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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Since none of the protagonists kill people, villains are usually killed by other villains, either because they've [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]] or [[RedemptionEqualsDeath as a final act of redemption]].
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* BattleStrip: Anytime a major boss battle is about to happen, the characters will rip off their clothes in a single swoop. Averted in ''Dead Souls'' as the bosses there are experimental mutated freaks of nature.
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* BattleStrip: Anytime a major boss battle is about to happen, the characters will rip off their clothes in a single swoop. It's considered in-universe [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet an official challenge to a duel]] that's not just exclusive to those in the Yakuza. Averted in ''Dead Souls'' as the bosses there are experimental mutated freaks of nature.
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** The only other character for which the UK Sega shop sells licensed merch, besides Kazuma Kiryu? Not series favourite or one-time protagonist Goro Majima, not new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga... [[https://www.segashop.co.uk/collections/yakuza/products/pin-kings-ryu-ga-gotoku-yakuza-ono-pin-badge-set-1-1 Ono Michio]].
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* EncounterBait:
** The Charismatic Photo, a black-and-white photo of an unidentified yakuza, plays this trope straight by spawning more random street battles. It also adds more enemies per encounter.
** The Mew Shoes equipment plays with this. They indirectly increase the random encounter rate by making the person wearing them more noticeable while running, [[DrawAggro drawing the aggro]] of random encounters from farther away. On the other hand, they also make said enemies less aggressive in combat.
* EncounterRepellant: The Goddess of Children Amulet, in games where it's present, reduces the frequency of random street battles when eqipped.
** The Charismatic Photo, a black-and-white photo of an unidentified yakuza, plays this trope straight by spawning more random street battles. It also adds more enemies per encounter.
** The Mew Shoes equipment plays with this. They indirectly increase the random encounter rate by making the person wearing them more noticeable while running, [[DrawAggro drawing the aggro]] of random encounters from farther away. On the other hand, they also make said enemies less aggressive in combat.
* EncounterRepellant: The Goddess of Children Amulet, in games where it's present, reduces the frequency of random street battles when eqipped.
* MookChivalry: Most of the enemies in every game take turns making potshots at the protagonist during battle. The only exceptions to this are [[TurnsRed angered]] EliteMooks, enemies with firearms or grenades (who infrequently attack out-of-turn for harrassment), and equipment that specifically averts this like the Champion's Ring.
* MookHorrorShow: Several actions can turn fights with weaker enemies into this: cowing them into holding back for a bit.
* MookHorrorShow: Several actions can turn fights with weaker enemies into this: cowing them into holding back for a bit.
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[[note]]From left to right: [[TheBigGuy Taiga Saejima]], [[TheAce Goro Majima]], [[TheHero Kazuma Kiryu]], [[BloodKnight Ryuji Goda]], [[CowBoyCop Masayoshi Tanimura]] and [[ChivalrousPervert Shun Akiyama]]. Not included: [[OneManArmy Musashi Miyamoto,]] [[RedBaron Tatsuya Ukyo,]] [[TheScapegoat Tatsuo Shinada,]] [[TagAlongKid Haruka Sawamura,]] [[SwordAndGun Ryoma Sakamoto,]] [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro,]] [[HardboiledDetective Takayuki Yagami]], and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Ichiban Kasuga.]] From [[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1361396 pixiv]][[/note]]]]
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[[note]]From left to right: [[TheBigGuy Taiga Saejima]], [[TheAce Goro Majima]], [[TheHero Kazuma Kiryu]], [[BloodKnight Ryuji Goda]], [[CowBoyCop [[CowboyCop Masayoshi Tanimura]] and [[ChivalrousPervert Shun Akiyama]]. Not included: [[OneManArmy Musashi Miyamoto,]] [[RedBaron Tatsuya Ukyo,]] [[TheScapegoat Tatsuo Shinada,]] [[TagAlongKid Haruka Sawamura,]] [[SwordAndGun Ryoma Sakamoto,]] [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro,]] [[HardboiledDetective Takayuki Yagami]], and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Ichiban Kasuga.]] From [[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1361396 pixiv]][[/note]]]]
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: While the native Japanese folk use a wide variety of fighting styles, the vast majority of foreign Chinese enemies tend to be skilled in some form of Kung-Fu. This perhaps is best seen whenever Kiryu clashes with the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Snake Flower Triad]] which happens in multiple games and is exemplified by their powerful leader, Lau Ka Long.
