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  2. List of Yakuza syndicates - Wikipedia

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    Mon (crest) Yamaguchi-gumi (六代目山口組, Rokudaime Yamaguchi-gumi) The Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest yakuza family, with about 8,200 members. "Yamabishi" (山菱) Sumiyoshi-kai (住吉会) The Sumiyoshi-kai is the second-largest yakuza family, with 4,200 members. Sumiyoshi-kai is a confederation of smaller yakuza groups. Its current head ...

  3. Characters of the Yakuza series - Wikipedia

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    Haruka Sawamura (Japanese: 澤村 遥, Hepburn: Sawamura Haruka) is a fictional character from the series Yakuza. Introduced in Yakuza, Haruka was born to Yumi Sawamura and politician Kyohei Jingu in 1996, and grew up in the Sunflower Orphanage where Kiryu, Nishiki and Yumi grew up in. During the events of Yakuza, Haruka is looking for her ...

  4. Yakuza - Wikipedia

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    The name yakuza originates from the traditional Japanese card game Oicho-Kabu, a game in which the goal is to draw three cards adding up to a score of 9. If the sum of the cards is 10 or more, the second digit is the score. So a sum of 13 is a score of 3, a sum of 14 is a score of 4, etc. A sum of 10 or 20 is a score of 0.

  5. Goro Majima - Wikipedia

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    Goro Majima. Goro Majima (Japanese: 真島 吾朗, Hepburn: Majima Gorō) is a major recurring character in Sega 's Like a Dragon video game series, previously known as Yakuza outside of Japan. He is one of the main playable protagonists of Yakuza 0 and Yakuza: Dead Souls, as well as the Majima Saga of Yakuza Kiwami 2. Introduced as a member of ...

  6. Yamaguchi-gumi - Wikipedia

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    Yamaguchi-gumi. The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi (六代目山口組, Rokudaime Yamaguchi-gumi, Japanese: [ɾokɯdaime jamaɡɯt͡ɕi ɡɯmi]) is Japan 's largest yakuza organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for dockworkers in Kobe before World War II. [4]

  7. Akira Nishikiyama - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Kazuma Kiryu - Wikipedia

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    Kazuma Kiryu (Japanese: 桐生 一馬, Hepburn: Kiryū Kazuma) is a fictional character and the initial main protagonist of Sega's action-adventure beat 'em up Japanese role-playing game series Yakuza / Like a Dragon. He is popularly known as "the Dragon of Dojima" (堂島の龍, Dōjima no Ryū) due to the tattoo of a dragon on his back and ...

  9. Yakuza (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Like a Dragon (Japanese: 龍が如く, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku), formerly known outside of Japan as Yakuza, is a video game franchise created, owned and published by Sega. It incorporates elements of the action-adventure, beat 'em up, and role-playing genres. Each installment is typically a crime drama, with plot lines inspired by yakuza films ...