Gosho Aoyama (Character)

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| **Gosho Aoyama** | |
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| Japanese name: | 青山 剛昌   (Aoyama Gōshō) |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Relatives: | [Mine family](/wiki/Mine_family "Mine family") |
| Occupation: | Mangaka   Director   Ninja   Racecar driver |
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| First appearance: | [Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito") Manga: [Omake 1](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1#Omake "Magic Kaito Volume 1")   [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") Manga: [Chapter 21](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_3#Onimaru.27s_Strategem "Yaiba Volume 3")   [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan") Manga: [Omake 1](/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2")   [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan") Anime: [OVA 1](/wiki/Conan_vs._Kid_vs._Yaiba_-_The_Grand_Battle_for_the_Treasure_Sword!! "Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!") |
| Appearances: | Magic Kaito Manga: (/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_Appearances&action=edit&redlink=1 "Gosho Aoyama Appearances (page does not exist)")   [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") Manga: (/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_Appearances&action=edit&redlink=1 "Gosho Aoyama Appearances (page does not exist)")   [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan") Anime: (/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_Appearances&action=edit&redlink=1 "Gosho Aoyama Appearances (page does not exist)") |
**Gosho Aoyama** (青山 剛昌 ,*Aoyama Gōshō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the alter-ego of eponymous Mangaka [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") who appears in several of his series. He's known to most *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* fans as the eggplant-headed, bespectacled version of Gosho at the beginning of the volumes, introducing his readers to the respective new book while getting killed by different means each and every time.
According to [chapter 143](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_14#Dangerous_Guy_Approaching "Yaiba Volume 14") of *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*, he is part of the [Mine family](/wiki/Mine_family "Mine family").
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [2.1 *WALK MAN*](#WALK_MAN)
+ [2.2 *The Santa Claus of Summer*](#The_Santa_Claus_of_Summer)
+ [2.3 *The Wandering Red Butterfly*](#The_Wandering_Red_Butterfly)
+ [2.4 *Magic Kaito* plot overview](#Magic_Kaito_plot_overview)
- [2.4.1 Magic Kaito NG Collection (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 1 Omake)](#Magic_Kaito_NG_Collection_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_Volume_1_Omake.29)
- [2.4.2 The Boy Who Bet on the Ball (Magic Kaito Manga: 11)](#The_Boy_Who_Bet_on_the_Ball_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_11.29)
- [2.4.3 Kaito-kun's Theatre (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 2 Omake)](#Kaito-kun.27s_Theatre_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_Volume_2_Omake.29)
- [2.4.4 Star War (Magic Kaito Manga: 14)](#Star_War_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_14.29)
- [2.4.5 The Great Detective Appears!! (Magic Kaito Manga: 15)](#The_Great_Detective_Appears.21.21_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_15.29)
- [2.4.6 Crystal Mother (Magic Kaito Manga: 21)](#Crystal_Mother_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_21.29)
- [2.4.7 Omake Manga (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 4 Omake)](#Omake_Manga_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_Volume_4_Omake.29)
- [2.4.8 Omake Manga (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 5 Omake)](#Omake_Manga_.28Magic_Kaito_Manga:_Volume_5_Omake.29)
+ [2.5 *Yaiba* plot overview](#Yaiba_plot_overview)
- [2.5.1 Onimaru's Strategem (Yaiba Manga: 21)](#Onimaru.27s_Strategem_.28Yaiba_Manga:_21.29)
- [2.5.2 Tasty Trap (Yaiba Manga: 27)](#Tasty_Trap_.28Yaiba_Manga:_27.29)
- [2.5.3 In Trouble - Escape Operation (Yaiba Manga: 56)](#In_Trouble_-_Escape_Operation_.28Yaiba_Manga:_56.29)
- [2.5.4 Legendary Sphere Found (Yaiba Manga: 66)](#Legendary_Sphere_Found_.28Yaiba_Manga:_66.29)
- [2.5.5 Ninja Kotaro Appears (Yaiba Manga: 72)](#Ninja_Kotaro_Appears_.28Yaiba_Manga:_72.29)
- [2.5.6 Parallel Jeweler (Yaiba Manga: 91)](#Parallel_Jeweler_.28Yaiba_Manga:_91.29)
- [2.5.7 Moon Alien Mangetsu Appears (Yaiba Manga: 129)](#Moon_Alien_Mangetsu_Appears_.28Yaiba_Manga:_129.29)
- [2.5.8 Dangerous Guy Approaching (Yaiba Manga: 143)](#Dangerous_Guy_Approaching_.28Yaiba_Manga:_143.29)
- [2.5.9 Chiki Chiki Grand Prix (Yaiba Manga: 173-176)](#Chiki_Chiki_Grand_Prix_.28Yaiba_Manga:_173-176.29)
+ [2.6 *Detective Conan* plot overview](#Detective_Conan_plot_overview)
