Gosho Aoyama
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | June 21, 1963 |
| Place of birth: | Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan |
History
Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌 Aoyama Gōshō), born Yoshimasa Aoyama (青山 剛昌 Aoyama Yoshimasa) on June 21, 1963[1] in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan (formerly Daiei, Tottori Prefecture)[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). He has also designed the human characters for the children's anime series, Hamtaro.
He was once married to voice actress Minami Takayama, the voice of his manga protagonists, Yaiba Kurogane (from Yaiba) and Conan Edogawa. They were married on May 5, 2005 but divorced on December 10, 2007.
Other works
- Magic Kaito (1987~present (sporadically))
- Yaiba (1988~1993)
- 3rd Base Fourth (1993)
- Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories
- Tell Me A Lie
Interviews and talk events
- コナンドリル オフィシャルブック (Conan Drill Official Book), published May 1 2003[3]
- 朝日新聞夕刊 (Asahi Evening Newspaper), published January 13, 2006[4][5]
- Press conference in Erlangen, Germany on June 17, 2006[6]
- 名探偵コナン＆金田一少年の事件簿01 (Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case Files #1), published April 10, 2008[7]
- オトナファミ6月号 (Otona Fami or Adult Family June issue), published April 21, 2008[8]
- 週刊少年サンデー17号 (Weekly Shonen Sunday #17), published March 27, 2009[9]
- 少年サンデー1983 (Shonen Sunday 1983, a special issue commemorating Sunday's 50 years of publishing), published July 15, 2009[10]
- オトナファミ6月号 (Otona Fami or Adult Family June issue), published April 20, 2010[11]
- Masters of Manga, published July 6, 2010[12]
- オトナファミ6月号 (Otona Fami or Adult Family June issue), published April 20, 2011[13]
- ミステリマガジン6月号 (Mystery Magazine June issue), published April 25, 2011[14]
- 日藝賞記念講演会講演 (Aoyama delivers a lecture at the Nichigei Award for Excellence Commemoration Event for receiving the award), held June 24, 2012[15]
- 青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2012[16]
Aoyama is also known to have answered questions given by the Shonen Sunday magazine in each issue.
Trivia
- Aoyama appears as a CSI member on a TV drama named 「相棒」 (Thief) on a New Years special episode, aired January 1, 2011. Reportedly, Aoyama was a fan of the show, and he gained the role when he once visited the set as requested to help the staff's research.[17]
- Aoyama has two younger brothers, one who's an engineer and another who's a doctor. The engineer helps Aoyama with tricks related to cars, and the doctor helps Aoyama with medicine-related topics, like APTX. The doctor is also an anime otaku who advises Aoyama about which voice actor should voice whom.[3]
- Gosho Aoyama's webpage has weekly updated picture called Sherry's soliloquy that features a comment by Haibara on the current chapters or recent Conan work.
References
- ^ "EdogawaConan.com profile for Gosho Aoyama". http://www.edogawaconan.com/modules/about/index.php?pagenum=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.)". http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-01-23/museum-dedicated-to-case-closed-author-opens-in-march.
- ^ a b "コナンドリル オフィシャル・ブック (Conan Drill Official Book)". http://conan.aga-search.com/501-33-4-4officialbook.html.
- ^ "組織のボスについて (On the syndicate's boss)". http://anokata.xxxxxxxx.jp/anokata.html.
- ^ "黒の組織のボスは・・・ (The Black Organization's boss is . . .)". http://tsukiyotsukiyo.blog66.fc2.com/blog-entry-57.html.
- ^ "Gosho Aoyama: Press Conference". http://www.animey.net/specials/42.
- ^ "名探偵コナン＆金田一少年の事件簿01（2008年4/25号） (Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case Files Issue #1 2008 4/25)". http://conan.aga-search.com/501-33-14-1withkindaichi.html.
- ^ "「名探偵コナン」の青山剛昌は「相棒」好きらしい (Detective Conans Gosho Aoyama reportedly likes Thief)". http://d.hatena.ne.jp/doraman/20080422.
- ^ "ルパンVSコナン放送記念、モンキー×青山ドリーム対談 (Commemorating Lupin vs. Conan broadcast, a dream conversation between Monkey Punch and Aoyama)". http://natalie.mu/comic/news/14726.
- ^ "復刻、インタビュー満載の増刊サンデーでBack to 1983 (Reissue: Back to 1983 with Sunday special edition, full of interviews)". http://natalie.mu/comic/news/18551.
- ^ "オトナファミに昭和の少女マンガずらり、ベルバラ証言も (Shōwa Shoujo manga lined up at Otona Fami; Versailles rose testimony, too)". http://natalie.mu/comic/news/30822.
- ^ "Full Interview with Gōshō Aoyama". http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/07/interviewaoyama/.
- ^ "オトナファミ「コナン」特集で名事件50を紹介だバーロー (Otona Fami's Conan special report introduces Top 50 case files, idiot!)". http://natalie.mu/comic/news/48222.
- ^ "青山剛昌「名探偵コナン」ミステリー専門誌で大特集 (Gosho Aoyama of Detective Conan special report with a magazine specialized in mysteries)". http://natalie.mu/comic/news/48494.
- ^ "「日藝賞記念講演会：青山剛昌」本日です！(Today is the Nichigei Award for Excellence Commemoration Event featuring Gosho Aoyama!)". http://nichigei-bijutsu.blog.ocn.ne.jp/blog/2011/06/post_7d27.html.
- ^ "青山剛昌先生に会える大チャンス!! (A great chance to meet with Gosho Aoyama-sensei!!)". http://www.gamf.jp/978.html.
- ^ "青山剛昌がTVドラマ出演「相棒」元日スペシャルに登場 (Gosho Aoyama performs in New Years special episode of the TV drama Thief)". http://natalie.mu/comic/news/42453.
