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Chief Detective Kenichi 
Cover of Chief Detective Kenichi volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works editionケン1探偵長
(Kenichi Tantei Chou)Genre Detective fiction Manga Written by Osamu Tezuka Published by Kodansha Demographic Shōnen Magazine Shōnen Club Original run June 1954 – December 1956 Volumes 2 Chief Detective Kenichi (ケン1探偵長 Kenichi Tantei Chou) is a manga series by Osamu Tezuka published in Kodansha's Shōnen Club from June 1954 to December 1956.
Plot
The manga follows Kenichi, the chief detective of the national Boy Detectives' Street Society. He is joined by Donguri, a talking bird. Together, they travel to various exotic locations solving mysteries, revealing tricks and settling cases.
- Incident of the House of Spiders
Kenichi's final case ("Incident of the House of Spiders") was published in Akita Publishing's Boken-O magazine.
Characters
See also: Osamu Tezuka's Star System- Detective Kenichi
The main protagonist and chief of the Boy Detectives' Street Society. Every chapter has him solving a new mystery in various locations across the world.
- Donguri
A Myna bird that is always at Kenichi's side. He has a special ability to be able to reproduce the voice of a person it has heard only once before.
- Kenichi's Mother
- Kenichi's Father
- Mouse Boy
- Mr. Hiranuma
- Lemonade Citron
- Detective Beringen
- Elise
External links
- Chief Detective Kenichi in the Tezuka World database
Categories:- Manga series
- Manga of 1954
- Osamu Tezuka manga
- Detective anime and manga
- Shōnen manga
- Anime and manga stubs
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