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   software_name  = Kazuma Kiryu|
   software_name  = Kazuma Kiryu|
   software_image  = [[File:Kazuma Kiryu logo.png|300px]]|
   software_image  = [[File:Kazuma Kiryu logo.png|300px]]|
   developer      = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] and [[Hasei Seishu]]|
   developer      = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] and [[Hase Seishū]]|
   publisher      = [[Sega]]|
   publisher      = [[Sega]]|
   systems        = As noted below|
   systems        = As noted below|
   release        = 2005-present (video games)<br />2006-2007 (films)|
   release        = 2005-present|
   added_to_museum = As noted below|
   added_to_museum = See [[:Category:Kazuma Kiryu|Kazuma Kiryu category]]|
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'''Kazuma Kiryu (桐生 一馬, Kiryū Kazuma)''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, films, comics, and music.  
'''Kazuma Kiryu (桐生 一馬, Kiryū Kazuma)''' is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, films, comics, and music. He is voiced by [[Takaya Kuroda]].


Kazuma Kiryu is a playable character in most games in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]], in ''[[Everybody's Golf 6]]'', and in ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''.
Kazuma Kiryu is a playable character in most games in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]], ''[[Everybody's Golf 6]]'', ''[[Project X Zone 2]]'', and as [[downloadable content]] in ''[[Binary Domain]]''.
 
Kiryu's likeness was used to portray the historical ronin, [[Miyamoto Musashi]], in the March 2008 issue of ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''. Kiryu's likeness and voice actor were then used to portray 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]] in ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]''.


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
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The yakuza who raised Kiryu was killed, and Kiryu was named the fourth chairman of the Tojo Clan.
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.  
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.
Kiryu raised Haruka as his own daughter, along with other children, at the Morning Glory Orphanage.
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He got pulled back into Tojo Clan business occasionally, but the welfare of the children under his protection was always his top priority.
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==
==Video games with Kazuma Kiryu as a playable character==
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!| Title
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!| System
!| System
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
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| 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" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''
| 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" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS4: July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover a conspiracy.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover 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" | ''[[Yakuza 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" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| 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" | 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.
| 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.
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|-
| 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" | ''[[Yakuza 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" | [[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" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| 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" | A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement.
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| 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]]
| 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]]
| 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" | 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]] <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" | ''[[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" | [[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" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| 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" | 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" | Zombies have appeared in Tokyo, and [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and Kazuma Kiryu try to stop them.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation Vita|Vita]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation Vita|Vita]]
| 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" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu is a DLC character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu is a DLC character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
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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]]''
| 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" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]] <br />[[Xbox 360]] <br />[[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Windows]]
| 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" | Windows: December 23, 2018
| 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.
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| 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" | ''[[Like a Dragon 1&2 HD Edition]]''
| 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" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Wii U]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Japanese-exclusive remaster of ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]'' and ''[[Yakuza 2]]''. Known as ''Like a Dragon 1&2 Wii U Edition on [[Wii U]]: Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover a conspiracy. The following year, Dragon of Kansai, [[Ryuji Goda]], wants to defeat Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5]]''
| 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 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| 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" | PS3: October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | While Kazuma Kiryu, [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]] and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] 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.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza Kiwami]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]'': Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit and comes back to discover a conspiracy.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu and [[Goro Majima]] are in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by [[Bandai Namco]], [[Capcom]], [[Sega]], and [[Nintendo]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu and [[Goro Majima]] are in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by [[Bandai Namco]], [[Capcom]], [[Sega]], and [[Nintendo]].
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 0]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Chikai no Basho <br />(龍が如く0 誓いの場所, "Like a Dragon 0: The Place of Oath")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 0]]''
| 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" | [[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]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS4: October 24, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu and [[Goro Majima]] are kicked out of the Yakuza and find their way back in after discovering a conspiracy.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu and [[Goro Majima]] are kicked out of the Yakuza and find their way back in after discovering a conspiracy.
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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" | [[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]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016
| 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" | Kazuma Kiryu tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
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| 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" | ''[[Yakuza 2|Yakuza Kiwami 2]]''
| 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|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| 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" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of ''[[Yakuza 2]]'': The Dragon of Kansai, [[Ryuji Goda]], wants to defeat Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
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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" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| 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" | Android: January 20, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu is one of the fighters that can be part of [[Ichiban Kasuga|Ichiban Kasuga's]] team.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu is one of the fighters that can be part of [[Ichiban Kasuga|Ichiban Kasuga's]] team.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]] <br />Hokuto ga Gotoku <br />(北斗 が 如く, "Like a Big Dipper" or "Like a North Star")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]''
| 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" | [[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]]
| 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" | October 26, 2018 (plus Kiryu DLC)
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kenshiro]] can be changed with [[downloadable content|DLC]] to look and sound like Kazuma Kiryu.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kenshiro can be changed to look and sound like Kiryu.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3|Yakuza 3 Remastered]]''
| 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]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'': A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4|Yakuza 4 Remastered]]''
| 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]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 4]]'': 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 5|Yakuza 5 Remastered]]''
| 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]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| 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]]'': While Kazuma Kiryu, [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]] and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] investigate a plot surrounding the Tokyo police department and the Tojo Clan, [[Haruka Sawamura]] strives to become a singer and an idol.
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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" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| 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]]'': A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement. The next year, Kiryu, [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Shun Akiyama]], and [[Taiga Saejima]] discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune. Two years after that, 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.
|-
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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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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 20, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit ''[[Streets of Rage series|Streets of Rage]]'' style, with Kazuma Kiryu, [[Goro Majima]], and [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit ''[[Streets of Rage series|Streets of Rage]]'' style, with Kazuma Kiryu, [[Goro Majima]], and [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name]]''
| 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" | 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | In return for erasing his name Kazuma Kiryu, as Joryu, goes on missions for the Daidoji.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]''
| 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" | 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.
|}
|}


