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[33], (in Japanese) Franchise's official website, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Here Are The Top-20 Favorite Yakuza Characters, As Voted By Fans", "Project Berkley Full Video Part 4 (End)", "Yakuza Kiwami 2 Features a New Story Featuring Majima", "Yakuza Online Brings The Series To PC And Mobile", "A Heart-To-Heart With Yakuza's Development Team", "Interview: Defining Direction, Writing, Art And Music On Yakuza 4", "Kazuki Hosokawa, producer on Judgment, tells us about why Ryu ga Gotoku Studio decided to open up a new story in the Yakuza universe", "Yakuza: Like A Dragon's city is reported to be around 3-4 times larger than past games", "Ichiban Kasuga wears his heart on his sleeve, and he'd lay his life down to stand up for a friend. The Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku subseries features its own protagonist, street punk Tatsuya Ukyo, while Judgment follows private detective Takayuki Yagami. Despite his departure from the Wyverns, he remained dedicated to ensuring he was extremely well-built, spending several hours a day doing sit-ups, swings and push-ups.  An unambitious and lazy person, Shinada's ban from playing baseball professionally had virtually killed all motivation for him to excel in life as he would often either procrastinate or make excuses to not do something important. Introduced in Yakuza, Detective Makoto Date often frequents Kiryu in regards to conflicts happening in the narrative. Born on June 17, 1968,[12] he was raised during the 1970s in the Sunflower Orphanage with Akira "Nishiki" Nishikiyama, who became his best friend, the latter's sister Yuko and Yumi Sawamura who joined in 1980. Daigo, to Mine, was someone for the first time in ages he genuinely respected and cared for; he loved him like he was his best friend and brother. [8] Other characters have appeared as the protagonists of various spin-off titles. She lies to him that she is pregnant with his baby to save her life. His self-proclaimed nickname, "Bare-Handed Viper" (ステゴロのハブ, Sutegoro no Habu) comes from the habu pitviper tattoo on his back. During the events of Yakuza 2 he helps Kazuki and Kawara after they are shot, and later Majima. Shinada also has a huge respect for the sport he was banned from to the point that he will never use a bat in combat. Akira Nishikiyama. 	Professional baseball player (formerly)Adult entertainment writer Then Yukio Terada, the lieutenant of the Omi Family, arrives and holds Jingu at gunpoint. [25]  GameSpot highly praised Majima's character arc in that game due to how he changes into the narrative, as well as how many allies and enemies he makes. He is Renji Kamiyama's elder brother and Soji Yonashiro's alumni. She originally studied programming at college as a way of getting into the police force (as part of their hi-tech crimes division), but requested a transfer as soon as she was established and rose through the ranks quickly, promoted to division lieutenant after only four years in the police. She first speaks again to warn Nakahara to get out of the way of a charging bull. After Shinji leaves Kazama on Terada's boat, the Shimano family attacks. Shinada was tasked with helping Milky resolve a dilemma involving the Nagoya family, the resident group of Yakuza in control of Nagoya that is neither Omi or Tojo aligned. He ordered the death of a reporter who was threatening to reveal the truth about Yumi and Haruka. He and Sugiuchi covered up the true perpetrator of the case 25 years before, Katsuragi, in which 18 yakuza were killed, letting Taiga Saejima take the blame. To stop Kiryu from interfering in his plans to take over the Tojo Clan and claim the Okinawa resort land in his possession, he blackmails Goro Majima to use his family to stop him. Joji Kazama arrives just after Rikiya is shot and kills Tamashiro. Before the assassin could kill them, Shintaro Kazama arrived and shot the assassin. A defeated Sugiuchi reveals he knows what happened the day of the murder and that it was he who killed his father, though he was not a police officer, but really a yakuza. A character appearing in the third episode. Ryuji asks him once again for his autograph and realises that he forgot to bring paper, so he rips a page of a magazine he gave Shinada and tells him to write his autograph there. He kidnaps Rikiya as bait to lure Kazuma out and take revenge for his defeat 4 years ago. Haruka, remembering the events of the previous year, refuses to let him near the other children. He has a crush on Riona. He had a promising career in the major leagues, but it was cut short when he received a lifetime ban for a baseball gambling/game fixing scandal. Minister Suzuki opposes this plan, submitting a resort proposal instead. The hair and the voice should tell you who