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Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu'', – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential cartoonists of all time, his prolific output, pioneering techniques an ...
. Throughout his career, Tezuka frequently re-used the same character designs or names in different roles across his series; for example, the character Shunsaku Ban appears as a detective in ''
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'' and as
Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 volumes by Akita Shoten. Da ...
's teacher in ''
Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 volumes by Akita Shoten. Da ...
''. The name alludes to the
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practice of the
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, and can be seen as analogous to
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s who work with the same actors across multiple films; Tezuka joked about how much his characters were paid, and occasionally based them on famous western actors.


Primary characters


Akira Asagumo

Akira Asagumo is the grandson of the scientist Dr. Asagumo. He gets his super human powers from the chemical called "Big X", which gives him the ability that makes him grow and expand without limits. He appeared in ''Shōnen Bool'' from 1963 to 1966.


Astro Boy

is a principal "actor". He is shown in the famous manga and assorted versions of the anime as a child robot, usually wearing shorts (which are actually part of his body), identified by his trademark, two pointy "cowlicks" on the front and back of his head. In the manga, his good nature and incorruptible heart, combined with an array of powers, put him on a quest to protect robots and humans from villainous conquerors and alien invaders. He made other appearances in other manga including Black Jack's, in which he plays a major role in at least one story (volume 22 of the English manga release by Dark Horse of ''Astro Boy'') and in the anime '' Undersea Super Train: Marine Express'', in which he is called "Adam". Astro resembles the wooden boy
Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...
.


Black Jack

is a cold-natured, eerie, yet kindhearted and ingenious surgeon is one of Tezuka's dearest creations, despite the fact that in the present day he receives little credit compared to his rival Astro Boy. Black Jack is, according to Tezuka, his alter ego. Black Jack refuses to get a medical license, due to the corruption within medicine practices, and may run into the legal forces while doing operations (in the 2006 TV anime Black Jack finally gets his license). Despite his outlaw status, he is considered a miracle worker with his incomparable surgical technique and power of diagnostic analysis. His operations are generally over 10 million yen, but he more frequently helps the unfortunate for free or a token payment. He is sometimes accompanied by his short-tempered adopted daughter/assistant, Pinoko and can be recognized by a large cape, loose trench coat, and blue, black or red string tie (depending on the media) with black and white hair, dark eyes, and a graft of dark skin across the upper left of his face. Having learned wit playing with darts as a boy, is a skilled marksman as well as well-trained in martial arts. A statue of Black Jack stands in the Osamu Tezuka Museum beneath a skylight.


Bokko, Pukko and Nokko

Bokko, Pukko and Nokko are a trio of three intergalactic patrollers known as the Amazing 3. They came to Earth to research and destroy it if necessary. They appeared in ''
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'' from May 1965 to May 1966.


Don Dracula

is a comical vampire who moved from Transylvania to Japan and has a hard time adjusting to the new place. In the animated film '' Marine Express'' and the video game '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'', Don Dracula is a villain who works for Sharaku.


Garon

is a giant robot sent by aliens as a test for Earth's inhabitants. His original comic, '' Majin Garon'', ran in '' Boukenoh'' () from July 1959 until July 1962. He is the final boss of the video game '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' and the secret treasure of Mu.


Ham Egg

, also known as Cachatore, Hammond Eggs, Hamegg, or Simon Sakely (in '' Jungle Emperor Leo'') is a villain with a round head, a thin moustache, a wide grin, curly hair and sometimes a
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. His name is an obvious play on the words "
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". He is primarily known for being a cruel circus manager in ''
Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 volumes by Akita Shoten. Da ...
''. He was also a hotel manager and an organ smuggler in '' Phoenix''. He made other appearances in ''Astro Boy'' (such as a gangster or a murderous surgeon). In ''
Kimba the White Lion ''Kimba the White Lion'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese ''shōnen manga, shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka which was serialized in the ''Manga Shōnen'' magazine from November 1950 to April 1954. An ani ...
'', he portrays the hunter who kills Kimba's father, Panja, and holds him captive during his infancy.


Higeoyaji

, or Shunsuke Ban, is a bald, portly, middle-aged man with a large chalk-white moustache. He is an often comical and grumpy yet good-natured. He is 42 years old, as mentioned in one of the manga. His facial hair earns him the nickname . In the 1960s English version of the animated Astro Boy, his name was private detective Edgar Pompous, then Percival Pompous. Perhaps because his character was appearing in another animated series based on Tezuka's manga at the time, in the 1980s English animated Astro Boy changed his name to Albert Duncan, and he was given the nickname " Daddy Walrus". His typical role is that of a detective in other Tezuka materials, with sometimes a nephew/assistant named Ken'ichi ("Ken" or "Kennedy" in English versions of the ''Astro Boy'' TV series). The 1980s color remake (as well as the original manga) had him appear as Astro Boy's teacher, then as a detective. In the 2003 Astro Boy series, he is called Wally Kisaragi, and in the English-language manga, his "Higeoyaji" nickname is translated as " Mustachio". He is featured as either a regular character or a guest star in any of a number of Tezuka works. Shunsaku Ban is often cast as some sort of adventurer, usually an amateur or professional private investigator. His trademark characteristic is to confront danger with a comical wild-eyed panic, then after a moment recapture his composure and vigorously attack the threat.


