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|name         = Asuka Kasen
|image = AsukaKasen-GTAIII.jpg
|image        = AsukaKasenGTAIII.jpg
|game_1 = GTA III
|games        = [[Grand Theft Auto III]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]
|game_2 = GTA Advance
|gender       = F
|name = Asuka Kasen
|pob         = [[Japan]]
|aka =  
|dod         = October [[2001]], in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
|status = Deceased
|home         = [[Newport]], Liberty City
|gender = F
|nationality = [[Japan|Japanese]]
|dob =
|family       = [[Kazuki Kasen]] (brother, deceased)<br>[[Kenji Kasen]] (brother, deceased)<br>[[Toshiko Kasen]] (sister-in-law, deceased)<br>[[Yuka]] (niece)
|dob-comment =
|affiliations = [[Yakuza]]<br>[[Claude]]<br>[[Maria Latore]]
|pob = Japan
|vehicles     = [[Yakuza Stinger]]
|dod = October 2001
|businesses   = Gun running, gambling, sushi restaurants and people trafficking
|dod-comment = <small>(during [[Ransom (GTA III)|Ransom]])</small>
|voice       = [[Lianna Pai]]
|home = [[Newport]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
|nationality = Japan
|family = [[Kazuki Kasen]] <small>(brother, deceased)</small><br>[[Kenji Kasen]] <small>(brother, deceased)</small><br>[[Toshiko Kasen]] <small>(sister-in-law, deceased)</small><br>[[Yuka]] <small>(niece)</small>
|affiliations = [[Yakuza]]<br />[[Mike]] <small>([[2000]] - [[2001]])</small><br />[[Ray Machowski]] <small>(until [[2001]])</small><br />[[Claude]] <small>([[2001]])</small>
|vehicles = [[Yakuza Stinger]]
|businesses = Sushi restaurants<br>Protection ring<br>Human trafficking<br>Gun running<br>Gambling
|voice = [[Lianna Pai]]
}}
}}
'''Asuka Kasen''' ([[wp:Japanese language|Japanese]]: '''加瀬明日香''', ''Hiragana: かせん あすか'', ''Romaji: Kasen Asuka'') is a character in the [[GTA III Era|3D Universe]] appearing as a main character in both [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (set in [[2001]]) and [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] (set in [[2000]], entering 2001). She is the [[Gang Leaders|co-leader]] of the [[Yakuza]] in both her appearances, alongside her brother [[Kenji Kasen|Kenji]]. Asuka is also related to former Yakuza leader [[Kazuki Kasen|Kazuki]], her brother, and her niece [[Yuka]]. She is voiced by [[Lianna Pai]].


'''Asuka Kasen''' (? - October [[2001]]) is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]. She is the sister of [[Kazuki Kasen|Kazuki]] and [[Kenji Kasen|Kenji]], the sister-in-law of [[Toshiko Kasen|Toshiko]] and the aunt of [[Yuka]]. From sometime between [[1998]] and [[2000]], she becomes the co-leader of the Yakuza alongside Kenji, succeeding her brother Kazuki who had been killed by [[Toni Cipriani]]. Asuka is voiced by [[Lianna Pai]] in GTA III.
== Character history ==
=== Up to 2001 ===
Asuka Kasen was born and raised in [[Japan]] along with her brothers [[Kazuki Kasen|Kazuki]] and [[Kenji Kasen|Kenji]]. She moved to the [[United States of America|United States]] in 1991, following Kazuki. She became co-leader of the [[Yakuza]] following the [[Cash in Kazuki's Chips|death]] of Kazuki at the hands of [[Leone Family]] mobster [[Toni Cipriani]]. After becoming [[Gang Leaders|co-leader]] she moved to [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and bought a [[Asuka Kasen's Condo|condo]] in the [[Newport]] district of [[Staunton Island]]. Under her and Kenji's leadership the Yakuza began to lose turf around the city. She later established a chain of sushi restaurants throughout the city.