this is, but I'm not spoiling it. Mine confirms that they are not CIA and that it was just a cover for the Black Monday organization. Rejecting him, Arai shoots Munakata, though the bullet is only plastic. She eventually remembers when a gunshot reminds her of the traumatic events she witnessed when Nishiki shot Dojima. Carries out yubitsume at Arai's behest. Suzuki is the Minister of Land (DPJ) who opposes Tamiya's B.M.D. When Kiryu and Haruka go to Ares to meet Yumi, Jingu and his men are waiting for them. Mitsuo is the son of an African-American father and a Japanese mother. However, she defies him and is saved by Kiryu. The tattoo artist who did Kiryu and Nishiki's tattoos. Kaiji Tang shares his experiences voicing Ichiban in Yakuza: Like a Dragon", "Say Hello To Kazuga Ichiban, The Next Hero Of The Yakuza Series", "Yakuza: Like A Dragon - Everything We Know About Sega's Newest Yakuza Game", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon preview: What turn-based combat means for a Yakuza lover and JRPG hater", "Here Are The Top-20 Favourite Yakuza Characters, As Voted By Fans", "Judgment Quickly Establishes Masaharu Kaito's Role", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Yakuza_characters&oldid=995772820, Wikipedia articles that are excessively detailed from October 2020, All articles that are excessively detailed, Wikipedia articles with style issues from October 2020, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Articles with Japanese-language sources (ja), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 December 2020, at 20:34. She suffered from a disease which had her periodically going to the hospital since 1984. Yutaka Mishima (三島 豊, Mishima Yutaka) is Ihara's underling, with whom he created a disturbance in club Elnard. At the start of the third game, he is shot by a man who is the spitting image of Shintaro Kazama. In order to force the land purchase for his resort plan, Suzuki connects with the Tojo Clan through its affiliated Hakuho Clan, headed by Mine, and the local Tamashiro Family. Katsuragi later reveals that, on the day he was killed, he was due to be promoted to assistant lieutenant. Taiga later fights Kido on top of the Millennium Tower. Saki is a young girl that became mute after being abused by her mother and witnessing her father's suicide, and can only communicate by drawing pictures in her sketchbook. After the fight with Munakata, Date distributes copies of a newspaper article he has written detailing the truth about Munakata from a helicopter above the Millennium Tower. The No.1 employee at Shangri-La, a soapland. Settling his feelings with Daigo in a fight, he proves his determination to the Chairman, after their fight results in a tie, and Daigo agrees to see him in Tokyo. 		Occupation Ryo Takashima (高島 遼, Takashima Ryō) is the Chief Director of the Omi Alliance. 	 After Akiyama lends Yasuko the 100 million yen she asks for, even though he knows he likely won't get it back, Hana becomes enraged and runs away. Hatsushiba (初芝) is the Shibata Family-derived Hatsushiba Clan (初芝会) chairman. After the four men come across Tsubasa Kurosawa's army near the Millennium Tower, Shinada splits from the group along with Saejima to the sewers to reach the Japan Dome. Tanimura's design was also reworked with a different haircut and … She died shortly after, and her death spiraled Nishiki's descent into darkness. He is also forced to keep the secret of Onomichi after the politician bribed Kiryu and unwillingly help Kiryu to fake his death. At the behest of producer Kazuki Hosokawa, the team decided the character should be a detective. Shinada eventually reunites with Kiryu, Saejima, and Akiyama at New Serena, and they all discuss how to approach the situation with the concert. Shinada decides that he should go to the Japan Dome to save Haruka Sawamura in the event there is a sniper, as he knows the stadium the best and pinpoints the only viable location for a clear shot at the stage, which is the center field stand at the very back of the Dome. [18] Eurogamer describes him as a kind character due to how Ichiban aims to become a hero regardless of not being as intelligent as other Yakuza main characters.[19]. The character Kazuma Kiryu adopts her to protect her from multiple clans from the Tojo clan who are seeking her. [26] However, Game Informer had similar comments as to how through his longer screen time despite not being playable, Majima manages to aid the player to make Kiryu a stronger fighter. Mister N (ミスターN) After Ihara, another member of the organization, is killed by Arai of Kanemura Enterprises, Katsuragi complains to Daigo Dojima, 6th chairman of the Tojo Clan. Marume Nagayoshi (1540–1629) was a Tokugawa clan officer and a skilled samurai who founded the Taisha Ryu school. After he is refused he is never seen again. He appears throughout the game, cooperating with Kiryu to solve the problems of the Tojo Clan. His dying wish is that Kiryu finds the man in the picture, who is the spitting image of Kazama (later revealed to be his brother, Joji Kazama). He then shoots Haruka, but Kiryu takes the bullet, shocked that Haruka's own father would shoot her. Shinada states he is willing to go for either as long as it is what they would want. Despite that there is also a comedic side of him, demonstrated when he steals Baba's camera and mocks Kurosawa with it. 	