Gentle Nakamura

Gentle Nakamura (, Jentoru Nakamura) is a character featured in the Taxi Driver Side Story in Yakuza 5.
He is one 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 ===
Nakamura is a refined man with a taste for expensive clothes and fast cars. Despite being an illegal street racer, Nakamura considers his illicit activities to be a form of art, which he believes he has mastered over his many years of practice, comparing his skills to a "fine wine" which he "matured over the decades". This approach to street racing earned him his nickname of "Gentle" Nakamura.
=== Appearance ===
Nakamura is a man in his late 50's who keeps his greying black hair tied back in a ponytail and his facial hair styled into a moustache and soul patch. He is always seen wearing a black suit with a checkered grey waistcoat and a white dress shirt and tie combo beneath it. His suit lapel has a red carnation affixed to it.
== Background ==
Nakamura joined the Devil Killers when they were originally formed in the early 80's. He was part of the gang when its three original founders; Yotaro Nakajima, Toru Onisaka and Eitatsu Furumichi, were still leading it. However, back then he was, in his own words, "a lowly slowpoke" and couldn't measure up to any of those three men, so he barely ever got to interact with them. However, over the ensuing three decades (and after the departure of the three founders), he slowly improved his skills until he became the gang's second-in-command under its new leader, Devil Takamura.
== 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 two other members of the Four Kings, Crash Kajiwara and Cool Yoshimi, in street races. This prompts Gentle Nakamura to challenge Kiryu to a race of his own, as he couldn't let an affront to the Devil Killer's reputation like that one go unanswered. Unfortunately for Nakamura, he too is defeated by Kiryu.
After their contest is over, Nakamura begrudges that perhaps his age is finally catching up with him but gracefully accepts his defeat and praises Kiryu's skills. He also praises Nakajima (who is now the owner of the company Kiryu works for) for "finding a diamond in the rough"l like Kiryu. When Kiryu asks how he knows his boss, Nakamura reveals Nakajima's street racing past to Kiryu and his co-worker Koji Kiyokawa, who were unaware of it. 
Nakamura shows up again to be a spectator when Kiryu takes on Devil Takamura. After beating Takamura in a race, Kiryu demands that the defeated racer disband the Devil Killers, as per the bet they'd made. However, Takamura reneges on his deal and instead orders the other members of the Four Kings to help him kill Kiryu. Nakamura apologizes for what he's about to do and then joins in on the attack. Unfortunately for him and the other members of the Four Kings, Kiryu easily beats them regardless.
After Kiryu has humbled them once more, the gang's humiliation only deepens when their second founder, Onisaka, shows up and belittles them for how low the group has fallen, both for so easily beaten by an amateur and because of the dirty tactics they've resorted to. Under pressure from Onisaka, Nakamura and the other Kings are forced to disband the gang.
Category:Devil Killers
Category:Racing Opponents
Category:Yakuza 5 Characters
Category:Yakuza 5 Antagonists