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Rokkaku

Rokkaku is the consummate traditional Japanese student. A little absent-minded and slow on the uptake, likely because of all the hours he spends hunched over a desk, he's usually given the role of someone's "friend from school" or some other kind of nondescript man-in-the-crowd.

Odawara, Chochin

Although a minor Star, Odawara Jochin is a specialist at playing the somewhat innocuous "buddy" role. His ability to lend an ear and/or doll out some sound advice has had a long successful career being cast in roles such as teachers, doctors, researchers, and classmates. However he's also had success in roles on both sides of the law - able to play both a villain's henchman and a cop's partner with the same even keel.

Issen Hage

Another of Tezuka's fill-in cast, Dime Baldspot is a specialist at playing two-bit crooks and other ne'er-do-wells. Self-serving and lazy rather than actually evil, he usually finds himself in a supporting role, as a member of a band of crooks or a nameless henchman under the control of the primary villain - often Hamegg.

Monster

Despite his name, Monster is the epitome of the handsome leading man. Early on in his career he was cast as a bit of a "bad boy" - good looking but a bit uncouth and rough around the edges - in protagonist roles such as heroes of the jungle or the wild west. However, in his later appearances he is cast in the much more traditional roles of a sophisticated leading man, as urban movie star, handsome love interest or secret agent.