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List of Kaiji characters
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This is a list of characters for the manga and anime series ''[[Kaiji (manga)|Kaiji]]''.
==Main characters==
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: The main character of the story. Kaiji is in poverty - he lives by himself in a slum and is constantly in debt. He bides his time by playing cheap gambling games with neighbors, though he always loses. In spite of this, when his life is in danger, he displays a remarkable hidden capacity for gambling, which allows him to endure the hardships he has to face. He is shouldered with a ¥3,850,000 debt at the beginning of the story by a co-worker who convinced him into cosigning a loan, leaving Kaiji with the full weight of the debt compounded over a year.
:Masato Hagiwara, the voice of [[Akagi (manga)|Shigeru Akagi]] reprises his role as a lead character in the second anime adaption of a [[Nobuyuki Fukumoto]] work, opposite Masane Tsukayama who again plays an elderly, refined villain.
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: The wealthy socialite and president of the powerful financial consulting firm , as well as owner and sponsor of underground gambling tournaments like those on-board Espoir. He is believed to be over seventy years old and worth several hundred billion yen. Driven mad by wealth, conventional hobbies fail to entertain him, so he funds gambling tournaments to watch the destitute of society struggle against overwhelming terror and despair. He has no concerns for the suffering of others and his own happiness is all that matters. His talents for winning in anything have earned him the title of "king" by some, though others merely call him "very lucky".
:He meets Kaiji in the ''Castle of Despair'' arc of the first series of the manga, making his first full manga appearance in volume 8 - prior to that, only his finger tapping was shown.
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: A [[loan shark]] with ties to the [[yakuza]] and the Teiai Group. He lends large sums of money to desperate people, but charges an extortionate interest rate. After a client of his, Furuhata, disappears without repaying a loan, he tracks down Kaiji who acted as the loan guarantor in an moment of weakness. Aware that Kaiji could never repay the loan, Endō offers him the opportunity to board the gambling ship Espoir, where he may be able repay his debt and make some money as well.
: After Kaiji defeats Tonegawa, Endō's organization suffers because they now lack any connection to the upper management of Teiai. After Kaiji approaches Endō for another high-risk gamble, Endō drugs him and sends him to the underground labour camp. When Kaiji is released he goes to Endō again for a loan to get enough money to beat the Bog. Endō helps Kaiji borrow ¥50,000,000 to beat the Bog and then helps him weaken it. During the battle with the Bog Endō loans Kaiji another ¥10,000,000 at a very high rate of interest. After Kaiji's victory he drugs Kaiji, takes the extra money owed to him, and leaves.
==Arc 1 - The Ship of Hope==
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: One of the veterans of previous voyages on the Espoir, Funai is an excellent conman and uses the fears and worries of the other competitors to his advantage. He "befriends" Kaiji during his first night and explains the unofficial rules to him, and the two agree to form an alliance - both will exhaust their number of gesture cards without having to lose any star pendants. However, at the last minute, Funai backstabs Kaiji and scams him out of two star pendants, leaving him with a single card and a hopeless situation. He is defeated by Kaiji and loses five star pendants to him in a [[sudden death (sport)|sudden death]] gamble near the end of the voyage.
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: Debtor and one-time coworker of Kaiji. One year before the first tournament on the Espoir, he lured Kaiji into cosigning a loan for him, making Kaiji liable in case Furuhata did not repay the loan. Although believed to have disappeared, Kaiji discovers him on Espoir and makes an alliance with him after Funai's betrayal. Furuhata is the sharper of Kaiji's allies, and is able to follow and quickly adapt to Kaiji's strategies. Furuhata betrays Kaiji and attempts to use his funds to escape the ship.
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: A bespectacled, fat man who forms an alliance with Kaiji and Furuhata after losing all of his gesture cards. Unlike Furuhata, Andō is more opportunistic and tried to backstab the group within minutes of it forming. He usually has to have Kaiji's strategies explained to him by Furuhata. After the gamble of Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors ends, he betrays Kaiji, and has no regrets about it.
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: A clear-headed man who came up with a strategy of buying up all the rock cards and holding them constant; as the other cards deplete, he and his men then prey on those who have scissors. However, he was surprised to learn that Kaiji discovered the same strategy and purchased all the rocks, so in turn he purchased all the paper cards, effectively making Kaiji's strategy useless. After defeating Andō and Furuhata, Kitami approaches Kaiji and admits he was impressed another contestant figured how to manipulate the game, offering him the honor of being his final opponent. He is outsmarted by Kaiji, then blackmailed into selling all of his paper cards to him.
