OVA
Description
Genta Kojima is a Teitan Elementary School student and a founding member of the Detective Boys, an amateur group started with classmates Ayumi Yoshida and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya following an adventure involving Italian gold coins. He proclaims himself the group's leader, though members naturally defer to Conan Edogawa during investigations, using his school shoe locker as their case mailbox.
Physically, Genta possesses an overweight build, short dark hair, light brown skin, and a small circular bald spot on the left side of his head, standing slightly taller than his peers. His voracious appetite prompts Ayumi to remark he gets hungry eight to nine times per hour. He typically wears oversized, colorful jackets and shorts, switching to formal attire for special occasions like Detective Boys interviews.
His personality centers around food, especially braised eel on rice (unagi), which he uses as a monetary benchmark. This fixation causes him to confuse Japanese terms with food-related homophones and struggle with basic kanji, sometimes drawing ridicule. He exhibits impulsiveness, brashness, and situational unawareness, occasionally endangering the group. Despite this, he demonstrates kindness, dependability, and protective loyalty toward friends. He deeply admires his father, Genji Kojima, whom he considers a "Child of Edo".
Genta's family runs "Kojima Liquors", where he occasionally assists. He lives with his parents as an only child, with extended family including a grandmother, aunt, and an uncle in Gifu Prefecture. His father, Genji, is a traditional Tokyoite with a strong sense of justice who mentors Genta in Edo customs like eating sushi by hand. Genta's familiarity with the liquor store clientele proves useful in a case involving a regular customer.
Key relationships define aspects of his character: he harbors a crush on Ayumi, leading to jealousy when she favors Conan; shares a non-rivalrous friendship with Mitsuhiko; respects Conan's deductive abilities while resenting his appeal to Ayumi; and maintains cordial ties with Ai Haibara despite her aloofness. He addresses adults familiarly, calling Ran Mouri "Ran-nēchan" and Rei Furuya "Amuro-no-niichan".
Across the series, Genta appears in numerous cases like "Boy Genta's Misfortune", "Genta's Certain Kill Shot", and "The Culprit is Genta's Dad", where his father is falsely implicated in murder. He also features in 29 films, 24 OVAs, and 8 specials, including the crossover OVA "Excalibur no Kiseki" involving a legendary baseball bat.
Notable trivia includes a potential shellfish allergy mentioned by Haibara, his use of a baseball bat for self-defense, and the etymology of his name: "Kojima" (小嶋) meaning "little island", and "Genta" (元太) combining "origin" and "plump", interpreted as "originally fat".
Physically, Genta possesses an overweight build, short dark hair, light brown skin, and a small circular bald spot on the left side of his head, standing slightly taller than his peers. His voracious appetite prompts Ayumi to remark he gets hungry eight to nine times per hour. He typically wears oversized, colorful jackets and shorts, switching to formal attire for special occasions like Detective Boys interviews.
His personality centers around food, especially braised eel on rice (unagi), which he uses as a monetary benchmark. This fixation causes him to confuse Japanese terms with food-related homophones and struggle with basic kanji, sometimes drawing ridicule. He exhibits impulsiveness, brashness, and situational unawareness, occasionally endangering the group. Despite this, he demonstrates kindness, dependability, and protective loyalty toward friends. He deeply admires his father, Genji Kojima, whom he considers a "Child of Edo".
Genta's family runs "Kojima Liquors", where he occasionally assists. He lives with his parents as an only child, with extended family including a grandmother, aunt, and an uncle in Gifu Prefecture. His father, Genji, is a traditional Tokyoite with a strong sense of justice who mentors Genta in Edo customs like eating sushi by hand. Genta's familiarity with the liquor store clientele proves useful in a case involving a regular customer.
Key relationships define aspects of his character: he harbors a crush on Ayumi, leading to jealousy when she favors Conan; shares a non-rivalrous friendship with Mitsuhiko; respects Conan's deductive abilities while resenting his appeal to Ayumi; and maintains cordial ties with Ai Haibara despite her aloofness. He addresses adults familiarly, calling Ran Mouri "Ran-nēchan" and Rei Furuya "Amuro-no-niichan".
Across the series, Genta appears in numerous cases like "Boy Genta's Misfortune", "Genta's Certain Kill Shot", and "The Culprit is Genta's Dad", where his father is falsely implicated in murder. He also features in 29 films, 24 OVAs, and 8 specials, including the crossover OVA "Excalibur no Kiseki" involving a legendary baseball bat.
Notable trivia includes a potential shellfish allergy mentioned by Haibara, his use of a baseball bat for self-defense, and the etymology of his name: "Kojima" (小嶋) meaning "little island", and "Genta" (元太) combining "origin" and "plump", interpreted as "originally fat".