Genta Kojima

小嶋元太

Male

Genta Kojima is a student in Teitan Elementary School when Shinichi joins his class as [Conan Edogawa.](https://anilist.co/character/1742/Conan-Edogawa) Shortly afterwards, he and his classmate [Ayumi](https://anilist.co/character/4228/Ayumi-Yoshida) decide to investigate an apparently haunted mansion, and they persuade Conan to come along. When their friend and classmate [Mitsuhiko](https://anilist.co/character/4252/Mitsuhiko-Tsuburaya) expresses his skepticism about supernatural hauntings, Genta forcefully 'persuades' him to tag along as well. As it turns out, the haunting is a cover-up for an old homicide case. Soon after, the accidental acquisition of a treasure map leads Ayumi, Genta, Mistuhiko and Conan on a hunt for a cache of stolen Italian gold coins, during which Conan saves them from getting killed by the mafia members who are also after the gold. After the case is resolved, Mitsuhiko joins Genta and Ayumi in forming the nucleus of an amateur detective group, the Detective Boys. Genta is 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)_ unconsciously vi