{"id":6881,"date":"2015-10-05T04:54:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T04:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=6881"},"modified":"2023-02-07T03:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T03:19:16","slug":"daisuke-%e2%98%85","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=6881","title":{"rendered":"Daisuke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"also-known\">Also known as \u5927\u52a9 (Daisuke)<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/star-daisuke.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/star-daisuke.png 150w, https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/star-daisuke-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/star-daisuke-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Hello, My Name (in English) is\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Disuke&#8217;s name has no known special meaning.<\/p>\n<h3>Distinguishing Features<\/h3>\n<p>Usually wearing his patented black-with-large-white-round-buttons school uniform, Daisuke is a chubby boy with short, spiked black hair. \u00a0He is often seen wearing a slightly bemused expression.<\/p>\n<h3>Status: Minor\u00a0Star (\u2605)<\/h3>\n<p>Despite being a bit dim-witted, Daisuke made a career out of playing an earnest and well-meaning, but slightly bumbling school boy. \u00a0Loyal to a fault, he is almost universally cast as a friend to the main protagonist. \u00a0However, despite his best intentions, his attempts to help usually find a way to go astray and he is just as likely to cause more trouble as get out of it.<\/p>\n<h3>Notable Roles<\/h3>\n<p>His debut, and namesake role came when he was cast as Rock&#8217;s friend &#8220;Daisuke&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=30\"><em>The Adventure of Rock<\/em> (1952-54)<\/a>. \u00a0However he is probably best remembered for having played both sides of polar-opposite twin brother, &#8220;Eizo&#8221; and &#8220;Eiji&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=3013\"><em>The Devil of the Earth<\/em> (1954)<\/a>. \u00a0He also pops up in <a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=220\"><em>Captain Ken<\/em> (1960-61)<\/a> as a nameless informant, among several other roles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\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<hr \/>\n<h4>1952<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=30\"><em>The Adventure of Ro<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=30\"><em>ck<\/em><\/a> as &#8220;Daisuke&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenix.to\/52\/52-21.html\">\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Volcano Island Boy<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1953<\/h4>\n<p><em>The 13 Secrets<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1954<\/h4>\n<p><em><a title=\"Devil of the Earth Manga\" href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=3013\">The Devil of the Earth<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>as\u00a0&#8220;the twin brothers,\u00a0Eizo\u00a0and\u00a0Eiji&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1955<\/h4>\n<p><em>Chief Detective Kenichi<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cThe Case of the Gorilla\u201d) as \u201cthe boy at the circus\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1960<\/h4>\n<p><em><a title=\"Captain Ken Manga\" href=\"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=220\">Captain Ken<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>as &#8220;the boy who helps Captain Ken&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Dream of the Universe<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>1961<\/h4>\n<p><em>The Ant and the Giant <\/em>as &#8220;the victim&#8217;s child&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being a bit dim-witted, Daisuke made a career out of playing an earnest and well-meaning, but slightly bumbling school boy.  Loyal to a fault, he is almost universally cast as a friend to the main protagonist.  However, despite his best intentions, his attempts to help usually find a way to go astray and he is just as likely to cause more trouble as get out of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6906,"parent":6249,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[130,255],"class_list":["post-6881","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-star-system","tag-minor-star","tag-the-adventure-of-rock-cast","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6vZWu-1MZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6881","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=6881"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12466,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6881\/revisions\/12466"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}