Shenmue

Shenmue
Developer	Sega AM2, Ys Net
Publisher	Sega, Deep Silver
Platforms	As noted below
Released	1999-present
Added to Museum	As noted below

Shenmue (シェンムー) is a Japanese multimedia series created by Yu Suzuki of Sega AM2, and later Ys Net. It consists of video games, a film, a television series, music, books, and comics.

Character biography

Ryo Hazuki was trained by his father, Iwao Hazuki, in the Hazuki-ryū jūjutsu style of martial arts. When Ryo was seventeen, a man named Lan Di who was the leader of a Chinese black market organization known as the Chi You Men came into the Hazuki Dojo seeking vengeance. He claimed Iwao killed his father, so Lan Di killed him out of revenge.

Ryo in turn sought vengeance for the death of his own father and searched Japan and China so that he could get revenge on Lan Di.

Video games in the Shenmue series

Title	Developer	System	Release	Notes
What's Shenmue?	Sega AM2	Dreamcast	1999	A demo for the original Shenmue with a story involving the former Senior Managing Director of Sega, Hidekazu Yukawa.
Shenmue	Sega AM2	Dreamcast	1999	Takes place in 1986, in Yokosuka, Japan.
Shenmue II	Sega AM2	Dreamcast, Xbox	2001	Takes Place in 1987, in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Guilin in China.
Shenmue City	Ys Net	Mobile (BREW)	2010	Released only in Japan in 2010, discontinued in 2011.
Shenmue I&II	d3t	PS4, Xbox One, Windows	2018	Remaster of Shenmue and Shenmue II: Takes place in 1986 in Yokosuka, Japan, then in 1987 in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Guilin in China.
Shenmue III	Ys Net	PS4, Windows	2019	Takes place in 1987, in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China.

Cancelled Shenmue games

Title	Developer	System	Planned release
Shenmue Online	Ys Net	Windows	2010

Films

Title	Studio	Release	Notes
Shenmue: The Movie	Sega	2001	A machinima film composed of scenes from the original Shenmue.

Television series

Title	Studio	Release	Notes
Shenmue the Animation	Telecom Animation Film	2022	An anime based on Shenmue and Shenmue II.

Other games with Shenmue characters

Title	Developer	System	Release	Notes
Segagaga	Hitmaker Thunderstone Japan Toei Animation	Dreamcast	2001	Ryo Hazuki is in the crossover simulation role-playing game with other Sega characters.
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing	Sumo Digital	Android, Arcade, Blackberry, iOS, Java ME, macOS, Nintendo DS, PS3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360	2010	Ryo Hazuki is in the crossover racer with other Sega characters.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed	Sumo Digital	Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo 3DS, PS3, Vita, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360	2012	Ryo Hazuki is available in DLC for the crossover racer with other Sega characters.
Project X Zone 2	Monolith Soft	Nintendo 3DS	2015	Ryo Hazuki is in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo.