Chief Detective Kenichi
| Chief Detective Kenichi | |
Cover of Chief Detective Kenichi volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition
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| ケン1探偵長 (Kenichi Tantei Chou) |
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| Genre | Detective fiction |
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| 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
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The 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
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