Chief

The Chief (, Sonchō) is a character featured in Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. He serves as a leader of the homeless population in Isezaki Ijincho.
==Background==
After finishing high school, the Chief began working at a factory as a mechanic. As automated technology advanced, the use for his skill set decreased over time. The "Captain" - his boss's nickname - was a man he considered to be family. Almost fifty-years-old, the Chief was laid off by the Captain as their job wasn't sustainable. However, the Captain also quit his job, and the two became homeless together. The Captain inherited the title of Chief. Around 2015-2016, he succumbed to cancer, leaving his friend to become the new Chief.
Long before his term as Chief, Masumi Arakawa formed a pact with the homeless community to dispose of any bodies that were placed in his camp, with apparently needing to dispose of one corpse per month during the bubble economy. The Chief has had to dispose of three bodies during his time.
==Involvement==
===Yakuza: Like a Dragon: 2019===
A bloodied Ichiban Kasuga is brought to the homeless camp, and he is not disposed of due to still being alive. The Arakawa Family grunts who brought him there pay the Chief and leave. The Chief wakes up Yu Nanba to have Kasuga healed. Nanba then fills him in on Kasuga's activity since regaining consciousness, after which the Chief lets him keep the money he found when he offers to pay for staying in the camp until he recovers. Stating he will repay the debt someday, the Chief asks Kasuga his history, and learns he had spent 18 years in prison for his patriarch only to be shot. 
Zheng later arrives for his routine collections, but Kasuga and Nanba drive him off, which the Chief admonishes them for, as they risked the camp's safety. Much later, Kasuga and his allies bring Hajime Ogasawara to the camp for interrogation. The Chief allows them to stay, and tries to repel the Omi Alliance members pursuing them, but fails. The next day, he informs Kasuga of the deal made with the Arakawa Family.
The Chief brings some of the homeless quarter residents with him to support Kasuga in his political campaign. Later, he asks Kasuga if he is leaving Ijincho to join the former yakuza officers in Osaka, but learns he plans to stay.
===Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: 2023===
The Chief lets Kasuga and his friends hide out in the homeless camp when they need a safe haven.
== Gallery ==
=== Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth ===
LADIW - Character Gallery - Chief 01.png|The Captain on the left and the Chief on the right.
==Notes==
== References ==
Category:Unnamed Characters
Category:Yakuza: Like a Dragon Characters
Category:Yakuza: Like a Dragon Supporting Characters
Category:Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Characters