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'''''Like a Dragon''''' ('''''龍が如く''''', '''''"Ryū ga Gotoku"''''') is a multimedia series by [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]] consisting of [[video game]]s, films, a television show, magazines, books, comics, and music.
'''''Like a Dragon''''' ('''''龍が如く''''', '''''"Ryū ga Gotoku"''''') is a multimedia series created by [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] of [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]] that consists of [[video game]]s, films, a television show, magazines, books, comics, and music.


[[File:Yakuza_logo.png|200px|left]] The series was known outside of Japan as '''''Yakuza''''' until the official reveal of in-progress projects by Ryū ga Gotoku Studio on September 14, 2022.
[[File:Yakuza_logo.png|200px|left]] The series was known outside of Japan as '''''Yakuza''''' until the official reveal of in-progress projects by Ryū ga Gotoku Studio on September 14, 2022.
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[[Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist in most games in the series, is a former yakuza based in the Kamurocho district of Tokyo nicknamed the Dragon of Dojima. Kiryu took the blame for a murder that he didn't commit and spent ten years in prison. He became the sixth chairman of the yakuza organization named the Tojo Clan. He left to raise the daughter of his only love, who was murdered by her ex-husband, a crooked politician.
[[Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist in most games in the series, is a former yakuza based in the Kamurocho district of Tokyo nicknamed the Dragon of Dojima. Kiryu took the blame for a murder that he didn't commit and spent ten years in prison. He became the sixth chairman of the yakuza organization named the Tojo Clan. He left to raise the daughter of his only love, who was murdered by her ex-husband, a crooked politician.


[[Ichiban Kasuga]], the series protagonist of the series after ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]'', is nicknamed the Rock-Bottom Dragon. He was abandoned at birth and raised in the streets of Tokyo, leading him to become a low-level yakuza in the Tojo Clan. Like Kiryu, he took the blame for a murder he didn't commit. However, when he was released from prison eighteen years later, he was shot after trying to reconnect with his yakuza family and was left for dead in the Isezaki Ijincho district of Yokohama.
[[Ichiban Kasuga]], the series protagonist of the series after ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]'', is nicknamed the Rock-Bottom Dragon and later the Hero of Yokohama. He was abandoned at birth and raised in the streets of Tokyo, leading him to become a low-level yakuza in the Tojo Clan. Like Kiryu, he took the blame for a murder he didn't commit. However, when he was released from prison eighteen years later, he was shot after trying to reconnect with his yakuza family and was left for dead in the Isezaki Ijincho district of Yokohama.