Asuka arrived in the [[United States of America]] in 1991, becoming co-leader of the Yakuza, alongside Kenji, from Kazuki who had been [[Cash in Kazuki's Chips|killed]] by [[Leone Family]] member Toni Cipriani. Asuka is unusual, being a woman holding such a high ranking position. However, the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|Liberty City Police Department]] believe that due to her skills in "torture, security and information retrieval", she has been able to rise through the ranks. Asuka is also a sadomasochist and could have a bisexual dominatrix. Evidence of this can be seen in GTA III when she ties up friend [[Maria Latore]] and plays sadomasochistic games with her. At some point after arriving in Liberty City, she bought a [[Asuka Kasen's Condo|condo]] in the [[Newport]] district of [[Staunton Island]], Liberty City.
In [[2000]] she is joined in Liberty City by her niece, [[Yuka]], who is [[School's Out|kidnapped]] by [[Mike]] on orders from [[Cisco]], the leader of the [[Colombian Cartel]]. Asuka, unaware of Mike's role in Yuka's kidnapping, contacts him to [[Kid's A Hero|rescue her]], which he does. Mike gains the trust of Asuka after rescuing Yuka and begins working for her, [[Ante Up|collecting money]] from a casino owner, [[Two-Hand Toss|injuring]] a [[Vice City Mambas]] football player, [[Scorned Lover|killing]] [[Biff Rock]] (although Mike spares his life, convincing Asuka he killed him), [[Sue Me Sushi|identifying and kidnapping]] a truck driver delivering rotten fish to her sushi restaurants, [[Down The River|kidnap]] a number of [[Mafia]] mobsters and [[Bad Pimpin'|killing]] a pimp. Asuka later sells the Mafia mobsters to people in Asia as slaves.


[[Image:GTAA Asuka.jpg|left|thumb|Asuka Kasen in [[2000]]/[[2001]], in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]].]]
Asuka had also been looking into the death of [[Vinnie]], Mike's best friend, and gives Mike the location of the explosives expert responsible, although Mike finds the man already dead. He later discovers that Vinnie had faked his own death and after killing him, Mike decides to flee the city. Asuka offers her help but leads Mike into a Mafia ambush, although it is unknown whether this was intentional. Asuka, however, may have discovered Mike's role in the kidnapping of her niece. She continues living in the city but appears to send Yuka into hiding, as she does not appear in [[Grand Theft Auto III]].


In GTA Advance, Asuka contacts [[protagonist]] [[Mike]] after the mission [[School's Out]], requesting he meet her. She explains that her niece, Yuka, had been kidnapped by the [[Colombian Cartel]], unaware that Mike had kidnapped her for Cartel leader [[Cisco]]. She has Mike get Yuka [[School's Out|back from the Cartel]], before being convinced of Mike's value. Following this, Mike is sent to [[Ante Up|collect money]] from a casino owner, [[Two-Hand Toss|injure]] a [[Vice City Mambas]] football player, [[Scorned Lover|kill]] [[Biff Rock]] (although Mike spares his life), [[Sue Me Sushi|identify and kidnap]] a truck driver delivering rotten fish, [[Down The River|kidnap]] a number of [[Mafia]] (presumably [[Leone Family]]) gang members to be sold in Asia as slaves and [[Bad Pimpin'|kill]] a pimp. Asuka then reveals the location of an explosives expert involved in the [[Getaway|death]] of [[Vinnie]], although upon arriving Mike finds that he is dead. Later, as Mike attempts to escape [[Liberty City in GTA Advance|Liberty City]], Asuka offers her assistance, with Mike entering a Mafia ambush. It remains unknown whether Asuka had led Mike into an ambush, which would mean she had worked with the Mafia (after having Mafia gang members kidnapped) and the [[Uptown Yardies]]. Asuka could have, however, discovered Mike's involvement in Yuka's kidnapping. Asuka may have sent Yuka into hiding, as she does not appear in GTA III, which directly follows the events of GTA Advance.
=== Final years and death ===
Asuka continues to live in the city and helps her old friend, [[Maria Latore]], escape from the clutches of [[Leone Family]] Don [[Salvatore Leone]], along with Maria's 'boyfriend' [[Claude]]. Asuka helps them escape by boat to [[Staunton Island]], telling Claude that he needs to prove himself before she will employ him. [[Sayonara Salvatore|She tasks Claude with killing his former boss, Salvatore Leone, which he does.]] She later orders him [[Under Surveillance|kill]] a number of Leone Family hitmen located opposite her brothers [[Kenji's Casino|casino]], a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Paparazzi Purge|reporter]] and an [[Two-Faced Tanner|undercover]] [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police officer]] named [[Tanner]]. Asuka, satisfied of Claude's abilities, introduces him to her brother Kenji and corrupt police officer [[Ray Machowski]], who both employ him on Asuka's word.


