Sohei Dojima

Sohei Dojima (, Dōjima Sōhei) is a major character in the Yakuza series. He is the patriarch of the Dojima Family, which at its height, was the largest and most powerful family in the Tojo Clan. 
He is introduced in Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami. He then appeared in flashbacks in Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2. In Yakuza 0, seven years prior to the start of the first game, he is the main antagonist of the entire story.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Sohei Dojima is of average height with a modest build. His black hair is cut very short. In Yakuza 0,he is either depicted wearing a tan colored kimono or a suit. In the original Yakuza, he is only shown when Kiryu arrives to find him dead, where he is wearing a white suit with a red dress shirt and tie. In the flashback during Yakuza 2, he is shown to be much younger, having a slightly larger build, his hair darker and a little longer, and he is sporting a slight beard. Throughout his appearances, he wears a pair of aviator sunglasses at all times, even indoors.
=== Personality ===
Dojima is an extremely corrupt man, with a violent temper and adulterous tendencies. During the flashback in Yakuza 2, he shows his vengeful side by ordering his lieutenants, Kazama and Shimano, to quickly exterminate Jingweon members at a Christmas party in response to the gang's past crimes. As the years pass by, Dojima developed a strong hatred for Kazama, his own captain, as he saw him as a threat to his plans. This is shown in full detail in Yakuza 0, where he planned to expel Kazama by elaborately framing his adoptive son for murder, thus making Kazama liable for punishment. Dojima also compliments Keiji Shibusawa, who carried out most of Dojima's dirty work, for having a "taste for blood." After losing to Kazama, Dojima became frustrated and spent most of his time "yacking about his glory days". His hatred for Kazama reached its lowest point when he tried to kidnap and rape his foster daughter, Yumi. His thirst for power leads even his own subordinates to question him at times. 
In Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yayoi repeatedly defends her husband despite knowledge of his infidelity, corruption and general anti-social behavior. She tells Shindo he knows "nothing about him [Dojima]", suggesting that perhaps, long in the distant past, there might have been something noble about Dojima. Whatever that was, however, died out after his rapid rise to the top of Tojo hierarchy. He became drunk with power to the point of being singularly obsessed with obtaining more, causing him to commit cascading immoral acts that betrayed a callous disregard for anyone but himself. 
Despite his malevolent exterior, Dojima is a relatively weak fighter - at the end of Yakuza 0 he is shown to be so nervous in Majima's presence that he fails to shoot him, eventually having the gun fired out of his hand by Sera. Being so used to hiding behind muscle - his lieutenants and captain in particular, he caves easily under pressure, regardless of any pretentions to the contrary. 
Dojima does not appear to be very popular with the Tojo Clan brass, who see him as a threat to the clan's stability, and they appear relieved that his bid for the chairmanship eventually fails. 
== Background ==
Sohei joined the Tojo Clan at an unknown point and later became the patriarch of the Dojima Family at an unknown point.
His son Daigo Dojima was born to him and his wife Yayoi Dojima in 1976. It is said that Sohei engaged in many affairs during his marriage; Yayoi knew, but remained faithful and loyal to him.
In 1980, due to the string of Dojima Family members being killed by the Jingweon Mafia, a Korean syndicate, he ordered his two subordinates Shintaro Kazama and Futoshi Shimano to eliminate all members of the rival group. This led to the infamous Jingweon massacre, during which 33 members of the group were killed. The purging of the Koreans made the Dojima Family a major force within the Tojo Clan and solidified their ownership of Kamurocho.
At some point, Dojima and Kazama attacked Elder Chen's mafia. The resulting actions left many women and children killed, and the mafia was confined into Little Asia, which caused Chen and his community to be distrustful of yakuza later on.
