Keiji Shibusawa

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## Magnificent Baddie

### Allies

Sohei Dojima (boss)
Daisaku Kuze
Hiroki Awano (oath brothers)
Jun Oda
Homare Nishitani (both formerly)
Lao Gui
Shibusawa Family

### Powers/Skills

Combat proficiency
Brute strength
Shrewd intelligence

### Goals

Get his hands on the Empty Lot so that Sohei Dojima can become the Tojo Clan captain
Eradicate anyone who had ties to Shintaro Kazama
Kill Kiryu and become the "Dragon of Dojima" (all failed)
Become the captain of the Dojima family (succeeded, until he got arrested)

### Crimes

Murder (directly and indirectly)
Attempted mass murder
Torture (indirectly, through Daisaku Kuze and Yoneda)
Kidnapping
Assault

### Type of MB

Calculative Crime Lord

**Keiji Shibusawa** is the central antagonist of *Yakuza 0*. He was one of three lieutenants of the Dojima Family (alongside Daisaku Kuze and Hiroki Awano), and the patriarch of the Shibusawa family. His goal is to surpass Shintaro Kazama and become known as the "Dragon of Dojima", and helps Sohei Dojima claim the Empty Lot so he can become the Dojima Family's captain.

## What makes him magnificent?

* He hired two people to find Makoto Makimura, a young blind woman who is the owner of the empty lot. These include Jun Oda, the right-hand man of Tetsu Tachibana and employee of Tachibana's real estate business, and Homare Nishitani, the hedonistic leader of the Omi Alliance's Kijin Clan. When both of them failed and betrayed Shibusawa, he eliminated both of them.
* When Lao Gui, a hitman hired by the Dojima Family finds Tetsu Tachibana, Shibusawa hands him over to be tortured by Daisaku Kuze and the Kenno Clan, in order to find the whereabouts of Makoto Makimura.
* Shibusawa eventually finds Makoto and takes her to Sohei Dojima. After failing to conspire with her in order to get his hands on the Empty Lot, Dojima orders Lao Gui to shoot her. However, it's revealed Shibusawa ordered Lao Gui to non-fatally shoot her, Shibusawa later using her comatose body to draw out the Kazama family while atop the Nikkyo Consortium's cruise.
* Due to coming the closest to claiming the Empty Lot for Dojima, he is promoted to the captain of the Dojima Family.
* Before their fight, he tells Kiryu about his motivations. After walking in on his father hanging himself due to his corrupt boss' crimes being blamed on him, he decided to world was indiffirent to those who work with diligence. He decided to strive to surpass Kazama, and become the "Dragon of Dojima".
* He puts up a good fight against Kiryu, being his most powerful foe he has met thus far.
* After he is defeated by Kiryu, he mocks Kiryu, stating that he will kill him, as well as his allies. He urges Kiryu into killing kim so he can become a "true yakuza" like Kazama. This shows that he is not afraid of dying. After Kiryu's sworn brother Nishikiyama intervenes and stops Kiryu from murdering him, Shibusawa merely looks upwards as he accepts defeat.

## What makes him a baddie?

* Murdered the two people he ordered to find Makoto when they failed
* Oversees Tachibana's torture courtesy of Kuze and Yoneda, and is thus indirectly responsible for Tachibana's death.
* He orders to eradicate anyone who is connected to Shintaro Kazama.
* He took Makoto to Sohei Dojima in order to gain the empty lot, and later orders Lao Gui to shoot her. Even if this didn't kill her, it nevertheless put her into a coma.
* He attempted to kill Kiryu.

## External links

* Keiji Shibusawa on the Villains wiki.
* Keiji Shibusawa on the Near Pure Evil wiki.
* Keiji Shibusawa on the Yakuza/Like a Dragon wiki.

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