Asuka first appears in GTA III during the mission [[Last Requests]], after Maria Latore had asked for her help in escaping to Staunton Island. Asuka, a long time friend of Maria's, meets [[Claude]] for the first time. Asuka helps the two escape from Maria's husband and Leone Family [[Boss|Don]] [[Salvatore Leone]], although she remains uncertain about where Claude's loyalties lie. She agrees to employ him if he [[Sayonara Salvatore|kills]] Salvatore, with Claude returning to [[Portland Island]] and killing Salvatore after he leaves [[Luigi's Sex Club 7]]. Convinced his ties with the Leone Family are through, she has him [[Under Surveillance|kill]] a number of Leone Family hitmen located opposite her brothers [[Kenji's Casino|casino]], then a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Paparazzi Purge|reporter]] and an [[Two-Faced Tanner|undercover]] police officer, called [[Tanner]]. Asuka then introduces Claude to her brother Kenji and corrupt policeman [[Ray Machowski]].
Claude, always looking for work, begins to work for businessman and media mogul [[Donald Love]], who has him [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout|kill]] Kenji Kasen, disguised as a Colombian Cartel member, to spark a gang war to drive down real estate prices. Asuka, enraged by her brothers death, attacks a Cartel-controlled construction site and captures a wounded [[Miguel]], torturing him for information about Cartel business, also teaching Maria in the art of torture. With the information gained from Miguel, she has Claude [[Bait|kill]] three Cartel death squads, [[Espresso-2-Go!|stop]] the sale of [[SPANK]] by the [[Uptown Yardies]] and [[S.A.M.|steal]] SPANK packages at [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]], after which he returns to the the construction site to find Asuka and Miguel [[Ransom (GTA III)|dead]]. [[Catalina]], the leader of the Colombian Cartel, had also left a ransom note for Maria, who is later [[The Exchange (GTA III)|rescued]] by Claude.


[[Image:Asuka Kasen's Condo.jpg|right|thumb|Asuka's [[Asuka Kasen's Condo|condo]] in [[Newport]], where Asuka gives her missions from in [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]].]]
== Trivia ==
* Asuka Kasen is in the unusual position of being a female with a high ranking position within the [[Yakuza]]. The LCPD, however, believe that her position is due to skills in "torture, security and information retrieval". This can be evidenced when she tortures Miguel. This may also refer to the wife of [[:wp:Kazuo Taoka|Kazuo Taoka]] temporarily taking over his role as head of the [[:wp:Yamaguchi-gumi|Yamaguchi-Gumi]] (Japan's largest, most powerful Yakuza family) in 1981 after her husband passed away.
* Asuka is also a sadomasochist, with an interest in bondage. Evidence of this can be seen in GTA III as her seeming enjoyment towards torturing Miguel; her behavior has also been carried over into the GTA Advance depiction; as well as her presumed shibari session with Maria mentioned in the script of [[Payday For Ray]] and the implication that she owns a vibrator as referenced in [[Sayonara Salvatore]].
* The working name for Asuka during the development of GTA III was Kemuri (けむり).<ref>"~g~Maria and Kemuri are all tied up at the moment -Drop by later!" in American.gxt.</ref>
* The name shown on concept artwork of her released by [[Rockstar Games]] is shown to '''Atsuka''', rather than Asuka.
* Asuka's name may be a play on the name of the huge Japanese corporation [[:wp:Asahi Kasei|Asahi Kasei]].
* In the mission [[Grand Theft Aero]], Asuka claims to have seen the [[Colombian Cartel|Cartel]] assassin that killed [[Kenji Kasen|her brother]]. However, this statement is actually false, as she was nowhere to be seen during the mission [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout!]].


