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Artist · Japan

Born 1963

In their own script

“青山剛昌”

Portrait of Gosho Aoyama
Cover of Case ClosedCase ClosedCover of Magic KaitoMagic KaitoCover of YaibaYaibaCover of Detective Conan: Wild Police StoryDetective Conan: Wild Police StoryCover of Yoban SādoYoban Sādo1994Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short StoriesComicJapanese History Detective Conan2012AKB48 Satsujin JikenComicWait For Me
Born1963

Gosho Aoyama.

mangaka · comics artist

Japan, Born 1963

In short

Gosho Aoyama (Japanese: 青山 剛昌, Hepburn: Aoyama Gōshō; born June 21, 1963, real name Yoshimasa Aoyama) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga series Case Closed (Detective Conan, 1994-present). As of 2017, his various manga series had a combined 250 million copies in print worldwide. By January 2023, Case Closed alone had over 270 million copies in circulation worldwide.

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Born
1963, Hokuei
Citizenship
Japan
Active
1987 to 2019
Work
mangaka, comics artist, animator
Career

Gosho Aoyama, in numbers

Years active
Magic Kaito, 1987Yaiba, 1988Yoban Sādo, 1993Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories, 1994Case Closed, 1994AKB48 Satsujin Jiken, 2012Detective Conan: Wild Police Story, 20197works
Works by year, 1987 to 2019. Known for
3works1980s1990s2000s
Works by decade. Busiest: the 1990s.

Sketchbook

Portrait of Gosho Aoyama

Cover of Case ClosedCover of Magic KaitoCover of Yaiba
Known for

The essential Gosho Aoyama

Bibliography

9 works, decade by decade

1980s

1990s

2010s

Undated