Kaiji Itou

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Kaiji Itou
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Debut Match
Kaiji Itou
8chanmania XXI
First Victory

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First Championship

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Kaiji Itou is the titular protagonist of Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji.

Bio[edit | edit source]

Kaiji used to be a relatively normal young man that, like many peers of his age, decided to move to Tokyo in search for work after graduating high school. Problem is, he did so in 1996, when the Japanese market was still firmly stuck in a period of severe economic stagnation later dubbed 'The Lost Decade'. Barely keeping himself afloat with various odd jobs, Kaiji's perpetual poverty turns him into a depressed wreck of a man addicted to alcohol, tobacco, and gambling.

One day, a loan shark politely reminds Kaiji he once co-signed an outstanding debt for a former co-worker. Being a reasonable fellow, the loan shark gives Kaiji two options: Either slave away for ten years to clear the debt normally, or win a proverbial boatload of money on the casino ship Espoir to clear it off in a single night. He obviously opts for the latter; thus starting a merry-go-round of Kaiji going into increasingly risky and/or bizarre gambles to pay for the fallout caused by the respective last one.

In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]

Kaiji debuted in 8chanmania XXI, but lacking records mean nothing beyond him not winning a belt there have survived.

He also fought in 8chanmania LXXVIII, where proved incapable of putting up with Doi Aki's shit.