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{{Infobox_Company |
   software_name   = Kazuma Kiryu|
   company_name   = Ys Net|
   software_image  = [[File:Kazuma Kiryu logo.png|300px]]|
   company_logo  = [[File:Ys Net logo.jpg|300px]]|
   developer       = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] and [[Hasei Seishu]]|
   company_type  = Incorporated company|
   publisher      = [[Sega]]|
  foundation    = 2008|
   systems        = As noted below|
  location       = Japan|
   release        = 2005-present|
  key_people    = [[Yu Suzuki]], founder|
   added_to_museum = As noted below|
   num_employees  = not disclosed |
   industry      = Video games |
   products      = Video games|
   homepage      = http://www.ysnet-inc.jp/|
}}
}}
'''Kazuma Kiryu (桐生 一馬, Kiryū Kazuma)''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, films, comics, and music.  
'''Ys Net, Inc.''' is a Japanese video game developer.


Kazuma Kiryu is a playable character in most games in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]], ''[[Everybody's Golf 6]]'', ''[[Project X Zone 2]]'', and as [[downloadable content]] in ''[[Binary Domain]]''.
==History==
Ys Net was founded by [[Yu Suzuki]] in 2008. While still remaining employed at [[Sega]], Yu Suzuki began an attempt at a Shenmue MMO in hopes that it would be popular enough to provide income to fund the [[Shenmue|''Shenmue'' series]]. Things didn't pan out that way, as ''[[Shenmue City]]'' was released in 2010 for mobile phones in Japan, but it was discontinued in 2011 after only a year of service.


Kiryu's likeness and voice actor were used to portray the historical ronin, [[Miyamoto Musashi]], in ''[[Like a Dragon: Kenzan!]]'' as well as a combination of two historical samurai, [[Sakamoto Ryōma]] and [[Saito Hajime]], in ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin!]]''.
Yu Suzuki tried the avenue of crowdfunding for ''[[Shenmue III]]'' through a [[Kickstarter]] crowdfunding campaign in 2015, and it became the fastest funded video game Kickstarter campaign up to that point. After the success of the Kickstarter campaign, it went into full development by Ys Net and [[Neilo]], a studio whose chief executive, [[Takeshi Hirai]], was the lead programmer on the first ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]]''. It was partially funded through the Kickstarter campaign and was published by Deep Silver. In addition, [[Epic Games]] funded some of the development in exchange for digital exclusivity on the Epic Games store for a year on the [[Windows]] platform. Sony also helped with the marketing of the game.


Kiryu's voice actor, and Kiryu's likeness as downloadable content, also portrayed [[Kenshiro Kasumi]] in ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]''.
==Video games by Ys Net owned by WEC Museum==
 
==Fictional character biography==
[[File:Kazuma Kiryu.png|75px|left]]
Kazuma Kiryu was orphaned at a young age and became a yakuza in his teens.
 
After his childhood friend and love interest was raped, Kiryu's sworn brother killed the yakuza who did it.
 
Kiryu took the blame and went to prison for ten years.
 
After coming out of prison, he was no longer a yakuza, but got pulled back in after rescuing [[Haruka Sawamura|Haruka]], the daughter of his love interest.
 
The yakuza who raised Kiryu was killed, and Kiryu was named the fourth chairman of the Tojo Clan.
 
However, after Haruka's mom was killed, Kiryu left the Yakuza permanently.
 
Kiryu raised Haruka as his own daughter, along with other children, at the Morning Glory Orphanage.
 
He got pulled back into Tojo Clan business occasionally, but the welfare of the children under his protection was always his top priority.
 
