Man in Black

The Man in Black (, Kuroshōzoku no Otoko) is a minor antagonist featured in Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2. He is a mysterious unnamed assassin working for the Jingweon Mafia.
==Involvement==
===Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2: 2006===
The Man in Black first appears when Kazuma Kiryu goes to the Amano Building in Kamurocho while in search of a kidnapped Daigo Dojima, having been called there by his anonymous kidnapper. When Kiryu enters the building, the Man in Black attacks him, intent on killing him. Kiryu bests the assassin and continues on his search, but as Kiryu fights his way through the building he is hounded by the Man in Black, who returns to attack him two more times before Kiryu reaches the kidnapper on the rooftop.
Later in the story, when Kiryu, Kaoru Sayama and Haruka Sawamura are returning to Tokyo to confront Yeongmin Ji, they are ambushed on the highway by a platoon of Jingweon assassins led by the Man in Black. Kiryu fights the Jingweon men on top of the trucks that they were using to chase them and ultimately duels the Man in Black once again, defeating him by throwing him off the truck and onto the highway.
Despite sustaining serious injuries from his fall, the Man in Black attacks Kiryu one last time when he is heading to the top of Kamurocho Hills to face off against Ryuji Goda. On the elevator ride to the construction site's top floor, the Man in Black jumps into the cargo lift and attacks Kiryu, only to be defeated once again and left unconscious on the elevator floor.
It is unknown what happened to the Man in Black after his third defeat. However, as Ryo Takashima would later kill several Jingweon men while making his way to join the confrontation atop Kamurocho Hills, it is possible that he may have been killed by Takashima.
==Fighting Style==
=== Yakuza 2 ===
The Man in Black is fought five times throughout Yakuza 2: thrice during the Amano Building long battle, again during the highway long battle, and once more on the Kamurocho Hills elevator. He is a Taekwondo practitioner who relies solely on kick-based attacks, including:
* a right roundhouse kick-jumping left reverse roundhouse kick combo,
* Akira Nishikiyama's flying front kick as a basic attack,
* a backflip kick, and
* a reverse right roundhouse kick, which can stun Kiryu.
His attack trails are black.
=== Yakuza Kiwami 2 ===
The Man in Black is once again a Taekwondo fighter, making use of Andre Richardson's unarmed moveset. He also appears to be trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, as he is seen attempting a flying armbar on Kiryu during their truck encounter on the highway. He has a red aura like all other bosses.
During the third fight against him, he will use retractable blades hidden in his boots to incorporate additional slicing damage to his kicks. These cannot be blocked even if Kiryu has the Lotus Golden Wall ability unlocked or is holding a weapon.
== Trivia ==
* Unlike most other minibosses, whose name is provided in their health bar during the fight (even minibosses belonging to the Jingweon), the Man in Black's name is never revealed, being only referred to by his alias.
*In the original version of Yakuza 2, the final Man in Black encounter uses the song "West Insanity", which is the main theme song of the Go-Ryu Clan. In Kiwami 2, he has his own theme song: a unique arrangement of the Kamurocho Hills long battle theme song. The original choice of using the Go-Ryu Clan theme song seems to imply that the Man in Black was also hired by the Go-Ryu Clan to assassinate Kiryu.
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