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software_name = Makoto Date| | software_name = Makoto Date| | ||
software_image = | | software_image = [[File:Makoto Date logo.png|300px]]| | ||
developer = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]| | developer = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]| | ||
publisher = [[Sega]]| | publisher = [[Sega]]| | ||
systems = As noted below| | systems = As noted below| | ||
release = 2005-present| | release = 2005-present| | ||
added_to_museum = | added_to_museum = See [[:Category:Makoto Date|Makoto Date category]]| | ||
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'''Makoto Date (伊達真, Date Makoto)''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, a film, and magazines. | '''Makoto Date (伊達真, Date Makoto)''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, a film, and magazines. | ||
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==Fictional character biography== | ==Fictional character biography== | ||
[[File:Makoto Date.png| | [[File:Makoto Date.png|50px|left]] | ||
Makoto Date is a detective for the Tokyo police department. | Makoto Date is a detective for the Tokyo police department. | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Makoto Date can assist [[Ichiban Kasuga]] and his team via Poundmates. | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Makoto Date can assist [[Ichiban Kasuga]] and his team via Poundmates. | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Makoto Date covertly takes [[Kazuma Kiryu]] around Japan to check in on his friends. | |||
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[[Category: Characters]] | [[Category: Characters]] | ||
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[[Category: Characters owned by Sega Sammy Holdings]] | [[Category: Characters owned by Sega Sammy Holdings]] | ||
[[Category: Like a Dragon]] | [[Category: Like a Dragon]] | ||
[[Category: Makoto Date]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:50, 20 July 2024
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| Makoto Date | |
| Developer | Toshihiro Nagoshi |
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| Publisher | Sega |
| Platforms | As noted below |
| Released | 2005-present |
| Added to Museum |
See Makoto Date category |
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
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. |
| Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | Ryū ga Gotoku Studio | PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S | 2024 | Makoto Date covertly takes Kazuma Kiryu around Japan to check in on his friends. |
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. |
