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{{Infobox_Software |
   software_name  = Open world|
   software_name  = Masaharu Kaito|
   software_image  = [[File:Open world logo.png|300px]]|
   software_image  = [[File:Masuharu Kaito logo.png|300px]]|
   developer      = See [[:Category:Open world video games|open world video games]]|
   developer      = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]|
   publisher      = See [[:Category:Open world video games|open world video games]]|
   publisher      = [[Sega]]|
   systems        = See [[:Category:Open world video games|open world video games]]|
   systems        = As noted below|
   release        = 1970-present|
   release        = 2018-present|
   added_to_museum = See [[:Category:Open world video games|open world video games]]|
   added_to_museum = As noted below|
}}
}}
An '''open world''' in a [[video game]] is one that allows free exploration.  
'''Masaharu Kaito''' ('''海藤正治''', '''Kaitō Masaharu''') is a character that is part of a series of open-world action-adventure [[video game]]s.  


==Early history==
He is a non-playable character in two of the games in the ''[[Like a Dragon]]'' spin-off series, ''[[Judgment]]''. He is a playable character in [[downloadable content]] for ''[[Lost Judgment]]'' as well as in the coliseum in ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden]]''.
In [[1970]], [[Sega]] released an electro-mechanical [[arcade]] game titled ''[[Jet Rocket]]'' that was the first [[flight simulator]] that gave players free-roaming opportunities.


''[[Hunt the Wumpus]]'' was a [[text-based game|text-based]] [[action-adventure game]] that was created by [[Gregory Yob]] and was published as [[Dartmouth BASIC]] [[source code]] on [[compact cassette|tape]] by [[People's Computer Company]] for computers running the [[Dartmouth Time Sharing System]] in November [[1973]]. It expanded on earlier text-based games by People's Computer Company such as ''[[Caves]]'', which had multiple cave passages set on a 10 by 10 grid. ''Hunt the Wumpus'' had cave passages set on the vertices of a dodecahedron, which allowed the caves to be more freely explored.
==Fictional character biography==
[[File:Masaharu Kaito.png|52px|left]]
Masaharu Kaito was a yakuza in the Kamurocho district of Tokyo.


A text-based [[role-playing video game]] titled [[dnd]] was named after ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. It was released for [[PLATO]] [[computer]] system in [[1974]] and [[1975]] by [[Gary Whisenhunt]] and [[Ray Wood]], then extended by [[Dirk Pellett]] and [[Flint Pellett]] from [[1976]] to [[1985]]. It offered non-linear gameplay.
As he is a large, powerful man, he served as muscle while he was a yakuza.  


''Hunt the Wumpus'' inspired a text-based [[adventure game]] titled ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure]]''. It was released on the [[ARPANET]] by [[Will Crowther]] from 1975 to 1976, then extended by [[Don Woods]] in [[1977]]. This game offered free exploration as there were many caves to explore in the colossal cave system.
When he left the Tojo Clan, a detective named [[Takayuki Yagami]] offered him a job.


[[Sublogic]] released ''[[FS1 Flight Simulator]]'' for [[Apple 8]] in [[1979]]. This free-roaming flight simulation video game started Sublogic's flight simulators which were released by [[Microsoft]] as ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator]]'' beginning in [[1982]].  
He agreed and became Takayuki's partner in the Yagami Detective Agency.


''Colossal Cave Adventure'' inspired ''[[Adventure]]'', which was an action-adventure game released by [[Atari]] for [[Atari 2600]] in [[1980]]. This game was a medieval-themed fantasy game that featured quests within multiple freely-explorable castles.
==Video games wherein Masaharu Kaito is a playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lost Judgment|The Kaito Files]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryu 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" | 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Downloadable content|DLC]] for ''[[Lost Judgment]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryu 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" | 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Kaito fights [[Kazuma Kiryu]] and is playable in the colliseum.
|}


[[Category:Video game genres]]
==Video games wherein Masaharu Kaito is a non-playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Judgment (video game)|Judgment]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]<br />[[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Masaharu Kaito is the partner in [[Takayuki Yagami|Takayuki Yagami's]] detective agency.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Judgment (video game)|Judgment Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 5|PS5]]<br />[[Stadia]]<br />[[Windows]]<br />[[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Masaharu Kaito is the partner in [[Takayuki Yagami|Takayuki Yagami's]] detective agency.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lost Judgment]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryu 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" | 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Masaharu Kaito investigates while [[Takayuki Yagami]] goes undercover as an advisor in highschool clubs.
|}
 
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[[Category: Characters]]
[[Category: Characters owned by Sega Sammy Holdings]]
[[Category: Judgment]]
[[Category: Like a Dragon]]

Revision as of 07:28, 18 November 2023

Masuharu Kaito logo.png
Masaharu Kaito
Developer Toshihiro Nagoshi
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 2018-present
Added to
Museum 		As noted below

Masaharu Kaito (海藤正治, Kaitō Masaharu) is a character that is part of a series of open-world action-adventure video games.

He is a non-playable character in two of the games in the Like a Dragon spin-off series, Judgment. He is a playable character in downloadable content for Lost Judgment as well as in the coliseum in Like a Dragon Gaiden.

Fictional character biography

Masaharu Kaito.png

Masaharu Kaito was a yakuza in the Kamurocho district of Tokyo.

As he is a large, powerful man, he served as muscle while he was a yakuza.

When he left the Tojo Clan, a detective named Takayuki Yagami offered him a job.

He agreed and became Takayuki's partner in the Yagami Detective Agency.

Video games wherein Masaharu Kaito is a playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
The Kaito Files Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio PS4
PS5
Windows
Xbox One
Series X/S 		2022 DLC for Lost Judgment.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio PS4
PS5
Windows
Xbox One
Series X/S 		2023 Kaito fights Kazuma Kiryu and is playable in the colliseum.

Video games wherein Masaharu Kaito is a non-playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Judgment Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio PS4
Xbox One 		2018 Masaharu Kaito is the partner in Takayuki Yagami's detective agency.
Judgment Remastered Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio PS5
Stadia
Windows
Series X/S 		2021 Masaharu Kaito is the partner in Takayuki Yagami's detective agency.
Lost Judgment Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio PS4
PS5
Windows
Xbox One
Series X/S 		2021 Masaharu Kaito investigates while Takayuki Yagami goes undercover as an advisor in highschool clubs.
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