Chinpei Wagai

* NI
* AI

 Yakuza A

NI:

* 24 year old (Past)
* 30 year old (Present)

NI:

* Former Kumakura member\*
* Film director\*

*AINI SPOILER** Ritsuko Enshu (co-worker)

NI:

* Squinting really hard to see through the censorship

*"Think you can get away with talking to our boss like that?! He's tough as bricks and hard as nails! He'd never be into pussy shit like that, you fucker!"*
—Chinpei shouting at Date in Kumakura Office about A-set fan issue
**Chinpei Wagai** (輪貝 陳平, *Wagai Chinpei*), occasionally referred to as **Yakuza A**, is a minor character in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES* and *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*.

He is the lowest ranking member of the Kumakuras. He once had dreams of pursuing the top spot in the gang, but has since decided that he would rather focus on training his favorite dog.

During the Half Body Serial Killings, he quitted the Kumakura Family and became a film director, and is a witness to the appearance of Jin Furue's right half corpse.

## Design

Chinpei is a fat young man. He has small eyes, thin eyebrows, a large nose and lips, a small beard, and only a handful of dark-blond hair pushed forward near his forehead.

He wears a black and white tracksuit with a bulldog graphic and blue "BULL" lettering on the left chest spot, with its sleeves rolled up, and a white sweatshirt underneath. He also wears white sweatpants with black lines, paired with yellow and black sneakers.

## Personality

Although Chinpei's character is considerably less irritable than his trigger-happy Kumakura peers, he is far from friendly to strangers, and can be quite headstrong when he senses to be in danger. He is loyal and loving to his superiors, being particularly fond of Moma, and a dedicated partner as well, as seen when he was willing to quit crime to be with his pregnant girlfriend. He is also fond of pornography, having graduated film school originally to direct his own X-rated pictures, but later finding a job as a TV director.

His surprising side is his love of canines. He is very good at training dogs and hates people who abuse animals.

## Story

*WARNING!!*
*This article contains spoilers for* AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES *from this point on. Proceed with caution!*

### Life as a Yakuza

There is a good chance that Chinpei Wagai joined the Kumakura Family as early as when he was in high school, as around the early 2010s, when he was around 15 to 17 years old, Chinpei and Dokuta Yogano assisted in and/or witnessed their leader Rohan Kumakura in torturing Hayato Yagyu for the murder of X. During that torture, Chinpei witnessed Rohan forcing Yagyu to join the Kumakura Family as an assassin.

Around November, 2013, Rohan approached the Kumakura Family, and specifically Yagyu, to inform them that they would be targeting and assassinating Hitomi Sagan and the 12-year-old Iris Sagan. However, a few days later, Rohan Kumakura (or rather, Hayato Yagyu as a parasite inside Rohan's body) declared to the Kumakura family that the kill order on the Sagan family had been revoked. And after a few more days, Rohan (this time Saito Sejima as a parasite inside Rohan) was arrested for attempted murder on the Sagan family and declared clinically insane. Chinpei's opinion and feelings with these developments, notably with his prior connection to the Sagan family, are also unknown.

With Rohan arrested and hospitalized, his younger brother, Moma Kumakura, became the new chairman of the Kumakura Family. Rohan's iron grip on the family was loosened and the Kumakuras, Chinpei included, began pursuing legitimate and less violence venues of business and success.

### Shoko Nadami's Murder

In late October of 2019, the entire Kumakura Family was invited to the Ujisaki Family Yearly Golf Tournament held outside the Central Tokyo area. By November 2nd, the tournament was over and the Kumakura family headed back to their offices.

#### A: Cyclops Serial Killings

On November 3rd, So Sejima visited the Kumakura Office to speak with Moma, most likely regarding a case of blackmail incurred at him regarding Manaka Iwai's body. Soon after, So hid in a back room as Special Agent Kaname Date arrived at the Office himself. Dokuta and Chinpei attempted to force him out, but the pair was knocked down to the floor. When Date attempted to check the room in the back, Chinpei retaliated by shooting at him, and when that didn't work, Dokuta brought out a machine gun. With Aiba's help, Date managed to incapacitate the two of them completely, and discovered So hiding in the back.

In the Mizuki Route, two days later, on November 5th, Date approached the Kumakuras once again, this time requiring assistance with identifying the New Cyclops Killer. Moma ordered Dokuta and Chinpei to recover the cigarette buds they threw in the trash. Date determined which bud was So's and swiftly left to examine it for DNA.

#### B: Disappearance of Renju Okiura

On November 3rd, Special Agent Kaname Date arrived at the Office to interrogate the Kumakuras. Dokuta and Chinpei attempted to force him out, but the pair was knocked down to the floor. When Date discovered that Moma was a fan of Tesa, Moma forced Dokuta and Chinpei to step out of the office while they talked in private.

