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"My compliments. You mastered it with so little instruction. You are truly a Hazuki. Your father would be very proud of you."
―Yamagishi complimenting Ryo after mastering the Double Blow move with very little instruction[src]

Shigeo Yamagishi (山岸 成夫 Yamagishi Shigeo) is an elderly resident of Sakuragaoka and a friend of Iwao Hazuki. They used to spar together and drink sake afterwards. He hopes to one day drink sake with Ryo Hazuki.

Background[]

Yamagishi is well versed in martial arts and trained in martial arts since childhood. At age 30 he was drafted into the military where he served on the front lines. After he completed his military service he moved with his wife to Sakuragaoka because his wife had a love of cherry trees.

Shenmue[]

On the day of Iwao's death, Yamagishi fell down after the black car sped past him and hurt his back. Ryo visits him, after hearing about him hurting his back because of the black car from either Megumi Mishima or Natsuki Sumiya (the one who tells you about Yamagishi hurting his back depends on if Ryo fed the kitten dried fish or fried tofu.). Yamagishi says that his back is better and tells him that the black car headed towards Dobuita, so Ryo goes there to investigate further.

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Yamagishi demonstrating the Double Blow to Ryo.

At Suzume Park, Yamagishi can offer to teach Ryo a move called Double Blow, a move that he once taught his father Iwao. This can only be done during the evening hours at around the time after Ryo learns that he has to search for Chinese people from Tom Johnson, or during the evening hours of the day after the Heartbeats event. Ryo can accept or decline this opportunity. If he declines, Yamagishi will say that he may not get the opportunity again due to his old age, and asks if he's really sure. Ryo will then have have another chance to accept or decline. If Ryo masters the move right after Yamagishi simply tells him to quickly shift his weight forward, he will be impressed and say that he's "truly a Hazuki" and that his father would be very proud of him. If Ryo masters the move, he will do the move to Smith Bradley during the QTE battle with the sailors at the harbor, instead of the punch to the gut, if the last QTE with him is succeeded on the first try.

Shenmue the Animation[]

Yamagishi appears in Shenmue the Animation. In Episode 1, Yamagishi is seen visiting Iwao Hazuki at the Hazuki Residence, admiring the fish he has in his pond. He then wishes Ryo luck at the karate event he's participating in. This scene takes place before Iwao gets murdered and never happened in the game.

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Yamagishi teaching Ryo the Double Blow in the anime.

In Episode 2, he visits the Hazuki Residence and honors Iwao at the Hazuki Family Altar after hearing about his passing. Later on, at the end of the episode, Ryo sees Yamagishi at Suzume Park, and he tells Ryo that he should ask Xiuyu Xia about translating the Chinese letter that was sent to his father. He then teaches him the Double Blow move. This scene is very identical to the scene where Yamagishi teaches Ryo the Double Blow in the game, with the major difference being Yamagishi telling Ryo about Xiuyu.

Etymology[]

  • The name Shigeo means "become" (成) (shige) and "man, husband" (夫) (o).
  • Shigeo's surname Yamagishi means "mountain, hill" (山) (yama) and "shore, bank, coast" (岸) (kishi/gishi).

Trivia[]

  • Yamagishi's zodiac sign is Pisces and he has a AB blood type.

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