Gosho Aoyama

Gosho Aoyama
Born Gōshō Aoyama (青山 剛昌, Aoyama Gōshō)
(1963-06-21) June 21, 1963
Hokuei, Tottori, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Manga artist and author
Pseudonym(s) Striving Star of Shonen Sunday
Notable works
 Detective Conan (Case Closed)
Yaiba
Magic Kaito
Awards Shogakukan Manga Award (1993, 2001)

Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌, Aoyama Gōshō, born June 21, 1963 in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan (formerly Daiei, Tottori Prefecture)[1])[2] is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan (known in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as Case Closed). As of 2017, his various manga series have a combined 200 million copies in print worldwide.[3]

Educational background

Aoyama was talented in drawing even at an early age. In elementary school, his painting of "Yukiai War" won a competition and was displayed at the Tottori Daimaru Department Store.[2]

He graduated from Yuraikuei High School, before going on to study at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo. In winter of 1986, Aoyama won a comic contest for freshmen students.[2]

Manga career

He made his debut as a manga artist with the work Chotto Mattete which was published in the weekly magazine Shōnen Sunday on winter of 1987. Shortly after that, another work by Aoyama, Magic Kaito, was published on the same magazine. Magic Kaito protagonist Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid later appeared stars in Case Closed.[2]

In the early 1990s he began the series Yaiba, which ran for 24 volumes. Later, he would release other manga series in single volumes (tankōbon), such as Third Baseman No.4, Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories, and Detective Conan.[2]

Awards and recognition

Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory
Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory

Aoyama has won two awards for his work as a manga artist. In 1992, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for the Yaiba manga series.[2] He would go on to win the same award for a second time in 2001, this time for Detective Conan.[4]

Additionally, his hometown Hokuei has undertaken several machi okoshi (town revitalization) projects in honor of his contribution as a manga artist and resident of the town. The first projects were the Conan Bridge across the Yura River and Detective Conan statues in the town.[5] On March 18, 2007, the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory, a museum that celebrates Aoyama's career as a manga artist, was opened in the same town.[6]

Personal life

On May 5, 2005 he married Minami Takayama, a singer and voice actress who voiced Conan in the original Japanese anime adaptation of Detective Conan.[7] On December 10, 2007, the two divorced.[8]

Manga works

Wait a Minute (ちょっとまってて, Chotto Mattete) (1987)
The story of a boy genius named Yutaka Takai, whose time machine jetpack sends his love interest through time for two years.
Magic Kaito (まじっく快斗, Majikku Kaito) (1987–present)
A five-volume manga series that tells the adventures of Kaito Kid, a mysterious gentleman thief who uses his skills as illusionist and master of disguise to commit robberies; his secret identity is that of high school student Kaito Kuroba. The first two volumes of the manga series were released in 1988, the third in 1994, the fourth in 2007, and the fifth in 2017. Although the series is currently on hiatus, Kaito Kid still appears regularly in Detective Conan.
Yaiba (1988–1993)
A 24-volume manga series about the adventures of a young samurai named Yaiba Kurogane. It was adapted into a 52-episode anime series which aired between 1993 and 1994.
3rd Base 4th (4番サード, Yonban Sādo) (1991-1993)
A one-volume manga that tells the story of a boy named Shigeo Nagashima, a mediocre baseball player on his high school team. One day, he buys a magical bat from a sporting goods store that allows him to hit every pitch. However, he has to pay the mysterious store for each pitch he hits.
Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories
Various short works written over the years:
Play It Again (プレイ イット アゲイン, Purei Itto Agein)
Excalibur (えくすかりばぁ, Ekusukaribā)
Santa Claus in the Summer (夏のサンタクロース, Natsu no Santa Claus)
The Detective George's Job (Detective George's Little Little & Great Operations) (探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦, Tantei Jōji no Minimini Daisakusen)
Wait a Minute
Shōnen Sunday 19(Talk) Show "The Wandering Red Butterfly" (サンデー19show さまよえる赤い蝶, Shōnen Sandē 19(Tō-ku) Show "Samayoeru Akai Chō")
Detective Conan or Case Closed (名探偵コナン, Meitantei Konan) (1994–present)
Ongoing series that tells the story of genius high school detective Shinichi Kudo, who one day is turned into a child by mysterious men and assumes the alias of Conan Edogawa. While trying to track down these men, he often encounters complicated mysteries, most of which only he can solve. This series is Aoyama's most well-known creation, and has been collected in 94 volumes as of December 18, 2017.
Tell Me a Lie (〜私にウソをついて〜, ~Watashi ni Uso o Tsuite~) (2007)
A one-shot about a girl named Terumi Arai (新井輝海, Arai Terumi), who can read people's minds when she looks them in the eyes.

References

  1. ↑ "Museum Dedicated to Case Closed Author Opens in March (In 2005, Daiei merged with other towns in Tottori to form the new town of Hokuei.)".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "EdogawaConan.com profile for Gosho Aoyama". Archived from the original on 2008-09-16.
  3. ↑ "Detective Conan Creator's Various Manga Have 200 Million Copies in Print". Anime News Network. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ↑ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Hokuei-chô Honors Gosho Aoyama With Museum".
  6. ↑ "Asahi Shimbun Looks at New Gosho Aoyama Museum".
  7. ↑ "Conan and Kiki Married".
  8. ↑ "Conan's Voice Actress, Conan's Manga Creator Divorce".
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