Masataka Ebina

Masataka Ebina (, Ebina Masataka), born Masataka Hikawa (, Hikawa Masataka), is the main antagonist of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. He is the captain and acting chairman of the Seiryu Clan.
== Profile==
===Appearance ===
Ebina is a tall, middle-aged man with an oval face, a light goatee and mustache, and black hair that parts on the right. He possesses a lean build with well-defined muscles.
==== Tattoo ====
====Attire====
Ebina wears a dark grey, pinstripe suit and waistcoat, with a Seiryu Clan pin on his left lapel. He also wears a black dress shirt, black oxfords dress shoes, and a purple tie.
==Background==
Ebina was born around January 1977 as Masataka Hikawa, the son of Yuriko Hikawa and Masumi Arakawa. Arakawa, unaware of his son's birth, left Yuriko to raise Ebina on her own. A frail single mother, Yuriko struggled to raise Ebina, and the former Hikawa Family members paid her no attention. Growing up, Ebina resented Arakawa for abandoning Yuriko, and Hikawa and the Hikawa Family for "[spouting] the nonsense that yakuza bonds were thicker than blood," while ignoring him and his mother. As a middle school student, Ebina's mother passed away, and her last words were telling him not to hate the Hikawa Family. Ebina did not understand why he shouldn't, and sought revenge. As an adult, he joined and later became an elite bureaucrat of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, wishing to eradicate the yakuza.
In 2019, Ebina caught news of the Great Dissolution and later Arakawa's death. He was devastated that the yakuza suddenly became civilians, theoretically being treated as one now, and the fact that he would never be able to kill Arakawa with his own hands. Believing he may never achieve vengeance against the yakuza, he began theorizing ways to exact his revenge. He came up with the idea of rallying up large groups of yakuza members at his disposal, and soon joined the Seiryu Clan, quickly being promoted to captain by Mamoru Takabe purely based off of his earnings. At some point, Ebina became acquainted with Bryce Fairchild. Around 2021, Takabe was arrested, leaving Ebina to become the acting chairman. Through Bryce, Ebina met Eiji Mitamura, someone sharing a similar hate towards the yakuza. Eiji managed to get Jo Sawashiro freed from prison, and with little convincing, Ebina got him to join the Seiryu Clan.
 
==Fighting Style==
Ebina is a highly capable opponent, being able to hold his ground against Kiryu and his whole party by himself. He proves to be rather impressive in terms of agility and acrobatics, while also being a remarkably skilled swordsman. His boss fight is split into two phases: one where he fights unarmed, and a second where he wields a katana.
===Unarmed===
Ebina's unarmed style centers around flashy, powerful kicks, involving flips and spinning. His attacks include:
*Eternal Torment — a 3-hit combo consisting of a right rolling thunder kick, a jumping spinning left heel kick, and a reverse somersault kick.
*Wheel of Samsara — a jumping double spinning right heel kick.
*Pierce the Muladhara — a crouching right vertical lunge punch to the crotch, before taking a Karate knifehand back stance. This attack inflicts 'Sleep'.
*Guilty Conscience — Yoshitaka Mine's taunt, which cancels their stat buffs and has a chance to inflict 'Rage'.
===Katana===
Ebina picks up a katana midway through the fight, during the QTE animation sequence. His attacks include:
*Fall from Grace — a 6-hit combo where his sword projects a barrage of shock waves, consisting of a downward diagonal left slash before switching to a reverse-grip hold, a 180° turning rightward slash, a upward diagonal left-180° turning leftward slash, a reverse-grip underarm thrust, and a 360° leftward slash.
*Cripple the Manipura — a 2-hit combo that inflicts 'Paralyze', consisting of a lunging underarm sword-thrust and an upward diagonal left slash across the solar plexus.
*Vengeance Served — a hopping right punt kick.
*Maelstrom of Hate — a 6-hit combo consisting of a side flip-downward slash, an upward diagonal right-downward diagonal right slash, a butterfly flip into a crouching rightward slash, an upward diagonal left slash, and a flying sword-thrust.
*Sanguine High — a taunt where he twirls his sword twice, which regenerates 1000 health points but cancels his stat buffs and debuffs.
==Gallery==
LADIW - Character Render - Masataka Ebina.png|Full-body Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth render of Ebina.
LADIW - Title Card - Masataka Ebina.png|Ebina's Introductory Title Card
LADIW - Character Gallery - Masataka Ebina 01.png|Ebina and Yuriko.
LADIW - Character Gallery - Masataka Ebina 02.png|Ebina as a middle schooler.
EbinaIrezumi.png|Ebina's back tattoo.
== References ==
Category:Seiryu Clan
Category:Bleach Japan
Category:Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Category:Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Characters
Category:Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Antagonists
Category:Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Bosses
Category:Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Final Bosses