Yamai Yutaka
A character from Lika A Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth.
Fallen Yakuza[edit | edit source]
Yamai was once a member of the Tabata Family. He and his fellow members would "bleed and kill" to make money for their family, only for Tabata Yui, the wife of leader Tabata Shuji, to "[toss] it away like paper." Despite this, he fell madly in love with her, and Shuji was also willing to look past her faults. At some point around or prior to 1993, twenty-year-old Yamai was spoken to alone by Yui, who stated she was having an affair with his captain. Believing it to be his only chance, Yamai agreed to kill Shuji with the promise that she would keep him safe from the police or the family. That night, he accompanied her to Shuji's office and attacked him. As soon as Shuji stopped breathing, Yui ripped her clothes and ran to Shuji's subordinates, claiming Yamai killed him then went after her. Yamai managed to flee.
He saw Yui one more time after, seeing her "living happy and openly" with his captain, and he began getting shivers from that point on. Banished from the Tojo Clan and hunted down by its members, he made the decision to flee the country. Upon meeting Kasuga Ichiban and Kiryu Kazuma, Yamai takes an interest in them and begins attacking them repeatedly.
TFR/Season 8[edit | edit source]
The "patriarch" of the Yamai Syndicate, one of the minor gangs taking what territory they can in the streets of Coolsville, which target members of the Sonozaki Family.
Episode 5
Following the trail of Kasai Tatsuyoshi, Yamai arrives to the Survive Bar, taunting Kasai about his hiding away, before noticing the legendary dragon himself is there. As the most famous criminal on Coolsville right now, his head must be worth a ton, so Yamai calls his henchman Sasame Ojiro to take care of them, as Kiryu and Kasai prepare to fight together on Steven's name.
It really was the Dragon of Kojima after all... Yamai noticed his useless henchman unable to fight anymore and disengaged, but he never thought he'd see him with his own two eyes. Before leaving, Kiryu demands to know what his business with the Sonozakis is, but Yamai thinks that would be... boring, in fact he's already bored of this place, and leaves until their next meeting. As Kasai curses that damn asshole, he urges on Kiryu to go check the others together since they've hid in the family restaurants; Kiryu doubts if he should involve with them with the current situation, but he owes an eternal debt to Steven and the Sonozaki, and Kasai is happy to have him back.
Episode 7
At the entrance of the Sonozaki Estate, the unsuspecting guard is taken out with a single punch, prompting the other one to run off upon noticing it's the Dragon of Kojima himself. Within the grounds, the place is nothing but crawling with the henchmen of the occupant families... "if you want to die, come at me", Kiryu shouts. Inside the house, Yamai complains how cold it is, but at least while he's helping those Sumadera punks, Kyrie promised they wouldn't hurt Akane again following the assassination attempt. Yamai yells at Sasame to bring him one of his heaters, but he's kicked through the door before he can leave―The Dragon arrived. No number of troops could keep him from seeing this through, for the sake of the Sonozaki Family who are in pain because of him... funny, Yamai was just thinking about Akane and how ever since Steven kicked the bucket she must've been so lonely with that failure Kasai who couldn't even protect her. At that moment, Kiryu lits up and tells him to never mention those names again, and Yamai can't wait to taste the fire in his eyes.
It was as if he was breathing fire... but not enough to warm Yamai up. With that, Yamai's glad that the Sumadera's stand no chance and Akane will be safe. That useless idiot Sasame didn't even bring the heater and is still getting up, so Yamai kicks him up for them to leave. Before leaving, Yamai tells Kiryu he can't expect them to be friends if they meet again, and if he messes this up... he'll take his head as payback. Kiryu never expected that in the first place, and doesn't even have the right to mess up anymore.
Episode 11
In their gathering in the Sonozaki Estate, as Akane proclaims to Date and Kasai they must save Kiryu... from himself. Date warns that Kyrie and Rudolf are still out there, which Akane agrees as she bets they're already on the move, which is why they can't lag behind, so she went and got in contact with someone who's willing to help. A shivering person complains about how damn cold the place is, as Yamai Yutaka enters the room and wonders why she didn't chose a more candid place (like a candlelight dinner), and although Date is unsure from his past allegations, Yamai points out they are "past" since the Dragon wiped them, and besides, they were never direct subordinates of the Sumaderas since it was merely a small business agreement (that fell apart). He reminisces that back in Steven's days the underworld was good and all, but right now there's more lucrative deals for an independent family such as his'.
As far as Kyrie goes anyways, he just joined since she'd let him have Akane if the coup was successful; he knows a devoted widow would never be with scum like him otherwise. Akane snidely calls him disgusting, but Yamai relishes the insult, Kasai joining in to appreciate him being a man of culture, and Date adding that Akane is, after all, very attractive, explaining why a powerful man like Steven fell for her... Mizuki offers to slap them, but Mion instead tells Shion to get "it", as she diligently goes to get her taser, to Date's dismay. Kyrie herself, Yamai reflects, isn't half bad, but isn't quite ripe yet for another five-to-ten years, and that pinch of malice adds the perfect spice, Date comprehending the appeal and adding that she has a great bone structure to boot!
Coughing back into topic, Akane admits she's been deep in thinking, wondering what could've caused her to take the risk; not just the betrayal, but having no contingency, which is uncharacteristic of her. She wouldn't do anything without having extreme confidence in its success, and there's no way she didn't take the Dragon of Kojima's return into account. It's gotta be something in her sleeve, Kasai assures, and it'll be a problem until they deal with it. Date brusquely changes the topic to the Matou Family; wondering if they are legit, and why would they be after Kiryu. Kasai responds that it's too long a story, but they consist of not only old members and fanatics, but also remnants of other families and gangs: Shimano Family, Evolution, even those who worked under "Il Drago". Basically, any enemy of Kiryu is free to join them. A family that was once a cornerstone of the clan, now reduced to a machine moved by pure hatred... but it's to be expected, considering the man who considers himself Kiryu's archenemy, Hayashi Hiroshi, is not only prominent in their business and their de-facto leader, but mentoring Kieran and nurturing his hatred... he must hope that Kieran's hatred grows strong enough, that through hard work a foe worthy of ending the Dragon once and for all will be born. Apparently, Akane heard he came to the Sumadera clan himself, but why, considering Kyrie is responsible for his mother's fate in the first place. Akane wonders, if maybe his hatred stems from his mother's obsession with Kariya, who abandoned them because he only had eyes for Jill Stingray... only to have her "stolen" by Kiryu, Kasai finishes.
Finally Date understands, Kieran is suffering from some sort of intergenerational, father-to-son cuck rage... that's a great idea, actually. Date begins salivating wondering if there's any online stuff like that (like the, uh, "husbandry" videos he keeps at home), and hastily asks Aiba if she can jump in for a sec for some important research–ZAP!–one too many chances, Shion remarks; Mizuki asks to let her do him next, but Mion wisely tells her kouhai to wait until he wakes up.
Match History[edit | edit source]
| Date | Type | Vs | Result | Records | Singles | Details | ||||||||||||
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| Tag-Team | Kiryu Kazuma & Kasai Tatsuyoshi | Win |
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Stage: Survive Bar
Note: Count-out | ||||||||||||||
| No-DQ | Kiryu Kazuma | Lose |
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Stage: Sonozaki Estate |