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TIL In 2005 Gosho Aoyama the manga artist for Detective Conan series was married to the voice actor of the protagonist Conan Edogawa, Minami Takayama. She is also the singer pop duo Two Mix & she appeared in files 144-146 of the manga with case title 'The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case'.

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