Shozo Takenaka

Shozo Takenaka (, Takenaka Shōzō) is a major supporting character in Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho and Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen. He is a police detective who was tasked with handling Tatsuya Ukyo when the boy was in juvenile detention.
==Profile==
=== Appearance ===
Takenaka is a portly, stocky man with unkempt hair and a permanent dead look in his eyes.
=== Attire ===
He wears a white shirt, black pants, a yellow tie and a beige overcoat.
=== Personality ===
Takenaka is a serious but caring man, almost seeing Tatsuya as something like his nephew.
== Background ==
A close friend of Toru Nogi, Takenaka had cut a deal with him after the arson at Champion Street killed Nogi's wife, and fearing that the yakuza is hunting him, Nogi asked Takenaka to look after Tatsuya and Saeko. after the case closed, Takenaka moved into the Juvenile Investigations Unit of the TMPD Community Safety Division. 
In Tatsuya's youth, he quickly became a source of trouble for the inspector who was at the same time investing the perpetrator of the arson and knew that in spite of Tatsuya's aggressiveness, he would never reach a state where he would attempt to murder someone. Eventually an incident where Tatsuya was accused of beating a young man into a comatose state forces Takenaka to arrest Tatsuya for grievous assault charges and Tatsuya was sentenced to a year in juvenile hall. 
==Involvement==
=== Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho: 2010 ===
=== Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen: 2011 ===
== Gallery ==
Takenaka famitsu.jpg|Body render
KRGG2 - Character Gallery - Shozo Takenaka (TV).jpg|Shozo Takenaka, portrayed by Hideo Nakano.
Category:Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho‏‎ Characters
Category:Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen Characters
Category:Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department