Kasuga Ichiban

The main character from Yakuza 7.

Dragon Quest Man
A former Yakuza who got released from prison. Loves Dragon Quest too much.

Season 5
Hearing about a change to "grind to higher levels through repeated fighting", Ichiban doesn't think twice before joining The Final Rumble on the days he doesn't have to go to law school.

Episode 1

Fights an enemy commander and wins, but wonders why he wasn't a boss battle.

Episode 5

Participates in a fight of heroes and monsters, but none of them are recruited at the end of combat or drop rare items.

Episode 7

Ah, the classic fight against a hundred enemies but you only take control to defeat the few last ones!

Episode 9

Thinks that everyone in this match looks like they could join his party.

After the match, decides to talks to Serge since he looks like a hero, and they become fast friends.

Season 6
After the tragedy, Ichiban thinks that this must be the tragic backstory of some yet to emerge hero... although it definitely can't be Duke.

Episode 1

Tries to complete the obligatory tournament sidequest.

Episode 2

Fights for the "King of Jobbers" Belt equipment since he's missing something on that slot.

Episode 3

Can't participate in the match due to having to attend Law School, which he got in using a pseudonym.

Instead, his friend Serge fills the spot.

Episode 4

Asks Travis Touchdown if his Death Drive has any JRPGs, but thinks that he needs to do his Law Exam instead.

When an explosion goes off because of the rioters' assault, which damaged his eyes. He gets helped to follow the members of the locker room follow Delta to a safe area.

Episode 5

12 years in the future, after losing his vision, he adopted the looks of the person from his pseudonym and uses a similar equipment to see. He tried to go on several quest to defeat the demon lord and it's army, but most ended in different levels of failure. Serge also doesn't accompany him anymore...

Episode 7
Goes on the raid for personal matters, as Serge has become one of BANS associates.

When they arrive at Serge's Fort, he goes to "get back his corrupted party member". Meeting Dark Serge, he wonders how he became like this, after they went to karaoke, karting, golfing, to the bars, casinos, arcades... and one day just left his party.

Dark Serge, however, says that this body is just a pawn he's using to eventually overthrow BANS and get what's his. And he needs to be reminded.

As Ichiban begins fighting to get his friend back, JOKER sets fire to the building. After Ichiban wins, he drags Serge to the exit as he pleads to be left, and eventually thanks Ichiban. They also take the lost Koga too.

Episode 8
After returning, Ichiban and Central discuss their success as Serge is recovering, but with the Reservoir of Souls affecting him like that, they can only wonder if Yuki Makoto and Komaeda Nagito will be alright.

For his victory, Central gives him a title match shot.

Episode 10
During The Final Resistance's Christmas Party, Ichiban and Serge sing a different karaoke song that isn't Baka Mitai.

After the Troubleshooters onslaught begins, Ichiban, Serge and Central are gunning to the entrance and being closed on, when Central orders them to run for it as he will stay and face consequences for his sins.

The entrance still completely sealed, Pixy shows up to put down both of the resistance members for "turning on them". Before he can shoot them, Ichiban lunges at him and throws his gun away while Serge takes the offensive. He is defeated by Pixy's might, and he puts an end to both of them.

Episode 13
When Suou Tatsuya and Power arrive at Coolsville, they heard the sound of Joecoins falling into the floor, and find Ichiban in a dumpster. As he rages at being unable to save Serge, Tatsuya wonders how he survived, which Ichiban can't answer. Thinking this must be their "next step", he asks Ichiban to come with them.

Episode 14
Tatsuya's Party makes their way to Coolsville Arena as Power complains and bites Tatsuya's arm for not letting her buy snacks. It really is just like one of Ichiban's JRPG parties...

On the entrance, they meet the now Messiah-fied Yuki Makoto, who now claims to be the word of God, and that's why he needs the Summoning Key Tatsuya carries. Tatsuya throws at him that the "true" Makoto would never side for The Three Kings. Just as Dlanor A. Knox and Phoenix Wright? are summoned to Makoto's side, Tatsuya claims he will save Makoto. Tatsuya takes down "Wright" but he's put out of commision by Dlanor, Ichiban and Power finish the remaining two member of the Law Team.

