Akudo
One of BJ's first patients
Nikura's son who suffered severe injuries and became one of Black Jack's first patients. Due to the accident, most of his body became unusable, requiring a transplant of a young body. In reality, he himself was killed during the surgery, and after the surgery, the body donor Devi had his face altered to impersonate him.
Quotes
- “Surgery on a guy whose body and soul are both rotten is pointless.” - Black Jack
Trivia
- Akudo's body secretly died after surgery, and Devi had plastic surgery to impersonate him.
- In the TV anime version, Akudo dies before the surgery.
- In the live-action drama version, the name is changed to Shunto Furukawa, and the setting to a drug-addicted son.
Alternate names
Akudo
Nikura's son
Bosozoku's son
Profile
- Species
- human
- Gender
- Male
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- A young man who repeatedly engaged in reckless driving as a delinquent youth.
- Distinguishing features
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- Suffered severe injuries, losing most bodily functions
- Iconic items
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- Personal car (during reckless driving)
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Rowdy
- Detailed personality
- A notorious delinquent with a violent personality that even the police couldn't easily touch. As the son of the tycoon businessman Nikura, he lived a luxurious life, but his reckless driving led to an accident.
- Keywords
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- delinquent
- reckless driving
- selfish
- severe injury
- son
- Talents
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- Driving skills (reckless driving)
- Motivation
- Desired a free life and acted in a self-centered manner.
History
- Backstory
- The only son of businessman Nikura, known as a delinquent. He suffered a life-threatening severe injury from a traffic accident caused by reckless driving. Through his father's influence, he underwent surgery by Black Jack, but most of his body was unusable, requiring a transplant of a young body. The surgery sacrificed the donor Devi, and in reality, the real person was secretly executed by BJ. In the TV anime version, he dies before the story begins.
- Work title
- Black Jack
- Media type
- Manga
- Episode or chapter
- Where is the doctor!?
Traffic accident
- Significant event
- Traffic accident
- Description
- After reckless driving, caused a major accident and suffered severe injuries.
Black Jack's surgery
- Significant event
- Black Jack's surgery
- Description
- Underwent surgery using another person's body to reconstruct his mostly lost body, but actually died.
Post-surgery switch
- Significant event
- Post-surgery switch
- Description
- After surgery, the body donor Devi underwent plastic surgery and appeared to the world as him.
Relationships
Nikura
Father
One of the world's leading tycoons. An extreme villain who won't hesitate to commit injustice for his son Akudo.
Mother
Media appearances
Black Jack
Manga / Supporting
Original manga
Black Jack (TV anime)
Anime / Supporting
TV anime version "Where is the doctor!?"
Black Jack live-action version
Movie / Supporting
2024 live-action drama version
Voice cast and creators
Shōtarō Morikubo
- Voice actor
- Shōtarō Morikubo
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV anime version
Ryōsuke Mikata
- Voice actor
- Ryōsuke Mikata
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- 2024 live-action version
Osamu Tezuka
- Creator name
- Osamu Tezuka
- Role
- Original author