==Video games wherein Kazuma Kiryu is a playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| System
!| Release
!| Release
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!| Notes
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Shenmue III]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4]], [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover a conspiracy.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The Dragon of Kansai, [[Ryuji Goda]], wants to defeat Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu, [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Shun Akiyama]], and [[Taiga Saejima]] discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 6, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Zombies have appeared in Tokyo, and [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and Kazuma Kiryu try to stop them.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Everybody's Golf 6|Everybody's Golf 6]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Clap Hanz]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation Vita|Vita]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu is a DLC character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Binary Domain]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | December 23, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu, [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Taiga Saejima]], and [[Ryuji Goda]] were available as DLC in the Japanese version of this third-person shooter set in 2080 in a Tokyo that has been ravaged by global warming.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon 1&2 HD Edition]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Japanese-exclusive remaster of ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]'' and ''[[Yakuza 2]]'': Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover a conspiracy. The following year, Dragon of Kansai, [[Ryuji Goda]], wants to defeat Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | While Kazuma Kiryu, [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]] and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] investigate a plot surrounding the Tokyo police department and the Tojo Clan, [[Haruka Sawamura]] strives to become a singer and an idol.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza Kiwami]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]'': Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit and comes back to discover a conspiracy.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Monolith Soft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu and [[Goro Majima]] are in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by [[Bandai Namco]], [[Capcom]], [[Sega]], and [[Nintendo]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 0]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 24, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu and [[Goro Majima]] are kicked out of the Yakuza and find their way back in after discovering a conspiracy.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 2|Yakuza Kiwami 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 18, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of ''[[Yakuza 2]]'': The Dragon of Kansai, [[Ryuji Goda]], wants to defeat Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | January 20, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu is one of the fighters that can be part of [[Ichiban Kasuga|Ichiban Kasuga's]] team.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018 (plus Kiryu DLC)
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kenshiro can be changed to look and sound like Kiryu.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3|Yakuza 3 Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 21, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'': A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4|Yakuza 4 Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 21, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 4]]'': Kazuma Kiryu, [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Shun Akiyama]], and [[Taiga Saejima]] discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5|Yakuza 5 Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 21, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS4: July 17, 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': While Kazuma Kiryu, [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]] and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] investigate a plot surrounding the Tokyo police department and the Tojo Clan, [[Haruka Sawamura]] strives to become a singer and an idol.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza Remastered Collection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 21, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'', ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', and ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement. The next year, Kiryu, [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Shun Akiyama]], and [[Taiga Saejima]] discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune. Two years after that, Kiryu, Akiyama, Saejima, and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] investigate a plot surrounding the Tokyo police department and the Tojo Clan while [[Haruka Sawamura]] strives to become a singer and an idol.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Streets of Kamurocho]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Empty Clip Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 20, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit ''[[Streets of Rage series|Streets of Rage]]'' style, with Kazuma Kiryu, [[Goro Majima]], and [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | In return for erasing his name Kazuma Kiryu, as Joryu, goes on missions for the Daidoji.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2024
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2024 with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] and Kazuma Kiryu as the playable characters.
|}
 
==Video games wherein Kazuma Kiryu is a non-playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 13, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu fights [[Ichiban Kasuga]].
|}
 
==Pachinko games with Kazuma Kiryu==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Of the End]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiyo Elec]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pachinko|Pachi]][[Slot machine|slot]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachislot game based on ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''.
|}
 
==Films featuring Kazuma Kiryu==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Production company
!| Distributor
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Prologue]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Art Port]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | July 27, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Prequel to ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon (film)|Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Art Port]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Toei]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 1, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Based on ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
|}
 
==Soundtrack albums featuring Kazuma Kiryu owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Dragon Song: Like a Dragon - Karaoke Best Selection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 15, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Like a Dragon Of the End]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Dragon Song: Like a Dragon 5 The Best Songs Selection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 15, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 5|Like a Dragon 5]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Series: Best Soundtrack]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 15, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Like a Dragon Ishin!]]''.
|}
 
==Magazines featuring Kiryu owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Publisher
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine|Kamutai Magazine: December 2006]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 15, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 2|Like a Dragon 2]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine|Kamutai Magazine: February 2009]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 15, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 3|Like a Dragon 3]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine|Kamutai Magazine: March 2010]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | June 20, 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 4|Like a Dragon 4]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Hot•Dog Press|Like a Dragon: Hot•Dog Press]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 15, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 0|Like a Dragon 0]]''.
|}
|}


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[[Category: Like a Dragon]]

Revision as of 02:24, 25 July 2023

Ys Net logo.jpg
Ys Net
Type Incorporated company
Founded 2008
Headquarters Japan
Key people Yu Suzuki, founder
Industry Video games
Products Video games
Number of people not disclosed
Website http://www.ysnet-inc.jp/

Ys Net, Inc. is a Japanese video game developer.

History

Ys Net was founded by Yu Suzuki in 2008. While still remaining employed at Sega, Yu Suzuki began an attempt at a Shenmue MMO in hopes that it would be popular enough to provide income to fund the Shenmue series. Things didn't pan out that way, as Shenmue City was released in 2010 for mobile phones in Japan, but it was discontinued in 2011 after only a year of service.

Yu Suzuki tried the avenue of crowdfunding for Shenmue III through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in 2015, and it became the fastest funded video game Kickstarter campaign up to that point. After the success of the Kickstarter campaign, it went into full development by Ys Net and Neilo, a studio whose chief executive, Takeshi Hirai, was the lead programmer on the first Shenmue. It was partially funded through the Kickstarter campaign and was published by Deep Silver. In addition, Epic Games funded some of the development in exchange for digital exclusivity on the Epic Games store for a year on the Windows platform. Sony also helped with the marketing of the game.

Video games by Ys Net owned by WEC Museum

Title System Release Added to museum Notes
Shenmue III PlayStation 4, Windows 2019 PS4: July 17, 2015 Takes place in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China.
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