Height: 184cm Weight: 88kg Date of Birth: June 17, 1968 Blood Type: O Code Name: Joryu He usually has a calm and cool personality and does not get worked up over minor things. However, despite being a yakuza, he possesses a strong sense of justice and deep compassion. He is a good old-fashioned yakuza (though calling a yakuza "good" is a bit strange) who values duty, humanity, and honor. He is also very caring, sometimes taking consultations from young members of the organization or even ordinary people he meets in town. He has a kind side toward people in trouble, women, and children. Perhaps because he is weak to pressure, he often gets caught up in trouble. Also, since he says he has "no interest in hitting women," he often lets female enemies go. In fact, perhaps due to his chivalrous nature, he is often shown affection by female characters appearing in both the main and sub-stories. Furthermore, Kiryu himself naturally displays behavior that charms women, making him quite a handsome man, whether he knows it or not. While he never shows mercy to irredeemable scum who hurt innocent people for their own selfish desires (such as Kyohei Jingu, Tetsuo Tamashiro, Tsuneo Iwami, etc.), he also has the depth of character to let bygones be bygones and accept those who have turned their fangs on him or tried to kill him, provided they are not villains at heart or are people whose character he has come to recognize. His way of speaking is decisive and brief, using terms like "It is so," "I see," "That's right," and "What?"

An agent of the secret organization "Daidoji Faction" and the handler for Kazuma Kiryu (Joryu). Born November 14, 1973. Blood type A. Since he is addressed with honorifics by agents other than Yoshimura, it can be inferred that he holds a fairly veteran position within the faction. His speech is calm and polite, always using formal language, but he has a personality that inserts sarcasm and irony into conversations to the point where those around him inwardly think he "says one word too many." Hanawa, who basically tries to be loyal to the organization, and Kiryu, who often acts on his own discretion, frequently clash in opinion, but they still trust and respect each other (Hanawa himself understands Kiryu's personality and has a certain level of resignation). He was requested to guard a gold bullion transport at the Yokohama pier, but it wasn't just a job; they were attacked, and he was saved by Kiryu just as he was about to be beaten and taken away by someone. He identified the leader of the attacking group as Mr. X and pursued him with Kiryu, but Mr. X's true identity was revealed to be Yuki Tsuruno, the captain of the Watase Family of the Omi Alliance. He was attacked by Kosei Shishido, a lieutenant of the Watase Family, taken hostage, and brought to Sotenbori in Osaka. He was rescued by Kiryu, who had also been ordered to dispose of Tsuruno. To take responsibility for the series of failures, he was ordered by Yoshimura to execute Kiryu. However, because he had been saved by Kiryu twice before and because of Kiryu's attitude of prioritizing others over himself, he could not fire the gun, dropped it, and was shot by Yoshimura. However, Yoshimura's gun was loaded with blanks; in reality, the relationship between Kiryu and Hanawa was being tested by the Chief, and they were deemed to have passed. Behind the scenes, Yuki Tsuruno had handed over 50 billion yen entrusted to him by Masaru Watase to the Daidoji Faction. At this point, Kiryu's dismissal had been decided, but the final judgment was left to Hanawa's gun, and the result went exactly as the Chief intended.