Is Yakuza 6 the last game?

Yakuza 6 is the conclusion to Kiryu's story arc; it is the final game to feature him as the main protagonist, as the next game in the main series, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, features a new main hero, Ichiban Kasuga.

Will there be Yakuza 7?

Sega has announced its third Yakuza title of the week, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. The spin-off will take place between Yakuza 6 and 7 and tell the story of what happened to Kiryu Kazama, Sega said on Wednesday. It will release on all platforms in 2023.

Will there be an 8th Yakuza game?

"The largest game to date," will now officially be known as Like a Dragon 8. Yakuza 8, now officially titled Like a Dragon 8, will be released in early 2024 and will unexpectedly feature a return for original series hero Kazuma Kiryu.

Is Yakuza 6 Kiryu's last game?

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is an action-adventure video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega for PlayStation 4. The game is the seventh main entry in the Yakuza series and the final main game to feature Kazuma Kiryu as the primary protagonist, and was released in Japan in December 2016.

Will there be another Kiryu game?

The next mainline Yakuza game, Like a Dragon 8, will be released in 2024 and will feature the return of Kazuma Kiryu as one of two protagonists, alongside Yakuza: Like a Dragon's Ichiban Kasuga. Kiryu will also star in a spinoff game to be released in 2023 called Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.

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Will Yakuza 8 have Kiryu?

The trailer ends before revealing too much more, but the Ryu Ga Gotoku stream confirmed that Yakuza 8 will be a dual protagonist game, switching between Ichi and Kiryu.

What will Yakuza 8 be called?

Yakuza 8 will officially be titled Like A Dragon 8, seemingly dropping the Yakuza title.

Will Kiryu be in Yakuza 7?

Kiryu Kazuma parted ways with the series after Yakuza 6, but did make a brief appearance in Yakuza 7 to assist the new main protagonist, Ichiban. His name was not even mentioned once, and appeared as though he was an entirely new character.

Is Kiryu's story done?

As one of Like a Dragon 8's returning characters, Kiryu's story still has plenty of steam left. Yakuza 6 may not have been the final chapter for Kiryu's story that many thought it was, and now the questions that it left behind can finally be answered.

Who knows Kiryu is alive?

He only reveals that he's alive to Daigo, Majima, and Saejima, three of his closest comrades, while Ichiban, understandably, doesn't even recognize him. The only member of Ichiban's team that does recognize Kiryu is Joon-gi Han, who even then isn't the real one, but rather a body double named Yeonsu Kim.

What is the longest Yakuza game?

Yakuza 5 is obviously by far and away the longest game with five protagonists, and Yakuza 0 is pretty lengthy at around 30 hours, but outside of these two, basically every other Kiryu-led mainline game can be completed in roughly 20 hours if you're reasonably quick about it.

How old is Kiryu in Yakuza 8?

In 1995, after completing his final debt collecting job from Peace Finance, 27-year-old Kiryu is informed that Yumi had been kidnapped by Patriarch Dojima. By the time Kiryu arrived at the scene, Nishikiyama is already there, already having murdered Patriarch Dojima to prevent him from raping Yumi.

What is the longest Yakuza game to complete?

Yakuza 5 is easily the longest game in the series, but it's also one of the most ambitious.

Is the Yakuza shrinking?

Membership falls sharply

A report issued earlier this month by the National Police Agency indicated there were a total of 24,100 members of recognized underworld groups at the end of 2021, a decline of around 1,800 individuals on the previous year and the lowest number since statistics were first compiled in 1958.

Is the Yakuza declining?

A report by Japan's National Police Agency says that members of designated gangs numbered 24,100 as of the end of 2021, which was down 1,800 year on year. This is the lowest number recorded since statistics began in 1958, in the seventeenth consecutive year of declining yakuza membership.

Who is replacing the Yakuza?

Sega has formally dropped the Yakuza brand name and replaced it with Like a Dragon. To "more closely align with the Japanese name."

What is Kiryu's fake name?

In Yakuza 5, Kiryu has left the orphanage in Okinawa and becomes a taxi driver in Fukuoka under a false identity: Taichi Suzuki (鈴木 太一, Suzuki Taichi).

How old is Goro Majima?

Majima's character is explored in more detail during the prequel Yakuza 0, in which he is a 24-year-old former Yakuza and a playable protagonist along with Kiryu.

How old is majima in Yakuza 7?

Now 31, Majima initially appears in the alley behind Serena to find one of his own family members sprawled out on the ground with Kazuma Kiryu standing over him.

Will Yakuza 8 have Ichiban?

Ryu Ga Gotoku did reveal a little bit more about the game at the summit. You'll be switching between two protagonists—Kiryu and Ichiban—this time around, and the game will continue with the turn-based RPG style that the series adopted back in Yakuza 7, which the studio had announced previously (opens in new tab).

Can you get a girlfriend in Yakuza 7?

While it may seem surprising, Yakuza: Like a Dragon has six different romance options that you can pursue. Most of these romance options have a reward, but there's also a big bonus that you'll get from dating them all.

Is there a Yakuza girl?

The Yakuza is populated almost entirely by men and the very few women who are acknowledged are the wives of bosses, who are referred to by the title ane-san (姐さん, older sister).

Will Yakuza 9 be turn-based?

Judgment will carry the action onwards

Speaking to IGN, Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and producer Kazuki Hosokawa confirmed that Judgment will be the pillar for action going forward, while Yakuza will carry forward the turn-based RPG systems brought about by last year's Yakuza: Like a Dragon. What is this?

Why is it not called Yakuza anymore?

In Japan, the Yakuza series has always been known by the same name as its developer. Ryu Ga Gotoku basically translates to Like A Dragon. That's why the last game had it in the title, and why the series is changing to that name for the future.