History Characters / RyuGaGotoku

** GameplayAndStorySegregation: He can still use swords though (and not just [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter bokken]]).

** GameplayAndStorySegregation: He can still use swords though (and not just [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter boken]]).

* RealMenWearPink: The shirt he wears with his suit is a rather stylish mauve, not to mention he's the chief chef at the orphanage.

* RealMenWearPink

* TheDragon: To Dojima before the events of the first game.

[[folder:Kurohyou]]

The main protagonist of Kurohyou, son of [[spoiler: Amamiya Taizan/Nagi Tooru]], Tatsuya is a street fighter who was forced into fighting for the Kuki Faction after he supposedly murdered Naoki Toda.

* [[spoiler:FlunkyBoss]]

* DeadLittleSister: The death of his sister takes away his idealism, leaving only ambition to keep him going.

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* NotSoHarmless

* 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.

** Unfortunately, this also means he's too manly to try karaoke or woo some hostess.

* FairCop: Several characters remark on how pretty he is. A couple guys even capitalize on it to pick up some girls.

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.]]

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

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

* {{BFG}}: His unique weapon in ''Dead Souls'' is a freaking '''''anti-materiel rifle'''''.

* [[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]].
** It's Golden Kirin, not a dragon.

* 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...

* 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.

* [[spoiler:TheUnfought: Offed by Arai right before the finale.]]

* TroubledButCute: A {{Bishonen}} with personal problems.

!!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 stepsister, going through hell as Katsuragi's pet assassin to see her brother one last time.]]

* FemmeFatale: She plays up this angle to [[spoiler: murder Katsuragi's targets.]]

* [[spoiler: TheMole]]
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: He was the killer of Tanimura's dad.]]

* [[spoiler: BigBad: The real one.]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: One that has spanned three decades.]]

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

* PapaWolf: Mess with his kids and you die, especially his adopted daughter Haruka.

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.]]

* [[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. Of course, the actual ceremony was never held as Kazuma quickly resigns, making this a slight subversion]]

* DoesNotLikeGuns: To the point that he outright ''brawls'' with zombies in ''Dead Souls''. He manages to live with them, though.
* DotingParent: Although he's not very outspoken about it([[TheStoic he's not very outspoken about anything]]), Kazuma is very, VERY proud of his kids, and does all he can to give them a happy, wholesome life. He also doesn't take it overboard: he'll teach his kids a lesson, but he won't enforce it too much, letting his kids learn it on their own.
* [[spoiler: DisneyDeath: in the scene before the credits of both 2 and 3 it looks like he dies or is about to.]]

* {{Moe}}

* TheWoobie: Oh yes. [[spoiler:Her dad's evil, her mom's missing (then dead), people are constantly trying to kidnap her...]]

* [[spoiler:MagnificentBastard]]

* [[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]]

* 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]]

* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: In the fourth game]]

** His tatoo is Fudō-myōō the fierce, angry guardian of Buddha entity
* TheWoobie: His father was murdered, the man he looked up to (Kazuma) went to jail for it, and he went through a brief stint in jail thanks to Ryuji Goda. It's no wonder he decided to back off from the Tojo Clan's affairs before Kazuma convinces him by WarriorTherapist methods.

* [[spoiler: FinalBoss / ClimaxBoss]]

* [[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.]]

* GoddamnedBoss: While not particularly difficult, there will be a point when he will ''always'' go for a random piece of 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 furniture for him to use.

[[folder:Kazama / Fuma Family]]

Kazuma's father figure, and premier hitman for the Tojo Clan.

* 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.]]

* BadassMustache
* DirtyBusiness

* PetTheDog: Goro Majima can be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RtxNl23rFg&feature=related unpredictable]] at times, showing that he's not a Complete Monster despite being a Psycho For Hire.

* BoozeFlamethrower: Weilds one against Saejima.

* {{Shoryuken}}: One of his attacks
* StoicWoobie: Your mileage may vary of course, but it's hard not to feel some sympathy for him.

* [[spoiler:NotSoStoic - Except for when he does, which normally gives you clear warning that someone is about to die.]]

An family working on the fringes of the Tojo, they are vital but mistrusted for their close links to the chinese Triads.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Mouthing off to Ryuji Goda about how he's only successful because of his father- '''especially''' after he just carved a bloody gash in your chest with his katana- is a very '''stupid''' move.]]

* ArmCannon: One of the things he returned to the series with, and that is only the beginning of his awesome
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: In ''Of The End''.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: His arc in ''Of The End/Dead Souls'' is full of it. [[spoiler:Explaining how he lost his original right hand by performing a quitting ceremony, left his own Family and the entire Kansai Omi Alliance, came to realize how futile it was to seek the position of the Only Dragon, and then earning his stay as a takoyaki cooker's apprentice.... Let's just say he came a long way]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Ryuji's sense of openness in battle meant he didn't care '''at all''' for Sengoku kidnapping Haruka to set Kazuma up for an ambush at the Golden Palace and sliced open Sengoku's torso to accent the point. Of course Sengoku had the brilliance to accuse Ryuji of rising on nepotism, which only [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry set Ryuji off]] and earned him a katana through the chest and a boot off the Golden Palace's balcony. After taking care of that interruption, Ryuji then lets Kazuma and Haruka leave undisturbed- although he made it clear that the Omi and Tojo were going to go head-on in exactly a day.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Like Kazuma he's known as TheDragon and has a tattoo of one on his back, along with a certain sense of honour and a similar fighting style. He however lacks both Kazuma's loyalty and kind spirit, and so frequently misuses all of those virtues.

* SpannerInTheWorks: His sense of honour and fairplay are why the various Chessmasters consider him a predictable pawn in their plans, [[spoiler:yet by the end his simple brute strength has derailed all of their manipulations.]]

The Defence Minster, Ryuzo appears in the third game as one of the two politicians vying for the Prime Minister job. His big plan for winning the position revolves around a new missile defence system for Japan, built in co-operation with the Americans.

* [[spoiler: DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Frankly, he kind of did have a reason for Kaoru as her mother's dying wish is to ensure Kaoru's safety]]

* [[spoiler: DisappearedDad: He is Kaoru's father, who under a series of events, could not see her]]

* [[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]]

!!Jouji [[spoiler: Fuma / Kazama in the original Japanese]]

!!The Unidentified Agent / [[spoiler: Andre Richardson]]

* 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.
* GunsAkimbo: His preferred style of shooting in ''Of The End/Dead Souls''.

* 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.

* CombatPragmatist: Weapons, walls, enemies in any conceivable position...if it exists, Saejima has a finisher for it.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Her time as a hostess for Akiyama. She looks genuinely happy.

* TheWoobie: She lost the only important person in her life 25 years ago, and has spent the time in between as a ChewToy. [[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.]]

* MagnificentBastard

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

* 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.]]

* CompleteMonster: He hurled a grenade at a little girl!

* CrazyAwesome
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome / {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3JazIIceTc&fmt=18 "Receive You"]] and all it's remixes, including [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIhrco9PYjk&fmt=18 "Receive You The Prototype"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svLuNbGRto8&fmt=18 "Receive And Stab You"]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwukthJYEqM&fmt=18 "Receive And Bite You"]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Easily the most long lived character in the series, bar Kazuma himself.

* FoeYay: He is very attached to Kazuma, and tends to take a rather flirtatious tone with him.

* CompleteMonster: One of the worst villains of the entire series, not only willing to [[spoiler:kill a reporter to cover up his past romance after marrying into power]], but also quite eager to [[spoiler:kill his former mistress and daughter to ensure there wouldn't be another close call]].