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Adding more to Kawara\'s section, due to importance in the second game.
* [[spoiler: DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Frankly, he kind of did have a reason for Kaoru as her mother's dying wish is to ensure Kaoru's safety]]
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* [[spoiler: PapaWolf: Another reason for his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, as to clean up Kaoru's past and ties with the Jingweon, as by Suyeon's dying wish]]
* [[spoiler: PowerOfLove: He went a good lengths to help Suyeon, a woman who crossed a nasty DespairEventHorizon into giving her a new life, to the point the two eventually gained a daughter together and that daughter is Kaoru]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When you realize why he tends to shoot up illegal aliens [[spoiler: who had something to do with Suyeon's murder]]
* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet: Took shots for Kaoru, which eventually killed him.]]
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* StoicWoobie: Your millage may vary of course, but it's hard not to feel some sympathy for him.
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* StoicWoobie: Your millage mileage may vary of course, but it's hard not to feel some sympathy for him.
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* TheUnfought: Though he's a major bad guy in the third game, you never actually fight him. It's even more odd as he is a non-canon bonus fight in the arena, which shows that he's certainly got the skills.
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* BonusBoss: He can be fought in the arena after the main game.
* TheUnfought: Though he's a major bad guy in the third game, you never actually fight him. It's even more odd since - as stated above - he is a non-canon bonus fight in the arena, which shows that he's certainly got the skills.
* TheUnfought: Though he's a major bad guy in the third game, you never actually fight him. It's even more odd since - as stated above - he is a non-canon bonus fight in the arena, which shows that he's certainly got the skills.
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* BigBad - Of the first game.
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* BigBad - BigBad: Of the first game.game.
* FlunkyBoss: By himself he is quite wimpy but he has a couple of SWATs to back him up.
* FlunkyBoss: By himself he is quite wimpy but he has a couple of SWATs to back him up.
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* BadassGrandpa: While not technically a gramdpa, he's sixty years old and still thoroughly kicks some ass.
* LawfulNeutral
* LawfulNeutral
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* BadassGrandpa: While not technically a gramdpa, grandpa, he's sixty years old and still thoroughly kicks some ass.
*LawfulNeutral
DuelBoss: The inevitable confrontation with him is quite hyped, and he is one of the few bosses in the third game that fights fair and square, no weapons, no cheating, just straight up honorable beatdown.
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* LawfulNeutral.
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* [[spoiler: DefeatEqualsFriendship]]
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!The Hamazaki Clan
An family working on the fringes of the Tojo, they are vital but mistrusted for their close links to the chinese Triads.
!!Goh Hamazaki
Big, ugly and nasty, he's an opportunistic thug who will do whatever it takes to succeed.
* TheUnfought: Though he's a major bad guy in the third game, you never actually fight him. It's even more odd as he is a non-canon bonus fight in the arena, which shows that he's certainly got the skills.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He vanishes off screen once his plans have been screwed up and his family destroyed. [[spoiler:He comes back right at the end, accuses Kazuma of ruining his life and (near fatally) stabs him in the gut.]]
* FightingForSurvival: His jailbreak with Saejima in the forth game actually has him act admirably, despite still being an asshole. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
An family working on the fringes of the Tojo, they are vital but mistrusted for their close links to the chinese Triads.
!!Goh Hamazaki
Big, ugly and nasty, he's an opportunistic thug who will do whatever it takes to succeed.
* TheUnfought: Though he's a major bad guy in the third game, you never actually fight him. It's even more odd as he is a non-canon bonus fight in the arena, which shows that he's certainly got the skills.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He vanishes off screen once his plans have been screwed up and his family destroyed. [[spoiler:He comes back right at the end, accuses Kazuma of ruining his life and (near fatally) stabs him in the gut.]]
* FightingForSurvival: His jailbreak with Saejima in the forth game actually has him act admirably, despite still being an asshole. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
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[[spoiler:Fifth Chairman of the Tojo Clan]], and former Omi Clan member. A nice, friendly guy, he was friends with many people in the Tojo Clan and worked hard to avert a war between the two. [[spoiler:As a result Kazama convinces him to leave the Omi Clan and succeed him as Chairman.]]
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[[spoiler:Fifth Chairman of the Tojo Clan]], and former Omi Clan member. A nice, friendly guy, he was friends with many people in the Tojo Clan and worked hard to avert a war between the two. [[spoiler:As a result Kazama convinces him to leave the Omi Clan and succeed him as Chairman. He continues this role briefly in the second game, before... things get complicated.]]
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* TheRedBaron: "The Dragon Of Dojima".
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* TheRedBaron: RedBaron: "The Dragon Of Dojima".
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* SchroedingerFu: This is arguably Majima's style of fighting.
