Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

  • Genre:
  • Author: fukumoto nobuyuki
  • Artist(s):
  • Year: Nov 2000 to Apr 2004
  • Original Publisher:
  • Status: Finished

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...

  • Hashimoto

    Hashimoto

    Main

    Appears in Try to Say You Love Me. Hasegawas classmate and friend. He misunderstands that Hasegawa is in love with Sawa, their homeroom teacher. Sawa is set to marry Hashimotos older sister....

  • 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...

  • Seiya Ichijou (一条)

    Ichijou Seiya

    Supporting

    Ichijou is the young manager of a casino owned by the Teiai Corporation. He controls numa from a remote location, making it impossible for anyone to get the max payout. He is Kaijis opponent in the second half of the manga....

  • Kaoru Isawa (いさわ かおる)

    Isawa Kaoru

    Supporting

    Kaoru Isawa is a worker under Ootsuki in Squad E in the underground labor camps....

  • Isha (医者)

    Isha

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Hiromitsu Ishida (石田 広光)

    Ishida Hiromitsu

    Supporting

    Son of Ishida Kouji....

  • Kitagawa (北川)

    Kitagawa

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Yoshihiro Kurosaki (黒崎 義裕)

    Kurosaki Yoshihiro

    Supporting

    The new right-hand man of Hyoudou and best candidate for succeding him, after Tonegawas defeat.He watches over the underground labour camp and he is the superior of Ichijou, which is his favourite one....

  • Maeda (前田)

    Maeda

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Tomohiro Miyoshi (三好智広)

    Miyoshi Tomohiro

    Supporting

    Another person in group E paying off their debts by working in the underground labor camps. He keeps a record of all the wins in Chinchirorin which makes Kaiji realise how Ōtsuki is cheating. He and several others earning 4,500 pelica help Kaiji defeat Ōt...

  • Tamotsu Murakami (村上 保)

    Murakami Tamotsu

    Supporting

    Murakami runs the operations at the illegal casino. He acts as Ichijous right-hand man and is the only other person entrusted with the responsibility of adjusting the nail settings on the Bog....

  • Takuya Numakawa (沼川 拓也)

    Numakawa Takuya

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Tarou Ootsuki (大槻 太郎)

    Ootsuki Tarou

    Supporting

    Ootsuki is the foreman of Kaijis gang in the underground labor camp. While he initially appears to be kind and helpful, in reality, he is just setting Kaiji up for an even bigger fall.He is the mastermind behind the dice game Chinchirorin....

  • Koutarou Sakazaki (坂崎 孝太郎)

    Sakazaki Koutarou

    Supporting

    A middle aged man, security guard whose daughter and wife left him because of his economical problems. Hes been looking for a young gambler to help him since then to beat the Bog and win enough money to buy a house so his wife and daughter will return to ...

  • Mikoko Sakazaki (坂崎 美心)

    Sakazaki Mikoko

    Supporting

    She is Sakazaki's daughter....

  • Yokoi (横井)

    Yokoi

    Supporting

    No biography written....