By 1988, Kazama had become the Captain of the Dojima Family, while the Shimano Family was now a direct subsidiary of the Tojo Clan. Kazama had inducted two of his foster children, Kiryu and Akira Nishikiyama, into the Dojima Family. Replacing Shimano and Kazama, Dojima now had three lieutenants: Daisaku Kuze, who ran the Kenno Clan; Hiroki Awano, who ran the Taihei Association; and Keiji Shibusawa, who ran the Shibusawa Family. Dojima also developed his strong hatred for Kazama at this point. 
==Involvement==
=== Yakuza 0: 1988-1989 ===
Dojima is a key figure in the race to acquire the Empty Lot, even resorting to attempted murder on Makoto Makimura, the Empty Lot's owner. The lot was key to the Kamurocho Revitalization Process, because the tiny piece of land was an object to development, so Sohei needed to acquire the lot else all the money he'd already invested in the lot's area would be wasted. Due to Kazama being arrested, Dojima promised the position of Captain to whichever lieutenant could acquire the lot. Dojima also secretly planned to get rid of Kazama by framing Kiryu for a murder that occured in the Empty Lot. This in turn would lead to Kazama being punished for Kiryu's "crime", resulting in expulsion and worse. To do this, he hired Lao Gui, the most expensive hitman in Asia, to kill the man in the Empty Lot in an amateurish fashion so that the police could focus on Kiryu only. He had Kuze cut off the end of his pinky as punishment for trying to expel him without getting permission from Dojima. 
Dojima also allows Lao Gui to send Tachibana to be tortured by Kuze and men so that Tachibana could tell them Makoto Makimura's whereabouts. Tachibana eventually dies from his injuries. Angered, Makoto offers the lot in exchange for the heads of Dojima's three lieutenants; Dojima rejects the offer and orders Lao Gui to shoot her. In revenge, Goro Majima, whom had developed a bond with Makoto, storms the family headquarters, and nearly kills both the assassin and Dojima, before Masaru Sera - who is able to claim the Empty Lot for his own - arrives and dissuades him as Makoto would be haunted by the fact that she is only safe because Majima stained his hands with blood. 
As of the culmination of the dispute, Lao Gui was taken as a prisoner by Sera's group, Awano had died, and both Shibusawa and Kuze had been arrested, leaving Dojima with none of his lieutenants. Without the lot, Dojima's chance at becoming the Tojo Clan's Third Chairman falls apart, and he is instead appointed as the guardian to Sera (who becomes the Third Chairman himself). This levels de facto control of the Dojima Family to Kazama. Dojima is left languishing in his glorious past during his decline. 
=== Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami: 1995 ===
In October 1995, Dojima spitefully kidnaps Yumi Sawamura, the adoptive daughter of Kazama, and attempts to rape her. In rage, Nishikiyama shoots and kills Dojima. Kiryu takes the blame for Nishikiyama and becomes known as a patriarch-killer in his stead. The room where Dojima was murdered becomes a hideout for Dojima loyalists. 
The truth of Dojima's murder becomes publicly known to the members of the Tojo Clan ten years later, after which point Sohei's wife and son came to be on very good terms with Kiryu.
=== Yakuza: Like a Dragon ===
Sohei Dojima appears in Daigo Dojima's poundmates summon as one of the four patriarchs summoned by Daigo. Here, he wields an uzi submachine gun and opens fire upon enemies.
== Gallery ==
=== Yakuza 0 ===
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=== Yakuza ===
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=== Yakuza Kiwami ===
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=== Yakuza 2 ===
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=== Yakuza Kiwami 2 ===
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=== Yakuza: Like a Dragon ===
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=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Online ===
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==Notes==
==References==
Category:Dojima Family
Category:Tojo Clan
Category:Yakuza 0 Characters
Category:Yakuza 0 Antagonists
Category:Yakuza Characters
Category:Yakuza Antagonists
Category:Yakuza Kiwami Characters
Category:Yakuza Kiwami Antagonists
Category:Yakuza 2 Characters
Category:Yakuza Kiwami 2 Characters
Category:Ryu Ga Gotoku Online Characters