I just looked at the KS trailer again. Lock/delete this thread if I'm stupid or give me a link if you've already had this discussion somewhere, but are there not several new characters in the trailer?
Ok, looks like Xiuying in the middle, but who are the others?
Shenhua to the right, is that Baihu in the center or are both characters left of Shenhua "new"?
There are a few characters here as well that might be of interest. Below the '*Shenmue"' sign and below the board corresponding to the picture linked above there might be more characters.
BTW, did this advertisment really happen in Japan or is it just photoshop?