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| “ | I can't wait! Just looking at somebody strong gets my juices flowin'. I'm rock hard, buddy ol' pal. Can't hold this back! | „ |
| ~ Homare Nishitani |
Homare Nishitani is a major antagonist in Sega's 2015 beat'em up video game Yakuza 0, specifically for Majima's scenario.
He is a part of the Omi Alliance, a powerful Yakuza in Eastern Japan, and is the patriarch of the Kijin Clan. He's also one of the main inspirations behind the "Mad Dog" persona of Goro Majima, mainly inheriting his crazy and wild personality.
He was voiced by the late Keiji Fujiwara, who also voiced Esidisi from JoJo: Bizarre Adventure, PoH from Sword Art Online, and Axel from Kingdom Hearts, while in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Yakuza 0: Director's Cut's English dub he was voiced by Vic Chao who also voiced Goro in Mortal Kombat X.
Appearance[]
Nishitani appears to be a middle-aged adult, with a light goatee and his hair parted down on the middle on both sides.
He wears a striped suit with a black dress suit and a purple necktie tied around him. He also has a watch on his wrist, a brown belt with a golden buckle, and brown leather oxfords.
Personality[]
Nishitani is well-known for his wild and sadomasochistic tendencies, which often lead him to pursue whatever he desires. His desires for things such as money, violence, and sex frequently render him unpredictable, making him difficult to control even by the Omi Alliance. He is also known to be easily turned on when fighting strong opponents, as seen with Majima, whom Nishitani becomes obsessed with.
However, it is also demonstrated that Nishitani is highly intelligent, as well as loyal to those who work with him; in fact, his followers even regard him as an idol. For example, he quickly bypassed the "Customer is King" policy after Majima invoked it to avoid fighting, which the latter praises. He was also capable of being able to identify the man who took Makoto away from Majima with quick accuracy.
Biography[]
The Kijin Clan is hired by Keiji Shibusawa, the patriarch of a family within a rival Yakuza to the Omi Alliance: the Tojo Clan. Their job is to ship a girl named Makoto Makimura over to the Shibusawa family. Nishitani as the patriarch of the Kijin Clan is the leader of this operation.
Nishitani kills a girl who looks a lot like Makoto and dumps her body into a river. The news reports that the corpse was actually of Makimura and Nishitani uses this to threaten Goro Majima, a hitman who was hired to murder but has chosen to protect her instead to hand over Makoto over to him or have the truth that Majima did not truly kill Makoto revealed to his client Sagawa whom Majima has claimed to have been the killer to. He buys every table within the Grand, the cabaret that Majima is the manager of to meet with Majima
A burglar has broken into the cabaret. Majima then agrees to fight considering he would be fighting an alleged burglar in his cabaret rather than a customer. Majima defeats Nishitani and then the cops arrive and arrest the latter.
When Makoto is taken by a man in a white suit Majima assumes that the man is working with Nishitani. He decides to go to jail to ask Nishitani where the man has taken Makoto. He meets a police officer who raised Nishitani who offers to arrest Majima if he takes part in three rounds of a death match competition he runs where extreme criminals who get away with their wrongdoings take part. Majima agrees and succeeds in the competition. Along the way Majima learns from the police officer that Nishitani was a criminal since he was extremely young, and when the officer's daughter was murdered and the curlprit got away with it in court Nishitani killed the curlprit himself to comfort the officer.
In jail, Nishitani reveals to Majima that the man who kidnapped Makoto was not working with him, but rather someone from a secret group in the Tojo Clan called the Nikkyo Consortium. He also reveals that he has been working for Shibusawa of the Dojima family the whole time. It is also revealed that since Nishitani is close to a police officer he is treated very well in the jail and is allowed to leave whenever he requests so. Nishitani and Majima agree to go take Makoto back from the Nikkyo Consortium however disagree on what should happen with her next, Nishitani stating he wants to take her to Shibusawa and Majima refusing this idea. They agree to discuss what to do with her after rescuing her. As they are leaving the jail one of the cops kills the officer that raised Nishitani and comes to try and kill Majima and Nishitani himself. Nishitani defends Majima from the repeated gun shots and orders him to run away. Majima does so though reluctantly as he is concerned for Nishitani. Nishitani approaches the cop despite his fatal wounds from the gunshots to take revenge for the death of the officer who raised him.
Trivia[]
- Nishitani is loosely based on Masao Kakihara from the manga Ichi the Killer.
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Tojo Clan Chairmen: Masaru Sera | Yukio Terada | Daigo Dojima Dojima Family: Sohei Dojima |
Daisaku Kuze |
Hiroki Awano |
Keiji Shibusawa |
Lao Gui |
Yoneda Others Omi Alliance Go-ryu Clan (Ryuji Goda | Hiroshi Hayashi) | Tsubasa Kurosawa | Hiroshi Kugihara | Shigeki Baba | Homare Nishitani | Homare Nishitani III | Kamon Kanai | Tsukasa Sagawa | Toranosuke Sengoku | Ryo Takashima | Jo Sawashiro | Kosei Shishido | Reiji Ishioda | Yosuke Tendo Daidoji Faction Other Criminal Organizations Jingweon Mafia: Daejin Kim |
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Joon-gi Han Police Bleach Japan Mr. Shakedowns Mutoh Realty Order of Munan Chohept Onast Amon Clan Other Spin-offs See Also | ||