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Ichikawa Arc Characters cont’d
Kanji provided by sukreih and the Akagi Guidebook.
YAGI KEIJI (矢木 圭次)
voiced by Takagi Wataru (高木 渉)
Yagi stared at the thirteen-year-old boy that Ryuuzaki was so worked up over. The kid didn’t look like much, but he wasn’t half-bad at Mahjong. He would watch him play Ryuuzaki for a while, just to get a good feel for his abilities. Yagi wouldn’t be much of a rep player if he didn’t check out the competition. Still, he doubted that he would have much trouble. The kid was an amateur.
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Yagi Keiji is the second player that Akagi plays against. Slick and confident, he thinks he has everything under control. He’s a rep player, and Akagi’s just some kid in junior high. Of course, things quickly go downhill on him and he has to resort to cheating. Yagi tries some rough play…
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ICHIKAWA (市川)
voiced by Tanaka Hideyuki (田中 秀幸)
The moment the boy stepped into the room, he’d known: this “Akagi” was different, different from the opponents he’d had before. His many years of experience told him that. Ichikawa could feel it in the way the boy spoke, in the very air itself. There was something alien about him, something more. Or perhaps less.
The boy lacked fear.
Ah. Ichikawa smiled. It would be a good game.
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Ichikawa is Akagi’s first real Mahjong opponent. When he was young, he played dangerous games as well, costing him his sight. However, his blindness, rather than holding him back, gives him an edge in the game. One of the best Mahjong players in the world, he is able to visualize the table and all the tiles on it. This, combined with his experience and skill, makes him a formidable adversary. Even Akagi is hard-pressed to counter his moves.
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KAWADA GROUP UNDERBOSS KUROSAKI (黒崎)
voiced by Uchida Naoya (内田 直哉)
Huh, thought Kurosaki, that boy really was an interesting kid. No sense, but pretty gutsy for a 13-year-old. He could’ve used an underling like that. Regrettable that he had to die, but it couldn’t be helped. Too much was riding on the match, and he’d brought the best Mahjong player around. The kid was finished.
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Kurosaki is a higher-level gangster from the Kawada Group. He extends a very reasonable offer to Akagi: Join us and forfeit, or die. Akagi, of course, refuses to forfeit the match for anything less than “half”. That night, Kurosaki looks on while Ichikawa and Akagi have at it.
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TAKEYOSHI GROUP BOSS MIYAUCHI (宮内)
voiced by Fujimoto Yuzuru (藤本 譲)
Miyauchi is the yakuza boss that Yasuoka invites to oversee the match between Akagi and Ichikawa. He’s one of the best gamblers in the region, and shows it by actually having some clue as to what those two are doing. His commentary is invaluable and he acts like Narrator Number Two.
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