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* AffablyEvil - If you compare him to Tonegawa, sure.
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* {{Nakama}} - With most if not all his allies.
* [[spoiler:FireForgedFriends]] - [[spoiler:Later becomes this with Kaiji.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
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* SinisterShades - Like all black suits in the series.SinisterShades
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* StartOfDarkness - [[spoiler:He used to lend money out of kindness (or so he says), but slowly began to hate people after seeing loan cheat after loan cheat apologize while deep down not meaning anything. After that, he decided to never help anyone. There's probably more to his backstory than meets the eye though.]]
* VillainousBreakdown - Becomes childishly angry at [[spoiler:Ichijou]] at the end of season 2.
* {{Hypocrite}}
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
* StartOfDarkness - [[spoiler:He used to lend money out of kindness (or so he says), but slowly began to hate people after seeing loan cheat after loan cheat apologize while deep down not meaning anything. After that, he decided to never help anyone. There's probably more to his backstory than meets the eye though.]]
* VillainousBreakdown - Becomes childishly angry at [[spoiler:Ichijou]] at the end of season 2.
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* [[spoiler:SecretTestOfCharacter]] - [[spoiler:In the manga, they offered more of Otsuki's money to Kaiji than anyone else; this was actually a test to see what a guy he really was. If he had accepted it, he wouldn't have gotten any at all. In the anime, they never mention this.]]
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* TooDumbToLive - [[spoiler:When Yoshihiro interrupts their second game, he tells him to leave in a rude way. Never mind the fact that Yoshihiro is the only one there who wears fancy clothes instead of the standard labouring uniform, and that he's accompanied by several black suits.]]
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'''Mr. Sakazaki'''
A shady-looking old man whose daughter (see below) and wife left him because of his economical problems. He's been looking for a young gambler to help him since then.
A shady-looking old man whose daughter (see below) and wife left him because of his economical problems. He's been looking for a young gambler to help him since then.
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* CoolOldGuy - Not really "old", as he's only 52, but Kaiji calls him an old man anyway. And he's cool, of course.
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* NightmareFetishist - Takes Kaiji first to a graveyard (complete with acting out a strangulation) and then to a torture/ BDSM club. Nice.Nice.
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* {{Yakuza}}
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* [[spoiler:PutOnABus]] - At the end of season 2.
* BeyondTheImpossible - [[spoiler:His leap in episode 14.]]
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* BadBoss - He's quite cruel to his subordinates, as seen in Kaiji season 2.
* ThePowerOfFriendship
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[[spoiler:Tonegawa]]'s replacement in the second part. Little is known about him at this point.
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[[spoiler:Tonegawa]]'s replacement in the second part. Little is known about him at this point.
point, except that he watches over the underground labour camp.
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* TheLancer - To Kaiji.
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* LoanShark - Loans a lot of money to Kaiji in season 3 to help him take down Muraoka; in return, though, he either wants [[spoiler:Kaiji to go back "underground" or bet a body part.]]
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* [[spoiler:ScaryShinyGlasses]] - When he [[spoiler:betrays Kaiji.Kaiji the second time.]]
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* ObviousTrap - He offers Kaiji to help him early on, and then stabs the guy in the back. In the manga, he's acting ''somewhat'' less shady, but the fact that the chapter's name is "Scam" is a tip-off.
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'''The Chairman (real name: [[spoiler:Kazutaka Hyoudou]])'''
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'''The Chairman (real name: [[spoiler:Kazutaka Hyoudou]])'''
Kazutaka Hyoudou)'''
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* BadBoss - He's quite cruel to his subordinates, as seen in Kaiji 2. Some of them don't like him.
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* BadBoss - He's quite cruel to his subordinates, as seen in Kaiji 2. Some of them don't like him.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity - Sort of. He wants the people to love his company, but it's unknown how popular Teiai really is.
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Kaiji's co-workers in the chinchiro arc. [[spoiler:After Kaiji frees them, they become black suits for Muraoka's company; they need his help and that's where the third part starts.]]
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Kaiji's co-workers in the chinchiro arc. [[spoiler:After Kaiji frees They form a union of sorts to take down Otsuki after they realize that [[spoiler:he's cheating]]. [[spoiler:Two of them, they become Miyoshi and Maeda, re-appear as black suits for Muraoka's company; in part 3 after being freed, although they need have no ties to Teiai and are still on Kaiji's side.]]
'''Hiromitsu Ishida'''
The son of Mitsuzi Ishida. He was sent to the underground labour camp because of hishelp and that's where debts.
