Takashi Ten
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Character information
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Takashi Ten is the title character and one of the protagonists of the Ten manga series. He is a seemingly carefree man who specializes in cheating at mahjong, but during the course of the series he ends up becoming one of the top players in the Japanese mahjong underworld and the leader of the East faction in the East-West War.
Skills
- Mahjong: At the start of the series, Ten seems to only be able to excel in mahjong through cheating. His specialty is his tenhou chuuren poutou, where he has the lights go out and then replaces his entire starting hand with a very rare and valuable winning hand for a massive amount of points. As the story progresses, however, he shows that his mastery of the game exceeds that, and he is able to complement his cheating expertise with strategy and reading his opponents.
Modus operandi
A naturally kind-hearted man, Ten is well-known in the local mahjong scene for coming to the rescue of players with big losses, especially against dangerous opponents like yakuza. Ten's strategy for these games is to play dumb and then win everything back at the last minute by cheating blatantly using his signature tenhou chuuren poutou. The goal of this performance is to focus the opponent's ire on himself, usually leading to him getting beaten up but letting the previous losers off the hook.
Notable Tricks
- Tenhou Chuuren Poutou Trick (Ten, chapter 1)
- Chinitsu Bluff Trick (Ten, chapter 6)
- Cigarette Ganpai Trick (Ten, chapter 8)
- Hidden Chuuren Poutou Trick (Ten, chapters 9-10)
