Big Akai (赤井兄, Akai Ani, Lit. "Older Akai Brother") is a minor character featured in Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2, and Yakuza 4. He is one of the two leaders of Bloody Eye.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Big Akai has a small-medium muscular build. He has his hair tied into cornrows with a goatee beard.
Attire[]
Big Akai wears a red basketball vest over a white-hemmed black one. The red vest has the number 50 on the front, and a tribal symbol on the back. He also wears a pair of black jeans, red trainers and a patterned bandanna. He has tribal tattoos on both of his upper arms.
Involvement[]
Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami: 2005[]
All three Color Gangs are hired by Lau Ka Long of the Snake Flower Triad to carry out a raid on the West Park homeless encampment where Haruka Sawamura was being hidden by Kazuma Kiryu. The Akai Brothers participated in the raid and took Haruka captive before handing her over to Lau. Kiryu eventually discovered the Bloody Eye's involvement in Haruka's kidnapping and tracked the Akai Brothers to Club Deborah, where he interrupted their night of partying. Kiryu gets into a fight with the Akai's and several members of their gang, culminating in an easy victory for Kiryu. After defeating the gang, Kiryu coerces Big Akai into revealing that Lau had been the one who hired them into carrying out the kidnapping.
Yakuza Kiwami 2: 2006[]
In 2006, Big Akai, alongside his younger brother, Little Akai, makes an appearance in the Clan Creator minigame, as part of the Color Gang, now led by Masahiro Chono.[b]
Yakuza 4: 2010[]
- Main article: Color Gangs
The Brothers run into Kiryu on the streets of Kamurocho, where they have a friendly conversation about how their lives changed after their fight five years prior. The Akai's reveal to Kiryu that the Red Eye gang disbanded soon after their loss to him and, after that, the Brothers started a porn video production company called Redsnake. As a parting gift, the brothers give Kiryu a copy of their latest hit release, "Gals Gone Wild in Yokosuka".
Fighting Style[]
Yakuza[]
Big Akai uses Gaowayan Pramuk's moveset with one unique combo, consisting of a jumping roundhouse kick, a sweeping roundhouse kick and a dropkick.
Yakuza Kiwami[]
Big Akai uses Majima's Breaker style.
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Yakuza[]
Yakuza Kiwami[]
Trivia[]
- The name Akai comes from the Japanese word for "red", hence why their Bloody Eye gang wears red.
- The actress, "Ryoko Hazuki" for the new adult video produced by the Akai Brothers mentioned in the Yakuza 4 substory is a reference to the main character, Ryo Hazuki, from the ShenmueWP series.
Notes[]
- ↑ The given height of 175 cm (5′ 9″) is based on the character model's scaling factor within Yakuza Kiwami 2's data.[1] For Dragon Engine games, this method is believed to be very accurate (±2 cm). However, this is intended as an estimate, not a substitute for an official statistic.
- ↑ Big Akai's involvement in Yakuza Kiwami 2 is inconsistent with his story in Yakuza 4, as in the latter game, he claims to have disbanded his gang right after his encounter with Kiryu