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Akira Nishikiyama (Japanese: 錦山 彰, Hepburn: Nishikiyama Akira), often shortened to Nishiki, is a fictional character from Sega's action-adventure game series Like a Dragon, previously titled Yakuza outside of Japan.
Similar to the plot of the original Yakuza, the game centers around yakuza lieutenant Kazuma Kiryu (Takaya Kuroda), who takes the blame up for the murder of his patriarch Sohei Dojima, committed by his sworn brother and best friend Akira Nishikiyama (Kazuhiro Nakaya), spending ten years in prison before being granted parole.
Kento Kaku as Akira Nishikiyama, [7] Kiryu's best friend from Sunflower Orphanage who has since become a Yakuza boss in the last ten years. Johnny Yong Bosch voices Nishiki in the English dub. Munetaka Aoki as Goro Majima, [8] a member of the Shimano Family. Matthew Mercer voices Majima in the English dub, reprising his role from the video games.
The movie was shot on location in Tokyo's Kabukicho (歌舞伎町) district which itself served as a basis for the background design of the game's Kamurocho area.. In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama (a.k.a. Nishiki), and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama (a.k.a. Fuma)'s Sunflower Orphanage.
Yea also took inspiration from Kuroda's performance. However, he still aims to give his own take due to difficulties in adapting so many Japanese lines. Yea in particular was a fan of Kiryu's relationship with Nishikiyama in Yakuza 0 and Kiryu tells his sworn brother to keep fighting even if it meant killing him. Yea also liked the balance in ...
Kamen Rider Nishiki, A character from Kamen Rider Hibiki; Nishiki Nakajima, a fictional character from the anime/manga series Strike Witches; Akira Nishikiyama (often nicknamed "Nishiki"), a character from the Yakuza (series) games
Initially a lieutenant of the Nishikiyama family in Yakuza, Koji Shindo (新藤 浩二, Shindō Kōji) serves as a boss in Chapter 7. In Yakuza 2, he becomes the second chairman of the Nishikiyama Family following Nishiki's death. Shindo then betrays the Tojo Clan and holds members hostage, wanting Yayoi Dojima as his lover.
Claude Maki as Akira Nishikiyama (錦山彰) Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as the Korean-Japanese weapon smuggler (武器屋) Kenichi Endō as Imanishi the bank robber (今西) Sansei Shiomi as Shintaro Kazama (風間新太郎) Tomorowo Taguchi as the Korean-Japanese barbershop owner; Toshihiro Nagoshi as Jingu but listed as Mister N (ミスターN)