South Terano/Synopsis

History
Born Minami Terano, South Terano grew up in Rio de Janeiro with his bedridden mother; his only childhood toy was an old piano. A gang leader named Dino functioned as his mother's caregiver and a surrogate father. He introduced Terano, a Japanese native, to Brazilian gang life at the age of five. Dino groomed Terano into violence by ordering him to shoot men he considered his enemies. For this killing, Terano received money and bought new shoes, thus learning the benefits of violence. After Terano's success, Dino dubs him "South".

South's physical impressive strength displays itself; at twelve, he kills Dino by beating him to death and inherits Dino's gang, Dino South. Two years later, a rival gang raid kills South's mother. With both parental figures dead, South moves back to Japan to live with his grandparents. He continues his gang activity there, eventually landing in juvenile detention.

In detention, he encounters the recently incarcerated S62 Generation members and hears of their involvement in the Kanto Uprising; they are considered the men who rule Kanto. From this, South concludes that if he defeats them, he can be Kanto's top gangster. Eagar to build his own era, South easily defeats Ran, Rindo, Shion, Mucho, and Mocchi.

Around a year later, in 2007, South is released from detention; in the same year, he, alongside the Haitani Brothers, Mocchi, and Shion, created Rokuhara Tandai. South expresses his desire to recruit Kakucho into Rokuhara Tandai. Ran replies that Kakucho will not listen to him; his involvement in Tenjiku only came about under Izana's bidding. Laughing in reply, South assures Ran that he is good at negotiating. South's form of "negotiating" comes in the form of brutally beating Kakucho in an alley. As he lays on the ground, beaten and bruised, Kakucho admits his defeat to a grinning South; subsequently, he joins Rokukara Tandai.

Plot
Terano is mentioned when Kazushi Yamagishi informs Takemichi Hanagaki about the current state of the delinquent world after he returns to the past. He is revealed to be one of the three formidable individuals who rose up and put a stop to Tokyo's Sengoku Period that resulted from the Tokyo Manji Gang's disbandment.

Terano makes his first official appearance when he throws Inui at Draken and Takemichi while they are riding on Draken's motorcycle. He surrounds Draken, Inui, and Takemichi with the gang he represents, Rokuhara Tandai. He then asks Draken to partner up with him.

Draken declines, stating that he has already retired and does not want anything to do with gangs anymore. This infuriates Terano, as his whole purpose for arriving in Tokyo was to defeat Toman, and he proceeds to pummel Draken with heavy strikes. Draken takes his blows with a pained grimace, but does not retaliate, holding true to his statement that he is done with gang matters. With Draken on the ground, struggling to get up, Terano turns his attention to Takemichi, but their interaction gets cut off when Brahman, led by its deputy leader Takeomi Akashi, arrives at the scene.

Terano watches as the tension intensifies and is suddenly attacked by Senju Kawaragi. Draken then challenges Terano, but they are cut off by the sound of police sirens. Terano tells calls off a retreat.

Terano makes his next appearance when he is informed of Draken's death. He beats the perpetrators to a bloody pulp, but commends their work. He leads his gang to confront Brahman for a battle.

When the gangs meet, he is exuberant to see Mikey and the Kanto Manji Gang arrive. He then engages in a battle against Wakasa Imaushi and Keizo Arashi.

Though not explicitly stated yet, it is implied that he ultimately fell at the hands of Mikey, as his subordinates were seen to be Mikey's underlings in the future with Bonten.