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Like a Dragon/Yakuza Series Gets Live-Action Video Crossover With Nihon Tōitsu Series
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Sega unveiled during its "RGG Summit" live stream on Wednesday that its Like a Dragon/Yakuza game series is is getting a crossover live-action video with the Nihon Tōitsu original video series.
The cast for the video includes:
- Yasukaze Motomiya as Kazuma Kiryu
- Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi as Goro Majima
- Kazuhiro Nakaya as Akira Nishikiyama
- Kenji Matsuda as Makoto Date
Motomiya (pictured below as Kiryu) previously played Shishido in the Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name game. Yamaguchi played Yuki Tsuruno in the same game. Nakaya is reprising his role as Nishikiyama from the Yakuza and Yakuza games. He also plays later protagonist Ichiban Kasuga in the series. Matsuda played Jason Rich in the Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii game.
The video will be based on the first Yakuza game, with the story leading up to the upcoming Yakuza Kiwami 3 remake game. Yakuza Kiwami 3 and the accompanying Yakuza 3: Dark Ties spinoff game will launch as one release for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam worldwide on February 12.
The original Nihon Tōitsu video series is a yakuza crime series about two individuals who join Japan's largest yakuza organization, and seek to unify all yakuza organizations in Japan.
Arata Kawabata (Do You Like the Nerdy Nurse?) is launching a spinoff manga of the Nihon Tōitsu series titled Nomi Kui Dōraku ~Nihon Tōitsu~ (The Vice of Eating and Drinking ~Japan Unification~) in Akita Shoten's Monthly Princess magazine on October 6.
Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku ~Beyond the Game~), a live-action series based on the Like a Dragon/Yakuza game series, began streaming on Amazon Prime Video in October 2024.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Yakuza Kiwami games — both remakes of the original Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku, or Like a Dragon) and Yakuza 2 action games, respectively — launch for Switch 2 on November 13. Sega released Yakuza Kiwami for Nintendo Switch in October 2024.
Yakuza 0: Director's Cut, the updated Switch 2 version of its 2015 Yakuza 0 game, launched on June 5, the same day the console debuted. The updated version features new cutscenes, an online multiplayer mode, and a new English dub.
The Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryū ga Gotoku 8) adventure role-playing game launched in January 2024 for PS5, PS4, 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.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Ryū ga Gotoku 8 Gaiden: Pirates in Hawaii), a spinoff game of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth launched worldwide for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Steam on February 21. The game features Goro Majima as the protagonist, and takes place half a year after Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. The story centers on Majima after he arrives at a beach after losing his memory, and how he comes to lead a band of pirates.
Source: RGG Summit 2025 livestream
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