Akira Matsubara

Akira Matsubara is a character in Red Steel. He was a friend to Isao Sato and a member of the Yakuza.

Act 1: The Path of the Katana Giri
When Scott Monroe finally catches up with Ryuichi at the Sato Incorporated Waste Processing Plant in Tokyo Bay, he finds Ryuichi trying to escape the plant in a helicopter with a captive, a man named Akira Matsubara. Scott defeats Ryuichi in a sword fight and Ryuichi tells him that Miyu Sato was taken to a man named Tokai. Immediately afterward, Ryuichi is shot and killed by a sniper.

Scott and Akira escape the plant in the helicopter. Akira explains he was a friend to Isao Sato and that they should work together to find out what is happening.