Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (リオデジャネイロ) is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It is the place where South Terano grew up in.

Three Deities Arc
Years prior to forming Rokuhara Tandai, South Terano lived in a favela with his bedridden mother located in Rio de Janeiro. Born as Minami Terano, South lived as a child in poverty until he was acquainted with Dino, a robust man who regularly took care of his sick mother and soon taught him how to survive in the slums as a foreigner. South ran endeavors for him as part of his upbringing as a child of violence, murdering Dino's enemies left and right as early as the age of five, then eventually becomes the infamous gangster, or "king," of the town.

Come the age of twelve, South beats Dino to his demise. He then builds a small gang called Dino South and successfully rules the favela with them. At the age of fourteen, a gang raids his house and takes his mother's life, prompting him to leave Brazil and move back to Japan where his grandparents live.

Trivia

 * In both the Japanese and English versions of Volume 26 featuring South Terano, Rio de Janeiro appears to be the backdrop of the volume cover.