Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

Gosho Aoyama

Role / Field:

Pioneering Japanese manga artist, celebrated for the enduring success of Case Closed.

Born:

1963-06-21

Century / Era:

1963s Historical Era

Database Source:

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Origins & Early Life

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. Yoshimasa Aoyama was born in Tottori Prefecture in 1963, to parents Hiromichi and Michiko.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

He has an older brother who is a scientist and helps him out with the "gimmicks" in Case Closed. He has another brother who is a doctor. Aoyama recalled being fascinated by the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" in elementary school. He was talented in drawing from an early age, and eventually quit his school's kendo club to join the art club. Aoyama graduated from Yuraikuei High School, before going on to study at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

In winter of 1986, Aoyama won a comic contest for freshmen students. When he was an art student, Aoyama had a part-time job working at Tokyo Disneyland, where he painted backgrounds for Pirates of the Caribbean....

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