Other playable characters include:
Other playable characters include:
*[[Koichi Adachi]], a former police officer: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Koichi Adachi]], a former police officer: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Shun Akiyama]], a loan financier that ran Sky Finance: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Shun Akiyama]], a loan financier that ran Sky Finance: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Makoto Date]], Tokyo detective: ''[[Yakuza Kiwami]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Daigo Dojima]], Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.
*[[Daigo Dojima]], Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.
*[[Chitose Fujinomiya]], [[Ichiban Kasuga|Ichiban Kasuga's]] birth mother's personal maid: ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]''.
*[[Ryuji Goda]], the main antagonist of ''[[Yakuza 2]]'', the Dragon of Kansai: ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.  
*[[Ryuji Goda]], the main antagonist of ''[[Yakuza 2]]'', the Dragon of Kansai: ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.  
*[[Joon-gi Han]], a villain in ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life|Yakuza 6]]'' that is an identity assumed by many people: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Joon-gi Han]], a villain in ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life|Yakuza 6]]'' that is an identity assumed by many people: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Toru Higashi]], a former yakuza from the [[Judgment|''Judgment'' series]]: ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden]]'' in the colliseum.
*[[Masaharu Kaito]], a yakuza-turned detective from the [[Judgment|''Judgment'' series]]: ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden]]'' in the colliseum.
*[[Eri Kamataki (character)|Eri Kamataki]], the owner of Ichiban Confectionary: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Eri Kamataki (character)|Eri Kamataki]], the owner of Ichiban Confectionary: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Goro Majima]], Kiryu's rival, the Mad Dog of Shimano: ''[[Yakuza 0]]'', ''[[Yakuza 2|Kiwami 2: Majima Saga]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.  
*[[Goro Majima]], Kiryu's rival, the Mad Dog of Shimano: ''[[Yakuza 0]]'', ''[[Yakuza 2#Majima Saga|Kiwami 2: Majima Saga]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii]]''.  
*[[Saeko Mukoda]], a mama of a hostess bar: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''.
*[[Saeko Mukoda]], a mama of a hostess bar: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''.
*[[Miyamoto Musashi]], a historical rōnin: ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan!]]''
*[[Miyamoto Musashi]], a historical rōnin: ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan!]]''
*[[Yu Nanba]], a homeless man that was formerly a nurse: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Yu Nanba]], a homeless man that was formerly a nurse: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
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*[[Taiga Saejima]], Majima's sworn brother, and shooter in the Ueno Seiwa massacre: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.  
*[[Taiga Saejima]], Majima's sworn brother, and shooter in the Ueno Seiwa massacre: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.  
*[[Haruka Sawamura]], Kiryu's adopted daughter and a former idol: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Haruka Sawamura]], Kiryu's adopted daughter and a former idol: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Seonhee]], a minor antagonist in ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'', the leader of the Geomijul: ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]''.
*[[Tatsuo Shinada]], a former baseball player for the Nagoya Wyverns: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Tatsuo Shinada]], a former baseball player for the Nagoya Wyverns: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Fumiya Sugiura]], a former thief and private detective from the [[Judgment|''Judgment'' series]]: ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden]]'' in the colliseum.
*[[Masayoshi Tanimura]], a member of the Tokyo police that is of Japanese and Korean descent: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Masayoshi Tanimura]], a member of the Tokyo police that is of Japanese and Korean descent: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Eric Tomizawa]], a corrupt taxi driver: ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]''.
*[[Tatsuya Ukyo]], the Mad Dragon of Kamuro: ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter|Black Panther: Like a Dragon 1]]'' and ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter|2]]''.
*[[Tatsuya Ukyo]], the Mad Dragon of Kamuro: ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter|Black Panther: Like a Dragon 1]]'' and ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter|2]]''.
*[[Tianyou Zhao]], the leader of the Yokohama Liumang: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Tianyou Zhao]], the former leader of the Yokohama Liumang: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''.


==Video games==
==Video games==
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon 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" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2018. An online turn-based RPG with gatcha mechanics, with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the main character.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2018. An online turn-based RPG with gatcha mechanics, with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the main character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': Takes place in 2012, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': Takes place in 2012, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] as the playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2019. A turn-based RPG with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza Remastered Collection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza Remastered Collection]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'', ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', and ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': Takes place in 2009, 2010, and 2012, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]], [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'', ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', and ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': Takes place in 2009, 2010, and 2012, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]], [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] as the playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2019. A turn-based RPG with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin! Kiwami]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin! Kiwami]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2024
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2024
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2024 with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] and [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2024 with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] and [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series S/X|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2025
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2025 with [[Goro Majima]] as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Adaptation of ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Adaptation of ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: The Song of the Soul]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Avex Group Holdings|Avex Entertainment]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Avex Group Holdings|Avex Entertainment]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Series with an original storyline created to advertise ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life|Like a Dragon: The Song of Life]]''.
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==Other games with Like a Dragon characters as playable characters==
==Other games with Like a Dragon characters==
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] is a [[downloadable content|DLC]] character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] is a [[downloadable content|DLC]] character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiko Team]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | MachineGun Kiss has cameos from [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Ryuji Goda]], [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and cabaret club hostesses.
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| 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" | [[PlayStation 4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A [[Kazuma Kiryu]] skin for [[Kenshiro Kasumi]] is available as [[downloadable content|DLC]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A [[Kazuma Kiryu]] skin for [[Kenshiro]] is available as [[downloadable content|DLC]].
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Streets of Kamurocho]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Streets of Kamurocho]]''
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!| Release
!| Notes
!| Notes
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />([[Kamutai Magazine|December 2005]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza|Like a Dragon]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />([[Kamutai Magazine|December 2006]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />([[Kamutai Magazine|December 2006]])
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 4|Like a Dragon 4]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 4|Like a Dragon 4]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine|Young Kamutai]]''<br />(''[[Kamutai Magazine|September 2010]]'')
| 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" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Hot•Dog Press]]''<br />([[Hot•Dog Press|March 2015]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Hot•Dog Press]]''<br />([[Hot•Dog Press|March 2015]])
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 1 October 2024