- [2.6.1 Gosho Aoyama and the Young Men's Detective Squad (Manga: Volume 2 Omake)](#Gosho_Aoyama_and_the_Young_Men.27s_Detective_Squad_.28Manga:_Volume_2_Omake.29)
- [2.6.2 Gosho Aoyama Murder Case (Manga: Volume 3 Omake)](#Gosho_Aoyama_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_Volume_3_Omake.29)
- [2.6.3 Catch the Dangerous Criminal Gosho Aoyama! (Manga: Volume 4 Omake)](#Catch_the_Dangerous_Criminal_Gosho_Aoyama.21_.28Manga:_Volume_4_Omake.29)
- [2.6.4 Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! (OVA: 1)](#Conan_vs._Kid_vs._Yaiba_-_The_Grand_Battle_for_the_Treasure_Sword.21.21_.28OVA:_1.29)
* [3 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
[Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") often depicts himself as a rather obnoxious person bent on cheating, who most often instantly gets punished for it - getting electrocuted by [Kami-sama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kami-sama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kami-sama (page does not exist)") in *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")* and killed by his assistants in the *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* Omake and an unseen force in the forewords of the volumes. When he's not shown to be an incarnation of the Mangaka itself, he is often depicted as some kind of strict movie director, producing his series like they are serial dramas.
## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### *WALK MAN*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: WALK MAN")]
Main article: [Nekketsu Manga Konjō-kai#WALK MAN](/wiki/Nekketsu_Manga_Konj%C5%8D-kai#WALK_MAN "Nekketsu Manga Konjō-kai")
Gosho Aoyama is one of the people tied to the large log in the alternate dimension, getting threatened by a giant dragon.
### *The Santa Claus of Summer*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: The Santa Claus of Summer")]
Main article: [Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories#The Santa Claus of Summer](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_Collection_of_Short_Stories#The_Santa_Claus_of_Summer "Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories")
Gosho Aoyama appears on the cover of the one shot in a circle with the text "Gosho Aoyama Presents", looking a bit like a [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") with glasses and a bow-tie and fangs, making a roaring gesture parodying the MGM lion.
### *The Wandering Red Butterfly*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: The Wandering Red Butterfly")]
Main article: [Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories#─The Wandering Red Butterfly─](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_Collection_of_Short_Stories#.E2.94.80The_Wandering_Red_Butterfly.E2.94.80 "Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories")
The cinema [Yusaku Kitakata](/wiki/index.php?title=Yusaku_Kitakata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yusaku Kitakata (page does not exist)") and the mysterious lady "Wandering Red Butterfly" meet at is called "GoShow Cinema", with a bow-tie like his alter-ego wore a lot back then as an emblem. Additionally, in the [Original Video Animation](/wiki/The_Wandering_Red_Butterfly "The Wandering Red Butterfly") based on the short story, [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo") is placing the original 1994 version of *[Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_Collection_of_Short_Stories "Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories")* on the place next to him in the cinema, with Gosho's full name clearly visible on it.
### *Magic Kaito* plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Magic Kaito plot overview")]
Main article: [Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")
#### Magic Kaito NG Collection (Magic Kaito Manga: [Volume 1 Omake](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1#Omake "Magic Kaito Volume 1"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Magic Kaito NG Collection (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 1 Omake)")]
Gosho Aoyama appears as a blond-haired movie director called "A-Yama", shooting scenes from the volume, first interrupting Chapter 1 because [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")'s monocle is on the wrong side. He then tells [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori") to hurry for her role as Princess [Anne of Sublina](/wiki/index.php?title=Anne_of_Sublina&action=edit&redlink=1 "Anne of Sublina (page does not exist)") in Chapter 2, but she forgets changing out of her school uniform, angering him. Kaito pulls a prank on him by putting a gold fish into the aquarium for the underwater scenes from Chapter 5. He also gets enraged about [Akako Koizumi](/wiki/Akako_Koizumi "Akako Koizumi") and her refusal to put on the skimpy witch dress, as well as playing her villain part too soft, because the "real" Akako is a good-tempered person. She and Gosho freak out when Aoko instantly gets the villain part right.
