Tsuyoshi Nagumo (南雲 剛, Nagumo Tsuyoshi) is a major supporting character featured in Yakuza 6. He is the captain of the Hirose Family.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Nagumo is of average height and stocky build. He has short hair with an undercut, and a noticeable mole on his left cheek.
Attire[]
Nagumo wears a floral blue shirt, along with beige plaid pants, a maroon belly warmer and a pair of white shoes. During his trip to Kamurocho with Kiryu, he wears a brighter blue floral button-up shirt with a black striped suit jacket over it along with striped suit pants, black shoes, and a gold chain.
Personality[]
Nagumo comes across as ill-tempered, repeatedly confronting Kiryu for seemingly trivial reasons, and excessively disciplining his subordinates. He also has a tendency to let his feelings get the better of him and often acks recklessly, like challenging the main family over collections money, or revealing his disguise in the middle of a raid. This gives rise to the impression that he is not particularly bright, or scrupulous.
However, there is more to Nagumo than meets the eye. He sees the Hirose group as his family, with his subordinates being his brothers and Hirose himself as his father. To that end, he is more than willing to put himself in danger to protect them, indicating a strong sense of loyalty about him. Nagumo is also capable of letting bygones be bygones, and, after reconciling with Kiryu, quickly becomes a stalwart ally and a close friend. He is compassionate, joining the others in protecting Haruka's identity from outsiders.
Nagumo shows unrequited affection for Kiyomi, though he is largely clueless until the reason why is directly pointed out to him.
Background[]
After killing their fathers to protect the secret of Onomichi, Toru Hirose adopted Nagumo and Takaaki Matsunaga, taking care of them. Eventually, Nagumo joined the Hirose Family as a subsidiary to the Masuzoe Family, serving as the group's captain. The family worked in a protection racket in extortion for protection money from various places under the supervisions of the Masuzoe Family. In high school, Nagumo met Kiyomi Kasahara and Kazuaki Ino, and he competed with Ino for for Kiyomi's love. After high school, Nagumo lost contact with Kiyomi, but reunited after she opened up Snack Kiyomi, continuing his rivalry with Ino.
Involvement[]
Yakuza 6: 2013-2017[]
When Kiryu arrives with Haruto Sawamura in Onomichi, Kiyomi invites him into the bar. Jealous of Kiryu, Nagumo challenges him to a fight outside the bar, and is defeated by Kiryu. Nagumo then warns Kiryu that he's the second-in-command of the Hirose Family and that he'll be back for revenge.
He develops a rivalry with Kiryu, getting into another fight at a baseball field and having Yuta and Takaaki Matsunaga help him, but are all beaten. After a third fight outside the bar, Kiryu goes back in and Nagumo is beaten up by the Masuzoe Family for Nagumo's tardiness with his collections. Kiyomi tries to give her money to Nagumo, but he refuses. This results in Koji Masuzoe dragging him outside and continuing his beating. Suddenly, Kiryu comes to Nagumo's rescue and takes down Masuzoe and his goons. Kiryu explains that he helped Nagumo because he was impressed that he stands up to his principle and stays strong in front of the woman he loves. This changes Nagumo's perception of Kiryu, and he comes to respect Kiryu as an "aniki."
Nagumo introduces Kiryu to the Hirose Family, and Matsunaga argues with Nagumo for ruining their reputation, which caused the former's customers to make fun of him. Nagumo apologizes to Kiryu for his friends' bad manners and tells him that he's welcomed here anytime. The next day, when Kiryu comes to ask him and the others about Haruka Sawamura, they all poorly hide the fact they know her. Later that night, he tells Kiryu everything he knows: when Kiryu showed him her photo, Nagumo finally found out about his real identity as the fourth chairman of the Tojo Clan. He tells Kiryu about how people of Onomichi had taken a liking to her and had been protecting her during her time in Hiroshima. Nagumo also reveals that Haruka had been working at Kiyomi's bar when she was in town.
The next day, he finds out that Kiyomi has a relationship with Takumi Someya of the Tojo Clan, and becomes totally shocked. Ino comes in and informs them that Kiyomi has been kidnapped by yakuza, who are working for Someya, and he is having a negotiation with the Yomei Alliance at a hotel. They decide to raid the hotel and Hirose shows up and provides them with masks in order to conceal their identities.
They attack later, and after taking out the goons in the bathroom, Nagumo accidentally takes off his mask because he's feeling too hot. This causes Masuzoe to recognize him, blowing their cover. After Kiryu's battle with Someya, he finds out that Someya had married Kiyomi, and is stricken in grief. Kanji Koshimizu, the captain of the Yomei Alliance, attempts to exile the Hirose Family for their actions, but the Yomei chairman, Heizo Iwami, tells Koshimizu to spare them.
After the raid at the hotel, Nagumo still feels depressed, because Kiyomi has not only married Someya, but also had a child. He also finds out that their former friend, Shu Tatsukawa, is suspected to be Haruto's father from Kiyomi's testimony. When Kiryu decides to return to Kamurocho in order to locate Tatsukawa, Nagumo and Yuta decide to accompany him, with Nagumo apparently still upset because of Kiyomi's relationship with Someya.
When they arrive at Kamurocho, they search for leads regarding Tatsukawa, leading to them being assaulted by the Jingweon Mafia. Nagumo holds them off, and after Kiryu and Yuta gain information from Jingweon leader Joongi Han, they go into the apartment where Tatsukawa lives, only to find out that he has been brutally murdered, along with an unknown woman. Nagumo, Yuta, and Kiryu team with with Shun Akiyama to infiltrate Little Asia to learn about Tatsukawa's death, and fight the Saio Triad. They are cornered by Masuzoe - secretly loyal to the Saio - and Ed, but the leader Big Lo orders them to be spared.
