Takashi Takashiro (高城 隆史 Takashiro Takashi) is the owner of his own Tattoo Parlor located at Okayama Heights in Dobuita, Yokosuka, Japan in the game Shenmue.
Biography[]
Takashi was born in Hiroshima, in middle school Takashi was heavily influenced by movies. Once he approached a punk to ask him about his tattoos, the punk got angry and beat Takashi up for no apparent reason. Luckily, Soroku Kikuchi, a tattoo artist, who happened to be passing by at the time, saved Takashi from a serious injury.
After this experience, Takashi became interested in tattoos, so he decided to become Soroku’s student. Although Soroku believed that tattoos were really just scribble, but for some reason, his tattoos were in high demand. Believing that tattoos are an art form, Takashi soon became dissatisfied with Soroku’s teachings and when he was 17, Takashi set out on his own. By that time, he could make tattoos quite well and earned a fair amount of money tattooing truck drivers. He traveled all the way to Yokohama and began his own student Shunkichi.
Takashi began living with Asami, a girl with remarkable fair skin. He tattooed Asami and himself with the same exact design, but one day Asami ran away with Shunkichi. After this incident, Takashi started to distrust everyone and moved to Yokosuka to restart his business there. For the past five years, he has been quietly tattooing only those customers who appreciate his designs.
Shenmue[]
While searching for Charlie Grant, Ryo Hazuki learns from Tony Abrams that there is a tattoo parlor located in Yokosuka, where Charlie could have got his tattoo done at. If Ryo enters the tattoo parlor that night, Takashi will say that they're closed. He denies knowing Charlie, and tries to pressure Ryo into letting him give him a tattoo, in which he refuses. Takashi tells him to come back tomorrow and that Charlie "might come" at the parlor that day. This interaction will give the player a note in their notebook saying "Got a lead on Charlie!"
Right before Ryo enters the tattoo parlor again, Tony and Smith Bradley are getting tattoos done by Takashi, and once he enters, the two sailors cowardly flee. Takashi tells Ryo that Charlie is behind a curtain "sleeping" and that he shouldn't wake him unless he "wants to get hurt".
Shenmue the Animation[]
Takashi as he appears in the anime.
Takashi briefly appears in Shenmue the Animation Episode 2. Ryo goes to his tattoo parlor, and asks if he knows Charlie and he nods his head no. Once Ryo leaves, Takashi calls Charlie to tell him that someone has been looking for him.
Etymology[]
- The name Takashi means "noble, prosperous" (隆) (taka) and "history" (史) (shi).
- Takashi's surname Takashiro means "tall, high" (高) (taka) and "castle" (城) (shiro).
Trivia[]
- Takashi's zodiac sign is Aries and he has an AB blood type.
- Anyan Li, an antagonist in Shenmue III who is a member of the Blue Spiders gang bears a strong resemblance to Takashi.
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