Kazuma Kiryu

Kazuma Kiryu
Developer	Toshihiro Nagoshi and Hasei Seishu
Publisher	Sega
Platforms	As noted below
Released	2005-present (video games) 2006-2007 (films)
Added to Museum	As noted below

Kazuma Kiryu (桐生 一馬, Kiryū Kazuma) is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, films, comics, and music.

Kazuma Kiryu is a playable character in most games in the Like a Dragon series, Everybody's Golf 6, Project X Zone 2, and as downloadable content in Binary Domain.

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!.

Kiryu's voice actor, and Kiryu's likeness as downloadable content, also portrayed Kenshiro Kasumi in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise.

Fictional character biography

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, 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

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 goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover 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.
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	A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back 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, 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 Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Goda, and Kazuma Kiryu try to stop them.
Everybody's Golf 6	Clap Hanz	PS3, Vita	2011	Not yet	Kazuma Kiryu is a DLC character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
Binary Domain	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3 Xbox 360 Windows	2012	Windows: December 23, 2018	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.
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.
Project X Zone 2	Monolith Soft	Nintendo 3DS	2015	Not yet	Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima are in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo.
Yakuza 0 Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Chikai no Basho (龍が如く0 誓いの場所, "Like a Dragon 0: The Place of Oath")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3	2015	PS4: October 24, 2018	Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima are kicked out of the Yakuza and find their way back in after discovering a conspiracy.
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	Kazuma Kiryu tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
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	Kazuma Kiryu is one of the fighters that can be part of Ichiban Kasuga's team.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Hokuto ga Gotoku (北斗 が 如く, "Like a Big Dipper" or "Like a North Star")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4	2018	October 26, 2018 (plus Kiryu DLC)	Kenshiro can be changed to look and sound like Kiryu.
Streets of Kamurocho	Empty Clip Studios	Windows	2020	October 20, 2020	Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit Streets of Rage style, with Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and Ichiban Kasuga as the playable characters.

Video games wherein Kazuma Kiryu is a non-playable character

Title	Developer	System	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Like a Dragon: Of the End Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END (龍が如 OF THE END, "Ryū ga Gotoku")	Taiyo Elec	Pachislot	2015	Not yet	Pachislot game based on Yakuza: Dead Souls.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ryū ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue 龍が如く7 光と闇の行方 ("Like a Dragon 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4 PS5 Windows Xbox One Series X/S	2020	Not yet.	Kazuma Kiryu fights Ichiban Kasuga.

Films featuring Kazuma Kiryu

Title	Production company	Distributor	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Like a Dragon: Prologue	Art Port	Sega	2006	Digital: July 27, 2020	Prequel to Yakuza.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Art Port	Toei	2007	DVD: August 1, 2020	Based on Yakuza.