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This is a main-character walkthrough to Sega's video game and movie franchise ''Yakuza'' also known as ''Ryū ga Gotoku'' (, lit. "Like a Dragon"). Characters are sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works. The English-language adaptation equivalents are mentioned when available. Many characters of the ''Yakuza'' series have had their faces modeled and mapped after their Japanese voice actors since the 2008 spinoff ''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!''. Cyberware Inc.'s head & face color 3D scanner is used in Hollywood's film industry and was exploited to reduce 3D model production time. Yu Suzuki introduced 3D scanning technology back in 1998 for ''Project Berkeley / Shenmue'';〔(Yu Suzuki video interview featured in the Project Berkeley bonus GD-Rom bundled with the Japanese version of Virtua Fighter 3tb on Sega Dreamcast )〕 which can be considered a ''Yakuza'' prototype in many respects. The ''Shenmue'' series' clay busts have been replaced by famous Japanese actors in the ''Yakuza'' series; as in Capcom's ''Onimusha'' series of action-adventure games. ==Main characters== Kazuma Kiryu (, ''Kiryū Kazuma'') (詳細は龍が如く公式サイト・キャラクター紹介 )〕 he was raised during the 1970s in the Sunflower Orphanage with Akira "Nishiki" Nishikiyama, who became his best friend, the latter's sister Yuko and Yumi Sawamura who joined in 1980. When he was a child his parents were killed by Shintaro Kazama, a Tojo Clan affiliate Dojima Family lieutenant, who brought him to the Sunflower orphanage he financed. Later Kazama introduced Kiryu and Nishikiyama in the Dojima Family. Kazama became a father figure for Kiryu who supported him within the Family and years later when he was released from prison. Kiryu rose through the Tojo hierarchy and earned the nickname "the Dragon of Dojima" (, ''Dōjima no Ryū'') because of the dragon tattoo on his back but the main reason was because he gained the victory fight against Keiji Shibusawa who wanted to be called the Dragon of Dojima in Yakuza 0. He was planning on starting his own subsidiary group until he took the blame for the murder of his boss, Sohei Dojima, to protect his best friend, Nishikiyama, and was imprisoned for ten years. Haruka Sawamura (, ''Sawamura Haruka'') : :Portrayed by: Natsuo (''Like a Dragon'') Born in 1996. 120 cm.〔(龍が如く公式サイト・キャラクター紹介 )〕 Haruka is a young girl searching for her mother, Mizuki, whom evidence seems to indicate is Yumi's younger sister. Haruka is also somehow connected to the money that went missing before Kiryu's release. A combination of these reasons and pure chance leave Haruka in Kiryu's tentative custody. Before arriving in Kamurocho, she too lived at the Sunflower Orphanage. 10 years old. Haruka has lived with Kiryu as her stepfather since the events of the first game. In the beginning of the game she decided to spend some time in Sunshine Orphanage to not be a thorn in the way of Kiryu's investigation of Terada's murder. In chapter 11, she is kidnapped by Senguku and his men as they attempt to lure Kiryu to the Osaka castle to kill him; in the end he manages to defeat Sengoku's men and rescue Haruka with Ryuji's help. 12 years old. Haruka is an orphan raised by Kiryu. Her mother was Yumi Sawamura, Kazuma Kiryu's childhood love and best friend Nishikiyama's fiancée, while her father was Jingu, the head of the MBI. Haruka was abandoned at birth by her mother and grew up as an orphan until she met Kazuma Kiryu who took care of her as a father figure though she calls him ojisan (おじさん) the Japanese equivalent for "Uncle". 16 years old. 165 cm. on year 2012, Haruka has left the orphanage in Okinawa and is currently in Osaka pursuing her childhood dream of becoming an Idol. in ''Ryū ga Gotoku Of the End'', was 14 years old, Haruka is kidnapped by a mysterious man. Shun Akiyama (, ''Akiyama Shun'') : Born 24 July 1978. Is a former homeless, he now owns Sky Finance, a loan company, as well as the hostess club Elise, which he started up using the money he gathered that fell from Millennium Tower in 2005. Once helped out by the yakuza Hiroaki Arai, he looked up to Arai as a potential new leader of Kamurocho who could eventually succeed the legendary Kazuma Kiryu. Akiyama was an elite in his 20s, during which time he dated Eri, a woman who bears a striking resemblance Yasuko/Lily. In 2005 he was framed for stealing from the bank and was fired. All of his remaining money was spent investigating who framed him, and his money eventually ran out without him finding an answer. He was then forced to sleep on the streets until one fateful night, when money appeared to fall from the sky. He gathered up a large amount of money, but it was stolen by a group of thugs. Arai retrieved the money for him, and he used it to set up a business. Akiyama meets a woman named Lily when she requests to borrow money from him. After a series of "tests" he agrees to lend her the money, though he knows he likely won't get it back. This angers Hana, his secretary, and she