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  2. Irezumi - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Horiyoshi III - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Characters of the Yakuza series - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Ryuji Goda - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. How To Play The Yakuza Series In Chronological Order

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    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 ...

  7. Tattoo - Wikipedia

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    Men are slightly more likely to have a tattoo than women. Since the 1970s, tattoos have become a mainstream part of Western fashion, common both for men and women, and among all economic classes [82] and to age groups from the later teen years to middle age. For many young Americans, the tattoo has taken on a decidedly different meaning than ...

  8. Yakuza (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    It was the first Yakuza / Like a Dragon title since the original 2005 game to release with an English dub, and the first overall with dual audio options. Kazuma Kiryu appears as an equippable DLC skin, while other Yakuza / Like a Dragon characters make minor cameo appearances. The story follows Kenshiro, an expert martial artist who travels the ...

  9. Akira Nishikiyama - Wikipedia

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    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.