Chizuru Sakuma

Chizuru Sakuma (, Sakuma Chizuru), known professionally as Chizuru the Lancer (, Ransā Chizuru), is a character featured in Lost Judgment. He is a professional boxer who ranked 12th in the cruiserweight class.
==Background==
Sakuma was a member of the Todoroki Boxing Gym and was close to Takeru Mikimoto, whom he tried being a good senpai to by sparring every day and doing roadwork together. Things changed when Sakuma competed for the national cruiserweight title. He performed poorly and was given a harsh reprimanding by Go Todoroki. Todoroki also gave him a resignation form and told him to quit the gym, which he did in mid-2021, feeling Todoroki went too far with his method of motivating his students through belittlement. He moved to Australia for a new gym.
==Involvement==
===Lost Judgment: 2021===
Sakuma loses some weight before a match to compete in the cruiserweight class. Later, Sakuma travels to Japan after hearing that Takayuki Yagami had challenged Kenya Oshikiri and lost, but also wanted to check up on both Oshikiri and Mikimoto. When he arrives at the gym, Yagami asks to spar with him, and Sakuma accepts after learning how much he wants to have a rematch with Oshikiri. After Yagami is able to win, he discusses Todoroki's motives for taking in Oshikiri, as well as telling him his own history with Mikimoto. As Sakuma is planning to stay for a while, he offers help Yagami with his investigation into the Payback Boxer, and to spar with him whenever he wants to do so.
Sakuma meets Mikimoto in the gym and offers to spar with him, but he declines. Sakuma intends to reach him, feeling disheartened over the fact that he went into debt collection after quitting the gym. He spars with him later and is handily defeated, overhearing Mikimoto's bitterness from being scolded when he lost to Oshikiri. After Mikimoto loses to Yagami, Sakuma stops Mikimoto from giving up and tells Todoroki his method of coaching is to blame for both himself and Mikimoto leaving the gym, as his verbal assault would break their spirits when they needed comforting. With some assistance from Yagami, Mikimoto is convinced to pick up boxing again.
Regaining enough weight to be considered a heavyweight, Sakuma spars with Yagami again to prepare him for his rematch against Oshikiri. After the rematch, Sakuma comes to Oshikiri's aid when Fudo Oshikiri arrives, and while he can not stop Fudo, the younger Oshikiri is able to defeat his father.
Oshikiri calls the gym members to help find Kotoko Itokura and fight the Neo Keihin Gang. Sakuma and co. arrive outside an abandoned Neo Keihin hideout to keep the members from interfering with Yagami's mission and allow the detective to escape. After taking care of them, he joins Oshikiri in heading to Hamakita Park to corner Matsuhisa Koga.
==See also==
*Boxing Gym
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:Todoroki Boxing Gym