The African-American owner of the Roanapur strip club 'GoofFest', Rowan "Jackpot" Pigeon also operates in the trafficking of child pornography and "snuff" films within Southeast Asia. A frequent customer of the Lagoon Company, Pigeon is forever trying to hire Revy as one of his employees, mostly as a submissive for his bondage customers, but Revy is not into pain. He has also taken a sympathetic interest in Rock, noticing the former salaryman's unease with the corrupt island, and offering his services to the young man in case he ever got into trouble.  He is also deathly afraid of Balalaika.

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he's sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. Rock (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc Revy as she thinks he's worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.

Rokurō Okajima is just an average Japanese salaryman, living an average life. But when he's taken hostage by the crew of the Black Lagoon, Rokurō finds himself thrown headfirst into a deadly world of outlawed heroes, brutal villains, and blazing gunfights. Where he ends up is anyone's guess, but one thing is for certain—he's in for a wild ride!
 
(Source: Viz Media)

Rock (Okajima Rokuro) was just a normal Japanese businessman, but through a series of unlikely events, he found himself part of the "Lagoon Company," a group of transporters who do a little pirating on the side. Together with Dutch, Revy, and Benny, he sails the seas of Asia aboard the modified torpedo boat "Black Lagoon." 
Their base, the lawless city of Roanapur, is just barely balanced on the brink of outright war, controlled and occupied by criminal organizations from across the globe. Standing above the rest are Balalaika of Russia and Chang of Hong Kong. 
Our story finds Roanapur just a little while before Rock, with Revy in tow, is due to head back to his old home of Japan. 
It is a tale about soldiers who once fought united under a cause in a land of sandy winds, the strictly personal reunion of a captain and her one-time subordinate...

Rowan Pidgeon