Bacchus (バッカス, Bakkasu) is a character featured in Yakuza 0. He is Kazuma Kiryu's Brawler style trainer, and a former boxing trainer and vagrant who wanders around Kamurocho, drinking and racking up debt.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Bacchus is an old blond-haired man with near chin length hair, stubble, and a short stature compared to Kiryu.
Attire[]
Bacchus is always seen sporting a gray bowler hat with a black band, a gray knee-length overcoat with brown elbow patches, a beige scarf, an off-white shirt with the top button unbuttoned, a burgundy necktie, a dark brown pinstripe vest, matching dark brown pinstripe pants, and black dress shoes.
Personality[]
— Bacchus to KiryuHey, boy!
Bacchus initially seems patronizing towards Kiryu, simply calling him "boy," exploiting him to escape from debt collectors, and pestering him to leave Kamurocho and become a professional fighter, despite constant refusals. He is initially reluctant to discuss his past, but ultimately reveals that he only calls his best students 'boy' and truly considers Kiryu his star pupil, the first since he left the United States.
Bacchus possesses a keen phobia of being stabbed in the ribs, and constantly warns Kiryu about it, due to his previous star student being killed by a mugger that way. The fighters he dislikes more than anything are fighters who duke it out for petty reasons, as no matter how skilled the fighter is, it's just violence. When Kiryu confronts him about how he could end up like that one day and that he only knows how to solve his problems through violence, Bacchus tells him that he is too young for his path to be set in stone and he is influenced by the people around him. Bacchus said that the way Kiryu carries himself is a positive influence on him, for instance.
Background[]
Bacchus was once a boxing trainer who operated a gym in the United States. When one of his trainees knocked out an opponent heavily favored by the Raymond Cartel, they sabotaged Bacchus by poaching his student and burning down his gym. Bacchus took out a loan to rebuild it, but the mafia bought out his debt and drove away his clientele, leaving him penniless. After his last star pupil was killed in a mugging, Bacchus fled the U.S. and arrived in Japan. He became known as "Bacchus" due to his drinking habits.
Involvement[]
Yakuza 0: 1988[]
Bacchus first encounters Kiryu in Kamurocho while he is out drinking with Akira Nishikiyama. Upon witnessing Kiryu defeat a pair of drunkards, Bacchus commends Kiryu's talent and offers to become help him become a professional fighter. Later, Kiryu saves him from a pair of debt collectors, and Bacchus introduces Kiryu to Kamoji and Miss Tatsu and offers to teach him fighting techniques in exchange for his services as a bodyguard.
Bacchus's lessons consist of Kiryu defeating a series of hitmen sent after him, until a group of Raymond Cartel members arrive and attempt to recruit Kiryu as a fighter, revealing they had kept Bacchus alive to poach any talented pupils he found. After Kiryu refuses and fends them off, Bacchus finally accepts his refusal to become a professional fighter, and decides to return to the U.S. to resume training young boxers.
Trivia[]
- Bacchus appears to wear the same outfit as one of Shun Akiyama's alternate costumes, albeit with a different overcoat.
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References[]
- ↑ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, “Chapter 1: Bound by Oath”, Yakuza 0 (2015; Tokyo: SEGAWP, 2017), PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Windows/Amazon Luna.