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Legitimate Businessmens Social Club TRS cleanup, disambiguating when appropriate.


* SharpDressedMan: Regardless of whether he's in his office on the docks, in a dark alley, or at his LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub, he's always wearing a fancy suit.

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* SharpDressedMan: Regardless of whether he's in his office on the docks, in a dark alley, or at his LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub, criminal front, he's always wearing a fancy suit.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is of a higher rank than the military due to being part of the Imperial Family, and she advocates for the Japanese removing themselves (at least militarily) from the West Coast.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Uses a Nambu Type 14, since the Kempeitai's a part of the Ministry of War when it operate in the JPS.
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The Crown Prince of the Japanese Empire and heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne

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The Crown Prince of the Japanese Empire and heir to the Chrysanthemum ThroneThrone.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like in real life, he's the son of Emperor Hirohito

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like in real life, he's the son of Emperor HirohitoHirohito.



The Crown Prince's wife

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The Crown Prince's wifewife.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like in real life, she's the wife of Akihito
* IronLady: Takes a much more active role in the administration of the Pacific States following [[spoiler: the assassination of Minister Tagomi]]. Hardliners in the Imperial Army, especially Yamori, resent what they view as meddling, but she (in a very opaque and passive-aggressive way) makes it clear that she doesn't give a fuck if they like it or not.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like in real life, she's the wife of Akihito
Akihito.
* IronLady: Takes a much more active role in the administration of the Pacific States following [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the assassination of Minister Tagomi]]. Hardliners in the Imperial Army, especially Yamori, resent what they view as meddling, but she (in a very opaque and passive-aggressive way) makes it clear that she doesn't give a fuck if they like it or not.



* EnigmaticMinion: Despite his position as an underling of Tagomi, it becomes apparent from his burn scars and his enigmatic smile when Tagomi [[spoiler: disappears into the alternate universe]] that he has his own secrets that tie him to the events of the show. This is confirmed when he admits to Tagomi that [[spoiler: he originates from an alternate universe where the bombing of Nagasaki took place]].
* EveryScarHasAStory: Juliana notices his wrist is covered with burn scars. [[spoiler: He got them in an alternate timeline (possibly our own) during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, where his entire family was killed. In his grief, he found a way to travel to a timeline where his family survived due to Japan winning the war.]]

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* EnigmaticMinion: Despite his position as an underling of Tagomi, it becomes apparent from his burn scars and his enigmatic smile when Tagomi [[spoiler: disappears [[spoiler:disappears into the alternate universe]] that he has his own secrets that tie him to the events of the show. This is confirmed when he admits to Tagomi that [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he originates from an alternate universe where the bombing of Nagasaki took place]].
* EveryScarHasAStory: Juliana notices his wrist is covered with burn scars. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He got them in an alternate timeline (possibly our own) during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, where his entire family was killed. In his grief, he found a way to travel to a timeline where his family survived due to Japan winning the war.]]



* UndyingLoyalty: to his BenevolentBoss Tagomi.

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* UndyingLoyalty: to To his BenevolentBoss Tagomi.



* NotAfraidToDie: Onadas's very clear on the fact he's likely going to die in the incoming war against Germany, but he's okay with it, in keeping with the contemporary interpretation of ''bushido''.
* PetTheDog: Onada may be a dick but he does make an effort to be friendly to Kido and compliments his abilities from time to time.

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* NotAfraidToDie: Onadas's Onada's very clear on the fact he's likely going to die in the incoming war against Germany, but he's okay with it, in keeping with the contemporary interpretation of ''bushido''.
* PetTheDog: Onada may be a dick dick, but he does make an effort to be friendly to Kido and compliments his abilities from time to time.



* CoolShip: his flagship is a ''Yamato''-class superbattleship with a postwar refit. Much like the real-life refit of the US Navy's ''Iowa''-class, she's ditched her 25mm AA guns and had her seaplane-handling spaces replaced with a helicopter flight deck.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Was prepared to do this [[spoiler:when he was framed for the collaborating with the Black Communist Rebels and Tagomi's murder]].

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* CoolShip: his His flagship is a ''Yamato''-class superbattleship with a postwar refit. Much like the real-life refit of the US Navy's ''Iowa''-class, she's ditched her 25mm AA guns and had her seaplane-handling spaces replaced with a helicopter flight deck.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Was prepared to do this [[spoiler:when he was framed for the collaborating with the Black Communist Rebels and Tagomi's murder]].



