Ichiban Kasuga

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

Ichiban Kasuga is the main playable character in the Like a Dragon series starting with Like a Dragon Online.

Fictional character biography

Ichiban Kasuga was orphaned at birth and was raised by prostitutes on the streets of Kamurocho, Tokyo's red-light district.

As a result, he grew up poor and angry.

After he got in a fight with a group of yakuza, he hastily told them that he was part of a yakuza family to scare them away.

Instead, he was brought to the head of the yakuza family of which he pretended to be a part.

Instead of killing or hurting him, Ichiban was let go, and he begged to be part of the yakuza family.

In 2001, he was told to take the blame for a murder he didn't commit. Ichiban agreed, glad to be of service to the man who saved his life.

When he was released from prison in 2019, he expected to be greeted by yakuza. Instead, he was left in Isezaki Ijincho, penniless and alone again.

Title	Developer	System	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Like a Dragon Online (Ryū ga Gotoku Online, 龍が如くOnline)	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	Android iOS Win	2018	Android: January 20, 2019	After serving a nearly 20 year prison sentence, Ichiban Kasuga forms a team to discover what happened to the Tojo Clan.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ryū ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue 龍が如く7 光と闇の行方 ("Like a Dragon 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4 PS5 Windows Xbox One Series X/S	2020	Not yet.	After serving a nearly 20 year prison sentence, Ichiban Kasuga forms a team to discover what happened to the Tojo Clan.
Streets of Kamurocho	Empty Clip Studios	Windows	2020	October 20, 2020	Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit Streets of Rage style, with Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and Ichiban Kasuga as the playable characters.