Aritake Chikara

The ubiquitous Chikara Aritake is a lowkey but extremely talented support player. While he doesnt 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 stability. As such his appearance list reads like an index of Tezukas manga works and he frequently plays two or even three parts in the same story. While this might create some confusion for new readers his presence is so neutral that he usually just fades almost unnoticed into the background. In Japanese chikara arittake means every little bit of power a strong name for a guy who is as steady as a rock. Source: Tezukainenglish