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* [[spoiler: BigBad]]BiggerBad]]
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* EvilCounterpartDespairEventHorizon: Took this pretty damn hard after he [[spoiler: killed Dojima to save Yumi]] as Kazuma goes to jail, Yumi suddenly vanishes, and his ill sister dies. From that point on, he decides to ditch his ideals and complete his transformation into the EvilCounterpart
* EvilCounterpart: He's pretty much a more ambition filled Kazuma that will do anything to be at the top once he hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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* EvilCounterpart: He's pretty much a more ambition filled Kazuma that will do anything to be at the top once he hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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** Also meaningful if one hears about the story that if a carp reaches high enough in a waterfall, it will be become a dragon, which fits Nishiki's ambition to be in the top of the Tojo Clan.
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* FallenHero: In the first game, as the Tojo Clan used to held him in high regard until [[spoiler: Dojima is killed]], in which a [[{{Understatement}} majority of the clan holds a grudge on him]] upon his return. [[spoiler: Subverted as Kazuma never committed the murder and took the blame for Nishiki willingly, thus never had earned this trope.]]
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* YoungGun: In the second game as TheLancer. While he is skilled as a fighter, he isn't quite there compare to those like [[{{Badass}} Kazuma]] or [[CrazyAwesome Majima]], both who Daigo looks up to.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Brings the Kazama/Fuma family to support Kazuma and Shintaro against Shimano and his men for all out battle in the first game, making it his sole AwesomeMoment in the series.
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!Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 Protagonists
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!Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 Protagonists
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A moneylender known as "The Lifeline of Kamurocho." He's famous for helping those nobody else will, and uses strange tests for applicants in lieu of charging interest or collateral. Once an up-and-coming financier, he was betrayed by his bank and left homeless, until he got caught in a literal rain of money. After some clever investing, he opened Sky Finance and became the man he is today. He's also friendly with the Tojo family and generally just a nice guy.
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The first of the three new playable characters. A moneylender known as "The Lifeline of Kamurocho." He's famous for helping those nobody else will, and uses strange tests for applicants in lieu of charging interest or collateral. Once an up-and-coming financier, he was betrayed by his bank and left homeless, until he got caught in a literal rain of money. After some clever investing, he opened Sky Finance and became the man he is today. He's also friendly with the Tojo family and generally just a nice guy.
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An ex-yakuza who infamously gunned down 18 yakuza in a noodle shop, and has spent 25 years in death row. After breaking out of prison, he returns to Kamurocho to find out what happened to his old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. [[spoiler: He was set up to take the fall by Kasturagi of the Ueno Seiwa clan, who was the real killer.]] He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
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New playable character number two. An ex-yakuza who infamously gunned down 18 yakuza in a noodle shop, and has spent 25 years in death row. After breaking out of prison, he returns to Kamurocho to find out what happened to his old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. [[spoiler: He was set up to take the fall by Kasturagi of the Ueno Seiwa clan, who was the real killer.]] He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
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A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
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The last of the new playable characters. A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
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* WouldHitAGirl: He's the only protagonist that can fight a woman. Granted, it's a friendly sparring match, but neither one pulls any punches.
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* WouldHitAGirl: He's the only protagonist that can fight a woman. Granted, it's a friendly sparring match, but neither one pulls any punches.punches.
!!Hana
Akiyama's secretary at Sky Finance. She is very organized and tries to be Akiyama's voice of reason. She starts out as little more than a comic foil, but she eventually shows some very cool hidden depths.
*[[spoiler: BeautifulAllAlong: She comes back in the finale, minus a couple hundred pounds.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BigEater: She loves kalbi, and can eat at least two deluxe plates of it per meal. Usually she just goes for the all-you-can-eat deal.
* BrawnHilda: Hana is a big girl, but she's also a martial arts expert that surpasses Akiyama. In contrast to the usual type, she's cute as a button.
* CannotSpitItOut: She's clearly carrying a torch for Akiyama. Even he realizes it, but she just isn't his type, which makes it all the more painful when every other girl in Kamurocho apparently is.
* Tsundere: Type B. She's a sweet girl, but all sorts of things can set her off.
!!Yasuko [[spoiler: Saejima]]
First introduced as "Lily" in Akiyama's chapter, asking to borrow an astronomical amount of money. A mysterious and beautiful woman. [[spoiler: She's Saejima's younger adopted sister, going through hell as Katsuragi's pet assassin to see her brother one last time.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Happened long before the game ever started. She takes it better than most, but there's still something a little off about her.
* ChristmasCake: She's well into her thirties, but has never married.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Her time as a hostess for Akiyama. She looks genuinely happy.
* FemmeFatale: She plays up this angle to [[spoiler: murder Katsuragi's targets.]]
