What is Black Jacks real name and why is he called Black Jack?
See original manga issue #68, “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” April 14th 1975. Black Jack’s real name is Kazama Kuroo. As he explains to Pinoko, “kuro” means “black” and “o” can be short for “otoko” meaning “man”, ie. Jack, so Black Jack is a loose English translation of his real name. We rarely hear the name Kazama Kuroo – it is generally used by policemen who have been tracking Black Jack, or by people who knew him as a child, classmates or teachers. Black Jack uses the name himself when addressing himself to his mentor Joutaro Honma (see new OAV 4), as well as in the tenth episode of the original OAV series, in an attempt to conceal the fact that he is the infamous Black Jack.