Biographical information Tatsuo Shinada品田 辰雄 (Shinada Tatsuo?) "Like a Dragon"). His last words to Kiyru are "Trust me:. Sasai agreed to pay the 30 million yen Saejima needed.  Auditions of the character started early in development to appreciate him sooner. [4] Yakuza 5 continued this trend and featured five playable protagonists; Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima, Tatsuo Shinada, as well as the long running supporting character, Haruka Sawamura. After Kiryu is arrested, he chooses to forsake his career in the police (justifying it by saying that his time was limited anyway) to spring him from jail. There's an advert marked, for a writer for a nighttime entertainment magazine. Before he and Saito fall into the sea, he tells Saejima to find a man named Kiryu.  A character appearing in the first episode. He reopens the case of the murder at Cafe Alps and, with Kiryu's help, uncovers the true culprit. He most likely became the fourth chairman of the clan following Kanda's death. Ryuji and Han are forced to run away after being found a group of members of the Nagoya Family. Goh (浜崎 豪, Hamazaki Gō) is the tough leader of the Hamazaki Family (浜崎組, Hamazaki-gumi). In substory no.6, Akimoto meets Kiryu and Hakura in Kamurocho. Looks like Shinada's got a potential income source. He also can have a tendency to be sometimes cocky, especi… Dojima was known for getting his way by any means necessary. This advantage helped keep the other affiliate captains in check. He also appears during a substory in Yakuza 3, finishing Rikiya's tattoo. Debuting in Yakuza 4, the Ueno Seiwa Clan (上野誠和会) is an organization that was in the midst of a power-struggle with the Tojo Clan in 1985. At Masaru Sera's funeral, Shimano fights Kiryu after the latter is discovered.  Although she now lives with her mother, she and Makoto still have a good relationship. He lets out the truth behind Tamiya's proposal to thwart the plan, which he believes will harm his beloved Okinawa, not knowing the real reason for the proposal. 9 years old.  [24], In a popularity poll from 2018, Majima was voted as the best Yakuza character. He is the father of Saya Date. After helping her out, Shinada arrives to meet Milky for the article and enjoys some time with her. In the events of Yakuza 0, he was the Patriarch of Goro Majima. Finding the president of Mao Inc. they learned that Katsuya, Mirei and Majima are in fact working together and wanted to use the incident to reveal Kurosawa's attempt to maintain power in his deathbed.  They decide to leave New Serena the next evening, only for a news report on TV to reveal that Majima is not only alive, but taken hostage at the roof of the Millennium Tower, and they rush to the Tower. He is a former defense attorney who resigned after a client he successfully defended killed his partner. 	 Unlike you or your drunk friends, this game has some professional voice actors going up to tackle these songs, so you'll be able to enjoy their dulcet tones, in addition to their imagination cutaways during the songs (you'll see what I mean). Before reaching there, he briefly comes across Masaru Watase, who then asks if one should seek revenge for a deceased friend or pursue their dreams instead if they shared a dream. He and Kiryu then have a final showdown, explaining to the protesting Sayama that both he and Kiryu are going to die anyway (either by succumbing to their wounds or the bomb exploding), which ends with a scene in homage to the "Cross Counter" technique of Ashita no Joe ("Tomorrow Joe"). Goda is shot multiple times before finally shooting Takashima in the head. Saejima's final boss. Haruka is a little girl obsessed with vengeance against Musashi Miyamoto, who she believes killed her family. Soon after he and Yasuko, his sister, are kidnapped by Katsuragi, where they see each other for the first time in 25 years. He was planning on starting his own subsidiary group until he took the blame for the murder of his boss, Sohei Dojima, to protect his best friend, Nishiki, and was imprisoned for ten years. The group meets at Tamashiro's abandoned office, but are ambushed by Saito and the other guards. 	 