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Here are some of the Shenmue characters. The people that you encounter most often throughout your adventure.

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Role:Main Character
Gender:Male
Age:18
Height:5'9"
Weight:143 lbs.
Blood Type:O
Birth Date:11/29
Zodiac Sign:Sagittarius
Where:Everywhere

Ryo Hazuki

Ryo is the main character and hero of this story. He was born and raised at the Hazuki (Bukan) Dojo in Yokosuka by his father after his mother died of an illness when he was three years old. Although Ine-san, the live-in housekeeper, and Fuku-san, his father's student, also live there, his father Iwao was Ryo's only living relation-until, of course, Lan Di murdered him.
       Ryo began training in the Hazuki Style of jujitsu when he was very young. This training enabled him to grow very strong, both physically and mentally. Although he harbors a strong love and devotion to the martial arts, he hasn't expressed much interest in succeeding his father as master of the Dojo. Ryo is well behaved and knows how to handle himself in a fight. Consequently, he's well known in the neighborhood of Yokosuka. Rather stubborn and competitive to a fault, he tends to act impulsively rather than think through a situation logically. A good example of this is the fact that despite knowing how Nozomi Harasaki feels about him, he hides his feelings and acts indifferently toward her.

Iwao Hazuki
 
Iwao is Ryo's father and the ncurrent master of the Hazuki Style martial art. He is character of high morals who respects devotion to one's convictions, proper manners, and above all, trust. He is very calm and composed, personifying simplicity and courage. His only hobby is Shodo (calligraphy) which he often uses when writing letters and postcards. As a master of martial arts, he is a strict Sensei and is never satisfied with relying solely on one's natural talent. He has continued to adhere to a strict training regimen throughout his adult life. When he was young, he is said to have set out on an overseas journey to learn from the various great masters of the martial arts. Although his son Ryo sometimes rebels against his strictness, he still respects him as a mentor and dreams of emulating him.

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Role:Ryo's father
Gender:Male
Age:46
Weight:177 lbs.
Height:5'9"
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:5/3
Zodiac Sign:Taurus
Where:Cutscenes Only

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Role:Schoolmate of Ryo's
Gender:Female
Age:18
Height:5'5"
Weight:104 lbs.
Blood Type:AB
Birth Date:8/23
Zodiac Sign:Virgo
Where:Dobuita-Aida Flower Shop

Nozomi Harasaki
 
Nozomi is secratly in love with Ryo. She was born in Japan but moved to Vancouver, Canada when she was very young. She then moved to Yokosuka, where her grandmother lives, when she was a junior high student. Initially, classmates bullied her, discriminating against her because of the different way she did things due to her different culture. At that time, Ryo would often stand up for her. Since then, her love for him has grown over the years. She has decided that she is going to confess her love to him. She has her own opinions but is considerate to others as well. She usually helps out at Aida Florist, her grandmother's flower shop. She hopes to be an interpreter or translator in the future.

Ling Sha Hua
 
Ling Sha Hua is a mysterious girl who grew up surrounded by nature. Her innocent looks hide her power and courage created by the wilderness of China. She is pure and simple, with great compassion and strength. Though her presence is shrouded in mystery. Ryo's fate will be deeply influenced by her. Appearing in his mind several times, she guides him in his journey.

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Role:Mysterious Girl Appearing in Ryo's Dreams
Gender:Female
Age:16
Height:5'1"
Weight:95 lbs.
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:9/9
Zodiac Sign:Virgo
Where:Dream Sequences Only

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Role:Mysterious Leader of a Criminal Organization
Gender:Male
Age:31
Height:6'1"
Weight:188 lbs.
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:Unknown
Zodiac Sign:Unknown
Where:Events Only

Lan Di

Lan Di is one of the high-ranking members of a Chinese cartel called the Chi You Men, which secretly controls black-market trading in China. He is an expert in a legendary martial art, which was thought to have been lost and to exist only as fable. His cold, merciless personality makes his martial art prowess seem even fiercer, and his coercive glare keeps people at a distance. Even within Chi You Men, only a few people can talk to him without feeling intimidated or belittled. He and Iwao Hazuki appear to be connected by some secret involving the Dragon Mirror.

Master Yobun Chen
 
Master Chen is one of a few wealthy Chinese magnates living abroad in japan, and he's a big name in the trading business. He owns numerous trading operations worldwide, including the one in Yokosuka. While he deals in a variety of high-end merchandise, Master Chen is particularly well versed in antiques and has multiple patrons. He is said to own numerous works of valuable art, some of which are rumored to be national treasures, but nobody knows for sure. He looks gentle and kind at first glance, but he's a very calculating buyer with a stoic composure, no matter what. In grooming his son, Gui Zhang, to become his successor, he has made sure to instruct him fully in the Yan Qing Style a martial art handed down over multiple generations in their family.

