Katsuragi demanded of the Tojo's chairman, Daigo Dojima, that he either hand over Arai's head or forfeit the project, but Arai had secretly been in hiding under his and Katsuragi's knowledge the whole time.Īrai later appears when Masayoshi Tanimura closes in on him and Shibata. In reality, the altercation at Elnard and Arai's shooting of him was part of a plot by Katsuragi and Shibata to coax the Tojo into giving Katsuragi and Ueno Seiwa the lucrative Kamurocho Hills project.
Arai had also formed an allegiance with Isao Katsuragi, through Shibata co-conspiring with him.Īrai instigates conflict when he murders Masaru Ihara at the Elnard club. Arai is shown to be remarkably competent despite him being merely the lieutenant of a third-tier Tojo Clan group, with Kido speculating that he might even be able to lead the Tojo Clan one day. This creates a friendship between the two of them, and leads to Akiyama and his company forming a mutual relationship with Arai's yakuza group.Īt some point, he became sworn brothers with a junior member of Kanemura Enterprises, Takeshi Kido. When money rains from the sky following the explosion at the Millennium Tower, he helps a then-homeless Akiyama get his money back from the thugs who try to steal it. He first appears in a flashback that takes place during the climax of the first game. He also, in yakuza tradition, chose to strip when fighting Akiyama.Īrai was originally an undercover police officer sent to infiltrate the yakuza.
Notably, he specifically turns on Munakata out of a refusal to kidnap Kiryu's children to be used as leverage against the man. He is willing to sacrifice and betray those around him in pursuit of his plans, including Kazuo Shibata whom he kills, Munakata who he attempts to kill, and even shoots his own oath brother Takeshi Kido whom he only left alive in the interest of determining his true allegiances.ĭespite being a police infiltrator, Arai seems to have some degree of respect for the yakuza and desires to be one when he attempts to kill Munakata, he states that he lives by his own code, not just as an officer of the law, but also as a yakuza. However, deep down, Arai is highly ambitious and manipulative in spite of his intentions of "justice" he pretends to be loyal to the Tojo Clan but is secretly superior to Munakata who he also later betrays.
He was willing to help a then-homeless Akiyama retrieve money that was stolen from him by thugs. He is shown to share mutual respect with his subordinates in Kanemura Enterprises, and with Akiyama. Regrets serve no purpose.Īrai appears to be a man of integrity and noble intentions at first.
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