Koren
BJ's half-sister and the woman who lost her life for her brother
Black Jack's half-sister and a tragic figure who shielded her brother BJ from retaliatory gangsters, losing her life. Amid the conflicts between her biological mother and father, and the family's complicated circumstances, she harbored complex feelings toward her brother, but ultimately sacrificed herself out of strong affection for him.
Quotes
- "Onii-san..."
Trivia
- Koren shielded her brother BJ from retaliatory gangsters' gunfire and lost her life.
- BJ did not fully understand until the end that she was his half-sister, and her existence was treated like a shadow.
Alternate names
Profile
- Species
- Human
- Gender
- Female
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- Young woman. There is almost no detailed description of her appearance, but she is assumed to have inherited her father's looks.
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Devoted
- Detailed personality
- She initially targets the inheritance toward her brother BJ and holds him in contempt, but gradually understands his true feelings, senses the sibling bond, and ultimately possesses such strong love that she shields him from retaliatory gunfire, losing her life. Emotionally deep, she showed intense anger and indignation toward family issues.
- Keywords
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- Devoted
- Family-oriented
- Strong emotions
- Brave
- Tragic
- Motivation
- To protect her brother. To escape the family's complicated problems and resolve misunderstandings with her brother.
History
- Backstory
- Half-sister of Maekuro Otoko (BJ), raised amid conflicts involving her father's other family and gangsters. In the dispute over her father's inheritance, she keeps distance from her brother but becomes outraged and proactive when he is kidnapped by gangsters. At her brother's crisis, she shields him at the risk of her life and falls to bullets.
- Debut date
- 1973
- Work title
- Black Jack
- Media type
- Manga
Gangster kidnapping and retaliation
- Significant event
- Gangster kidnapping and retaliation
- Description
- Involved in the incident where her brother is kidnapped by gangsters over her father's inheritance dispute. After learning that her mother orchestrated the brother's kidnapping, she becomes enraged and takes action to rescue her brother.
Shields brother and receives gunfire
- Significant event
- Shields brother and receives gunfire
- Description
- She shields her brother from the retaliatory gangsters' attack, collapses from bullets, and loses her life. At the moment of death, she calls her brother 'Onii-san,' but he mistakes her for a stranger.
Relationships
Renka
Mother
Koren's mother. BJ's father's mistress, who plotted to eliminate the brother to secure inheritance for her daughter.
Black Jack (Maekuro Otoko)
Sibling
Half-brother. There were initial misunderstandings and distance between them, but ultimately she felt the sibling bond and lost her life shielding her brother.
Media appearances
Black Jack
Manga / Supporting
Serialization started in 1973
Black Jack (TV Anime)
Anime / Supporting
Aired in 1993
Voice cast and creators
Houko Kuwashima
- Voice actor
- Houko Kuwashima
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV anime version
Osamu Tezuka
- Creator name
- Osamu Tezuka
- Role
- Original author