Gosho Aoyama

Honestly, Gosho Aoyama is the kind of creator who makes me rethink what stamina even means. He's been drawing Detective Conan since 1994, and that's not a comic anymore, it's basically a fixture of modern Japan, the sort of thing kids and grandparents both somehow know. What gets me is how his own life leaks into the work: he's a genuine card-magic nerd and did kendo as a kid, so when Kaito Kid pulls a sleight-of-hand or Conan rattles off a trick, it lands because the guy actually knows the bit. I also love that this is a small-town Tottori kid who put his hometown on the map, literally, with a manga museum bearing his name. Drawing one mystery for thirty-plus years takes a stubbornness I deeply respect. The work outgrew the man, and that's the dream.

Gosho Aoyama is a Japanese manga artist born on June 21, 1963, in Daiei-cho (now Hokuei-cho), Tottori Prefecture. He debuted in 1986 after winning the 19th Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award and is best known as the creator of Detective Conan (serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 1994), one of Japan's longest-running and most beloved mystery manga series. He received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1992 for YAIBA and again in 2001 for Detective Conan. Beyond manga, he is an avid practitioner of close-up and card magic, skills that have clearly influenced his work.

Name (English)

Gosho Aoyama

Name (Japanese)

青山剛昌

Reading

あおやまごうしょう

Born

June 21, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit (卯)

Origin

Daiei-cho (now Hokuei-cho), Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Blood type

B

Height

Private

Agency

Shogakukan (Weekly Shonen Sunday serialization)

Active years

1986–present

Occupation

Manga artist

Elementary school

Hokuei Municipal Daiei Elementary School

Junior high

Hokuei Municipal Daiei Junior High School

High school

Tottori Prefectural Yura Ikuei High School

University

Nihon University College of Art, Department of Fine Arts, Painting Course (graduated 1985)

Debut

1986 — won the 19th Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award with "Chotto Mattete" and debuted as a manga artist

Awards & achievements

• 1992 — 38th Shogakukan Manga Award, Children's Division (YAIBA)
• 2001 — 46th Shogakukan Manga Award, Boys' Division (Detective Conan)

Timeline

1. 1963Born in Daiei-cho (now Hokuei-cho), Tohaku District, Tottori Prefecture
2. 1985Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Fine Arts, Painting Course
3. 1986Won the 19th Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award with "Chotto Mattete" and debuted as a manga artist
4. 1987Began serialization of Magic Kaito in Weekly Shonen Sunday Special
5. 1988Began serialization of YAIBA in Weekly Shonen Sunday
6. 1992Received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award, Children's Division, for YAIBA
7. 1994Began serialization of Detective Conan in Weekly Shonen Sunday
8. 1996Detective Conan television anime adaptation began airing
9. 2001Received the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award, Boys' Division, for Detective Conan
10. 2005Married voice actress Minami Takayama

Spouse

Minami Takayama (married 2005, divorced 2007)

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Second of four brothers; eldest brother is an engineer, younger brother is a physician

Hobbies

• Card magic
• Close-up magic
• Kendo (during elementary, junior high, and high school years)

Specialties

• Manga creation
• Magic

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.shogakukan.co.jp/author/72
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E5%B1%B1%E5%89%9B%E6%98%8C

Tags

• manga artist
• Detective Conan
• YAIBA
• Magic Kaito
• Tottori Prefecture
• Weekly Shonen Sunday
• Shogakukan Manga Award

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.