History Sandbox / Nick98

** Ichiban: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU9M8S8mxvY The Future I Dreamed Of]]

** Yu Nanba was the first person Ichiban met in Yokohama. A former nurse, he was stripped of his license for funneling his medicines to the black market. He instructed Ichiban in the life of a homeless man in the latter's first few days in Yokohama, but ultimately decided to join Ichiban after he helped him find shelter in a nearby soapland. [[spoiler:Turned out, however, that the only reason why he even wanted to side with Ichiban was that he wanted to use him to get closer to the Geomijul to investigate his brother's disappearance, after finding out about the counterfeit bill Ichiban had with himself as a calling card from Masumi. To that end, he ended up willingly siding with Bleach Japan, a non-profit organization that tried and failed to throw off Ichiban numerous times. However, this betrayal eventually proved for naught as the Geomijul managed to burn down all the evidence of the counterfeiting by destroying their own base; this, coupled with his former comrades fighting tooth and nail to free him as well as the Geomijul admitting they kept his brother under their watch, led him to join Ichiban's side once again and this time for good.]]

** Zhao: Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox, [[Pantheon/ChefsAndEstablishments Sanji, Mr. Champloo]], [[Pantheon/{{Tastes}} Soma Yukihira, Megumi Tadokoro]], [[Pantheon/DefensivePowers Accelerator]], [[Pantheon/{{Pride}} Katsuki Bakugo]], [[Pantheon/FireAndHeat Rin Okumura]]

'''[[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon The Heroes of Tomorrow]][[labelnote:Members]]Ichiban Kasuga, Koichi Adachi, Yu Nanba, Saeko Mukoda, Joon-Gi Han, Tianyou Zhao, Eri Kamataki[[/labelnote]], Deities of [[OutOfJobIntoThePlot Plot-Convenient Job Losses]]''' ([[labelnote:Ichiban:]]The Rock-Bottom Dragon, Prisoner 1119, Ichi, Icchan, Kasugacchi, Soapy Ichiban, Number 1, [[FanNickname Japanese Eric Andre]][[/labelnote]] | Koichi: Inspector Adachi, Yamada | Nanba: Nan-chan | Saeko: Sacchan | Joon-gi: Yeonsu Kim, Han-chan, Joon-gi Bun [[FanNickname Korean Vergil]] | Eri: Ninja Secretary)

'''[[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon The Heroes of Tomorrow]][[labelnote:Members]]Ichiban Kasuga, Koichi Adachi, Yu Nanba, Saeko Mukoda, Joon-Gi Han, Tianyou Zhao, Eri Kamataki[[/labelnote]], Deities of [[OutOfJobIntoThePlot Plot-Convenient Job Losses]]''' ([[labelnote:Ichiban:]]The Rock-Bottom Dragon, Prisoner 1119, Ichi, Icchan, Kasugacchi, Soapy Ichiban, Number 1, [[FanNickname Japanese Eric Andre]][[/labelnote]] | Koichi: Inspector Adachi, Yamada | Nanba: Nan-chan | Saeko: Sacchan | Joon-Gi: Yeonsu Kim, Han-chan, [[FanNickname Korean Vergil]] | Eri: Ninja Secretary)

** Joon-Gi: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFDMSXJxFI Geomijul Encounter]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HAr96PoFLE Theory of Beauty]]

** Joon-Gi: TheMusketeer, [[DefeatMeansPlayable Is first faced as a boss before joining Ichiban]], ConsummateProfessional, [[RetiredMonster Used to be part of the Jingweon Mafia]], [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Becomes a hitman in name only after joining Ichiban]], TheComicallySerious, {{Bishonen}}, [[TheStoic The least emotional of the bunch]], [[GlassCannon High speed and damage output compensating for low defenses]], [[MagicallyIneptFighter Relies on sheer damage rather than elemental weaknesses]], [[spoiler:[[BodyDouble Isn't actually the same Joon-Gi Han from 6]], [[SecretKeeper Being the only one in the group to actually know Kiryu as a result]]]]

** Joon-Gi: Makoto Niijima/Queen, [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins Gunvolt, Ezio Auditore, Yoruka Kirihime]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Houka Inumuta]], [[Pantheon/NiceAndNasty Olivier Armstrong]], [[Pantheon/FanserviceAttires Gray Fullbuster]], [[Pantheon/TechnologicalExperts Chuck Bartowski, Phineas and Ferb]], [[Pantheon/{{Piracy}} San Francisco]] [[Pantheon/TechnologicalOccupations DedSec]]