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu:
** While the native Japanese folk use a wide variety of fighting styles, the vast majority of foreign Chinese enemies tend to be skilled in some form of Kung-Fu. This perhaps is best seen whenever Kiryu clashes with the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Snake Flower Triad]] which happens in multiple games and is exemplified by their powerful leader, Lau Ka Long. {{Moveset Clone}}s of him throughout the series also tend to have Chinese names.
** As mentioned in ShoutOut, one Revelation a player can encounter in ''4'' is a kung-fu battle between a cheating man and his scorned wife straight out of ''Film/KungFuHustle'', with a bicycle kick, thrown butcher's knives, and using random stools as makeshift weapons and shields.
** While the native Japanese folk use a wide variety of fighting styles, the vast majority of foreign Chinese enemies tend to be skilled in some form of Kung-Fu. This perhaps is best seen whenever Kiryu clashes with the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Snake Flower Triad]] which happens in multiple games and is exemplified by their powerful leader, Lau Ka Long. {{Moveset Clone}}s of him throughout the series also tend to have Chinese names.
** As mentioned in ShoutOut, one Revelation a player can encounter in ''4'' is a kung-fu battle between a cheating man and his scorned wife straight out of ''Film/KungFuHustle'', with a bicycle kick, thrown butcher's knives, and using random stools as makeshift weapons and shields.
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* HackAndSlash: ''Kenzan!'' and ''Ishin!'' allow you to use and upgrade multiple melee weapons, giving the combat flavors of this genre.
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* HackAndSlash: ''Kenzan!'' and ''Ishin!'' allow you to use and upgrade multiple melee weapons, giving the combat flavors of this genre. You also have the option to buy and use weapons in the main series.
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* RandomEffectSpell: Mr. Random, an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-named]] endgame handgun that appears throughout most of the series, inflicts a random status effect every time its user lands a shot. While it usually lacks attack power in comparison to other handguns, the ease in which it can [[CycleOfHurting stun lock enemies to death]] more than makes up for it.
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** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', the protagonists can find and pick up various types of garbage throughout Kamurocho. Their use isn't readily apparent until Saejima's story, where he encounters a shopkeeper in Kamurocho's sewers calling himself the "Mean Green Machine". He doesn't deal in yen, instead giving Saejima [[GlobalCurrencyException "Ecopoints"]] to use on his exclusive wares, such as rare crafting materials and the unique Dragon Flak Vest.
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** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', the protagonists can find and pick up various types of garbage throughout Kamurocho. Their use isn't readily apparent until Saejima's story, where he encounters a shopkeeper in Kamurocho's sewers calling himself the "Mean Green Machine". He doesn't deal in yen, instead giving Saejima [[GlobalCurrencyException "Ecopoints"]] to use on his exclusive wares, such as rare crafting materials and the unique Dragon Flak Vest. Saejima can also spend these Ecopoints on a food stall close to the Mean Green Machine, making it one of the few places where he can conveniently obtain recovery items while using the sewers to avoid RandomEncounters.
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* HyperactiveMetabolism: Food can be used to restore your health instantly. Eating at restaurants is one way to quickly restore HP, although you won't be able to order any more food than what it takes to top off your health bar without a specific item. As your health bar is upgraded, you'll quickly reach the point where Kiryu is ordering [[BigEater 4 or 5 entrees and a drink]] just to get to full health again.
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* HyperactiveMetabolism: HyperactiveMetabolism:
** Food can be used to restore your health instantly. Eating at restaurants is one way to quickly restore HP, although you won't be able to order any more food than what it takes to top off your health bar without a specific item. As your health bar is upgraded, you'll quickly reach the point where Kiryu is ordering [[BigEater 4 or 5 entrees and a drink]] just to get to full health again.