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: A powerful business magnate and the second highest ranking executive at Teiai. He serves as the host and overseer for both the Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors on the ship Espoir and Human Derby games at the Starside Hotel while acting as the opponent for the E-Card gamble. A stout man of middle-age, Tonegawa is a staunch realist, believing those who risk their lives in Teiai's tournaments to be street trash at the mercy of society and those with superior abilities and initiative. By reputation Tonegawa is a master of human psychology and the art of observation, displaying acts of insight so profound his abilities appear supernatural. He is defeated by Kaiji in E-Card, forced to undergo the punishment and thrown out of power by Hyōdō. With his downfall, a power vacuum appears in Teiai's inner circle, leading to chaos among the management. Many of those who are loyal to Tonegawa's faction within the company, notably Kaiji's debtor Endō, disappear without a trace. Tonegawa himself is led away after his defeat and not seen again.
==Arc 2 - The Castle of Despair==
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: A debt-ridden man who opted to participate on ''Espoir'' in an effort to clear his debts, but failed. He was saved from death on a whim by Kaiji, but to spare his wife and son from debt he agreed to participate in another gambling tournament, the Human Derby. In the first leg of the race, Ishida accomplished second place, earning a certificate redeemable for ¥10,000,000. During the second part of the race, while overcome by immense fear, Ishida recognized that he was not a man born to be a success in this world, and entrusted his certificate to Kaiji, who he felt had the skill, power and confidence to survive. He urges Kaiji to go forward and not look back, and while Kaiji is concentrating on maintaining his balance, Ishida falls from the steel bridge, covering his mouth so Kaiji would not hear his screams.
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: Kaiji's younger co-worker at a convenience store he found employment at following his survival of ''Espoir''. Sahara dreams of finding his big break in life, and like Kaiji feels he is getting nowhere with his dead-end job. He begs Endō to permit him to participate in the Human Derby, despite warnings from Kaiji. Sahara's youthful strength and impulsiveness benefit him greatly in the gamble, and he gets a strong lead on the other racers, earning first place in Kaiji's block and receiving a certificate redeemable for ¥20,000,000. In the second leg of the race, Sahara is the first to reach the other side of the second bridge - however, before he can cash his earnings from the Starside Hotel, he falls into a trap set up by Hyōdō and is killed.
: Though only known by his last name in the series, he is given the name in the live-action adaptation.
==Arc 3 - The Bog of Desire==
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: A friend of Hyōdō who has served in Teiai Group for many years, he is promoted to the position of second-in-command of Teiai after Kaiji defeats Tonegawa. Kurosaki seems to be more friendly than Tonegawa as he praised Ōtsuki for his Underground Cee-lo rules but states that because Ōtsuki failed to think of a worst case scenario this caused him to be defeated. He also promotes fairness, such as refusing to let Ōtsuki back out of his bet, rather than threatening people.
: Kurosaki appears to be in charge of the underground labor camp where Kaiji is sent and resides nearby. This was demonstrated when he was shown watching Kaiji gambling with Ōtsuki at cee-lo and was able to travel to the labor camp and arrive after Ōtsuki brought his safe.
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: Foreman for group E in the underground labor camp and Kaiji's supervisor. Together with Isawa and Numakawa he makes a lot of money selling food, alcohol, and tobacco at twice their retail price to those in the labor camp and by winning at Underground Cee-lo. Though initially friendly to Kaiji, this was a ruse to encourage him into spending all his money by buying food and alcohol from Ōtsuki. He then loans Kaiji some money to play cee-lo, then wins it back from him and forces him to work for half-pay (45,000 perica a month) to repay his debt. After Kaiji figures out Ōtsuki is cheating by using 4-5-6 dice (dice without the numbers 1, 2, or 3 on them) he exposes Ōtsuki in front of everyone. Ōtsuki then agrees to let Kaiji and the other Forty-fivers use rigged dice against him thinking he will only have to pay 2 or 3 times the amount bet, however Kaiji and the Forty-fivers use rigged dice that can only roll a 1 so that Ōtsuki has to pay 5 times the amount bet (under Ōtsuki's rules if the three dice all roll snake eyes the player wins 5 times their bet). After being dealer for 2 rounds Ōtsuki loses over 18 million perica. His last appearance was during Kaiji's battle against the Bog, still holding a grudge towards Kaiji for ruining him and hoping for him to lose.
: Though only known by his last name in the series, he is given the name in the live-action adaptation and ''[[Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues]]''.
