Kosuke Kindaichi is a famous fictional Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 detective

Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...

 created by Seishi Yokomizo

Seishi Yokomizo

was a novelist in Shōwa period Japan.-Early life:Yokomizo was born in the city of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. He read detective stories as a boy and in 1921, while employed by the Daiichi Bank, published his first story in the popular magazine Shin Seinen...

, a renowned mystery novelist. His first case, The Honjin Murder Case

The Murder in the Honjin

The Murder in the Honjin is a mystery novel by Seishi Yokomizo. It was serialized in the magazine "Houseki" from April 1946 until December in the same year...

, a story of locked room murder in old family which many people regard as one of the best Japanese detective stories, was published on April 1946. A profile of Kosuke appears at the end of the manga Case Closed

Case Closed

Case Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...

 Volume 6.

Hajime Kindaichi (金田一 一 Kindaichi Hajime), the main character of Kindaichi Case Files

Kindaichi Case Files

is a serialized Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō...

, 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

Senpai

and are an essential element of Japanese seniority-based status relationships, similar to the way that family and other relationships are decided based on age, with even twins being divided into elder and younger sibling...

 (南条诚一郎) in high school.

Cases

The Kosuke Kindaichi series consists of 77 cases.

• Bat and Slug (1947)
• The Case of the Black Cat Restaurant (1947)
• A Killer (1947–1948)
• Black Orchid Princess (1948)
• Death Mask (1949)
• Mysterious Woman (1950)
• Under Hundred Suns (1951)
• A Crow (1951)
• 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
  Mirage Island
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   (1954)
• The Sleeping Bride (1954)
• Three Heads Tower (1955)
• Vampire Moth
  Vampire Moth
  is a 1956 black and white thriller and Japanese film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. The film is based on novel by Seishi Yokomizo.The plot involves a series of murders where the victims have their necks punctured. This film is said to be the first Japanese film in the vampire genre....
  
   (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)
• Demon's Island (1978–1980)