Jiro Osamu (New Earth)

Jiro Osamu
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Jiro Osamu
Other Aliases	Batman Japan
Affiliation	Batman Incorporated
Base Of Operations	Tokyo, Japan
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	Japanese
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Adventurer
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Black
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Grant Morrison · Yanick Paquette
First Appearance	Batman Incorporated #1 (January, 2011)

Guns are for cowards.

— Jiro Osamu

History

The body double of the Japanese costumed adventurer known as Mister Unknown, Jiro has helped his senior partner for years. However, recently they were attacked by Lord Death Man, a masked criminal who disfigured Mister Unknown with acid before killing him. Jiro was targeted as well, when his girlfriend was kidnapped and fed to an octopus, before being rescued by Catwoman. While Jiro's girlfriend was taken to a hospital, she angrily breaks up with Jiro for not telling her that his boss was Mr. Unknown. Jiro was approached by Batman, who had came to Japan to offer Mr. Unknown a position in Batman Incorporated. Jiro tried to take the offer, but Batman refuses, saying that Jiro used a gun and a rule in Batman Incorporated is "no guns." Regardless, Jiro took up the mantle of Mister Unknown and helped Batman in defeating Lord Death Man and saving Aquazon of the Super Young Team. Thereafter, Batman gave Jiro a three-month probation period to be Tokyo's Batman and a member of Batman Incorporated.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Acrobatics
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)
• Gadgetry

Trivia

• Jiro's name is a combination of two famous manga artists, Osamu Tezuka and Jiro Kuwata, the latter of which is famous for creating the superhero 8 Man and a 1966 Batman manga series made during the '66 television series run in Japan.
• The design of Jiro's costume is loosely based on the manga version of Kamen Rider 1 and Battle Kenya from Battle Fever J.
• He shares his first name with the main protagonist of the "Android Kikaider" series, created by Shotaro Ishinomori who also created Kamen Rider.
  

Recommended Reading

• Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
• Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)

Related

• 4 Appearances of Jiro Osamu (New Earth)
• 16 Images featuring Jiro Osamu (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Jiro Osamu (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Jiro Osamu (New Earth)

Footnotes

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