Kan Ogita

Kan Ogita (荻田冠, Ogita Kan) is a character featured in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 5. Formerly a professional dancer, he now works as a dancing coach.

Profile[]

Appearance[]

Ogita is a short man. His eyebrows in Yakuza 5 appear to be sculpted.

In both appearances, he keeps his hair in a low ponytail.

Attire[]

In Yakuza 0, Ogita wears a purple vest over a black long-sleeved T-shirt, a pair of red pants, a pair of yellow-rimmed vanity sunglasses, a pair of black leather shoes, and a gold chain necklace.

In Yakuza 5, he wears a black vest over white long-sleeved T-shirt, black dress pants, black leather shoes, and a silver chain necklace.

Personality[]

Ogita is an arrogant man who loathes receiving orders, as demonstrated by his disdain for his boss, which eventually manifests itself as physical violence. He avoids taking responsibility for his actions, as seen with his attempt to cover up for murdering his superior by arranging the crime scene such that it appeared to be a suicide. When cornered, however, Ogita is revealed to be a coward who always seems to need 'just one more chance'.

Background[]

In the 1980s, Ogita had built a reputation as a skilled dancer, known to many.

In the 2010s, Ogita had become a dance instructor to pay off his debts. He is hired by Mirei Park to train Haruka Sawamura within a year, though the deadline is repeatedly pushed back.

Involvement[]

Yakuza 0: 1988[]

Main article: Maharaja Showdown

After beating Maiko in a dance battle, Kazuma Kiryu makes himself known as a formidable dancer at Kamurocho's Maharaja and learns of an extremely skilled Osakan dancer who is revealed to be Ogita. After his defeat, Ogita returns to Osaka in the hopes of becoming a dance coach. He even offered a discount if Kiryu's friends want to learn from him.

Yakuza 5: 2012[]

Ogita first appears when he helps train Haruka Sawamura in dance. After a subpar lesson, he turns off the music and tells her that she is not moving with the rhythm. He encourages her to quit; Haruka refuses and stubbornly redoes her routine. Ogita then stops and gives her a five-minute break. He continues to train Haruka up until the first round of Princess League finals. Ogita expresses his concerns of how quickly he needs to train Haruka to compete with the other idols, especially in the shortening timeline he was given, but he is brushed off by his employer Mirei Park. After Haruka passes the first round, Park fires Ogita because he complained too much and stood up to her. Ogita becomes infuriated when he realizes that he was tricked into signing a contract that allowed Park to deny him payment, and angrily leaves the premises.

Later, he is confronted by a man named Kamon Kanai, the right-hand man of Naoki Katsuya of Osaka Talent. Due to Ogita's mounting debt, he is coerced into stealing the letter that Goro Majima had sent to Park in exchange of being freed from his debt. While looking for the letter, he is caught in Park's office, and in a fit of rage for how she treated him, repeatedly bangs her head on the floor, leading to him accidentally killing her. He and Kanai cover up the murder to look like a suicide, with Kanai forging a false letter in Park's handwriting.

Ogita once again attempts to find the letter, this time interrogating Hiroshi Horie and throwing him off the roof, though he survives. Haruka and Shun Akiyama catch him trying to flee, and then later fights and defeats him with some assistance from the former. Kanai comes to Ogita's rescue and the two of them escape empty-handed.

Due to his failure, Kanai amputates Ogita's right arm and leaves him to die at a warehouse. Akiyama finds Ogita who begs him to help him escape, promising that he will confess to the murder. Akiyama allows him to escape, but Ogita gets captured again and killed by Kanai.

Fighting Style[]

Although lacking in terms of physical strength and durability, Ogita is a highly nimble opponent. Owing to his background in dancing, he is adept in capoeira and acrobatics, quickstepping often and attacking with swift kicks that are difficult to telegraph. He also utilizes a butterfly knife, which he mostly incorporates into his attack-strings.

His combos are listed as follows:

one combo comprised of a high right hopping inward crescent kick, a right rising kick, and a 180° somersault kick;
a second combo consisting of a spinning right heel kick and a handstanding left roundhouse kick-cheat gainer;
a third combo comprised of a high right hopping outward crescent kick, a downward diagonal left slash, and a spinning straight knife thrust;
a fourth combo made up of right leg sweep kick, a spinning downward diagonal left slash, and an upward diagonal right slash; and
dodge combos, including:
- a left leg sweep kick while sidestepping right, and a left handstand front kick that can stun Akiyama; and
- a right leg sweep kick while sidestepping left, and a right handstand front kick that can stun Akiyama.

The remainder of his attacks include:

a back flip kick,
a high left roundhouse kick,
a high right push kick,
a high right outward crescent kick,
a left Thai roundhouse kick,
a left leg sweep kick while sidestepping right,
a ducking downward diagonal left slash,
three breakdancing flares and a spinning handstand as a guard reversal, and
quickstep attacks, including:
- a left Thai roundhouse kick command grab after spinning right, followed by a scissor takedown; and
- a right Thai roundhouse kick command grab after spinning left, followed by a scissor takedown.

Ogita has multiple knockdown recoveries which he performs after being hit with Akiyama's Launch Strike or aerial combos, side rolling right or left back down to the ground before he falls.

His attack trails are ultra pink with dark purple accents and petal effects.

A watered-down version of Ogita's moveset is used by common thugs in later Long Battles, Fumiya Sugiura in Judgment, Lost Judgment, and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.