How older was Yoko Shiraki than Joe?
The age of Joe is inferred from the seasons of episodes.
He was 15 years old when he was arrested and 21 at the last fight.
As for detail, read this.
Then, how old was Yoko Shiraki?
It is not clarified in “Ashita no Joe."
I try to suppose her age from the few hints in the original comics.
Contents
- 1 Was Esmeralda Yoko really 16 or 17-year-old?
- 2 Yoko drove a car when Rikiishi discharged
- 3 Yoko stood surety for Danpei
- 4 The lower limit is 3 years older than Joe, how old is the upper limit?
- 5 Joe mistook Noriko as Yoko
- 6 History of the daughter of Shiraki financial clique
- 7 The growth of Yoko and Joe
Was Esmeralda Yoko really 16 or 17-year-old?
Nishi explained to Joe about Yoko, when Yoko came to the juvenile training school to play Esmeralda in the charity theater company.
”According to rumors, Yoko Shiraki is a very beautiful girl only 16 or 17-year-old."
I can’t believe it.
Her behavior and way of speaking…
I don’t think she was a teenager.
Yoko drove a car when Rikiishi discharged
Rikiishi in the anime series left the juvenile training school by a helicopter, on the other hand, he went out by a car which Yoko was riving in the original comic.
Ashita no Joe (5) P19 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
The driver’s license acquisition is impossible for a person younger than 18-year-old in Japan.
It means Yoko was at least 18-year-old at that time.
Since Joe was 16-year-old then, Yoko was 2 years senior to him at least.
Yoko=Joe +2 (+X)
Yoko stood surety for Danpei
Yoko stood surety for Danpei Tange who acted violently in the association of boxing and was arrested.
In Japan, a person under the age of 20 can’t be a surety.
Then she was over 20-year-old at that time.
It was an event that happened on the day after Joe’s release and he was 17 then.
Yoko=Joe+3 (+X)
The lower limit is 3 years older than Joe, how old is the upper limit?
We found that Yoko was 3 or more years senior to Joe.
She was over 18 when she met Joe and over 24 on the title match between Jose Mendoza and Joe Yabuki.
Next, how old was her upper limit?
There is no concrete information on this issue.
Looking at Yoko’s behavior, she can be seen in the 30’s.
Joe mistook Noriko as Yoko
Joe mistook Noriko as Yoko on the first day of his work at Hayashi grocery store.
It seemed to Joe that the two women were very similar.
Noriko was 17 at that time.
If Yoko was 30’s, Joe couldn’t mistake Noriko and Yoko.
I think that it’s possible to mistake a 17-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman.
17 and 21, 17 and 22…
I guess that “17 and 22" is the limit of mistake in seeing.
The upper limit of the age of Yoko at that time was 22, no matter how older than Joe (17).
Summary:
Yoko=Joe+3 to Joe+5 (the upper limit is not clear)
History of the daughter of Shiraki financial clique
About 18 to 20 (Joe 15)
She donated big money for the fraud by Joe
About 19 to 21 (Joe 16)
She consoled the juvenile training school
She supported to the re-debut of Rikiishi
About 20 to 22 (Joe 17)
Rikiishi died
She met Joe in club Barron
About 21 to 23 (Joe 18)
She became an inheritor of the chairperson of Shiraki Gym
She invited Carlos Libera from Venezuela
About 22 to 24 (Joe 19)
She promoted the match of Carlos vs. Joe
About 23 to 25 (Joe 20)
She discovered Joe’s weight problem and advised retirement
About 24 to 26 (Joe 21)
She found and invited Harimao
She faced with the fact that Joe is a punch-drunker
She said to Joe “Stop fighting" before the title match, and said “Fight till the last" during the match
The growth of Yoko and Joe
In the end, I show you the change of Yoko’s face depending on growth.
Court
Yoko: Estimated age 18 to 20
Joe: 15
Ashita no Joe (2) P10 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
Juvenile training school
Yoko: Estimated age 19 to 21
Joe: 16
Ashita no Joe (3) P53 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
Club Barron
Yoko: Estimated age 20 to 22
Joe: 17
Ashita no Joe (9) P115 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
Joe’s re-debut match (Opening of his body blow period)
Yoko: Estimated age 21 to 23
Joe: 18
Ashita no Joe (10) P11 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
The match between Carlos vs. Tiger Ozaki
Yoko: Estimated age 22 to 24
Joe: 19
Ashita no Joe (12) P130 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
After the party of Joe
Yoko: Estimated age 23 to 25
Joe: 20
Ashita no Joe (14) P208 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
Just before the match against Jose
Yoko: Estimated age 24 to 26
Joe: 21
Ashita no Joe (20) P7 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012
“Ashita no Joe" is a 6-years-story.
Joe Yabuki ran through his youth and his 6 years were high-density days also for Yoko.
Topics about Yoko’s love are here
Since when did Yoko love Joe? – Author’s comments are available