Tobio Katsumoto (character)

Tobio Katsumoto (Japanese: 勝本 飛夫) is the fictional title character of The Ballad of Tobio manga and subsequent adaptations. Created by Osamu Tezuka, although he resembles Tobio Tenma from Tezuka's Astro Boy franchise, according to Tezuka in a 1981 interview, he is not the exact same Tobio from that series, though he also says he's more of a character persona as per the Tezuka Star System. he was introduced in 1962 as a guest character for a Rock Holmes story "The Knockout Kid" before appearing in his own manga in 1965, he is depicted as an orphaned street kid who is discovered by a trainer after seeing him in a fight and under his wing, becomes a Featherweight prizefighter, throughout the manga he is seen overcoming obstacles that occur throughout his life, eventually finding his purpose in life despite his troubles.

He has appeared in various media such as the 1975 Live Action movie, the 1979 Anime, the 1980 TV sitcom Day After Day, Toby & Hannah's Christmas in Japan and various video games, in 2015 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, so far being the only fictional character to receive the honor.