Yakuza 0 - Boss Battles: 6 - Homare Nishitani (LEGEND)

Seeing this guy in English, I have to say he's even crazier than I thought XD I mean, even modern-day Majima doesn't get off to fighting strong opponents!

[@OrpingtonFeller]

Imagine Majima having to deal with "Nishitani everywhere" in Kiwami.

[@gobl_]

XxX_FATLOSER21_XxX You mean kiwami 2?

[@OrpingtonFeller]

Judge Tom I meant while he isn't fighting Kiryu. Basically him fighting Nishitani offscreen. I know you can play as him in Kiwami 2 but his campaign isn't exactly lengthy.

[@gobl_]

XxX_FATLOSER21_XxX Btw, Nishitani is most likely dead...

[@OrpingtonFeller]

Judge Tom well yeah, I knew that. This is just what I would expect to happen if he didn't die.

[@gobl_]

XxX_FATLOSER21_XxX If he didn't die, the story would be much different.

[@Incog2k6]

RIP Keiji Fujiwara. Thanks for all the memories as Nishitani in Y0 and all the other roles you played.

[@DraculaCronqvist]

His death really hurts. He was incredibly talented and he was lost to the world way too soon.

[@onyjdm]

"Initial D"

[@onyjdm]

@Chosyn Michel Sadly... 2020, April :(

[@davidperry9981]

Hannes in Attack on Titan Leorio in Hunter X Hunter Reno in Final Fantasy VII Guy had a lot of great roles.

[@JNPSachiel]

He also played FFXV's Ardyn, so close to Nishitani's madman attitude.

[@CALLthaDoctah]

Nice to see where Majima gets it from.

[@GanjaQueen82]

The Jayhawker right, lol!! 😄

[@SupahSahlil]

at some point during this fight Majima took a moment to say "hey...i like this guy"

[@Skatterblaster5000]

exactly!

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

*Based it on lol

[@kamikaze4172]

They kept saying if they had met earlier, they probably would have been great friends

[@jorgebersabe293]

Almost all the bosses that Majima faces are embodiments of the aspects that configure his psyche years later: -Wen Hai Lee: His protectiveness towards his loved ones. -Homare Nishitani: His desire to fight strong opponents for its own sake. -Hiroki Awano: His wish to live life according to his own desires. -Lao Gui: The person he would have been if he actually killed Makoto. -Akira Nishikiyama: His brotherhood with Saejima. -Osamu Kashiwagi: His status as a patriarch. -Masaru Sera: The cold and calculating man who hides behind a façade.

[@Sockren]

it also seems like lore wise nishitani's fighting style helped make majima's fighting style

[@korhol2065]

And it took me two year to realize then wen hai lee’s jacket outfit was the default outfit for saejima in yakuza 5

[@barakatsawaeer2869]

keiji fujiwara 1965-2020

[@ivyvogel2689]

nishitani: (calls the cops on himself so he can fight majima in the grand) majima, creating his mad dog of shimano persona: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!!

[@angelusvastator1297]

Fr.

[@nezsfromsmashbros]

Majima in kiwami: BECOME THE COP

[@tettet2149]

this character really inspired him in his youth thats is why he is how he is now

[@haidarf99]

@@tettet2149 not only nishitani, lee & sagawa too

[@gaunterodimmmastermirrors72]

Nishitani is definitely the guy Majima copied in personality if you think about it. Knife, eccentric nature, loves fighting. Heck, Majima is acting legit like this guy...rest in peace Nishitani.

[@CDodger24]

Definitely the inspiration for the mad dog fighting style and personality.

[@angelusvastator1297]

Pretty sure this was made clear in the ending.

[@bdsmgaming3627]

Even looks like him

[@Sockren]

majima is a combination of all of them. with his loyalty to his friends no matter the costs such as awano and lee, his mad dog character being inspired by nishitani, and certainly more can be found in this guy

[@hookeh8390]

@@Sockren also sagawa

[@briannguyen2654]

I wish this guy stayed alive. One of my most favored characters, and he had a sad story, "Uncle D?" Also look at his mad dog style, and Nishitani's, you can note some features.

