Yutaka Abe

**Yutaka Abe**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Date of birth:**
February 24 *(**Error:** DateTime2 is earlier than DateTime1)*
**Place of birth:**
[Shinjo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinj%C5%8D,_Yamagata "wikipedia:Shinjō, Yamagata"), Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
**Location:**
[Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo"), Japan
**Position:**
Mangaka
**Website:**
[Blog](https://abe1979.exblog.jp/)
[X Account](http://twitter.com/abe_yutaka)
**Yutaka Abe** (阿部 ゆたか ,*Abe Yutaka*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) was born on February 24th in [Shinjo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinj%C5%8D,_Yamagata "wikipedia:Shinjō, Yamagata"), [Yamagata Prefecture](/wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture "Yamagata Prefecture"), Japan. He currently lives in [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo").[](#cite_note-yutaka-1)
Self-portrait of Yutaka Abe
## Contents
* [1 History](#History)
* [2 Other works](#Other_works)
* [3 Cameos in Gosho Aoyama's works](#Cameos_in_Gosho_Aoyama.27s_works)
* [4 References](#References)
## History[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yutaka_Abe&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: History")]
Yutaka Abe began working on manga in 1979 for Hitomi and then at [Nakayoshi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakayoshi "wikipedia:Nakayoshi") (publishers of *[Sailor Moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon "wikipedia:Sailor Moon")*, *[Goldfish Warning!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish_Warning! "wikipedia:Goldfish Warning!")*, etc.) in 1981, before leaving in 1985 to create his own works.[](#cite_note-works-2)
During their time at [Nihon University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_University "wikipedia:Nihon University") in the eighties, at the [Ekoda](/wiki/Ekoda "Ekoda") Campus (Fine Arts, [Nerima](/wiki/Nerima "Nerima") Ward), Yutaka Abe was [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s senior and both were members of the local manga club, the [Nekketsu Manga Konjō-kai](/wiki/Nekketsu_Manga_Konj%C5%8D-kai "Nekketsu Manga Konjō-kai"). During this time, Aoyama assisted Abe in the creation of *[100% Tantei Monogatari](/wiki/100%25_Tantei_Monogatari "100% Tantei Monogatari")*. Aoyama also made some artworks for fanzines published by Abe, like *Bishōjo Shōkōgun*[](#cite_note-3) and *Pori Pori 3 - Peppermint Milk Special*.[](#cite_note-4) Both also worked on at least two amateur animations, one of them being a promo clip for *100% Tantei Monogatari* and another a commercial for unknown means, which can't be rereleased currently since they used unlicensed music as background tracks, according to Abe himself.[](#cite_note-animations_and_bgms-5)[](#cite_note-anime_release-6)
Nowadays, Yutaka Abe in turn has done work for the *[Detective Conan Special](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Special "Detective Conan Special")* series and *Detective Conan Movie The Comic Edition* series alongside [Denjiro Maru](/wiki/Denjiro_Maru "Denjiro Maru"). He has also drawn illustrations for many *[Detective Conan novels](/wiki/Japanese_Novels "Japanese Novels")*.
## Other works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yutaka_Abe&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other works")]
* *[100% Tantei Monogatari](/wiki/100%25_Tantei_Monogatari "100% Tantei Monogatari")*
* *BUBL*
* *Dragon Quest - The Legend of the Rubis Spirit*
* *FIGHT!*
* *Green Dead*
* *High Step Jun*
* *Houkago no Labyrinth*
* *Kuma-chan* series
* *Natsu no Orgel*
* *Tenshi no Shikaku*
* *Triangle High School*
## Cameos in Gosho Aoyama's works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yutaka_Abe&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Cameos in Gosho Aoyama's works")]
Yutaka Abe's alter ego and characters named after him appear in the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") made by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") now and then. He's one of the people (next to Aoyama himself and some others of his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants")) tied to a giant log in the alternate dimension in *[WALK MAN](/wiki/WALK_MAN "WALK MAN")*. He also appears with some of the other assistants in the form of an animal, looking like a mouse or a rat, in *[Nonchalant Lupin](/wiki/Nonchalant_Lupin "Nonchalant Lupin")*. In *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*, he is one of the people (again, next to Aoyama and a couple of other assistants) in the thought spot by [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane"), [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") and [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda"), when the latter proposes to disguise the men of Japan as women to trick [Kaguya](/wiki/Kaguya "Kaguya"). The culprit Yutaka Abe from the "Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case" (Manga: [10-12](/wiki/Volume_2#Mysterious_Shadow_Case "Volume 2"), Anime: (/wiki/Akaoni_Village_Fire_Festival_Murder_Case "Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case")) is named after him.
* Abe as an animal in *Nonchalant Lupin*.
* Abe, Kishida, Tani, Aoyama and Aso in *Yaiba*.
* Yutaka Abe from *Detective Conan*.