Episode 15
Tatsuya, Power, and Ichiban now reunite with the rest of the resistance in what used to be the backstage. Talking about to do with new resistance leader Narukami Yu, Ichiban gives up his title shot to Aleph. While Aleph feels unsure about taking it from someone who he failed to help and was even "against", Ichiban acknowledges he was against the odds of the rest of the troubleshooters and didn't get his hands dirty, and thus Ichiban entrusts him with taking the belt home.

Oh, and also, Ichiban got the image of that one cool pose they did and uses it for the cover of their band! Tatsuya would have preferred Mr. America or Matador join him instead than suffering this...

As Koga gets everyone Corona brand beers, mi familia... Salud !

When Second Carlos defeats Pixy and he's about to pull something, Ichiban runs in with a sword and does a critical hit. However, Ichiban finds no "phoenix down" or any proof that Serge lived like him.

The clowns are set up against Tatsuya's Party, and Komaeda states that they plan to take the Summoning Key in this battle of hopes. Tricky is sent to collect clown farts to brainwash them. However, before the 3-on-4 fight can begin, Rando shows up, having steeled himself to do the right thing. This incurs the fury of the betrayed clowns, who destroy Tatsuya's team in the rage of battle.

As everyone's on the ground and the clowns move in to finish them, Kadoya's voice resonates within Tatsuya and encourages him to defy his destiny, and summoning a Kamen Rider Persona, he wills himself to stand up and protect everyone. Casting Deadly Burn on JOKER starts to burn away his mask, and the sheer force of his determination in his eyes is enough to scare even the clowns into fleeing. Clownmaeda stares at him and smiles, saying that he's glad he could embolden his hope, and walks away.

Episode 16
As Tatsuya and party move to catch the General Manager, he realizes he's actually Kojima instead of Hideo, and accompanied by him are Todd Howard, Black Battler and Chris-chan. As Tatsuya claims again that he doesn't have the Summoning Key, Serge takes Power again to get it. As they prepare to engage the "Divine Powers", temporary party member Agent 49 joins them for this fight.

The behemoths of Rando and Todd clash, but Rando ends up victorious. Ichiban takes out Chris-chan, but then Black Battler defeats both him and 49. Kojima turns into "Super Kojima" but for the sake of everyone's hope, Tatsuya doesn't falter and defeats him.

As Tatsuya thinks the battle is over and sends Ichiban to fetch Power, Kojima reiterates that nothing is over, and the Great Flood begins. And the rumors of Coolsville Skycity come true.

Kojima tells Tatsuya that the truth lies not in chaos or law, but inside the Cosmic Egg. 49 leaves now that he's done with faggler, and the party heads to their final destination.

Episode 17
The resistance heads inside the egg as well and splits up to put an end to both BANS and The Three Kings' plan.

As the party heads to the heart of the egg, Kojima promises the truth, but first they will face very special matches against their very own psyche.

Ichiban is put against Metal Pixy, but just like he already did, he overcomes it.

Rando faces against a metallic version of Master, but overcomes it.

Power, as a fiend, is unaffected, but instead Philip U. Butler shows up for her. She manages to defeat him despite her hate for veggies and fear of the army.

Kojima finally reveals himself: Mitake Toujirou states that he put them against who they wanted to fight the most... because this world and all it's inhabitants are his mere toys, such is his power as the father of rumors.

A flying city. A holy belt. It's not fake but the opposite, rumors have made such ideas into reality. Including his favorite rumore, the one that changed the very destiny of the world, that destroyed the script at the very beginning... .

With The Heart of Cosmic Egg upon them, Toujirou walks away and tells Tatsuya to "put on a show". Before that, a complex voice resonates and gives his guidance: Nyarlathotep gives power to the darkest of humanity's wishes. Such one is The Plan, and a such Men With a Plan believe it will create paradise on earth. But The Plan starts with nothing but the extinction of the human race, that if the "Oracle of LEON!" is fulfilled, it will grant a new ascended humanity, and thus they wished for the Holy Belt. Delta then explains that without him, he would have no chances of winning as his victory is assured, but with the very Summoning Key he holds, if humanity wills it, he would be trapped in it forever.

