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