* [[spoiler:ThrowTheDogABone]] - [[spoiler:Kaiji buys him out of thethird part starts."hellhole" along with the 45'ers at the end of season 2.]]
'''Hiromitsu Ishida'''
The son of Mitsuzi Ishida. He was sent to the underground labour camp because of his
* [[spoiler:ThrowTheDogABone]] - [[spoiler:Kaiji buys him out of the
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Usually called by his title "chief", he gives out orders to the other underground laborers. He also invented a game called "Underground Chinchiro".
Chinchiro". His two henchmen are called Numakuwa and Isawa.
'''Isawa and Numakuwa'''
Otsuki's henchmen.
'''Yoshihiro Kurosaki'''
[[spoiler:Tonegawa]]'s replacement in the second part. Little is known about him at this point.
* TheDragon
Otsuki's henchmen.
'''Yoshihiro Kurosaki'''
[[spoiler:Tonegawa]]'s replacement in the second part. Little is known about him at this point.
* TheDragon
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A loan shark working for Teiai Corporation.
Corporation. After Kaiji sabotages his car, they have a talk which leaves to him giving Kaiji an invitation to Espoir, the ship of hope.
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An old "friend" of Kaiji's, who is responsible for his debts. They meet again on Espoir, where they team up to escape from the ship.
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* [[spoiler:UngratefulBastard]] - [[spoiler:He accepts Andou's offer to betray Kaiji at the end of the Espoir arc. This is pretty horrible when you think about it, since Furuhata is responsible for Kaiji's debt in the first place.]]
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Funai is a slimy contestant on the Espoir gamble.
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gamble. He has supposedly been on the ship before and is used to tricking people into helping him.
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* [[spoiler:YankTheDogsChain]] - A very cruel example of this.
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[[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]]
*JerkAssJerkAss - By episode 5 you'll hate him so very hard.
*
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* TheLancer - To Kaiji in the pachinko arc.
Kaiji.
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The young host of the casino from the pachinko arc.
arc, who also works under Hyoudou.
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* EvilIsStylish - Cares a lot about his looks, especially his nails.
* EvilRedhead - In theanime.anime; originally he had black/purple hair.
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse]] - [[spoiler:Ichijou was tired of his friends looking down on him; he wants to take over as the chairman of Teiai Corporation to impress them.]]
* EvilRedhead - In the
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse]] - [[spoiler:Ichijou was tired of his friends looking down on him; he wants to take over as the chairman of Teiai Corporation to impress them.]]
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* [[spoiler:WeWillMeetAgain]] - [[spoiler:After his defeat, Ichijou gets sent to the "hellhole". Kaiji feels bad for him and calls him a WorthyOpponent, asking if he will get back to get revenge. Ichijou's answer? "Of course". At this point it's unknown if he will keep his promise though.]]
* [[spoiler:WorthyOpponent]]
* [[spoiler:WeWillMeetAgain]] - [[spoiler:After his defeat, Ichijou gets sent to the "hellhole". Kaiji feels bad for him and calls him a WorthyOpponent, asking if he will get back to get revenge. Ichijou's answer? "Of course". At this point it's unknown if he will keep his promise though.]]
* [[spoiler:WorthyOpponent]]
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* SmugSnake - For a man who for all intents and purposes works as a slave, he sure is condescending.
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* JerkAss - For all the pain Kaiji goes through, he's still a massive jerk most of the time. Usually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* JerkAss - For all the pain Kaiji goes through, he's still a massive jerk most of the time. Usually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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* [[spoiler:UngratefulBastard - How does he pays K]]
[[spoiler:UngratefulBastard]]
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* [[spoiler:UngratefulBastard - How does he pays K]]
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* ButtMonkey - Who else but Kaiji?
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* ButtMonkey - Who else but Kaiji?ButtMonkey
* TheDragon - To Hyoudou.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow
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* BadassMustache
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* {{Yakuza}}
* FatBastard
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
* BigDamnHeroes - [[spoiler:During the end of the Bog arc.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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* {{Yakuza}}
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome - Often gets him into trouble. [[spoiler:ESPECIALLY at the end of the first season.]]
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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter UglyGuysHotDaughter - Or so her father thinks...
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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter - Subverted to hell and back.
Or so her father thinks...
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* EvilRedhead - At least in In the anime.anime.
* LaughingMad
* LaughingMad
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* SinisterShades - Like most all black suits.suits in the series.
