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"For the sake of stability. Do you honestly think that imposing the rule of another country would work here?"

Tayama is a character from Shin Megami Tensei IV.

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Shin Megami Tensei IV

Tayama is the leader of the Ashura-kai whose name is feared in the modern world Tokyo. His goal is to bring order to the now chaotic land where humans and demons both reside whether they want to or not.

Under his Yakuza-esque command are an army of hoodlums as well as a special division dubbed the "Spiritual National Defense Force", consisting chiefly of demons native to Japan.


Tayama first sends a message to East Mikado expressing his desire to meet with Flynn, granting the group passage in the usually guarded Shibuya subway tunnel. He later reveals to them that he is holding an East Mikado Samurai hostage and will only let the latter go under the condition that they defeat Koga Saburo, a demon that is disrupting their operations in Club Milton.

Upon fulfilling said request, Tayama invites them over to their base of operations in Roppongi Hills. He then tells the group of his plans for creating a "utopia" where humans and demons coexist, even showing a video of children being raised under his ideals.

Retaining the Samurai hostage as an ace up his sleeve, Tayama sends Flynn on another assassination mission: this time, the target is the Ring of Gaea leader Yuriko.

Yuriko reveals to the group that there's more to Tayama beyond his lofty and supposedly noble goal. Making their way to Roppongi's underground Reverse Hills facility with information obtained from Fujiwara, Flynn's group finds that Ashura-kai hunts and captures the non-affiliated subway residents to be used as livestock; their brains conditioned and processed for harvesting Red Orbs, a substance that demons use for food.

Flynn's group is incapacitated by Yaso-Magatsuhi's hallucinogenic gas and are dragged back to Roppongi Hills.

In response to Walter, Isabeau and Jonathan addressing him as "Heartless", the "True Evil" and someone who is no different from a demon, Tayama shrugs off the insults, saying that all humans are weak and will have no qualms about taking someone else's life for self-preservation. In any desperate situation, all men can figuratively become demons.

He further insists that though seemingly cruel, this is a necessary step for his envisioned utopia. Demons and humans are in the same boat: None of them can leave Tokyo's ruined borders. To that end, he feels that the best way for them to coexist is under a sort of give-and-take relationship. Demons are provided a regular supply of Red Orbs in exchange for not harming the people under the Ashura-kai's wing.

If Flynn goes with Walter, Tayama will be seen deep inside the JGSDF Headquarters in Ichigaya. With a sarcastic welcome, Tayama puts them to task for siding with Yuriko and tries to stop them from opening the demon gate Yamato. He fears that doing so will bring forth an influx of demons so numerous that their Red Orb production would never be able to keep up. Tayama then summons Yamato Takeru, one of his Spiritual National Defense Force demons to kill them.

Upon Yamato Takeru's defeat, Tayama has no choice but to give up the Yamato Remote after being threatened by Walter. Scared and panicked, he makes a desperate plea to them not to activate it. If Flynn pushes the button, Tayama will be pulled into the gate. His fate afterwards is unknown, although it is mentioned later that some believe him to have died.

If Flynn follows Jonathan, Tayama will invade Tsukijihongwanji to try to kill Yuriko himself but fails miserably. His body will later be found in Ichigaya, as well as the gradually fading likeness of Yamato Takeru. Both were defeated by Walter before Flynn arrived.

Trivia

  • Tayama's earring is a green curved jade, namely magatama.
Characters
Main Flynn - Isabeau - Jonathan - Walter - Burroughs
Supporting Hope - Issachar - Gabby - Navarre - Hugo - K - Tayama - Kaga - Hikaru - Fujiwara - Skins - Mastema - Stephen - Black Samurai - The White - Kiyoharu - Akira - Kenji - Aquila - Ahazuya Mikado - Charon - Mido - Lucifer - Merkabah - Masakado
Minor Terminal Guardian - Nozomi - Minako
Adaptations Gina - Stan - Al-mi'raj - Asuma - Nicola - Ys
Setting
Locations Eastern Kingdom of Mikado - Mikado Castle - Naraku - Kiccigiorgi - Tokyo - Ueno - Chiyoda - Shinjuku - Ikebukuro - Kagome Tower - Shibuya - Roppongi - Ginza - Tsukiji Hongwanji - Midtown - Reverse Hills - Camp Ichigaya - Blasted Tokyo - Pluto Castle - Infernal Tokyo - Monochrome Forest - Tokyo Bay - Minami Sunamachi - Purgatorium - Lucifer Palace - River Styx
Organizations Samurai - Hunter Association - Ashura-kai - Ring of Gaea - National Defense Divinities - Counter Demon Force
Archives
Terminology COMP - Gauntlet Rite - Press Turn Battle - Smirk - Domain - Horde - Terminal - Cathedral of Shadows - Red Pill - Hunter - Yamato Perpetual Reactor - Whisper event - Demonoid - Neurisher - Cocoon - Streetpass
Lists Demons (Evolutions - Special Fusions) - Bosses - Skills - Items - Apps - Quests - Translations
Other Media
Games Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
Production Original Soundtrack
Publication DEMONIC GENE - -Prayers- - Artbook
Events Shin Megami Tensei Online Live 2021: Reason of Music
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