Kuze is a former professional boxer and a true yakuza to the core. The guy who can't tough it out to the end, he's the one who loses.' The guy who gets beat down isn't the loser. Small Role, Big Impact: Being the Tojo's Acting Chairman, he doesn't make many appearances, but the few times he does, he enacts decisions that impact far beyond the Empty Lot dispute.Reasonable Authority Figure: He's calm and collected, and seems to have the respect of his peers, even though he's not a real chairman.Even then, he still forces Tachibana Real Estate to fight their way out of the Tojo HQ as a personal test.

Good Old Ways: As an old school Yakuza, he seems to prefer long chats over violence.

The Don: As Chairman of the Tojo Clan circa 1988.

After Masaru Sera obtains the rights to the Empty Lot, he names the latter Clan Captain, before remarking that his job is soon coming to an end. He comes to the negotiation table with Tetsu Tachibana and after a long chat and some sacrifices from Tachibana, orders the Dojima Family to not lay a finger on Kiryu. While the next rightful successor to the position of chairman would be a clan captain, a position that remains unfilled, Nihara is Tojo's leader in name only and holds only limited sway within the organization. Following the death of his predecessor, he stepped in as interim leader of the clan. As such, Nihara stands as a god among men, especially to the rank-and-file members of the clan's great families like Kiryu. The Acting Second Chairman of the Tojo Clan, who reigns over the most powerful underground criminal group in eastern Japan in 1988.

'You need to learn to choose your words, boy.'

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