Sakon, the VentriloquistSakon, the Ventriloquist.

Sakon, the Ventriloquist (Japanese: 人形（からくり）草紙あやつり左近, Hepburn: Karakurizōshi Ayatsuri Sakon; lit. 'Puppet Story: The Puppeteer Sakon') is a Japanese manga series written by Masaru Miyazaki (under the alias Sharakumaro) and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 1995 to January 1996, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon bound volumes. The plot follows Tachibana Sakon, a bunraku puppeteer who solves mysteries with Ukon, a puppet.