[@gobl_]

Brian Nguyen I think Majima got some inspiration from Nishitani.

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Because Nishitani WAS indeed the inspiration for Majima's Mad Dog persona.

[@garysmithfan1432]

Majima has inspiration from nishitani for the mad dog and the facial hair and stole lao guis gloves

[@Neon-bd6vk]

@@garysmithfan1432 Majima already had that hairstyle in the flashbacks. He just went back to it

[@garysmithfan1432]

@@Neon-bd6vk i said facial hair not hairstyle

[@codyl4085]

I love how Nishitani dodges your attacks and how he pretends to be down only to do a surprise attack. 😊😊🗡🗡🗡

[@virikan3518]

Those smiling faces with the daggers are radiating an energy that terrifies me-

[@disliked7256]

Aye Cody Logan you still alive?

[@angelusvastator1297]

That shit was so cool.

[@frankuraku5622]

Nishitani: Oh boy, can't wait to trick Majima. Me holding triangle in slugger style waiting for him to get up:

[@kamikaze4172]

Let's not get hasty, I think Majima still gets off on fighting Kiryu. Anyone else wanna roll with Nishitani? Majima saw Nishitani's fighting style and was like *HOLY SHIT*

[@r3n3gad34l1f3]

*T H A T S R A D*

[@Bulzeeb15]

Once the Mad Dog style comes out, the fight becomes a broken mirror match.

[@hand1ification]

Rest in Peace Keiji Fujiwara - VA of Homare Nishitani

[@Pinupopinion]

I love this dude, he's just pure unfiltered madness. His style is a more practiced and perfected Mad Dog, while Majima sports a mishmash of all his styles plus knife.

[@Ari-Majima]

Speed & agility of thug style + durability of slugger style + breakdance & crotchety fight of breaker style + nishitani knive ability = mad dog style of majima.

[@Spootnik]

5:50 might be my favourite attack in all of Yakuza.

[@gaminggoddess85]

At the beginning I feel like Majima's just thinking "that's some really nice facial hair".

[@joeloyo4920]

gaminggoddess85 ahahahahahahhaahaha i see what you did there

[@reddeath707]

He got his beard and Lao Gui's hair.

[@MiniDien]

@@reddeath707 he look better with this hair style tho

[@dropout2804]

@@reddeath707 he already had the hairstyle, as you can see from his flashbacks.

[@kamikaze4172]

@@reddeath707 He got his gloves

[@billcipher147]

One of my favorite characters in this game. Rest in peace, Keiji. You did one hell of a job as his voice actor.

[@DraculaCronqvist]

He was insanely talented and his death was way too soon.

[@cman8995]

It's really cool to see that how antagonists of Yakuza 0 influenced Majima to be who he is now. Nishitani's personality, Awano's mentality (like how Majima sacrificed himself for Kiryu in Yakuza 1 like Awano did for him), sagawa's persistence and Lee's morality. Yakuza series' plot may not be the best (especially 5 and 6), but they always does an amazing and probably the best job at creating a character.

[@hesoyammy9438]

You're forgetting Lao Gui's gloves.

[@mr_lemon9349]

What sacrifice majima made for kiryu in kiwami 1?

[@cman8995]

@@mr_lemon9349 After the battle in the batting center, when Majima's goon tried to stab Kiryu in an act of desperation. The scene was also present in Yakuza 1 as well, not just in Kiwami. If you look at those scenes aside you can clearly see a resemblance and it really shows how Yakuza 0 subtly built Majima's transformation as well as show that a lot of characters you meet in 0 as Majima is a homage to what Majima has become in 1.

[@mycry]

Damn just bagged this

[@angelusvastator1297]

I'm pretty sure its wen hai lee, nishitani and sagawa that influenced Majima's mad dog persona.

[@leeh5948]

Nishitani: Majima Kun~~~ Majima: Kiryu Chan~~~ Kiryu: Oh no

[@ckwatt11]

Michio

[@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841]

Kiryu: Oh no there's two of them!

[@angelusvastator1297]

Kiryu: WAKE ME UP INSIDE!

