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Duke Red

Also known as レッド公 (Reddo ōyake)

Hello, My Name (in English) is…

With a nose like that, he just has to be an aristocrat and leader of the Red Party.

Distinguishing Features

Always easily identifiable by his overly large, hawkish nose, Duke Red is a tall man, with the spikey hair on the back of his head.  His slim moustache and pointed beard give him a slightly “cockatoo-ish” profile.

Status: Major Star (★★★★)

Despite almost never taking a starring role, Duke Red is, without a doubt, one of Tezuka’s major stars. Whether he’s been cast as a bandit, a pirate, a university professor or a judge, his classy aristocratic style and larger-than-life performances steal any scene he’s in.

Although he has a wide range of performance experience, he is usually cast in the role of the refined criminal mastermind, a politician with an ominous air, or a captain of industry with devious intent – and is more often than not surrounded by a gang of henchmen, including Hamegg and Acetylene Lamp, to do his bidding.

Notable Roles

Duke Red first burst onto the stage with his debut (and namesake) role in Metropolis (1949) as the head of the notorious Red Party.  Since then he has gone on to many prominent and memorable roles, notably as Judge Porfiry in Crime and Punishment (1953), “Wild Bill” Hecock in Age of Adventure (1951-53) and Mr. Nikula in Black Jack (1973-83).  He also had a less well known, but humourously appropriate appearance as the title character in Cyrano the Hero (1954) – one of his only starring roles.

Manga Appearances

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1949

Metropolis as “the leader of the Red Party”


1950

The Wonderful Journey as “the police officer”
Jungle Emperor as “Professor Plus”
Manga University as “Mr. Zaamasu”


1951

Next World as “Redonof”
Fossil Island as “the Indian Chief”
Age of Adventureas “‘Wild Bill’ Hickock” and “John Silver”


1952

The Adventure of Rock as “one of the delegates at the Bird Men conference”
People with Pistols on their Heads as “Goncharov”


1953

Astro Boy (“Red Cat“) as “the government official from the Ministry of Construction”
Cyrano the Hero as “Cyrano de Bergerac”
Crime and Punishment as “Judge Porfiry”


1954

Wonder-kun as “Sir Nicholas Red”
Benkei as “Minamoto Yoritomo”
Black Canyon as “one of the outlaws”


1955

Astro Boy (“The Frozen Human”) as “Dr. Don Perez Prado”
The Age of Great Floods
Chief Detective Kenichi (“The Case of the Gorilla”) as “Kanio, the clown”


1956

Phoenix [Shōjo Club] (“Egypt”) as “the king”


1957

Lion Books (“Multiple-Eyed Devil”) as “a passenger on a train”
Lion Books (“Bullet Hole in the Wilderness”) as “the peace officer”
Whirlwind Z as “the judge”


1958

The Three Who Glimpse The Future
The Film Is Alive as “Yoshioka Seijuro”
Super Taiheiki as “Goncharov”


1959

Astro Boy (“The Eyes of Christ”) as “the priest”
Light as “Karasuguchi”
Zero Men as “Dr. Royal”


1960

Astro Boy(“Uran”) as “a spectator at the roboting match”
Dream of the Universe


1961

The Ant and the Giant as “a police officer”
The Strange Boy as “an onlooker at the fire”


1962

Astro Boy (“Astro Boy vs. Garon”) as “Dr. Amanogawa”


1963

Astro Boy (“The Devil’s Balloons”) as “the factory boss”
Princess Knight [Nakayoshi]
Submarine Bathys Doesn’t Surface as “Colonel Morse”


1964

The Great Zeo as “the Minister’s secretary”


1965

Astro Boy (“Slippery Catfish in Immediate Danger”) as “Dr. Hyono Tango”
Wonder 3 as “Dr. Delta”
Ambassador Magma as “a member of the human resistance”


1966

Flying Ben as “Dr. Brandon, a member of the expeditionary party”


1967

Astro Boy(“Chronicles of Astro Boy”) as “the captain of the nuclear submarine”


1968

Under the Air (“Joe’s Visitor”) as “the shogun”
Swallowing the Earth as “the FBI agent”
Burunga I as “a police officer”
Noman as “the Councilor”


1969

The Crater (“Sergeant Okuno”) as “the base commander”
I.L (“Mannequin”) as “the American Ambassador”
The Runaway Tanker as “the president of the Bagdad Oil Company”


1970

Phoenix (“Resurrection”) as “the Robita owner”


1971

Lion Books (“The Closed Classroom”) as “Dr. Kurama Tengu”
Otsune as “the American officer”


1972

Lion Books (“Mother River”) as “the TTTV staffer”
Lion Books (“Muddy March”) as “a reporter”
Yellow Dust as “General Boman”


1973

Black Jack (“Is there a Doctor?“) as “Mr. Nikula”


1974

Black Jack (“Twice Dead”) as “the clergyman”
Black Jack (“Captain Park”) as “a spectator”
Black Jack (“Two Loves”) as “a doctor”
Black Jack (“From Afar”) as “a doctor”
Jumbo as “a passenger on the plane”
Paper Fortress as “head of the munitions factory”


1975

Black Jack (“The Corsican Brothers”) as “the leader of the circus troupe”
Black Jack (“The Cursed Operation”) as “the scholar”
Black Jack (“A Body Turning to Stone”) as “the father”
Black Jack (“The Painting is Dead!”) as “a doctor”
Black Jack (“Revenge”) as “Bockelini”
Black Jack (“Con Man, Aspiring”) as “a doctor”
The Three-Eyed One (“Secret in Glebe”) as “the scholar, the chief of the base”
Astro Boy (“Astro Boy II”) as “a reasearch at the Minister of Science”]


1976

Black Jack (“Urashima”) as “a doctor”
Black Jack (“Timeout”) as “the head of the Yarisugi Construction Company”
Black Jack (“The Promise”) as “a doctor”


1977

Black Jack (“Life Bond”) as “a passenger at the airport”


1978

Black Jack (“Cancer Hunter”) as “the man talking with Shirabyoshi”
Black Jack (“Helping Each Other”) as “a bystander”
Black Jack (“The Boy in the Sealed Room”) as “Mononoke”


1979

Black Jack (“The Substitute”) as “a doctor”
Don Dracula (“The Wrong Dracula”) as “the English teacher”
Phoenix (“Civil War”) as “Tokitada”


1981

The Rainbow Parakeet (“The Tale of Shuzenji“) as “Prime Minister Hattori”


1986

Midnight as


1987

Ludwig B as “Von List”


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