Aritake Chikara

The ubiquitous Chikara Aritake is a low-key but extremely talented support player. While he doesn’t have what it takes to be a star, he is essentially a stable guy whose appearance allows you to breathe a sigh of relief. He is a specialist at playing an almost infinite of minor parts, both good and evil, military and civilian, scientist and patient. Tezuka Osamu himself went so far as to say, “I drew Chikara without really being aware of it,” which seems to indicate that his creator also recognized this stalwart s…