Character Sketch
Tenma was a renowned roboticist and the Japanese Minister of Science, who was described by Tezuka in Volume 7 of the manga this way:
- "Dr. Tenma was born into a long line of horseradish farmers, in the particularly unlucky year of the horse, in Gunma ("horse herd") prefecture. Real name is Umataro ("horse-boy"). Graduated from the university of Nerima ("walking horse"), and though a complete dark horse, through an amazing demonstration of intellectual power rose to be the head of the ministry of science—in an area of Tokyo known as Takadanobaba, which loosely translates into a "high pasture for horses". Among those wishing to unseat him, he is known as a real horse of a different color.".
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