He is the captain of the Dojima Family of the Tojo Clan and the patriarch of its subsidiary, the Kazama Family.
Despite his infamy as a merciless killer, Kazama's regret over his killings eventually drove him to open the Sunflower Orphanage, where he would finance the upbringing and education of all the children of his victims. Kazama became like a foster father to them. Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and Yumi Sawamura were amongst those children with whom he had close bonds. 