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Yakuza 5
is an action-adventure video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3. The game is the fifth main entry in the ''Yakuza'' series. The game was released in December 2012 in Japan, and localized for North America, Europe and Australia as a PlayStation Network download in December 2015. A remaster with improved resolution and frame rate was released for the PlayStation 4 on June 20, 2019 in Japan, and worldwide on February 11, 2020 as part of ''The Yakuza Remastered Collection''. Versions for Windows and Xbox One were released in January 2021. The game features a new graphics engine, unlike previous games in the series that have been re-utilizing the same engine since '' Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!''. For the first time in the series, it features five settings across Japan along with five playable main characters. ''Yakuza 5'' was followed up by the spinoff '' Like a Dragon: Ishin!'' and the prequel installment ''Yakuza 0'' in 2014 and 2015 respe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
is a video game developer housed within the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its division. It is known for developing the games in the ''Yakuza'' series, which the studio is named after, since ''Yakuza 5''. The studio's origins can be traced back to Sega AM11 in 1998, which was renamed to R&D4 or AM4 in 1999. It was headed by Toshihiro Nagoshi who joined Sega AM2 in 1989 and been credited as the creator of the arcade titles ''Daytona USA'' and ''Virtua Striker.'' He requested his own development division during the development of ''Shenmue''. In 2000, AM4 was reestablished as Amusement Vision, where it was best known for ''Super Monkey Ball'' and ''F-Zero GX''. Several structural changes occurred in the years that followed. During a reorganization in 2003, the non-sports staff of Smilebit merged with Amusement Vision, and a year later Sega merged with Sammy to form Sega Sammy Holdings. Amusement Vision became New Entertainment R&D Dept. and the first ''Yakuza'' game w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of Life
Song of Life may refer to: Film * ''The Song of Life'' (1922 film), an American silent film *''Song of Life'' (''Píseň života''), a 1924 film starring Adolf Krössing * ''The Song of Life'' (1926 film), a German silent film * ''The Song of Life'' (1931 film), a German film *''Bhikharan'' or ''Song of Life'', a 1935 Indian Hindi film * ''The Song of Life'' (1945 film), an Italian film Literature *''Song of Life'', a 1927 short-story collection by Fannie Hurst *"Song of Life", a 1970 poem by Huang Xiang; see Century Mountain *''The Song of Life'', a 1920 book by W. H. Davies *''The Song of Life'', a 1913 short story by William J. Locke *''The Song of Life and Other Poems'', a book by Vinayaka Krishna Gokak; see 1947 in poetry *''Cîntul vieții'' (''The Song of Life''), a 1950 book by Alexandru Toma *''Ernst von Dohnányi: A Song of Life'', a biography of Ernst von Dohnányi by Iona von Dohnányi Music *Levenslied (lit. "life song" or "song about life"), a Dutch-language type of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinjuku
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration centre for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, government of Tokyo. As of 2018, the ward has an estimated population of 346,235, and a population density of 18,232 people per km2. The total area is 18.23 km2. Since the end of the Second World War, Shinjuku has been a major secondary center of Tokyo (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line#History, ''fukutoshin''), rivaling to the original city center in Marunouchi and Ginza. It literally means "New Inn Ward". Shinjuku is also commonly used to refer to the entire area surrounding Shinjuku Station. The southern half of this area and of the station in fact belong to Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts of the neighboring Shibuya, Tokyo, Shibuya ward. Geography Shinjuku is surrounded by Chiyoda, Tokyo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiyuki Morikawa
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and singer who is the head of Axlone, a voice acting company he founded in April 2011. His name is also sometimes mistranslated as Tomoyuki Morikawa. In 2003, he and Fumihiko Tachiki formed the band "2Hearts", one of their works being the ending theme of the video game '' Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires''. He has voiced many characters in anime and video games, including Yoshikage Kira in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', Kengo Akechi in ''Kindaichi Case Files'', Sephiroth in the ''Final Fantasy'' series and '' Kingdom Hearts'' series, Dante in ''Devil May Cry'', Kagaya Ubuyashiki in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Isshin Kurosaki in '' Bleach'', Minato Namikaze in '' Naruto: Shippuden'', Julius Novachrono in '' Black Clover'', Mard Geer Tartaros in ''Fairy Tail'', Eizen in ''Tales of Berseria'', Boros in ''One Punch Man'', both Eneru, Hatchan and Scopper Gaban in ''One Piece'', Tyki Mikk in '' D.Gray-man'', Naraku in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Yakuza Characters
Japanese video game developer Sega's ''Yakuza'' media franchise, known as ''Ryū ga Gotoku'' (, lit. "Like a Dragon") in its native Japan and other Asian territories, features an extensive cast of characters. This article describes notable characters who appear in the ''Yakuza'' main series video games and associated remasters or remakes, with characters sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works. The English-language adaptation equivalents are mentioned when available. In the first three installments, the sole playable protagonist is Kazuma Kiryu, a former yakuza who after ten years of imprisonment deals with chaos emerging from the ''yakuza'' organization he is formerly affiliated with, the Tojo clan. ''Yakuza 4'' introduces three playable protagonists in addition to Kiryu. ''Yakuza 5'' continued this trend and features five playable protagonists including Haruka Sawamura, a ward of Kiryu's whose story arc is devoid of combat mechanics. The prequel inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Sawamura
