Jin (manga)
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Motoka Murakami
, which was featured on Super Jump
during its original run from 2000 to 2010.
This has been adapted into a television series which was and will be broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System
twice; between October 11, 2009 and December 20, 2009 as 1st season, and between April 17, 2011 and June 26, 2011 as 2nd season.
The series is going to be broadcast in 80 countries in the world.
Through an encounter with historical characters, Jin sets up a small clinic Jin'yudo and saves those suffering from disease and injury with his medical skills.
Jin Minakata : Brain surgeon in present-day. Portrayed by Takao Osawa
.
Saki Tachibana : Daughter of samurai
family, a crew of Jin'yudo clinic. Portrayed by Haruka Ayase
.
Miki Tomonaga : Pediatrician, Jin's fiancée. Portrayed by Miki Nakatani. Appeared in the TV drama only.
Nokaze : Oiran
who bears an uncanny resemblance to Jin's fiancée. Portrayed by Miki Nakatani.
Kyotaro Tachibana : Hatamoto
, Saki's elder brother. Portrayed by Keisuke Koide.
Yusuke Saburi : Western doctor, a crew of Jin'yudo clinic. Portrayed by Kenta Kiritani.
Jun'an Yamada : Western doctor, a crew of Jin'yudo clinic. Portrayed by Hiromasa Taguchi.
Koan Ogata
: President of Western Medical School. Portrayed by Tetsuya Takeda.
Tatsugoro Shimmon : President of the fireservice. Portrayed by Atsuo Nakamura.
Ei Tachibana : Widow of samurai family, Kyotaro and Saki's mother. Portrayed by Yumi Aso.
Rintaro Katsu
: Vassal of the Tokugawa Shogunate
, Kyotaro and Ryoma's boss. Portrayed by Fumiyo Kohinata.
Ryoma Sakamoto : Loyalist in Tosa Province
. Portrayed by Masaaki Uchino.
Kichinosuke Saigo : Samurai in Satsuma Province
. Portrayed by Takahiro Fujimoto
.
Shusuke Higashi : Samurai in Choshu Province. Portrayed by Ryuta Sato.
Shintaro Nakaoka : Loyalist in Tosa Province. Portrayed by Kamejiro Ichikawa II.
Isami Kondo : President of Shinsengumi
. Portrayed by Kazufumi Miyazawa.
Princess Kazu : Wife of 14th shogun Iemochi
. Portrayed by Tomoka Kurokawa
.
Shozan Sakuma
: Politician
in Matsushiro Domain
, professor of Rintaro and Ryoma. Portrayed by Masachika Ichimura
.
Motoka Murakami
is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily shōnen manga. He won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Gakuto Retsuden in 1982 and the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, for shōnen for Musashi no Ken in 1984 and for general manga in 1996 for Ron, serialized in Big Comic Original from 1991 to 2006...
, which was featured on Super Jump
Super Jump
, is a biweekly manga anthology published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Released in Japan on December 20, 1986, the magazine provides serialized chapters of various seinen manga series. The manga series are published under the Jump Comics Deluxe imprint.- History :The magazine...
during its original run from 2000 to 2010.
This has been adapted into a television series which was and will be broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
twice; between October 11, 2009 and December 20, 2009 as 1st season, and between April 17, 2011 and June 26, 2011 as 2nd season.
The series is going to be broadcast in 80 countries in the world.
Plot
Jin Minakata, an ordinary brain surgeon, has an accident after his operation with an unidentified patient, and realizes that he has traveled back in time and reached the end of the Edo period.Through an encounter with historical characters, Jin sets up a small clinic Jin'yudo and saves those suffering from disease and injury with his medical skills.
Characters
Real characters have a linked article.Jin Minakata : Brain surgeon in present-day. Portrayed by Takao Osawa
Takao Osawa
is a Japanese actor and a producer. He began his career as a fashion model when he was a university student in 1987.He rose to prominence in a lead role on the television drama Heaven's Coins in 1995. He turned his focus to film roles from 2000.-Movies:...
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Saki Tachibana : Daughter of samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
family, a crew of Jin'yudo clinic. Portrayed by Haruka Ayase
Haruka Ayase
, born in Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 24, 1985, is a Japanese actress.-Career:In 1999, she successfully passed a Horipro audition. She first achieved widespread recognition for her starring roles in the short film Justice; in 2004 she rose to stardom as Aki in the TV series Crying Out Love, In...
