Kiyoshi Ugajin

Kiyoshi Ugajin (, Ugajin Kiyoshi) is an antagonist featured in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Ugajin is a tall, incredibly muscular man. He has shoulder-length black hair with orange highlights and he styles his facial hair into a beard with a soul patch and a mustache.
=== Personality ===
Ugajin is a man who's dedicated his life to combat. He seeks to be the strongest fighter he could possibly be and is very proud of how much he has achieved in pursuit of this goal.
However, as he has grown older, he's become insecure about how age has affected his fighting prowess and he fears his glory days may soon be behind him.
== Background ==
Ugajin started fighting professionally when he was a young man and though his fighting style was not very technically complex, his raw power, speed and ability to predict his opponents moves made him formidable. In 1999, he faced Akira Mizorogi in an underground fighting arena in Las Vegas and, though Mizorogi was far more experienced and technically proficient, Ugajin defeated him and injured him so badly that Mizorogi's career as a pro-fighter came to an end.
Ugajin continued his career well into the 2010's, where he eventually learned about The Castle, the offshore entertainment district run by the Kijin Clan, which featured a large fighting coliseum. Ugajin gained entry into the arena's tournaments and quickly became its top ranked fighter. Alongside the other three top ranked fighters below him, Ugajin became one of the Four Kings of the Coliseum, the only entirely undefeated fighters in the Castle.
== Involvement ==
=== Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name: 2019 ===
By 2019, Ugajin's age has started to take a toll on his fighting prowess and he hears he may lose his position at the Coliseum's peak. However, he and the other members of the Four Kings learn that the Kyokuso Family, an Omi Alliance subsidiary, has stolen high-tech combat gadgets from Mizorogi, who is now a weapon's inventor in Sotenbori. Ugajin and his fellow Kings make a deal with Patriarch Kanji Aotsuki and purchase some of the stolen gadgets so they can use them in the Coliseum, hoping the advantage they provide will allow them to maintain their spot at the Castle's hierarchy.
After Kazuma Kiryu and the Watase Family take control of the Castle from the Kijin Clan, the fourth King of the Coliseum, Dan Brody, challenges Kiryu to a fight on the Castle's main street and loses. Ugajin and the two other Kings witness this and belittle Brody for his loss. Ugajin speaks with Kiryu, who'd been fighting in the Coliseum, and tells him that if he wishes to challenge the Four Kings, he'll need to be at the peak of his strength. Ugajin then reveals the Kings' acquisition of Mizorogi's technology, which surprises Kiryu, since he'd been trying to recover the stolen gadgets. Kiryu extends a challenge to the Four Kings: If he defeats them all in the arena, they must return Mizorogi's tech. Ugajin agrees.
Kiryu fights and defeats the three lesser Kings in the arena and ultimately takes on Ugajin. In spite of his use of Mizorogi's combat gadgets, Ugajin ultimately loses. Ugajin accepts his defeat graciously, congratulating Kiryu on his "unbelievable power". Kiryu returns the compliment, telling Ugajin that he put up "one hell of a fight". Mizorogi enters the arena and Ugajin apologizes for him having to see him "in such a sorry state", which Mizorogi dismisses, assuring Ugajin that his fight against Kiryu was even more impressive than the one against him 20 years back. A serene Ugajin admits his insecurities about his ageing and confesses they were the reason he bought Mizorogi's stolen tech from the Kyokuso Family. Ugajin keeps his word and returns the stolen gadgets, though Mizorogi says he'll still let them use them if he wishes to challenge Kiryu to a rematch.
Later on, when Kiryu, Mizorogi and Akame track down the Kyokuso Family's base, Ugajin and the other Four Kings accompany them to intimidate Patriarch Aotsuki into returning the stolen gadgets he still has, dissolving the Family and joining Akame's informant network.
== Fighting Style ==
Ugajin uses Yasutaka Shirakaba's moveset which in turn is mostly a reuse of Keiji Shibusawa's Rush style. He also uses Shirakaba's Deadly Attack. His Heat aura is purple.
He has access to three gadgets:
* Spider - Ugajin fires a Spider wire, if the player is caught Ugajin will then attempt to followup with Shirakaba's charged right cross.
* Firefly - Ugajin throws a Firefly bomb.
* Hornet - Ugajin summons a Hornet swarm to attack the player.
Category: Coliseum Fighters
Category: Four Kings of the Coliseum
Category: Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Characters
Category: Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Antagonists