Hosuke Sharaku

is a baby-faced young boy with a large head, often sporting a bandage. His main role was in '' The Three-Eyed One'' where he is a three-eyed child with evil powers. He has featured in ''
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''-related media, appearing as the main antagonist in the game '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' and as a supporting character in the
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game ''
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''. He was Assaji the apprentice monk in ''
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'', still with his bandage. He appeared in the '' Black Jack'' anime, also with his bandage. Sharaku's third eye is hidden by the bandage, which suppresses both his power and evil nature.


Kenichi

Kenichi (ケン一) is one of Tezuka's oldest and most often cast "actors". Kenichi's character design is borrowed from Dick Huemer's Scrappy, initially confused as "Happie". He is also known as Kenichi Shikishima, which is a name derived from his role in ''
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''. Fans gave him this name to help distinguish him, although it is not officially recognized by Tezuka Productions. The Japanese writing of his name, "ケン一" is unique as it is a pun on the number one in Japanese (ichi) written as "一" in kanji, so it is like saying "Kenichi number one". Alternate spellings include "Ken1", "ケン1", and in English he is known as Kennedy or simply Ken. He is often paired with Higeoyaji, who usually takes the role of his uncle. Kenichi can be recognized by his soft round face with one or several curls poking out of his hair, also known as a
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or ahoge. He sometimes has simple dotted cartoon eyes reminiscent of
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, but later on he is drawn with more detailed irises. He is also often seen wearing shoes that are half white in the back and dark in the front, but this could be a way of stylizing spats. Kenichi would often take the role of the main hero in Tezuka's early works, but Tezuka would later revoke his role as the protagonist because he "lacked individuality". The manga world was becoming more focused on more complex characters, and Kenichi embodied the one-dimensional, wholesome, "good boy" status of early childhood, but not much else. Eventually, readers lost interest in him. After he was retired as a main protagonist, he would usually take a supporting role in other stories, such as Astro Boy's classmate and Leo's friend in '' Jungle Emperor''. In 1954 Tezuka created a manga that was focused on Kenichi as the hero, because he still liked the character very much. In '' Chief Detective Kenichi'' (ケン1探偵長), the plot follows Kenichi, who is a young detective solving various crimes with his pet bird Donguri. This would be one of his last roles as the main hero.


Osamu Tezuka

himself makes frequent appearances, usually just as an in-joke, in nearly all of his works. He can be recognized by his round spotted nose and round glasses and sometimes wears a
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. In the collected ''Astro Boy'' volumes, he often introduces stories, and dispenses trivia. He is a major character in the manga '' The Vampires''. Tezuka went so far as to play the role himself in the 1968 TV adaptation of the series. He also makes frequent appearances in the '' Black Jack'' anime, in which, as a doctor, he is a former classmate of Black Jack's.


Rock

is a young "bad boy" with shiny dark hair, sometimes wearing sunglasses. He mostly plays villains, after having played juvenile heroes. He made his first appearance in ''Rock Holmes'', as a child detective. He appeared with Astro Boy several times. He was in '' Phoenix''. He also starred in animated '' Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'' as Duke Red's brutal son. In the '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' video game he is initially the real identity of the villain, Deadcross, but falls in love with - and is reformed by - Princess Sapphire, and remains with her in the distant past to help her try to avert the demise of the continent of Mu, similar to what happened in the ''Marine Express'' film.


Leo

is a courageous,
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white lion with black tips on his ears. Often known as "Kimba" in English-language translations, after he was given that name in ''Kimba the White Lion'', the English dub of his 1960s anime series. In both his manga and anime series, he is known as Jungle Emperor Leo and acts as an ambassador toward the human world for animals. In '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' an android boy known as Pook disguises himself as Leo to steal jewels.


Magma

Magma is a gigantic humanoid who can
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into a rocket ship. With this series, Tezuka pioneered the transforming robots concept.


Melmo

Melmo is a young girl who usually happens to have a bottle of candy with the power to change her physical appearance. Though most frequently seen as various characters in the ''Black Jack'' manga of the 1970s, Melmo appears either as a 9-year-old or a 19-year-old. Although in her own series both versions of Melmo are the same person, she has sometimes appeared as a mother and a daughter.