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Role:Mysterious Manager of Trading Company
Gender:Male
Age:60
Height:5'3"
Weight:155 lbs.
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:10/10
Zodiac Sign:Libra
Where:New Yokosuka Harbor-Old Warehouse #8

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Role:Son of Yobun Chen
Gender:Male
Age:30
Height:5'9"
Weight:155 lbs.
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:2/10
Zodiac Aquarius
Where:New Yokosuka Harbor-Old Warehouse #8

Gui Zhang Chen
 
Gui Zhang is the son of Master Chen, the owner of a Chinese trading company. While he is still learning how to manage the company, he also works as his father's bodyguard. He always seems to be calm and gives the impression of being cool-headed and ever composed. However, this is due in large part to his remarkably expressionless face. Born in Yokohama, Japan, Gui Zhang was trained in the Yan Qing Style of martial arts by his father since early childhood and has continued training hard ever since. Because of their similar background , at heart, he sympathizes with Ryo, but on the outside. acts coldly toward him.

Masayuki Fukuhara
 
Fuku-san has been a live-in student of the Hazuki Dojo for almost 10 years. To Ryo, he is more like a member of the family. with his warm and gentle personality, Fuku-san makes every effort to achieve whatever goals he sets. Iwao, liking his diligence and honesty, took him in as a live-in student despite Fuku-san's lack of natural talent and the fact that he is a slow learner. Since then, he has been practicing Hazuki -style jujiusu with Ryo. He sometimes jumps to conclusions and acts impulsively, which often results in failure. Nevertheless, because of his frank, easy-to-talk-to personality, he is someone Ryo can go to for advice.

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Role:Hazuki Disciple
Gender:Male
Age:26
Height:5'8"
Weight:150 lbs.
Blood Type:O
Birth Date:8/6
Zodiac Sign:Leo
Where:Hazuki Dojo

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Role:Hazuki Household Maid
Gender:Female
Age:64
Height:5'1"
Weight:106 lbs.
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:8/9
Zodiac Sign:Leo
Where:Hazuki House

Ine Hayata

For more then 15 years, Ine-san has been the live-in housekeeper of the Hazuki household and has taken care of all of the domestic housework and cooking as well as the family budget. She is a quiet, hardworking woman who is modest but emotionally strong. Aside from her sewing, cleaning, and washing talents, she is an excellent cook. In particular, her traditional Japanese dishes can be compared to those of a professional chef. While she is rather old-fashioned and very particular about manners and discipline, Ine-san is quite generous and secretly keeps watch over Ryo. She is an indispensable member of the Hazuki household.

Chai
 
A low ranking member of the Chi You Men, Chai aspires to ascend the ranks by currying favor with Lan Di. After Lan Di steals the Dragon Mirror from Hazuki Sensei, Chai spies on Ryo and learns of the existence of the Phoenix Mirror. He believes that if he can somehow obtain the Phoenix Mirror, Lan Di will reward him with a cushy position in the upper ranks of the organizational hierarchy. His strange physique enables Chai to utilize a seemingly super human fighting technique and therefore he is tricky to battle against. (He brags that he is self-taught in the Tang Lang Style, but his style of fighting hardly shows it.) He is extremely suspicious looking and creepy. Sly and vindictive, Chai will use any means, no matter how vicious or unfair, to get what he wants.

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Role:Mysterious Assassin for Lan Di's Organization
Gender:Male
Age:Unknown
Height:5'3"
Weight:121 lbs.
Blood Type:AB
Birth Date:Unknown
Zodiac Sign:Unknown
Where:Events Only

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Role:Owner of Tom's Hot Dogs
Gender:Male
Age:27
Height:5'10"
Weight:177 lbs.
Blood Type:B
Birth Date:11/23
Zodiac:Sagittarius
Where:Tom's Hot Dogs

Tom Johnson
 
Tom, a friendly American who hails from New York, runs a hot-dog stand in Dobuita. He is always dancing to rap and reggae music. The hot dogs he prepares while dancing are authentic American hot dogs. He hitchhiked around the world until he finally decided to settle in Yokosuka. Tom is said to have learned various martial arts from people he met while traveling through Latin America. Due to his strange looks and broken Japanese, some people avoid him, but he is understanding and is a good friend to Ryo.

Mark Kimberly
 
Mark met Ryo in the workplace. Contrary to his appearance, he speaks fluent Japanese. Mark is a warm, quiet person, with a strong philosophical character. He often spies on the underworld elements of New Yokosuka Harbor for some unknown purpose. As he and Ryo became close, they developed a friendship, and began conspiring together, each for their own purposes, against the criminal elements in the harbor.

