Ekurok's Brother (エクロㇰの弟, Ekuroku no Otōto) was an Ainu impersonator and an escaped convict from Kabato Prison.
Appearance[]
Ekurok's Brother has medium length dark hair that reaches his shoulders. He has big dark eyebrows and a dark goatee and wears Ainu clothing while being barefoot. He has yakuza tattoos on both of his lower legs.
Personality[]
Ekurok's Brother has at least some basic knowledge about the Ainu language to speak a few words of it. He is also a deceptive person who pretends to be an Ainu as seen when he captures and binds Asirpa. He has no qualms about killing a young girl.
Background[]
Ekurok's Brother was a member of the yakuza in the past. He was later sent to Kabato Prison but managed to escape due to the help of a man named Kiyohiro Suzukawa. They eventually came to an Ainu village and took over it, forcing the women to become their wives. Anytime the village would get visitors, they would get them to lower their guards, get them drunk, and kill them in their sleep.
Plot[]
Con Artists Arc[]
One day when Sugimoto's Group came to their kotan and requested to rest there, Ekurok welcomed them in and led them to his "father's" home Ekurok's Brother greeted them when Saichi Sugimoto cleared his throat and went back inside to report to the head and clean the house. Once that was done, he returned to them and led them to where the others were waiting. As his "father" Retanno Ekasi and his brother were speaking, Asirpa interrupted them to use the bathroom. Ekurok told his brother to go and show her the way so that she doesn't get lost. In reality, Ekurok's Brother was to stop Asirpa and prevent her revealing the truth of their kotan. He led her to another hut where Chouan Kumagishi is and asked him to keep an eye on Asirpa as she asked why they all are pretending to be Ainu.
After successfully handing Asirpa over to Kumagishi, he returned to Retanno Ekasi's house only to hear Sugimoto and Hyakunosuke Ogata arguing. He spoke quietly to Ekurok and when Sugimoto asked where Asirpa was, Ekurok told them that Asirpa had become engrossed in learning embroidery from the local women. Upon hearing this, Sugimoto struck Ekurok's Brother with the kisarri and asked where he took her. Sugimoto's Group caught a glance of his legs which were covered in yakuza tattoo as they confirmed their suspicions about them.
Furious, Ekurok's Brother threatens to shout so that one of his men will kill Asirpa as he begins to draw his knife. Before he could do anything further, Sugimoto shoves the kisarri into his mouth and twists his neck around, killing him. Once Sugimoto's Group and the Ainu women had finished fighting the other convicts, Ekurok's Brother was buried alongside Ekurok, Kumagishi, and the other dead convicts.
Trivia[]
- In 2018 Golden Kamuy All-Stars popularity poll Ekurok's brother ranked 138th, gaining 56 votes. [2]
References[]
- ↑ Golden Kamuy Manga: Chapter 89
- ↑ 「ゴールデンカムイ北海道オールスターズ総選挙」