** ''Kiwami'', ''Kiwami 2'' and ''6'' have [[InvertedTrope inversions]] of this: Kiryu can buy a consumable called [=AppStim=] RX, which sets his HPToOne (or by 50% for [=AppStim=] Half), mainly to invoke [[invoked]]SelfImposedChallenge. If it wasn't already obvious from [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the item's name]], their FlavorText explicitly mentions that [=AppStim=] "stimulates your digestive tract", which is represented by Kiryu losing HP.
** Food can be used to restore your health instantly. Eating at restaurants is one way to quickly restore HP, although you won't be able to order any more food than what it takes to top off your health bar without a specific item. As your health bar is upgraded, you'll quickly reach the point where Kiryu is ordering [[BigEater 4 or 5 entrees and a drink]] just to get to full health again.
** ''Kiwami'', ''Kiwami 2'' and ''6'' have [[InvertedTrope inversions]] of this: Kiryu can buy a consumable called [=AppStim=] RX, which sets his HPToOne (or by 50% for [=AppStim=] Half), mainly to invoke [[invoked]]SelfImposedChallenge. If it wasn't already obvious from [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the item's name]], their FlavorText explicitly mentions that [=AppStim=] "stimulates your digestive tract", which is represented by Kiryu losing HP.
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* ShopFodder:
** Plates mostly exist solely to be sold to vendors for a decent chunk of yen, although they occasionally play a minor plot role in some games. They're sometimes obtained from random battles in place of yen and are often seen as rewards for {{Betting Mini Game}}s as well as from [[CollectionSidequest coin lockers]].
** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', the protagonists can find and pick up various types of garbage throughout Kamurocho. Their use isn't readily apparent until Saejima's story, where he encounters a shopkeeper in Kamurocho's sewers calling himself the "Mean Green Machine". He doesn't deal in yen, instead giving Saejima [[GlobalCurrencyException "Ecopoints"]] to use on his exclusive wares, such as rare crafting materials and the unique Dragon Flak Vest.
** Plates mostly exist solely to be sold to vendors for a decent chunk of yen, although they occasionally play a minor plot role in some games. They're sometimes obtained from random battles in place of yen and are often seen as rewards for {{Betting Mini Game}}s as well as from [[CollectionSidequest coin lockers]].
** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', the protagonists can find and pick up various types of garbage throughout Kamurocho. Their use isn't readily apparent until Saejima's story, where he encounters a shopkeeper in Kamurocho's sewers calling himself the "Mean Green Machine". He doesn't deal in yen, instead giving Saejima [[GlobalCurrencyException "Ecopoints"]] to use on his exclusive wares, such as rare crafting materials and the unique Dragon Flak Vest.
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* CombatPragmatist: The way Kiryu and all the other protagonists are able to fight shows them to be absolutely brutal fighters that will take any advantage they can get. Anything that isn't nailed down can used as a weapon such as bicycles or random furniture. Whatever ''is'' can instead be used to slam thugs faces against like cars or lamp posts. Think they'll lighten up on the onslaught because they just knocked you flat on your ass? [[CurbStompBattle Think again.]] To be fair, they all learned to fight on the streets where everything's fair game so it's unsurprising how unscrupulous they tend to be when they're constantly fighting against larger numbers.
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** Frankly all the playable characters fall under this as a natural consequence of a handful of [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts Of Gold]] in a series where CombatPragmatism is encouraged. They manage to acquit themselves as helpful, selfless, considerate people but in gameplay, they're capable of some absolute brutality and will resort to every trick in the book to even the odds against the mobs of goons the games keep throwing at them.
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* CombatPragmatist: The way Kiryu and all the other protagonists are able to fight shows them to be absolutely brutal fighters that will take any advantage they can get. Anything that isn't nailed down can used as a weapon such as bicycles or random furniture. Whatever ''is'' can instead be used to slam thugs faces against like cars or lamp posts. Think they'll lighten up on the onslaught because they just knocked you flat on your ass? [[CurbStompBattle Think again.]] To be fair, they all learned to fight on the streets where everything's fair game so it's unsurprising how unscrupulous they tend to be when they're constantly fighting against larger numbers.
