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{{Infobox_Software |
{{Infobox_Company |
   software_name   = Like a Dragon|
   company_name   = Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio |
   software_image  = [[File:Like_a_Dragon_logo.png|300px]]|
   company_logo  = [[File:Ryu-ga-gotaku-studio.jpg|100px]]|
   developer      = [[Sega CS1]], [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]|
   company_type  = Division of [[Sega]]|
   publisher       = [[Sega]]|
  foundation    = September 1998 (Sega AM11)<br />May 1999 (Sega Software R&D 4)<br />April 21, 2000 (Amusement Vision)<br />April 1, 2005 (NE R&D Dept.)<br />May 1, 2008 (Sega CS1)<br />August 31, 2011 (Ryu ga Gotoku Studio)|
   systems        = As noted below|
   location       = Tokyo, Japan|
   release        = 2005-present|
  key_people    = [[Masayoshi Yokoyama]], manager|
   added_to_museum = As noted below|
   industry      = Video games |
   products      = [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]]|
   homepage      = http://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/|
}}
}}
'''''Like a Dragon (龍が如く, "Ryū ga Gotoku")''''' is a multimedia series by [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]] consisting of [[video game]]s, films, a television show, magazines, books, comics, and music.
'''Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio''' (龍が如くスタジオ, "Like a Dragon Studio") is a production team within [[Sega]].


[[File:Yakuza_logo.png|200px|left]] It was known outside of Japan as '''''Yakuza''''' until the official reveal of in-progress projects by Ryū ga Gotoku Studio on September 14, 2022.
It is a continuation of Sega CS1, which itself was a continuation of Sega AM11, Sega Software R&D Dept. 4., Amusement Vision, and New Entertainment R&D Dept.


It was spun-off into the [[Judgment|''Judgment'' series]].
==Name==
It got its name due to the fact that the staff consisted of the development team behind [[Like a Dragon|''Ryū Ga Gotoku'']], which is Japanese for ''Like a Dragon''.


==Fictional character biographies==
==History==
Most games in the series focused on a former Yakuza named [[Kazuma Kiryu]], the Dragon of Dojima. Kiryu took the blame for a murder that he didn't commit, and spent ten years in prison. He became the sixth chairman of the Yakuza's Tojo Clan until he left to raise the daughter of his only love, who was murdered by her ex-husband, a crooked politician.
'''Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #11''', commonly referred to as '''Sega AM #11''', '''Sega AM11''', or '''Sega 11''', was formed in September 1998.


In ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]'', the main series protagonist is [[Ichiban Kasuga]], the Rock-Bottom Dragon. He was a low-level Yakuza, who was abandoned at birth and raised in the streets of Tokyo. Like Kiryu, he took the blame for a murder he didn't commit. However, when he was released from prison eighteen years later, he was shunned by his former yakuza family.
Sega AM11 was closed in 1999, and in May 1999, it became '''Sega Software Research & Development Department 4''', commonly referred to as '''Sega Software R&D Dept. 4'''.


Other playable characters include:
Sega Software R&D Dept. 4 was closed in 2000, and on April 21, 2000, it became '''Amusement Vision'''.
*[[Goro Majima]], Kiryu's rival, the Mad Dog of Shimano: ''[[Yakuza 0]]'', ''[[Yakuza 2|Kiwami 2: Majima Saga]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.  
*[[Shun Akiyama]], a loan financier that ran Sky Finance: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Taiga Saejima]], Majima's sworn brother, and shooter in the Ueno Seiwa massacre: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.
*[[Koichi Adachi]], a former police officer: ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Yu Nanba]], a homeless man that was formerly a nurse: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Saeko Mukoda]], a mama of a hostess bar: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''.
*[[Tatsuya Ukyo]], the Mad Dragon of Kamuro: ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter|Black Panther: Like a Dragon 1]]'' and ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter|2]]''.
*[[Masayoshi Tanimura]], a member of the Tokyo police that is of Japanese and Korean descent: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Ryuji Goda]], the main antagonist of ''[[Yakuza 2]]'', the Dragon of Kansai: ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Haruka Sawamura]], Kiryu's adopted daughter and a former idol: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Tatsuo Shinada]], a former baseball player for the Nagoya Wyverns: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Daigo Dojima]], Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.
*[[Joon-gi Han]], a villain in ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life|Yakuza 6]]'' that is an identity assumed by many people: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Tianyou Zhao]], the leader of the Yokohama Liumang: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Eri Kamataki (character)|Eri Kamataki]], the owner of Ichiban Confectionary: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Miyamoto Musashi]], a historical rōnin: ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan!]]''
*[[Sakamoto Ryōma]] ([[Saito Hajime]]), two historical samurai combined into one: ''[[Like a Dragon Ishin!]]''


==Video games==
Amusement Vision was closed in 2005, and on April 1, 2005, it became '''New Entertainment Research & Development Department''', commonly referred to as '''New Entertainment R&D Dept.''' or '''NE R&D Dept.'''
 
