Gosho Aoyama | |
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![]() Aoyama at Comic-Salon Erlangen in Germany, 2006 | |
Born | Yoshimasa Aoyama (青山 剛昌, Aoyama Yoshimasa)[1] June 21, 1963 Hokuei, Tottori, Japan |
Area(s) | Manga artist, author |
Pseudonym(s) | Striving Star of Shonen Sunday |
Notable works | |
Awards | Shogakukan Manga Award (1993, 2001) |
Spouse(s) |
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]