Taira (平, たいら), full name Kiyofumi Taira (平清文, たいら きよふみ), is a third year student at Reihō Academy and is a member of the school's Four Kings. He is known to not play fair and will use dirty tricks in order to get the upper hand on his enemies.
Taira was previously close friends with Yorikazu Minamoto, though the two have been pretty distant from each other when Taira was excessively focused on coming out on top.
Appearances[]
Downtown Nekketsu Story[]
Taira debuted in Downtown Nekketsu Story as one of the game's bosses. He is fought within the empty lot at Midori Town and is one of the bosses that must be beaten in order to reach Masao Kobayashi.
In River City Ransom and Street Gangs, Taira is renamed to Mojo.
Downtown Special Kunio-kun's Historical Period Drama![]
Taira plays the role of Tamekichi.
Tamekichi appears as a boss fight in the game and will warn Kunimasa of Heishichi's strength upon being defeated.
Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen'in Shūgō[]
Downtown Nekketsu Baseball Monogatari: Yakyū de Shōbu da! Kunio-kun[]
Taira appears as a member of Reihō Academy's team.
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari EX[]
Taira appears in the same role as he did in the original versions of the game.
Nekketsu Kōkō Online: Yamada no Fukushū[]
River City: Knights of Justice[]
River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~[]
Taira appears as a member of Reihō's Top 4 team and is able to be played outside of the story mode. Taira is able to use the Boomerang Shot and Mach Bash.
Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki[]
River City: Rival Showdown[]
River City: Rival Showdown is a remake of Downtown Nekketsu Story. The game takes place before River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~.
Three months prior to the main story, Taira is approached by Taiki Yamada at the Yumemi Spa where he picks a fight with him by calling him the weakest link in Reihō's Four Kings. Taira appears confused as to why Yamada is looking for a fight because he's an honor student that isn't involved in any street fighting, though gets angry enough to start the fight when Yamada continues to insult him. Upon being defeated, Yamada requests Taira to join him as a subordinate and put his underhanded tactics to use, where Taira remains quiet and Yamada attempts to brainwash him. Taira gets back up shortly after Yamada leaves and appears unphased by the brainwashing and confused as to what just happened.
In the main story, Taira tricks Mika Sakagami into posing as a Reihō student interested in Kunio where she was told it was intended as a prank, though was actually used as a trap to get Kunio jumped by his goons with a girl watching. Taira is first seen during the second day at Hanazono Park with his goons where he was initially going to target Riki's girlfriend Mami Shimada as a way to bring Hanazono High School to a heel, he switches to his backup plan of jumping Riki at Starpark Café as Minamoto has not yet shown up to the park. Taira is then seen at the café getting ready to instigate a fight with Riki by mentioning his current search for Mami, though is interrupted when Kunio walks into the café by surprise and backs up Riki. Taira and his goons are all successfully taken down by the two. Minamoto walks into the café and reveals to Taira that he was the one who informed Kunio of his plans and wishes for Taira to return back to who he was in middle school. Taira ignores Minamoto's advice and punches him in the stomach, where he then calls in some gym trainers he hired as a backup. After the fight, Minamoto tries to talk some sense into Taira once again, though he passes out and is instead taken to the hospital by Minamoto.
On the third day Taira is hiding in Kobayashi's abandoned factory with Mami in his custody, where Kunio hears a sound coming from the room after his battle against Kobayashi. Taira attempts to attack Kunio from behind as he's surprised that he showed up, but loses to him once again in a fight. Taira claims that Kunio should be thanking him as he currently had Mami hidden away from a different party who attempted to kidnap her. Kunio asks who the mastermind of the kidnapping is, to which Taira remains unsure and only knows that it's someone using Reihō as a cover and that they were posing as one of his goons. Taira passes out once again, to where Minamoto carries him outside of the factory.
Taira later appears on the final day with Minamoto and his goons inside of Reihō Academy. Riki claims Taira was the one behind Mami's second kidnapping, though Taira explains that it was Ryūichi and Ryūji Hattori who were responsible, as the Dragon Twin's methods are far more crude than Taira's. Now angry, Taira gets ready to fight Kunio and Riki. On the true ending, Sanjūrō Sugata and Haruka Nanase will join the fight to assist Kunio.
In the Double Dragon Duel mode, Taira's River City Ransom counterpart Mojo will appear as a playable character and opponent in the tournament. When playing this gamemode in the main story, Minamoto will always select Mojo as his character.
River City Melee: Battle Royal Special[]
Taira returns as a member of Reihō's Top 4 team and is involved in the story mode. Taira is able to use the Mach Stomp and Frankensteiner.
River City Melee Mach!![]
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms[]
Taira plays the role of Yu Jin, a serious and strict general in Cao Cao (Yamada)'s army.
Yu Jin is first seen in Xu's barracks during the fourth chapter and is able to spar with Guan Yu (Kunio). Yu Jin expresses his distaste towards Guan Yu and states that he pisses him off. During the finale of the fifth chapter, Yu Jin alongside Zhang He (Kinoshita) make a brief appearance as a boss fight at the Dangyang Bridge when Guan Yu successfully rescues Mi Zhu (Saori) and goes to meet back up with his allies. During the Battle of Red Cliffs in the final chapter, Yu Jin runs into Guan Yu and Huang Gai (Washio) on one of the ships and states that he regrets not taking out Guan Yu while he was temporarily working under Cao Cao's army.
Taira was added to the China Heroes gamemode as a bonus character that is unlocked by default in the English release of the game. In this gamemode, Taira is able to use the Aerial Elbow, Drop Kick, a grab variation of the Screw, a weapon throw that will shrink the size of the projectile, Mach Strike, Dunk Special, Fatal Steps, and a variant of the Iai Slash as his super special.
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next[]
Taira retains his role as Yu Jin.
Other media appearances[]
Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun[]
Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Rantō Enbu-hen[]
Taira was played by Reizi Sakagaki.
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