Kiryu, Nagumo, and Yuta return to Onomichi when they learn Hirose had kidnapped Haruto and disappeared. Kiyomi tells them what had happened and, when informed of Someya, laments her failure as a mother with her daughter, but Nagumo is quick to reassure her. During their search for Hirose, Nagumo knocks out Koshimizu with a bottle during his fight against Kiryu and are led to Ryunan Shrine, where Hirose waited. They learn Yuta was Haruto's real father and Nagumo is quick to reprimand him. Masuzoe enters and informs them Yuta was also the secret heir to the Saio Triad, and the Jingweon stage an assault. Nagumo and the Hirose family try to keep Haruto safe, but are unable to do so.
Ino prepares a ship and Nagumo retrieves Kiryu and Yuta, though the latter needed some convincing from Kiryu to join. They head to an abandoned cargo storage site and fight their way through the Jingweon, with Kiryu succeeding in retrieving Haruto. Kiryu and Yuta leave for Kamurocho to resolve matters the next day.
When Kiryu returns, Nagumo, Tagashira, and Matsunaga fight him for accusing Hirose of being involved in a conspiracy. After beating them and investigating, they follow the trail of the Secret of Onomichi and Nagumo sees Hirose attempt to kill Kiryu. Nagumo shields him after the Yamato Mark II is reveals, and Hirose is unable to kill him, causing him to be shot by Heizo Iwami, who reveals Hirose's involvement. With his dying breaths, Hirose admits to his murder of their fathers.
After mourning Hirose's death the next day, they fight the Tojo Clan and the Yomei Alliance in Onomichi and then in Kamurocho, joined by Akiyama. Nagumo reaches the top floor of the Millennium Tower to witness Someya sacrifice himself for Kiyomi, and having that sacrifice be in vain. Someya entrusts their daughter to Nagumo. Nagumo and Kiryu decide to continue the fight alone. They head to Onomichi and reach the masterminds Tsuneo Iwami and Katsumi Sugai, but are forced to stand down because Haruka and Haruto are held hostage. Yuta, Matsunaga, and Tagashira arrive to save them, and after the Tsuneo's defeat, Nagumo tries to disarm Sugai, but is shot in the leg. He witnesses Sugai wound Kiryu, but the former kills himself with his last remaining bullet.
One month later, Nagumo meets with Hiromi and Kiyomi, previously thought to have died. With Yuta leaving to live with Haruka and Haruto; Nagumo, Matsunaga, and Tagashira aim to rebuild the Yomei Alliance, with Nagumo taking over as patriarch of the Hirose Family.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: 2023[]
Nagumo is invited to Yokohama by the Seiryu Clan, but he is unable to make it.
Fighting Style[]
Nagumo is an extremely unrefined and crude brawler, swinging around his arms and legs to deal damage, particularly taking a crude stance with a raised right fist as if to throw an overhand right. In his last fight, he instantly starts in Heat mode.
He has a variety of combos. His main one is a crude series of right uppercut, left hook and right reverse roundhouse kick. Other ones include one consisting of a right cross, a left hook, a stumbling right knee thrust and a headbutt, another combo of a delayed right haymaker and a swinging left slap, one consisting of a left jab, a right hook, a left roundhouse kick and a right backfist, and a Heat-mode only combo of a wide right hook, a wide left hook and a stumbling right side kick or a flying body cross.
He also has a stumbling right hook, a right push kick, a sideways headbutt, a quick headbutt (which he uses as a damage counter), a standing dropkick (which he uses as a damage counter) and a slow right backfist. His running attacks are either a diving headbutt or a sliding cross chop. Only in the Jingai Thunders boss fight, he may pick up a baseball and throw it at Kiryu.
His grab attack has him repeatedly headbutt Kiryu, though it can be broken out of at any point.
He has a team Heat Action: when Kiryu grabs an opponent while standing near Nagumo, and the player presses the Heat Action button, the Nagumo Team Heat will play. Kiryu will grab the opponent's arm with his left hand, and push the opponent down by the head with his right hand. Nagumo will rush at the opponent and cross his hands, delivering a cut to the opponent's neck.
Uniquely for a boss, he has multiple taunts: one has him drunkenly walk to Kiryu and beckon him, another is his drunken taunt but faster, another has him directly beckon Kiryu and another has him do a Sumo stance.
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Notes[]
- ↑ Nagumo's biological father was killed 40 years prior to the main events of Yakuza 6.
- ↑ The given height of 177 cm (5′ 10″) is based on the character model's scaling factor within Yakuza 6's data.[3] 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.
References[]
- ↑ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, “Chapter 1: The Price of Freedom”, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Tokyo: SEGAWP, 2016), PlayStation 4/Windows/Xbox One.
- ↑ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, “Finale: The Unforgiven”, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Tokyo: SEGAWP, 2016), PlayStation 4/Windows/Xbox One.— Tsuneo Iwami, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
It was 40 years ago. When I was just a kid, a Yomei officer named Matsunaga came to me. At the time, those with knowledge of the secret were being slaughtered one by one. Matsunaga feared he was next. So, he chose to entrust me with the secret. He also asked that I beg you to spare his life. Tragically, Matsunaga died that very evening.
- ↑ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, “character_model_model_data” (.BIN file), Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Tokyo: SEGAWP, 2016), PlayStation 4/Windows/Xbox One.