The Tojo Clan or "Tojo Association" (東城会, Tōjō-kai) was founded by Makoto Tojo and, since 2008, is headed by its 6th Chairman Daigo Dojima of the Dojima Family. A 29-year-old policeman of the Japanese National Police, Masayoshi Tanimura (谷村 正義, Tanimura Masayoshi) is one of the last playable characters introduced in Yakuza 4, known as "The Parasite of Kamurocho" for his corruption and love of gambling. His fighting style includes local brass knuckles, tekko. 	Toshiyuki Morikawa. It is Kanto's largest yakuza organization, made up of more than 30,000 men. Unbeknownst to him, Kawara was watching him the entire time. Daigo awakens after Mine's defeat and saves the two from Richardson momentarily. It is revealed that he has a deep hatred for the Yakuza when Yuya mistakes Kiryu for a yakuza before getting beaten by him. 9 years old. Mine orders the family to stall Kiryu in Okinawa before he travels back to Tokyo to find Daigo in Toto Hospital. A mysterious woman who requests to borrow 100 million yen from Akiyama, using the pseudonym Lily. Naoki Katsuya (勝矢 直樹) is the head of Osaka Talent, a major entertainment corporation, and Osaka Enterprises, a major front for the Omi Alliance. 	Japanese Much like Sohei Dojima, he has a reputation for his ruthless, violent nature, and has a brutal grudge against Kiryu for Dojima's death. She is initially ordered to take Kiryu into protective custody, during which she can follow the Tojo Clan's activities. is featured as a guest star in Kamurocho's "Weapon Master GP" tournament where he uses his yari spear. After a discussion between Yokoyama and Nagoshi, Nakaya was chosen for the role. He reappears twice in the fourth installment. Part 4 - Chapter 2 - Confronting the Past. All of his remaining money was spent investigating who framed him, and his money eventually ran out without him finding an answer. The arena ring announcer presents the Kamurocho underground fighting tournaments. Tsumura was later seen with Kurahashi and attempted to shoot Kiryu when he grabbed Kurahashi, but he was shot in the arm and fled. He then dies in Kaoru's arms. His primary weapons are a pipe, pole, knife and katana, all of which can be acquired as sturdy weapons, meaning their durability never runs out. Akimoto and Mizuki (秋元 & 美月) Human bonds, to Mine, were non-existent as humans are all self-serving hypocrites. Amon brothers (亜門, Amon) Mine as a child grew up in a poor environment, shunned by other children because of his poor background. The next day, Shinada meets Ryuji once again at a cabaret club. Wataru Kurahashi is a 42-year-old chief superintendent. the "Man in Black", is first thought to be a CIA agent, but it is later revealed by Mine that he is really the leader of Black Monday, a powerful illegal arms dealing organisation. Kiryu rose through the Tojo hierarchy and earned the nickname "the Dragon of Dojima" (堂島の龍, Dōjima no Ryū) because of the dragon tattoo on his back but the main reason was because he gained the victory fight against Keiji Shibusawa who wanted to be called the Dragon of Dojima in Yakuza 0. Mine asks Kiryu whether his clear state of mind means that his life has ended. During his teenage years, Tatsuo Shinada attended Kamuro West High School, along with Daigo Dojima. With Kiryu dying, Goh mockingly states to Kazuma that his idealism will not amount to anything now that he's near death, and Kiryu responds that he still believes in people and his ideals even if he's dying, as the now-deceased Mine taught him this lesson. Actors During the second game, Kazuki is pursued by Kawara and Date, when Kawara reveals that Kazuki is not actually Japanese, but a Korean and part of the Jingweon Mafia. At heart, however, he is actually just and caring, using the money he wins to finance the raising of orphaned Asian children. At the end of the game he appears with Sudo in a helicopter, trying to arrest Jingu. Kazuo Shibata (柴田 和夫, Shibata Kazuo) is a chairman of the Tojo Clan-affiliated Shibata Family (柴田組, Shibata-gumi) in Yakuza 4. Ayaka Tsubaki is modeled after the Japanese TV personality and Koakuma Ageha magazine fashion model Ayana Tsubaki. S… Renji is Kamurocho's Works Kamiyama (ワークス上山) owner. 	Black Ryuji is glad of seeing Shinada recovering his fighting spirit and recounts how he felt after being expelled from the Omi Alliance, saying that Shinada should try to find another way of living. Andre Richardson, a.k.a.   During Yakuza 4 Date takes care of New Serena for Mariko while she is at home, due to a bereavement in her family, though he continues his activities as a reporter. Ayaka performs sexy massages in Kamurocho's Love in Heart in Yakuza 3. This caused many of Kazama's men to desert him and join the rival family. Because she bears a striking resemblance to a woman called Ukiyo, whom Musashi once loved, Yoshino gets Musashi's attention from the very moment he enters Gion. Ryuji has been expelled from the Omi after losing his fight with Kiryu, and drifts around before making his name at a takoyaki shop. 	