Mittsun

Also known as ミッツン (Mittsun)

Hello, My Name (in English) is…

Mittsun.

Distinguishing Features

They are unmistakable, with their protruding, “three-pronged” nose and lips.

Status: Minor Star (★)

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

She is most often cast in a “walk-on” role as a maide, a nurse or as any number of “women-on-the-street”. Even in her most substantive roles he simply delivers one-liners as a mother or innkeeper.

Notable Roles

Although none of her roles are particularly “notable”, her generally accepted debut was in Lost World (1948). However, what is notable is that she is arguably the oldest of all of Tezuka’s Stars. In fact, she and her husband, Yottsun, 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.

Manga Appearances

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1948

Lost World as “a woman in the crowd”

1951

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

1953

X-Point in the South Pacific as “the maid”

1957

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

1974

Black Jack (“Son of Hariti”) as “the maid”
Black Jack (“Mistress Shiraha”) as “an employee”
Black Jack (“Pinoko Returns!”) as “a woman”
Black Jack (“Burned Doll”) as “the gang enforcer”

1975

Black Jack (“Where Art Thou, Friend?”) as “the lady with the man giving directions”
Black Jack (“Country Clinic”) as “a nurse”

1977

Black Jack (“Disowned Son”) as “the lady at the inn”
Black Jack (“Downpour – part 2”) as “the student’s mother”

1979

Phoenix (“Civil War”) as “the maid”

1982

Rainbow Parakeet (“The Final Act”) as “the Kuwakataka housekeeper”