* WomanInWhite: Her outfit for most of her appearances is a white trenchcoat.
* TheWoobie: She lost the only important person in her life 25 years ago, and has spent the time in between as a ChewToy. ItGetsWorse. [[spoiler: Not only does she end up with blood on her hands, but just when she finally reunites with her brother, she gets shot. At least she gets her revenge.]]
!!Hiroaki Arai
A close friend of Akiyama and a high-ranking member of the Shibata family. Akiyama has him pegged as the next successor to the Tojo clan. [[spoiler: He's really an undercover cop.]]
* NiceGuy
* AFatherToHisMen
* XanatosGambit: There is a carefully calculated reason for every risk he takes.
!!Takeshi Kido
Arai's underling and a sort of little brother to Akiyama. He seems like a non-threatening punk. "Seems" is the key word.
* TheDragon: To Arai.
* KillerRabbit: Kido seems like kind of a wimp at first, but there are constant teases of his fighting ability throughout. Then he goes toe-to-toe with Saejima for the finale...
* UndyingLoyalty: Again, to Arai.
!!Isao Katsuragi
The lieutenant of the Ueno Seiwa clan, and its acting leader. He is a bad, bad man.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Or so you think.]]
* MagnificentBastard
* NotQuiteDead: It's easy to lose track of how many times he gets shot, to no effect. He's either wearing bulletproof armor or the bullets are fake. [[spoiler: That last one is real, though.]]
* SmugSnake
* TheUnfought: Despite being the major bad guy for the first three quarters of the game, you never get to fight him. Justified, as he's more of a thinker.
!!Junji Sugiuchi
A veteran detective, and something like a (very harsh) father figure to Tanimura. [[spoiler: Turns out he's been a yakuza spy on the force for his entire 30-year tenure.]]
* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain]]
* DaChief: Not the actual chief, but he fulfills this role for Tanimura.
* DeadPartner: For him, it was Tanimura's dad, which explains why Sugiuchi looks out for him.
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: He was the killer of Tanimura's dad.]]
!!Seishiro Munakata
The assistant commissioner of the police force. He has big plans for cracking down on crime.[[spoiler: And is the true BigBad behind everything.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* FlunkyBoss
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan: For both Katsuragi and Arai.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: One that has spanned three decades.]]
!!Hana
Akiyama's secretary at Sky Finance. She is very organized and tries to be Akiyama's voice of reason. She starts out as little more than a comic foil, but she eventually shows some very cool hidden depths.
*[[spoiler: BeautifulAllAlong: She comes back in the finale, minus a couple hundred pounds.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BigEater: She loves kalbi, and can eat at least two deluxe plates of it per meal. Usually she just goes for the all-you-can-eat deal.
* BrawnHilda: Hana is a big girl, but she's also a martial arts expert that surpasses Akiyama. In contrast to the usual type, she's cute as a button.
* CannotSpitItOut: She's clearly carrying a torch for Akiyama. Even he realizes it, but she just isn't his type, which makes it all the more painful when every other girl in Kamurocho apparently is.
* Tsundere: Type B. She's a sweet girl, but all sorts of things can set her off.
!!Yasuko [[spoiler: Saejima]]
First introduced as "Lily" in Akiyama's chapter, asking to borrow an astronomical amount of money. A mysterious and beautiful woman. [[spoiler: She's Saejima's younger adopted sister, going through hell as Katsuragi's pet assassin to see her brother one last time.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Happened long before the game ever started. She takes it better than most, but there's still something a little off about her.
* ChristmasCake: She's well into her thirties, but has never married.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Her time as a hostess for Akiyama. She looks genuinely happy.
* FemmeFatale: She plays up this angle to [[spoiler: murder Katsuragi's targets.]]
* WomanInWhite: Her outfit for most of her appearances is a white trenchcoat.
* TheWoobie: She lost the only important person in her life 25 years ago, and has spent the time in between as a ChewToy. ItGetsWorse. [[spoiler: Not only does she end up with blood on her hands, but just when she finally reunites with her brother, she gets shot. At least she gets her revenge.]]
!!Hiroaki Arai
A close friend of Akiyama and a high-ranking member of the Shibata family. Akiyama has him pegged as the next successor to the Tojo clan. [[spoiler: He's really an undercover cop.]]
* NiceGuy
* AFatherToHisMen
* XanatosGambit: There is a carefully calculated reason for every risk he takes.
!!Takeshi Kido
Arai's underling and a sort of little brother to Akiyama. He seems like a non-threatening punk. "Seems" is the key word.
* TheDragon: To Arai.
* KillerRabbit: Kido seems like kind of a wimp at first, but there are constant teases of his fighting ability throughout. Then he goes toe-to-toe with Saejima for the finale...
