kaiji
Fukumoto Nobuyuki's gambling manga and anime series, also called Ultimate Survivor Kaiji.
The titular main character, Itou Kaiji, accidentally takes on the debts of a friend, and, lacking any other job because of the Japanese recession, is forced into perpetual poverty and desperate gambling schemes to stay one step ahead of the Yakuza collection enforcers. Known and referenced in other works for the likes of their underground labor camps where gambling losers wind up working off their debts in Hellish conditions.
Characters
Part 1
- Itou Kaiji
- Endou Yuuji
- Furuhata Takeshi
- Andou Mamoru
- Funai Jouji
- Kitami (Kaiji)
- Hyena (Kaiji)
- Ishida Kouji
- Sahara Makoto
- Tonegawa Yukio
- Hyoudou Kazutaka
Part 2
- Ootsuki (kaiji)
- Numakawa Takuya
- Isawa Kaoru
- Kurosaki Yoshihiro
- Ishida Hiromitsu
- Miyoshi Tomohiro
- Yokoi (Kaiji)
- Kitagawa (Kaiji)
- Hashimoto (Kaiji)
- Maeda (Kaiji)
- Sakazaki Koutarou
- Sakazaki Mikoko
- Ichijou Seiya
- Murakami Tamotsu
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa (Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues)
- Yamazaki Kenji
- Saemonsaburou Jirou
- Ebitani (chuukan kanriroku tonegawa)
- Doushita Kouji
- Yaotome Ataru
- Kinezaki (chuukan kanriroku tonegawa)
- Honda Masayasu
Joukyou Seikatsuroku Ichijou (Life in Tokyo: Ichijou)
1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou (One-Day Outing Foreman)
Gambles
- Restricted Rock Paper Scissors
- Steel Beam Races: Human Derby and Brave Men Road
- E-Card
- Tissue Box Raffle
- Underground Chinchiro
- The Bog (kaiji)
- Minefield Mahjong
- The Sword is Mightier than Love
- Rescue Game
- One Poker
- 2.4 Billion Yen Escape