Sapphire is the cross-dressing heroine of the great classic of Shojo Manga (Manga for girls) "Princess Knight". Her character represents a fusion of all the influences of Tezuka Osamu's childhood in Takarazuka; only he could have created a character like Sapphire. She later blossomed into a mother in the sequel, "Twin Knight". After her appearances in this representative Manga series, Sapphire was solely assigned feminine roles. What's more, whenever she made a guest appearance in the "Black Jack" series, she habitually symbolized "the sorrows of women". She portrayed a teacher who burned to death whilst protecting one of her students, and although on one occasion she used her beauty as a weapon to make a rapid ascent into fashionable society, she was tossed by the hands of fate, falling onto hard times to become something like a vagrant. Tezuka Osamu though did not see her as a female swordsman with the heart of a man, but was intent upon the "woman" at the heart of Sapphire.
List of the works
COMIC
1952
The Adventure of Rock (as paraticipating in a conference with Bird Man)
1958
The Three Who Glimpse The Future (as the person listening to the prophecy by Higeoyaji)
1960
Astro Boy / Uran (as the spectator of the Robotting game)
1962
SHIKYOYAMAENGI Picture scroll
1965
Astro Boy / Heroes of Tezuka Osamu Manga (as the fiancee of Count Red)
1966
Flying Ben
1969
The Crater / The Bell Rings (as the native people of the Malay Peninsula)
1970
Gachaboi's record of one generation
1973
Black Jack / Anaphylaxie (as the nurse)
1974
Black Jack / The Heroine of the Tunnel (as the techer of the kindergarten)