quits. Kido discovers the secret safe behind the bookcase in Akiyama's office, and steals 100 billion yen in cash. Later in the game Akiyama uses his own money to lure the men to the Millennium Tower roof, where he fights Arai. He is shot by Munakata at the end, but a thick padding of bills, his last money, stops the bullet and saves his life. During the events of ''Of the End'' he teams up with Kiryu, Majima and Ryuji Goda to stop the zombie plague. Taiga Saejima (, ''Saejima Taiga'') : Born 2 June 1965. A 45-year-old physically imposing former yakuza who was sentenced to death for having killed 18 members of the Ueno Seiwa Clan by himself in 1985. His tattoo is a tiger, a pun on his name. After serving 25 years, a few days before his scheduled execution, he is suddenly transferred to a secret prison off the coast of Okinawa, where he meets Goh Hamazaki, who persuades him to break out together. He agrees and, after falling into the sea, washes up on the beach where he is found by Haruka. Saejima gives his name as "Suzuki" to Haruka and Kiryu, and, after getting tickets and pocket money from Kiryu, heads to Kamurocho. Here he reunites briefly with Majima. Soon after he and Yasuko, his sister, are kidnapped by Katsuragi, where they see each other for the first time in 25 years. Here Katsuragi explains that Saejima didn't kill the men; the real culprit is Katsuragi himself. The rounds Saejima used were rubber bullets, and all the men were only knocked unconscious after being shot by Saejima. After Saejima left, Katsuragi returned and shot them all in the head, but framed Saejima. Kido shoots Katsuragi and Saejima warns Kiryu and Yasuko of the bulletproof vest he's wearing, but the warning comes too late and Yasuko is fatally shot protecting Taiga. Taiga later fights Kido on top of the Millennium Tower. After the game he officially becomes part of the Tojo again. Although he didn't make an appearance in ''Ryuga Gotoku: Of The End'', his name was mention by one of the Tojo Clan members stating that he was in China on business during the events that took place in Kamurocho. When Saejima was younger, he and his sister decided to run away from their caretakers and live on their own, as they felt they were imposing on them. One day, however, Yasuko got sick, and the doctors told them that she needed a kidney transplant. Yasuko had a rare blood type, and since she and Saejima were half-siblings, their kidneys weren't compatible. Saejima had to look for Yasuko's biological father, who was actually a high-ranked Yakuza. Yasuko's father demanded compensation in exchange for his kidney, 30 million yen. With no way to easily obtain the money, Saejima took to street fights to scrape up whatever money he could. On one such occasion, he decided to pick a fight with a middle-aged man. The man easily defeated Saejima, then asked Saejima why he was sad. Saejima then poured his heart to the man, who turned out to be Hideki Sasai. Sasai agreed to pay the 30 million yen Saejima needed. In exchange, Saejima had to become a member of the Sasai Family. Masayoshi Tanimura (, ''Tanimura Masayoshi'') : A 29-year-old policeman of the Japanese National Police, he is known as "The Parasite of Kamurocho" for his corruption and love of gambling. At heart, however, he is actually just and caring, using the money he wins to finance the raising of orphaned Asian children. He is also fluent in Asian languages, speaking Chinese, Korean and Tagalog as well as his native Japanese, and it is revealed in a substory that his mother was half-Thai. In secrecy, he is also tracking Saejima's murder case 25 years ago, a case that his father, also an inspector, died following. He goes to meet Mishima, an Ueno Seiwa-kai member to give him protection, but Mishima is shot and killed by Junji Sugiuchi. After being cornered by Sudo, Sugiuchi flees to the water and attempts to escape by speedboat, but is pursued by Tanimura. Tanimura attempts to handcuff him but Sugiuchi escapes and the two fight. A defeated Sugiuchi reveals he knows what happened the day of the murder and that it was he who killed his father, though he was not a police officer, but really a yakuza. He is quickly shot by a mystery man on a speedboat (who turns out to be Hisai). Later, Tanimura defeats Munakata and his SWAT-uniformed squad (total 10 of them) on top of the Millennium Tower. After the events of the game he works with Date, who rejoins the force. Tatsuo Shinada (, ''Shinada Tatsuo'') : Tatsuo Shinada had a promising career in the major leagues, but it was cut short when he received a lifetime ban for a baseball gambling/game fixing scandal. Now, Shinada earns a meager living as an adult entertainment writer in the Nagoya region of Kineicho. But his (mis)fortune is in for a turn when a mysterious masked man confronts Shinada and tells him to uncover the truth behind his ban. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Characters of the Yakuza series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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