#### The Boy Who Bet on the Ball (Magic Kaito Manga: (/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_2#The_Boy_Who_Bet_on_the_Ball "Magic Kaito Volume 2"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: The Boy Who Bet on the Ball (Magic Kaito Manga: 11)")]
Two boys looking like younger versions of Gosho Aoyama's and Eiichi Yamagishi's alter-egos appear on the street, passing by [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") and [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori"). A regular Gosho also appears right behind the reporter in [Tokyo Dome](/wiki/index.php?title=Tokyo_Dome&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tokyo Dome (page does not exist)"), making a victory gesture with his hand.
#### Kaito-kun's Theatre (Magic Kaito Manga: [Volume 2 Omake](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1#Omake "Magic Kaito Volume 1"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Kaito-kun's Theatre (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 2 Omake)")]
The blonde-haired director version of Gosho, "A-yama", uses a clapper to start every scene of the Omake of [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")'s hunt for [Magic Kaito Volume 2](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_2 "Magic Kaito Volume 2"). His name also appears on the book.
#### Star War (Magic Kaito Manga: (/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_3#Star_War "Magic Kaito Volume 3"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Star War (Magic Kaito Manga: 14)")]
[Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")'s jacket sports Gosho Aoyama's grinning face with the text "GOSHOW" on the back.
#### The Great Detective Appears!! (Magic Kaito Manga: (/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_3#The_Great_Detective_Appears.21.21 "Magic Kaito Volume 3"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: The Great Detective Appears!! (Magic Kaito Manga: 15)")]
[Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")'s jacket during her skiing with [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") has a patch of Gosho Aoyama grinning on the front, with just the "GOSHOW" on the back of it.
#### Crystal Mother (Magic Kaito Manga: (/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_4#Crystal_Mother "Magic Kaito Volume 4"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Crystal Mother (Magic Kaito Manga: 21)")]
A sleeping Gosho Aoyama can be seen on the Royal Express to the left behind [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori"), after her father found and destroyed [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")'s bugging device.
#### Omake Manga (Magic Kaito Manga: [Volume 4 Omake](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_4#Omake "Magic Kaito Volume 4"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Omake Manga (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 4 Omake)")]
Gosho Aoyama returns as the director, now in his eggplant form, finishing the shooting of "[Dark Knight](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_4#Dark_Knight "Magic Kaito Volume 4")". He and everyone else leave to go get eat something and completely forget [Kaito Kid](/wiki/Kaito_Kid "Kaito Kid") still hanging from the wires at the ceiling.
#### Omake Manga (Magic Kaito Manga: [Volume 5 Omake](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_5#Omake "Magic Kaito Volume 5"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Omake Manga (Magic Kaito Manga: Volume 5 Omake)")]
Gosho Aoyama remodeled Akako's house for use as the Kudo residence.
Gosho Aoyama as director finishes the shooting of "[Sun Halo](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_5#Sun_Halo "Magic Kaito Volume 5")" and tells his assistants to get "the gate for the [other series](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")" for a remodeling of [Akako Koizumi's residence](/wiki/Akako_Koizumi%27s_residence "Akako Koizumi's residence") into the [Kudo residence](/wiki/Kudo_residence "Kudo residence"). [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") is flabbergasted that Gosho's just recycling settings.
### *Yaiba* plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Yaiba plot overview")]
Main article: [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")
#### Onimaru's Strategem (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_3#Onimaru.27s_Strategem "Yaiba Volume 3"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Onimaru's Strategem (Yaiba Manga: 21)")]
Gosho Aoyama is standing in front of [Tokyo Tower](/wiki/Tokyo_Tower "Tokyo Tower"), wondering that it starts to snow, shortly before [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru") appears in his airship and destroys the building to prove his power.
#### Tasty Trap (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_3#Tasty_Trap "Yaiba Volume 3"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Tasty Trap (Yaiba Manga: 27)")]
Gosho Aoyama and two of his assistants, [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") and [Yutaka Tani](/wiki/Yutaka_Tani "Yutaka Tani"), enter a restaurant with "free food", actually a trap by [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko"), disguised as the head cook, for [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") and his friends. Kumo pulls out a couple of kitchen knives and scares the unwitting trio away before his actual targets arrive.
#### In Trouble - Escape Operation (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_6#In_Trouble_-_Escape_Operation "Yaiba Volume 6"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: In Trouble - Escape Operation (Yaiba Manga: 56)")]
Two of the persons watching the battle between [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") and [Dorai Dorai](/wiki/index.php?title=Dorai_Dorai&action=edit&redlink=1 "Dorai Dorai (page does not exist)") in front of "[Yamagishi Electronics](/wiki/index.php?title=Yamagishi_Electronics&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yamagishi Electronics (page does not exist)")" are Gosho Aoyama and his assistant [Yutaka Tani](/wiki/Yutaka_Tani "Yutaka Tani").
