JR East Launches Detective Conan Mobile Suica Card Face Campaign
By guaranteeing a card face to commuter pass buyers and running a 200,000-winner lottery for shoppers, JR East turns the 30th anniversary into a direct incentive to use Mobile Suica for both commuting and daily spending.
Key Facts
- The Mobile Suica x Detective Conan campaign starts September 1, 2026, with the commuter pass course ending October 7 and the shopping course entry period ending October 15.
- The Detective Boys card face is guaranteed to commuter pass buyers, while the Conan Edogawa and Kaito Kid card face goes to 200,000 lottery winners in the shopping course.
- Shopping course winners receive JRE POINT up to 50,000 points, with 100 winners at 50,000 points, 3,000 at 2,000 points, and 196,900 at 100 points.
- The campaign commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Detective Conan TV anime, which began airing in January 1996.
- The Detective Conan manga has sold over 270 million copies worldwide and won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen category.
Reporting from 2 sources: Web Sunday (Shogakukan), Anime Anime.
JR East is running a Mobile Suica campaign tied to the 30th anniversary of the Detective Conan TV anime, giving away two limited-edition card faces that let users reskin the Mobile Suica app. The campaign starts September 1, 2026. The Detective Boys design goes to anyone who buys a commuting or school commuter pass through Mobile Suica between September 1 and October 7, with no entry required. The Conan Edogawa and Kaito Kid design is part of a shopping course running September 1 to October 15, where 200,000 entrants who meet purchase conditions are drawn by lottery. Winners also receive JRE POINT, with top prizes of 50,000 points for 100 people, 2,000 points for 3,000 people, and 100 points for 196,900 people. The anime began airing in January 1996, making 2026 its 30th year on air. The manga has sold over 270 million copies worldwide and won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen category.
The campaign special site was scheduled to go up around noon on August 31, ahead of the September 1 start. The Detective Boys card face is offered on Android, while the Conan Edogawa and Kaito Kid design covers both iOS and Android.
In the shopping course, entrants need at least 5,000 yen in cumulative Mobile Suica purchases at participating stores, with one lottery entry slot per 5,000 yen spent. New Mobile Suica members who register during the entry period get double entry slots. Prizes are scheduled to be delivered from mid-December 2026.
The commuter pass course excludes bus passes and passes imported from a physical Suica card, and the card face arrives about a week after the pass purchase. The campaign commemorates the 30th year of the anime, which began airing in January 1996, and comes as the latest film, Detective Conan: Highway no Datenshi, is in theaters. The manga, by Gosho Aoyama, has sold over 270 million copies worldwide and won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen category.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Web Sunday (Shogakukan) 「モバイルSuica×名探偵コナンキャンペーン」開催中！
- Anime Anime モバイルSuicaを怪盗キッド、少年探偵団仕様に着せ替え♪ 「名探偵コナン」モバイルSuicaのカードフェイスプレゼント企画が明日（9/1）より実施