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'''Shun Akiyama''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, films, comics, and music.  
'''Shun Akiyama''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, magazines, and music.  


Shun Akiyama is a playable character in most of his appearances in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]].
Shun Akiyama is a playable character in most of his appearances in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]].
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==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
[[File:Shun Akiyama.png|78px|left]]
[[File:Shun Akiyama.png|78px|left]]
Shun Akiyama was a successful businessman, however he was framed for embezzlement and became homeless.
Shun Akiyama was a successful businessman, however, he was framed for embezzlement and became homeless.


After the Millenium Tower exploded in 2005, sending billions of yen to the street below, Akiyama picked up as much as he could.
After the Millenium Tower exploded in 2005, sending billions of yen to the street below, Akiyama picked up as much as he could.
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!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
|-
| 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" | ''[[Yakuza 4]]''
| 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" | [[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" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS3: October 26, 2018
| 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]], [[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" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], Shun Akiyama, and [[Taiga Saejima]] discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''
| 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 Shun Akiyama, [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and [[Kazuma Kiryu]] try to stop them.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Binary Domain]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Binary Domain]]''
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| 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" | [[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" | ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5]]''
| 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 Shun Akiyama, [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and [[Kazuma Kiryu]] try to stop them.
|-
| 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" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| 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" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
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| 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" | 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" | ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]<br />(Ryū ga Gotoku Online, 龍が如くOnline)
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]''
| 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" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| 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" | [[Android]] <br />[[iOS]] <br />[[Windows|Win]]
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!| Notes
!| Notes
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| 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" | ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song 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" | [[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" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
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| 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" | Shun Akiyama closed Sky Finance and went into hiding due to the press surrounding his involvement with revealing the corruption of the Tokyo Police Department.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Shun Akiyama closed Sky Finance and went into hiding due to the press surrounding his involvement with revealing the corruption of the Tokyo Police Department.
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==Music featuring Shun Akiyama==
{| 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" | ''[[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]]''
||
|}
==Magazines featuring Shun Akiyama==
{| 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" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''
| 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]]''.
||
|}
|}


Revision as of 05:44, 23 June 2023

Shun Akiyama
Developer Toshihiro Nagoshi
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 2010-present (video games)
Added to
Museum 		As noted below

Shun Akiyama is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, magazines, and music.

Shun Akiyama is a playable character in most of his appearances in the Like a Dragon series.

Fictional character biography

Shun Akiyama.png

Shun Akiyama was a successful businessman, however, he was framed for embezzlement and became homeless.

After the Millenium Tower exploded in 2005, sending billions of yen to the street below, Akiyama picked up as much as he could.

He used the money to become a day trader and earned billions of yen of his own.

With his wealth, Akiyama became the lifeline of Kamurocho when he started a no-interest loan company known as Sky Finance.

Video games wherein Shun Akiyama is a playable character

Title Developer System Release Added to museum Notes
Yakuza 4 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 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.
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 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 Sega CS1
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio 		Android
iOS
Win 		2018 Android: January 20, 2019 Shun Akiyama is one of the fighters that can be part of Ichiban Kasuga's team.

Non-playable games featuring Shun Akiyama

Title Production company Distributor Release Added to museum Notes
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Sega CS1
Ryū ga Gotoku Studio 		PS4 2016 July 17, 2018 Shun Akiyama closed Sky Finance and went into hiding due to the press surrounding his involvement with revealing the corruption of the Tokyo Police Department.

Music featuring Shun Akiyama

Title Production company Distributor Release Added to museum Notes
Dragon Song: Like a Dragon - Karaoke Best Selection Sega 2011 August 15, 2022 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon Of the End.
Dragon Song: Like a Dragon 5 The Best Songs Selection Sega 2012 August 15, 2022 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 5

Magazines featuring Shun Akiyama

Title Production company Distributor Release Added to museum Notes
Kamutai Magazine Sega 2010 June 20, 2023 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 4.
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