In 2008, New Entertainment R&D Dept. was closed, and on May 1, 2008, it became '''Sega CS1'''.
 
On August 31, 2011, the Sega CS1 development team became known as Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.
 
==Video games by New Entertainment R&D Dept. owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
!| System
!| System
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Added to Museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Ryū ga Gotoku Studio, developed a high-definition version in 2019.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Kenzan!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 1605, with the historical rōnin Miyamoto Musashi as the playable character. <br />Released in Asia only.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Only released in Japan.
|-
|}
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin!]]''
 
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
==Video games by Sega CS1 owned by WEC Museum==
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
!| Title
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 1863, with the historical samurai Sakamoto Ryōma as the playable character.<br />Released on PS3 in Asia only. Remade in 2023.
!| System
|-
!| Release
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 0]]''
!| Added to Museum
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], , [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
!| Notes
| 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" | Takes place in 1988, with playable Yakuza characters Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima. <br />Released on PS3 in Asia only.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 3|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Wii U]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2005, with former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.<br />Re-made as ''Yakuza Kiwami'' in 2016.<br />Released on PS3 and Wii U in Asia only.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 18, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2006.<br />Re-made as ''Yakuza Kiwami 2'' in 2017.<br />The original release has Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character. <br />''Yakuza Kiwami 2'' adds playable missions as Goro Majima.<br />Released on PS3 and Wii U in Asia only.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| 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" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2009, with Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Ryū ga Gotoku Studio, developed a high-definition version in 2019.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | September 6, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released only in Asia.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| 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" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2010, with Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama and Taiga Saejima as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Ryū ga Gotoku Studio, developed a high-definition version in 2019.
|}
 
==Video games by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| System
!| Release
!| Added to Museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Binary Domain]]''
| 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" |
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | September 6, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | September 6, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2010, with Tatsuya Ukyo as the playable character. <br />Released in Asia only.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released only in Asia.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon 1 & 2 HD Edition|Like a Dragon 1 & 2 HD]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| 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" | Takes place in 2011. A zombie shooter with Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Goda, and Kazuma Kiryu as playable characters.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | September 6, 2021
| 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 2012, with Tatsuya Ukyo as the playable character. <br />Released in Asia only.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released only in Asia.<br />High definition versions of the 2005 and 2006 video games.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| 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" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2012, with Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima, Haruka Sawamura, and Toshiyuki Morikawa as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released only in Asia.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 0]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|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" |
|-
| 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" | [[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" | Remake of the 2005 video game ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
|-
|-
| 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" | ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS4]]
| 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" | 2016
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2016, with Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
| 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" | [[PlayStation 4|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 the 2006 video game ''[[Yakuza 2|Yakuza 2]]''.
|-
|-
| 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" | ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| 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" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place between 2016 and 2019 with Kazuma Kiryu, as Joryu, as the playable character.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| 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" | [[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" | High definition version of the 2009 video game.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| 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" | January 20, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2018. An online turn-based RPG with gatcha mechanics, with Ichiban Kasuga as the main character.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released only in Asia.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Judgment (video game)|Judgment]]''
| 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" | May 4, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| 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" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| 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 13, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 21, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2019. A turn-based RPG with Ichiban Kasuga as the playable character.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | High definition version of the 2010 video game.
|-
|-
| 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" | ''[[Yakuza 5|Yakuza 5 Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| 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" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 21, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2024 with Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | High definition version of the 2012 video game.
|}
 
==Films==
{| 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" | ''[[Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz|Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Art Port]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 7, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | July 27, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | High definition version of the 2006 video game.
| 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" | ''[[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" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Toei]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 13, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 1, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Based on ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
|}
 
==Television series==
{| 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" | ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter (television series)|Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza Remastered Collection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | December 23, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remastered versions of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'', [[Yakuza 4|4]]'', and [[Yakuza 5|5]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Adaptation of ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter]]''.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter (television series)|Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Virtua Fighter 5|Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | August 11, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of the 2006 video game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Adaptation of ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''.
|}
 
==Other games with Yakuza characters as playable characters==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Everybody's Golf 6|Everybody's&nbsp;Golf&nbsp;6]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lost Judgment]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Clap Hanz]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| 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" | 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 20, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| 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" | ''[[Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania]]''
| 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" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]] <br />[[Xbox 360]] <br />[[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | September 19, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | December 23, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | High definition version of ''[[Super Monkey Ball (video game)|Super Monkey Ball 1]]'', ''[[Super Monkey Ball 2|2]]'', and ''[[Super Monkey Ball Deluxe|Deluxe]]''.
| 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" | ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lost Judgment|Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Monolith Soft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | November 3, 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lost Judgment]]'' [[downloadable content|DLC]]
| 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 Entertainment|Bandai Namco]], [[Capcom]], [[Sega]], and [[Nintendo]].
|-
|-
| 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" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 21, 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of the 2014 video game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A Kiryu skin is available as [[downloadable content|DLC]].
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Streets of Kamurocho]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Empty Clip Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2023
| 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.
|}
 