* UndyingLoyalty: Again, to Arai.
!!Isao Katsuragi
The lieutenant of the Ueno Seiwa clan, and its acting leader. He is a bad, bad man.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Or so you think.]]
* MagnificentBastard
* NotQuiteDead: It's easy to lose track of how many times he gets shot, to no effect. He's either wearing bulletproof armor or the bullets are fake. [[spoiler: That last one is real, though.]]
* SmugSnake
* TheUnfought: Despite being the major bad guy for the first three quarters of the game, you never get to fight him. Justified, as he's more of a thinker.
!!Junji Sugiuchi
A veteran detective, and something like a (very harsh) father figure to Tanimura. [[spoiler: Turns out he's been a yakuza spy on the force for his entire 30-year tenure.]]
* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain]]
* DaChief: Not the actual chief, but he fulfills this role for Tanimura.
* DeadPartner: For him, it was Tanimura's dad, which explains why Sugiuchi looks out for him.
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: He was the killer of Tanimura's dad.]]
!!Seishiro Munakata
The assistant commissioner of the police force. He has big plans for cracking down on crime.[[spoiler: And is the true BigBad behind everything.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* FlunkyBoss
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan: For both Katsuragi and Arai.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: One that has spanned three decades.]]
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* [[spoiler: AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: When the moment Kazuma declared himself the fourth Chairman of the Tojo Clan during it's darkest hour, it's quite honestly the most badass thing he has ever done. Course, the actual ceremony was never held as Kazuma quickly resigns, making this a slight subversion]]
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* [[spoiler: AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Just compare Daigo's fighting abilities from his days as a street punk and TheLancer to his run as the sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan. Even more impressive as his opponent is Kazuma of all people]]
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** [[spoiler: Later in the game, it's shown he has 100 BILLION YEN!]]
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Kazuma's true love, who along with Nishiki was one of his closest friends as a child. [[spoilers: Kick starts all of the events of the first game by stealing the laundered 10 billion yen from the Tojo Clan.]]
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Kazuma's true love, who along with Nishiki was one of his closest friends as a child. [[spoilers: [[spoiler: Kick starts all of the events of the first game by stealing the laundered 10 billion yen from the Tojo Clan.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He wants to do what's best for the Clan, but won't betray his friends to do so.
* TheLancer - In the second game.
* TheCaptain - In the third game.
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist - In The fourth game]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He wants to do what's best for the Clan, but won't betray his friends to do so.
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* TheCaptain - In the third game.
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* [[spoiler: ManipulativeBastard - ManipulativeBastard: In The the fourth game.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He wants to do what's best for the Clan, but won't betray his friends to doso.
so. [[spoiler: Until the fourth game, that is...]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He wants to do what's best for the Clan, but won't betray his friends to do
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!!Yumi [[spoiler: Sawamura]]
Kazuma's true love, who along with Nishiki was one of his closest friends as a child. [[spoilers: Kick starts all of the events of the first game by stealing the laundered 10 billion yen from the Tojo Clan.]]
* EasyAmnesia: Averted. She spends a good few years recovering from the horror of seeing Nishiki kill Dojima.
* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: She would have if she'd survived the first game.]]
* [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather Haruka I Am Your Mother]]]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
Kazuma's true love, who along with Nishiki was one of his closest friends as a child. [[spoilers: Kick starts all of the events of the first game by stealing the laundered 10 billion yen from the Tojo Clan.]]
* EasyAmnesia: Averted. She spends a good few years recovering from the horror of seeing Nishiki kill Dojima.
* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: She would have if she'd survived the first game.]]
* [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather Haruka I Am Your Mother]]]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
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One of the youngest Families, and unfortunately one of the most ambitious and traitorous. Their Patriarchs try to kill Kazuma at least once a game, which never ends well (for them).
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One of the youngest Families, and unfortunately one of the most ambitious and traitorous. Their Patriarchs try to kill Kazuma at least once a game, which never ends well (for them).
them). [[spoiler: Disbanded as of the fourth game.]]
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* GoddamnedBoss: While not particularly difficult, there will be a point when he will ''always'' go for a random piece of forniture in the room and use it as a weapon, which makes Kazuma fall on the floor with one hit. And the room is ''full'' of forniture for him to use.
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* GoddamnedBoss: While not particularly difficult, there will be a point when he will ''always'' go for a random piece of forniture furniture in the room and use it as a weapon, which makes Kazuma fall on the floor with one hit. And the room is ''full'' of forniture furniture for him to use.
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A family that emerged during the time gap between the second and third games.
