hyoudou kazutaka

Wealthy socialite and president of the influential financial consulting firm "Teiai Group," as well as owner and sponsor of underground gambling tournaments such as those on Espoir. Hyoudou Kazutaka is thought to be seventy years old with a net worth of several hundred billion yen. His immense wealth has driven him to seek unconventional entertainment, leading him to fund gambling events where he can observe society's downtrodden grappling with extreme terror and despair. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Characters
  • Kaiji Itou (伊藤開司)

    Itou Kaiji

    Main

    The main character of the story. Kaiji is poor, downtrodden and lazyhe lives by himself in a slum and is constantly in debt. He bides his time by playing cheap gambling games with neighbors, though he always loses. In spite of this, when his life i...

  • Yuuji Endou (遠藤 勇次)

    Endou Yuuji

    Supporting

    A dirty loan shark with ties to the yakuza. He lends out large sums of money to the desperate, but charges an absurd (and illegal) interest rate. He tracks down Kaiji after a client of his, Furuhata, disappeared without repaying a loan, which Kaiji cosign...

  • Jouji Funai (船井 譲次)

    Funai Jouji

    Supporting

    One of the veterans of previous voyages on Espoir, Funai is an excellent conman and uses the fears and worries of the other competitors to his advantage.(Source: Wikipedia)...

  • Takeshi Furuhata (古畑武志)

    Furuhata Takeshi

    Supporting

    Takeshi Furuhata is a debtor and one-time coworker of Kaiji. One year before the first tournament on Espoir, he lured Kaiji into cosigning a loan for him, making Kaiji liable in case Furuhata did not repay the loan. Although believed to have disappeared, ...

  • Kazutaka Hyoudou (兵藤 和尊)

    Hyoudou Kazutaka

    Supporting

    Wealthy socialite and president of the powerful financial consulting firm "Teiai Group," not to mention owner and sponsor of underground gambling tournaments like those onboard Espoir. Hyoudou Kazutaka is believed to be seventy years old and worth several...

  • Kouji Ishida (石田 光司)

    Ishida Kouji

    Supporting

    Kouji Ishida is a man whom Kaiji saved from the other room on the Espoir on a whim. He participates in the human derby to clear his wifes debts....

  • Koizumi (小泉)

    Koizumi

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Manager

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  • Nakamura (中村)

    Nakamura

    Supporting

    No biography written....