Shinsuke Matoba

Shinsuke Matoba (, Matoba Shinsuke) is a minor antagonist in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. He is a member of the Arakawa Family.
==Personality==
Matoba is a sadistic individual Saeko Mukoda described as "really gross." To him, a chance to cut up Ichiban Kasuga and his friends was the human version of carving tuna. Ironically, he is afraid of getting cut himself as shown in his Sujidex entry and the aftermath of his fight with Kasuga.
==Involvement==
===Yakuza: Like A Dragon: 2000-2019===
Matoba is one of several Arakawa Family men who accompanied Jo Sawashiro in cornering Kasuga and his group in an alley near Otohime Land. Sawashiro orders Matoba and the rest of his men to kill Kasuga, after which Matoba makes remarks about carving up Kasuga and sending his head to Sawashiro in a box. After Sawashiro leaves following a verbal exchange with Kasuga, a fight breaks out between Kasuga's group and the Arakawa men led by Matoba.
After winning the fight, Kasuga picks up Matoba's sword and remarks how surprised Sawashiro would be when he sees Matoba's head in the box instead of Kasuga's. Matoba attempts to flee to no avail as Kasuga strikes the ground with the sword right next to Matoba, causing the latter to faint. It is unknown what became of Matoba after the joint dissolution of the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance days later.
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