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An extremely rich young man who was brought into the Tojo Clan by [[spoiler: bribing]] Kanda. Since then, he's come into his own under Daigo's wing [[spoiler: and suffers an erractic breakdown when Daigo is shot, which sets the events of the third game into motion]].
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* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: As a child, he grew up with no support from anyone, often ridiculed for his poor origins. This has led him to believe that money and power were everything, and later to attach himself to the only person who treated him as an equal, to an obssessive degree.]]
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* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: As a child, he grew up with no support from anyone, often ridiculed for his poor origins. This has led him to believe that money and power were everything, and later to attach himself to the only person who treated him as an equal, equal to an obssessive degree.]]
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!The CIA
!!Jouji [[spoiler: Fuma / Kazama in the original Japanese]]
An agent of the CIA who seeks to ensure the Okinawa resort deal goes through by any means necessary. [[spoiler: Is also the younger brother of Shintarou Fuma.]]
* BadassGrandpa: While not technically a gramdpa, he's sixty years old and still thoroughly kicks some ass.
* LawfulNeutral
!!The Unidentified Agent / [[spoiler: Andre Richardson]]
A mysterious individual who's only known motive is that he wants Kazuma dead. [[spoiler: Is in fact the leader of a terrorist group known as Black Monday, and has conspired with Mine to bring about the events of the third game]].
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: Of the third game.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilForeigner]]
* [[spoiler: The Mole: He's managed to infiltrate ''the friggin CIA''!]]
!!Jouji [[spoiler: Fuma / Kazama in the original Japanese]]
An agent of the CIA who seeks to ensure the Okinawa resort deal goes through by any means necessary. [[spoiler: Is also the younger brother of Shintarou Fuma.]]
* BadassGrandpa: While not technically a gramdpa, he's sixty years old and still thoroughly kicks some ass.
* LawfulNeutral
!!The Unidentified Agent / [[spoiler: Andre Richardson]]
A mysterious individual who's only known motive is that he wants Kazuma dead. [[spoiler: Is in fact the leader of a terrorist group known as Black Monday, and has conspired with Mine to bring about the events of the third game]].
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: Of the third game.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilForeigner]]
* [[spoiler: The Mole: He's managed to infiltrate ''the friggin CIA''!]]
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* NiceGuy: With a little shopping, his niceness can get to the point where half of Kamurocho's vendors and homeless guys will glady help him out in a fight.
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!!Saejima Taiga
An ex-yakuza who infamously gunned down 18 yakuza in a noodle shop, and has spent 25 years in death row. After breaking out of prison, he returns to Kamurocho to find out what happened to his old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
An ex-yakuza who infamously gunned down 18 yakuza in a noodle shop, and has spent 25 years in death row. After breaking out of prison, he returns to Kamurocho to find out what happened to his old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
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An ex-yakuza who infamously gunned down 18 yakuza in a noodle shop, and has spent 25 years in death row. After breaking out of prison, he returns to Kamurocho to find out what happened to his old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. [[spoiler: He was set up to take the fall by Kasturagi of the Ueno Seiwa clan, who was the real killer.]] He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
* [[spoiler:TheScapegoat]]
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* GunsAreWorthless: Tanimura carries a revolver, apparently for no other reason than to shoot it into the air every now and then.
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* GunsAreWorthless: Tanimura carries a revolver, apparently for no other reason than to shoot it into the air every now and then.
** Justified in that the police aren't supposed to use deadly force unless absolutely necessary. [[spoiler: And he does use the gun when chasing down Sugiuchi.]]
** Justified in that the police aren't supposed to use deadly force unless absolutely necessary. [[spoiler: And he does use the gun when chasing down Sugiuchi.]]
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* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedKarma: His comeuppance comes quite as fast the moment he reveals his betrayal.]]
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* [[spoiler: MoralEventHorizon: While already shown to be a jerk for not supporting Kazuma and the Tojo's efforts against the Omi Alliance, Koji fully cemented into the point of no return by selling out the Tojo and causing the deaths of several officers and gleefully having no regrets in his actions.]]
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* [[spoiler: DespairEventHorizon - In The fourth game.]]
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* [[spoiler: ManipulativeBastard - In The fourth game.]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist - In The fourth game]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist - In The fourth game]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: While emptying a pistol into and killing Koji Shindo was very shocking (especially when Kazuma actually spares the latter after a usual beat down), the fact that Koji betrayed the Tojo Clan and caused the deaths of Tojo Clan Officers is simply just too much to let him get off that easy]]
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* BreakTheCutie: The second game is most definitely this to Kaoru once [[spoiler: she finds out who her true family members are and what became of them shortly after the reveal.]]
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*PapaWolf: While his relationship with his daughter, Saya, is not exactly stellar, he will kick the ass of anyone who harasses her.
