Jiang (Yakuza 6)

Jiang (姜, Jiāng) is a minor antagonist featured in Yakuza 6.
==Background==
Jiang was once a low-ranking member of the Snake Flower Triad's Japanese branch. After the apparent death of the group's leader, Lau Ka Long, during the events of Yakuza 3, the Triad's headquarters in China disbanded the Japanese branch, abandoning all members who could not afford to return home. These former members, referred to as the "Snake Flower Holdouts", continued operating as many of the Triad's former businesses as they could but their power gradually diminished and they were eventually driven completely out of business by a rival organization, the Saio Triad.
==Yakuza 6==
During the events of the substory Baring Their Fangs, Jiang's boss, Sun, ordered him to start preparing bombs and setting them up in and around Saio Triad businesses, with the intent of taking revenge on them for taking their territory. Unfortunately for Sun, the Snake Flower's old rival, Kiryu, caught wind of the plot after the first attack. Kiryu tracked down Jiang and, after a fight, persuaded him to stop the plot and instead retire from his life of crime, since the Snake Flower stood no chance of defeating the Saio and antagonizing them any further would get them all killed.
In the subsequent substory, A Rivalry Reborn, it's shown that, despite Jiang's efforts, Sun and the other Snake Flower Holdouts refused to give up on their grudge. Instead, they take Jiang captive and send a message to Kiryu telling him to find them at the Yoshida Batting Center, lest they execute him. Kiryu does as instructed, confronting Sun and his minions at the Batting Center to rescue the captured bomber and to try to convince the Holdouts to stand down. Upon arrival, Kiryu is attacked by Sun and his men, who seek revenge for Kiryu's role in Lau's seeming death all those years before, but they are ultimately defeated. Demoralized by their failure, the Holdouts agree to disband, despite Sun's objections. Regardless, when Kiryu departs, the Holdouts privately agree that their disbandment is only until an opportunity to re-take their territory arises.
Category:Chinese Characters
Category:Snake Flower Triad
Category:Yakuza 6 Characters
Category:Yakuza 6 Antagonists