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· This summarizes all the appearance episodes of Hagiwara Chihaya, the main character in the movie 'Fallen Angel of the Highway', scheduled for release on April 10, 2026.
· Chihaya's appearance episodes total 4, a manageable amount to review before the movie's release.
· We will explain each episode's plot, focusing on key points that may connect to the movie 'Fallen Angel of the Highway'.

· This is the story of Chihaya and Conan tracking down the culprit who kidnapped Professor Agasa.
· The culprit intended to kidnap the president of a security company but mistakenly abducted Professor Agasa due to a similar appearance.
· As Conan was chasing the culprit on his skateboard and was about to fall off the highway, Chihaya appeared on her motorcycle and saved Conan.
· In this scene, Ran calls Chihaya the 'Goddess of Wind' as she saves Conan as if she had wings.
· Chihaya trusts Conan so much that she would risk her life for him.
· The reason she trusts Conan is that he arrested the culprit who killed Chihaya's younger brother (Hagiwara Kenji) and his friend (Matsuda Jinpei).
· In this episode, Yokomizo Shigeo of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police also appears, and a subtle atmosphere is detected between Chihaya and Shigeo.

· This is the story of Yokomizo Shigeo attending a matchmaking party in Tokyo, pressured by his parents and brother, and coincidentally meeting Chihaya.
· Chihaya came as a friend's escort, drawn to the party by the free meal for women.
· A murder occurs at the party, and Conan and his friends, who happened to be nearby, get caught up in the incident.
· Chihaya has excellent romantic intuition, discerning at a glance that Takagi and Sato are dating.
· Author Gosho Aoyama mentioned at the 'Sunday Culture Festival 2024' that Chihaya notices Shigeo's affection and teases him.
· After the case is resolved, Chihaya spots Conan hiding behind Kogoro and praises him, saying, 'You were very active today too,' appearing to know that Conan is the true identity of 'Sleeping Kogoro'.

· This is a story where Chihaya's team and the Detective Boys solve a case separately.
· When Sato and Takagi lose track of a girl's kidnapper in Kanagawa Prefecture, Chihaya joins them to search the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, while the Detective Boys conduct an investigation to find clues about the girl.
· Chihaya not only demonstrates her motorcycle skills but also her excellent deduction abilities, quickly finding the culprit within the Red Brick Warehouse with limited information while posing as a fake couple with Takagi.
· This episode highlights Chihaya's high capabilities, showing she can solve cases even without Conan.

· This is a story where Yokomizo Shigeo, on vacation at Hakone Hot Spring, meets Chihaya, Shibu, and Conan and his friends.
· A remark from Shibu triggers a flashback to Chihaya, Shibu, Kenji, and Matsuda attending a fireworks festival during their high school days.
· Matsuda tries to win a prize Chihaya is aiming for, directly confessing, 'If I win, Chihaya will be my bride.'
· Matsuda fails to win the prize, but when Chihaya drops the ring Shibu won into a puddle, Matsuda cleverly uses a plastic bag with goldfish to look into the puddle and find the ring.
· Against the backdrop of fireworks, Matsuda puts the ring on Chihaya's left ring finger and confesses again, 'I love you, Chihaya.'
· Chihaya, usually cool, shows an unexpectedly shy reaction to Matsuda's confession.
· When Conan makes deductions and then vaguely attributes them to Shinichi, Chihaya praises Conan without asking about Shinichi, once again hinting at the possibility that she knows Conan is Shinichi.

· This episode covers Date Wataru's childhood.
· In a flashback scene where Date experienced a convenience store robbery as a child, a young Hagiwara Kenji is shown being protected by a young Chihaya.
· This scene is an anime original; Chihaya does not appear in the manga's 'Police Academy Arc'.
· This is a rare scene that offers a glimpse into Chihaya's character as a reliable older sister protecting her younger brother from childhood.