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* TheCharmer
* DesperationAttack: Saejima gets more and better finishers at critical health.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He's actually Majima's best friend and they were a huge influence on each other in their early yakuza days. Funny that Majima never mentioned him.
* CounterAttack: The meat of Tanimura's fighting style involves parries and counters.
* FairCop: Several characters remark on how pretty he is. A couple guys even capitalize on it to pick up some girls.
* TheGamblingAddict
* GunsAreWorthless: Tanimura carries a revolver, apparently for no other reason than to shoot it into the air every now and then.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He gladly takes bribes and is a vicious gambler, but almost all of his dirty money goes on to support immigrant orphans.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's around 30, but looks 18.
* Omniglot: Tanimura knows just about every language you'd hear in Southeast Asia.
* TheGamblingAddict
* GunsAreWorthless: Tanimura carries a revolver, apparently for no other reason than to shoot it into the air every now and then.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He gladly takes bribes and is a vicious gambler, but almost all of his dirty money goes on to support immigrant orphans.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's around 30, but looks 18.
* Omniglot: Tanimura knows just about every language you'd hear in Southeast Asia.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGoldWouldHitAGirl: He's the only protagonist that can fight a woman. Granted, it's a friendly sparring match, but neither one pulls any punches.
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** He's actually implied to be [[spoiler: quite the bastard. For one thing, he cheats on his wife with multiple women (including Yumi, which sets off his own murder at the hands of Nishiki).]]
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!!Akira Nishki
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!!Akira NishkiNishiki
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* [[spoiler: FinalBoss/ClimaxBoss]]FinalBoss / ClimaxBoss]]
* TheAtoner - [[spoiler: He killed Kazuma's biological parents in a hit. Given that he places all the children of his targets in Sunshine Orphanage, it can be reasoned he killed Nishiki's and Yumi's parents as well. Kazuma forgives him as he always considered Fuma to be his real father.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
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* BigBadBigBad - Of the first game.
* ShamingTheMob: The mob in this case being [[spoiler: rich and bloodthirsty spectators of a deathmatch tournament he's forced to participate in. He lectures them on what it's really like to kill someone.]]
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* FragileSpeedsterWeakButSkilled: Has the lowest health of all four charcters, but can counter any strike thrown at him and has powerful grappling moves.
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A moneylender known as "The Lifeline of Kamurocho." He's famous for helping those nobody else will, and uses strange tests for applicants in lieu of charging interest or collateral. He's also friendly with the Tojo family and generally just a nice guy.
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A moneylender known as "The Lifeline of Kamurocho." He's famous for helping those nobody else will, and uses strange tests for applicants in lieu of charging interest or collateral. Once an up-and-coming financier, he was betrayed by his bank and left homeless, until he got caught in a literal rain of money. After some clever investing, he opened Sky Finance and became the man he is today. He's also friendly with the Tojo family and generally just a nice guy.
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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: It's not said exactly how much Akiyama made of his initial million, but it's enough for him to casually loan out tens of millions of yen to perfect strangers without charging interest or even usually bothering to collect.
* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: It's not said exactly how much Akiyama made of his initial million, but it's enough for him to casually loan out tens of millions of yen to perfect strangers without charging interest or even usually bothering to collect.
* DressedToKill
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An ex-yakuza. After gunning down 18 yakuza in a noodle shop, he's spent 25 years in death row. After breaking out of prison, he returns to Kamurocho to find out what happened to his old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
* CelibateHero: To a degree. Saejima probably would if he could, but he has far more important things to do, with very little time to do them.
* CelibateHero: To a degree. Saejima probably would if he could, but he has far more important things to do, with very little time to do them.
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An ex-yakuza. After gunning ex-yakuza who infamously gunned down 18 yakuza in a noodle shop, he's and has spent 25 years in death row. After breaking out of prison, he returns to Kamurocho to find out what happened to his old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
* AnimalMotifs: The tiger. [[TigerVersusDragon Naturally, he and Kazuma end up fighting after they've barely spoken.]]
* BadassLongcoat
* CelibateHero: To a degree. Saejima probably would if he could, but he has far more important things todo, do with very what little time to do them. he has.
* AnimalMotifs: The tiger. [[TigerVersusDragon Naturally, he and Kazuma end up fighting after they've barely spoken.]]
* BadassLongcoat
* CelibateHero: To a degree. Saejima probably would if he could, but he has far more important things to
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* MagnificentBastard: A staunchly heroic example.
