Shiitake
Model Doctor
A veteran doctor who has worked at Manaka Hospital for over 20 years. Due to his humble nature and lack of ambition for promotion or power, he was treated as window tribe within the hospital, but his medical skills are exceptional.
Quotes
- If a doctor prioritizes greed, it's over.
Trivia
- A veteran doctor who has worked at Manaka Hospital for over 20 years, yet content with being treated as window tribe within the hospital.
- One of the few people evaluated by Black Jack as a model doctor.
- A rare doctor who avoids promotion battles and shows no interest in power struggles.
- His medical techniques are reliable, and Black Jack himself has called them 'magnificent.'
Alternate names
shiitake
Profile
- Species
- Human
- Gender
- Male
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- A small-statured man in early old age. He has a modest presence with no intimidating aura and a calm atmosphere.
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Humble
- Detailed personality
- Extremely humble and quiet personality. He has no desire for promotion or power and does not complain even when treated as window tribe. He is unflappable and steadfastly upholds his beliefs without being swayed by power struggles.
- Keywords
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- humble
- quiet
- excellent
- model doctor
- unambitious
- unflappable
- Motto
- If a doctor prioritizes greed, it's over.
- Talents
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- medical techniques
- surgical procedures
- Skills
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- Long years of experience as a doctor
- Motivation
- To earnestly continue practicing medicine. To use his skills for patients without getting involved in power struggles.
History
- Backstory
- A veteran doctor who has worked at Manaka Hospital for over 20 years. Due to his humble personality, he was treated as window tribe within the hospital, but his medical skills are praised as 'magnificent' even by protagonist Black Jack. Amid the chaos where the hospital's prominent doctors were arrested in a bribery scandal related to the hospital director election, he calmly continued his work and earned recognition as a true doctor.
- Work title
- Black Jack
- Media type
- Manga
- Episode or chapter
- Sixth Magnitude Star
Hospital Director Election and Bribery Scandal
- Significant event
- Hospital Director Election and Bribery Scandal
- Description
- Amid the bribery incident tied to the next hospital director election where many doctors were arrested, Shiitake calmly continued his work as a doctor unaffected, eventually earning proper recognition from those around him.
Recognition from Surgery on Critical Patient
- Significant event
- Recognition from Surgery on Critical Patient
- Description
- During the chaos of the hospital director election, he performed surgery on a critically ill patient injured in a fireworks accident launch and received proper recognition from those around him for the first time.
Media appearances
Black Jack (TV Anime)
Anime / Supporting
Black Jack
Manga / Supporting
Voice cast and creators
Osamu Kobayashi
- Voice actor
- Osamu Kobayashi
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV Anime
Kozo Shioya
- Voice actor
- Kozo Shioya
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- Internet Anime
Osamu Tezuka
- Creator name
- Osamu Tezuka
- Role
- Original author