Hiroshi Ochanomizu

 Hiroshi Ochanomizu (お茶の水博士,Ochanomizu hakase) is a common recurring character in the Astro Boy Series. He appears usually as a surrogate father for Astro after rescuing him from some form of imprisonment mostly for Hamegg's circus. In most adaptations, he becomes the new Minister of Science, taking the place of Umataro Tenma.

Appearance
Ochanomizu is a short and obese elderly man. His most prominent feature is his crazy scientist styled hair, which consists of two separate bush shaped locks on both sides of his head. His eyes are large and egg-shaped. He also has a very outlandishly large nose.

He is most commonly seen dressed in laboratory clothing and on other occasions in business attire.

History
In the manga "Once Upon A Time," it is shown that Professor Ochanomizu was interested in robotics since before 1963. A time-traveling Astro Boy accidentally ended up trapped in 1963 and became Ochanomizu's assistant for a few months before running out of energy.

In "Atom: the Beginning," it is shown that Professor Ochanomizu was close friends with Dr. Tenma, and together they worked on a robot named A106 or more commonly referred to as "six."

1963 series

1980's

Dr. Ochanomizu appears to rescue Astro from slavery of Hamegg's Circus, hear is depicted to have created "The Robot Bill of Rights". Which allows robots to be treated with equality. He would go onto to create to create Astro's parents along with his sister Zuran. He treats Astroboy with love and respect. He often provides information and advice from time to time.

2003

In this series Ochanomizu is refered to as Dr. O'Shay, Dr. O'Shay is a proud advocate of robotic rights. He believes in the concept that robots has a soul or spirit called kokoro. As head of the ministry of science attempts to revive Astroboy after deactivation to help campaign his ideals of human and robotic relations. He acts as Astro's father figure and guardian. He only creates Zuran in this series instead of a full family, he later adopts a young boy known as Reno a young science prodigy from a band of circus robots. He is easily angered and clumsy, but still cares for Astro.

2009 Film

In the film Professor Ochanomizu/Dr. Elefun he is a fellow scientific research like Dr. Tenma. He discovered two new energy elements from a meteor that crashed on earth. One being a blue energy core that released postive energy. While the other a red energy core gave off negative energy readings, during the demonstration he was forced by President Stone to use the Red Core in the new Peacekeeper robot. After activating it goes haywire and kills Tobio/Toby Tenma. Elefun would later use the blue core to assist Dr. Tenma in reviving Tobio as a robot. He would later discuss with Tenma about reviving Tobio and tried to talk him out of abandoning him. When Astro is brought to Metrocity by President Stone's forces both him and a remorseful Dr. Tenma deactivate Astro to remove the core. However after the Peacekeeper goes haywire again and fuses with President Stone. Both Elefun and Tenma revive Astroboy to fight against him. He is last seen cheering on Astro and his new friends.

Personality
Ochanomizu is an intellectual, kind and caring man who often shows great amounts of selflessness. He is an intelligent man as his title "Professor" suggests he uses this intellect to gain his title as the Minister of Science. He shows a great sense of fairness especially when it comes to the idea of robotic rights of which Ochanomizu was a staunch supporter. Ochanomizu has shown great acts of personal selflessness, In most adaptations, Ochanomizu rescues Astro Boy from Hamegg's circus also building Astro his own robotic parents.Ochanomizu shows a great sense of responsibility. He often uses his influence as the Minister Of Science and his close relationship with Astro Boy to take action against corrupt bureaucrats and evil robots and leaders. Ochanomizu is known for his incredibly short temper often resorting to screaming due to simple disagreements although a character flaw his short temper can be used to his advantage in many situations.

A common gag with Ochanomizu is whenever he becomes very angry he tends to sneeze repeatedly also in the 1963 series his body or nose would blink in and out in a deep shade of black when his temper erupted. His personality also tends to be very cunning he has used his great knowledge of the workings of the law to his benefit on several occasions especially to end situations he found morally reprehensible or damaging to innocents.

Robots created by Ochanomizu

 * Uran
 * Cobalt (Manga)
 * Chi-Tan (1963)
 * Astro II (Manga)