Tatsuo Shinada

Tatsuo Shinada is a playable protagonist in Yakuza 5. Once a batter for the Nagoya Wyverns, he now resides in Kineicho as a nightlife journalist. Shinada has a generally scruffy appearance. He has medium length black hair, and a stubbly mustache and goatee. He spends several hours a day doing 5,000 swings, 1,000 push-ups, and 1,000 sit-ups, giving him an extremely well-toned body. Shinada is commonly seen wearing a worn brown suede jacket and matching Chelsea boots, along with a white tank top and blue jeans. His suede jacket has a bal collar, has the sleeves pulled up to his upper forearms, ...

An unambitious and lazy man, Shinada's ban from professional baseball killed off all of his motivation to succeed in life, making excuses constantly and running away from all his problems like his debt towards Takasugi and Uno. Shinada's fun and easygoing attitude has allowed him to befriend many re...