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: Another person in group E paying off their debts by working in the underground labor camps. He keeps a record of all the wins in cee-lo which makes Kaiji realize how Ōtsuki is cheating. He and the other Forty-fivers Kaiji defeat Ōtsuki.
:He later gets out of the labor camp. Along with Maeda, they ask Kaiji to help them to defeat Takashi Muraoka, the president of the casino who employed them.
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: A worker in group E and a member of the Forty-fivers along with Miyoshi, a small group formed by Kaiji to defeat Ōtsuki.
: Maeda is later released from the underground labor camps. He and Miyoshi ask Kaiji to help them to defeat Takashi Muraoka, the president of the casino who employed them.
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:The only son of Kōji Ishida, he is sent to the underground labor camp for the debts he acquired from gambling and blames his father for not paying them off. He is beaten and verbally lacerated by Kaiji for his attitude but is later rescued by him and the Forty-fivers.
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: A middle aged man who seeks to beat the Bog and win enough money to buy a house so his wife and daughter will return to him. At first he wants Kaiji to help him beat the Bog but later helps Kaiji defeat the Bog.
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: Manager of the casino that owns the Bog. He has worked at Teiai Group for many years and is one of the subordinates of Yoshihiro Kurosaki. He is well mannered and overly cautious, increasing security around the Bog to prevent Kaiji tampering with it. After Kaiji beats the Bog Hyōdō demands that Ichijō pay back the ¥700,000,000 Kaiji won by working for 1050 years in the labor camp. As Ichijō is dragged away Kaiji encourages him to return and challenge him again.
==Arc 4 - The Blood of Craving==
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:The casino president who employs Miyoshi and Maeda and has them convince Kaiji to gamble against him in Minefield Mahjong, which he has rigged in his favor by having Maeda look at Kaiji's tiles and Miyoshi give Kaiji false information. Though Kaiji initially loses all his money, Kazuya Hyōdō loans him so the game can continue. After several draws where the wager is doubled, the wager reaches ¥160,000,000. By tricking Muraoka into thinking he had another tile, Kaiji is able to win 480 million due to him having [[Japanese Mahjong#Dora|''ura-dora'']].
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:The beloved daughter of Kōtarō Sakazaki, she looks almost identical to her father. She appears to be madly in love with Kaiji, often bewildering him with her affectionate gestures and occasionally lending him an allowance of ¥2000-3000, which he would then spend on pachinko. In the previous arc she only appears in a family photograph and Sakazaki's flashbacks, but in the anime adaptation she also appears in the ending theme (which is based on the first chapter of this arc) and the last episode as a background character.
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:The son of Kazutaka Hyōdō, he enjoys gambles as much as his father. After Kaiji loses all of his money he keeps loaning him so he can continue to gamble; however, he tells Kaiji that if he cannot repay the debt, he will either be sent back to the underground labor camp or have his body parts removed (which body part will be removed is determined by a lottery wheel). He then reveals to Kaiji that he detests the life he leads, and claims to not know true friendship or love, as everyone he meets kisses up to him due to the influence of his father. As a result, he thinks human beings are naturally detestable and likely to betray others, and additionally he finds no issue in wasting money for his gambles and schemes, instead wanting to be an author. As a means of finding out if true bonds actually exist, Kazuya sets up a series of deadly games designed to test the bonds between people, which influence the ideas for his novels. In addition, he runs a company called , which deals in covering up murders under the guise of suicides or construction accidents.
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:A young man who traveled from the Philippines to Japan in order to obtain money and get out of poverty. He and Chang offer their kidneys in exchange for paying off Mitsuyama's debt. Kazuya instead offers them to play in the Salvation Game to pay off the debt. After losing the game and being saved by Kaiji, Kaiji asks him and Chang to join him and defeat Kazuya in the One Poker game.
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:Like Mario, he is a young man from China who came to Japan to seek money and get out of poverty. Chang, Mario and Mitsuyama participate in the Salvation Game in order to pay off their debts. Eventually, they lose the game and are rescued from death by Kaiji, who asks them to help him defeat Kazuya in the One Poker game.
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:The manager of a bicycle shop who employed Chang and Mario. He was indebted to Kazuya and when he was forced to pay off his debt with his kidney, Mario and Chang offered their kidneys in exchange, but Kazuya instead offered them to play in the Salvation Game and pay off all their debts. Mitsuyama betrays Mario and Chang and wins the game, taking the money and leaving them behind.
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:Kaiji's softhearted but airheaded mother. She lives in an apartment complex and goes to work 5 times a week.
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:Kaiji's childhood friend. He works as manager of a family restaurant.
==References==
[[Category:Lists of anime and manga characters|Kaiji]]
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