#### Legendary Sphere Found (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_7#Legendary_Sphere_Found "Yaiba Volume 7"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Legendary Sphere Found (Yaiba Manga: 66)")]
One of the people praying in front of the stone idol on [Chikubu Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikubu_Island "wikipedia:Chikubu Island") is Gosho Aoyama, hoping for his favorite baseball team, the [Yomiuri Giants](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants "wikipedia:Yomiuri Giants"), to win next year.
#### Ninja Kotaro Appears (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_8#Ninja_Kotaro_Appears "Yaiba Volume 8"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: Ninja Kotaro Appears (Yaiba Manga: 72)")]
He appears as Ninja "A-Yama", explaining each one of the techniques [Kotaro Fuma](/wiki/index.php?title=Kotaro_Fuma&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kotaro Fuma (page does not exist)") uses, which annoys [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") until he kicks A-Yama away, telling him to shut up.
#### Parallel Jeweler (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_10#Parallel_Jeweler "Yaiba Volume 10"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=21 "Edit section: Parallel Jeweler (Yaiba Manga: 91)")]
The stadium has a banner naming the "4th Gosho Holiday". Gosho Aoyama and his assistants are also part of the audience inside the stadium during the horse race.
#### Moon Alien Mangetsu Appears (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_13#Moon_Alien_Mangetsu_Appears "Yaiba Volume 13"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=22 "Edit section: Moon Alien Mangetsu Appears (Yaiba Manga: 129)")]
The men of Japan in drag
The "men of [Japan](/wiki/Japan "Japan")" in drag who are part of [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")'s plan to fool [Kaguya](/wiki/Kaguya "Kaguya") are Gosho Aoyama and his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants").
#### Dangerous Guy Approaching (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_14#Dangerous_Guy_Approaching "Yaiba Volume 14"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=23 "Edit section: Dangerous Guy Approaching (Yaiba Manga: 143)")]
According to the family tree, Gosho Aoyama is a part of the [Mine family](/wiki/Mine_family "Mine family"), but it's not explained how he relates to [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") and the rest. [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") misreads his name as "Gonosuke Aoyama", with Sayaka reprimanding him that this is rude.
#### Chiki Chiki Grand Prix (Yaiba Manga: [173-176](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_17#Chitty_Chitty_Grand_Prix_.28Part_1.29 "Yaiba Volume 17"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=24 "Edit section: Chiki Chiki Grand Prix (Yaiba Manga: 173-176)")]
Gosho Aoyama is one of the participants of the eponymous grand prix, much to the chagrin of his own characters. Just like with their vehicles, his number, the "5", is a pun, referring to the "go" in his name, with his char being a large Manga drawing pen on wheels. He tries to cheat close to the end of the race, erasing [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") with a giant eraser and redrawing her right behind him to catch up, but [Kami-sama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kami-sama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kami-sama (page does not exist)"), organizer of the grand prix, notices and electrocutes Aoyama, destroying his car in the process, effectively disqualifying him.
### *Detective Conan* plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=25 "Edit section: Detective Conan plot overview")]
Main article: [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")
Gosho Aoyama appears in his eggplant-headed form at least once during every foreword of each volume, greeting the reader and getting killed by some unseen person outside the picture (jokingly hinted to be [Mayuko Kanba](/wiki/Mayuko_Kanba "Mayuko Kanba") in the *[Hanzawa the Criminal](/wiki/Hanzawa_the_Criminal "Hanzawa the Criminal")* volumes). He also stars in a couple of bonus comics at the end [Volume 2](/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2"), (/wiki/Volume_3 "Volume 3") and (/wiki/Volume_4 "Volume 4").
#### Gosho Aoyama and the Young Men's Detective Squad (Manga: [Volume 2 Omake](/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=26 "Edit section: Gosho Aoyama and the Young Men's Detective Squad (Manga: Volume 2 Omake)")]
* **Alcoholic Detective Yutaka Tani in: FILE.256 - Leave it to me!!**
Gosho Aoyama reprimands [Yutaka Tani](/wiki/Yutaka_Tani "Yutaka Tani") for drinking at the workplace, who just brushes the criticism aside before puking over the Manga manuscripts and falling asleep, enraging Gosho.
* **Detective Puppet Yama-chan in: Let's All Be Friends**
In the second comic strip, [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") as a puppet is singing about Gosho's miraculous drawing table, where everything you put down vanishes.
* **Wimp Detective Keiji Aso in: Aoyama Is Spoiled**
[Keiji Aso](/wiki/Keiji_Aso "Keiji Aso") is doing every simple task Gosho instructs him to do, until he asks him to open the door for him, bothering Keiji so much that he plans to end *Detective Conan* by killing Gosho with a box cutter.
