Gosho Aoyama
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| Born | 青山 剛昌 (Aoyama Yoshimasa?) June 21, 1963 Hokuei, Tottori, Japan |
| Nationality |
 Japanese
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| Area(s) | Manga artist and author |
| Pseudonym(s) | Striving Star of Shonen Sunday |
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Notable works
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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) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known to be the creator of the manga series Detective Conan (known in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as Case Closed).
Aoyama was talented in drawing even at an early age. When he was in Grade 1 in elementary school, his painting of "Yukiai War" won a competition and was displayed at the Tottori Daimaru Department Store.
He graduated from high school at Yuraikuei High School. He then went on to study in Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo. In winter of 1986, Aoyama joined a comic contest for freshmen students. He won the contest, and it became a stepping-stone for his career as a manga artist and author, as well as a turning point for his life.
Aoyama 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/Kaito Kid then stars in the Case Closed franchise, as a character. His first appearance is volume 16, file 6 in the Case Closed manga, and episode 77 in its anime adaptation.
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