[@blueshot333]

lmao next would be Kiryu:Kasuga-Chan~

[@spongeyspikes09]

Kiryu channeling his inner Squidward be like: THERE'S TWO OF THEM?!

[@SophiaXiaoyuAralaCran]

4:03 Majima: "Nope. Not fallin' for that one pal..."

[@michaelalberto9846]

I'll admit, instead of beating up Majima continuously, Nishitani found a loophole in the Customer Policy and became a knife-wielding maniac.

[@alwexandria]

So what did you admit?

[@michaelalberto9846]

@@alwexandria That Nishitani is clever than he looks. He wanted Majima to give it his all, professionally.

[@tonyc.0451]

5:00: A taste of Nishitani's own medicine ... and he probably felt kinky afterwards. Peace be upon Keiji Fujiwara, who voiced Nishitani to start with. Crayon Shin-Chan fans are definitely in grief given that he voiced Shin's father Hiroshi Nohara as well.

[@littleauk6623]

I loved Nishitani so much ... :/

[@SmashingSnow]

Same here

[@Noobmaster-px3sz]

Same this is my fav fight in yakuza 0 and also the music is fire

[@weedGato]

Theres a third one now

[@DraculaCronqvist]

A true voice acting legend is lost to us now. Fujiwara Keiji will be sorely missed.

[@darrylaz3570]

Me after RGG Summit Summer 2023: NISHITANI HOW DO YOU HAVE A SON?!!

[@gentaillahi6153]

Nishitani's suit may look like inverted version of Majima's black and red suit in Y3...

[@yomrwhite202]

Used also in Dead Souls

[@lavenzavantas]

@@yomrwhite202 and Yakuza 4

[@federalcasemaker]

I wish Majima had the Manager Mode aka dodge and cause massive awkward damage by being customer service

[@nickroberts501]

Okay... Yeah, that's some insanity, right there. Keiji Fujiwara does insane pretty damn well. Just his role as Ali Al-Saachez in Gundam 00 sealed it.

[@DankDarkk]

4:51 I’ve never felt so badass and cringed so much in my life

[@atlasreborn7221]

Took me a good time to figure out that this is the same VA that voiced Esisidi (ACDC) in JoJo.

[@gentaillahi6153]

To think that Nishitani had worked for Shibusawa during 0, which means at some point both of them are interacting with each other. it would be great if in the past Nishitani had a (bunch of) fight/s with Shibusawa like Majima fighting Kiryu in 1/kiwami

[@canadmexi]

"Wha-- Ew, you're hard!" "え？ちょっと立ってるよ！" What was she expecting?

[@ijustworkhere1008]

Majima: “you’re out of your damn mind” *Always Sunny theme starts playing* “Goro Majima loses his damn mind”

[@sukitburanasun2006]

Original Mad Dog ~

[@garysmithfan1432]

If we didn't meet nishitani we would have never gotten the mad dog we love

[@kamikaze4172]

Just a very angry dog without the crazy

[@gigachad622]

:)

[@garysmithfan1432]

@@gigachad622 heyyy xD

[@rtcx2]

I fucking loved this character. It's sad to see he was killed off. I would've loved seeing him in more yakuza games

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

So he is the inspiration for Majima's crazy personality. At the same time, Nishitani reminds me of The Joker from Injustice a lot. The weapon, the stance, fight style, the craziness too, etc.

[@OscarBrambila]

I just love Nishitani attack where he drops in the floor and then he suddenly turns around and begins wielding his dagger as he crawls upside down towards you. Good Stuff

[@voodoo2130]

Something about Nishitani laying on the floor, while his Heat aura still radiates just screams "come here and find out" . I wish Majima had a similar type of moveset.

[@nemesis3587]

R.I.P Fujiwara san, you gave life one of my favorite rival characters in Yakuza series.

[@lackusshock]

Seeing Nishitani's phone made me realise something.... Why aren't those phones weapons?

[@kamikaze4172]

Because they were extremely rare at the time

[@ingobernable8765]

Maan,it can kill someone too

[@YouTubeLate]

I’m really curious as to what Nishitani’s irezumi looks like. Given how he’s crazier than Majima, it must’ve been a more menacing version of the hannya. God I wish they’d shown it.

