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   software_name  = Ms. Pac-Man|
   software_name  = Haruka Sawamura|
   software_image  = [[File:Ms. Pac-Man logo.png|300px]]|
   software_image  = [[File:Haruka Sawamura logo.png|300px]]|
   developer      = [[Steve Golson]]|
   developer      = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]|
  systems        = see below|
   publisher      = [[Sega]]|
   publisher      = [[Namco]], [[NetherRealm Studios|Bally/Midway]], [[Atari, S.A.|Atari]], [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco]]|
  systems        = As noted below|
   release        = 1981-present|
   release        = 2005-present|
   added_to_museum = see below|
   added_to_museum = As noted below|
}}
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'''Ms. Pac-Man''', also known as '''Pac-Mom''', is a character that is part of a multimedia series by [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]].
'''Haruka Sawamura''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, films, comics, and music.  


The series consists of [[video game]]s, television shows, and music.
Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character in most games in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]], but becomes a playable character in ''[[Yakuza 5]]''.
 
Ms. Pac-Man also is a playable character in some games in the [[Mario Kart|''Mario Kart'' series]].


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
[[File:Ms. Pac-Man.png|90px|left]]
[[File:Haruka Sawamura.png|85px|left]]
Ms. Pac-Man is a round Pac-Person that eats ghosts.
Haruka Sawamura was orphaned at a young age.
 
Her husband is named [[Pac-Man]].
 
Her son, [[Jr. Pac-Man]], is also known as Pac-Boy. Her daughter, [[Pac-Baby]], is also known as Pac-Sis.
 
==Rights issues==
The ''[[Ms. Pac-Man (video game)|Ms. Pac-Man]]'' [[arcade]] game was originally an unofficial expansion created by [[General Computer Corporation]] for ''[[Pac-Man (video game)|Pac-Man]]'' titled ''Crazy Otto''.


[[NetherRealm Studios|Bally/Midway]], the official American distributor of Pac-Man, was impatient for a sequel. [[Namco]], the creator of Pac-Man, hadn't released a sequel of its own, so Midway was looking for a sequel they could publish itself.  
After coming out of prison, [[Kazuma Kiryu]] was no longer a yakuza, but got pulled back in after rescuing Haruka, who was the daughter of his love interest.


Midway was impressed with ''Crazy Otto'', so the company purchased the game without the involvement of Namco. It was modified as ''Ms. Pac-Man'' so that it would fit the ''Pac-Man'' aesthetic.
The yakuza who raised Kiryu was killed, and Kiryu was named the fifth chairman of the Tojo Clan.


GCC sued Midway, and in approximately 1983 a settlement was reached wherein GCC was awarded a portion of the profits of the arcade version of ''Ms. Pac-Man''. GCC also created another sequel titled ''[[Jr. Pac-Man]]'', which was originally titled ''Pac-Baby'', so they were granted a portion of the profits of the arcade version of that game as well.
However, after Haruka's mom was killed, Kiryu left the yakuza permanently.  


In approximately 1987, the rights to everything related to ''Ms. Pac-Man'' and ''Jr. Pac-Man'' were transferred to Namco. This did not count the GCC contract, which still awarded the company a portion of the profits of the arcade versions of the games they created.
Kiryu raised Haruka as his own daughter, along with other children, at the Morning Glory Orphanage.


In 2002, GCC contacted Namco as they had not received any profits for the re-releases of ''Ms. Pac-Man''. The company was unaware of the contract, as it had been approximately twenty years since the contract was signed, and most of the employees from that era no longer worked at Namco. After no progress on rights negotiations after approximately four years, an arbitrator was assigned to the case. The contract was deemed to only refer to coin-operated versions, but because the contract hadn't been updated since it was signed, the court ruled that versions for [[mobile phone]]s, and any version that transmitted data through the [[internet]] or to other devices also applied to the contract because payment options were usually included within these versions.  
Haruka left the orphanage to become a singer and an idol, but she left her career after she revealed she was raised by a yakuza.


In approximately 2019, [[AtGames]] purchased the contract from General Computer Corporation. This would give AtGames royalties for most versions of the games created by GCC.
She became a mother shortly after that.


After the AtGames purchase, [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] ceased using the Ms. Pac-Man character in their games, and created other female Pac-People. Pac-Man Girl was an unlockable character in the 2015 mobile game ''[[Mega Run meets Pac-Man]]''. Pac-Marie was included in the real-life pop-up retail stores known as Pac-Store and Pac-Man Ginza Style in 2016. Pac-Man Girl and Pac-Marie.
==Video games wherein Haruka Sawamura is a playable character==
 
[[File:Pac-Mom.png|90px|left]]
A lawsuit between AtGames and Bandai Namco Entertainment was settled in 2021.
 
After this, Ms. Pac-Man became Pac-Mom.
 
In addition, Jr. Pac-Man became Pac-Boy, and Baby Pac-Man became Pac-Sis.
 
