Eric Tomizawa

Name: Eric Tomizawa Age: 28 Appearance: Short brown hair, brown eyes, Tomizawa wears a purplish blue Hawaiian shirt, a pair of gray shorts, and a pair of leather sandals. He also wears a necklace, a bracelet, and a sports watch. Tomizawa's father is Japanese and his mother is American but he is American in nationality only. Has stubble dotting his chin and a faint mustache. Job: Cab Driver, former Yamai Syndicate Member

Personality: As an ally, Tomizawa often serves as a voice of reason and information broker for the group: not only is he well-versed in the ways Hawaii works both above and under ground, but he is also quite perceptive to people around him. However, his cautious nature makes him much more averse to danger than the other members, which can sometimes make him appear cowardly. Nevertheless, he is capable of mustering great bravery in the face of danger when it is obvious that it is necessary to move forward. Ichiban Kasuga helped him get out of Yutaka Yamai's gang and his wisdom and kindness led to Tomizawa joining Ichiban as a party member. Although normally laid-back, he does lose composure easily when his friends or loved ones are involved. He most notably is haunted by the tragedy around his ex-wife Marie and his failure to make amends with her, and also was distraught at the death of his friend Takada, who committed suicide after being revealed as a Haku and failing to defeat Ichiban's party. Tomizawa found peace in finding his ex-wife found someone who loved and valued her after the framing of Tomizawa that led to his divorce.

Background: Eric Tomizawa was born in Hawaii to a Japanese man and an American woman.

He became a taxi driver around 2011. During this time, He'd spend his nights on clubs hitting on various women, which rarely worked. One day, he was particularly drunk and hit on a woman who had a boyfriend, who beat him senseless in an alley. A woman named Marie came to take care of him, and they started dating. Six months later, Marie got pregnant with Tomizawa's child.

In October 7th, 2012, Connie Tanaka, the CEO of a real estate company, had a bag of money robbed and Tomizawa was framed for it, despite there being little to no evidence against him. The true culprit was the leader of the mafia group Barracudas, Dwight Mendez. Dwight used fake witnesses and the aid of police officer Roman Reynolds, and Tomizawa spent 5 years in prison, which could have become 15 had he pledged innocence. In prison, he quickly discovered he wasn't alone in this situation. Marie only visited him once to tell she had a miscarriage six months into the pregnancy.

Establishing Friendships: Shortly after Ichiban meets with Kazuma Kiryu, they pay a visit to Ichiban's biological mother - Akane's beachhouse property and Yamai's men including Tomizawa are not far behind. When Kiryu and Ichiban try to escape via a pickup truck parked outside the house, Eric holds them at gunpoint. Ichiban and Kiryu's concern for him despite his previous actions cause Eric to hesitate and inadvertently fire in Yamai's direction, though this misses. The three band together to fight Yamai and his men and manage to escape from the beachhouse, from this point on, grateful to Ichiban, Eric joins him and his party.

Friendships/Allies: Yutaka Yamai (former patriarch, complicated ally) Ichiban Kasuga (friend, ally) Chitose Fujinomiya (friend, ally) Koichi Adachi (friend, ally) Kazuma Kiryu (friend, ally) Joongi Han (friend, ally) Yu Nanba (friend, ally) Saeko Mukoda (friend, ally) Tianyou Zhao (friend, ally) Seonhee (friend, ally)

Quirks: Tomizawa loves hot dogs and only goes to a movie theater to eat the ones they make there. Tomizawa likes watching baseball games live over on TV and he prefers his coffee to have a dark coarse grind only.