Kotaro Gets a Job

Kotaro Gets a Job (, Kōtarō no Shūshoku Katsudō Lit. "Kotaro's Job Hunting") is the 10th substory of Kazuma Kiryu in Yakuza 4.
== Plot ==
Out in front of Bantam, Kazuma Kiryu recognizes a young man as Kotaro, a former hitman. Kotaro also notices Kiryu, and approaches him, referring to him as "Kyuri." With the two reacquainted, Kotaro suggests heading to the HLA to visit Ibuki, and Kiryu accepts.
While heading to the HLA, Kiryu brings up what he saw in front of Bantam: Kotaro was just fired from his job there. Kotaro writes it off as his boss' fault, though Kiryu suspects Kotaro is just causing trouble on the job. Inside the HLA, Kiryu is greeted by Ibuki, while Kotaro finds a new job on the laptop. Ibuki confirms Kiryu's suspicion, that Kotaro is getting into fights on the job and takes it too seriously.
After a phone call, Kotaro announces he got a new job at an okonomiyaki store and heads out to his interview. Ibuki expresses his worry for Ibuki, and Kiryu agrees to check up on him. In front of Kotaro's new workplace, Kiryu witnesses him getting into trouble with some street punks, and helps him fight them off. Immediately afterwards, Kotaro's boss shows up and fires him.
As Kotaro calms down, he explains what happened with those street punks before he showed up, and Kiryu claims he stills has to be polite even to rude customers. Kotaro takes his advice, and heads out to find a new job. A while later, Kiryu receives an email from Kotaro, informing him of his new job at Sushi Gin. Kiryu heads to Sushi Gin, and is informed by a woman standing in front that a "kid" working there was just dragged off towards Nakamichi Street.
Kiryu heads to Nakamichi Street and finds Kotaro hurt on the ground. Kotaro claims he listened to Kiryu's advice, and did not fight back against the street punks. Immediately, those same street punks show up and start a fight with Kiryu. Being defeated, the punks run off and Kotaro is able to stand again. At that moment, his boss shows up and Kotaro guesses he's being fired again, but his boss claims those punks have actually been causing trouble and commends him for fighting them off.
Afterwards, Kotaro thanks Kiryu and heads back to his job, claiming he'll make "really good sushi" for Kiryu later.
== See also ==
* Yakuza 4/Substories
Category:Yakuza 4 Substories