[@Envy_the_Darksider]

Probably a red demon. White Hannya means sophisticated where as red is more demonic. White fits for Majima because there's a reason why he does everything he does despite what other people may think. Nishitani is just insane

[@Hilversumborn]

My guess is an Okuri-Inu/Ookami. A dog/wolf yokai/monster that will either help you reach a safe or devour you, depending on your behavior.

[@Deadeye4066]

You can’t beat Majima in his own game of Stabby stabby

[@LegendaryHeroponRiki]

when i keep hearing this theme it always reminds me of massive man

[@calebcalhoun9847]

That Qte still gets me hype

[@SylarGKIW]

That guy is much insane than Majima. But Majima's insanity is much better than Nishitani's.

[@gore45]

Rest In Peace KEIJI FUJIWARA. :'(

[@theclassicmanila-style8435]

We need more nishitani, still wishing for a spin off or dlc with young nishitani or kazama in the 70s

[@bdsmgaming3627]

I feel like it would be exactly like majima and kiryu

[@theclassicmanila-style8435]

@@bdsmgaming3627 why not? Imagine a much darker yakuza game since kazama is a gunman and nishitani a mad man, we get that yakuza has been trying to protect their brand "kiryu never killed anyone" 😂 they can rename the game to something else, this will never happen but something I would certainly pay for if it does.

[@ducky4605]

well let's see what Nishitani the 3rd brings from like a dragon gaiden

[@justfansxxx]

that kicking knife tho, pretty epic if i do say so myself

[@GaranNoDou298]

3:35 a glint of the mad dog

[@aleksamrkela831]

Did this guy just call the cops on himself? Lmao! What a guy...

[@spirittaker825]

"Oh... Yello? Coppers? Great. This is the manager of the Grand Cabaret. I got this whack job of a yakuza in here right now wavin' a big ol' knife around!" Good thing I fought him with my baseball bat and not my dagger.

[@barakatsawaeer2869]

Rest in piece keiji fujiwara rip😭😭😭😭🌹🌹🌹

[@hotto-dogu5829]

I like how majima took this guy as his main inspiration for his crazy persona and mad dog style

[@masterjustin2246]

Trust and believe, without Nishitani The Mad Dog of Shimano wouldn’t never be uncaged

[@rafinharx]

I just realized that the beginning of the fight is the same one majima does on the batting cages fight (throws knife up,spins,grabs knife,jazz hands)

[@WickedParanoid]

0:25 Well this sure mirrors that introduction of Majima in Kiwami.

[@rickyray2794]

One of my favorite characters Nishitani

[@TheCyfire]

Lol so this is basically how "Majima Everywhere" began xD

[@PAPride95]

"Blood chub"? Jesus Christ.

[@gaminggoddess85]

Too much information...

[@GanjaQueen82]

PAPride95 well like somebody else mentioned, we now all know where Majima gets freakishly unhealthy 'kink' for always wanting to fight Kiryu-chan.....😏 Real talk, I kinda had a feeling what he meant, but I still took the dare to look it....it was EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. 😵 TMI, bruh, TMI

[@gaminggoddess85]

I don't think Majima actually gets a woody from fighting Kiryu though. At least I hope to hell not.

[@GanjaQueen82]

gaminggoddess85 hmm....yes let us hope that is not the case, lol, or at the very least the older Majima still retains smooth dignity that he wouldn't blurt that shit out quite that crudely to a dude like Kiryu (like Homare did to him), 😆

[@Memememe-gs9fd]

Esidisi was Nishitani Rest in peace

[@garysmithfan1432]

Man i loved nishitani its because of him that we got crazy ass majima now i wish we would have been able to fight with him

[@kushagrachaturvedy2821]

I like to think that Majima modelled his Mad Dog personality to pay respect to Nishitani

[@LeesDeeds]

2 crazy guys fight each other

[@takeshikujo2909]

The ending is like watching two jittery, laughing Yokai in a battle to the death with blades in each hand. Epic, and genuinely scary. 👍🏻

[@bois8921]

It just feels right using the Mad Dog style in this fight.