For the rest of the day and the next, Moma sent out Dokuta, Chinpei, and the other Kumakura members to find information on Renju's whereabouts throughout the city. On November 5th, Moma forced them to leave the office again once Date informed him that he would bring Iris to the office.

### BB: Becoming A-set fan

By 2020, following the closure of the New Cyclops Serial Killings, Moma turned Chinpei and the other members of the Kumakura Family into A-set fans. They attended a live performance by A-set in January, and in February they welcomed a post-surgery Iris to their office. Later that day, Chinpei joined the others in a group dance together at the Harbor Warehouse District.

### Becoming a film director

Chinpei quitted the Kumakura Family three months after Saito's death and changed careers to become a film producer. It is known that AMABIE-TV has a cooperative relationship with him.

***WARNING!!***
***This article contains spoilers for*AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative *from this point on.Proceed with caution!***

On February 10th, a person named Tearer sent him a message via NILE saying that they needed Chinpei to lend them Studio Dvaita for an hour, during which neither he nor the staff could approach the studio, and claimed that they would give him remuneration of 5 million yen afterwards. Since Chinpei's wife was pregnant at this time, he decided to agree to the job for the reward.

After Tearer's work was done, Chinpei joined on Faith to Face, a question-and-answer show at Studio Dvaita, with his former boss, Moma Kumakura. During the show, he was among others who witnessed the right half of Jin Furue's body that suddenly appeared at the center of the room after a brief power outage in the studio. Chinpei ran away after seeing the dead body, and Moma explained to Kuruto Ryuki that he probably rushed to the toilet and threw up.

The next night, Ryuki traced the case to be related to Chinpei based on clues. Ryuki rushed to Sunfish Pocket under the prompt of Tama. After meeting him, Chinpei took out his pistol and fired three bullets at Ryuki in a panic. However, Ryuki dodged all the bullets, subdued Chinpei and interrogated him and Tearer on the evening of February 10th. information. Chinpei has since been detained by the police.

### Imprisonment and return to Kumakura

After being detained for a period of time, Chinpei was released. However, due to the crimes of endangering the safety of others and assaulting the police made him lose his job and his wife divorced him. Chinpei only had to beg Moma to allow him to return to Kumakura Family. After he was released from prison, his only spiritual comfort was to see the photos sent to him by his already born son, during the son's birthday.

On February 22nd, 2026, Mizuki Date and Bibi visited Kumakura Office. Organized by Ritsuko Enshu, Chinpei was forced to perform puff-puff again to entertain Moma without his knowledge, just like six years ago.

## Gallery

Chinpei's bio in the FILE, in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILESChinpei and Dokuta sitting at officeChinpei using a pistol to sneak attack at DateThe unwelcome greetings from Kumakura underlingsChinpei's profile from 6 Years Ago, in nirvanA InitiativeChinpei is about to shoot at Ryuki in Sunfish Pocket
## Trivia

* Chinpei's profile states that one of his dislikes is "his big brother." Kotaro Uchikoshi clarified that the original Japanese term used is *Aniki*, Japanese slang for a "big bro" within an organization, very commonly used within Yakuza organizations to refer to a close member of equal or somewhat higher status. Outside of Moma and Rohan, who are ineligible to be considered an *aniki* due to their status as chairmen of the Family, the only character shown in the game that could qualify as Chinpei's *aniki* is Dokuta Yogano. It is unclear why Chinpei has a dislike for Dokuta, or for any Kumakura member for that matter.
* During the events of *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES*, Chinpei is 24 years old. However, he is seen in a flashback scene in which Rohan Kumakura tortures Hayato Yagyu and forces him to become an assassin, which must take place at a bare minimum of 6 years and 3 months prior to the events of the game. During this time, Chinpei would be a 3rd-year high schooler at 17 years old, soon to be 18. Like Renju Okiura, Chinpei could've become affiliated with the Kumakura Family during high school, and fans have calculated that it's possible for Yagyu to have been working as a Kumakura assassin for around 2 years, meaning that Chinpei could have been affiliated with the Kumakuras at 15-16 years old as a 1st-year high schooler.

## Navigation

Hitomi Sagan • Mayumi Matsushita • Renju Okiura • Mama • Shoko Nadami • So Sejima • Moma Kumakura • Rohan Kumakura • Cyclops Serial Killer

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers

## References

1. ↑ Day 3: Sunday -gyoukAI-
2. ↑ Wiktionary entry for Aniki
3. ↑ To-Witter Archives Tesa 2021: September 14th
4. ↑ 6 years before *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES*, in November, Hayato Yagyu gained amnesia and became Kaname Date. In the 3 months prior to that, Yagyu dated Hitomi after meeting her following a failed assassination attempt, in August. With Chinpei's birthday in September, he must be 17 years old at the time Yagyu met Hitomi, and seemingly much younger by the time Yagyu became a Kumakura assassin.
5. ↑ To-Witter Archives Tesa 2022: April 13th