Masayoshi Tanimura

Summary
Masayoshi Tanimura is a fictional character from the Yakuza series who made his debut in Yakuza 4. He's voiced by and his face likeness is based on Hiroki Narimiya. He takes his role in Part 3 through the game.

A young mixed Japanese man who somehow endures the prejudices of Japanese society. Tanimura learns that the murder of his father may be related to the corruption in the force and begins a journey to seek out the truth.

Appearance
Masayoshi is the youngest protagonist in the game. He appears with ordinary policeman's uniform with black tie and covered by blue jacket. He also wears gray pants, a white belt with a snake motif and brown shoes. He always has an earphone attached to his right ear, because he likes listen to horse races on a pocket radio (kept in his jacket). In the final chapter of the game, he wears a black tuxedo with black pants that similar with his normal outfit.

Personality
Tanimura has a sense of justice. He is always caring and always there to help, like his relations with Little Asia. Tanimura is also determined when he was finding the murder of his father, when he is on patrol, he is gambling instead of doing his work, He is also horsebetting and always ignores anyone on sight.

Fighting Style
Masayoshi's fighting moves are Police Combat Style, with influences from aikido and jujutsu. He mainly does parrying and submissions (e.g. bonebreaking) during combat. The end of each of his combos will activate Heat Action. Masayoshi however has low health, and his attacks are slow. He only relies on building up Heat and using combos, as well as using his main technique being the parry.