History Characters / RyuGaGotoku

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[[folder:The Tojo Clan]]

* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan: For both Katsuragi and Arai.]]

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* CompleteMonster: Not only was this guy willing to [[spoiler:kill a reporter to cover up his past romance after marrying into power]], but was also quite eager to [[spoiler:kill his former mistress and daughter to ensure there wouldn't be another close call]].

A wealthy businessman and politician, Jingu is very tied up in the Yakuza and seeks to use their wealth to gain greater political power for himself.

* BerserkButton: hurt a kid or a woman in front of Kazuma. Hope you didn't mean to use those teeth.

* XanatosGambit: There is a carefully calculated reason for every risk he takes.

* Jerkass

* Jerkass

* StoutStrength

* FightingForSurvival: His jailbreak with Saejima in the forth game actually has him act admirably, despite still being an asshole. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]

* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: One that has spanned three decades.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilForeigner]]

* WarriorPoet: Kazama is very much the Samurai, and frequently displays a very sensitive, cultured side. He even starts a photography blog in the third game!

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He was originally a detective in the Homicide division who interrogated Kazuma following his arrest in the Dojima shooting, and came to suspect that Kazuma was taking the fall for someone else. Despite it being deemed an open-and-shut case, his persistence in investigating the matter didn't s

* PetTheDog: Kazama is pretty much made of this trope.

* WifeBeaterBeater: Yeaaaaah, be nice to your girl in front of Kazuma.

* OverprotectiveDad: Subverted. Kazuma doesn't protect his kids more than is needed, and actually gives them lots of freedom. However, if someone messes with his kids? [[UnstoppableRage BIG]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown MISTAKE]].

* WifeBeaterBeater: Yeaaaaah, be nice to your girls in front of Kazuma.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He was originally a detective in the Homicide division who interrogated Kazuma following his arrest in the Dojima shooting, and came to suspect that Kazuma was taking the fall for someone else. Despite it being deemed an open-and-shut case, his persistence in investigating the matter didn't sit well with his superiors and they transferred him to the Organized Crime unit as punishment.
* TheLancer: One of the most frequent and obvious.


!!Junichi Sudo
A police detective, Sudo is very cool and collected and very much the professional. His sense of justice is shown however when he defies his bosses at the end of the first game, and since then has becoming a staunch ally of Kazuma.

* ByTheBookCop

!!Jiro Kawara
Or 'Killer Kawara', so named for the amount of [[CowboyCop suspects who die resisting arrest.]] A cop in the second game, he's viewed with suspicion by the other characters for his obvious keeping of secrets and lack of morals.

* CowboyCop: Even worse considering he's [[ValuesDissonance Japanese, yet is more than a little fond of his service revolver.]]
* CoolOldGuy
* [[spoiler: DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Frankly, he kind of did have a reason for Kaoru as her mother's dying wish is to ensure Kaoru's safety]]
* KnightInSourArmor: He does have morals, but is generally so bitter about everything that it's easy to mistake them for something else.
* [[spoiler: DisappearedDad: He is Kaoru's father, who under a series of events, could not see her]]
* [[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.]]


!!Kaoru Sayama
A Osakan cop famed for her spirit and determination, she's earned the title of 'Yakuza Eater' for her work in dealing with the clans.

* ActionGirl: She can certainly handle herself just as well as any of the men.
* 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.]]
* FairCop
* ParentalAbandonment: She grew up in the care of a woman who explicitly wasn't her mother, but would never tell her who was.

!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 grandpa, he's sixty years old and still thoroughly kicks some ass.
* 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.
* [[spoiler: DefeatEqualsFriendship]]

!!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''!]]

!Ryu Ga Gotoku 4

!!Shun Akiyama
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.

* 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.
** [[spoiler: Later in the game, it's shown he has 100 BILLION YEN!]]
* BadassInANiceSuit
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's probably the nicest guy in Kamurocho, but he won't hesitate to break some teeth if he needs to.
* TheCharmer
* 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.
* LoanShark: A weird subversion: he loans out money with no interest and no collateral on the condition that people pass a SecretTestOfCharacter. However, like regular loan sharks, he is very, very good at beating the crap out of people; in his case, though, it's usually either rival loan sharks or muggers looking to fleece ''him.''
* MagnificentBastard: A staunchly heroic example.
* 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.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: How he decides if his clients are deserving of a loan or not.

!!Taiga Saejima
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.

* 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 do with what little time he has.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* CombatPragmatist: Weapons, walls, enemies in any conceivable position...if it exists, Saejima has a finisher for it.
* DesperationAttack: Saejima gets more and better finishers at critical health.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: 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.
* ManlyTears
* MightyGlacier
* RatedMForManly: 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.
** Unfortunately, this also means he's too manly to try karaoke or woo some hostess.
* 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.
* [[spoiler:TheScapegoat]]
* 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.]]

!!Masayoshi Tanimura
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.

* CounterAttack: The meat of Tanimura's fighting style involves parries and counters.
* CowboyCop
* DirtyCop
* 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.
** 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.]]
* 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.
* WeakButSkilled: Has the lowest health of all four characters, but can counter any strike thrown at him and has powerful grappling moves.
* WouldHitAGirl: He's the only protagonist that can fight a woman. Granted, it's a friendly sparring match, but neither one pulls any 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 HiddenDepths.

* [[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.
* HiddenDepths: She's a martial arts expert with the singing voice of an ''angel''.
* {{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:EvilCounterpart: To Tanimura, made very obvious in their final confrontation.]]
* [[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.]]

* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: One that has spanned three decades.]]
* FlunkyBoss
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan: For both Katsuragi and Arai.]]

* ShirtlessScene: ''Countless'' times.