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Yakuza 0: Director's Cut Game Unveils English Dub Cast, Opening Theme Song Trailer

Sega unveiled on Wednesday the English dub cast for Yakuza 0: Director's Cut, the updated Nintendo Switch 2 version of its 2015 Yakuza 0 game. The company posted video clips of Kiryu and Majima's dub voices. Sega also streamed a trailer previewing the theme song "Bubble" by Shōnan no Kaze, the opening for the original Japanese release of Yakuza 0 that was removed for the original Western releases.

The English cast, which features returning members from other Yakuza/Like a Dragon games, includes:

• Yong Yea as Kazuma Kiryu with Topher Ngo as the singing voice
• Matt Mercer as Goro Majima
• Kaiji Tang as Akira Nishikiyama with Greg Chun as the singing voice (Note: Kaiji Tang is also the voice of another protagonist in the franchise Ichiban Kasuga. In a similar fashion, Kazuhiro Nakaya is the voice of both Nishiki and Ichiban in Japanese.)
• Risa Mei as Makoto Makimura
• David Hayter as Osamu Kashiwagi
• Alejandro Saab as Jun Oda
• Andrew Kishino as Tsukasa Sagawa
• Howard Wang as Tetsu Tachibana
• Bill Millsap as Wen Hai Lee
• Keston John as Daisaku Kuze
• Eliah Mountjoy as Hiroki Awano
• Vic Chao as Homare Nishitani
• Jon Ohye as Keiji Shibusawa
• Nobi Nakanishi as Masaru Sera
• Adam Gold as Billiken
• Imari Williams as Sohei Dojima
• Frank Todaro as Takashi Nihara
• Fred Tatasciore as Futoshi Shimano
• Paul Nakauchi as Shintaro Kazama

The game will launch on June 5, the same release date as Switch 2.

The updated version features new cutscenes, an online multiplayer mode, and a new English dub. The game also has French, Italian, German, and Spanish text.

Yakuza 0 (Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Chikai no Basho) shipped in Japan for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in 2015. Sega also released a free-to-play PlayStation Vita app in the same year. The game shipped in North America and Europe in January 2017, then launched for PC via Steam in August 2018. The game launched on Xbox One in February 2020.

Sega released Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the original Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku, or Like a Dragon) action game, for Nintendo Switch on October 24.

The series' latest game Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Ryū ga Gotoku 8 Gaiden: Pirates in Hawaii) launched worldwide for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Steam on February 21, one week earlier than its originally planned release date of February 28.

The Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryū ga Gotoku 8) adventure role-playing game launched in January 2024 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Windows and Steam. The game is a direct sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Sega announced the game in September 2022 as the eighth and newest mainline entry in the Yakuza/Like A Dragon franchise.

Source: Email correspondence