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!!Tanimura Masayoshi
A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
* ChaoticGood
* CowboyCop
* FragileSpeedster
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
* ChaoticGood
* CowboyCop
* FragileSpeedster
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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An ex-yakuza. Accused of After gunning down 18 yakuza in cold blood, his execution seemed certain. a noodle shop, he's spent 25 years in death row. After a series breaking out of coincidences allows him to break out, prison, he returns to Kamurocho to clear find out what happened to his name. old family and why he was abandoned on that fateful night before the police catch up to him again. He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
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* CelibateHero: To a degree. Saejima probably would if he could, but he has far more important things to do, with very little time to do them.
* CelibateHero: To a degree. Saejima probably would if he could, but he has far more important things to do, with very little time to do them.
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* ClearMyNameFishOutOfTemporalWater: A lot has changed in the 25 years since Saejima was put away.
* FriendToAllChildren: For a self-admitted bad guy and convicted mass murderer, Saejima sure has a soft spot for kids.
* GoodOldWays: Saejima's general reaction to just about everything, especially the state of the yakuza.
* HomelessPigeonPerson: Saejima himself as well as most of his friendly contacts.
* FriendToAllChildren: For a self-admitted bad guy and convicted mass murderer, Saejima sure has a soft spot for kids.
* GoodOldWays: Saejima's general reaction to just about everything, especially the state of the yakuza.
* HomelessPigeonPerson: Saejima himself as well as most of his friendly contacts.
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* TrueNeutralRatedMForManly: Aside from being a hulking giant and stone-cold badass, there's also Saejima's way of capturing Revelations - since he doesn't have a camera, he carves elaborate sculptures out of chunks of wood. With a chisel, in a few seconds, while roaring.
* TheCombatPragmatist: Weapons, walls, enemies in any conceivable position...if it exists, Saejima has a finisher for it.
* TrueNeutral
!!Tanimura Masayoshi
A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
* ChaoticGood
* CowboyCop
* FragileSpeedster
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* TheCombatPragmatist: Weapons, walls, enemies in any conceivable position...if it exists, Saejima has a finisher for it.
* TrueNeutral
!!Tanimura Masayoshi
A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
* ChaoticGood
* CowboyCop
* FragileSpeedster
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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* ParentalAbandonment: She grew up in the care of a woman who explicitly wasn't her mother, but would never tell her who was.
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* ParentalAbandonment: She grew up in the care of a woman who explicitly wasn't her mother, but would never tell her who was.was.
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!!Akiyama Shun
A moneylender known as "The Lifeline of Kamurocho." He's famous for helping those nobody else will, and uses strange tests for applicants in lieu of charging interest or collateral. He's also friendly with the Tojo family and generally just a nice guy.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's probably the nicest guy in Kamurocho, but he won't hesitate to break some teeth if he needs to.
* ChivalrousPervert: He owns and frequents the most popular hostess club in Kamurocho, and his tests for his female clients always seem to include becoming a hostess for a period of time and/or going on a date with him. He can also romance the most hostesses of the four protagonists.
* ExtremityExtremist: He fights almost exclusively with kicks, though he's not entirely averse to using his hands.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite being loaded and throwing around millions of yen at the drop of a hat, Akiyama apparently only limits his expendable income to what he gets from sidequests and thugs.
* NeutralGood
* SecretTestOfCharacter: How he decides if his clients are deserving of a loan or not.
!!Tanimura Masayoshi
A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
* ChaoticGood
* CowboyCop
* FragileSpeedster
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
!!Saejima Taiga
An ex-yakuza. Accused of gunning down 18 yakuza in cold blood, his execution seemed certain. After a series of coincidences allows him to break out, he returns to Kamurocho to clear his name. He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* ClearMyName
* MightyGlacier
* TrueNeutral
!Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 Protagonists
!!Akiyama Shun
A moneylender known as "The Lifeline of Kamurocho." He's famous for helping those nobody else will, and uses strange tests for applicants in lieu of charging interest or collateral. He's also friendly with the Tojo family and generally just a nice guy.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's probably the nicest guy in Kamurocho, but he won't hesitate to break some teeth if he needs to.
* ChivalrousPervert: He owns and frequents the most popular hostess club in Kamurocho, and his tests for his female clients always seem to include becoming a hostess for a period of time and/or going on a date with him. He can also romance the most hostesses of the four protagonists.
* ExtremityExtremist: He fights almost exclusively with kicks, though he's not entirely averse to using his hands.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite being loaded and throwing around millions of yen at the drop of a hat, Akiyama apparently only limits his expendable income to what he gets from sidequests and thugs.
* NeutralGood
* SecretTestOfCharacter: How he decides if his clients are deserving of a loan or not.
!!Tanimura Masayoshi
A corrupt cop called "The Parasite of Kamurocho." He takes bribes, tickets anyone who looks at him funny, and ignores his beat to go gambling, drinking, and visiting hostesses. The death of his father at the hands of the Tojo family has left him with a venomous hatred of yakuza. Despite his flaws, he does genuinely care about the people of Kamurocho.
