Physical traits- Tenma is a man of average build with middle-parted black hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. At the start of the series, his hair is kept short and he is usually clean-shaven, but as the story progresses, his hair grows out to the point where it reaches his shoulders, and he is often seen with a stubble. 180 cm, 2 cm taller than meli Dr. Kenzō Tenma is a Japanese neurosurgeon. Formerly, he had a promising career as a surgeon at Eisler Memorial Hospital, and was often lauded for his accomplishments. However, after an incident where he disobeyed the hospital director, he lost his standing within the medical field. Tenma chose to save the life of a young boy named Johan instead of a politician's, a decision he would later come to regret after Johan grew up to commit countless atrocities. Tenma is a workaholic who prioritizes his patients and their well-being more than anything. Although he's a highly skilled neurosurgeon, he confesses to Inspector Lunge that during a surgery he's jumping out of his skin due to the fright of committing a mistake. Tenma is often obsessed with saving as many lives as he can. Johan enjoys toying with this mindset, sprouting several massacres possibly to challenge Tenma to prevent them. His kindness is prevalent throughout the series - in contrast to Johan's unscrupulous nature - and he sometimes ponders about the moral of his actions. When he is worried (often with Johan) he neglects his own self care and goes as far as collapsing from lack of food or sleep. Other than that, he is overall an optimistic individual, or tries his best to seem so to others, giving words of encouragement to the people around him. When Lunge enters Tenma's psyche he discovers that Tenma doesn't fit in either Japanese or German society. Nevertheless, Tenma isn't too unsociable, and ironically in several flashbacks he can be seen happily hanging with groups. He does prefer to work alone rather than in a team if he can help it though. "All lives are equal" Tenma's motto and the reason he disobeyed Director Heinemann's orders to save the person who arrived first regardless of social status. This ideal is not just a matter of work ethic, much of Tenma's psychology stems from this principle, and it is one of the reasons he struggles so much with his own decision of killing Johan. For instance, Tenma becomes wracked with guilt at shooting Roberto in spite of the apparent necessity of his actions, believing that he had killed the man, and expresses such great remorse over his seeming death that he feels himself unworthy of being called a doctor. There is even a personality shift when Tenma starts to doubt his own belief. Kenzo got lonesome easily, and he was always alone. He had a longing for a regular life, a regular father and mother, regular girlfriend, regular family." Tenma has a former fiancee, Eva Heinneman. But after Tenma choose saving the kid (Johan) instead of the mayor, Eva left him and found another bright futured doctor to take under his fathers wing. Tenma was a soft and gentle lover, he was innocent too so he was perfectly used. After Eva left him, Tenma closed his heart to anyone ever again. As years pass by, Eva understands that only Tenma loved her and tries to turn back to him but Tenma already closed his heart, coldly rejecting her. Eva, Tenma's fiancée, calls off her marriage with Tenma after discovering he disobeyed her father's orders. she explains that she did so because her father needed a right-hand man in whom he could put his full trust, but still emphasizes that breaking the engagement was her own conscious decision. Tenma tries to reach Eva several times after they are separated, but she harshly ignores him. Yet, when Tenma gets to be the head of the surgery department again, their roles are reversed, and Tenma ignores Eva's pleas to get back together. Later, Eva goes as far as falsely accusing Tenma of murder and chases him to make him regret not wanting her back. Backstory- Born on January 2nd, 1958 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Tenma is the third son of a director of a prestigious hospital and a former editor of a medical publisher. Both of his parents had previous divorces, and his father had two sons from his previous marriage, who are seven and two years older than Tenma. Tenma stood out for being a bright boy who's always the top of his class; this allowed him to attend the best schools in the city which made his father proud. Throughout his life in Japan he made very few friends and didn't forge strong bonds even with his own family, which is one of the reasons given by Dr. Takahashi to explain why Tenma came to Germany and never went back. During his teenage years, Tenma loved music. He learned how to play guitar but didn't join a band, maybe because he didn't want to be in a group. His talent for music eventually became dormant as he got very busy with his studies. He also participated in the school's track and field club.