Kazunari Kouchi

Kazunari Kouchi
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	January 18, 1956
Date of death:	July 18, 2016

Kazunari Kouchi (古内 一成 ,Kouchi Kazunari, January 18, 1956–July 18, 2016) is a Japanese screenplay writer. He is best known for his work on episodes of the anime Detective Conan, and for writing and producing most of the movies released before his retirement in 2014.

In 2016, he died of pancreatic cancer.

Detective Conan Anime

Number of case scenarios written : ' (episodes)

• The Mysterious Shooting Message Case (Episode 14)
• An Elevator Murder Case (Episode 19)
• Pet Dog John Murder Case (Episode 26)
• Computer Murder Case (Episode 29)
• Monday Night 7:30 p.m. Murder Case (Episode 36)
• Cactus's Flower Murder Case (Episode 37)
• The Golf Driving Range Murder Case (Episode 51)
• The Mystery Weapon Murder Case (Episode 53)
• The Ojamanbou Murder Case (Episode 56)
• The Third Fingerprint Murder Case (Episode 64)
• A Crab and Whale Kidnapping Case (Episode 65)
• A Stalker's Murder Case (Episode 71)
• The Bank Heist Murder Case (Episode 79)
• Kogoro's Date Murder Case (Episode 95)
• The Mysterious Mole Alien Case (Episodes 107-108)
• Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Episodes 110-111)
• The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case (Episode 119)
• The Disappearing Weapon Search Case (Episode 135)
• SOS! Messages from Ayumi (Episode 140)
• The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case (Episodes 150-151)
• Underwater Key in the Locked Room Case (Episode 155)
• The Big Investigation of the Nine Doors (Episode 182)
• A Dangerous Recipe (Episode 183)
• The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation (Episode 196)
• The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Episodes 236-237)
• The 14th Round of the Matsue Tamatsukuri Linked Verse Contest (Episodes 255-256)
• The Detective Boys' Bluebird Chase (Episode 414)
• Home of Beika's Grenier (Episode 418)
• The Detective Boys and the Four Caterpillar Brothers (Episode 423)
• Love Letter to Ran (Episode 426)
• The Great Dog Coeur's Triumph (Episode 434)
• Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago (Episode 437)
• Trick vs. Magic (Episodes 450-451)
• The Great Dog Coeur's Triumph 2 (Episode 664)
• The Coded Invitation (Episode 735)
• Promise with a J-Leaguer (Episode 742)

Adaptations

Number of manga cases adapted to anime : ' (episodes)

• The Coded Map of the City Case (Episode 4)
• Art Museum Owner Murder Case (Episode 8)
• Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case (Episode 9)
• A June Bride Murder Case (Episode 18)
• The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case 1 hour special (Episode 52)
• The Famous Potter Murder Case (Episodes 98-99)
• Ran's Suspicions (Episode 400)
• Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out 2.5 hours special (Episode 425)
• Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding 1 hour special (Episode 449)
• Three Days with Heiji Hattori 2 hours special (Episode 479)
• The Devil of the TV Station 1 hour special (Episode 488)
• Clash of Red and Black (Episodes 491-504)

Detective Conan Movies

Kazunari Kouchi is credited as the lead writer in the following Detective Conan films:

• Movie 01: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
• Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target
• Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
• Movie 04: Captured in Her Eyes
• Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven
• Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
• Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky
• Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths
• Movie 12: Full Score of Fear
• Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
• Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky
• Movie 15: Quarter of Silence
• Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker
• Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper

References

• 古内一成 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
• Kazunari KOUCHI - Anime News Network