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Like a Dragon
Developer NE R&D Dept., Ryū ga Gotoku Studio, Sega CS1
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 2005-present
Added to
Museum 		As noted below

Like a Dragon (龍が如く, "Ryū ga Gotoku") is a multimedia series created by Toshihiro Nagoshi of Ryū ga Gotoku Studio that consists of video games, films, a television show, magazines, books, comics, and music.

Yakuza logo.png

The series was known outside of Japan as Yakuza until the official reveal of in-progress projects by Ryū ga Gotoku Studio on September 14, 2022.

It was spun-off into the Judgment series.

Fictional character biographies

Kazuma Kiryu, the main protagonist in most games in the series, is a former yakuza based in the Kamurocho district of Tokyo nicknamed the Dragon of Dojima. Kiryu took the blame for a murder that he didn't commit and spent ten years in prison. He became the sixth chairman of the yakuza organization named the Tojo Clan. He left to raise the daughter of his only love, who was murdered by her ex-husband, a crooked politician.

Ichiban Kasuga, the series protagonist of the series after Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, is nicknamed the Rock-Bottom Dragon and later the Hero of Yokohama. He was abandoned at birth and raised in the streets of Tokyo, leading him to become a low-level yakuza in the Tojo Clan. Like Kiryu, he took the blame for a murder he didn't commit. However, when he was released from prison eighteen years later, he was shot after trying to reconnect with his yakuza family and was left for dead in the Isezaki Ijincho district of Yokohama.

Other playable characters include:

Video games

Title Developer System Release Notes
Yakuza Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS2 2005 Takes place in 2005, with former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
Yakuza 2 Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS2 2006 Takes place in 2006, with former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
Like a Dragon Kenzan! Sega CS1 PS3 2008 Takes place in 1605, with the historical rōnin Miyamoto Musashi as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
Yakuza 3 Sega CS1 PS3 2009 Takes place in 2009, with Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
Yakuza 4 Sega CS1 PS3 2010 Takes place in 2010, with Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama and Taiga Saejima as the playable characters.
Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter Sega CS1
Syn Sophia 		PSP 2010 Takes place in 2010, with Tatsuya Ukyo as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
Yakuza: Dead Souls Sega CS1 PS3 2011 Takes place in 2011. A zombie shooter with Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Goda, and Kazuma Kiryu as playable characters.
Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter Ryū ga Gotoku Studio
Syn Sophia 		PSP 2012 Takes place in 2012, with Tatsuya Ukyo as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
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: Takes place in 2005 and 2006, with former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
Yakuza 5 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3 2012 Takes place in 2012, with Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima, Haruka Sawamura, and Tatsuo Shinada as the playable characters.
Yakuza Kiwami Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3, PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2013 Remake of Yakuza: Takes place in 2005, with former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2017 Remake of Yakuza 2: Takes place in 2006, with Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character. The unlockable Majima Saga adds playable chapters as Goro Majima.
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3, PS4 2014 Takes place in 1863, with the historical samurai Sakamoto Ryōma as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
Yakuza 0 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3, PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2015 Takes place in 1988, with playable characters Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima. Released on PS4 worldwide and on PS3 in Japan only.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2016 Takes place in 2016, with Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
Yakuza 3 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2018 Remaster of Yakuza 3: Takes place in 2009, with Kazuma Kiryu as the playable character.
Like a Dragon Online Ryū ga Gotoku Studio Android, iOS, Windows 2018 Takes place in 2018. An online turn-based RPG with gatcha mechanics, with Ichiban Kasuga as the main character.
Yakuza 4 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 4: Takes place in 2010, with Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama and Taiga Saejima as the playable characters.
Yakuza 5 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 5: Takes place in 2012, with Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima, Haruka Sawamura, and Tatsuo Shinada as the playable characters.
Yakuza Remastered Collection Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5: Takes place in 2009, 2010, and 2012, with Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima, Masayoshi Tanimura, Haruka Sawamura, and Tatsuo Shinada as the playable characters.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2020 Takes place in 2019. A turn-based RPG with Ichiban Kasuga as the playable character.
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Kiwami Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2023 Remake of Like a Dragon: Ishin!: Takes place in 1863, with the historical samurai Sakamoto Ryōma as the playable character.
Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2023 Takes place between 2016 and 2019 with Kazuma Kiryu, as Joryu, as the playable character.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2024 Takes place in 2024 with Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu as the playable characters.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2025 Takes place in 2025 with Goro Majima as the playable character.

