Masaru Shinahara

Masaru Shinahara (, Shinahara Masaru) is an antagonist in Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen. 
==Profile==
=== Appearance ===
Shinahara is a tall, strapping man with dark skin and white hair. He has prominent sideburns. On his neck is the Asura tattoo.
==== Attire ====
His normal attire is a red suit and white shirt. In the ring, he wears white gloves and bright green shorts with yellow stripes on the sides, various sponsors on the front and "ASURA" written on the buttocks.
=== Personality ===
Shinahara is an extremely arrogant man with no interest in anything except money. His greed for cash is so great that he demands payment even if he loses a match.
He is also known for his inhuman patience in combat.
==Background==
Shinahara is a Brazilian-Japanese jiu-jitsu practitioner who is known around the martial arts world as not being a fan of martial arts, due to the "weight of expectations" from learning them. He is feared for his grappling skills.
==Involvement==
===Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen===
As one of Asura's Eight Legions, he takes on Tatsuya with the expectation of the overwhelming amount of cash he would earn from the victory.
He eventually loses, but not without severely injuring Tatsuya's left arm. Later, when he demands his money from Akita, he instead gets knocked out by the latter.
== Fighting Style ==
Shinahara uses Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, upgraded to level 17 in the main story and level 40 in Premium Adventure. As with Tsuyoshi Aramaki, his combos are slightly better than Tatsuya's Jiu-jitsu combos. 
Once he enters Heat mode, he quicksteps extremely frequently, and if he manages to get close to Tatsuya, performs "Octopus Submission". He has access to the deathblows Full-Body Low Kick and Hell Collision.
Shinahara does not strike often, and catch counters all of Tatsuya's attacks. It is advised to use unblockable deathblows against him, and/or spam grab attacks and Heat Actions.
==Gallery==
Shinhara masaru.png|In-game model
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