Shintaro Kazama

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Guile Hero
Full Name	Shintaro Kazama Shintaro Fuma (original dub name)
Alias	No information
Origin	Yakuza
Family	No information
Allies	Kazuma Kiryu Akira Nishikiyama (formerly) Yumi Sawamura Haruka Sawamura Masaru Sera Osamu Kashiwagi Kazuki Tetsu Tachibana Yukio Terada Emoto
Powers/Skills	Control over his men Marksmanship
Goals	Stop Sohei Dojima from getting his hands on the Empty Lot Expose Kyohei Jingu (both succeeded)
Heroic Achievements	Stopped Sohei Dojima from becoming the next Chairman of the Tojo Clan Planning out the eventual defeat of Kyohei Jingu
Type of GH	Honorable Gangster

Shintaro Kazama is a supporting character in the Yakuza series. He was the adoptive father of Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama and Yumi Sawamura as well as the patriach of the Tojo Clan's Kazama Family and the former Captain of the Dojima Family.

He was voiced by the late Tetsuya Watari, and by Roger L. Jackson in the English dub of the first game.

What Makes Him A Guile Hero?

• In Yakuza 0, when he is imprisoned, he conspires a plan to make sure his corrupt and vile boss Sohei Dojima doesn't get the Empty Lot, a small piece of land in Kamurocho worth 1 billion yen which is owned by a blind woman called Makoto Makimura
• He gets an ally of his, Tetsu Tachibana, to employ Kazuma Kiryu into his work, which makes Kiryu unknowingly play a part in taking down the Dojima family
• His plan eventually succeeds when Masaru Sera becomes the owner of the Empty Lot due to Kazama's plan and Sera conspiring with Goro Majima.
• Before the events of the original Yakuza, he notices a corrupt politician named Kyohei Jingu, who is also the political ally of Masaru Sera, is using the Tojo Clan for money laundering and plans to outright destroy the clan. Sera decides to betray Jingu and help Kazama and Yumi steal 10 billion yen, which sets up the events of the first game.
• Kazama gets an ally of his, Yukio Terada, to tell Kazama's fallen son Akira Nishikiyama about Jingu and his 10 billion yen.
• At the start of the first game, Kazama pulls strings to free Kiryu from prison after he took Nishikiyama's place as the person who murdered Dojima.
• His plan to expose Jingu eventually works out, as he is eventually defeated thanks to Kiryu and Nishiki, the latter of whom redeemed himself in Kiryu's darkest hour to save his sworn brother and Haruka, the daughter of Yumi, the woman he loved.

Trivia

• He is the only character from the Yakuza series to be considered a Guile Hero.

External links

• Shintaro Kazama on the Yakuza Wiki
• Shintaro Kazama on the Heroes Wiki
• Shintaro Kazama on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki