Kosuke Kindaichi


Kosuke Kindaichi 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 and The Honjin Murders are the only novels of Kindaichi series to have been translated into English. They are published by Pushkin Press.
Two other novels are available in French translation.
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, 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.