Yottsun

Also known as ヨッツン (Yottsun)

Status: Minor Star (★)

Squarely in the “don’t blink or you’ll miss him” category of Tezuka’s supporting characters, Yottsun and his wife Mittsun are a husband-and-wife duo who specialize in fading into the background.

He is most often cast in a “walk-on” role as a hospital orderly, a police officer or as any number of “men-on-the-street”. Even in his most substantive roles he simply delivers one-liners as a messenger or some other sort of servant or minion.

Notable Roles

Although none of his roles are particularly “notable”, his generally accepted debut was in Lost World (1948). However, what is notable is that he is arguably the oldest of all of Tezuka’s Stars. In fact, he and his wife, Mittsun, were originally created by Osamu Tezuka and his younger brother when they were still young children. The pair were modelled after a brother and sister that lived in the neighbourhood. So, you might say that the indispensable duo’s most notable roles fill the pages of Tezuka’s childhood notebooks in his manga proto-works.

Hello, My Name (in English) is…

Yottsun.

Distinguishing Features

Easily confused with his wife Mittsun, they are unmistakable, with their protruding, “three-pronged” nose and lips.

Manga Appearances

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1948

Lost World as “a man in the crowd”

1950

The Wonderful Journey as “a police officer”

1951

The Road to Utopian Lurue as “the Earl’s servant”

1952

Son-Goku the Monkey as “one of the demons”

1953

Crime and Punishment as “the messenger sent to fetch Zametov”
X-Point in the South Pacific as

1955

The Age of Great Floods as “a doctor”

1956

Lion Books (“Space Airport”) as “one of Lamp‘s minions”

1957

Whirlwind Z as “Dr. Rheumatism’s servant”
The Kokeshi Detective Agency as “the gate guard”

1958

Astro Boy (“Fortress of the Centaurs”) as “an employee of the Akahoshi Weekly”
The Three Who Glimpse the Future as “a hospital orderly”

1962

Astro Boy (“Space Parasites”) as “the man with the stretcher”

1967

Astro Boy (“Zolomon’s Jewels”) as “one of the local villagers”

1973

Black Jack (“On a Snowy Night”) as “a member of the rescue party”

1974

Black Jack (“Two Shujis“) as “the TV Cameraman”
Black Jack (“Mistress Shiraha”) as “an employee”
Black Jack (“Two Loves”) as “the man who informs Takuyan about the accident”

1975

Black Jack (“On the Way”) as “one of Lopez’s subordinates”
Black Jack (“Where Art Thou, Friend?”) as “man giving directions”

1976

Black Jack (“Third Time’s The Charm”) as “a man in Kanaami-ya”

1977

The Three-Eyed One (“More”) as “a sailor”
Tenteke March as “a police officer”

1978

Black Jack (“The Vanished Noise”) as “a man at the clinic”
Black Jack (“The Boy in the Sealed Room”) as “a police officer”

1979

Don Dracula (“Dracula Train“) as “the Japan Railways Co. employee”