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Nakano was inspired when he saw a Yakuza (Japanese gangster) with a full-body tattoo in a public bathhouse when he was a young boy, "about eleven or twelve." [3] This inspired him to visit legendary tattoo artist Yoshitsugu Muramatsu, also known as Shodai Horiyoshi of Yokohama. [4]
Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.
Introduced in: Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Yu Nanba (難波 悠, Nanba Yū) is one of Ichiban Kasuga's companions in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Nanba is a disbarred nurse who lives as a homeless man in Isezaki Ijincho. He uses his skills as a former health professional to nurse Ichiban back to health after the latter is dumped in the district's homeless ...
After 15 years of the series not being localized alongside an English dub, Kurylo reprised his role as Kiryu in 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon. After Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Yong Yea was cast by Keith Arem, voice director and casting director at PCB Productions, to voice Kiryu. The reasoning behind this recast is unknown, but Yea was given ...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon . Yakuza: Like a Dragon is called Ryū ga Gotoku 7 (Like a Dragon 7) in Japan, and as you might expect, is the next mainline game in the series. It starts in 2019, after all ...
Nishikiyama has a tattoo on his back of a koi, a type of Asian carp which symbolizes strength and bravery and alludes to his namesake. [1] The carp is closely connected to the dragon, based on the Chinese mythological tale of carps leaping over the Dragon Gate.
Leading Japanese star Kaku Kento confirmed his starring role in ‘Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action adaptation of the hit Sega video game. Kaku joined co-lead Takeuchi ...
Ryuji is the adopted son of Jin Goda, chairman of the Omi Alliance, and is often referred to as the "Dragon of Kansai" (関西の龍, Kansai no Ryū) due to the tattoo of a golden yellow dragon on his back. He expressed dissatisfaction towards the sobriquet however, as he believes that there could only be "one true dragon" in Japan.