Tatsuya arrives to the place where the final battle for humanity will take place, to end it once and for all. After waiting twelve years, Toujirou is ready for the battle of his eternal life. Before the match, however, he uses his power to swipe the Summoning Key from Tatsuya "until the victor is decided". Thinking he really does have a way with booking matches, hee believes wrestling will flourish with the few remaining humans in this new world, a New World RumbleTM.

And thus, they shall have this world's Final Rumble.

At the end of the fight with Tatsuya's victory and his friends cheering him on, he is ready for it to end. Before that though, Nyarly has one last thing to do. He opens the briefcase he won and turns into "Butler"... and shoots power with the gun within. The "Job In Cutscene", "BCW", "Cope Island Gun" rumors combined make such wound impossible to survive, and Power vanishes fast.

"The undeniable truth of the world that some things cannot be changed!", is what he just teached Tatsuya, and the fury within him only fuels Nyarlathotep further.

Nyarlathotep just laughs, as his new world is about to be born, Tatsuya's time is up. To trust the crawling chaos to give the key back is truly within humanity's foolishness. With it, his plan will come at last... but...

Humanity's collective wishes make him drop the key and Tatsuya uses it to seal finish him, forever.

However, Delta shows up to explain... that all of the power of the key is used to keep Nyarlathotep sealed, and it cannot stop the birth of the Cosmic Egg any more. It was all for Delta's plan to stop him. Delta asks Tatsuya to wait for his friends to gather here.

The Key can't stop the new universe, but it can change it. The world the kings desire will be undone as long as he wills it. With small changes, eventually a domino effect will bring forth a way to stop the king's plan. The party promises to remember each other, and everyone wishes for something in this coming new world.

Tatsuya, however, questions why Delta never said any of this or took a more hands-on approach. From the start, Delta believed in his potential, his goal to get him into this current state of mind to bring forth the change into a new world. It was all part of his plan, starting from scratch but with the scenario set up to prevent the casualties that brought this broken world. A "happy ending". Tatsuya can't muster the words at being played with this entire time. Before it all ends, Delta gives Tatsuya one last choice.

Season 0
On his break from law school, Ichiban gets into wrestling, grinding up the card just in like his JRPGs.

Episode 2

While checking quests on part-timehero.com and rejecting "Need toilet paper. Coolsville Arena Bathroom.", "Deliver me one of Ja/ck/'s Bentos.", "DOOR STUCK! DOOR STUCK!" and "Beat up the guy who has been joking about me being under 6'0.", he suddenly finds a quest that catches his eye: I need a warrior to fight for my kingdom.

Making his way to "Sindria" (actually the Main Event arena, which is rightful Sindria territory), he meets up with the poster of the request, the great adventurer who has conquered the seven seas Sinbad. He needs to take care of a certain man who summons dragons, and needs a team of brave heroes to take him out. Fantasizing about his DQ games, Ichiban instantly accepts. But before he can begin that, Sinbad has to teach him on the policies of Sindria and his great adventures, or as how Ichiban hears it, the game manual and cheat codes.

Thus Kasuga Ichiban's Dragon Quest begins...

Episode 3

After acing his essays on Sinbad's adventures, they head to The Dragonlord's fortress (actually his company), and Ichiban can't wait to defeat the boss. Sinbad offers to take care of the underlings on the lower floors, which makes Ichiban go for a "speedrun", but Sinbad's advice about equipment misses him. Ichiban rushes into the Dragonlord's office, but before he can begin the fight, he gets shot.

Episode 4

After his less than spectacular fight against the dragonlord, Ichiban wakes up a week later in a trash dump, being woken up by a man named Jack whose objective is "killing Chaos". Jack, using his White Mage job, healed Ichiban after he saw him being a victim of Chaos, which got him to wake up. Ichiban sees Jack as another person who sees the world through his same lenses (read: schizo) and tries to recruit him, but suddenly Heavyweight and Charles show up, saying that him waking up yet wasn't part of their plans, and joining forces with Jack, Ichiban tries to defeat the Shimano enforcers.

He is promptly sent back to sleep.

Season 7
Was busy studying at law school.

Trivia

 * His intro is pure DIMES


 * Continued to fight the Chosen Hunter like a retard while Janny recovered, allowing Janny to eliminate both and win the rumble entirely.
 * DUDE JRPGS LMAO