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Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character in most games in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]], but becomes a playable character in ''[[Yakuza 5]]''.
Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character in most games in the [[Like a Dragon|''Like a Dragon'' series]], but becomes a playable character in ''[[Yakuza 5]]''.
Haruka's likeness and voice actor were used to portray two separate characters, also named Haruka, in ''[[Like a Dragon: Kenzan!]]'' as well as in ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin!]]''.


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
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!| System
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
|-
| 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" | ''[[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" | [[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" | 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 [[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" | ''[[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" | [[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]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]]
| 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" | January 20, 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Haruka Sawamura 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" | Haruka Sawamura 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" | ''[[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.
|-
| 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" | Haruka is playable in the 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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!| System
!| System
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
|-
| 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]]''
| 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" | July 17, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] rescues Haruka Sawamura while uncovering a conspiracy.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] rescues Haruka Sawamura while uncovering 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" | 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. Kiryu leaves Haruka at Sunflower Orphanage so that he can stop Goda.
| 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. Kiryu leaves Haruka at Sunflower Orphanage so that he can stop Goda.
|-
|-
| 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" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man that looks exactly like the man that raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement.
|-
|-
| 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" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. 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]] returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. 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" | ''[[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 Haruka is kidnapped, bringing [[Kazuma Kiryu]] back to the city. [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and Kiryu try to stop the zombie horde.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Zombies have appeared in Tokyo, and Haruka is kidnapped, bringing [[Kazuma Kiryu]] back to the city. [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and Kiryu try to stop the zombie horde.
|-
|-
| 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" | While Haruka is in a coma, [[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" | While Haruka is in a coma, [[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" | ''[[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]]'': [[Kazuma Kiryu]] raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement.
|-
| 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]] returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. 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" | ''[[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" | Haruka is not playable in the remasters of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'' and ''[[Yakuza 4]]'': [[Kazuma Kiryu]] raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement. Then, Kazuma Kiryu returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. Kiryu, [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Shun Akiyama]], and [[Taiga Saejima]] discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
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!| Distributor
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
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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]]''.
|}
==Soundtrack albums featuring Haruka Sawamura owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| 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]]''.
|}
|}


Revision as of 07:34, 27 August 2023

Haruka Sawamura logo.png
Haruka Sawamura
Developer Toshihiro Nagoshi
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 2005-present
Added to
Museum 		As noted below

Haruka Sawamura is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, films, comics, and music.

Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character in most games in the Like a Dragon series, but becomes a playable character in Yakuza 5.

Haruka's likeness and voice actor were used to portray two separate characters, also named Haruka, in Like a Dragon: Kenzan! as well as in Like a Dragon: Ishin!.

Fictional character biography

Haruka Sawamura.png

Haruka Sawamura was orphaned at a young age.

After coming out of prison, Kazuma Kiryu was no longer a yakuza, but got pulled back in after rescuing Haruka, who was the daughter of his love interest.

The yakuza who raised Kiryu was killed, and Kiryu was named the fifth 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.

Haruka left the orphanage to become a singer and an idol, but she left her career after she revealed she was raised by a yakuza.

She became a mother shortly after that.

Video games wherein Haruka Sawamura is a playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
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.
Like a Dragon Online Ryū ga Gotoku Studio Android, iOS 2018 Haruka Sawamura is one of the fighters that can be part of Ichiban Kasuga's team.
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 Haruka is playable in the 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.

Video games wherein Haruka Sawamura is a non-playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Yakuza Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. PS2 2005 Kazuma Kiryu rescues Haruka Sawamura while uncovering 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. Kiryu leaves Haruka at Sunflower Orphanage so that he can stop Goda.
Yakuza 3 Sega CS1 PS3 2009 Kazuma Kiryu raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement.
Yakuza 4 Sega CS1 PS3 2010 Kazuma Kiryu returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. 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 Haruka is kidnapped, bringing Kazuma Kiryu back to the city. Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Goda, and Kiryu try to stop the zombie horde.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2016 While Haruka is in a coma, Kazuma Kiryu tries to help an Okinawa yakuza family while keeping his own adopted family at Sunflower Orphanage safe.
Yakuza 3 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2018 Remaster of Yakuza 3: Kazuma Kiryu raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement.
Yakuza 4 Remastered Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Remaster of Yakuza 4: Kazuma Kiryu returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.
Yakuza Remastered Collection Ryū ga Gotoku Studio PS4, Windows, Xbox One 2019 Haruka is not playable in the remasters of Yakuza 3 and Yakuza 4: Kazuma Kiryu raises kids at Morning Glory, including Haruka. However, a conspiracy involving a man who looks exactly like the man who raised Kazuma Kiryu brings him out of retirement. Then, Kazuma Kiryu returns to Tokyo, bringing Haruka with him. Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima discover a plot around Akiyama's vast fortune.

Films featuring Haruka Sawamura

Title Production company Distributor Release Notes
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Art Port Toei 2007 Based on Yakuza.

Soundtrack albums featuring Haruka Sawamura owned by WEC Museum

Title Studio Release Notes
Dragon Song: Like a Dragon 5 The Best Songs Selection Sega 2012 Preorder bonus for Like a Dragon 5.
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