* ChaoticGood
* CowboyCop
* FragileSpeedster
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
!!Saejima Taiga
An ex-yakuza. Accused of gunning down 18 yakuza in cold blood, his execution seemed certain. After a series of coincidences allows him to break out, he returns to Kamurocho to clear his name. He is the oldest and strongest of the four protagonists.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* ClearMyName
* MightyGlacier
* TrueNeutral
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* {{BadAss}}: Oh, ''Hell yeah''.
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* TheStoicTheDragon: To Dojima before the events of the first game.
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* TheDragon: To Dojima before the events of the first game, and is referred to as such.
* TheDragon: To Dojima before the events of the first game, and is referred to as such.
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TheRedBaron: "The Dragon Of Dojima".
*TheDragon: To Dojima before the events of the first game, and is referred to as such.TheStoic
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* WouldNotHitAGirl: Together with children, Kazuma has a huge soft stop for women, and will never hit any girl, no matter what.
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* SheIsAllGrownUp: Puberty has made her almost unrecognizable by the third game, and she's become much more independent and confident in her role as big sister over the orphanage.
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* SheIsAllGrownUp: Puberty has made her almost unrecognizable by the third game, and she's become much more independent and confident in her role as big sister over the orphanage. By the fourth game, she is a high schooler.
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* TattooedCrook: A carp, in contrast with Kazuma's dragon.
* BigBadWannabe: He is simply too [[AxCrazy violent]], and [[DumbMuscle ignorant]] to be main villain material. [[spoiler: He ends up being turned in by the third game's actual BigBad, who had him as an UnwittingPawn all along]].
* GoddamnedBoss: While not particularly difficult, there will be a point when he will ''always'' go for a random piece of forniture in the room and use it as a weapon, which makes Kazuma fall on the floor with one hit. And the room is ''full'' of forniture for him to use.
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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: His hair is tinted green for some odd reason. Strange, since this is a realistic game series.
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* [[spoiler: BigBad of the third game]].
* [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart: Yet another one to Kazuma, being an orphan like him. For further parallels, he has a golden dragon tattooed on his back, in contrast with Kazuma's silver dragon]].
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: As a child, he grew up with no support from anyone, often ridiculed for his poor origins. This has led him to believe that money and power were everything, and later to attach himself to the only person who treated him as an equal, to an obssessive degree.]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil: The whole game's plot more or less started because this guy had a mental breakdown over finally finding love and acceptance from Daigo. [[{{Yandere}} And as a result he set out to destroy everything the guy had ever cared about. Read the line above.]]]]
* [[spoiler:NietzscheWannabe: This guy really [[{{ThereAreNoTherapists}} needs a therapist.]]]]
* StoicWoobie: Your millage may vary of course, but it's hard not to feel some sympathy for him.
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* StoicWoobie: Your millage may vary of course, but it's hard not to feel some sympathy for him.
* [[spoiler:NietzscheWannabe: This guy really [[{{ThereAreNoTherapists}} needs a therapist.]]]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil: The whole game's plot more or less started because this guy had a mental breakdown over finally finding love and acceptance from Daigo. [[{{Yandere}} And as a result he set out to destroy everything the guy had ever cared about. Read the line above.]]]]
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: Yet as Kazuma points out, he too was a poor orphan.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart: Just take a look at his [[TattooedCrook tattoo]]! Again, [[{{Yandere}} issues.]]]]
* [[spoiler:NietzscheWannabe: This guy really [[{{ThereAreNoTherapists}} needs a therapist.]]]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil: The whole game's plot more or less started because this guy had a mental breakdown over finally finding love and acceptance from Daigo. [[{{Yandere}} And as a result he set out to destroy everything the guy had ever cared about. Read the line above.]]]]
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: Yet as Kazuma points out, he too was a poor orphan.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart: Just take a look at his [[TattooedCrook tattoo]]! Again, [[{{Yandere}} issues.]]]]
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* [[spoiler:NietzscheWannabe: This guy really [[{{ThereAreNoTherapists}} needs a therapist.]]]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil: The whole game's plot more or less started because this guy had a mental breakdown over finally finding love and acceptance from Daigo. [[{{Yandere}} And as a result he set out to destroy everything the guy had ever cared about. Read the line above.]]]]
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: Yet as Kazuma points out, he too was a poor orphan.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart: Just take a look at his [[TattooedCrook tattoo]]! Again, [[{{Yandere}} issues.]]]]
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* LawfulGood: More Lawful when he was actual Yakuza, thought though he makes an effort to carry out his tasks with compassion. Later drifts more into NeutralGood by the time of the third game.
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*[[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: In ''Of The End''.]]
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