Hamako

Hamako (, Hamako) is a supporting character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. She is the owner of Shichifuku, a shelter for foreign sex workers which is legally registered as a restaurant.
==Background==
Hamako was acquainted with Isao Nonomiya at one point. She opened Shichifuku to give a home to foreign sex workers with nowhere to go in Japan.
==Involvement==
=== Yakuza: Like a Dragon: 2019 ===
Hamako cuts a cable that the Geomijul had been using to siphon electricity from The Harbor Light after arguing with the owner about it. Fearing an attack, Hamako makes a request at Hello Work for assistance at Harbor Light, and a brick is thrown through the window demanding access to their power be restored the next day, which is when Ichiban Kasuga and Yu Nanba accept the request. Hamako tasks them with defending the area from any assailants. 
After the two beat Matsuo and assure no further threat to the bar, Hamako tells them to meet her the next morning at her establishment. When they meet her, she tells them to clean out her brothel. While they are busy, Bleach Japan gathers outside to protest the existence of this gray zone. Hamako argues with them, but Kasuga is the one to drives them off by threatening to throw a bin of soiled tissues on them. She lets the two men have a room to stay as thanks for their work.
Kasuga and Nanba are later joined by Koichi Adachi and Saeko Mukoda. Much later, Yamato Totsuka comes to interrogate her of Kasuga, and she warns Kasuga to stay away. Totsuka and his goons start to use violence against Hamako, but Kasuga arrives in time to save her and defeat the yakuza present.
Hamako learns Ryo Aoki made a shelter for nightlife workers to stay in and get visas, and tells her girls to go there. She is told she will be a dorm mother when her facility gets converted to a shelter. While cleaning up, she finds one of the girls' possessions and goes to the shelter to return it, but finds it empty. She runs to Kasuga for help, but he tells her the shelter was in reality meant to round up illegal immigrants and deport them, leaving her in tears. Saeko brings her back to her home.
Hamako arrives to show Kasuga's political campaign support alongside the Chief and some of his homeless acquaintances. Later, she visits Kasuga to ask if he will leave Ijincho, but Saeko tells everyone Kasuga wants to stay with his newfound friends.
== Gallery ==
YLAD - Character Render - Hamako.png|Hamako's full-body render
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Yakuza: Like a Dragon Characters
Category:Yakuza: Like a Dragon Supporting Characters
Category:Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Characters