Yuta Usami

Yuta Usami (, Usami Yūta) is a supporting character featured in Yakuza 6. He is a member of the Hirose Family. 
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Yuta is a youthful man of above-average height with short, slicked-back black hair.
==== Attire ====
Yuta keeps a casual attire throughout his appearance, wearing a black long-sleeved T-shirt, a chain necklace, a pair of jeans and a pair of white sneakers. During Yuta's trip to Kamurocho, he wears a tan leather jacket over his usual attire.
=== Personality ===
Yuta is a man who initially had no dreams or big plans for his future, content with idling his days away in Onomichi. This changed when he met Haruka Sawamura.
Yuta is extremely protective towards his loved ones, as he once beat a paparazzo when he discovered that they were taking pictures of Haruka. However, he is also reckless and impulsive, apparent when he tried to kill himself and Big Lo by burning the Saio Triad HQ using gasoline disguised as liquor and a cigarette rather than attempt negotiations.
== Background ==
Yuta is Big Lo's second son, and the younger brother of Jimmy Lo. He was shipped out to Onomichi as an infant due to being a , and the Yomei Alliance forged Japanese citizenship papers for Yuta as part of their pact with Big Lo. He was raised with Koji Masuzoe and Shu Tatsukawa as his secret supervisors, and was trained to become heir to the Saio Triad in the event Jimmy dies. One example was an attractive Chinese girl being arranged to be around Yuta to motivate him to learn Chinese so he can speak with her.
Yuta swore an oath to Toru Hirose and joined the Hirose Family alongside Tatsukawa.
== Involvement ==
=== Yakuza 6: 2013-2017 ===
Yuta becomes friendly with Haruka Sawamura when she arrives in Onomichi. He makes frequent visits to Snack Kiyomi, where she works as a part-time hostess, and watches out for her more than the other residents. By observing her behavior around others, he is able to deduce that her upbringing was similar to his own.
Sometime in 2014, Yuta notices a paparazzo take a picture of Haruka at the bar. The next day, he takes him to an alley and beats him up. Haruka arrives and wants answers, and Yuta states the man is stalking her and destroys his camera. After that, he tells Haruka everyone in Onomichi knows who she is, but still care for her, then adds that he hopes to see her around. Afterward, they briefly date and quickly become intimate. They have sex once, which, unbeknownst to Yuta, makes Haruka pregnant. Shortly after their tryst, Haruka disappears and Tatsukawa leaves for Kamurocho, Yuta being unaware of their situations.
In 2016, Jimmy's death causes Yuta to become the next heir to the Saio Triad. December arrives, and Yuta is dragged into his captain Tsuyoshi Nagumo's rivalry with Kazuma Kiryu, who brought a baby with him to Onomichi. After Nagumo and Kiryu settle their differences, Kiryu becomes friendly with the Hirose Family, during which he shows them a picture of Haruka and asks if they know her, saying she is the mother of the baby, Haruto Sawamura. They all struggle to hide the fact that they know her.
Eventually, Kiryu is filled in after gaining the trust of the others, and after rescuing Kiyomi Kasahara from a kidnapping, she states her suspicion that Tatsukawa is Haruto's father. This, combined with the fact that they only slept together once, causes Yuta to drop his thoughts of him potentially being the father. However, the thought of Tatsukawa abandoning Haruka, and her being comatose, makes him want to go to Kamurocho with Kiryu for answers.
With Nagumo accompanying them to Tokyo, the trio's search leads them to Stardust, where Joongi Han offers to give intel on Tatsukawa in exchange for a fight with Kiryu. Yuta steps up when Kiryu refuses to fight, but he is beaten easily, causing Kiryu to take on Han. Kiryu's victory leads them to Tatsukawa's residence, where the three see his corpse. The Saio Triad is the primary murder suspect, and Yuta joins the others in sneaking into their HQ despite still feeling shaken by Tatsukawa's death.
The Saio Triad corners Kiryu and his compatriots, and leader Big Lo arrives in person. He looks at Yuta and lets them go after saying they do not know of Onomichi's secret in Chinese. Yuta passes on what he understood to the others. While waiting for Kiryu to finish his private meeting with Lo, Yuta receives a call from Kiyomi, informing him Hirose has kidnapped Haruto and disappeared.
Returning to Onomichi, Yuta learns from Hirose and Masuzoe that he is Haruto's father and Lo's illegitimate son, as well as the heir to the Saio, which is the reason for his upbringing and why the Saio want Haruto dead. The weight of these revelations combined with having lost Haruto to the Jingweon Mafia makes Yuta fall into despair, but Kiryu makes him come to his senses and join him in rescuing Haruto. Later in the night, with Haruto secured, Yuta tells Kiryu he wants to meet Lo to remove the threat to Haruto, not informing him of his suicide plan.
