Sensei to Hoshi no Joō (ぽっぺん先生と鏡の女王) Chikuma Shobo, Tokyo, 1991 Poppen Sensei to Hoshi no Hakobune (ぽっぺん先生と星の箱舟) Chikuma Shobo, Tokyo, 1994 Poppen Sensei no Christmas (ぽっぺん先生のクリスマス) Chikuma Shobo, Tokyo, Picasso-kun Series is a fictional character in a series of Japanese children's booksPicasso-kun no tantei note(Picasso's case file) created by Funazaki. He himself illustrated these books. Picasso's real name is . He is a sixth grader at Sakuramachi Elementary School and looks like an ordinary schoolboy, but his actual age is 23. Ten years prior, he was severely wounded while he was playing baseball; he then physically stopped growing, so he appears to be an ordinary kid but is mentally older. After his injury his father, a diplomat, took him to England. While being raised there, he became a Sherlock Holmes admirer. After returning to Japan, he came back to the elementary school, and established a detective office. He wears glasses, long boots, a suit and a tie.(But, these similarities Funazaki described are all extremely common s in manga. For example, The motif of little detective who wears suit and tie (bow tie) is used by Osamu Tezuka, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Fujiko Fujio.) His circumstances are well known by society. So he is allowed to drink alcoholic drinks and smoke a cigar. And he has a driver's license. 1983 Picasso-kun no tantei chō(Picasso's case file) (ピカソ君の探偵帳) Fukuinkan Shoten, Tokyo, 1994 Picasso-kun no tantei note (ピカソ君の探偵ノート) [retitled] Parol-sha, Tokyo, 1995 The macaroni au gratin murder case (マカロニグラタン殺人事件) Parol-sha, Tokyo, 2000 The great baseball player murder plan (大リーガー殺人計画) Parol-sha, Tokyo, References External links J'Lit | Authors : Yoshihiko Funazaki | Books from Japan A review of "The great baseball player murder plan" on Sankei Shimbun A review about Funazaki Yoshihiko Funazaki manga at Media Arts Database 1945 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese poets Japanese illustrators Japanese songwriters Musicians from Tokyo