* HeroicSacrifice: Yoshida [[spoiler: saves Kido from gunfire and then an explosion, but dies in the process.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: Yoshida [[spoiler: saves [[spoiler:saves Kido from gunfire and then an explosion, but dies in the process.]]process]].



* OnlyFriend: Kido's only true confidant. [[spoiler: His death really shakes Kido.]]

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* OnlyFriend: Kido's only true confidant. [[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His death really shakes Kido.]]



* CategoryTraitor: He sells out the Japanese [[spoiler:because he considers himself white rather than Japanese. Plus his mom was a Caucasian American.]]

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* CategoryTraitor: He sells out the Japanese [[spoiler:because he considers himself white rather than Japanese. Plus his mom was a Caucasian American.]]American]].



* TheMole: He's [[spoiler:selling information to the Yakuza and the Nazis.]]

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* TheMole: He's [[spoiler:selling information to the Yakuza and the Nazis.]]Nazis]].



* PunchClockVillain: He was distraught from JustFollowingOrders in Manchuria including participating in atrocities and getting a MedalOfDishonor for it. It haunts him even after war, causing him to express his disillusionment with the Empire even after its war victory and his and his father's servitude for it.

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* PunchClockVillain: He was distraught from JustFollowingOrders in Manchuria Manchuria, including participating in atrocities and getting a MedalOfDishonor for it. It haunts him even after the war, causing him to express his disillusionment with the Empire even after its war victory and his and his father's servitude for it.



A resident of San Francisco, he is Juliana Crain's step-father and Trudy Walker's father [[spoiler:in name, but unknowingly not her biological father. He secretly works as a senior staffer in the JPS government's wiretapping and audio surveillance department.]]

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A resident of San Francisco, he is Juliana Crain's step-father and Trudy Walker's father [[spoiler:in name, but unknowingly not her biological father. He secretly works as a senior staffer in the JPS government's wiretapping and audio surveillance department.]]department]].



* LesCollaborateurs: He [[spoiler:spies on his own people on behalf of the Japanese Empire]]

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* LesCollaborateurs: He [[spoiler:spies on his own people on behalf of the Japanese Empire]]Empire]].



* WeHardlyKnewYe: Laura and her two children [[spoiler: die in the same episode they are introduced.]]

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Laura and her two children [[spoiler: die [[spoiler:die in the same episode they are introduced.]]introduced]].



* PlatonicProstitution: Kido hires her services but only so she can serve as his confidant.

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* PlatonicProstitution: Kido hires her services services, but only so she can serve as his confidant.



A wealthy lawyer for the [[spoiler: Yakuza]] and collector of pre-war Americana.

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A wealthy lawyer for the [[spoiler: Yakuza]] [[spoiler:Yakuza]] and collector of pre-war Americana.



* PlayingBothSides: He provides information for both the Japanese Kempeitai and the Nazi SS. [[spoiler:Unfortunately his association with the latter that gives Kido justification to kill him and his men]].

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* PlayingBothSides: He provides information for both the Japanese Kempeitai and the Nazi SS. [[spoiler:Unfortunately [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his association with the latter that gives Kido justification to kill him and his men]].men.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Was prepared to do this [[spoiler:when he was framed for the collaborating with the Black Communist Rebels and Tagomi's murder]].
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* CategoryTraitor: He sells out the Japanese [[spoiler:because he considers himself white rather than Japanese.]]

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* CategoryTraitor: He sells out the Japanese [[spoiler:because he considers himself white rather than Japanese. Plus his mom was a Caucasian American.]]
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Mixed Ancestry is no longer a trope; any applicable tropes can be found in Interracial And Interspecies Love Index


* MixedRace: [[spoiler:He's half-white and half-East Asian.]]
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->'''Played By''': Creator/TiioHorn

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->'''Played By''': Creator/TiioHorn
[[Creator/KaniehtiioHorn Tiio Horn]]
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* PlayingBothSides: He provides information for both the Japanese Kempeitai and the Nazi SS. [[spoiler:Unfortunately it his association with the latter that gives Kido justification to kill him and his men]].

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* PlayingBothSides: He provides information for both the Japanese Kempeitai and the Nazi SS. [[spoiler:Unfortunately it his association with the latter that gives Kido justification to kill him and his men]].
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->'''Played By:'''

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->'''Played By:'''
By:''' Sen Mitsuji



->'''Played By:'''

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->'''Played By:'''
By:''' Christine Chatelain

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