Character
Hige Oyaji
伴 俊作 / ヒゲオヤジ
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Biography
Also known as
- Ban Shunsaku
- Tetsu
- Higeoyaji
- Detective Mustachio
- Mustache-Daddy
- Albert
- Ed
A recurrent character in the works of Osamu Tezuka, especially Astro Boy and Metropolis, and a part of Osamu Tezuka's Star System.
Higeoyaji appears in Astro Boy as a school teacher and detective who asserts the rights of robots, but he also frequently plays as a detective in other stories too. His many roles are a lawyer, sushi bar chef, teacher, politician, judo expert, even (in Rainbow Parakeet) a butterfly!
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