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Akashi

Based on an early classmate of Osamu Tezuka, Akashi is the leader of a school gang. With the entire school terrified of him, he preys on the students who are weaker and smaller than he is. However, Akashi does have a secret love of manga and eventually becomes friends with Osamu Tezuka - especially after Tezuka draws him a picture of his beautiful fantasy girl, Kumiko.

Fujimoto, Hiroshi

Hiroshi Fujimoto is one half (along with Motoo Abiko) of one of the most prolific manga writing teams known as Fujiko Fujio - the creator of Doraemon. Born in Toyama on 1 December 1933, he passed away on 23 September 1996 at the age of 62.

Baba, Noboru

Born in Aomori Prefecture in October 1927, Noboru Baba moved to Tokyo in 1949 to begin a career as a manga artist, soon making a name for himself drawing manga for young boys. However, in Tezuka's manga he seems to have fallen on hard times, and is most often cast in the role of a beggar or vagrant. Although he usually finds himself relegated to small, background roles, he is a specialist in dolling out bits of sage advice.

Azuma, Hideo

Azuma is a manga artist who made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine Manga King and made an appearance in Tezuka's Rainbow Parakeet (1981-83).

Akatsuka, Fujio

A real-life pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga known as the "Gag Manga King", Fujio Akatsuka was born in Rehe, Manchuria, as the son of a Japanese military police officer.  After World War II, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture.  When he was 19, he moved to Tokyo.

Motoo, Abiko

The real-life mangaka, born in 1934 in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Better known as "Fujiko Fujio A", the pen name he shares with his partner Hiroshi Fujimoto, Motoo is the co-creator of the popular character Doraemon.

Eiichi, Fukui

Born on March 3, 1921 was the real-life manga artist of a popular judo-themed manga. Despite an occaisonally heated rivalry, he was a friend of Tezuka's who, somewhat infamously, died of karoshi ('overwork") on June 26, 1954 while putting the finishing touches on a manga supplement with a tight deadline.