* {{Expy}} - Shares a lot of traits with Urabe from ''{{Akagi}}''.
* HoYay - With Kaiji. "''You smell different from the others, somehow...''"
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* TheWoobie - Some will argue that the whole point of this series is to see Kaiji lose tremendously, get back up in an inspiring and heart-winning manner...then lose even more tremendously. In the end, you just want to give him a hug or buy him some drinks after all that's happened to him (losing scads of money, betrayal and bullying, [[spoiler:maiming, losing his comrades, being forced into slave labor, being harassed by a girl he doesn't like]]...the list goes on). Many, fangirls and fanboys alike, will argue that Kaiji is indeed "[[MoeMoe moe]]", or moe[[{{Badass}} GAR]].
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** IronWoobie
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - He's the source of a lot of these.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - He's the source of a lot of these.
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* CompleteMonster
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* NEET {{NEET}} - By season 3 he's just leeching off of Sakazaki.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive - The epitome of this, right down to his ReadTheFinePrint moment after the Brave Men Road.
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A weak-willed old man in debt on the ship of Espoir.
* CoolOldGuy
* TearJerker - [[spoiler:His death.]]
* CoolOldGuy
* TearJerker - [[spoiler:His death.]]
Kaiji's co-worker. Appears in the Brave Men Road arc.
** There's also an {{Expy}} of Hyoudou in ''GamblingEmperorLegendZero'' by the same creator; his name is Zaizen.
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Kaiji's co-workers in the"Hellhole"'''
chinchiro arc. [[spoiler:After Kaiji frees them, they become black suits for Muraoka's company; they need his help and that's where the third part starts.]]
'''Taro Otsuki'''
Usually called by his title "chief", he gives out orders to the underground laborers.
Kaiji's co-workers in the
'''Taro Otsuki'''
Usually called by his title "chief", he gives out orders to the underground laborers.
A shady-looking old man with family problems.
* TheLancer - To Kaiji in the pachinko arc.
* TheLancer - To Kaiji in the pachinko arc.
Sakazaki's daughter. Is seen in a photo in Kaiji 2 and appears in person in Kaiji 3.
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TheDragon to Ichijou.
'''Muraoka'''
A freaky-looking man who owns a casino. Kaiji 3 starts with the 45'ers, now black suits, asking Kaiji to take him out in Minefield Mahjong.
TheDragon to Ichijou.
'''Muraoka'''
A freaky-looking man who owns a casino. Kaiji 3 starts with the 45'ers, now black suits, asking Kaiji to take him out in Minefield Mahjong.
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* JerkAss - For all the pain Kaiji goes through, he's still a massive jerk most of the time. Usually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* NEET
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'''Mikoko Sakazaki'''
* AbhorrentAdmirer - Mikoko looks just like her father and is head-over-heels for Kaiji. This is PlayedForLaughs.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace - She ''licks Kaiji's face''.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter - Subverted to hell and back.
* AbhorrentAdmirer - Mikoko looks just like her father and is head-over-heels for Kaiji. This is PlayedForLaughs.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace - She ''licks Kaiji's face''.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter - Subverted to hell and back.
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'''Kazuya [[spoiler:Hyoudou]]'''
* AuthorTract - In-universe example. Kazuya's book is one long story about betrayal and how you can't trust anyone.
* CoolShades - Wears shades at night and inside.
* EvilRedhead - Sort of. His hair is somewhere between red and brown.
* KavorkaMan - He frequently has at least three women hanging on him, in spite of, er, inheriting his father's looks. The money probably helps.
* LonelyRichKid - Kazuya bemoans the fact that people only like him for his family's money.
* NightmareFetishist - Takes Kaiji first to a graveyard (complete with acting out a strangulation) and then to a torture/ BDSM club. Nice.
'''Kazuya [[spoiler:Hyoudou]]'''
* AuthorTract - In-universe example. Kazuya's book is one long story about betrayal and how you can't trust anyone.
* CoolShades - Wears shades at night and inside.
* EvilRedhead - Sort of. His hair is somewhere between red and brown.
* KavorkaMan - He frequently has at least three women hanging on him, in spite of, er, inheriting his father's looks. The money probably helps.
* LonelyRichKid - Kazuya bemoans the fact that people only like him for his family's money.
* NightmareFetishist - Takes Kaiji first to a graveyard (complete with acting out a strangulation) and then to a torture/ BDSM club. Nice.
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'''The Chairman (real name: [[spoiler:Kazutaka Hyoudou)'''
Hyoudou]])'''
