Nagakura Shinpachi

Nagakura Shinpachi (), born Hirama Jusuke (, Hirama Jūsuke) is a major supporting character featured in Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!.
He is the Shinsengumi Captain of the Second Division and shares his in-game appearance with Taiga Saejima.
==Profile==
=== Appearance ===
Nagakura looks identical to Taiga Saejima's appearance in Yakuza 5, sporting an extremely muscular body and a shaved head.
The real Nagakura shares his in-game appearance with Saito, sporting a shaved head and even having the same scar on his right cheek.
==== Attire ====
Nagakura is always seen wearing his blue Shinsengumi haori, the sleeves of which he has torn off, exposing his bare arms.
The real Nagakura wore a dark green haori, with a black kimono. 
=== Personality ===
Nagakura is not very different to Saejima. He is an open, crude and honest man who values truth and reason above all else. An example of this honor is Nagakura keeping Ryoma's interaction with Katsura Kogoro a secret from the Shinsengumi's deputy, Hijikata Toshizo.
== Background ==
Shinpachi was originally called Hirama Jusuke. He, along with Hirayama Goro, were drugged by the real Nagakura, Inoue and Okita, who planned to kill them and Serizawa Kamo due to Kamo's past history with the Mito faction. They believed that Kondo was favoring Kamo over everyone else in the Miburoshigumi, and accused Kamo of "pushing around the Shieikan faction." The trio would proceed to attempt to murder Kamo, with Nagakura and Inoue being the first ones out of the trio to be slain. As Kamo is fighting off Okita, Hirama wakes up, and discovers what's happening, proceeding to wake Hirayama up to help Kamo. The brothers arrive just in time to slay Okita, just as he was about to kill Kamo.
After the trio of Shieikan members are killed, Kondo Isami and Hijikata arrive on the scene, with Kamo begging them for forgiveness for the murder of Kondo's men. Hirama and Hirayama dispute Kamo's pleading, as it wasn't his fault that they were planning to murder them. After some words from Kondo, he proposes that they rebrand the Miburoshigumi and that the surviving trio take on the "lives" of the fallen trio, with Hirama Jusuke being given the name of "Nagakura Shinpachi".
==Involvement==
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!: 1867 ===
== Fighting Style ==
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin! ===
Being a Tennen Rishin practitioner, Nagakura uses Inoue Genzaburo's moveset with a few attacks of his own. His attacks are listed below:
* the standard Tennen Rishin Rush Combo without the second attack, plus the triple-stab attack and lunge-thrust; as well as
* an upward vertical slash-downward vertical slash combo,
* quickstepping backwards before charging at Sakamoto to stab him in the gut, pushing him back and throwing him off the sword behind him if the latter is impaled by the attack; and
* a one-handed vertical downward slash as a downed attack.
His emits a turquoise blue aura.
=== Like a Dragon: Ishin! ===
Nagakura's moveset from the original Ishin! is mostly intact, with the only changes being that his downed attack has been removed, and he uses the full Tennen Rishin Rush Combo. His attacks gain the lightning attribute when he enters Heat Mode, and can electrocute Sakamoto if he is hit.
His aura is now pale yellow.
== Trivia ==
* Nagakura is stated to be from Mito, a domain in the Kanto region, but speaks with a Kansai accent. Although there is no stated reason for this discrepancy, it may have been done to maintain Saejima's characterization, as Saejima is from Kansai.
==Gallery==
===Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!===
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===Like a Dragon: Ishin!===
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=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Online ===
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