TV-Series
Description
Takashi Ando, alias "King," leads the G Boys, a youth gang committed to preserving peace and safeguarding members in Ikebukuro. His appearance shifts across adaptations: the anime depicts blonde hair parted left, blue eyes, and a gray suit with black shoes, while the live-action drama features messy dyed-blonde hair, a white singlet, baggy white jeans, a gold marijuana-symbol necklace, and sometimes a checkered black-and-white jacket with a yellow G Boys bandana. He stands 1.75 meters tall with blood type A.
Takashi displays a playful, goofy exterior toward allies but wields ruthless, strategic leadership. His self-confidence, physical strength, and refusal to reveal weakness attract female admirers. He enforces strict principles, forbidding drug trade or use within the G Boys despite their other illegal ventures.
As an old schoolmate of protagonist Makoto Majima, Takashi leverages their history to aid Makoto in dangerous scenarios—always demanding favors in return. He persistently pressures Makoto to join the G Boys, though Makoto declines. The gang operates as a coalition of factions led by subordinates like Hiroto Ikeuchi, with Takashi as supreme leader.
Key events include Takashi violently punishing impersonators of the G Boys and mediating tensions between Makoto and gang members during a bowling alley confrontation. When rival gang Red Angels, led by Kyoichi Ozaki, emerges, Takashi avoids conflict initially but intervenes upon discovering OK Holdings—a corporation employing G Boys members—exploits workers and pits both gangs against each other. This forces temporary G Boys-Red Angels cooperation to expose the corporation, culminating in a territorial split: G Boys control Ikebukuro's west.
Takashi confronts betrayal by former schoolmate Yamai, who frames him for drug dealing. Takashi severs Yamai’s finger and expels him; Yamai later joins the Black Angels (or Red Angels) and fuels gang conflicts. During one clash, Mitsuki Fujimoto shoots Takashi, though he survives. His personal life includes a relationship with Jessie, an older woman fluent in Russian.
Later, Takashi collaborates with Makoto to investigate a serial rapist-murderer after Makoto’s girlfriend Rika becomes a victim. This showcases Takashi’s willingness to pursue morally ambiguous methods for justice, occasionally resulting in unintended consequences like punishing innocent suspects.
Takashi displays a playful, goofy exterior toward allies but wields ruthless, strategic leadership. His self-confidence, physical strength, and refusal to reveal weakness attract female admirers. He enforces strict principles, forbidding drug trade or use within the G Boys despite their other illegal ventures.
As an old schoolmate of protagonist Makoto Majima, Takashi leverages their history to aid Makoto in dangerous scenarios—always demanding favors in return. He persistently pressures Makoto to join the G Boys, though Makoto declines. The gang operates as a coalition of factions led by subordinates like Hiroto Ikeuchi, with Takashi as supreme leader.
Key events include Takashi violently punishing impersonators of the G Boys and mediating tensions between Makoto and gang members during a bowling alley confrontation. When rival gang Red Angels, led by Kyoichi Ozaki, emerges, Takashi avoids conflict initially but intervenes upon discovering OK Holdings—a corporation employing G Boys members—exploits workers and pits both gangs against each other. This forces temporary G Boys-Red Angels cooperation to expose the corporation, culminating in a territorial split: G Boys control Ikebukuro's west.
Takashi confronts betrayal by former schoolmate Yamai, who frames him for drug dealing. Takashi severs Yamai’s finger and expels him; Yamai later joins the Black Angels (or Red Angels) and fuels gang conflicts. During one clash, Mitsuki Fujimoto shoots Takashi, though he survives. His personal life includes a relationship with Jessie, an older woman fluent in Russian.
Later, Takashi collaborates with Makoto to investigate a serial rapist-murderer after Makoto’s girlfriend Rika becomes a victim. This showcases Takashi’s willingness to pursue morally ambiguous methods for justice, occasionally resulting in unintended consequences like punishing innocent suspects.