Name: Kuro Hazama (Or Kuroo Hazama)
Alias: Black Jack
Meaning: It is unknown how Black Jack got his nickname and/or what it could mean. Usual assumptions include: because parts of his skin are black, a reference to the card game of the same name (a game of chance, much like difficult medical operations), a reference to the Jack rank in a deck of cards, possibly a reference to a heavy club weapon of the same name (after WW2, the Japanese learned to dread the "burakku jakku" of the US police and military), or possibly from his first name, which in Japanese is written with the characters for "black" and "man"; since jack is also a term for a man, these two characters would translate to "Black Jack."
Species: Skunk
Age: Unknown, possibly 30s-40s
Hair: Black-and-white
Eyes: Brown
Height: Unknown
Description: Black Jack is a medical mercenary, selling his skills to the highest bidder. He is a shadowy figure, with a black cloak, eerie black-and-white hair, a scar across his face and partially black skin. Black Jack cures patients indiscriminately, from common folk to presidents and yakuza leaders. To his VIP patients, he charges absurd sums. All this has given him a reputation for callousness and greed which he gleefully cultivates. However, it is clear that Black Jack actually is a good man: he is anti-wealth and anti-prestige, and believes he is actually doing rich people a favour by removing their material wealth.
When he was a child, a bomb destroyed his home, killing his mother and giving him a lust for revenge. Kuro's body was nearly torn to shreds, but Dr. Jotaro Honma rescued him thanks to miraculous surgery. Marked by this experience, Kuro decided to become a surgeon himself, taking the name of Black Jack. Despite his surgical genius, he has chosen never to obtain a surgical licence, operating instead in the shadows. He scorns such things as licenses as a meaningless symbols of social status, preferring to live in anonymity. He is based in a secret private clinic far away from the city, but frequently travels to hospitals around the world to covertly assist terminally ill patients.
Black Jack is represented by the colour crimson.
