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| Kazuyuki Asakawa (浅川 和行) | |
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Last appearance |
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Relatives |
Shizuka Asakawa (wife) |
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Gender |
Male |
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Occupation |
Journalist |
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Status |
Deceased |
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Portrayed by |
Katsunori Takahashi |
Kazuyuki Asakawa (浅川 和行 Asakawa Kazuyuki) is the main protagonist in the first novel of the series, Ring
History
Ring
He is married to Shizu Asakawa and they have a one-year-old daughter named Yoko. His best friend is Ryuji Takayama, an alleged rapist. After his wife's niece Tomoko dies and he comes across another boy who died on the same day on his motorbike, Asakawa tries to find out why which then links him to the cursed videotape. After watching it, he is left with just seven days to figure out how to break the curse. While Kazuyuki manages to narrowly escape the curse by showing Ryuji with a copy of the video tape, his daughter and wife are not, and they are both killed before they manage to pass the video to others.
Spiral
Trivia
- In Ring: The Final Chapter, Kazuyuki has a son named Yoichi.
- Kazuyuki's counterpart was Reiko in the 1998 film adaption.
- It is Hideo Nakata's idea to change the gender of the protagonist in the novel.