Shigekiyo Yangu (矢安宮 重清, Yangū Shigekiyo), nicknamed Shigechi (重ちー, Shigechī), is a key character in Diamond Is Unbreakable; featured centrally in "Shigechi's" Harvest and Yoshikage Kira Wants a Quiet Life.
Introduced as neutral or a minor villain, Shigechi befriends Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura shortly before he confronts Yoshikage Kira.
Shigechi is a short and stocky teenage boy.
Apparently bald, his crown is textured by short spikes, and he has thick, drooping earlobes. He has small, high eyebrows, and youthful features. His teeth are misaligned, and he is missing his left maxillary central incisor.
He wears a modified, dark school uniform with studs outlining his chest in two "V"s, and in a line drawn downwards from each angle, touching high points on a serrated cut lining the bottom of his jacket.
Shigechi initially comes off as naive or unintelligent, with little thought for the creative use of his powers beyond gathering lost change.
He also appears socially inept, being overjoyed at the thought of having friends in Josuke and Okuyasu and giving them without second thought a share of the spoils he acquired through Harvest, if too much money isn't concerned Shigechi is always friendly. Shigechi also held strong familial loyalty, carrying a picture of his mother wherever he went and when facing Kira, he struggled to escape so he could protect his parents from such a menace. Shigechi tends to act quite politely in front of adults, notably deeply apologizing to Kira for almost colliding with him.
On the other hand, Shigechi's greediness and possessiveness get the better of him. He couldn't bear the thought of sharing the five million yen he, Josuke and Okuyasu acquired through the lottery with them, and stole the check from them, threatening to kill both if they approached. After his eventual reconciliation, he possessiveness still extends to being unwilling to give money to his friends, but lending it; moreover he was very possessive of his lunch, dropping his polite demeanor for a more confrontational one when he thought Kira was the one to have stolen it. He also had an habit of helping himself with the teachers' coffee and tea stash in order to have free drinks. He is also fairly arrogant about his abilities, and when squaring off with Josuke and Okuyasu he claimed his stand was invincible. He made the same mistake with Kira and faced off against him despite not knowing at the time what Kira's stand powers were, which proved to be his ultimate downfall.
Shigechi's Stand is Harvest, represented by a swarm of diminutive figures of considerable collective power, able to efficiently scan areas for objects set for them to find and/or retrieve.
Shigechi, a Second year student at Budôgaoka middle school, was first seen after Josuke followed some of the units of his Stand during a coin collecting spree in fear of finding a potential enemy Stand user. At first Josuke and Okuyasu believed him to be a complete idiot by his strange demonstration of generosity to share the wealth he had just accumulated by Harvest, though Josuke insisted on not taking advantage of his naivete, but instead work together with Shigechi and then equally share the spoils.
Soon Josuke and Okuyasu's plan backfired as Shigechi turned on them, insulted at being called an idiot and selfishly not understanding that they deserved the equal share of the money they had all worked for together. This started a wild goose chase after him at which point Shigechi revealed that Harvest's advantage relies heavily on his numerous Stand units. Using multiple attacks from Harvest's men combined with dirty tactics, such as having Harvest inject alcohol directly into the blood stream of Josuke and Okuyasu, Shigechi proved to be a tough opponent. After being subdued, Shigechi finally admitted that Josuke and Okuyasu were indeed deserving of one third each of the money they had gotten together. They then became friends at school.
Later, due to an unfortunate coincidence, Shigechi unintentionally changes his lunch with the hand from a victim of Yoshikage Kira. Following Shigechi, Kira manages to take the hand back, but is confronted by Shigechi and reveals his homicidal nature. Shigechi in turn pays with his life for this knowledge before he was able to ask Josuke for help.[4]
Having managed to leave the group a button from Kira's suit coat, Shigechi's soul is seen ascending by Reimi Sugimoto, and she warns the allied Stand users of his fate.
