Taiju Shiba

Taiju Shiba is the former 10th leader of the Black Dragons.

Appearance
Similar to Draken, Taiju is a very tall and strong man, towering over every character, even Draken himself. His hair is blue and was kept long and tied up. He wears a custom Black Dragons uniform, where the uniform jacket is longer and red instead. He keeps his uniform jacket open, showing his chest. He has tribal tattoos styled in a series of swirls on the left side of his neck down to his chest and cursive tattoos below that. There is a giant cross tattoo on his back. He sports a crazed grin and exhibits all sorts of unusual expressions.

Personality
Taiju is brutal and abusive. He enjoys tormenting his opponents and has little care for others' wellbeing, even his own siblings'. He doesn't care who his opponent is, even if he is facing a girl. He trained the 10th generation Black Dragons gang, completely reforming it. Taiju was very abusive towards his siblings, going so far as to beat them over insignificant things.

He is a prideful individual, believing in the supremacy of his fighting abilities and in the strength of his gang. In addition, he is incredibly charismatic, completely capturing the hearts of his followers.

Despite his appearance and abusive personality, Taiju is a very religious Christian. He goes to church alone to pray on Christmas annually.

Taiju actually loves his two siblings very much, but his over-protectiveness became warped into domestic abuse.

History
Taiju is the eldest of the three Shiba siblings. Since the siblings lacked a parental figure Taiju took the position. He often is physical with his little sister Yuzuha and little brother Hakkai, even if he does care for them. He uses violence on his siblings as it is the only way he knows how to show his love. Beating down his siblings so they are often on the floor injured. Before telling them how much he loves them.

He believes that his younger brother is being manipulated against him; for not leaving Toman to come join him.

He is a devoted Christian who celebrates every holiday and on Christmas he heads to church and prays.

Since childhood Taiju was a natural leader, anyone who followed him loved him. Under him the Black Dragons became almost army-like changing the whole dynamic of the gang originally created by Shinichiro. He turns to wealthy individuals to get military power to strengthen the Black Dragons.

After the fight with Toman Taiju left his home to reform and change his ways.

Authority
During the time he was the Black Dragons' leader, he had absolute control over the powerful gang, directing and ordering them as he pleased.

Leadership Skills
Under Taiju, Black Dragons became incredibly formidable and united, with others observing how it was almost like an army. Taiju, along with his impressive strength, is also very charismatic. His followers do not merely obey him out of fear; they do so out of respect for him as well.

Fighting Prowess
Taiju is an incredibly powerful fighter. His blows are destructive and his endurance is also impressive. Taiju easily defeated elites of Toman, who were very competent fighters in their own right. He was the only person in the series to knock out Mikey without weapons, even if Mikey took that blow on purpose. In addition, he also woke up quickly after being hit at full force by Mikey's signature kick.

Etymology

 * The name Taiju means "big, great" (大) (tai) and "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life" (寿) (ju).
 * Taiju's surname Shiba means "brush, firewood" (柴).