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** Played straighter with Goro Majima and Kazuma Kiryu's appearance in VideoGame/ProjectXZone. Despite the relatively mundane titles of being high-ranking yakuzas, they're able to stand toe-to-toe with the likes of M Bison from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and Selvaria Bles from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' among others.
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* SuperMobBoss: Even in a WorldOfBadass, several, [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking often high-ranking]] members of the of the various Yakuza clans across Japan stand out with their seemingly superhuman strength and durability: Countless yakuza in gameplay have little trouble shrugging off lethal tactics such as guns, knives, and katanas only to show themselves capable of singlehandedly taking down entire armies of mooks and even punching out vicious beasts such as tigers and bears without missing a beat.
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* BoozeBasedBuff: Every game in the series has some form of this, varying from a damage boost to gaining access to exclusive, easier-to-use Heat Actions that can only be done while drunk. Using the latter causes the PlayerCharacter to sober up a little, preventing players from spamming these moves unless they have spare alcohol in the inventory.
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** If one manages to look closely, Andre Richardson ([[spoiler:Black Monday's leader, a crooked CIA agent and one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of ''3'']]) looks surprisingly similar to [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]]. Many a fan have indulged in calling him "[[FanNickname Wesker Jr.]]"
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** If one manages to look closely, Andre Richardson ([[spoiler:Black Monday's leader, a crooked CIA agent and one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of ''3'']]) looks surprisingly similar to [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]]. Many a fan have indulged in calling him "[[FanNickname Wesker Jr.]]"
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* TheTysonZone: The series has become infamous for the amount of utterly bizarre things that goes on despite being on surface a realistic crime drama. This ranges from employing a chicken as a real estate manager to the ability to remove all the clothes from your upper body simply by yanking your shoulders.
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza5''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 5: Fulfiller of Dreams'' (龍が如く5 夢、叶えし者 "Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume Kanaeshi Mono"): Released in December 6, 2012 in Japan and December 8, 2015 worldwide.\\\
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza5''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 5: Fulfiller of Dreams'' (龍が如く5 夢、叶えし者 "Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume Yume, Kanaeshi Mono"): Released in December 6, 2012 in Japan and December 8, 2015 worldwide.\\\
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: What is that BattleAura that appears when particularly strong combatants get serious? Who knows? It's never mentioned in-story, it just kind of ''is''. On a more creepy note, a couple of the sidequests, like in ''0'' and ''Kiwami 2'' reveal that ghosts and curses may be more real than the characters would believe...
* MetronomicManMashing: An easy and effective way of taking out mooks is to knock them down, grab them by their leg, perform a throw, and before they get up, repeat until dead.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: What is that fiery BattleAura that appears when particularly strong combatants get serious? Who knows? It's never mentioned in-story, it just kind of ''is''. ''is''.
** On a related note, Cyclops Oba in a substory in ''2'' will make note of Kiryu's "scary, flaming death moves" which is a direct acknowledgment of the [[LimitBreak Heat Actions]] that can be used while emanating said flaming BattleAura. So it's definitely not merely something only the playable character or the player themself can see.
** On a more creepy note, acouple number of the sidequests, substories across the series, like in ''0'' and or ''Kiwami 2'' reveal that ghosts and curses may be more real than the characters would believe...
* MetronomicManMashing: An easy and effective way of taking out mooks is to knock them down, grab them by their leg, perform a throw, and before they get up, repeat until dead. It's not always an ability that is immediately usable without upgrading for it first. Also when it first appeared in ''2'', it used to expend Heat to use as well so it was harder to use it succession.
** On a related note, Cyclops Oba in a substory in ''2'' will make note of Kiryu's "scary, flaming death moves" which is a direct acknowledgment of the [[LimitBreak Heat Actions]] that can be used while emanating said flaming BattleAura. So it's definitely not merely something only the playable character or the player themself can see.
** On a more creepy note, a
* MetronomicManMashing: An easy and effective way of taking out mooks is to knock them down, grab them by their leg, perform a throw, and before they get up, repeat until dead. It's not always an ability that is immediately usable without upgrading for it first. Also when it first appeared in ''2'', it used to expend Heat to use as well so it was harder to use it succession.
