Yakuza

Platforms

Initial release Dec. 8, 2005

Genres

Action Adventure
Fighting
Hack & Slash
RPG
Simulation
Sports

Publishers

SEGA

Franchise Yakuza

Yakuza Feed

Kazuma Kiryu in Yakuza 6 next to Michi in Promise Mascot Agency.

News

Something Kir-new | Promise Mascot Agency stars Kazuma Kiryu’s actor because he had “the sexiest voice”, but his character’s designed to be much more than a supermarket own-brand Dragon of Dojima

"We were quite worried about it, actually, because then we're already thinking people are gonna be saying, ‘Oh, [you're] Yakuza rip-offs’."

Feb. 11, 2025 Mark Warren

Kazuma Kiryu in Yakuza Kiwami opposite Ryoma Takeuchi as Kiry in Like A Dragon: Yakuza.

Article

Majiming Expectation | So far, the Like A Dragon: Yakuza TV show is pretty much what I thought the Yakuza games would be before I played the Yakuza games

It might not be going full karaoke, but as a Yakuza fan, I don't feel like I'm totally wasting my time.

Oct. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

Live-action Goro Majima looking at a gun in his hand, confused, in Like a Dragon: Majima.

News

Kiryu... | Like a Dragon: Yakuza's latest trailer gives us our first look at live-action Majima in motion, uncomfortably long tongue, baseball bat, and all

The series is due out next month.

Sept. 30, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

1 comment

News

TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN | Everybody loves Yakuza now, but its creator says Sega "flat out rejected" initial pitches for the series

"There was no way for it to be approved without resistance."

May 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Ichiban Kasuga shooting a water pistol at Mukku in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Article

5 dumb (and AWESOME) things to look forward to in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

The Yakuza series might be silly at times, but it's also great.

Jan. 4, 2024 James Billcliffe

Ichiban and Nanba getting ready for battle dressed as a scuba diver and cowboy in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Article

KAWAII HAWAII | Is LAD: Infinite Wealth the most enticing Yakuza yet? | Preview

Yakuza is such a long-running series that the big question is always the same: Do I need to play the other Yakuza games to enjoy Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth?

Jan. 4, 2024 James Billcliffe

1 comment

News

SUPER SONIC | Sonic? Yakuza? Persona? Sega wants to release a ‘super game’ in 2026

Just as we all forgot about the Quadruple A, SEGA drops this on us.

Nov. 2, 2023 Connor Makar

1 comment

News

Like A Scumbag | Yakuza series' GOG release removed credits for PC port devs and series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi

Nagoshi left Ryu Ga Gotoku to form his own studio in 2021.

June 25, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

2 comments

News

Pulp Like A Dragon | Yakuza creator wants his next game to "be like a Tarantino film"

Specficically, drawing on the mixture of silliness and violence that Tarantino's films tend to have.

Aug. 22, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

News

Going Global | Microsoft and Sega team up for a cloud-based “Super Game” project

The project will leverage Microsoft’s Azure cloud technology.

Nov. 1, 2021 Jeremy Signor

2 comments

Newegg Digital Games Sale includes Bayonetta, Persona 5 Strikers, and more

Deals

Review

Yakuza Kiwami 2 Review

There and back again, a Kazuma Kiryu tale.

Aug. 27, 2018 Caty McCarthy

Article

How Realistic is Yakuza 6? Behind Japan's Long History of Crime Syndicates

How close to reality is the Yakuza series' depiction of Japan's underground crime syndicates?

April 23, 2018 Reid McCarter

Article

A Yakuza Primer: Everything You Need to Know About the Series Before Yakuza 6

From Yakuza 0 to Yakuza 5, here's the hypercondensed version of everything you need to know about Kazuma Kiryu before his final bow.

April 17, 2018 Caty McCarthy

Article

Final Fantasy XV and Why Certain Japanese Publishers Should Look Towards the PC More Often

STARTING SCREEN | Hey, Square Enix and Sega, you don't have to be afraid of the PC.

Aug. 22, 2017 Mike Williams

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Games from the Yakuza franchise

Stranger Than Heaven
2027
Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii
2025
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
2024
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
2023
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
2023
Lost Judgment
2021