Little Akai (赤井弟, Akai Otōto, Lit. "Younger 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[]
Little Akai is a physically large young man with a wide, stocky build. He has very short hair dyed a blondish-brown color.
Attire[]
Little Akai wears a red hockey T-Shirt with the number 508 on the front and a tribal symbol on the back over a black t-shirt and a red patterned bandanna. He also wears a pair of jeans and black trainers.
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 Debolah, 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, Little Akai, alongside his older brother, Big Akai, makes an appearance in the Clan Creator minigame, as part of the Color Gang, now led by Masahiro Chono.[note 1]
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[]
In Yakuza, Little Akai uses a heavy brawler style consisting of quick punches. He also has a similar combo to his elder brother, though instead of opening with a jump kick and following up with a sweep kick, Little Akai will open with a sweep kick and then a jump kick.
Yakuza Kiwami[]
In Yakuza Kiwami, Little Akai is much more cowardly, keeping his distance and only attacking Kiryu if Kiryu is not looking at him. At a distance, Little Akai will just repeatedly quickstep until either Kiryu gets too close, in which he will either drop kick or attempt to grab Kiryu, or Kiryu turns away from him, in which he will move closer and do the same thing.
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Trivia[]
- Akai means red in Japanese, hence why their gang wears red colours.
- 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[]
- ↑ Little 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