Films

Title Production company Distributor Release Notes
Like a Dragon: Prologue Art Port Sega 2006 Prequel to Yakuza.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Art Port Toei 2007 Based on Yakuza.

Television series

Title Production company Distributor Release Notes
Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter TBS Television TBS Television 2010 Adaptation of Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter.
Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter TBS Television TBS Television 2012 Adaptation of Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter.
Like a Dragon: The Song of the Soul Avex Entertainment Avex Entertainment 2016 Series with an original storyline created to advertise Like a Dragon: The Song of Life.

Other games with Like a Dragon characters

Title Developer System Release Notes
Everybody's Golf 6 Clap Hanz PS3, Vita 2011 Kazuma Kiryu is a DLC character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX Taiko Team PSP 2011 MachineGun Kiss has cameos from Shun Akiyama, Ryuji Goda, Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, Haruka Sawamura, and cabaret club hostesses.
Binary Domain Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3, Xbox 360, Windows 2012 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.
Project X Zone 2 Monolith Soft Nintendo 3DS 2015 Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima are in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PlayStation 4 2018 A Kazuma Kiryu skin for Kenshiro is available as DLC.
Streets of Kamurocho Empty Clip Studios Windows 2020 Endless Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit Streets of Rage style, with Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and Ichiban Kasuga as the playable characters.

Pachinko games

Title Developer Release Notes
Like a Dragon Kenzan! 2
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! 2
(龍が如く 見参!, "Like a Dragon Arrives! 2") 		Taiyo Elec 2014 Pachinko game.
Like a Dragon: Of the End
Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END
(龍が如 OF THE END, "Ryū ga Gotoku") 		Taiyo Elec 2015 Pachislot game.

Soundtrack albums

Title Studio Release Notes
Dragon Song: Like a Dragon - Karaoke Best Selection Sega 2011 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon Of the End.
Dragon Song: Like a Dragon 5 - The Best Songs Selection Sega 2012 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 5.
Like a Dragon Series: Best Soundtrack Sega 2014 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon Ishin!.

Magazines

Title Publisher Release Notes
Kamutai Magazine
(December 2005) 		Sega 2005 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon.
Kamutai Magazine
(December 2006) 		Sega 2006 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 2.
Kamutai Magazine
(March 2008) 		Sega 2008 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon: Kenzan!
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.
Young Kamutai
(September 2010) 		Sega 2010 Preorder bonus for Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter.
Hot•Dog Press
(March 2015) 		Sega 2015 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 0.
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