Goro Majima

Majima has a very unique and multi-layered personality that is often contradictory and malleable. At his core, he is a cool, collected individual with a lot of charisma and a surprisingly soft heart. In direct contrast to this is the persona he cultivates: The Mad Dog of Shimano. By nature, he is very respectful and polite, especially towards strangers and his superiors. Majima is extremely pragmatic despite his seemingly convoluted and irrational code of honor. All of this makes him a superb businessman, although the activities involved in being one bore him to death.

The two traits that likely drew Majima into the yakuza are his deep personal love for violence and to a lesser extent his drive for power. Violence makes him downright gleeful, which makes him a real force to be reckoned with in battle. When you fight Majima, not only do you probably deserve it in his eyes, but he is having the time of his life. He doesn't want the battle to stop. Killing is generally against his code of honor, though, so while he will beat you to within an inch of your life he will not take your life.

Majima has never killed anyone before, despite being a knife-wielding maniac. Don't mistake this for mercy - one must earn the right to die by Majima's hand and to date only Kiryu seems to have earned that right.

To get a better grasp of the personality of post-0 Majima, go here.

Majima was held captive in Anagura, the Tojo Clan's personal torture chambers for a year for his defiance against Shimano. Enduring torture everyday, he was let out as a civilian. However, wishing to return to the Tojo in order to welcome Saejima back from prison, he is thrust into the Omi Alliance's Sagawa's hands as he was made the manager of the Grand Cabaret at Sotenbori. Under heavy surveillance by Sagawa's men during all hours of the day, he was thrust into the world of the nightlife making Sotenbori a gilded cage for him. With the promise of returning to the Tojo Clan if he can make 100 million yen in profits for Sagawa and Shimano, Majima began a tedious era of his life.

Despite the situation, he was able to make 100 million yen in just a year and received the title of "Lord of the Nightlife". Majima became a popular person in Sotenbori, especially among other cabaret businesses and consumers. However Sagawa raised the debt to 500 million and told Majima to that he can continue with his manager job or accept a job that would instantly put him back into the Tojo clan without needing to make any more money.

The job in question was to "kill a person named Makimura Makoto who lives in Sotenbori", a hit that was asked from Shimano to Sagawa, due to geographic reasons. Majima reluctantly accepts the hit, despite having never killed anyone before, in part due to Sagawa's threats. Sagawa tells Majima that Makimura is a ruthless pimp, forcing college-aged girls to work for him and taking all of their money. Majima is then given just two days to complete the mark.

Wiki link to complete history - Yakuza 0 spoilers ahead.

STAMINAN ROYALE. A high quality energy drink restoring a lot of health and heat.

TANTO KNIFE. A beautiful, exceptionally sharp tanto knife that was once used to remove Majima's left eye.

MAD CASH MONEY. Enough to be considered a baller, probably.