In winter of 1986, Aoyama won a comic contest for freshmen students.
When he was an art student, Aoyama had a part-time job working at Tokyo Disneyland, where he painted backgrounds for Pirates of the Caribbean.
1987
Aoyama made his debut as a manga artist with Chotto Mattete, which was published in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in winter of 1987.
Shortly after that, he began Magic Kaito in the same magazine.
Magic Kaito protagonist Kaito Kuroba later appeared in Case Closed.
1988
Between 1988 and 1993, Aoyama created the series Yaiba, which ran for 24 volumes.
Later, he would release other manga series in single volumes, such as Third Baseman No.4 and Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories.
1992
In 1992, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for Yaiba.
1994
Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga series Case Closed (Detective Conan, 1994–present).
Aoyama also designed the characters for the "Twilight of Edo Japan" chapter in the 1994 video game Live A Live.
Aoyama began serializing Case Closed in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on January 19, 1994.
When the series was first released in English, it was given the title Case Closed.
Aoyama has won two awards for his work as a manga artist.
2001
He would go on to win the same award for a second time in 2001, this time for Case Closed.
Additionally, his hometown Hokuei has undertaken several machi okoshi (town revitalization) projects in honor of his contribution as a manga artist and resident.
The first projects were the Conan Bridge across the Yura River and Case Closed statues.
2005
On May 5, 2005, Aoyama married Minami Takayama, the singer of Two-Mix and voice actress for Conan in the anime adaptation of Case Closed.
2007
On March 18, 2007, the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory, a museum that celebrates Aoyama's career as a manga artist, was opened.
On December 10, 2007, the two divorced.
2017
As of 2017, his various manga series had a combined 250 million copies in print worldwide.
Aoyama was talented in drawing even at an early age.
In elementary school, his painting of "Yukiai War" won a competition and was displayed at the Tottori Daimaru Department Store.
He has an older brother who is a scientist and helps him out with the "gimmicks" in Case Closed.
He has another brother who is a doctor.
Aoyama graduated from Yuraikuei High School, before going on to study at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo.
