Tiger Ozaki is the Bantamweight Japanese National Boxing Champion.

The Japanese Boxing Commision's heads covertly organized a match between Joe and Tiger without the knowledge of Danpei as a way to crush the up and coming Japanese boxer, believing that giving Joe the title shot early in his career would be too much too soon putting a halt to his momentum.

Tiger is first physically seen when Joe Yabuki is invited to train at the Daito Club Boxing Gym. He and his team set up a camera to record Joe's sparring matches there to prepare for their upcoming match with the rising bantamweight star. Joe notices this upon walking into the gym and immediately takes out all of his sparring partners quickly, even fouling the final one. Joe, upset about being spied on then rushes up stairs to the mezzanine to fight Tiger then and there. They are both held back by their trainers and Tiger leaves just as a brawl breaks out between Joe and the Daito Club boxers.

~!In his bout with Joe, Tiger starts off getting the better of Joe by cleanly parrying Yabuki's body blows and countering with punches of his own. Towards the end of the round he is knocked down after biting on an apparent feint upstairs from Joe, before being hit by a crushing shot to the solar plexus, sending the Japanese Champ crashing down to the canvas.!~

~!Tiger then wins all the remaining rounds, him and his team figuring out that Joe is unable to throw a significant punch at his head. Tiger wins by TKO in round 6 when Joe's team throws in the towel. He is next seen in Ryu Harajima's corner during Harajima's fight with Yabuki, instructing him on how to easily beat Joe.!~

~!Tiger's next appearance is in his match against Carlos Rivera, the fighter ranked 6th in the world. Tiger expects an easy fight, thinking that Carlos' wins against the #1 and #2 ranked Japanese fighters were flukes, won only by lucky punches. He is then proved wrong, with Carlos skillfully knocking him out 14 seconds into the first round with an uppercut followed by a hidden elbow strike. This is the last Tiger is seen in both the anime and manga.!~

Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe's boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets Rikiishi who becomes his boxing rival. Danpei arrives at the home to help Joe to train in order to defeat Rikiishi. When Joe decides to seriously pursue boxing, Danpei cannot get a coaching license because of his reputation as a drunk. <br><br>
(Source: AnimeNfo)

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Non-anime roles:
~!- Ban Danemon in "Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams" (VG) (Japanese)
- Belial in "Odin Sphere" (VG) (Japanese)
- Brigand in "Odin Sphere" (VG) (Japanese)
- Dagra Dai in "Ninja Gaiden II" (VG) (Japanese)
- Darva in "Cosmic Fantasy 2" (VG) (Japanese)
- Dr. Jumba Jookiba in "Lilo & Stitch" (Japanese)
- Dr. Neo Cortex in "Crash Bandicoot series" (VG) (Japanese)
- Dr.Light in "Rockman 8" (VG) (Japanese)
- Fudô in "Hokuto no Ken: Seikimatsu kyûseishu densetsu" (VG)
- Galdo in "Cosmic Fantasy 3" (VG) (Japanese)
- Gourmand Skeksis (SkekAyuk) in "The Dark Crystal" (live action) (Japanese)
- Heart in "Hokuto no Ken" (VG) (Japanese)
- Lydon Bernhardt in "Tales of Destiny" (VG)
- Nappa in "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2" (VG) (Japanese)
- Nappa in "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3" (VG) (Japanese)
- Nappa in "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2" (VG) (Japanese)
- Nappa in "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai" (VG) (Japanese)
- Pango in "Klonoa Heroes: Densetsu no Star Medal" (VG)
- Peter Stillman in "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" (VG) (Japanese)
- Treasurer Skeksis (SkekShod) in "The Dark Crystal" (Japanese)
- Zapf in "Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits" (VG) (Japanese)!~

Yabuki Joe is left downhearted and hopeless after a certain tragic event. In attempt to put the past behind him, Joe leaves the gym behind and begins wandering. On his travels he comes across the likes of Wolf Kanagushi and Goromaki Gondo, men who unintentionally fan the dying embers inside him, leading him to putting his wanderings to an end. His return home puts Joe back on the path to boxing, but unknown to himself and his trainer, he now suffers deep-set issues holding him back from fighting. In attempt to quell those issues, Carlos Rivera, a world renowned boxer is invited from Venezuela to help Joe recover.


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Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend, ​and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again.<br><br>
(Source: Wikipedia) 