The Blacksuits (黒服) are the main workforce working under the Teiai Corporation. They are featured throughout the series as background characters and take an antagonistic role when ordered to.
They are depicted as an unbeatable force, as characters within the series never fight back due to them always working in groups.
Appearance
Although they are all required to wear the same black suits, there are subtle differences in their facial features and sunglasses. Most of them also share the same haircut (with a few exceptions).
They are all well built, as needed to beat up or overpower their enemies through force. They are also predominantly male.
Personality
In general, most of them lack any remorse or emotion towards those who are marked by the Teiai Corporation or their superiors. They have occasionally reacted with surprise or other subtle expressions to events before them, though they are quick to return to their stoic selves.
Despite sometimes being treated harshly by their superiors, they do seem to show some genuine concern over them when their superiors get into trouble themselves.
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They are given more characteristics and individuality in the spinoff series. A lot of them are also given names.
Known Members
Kaiji
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Team Tonegawa
Unaffiliated
Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou
Gallery
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Manga
Anime
Character Sheets
Pachinko
LINE Stickers
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Trivia
- In Nobuyuki Fukumoto's work Akagi, the antagonist Washizu Iwao employs whitesuits (白服).
- In the first live action film adaptation, Nobuyuki Fukumoto makes a cameo as a blacksuit.[1]
- The Kind Gentleman is voiced by Tatsuya Fujiwara, the actor who portrays Kaiji in the live action film series. [2]
- The unnamed candidate has a very distinct chin and jawline similar to Kurosawa, the protagonist of Nobuyuki Fukumoto's work Saikyou Densetsu Kurosawa.
- Most of the Blacksuits share an interest in bowling.