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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.
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.
Introduced in: Yakuza. Akira "Nishiki" Nishkiyama (錦山 彰, Nishikiyama Akira) was born on October 8, 1968, known as simply "Akira Nishiki" in English versions of the first two games and by his original name in Yakuza 4. He is the former best friend and sworn brother of Kiryu, and one of the main antagonists of Yakuza.
Kiryu is an honorable yakuza of the Dojima Family, known as the "Dragon of Dojima" for his strength and ferocity. He takes the fall for a murder committed by his blood brother to protect him. Mikio Ohosawa as Akira Nishikiyama (錦山彰). Nishikiyama is Kiryu's sworn brother and a member of the Dojima Family.
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.
Yakuza: The first game follows the story of Kazuma Kiryu, a formerly promising yakuza who is released from a ten-year prison sentence in December 2005, having taken the fall for the murder of his family's patriarch to protect his sworn brother, Akira Nishikiyama. He discovers that the Tojo Clan, whom he was once sworn to, has had ¥10 billion ...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Japanese: 龍が如く 劇場版, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku: Gekijōban, lit. "Like a Dragon: The Movie"), is a 2007 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 2005 PlayStation 2 video game Yakuza. The film stars Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endō and Tomorowo ...
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth [a] is a 2024 role-playing video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega.The game is the ninth mainline entry of the Like a Dragon series, serving as a direct sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) and the side-story Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023).