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Miki Tomonaga : Pediatrician, Jin's fiancée. Portrayed by Miki Nakatani. Appeared in the TV drama only.
Nokaze : Oiran
Oiran
were courtesans in Japan. The oiran were considered a type of "woman of pleasure" or prostitute. However, they are distinguished from the yūjo in that they were entertainers, and many became celebrities of their times outside the pleasure districts...
who bears an uncanny resemblance to Jin's fiancée. Portrayed by Miki Nakatani.
Kyotaro Tachibana : Hatamoto
Hatamoto
A was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa...
, Saki's elder brother. Portrayed by Keisuke Koide.
Yusuke Saburi : Western doctor, a crew of Jin'yudo clinic. Portrayed by Kenta Kiritani.
Jun'an Yamada : Western doctor, a crew of Jin'yudo clinic. Portrayed by Hiromasa Taguchi.
Koan Ogata
Koan Ogata
was a Japanese physician who lived in the Edo period.He is well-known for importing Western medical knowledge into Japan during Japan's isolationist era , and for establishing the Tekijuku school that later developed into Osaka University in 1938...
: President of Western Medical School. Portrayed by Tetsuya Takeda.
Tatsugoro Shimmon : President of the fireservice. Portrayed by Atsuo Nakamura.
Ei Tachibana : Widow of samurai family, Kyotaro and Saki's mother. Portrayed by Yumi Aso.
Rintaro Katsu
Katsu Kaishu
was a Japanese statesman, naval engineer during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy by Sakuma Shōzan. He went through a series of given names throughout his life; his childhood name was and his real name was...
: Vassal of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...
, Kyotaro and Ryoma's boss. Portrayed by Fumiyo Kohinata.
Ryoma Sakamoto : Loyalist in Tosa Province
Tosa Province
is the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo and Awa Provinces. It was sometimes called .-History:The ancient capital was near modern Nankoku...
. Portrayed by Masaaki Uchino.
Kichinosuke Saigo : Samurai in Satsuma Province
Satsuma Province
was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Its abbreviation is Sasshū .During the Sengoku Period, Satsuma was a fief of the Shimazu daimyo, who ruled much of southern Kyūshū from their castle at Kagoshima city.In 1871, with the...
. Portrayed by Takahiro Fujimoto
Takahiro Fujimoto
is an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Fujimoto started his career as an actor...
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Shusuke Higashi : Samurai in Choshu Province. Portrayed by Ryuta Sato.
Shintaro Nakaoka : Loyalist in Tosa Province. Portrayed by Kamejiro Ichikawa II.
Isami Kondo : President of Shinsengumi
Shinsengumi
The were a special police force of the late shogunate period.-Historical background:After Japan opened up to the West following U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visits in 1853, its political situation gradually became more and more chaotic...
. Portrayed by Kazufumi Miyazawa.
Princess Kazu : Wife of 14th shogun Iemochi
Tokugawa Iemochi
was the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office 1858 to 1866. During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Commodore Perry in 1853 and 1854, and of the subsequent "re-opening" of...
. Portrayed by Tomoka Kurokawa
Tomoka Kurokawa
, is a Japanese actress. She graduated from Horikoshi High School on February 18, 2008. She has been attending Asia University since April 2008.-Drama:*Bloody Monday 2 as Hibiki*Mirai Koshi Meguru...
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Shozan Sakuma
Sakuma Shozan
sometimes called Sakuma Zōzan, was a Japanese politician and scholar of the Edo era. He was the son of a samurai, and a native of Shinshu in today's Nagano-ken.From the age of 23, he went to Edo and for 10 years studied Chinese sciences ....
: Politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
in Matsushiro Domain
Matsushiro Domain
The ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shinano Province. It was ruled for the majority of its history by the Sanada clan.-List of lords:*Mori clan #Tadamasa...
, professor of Rintaro and Ryoma. Portrayed by Masachika Ichimura
Masachika Ichimura
is a Japanese voice actor and musical singer. He was born in Kawagoe, Saitama. He is married to singer Ryoko Shinohara.-Movies:*Pokémon: The First Movie *The Nightmare Before Christmas...
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