{"id":1273,"date":"2014-02-04T07:02:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T07:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=1273"},"modified":"2015-11-05T05:18:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T05:18:47","slug":"sharaku-hosuke-aka-asaji-star","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=1273","title":{"rendered":"Sharaku, Hosuke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"also-known\">Also known as \u5199\u697d\u4fdd\u4ecb (Sharaku Hosuke)<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/star-sharaku.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7427 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/star-sharaku.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/star-sharaku.png 150w, https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/star-sharaku-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/star-sharaku-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Status: Major Star\u00a0(\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605)<\/h3>\n<p>Though not well represented in English releases of Tezuka&#8217;s works, in Japan Sharaku is one of Tezuka&#8217;s most recognizable and popular characters. His main series is The Three-Eyed One, though he also appears in others. In daily life Sharaku Hosuke is a shy, clumsy middle-school student, bald and infant-like in appearance, and fond of playing with toddlers who don&#8217;t realize his true age. But when the characteristic X-shaped bandage on Sharaku&#8217;s forehead is removed, revealing his third eye, he reveals his true nature as a descendent of the ancient race of Three-Eyed Ones, powerful demonic beings whose civilization was related to that of the ancient Mayans. As the Three-Eyed One, Sharaku is a cunning, murderous and ambitious genius bent on destroying humanity, with telekenetic powers and an unsurpassed technological capacity which lets him assemble random objects into machines capable of amazing feats, from cooking people&#8217;s brains to time travel. Some believe the character of Sharaku to be derived in part from childhood fantasy\u2019s of Tezuka\u2019s when he too was a shy, awkward middle-schooler excited by the idea of special powers and secret identities, but the dual personality of weak and innocent Sharaku and powerful and devilish Sharaku certainly embody the kind of escapist fantasy play which appeals to all audiences, child and adult alike. In his own series, manga and anime, Sharaku appears in both personae, shy and devilish, but in other series he tends to appear as only one or the other. Shy Sharaku appears several times as a patient in <em>Black Jack<\/em> and as Assaji the fool\/prophet in <em>Buddha<\/em>, while devilish Sharaku appears as the villain in<em> Marine Express<\/em>, and American audiences will know him in the same role in the recent <em>Astro Boy: Omega Factor<\/em> game for the GameBoy Advance, which is largely based on <em>Marine Express<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARAKU IN OTHER WORKS<\/strong><br \/>\nTezuka often imports Sharaku into other stories, but brings only half of him. For example, the unsealed Three-Eyed One Sharaku is the villain if the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/series\/three-eyed_one\/FIXTHISLINK\">Marine Express<\/a><\/em> film, while the foolish, passive but wise boy Sharaku appears prominently in <em>Buddha<\/em>, never removing the plaster which seals his eye. Followers of recent Tezuka-based works will know the darker Sharaku as the villain of the <em>Astro Boy<\/em> &#8220;OMEGA FACTOR&#8221; GBA game, and the passive boy Sharaku as Pinoko\u2019s best friend in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/series\/black_jack\/index.shtml\"><em>Black Jack<\/em><\/a> TV series. Sharaku also appears in <em>It is Difficult Though Understands<\/em> (1976), an NEC Advertisement (1979), <em>Rainbow Parakeet<\/em> (1981), and <em>This is what&#8217;s going to happen in 1983 <\/em> (1983), and in the <em>Last Mystery of the 20th Century<\/em> TV special. He appears several times in the <em>Black Jack<\/em> manga, including the following:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"><span id=\".E5.86.99.E6.A5.BD.E4.BF.9D.E4.BB.8B\">\u5199\u697d\u4fdd\u4ecb<\/span> \uff08\u3057\u3083\u3089\u304f\u307b\u3046\u3059\u3051\uff09<\/span><span class=\"notranslate\">\u30b9\u30ad\u30f3\u30d8\u30c3\u30c9\u306b\u3001\u984d\u306e\u7b2c\u4e09\u306e\u773c\u3092\u96a0\u3059\u00d7\u5370\u306e<a class=\"crosslink\" title=\"\u7d46\u5275\u818f\u306e\u610f\u5473\" href=\"https:\/\/translate.googleusercontent.com\/translate_c?anno=2&amp;depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;rurl=translate.google.ca&amp;sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http:\/\/www.weblio.jp\/content\/%25E7%25B5%2586%25E5%2589%25B5%25E8%2586%258F&amp;usg=ALkJrhiaBd4G86IoowP3d50P14PhdG7Xjg\">\u7d46\u5275\u818f<\/a>\u304c\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\u30de\u30fc\u30af\u306e\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u3002<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">\u300e\u4e09\u3064\u76ee\u304c\u3068\u304a\u308b\u300f\uff081974\u5e74\uff09\u306e\u4e3b\u4eba\u516c\u3067\u30c7\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">\u666e\u6bb5\u306f\u5e7c\u5150\u7684\u3067\u3001\u7d46\u5275\u818f\u3092\u5265\u304c\u3057\u3066\u4e09\u3064\u76ee\u3092\u9732\u51fa\u3055\u305b\u308b\u3068\u72e1\u733e\u306a\u60aa\u5f79\u306b\u306a\u308b\u4e8c\u9762\u6027\u304c\u7279\u5fb4\u3060\u304c\u3001\u4ed6\u4f5c\u54c1\u3067\u306e\u30b2\u30b9\u30c8\u51fa\u6f14\u6642\u306b\u306f\u3082\u3063\u3071\u3089\u7d46\u5275\u818f\u3092\u8cbc\u3063\u305f\u307e\u307e\u30b3\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30d5\u3068\u3057\u3066\u6d3b\u8e8d\u3059\u308b\u3002<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">\u4e09\u3064\u76ee\u3092\u51fa\u3057\u305f\u72b6\u614b\u3067\u306e\u51fa\u6f14\u4f8b\u306f\u300e <a class=\"crosslink\" title=\"\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30e0\u30fb\u30ed\u30fc\u30ba\u306e\u610f\u5473\" href=\"https:\/\/translate.googleusercontent.com\/translate_c?anno=2&amp;depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;rurl=translate.google.ca&amp;sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http:\/\/www.weblio.jp\/content\/%25E3%2583%2597%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%25A0%25E3%2583%25BB%25E3%2583%25AD%25E3%2583%25BC%25E3%2582%25BA&amp;usg=ALkJrhjohhVB_MQ3Hy5sKNKEiM9pRU7QxQ\">\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30e0\u30fb\u30ed\u30fc\u30ba<\/a> \u300f\uff08 <a class=\"crosslink\" title=\"1982\u5e74\u306e\u610f\u5473\" href=\"https:\/\/translate.googleusercontent.com\/translate_c?anno=2&amp;depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;rurl=translate.google.ca&amp;sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http:\/\/www.weblio.jp\/content\/1982%25E5%25B9%25B4&amp;usg=ALkJrhgYMYdwaCX1X858LfLkGgHR85PwXA\">1982\u5e74<\/a> \uff09\u300e\u30df\u30c3\u30c9\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\u300f\uff081986\u5e74\uff09\u306a\u3069\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hosuke Sharaku (Sharaku Fukai)<br \/>\nThe skin head, plaster of \u00d7 mark to hide the third eye of the amount of trade-mark character. It debuted in the hero of &#8220;The Three-eyed One&#8221; (1974). Usually the infantile, but duality is features and expose become cunning villain the third and peel off the bandage, to be active as comic relief while exclusively put a bandage during guest appearances in other works. Such as the appearance example in the state that issued the third is &#8220;Prime Rose&#8221; (1982), &#8220;Midnight&#8221; (1986).<\/p>\n<p>\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u300c <a class=\"crosslink\" title=\"\u4e09\u3064\u76ee\u304c\u3068\u304a\u308b\u306e\u610f\u5473\" href=\"https:\/\/translate.googleusercontent.com\/translate_c?anno=2&amp;depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;rurl=translate.google.ca&amp;sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http:\/\/www.weblio.jp\/content\/%25E4%25B8%2589%25E3%2581%25A4%25E7%259B%25AE%25E3%2581%258C%25E3%2581%25A8%25E3%2581%258A%25E3%2582%258B&amp;usg=ALkJrhj6P7tgv91dMdRLNcz4kbm-tgKiug\">\u4e09\u3064\u76ee\u304c\u3068\u304a\u308b#\u4e3b\u8981\u4eba\u7269<\/a> \u300d\u3092\u53c2\u7167<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Distinguishing Features<\/h3>\n<p>Coming Soon!<\/p>\n<h3>Manga Appearances<\/h3>\n<p>If you spot an appearance not already listed, please let us know in the comments section below!<\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<h4>1974<\/h4>\n<p><em>The Three-Eyed One<\/em>\u00a0as &#8220;Hosuke Sharaku a.k.a. The Three-Eyed One&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=174\"><em>Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (\u201cPure Chinese Restaurant\u201d) as \u201cthe hotel clerck&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=596\"><em>Buddha<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as \u201cAsaji&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1975<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=174\"><em>Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (\u201cCon Man, Aspiring\u201d) as \u201cChikara,\u00a0the child&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=138\"><em>Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (&#8220;Astro Boy II&#8221;) as &#8220;a passer-by&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1976<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=174\"><em>Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (\u201cU-18 Knew\u201d) as \u201ca patient&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1978<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=174\"><em>Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (\u201cMove, Solomon!\u201d)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1981<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=778\"><em>Rainbow Parakeet<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(&#8220;Shuzenji&#8217;s Story&#8221;)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=778\"><em>Rainbow Parakeet<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(&#8220;Tartuffe&#8221;)\u00a0as &#8220;one of the people at the airport&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming Soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7427,"parent":6299,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[191,137,234],"class_list":["post-1273","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-star-system","tag-major-star","tag-boy-heroes","tag-the-three-eyed-one-cast","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6vZWu-kx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1273","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=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8424,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1273\/revisions\/8424"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}