==Video games wherein Ms. Pac-Man is a playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
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!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ms. Pac-Man (video game)|Pac-Man]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume, Kanaeshi Mono <br />(龍が如く5 叶えし者, "Like a Dragon 5: Fulfiller of Dreams")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GCC Technologies|GCC]], [[NetherRealm Studios|Bally/Midway]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | December 25, 2008 ([[Xbox 360|360]], [[Namco Museum Virtual Arcade|Museum]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS3: October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Maze game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | While [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]] and [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] 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" | ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]<br />(Ryū ga Gotoku Online, 龍が如くOnline)
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NetherRealm Studios|Bally/Midway]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pinball]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]] <br />[[iOS]] <br />[[Windows|Win]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| 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" | Android: January 20, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pinball]] machine
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Haruka Sawamura is one of the fighters that can be part of [[Ichiban Kasuga|Ichiban Kasuga's]] team.
|}
|}


==Video games wherein Pac-Man is a non-playable character==
==Video games wherein Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
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!| Notes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Jr. Pac-Man]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku <br />(龍が如く, "Like a Dragon")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GCC Technologies|GCC]], [[NetherRealm Studios|Bally/Midway]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]<br />[[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| 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" | PS4: July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Maze game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] rescues Haruka Sawamura while uncovering a conspiracy.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 2]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku 2 <br />(龍が如く2, "Like a Dragon 2")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]<br />[[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| 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" | PS4: October 18, 2018
| 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. Kiryu leaves Haruka at Sunflower Orphanage so that he can stop Goda.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku 3 <br />(龍が如く3, "Like a Dragon 3")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[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" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS3: October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono <br />(龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの, "Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[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" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS3: October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. 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]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END <br />(龍が如 OF THE END, "Like a Dragon: OF THE END")''
| 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 Haruka is kidnapped, bringing [[Kazuma Kiryu]] back to the city. [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and Kiryu try to stop the zombie horde.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku 6:  Inochi no Uta <br />(龍が如く6 命の詩, "Like a Dragon 6: Poetry of Life")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[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" | While Haruka is in a coma, [[Kazuma Kiryu]] tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
|}
 
==Films featuring Haruka Sawamura==
{| 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" | ''[[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" | DVD: August 1, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Based on ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
|}
|}


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Revision as of 08:27, 1 July 2023

Haruka Sawamura logo.png
Haruka Sawamura
Developer Toshihiro Nagoshi
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 2005-present
Added to
Museum
As noted below

Haruka Sawamura is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, films, comics, and music.

Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character in most games in the Like a Dragon series, but becomes a playable character in Yakuza 5.

Fictional character biography

Haruka Sawamura.png

Haruka Sawamura was orphaned at a young age.

After coming out of prison, Kazuma Kiryu was no longer a yakuza, but got pulled back in after rescuing Haruka, who was the daughter of his love interest.

The yakuza who raised Kiryu was killed, and Kiryu was named the fifth 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.

Haruka left the orphanage to become a singer and an idol, but she left her career after she revealed she was raised by a yakuza.

She became a mother shortly after that.

Video games wherein Haruka Sawamura is a playable character

Title Developer System Release Added to museum Notes
Yakuza 5
Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume, Kanaeshi Mono
(龍が如く5 叶えし者, "Like a Dragon 5: Fulfiller of Dreams")
Sega CS1
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
PS3 2012 PS3: October 26, 2018 While Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima and Toshiyuki Morikawa investigate a plot surrounding the Tokyo police department and the Tojo Clan, Haruka Sawamura strives to become a singer and an idol.
Like a Dragon Online
(Ryū ga Gotoku Online, 龍が如くOnline)
Sega CS1
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
Android
iOS
Win
2018 Android: January 20, 2019 Haruka Sawamura is one of the fighters that can be part of Ichiban Kasuga's team.

Video games wherein Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character

Title Developer System Release Added to museum Notes
Yakuza
Ryū ga Gotoku
(龍が如く, "Like a Dragon")
Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
PS2 2005 PS4: July 17, 2018 Kazuma Kiryu rescues Haruka Sawamura while uncovering a conspiracy.
Yakuza 2
Ryū ga Gotoku 2
(龍が如く2, "Like a Dragon 2")
Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
PS2 2006 PS4: October 18, 2018 The Dragon of Kansai, Ryuji Goda, wants to defeat Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima. Kiryu leaves Haruka at Sunflower Orphanage so that he can stop Goda.
Yakuza 3
Ryū ga Gotoku 3
(龍が如く3, "Like a Dragon 3")
Sega CS1
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
PS3 2009 PS3: October 26, 2018 Kazuma Kiryu raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement.
Yakuza 4
Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono
(龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの, "Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend")
Sega CS1
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
PS3 2010 PS3: October 26, 2018 Kazuma Kiryu returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
Yakuza: Dead Souls
Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END
(龍が如 OF THE END, "Like a Dragon: OF THE END")
Sega CS1 PS3 2011 August 6, 2020 Zombies have appeared in Tokyo, and Haruka is kidnapped, bringing Kazuma Kiryu back to the city. Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Goda, and Kiryu try to stop the zombie horde.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Ryū ga Gotoku 6: Inochi no Uta
(龍が如く6 命の詩, "Like a Dragon 6: Poetry of Life")
Sega CS1
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
PS4 2016 July 17, 2018 While Haruka is in a coma, Kazuma Kiryu tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.

Films featuring Haruka Sawamura

Title Production company Distributor Release Added to museum Notes
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Art Port Toei 2007 DVD: August 1, 2020 Based on Yakuza.