Shintaro Fuma

File:Shintaro Fuma.jpg
JP Name		風間 新太郎
Romaji		Kazama Shintarō
Gender		Male
D.O.B		Unknown
Height/Weight		177cm / 70kg
Blood Type		Unknown
Affiliation		Tōjō Clan
		Dojima Clan
		Kazama Clan
Voice Actors
Japanese		Tetsuya Watari
English		Roger L. Jackson

Kazama Shintarō (known as Fuma in the English versions of the first three games and by his original name Shintaro Kazama in Yakuza 4) is a Tojo Clan Affiliate, former Lieutenant of the Dojima Family, as well as Kazama(Fuma in english dub) Family Captain in the first Yakuza.

Biography

Apart from being in organized crime, Kazama also assisted the Sunflower Orphanage and took care of both Kiryu, Nishiki and Yumi. Due to an old injury on his left foot, he was usually seen with a cane to assist himself. Ten years after the event in 1995, Kazama sent Kiryu a letter the day before his parole. 

Personality

As a person of principles, he was well-known and had gained the trust of many. As the financier of the Sunflower Orphanage, Fuma was always looking out for talented candidates to join the Yakuza. Early on he noticed the skills of Kazuma Kiryu and Nishiki and brought them into the organization. Kazuma pleased him greatly with his advances in the Dojima Clan, until the devastating incident that changed everything. Shintaro also killed Kazuma's parents.