Yamashita Kazuo
Yamashita starts out as your typical pushover—a timid guy who gets walked all over by his boss at Nobi Publishing and basically anyone else with a pulse. But everything changes when he meets Ouma and gets pulled into the high-stakes, blood-soaked world of Kengan fighters. Suddenly, the everyday threats that used to terrify him—his manager's attitude, street thugs, even death threats—don't shake him anymore. By the time the Kengan Annihilation Tournament rolls around, he's transformed into someone genuinely brave and respected.
He's got a wife and two sons, though his wife left him a decade before the story kicks off. After 34 years grinding it out at Nogi Publishing, Yamashita's the kind of guy who just wants to watch martial arts and enjoy some peace and quiet. His whole philosophy comes down to one thing: "Good can come out of misfortune."
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