Black Thunder

Black Thunder ( Buraku-sanda) is a motorcycle gang featured in Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2.
==History==
Black Thunder was founded by Yuya and Okano. Both leaders were highly admired by the rest of the gang's members because of their toughness and their loyalty to the crew. In order to ensure that loyalty, Yuya created a rule which demanded that any member of the gang who wanted to leave had to pay the gang 5 million yen; something which he said applied even to himself. 
Unfortunately for Yuya, he eventually grew tired of the gang life and sought a way to leave it. That way came after he met Kazuki, a young host club owner who needed help keeping the yakuza away from his club, Stardust. Yuya befriended Kazuki and, eventually, his new friend offered him a job at the club as both host and bouncer, to which Yuya agreed. In order to avoid having to fork over the 5 million yen penalty to leave, Yuya simply deserted the gang without telling them and hoped that they would never find him.
After Yuya's departure, Okano became the gang's new leader, but soon they too found themselves disillusioned with the gang lifestyle. Furthermore, Okano was in the process of realizing that she was actually a transgender woman and she feared that her gang's members would reject her true self. Eventually, Okano also abandoned the gang without warning, after which she transitioned into a woman and renamed herself Ako Okano.
With the departure of the gang's two original founders, one of their lieutenants, Koji took over as the gang's new leader. Koji felt betrayed by both leaders' abandonment and made it his personal mission to track them down and either make them pay the 5 million penalty or make them suffer for their desertion.
==Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2==
In 2006, during the events of the substory "Black Thunder" (Yakuza 2)/"Embracing My True Self" (Yakuza Kiwami 2), Koji tracks Yuya down to his new job at Stardust and confronts him there. Koji demands that Yuya pay his penalty or reveal "Okano"'s location, but Yuya refuses to do either. Koji tells Yuya that he'll give him some time to re-consider, but warns that he and the gang will be back for either the money or "Okano".
Koji and his fellow gang members later return to the club on their motorbikes, riding them in a circle around Yuya. They then get off, and Yuya tries to attack Koji, but another gang member restrains him. Koji mocks Yuya for trying to take them on all by himself, but he gets interrupted by Yuya's friend, Kazuma Kiryu, who arrives to help Yuya. A fight breaks out, halfway through which Ako interrupts to throw Yuya his old biker jacket and aid in the brawl. Eventually, all three of them drive Koji and his goons away for good.
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