Utabori

Utabori II (, Nidaime Utabori), known simply as Utabori (), is a recurring character in the Yakuza series. He is a tattoo artist based in Kamurocho.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Utabori is an elderly man with thinning grey hair and a beard.
===Attire===
He is always seen in his blue tattooist's robe.
===Personality===
Utabori has a deep understanding of the meaning of the tattoos he inks and the effects they have on the people who wear them.
== Background ==
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Utabori inked Kazuma Kiryu's and Akira Nishikiyama's yakuza full-back-piece tattoos.
==Involvement==
===Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami: 1995-2005===
When Yumi Sawamura regained her memory of Kiryu during his incarceration, she commissioned Utabori to ink a Queen of the Night flower in the hopes that she would see him again, even if only for a night.
Kiryu visits Utabori at his shop after his ten year imprisonment. He shows Utabori a picture of the victim who is assumed to be "Mizuki" with a "queen of the night" tattoo on her upper left side of her torso believing the tattoo is designed by him. Utabori then gets a phone call from Nishiki, who requests Utabori have him speak with Kiryu to meet with him that night at Serena. Utabori later repairs Kiryu's worn out dragon tattoo.
===Yakuza 3: 2009===
Utabori fills in the eye of Rikiya's habu pit viper tattoo.
==Trivia==
* In Ryu Ga Gotoku Online, it is stated that Utabori was the one who inked Ichiban Kasuga's tattoo, however, his signature is not present.
== Gallery ==
=== Yakuza ===
ykz-utabori.jpg|Body render.
ykz-utabori-portrait.jpg|Close-up of Utabori.
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Online ===
RGGO - Card - SSR Utabori II.png|SSR Utabori II
RGGO - Card - KSR Utabori II (Kiwami).png|KSR Utabori II (Kiwami)
Category:Yakuza Characters
Category:Yakuza Kiwami Characters
Category:Yakuza 3 Characters
Category:Ryu Ga Gotoku Online Characters