==Video games wherein Kazuma Kiryu is a non-playable character==
==Video games with Kazuma Kiryu as a non-playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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!| System
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Of the End]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END <br />(龍が如 OF THE END, "Ryū ga Gotoku")''
| 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" | Kazuma Kiryu fights [[Ichiban Kasuga]] and can assist the latter's team via Poundmates.
|}
 
==Pachinko games with Kazuma Kiryu==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Of the End]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiyo Elec]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiyo Elec]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachislot
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pachinko|Pachi]][[Slot machine|slot]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachislot game based on ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachislot game based on ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]<br />Ryū ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue<br />龍が如く7 光と闇の行方 ("Like a Dragon 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness")''
| 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]]<br />[[PlayStation 5|PS5]]<br />[[Windows]]<br />[[Xbox One]]<br />[[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" | Not yet.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kazuma Kiryu fights [[Ichiban Kasuga]].
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Digital: July 27, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Prequel to ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Prequel to ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Toei]]
| 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" | 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]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Based on ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
|}
|}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiryu, Kazuma}}
==Soundtrack albums featuring Kazuma Kiryu==
[[Category:Sega characters]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
[[Category:Like a Dragon]]
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| 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" | 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" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 5|Like a Dragon 5]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Series: Best Soundtrack]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Like a Dragon Ishin!]]''.
|}
 
==Magazines featuring Kazuma Kiryu==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Publisher
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| 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" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 2|Like a Dragon 2]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />([[Kamutai Magazine|February 2009]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 3|Like a Dragon 3]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />([[Kamutai Magazine|March 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 ''[[Yakuza 4|Like a Dragon 4]]''.
|-
| 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" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 0|Like a Dragon 0]]''.
|}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT: Kiryu, Kazuma}}
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[[Category: Characters created in 2005]]
[[Category: Characters owned by Sega Sammy Holdings]]
[[Category: Fist of the North Star]]
[[Category: Kazuma Kiryu]]
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[[Category: Project X Zone]]

Latest revision as of 14:22, 20 July 2024

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Kazuma Kiryu
Developer Toshihiro Nagoshi and Hase Seishū
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 2005-present
Added to
Museum 		See Kazuma Kiryu category

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. He is voiced by Takaya Kuroda.

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 was used to portray the historical ronin, Miyamoto Musashi, in the March 2008 issue of Kamutai Magazine. Kiryu's likeness and voice actor were then used to portray 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 in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise.

Fictional character biography

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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 with Kazuma Kiryu as a playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Yakuza Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS2 2005 Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover a conspiracy.
Yakuza 2 Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS2 2006 The Dragon of Kansai, Ryuji Goda, wants to defeat Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
Yakuza 3 Sega CS1 PS3 2009 A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement.
Yakuza 4 Sega CS1 PS3 2010 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 Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Goda, and Kazuma Kiryu try to stop them.
Everybody's Golf 6 Clap Hanz PS3, Vita 2011 Kazuma Kiryu is a DLC character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
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.
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: Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit, and comes back to discover a conspiracy. The following year, Dragon of Kansai, Ryuji Goda, wants to defeat Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
Yakuza 5 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3 2012 While Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima and Tatsuo Shinada investigate a plot surrounding the Tokyo police department and the Tojo Clan, Haruka Sawamura strives to become a singer and an idol.
Yakuza Kiwami Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS3, PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2013 Remake of Yakuza: Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit and comes back to discover a conspiracy.
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.
Yakuza 0 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS3, PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2015 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 Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2016 Kazuma Kiryu tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2017 Remake of Yakuza 2: The Dragon of Kansai, Ryuji Goda, wants to defeat Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima.
Like a Dragon Online Ryū ga Gotoku Studio Android, iOS, Windows 2018 Kazuma Kiryu is one of the fighters that can be part of Ichiban Kasuga's team.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4 2018 Kenshiro can be changed with DLC to look and sound like Kazuma Kiryu.
Yakuza 3 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2018 Remaster of Yakuza 3: A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement.
Yakuza 4 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 4: 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: While Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima and Tatsuo Shinada investigate a plot surrounding the Tokyo police department and the Tojo Clan, 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: A conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings the latter back out of retirement. The next year, Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune. Two years after that, 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.
Streets of Kamurocho Empty Clip Studios Windows 2020 Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit Streets of Rage style, with Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and Ichiban Kasuga as the playable characters.
Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2023 In return for erasing his name Kazuma Kiryu, as Joryu, goes on missions for the Daidoji.
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.

Video games with Kazuma Kiryu as a non-playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S 2020 Kazuma Kiryu fights Ichiban Kasuga and can assist the latter's team via Poundmates.

Pachinko games with Kazuma Kiryu

Title Developer System Release Notes
Like a Dragon: Of the End Taiyo Elec Pachislot 2015 Pachislot game based on Yakuza: Dead Souls.

Films featuring Kazuma Kiryu

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.

Soundtrack albums featuring Kazuma Kiryu

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 featuring Kazuma Kiryu

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.
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