- Kosuke Kindaichi
Kosuke Kindaichi (金田一 耕助 "Kinda'ichi Kōsuke") is a famous fictional
Japanese detective created bySeishi Yokomizo , a renowned mystery novelist. His first case was published onApril 1946 ,The Honjin Murder Case , a story of locked room murder in old family which many people regard as one of the best Japanese detective story. A profile of Kosuke appears at the end of the mangaCase Closed Volume 6.Hajime Kindaichi (金田一一 "Kinda'ichi Hajime"), the main character of "
Kindaichi Case Files ", is depicted as the grandson of Kosuke Kindaichi without permission of Yokomizo's family. It's stated in one of Yokomizo's books, "The Masked Party" (仮面舞会) that Kosuke Kindaichi would often go on a summer vacation with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, in a vacation mansion owned by his senior (南条诚一郎) in high school.His Cases
The Kosuke Kindaichi series consist of 77 cases.
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The Honjin Murder Case ,1946 .
*Gokumon Island ,1947 -1948 .
*Bat and Slug ,1947 .
*The Case of the Black Cat Restaurant ,1947 .
*A Killer ,1947 -1948 .
*Black Orchid Princess ,1948 .
*They Walk at Night ,1948 -1949 .
*Village of the Eight Graves ,1949 -1950 .
*Death Mask ,1949 .
*The Inugami Clan ,1950 -1951 .
*Mysterious Woman ,1950 .
*Under Hundred Suns ,1951 .
*Queen Bee ,1951 -1952 .
*A Crow ,1951 .
*A Devil, Who Comes to Play a Flute ,1951 -1953 .
*Dead Man's Seat ,1952 .
*Lake of Mud ,1953 .
*Undying Butterfly ,1953 .
*Death Mask's Return ,1953 .
*The Bride in the Labyrinth ,1954 .
*Evil Man ,1954 .
*Garden of Demon ,1954 .
*Fallen Angel ,1954 .
*Mirage Island ,1954 .
*The Sleeping Bride ,1954 .
*Three Heads Tower ,1955 .
*Vampire Moth ,1955 .
*A Deadly Pond ,1955 .
*Head ,1955 .
*A Ghost in the Old Yard ,1955 .
*The Poisoned Arrow ,1956 .
*A Beautiful Waxwork ,1956 .
*Black Wing ,1956
*Death Angel's Arrow ,1956 .
*A Calendar of Witch ,1956 .
*A Cat in the Darkness ,1956 .
*Lady in the Dream ,1956 .
*The Seven Masks ,1956 .
*Tragedy at the House of Meiro ,1956 .
*Field of Beast ,1956 .
*Head of a Playing Cards Table ,1957 .
*Lady in the Mist ,1957 .
*A Lady During the Wartime ,1957 .
*Lady in the Mud ,1957 .
*Lady in the Suitcase ,1957 .
*Lady in the Mirror ,1957 .
*Lady in the Umbrella ,1957 .
*Lady in the Cell ,1957 .
*Murder at the Kagami Beach ,1957 .
*Mystery of the 13th Boat ,1957 .
*A Rhymes of a Devil's Ball ,1957 -1959 .
*Beautiful Lady in the Jar ,1957 .
*Lady of the Fan ,1957 .
*Girl's Shadow Under the Door ,1957 .
*Demon's Birthday Festival ,1958 .
*Lady in the Cave ,1958 .
*Lady in the Coffin ,1958 .
*Cross of Fire ,1958 .
*Lady in the Red ,1958 .
*Lady in the Pupil ,1958 .
*Spade Queen ,1958 .
*Rose Villa ,1958 .
*A Demon Child ,1958 -1959 .
*Inside a Perfume's Mind ,1958 .
*Villa in a Fog ,1958 .
*Human Face ,1960 .
*Female Leech ,1960 .
*Black and White ,1960-1961 .
*One Hundred Lips Song of Satan ,1962 .
*Lady in the Sundial ,1962 .
*The End of Hunting ,1962 .
*Black Tiger at Night ,1963 .
*Cat Mansion ,1963 .
*A Batman ,1964 .
*A Masked Party ,1974 .
*House of Hanging ,1975-1977 .
*Demon's Island ,1978-1980 .
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