[@Joy-mf6xo]

The most epic fight!

[@user-rs3xe6rn6s]

You’re right, he IS a legend

[@Squeaky_Ben]

So I was not the only one who got thrown off by him doing perfect dodges all the time... Good.

[@raymondjones5909]

Cool to see where the dagger technique originated

[@to2wacze612]

For some reason on my legend playthrough the qte just annihilated his entire orange health bar and while he was on the ground i only needed one knee to finish him off my thug tree was fully upgraded including the blocks with slugger half upgraded

[@joeloyo4920]

"Blood Chub"........ REALLY?!!!???

[@salmonking2710]

I just realized that Nishitani is an almost perfect representation of mad dog Majima seeing how he fights for the fun of it and he unlocks his mad dog style during this fight

[@ismaeldejesus2555]

This game is simply incredible, if you don't pay attention to things you'll miss some details. who would have thought that homare nishitani would have a son named homare nishitani III who appears in like a dragon gaiden

[@HACHIAttack]

His boss theme should've been Dancing by Vicky Vale though. RIP Keiji Fujiwara...

[@murtaza8313]

I had already unlocked ledgend stance by this point and it made the fight easy as hell but fun as hell

[@onetwothreefour5041]

Holy shit i didnt realise how crazy his moves where when i was fighting him😂💀

[@KimonoFlareonGX]

Requiescat in pace, Fujiwara Keiji (1964-2020)

[@superdawge808]

That's so amazing we got to learn where Majima learned his fighting style from. Great fight

[@kanyeeast1551]

Nishitani was a bro in the very end. Also RIP his va :(

[@imjustlikedenji5954]

Switched to Mad Dog in the second phase just for this guy

[@evildaughter4]

Seeing this again now after playing kiwami really puts things into perspective. This fight felt exactly like a majima everywhere encounter

[@baplo7121]

thats easily the best fight in yakuza 0

[@zeyferdcheddarcheese1096]

Before the mad dog, there was the mad lad

[@DSUNNYY]

Hey what’s the music that plays before you fight Nishitani? Is it an unreleased soundtrack? Does anyone know? Devilleon? Like the music in the first highly produced cutscene befor the ingame. Thanks.

[@spooky_overheaven]

now we need Yakuza -1 with Oda and Nishitani

[@arthurmorgan2887]

Oda can die in a ditch.

[@holdentudiks7123]

We stan nishitani in this house

[@faisaliqbal8033]

Wow Majima learnt the mad dog of shimano move from nishitani

[@jknkjnkjnkj8967]

man i love leorio

[@ramahikari1014]

I laugh my ass off seeing how he type the police number.

[@jw-k35]

Ain't no way ma boys Nishitani and Shibuzawa are like a look to the future for Kiryu and Majima

[@speedking7224]

Really interested to see his grandson in yakuza gaiden

[@hueah]

i never hit those QTE's because of the dynamics of the battle mannn

[@hannyagoro6296]

Perfect timing 4:50 🎶

[@zersky495]

Majima vs. Esidisi

[@MiniDien]

No wonder why his voice sound so familiar

[@kamikaze4172]

No way

[@maad1670]

idk, fighting him using the mad dog style is kinda cursed, feels like taking a page from the future, it's not supposed to happen yet no? lmao

[@khalifashamsi3157]

Are you gonna look at me and tell me that aint the mad dog if shimanno style

[@combineadvisor572]

i love how embarrassing it is for Nishi when he tries to trick you by pretending to be down on the floor only for you to just kinda stand there and not fall for his bullshit

[@poratu.aremdaru]

the OG mad dog

[@arastutomar40]

Nishitani at 3.14....NANI???

[@Elviciozo]

Majima literally did to Kiryu in Kiwami the same things Nishitani did to/for Majima in Y0

[@LThanhHao232]

nishitani is a better practitioner of the maddog style than majima, he dodge attack mid combo neo style

[@victorpurificacao2855]

It was my first Yakuza game so I didin't know, but at 3:33 you can see Majima true colors through that smile. Nice detail, he didn't need to be broken, he always had the madness in him.

[@kamikaze4172]

I think at any rate, he really does love fighting