Taiga Saejima

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==Summary==
Taiga Saejima (冴島 大河, Saejima Taiga) is one of the main playable protagonists of Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5. He is a former member of the Sasai Family of the Tojo Clan and later patriarch of his own family.
He became a legend amongst yakuza for carrying out the 1985 Ueno Seiwa massacre, in which eighteen key members of the organization were slain. He is also the sworn brother of Goro Majima.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Taiga Saejima, Tiger of Tojo, Eighteen Count Saejima
Origin: Like a Dragon
Gender: Male
Age: 20 (at the time of his imprisonment in 1985), 45 (Yakuza 4), 47 (Yakuza 5), 51 (Yakuza 6), 53 (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
Classification: Human, Yakuza, former member of the Sasai Family, Patriarch of the Saejima family, Teacher at Sodachi Dojo
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Afterimage Creation (Can make brief blurs of himself while dodging like many other characters), Expert Martial Artist (Primarily Pro Wrestling, also briefly managed a dojo alongside Sodachi), Regeneration (Low, healed from frostbite. Heals from regular tortures over the course of few weeks), Weapon Mastery (Able to use a variety of weapons to great effect), Shockwave Inducement (Via Tiger Essence of Shockwave), Air Manipulation (Created a large tornado in Yakuza 7), Acrobatics (Is proficient at rolling. Can jump this high), Healing (with Staminan Royale and others), Statistics Amplification, Rage Power and Aura Generation (with Heat), limited Fear Manipulation (His aura was overpowering enough to be felt by Tianyou Zhao, Ichiban Kasuga, and Yu Nanba, who was fearful and noted that something was "off" about him and Majima), Accelerated Development (Can learn new techniques after battles and quickly regained his old strength after escaping prison), Power Mimicry (Via Revelations, can copy techniques after seeing them just once), Pressure Points (With Tiger Dragon Drop, Saejima counters the opponent's move by headbutting them in their solar plexus, inducing stun), Stealth Mastery (Silently kidnapped a yakuza patriarch in front of an entire crowd without them noticing. Could hide from policemen while they were searching for him in entire Kamurocho), Incredibly-skilled sculptor (Can make highly-detailed statues of his combat moves in a heartbeat), Resistance to Extreme Cold (Rapidly recovered from the effects of frostbite without any damage to his tissues and went back into the cold)
Attack Potency: Building level (Effortlessly broke massive granite rocks with a single punch without even trying while severely weakened from malnutrition, having suffered a brutal prison torture session for days at an end and having to swim to Kiryu's orphanage. On par with Kiryu, won against Majima twice, with Majima being able to smash through building floors and even shake entire building complexes with his punches. Can also fight against himself and used the IF-7R to copy the abilities of Akiyama, Tanimura and Kiryu, including those of his foes. Easily defeated Jiro Amon twice)
Speed: Subsonic movement speed (Easily kidnapped Kitakata, the local yakuza patriarch in Sapporo, within a few seconds while being inside a manhole, without anyone noticing anything in front of them. Can create blurs just by performing basic combat maneuvers. Can easily keep up with Majima in terms of movement) with Hypersonic combat speed and reactions (Easily kept up with Kiryu while malnourished and badly beaten from his abuse at prison, also had no problems keeping up with Majima in the same state, and can perform the same exact speed feats as them, as well as fight against Jiro Amon)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Comparable to Kiryu and can replicate the same feats as him. Can also rip out electric boxes, street sign poles and swing them around with ease, and can also toss around motorbikes much like Beast Mode Kiryu. Easily overpowered Yama-Oroshi, a bear that destroyed entire houses with its tackles and was noted to be well over 2 meters in length and towering over the 1.9 meter tall Saejima by a massive margin. Ripped apart a gigantic metal pipe, later swinging it around like a club. Lifted a big metal prison bed and threw it several meters. Can casually send human beings flying several tens of meters. Completely stopped a car charging at him at top speed without even trying and while being caught off-guard and briefly managed to keep it from accelerating further before letting go. Should be comparable in strength to Jiro Amon and his brothers, who can casually swing around sledgehammers and wield demi-cannons with their bare hands)
Striking Strength: Building level
Durability: Building level (Unharmed by punching massive rocks and can take hits from himself, and also survived said rocks smashing into him at top speed, all while being malnourished and having suffered from a vicious prison beating days prior. Can take hits from Kiryu, Majima and other people of comparable power, like Jiro Amon), higher with Heat Mode (With Herculean Spirit, attacks that would generally knock him off balance or stagger him, stop having an effect on him completely, making him nigh-unstoppable)
Stamina: Incredibly high. Survived being brutally assaulted and tortured in prison for years at a time, including a torture session that was supposed to kill him in the end, and not long after his escape, he managed to survive getting washed ashore to Okinawa and dueling it out with Kiryu and almost stalemating him, while being severely wounded and malnourished. Completely unfazed by bullets. Fought and defeated bare-handed severals yakuza members at once without tiring. On par with the likes of Kiryu and Majima in terms of endurance.
Range: Standard melee range. Several dozens of meters with shockwaves (Unarmed), Extended human melee range to few meters (With various weapons, from baseball bats to large telephone poles). Dozens of meters with a tornado
Standard Equipment: Wooden logs and chisel (To make wooden sculptures of Revelations he sees). Temporarily used a shotgun while in the mountains
Intelligence: Gifted combat-wise. Can replicate techniques after seeing them just once. Taught multiple students to master-level fighting at Sodachi Dojo while very rusty. Kept up with Kiryu in terms of skill while rusty, wounded and malnourished. Highly skilled fighter and wooden sculptor. Above Average otherwise (Had it not been for poverty, he would have chosen to become a schoolteacher within a year or two after finishing school). 
Weaknesses: Suffers from trauma which makes him scared to kill.
==Gallery==
9419f0d1001fe46306a26e09402c6550.png|Taiga's tattoo
==Notable Matchups==
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