History Characters / Yakuza4

CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/LikeADragonKazumaKiryu Kazuma Kiryu]] | [[Characters/LikeADragonGoroMajima Goro Majima]] | [[Characters/LikeADragonAkiraNishikiyama Akira Nishikiyama]] | [[Characters/LikeADragonIchibanKasuga Ichiban Kasuga]]\\

* FasterThanTheyLook: Despite her heavy build and short height, she can run just as fast as Akiyama, if not faster.

* FormerlyFat: She's a bit on the big side; when she tells Akiyama she thinks she'll be raped if she goes out on the streets alone, he finds it so unlikely he actually ''laughs'' at the thought of it.[[note]][[AdaptationalNiceGuy This line was altered in the remastered version]] so that he instead scoffs at the idea of her being [[ActionGirl delicate and threatened by a couple of yakuza.]][[/note]] [[spoiler:She loses all of that by the end of ''4'', but returns to it in ''Dead Souls''. ''5'' leaves it ambiguous, which isn't addressed in ''6''.]]

* StoutStrength: At least prior to her diet. Being a physically-large woman does Hana a lot of favors when it comes to fighting, and she actually [[MovesetClone uses the same moveset as heavy enemies]] in the Trial Ultimate Challenge mode, with all of the high damage it entails.

** Reappears in ''Gaiden'' as a recruitable fighter for the Joryu Clan in the Coliseum. Curiously, Kiryu's conversation with him implies that he still remembers Kiryu despite claiming that he [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "definitely doesn't know him".]]

* PutOnABus: Unlike the other new playable characters, Tanimura hasn't made any onscreen appearances outside of ''4'' and ''Online''. He isn't forgotten entirely, as other characters mention him in ''Dead Souls'', ''5'', and ''Infinite Wealth,' 'but it's unknown if he'll ever make a proper re-appearance.

* PutOnABus: Unlike the other new playable characters, Tanimura hasn't made any onscreen appearances outside of ''4'' and ''Online''. He isn't forgotten entirely, as other characters mention him in ''Dead Souls'' and ''5'', but it's unknown if he'll ever make a proper re-appearance.

* BloodBrothers: He's one with Takeshi Kido.

* BloodBrothers: He's Arai's.

* BloodBrothers: [[spoiler:He's Sugiuchi's blood brother.]]

* BloodBrothers: [[spoiler:He's one to Katsuragi.]]

* PromotedToPlayable: He's controllable in the Coliseum in ''Like a Dragon Gaiden'' retaining his perfected fighting techniques from ''6''

!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoichiYamadera

* TheCameo: Appears in ''Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho'' as a random customer in a ramen-making minigame.

* TheFaceless: In ''Yakuza 5''. She doesn't make a physical appearance in the game at all, with her presence being limited to a few phone calls where, unlike the other characters, she has no photo. Her profile image consists of ''a picture of a desk''.

* TheCameo:
** In ''4'', he's seen for a couple of minutes after Saejima returns to Kamurocho.
** It's mentioned in ''Online'' that Saejima, while arrested after the events of ''5'', is able to arrange for his brief release just to meet with Sasai again [[spoiler:to see if he's recovered any of his mental faculties in the time that's passed. Unfortunately he still doesn't seem to have recovered, though to what extent he's still troubled isn't specified.]]

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Saejima would have gladly died for his boss, but his actions turned his life into a living hell. The worse part is that Saejima never suspected a thing until he escapes prison 25 years later.]]

* TheCameo:

* TheCameo: Ihara makes an appearance in ''Yakuza 6'' as one of several ghostly Easter Eggs by taking photos with Kiryu's camera in certain locations.

* TheCameo: Appears in ''Kiwami 2'' as a scoutable employee for Majima Construction. The canonicity of said appearance is questionable considering how he reuses his slightly buffer appearance from ''6''.
** Reappears in ''Gaiden'' as a recruitable fighter for the Joryu Clan in the Coliseum. Curiously Kiryu's conversation with him implies that he still remembers Kiryu despite claiming that he [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "definitely doesn't know him".]]

* MovesetClone: As stated before, he's one of the only two characters in ''4'' that can equip tonfas as a weapon but his fightingn style with it is completely identical to Kiryu's with a single exception: His Heat Action which is completely different.

* GutturalGrowler: Has a rather gravelly and intimidating voice.

* GutturalGrowler: Has a gruff and gravelly voice.

* OhCrap: After shooting Arai, it dawns on Ihara how bad the situation has become and he quickly grabs Mishima and books it.

!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese), Creator/RonYuan (English)

* ArmoredButFrail: A peculiar {{Inversion}} as a recruitable fighter in ''Gaiden''. He boasts one of the largest Health stats on your team but has an utterly pitiful Defence stat in turn making him more frail than he should be.

* CostumeEvolution: Originally wearing a yellow traditional martial arts gi in ''4'' and ''5'', he reappears in ''6'' with the shirt replaced by a simple dark green tank top exposing the new muscles he developed thanks to training with the [[ProductPlacement RIZAP program.]] ZigZagged as of ''Gaiden'' as he's returned to his old gi though his fighting ability and build suggests that he still keeps in shape.

** Also applies to his showing in ''Gaiden'' as a recruitable Fighter. Quirky defensive stats aside, he's still fighting the same way while boasting potentially one of the highest Attack stats of any member of your team. That his Heat Skill lets him further boost the Attack of his team while reducing staggering to enemy hits accentuates this.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Often shrieks when he gets hurt.

* PromotedToPlayable: He's controllable in the Coliseum in ''Like a Dragon Gaiden''.

* TookALevelInBadass: He goes from having no combat abilities at the beginning of his arc with Saejima in 4 to being able to go toe to toe with even a fully maxed out endgame Kiryu in 6, having also put on some muscle mass as well.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Not even the others in the Majima family enjoy his singing. He's introduced "singing" Kamurocho Lullaby in Club Elise to show how bad he is.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "All my Pride".

* MovesetClone: In ''6'', after he's sparred with Kiryu enough times, he develops into using the same brutal dirty boxing techniques of Daisaku Kuze from ''0''.