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Salary Man Kintaro (Japanese: サラリーマン金太郎, Hepburn: Sararīman Kintarō) is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Motomiya. It was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 1994 to 2002, with many periods of inactivity during its run. Salary Man Kintaro had sold over 30 million copies in print.

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Salary Man Kintaro
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Kintaro Yajima
サラリーマン金太郎 (Sarariiman Kintarō)
Manga
Written by	Hiroshi Motomiya
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Manga Planet (digital)
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1994 – 2002
Volumes	30
Live-action film
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Studio	Toho
Released	November 13, 1999
Runtime	110 minutes
Television drama
Original network	TBS
Original run	1999 – 2004
Episodes	44 (+ 1 special)
Anime television series
Directed by	Tomoharu Katsumata
Produced by	Tetsuo Gensei Hiroshi Shigekawa Tōru Nakano Satoshi Kubo Kisei Takahashi
Written by	Sukehiro Tomita
Music by	Kenichi Kamio
Studio	JCF
Original network	BS-i
Original run	February 18, 2001 – March 18, 2001
Episodes	20
Manga
Shin Salaryman Kintarō
Written by	Hiroshi Motomiya
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2009 – 2011
Volumes	7

The manga follows Kintaro Yajima, a former bōsōzoku leader who, as a promise to his late wife, has become a salaryman. In 2005, Kintaro went from working as a salaryman to working for a foreign bank.

In 2005, Salary Man Kintaro began appearing as an online comic and eventually returned to Young Jump.

While the manga is not available in print in English, all 30 volumes and part of the sequel had been translated into English and were available through the Comic Friends Facebook app. However, in December 2018 Comic Friends announced that it would no longer be doing business in America.[1] In July 2020, manga subscription service Manga Planet had announced that they had licensed the manga.[2]

Characters

Kintaro Yajima (矢島金太郎, Yajima Kintarou)

The protagonist of the series, a high school dropout and former bōsōzoku who retired to become a fisherman, but after he saved Morinosuke Yamato he was offered a job at Yamato Construction in the sales department.

Misuzu Yajima (矢島美鈴, Yajima Misuzu)

Née Suenaga (末永). A high class woman who once had an affair with the late politician Seishirō Kuroda (黒田征四郎, Kuroda Seishirou). She still has strong political and financial connections and later becomes Kintaro's wife.

Ryuta Yajima (矢島竜太, Yajima Ryuta)

The son of Kintaro and his late wife Akemi.

Mimi Suenaga (末永美々, Suenaga Mimi)

The daughter of Misuzu from her affair with Kuroda.

Akemi Yajima (矢島明美, Yajima Akemi)

Kintaro's first wife, a kind blind woman who dies giving birth to Ryuta.

Morinosuke Yamato (大和守之助, Yamato Morinosuke)

One of the many men that Kintaro saves. Chairman of Yamato Construction. He believes in Kintaro all the way.

Genzō Ōshima (大島源造, Genzou Ooshima)

Yūsaku Kurokawa (黒川優作, Kurokawa Yuusaku)

Ryūzō Igō (伊郷龍蔵, Igou Ryuuzou)

Media

Live-action film

Live-action TV series

Seasons

• January 10 – March 21, 1999: Salary Man Kintaro (11 episodes, average rating: 19.0%)^{[citation needed]}
• October 3, 1999: Salary Man Kintaro Special
• April 9 – July 2, 2000: Salary Man Kintaro 2 (12 episodes, average rating: 16.3%)^{[citation needed]}
• January 6 – March 17, 2002: Salary Man Kintaro 3 (11 episodes, average rating: 15.5%)^{[citation needed]}
• January 15 – March 18, 2004: Salary Man Kintaro 4 (10 episodes, average rating: 11.2%)^{[citation needed]}

Cast

The main cast from the film version returned for the television series.

Theme songs

• Season 1: "Kibou no Kane ga Naru Asa ni" (希望の鐘が鳴る朝に, "The Bell of Hope Is Ringing in the Morning") (The Alfee)
• Season 2: "Kizuna" (キズナ, "Bonds") (Tetsurō Oda)
• Season 3: "Atsuku Nare!" (熱くなれ!, "A Hot Time!") (Katsunori Takahashi)
• Season 4: "Kibou no Hashi" (希望の橋, "Bridge of Hope") (The Alfee)

Anime television series

Cast

• Kintaro Yajima: Taisei Miyamoto
• Misuzu Suenaga: Atsuko Tanaka
• Mimi Suenaga: Ryōka Yuzuki
• Morinosuke Yamato: Kiyoshi Kawakuba
• Genzo Oshima: Takeshi Watabe
• Yusaku Kurokawa: Nachi Nozawa
• Ryuzo Igo: Kōsei Tomita
• Kayo Nakamura: Seiko Tomoe
• Ichiro Maeda: Kōichi Nagano
• Masakazu Tanaka: Tomoyuki Kōno
• Hiroshi Kaminaga: Katsuhisa Hōki
• Takashi Shiina: Kunihiko Yasui
• Mamoru Mizuki: Nobuaki Sekine
• Kyoko Sakurai: Masako Katsuki

Theme songs

• Opening Theme: "Jikuu ~Toki no Sora~" (時空～ときのそら～, "A Space of Time") (Yumi Matsuzawa)
• Ending Theme: "Heaven ~Boku no Naka no Tengoku~" (Heaven～僕の中の天国～, "We're in Heaven") (Norishige Takahashi)

The anime was available subtitled on DVD through Arts Magic.

References

External links

• Salaryman Kintarou (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Salaryman Kintarou (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Salaryman Kintarou at IMDb
• Salaryman Kintarou 2
• Salaryman Kintarou 3
• Salaryman Kintarou 4
• Salaryman Kintarou（TBS Drama Archive）
• Salaryman Kintarou 2（TBS Drama Archive）

На других языках

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- [en] Salary Man Kintaro

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[ru] Salaryman Kintaro

Salaryman Kintaro (яп. サラリーマン金太郎 Сарариман Кинтаро, Служащий Кинтаро) — манга, автором которой является Хироси Митимия. Впервые публиковалась в журнале Weekly Young Jump с 1994 года. Несмотря на то, что манга никогда не издавалась на английском языке, она официально переведена компанией Comic Friends все 30 томов доступны для чтения на Facebook, однако вскоре компания заявила о своём закрытии.[1]

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