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In Japanese, Kin Sankaku’s name is made up of the kanji “\u91d1” (kin<\/em>) meaning “gold” and “\u4e09\u89d2” (sankaku<\/em>), meaning “triangle”. \u00a0So his name in English is quite literally “Golden Triangle”. \u00a0While the exact origins of the name are unclear, given Kin Sankaku’s debut as a gangster it could be intended as a reference to the Triads of Chinese organized crime.<\/p>\n Another possibility, is that it is a reference to the novel “Le triangle d’or” (1917) in the Arsene Lupin series by Maurice Leblanc. \u00a0Tezuka was a fan of the series, and the famous thief\u00a0shows up in many of his early works and\u00a0later inspired him to create the Rainbow Parakeet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n With his dark sunglasses, large round lips and twirly moustache\/goatee combo giving him a vaguely (and somewhat stereotypical) Chinese appearance, Kin Sankaku is easy to pick out of a crowd.<\/p>\n Kin Sankaku is one of Tezuka’s more important villains. \u00a0Although his roles vary slightly, he has carved out a substantial career as the\u00a0leader of a group of crooks referred to collectively as the “Kin Sankaku Gang”. \u00a0Despite usually being cast\u00a0as a no-nonsense crime boss, he is often portrayed as having some endearing qualities<\/p>\n The most likely reason for this is that, visually at least, he is based on an early childhood friend. \u00a0Much like Acetylene Lamp<\/a>, Kin Sankaku is modelled after one of Tezuka’s own classmates – in this case Minoru Ishihara, the son of the local watchmaker and the very same person, in fact, who first introduced him to his life-long love of studying insects. \u00a0Tezuka credits him with being a big influence on his life and setting him down the path of medicine and science-themed manga. \u00a0The insect book Tezuka borrowed from Ishihara inspired him so much that he changed from “a weak-willed boy who literally couldn’t kill a bug” to one who collected insects (and illustrated them skillfully). \u00a0Ishihara is also the one who introduced Tezuka to the insect known as osamushi<\/em>. \u00a0Tezuka was\u00a0so thrilled with\u00a0the similarity to his given\u00a0name, Osamu (\u6cbb), that he\u00a0started signing all of his art with the kanji for insect (\u866b mushi<\/em>) appended. He continued to do so despite his\u00a0school teacher repeatedly telling him to stop, and used it as his pen name (\u624b\u585a\u6cbb\u866b) throughout his career.<\/p>\n While his debut (and namesake) role in the Astro Boy <\/em>(1952-68)<\/a> chapter “Crucifix Island” (1958) is probably his most famous, Kin Sankaku has also played a memorable role – one that showcased his creepy evil side – as the crime boss Kagegawa in Ant and the Giant<\/em> (1961). As all good villains are, he’s also been prominently featured in Black Jack<\/em> (1973-83)<\/a>, The Three-Eyed One<\/em>\u00a0<\/i>(1974-78)<\/a>, and Rainbow Parakeet<\/em> (1981-82)<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you spot an appearance not already listed, please let us know in the comments section below!<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Crucifix Island”) as “Kin Sankaku”<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“The Artificial Sun”) as “Kin Sankaku”<\/p>\n 1960<\/strong><\/p>\n Angel’s Hill<\/em>\u00a0as “the famulus of Goddess”<\/p>\n 1961<\/strong><\/p>\n Ant and the Giant<\/em> as “Crime Boss Kagegawa”<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“The Face in the Rock”) as “Kin Sankaku”<\/p>\n Lion Books<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cThe March Covered with Mud\u201d) as \u201ca reporter\u201d<\/p>\n Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (“Avatar”) as “one of the hospital officials” The Three-eyed One<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(\u201cPrince of the Underground World\u201d) \u00a0as \u201cKinkonkan”<\/p>\n Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (“Lost Youth”) as “Abraham Petroleum HR staff member” The Rainbow Parakeet<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(\u201cThe Petrified Forest<\/a>\u201c) as \u201cone of the thugs\u201d<\/p>\n Say Hello to Bookila!<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(\u201cIt\u2019s Tough Being a Reporter<\/a>\u201d) as \u201cthe Yakuza boss”<\/p>\n Visually based on an early childhood friend of Tezuka’s – the very same person, in fact, who first introduced him to his life-long love of studying insects – Sankaku Kin is one Tezuka’s more important villains. Although his roles vary slightly, he has carved out a substantial career as the leader of a group of crooks referred to collectively as the “Sankaku Kin Gang”. Also, despite usually being cast as a no-nonsense crime boss, given his origins, he is often portrayed as having some endearing qualities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6996,"parent":6273,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[134,132],"class_list":["post-1114","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-star-system","tag-second-star","tag-the-bad-guys","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6vZWu-hY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1114"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13618,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1114\/revisions\/13618"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Distinguishing Features<\/h3>\n
Status: Secondary Star (\u2605\u2605)<\/h3>\n
Notable Roles<\/h3>\n
\nManga Appearances<\/h3>\n
\n1958<\/h4>\n
\n1959<\/h4>\n
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\n1966<\/h4>\n
\n1972<\/h4>\n
\n1974<\/h4>\n
\nBlack Jack<\/em><\/a> (“The Two Jans”) as “a member of the\u00a0German Academy of Sciences”<\/p>\n
\n1976<\/h4>\n
\n1977<\/h4>\n
\nBlack Jack<\/em><\/a> (“A Surgeon Lives for Music”) as “the Country ‘D’ Secret Police Officer”
\nBlack Jack<\/em><\/a> (“Honma\u2019s Hematoma”) as “a reporter”
\nThe Three-eyed One<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(\u201cGodal\u201d) \u00a0as \u201cthe owner of\u00a0the\u00a0antique shop”<\/p>\n
\n1981<\/h4>\n
\n1985<\/h4>\n
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