Seiji Kosaka

Seiji Kosaka (, Kōsaka Seiji) is a supporting character in Yakuza 5. He is the deputy warden at Abashiri Penitentiary.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Kosaka is a slim man with black hair that is slicked back. He has a mole on the left side of his chin.
===Attire===
Kosaka wears the typical police uniform with glasses and black dress shoes. He omits the hat when in Tokyo.
=== Personality ===
Kosaka is described by many as having a burning hatred for yakuza. He initially does not want Taiga Saejima to get his parole. However, he later reveals himself to be extremely passionate, and in that regard, as Saejima himself notes, Kosaka is actually similar to him. He has his own sense of justice - when he picks up the conspiracy surrounding Saejima and the Tojo Clan, he allows Saejima and his associate, Shigeki Baba, to go off lightly after Saejima's attack on Hiroshi Kugihara and escape, at the cost of his own career. He does not seek revenge, however, as he would rather see the instigators properly punished for their crimes than be killed. After his near-death experience, Kosaka was willing to "bend the rules" to get all three of himself, Heihachiro Oshima, and Himura to Tokyo and stop Baba from causing further harm.
== Involvement ==
=== Yakuza 5: 2012 ===
Kosaka oversees Saejima's stay in Abashiri and notes that since Hiroshi Kugihara's arrival in June 2012, he has not resisted nor fought back against him, and presumes he does so in order to get out of prison on good terms. This backfires once Kugihara seemingly goads Baba to stab another inmate and causes Saejima to finally fight back. Kosaka then personally invites Saejima to his office to reveal the news that Goro Majima has died and that Saejima has been expelled from the Tojo Clan. However, he feels something is amiss and brings both Saejima and Baba to the woodworking shelter, as Saejima's parole was denied by the Ministry of Justice and he suspects that the events surrounding Saejima, up to and including Kugihara's involvement, were too carefully scripted to be coincidence. Saejima also suspects a traitor in the Tojo Clan's ranks causing Majima's death and his own expulsion, and Kosaka adds that the previous warden was killed because of the parole's denial and that Abashiri will be taking in almost 100 additional inmates, potentially making Abashiri unsafe for Saejima and Baba. He gives the keys to a snowmobile to Saejima and advises him to take the southwest gate, as a guard will unlock the doors for him, and he also requests that the warden's killer be taken alive for proper justice.
However, because Kugihara was secretly working together with Baba, he is well aware of these plans and not only kills the guard Saejima was supposed to see, but also stabs Kosaka in the back after he tries to warn them of his arrival. Kosaka survives the stabbing thanks to Oshima's first aid, and is contacted by Saejima some time after to try and help Baba. He brings Oshima and Himura along with him to the Japan Dome in Tokyo, and they arrive in time to prevent Baba's suicide after he had been beaten by Tatsuo Shinada. Kosaka then explains that Saejima knew Baba was acting on someone else's orders and tells him that Saejima will wait as long as it takes for Baba to return to society and be proper oath brothers. He then watches the remainder of Dream Line's concert with everyone else from the center field stand before presumably returning to Abashiri.
== Gallery ==
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