History Characters / LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName

* OhCrap: While he reacts to Yoshimura's declaration of his new servitude to the Daidoji Faction with pained, barely conscious resignation, it's specifically being told that he'd be forced to work with the also indentured [[DepravedBisexual Nishitani]] that shakes him from his stupor with a look of acute shock and likely horror.

* ShipTease: She has a few with Joryu, being the only female ally that he interacts with frequently in the game. One notable moment is her using the common ‘food, bath, or me‘ to flirt with him. Joryu, who had just returned from being beaten, confined, and denied food for ''three days'' under the Daidoji just brushes it off, much to her dismay.

* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler:After spending most of the game as the primary antagonist, Shishido saves Nishitani's life by faking his death and then entirely reveals his own scheme to disrupt Watase's Omi Dissolution, take over the Watase Family and then the Omi Alliance as a whole which means Shishido would technically make Nishitani his subordinate. Nishitani is seemingly perfectly fine with this arrangement as long as he can get payback on Watase though it may just be a pragmatic form of EnemyMine.]]

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:While he reacts to Yoshimura's declaration of his new servitude to the Daidoji Faction with pained, barely concious resignation, it's specifically being told that he'd be forced to work with the also endentured [[DepravedBisexual Nishitani]] that shakes him from his stupor with a look of acute shock and probable horror.]]

* TheLongGame: It turns out that he'd been planning to betray Watase the moment he made his plans to disband the Omi Alliance, which was two years before the game's events began. But rather than enact his betrayal right there and then, Shishido instead waited for the moment Watase would announce the Omi's dissolution. Once the rest of Watase's subordinates take the news of the dissolution [[SarcasmMode well]], Shishido would swoop in and galvanize them to form a new Omi Alliance. Not only that, but he also waited until Tsuruno made an attempt on Nishitani's life and exploited this betrayal to sway the Kijin Clan patriarch and the rest of his family to Shinshido's side.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Joon-Gi Han. They are both PrettyBoy crime lords who run a BreadAndCircuses establishment, are vicious blood knights, and [[spoiler:are members of the Jingweon mafia, or "were" in Nishitani's case]]. But while Han is a {{Hunk}} who fights with GoodOldFisticuffs, Nishitani is a LeanAndMean bastard who primarily fights with his knife. Han has white hair but wears dark colors, while Nishitani has dark hair and his wardrobe is bright. And while they are both obsessed with fighting Kiryu, Han's obsession was driven by a pragmatic goal of consolidating his position and is otherwise pretty calm and collected, while Nishitani's is simply because he gets off on violence and wants a worthy opponent.

** It was implied that the original Nishitani's twisted sense of justice and love for his Uncle Biliken drove him as a teenager to [[PayEvilUntoEvil murder a fellow student who stabbed Biliken's daughter to death,]] leading Biliken to decide that sometimes there are [[NecessaryEvil "necessary monsters".]] By contrast, Nishitani III's barely contained cruelty and sadism, particularly the brutal torture, mutilation and attempt to bury alive one of Tsuruno's renegade underlings, was what drove Tsuruno to conclude that [[AssholeVictim monsters like Nishitani III shouldn't be allowed to exist in the world.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi (Japanese), Jake Eberle (English)

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Shishido was initially one of his slave gladiator fighters, and at the Castle debt slaves are abused and humiliated, being forced to crawl dragging chariots for rich patrons and getting whipped by them.

* EvilCounterpart: To Goro Majima. They were both yakuza who suffered under servitude and have the physical scars to show for it. They both meet men calling themselves Homare Nishitani, encounters that molded them into the men they are now. During his initial encounters with Kiryu, Shishido wielded a metal bat and later a tanto, weapons that Majima himself wielded. Even Shishido's wardrobe evokes similarities to Majima's, such as the Hannya mask and a jacket with a reversed color scheme to Majima's own snakeskin blazer. The difference is that Majima is capable of adapting to life as a civilian (given his history of running legitimate businesses like the Cabaret Grand and Majima Construction), Shishido's life of poverty and slavery meant he could never comprehend living life on the straight and narrow road, which prompts him to rebel against Watase.

* {{Troll}}: When Kiryu partakes in the Coliseum for the first time, Shishido sends him a pink luchador mask with fuzzy ears to wear. Kiryu is not amused in the slightest.

* UngratefulBastard: Tsuruno accuses him of being this when he betrays him and Watase, even though the captain was the one who freed him from Nishitani's service. Shishido retorts that it was his own strength that got him to the position of lieutenant and the perks that came with it, rather than Tsuruno's kindness.
* VillainousValor: Kiryu can't help but respect his strength and tenacity, sharing the same yakuza instinct of thriving to be the strongest.

* DualWielding: In his second boss fight he uses a saw and a branding iron.

* WarmUpBoss: He serves as the game's first proper boss fight, with his Powerful Enemy Attack being easily telegraphed and serves as a tutorial for Ultimate Counters. He's a bit tougher than most compared to that point, but defeating him should be easy.

* DualWielding: In his boss fight he uses a saw and a branding iron.

* Hypocrite: When he betrays Watase and Tsuruno, he accuses the two for scheming behind the rest of Omi's back concerning the dissolution, to ensure its highest chance of success. But despite already knowing about Watase's plan two years prior, instead of voicing his displeasure back then, he pretends to help the plan along while simultaneously rallying the rest of Watase Family to his side behind Watase's and Tsuruno's backs, and only reveals his hand when Watase and Tsuruno are their weakest. He also mentions not having even a shred of respect for Tsuruno, believing he is a bootlicker for Watase, yet he's perfectly willing to lick the boots of Nishitani III, the very man who had previously made his life a living hell. Kiryu even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this after Nishitani arrives on the construction site:

!Key Figures

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: When Akame first started pursuing a singing career in Sotenbori, her growth was very slow, bordering on stagnant. A homeless man who wanted to help her out bought one of her CD[=s=] and shared it with his friends, making her popular among the homeless population. After her dream job failed to pan out due to yakuza interference, she became an information broker as a means to not only support herself, but to give back to the homeless community.

* ShipTease: She has a few with Kir- er, Joryu, being the only female ally that he interacts with frequently in the game. One notable moment is her using the common ‘food, bath, or me‘ to flirt with him. Joryu, who had just returned from being beaten, confined, and denied food for ''three days'' under the Daidoji just brushes it off, much to her dismay.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (Japanese), Eugene Normura (English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yasukaze Motomiya (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kim Jaeuck (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroshiNaka (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Mitsuaki Kanuka (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ikkyu Juku (Japanese)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' First Summer Uika (Japanese)

* ClarkKenting: [[spoiler: If he actually ''is'' Yuu Morinaga, then all it took for him to adopt the identity of Hanawa was to let his hair grow out a litle bit and go gray from age, comb it in a more formal and non-slicked back style, shave his moustache, and put on glasses.]]

** The term "shishi" itself is also used to describe late Edo period political activists, mostly used for those who wanted to overthrow the shogunate and restore power to the emperor, which included infamous killers like the Four Hitokiri; this effectively reflects Shishido's own violent ambitions of taking over the yakuza while all-but-worshipping the money and glory he believes it will bring.

* ClarkKenting: [[spoiler: If he actually ''is'' Yuu Morinaga, then all it took for him to adopt the identity of Hanawa was to let his hair grow out a litle bit and go gray from age, comb it in a more formal and non-slicked back style, and put on glasses.]]