Yotaro Nakajima

Yotaro Nakajima (, Nakajima Yōtarō) is a character featured in Yakuza 5. He is Kazuma Kiryu's employer at Nagasu Taxi and one of the original founders of the Devil Killers.
==Profile==
=== Appearance ===
Nakajima is a relatively short middle-aged man with slicked back black hair and a five o'clock shadow on his chin.
===Attire===
His attire consists of a black jacket over a gray sweater and a white shirt, with matching pants and shoes. He wears black browline glasses.
=== Personality ===
All in all, Nakajima is a nice person, treating his employees like family and ensuring that everyone at the office is happy to be working with him, to a point where he takes Kiryu out to have some drink and go to a local hostess club.
However, he is rather remorseful of his previous life after he lost his wife in a car accident, which inspired him to take up taxi driving as a safer alternative to his racing days.
== Background ==
Nakajima was once a prolific street racer, earning him the nickname of Athos, the eldest of the Three Muskateers, of whom Eitatsu Furumichi and Toru Onisaka were also part of. The Three Muskateers became the founding members of the Devil Killers, as well as their best racers.
However, a car accident in 1992 put his wife in a coma, and he quit racing after realizing the sheer risk of such activity, despite his promise to Onisaka to race him again when he returned from training. Shortly after, he founded the Nagasu Taxi Company along with Yuzo Wada and some other former Devil Killer members, in the hopes that the safe driving he learned would grant his wife some peace. However, she never woke up from the coma, and passed away in 2011. 
In mid-2012, he found Kazuma Kiryu - who took the alias "Taichi Suzuki" - while out wandering around Hakata, and gave him a job as a taxi driver.
==Involvement==
=== Yakuza 5: 2012 ===
In December 2012, Nakajima takes Kiryu out for dinner after a day's work. He is saved by Kiryu while inebriated.
The next day, he sends Kiryu out to work again, and is surprised to hear he raced with the Devil Killers he once founded.
At some point, Kiryu decides to race the Four Kings of the Devil Killers. After he defeats Gentle Nakamura, Nakajima admits his past with them and asks for Kiryu to break the group up, as it became a shadow of what it used to be. When Devil Takamura is defeated and Onisaka reappears to disband the Devil Killers himself, he explains why he decided to found the Nagasu Taxi Company and left the racing life behind. Kiryu offers to race Onisaka in his stead, which Nakajima is thankful for. After he is defeated, the Three Muskateers reunite, and invite all of the Nagasu Taxi Company staff for drinks.
When Kiryu warns Nakajima about the impending yakuza affairs, he admits to always knowing that Kiryu was using an alias to hide his past, but decided to hire him anyway due to his good heart, and allows him to come back and continue working with him once he is done with the affairs.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: Upon seeing television coverage of a fight among yakuza in Kamurocho, Nakajima learns Kiryu's identity in full.
=== Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: 2023 ===
Nakajima is called to a hostess club by Makoto Date, who pays for all expenses, in order to discuss his former employee Taichi Suzuki. Nakajima feigns ignorance when Date changes the subject to discuss Suzuki's real identity as Kiryu and attempts to leave the club, but sits back down when Date confirms he is an ally of Kiryu. During the conversation, Nakajima says that he found out about Kiryu's true identity on television shortly after he left the taxi company, and mentions hearing about his passing and the rumors that he is still alive and asks Date if the rumors are true, Date responds by saying "No comment" which greatly relieves Nakajima as he realizes he is still alive, and leaves after leaving him a message through Date.
== Gallery ==
=== Yakuza 5 ===
Yōtarō Nakajima (Yakuza 5) 02.jpg|Full-body Yakuza 5 render of Yotaro Nakajima
Nakajima_bio.png|Nakajima's character bio from Yakuza 5
=== Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth ===
LADIW - Character Render - Nakajima.png|Full-body Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth render of Yotaro Nakajima
==Notes==
Category:Nagasu Taxi
Category:Devil Killers
Category:Yakuza 5 Characters
Category:Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Characters