Gosho Aoyama

Gosho Aoyama
Aoyama at Comic-Salon Erlangen in Germany, 2006
BornYoshimasa Aoyama (青山 剛昌, Aoyama Yoshimasa)
(1963-06-21) June 21, 1963
Hokuei, Tottori, Japan
Area(s)Manga artist, author
Pseudonym(s)Striving Star of Shonen Sunday
Notable works
AwardsShogakukan Manga Award (1993, 2001)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2005; div. 2007)

Gosho Aoyama (Japanese: 青山 剛昌, Hepburn: Aoyama Gōshō; born June 21, 1963, real name Yoshimasa Aoyama (same spelling)) 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.