** Ethnically Korean but born in Japan as Yeonsu Kim, Joon-Gi Han lived a harsh childhood between an abusive, alcoholic father and discrimination from both their Japanese and Korean peers, to the point he was forced to undergo plastic surgery to act as a body double for his predecessor in the Jingweon Mafia. Joon-Gi built a strong friendship with the predecessor, but after the latter's death he was forced to escape from Kamurocho alongside a group of estranged Jingweon goons. To add insult to injury, the remaining members of the Jingweon Mafia operated a persecution campaign against Joon-Gi simply for being alive while the real Joon-Gi was six feet under. This ultimately culminated with Joon-Gi disavowing all his ties with the Jingweon and joining the Geomijul, a Korean crime syndicate based in Yokohama. He bonded with Seong-Hui, the leader, in a similar way to how he became friends with his predecessor back when he still rolled with the Jingweon. After saving Ichiban and the others from the clutches of Mabuchi and the Liumang, Joon-Gi met them again when they stormed through Geomijul headquarters to find reliable evidence on Nonomiya's murder by the hands of Mabuchi. Despite some early differences, Joon-Gi ultimately decided to team up with Ichiban after he saved him and the Geomijul from an invasion by Omi Alliance forces.
** Former commander of the aforementioned Liumang, Tianyou Zhao used to oppose Ichiban and his colleagues - even going as far as sending hitmen against Nanba. However, his sadistic and cruel personality was nothing more than a facade he put up out of the expectations his peers had of him as a leader, a job he didn't feel like he was even adequate for to begin with because he inherited it from his late father. If anything, he always felt that his true calling was that of being a high-class chef: matter of fact, he runs a popular Chinese restaurant in Ijincho called Qing Jin. Because of his clashing interests, his relationship with his former best friend Akira Mabuchi inevitably soured, not helped by the fact that the latter knew Zhao received his leading role in the Liumang out of a case of nepotism. After being rescued by Ichiban from the clutches of the Omi Alliance, Zhao decided to ditch the Liumang and join the estranged yakuza's crew: despite opposing him for some time, Zhao immediately got into good terms with Ichiban after joining his cause, especially after noting that he's much more like him than he initially thought.

** Zhao: [[TheSixthRanger The last person to join Ichiban during the story]], BloodKnight, AgentPeacock, [[ObfuscatingInsanity Putting up a facade of insanity]], ChefOfIron, LightningBruiser, BareFistedMonk, [[BrilliantButLazy Incredibly skilled but dislikes taking charge]], [[BirdsOfAFeather Bonds with Ichiban over their similarities]]

** Nanba: [[TheLancer The crew's second-in-command and Ichiban's foil]], BackAlleyDoctor, OnlySaneMan, ActionSurvivor, [[DeadpanSnarker The snarkiest person in the group]], [[ThePigPen Having no sense of personal hygiene]], [[YouNeedABreathMint up to and including his halitosis]], JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[StraightMan Acts as the straight man to the group's antics]] ([[NotSoAboveItAll but still has his moments of wackiness himself]]), [[BlackMage excels in offensive magic attacks]] [[CombatHealing as well as healing]], [[TheBeastmaster Can summon pigeons to help him in battle]], SquishyWizard, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Only joined Ichiban to get closer to the Geomijul]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist Is willing to join the bad guys]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother to find informations on his dead sibling]], [[HeelRealization Realizing his betrayal was all for nothing]], [[TookALevelInKindness Softens up considerably after re-joining Ichiban]]]]

** Nanba: [[TheLancer The crew's second-in-command and Ichiban's foil]], BackAlleyDoctor, OnlySaneMan, ActionSurvivor, [[DeadpanSnarker The snarkiest person in the group]], [[ThePigPen Having no sense of personal hygiene]], [[YouNeedABreathMint up to and including his halitosis]], JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[StraightMan Acts as the straight man to the group's antics]] ([[NotSoAboveItAll but still has his moments of wackiness himself]]), [[BlackMage excels in offensive magic attacks]], [[TheBeastmaster Can summon pigeons to help him in battle]], SquishyWizard, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Only joined Ichiban to get closer to the Geomijul]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist Is willing to join the bad guys]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother to find informations on his dead sibling]], [[HeelRealization Realizing his betrayal was all for nothing]], [[TookALevelInKindness Softens up considerably after re-joining Ichiban]]]]

