Dekapan

**Dekapan**, created by Fujio Akatsuka and Kenichiro Takai, is a supporting cast member of Osomatsu-kun and part of Akatsuka's Star System.

## Overview

Dekapan was created to be a more sensible "friendly uncle"-type adult figure for the Sextuplets and Chibita when compared against Iyami, but as with the nature of the Star System, he is not necessarily meant to stay in this role.

In fact, in stories where Iyami may be more of a heroic role, Dekapan can instead play the villain. Alternatively, he can also be as wicked as Iyami with there being no good figure between either of them.

## Physical Appearance

Dekapan is a short, heavy and brawny middle-aged man with a bald creased scalp, upon which several small hairs are arranged in a "Mt. Fuji" style. His dot eyes, thick mustache, and single bucktooth are also key identifying points, but the most distinctive of all would be his large striped boxers.

These very boxers, the "dekai pantsu", are able to store any necessary objects; tools, food, money, live animals like cats, and anything he needs in a story. According to Fujio Pro, the clothing happens to simply be super wide and accommodating for all these items, and there is no super-dimensional trickery involved.

Dekapan will often wear the boxers all year round, but there are earlier instances in stories where he can be seen fully-dressed. When he goes to swim, he will conveniently wear black swim shorts beneath the boxers.

## Personality

He is an easy-going, big-hearted type of man who is usually in a reasonable if eccentric authority figure role such as that of a scientist, a policeman, doctor, and so on. He enjoys pets like cats and dogs, but sees no difference in treating a child like Chibita as anything different from an animal in certain stories.

His large boxers tend to be of use, but the children will either find such a holding place strange or think nothing of it at all. It is also common for him to be a rich man, even a millionaire.

### Speech

Dekapan often chuckles a "Hoe hoe", and ends in his sentences in "dasu".

## Relationships with Other Characters

### Son (Cat's Eye News)

Dekapan is once shown with a young school-aged child in a strip of this comic.

Although his profile in *Burst of Laughter World-zansu* claims he has no family members, this may sometimes differ depending on the setting in an Akatsuka work. This is a rare time when a newly-created character can be seen related to him.

### Son (The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi)

One guest appearance by Dekapan has him depicted among a group of angry fathers who want revenge on Kogoro Hakuchi for beating up their sons. Dekapan's son is shown as a small boy with a pointy, mountain-shaped head.

## Appearances in other works

*See also: Akatsuka's Star System*

* *Songo-kun*
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Original, Nakayoshi remake)
* *Otasuke-kun*
* *Leave it to Chota*
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *Meanness Contest*
* *Kantaro*
* *Chibita-kun*
* *2nd Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *The Irritable Family*
* *The Monkey's Foolish Guardman*
* *Harenchi Masterpiece Series*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Unkor Wat*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Mad Dog Trotsky*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *King of Gags*
* *Boy Friday*
* *Occhan*
* *Waru Waru World*
* *Animal Wars*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Kidnapping with Willow*
* *Sheeh! Comeback*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

## Portrayals

### Voice Acting

* Osomatsu-kun (1965 Sonosheets)- Kazuo Kumakura
* Osomatsu-kun (1966)- Takuzo Kamiyama (episodes 1-25), Setsuo Wakui (all episodes after)
* Furious Ataro (1969)- Kosei Tomita, Joji Yanami, Takuzo Kamiyama
* The Original Genius Bakabon- Koichi Kitamura
* Osomatsu-kun (1988), Pachislot Osomatsu-kun (2005), CR Osomatsu-kun- Toru Ohira
* Rerere's Genius Bakabon- Kozo Shioya
* Pachislot Osomatsu-kun (2017)- Takashi Nagasako
* Osomatsu-san- Yoji Ueda

## External Links

* Dekapan profile at Koredeiinoda (Japanese)