Chief Detective Kenichi

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.

ケン1探偵長 (Kenichi Tantei Chou)
Chief Detective Kenichi
Cover of Chief Detective Kenichi volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Shōnen Club
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 1954 – December 1956
Volumes	2

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

Detective Kenichi

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

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External links

Chief Detective Kenichi in the Tezuka World database

Works by Osamu Tezuka
Manga	Diary of Ma-chan (1946) Shin Takarajima (1947) Lost World (1948) Angel Gunfighter (1949) Metropolis (1949) Faust (1950) Kimba the White Lion (1950–1954) Nextworld (1951) Age of Adventure (1951–1953) Ambassador Atom (1951–1952) The Fossil Island (1951) The Adventure of Rock (1952–1954) Astro Boy (1952–1968) Crime and Punishment (1953) Princess Knight (1953–1956) Chief Detective Kenichi (1954–1956) The Devil of the Earth (1954) Lion Books (1956–1957) Biiko-chan (1957) The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight (1958) The Film Lives On (1958–1959) Peacock Shell (1958) The Twin Knights (1958) Dr. Thrill (1959) The Merchant of Venice (1959) Song of the White Peacock (1959) Angel's Hill (1960–1961) Captain Ken (1960–1961) Brave Dan (1962) Big X (1963–1966) Princess Knight (1963–1966) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Ambassador Magma (1965–1967) The Vampires (1966–1967) Dororo (1967–1969) Gum Gum Punch (1967–1969) Phoenix (1967–1988) Princess Knight (1967–1968) Activist Student (1968) Grand Dolls (1968) Swallowing the Earth (1968–1969) The Crater (1969–1970) Triton of the Sea (1969–1971) Alabaster (1970–1971) Apollo's Song (1970) Bomba! (1970) The Book of Human Insects (1970–1971) Marvelous Melmo (1970–1972) Ode to Kirihito (1970–1971) Birdman Anthology (1971–1975) Lion Books II (1971–1973) Little Wansa (1971–1972) Serenade of a Pig's Navel (1971) Ayako (1972–1973) Buddha (1972–1983) Lay of the Rhine (1972) Lord Iechika Mogami (1972) The Moon and Wolves (1972) Old Folk's Home (1972) Black Jack (1973–1983) Microsuperman (1973) The Record of Peter Kürten (1973) Sensual Nights (1973) Son of Godfather (1973) The Three-Eyed One (1974–1978) Boy Detective Zumbera (1975) Rainbow Prelude (1975) MW (1976–1978) Unico (1976–1979) Don Dracula (1979) Insect Collector (1979) Insect Collector - The Butterfly Road Smells of Death (1979) The Thief Akikazu Inoue (1979) Hidamari no Ki (1981–1986) Rainbow Parakeet (1981–1983) Spaceship Ringel Rock (1982) Suspicion (1982) Volcanic Eruption (1982) Message to Adolf (1983–1985) Peace Concert (1984) Duke Goblin (1985–1986) Gringo (1987–1989)
Anime	Alakazam the Great (1960) Astro Boy (1963–1966) Big X (1964–1965) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Kimba the White Lion (1965–2009) Leo the Lion (1966–1967) Gokū no Daibōken (1967) Princess Knight (1967–1999) Dororo (1969) A Thousand and One Nights (1969) Cleopatra (1970) Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972) Triton of the Sea (1972–1979) Belladonna of Sadness (1973) Little Wansa (1973) Microsuperman (1973) Jetter Mars (1977) Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979) Unico (1979–1983) Astro Boy (1980–1981) Fumoon (1980) Phoenix 2772 (1980) Don Dracula (1982) The Green Cat (1983) Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984) Lunn Flies into the Wind (1985) The Three-Eyed One (1985–1991) Phoenix (1986–2004) Yamataro Comes Back (1986) Blue Blink (1989–1990) The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (1989–1990) Rain Boy (1989) Adachi-ga Hara (1991) Akuemon (1993) Ambassador Magma (1993) Black Jack (1993–2011) In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) Jungle Emperor Leo (1997) Hidamari no Ki (2000) Metropolis (2001) Astro Boy (2003–2005) Astro Boy: Mighty Atom - Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA (2005) Astro Boy (2009) Ravex in Tezuka World (2009) Buddha (2011–2014) Dororo (2019)
Characters	Astro Boy Black Jack Dr. Tenma Hosuke Sharaku Pluto Professor Ochanomizu Robita Rock
Related	Animerama Galaxy Boy Troop Mushi Production Osamu Tezuka's Star System Tezuka Award Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Tezuka Productions The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime Tokiwa-sō

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