Claude also begins to work for other people in the [[Liberty City in GTA III|city]], including businessman [[Donald Love]]. He employs Claude to kill Kenji Kasen, disguising himself as a Cartel member. After the death of her brother, she launches a full scale war with the Cartel, managing to kidnap [[Miguel]] at a [[Panlantic Construction Company]] building site in [[Fort Staunton]]. Asuka begins to torture Miguel for Cartel secrets, teaching Maria the art of torture along the way. After gaining Cartel secrets, Asuka dispatches Claude to attack the Cartel's operations. This includes [[Bait|killing]] three death squads comprised of Cartel members, [[Espresso-2-Go!|stopping the sale]] of [[SPANK]] by the Uptown Yardies and [[S.A.M.|stealing]] SPANK packages at [[Francis International Airport]]. After collecting the SPANK packages, Claude returns to the construction site to [[Ransom|find Asuka and Miguel dead]], with a ransom note left by Cartel leader [[Catalina]].
== Gallery ==
<center><gallery>
File:AsukaKasen-GTAIII-artwork.jpg|Concept artwork for Asuka Kasen in GTA III.
File:AsukaKasen'sCondo-GTAIII-southwestwards.jpg|[[Asuka Kasen's Condo]] in GTA III.
File:AsukaKasen-GTAA.png|Asuka Kasen circa [[2000]]/[[2001]], in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance|GTA Advance]].
</gallery></center>


==GTA Advance Mission Appearances==
== Mission appearances ==
* [[Kid's A Hero]] (Boss)
; GTA III
* [[Ante Up]] (Boss)
* [[Two-Hand Toss]] (Boss)
* [[Scorned Lover]] (Boss)
* [[Sue Me Sushi]] (Boss)
* [[Down The River]] (Boss)
* [[Bad Pimpin']] (Boss)
* [[Assault Joint]] (Boss)
 
==GTA III Mission Appearances==
* [[Last Requests]]
* [[Last Requests]]
* [[Sayonara Salvatore]] (Boss)
* [[Sayonara Salvatore]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Under Surveillance]] (Boss)
* [[Under Surveillance]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Paparazzi Purge]] (Voice/Boss)
* [[Paparazzi Purge]] <small>(Voice/Boss)</small>
* [[Payday For Ray]] (Boss)
* [[Payday For Ray]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Two-Faced Tanner]] (Voice/Boss)
* [[Two-Faced Tanner]] <small>(Voice/Boss)</small>
* [[Grand Theft Aero]]
* [[Grand Theft Aero]]
* [[Bait]] (Boss)
* [[Bait]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Espresso-2-Go!]] (Boss)
* [[Espresso-2-Go!]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[S.A.M.]] (Boss/Killed)
* [[S.A.M.]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Ransom (GTA III)|Ransom]] <small>(Deceased)</small>


==Trivia==
; GTA Advance
*Asuka was originally supposed to be named "Kemuri". <ref>"~g~Maria and Kemuri are all tied up at the moment -Drop by later!" in American.gtx.</ref>
* [[Kid's A Hero]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Ante Up]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Two-Hand Toss]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Scorned Lover]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Sue Me Sushi]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Down The River]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Bad Pimpin']] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Assault Joint]] <small>(Boss)</small>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:33, 13 January 2015

Character
Asuka Kasen
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Appearances GTA III
GTA Advance
Full Name Asuka Kasen
Status

Deceased

Gender Gender::Female
Place of Birth Japan
Date of Death October 2001 (during Ransom)
Nationality Japanese
Home Newport, Liberty City
Family Kazuki Kasen (brother, deceased)
Kenji Kasen (brother, deceased)
Toshiko Kasen (sister-in-law, deceased)
Yuka (niece)
Main Affiliations Yakuza
Mike (2000 - 2001)
Ray Machowski (until 2001)
Claude (2001)
Vehicles Yakuza Stinger
Businesses Sushi restaurants
Protection ring
Human trafficking
Gun running
Gambling
Voiced by Lianna Pai
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Asuka Kasen (Japanese: 加瀬明日香, Hiragana: かせん あすか, Romaji: Kasen Asuka) is a character in the 3D Universe appearing as a main character in both Grand Theft Auto III (set in 2001) and Grand Theft Auto Advance (set in 2000, entering 2001). She is the co-leader of the Yakuza in both her appearances, alongside her brother Kenji. Asuka is also related to former Yakuza leader Kazuki, her brother, and her niece Yuka. She is voiced by Lianna Pai.

