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Kosuke Kindaichi

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Kosuke Kindaichi
Kosuke Kindaichi character
First appearanceThe Honjin Murders (1946)
Created bySeishi Yokomizo
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationConsulting detective
NationalityJapanese

Kosuke Kindaichi (金田一 耕助, Kindaichi Kōsuke) is a fictional Japanese detective created by Seishi Yokomizo, a renowned mystery novelist. His first case, The Honjin Murders, is a novel of locked room murder in an old family, which many people regard as one of the best Japanese detective novels, was published in 1946.

Works in translation

The Inugami Clan (1951) and The Honjin Murders (1946) are the only novels of Kindaichi series to have been translated into English. They are published by Pushkin Press.[1]

Two other novels are available in French translation.

  • Le Village aux huit tombes (original title: 八つ墓村　Yatsuhaka Mura) (1951)
  • La Ritournelle du démon (original title: 悪魔の手まり歌　Akuma no Temari Uta) (1959)

Cases

The Kosuke Kindaichi series consists of 77 cases.

Director Kon Ichikawa made five films about Kindaichi, starring Koji Ishizaka:

A profile of Kosuke appears at the end of the manga Case Closed Volume 6.

Hajime Kindaichi (金田一 一, Kindaichi Hajime), the main character of Kindaichi Case Files, is depicted as the grandson of Kosuke Kindaichi.

In episode 14 of Lupin the Third Part II, a German count invites the best private detectives from all over the world - including Kindaichi - to the maiden voyage of his blimp in order to catch Lupin III, who is after the count's jewel.

In the Lupin the Third Part IV episode "From Japan With Love", the celebrity detective Akechi Kousuke Holmes is partially named after Kosuke Kindaichi (as well as Kogoro Akechi and Sherlock Holmes).

References

  1. ^ https://www.pushkinpress.com/author/seishi-yokomizo/

See also

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