I decided to let Shinichi perform the Shining Wizard. The reasoning for this goes all the way back to 2003, when the pro-wrestling episodes of the series first aired. One of the highlights of those episodes was the featuring of Keiji Mutoh’s Shining Wizard. As such, this piece is a nod to those episodes.
For their ring gear, I opted to let Shinichi wear some Keiji Mutoh inspired gear. After all, I did get to draw Conan in Keiji Mutoh attire, so it’s a sort of continuity for my works. As for Kaito Kuroba, I chose to use some Kaito Kid inspired attire.
And why did I plaster a face of a speechless, sweatdropping Conan? Because I’m willing to bet that he, a detective geek with no combat experience, would think pro-wrestling is something he wouldn’t ever, ever do. And yet, here we are.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this piece. Happy Kudo Day everyone.
Alternative Versions
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- Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaito Kuroba (Clear Version)
“Heisei Holmes” Shinichi Kudo
【プロレスサンデー】”平成のシャーロック・ホームズ” 工藤新一
KING OF MANGA PRO-WRESTLING: “HEISEI HOLMES” SHINICHI KUDO
これは工藤新一のイラストです。 彼はプロレスラーに扮している。 私は彼の誕生日のお祝いでこれを作りました（５月４日）。 ハッピーバースデー、新一（コナン）！
This is my illustration of Shinichi Kudo. He is dressed as a professional wrestler. I drew this for his birthday (May 4). Happy birthday, Shinichi (Conan)!
漫画: 名探偵コナン
Manga/Anime: Detective Conan
私はあなたがそれを好き願っています。 あなたのフィードバックは非常に高く評価されています。
I hope you will like it. I would appreciate your feedback for this drawing.
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Extra Notes:
This piece was made especially for Detective Conan’s fictional birthday (May 4).
Now let’s go right away with what you’re likely thinking about now: WHY?? Of all the anime characters I could draw as a pro-wrestler, why the heck did I choose the intellectual mystery geek and non-fighter Shinichi Kudo?
Well, I’m a big fan of Detective Conan, and I credit it for having a huge influence in my life, even until now. As such, I kinda wondered what would happen if I somehow cross over Detective Conan with my other love: professional wrestling.
I mean, it’s not like this is the first time those two things crossed over:
(1) Conan once came out in a volume cover dressed as now-WWE Hall of Famer Stan Hansen.
(2) One case in the series was devoted to pro-wrestling.
(3) AJPW pro-wrestler Naoya Nomura currently uses the Detective Conan main theme as his entrance music.
(4) Popular freelance pro-wrestler Kota Ibushi once used a Detective Conan standee as a weapon in a DDT match.
(5) The Gosho Aoyama Manga Museum once became the venue for a pro-wrestling event.
So the more I learned about these, the less awkward a Detective Conan & pro-wrestling crossover seemed to me.
And besides, I’m just interested to see how well I could suddenly transform a guy like Shinichi into a pro-wrestler. I’m pretty pleased and surprised at the result.
But I imagine Conan would be speechless and confused if he ever saw this. Just like the illustration, I could imagine him saying “Oi oi….” when he sees this trading card.
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Alternative versions
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- Shinichi Kudo – Trading Card (Inset Version)
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- Shinichi Kudo – Trading Card (Clean Version)
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- Shinichi Kudo – Portrait version
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