** Nanba: [[TheLancer The crew's second-in-command and Ichiban's foil]], BackAlleyDoctor, OnlySaneMan, ActionSurvivor, [[DeadpanSnarker The snarkiest person in the group]], [[ThePigPen Having no sense of personal hygiene]], [[YouNeedABreathMint up to and including his halitosis]], JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[StraightMan Acts as the straight man to the group's antics]] ([[NotSoAboveItAll but still has his moments of wackiness himself]]), [[TheBeastmaster Can summon pigeons to help him in battle]], SquishyWizard, TheRedMage, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Only joined Ichiban to get closer to the Geomijul]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist Is willing to join the bad guys]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother to find informations on his dead sibling]], [[HeelRealization Realizing his betrayal was all for nothing]], [[TookALevelInKindness Softens up considerably after re-joining Ichiban]]]]

** Joon-Gi: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HAr96PoFLE Theory of Beauty]]

** Nanba: [[TheLancer The crew's second-in-command and Ichiban's foil]], BackAlleyDoctor, OnlySaneMan, ActionSurvivor, [[DeadpanSnarker The snarkiest person in the group]], [[ThePigPen Having no sense of personal hygiene]], [[YouNeedABreathMint up to and including his halitosis]], JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[StraightMan Acts as the straight man to the group's antics]] ([[NotSoAboveItAll but still has his moments of wackiness himself]]), [[TheBeastmaster Can summon pigeons to help him in battle]], SquishyWizard, [[WhiteMage Has a buff-centric skillset]] [[CombatMedic but can still deal the pain]], [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Only joined Ichiban to get closer to the Geomijul]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist Is willing to join the bad guys]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother to find informations on his dead sibling]], [[HeelRealization Realizing his betrayal was all for nothing]], [[TookALevelInKindness Softens up considerably after re-joining Ichiban]]]]

** Former commander of the aforementioned Liumang, Tianyou Zhao used to oppose Ichiban and his colleagues - even going as far as sending hitmen against Nanba. However, his sadistic and cruel personality was nothing more than a facade he put up out of the expectations his peers had of him as a leader, a job he didn't feel like he was even adequate for to begin with because he inherited it from his late father. If anything, he always felt that his true calling was that of being a high-class chef: matter of fact, he runs a popular Chinese restaurant in Ijincho called Qing Jin. Because of his clashing interests, his relationship with his former best friend Akira Mabuchi inevitably soured, not helped by the fact that the latter knew Zhao received his leading role in the Liumang out of a case of nepotism. After being rescued by Ichiban, Zhao decided to ditch the Liumang and join the estranged yakuza's crew: despite opposing him for some time, Zhao immediately got into good terms with Ichiban after joining his cause, especially after noting that he's much more like him than he initially thought.

** Yu Nanba was the first person Ichiban met in Yokohama. A former nurse, he was stripped of his license for funneling his medicines to the black market. He instructed Ichiban in the life of a homeless man in the latter's first few days in Yokohama, but ultimately decided to join Ichiban after he helped him find shelter in a nearby soapland. [[spoiler:Turned out, however, that the only reason why he even wanted to side with Ichiban was that he wanted to use him to get closer to the Geomijul to investigate his brother's death, after finding out about the counterfeit bill Ichiban had with himself as a calling card from Masumi. To that end, he ended up willingly siding with Bleach Japan, a non-profit organization that tried and failed to throw off Ichiban numerous times. However, this betrayal eventually proved for naught as the Geomijul managed to burn down all the evidence of the counterfeiting by destroying their own base; this, coupled with his former comrades fighting tooth and nail to free him, led him to join Ichiban's side once again and this time for good.]]