* **The Chubby Detective Masaki Negishi in: A Usual Conversation**
Then [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") dupes Gosho into giving away the culprit of the chapter they are currently working on.
At the end, after finishing the chapter, the group walks through [Toshima](/wiki/Toshima "Toshima"), with Tani mentioning that they have pulled an all-nighter again.
#### Gosho Aoyama Murder Case (Manga: [Volume 3 Omake](/wiki/Volume_3 "Volume 3"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=27 "Edit section: Gosho Aoyama Murder Case (Manga: Volume 3 Omake)")]
* **Alcoholic Detective Yutaka Tani in: FILE.257 - The Tragedy of A**
Gosho Aoyama was killed by being stabbed with a knife, a syringe and other objects and [Yutaka Tani](/wiki/Yutaka_Tani "Yutaka Tani") tries to solve the case. After mentioning that the culprit must have been extremely angry about his victim, all the other assistants gulp, but Tani just brushes it off and suggests to bury Aoyama and forget about it.
* **The even chubbier detective Masaki Negishi in: Mr. Aoyama Doesn't Wake Up**
[Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") gets the request by [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") to wake up Aoyama, but he's dead. When he explains the situation to Eiichi, he suggests to let Aoyama sleep for another 30 minutes and play some games in the meantime.
* **Detective Puppet Yama-chan in: Let's All Be Friends**
The group plays baseball and the ball flies to the center fielder Aoyama, but he's dead - again.
* **Find the Big Head Detective Kishida!**
Gosho Aoyama got killed, probably by [Koichi Kishida](/wiki/Koichi_Kishida "Koichi Kishida") this time, who gets exposed by Negishi. Kishida tries to hide in a park between a lot of [Waldo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F "wikipedia:Where's Wally?") clones, but is instantly noticeable by his large head.
* **Homicide Detective Keiji Aso in: Aoyama Dies Twice**
[Keiji Aso](/wiki/Keiji_Aso "Keiji Aso") seemingly finds the lifeless body of Aoyama. He then comes to and asks Aso for help, who finishes him off by dropping a brick on his head.
#### Catch the Dangerous Criminal Gosho Aoyama! (Manga: [Volume 4 Omake](/wiki/Volume_4 "Volume 4"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=28 "Edit section: Catch the Dangerous Criminal Gosho Aoyama! (Manga: Volume 4 Omake)")]
* **Alcoholic Detective Yutaka Tani in: Hidden Murderous Intention**
Gosho Aoyama asks of [Yutaka Tani](/wiki/Yutaka_Tani "Yutaka Tani") to buy lots of different food: A cake, a pudding and ice - in the middle of winter, causing Aoyama to get stomachache and instructing Tani to buy some medicine. Tani hopes that he'll just die.
* **The Chubby Detective Masaki Negishi's Special Report**
Gosho thinks he's almost done with the Manga manuscripts and bothers his assistants who still have to finish inking and whitening their pages. [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") then finds a still empty manuscript, enraging Aoyama.
* **Detective Puppet Yama-chan in: Let's All Be Friends!**
[Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") has found "miraculous glasses" enabling its wearer to talk with anything and everything. He talks to Gosho's car an [ɛ̃fini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C9%9B%CC%83fini "wikipedia:ɛ̃fini"), before he realizes that it's dead because no one drove it for half a year, saddening [Keiji Aso](/wiki/Keiji_Aso "Keiji Aso") and Masaki Negishi.
* **~~Big Head Detective~~ Poet of Life Kishida in: What is the Prime of Youth?**
Aso, Yamagishi and Negishi reprimand Aoyama for killing Tani with a saber. [Koichi Kishida](/wiki/Koichi_Kishida "Koichi Kishida") appears, philosophizing about youth and comforting Aoyama.
* **Detective General Keiji Aso in: That's it!!**
Aoyama asks of Keiji Aso to draw another bonus comic for the end of the next volume. Stressed about it, Aso starts work on it and delivers it to Gosho in times, who rips it into pieces, not wanting to have such "garbage" in his masterpiece.
The *Yaiba* manga volumes of Mitsuhiko with Gosho's name on it.
#### Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! (OVA: (/wiki/Conan_vs._Kid_vs._Yaiba_-_The_Grand_Battle_for_the_Treasure_Sword!! "Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Gosho_Aoyama_(Character)&action=edit&section=29 "Edit section: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! (OVA: 1)")]
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") borrowed 24 volumes of manga from [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya"), which are revealed to be the complete *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")* series at the end, with Gosho Aoyama's name clearly visible on them.