Taizan Amamiya

Taizan Amamiya (, Amamiya Taizan), also known by his birth name Toru Nogi (, Nogi Tōru) and his ring name Master Nogi (マスター 乃木, Masuta Nogi), is a major supporting character in Kurohyo: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho. He is the resident physician at Dragon Heat's underground clinic, Saki Kudo's mentor and Tatsuya Ukyo's father.
== Profile==
=== Appearance ===
Amamiya is an extremely muscular man with short hair. In the TV show, his hair is gray.
=== Attire ===
He wears a brown shirt and brown pants. In the TV show, he wears a blue polo shirt and jeans.
=== Personality ===
Amamiya is a calm, wise man, who believes that fighting requires a philosophy and not just violent intent. He seeks to teach this to his violent, animalistic son by any means possible, going so far as to himself fight Tatsuya to make him understand. He also plays the fatherly role for Saki, due to her father being an absentee.
== Background ==
Amamiya was a boxer in the middleweight division aiming to become a world champion, however with no income, his wife Naoko Ukyo worked part time at the yakiniku restaurant Forbidden City in Champion Street. There he met the owner Kanemitsu who was close friends with the gym he was training in. However with no means of sustaining his dream, he would join Dragon Heat.
He would become one of Kuki's most prized and trusted fighters. Amamiya had set the record for the most amount of wins, however due to his reputation he earned the enmity of Masatoshi Tsutsui, an MMA fighter who was denied the opportunity to participate in Dragon Heat. During a friendly boxing match with Ryutaro, Tsutsui interrupted the match and challenged him to a fight. Despite Amamiya's efforts, Tsutsui's kick to his arm made him unable to fight any further. In response to being denied his win over Amamiya and consumed by greed during his time as a land developer, Tsutsui would arrange for an arson in Champion Street in a bid to not only acquire the land but also help Naoki Toda rise up in the ranks by accepting money from Tsutsui. 
Angered at the death of his wife and losing his will to be a boxer, he entrusted Shozo Takenaka with investigating the culprit of the arson in secret as he created an alias, serving as Dragon Heat's trainer and became Takenaka's informant, revealing information about the Tojo Clan's dealings. His ability to treat the injuries of countless fighters proved to be an asset to Dragon Heat. 
==Involvement==
=== Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho: 2010 ===
== Fighting Style ==
An extremely formidable fighter with knowledge of various martial arts ranging from boxing and Karate to Jiu-jitsu, Amamiya uses a slight variant of Extreme Man, upgraded to level 30 in the main story and level 50 in Premium Adventure (the highest achievable level in Kurohyou). While not a complicated fighter like Koumei Cho or Tetsuji Shima, he is the most difficult boss in the game.
Amamiya mostly uses the kicks of his moveset, chaining long kick combos together with great speed. The safest strategy against him is to bait his guard break kick and catch counter it, and spam quickstep attacks, grab attacks and Heat Actions.
He has five invincible attacks. Moreover, he can combine them, making him nearly impossible to avoid. They are:
* Masumi Yuki's Heat stance and rolling attack. If he catches Tatsuya in his roll, he performs "Punishing Fist".
* Yuki's stance, followed by a 9-hit punch combo. If this hits, he performs "True Headfirst Drop".
* Yuki's stance, followed by a 10-hit combo of 8 kicks, 1 punch and a final kick.
* Yuki's stance, followed by a running animation. If Amamiya is in Tatsuya's immediate vicinity, he performs "Ultimate Chaotic Barrage".
* The deathblow charge animation, but instead of a deathblow, followed by a 5-hit kick combo.
He has access to the deathblows Bajiquan Breakthrough and Bajiquan Roundhouse.
== Trivia ==
* If a completed save of Kurohyou is detected while starting Kurohyou 2, Amamiya's moveset will be unlocked for Tatsuya, labeled as Extreme Man・Taizan.
== Gallery ==
Taizan Amemiya.jpg|3D render.
KRGG2 - Character Gallery - Taizan Amamiya (TV).jpg|Taizan Amamiya, portrayed by Koichi Iwaki.
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