Gosho Aoyama
Gosho Aoyama is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating Detective Conan, a long-running mystery series published in Japan since 1994.
Detective Conan: A Japanese manga series about a teenage detective transformed into a child who solves crimes while hiding his identity. Aoyama’s best-known creation, serialized under this title in Japan.
Case Closed: The English-language title used for the Detective Conan franchise outside Japan. Aoyama’s signature series reached international audiences under this title.
Tottori Prefecture: A prefecture in western Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan. Aoyama was born there, and the region commemorates his work.
Rumiko Takahashi: A Japanese manga artist known for works including Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, and Inuyasha. A contemporary Shōnen Sunday creator whose career centers on comedy, romance, and fantasy rather than detective fiction.
Yaiba: A manga series by Gosho Aoyama about a young samurai boy and his adventures. This earlier hit established Aoyama’s skill at energetic, long-form adventure.
Detective Conan (anime): An animated television adaptation of the Detective Conan manga, produced by TMS Entertainment. Its continuing adaptation made Aoyama’s mystery stories a major television franchise.
Yutaka Abe: A Japanese manga artist known for drawing the Detective Conan manga adaptation. Abe illustrated a separate manga adaptation of Aoyama’s detective series.
Osamu Akimoto: A Japanese manga artist who created the long-running comedy series KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops. His landmark magazine series offers a contrasting model of episodic comedy and everyday life.
Magic Kaito: A manga series about Kaito Kuroba, a teenage magician who becomes the phantom thief Kaito Kid. Aoyama created this series before Detective Conan and later brought its characters into it.
Detective Conan films: A series of Japanese animated feature films based on Detective Conan, beginning in 1997. The annual films extend Aoyama’s characters into original theatrical mysteries.