- "Joke's on you schoolboy!"
- ―Harry after ambushing Ryo for the first time in the New Yokosuka Harbor District.
Harry Thompson (ハリー・トンプソン Harī Tonpuson) is an American sailor from Texas and the leader of a gang of foreign sailors who work at the New Yokosuka Harbor District.
Biography[]
Harry fighting Ryo.
Harry learned martial arts while he was in the navy. He is a skilled fighter and even earned money as a street fighter for a while before he was discharged from military service. In his hometown he became a legend after having 98 consecutive wins. He can be a friendly person when he feels like it and likes to go drinking in the evenings around Dobuita. His friends call him "Crazy Harry" because when he gets angry, no one can control him.
Shenmue the Animation[]
Harry (left) fighting Ryo in the anime.
Harry appears in Shenmue the Animation Episode 2. When Ryo enters Heartbeats bar to find people of the Chinese underworld, he ends up getting into a fight with Harry and the other sailors there. He effortlessly defeats them and trashes up the bar.
Trivia[]
- As seen in the Japanese What's Shenmue? VHS tape, Mark Kimberly was originally going to have Harry's role in the sailor gang, but he was added to the final version of the game, with Mark being a forklift operator instead.
- When Harry ambushes Ryo for the first time at the New Yokosuka Harbor District, and Ryo beats him and the other sailors that were with him, in the original Japanese version he said "Goddamn!". In the English version, this was changed to "Oh man!".
- A picture of 5 americans can been seen in room 201 of Hotel Niaowu in Shenmue III. Harry is among them.
- Harry has a AB blood type.
