Kyokuso Family

The Kyokuso Family (, Kyokusō-gumi) is a yakuza group and third-tier subsidiary of the Omi Alliance featured in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
== Background ==
The Kyokuso Family are a low-rank subsidiary of the Omi Alliance based out of Sotenbori and led by Patriarch Kanji Aotsuki. One of the Family's primary sources of income is welfare theft, where they take homeless people prisoner, force them to sign up for welfare, collect the checks in their name and keep most of the money, spending as little as possible to keep their homeless prisoners alive. This particular business strategy of theirs brought about the ire of Akame, a Sotenbori info broker who collaborated with Osaka's homeless to keep her info network running and had developed a soft spot for the city's homeless community.
== Involvement ==
=== Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name - 2019 ===
In 2019, Akame came into contact with Kazuma Kiryu (then going by the alias of "Joryu") and agreed to take him to The Castle if he helped her dismantle the Kyokuso's welfare theft operation. Consequently, Kiryu tracked down the place where the Kyokuso kept their homeless prisoners and beat up the Family's thugs standing guard, forcing them to release their prisoners and give back their ID papers and bankbooks which they'd taken.
Furious at Akame and Kiryu for foiling their scheme and desperate for new income, the Kyokuso raid the workshop of Akira Mizorogi, an inventor and friend to Akame and Kiryu. The Kyokuso thugs break Mizorogi's arm and steal several high-tech combat gadgets he'd developed, which they then begin to sell in the black market. In particular, they sell several gadgets to the Four Kings of the Coliseum.
After securing a payday from this sale, Patriarch Aotsuki lures Kiryu into a trap in Ashitaba Park to kill him in retaliation for dismantling his welfare theft racket. In spite of being armed with combat drones made by Mizorogi, Aotsuki is still defeated and forced to flee.
Later on, after Kiryu defeats the Four Kings at the Castle's coliseum, he procures their help in attacking the Kyokuso Family's base to recover Mizorogi's stolen gadgets. Kiryu, Mizorogi, Akame and the Four Kings travel to the club which the Kyokuso use as their headquarters, much to Aotsuki's surprise. The Patriarch and his mooks fight Kiryu once again, but they are beaten a second time and this time they are not only forced to return Mizorogi's stolen tech but also dissolve the family and become informants in Akame's network to compensate for all the damage they caused.
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