Phoenix

is an immortal alien entity that takes the physical form of a legendary magical mythological bird.


Prime Rose

is a girl with bushy reddish-blonde hair. She originally appeared as a black-clad warrior in ''Prime Rose'', a comic series in ''
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'', which was made into an animated movie in 1983. In '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'', she is Lamp Acetylene's daughter.


Sapphire

is a young woman with slightly curly dark hair, who first starred in ''
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''. She is the queen of the Mu civilization in the animated film '' Marine Express'' and in the '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' game.


Skunk Kusai

is a pale, blonde smirking man with a short brown nose, sleepy eyes, and sometimes a gray complexion (which is made clear in the 1980 ''Astro Boy'' anime). He usually plays a villain. His full name is often displayed as Skunk Kusai (Kusai means "stinky", "fishy" in Japanese). He is primarily known for being a gangster enemy to Astro Boy. He first appeared in ''Metropolis'' as an overly ambitious military officer.


Unico

is a baby unicorn born with a special gift of making anyone happy.


Secondary characters


Lamp Acetylene

, also known as Drake (or Torch in the second series), is a tall, middle-aged man with a thin nose, large forehead, wide frowny eyes and often a small mustache with big glasses. He has a "notch" on the back of his head. A running gag throughout Tezuka's work show that a lit candle will stand upright if placed in the notch. Tezuka based the character on a classmate. He appeared regularly in ''Astro Boy'' and in Tezuka's '' Adolf'', '' Black Jack'' and in '' Phoenix''. He was the president's secretary in '' Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'' in which the candle appears on his head when he is shot. The candle is a plot point in the game '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' where his daughter proves it is her by remembering that. He also appeared in '' Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature'', and cameos in '' Jungle Emperor Leo''.


Afill


Atlas

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is a robot created by Dr. Ram, an Incan scientist who hates civilization, to get revenge on a Mexican village. Atlas turns against his creator and leaves him to be burned by the flowing lava caused by an artificial volcanic eruption, but Astro manages to defeat Atlas. He has been reimagined in many adaptations which turned him into Astro's half-brother, Skunk's creation, or even Prime Rose's boyfriend.


Baron Nylon


Ben Heck


Biwamaru

Biwamaru is a tall, thin bald man; he is completely blind and his eyes are white. His left eye is larger than his right. In '' Dororo'', he is a traveling monk who crosses paths with Hyakkimaru from time to time. In '' Black Jack'', he is a wandering acupuncturist and a rival to Black Jack. He also appears as the Buddhist Priest Tenran in Duke Goblin.


Boon Marukubi

Boon Marukubi is a bulky man who usually plays the role of a villain and/or politician. He was modeled on the veteran French actor
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.


Bukk Buku


Butamo Makeru


Chikara Aritake


Chiyoko Wato

is a teenage girl usually occupying as a high school student. She is Sharaku's classmate who plays as his best friend, mother figure, and even love interest.


Dr. Fooler


Duke Duralumin


Duke Red

Duke Red is a tall man with a large, hooked nose and spiky hair on the back of his head. He first appeared in '' Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'', a name he took back in the game '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor''. He also played the title role in Osamu Tezuka's rendition of
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and Prince Siddartha's doctor in ''
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''. He made a few appearances in the ''Astro Boy'' manga (such as a mad scientist or a murdered priest) and other Tezuka productions, sometimes under the name Akai ("Red" in Japanese). He appeared in the 2003 ''
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'' TV series, in which he started a war against robots after thinking his robot servant hurt his daughter.


Frankenstein

is a mature man with a large hulking build and one eye on the right. He is called "Frankenstein" because he has a grotesque giant face whose uncanny resemblance to the monster created by the eponymous scientist.


Dr. Hanamaru


Dr. Tenma

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. He played the role of Astro's father and creator. He later appeared in a number of other manga including ''Black Jack''.


Hecate

Hecate is the daughter of Satan and rival then ally of Princess Sapphire.


Higedaruma


Hyakkimaru


Hyoutan-tsugi

Hyoutan-tsugi, also known as Gourdski, is a gag character, a small pig-faced patchworked
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creature that puffs out
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. Tezuka sometimes even making a character's face looking like it. It appears in almost all of his works, even in the 2009 CGI animated film where he appears on a billboard. Some fans call it the real star of Tezuka's series.


Lord Deadcross

Lord Deadcross is the inventor of the first robot president, Rag. He turned into a villain after Rag decided to run against him in the election in Guravia and won. In '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'', Deadcross is combined with Rock and the leader of the Black Looks while Rag is combined with the Blue Knight.


