Ichiban Kasuga

Ichiban Kasuga
Developer	Toshihiro Nagoshi
Publisher	Sega
Platforms	As noted below
Released	2019-present
Added to Museum	As noted below

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

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

Kasuga's likeness is also depicted as Kasuga Ichinojo, a man who can be scouted to serve as a trooper for the Shinsengumi in the Kiwami remake of Like a Dragon: Ishin!

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.

Video games wherein Ichiban Kasuga is a playable character

Title	Developer	System	Release	Notes
Like a Dragon Online	Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	Android, iOS, Windows	2018	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 Studio	PS4, PS4, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S	2020	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	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: Infinite Wealth	Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4, PS4, Windows, Xbox One, Series X/S	2024	Takes place in 2024 with Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu as the playable characters.