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Description: The legendary dragon returns to the criminal underworld of Yakuza. Kazuma Kiryu, once known as the Dragon of Dojima, was living a quiet life as a taxi driver in Hakata after severing all his ties with the underworld. However, at the dawn of the bloody war between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance, Kazuma is forced to accept his inescapable fate and returns to a life filled with crime and violence to protect his loved ones. Yakuza 5 continues the epic story of Kazuma Kiryu and 4 other protagonists, Haruka Sawamura, Taiga Saejima, Tatsuo Shinada and Shun Akiyama. The saga plays out across 5 major Japanese cities - Tokyo, Osaka, Hakata, Nagoya and Sapporo. Yakuza 5 also features “Another Drama” which is a series of extensive sub-plots that focus on each protagonist. The battle system and customization system have been enhanced from Yakuza 4 and various mini-games are available in the well-known locales from the series including infamous night clubs and popular CLUB SEGA locations.

Overview

Platforms:
  • PlayStation 3
Initial Release Date: Dec 8, 2015
Developer:
  • Ryu ga Gotoku Studios
Publisher: Sega

Credits

Kazuki Hosokawa
Directed By
Toshihiro Nagoshi
Directed By: executive director
Yoshida Koji
Written By: game scenario lead
Takaya Kuroda
Cast: Kazuma Kiryu
Kôichi Yamadera
Cast: Shun Akiyama
Rie Kugimiya
Cast: Haruka Sawamura
Rikiya Koyama
Cast: Taeka Saejima
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Cast: Tatsuo Shinada
Hidenari Ugaki
Cast: Goro Majima
Romi Park
Cast: Mirei Park
Rintarô Nishi
Cast: Masaru Watase
Hiroki Tôchi
Cast: Yu Morinaga
Hiroki Yasumoto
Cast: Masato Aizawa
Takuya Kirimoto
Cast: Seiji Kousaka
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Cast: Heihachirou Oshima
Yoshiyuki Kôno
Cast: Himura
Maiko Toda
Cast: Mikuru
Yûko Nagashima
Cast: Yamaura
Masato Obara
Cast: Christina
Hideyuki Umezu
Cast: Humiya Ushijima
Yutaka Aoyama
Cast: Kanji Manabe
Kenji Hamada
Cast: Yahata
Junpei Morita
Cast: Fujita
Ryôta Takeuchi
Cast: Kan Ogita
Masaya Takatsuka
Cast: Hiroshi Horie
Shinichi Yamada
Cast: Nakai
Keiji Hirai
Cast: Yuki Sawada
Kôzô Shioya
Cast: Taisou Kitagata
Nobutoshi Canna
Cast: Hiroshi Kugihara
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Cast: Makoto Date
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Cast: Kage the Florist
Aya Hirano
Cast: Hana
Mie Sonozaki
Cast: Mariko (New Serena Proprietress)
Ryôko Shiraishi
Cast: Mai Sanada
Ai Nonaka
Cast: Azusa Osawa
Hideo Ishikawa
Cast: Kamon Kanai
Naomi Kusumi
Cast: Youtarou Nakajima
Ken'yû Horiuchi
Cast: Minoru Aoyama
Kenji Utsumi
Cast: Tadashi Madarame
Shunsuke Daitô
Cast: Shigeki Baba
Nana Katase
Cast: Mayumi
Shô Aikawa
Cast: Kouichi Takasugi
Kunihiko Yasui
Cast: Atsushi Sakai
Yûki Kaneko
Cast: Riku
Natsuki Yoshihara
Cast: Kaguya
Jun Shikano
Cast: Honoka
Rena Mizushiro
Cast: Shion
Akemi Satô
Cast: Hinata Osaki
Aoi
Cast
Katsuya Ueyama
Cast: President of 'Kushikatsu Daruma'
Kiyoshi Kimura
Cast: President of Kiyomura Corporation
Makoto Sawamura
Cast: President of Watari Company
Yutaka Kuwabara
Cast: President of Wataminchi Company
Muhômatsu
Cast: Hotaru Genji
Toru Kirihata
Cast: Hotaru Genji
Shûhei Shimada
Cast: Baseball Commentator
Tatsuya Kawagoe
Cast: Tatsuya Kawagoe
Mitsuaki Ogawa
Cast: Baseball Analyat
Satoshi Tokushige
Cast: Daigo Dojima
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Cast: Naoki Katsuya
Eiji Okuda
Cast: Detective
Dennis Falt
Cast: Narrator
Masayoshi Kikuchi
Produced By: chief producer
Toshihiro Nagoshi
Produced By: producer
Naoya Tsurumi
Produced By: executive producer
Masayoshi Yokoyama
Produced By: producer
Naoyuki Machida
Sound: recording engineer
Fumiyoshi Shimohara
Sound: lead sound director
Haruyoshi Tomita
Sound: sound effects lead
Yôichi Ogawa
Production Design
Saizo Nagai
Art Direction
Takashi Iwade
Special Effects: special effect lead
Yosuke Esawa
Visual Effects: ui design lead
Daisuke Fukagawa
Visual Effects: event scene design lead
Masaharu Ijichi
Visual Effects: visual effects
Junpei Matsuda
Visual Effects: ui design
Shinpei Okamoto
Visual Effects: visual effects
Masanori Rachi
Visual Effects: ui design
Osamu Ohashi
Production Management: executive manager
Daisuke Sato
Production Management: executive manager
Yukio Sugino
Production Management: executive manager
Eiji Hamatsu
Art Department: lead background artist
Horitomo
Art Department: tattoo design
Kenichiro Kimizuka
Art Department: character design lead
Naoki Someya
Art Department: background design lead
Takayuki Sorimachi
Art Department: motion design lead
Akihiro Haga
Stunts: mocap stunt performer
Masafumi Oishi
Stunts: stunts
Jon Riesenbach
Editorial: Editor: Sega of America, Inc.
Keiichi Asada
facial & motion performer
Reiko Chiba
project manager
Akihiro Haga
facial & motion performer
Yasuyuki Hamaya
facial & motion performer
Naoki Hayashida
facial & motion performer
Shinnosuke Hirasawa
battle game design lead
Ryosuke Horii
planning department
Yutaka Ito
battle program director
Saori Katô
facial & motion performer
Aya Kazuki
facial & motion performer
Masanori Mimoto
facial & motion performer
Toshihiro Nagoshi
general director
Tomotaka Nakamura
battle program lead
Nob Ogasawara
translation
Makisuke Okamura
facial & motion performer
Jun Orihara
design support
Hajime Satomi
development director
Yusuke Sekine
adv program lead
Kazunobu Takeuchi
adv game design lead
Takeshi Tanaka
adv game design lead
Koji Tokieda
main programmer
Daiki Tsuchimoto
event scene program lead
Koji Uemura
project manager
Mitsuharu Fukuyama
Music Department: music director
Hidenori Shoji
Music Department: music creation support
Takeshi Furuta
Script Department: script assistant
Hidemi Noto
Script Department: script assistant