Kutter


Maria


Mason


Mitchy

Mitchy, also known as Michi, is a young girl character whose most relevant role is as herself in ''Metropolis'' where she is an android who changes from male to female as a method of disguise, similar to Princess Sapphire. In the anime adaptation, she is replaced by Tima, an original character that is explicitly stated to be a gynoid, unlike Mitchy who changes gender. She was also recognized by fans as Astro's android mother in the original 1950s-1960s run of the ''Astro Boy'' manga.


Monsieur Ampere


Necktall Norse


Notaarin

Notaarin, also known as Notarlin, is an older, portly character with a round head, sometimes depicted with a moustache and a single hair on the back of his head. He appears as the Superintendent of Police in '' Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'', also as the Atomic Energy Chairman in the manga version of ''Nextworld''.


Professor Ochanomizu

Professor Ochanomizu is a mentor of Astro Boy; often seen in Black Jack in positions of authority (councilman, company president, etcetera).


Omotanium

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. It has different properties and performs different functions from story to story, such as destroying the brain system of a robot.


Pick

Pick is a young boy who fell to Earth in a meteorite. Garon fell to Earth as well, Pick is actually his heart/conscience, without him he is a soulless monster. Pick is commonly depicted with a "W" on his forehead and wearing overalls. He has appeared in both the ''Astro Boy'' and ''Black Jack'' manga, sometimes even without Garon. In ''Astro Boy: Omega Factor'', Pick is given the alias and characteristics of Pook a recurring character from ''Astro Boy''.


Pinoko

Pinoko is the loyal assistant and adopted daughter of Dr. Black Jack.


Pippy


Police Inspector Geta


Inspector Tawashi

Inspector Tawashi is a police detective with a distrust of robots and therefore has a feud with both Professor Ochanomizu and Shunsuke Ban. While arrogant and even rude, he eventually comes to respect Astro's courage and abilities, even calling for his assistance in particularly difficult cases. He is often partnered with Chief Nakamura.


Rainbow Parakeet

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), and as the English cyborg private detective Sherlock Homespun (sometimes written Sherlock Holmespan) in the 1980 ''Astro Boy'' anime and
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game '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor''. In the 2003 ''Astro Boy'' series he appears as a terrorist named Kato, who has no concrete goal, but regards his terrorism as art.


Riiko


Robita

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who appears in '' Phoenix'' manga arcs "Future" and "Resurrection". She also has a minor role in the 1980 ''Astro Boy'' animated series and more substantial role in the 2003 ''Astro Boy'' animated series (named Nora in the English version and voiced by Jennifer Darling). She also appears in
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's ''
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'' manga series.


Rococo

Rococo is an alien mutant created to help evacuate animals from Earth to get away from a toxic cloud.


Rommel


Saboten, Sam

Sam Saboten is a young man who replaced Rock in a series known as Saboten-Kun, mimicking the Hollywood practice of replacing actors during a series of films.


Saruta

Saruta is a stocky man with a huge roundish nose. He appeared as all the Saruta descendants (including Gao) in the '' Phoenix'' saga and made some appearances in ''
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''. In Black Jack anime series, he appears like Jontaro Honma, the man who reconstructed the body of Black Jack after his accident when he was a kid. He looks somewhat similar to Professor Ochanomizu because he typically has a large, bulbous nose, but he is not the same character.


Sasaki, Kojiro

Kojiro Sasaki is based on and named after the Japanese swordsman. He is known for his energy, quick temper, and sword skills. Although his first appearance was in '' Benkei'', his break-out role was in ''Ah, We Three''. He also appeared in Black Jack'', he has appeared in '' The Crater'', '' Rainbow Parakeet'', '' Lion Books'', and the animated film, ''Marine Express''.


Saturn

Saturn is a massive, brutal man with a big chin and a pointy moustache. He appeared as the King of Evil in ''Magic House'' and he fought Astro Boy as the robot called Satan.


Shumari


Son Goku


Spider

Spider is a gag character, a cartoonish and short man in a black robe, long nose, one hair, stretching an arm and often bouncing. His catchphrase is "Here ta meet ya!" and he ends almost every sentence by "Ayup!" He vaguely resembles Kilroy.


Tick & Tuck


Tonanshipei


Zephyrus


See also

* List of Osamu Tezuka anime * List of Osamu Tezuka manga


References


Notes

* Part of the Osamu Tezuka Star System with other Tezuka characters is listed and described in the '' Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' game, as the "Omega Factor": it is a memory data which raises Astro Boy's power as it levels up. To increase it, Astro has to make full acquaintance of characters throughout the game. This also unlocks biographies of the characters.


External links


Tezuka in English main page on the Osamu Tezuka Star System

Official Tezuka Japan site Characters page
{{Tezuka Productions Crossover anime and manga Japanese mascots Characters created by Osamu Tezuka