Appearance During a flashback sequence, it is shown that Kazama, unwilling to kill the Jingweon boss, attempted to strike a deal and told them that if they would leave town, he would spare their lives. 	 He holds a deep respect for Kiryu. Akiyama was portrayed to be an elite in his 20s, during which time he dated his coworker, Eri, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Yasuko Saejima (Lily). Kiryu sees the futility in Mine's actions, and that his isolation was a result of his self-centeredness. After multiple encounters with Saejima and Hamazaki while the two try to escape, he shoots Hamazaki before the two fall into the sea together. Takumi Midorikawa (緑川 琢己, Midorikawa Takumi) is a Hatsushiba Clan lieutenant. After Hiroshi Hayashi and his men invade the transformer room, Tsumura attempts to stop Kage finding out Daigo Dojima's location by hacking the computers, but Kaoru Sayama beats him. Terada tells Takashima that he never really trusted him, and that he'll never let him get what he wants. His temper and lack of mercy earned him the nickname "the Mad Dog of Shimano". The rounds Saejima used were rubber bullets, and all the men were only knocked unconscious after being shot by Saejima. At the start of the third game, Kaoru Sayama meets Kiryu at the graveyard and tells him that she's leaving Japan to receive training in the United States. She returns in the epilogue, now thin. His assassination in December 2006 started a war between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance, his last wish being peace between the two organizations. He then reveals himself as none other than Daigo Dojima, Shinada's former student. Kiryu frees Saejima, who warns them that Katsuragi is wearing a bulletproof vest, as on the night of the shooting. Using Taiga Saejima's discarded gun he shot the men, before instructing Sugiuchi to shoot him in the shoulder, so as not to look suspicious. Ichiban’s Voice Actor Confirms the Character Will Lead The Yakuza Series For the Foreseeable Future Riku Rose Posted on December 19, 2020 The Yakuza team have …  He was found by Majima, half-dead, and was taken to Purgatory, but was incapacitated. A woman who runs Serena during the first game. Seishiro Munakata (宗像 征四郎, Munakata Seishirō). 	 Osamu Kashiwagi (柏木 修, Kashiwagi Osamu) is the second in command of the Kazama family; he holds a deep respect for his oyabun Shintaro Kazama. During this time she begins to fall for Kiryu. He was then forced to sleep on the streets until one fateful night, when money appeared to fall from the sky. Upon shooting Arai, he escapes to the alley behind New Serena. He took over when Yukio Terada had left the organization to become fifth chairman of the Tojo Clan, though he was actually working as Terada's mole in the alliance. Shinada says nothing, but Ryuji insists and Shinada says that he is mistaken. Here Katsuragi explains that Saejima didn't kill the men; the real culprit is Katsuragi himself. In 1996, her final possible surgery and reliance on her elder brother is the reason Kazuma Kiryu takes the fall for Sohei Dojima's murder. He appears again in Yakuza 0. It turns out Daigo was expelled for getting into a fight with Kamuro Tech as he wanted to see the team make it to the Nationals despite ultimately losing. During the final battle on top of Toto University Hospital, he reveals to Kiryu that he is an orphan just like him, as well his true (albeit misguided) motives behind his betrayal of the Tojo Clan. Manpuku Chaser (満腹チェイサー) Takashi Nihara (二井原隆 Nihara Takashi) is the acting chairman for the 2nd chairman (二代目会長代行) of the Tojo Clan in 1988. Minami (南 大作, Minami Daisaku) is the Junior Leader of the Majima Family. Discovers Kanemura's body. To do this he works with the Jingweon, though later states he hated doing so. He is also the interim second-in-command of the Tojo Clan. He tries to shoot Kaoru, but Kawara uses his body to shield her and takes the bullet before shooting Kurahashi and killing him. During a shoot-out with a fake Kazuki, an illegal immigrant who is shot and killed, he is falsely accused as the killer. Mari is the massage girl for Yakuza 4. He also taught Renta Kamiyama. That at-bat ended up getting him banned from playing baseball due to accusations of stealing signs from the opposing team, the Gigants. With most of the characters believing he is an invalid on his deathbed, he is in truth manipulating both the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance, along with Kiryu Kazama, to destruction. When he arrives Taiga is also tied up, and when Kazuma Kiryu catches up Kido appears with the 100 billion yen in cases. The cast of Yakuza has been well received. Hidenari Ugaki was born on July 25, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. He goes to Stardust along with his men to take over the bar.  		