Apart from Kiryu, three other new faces join the streets of Kamurocho. The first one, Shun Akiyama, is a loan shark who runs his own firm, Sky Finance, and finds himself in the middle of a ...

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Perhaps the most beloved of these side characters is Goro Majima, one of Kiryu's closest friends and a man who Kamurocho has come to fear as "The Mad Dog of Shimano". After fans almost demanding ...

When Kiryu is set to be released from prison in 2005, he learns that his friends are in danger and he must return to ...