To get to the missing 10 billion yen, he went as far as hurting his former friends and betraying them for his ambition of becoming chairman. There are hints of Nishiki's inferiority complex in Yakuza 0, where he tearfully disparages himself for not having the strength to kill Kiryu so that he could spare him from being punished by the Tojo Clan. Compounded with Kazama's favoritism towards Kiryu, Nishikiyama frequently misinterpreted the words of those around him, thinking that they're tormenting him, except for Matsushige, who was genuine in his insulting remarks towards Nishiki. This stems from his deep inferiority complex against Kiryu, triggered by the Dojima Family, who made it clear to Nishikiyama that he is useless and unfit to be a leader of a family much less the chairman.

He also firmly believes that people can succeed in the world through appearance rather than substance.ĭuring the 10 year time skip of the first game, Nishikiyama has drastically changed to a cold and vengeful person. Nishikiyama also seems to worry about Kiryu for his reckless attempts against the Dojima Family. Despite being forced by the Dojima Family to fight against Kiryu, Nishikiyama fought alongside his sworn brother many times and promised that he'd always be there. He often hangs out with Kiryu, and frequently banters about his inadequate taste in fashion. While he was in school, Nishikiyama wore a black gakuran over a magenta t-shirt with black oxfords.Īs seen in Yakuza 0, Nishikiyama started off to be very loyal and supportive towards his friends and family such as Kiryu and Kazama. In Yakuza 0, he wears a maroon suit with a black and gold patterned dress shirt, a necklace with a silver pendant that has a diagonal checkered pattern, a dark brown leather belt with a gold buckle, and shiny dark brown cap toe oxfords.ĭuring the prologue and flashback sequences of Yakuza and Yakuza Kiwami respectively, he wears a two button notch lapel white suit jacket with black slacks and a black dress shirt with a popped collar, instead of the double breasted peaked lapel white suit and black dress shirt with a white tie that he wears later on. In Yakuza and Yakuza Kiwami, Nishikiyama wears a double-breasted white suit, black dress shirt, white patterned necktie, and black crocodile leather oxfords.

In Yakuza 0, only his tattoo's outline is finished. His tattoo represents his ambition to climb the ranks of the Tojo Clan, as in Japanese and Chinese mythology, the Koi must swim upstream the Yellow River through the dragon's gate of Longmen to turn into a dragon.

The koi is red with white fins and red scales with white edges. His tattoo depicts a red koi swimming upwards and was tattooed by Utabori.

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