Akira Nishikiyama

Akira Nishikiyama Akira Nishikiyama (錦山 彰, Nishikiyama Akira), often called by the nickname "Nishiki", is a major supporting character of the Yakuza series. He serves as an important side character in Yakuza 0, and is the main antagonist of the first Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami game. He is Kiryu's oath brother and the patriarch of the Nishikiyama Family.

Background
Akira was raised by Shintaro Kazama in the Sunflower Orphanage, alongside his biological sister Yuko Nishikiyama, as well as Kazuma Kiryu and Yumi Sawamura. His best friend, Kiryu, often calls him by the name "Nishiki".

At age 17, Akira became a Yakuza, having joined the Dojima Family, along with Kiryu. His reasoning for joining was due to feeling indebted to Shintaro Kazama and the Yakuza for paying his ill sister's medical bills.

Yakuza 0
Throughout the events of Yakuza 0, Akira was heavily against Kiryu's approach against the many trials he faced. After Kiryu was framed for murder and resigned from the Dojima Family to protect Shintaro Kazama's reputation, Akira stayed within the Yakuza. Upon Kiryu joining the Dojima Family's rival, Tachibana Real Estate, Akira, along with the others within the Family, were sent under the orders of Hiroki Awano, to hunt Kiryu down and return him to the Family, so that he can be sent to "The Hole" to suffer his punishment. Akira had planned to kill Kiryu to save him from the Dojima Family's torture, but was unable to. Kiryu tells him to act as if he never saw him, and promptly steals his fancy car, returning to Kamurocho to finish what he had started, to Akira's dismay.

Kiryu later runs into Akira, who was ordered to kill Kiryu for causing so much trouble for the Family. One of the members offers Akira a promotion if he kills Kiryu, but he refuses and joins Kiryu in battle, later being Kiryu's aid throughout the events of the story.

Appearance
Akira Nishikiyama is a man of medium height and average weight. He has dark shoulder-length hair, which he left down in his younger days. He has diagonal eyebrows and brown eyes. On his back, he has a large tattoo of a Koi fish.

In Yakuza 0, Akira wears a maroon suit with a black and gold printed shirt, along with chocolate brown dress shoes and a black leather belt. He also wears a Dojima Family Pin on his left lapel, as well as a Dog-Tag style necklace.

In Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami, Akira wears a white double-breasted suit with his Nishikiyama Family pin on his left lapel, a black dress shirt, a white tie, a black leather belt, and crocodile pattern black leather shoes, with his hair slicked back.