Shigeru Akagi

Shigeru Akagi is a character featured in Nobuyuki Fukumoto's mahjong gambling manga series. He first appeared as an old man in the manga Ten, and later starred as the titular protagonist of Akagi, which chronicles his rise to fame as a teenager in the underground gambling world. He is described as a genius who likes taking insanely risky bets in mahjong - sometimes literally making it a game of life and death - and almost always finds a way to come out on top. Outside of the mahjong table, Akagi spends his life as a drifter, appearing and disappearing without notice, and doing whatever he wants on a whim.

Akagi's intelligence, ballsy attitude, and independence has led him to be labeled as "GAR" by users from 4chan's /a/, which is helped by the manga's distinctive artstyle of pointy chins and noses. He was a contestant of the board's original SaiGAR tournament in 2007 where he attained a remarkable final four finish, only losing to eventual winner Guts.

Matches
SaiGAR 2007
 * (3-way): Akagi > Manji > Taishi (275 - 71 - 38)
 * (3-way): Akagi >  Captain Harlock > SHIKI (192 - 165 - 76)
 * Hajime Saito @ Rurouni Kenshin -- 196 - 152
 * Kenshiro @ Fist of the North Star -- 230 - 213
 * Guts @ Berserk -- 239 - 285

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 * NamuWiki (Korean)