Character history

Up to 2001

Asuka Kasen was born and raised in Japan along with her brothers Kazuki and Kenji. She moved to the United States in 1991, following Kazuki. She became co-leader of the Yakuza following the death of Kazuki at the hands of Leone Family mobster Toni Cipriani. After becoming co-leader she moved to Liberty City and bought a condo in the Newport district of Staunton Island. Under her and Kenji's leadership the Yakuza began to lose turf around the city. She later established a chain of sushi restaurants throughout the city.

In 2000 she is joined in Liberty City by her niece, Yuka, who is kidnapped by Mike on orders from Cisco, the leader of the Colombian Cartel. Asuka, unaware of Mike's role in Yuka's kidnapping, contacts him to rescue her, which he does. Mike gains the trust of Asuka after rescuing Yuka and begins working for her, collecting money from a casino owner, injuring a Vice City Mambas football player, killing Biff Rock (although Mike spares his life, convincing Asuka he killed him), identifying and kidnapping a truck driver delivering rotten fish to her sushi restaurants, kidnap a number of Mafia mobsters and killing a pimp. Asuka later sells the Mafia mobsters to people in Asia as slaves.

Asuka had also been looking into the death of Vinnie, Mike's best friend, and gives Mike the location of the explosives expert responsible, although Mike finds the man already dead. He later discovers that Vinnie had faked his own death and after killing him, Mike decides to flee the city. Asuka offers her help but leads Mike into a Mafia ambush, although it is unknown whether this was intentional. Asuka, however, may have discovered Mike's role in the kidnapping of her niece. She continues living in the city but appears to send Yuka into hiding, as she does not appear in Grand Theft Auto III.

Final years and death

Asuka continues to live in the city and helps her old friend, Maria Latore, escape from the clutches of Leone Family Don Salvatore Leone, along with Maria's 'boyfriend' Claude. Asuka helps them escape by boat to Staunton Island, telling Claude that he needs to prove himself before she will employ him. She tasks Claude with killing his former boss, Salvatore Leone, which he does. She later orders him kill a number of Leone Family hitmen located opposite her brothers casino, a Liberty Tree reporter and an undercover police officer named Tanner. Asuka, satisfied of Claude's abilities, introduces him to her brother Kenji and corrupt police officer Ray Machowski, who both employ him on Asuka's word.

Claude, always looking for work, begins to work for businessman and media mogul Donald Love, who has him kill Kenji Kasen, disguised as a Colombian Cartel member, to spark a gang war to drive down real estate prices. Asuka, enraged by her brothers death, attacks a Cartel-controlled construction site and captures a wounded Miguel, torturing him for information about Cartel business, also teaching Maria in the art of torture. With the information gained from Miguel, she has Claude kill three Cartel death squads, stop the sale of SPANK by the Uptown Yardies and steal SPANK packages at Francis International Airport, after which he returns to the the construction site to find Asuka and Miguel dead. Catalina, the leader of the Colombian Cartel, had also left a ransom note for Maria, who is later rescued by Claude.

Trivia

  • Asuka Kasen is in the unusual position of being a female with a high ranking position within the Yakuza. The LCPD, however, believe that her position is due to skills in "torture, security and information retrieval". This can be evidenced when she tortures Miguel. This may also refer to the wife of Kazuo Taoka temporarily taking over his role as head of the Yamaguchi-Gumi (Japan's largest, most powerful Yakuza family) in 1981 after her husband passed away.
  • Asuka is also a sadomasochist, with an interest in bondage. Evidence of this can be seen in GTA III as her seeming enjoyment towards torturing Miguel; her behavior has also been carried over into the GTA Advance depiction; as well as her presumed shibari session with Maria mentioned in the script of Payday For Ray and the implication that she owns a vibrator as referenced in Sayonara Salvatore.
  • The working name for Asuka during the development of GTA III was Kemuri (けむり).[1]
  • The name shown on concept artwork of her released by Rockstar Games is shown to Atsuka, rather than Asuka.
  • Asuka's name may be a play on the name of the huge Japanese corporation Asahi Kasei.
  • In the mission Grand Theft Aero, Asuka claims to have seen the Cartel assassin that killed her brother. However, this statement is actually false, as she was nowhere to be seen during the mission Waka-Gashira Wipeout!.

Gallery

Mission appearances

GTA III
GTA Advance

References

  1. ↑ "~g~Maria and Kemuri are all tied up at the moment -Drop by later!" in American.gxt.
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