Status He took Ryuji in at the request of his real mother Suyeon, wife of the Jingweon boss, and mother of Kaoru Sayama. However he denies his involvement and explains that they are an enigma to everyone in Nagoya. He finds Akiyama's secret safe containing 100 billion yen, which he steals to help Arai. He is quickly shot by a mystery man on a speedboat (who turns out to be Hisai). He trains Kiryu to improve his running performance on the Kamurocho Hills site, and introduces Kiryu and later Akiyama to Revelations. Mine overhears their conversation and stabs a subordinate's hand with a dinner knife for insulting Daigo.  The chairmanship was left open as a result, and the top captains; Kazama, Shimano, and Nishiki all vied for the position. Hamazaki washes up on the Sunshine Orphanage's beach in Okinawa some time later. During the conversation with Kiryu and Sayama, Jingweon men attack and Murai is killed.  Takashima, however, betrays him, intending to take both the Omi and the Jingweon to spread throughout mainland Asia. By the events of Yakuza 2, she has taken interim chairmanship of the Tojo Clan and asks Kiryu to negotiate with the leader of the Omi Alliance. Jingu explains that Yumi and Haruka are nothing more than a problem for him. He has a golden kirin tattoo on his back. 	22 (1997 flashbacks)24 (Wanderings of the Golden Dragon)37 (Yakuza 5) 	 He later appears with the three other men (Arai, Kido and Daigo) on top of the Millennium Tower to claim the money. Initially a lieutenant of the Nishikiyama family in the first game, Koji Shindo (新藤 浩二, Shindō Kōji) serves as a boss in Chapter 7. Now elderly and confined to his bed, he puts Katsuragi in charge. Yakuza Voice Actor Suggests Ichiban Kasuga Will Be Protagonist for a Decade. The next day, however, while Shinada signs autorgraphs for fans, he is arrested on suspicion of being involved in game fixing and illegal gambling. He receives an urgent phone call from his secretary whom he thought he mattered to. He and Yumi met after she lost her memory, following the murder of Sohei Dojima, and the two conceived Haruka. He ceased this work in the 1990s after Yumi Sawamura's departure for Kamurocho. 12 years old. It is shown that Hamazaki was secretly working with the Snake Flower Triad leader Lau Ka Long, who survived the events of Yakuza 1, in order to accomplish this. Not only we never get see this great character again, but his replacement, Tatsuo Shinada, isn't near as badass as Tanimura was in the last game. Shintaro Kazama. He then orders members of the Majima Family to attack the intruder and fights Taiga personally after they are defeated in which he is defeated himself. After being defeated by Kiryu and the Kazama Family reinforcements, Shimano throws a grenade towards Haruka, which kills Kazama when he saves Haruka's life, shortly before being shot and killed by Terada. Shinji Tanaka, Nishiki's lieutenant, takes Kazama to a hospital to recover. Warned by Sawada that there is going to be something big happening at Tokyo Dome, Shinada approaches Akiyama for a loan and realize he was not the only person who wanted the concert cancelled and suspect it is the center of a power struggle between the Omi Alliance. He betrayed the Jingweon creed and continued to live on normally after the incident, and always regretted what happened. This prompts Mine to shoot at him out of rage while Kiryu remains unfazed by his opponent's anger. 		Nationality A major antagonist in Yakuza 3, he earned the nickname "Emperor of Hama" (ハマの帝王, Hama no Teiō); "Hama" being short for Yokohama, the family's hometown. 	 However, the resort proposal is regarded as a threat by the CIA, for it would cancel the whole Black Monday operation. When Yukio Terada revealed himself as Jingweon survivor Daejin Kim, Tsumura was one of his men that attempted to kill Kiryu. voiced by Tetsuya Watari. He is defeated and is not seen again, though Hamazaki is wounded in the process and dies. Itoh Ittohsai (1560–1653) was a great swordsman and the founder of the Ittoh School, famous for its "one stroke" technique, but after a rivalry with the Tokugawa's favoured Shinkage School Itoh's family and dojo students were assassinated by Kojiro Sasaki. He is a former player for the Nagoya Wyverns and currently works as an adult entertainment writer. The Sasai Family (笹井組, Sasai-gumi) was a former group under the Tojo Clan in the 1980s. A member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the Minister of Defense. Satoru is a Poppo convenience store employee. He is described by Yokoyama as the opposite of Kiryu: "Ihiban is thoroughly uncomplicated, direct, cheerful, reckless. This began the massacre. 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