Makoto Date

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Makoto Date
Developer Toshihiro Nagoshi
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 2005-present
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Makoto Date (伊達真, Date Makoto) is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, a film, and magazines.

He is a non-playable character in most games in the Like a Dragon series, however, he is playable in Yakuza Kiwami and Like a Dragon Online.

Date's likeness was used to portray the historical samurai, Nakaoka Shintaro, in Like a Dragon: Ishin!.

Fictional character biography

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Makoto Date is a detective for the Tokyo police department.

After Kazuma Kiryu is arrested for murder, Date is sure Kiryu was taking the blame for someone else since he was about to get his own yakuza family in the Tojo Clan.

After Kiryu was released from prison ten years later, Date became his unlikely ally.

He temporarily left the police force and became a reporter before he rejoined the force and became a detective again.

Video games with Makoto Date as a playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Yakuza Kiwami Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS3, PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2013 Remake of Yakuza: Makoto Date becomes the unlikely ally of Kazuma Kiryu to help him discover a conspiracy.
Like a Dragon Online Ryū ga Gotoku Studio Android, iOS, Windows 2018 Makoto Date is one of the fighters that can be part of Ichiban Kasuga's team.

Video games with Makoto Date as a non-playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Yakuza Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS2 2005 Makoto Date becomes the unlikely ally of Kazuma Kiryu to help him discover a conspiracy.
Yakuza 2 Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS2 2006 Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu when the latter goes against Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai.
Yakuza 3 Sega CS1 PS3 2009 Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu uncover a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised the latter.
Yakuza 4 Sega CS1 PS3 2010 Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
Yakuza: Dead Souls Sega CS1 PS3 2011 Zombies have appeared in Tokyo, and Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, and Ryuji Goda stop them.
Like a Dragon 1&2 HD Edition Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3, Wii U 2012 Japanese-exclusive remaster of Yakuza and Yakuza 2. Known as Like a Dragon 1&2 Wii U Edition on Wii U: Makoto Date becomes the unlikely ally of Kazuma Kiryu to help him discover a conspiracy. The following year, Date helps Kiryu when the latter goes against Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai.
Yakuza 5 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3 2012 Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga 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.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2016 Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu as he tries to keep his adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2017 Remake of Yakuza 2: Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu when the latter goes against Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai.
Yakuza 3 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2018 Remaster of Yakuza 3: Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu uncover a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised the latter.
Yakuza 4 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 4: Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
Yakuza 5 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 5: Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga 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.
Yakuza Remastered Collection Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5: Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu uncover a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised the latter. The next year, Makoto Date helps Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune. Two years after that, Makoto Date helps Kazuma 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.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2020 Makoto Date can assist Ichiban Kasuga and his team via Poundmates.

Film featuring Makoto Date

Title Production company Distributor Release Notes
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Art Port Toei 2007 Based on Yakuza.

Magazines featuring Makoto Date

Title Publisher Release Notes
Kamutai Magazine
(December 2006)
Sega 2006 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 2.
Kamutai Magazine
(February 2009)
Sega 2009 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 3.
Kamutai Magazine
(March 2010)
Sega 2010 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 4.
Hot•Dog Press
(March 2015)
Sega 2015 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 0.