Gosho Aoyama

Gosho Aoyama
Aoyama at Comic-Salon Erlangen in Germany, 2006
BornYoshimasa Aoyama (青山 剛昌, Aoyama Yoshimasa)[1]
(1963-06-21) June 21, 1963 (age 61)
Hokuei, Tottori, Japan
Area(s)Manga artist, author
Pseudonym(s)Striving Star of Shonen Sunday
Notable works
AwardsShogakukan Manga Award (1993, 2001)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2005; div. 2007)

Gosho Aoyama (Japanese: 青山 剛昌, Hepburn: Aoyama Gōshō, born June 21, 1963)[2][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Chronique de Détective Conan (tome 76) par Everhard" (in French). Kana. August 18, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "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.)".
  3. ^ "EdogawaConan.com profile for Gosho Aoyama". Archived from the original on September 16, 2008.
  4. ^ "Detective Conan Creator's Various Manga Have 250 Million Copies in Print". Anime News Network. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.