Date of Birth: August 4            Occupation: Businessman      Annual Income: 11-figure income      Residence: Tokyo      Height: 185 cm      Weight: 78 kg      Shoe Size: 28 cm      Eyesight: Sharp observer      Special Skills/Abilities, etc.: Teiou University, Economics Major        A shrewd, powerful businessman who deals in shady businesses as well has having connections with underworld leaders in China, Asami Ryuichi's past is never really known. It's shown that he does have one or two scruples left, although he is blatantly possessive and dominating. After having left Hong Kong without a word seven years ago, Asami had gone on with his businesses, and ended up meeting a photographer, Takaba Akihito, who had photographed vital evidence and was looking to expose him.

Freelance photographer Akihito Takaba is captured by the very subject he’s been stalking in his viewfinder—the handsome and enigmatic crime lord Asami Ryuichi! The older man ravages him, both body and mind. Does this mean the end for the naive photographer, or will he live to shoot another day?<br><br>
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Twenty-three year old Takaba Akihito is a young freelance photographer who takes pride in his work and seeks to get a major "scoop". After he takes photographs of the business dealings of crime lord Asami Ryuichi, Asami kidnaps and rapes him, beginning a sadomasochistic relationship between them as they find themselves continually drawn to one another. Fei Long, a rival Chinese boss who blames Asami for his father's death, takes an interest in Takaba, as well, seeking a way to get revenge.<br><br>
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__Height:__ 183 cm (6'0)

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Takaya Kuroda is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Axlone. And the lead singer of the rock band Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas.

He is best known for his bass voice, which has usually seen him cast in villainous roles. Because of his vocal resemblance to the late [Hirotaka Suzuoki](https://anilist.co/staff/95572/), he was chosen to replace Suzuoki as the voice of [Starscream](https://anilist.co/character/3913/) in Transformers as Suzuoki's health deteriorated.

To the western audiences he is probably most known for providing the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the Yakuza video game series. Kuroda is also the man who sings the famous "Baka Mitai" song related to the series.

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The official novelization of the first chapter of the manga Viewfinder by Yamane Ayano, originally released as a short story in B-Boy Phoenix in 2007. Only the first chapter of the manga was ever adapted into prose.


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