History Characters / Yakuza6

* Deuteragonist: Shares this with Yuta Usami. Whereas Yuta is more closely integrated into the main plotline, Nagumo's the one who's been by Kiryu's side the most out of all of the Hirose gang, even becoming the sole ally helping out Kiryu during the final battle before the rest follows suit.

-->"I'm captain of the Hirose family! Next time we meet, I ain't lettin' ya off so easy!"''

-->''"'Y'don't need to be so formal here. We're pretty laid-back, for Yakuza."''

* WorthyOpponent: Sees Kiryu as this, and admits he's wanted to fight the Dragon since they met.

* ClimaxBoss: From a gameplay perspective: He's a two-phase phase boss fight aided by a several mooks in the first phase and then showing off unblockable knife skills in the 2nd, making for a far larger threat than the battle against Iwami right after him.

* {{Expy}}: Of Goro Majima, or rather, of Goro Majima as portrayed in the first game, being a quick dangerous fighter with a knife and having a sense of honor.

* BigDamnHeroes: When it seems like the bad guys have Nagumo and Kiryu on the ropes. Yuta, Matsunaga and Tagashira come in to save them. Provifding some much needed backup

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

** BigBadWannabe: However, as much as he want to believe himself in control, it's made pretty clear that he is just a washed-up tool and Tsuneo's PuppetKing for the Tojo Clan. Even his subordinate Someya says as much:
--->'''Takumi Someya''': He may have grand plans, but he's just an antique trying to stay relevant.

** [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute He shares a lot of trait with Nishiki,]] a white wearing and ruthlessly ambitious yakuza gunning for the top, unlike Nishiki however Someya still has loved ones to cling onto which give him a better temper.
** His ideals make him the polar opposite of Kiryu himself. Kiryu is a idealized "romantic" Yakuza who abides by a ThouShaltNotKill mentality, noble behavior and keeping the streets clean. Someya on the other hand is a realistic "modern" Yakuza, uncaring who gets caught in the crossfire and only sees profits and status as what's needed to live the life. [[spoiler: Tellingly, Someya lacks an ''irezumi'' tattoo as he sees it as pointless where Kiryu's ''irezumi'' has great personal significance to him.]]

* CompositeCharacter: Of Goro Majima, Shintaro Kazama and Shigeru Nakahara. He has the tonal dissonance of Goro Majima and skill with a knife, Shintaro's fatherly attitude in taking care of the orphaned yakuza who's parents he had killed on orders from a ruthless patriarch, and finally Shigeru Nakahara, who serves as the local small time boss Kiryu befriends in Onomichi.

* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: For a yakuza boss, he's actually rather amiable and encourages his subordinates to keep it lax. However as an assassin Hirose shows little if any moral scruples in seeing to the death of his targets.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: During his standoff with Kiryu, he doesn't banter, posture, or threaten, and his attacks are both disciplined and extremely damaging.

* AlmightyJanitor:
** Despite being of a low-ranking yakuza, Nagumo is surprisingly capable of handling himself, single-handedly holding off an entire mob of Korean mobsters for Kiryu and Yuta... and then have time to chow down on some noodles.

* RecurringBoss: Chronologically Kiryu kicked his ass three times in two days. You get one last brawl against him towards the end of the game.

* {{Foil}}: Of Kyohei Jingu, Haruka's father. Both were once insignificant men who had been given a chance to acquire power and privilege if they were to sacrifice their respective families. Kyohei would plot to kill his wife and daughter to gain political power while Yuta was willing to give up his own life so Haruka and Haruto can live free.

* InkSuitActor: Very much so.

** TheCuckoolanderWasRight: [[spoiler: However, even if accidentally, he's the first one to suggest Minoru Daidoji is behind the Secret of Onomichi]].

* {{Expy}}: Of Mikio from Yakuza 3, the boisterous fat bruiser with a heart and girth of gold.
* GentleGiant: He's is rather rotund, but Naoto heart's as big as his girth. Also downplayed since he's actually one of the shortest Hirose Clan members, second only to Hirose himself.

* KaraokeBox: He's introduced after Kiryu performs at least one song on karaoke.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He does this to Big Lo: He had Lo expand the Saio Traid into Kamurocho, or else he would tell Kurusu that Lo doesn't actually know the secret of Onomichi, putting the lives of the ''Heihaizi'' they're smuggling into Japan at risk.

* BoringButPractical: As far as knife-users in the series go, his combat skills are pretty low-key consisting of rather simple slashes and stabs but the speed and unblockable nature of his attacks still make him plenty dangerous.

* TheWorfEffect: Was at the receiving end of a Jingweon beating when they came to take the baby from Kiryu.

* MightMakesRight: There's only one thing Big Lo truly believes in: overwhelming power solves everything.

** NotSoStoic: A very subtle example as he does a decent job keeping his cool but he's sweating bullets after the negotiations with [[NoNonsenseNemesis Hirose.]]

* UnwittingPawn: He is this to Tsuneo.

** BenevolentBoss: [[spoiler:His body double was apparently treated less like an expendable decoy to protect himself and more like a friend. Whether it's due to feeling sympathy for being forced into such a role by an abusive father or simple vanity is unclear and with Han dead we'll never know for sure.]]

