Tetsuo Tamashiro (玉城 鉄生, Tamashiro Tetsuo)[note 2] is a supporting antagonist in Yakuza 3. He is the patriarch of the Okinawa-based Tamashiro Family, a distant branch of the Tojo Clan that finds itself in conflict with the local Ryudo Family.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Tamashiro has auburn hair styled into a pompadour and a medium build.
Attire[]
Tamashiro wears a bright red suit over black silk dress shirt, a gold chain necklace, brown crocodile leather loafers, and a pair of black wrap-around sport sunglasses.
Personality[]
Tamashiro is a ruthless and cruel person who often plays dirty by resorting to things like kidnapping and putting other's lives in danger. He also appears to be abusive and manipulative, evident when he seduces Saki's Mother to kidnap her daughter, only to reject her offer to become a family, nearly killing her instead. He has no regard for taking innocent lives, as when he shoots Rikiya Shimabukuro who takes a bullet for Kazuma Kiryu, he only seems to show annoyance to the fact that he couldn't kill Kiryu.
Involvement[]
Yakuza 3: 2008-2009[]
Tamashiro first appears in his office after Kazuma Kiryu and Rikiya Shimabukuro come to rescue Saki from him and Saki's Mother. Kiryu then beats Tamashiro in a fight, dealing him a humiliating blow.
Tamashiro returns with his family in 2009 due to Yoshitaka Mine's support and begins to exact his revenge towards Kiryu and the Ryudo Family by demolishing Morning Glory Orphanage. The Tamashiro family injures Mikio Aragaki and captures Ryudo Family patriarch Shigeru Nakahara.
Tamashiro puts Nakahara in a bullring and plans to have him killed by the bulls until Kiryu and the others come to his rescue. Just when things get grim, Saki suddenly calls out for Nakahara for the first time, giving her foster father a strength to hold up against the attacking bulls while Kiryu fights off the remnants of Tamashiro family. Tamashiro then challenges Kiryu himself and is defeated.
Although Kiryu wins the battle, he does not realize that Tamashiro is still alive, who then gets up and tries to shoot Kiryu. However, Rikiya shields Kiryu from the gunfire and ends up getting shot himself. Tamashiro is about to fire another shot when Joji Kazama[note 3] arrives just in time to shoot Tamashiro in the head, killing him instantly. Rikiya dies moments later from his wounds in a tearful Kiryu's arms.
Fighting Style[]
Tamashiro has two boss fights in Yakuza 3. He is a skilled boxer and weapons specialist, often carrying a number of weapons on his person, including pocket knives, brass knuckles, and a pistol. He utilizes at least one of them in each fight. His aura in Heat Mode is bright red.
Pocket Knife[]
Used by Tamashiro in the first half of his first boss fight. He attacks with quick stabs and slashes, frequently dodging and twirling to the side to evade incoming blows, or to simply move around. He can also throw knives to hit Kiryu from longer distances.
His close-ranged attacks are listed as follows:
- one combo consisting of an underarm knife-thrust, a downward diagonal left stab, an overhand left, and a downward diagonal slash;
- another combo made up of an underarm thrust, a double reverse-grip downward thrust, and an upward vertical reverse-grip slash; and
- a high right push kick as a guard reversal.
His throwing knife attacks include:
- a combo consisting of a right-left-spinning right throw (1st fight only), and a spinning left-spinning right throw (unused);
- an unbroken combo made up of a right-handed throw, a left-handed throw, and throwing three knives with both hands;
- another unbroken combo consisting a right-handed throw, a left-handed throw, and a kneeling double knife throw; and
- a right/left-handed throw before diving right/left and throwing two knives.
Brass Knuckles[]
In the second half of the first fight, Tamashiro brandishes a pair of Brass Knuckles, and uses heavy-hitting boxing moves in this phase. Rather than dodging Kiryu's attacks, he will only ever guard against them to defend himself, striking back hard and fast when given the opportunity.
He has four combos, which are listed below:
- one combo made up of a left jab, a right cross, and a left uppercut;
- a second combo consisting of a right body hook, a left body hook, a right uppercut, and a double hammerfist;
- a left gut punch-right body cross combo, and
- a left uppercut-right uppercut combo.
The rest of his moveset consists of:
- an overhand right,
- a spinning right backfist,
- a charged ducking left cross,
- his guard reversal,
- a right uppercut as a falling attack, and
- a taunt where he steps backwards and clinks his brass knuckles together twice.
Tamashiro enters Heat Mode right after switching weapons.
Tamashiro's boxing moveset is reused by Bed of Styx fighter Dead Puncher in Yakuza 0 and Yasuda in Yakuza Kiwami, a limited version of Tamashiro's boxing moveset is also reused by many common enemies in preceding games, as well as Takeshi Hakamada in Yakuza 5.
Pistol[]
Tamashiro wields a 9mm Automatic Pistol in his second boss fight, which he mostly holds one-handed. He also uses kicks at close range, and pirouettes around attacks before taking a potshot. His moveset includes:
- a Rush Combo made up of a right shin-kick, a low left roundhouse kick, and a back handspring into a ducking position and firing his gun;
- standing in place and firing his gun once,
- flourishing his gun while standing still and shooting up to four times,
- a high left push kick as a guard reversal, followed by a crouching gunshot;
- a back roll dodge, and
- quickstep attacks, including:
- spinning right and performing a kneeling two-handed pistol shot, and
- spinning left and performing a kneeling one-handed pistol shot.
Tamashiro will kneel down and reload his gun after using it too many times. At several points in the fight, he will fire a shot in the air to call on more goons to back him up.
A modified version of this moveset is used by Wataru Kurahashi and Kei Ibuchi in Yakuza Kiwami 2.
Trivia[]
- During Tamashiro's second encounter, Kiryu has to fight his men first. This part plays the Tamashiro Family theme, Pure Malice, but after Kiryu defeats all the grunts and faces off against Tamashiro himself, the regular boss theme, More Huge, plays.
- However, in Team Match 2 against Tamashiro 2008 and Tamashiro 2009, Pure Malice plays.
Gallery[]
Yakuza 3[]
Yakuza Kiwami 3[]
Ryu Ga Gotoku Online[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tamashiro's age derived from his official date of birth (47 in 2009) and officially-stated blood type (AB) contradict the age (54 in 2009) and blood type (A) given in the All-Star Tournament in Yakuza 3. It should be noted that the All-Star Tournament was originally downloadable content in the original Japanese release, and although included in the base game in the worldwide release and Yakuza 3 Remastered, it is only accessible in Premium Adventure.
- ↑ In some official media, "Tetsuo" is incorrectly written with the kanji 鉄夫 instead of 鉄生.
- ↑ Known as Joji Fuma in the original western localization of Yakuza 3