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Goro Majima first appears in the original Yakuza game as a supporting character, head of the Majima Family and a lieutenant of Futoshi Shimano. Nicknamed "The Mad Dog of Shimano" (嶋野の狂犬, Shimano no Kyōken), he takes an interest in protagonist Kazuma Kiryu because Kiryu refuses to fight him when provoked.
Yakuza 0 takes place from December 1988 to January 1989, during the bubble era of Japan, in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated. The two central protagonists of the game are Kazuma Kiryu (Takaya Kuroda), a junior Tojo Clan yakuza in Kamurochō who is forced out of the clan due to a murder accusation, and Goro Majima (Hidenari Ugaki), a disgraced former Tojo Clan ...
A 20 year old Nishiki appears in Yakuza 0, which is set seventeen years before the original Yakuza, where he is the first major character Kiryu interacts with. During the opening sequence of the game, Kiryu and Nishiki casually saunter through the streets of Kamurocho; players can hold a button to automatically walk beside Nishiki as he and ...
Yakuza – retroactively called Yakuza 1 by fans – was the first game in the series to be released, and prior to the release of Yakuza 0, was the earliest point in the story’s timeline.
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 ...
Yakuza 0: In December 1988, many years before the original Yakuza, a young Kiryu is framed for the murder of a civilian, leaving him stripped of his place in the Tojo Clan and forcing him to rebuild his reputation from scratch.
Kiryu is the only playable character in Yakuza 6, while an additional story played from Majima's perspective was added to the remake of Yakuza 2, Yakuza Kiwami 2. [5] The 2 most recent mainline instalments , Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth , features a new cast of characters.
Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢, Kuroda Takaya, born April 17, 1965) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Axlone, [1] and was formerly with Mausu Promotion [2] and 81 Produce.