Shigechi was the 2nd DLC character to be announced for the game. Despite being one of the mass majority of playable characters in the game with the "Stand" Style, Shigechi cannot turn can turn Harvest on/off, nor does he have access to the Stand Rush ability returning from the Capcom game. In order to change movesets, Shigechi can switch between Offensive Formation and Defensive Formation, which dictates the skills he can use, changing Harvest's combat abilities.
While Harvest is in Offensive Formation:
While Harvest is in Defensive Formation:
Shigechi's HHA, "Now I'm real mad!", has him send out a large wave of Harvests toward the opponent, sending the opponent flying on impact. The HHA can hit a downed opponent, making it possible for it to be used twice in a row. It also summons three Harvest units for use afterward.
Shigechi's GHA, "You want proof?! Here it is!", has him send out a massive wave of Harvests toward the opponent. If they connect, the Harvests will cover the opponent from head to toe, forming a mound as the opponent cannot be seen past the Stand. Each one relentlessly punches into the opponent's skin before they all deliver an uppercut in unison, sending them flying backwards as the Harvests scatter (both GHA and HHA are similar to how he attacked Josuke and Okuyasu). The GHA summons three Harvest units for use afterward.
Shigechi has some unique interactions when fighting Yoshikage Kira:
Shigechi was confirmed for the game alongside Kira and Akira Otoishi, he is still voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi, altough Yamaguchi previously voiced Forever in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.
He is paired with Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in the Eyes of Heaven Tournament, but was eliminated in the preliminaries by Joseph Joestar and Dio Brando.
Shigechi is carried by Harvest
Shigekiyo with a picture of his mother
Shigechi trilocates
Wealth changes Shigechi
Shigechi is moved by friendship
Shigechi enjoys a soda
Shigechi unknowingly detonates Killer Queen's bomb, killing him
Shigechi as a ghost
Playing with the coins he found.
Shigechi offers half of his money to Josuke and Okuyasu.
"We're the Invincible Trio"!
Shigechi and his friends posing with their hard-earned cash.
Shigechi gives off a slimy grin, revealing his dubious side.
Shigechi covets Okuyasu and Josuke's fortune.
Shigechi, Josuke and Okuyasu nervously trying to redeem their ticket.
Shigechi betrays his friends, revealing his intentions to them.
Being carried by his Stand, Harvest.
Taunting Josuke and Okuyasu after sabotaging the makeshift bridge.
Shigechi seemingly trilocates under a drunken haze from Josuke.
Shigechi is tricked by Okuyasu as The Hand swipes the check away.
Screaming in terror after Josuke tears up the valuable check.
Shigechi gets punched in the face by Okuyasu once his guard is lowered.
Being warned by Josuke to never double-cross them again.
Shigechi, Josuke and Okuyasu all receiving their shares of the money.
Being threatened by Josuke after making another greedy comment.
Shigechi holding what he believes is his lunch, which is actually the "girlfriend" of serial killer Yoshikage Kira.
Shigechi accuses Josuke and Okuyasu of stealing his sandwich.
Shigechi prepares to battle Kira and his Stand, Killer Queen.
Shigechi threatens to kill Kira with his Stand if he moves.
Shigechi's face partially exploding from Killer Queen's bomb.
Shigechi's face mangled from the explosion.
Kira threatens to kill Shigechi's parents.
Shigechi nobly vows to protect his friends and family from Kira.
Searching for Josuke so Crazy Diamond can heal him
Moments away from safety, Shigechi sees Kira for the last time.
Shigechi dies after touching Killer Queen's fatal bomb.
Shigechi's spirit ascends towards the heavens.
Shigechi featured in the second opening, chase.
Key art of Shigekiyo Yangu.
Shigekiyo as he appears in All-Star Battle
Shigechi's illustration of Eyes of Heaven
Shigechi as a figure with Harvest
Shigechi as listed #9 favorite character, placing over DIO