** Joon-Gi: Makoto Niijima/Queen, [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins Gunvolt, Ezio Auditore, Yoruka Kirihime]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Houka Inumuta]], [[Pantheon/NiceAndNasty Olivier Armstrong]], [[Pantheon/FanserviceAttires Gray Fullbuster]], [[Pantheon/TechnologicalExperts Phineas and Ferb]], [[Pantheon/{{Piracy}} San Francisco]] [[Pantheon/TechnologicalOccupations DedSec]]

** Nanba: Morgana/Mona, [[Pantheon/HealthAndDiseases Florence Nightingale]], [[Pantheon/NiceAndNasty Retsu Unohana]], [[Pantheon/BodyParts Litchi]] [[Pantheon/{{Physicians}} Faye-Ling, The Medic, SCP-2295]], [[Pantheon/WingsAndFeathers Angela Ziegler/Mercy]], [[Pantheon/{{Twins}} Lucas]], [[Pantheon/{{Nationalities}} Dr. McNinja]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeTone Kazuma Satou]]

** Nanba: Morgana/Mona, [[Pantheon/HealthAndDiseases Florence Nightingale]], [[Pantheon/BodyParts Litchi]] [[Pantheon/{{Physicians}} Faye-Ling, The Medic, SCP-2295]], [[Pantheon/WingsAndFeathers Angela Ziegler/Mercy]], [[Pantheon/{{Twins}} Lucas]], [[Pantheon/{{Nationalities}} Dr. McNinja]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeTone Kazuma Satou]]

** Nanba: Morgana/Mona, [[Pantheon/BodyParts Litchi]] [[Pantheon/{{Physicians}} Faye-Ling, The Medic, SCP-2295]], [[Pantheon/WingsAndFeathers Angela Ziegler/Mercy]], [[Pantheon/{{Twins}} Lucas]], [[Pantheon/{{Nationalities}} Dr. McNinja]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeTone Kazuma Satou]]

** Ethnically Korean but born in Japan as Yeonsu Kim, Joon-Gi Han lived a harsh childhood between an abusive, alcoholic father and discrimination from both their Japanese and Korean peers, to the point he was forced to undergo plastic surgery to act as a body double for his predecessor in the Jingweon Mafia. Joon-Gi built a strong friendship with the predecessor, but after the latter's death he was forced to escape from Kamurocho alongside a group of estranged Jingweon goons. To add insult to injury, the remaining members of the Jingweon Mafia operated a persecution campaign against Joon-Gi simply for being alive while the real Joon-Gi was six feet under. This ultimately culminated with Joon-Gi disavowing all his ties with the Jingweon and joining the Geomijul, a Korean crime syndicate based in Yokohama. He bonded with Seong-Hui, the leader, in a similar way to how he became friends with his predecessor back when he still rolled with the Jingweon. After saving Ichiban and the others from the clutches of Mabuchi and the Liumang, Joon-Gi met them again when they stormed through Geomijul headquarters to find reliable evidence on Nonomiya's murder by the hands of Mabuchi. Despite some early differences, Joon-Gi ultimately decided to team up with Ichiban after much pondering.

* Alignment: NeutralGood (Nanba was TrueNeutral for a moment, Zhao is a former ChaoticEvil)

** Eri: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdn5x_6vv4 Like a Butterfly (Clerk Edition)]]

* Herald: Nick Ogata, the team's benefactor

** Ethnically Korean but born in Japan as Yeonsu Kim, Joon-Gi Han lived a harsh childhood between an abusive, alcoholic father and discrimination from both their Japanese and Korean peers, to the point he was forced to undergo plastic surgery to act as a body double for his predecessor in the Jingweon Mafia. Joon-Gi built a strong friendship with the predecessor, but after the latter's death he was forced to escape from Kamurocho alongside a group of estranged Jingweon goons. To add insult to injury, the remaining members of the Jingweon Mafia operated a persecution campaign against Joon-Gi simply for being alive while the real Joon-Gi was six feet under. This ultimately culminated with Joon-Gi disavowing all his ties with the Jingweon and joining the Geomijul, a Korean crime syndicate based in Yokohama. He bonded with Seong-Hui, the leader, in a similar way to how he became friends with his predecessor back when he still rolled with the Jingweon. After some earlier scuffles, Joon-Gi decided to join Ichiban's crew after saving them from the clutches of the Liumang - a rivaling Chinese faction.