** EvilCounterpart: Can be considered one to the previous owner of Stardust, Kazuki. They're both polite, handsome, prettyboys who work in the host club they own, have close ties to criminals (Kazuki learned how to manage Stardust well from Shintaro Kazama and is good friends with Kiryu), [[BoxingBattler fight like boxers]] and are of Korean ethnicity ([[AmbiguousSituation maybe in the case of Kazuki]]). That's just about where the similarities end though. Kazuki is a law-abiding BenevolentBoss who's genuinely friendly and always happy to help Kiryu. Han on the other hand is a BadBoss of both Stardust and a criminal organization, has a charming demeanor that hides sadistic tendencies, and is always eager to pick fights with Kiryu and otherwise antagonize him. Their color schemes are also rather inversions of one another with Kazuki wearing white clothes with dyed brown hair compared to Han having darker black and blue clothes with bleached white hair.

* MrFanservice: A stylish prettyboy who's regular outfit includes a jacket but no shirt so you can always see his abdominals. The first time you fight him, he's taken off his jacket as well so you can get a decent look at how well-built his torso is.

* BadassLongcoat: A long, black one with silver accents.

* FinishingMove: The Rainmaker lariat.

* MovesetClone: Of Keiji Shibusawa from ''0''.
* RedBaron: The Rainmaker.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Jojima, as the two founders of JUSTIS.

* FinishingMove: A powerbomb.

* MovesetClone: Of Kamon Kanai from ''5''.
* RedBaron: The Sublime Master Thief.

* MovesetClone: Of the "Hangman" from the same game.

* MovesetClone: Of Goh Hamazaki's SuperBoss fight in ''3''.

* FinishingMove: ''Destino'', a modified ''shiranui''.

* MovesetClone: Of Rikiya's wrestling moveset in ''3''

* MovesetClone: Of Rikiya's wrestling moveset in ''3''.

** The game itself reinforces this based on his dynamic introduction during the final battle. Akin to Shibusawa from ''0'', who was given the title of Captain of the Dojima Family but was identified as his former rank of ''Lieutenant'' as it was a title he did not truly earn or deserve as Kazama's successor. By the end of ''6'', despite Tsueno being the new Chairman of the Yomei by getting there through absolutely vile and low means, his title in his dynamic introduction in the final battle merely calls him "CEO of Iwami Shipbuilding"; showing that for all of his bluster and what he did to "get to the top", he was never a true yakuza, but a civilian trying to show off power he never truly earned or deserved.

* PoliceAreUseless: Unfortunetely. Aside from showing Kiryu the scene of Haruka's hit-and-run as a favor to Date, his main role as a police officer in the plot is to just make bad calls, [[spoiler:the last of which gets himself killed, Date injured, and Haruka and Haruto kidnapped.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shinichi Yoshiyuki

* DropTheHammer: As he saves Nagumo and Kiryu with the help of Yuta and Tagashira, he arms himself with a sledgehammer and puts it to good use against the Yomei Alliance Mooks.
-->"Behind yah, fucker!"

-->'''Takumi Someya''': He may have grand plans, but he's just an antique trying to stay relevant.

* ContinuityCameo: He's briefly seen from behind in ''Gaiden'' in a scene set at Morning Glory, now being 4 years of age.

* TattooedCrook: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Despite being a high ranking yakuza, his back is completely free of an ''irezumi''. Kiryu immediately takes notice of this, which causes [[MotiveRant Someya to go on a spiel]] of how the nature of being yakuza has changed to no longer needing the ''irezumi''.[[note]]TruthInTelevision, as tattoos are a dying trend among modern yakuza.[[/note]]

* TheBusCameBack: He and Tagashiro show up in ''Infinite Wealth'' during one of Kiryu's Life LInks substories.

* TheBusCameBack: He and Matsunaga show up in ''Infinite Wealth'' during one of Kiryu's Life LInks substories.

!!! '''Voiced by:''' Minoru Hirota

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiKitano

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He can be considered one to the chronological previous game's final boss, Masato Aizawa. Both of them are the sons of high-ranking yakuza who were left to inherit large empires by their fathers. However, while Aizawa was given control of the Yakuza world's most powerful factions by his father, he was personally unhappy with the scheme to do so, believing he should reach the top by his own merits and strengths rather than his family connections. Meanwhile, Tsuneo was given control of his father's legitimate business, but was ungrateful for this as he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and orchestrated a massive scheme to take control of the Yakuza world. Furthermore, while Masato was a FairPlayVillain who engaged Kiryu in a one-on-one duel and earned some respect from him, Tsuneo is a DirtyCoward who tried to exploit any advantage he could against Kiryu and gets nothing but scorn for it.
** It extends to their fights as well, with Masato being MadeOfIron and engaging in a long, QTE-packed fight, and Tsuneo being a fairly weak fighter with just one QTE.

** He's one to Kiryu. Both chose to join the Yakuza against their father figures' wishes and rose to the top of their ranks. However, while Kiryu earned his title and legacy as the Dragon of Dojima through hard work and loyalty to those around him, Tsuneo rose to power by leaving the dirty work to others before backstabbing them. Furthermore, Kiryu has UndyingLoyalty to Kazama while Tsuneo had nothing but contempt for his father and even had him assassinated in order to gain more power.
** He can also be one to Daigo, both being the son of a powerful Yakuza patriarch who end up coming to power themselves. The difference is that Daigo is AFatherToHisMen whose position as Chairman was forced onto his shoulders by circumstances while Iwami is a sleazy backstabber who got to his position by murdering his own father. In fact, Iwami can be seen as what Daigo could've been had Kiryu not taught him to be a better person: a spoiled brat who was simply coasting off his father's own money and reputation.

* PetTheDog: According to conversations in ''Like A Dragon'', [[spoiler:he treated his body double with a great amount of respect and o]].

* PetTheDog: According to conversations in ''Like A Dragon'', [[spoiler:he treated his body double with a great amount of respect and camaraderie]].