Kubota

Kubota () is a minor antagonist in Yakuza 5. He is the founder and president of Kubota Security, a small security firm in Kineicho, Nagoya. He is also a major figure in the Nagoya Family.
==Profile==
=== Appearance ===
Kubota is a stocky old man who stands at above-average height. He has stubble-length facial hair and long sideburns. His hair is black and worn in a pompadour style.
=== Attire ===
He wears a pale brown suit over a black dress shirt, along with black, cap-toe, oxford dress shoes, and a grey tie.
==Involvement==
===Yakuza 5: 2012===
Kubota arrives at the his company's office when Tatsuo Shinada is trying to help Mieko Toriyama's brother, an employee of his, who was accused of breaking a bat used professional baseball player Koji Kakegawa, by one of his employees, Teppei Ono. After having it explained to him that the bat was fake, Kubota becomes furious with Ono, accusing him of trying to con his subordinate so he could pay off his own fees, before stabbing him in the cheek with a pen. Shinada persuades him to let him go, and he forces his employee to apologise.
Later, when Shinada is captured by the Nagoya Family in Warehouse 62, Kubota attempts to kill him for discovering the true nature of the organization, after the other members hesitate to do so. Before he can go through with it, however, he is stopped by Koichi Takasugi, arrives in a forklift to save his friend. Hijacking the forklift and armed with a pair of metal pipes, Kubota chases the duo throughout the warehouse sector along with his men, intercepting them multiple times. He eventually corners them at the docks, where faces off against the alone until he is defeated.
== Fighting Style ==
Kubota wields a pair of metal pipes, which he is quite skilled with. He mostly attacks with both poles simultaneously. His moveset consists of:
* his Rush Combo, made up of a downward left double swing, an upward right single swing, and an overhead downward double swing;
* a second combo consisting of a low right pipe jab, a low left jab, an inward horizontal double swing, ending with a diagonal upward double swing;
* a spinning right double swing-diagonal right single swing combo,
* a low left double swing,
* a charged downward single swing when Shinada or Takasugi is grounded,
* a leaping downward double swing if they are grounded, and lastly,
* another combo, made up of an upward diagonal left single swing, followed by a spinning left back kick and a right side double-pipe thrust.
Kubota has no aura, but his attack trails are dark blue.
Category:Kubota Security
Category:Nagoya Family
Category:Yakuza 5 Characters
Category:Yakuza 5 Antagonists
Category:Yakuza 5 Bosses