Tsuyoshi Kanda is a supporting antagonist in Yakuza 3. He is the third patriarch of the Nishikiyama Family, a Tojo Clan subsidiary.
He is voiced by Hiroyuki Miyasako, who also voiced Tsuyoshi Nagumo in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.
Appearance[]
Kanda is a large, bald man whose potbelly is constantly poking out of his shirt. He has a tattoo of a tennyo on his back.
Personality[]
Kanda is incredibly unpredictable and violent. He has a fetish for giving fat women massages, and sends his men to scour the streets to coerce women into coming to his domain.
Biography[]
In 2009, after Daigo Dojima is shot, Kanda aims to succeed him as Chairman of the Tojo Clan. To that end, he plans to go to war against his rivals, the Kazama Family, to take all their territory in Kamurocho and thus give himself the money he needs to procure the chairmanship.
When Osamu Kashiwagi calls a meeting of the Clan's executives to discuss what to do while Daigo is in recovery, Kanda is in attendance. The Nishikiyama patriarch angrily opposes Kashiwagi's proposal that Kazuma Kiryu be brought back to serve as interim chairman. He lies and says it is because of Kiryu's role in the fall of the previous two Nishikiyama patriarchs, but in actuality he sees Kiryu as a threat to his possibility as chairman.
In order to facilitate his war against the Kazama Family, Kanda orders his captain, Hasebe, to buy Club Stardust, through force if necessary, since its location would make it a perfect base of operations for the Nishikiyama Family's bellicose plans. Unfortunately for Kanda, the club's owners, Kazuki and Yuya, correctly deduce his motivations and refuse to sell. The duo is aided in driving away Hasebe and his goons by Kazuma Kiryu himself, who'd returned to Kamurocho to investigate the attempt on Daigo's life. As a result of Kanda's attempted hostile takeover, Kiryu decides to look into him as the primary suspect of the hit.
Kiryu eventually tracks Kanda to the Red Brick Hotel, where he'd been waiting for his men to bring him a random woman to forcefully massage. Along with Rikiya Shimabukuro, Kiryu confronts Kanda in his room. Shocked by Kiryu's sudden appearance, Kanda sets his men on the pair and flees through the love hotel, but he is eventually cornered at the luxury suite in the hotel's top floor, but not before attempting to strangle Kiryu to death with a surprise attack. Kiryu and Kanda battle in the suite and Kanda is ultimately defeated.
After his humiliating defeat, Kanda meets with Yoshitaka Mine at his penthouse to request more money to hire assassins to take out Kiryu. When Mine refuses, Kanda tries to threaten him by angrily destroying several pieces of priceless artwork which decorate his apartment. Mine, enraged with Kanda's behavior, calls him out for breaking things far more expensive than Kanda is treating them. Kanda scoffs and attempts to attack him, only for Mine to beat Kanda into submission in three mere punches. Mine summons a few Hakuho Clan lackeys, and with their assistance, he murders Kanda offscreen. Mine would later deliver Kanda's severed head to Kiryu as an apology for lending Kanda the money he used to cause trouble, much to Kiryu's horror.
Trivia[]
- Kanda is the only patriarch of the Nishikiyama Family to have not been involved in the Ten Billion Yen Incident.
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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 |
Yeongmin Ji |
Joon-gi Han Police Bleach Japan Mr. Shakedowns Mutoh Realty Order of Munan Chohept Onast Amon Clan Other Spin-offs See Also | ||