Devil Takamura

Devil Takamura (, Debiru Takamura) is a character featured in the Taxi Driver Side Story in Yakuza 5.
He is the leader of the "Four Kings", the leading members of the Devil Killers street racing gang, who run an illegal race gambling operation in the highways of Fukuoka.
== Profile ==
=== Personality ===
Takamura is an incredibly greedy man whose only concern in life is making as much money out of the Devil Killers as possible, both through illegal gambling on street races and through the group's branding. He is also a deeply treacherous man who does not hold up his end of bargains, as shown by how he reneges on his deal to disband the Devil Killers after he's beaten in a race by Kazuma Kiryu.
=== Appearance ===
Takamura is a man who appears to be in his 30's, whose ageing is starting to show by the notable wrinkles around his eyes. His hair is dirty blonde and he keeps it styled and presumably gelled, based on the unusual style its combed in. He has a shorn beard with no moustache. He wears a blue tracksuit with yellow lining and a red winged logo on its back.
== Background ==
Takamura joined the Devil Killers after the departure of its founder, Yotaro Nakajima. Due to his incredible racing skills, he became the group's top racer and, therefore, its leader. After taking over the gang, he took them from a group of fanatic hobbyists who raced for fun and thrills to a professional organization focused on illegal race gambling. 
== Involvement ==
=== Yakuza 5: 2012 ===
Kazuma Kiryu, who is living in Fukuoka and working as a taxi driver for Nagasu Taxi under the alias of "Taichi Suzuki", manages to defeat the three other members of the Four Kings, Crash Kajiwara, Cool Yoshimi and Gentle Nakamura, in street races. This prompts an irritated Devil Takamura to challenge Kiryu to a race, since the very public defeat of three out of the group's four top racers was severely damaging the gang's reputation.
Takamura, accompanied by the other three members of the Four Kings, met Kiryu at a rest stop outside the city to start out the race. Prior to the match, Kiryu made Takamura promise to disband the Devil Killers, which the gang boss agreed to, since he was absolutely confident that he would defeat Kiryu. Unfortunately for Takamura, he was wrong and was soundly defeated by the taxi driver.
Humiliated, Takamura reneges on his promise and instead orders his fellow gang members to kill Kiryu to make an example out of him. Though, just as Kiryu proved to be the superior racer, he also proved to be the superior fighter and easily beat all of the Devil Killers who attacked him into submission. After this defeat, the gang's humiliation is deepened when their second founding member, Toru Onisaka, shows up and belittles them for both losing to a taxi driver and for their over-commercialized ways. Under pressure from Onisaka, Takamura and the other Kings are forced to disband the gang.
Category:Devil Killers
Category:Racing Opponents
Category:Yakuza 5 Characters
Category:Yakuza 5 Antagonists