** Joon-Gi: Makoto Niijima/Queen, [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins Gunvolt, Ezio Auditore, Yoruka Kirihime]], [[Pantheon/IceAndCold Kuai Liang/Sub-Zero]], [[Pantheon/NiceAndNasty Olivier Armstrong]], [[Pantheon/FanserviceAttires Gray Fullbuster]]

** Ichiban: '''[[TheHero The new face of the franchise, replacing Kiryu]], [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Couldn't be anymore different from Kiryu]]''', BadassAdorable, GuileHero, [[PopCulturedBadass Is a fan of]] ''VIdeoGame/DragonQuest'', [[MrImagination Likes to picture street fights as RPG battles]], {{Chuunibyou}}, AllLovingHero, ChronicHeroSyndrome, [[BatterUp Fights with a baseball bat]], [[BunnyEarsLawyer Much more competent than he initially lets on]], [[FromZeroToHero Goes from being a nobody to a beloved figure in Yokohama]], OlderThanHeLooks, [[AnimeHair Sporting an animesque afro]]

** Ichiban: '''[[TheHero The new face of the franchise, replacing Kiryu]], [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Couldn't be anymore different from Kiryu]]''', BadassAdorable, GuileHero, [[PopCulturedBadass Is a fan of]] ''VIdeoGame/DragonQuest'', [[MrImagination Likes to picture street fights as RPG battles]], {{Chuunibyou}}, AllLovingHero, ChronicHeroSyndrome, [[BunnyEarsLawyer Much more competent than he initially lets on]], [[FromZeroToHero Goes from being a nobody to a beloved figure in Yokohama]], OlderThanHeLooks, [[AnimeHair Sporting an animesque afro]]

* Alignment: NeutralGood (Nanba was TrueNeutral for a moment, Joon-Gi and Zhao were NeutralEvil and ChaoticEvil respectively before joining Ichiban)

** Ichiban: [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Arusu]], [[Pantheon/RoyaltyOther Eight]], [[Pantheon/PhysicalAttractiveness Angelo]], [[Pantheon/GuardiansAndProtectors Nine]], [[Pantheon/{{Celebration}} The Luminary]]/[[Pantheon/{{Teenagers}} Eleven]], [[Pantheon/{{Abilities}} Erik]], Ren Amamiya/Joker, Futaba Sakura/Oracle, [[Pantheon/{{Protagonists}} Touta Konoe]], [[Pantheon/LegacyAndInfluence Izuku Midoriya/Deku and Toshinori Yagi/All Might]], [[Pantheon/FamilyDysfunctions Shoto Todoroki]], [[Pantheon/{{Memories}} Rintarou Okabe]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeTone Megu]][[Pantheon/CritiqueAndParody min]], [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Jurai Andou]], [[Pantheon/CombatMagic Touma Kamijou]], [[Pantheon/NormalCombat Johnny Cage]], [[Pantheon/{{Planning}} Joseph Joestar]], [[Pantheon/HobbiesAndLifestyles Ranko Kanzaki]], [[Pantheon/{{Teachers}} Aikuro Mikisugi]], [[Pantheon/{{Accessories}} Detective]] [[Pantheon/BeastOther Pikachu]], [[Pantheon/HairStyles Brief]]

* Ichiban Kasuga is the son of a prostitute who had to abandon him in a locker in Kamurocho. He was raised in a brothel by its owner, Jiro Kasuga, and often skipped school to pick up fights. That is, until he ended up picking a fight with a yakuza hotshot, and was promptly kidnapped by their associates to get revenge. Ichiban tried to bluff his way out by saying he was part of the Arakawa Family, but the lie worked out oddly in his favor as he was rescued by clan patriarch Masumi Arakawa, who decided to raise him as his own son after Jiro's death. However, his kindness and empathy made him a complete trainwreck at being a yakuza, something that made him source of disgust from Jo Sawashiro, Masumi's number one enforcer. Like Kiryu, he also took the fall for a murder he did not commit in an attempt to keep the Arakawa Family alive. He was released 18 years later, now a fully estranged man that not even the Arakawa Family wanted to deal with anymore as their new chairman shot him and shipped him off to Isezaki Ijincho, Yokohama. His quest to claim back his honor led him to cross paths with various other people who have also hit rock-bottom:

** Yu Nanba was the first person Ichiban met in Yokohama. A former nurse, he was stripped of his license for funneling his medicines to the black market. He instructed Ichiban in the life of a homeless man in the latter's first few days in Yokohama, but ultimately decided to join Ichiban after he helped him find shelter in a nearby soapland. [[spoiler:It was eventually revealed that, much like Ichiban, he took the fall for someone else - in his case a young nurse who had to resort to black market activities to help her poor family. However, said woman was a con artist who was only selling off medicine to fund her gambling addiction.]]