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Role:Ryo's Co-worker
Gender:Male
Age:29
Height:5'10"
Weight:174 lbs.
Blood Type:O
Birth Date:7/21
Zodiac Sign:Cancer
Where:New Warehouse #8

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Role:Homeless Man
Gender:Male
Age:67
Height:5'1"
Weight:93 lbs.
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:4/28
Zodiac Sign:Taurus
Where:New Yokosuka Harbor

Shozo Mizuki

This elderly homeless man lives in the New Yokosuka Harbor area. He claims to have been living there for more than three years, but nobody knows where he is from or exactly when he arrived. In spite of his shabby looks, Mizuki has quite a charming personality, even if he won't reveal his true identity. He doesn't have much, so he begs from time to time and has even asked Ryo to buy him some canned coffee. Because his homeless status renders him a nonperson in the eyes of the law, he is treated badly by just about everyone and harassed by members of the MAD ANGELS. He seems to know a lot about the goings on of the harbor but he is quite a mysterious man.

Goro Mihashi
 
He calls himself "Harbor Goro." He always shows up with a call of "Yo Bro," despite the gender of the person he is addressing. He used to attend the same local high school as Akio Enoki and Tetsuya Nagashima, and was the leader of their gang before Akio. He was expelled from school when he took full responsibility for the trouble his gang had with other schools' gangs. Since then, he has been wandering around the harbor, extorting money from any sucker who looks like easy prey. Whenever prospective prey spots him approaching, he always confronts them with, "You looking at me?" He then starts a fight by head-butting them. Even though he seems violent, he dreams of marrying his girlfriend Mai, and having a happy family with about 10 children. His wildest dream is to form his own baseball team with his children.

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Role:Thug
Gender:Male
Age:18
Height:5'11"
Weight:177 lbs.
Blood Type:A
Birth Date:7/9
Zodiac Sign:Cancer
Where:Dream New Yokosuka Harbor

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Role:Daughter of Hisaka Sawano, Juvenile Delinquent
Gender:Female
Age:16
Height:5'3"
Weight:102 lbs.
Blood Type:O
Birth Date:6/9
Zodiac Sign:Gemini
Where:Dobuita

Mai Sawano
 
Mai is the second daughter of Kinuyo Sawano, who owns the Hokuhoku Lunches. Her elder sister is Hisaka-san. Mai is 16 years old, and in the first year of high school. She and Ryo have known each other since they were children. She started to rebel when she became a junior high school student. After her father died, she falt lonely and neglected because her mother and sister were occupied with their lunchbox business. She rebelled against them, often shouting, "Mother loves my sister more than me." She often uttered, "You don't care about me!" then ran out of the house. These days, her boyfriend Goro who while not so bright, is a good-natured boy, cheers her up and comforts her. After she started dating him, she began to behave much better and she was often seen helping her sister with the delivery of lunchboxes to the worker's living quarters. However, her sole intention was to earn money and she often stole from the shop's cash register. More recently, to her family's dismay, Mai has started returning to her bad ways, influenced by Rena Isayama and Yumiko Minamino, who are in the same class as her.

Megumi Mishima
 
This charming little girl is in the senior class of Yokosuka-dai Kindergarten. Because Megumi has a sister more than 10 years older, she is precocious. She is anxious to go to elementary school and is always running around with Mayumi's old school bag on her back. She loves animals and wants to have a pet, but she is not allowed to. She rescued a stray kitten in Sakuragaoka but her mother won't allow her to keep it at home so she takes care of the stray kitten at the local shrine. Her sociable character attracts many older friends. Yamagishi-san is one of them. She often visits him without telling her mother and comes back after eating snacks. Ryo is also a good friend of hers. When she saw Mayumi and Ryo taking, she innocently asked if they were getting married, and made them embarrassed. Recently she came to understand what "getting married" means. When she was asked by Nozomi, "What would you like to be when you grow up?" she answered cheerfully, "I am going to be married to Ryo." This answer really surprised Nozomi.

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Role:Mishima Mayumi's Younger Sister
Gender:Female
Age:5
Height:3'7"
Weight:62 lbs.
Blood Type:B
Birth Date:3/25
Zodiac Sign:Aries
Where:Residential District-Dobuita

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Role:MAD ANGELS Leader
Gender:Male
Age:34
Height:6'1"
Weight:188 lbs.
Blood Type:AB
Birth Date:3/17
Zodiac Sign:Pisces
 

Terry Ryan

He is the boss of the notorious MAD ANGELS, the gang that controls the harbor. He is cold and cruel and completely merciless toward anybody who fails him. Few people know his real name, so people just refer to him as the boss of the MAD ANGELS. His ambitions have grown boundlessly since gaining control of the harbor. He is now planning to gain the favor of the Chi You Men by using the harbor as a base for building a much bigger organization. His single ambition is the expansion of his organization.

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