Gosho AOYAMA – Anime News Network
Family name (in kanji):
青山
Given name (in kanji):
剛昌
Birth name:
Yoshimasa (剛昌) Aoyama (青山)
Date of birth:
1963-06-21
Hometown:
Daiei, Tottori, Japan
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Yurashuku, Hokuei Town, Tottori Prefecture
Chronology:
(1963-06-21) Born as Yoshimasa Aoyama in Daiei, Tottori, Japan
(1986) Joined a comic contest for freshmen and won, which was a stepping-stone for his career as manga artist and author
(1987) His first maiden work, “Chotto mattete”, was published in the Shonen Sunday magazine
(1992) He wins the Shogakukan manga contest for “Yaiba”.
(1994) Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan) makes manga debut
(1994) Designed characters for the “Bakunetsu” chapter in Square’s Super Famicom RPG, “Live-A-Live”
(2004) Reached the legendary limit of 100 million sold manga copies
(2005-03) Accepted proposal from Minami TAKAYAMA , voice actress of the most popular character he created, Conan of Case Closed
(2005-05-05) Married on Takayama’s birthday
(2007-12-09) Divorced