Hidetoshi Dekisugi (出木杉 英才(できすぎ ひでとし) Dekisugi Hidetoshi), or Ace Goody (English dub), is one of Nobita's classmates and a perceived rival for Shizuka's affection. His intelligence always gets him perfect scores on his tests, and he easily aces any sports he played. Although, his favorites are astronomy and philosophy, Dekisugi excels at any subject. Thus, it's not rare for him to receive calls from his friends, asking for guidance or tips.

Dekisugi is highly esteemed by the people around him. His good behavior and academic plus athletic excellence, earns him the title of "honor student" from the teachers. A wide range of skills plus his good looks have charmed a lot of girls in his class, and one of them is Shizuka. This seemingly "perfect" image of a prince makes him to be the subject of envy of his classmates, especially Nobita.

In the future, he becomes an astronaut, gets married, and has a son named Hideyo.

Appearance[]

Dekisugi's appearance is almost unchanged in every anime and manga adaption, the only exception being his hairstyle.

Relationships[]

Shizuka Minamoto[]

Shizuka and Dekisugi are both very good friends. Dekisugi often spends time with her but mostly only for homework or casual activities (e.g. reading, playing board games, telling jokes, outdoor painting, hanging out, etc.). He also cooks with her in the kitchen sometimes.

In Stand by Me Doraemon, Dekisugi reveals that he did propose to Shizuka, but she turned him down, because she felt that, he's not going to need her support.

Nobita Nobi[]

Nobita is the polar opposite, or antithesis, of Dekisugi. He's often found to be jealous of Dekisugi, because of his relationship with Shizuka Minamoto and surpasses him in every aspect. It's not rare for Nobita to damage his stationery, bothering him with menial tasks, or interfering in his conversations with Shizuka. Occasionally, Nobita would abuse Doraemon's gadgets to try to make Dekisugi look bad but usually fails.

Despite this fact, Dekisugi still considers him a friend. He could help Shizuka to bake a cake for Nobita's birthday in discreet. He also stood up for Nobita, when Gian and Suneo bullied Nobita for always failing in class and getting 0's on all of his tests. He is basically the only other boy in Nobita's class to genuinely express compassion for Nobita on all the occasions by criticizing the others who mistakingly treats Nobita, especially when Gian and Suneo bullies or makes fun of Nobita, include all the times when they tease Nobita along with Shizuka.

Gariben[]

In It's Solved! The Dekisugi Case, Gariben started giving Dekisugi a hard time by pulling prank calls at midnight in order for him to get low test scores. However, Doraemon and Nobita used the Object Electrical Transmission Adapter to capture the mysterious suspect. Gariben admits that he hated being the second best student in the class and tried to ruin Dekisugi's reputation. But, due to Dekisugi's forgiving nature, Dekisugi is willing to help Gariben study so that he can be as good as him.

Skills and Talents[]

Dekisugi is remarkably intelligent; proven by scoring 100% on every exam, which enables him to finish his homework without any obstacle. He is deemed to be very athletic; as he showed prowess in Baseball (batting), Soccer (dribbling), and Tracks (agility and endurance). Artistic talents also seem to be one of his forte, especially realism. He once was able to depict the scene of a lake and portrait of Shizuka perfectly, which were highly praised by his peers. He also seems to be good at cooking.

He is an all-rounder for a boy of his age; for being adept at doing chores like crafting and cooking.

He also possesses several unique skills such as sleight of hand and magic tricks.

Personality[]

Despite his vast skills and talents; he shows modesty and gentleman-like behavior to his friends and never shows off. Dekisugi is also an incredibly intelligent and responsible child who always finds time to do revision and chores all the time. He has a lot of common sense and is very coordinated. He also seems to always encourage other people to do their best and never speak ill of them.

Dekisugi has shown a tendency to think through reasoning and rationality. In short, he didn't believe in superstitions and regards them to be "scientifically explainable". He also doesn't seem to be mesmerized (much) by Doraemon's gadgets, but still intrigued by their exotic properties.

Etymology[]

• The name Hidetoshi means "unusual talent" (英才).
• Hidetoshi's surname Dekisugi means "exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude" (出) (de), "tree, wood" (木) (ki) and "cedar" (杉) (sugi).

Trivia[]

• Dekisugi never appeared in the 1973 anime, due to his character not yet having been introduced in the manga.
  • His animated debut was in April 1980.
• Dekisugi is the only one among his friends to be addressed by his surname rather than by his given name.
• In the 1979 anime and early 2005 anime episodes, Dekisugi addresses Nobita as "Nobita-kun" while in the later 2005 anime episodes, he addresses him as "Nobi-kun".
• It is implied that one of Dekisugi's descendants became an important politician in Japan, with Pawaemon being the caretaker of their children.
• In the manga version of Tax Bird, Dekisugi's given name was Taro prior to being known as Hidetoshi.
• His name means "brilliant over-achiever", and his last name is a pun on dekisugiru, which means "over achieving".
• In the American English dub of the anime, Dekisugi's name is changed to Ace Goody, with Ace being a term used for someone who's skilled, and Goody being part of the term "goody two-shoes", which is someone who is always behaved and modest.
• Dekisugi's facial features are simillar to Shizuka or her friend's. He is also considered the most handsome boy in the class.
• Though the majority of his classmates are "invited" to participate in many of Gian's concerts, Dekisugi is rarely "invited", with the exception of Gian's Dinner Show.
• In the mirror world, Dekisugi's counterpart is unintelligent and scores zeros on every test. "She" is also repeatedly bullied by Gian and Suneo.
  • The genius Dekisugi is almost perfectly replicated in Parallel World Nobita.
• In the earlier Malay adaptation for the manga, Dekisugi's name was 'Sumuzan', 'Chong Meng' and the infamously misspelled 'Tekisugi'.
• In the European Spanish redub, Dekisugi's name was changed to Dekigusu to ease its pronunciation, while in the Latin American Spanish dub and the original European Spanish dub by Sonygraf, it remained as Dekisugi.
• In the original draft of "Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur", Dekisugi was considered to be added to the team as the sixth member. However, the writers feared that his intellect may overshadow the role and ability of other characters and thus he was cut from the script.
• In the Speedy English Dub, he is called Tom/Tommy.

Names in different languages[]

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Language	Name
Arabic ?	إيس Ace
English English English	Ace Goody
Filipino Filipino	Dekisugi
Hindi	डेकिसुगी
Korean Korean	박영민 Bak Yeong-min "Bak" means bright, referring to his quick and intelligent behavior
Spanish Spanish	Dekisugi (Sonygraf) Dekigusu (Mar Digital/DOMusic TV/FX-Media)
Tamil Tamil	டெகிசுகி
Thai Thai	เดคิสุงิ ฮิเดโทชิ
Vietnamese Viatnamese	Đêkhi (Before) Dekisugi

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