is a Japanese
manga
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series by
Hiroshi Motomiya Hiroshi Motomiya (, born June 25, 1947) is a Japanese manga artist. He is from Chiba Prefecture.
Moto Kikaku
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. It was serialized in
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The fol ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Weekly Young Jump
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...
'' from 1994 to 2002, with many periods of inactivity during its run. Salary Man Kintaro had sold over 30 million copies in print.
The manga follows Kintaro Yajima, a former
bōsōzoku leader who, as a promise to his late wife, has become a
salaryman
In Japan, a is a salaried worker. In Japanese popular culture, this is embodied by a white-collar worker who shows overriding loyalty and commitment to the corporation where he works.
Salarymen are expected to work long hours, to put in addit ...
. In 2005, Kintaro went from working as a salaryman to working for a
foreign bank.
In 2005, ''Salary Man Kintaro'' began appearing as an
online comic
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Webcomics can be co ...
and eventually returned to ''Young Jump''.
While the manga is not available in print in English, all 30 volumes and part of the sequel had been translated into English and were available through the Comic Friends Facebook app. However, in December 2018 Comic Friends announced that it would no longer be doing business in America. In July 2020, manga subscription service Manga Planet had announced that they had licensed the manga.
Characters
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: The protagonist of the series, a
high school dropout
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Canada
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and former
bōsōzoku who retired to become a
fisherman
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Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers. Fishers may be professional or rec ...
, but after he saved Morinosuke Yamato he was offered a job at Yamato Construction in the sales department.
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: Née . A high class woman who once had an affair with the late politician . She still has strong political and financial connections and later becomes Kintaro's wife.
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: The son of Kintaro and his late wife Akemi.
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: The daughter of Misuzu from her affair with Kuroda.
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: Kintaro's first wife, a kind
blind woman who dies giving birth to Ryuta.
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: One of the many men that Kintaro saves. Chairman of Yamato Construction. He believes in Kintaro all the way.
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Media
Live-action film
Live-action TV series
; Seasons
* January 10 – March 21, 1999: Salary Man Kintaro (11 episodes, average rating: 19.0%)
* October 3, 1999: Salary Man Kintaro Special
* April 9 – July 2, 2000: Salary Man Kintaro 2 (12 episodes, average rating: 16.3%)
* January 6 – March 17, 2002: Salary Man Kintaro 3 (11 episodes, average rating: 15.5%)
* January 15 – March 18, 2004: Salary Man Kintaro 4 (10 episodes, average rating: 11.2%)
; Cast
The main cast from the film version returned for the television series.
; Theme songs
* Season 1: (
The Alfee
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Histor ...
)
* Season 2: (
Tetsurō Oda
is a Japanese composer, record producer, and singer-songwriter.
Oda gained prominence as a songwriter in Japan during the late 1980s. He composed over 50 top-ten hit singles on the Japanese Oricon chart during the 1990s, including 12 that have ...
)
* Season 3: (
Katsunori Takahashi
is a Japanese singer and actor who is represented by the talent agency, K-Dash.
Filmography TV series
Films
Awards
References
External links
*
Official profile
Japanese male actors
Japanese male singers
1964 births
Living peop ...
)
* Season 4: (The Alfee)
Anime television series
; Cast
* Kintaro Yajima:
Taisei Miyamoto Taisei may refer to:
* , a historical Japanese name for the " Far West", aka Europe
* Taisei (given name)
* Taisei (Ryukyu), a chief of the Ryūkyū Islands
*Taisei Corporation, a construction company
*Taisei Yokusankai
The , or Imperial Aid ...
* Misuzu Suenaga:
Atsuko Tanaka
* Mimi Suenaga:
Ryōka Yuzuki
is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime including Satsuki Kiryūin in '' Kill la Kill'', Ino Yamanaka in '' Naruto'' and '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', Shamal in ''Magical Girl Lyri ...
* Morinosuke Yamato:
Kiyoshi Kawakuba
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.
Possible meanings
*''Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry
*Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific
Possible writings
*清, "cleanse"
*淳, "pure"
*潔, "undefiled"
*清志, ...
* Genzo Oshima:
Takeshi Watabe
was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kōchi Prefecture. He usually played villains and performed the voices for many ''anime'' characters and ''tokusatsu'' villains. He is most famous for voicing Kaminari in ''Doraemon''. He took ...
* Yusaku Kurokawa:
Nachi Nozawa
* Ryuzo Igo:
Kōsei Tomita
was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo Prefecture who was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. He voiced Doraemon in the first half of the original 1973 ''Doraemon'' series. He voiced Shunsaku Ban, also known as Mus ...
* Kayo Nakamura:
Seiko Tomoe
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* Ichiro Maeda: Kōichi Nagano
* Masakazu Tanaka:
Tomoyuki Kōno
* Hiroshi Kaminaga:
Katsuhisa Hōki
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Nagasaki Prefecture. He is affiliated with Aoni Production. His former stage name is . He is best known for his roles in '' Transformers: Armada'' (as Smokescreen), ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' (as Te ...
* Takashi Shiina:
Kunihiko Yasui
is a Japanese voice actor who graduated from the Aichi Prefecture. He is employed by the talent agency 81 Produce. He was also asked by SNK to participate as a member of SNK's character image band, ''Band of Fighters'' based on the game series ' ...
* Mamoru Mizuki:
Nobuaki Sekine
was a Japanese voice actor.
Notable voice roles Anime
*Animation Kikou Marco Polo no Boken as Varieties
* Avenger as Old Man
*Case Closed as Shitara
* Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 as Gaohai (eps 1 - 3)
*Gintama as Superior (Ep. 84–85 ...
* Kyoko Sakurai:
Masako Katsuki
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator formerly affiliated with Theater Echo and now with 81 Produce. Following her debut in ''Shiroi Kiba: White Fang Monotagari'' as the role of Mary Scott, Katsuki has lent her voice to several notabl ...
;Theme songs
* Opening Theme: (
Yumi Matsuzawa
is a Japanese singer from Fujimi, Saitama. She is best known for her debut release, "You Get to Burning", the opening theme for ''Martian Successor Nadesico'', as well as the movie version's theme song "Dearest" and the song "Chikyuugi", the op ...
)
* Ending Theme: (
Norishige Takahashi)
The anime was available subtitled on DVD through
Arts Magic.
References
External links
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1994 manga
1999 Japanese television series debuts
2001 anime television series debuts
Business in anime and manga
Films directed by Takashi Miike
Japanese drama television series
Manga adapted into films
Nichiyō Gekijō
Seinen manga
Shueisha manga
Shueisha franchises
TBS Television (Japan) dramas