Jo Shimamura

Tetsuo Hara drew four of the heroes of Cyborg 009, Shotaro Ishinomori’s series, in colour. Jo Shimamura stands in the centre, with his blond fringe, yellow scarf and red uniform, with Françoise Arnoul (003) on the left, and Geronimo Jr. (005) and Chang Changku (006) at the top right. The illustration was printed on a folding fan, photographed next to one by another artist, which suggests a series of fans by several artists. The original occasion has yet to be identified. Around 2005, the programme Trivia no Izumi (Fuji TV) showed the drawing under the caption “『北斗の拳』の原哲夫が描いた009”. According to viewers’ recollections, the trivia pointed out that Hara’s Jo looked exactly like Kenshiro.