==Pachinko games==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan! 2]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! 2<br />(龍が如く 見参!,  "Like a Dragon Arrives! 2")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiyo Elec]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachinko game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Of the End]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END <br />(龍が如 OF THE END, "Ryū ga Gotoku")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon 8]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiyo Elec]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| 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" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachislot game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|}
 
==Soundtrack albums 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 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: March 2008]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008
| 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: Kenzan!]]''
|-
| 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: Series with television shows]]
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Revision as of 00:36, 11 July 2023

Ryu-ga-gotaku-studio.jpg
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Type Division of Sega
Founded September 1998 (Sega AM11)
May 1999 (Sega Software R&D 4)
April 21, 2000 (Amusement Vision)
April 1, 2005 (NE R&D Dept.)
May 1, 2008 (Sega CS1)
August 31, 2011 (Ryu ga Gotoku Studio)
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people Masayoshi Yokoyama, manager
Industry Video games
Products Like a Dragon series
Number of people
Website http://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (龍が如くスタジオ, "Like a Dragon Studio") is a production team within Sega.

It is a continuation of Sega CS1, which itself was a continuation of Sega AM11, Sega Software R&D Dept. 4., Amusement Vision, and New Entertainment R&D Dept.

Name

It got its name due to the fact that the staff consisted of the development team behind Ryū Ga Gotoku, which is Japanese for Like a Dragon.

History

Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #11, commonly referred to as Sega AM #11, Sega AM11, or Sega 11, was formed in September 1998.

Sega AM11 was closed in 1999, and in May 1999, it became Sega Software Research & Development Department 4, commonly referred to as Sega Software R&D Dept. 4.

Sega Software R&D Dept. 4 was closed in 2000, and on April 21, 2000, it became Amusement Vision.

Amusement Vision was closed in 2005, and on April 1, 2005, it became New Entertainment Research & Development Department, commonly referred to as New Entertainment R&D Dept. or NE R&D Dept.

In 2008, New Entertainment R&D Dept. was closed, and on May 1, 2008, it became Sega CS1.

On August 31, 2011, the Sega CS1 development team became known as Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.

Video games by New Entertainment R&D Dept. owned by WEC Museum

Title System Release Added to Museum Notes
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Wii 2006 February 3, 2022 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio, developed a high-definition version in 2019.
Like a Dragon: Kenzan! PS3 2008 October 26, 2018 Only released in Japan.

Video games by Sega CS1 owned by WEC Museum

Title System Release Added to Museum Notes
Yakuza 3 PS3 2009 October 26, 2018 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio, developed a high-definition version in 2019.
Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter PSP 2010 September 6, 2021 Released only in Asia.
Yakuza 4 PS3 2010 October 26, 2018 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio, developed a high-definition version in 2019.

Video games by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Title System Release Added to Museum Notes
Binary Domain Windows 2012 December 23, 2018
Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter PSP 2012 September 6, 2021 Released only in Asia.
Like a Dragon 1 & 2 HD PS3 2012 Not yet Released only in Asia.
High definition versions of the 2005 and 2006 video games.
Yakuza 5 PS3 2012 October 26, 2018
Like a Dragon: Ishin! PS4 2014 October 26, 2018 Released only in Asia.
Yakuza 0 PS4 2015 October 24, 2018
Yakuza Kiwami PS4 2016 July 17, 2018 Remake of the 2005 video game Yakuza.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life PS4 2016 July 17, 2018
Yakuza Kiwami 2 PS4 2017 October 18, 2018 Remake of the 2006 video game Yakuza 2.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise PS4 2018 October 26, 2018
Yakuza 3 Remastered PS4 2018 August 21, 2019 High definition version of the 2009 video game.
Like a Dragon Online Android 2018 January 20, 2019 Released only in Asia.
Judgment PS4 2018 May 4, 2019
Yakuza 4 Remastered PS4 2019 August 21, 2019 High definition version of the 2010 video game.
Yakuza 5 Remastered PS4 2019 August 21, 2019 High definition version of the 2012 video game.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD Windows 2019 February 7, 2022 High definition version of the 2006 video game.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon PS4 2020 August 13, 2021
Yakuza Remastered Collection PS4 2020 December 23, 2022 Remastered versions of Yakuza 3, 4, and 5.
Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown PS4 2021 August 11, 2022 Remake of the 2006 video game.
Lost Judgment PS4 2021 October 20, 2021
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania PS4 2021 September 19, 2022 High definition version of Super Monkey Ball 1, 2, and Deluxe.
Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files PS4 2022 November 3, 2021 Lost Judgment DLC
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Xbox One 2023 February 21, 2023 Remake of the 2014 video game.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name PS4 2023 Not yet
Like a Dragon 8 PS4 2024 Not yet
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