- "Hey you! You wanna piece of me? Hey, hey, hey."
- ―A drunk Smith while fighting Ryo.
Smith Bradley (スミス・ブラッドリー Sumisu Buraddorī ) is an American sailor from Colorado who works at the New Yokosuka Harbor District and is a member of a gang of foreign sailors.
Appearance[]
Smith is American and is 6'4" cm tall. He is very muscular and weighs 232 lbs. He is black-skinned, and has short black hair that is a military-style haircut and brown eyes. He wears a light purple colored t-shirt, dark green cargo pants and black boots.
Biography[]
Smith punching Ryo while drunk.
Before working as a sailor, Smith was a marine but was dishonorably discharged for punching a superior officer. Back then he was known for his short temper, but since starting his job as a sailor he has managed to keep his temper mostly under control, although he still gets angry sometimes. He has worked with Tony Abrams for the past five years and they are good friends.
Shenmue[]
Smith fighting Ryo in the alley of Heartbeats.
Smith is first encountered when Ryo Hazuki first enters the alley to Heartbeats at nighttime. Ryo encounters Smith and Tony drunk, and Tony blocks his path so he can't get through. Ryo tells him to get out of his way, which makes Tony attempt to beat him up (Tony can successfully knee him in his stomach if the first QTE is failed, but Ryo will counter his next attack once the next QTE is succeeded.), but Ryo ends up knocking him out. Smith then attempts to attack Ryo (Smith can attack him once or twice depending on how many QTEs are failed, but Ryo will counter his second or third attack.), but he ends up knocking him out too. If Ryo entered the alley at night and did the fight with Tony and Smith before he has to search for sailors, trying to enter Heartbeats at this time will have the bartender Yoshifumi Hato shoo him away. Ryo will be able to enter Heartbeats for the first time once he has to search for sailors at night.
On a night after Ryo learns he has to search for Charlie Grant, due to the possibility of him being connected to his father's murderer Lan Di, he walks towards You Arcade and is stopped by Smith who is acting all friendly to him, despite him hurting or trying to hurt him before, and even "apologizes" for before. Ryo tells him that he's looking for a guy named Charlie, and Smith claims that he's friends with him and offers to take him to him. He walks him to the alley next to You Arcade, which ended up being a setup, and Tony and the other sailors Ryo fought at Heartbeats ambush him and try to beat him up. But Ryo ends up single-handely defeating all the sailors. Once Ryo is able to enter the Tattoo Parlor, which is the only tattoo parlor in Dobuita and possibly the place where Charlie gets his tattoos done, Tony is getting a tattoo done by the artist Takashi Takashiro with Smith standing next to him. Smith teases Tony saying that he was beat up by a "schoolboy" when Tony says that the artist should give him a "tough" tattoo, so no one will mess with him. Tony then says that he kicked his butt too, but soon after, Ryo enters the parlor, and the two sailors cowardly run out of the parlor scared.
Smith being knocked out by Ryo on his fifth day of work.
Smith is seen again during Ryo's third day of working at the harbor as one of the opponents during a Free Battle with him and other members of the sailor gang. Ryo ends up single-handedly defeating them all. Then on Ryo's fifth day of work, Tony beats up his friend Goro Mihashi, and Ryo ends up following Tony to a warehouse after he taunts him about hurting his friend. Smith and the other sailors where waiting for him at the warehouse, and Ryo single-handedly defeats them all in a QTE battle. After work that day, if Ryo talks to his co-worker Mark Kimberly, he'll say that he heard Smith and Tony saying that a "Long Zha" is going down soon, which is an illegal deal between the sailors and the Mad Angels gang. Then on Ryo's sixth and final day of work, while doing his job, he sees Smith and Tony talking to each other. He approaches them, gets off his forklift, and asks them about the Long Zha, and Smith claims he doesn't know about it, then the two run away and Ryo chases them throughout the harbor. At some point during the chase, the player will have the option to go after Smith or Tony once they split up. Two QTE prompts will appear on the screen. Pressing left will have Ryo go after Tony and pressing right will have Ryo go after Smith. If Ryo goes after Smith, he tries to slow Ryo down by having his fellow sailor friend Dick Phillips throw down a ladder in his path. Even if the QTE when Dick throws down the ladder is failed, it doesn't stop Ryo from catching Smith. Smith knocks on one of the warehouse doors begging for help, but Ryo catches up to him and interrogates him asking about the Long Zha, and violently slams him against the door when he says he doesn't know when it is. He claims he really doesn't know and that only the leader of the Mad Angels knows, which he says is Terry. He begs Ryo not to tell anyone that he told him the bosses name, or that they'll kill him, and once Ryo asks where he is, he claims he doesn't know because Terry's real careful. Smith is never seen again after this event. It could be possible that if the player chases Smith that he was killed by the Mad Angels for revealing the bosses name, but this is unconfirmed, leaving his status unknown. If the player chases Tony, then Smith is most likely alive due to him getting away and not revealing anything to Ryo.
Shenmue the Animation[]
Smith (left) and Tony (right) trying to intimidate Ryo in the anime.
Smith and Tony appear in Shenmue the Animation Episode 2. After Teruhiko Saijo of Bar Yokosuka suggests that Ryo go to the Heartbeats bar to find people from the Chinese underworld; he enters the alley to the Heartbeats and sees Smith drinking a bottle of beer and Tony smoking a cigarette. They both block Ryo's path and try to intimidate him, but are effortlessly defeated by Ryo. Later on, Charlie and his goons hang out at Heartbeats bar and see Smith and Tony complaining about being beaten up by a schoolboy. Charlie then tells the two that he has a job for them.
When Ryo is at the arcade asking people about Charlie, Smith, and Tony confront him and "apologize" for before. They say that they're friends with Charlie and can take him to meet him. They take him to the New Yokosuka Movie Theatre, and Charlie and his guys ambush him. Ryo effortlessly defeats all the guys and Smith and Tony cowardly run away.
Trivia[]
- In Shenmue: The Movie, which is a cinematic adaption of the first Shenmue that features the majority of the cutscenes in the game and the main story, Ryo goes after Smith during the chase with him and Tony at the harbor. Due to this, it seems that this option may be considered canon, but this has never been officially confirmed by the creator Yu Suzuki. So that means Smith's status may canonically be unknown.
- Smith's zodiac sign is Pisces and he has a AB blood type.
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