Blue Z

The Blue Z (, Burū Z) is a street gang featured in Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami.
== Background ==
The Blue Z Gang is one of the three Color Gangs of Kamurocho, along with the White Edge and the Bloody Eye. The Blue Z's members are easily recognized because they mostly wear blue outfits. Along with the other two Color Gangs, the Blue Z frequently does grunt work for the larger criminal organizations of Tokyo, such as the Tojo Clan and the triads, carrying out crimes that these bigger criminal groups do not want to be openly seen doing. They are, however, the smallest of the three color gangs and primarily make money by shaking down pedestrians.
== Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami ==
In 2005, the Blue Z are indirectly hired by Lau Ka Long of the Snake Flower Triad to carry out a raid against the homeless population of West Park, in order to provide a distraction while the Bloody Eye kidnaps Haruka Sawamura, who'd been hidden at the park by Kazuma Kiryu. Unfortunately for the Blue Z, Kiryu learns of their involvement in the raid and starts attacking Blue Z members across Kamurocho in order to track down their leader, Aota. 
Kiryu eventually finds Aota hanging out with some of his cronies in the Shichifuku Street Park, where he fights the Blue Z leader to get information out of him. After being beaten, Aota reveals that the Blue Z was only hired to cause trouble at the homeless camp and had nothing to do with kidnapping Haruka. Instead, he directs Kiryu to Shiraki, leader of the White Edge, who he believes may have been the one to take the girl.
== Yakuza 4 ==
In 2010, Kiryu runs into Aota and the remainders of the Blue Z trying to mug a woman in a Kamurocho alley. Now in his 30's, Aota is clearly ashamed by still being part of a low level street gang, but nonetheless has continued to do so. Kiryu interrupts the mugging and, after scolding Aota for preying on civilians, gets into a fight with the gang.
After being beaten by Kiryu once again, Aota admits to himself that he's far too old to still be behaving like a street punk. However, his fellow gang members thank him for having continued to lead them for so long, since they feel they would be even less successful if Aota had left them like the Akai Brothers left the members of the Bloody Eye or Shiraki left the members of the White Edge. Mutually moved by the friendship they share, Aota and the remaining Blue Z members decide to leave the gang life behind and to find a way to become civilians together; something Kiryu approves of greatly.
Category: Organizations
Category: Gangs
Category: Color Gangs
Category: Blue Z