is a fictional character in Sega's action-adventure game series ''Yakuza''. She is introduced in the first ''Yakuza'' game as a young child searching for her missing mother, while being mysteriously pursued by multiple yakuza clans, including the Tojo Clan. Kazuma Kiryu, the main playable character throughout most of the series, protects and assists her during her search for her mother and Haruka is later adopted by him at the end of the first game. Over the course of the series, Haruka grows up alongside her adoptive father, debuting as a playable character in ''Yakuza 5'' working as an idol and eventually starting a family of her own in '' Yakuza 6: The Song of Life''. Haruka is voiced by Rie Kugimiya in Japanese and by Debi Derryberry in the English version of the first game. Haruka was created by Sega writer Toshihiro Nagoshi as an alternative protagonist to Kiryu due to her growth in her debut. Although initially absent from ''Yakuza 6'', Nagoshi wrote the narrative to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiga Saejima (Yakuza Series)
Japanese video game developer Sega's ''Yakuza'' media franchise, known as ''Ryū ga Gotoku'' (, lit. "Like a Dragon") in its native Japan and other Asian territories, features an extensive cast of characters. This article describes notable characters who appear in the ''Yakuza'' main series video games and associated remasters or remakes, with characters sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works. The English-language adaptation equivalents are mentioned when available. In the first three installments, the sole playable protagonist is Kazuma Kiryu, a former yakuza who after ten years of imprisonment deals with chaos emerging from the ''yakuza'' organization he is formerly affiliated with, the Tojo clan. ''Yakuza 4'' introduces three playable protagonists in addition to Kiryu. ''Yakuza 5'' continued this trend and features five playable protagonists including Haruka Sawamura, a ward of Kiryu's whose story arc is devoid of combat mechanics. The prequel inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shun Akiyama (Yakuza)
Japanese video game developer Sega's ''Yakuza'' media franchise, known as ''Ryū ga Gotoku'' (, lit. "Like a Dragon") in its native Japan and other Asian territories, features an extensive cast of characters. This article describes notable characters who appear in the ''Yakuza'' main series video games and associated remasters or remakes, with characters sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works. The English-language adaptation equivalents are mentioned when available. In the first three installments, the sole playable protagonist is Kazuma Kiryu, a former yakuza who after ten years of imprisonment deals with chaos emerging from the yakuza organization he was formerly affiliated with, the Tojo clan. ''Yakuza 4'' introduces three playable protagonists in addition to Kiryu. ''Yakuza 5'' continued this trend and features five playable protagonists including Haruka Sawamura, a ward of Kiryu's whose story arc is devoid of combat mechanics. The prequel insta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakuza (video Game)
''Yakuza'' is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2. It was released in 2005 in Japan and in September 2006 internationally. The story follows Kazuma Kiryu, a yakuza member who spent ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. After being released, he learns that the criminal underworld is searching for 10 billion yen that has been stolen from the Tojo clan. He comes across an orphan named Haruka who is being targeted by the clan. She is believed to have the key to their lost money and Kiryu resolves to protect her. The game takes place in Kamurocho, a realistic recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho district. ''Yakuza'' takes place in an open world and makes use of role-playing elements. The player gains experience from combat which is used to improve Kiryu's fighting capabilities. In order to finance the game's expensive production, Sega contracted a tie-in campaign with famous Japanese companies. A sequel, ''Yakuza 2'' was rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuma Kiryu
is a fictional character and the protagonist of Sega's action-adventure beat'em'up Japanese role-playing game series ''Yakuza''. He is popularly known as due to the tattoo of a dragon on his back and him originally being a fearsome member of the yakuza group known as the Dojima Family, a subsidiary of the Tojo Clan. He was introduced in the series' debut 2005 game, where he took the blame for his boss's death to protect his best friend Akira Nishikiyama, resulting in his expulsion from the clan and a ten-year stay in prison. After leaving prison, he fights against the new threats in his life, during which he meets Haruka Sawamura, to whom he eventually becomes an adoptive father. He is voiced by Takaya Kuroda in Japanese and by Darryl Kurylo in the English version of the first game which he reprises 15 years later for '' Yakuza: Like a Dragon''. Besides the two ''Yakuza'' live-action films, the character has also appeared in other video games including ''Project X Zone 2'' and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like A Dragon
, is a 2007 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 2005 PlayStation 2 video game ''Yakuza''. The film stars Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endō and Tomorowo Taguchi. The English-subtitled version premiered on June 23, 2008, at New York Asian Film Festival, and was released on DVD in Northern America on February 23, 2010, by an affiliate of Media Blasters. Plot The plot is loosely based on the original ''Yakuza'' game and is a separate, "one-night-story" that unfolds in a hot summer night in Kamurocho, the fictitious version of Tokyo Shinjuku's Kabukichō. The night begins with a bank robbery by a manzai duo of amateur masked gunmen, and the disappearance of ten billion yen belonging to the Tojo Clan, a powerful yakuza syndicate. Meanwhile, in the streets of Kamurocho, former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu and his adopted daughter, a young girl called Haruka Sawamura, search for Mizuki Sawamura, the latter's mother and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
