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. Kindaichi went on to feature in another 76 novels, selling more than 55 million books and appearing in numerous television and stage adaptations.[1]

Works in translation[]

Pushkin Vertigo has published English translations of the Kindaichi series since 2020. The Inugami Clan (1951) and The Honjin Murders (1946) were published in 2020, with The Village of Eight Graves (1951) due November 2021.[2]

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.

  • The Case of the Honjin Murder (本陣殺人事件, Honjin satsujin jiken, April 1946)
  • Gokumon Island (獄門島, Gokumon-tō, January 1947 - October 1948)
  • (1947)
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  • (1947–1932)
  • (1948)
  • Woman Walking at Night (夜歩く, Yoru aruku, 1948)
  • The Village of Eight Graves (八つ墓村, Yatsuhaka Mura, March 1949 - March 1951)
  • (1949)
  • The Inugami Clan (犬神家の一族, Inugami-ke no Ichizoku, January 1950 - May 1951)
  • (1950)
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  • Queen Bee(Rhyme of Vengeance) (女王蜂, Joōbachi, June 1951 – May 1952)
  • (1951)
  • The Devil Comes and Plays His Flute (悪魔が来りて笛を吹く, Akuma ga Kitari te Fue o Fuku, 1951-1953)
  • (1952)
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  • Yurei Otoko (1954)
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  • Vampire Moth (1955)
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  • (1957–1959)
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  • (1958–1959)
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  • Black and White (1960–1961)
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  • (1974)
  • The House of Hanging on Hospital Slope (病院坂の首縊りの家, Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie, December 1975)
  • (1978–1980)

In popular culture[]

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).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "How locked room mystery king Seishi Yokomizo at last broke into english". thegurdian. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/PKV/pushkin-vertigo/

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