In Kamurocho, Yuta sneaks out while Kiryu converses with Makoto Date and brings with him a liquor bottle filled with gasoline. During his meeting with Lo, he sets Saio HQ ablaze in an attempt to kill himself and his father so Haruka and Haruto can live without the Saio hunting them, only to be beat to his senses by Kiryu once again. Out of guilt, Lo tells them of Hirose's involvement in the conflict plaguing Yuta, Haruka, and Haruto. Yuta refuses to believe Lo and wants to accompany Kiryu back to Onomichi to clear Hirose's name, but Date takes him to be with Haruka.
While in Haruka's hospital ward with Haruto, Yuta is informed of Lo's information regarding Hirose to be correct, as well as the latter's death. He is present when Haruka regains consciousness, and to remove the threat to her and Haruto, accompanies Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, and the remaining Hirose Family to attack Katsumi Sugai and Tsuneo Iwami in the Millennium Tower. He is stabbed near the top, and Akiyama takes him to his sewer hideout to recover.
Though they had agreed to temporarily keep a low profile, suspicions of Kiryu and Nagumo acting on their own cause Yuta, Matsunaga, and Tagashira to go to Hiroshima, where they arrive in the nick of time to free Kiryu and Nagumo from Iwami's hostage trap with Haruka and Haruto. When Sugai attempts to shoot Haruka and Haruto, Yuta jumps in the way to take the bullets, but Kiryu saves him by standing in front of them, leaving him and Haruka in rude shock as Kiryu appears to die in front of them.
In early 2017, after Haruka fully recovers, Yuta bids farewell to his friends in Onomichi and leaves the Hirose Family to live together with Haruka and Haruto in Okinawa, being able to do so due to Lo defying Saio tradition and removing Yuta's status as heir. He records Haruto taking his first steps.
=== Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name: 2019 ===
Yuta continues to care for Haruto alongside the other Morning Glory residents.
== Fighting Style ==
Yuta is fought three times in Yakuza 6: first alongside Nagumo and Matsunaga during the former's third fight, again with Tagashira, and a third time by himself. He is also an AI partner at several points throughout the game. He is a fast and fierce brawler, who makes up for his relative lack of physical strength with speed. His moveset makes use primarily of kicks and grapples, which includes the following: 
* a Rush Combo, made up of a left backfist, and a right clothesline-spinning left backfist-right high roundhouse kick (3rd fight only);
* a left backfist,
* a flying left push kick,
* a flying left back kick,
* Akira Nishikiyama's haymaker from Yakuza 0,
* a spinning right backfist,
* a grab attack where he performs a headbutt and a right push kick,
* a low right haymaker that doubles as both a basic and downed attack,
* a taunt where he holds his arms out while walking forward, before beckoning Kiryu with his right hand; and
* a second taunt where he does a dancing jig.
Upon entering Heat Mode, Yuta gains some extra attack strings. These include: 
* a combo consisting of a right cross, a hopping right knee strike, and a flying right back kick (3rd fight only);
* another combo, made up of a left jab, a right hook, and a spinning right calf-kick (3rd fight only); and
* a spinning right side kick as a damage reversal, followed by a single-leg takedown command grab.
He can perform the Essence of Cooperative Attack Heat Action during his first and second fights. If one of his allies uses said Heat Action near him, he will deliver a jumping push kick to the enemy's face.
He emits a red aura in Heat Mode, like every other boss in Yakuza 6.
Yuta's moveset is reused by Daigo Dojima in Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Sakuma in Like a Dragon Gaiden.
== Trivia ==
* Haruka reveals that the first character of Yuta's name was given as the last character of Haruto's name. This is why Haruto is initially only seen with his name spelled with kana, as it would have otherwise given away Yuta as his father.
== Gallery ==
=== Yakuza 6===
Yakuza-6 2016 07-26-16 005.jpg|Full-body Yakuza 6 render of Yuta
Yuta Haruka Flashback.jpg|Yuta talking to Haruka
Yuta in Big Lo's office.png|Yuta talking to Big Lo in his office
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Online ===
RGGO - Card - SSR Yuta Usami.png|SSR Yuta Usami
RGGO - Card - SSR Yuta Usami ('16).png|SSR Yuta Usami ('16)
RGGO - Card - KSR Yuta Usami (Ascension).png|KSR Yuta Usami (Ascension)
== Notes ==
== References ==
Category:Chinese Characters
Category:Hirose Family
Category:Yomei Alliance
Category:Jingai Thunders
Category:Yakuza 6 Characters
Category:Yakuza 6 Supporting Characters
Category:Yakuza 6 AI Partners
Category:Yakuza 6 Bosses
Category:Ryu Ga Gotoku Online Characters