Genta Kojima

Genta Kojima
Profile
Japanese name:	小嶋 元太 (Kojima Genta)
English name:	George Kaminski
Age:	6-7
Gender:	Male
Weight:	40 kg (80 lbs)
Date of birth:	Unknown
Relatives:	Genji Kojima (father) Mother (unnamed) Grandmother (unnamed)
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 17 Anime: Episode 1
Appearances:	Chapters: 358 Episodes: 419 Movies: 28 OVAs: 16 Specials: 4 Openings: 45 Closings: 16
Keyhole number:	Volume 9
Actors
Japanese voice:	Wataru Takagi
English voice:	Dameon Clarke (Episode 1-86) Mike McFarland (Episode 91-123)

Genta Kojima (小嶋 元太 ,Kojima Genta), also known as George Kaminski in the Funimation dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Genta

Genta Kojima was a student in Teitan Elementary when Shinichi was enlisted into his class after he had been shrunk by the drug APTX 4869. Shortly afterwards, he and his classmate Ayumi had the idea of investigating an apparently haunted mansion. They persuaded Conan to come along, and Genta also personally drafted Mitsuhiko when the latter expressed his criticism about supernatural hauntings.

As it turned out, the haunting served as a cover-up for an old homicide case. Following its resolution, the foursome decided to stay together and form the nucleus of what would become the Detective Boys. Genta was quick to pronounce himself the leader of the group, but his lackadaisical leadership abilities are commonly neglected in the field, and in fact everyone (even Genta) unanimously views Conan as the group's actual leader. His school shoe locker is used as a mailbox for any of their fellow students who can present them with a case.

Personality

Genta is the overweight, self-proclaimed leader of the Detective Boys. He loves food, especially braised eel on rice, and can eat more than all the other Detective Boys members combined. He also tends to mess up certain Japanese terms with similar-sounding words (especially if the latter are related to food) and is quite inept in reading even the most common Kanji, which on occasion evicts some ridicule from his classmates and friends. His brash personality, ignorance of his surroundings, and tendency of not thinking before leaping often lands the Detective Boys (or at least himself) in sticky situations.

Even though he is brash, ignorant and outspoken and can be intimidating, Genta is actually very kind and dependable. He is a good friend of Ayumi and Mitsuhiko, and has been shown to admire his father, who owns a liquor store.

Relationship analysis

Detective Boys

Ayumi Yoshida

Genta clearly has a crush on his teammate Ayumi, and as a result he - along with Mitsuhiko - is rather jealous of Conan because she likes him the most.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta and Mitsuhiko are generally on very good terms with each other, and are also just as mutually jealous of Conan whenever Ayumi decides to give him her full romantic attention. However, somehow the two fail to realize that they both like Ayumi and therefore should also be rivals with each other.

Conan Edogawa

Genta's relationship with Conan is a bit of a two-faced matter. While he generally admires Conan for his intelligence, courage and expertise, in his brashness he frequently attempts to promote himself as the leader of the Detective Boys. He also tends to become very jealous of Conan whenever Ayumi has set her romantic intents on him.

Ai Haibara

Genta has also intially expressed some interest in Ai Haibara, their newest member. While his interest has cooled off somewhat because of her adult-like manner, the two generally remain on a good standing with each other.

Character popularity

eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Genta placed 23rd in the poll with 19 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.

Name origin

Genta's name (小嶋 元太) comes from mystery writer Hajime Komine (小峰 元 ,Komine Hajime).

Different looks

Genta's "Before" Appearance (Episode 1)

Genta's "After" Appearance (Episode 631)

Trivia

• Genta's residence is also a liquor store owned by his father called "Kojima Liquors".

In other languages

Language	Given Name	Family Name
Japanese	元太Genta	小島Kojima
English	George	Kamiski/Kojima
Catalan	Genta	Kojima
Spanish	Genta	Kojima
Spanish Latin America	Beto	- - -
French	Genta	Kojima
German	Genta	Kojima
Malay	Genta	Kojima
Vietnamese	Genta	Kojima
Arabic	جينتا Jinta	Kojima كوجيما
Korean	뭉치 Moong Chi	고 Ko
Thai	เก็นตะ	โคจิมะ
Finnish	Genta	Kojima

Gallery

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  Genta in full body

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  Genta in 10 years of the future, as shown in OVA 9

See also

• Characters
• Kojima family