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Nobisuke Nobi is Nobita's father and Tamako's husband. As a child in World War II-era Japan, he endured brutal labor conditions that drove him to contemplate drowning himself. This act was prevented by young Nobita and Doraemon intervening from the future, with Nobita disguised as a girl offering him chocolate. In his youth, Nobisuke displayed considerable artistic talent. A wealthy local man offered financial support for his art in exchange for marrying his daughter, Kaniko Kanimitsu, but Nobisuke refused. This refusal led to his expulsion, after which he met and eventually started a family with Tamako Kataoka.
Employed as a salaryman, Nobisuke pursues hobbies like golf and fishing. He smokes occasionally, though this habit appears less often in the 2005 anime series and was censored in Malaysian manga releases. Similar to his son, he lacks athletic ability, highlighted by a recurring joke about his repeated failures to obtain a driver's license due to poor driving skills. Generally more lenient with Nobita than Tamako, he nonetheless cares about his son's achievements and sometimes makes impactful comments regarding them. His curiosity frequently lands him in adventurous situations requiring Doraemon's gadgets for protection. When Doraemon faced returning to the future, Nobisuke comforted Nobita and empathized with his distress.
In "Stand By Me Doraemon 2," Nobisuke attends Nobita and Shizuka's wedding. He shows visible concern during the ceremony when Nobita temporarily disappears and when Gian performs an extended, disruptive song. The film revisits his past through flashbacks to his marriage to Tamako and Nobita's birth. His family includes his parents: a disciplinarian father and a compassionate mother. He has a younger brother, Nobirou Nobi, who excels at athletics. In the future, Shizuka becomes his daughter-in-law, and his grandson bears his name. He is also the great-great-great-grandfather of Sewashi Nobi. His physical appearance remains consistent across anime adaptations, with slight variations in eye size between the 1973/1979 series and the 2005 version.
Employed as a salaryman, Nobisuke pursues hobbies like golf and fishing. He smokes occasionally, though this habit appears less often in the 2005 anime series and was censored in Malaysian manga releases. Similar to his son, he lacks athletic ability, highlighted by a recurring joke about his repeated failures to obtain a driver's license due to poor driving skills. Generally more lenient with Nobita than Tamako, he nonetheless cares about his son's achievements and sometimes makes impactful comments regarding them. His curiosity frequently lands him in adventurous situations requiring Doraemon's gadgets for protection. When Doraemon faced returning to the future, Nobisuke comforted Nobita and empathized with his distress.
In "Stand By Me Doraemon 2," Nobisuke attends Nobita and Shizuka's wedding. He shows visible concern during the ceremony when Nobita temporarily disappears and when Gian performs an extended, disruptive song. The film revisits his past through flashbacks to his marriage to Tamako and Nobita's birth. His family includes his parents: a disciplinarian father and a compassionate mother. He has a younger brother, Nobirou Nobi, who excels at athletics. In the future, Shizuka becomes his daughter-in-law, and his grandson bears his name. He is also the great-great-great-grandfather of Sewashi Nobi. His physical appearance remains consistent across anime adaptations, with slight variations in eye size between the 1973/1979 series and the 2005 version.