Tenma, Kenzou

天馬賢三

Dr. Kenzou Tenma is a Japanese neurosurgeon employed at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf. At the start of Monster, he enjoys the favor of the department director due to his exceptional surgical abilities. Following a crisis of conscience, he decides to save a young boy rather than the city's mayor, resulting in his unjust demotion. He subsequently becomes a murder suspect when the department director and several prominent doctors are killed weeks later. It takes nine years for Dr. Tenma to discover that the perpetrator of the hospital murders is none other than the boy he saved years ago, Johan Liebert. Haunted by guilt, he resolves to track down Johan and end the life of this "monster" he feels responsible for creating. Despite his mission, Dr. Tenma remains a humanitarian who genuinely cares about the lives of others. These acts of kindness make him highly influential among the people he meets.