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* ActionCommands: Some of Kiryu's Heat Actions have these to potentially increase their damage (and pain to the unfortunate recepient). And in the second game, these sometimes crop up when Kiryu has to avoid some damaging move, tying in with PressXToNotDie.
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: While the native Japanese folk use a wide variety of fighting styles, the vast majority of foreign Chinese enemies tend to be skilled in some form of Kung-Fu. This perhaps is best seen whenever Kiryu clashes with the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Snake Flower Triad]] which happens in multiple games and is exemplified by their powerful leader, Lau Ka Long.
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** Hiroshi Hayashi was one of Ryuji Goda's right-hand men in ''2''. In ''Dead Souls'', he's a [[spoiler: ''freaking'' zombie. And not just any zombie. He's the insanely durable zombie (mutant may be a more suitable term for him) who kicks off the zombie outbreak. Granted, he didn't turn into one by will, and wanted to stop Nikaido and DD from whatever their plans were before he was mutated.]]
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** Hiroshi Hayashi was a minor boss fight in the first game and one of Ryuji Goda's right-hand men in ''2''. In ''Dead Souls'', he's a [[spoiler: ''freaking'' zombie. And not just any zombie. He's the insanely durable zombie (mutant may be a more suitable term for him) who kicks off the zombie outbreak. Granted, he didn't turn into one by will, and wanted to stop Nikaido and DD from whatever their plans were before he was mutated.]]
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* ArtifactTitle: While you do interact with the yakuza a lot in this series, Kiryu himself is only in the Yakuza in the first game for the prologue mission, and in ''0'' he's on the run from the yakuza. Not to mention the spinoff in the zombie apocalypse or the Japanese exclusive spinoffs in Edo period japan if one were to translate the title to what it's branded in the west. It might qualify as an AntagonistTitle though.
** Averted with the literal translation of the Japanese title, as '''Like a Dragon''' perfectly captures the style and spirit of this series from start to end.
** Averted with the literal translation of the Japanese title, as '''Like a Dragon''' perfectly captures the style and spirit of this series from start to end.
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* ArtifactTitle: While you do interact with the yakuza a lot in this series, Kiryu himself is only in the Yakuza yakuza in the first game for the prologue mission, and in ''0'' he's on the run from the yakuza. Not to mention the spinoff in the zombie apocalypse or the Japanese exclusive spinoffs in Edo period japan Japan if one were to translate the title to what it's branded in the west. It might qualify as an AntagonistTitle though.
**Averted altogether with the literal translation of the Japanese title, as '''Like a Dragon''' perfectly accurately captures the style and spirit of this series from start series. Then came the seventh game in the series, which was released in the west as "Yakuza: Like A Dragon" and stars a protagonist who isn't quite "a dragon" (both in terms of his reputation and his tattoo) but is certainly trying to end.be "like a dragon", and is also not in the yakuza, as by the end of the game [[spoiler:the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance both get disbanded and thus there's no more yakuza left ''to'' join.]]
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Yakuza in real life have been on a steady decline due to an increasing amount of legislature and restrictions that make it extremely hard and often not worth the effort for them to carry out their business as usual (at least not "out in the open" as they are stereotypically known to do). This becomes more and more prevalent in the games, which tend to take place in the year they were released in, thus making it difficult to realistically portray yakuza freely roaming the streets and having public offices as late as the 2010s / 2020s. This reaches a breaking point in ''Like A Dragon'', where [[spoiler:Daigo decides to [[AbdicateTheThrone disband the Tojo Clan with their pride still intact]] since it'd be either that or watching it become a puppet of the police/government.]]
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza0''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 0: The Promised Land'' (龍が如く0 誓いの場所 "Ryū ga Gotoku Zero: Chikai no Basho"): Released for the [=PS3=] and [=PS4=] in March 12, 2015 in Japan, May 4, 2015 in Taiwan, and January 24, 2017 in NA and Europe; later ported to PC and [=XBO=].\\\
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza0''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 0: The Promised Land'' (龍が如く0 誓いの場所 "Ryū ga Gotoku Zero: 0: Chikai no Basho"): Released for the [=PS3=] and [=PS4=] in March 12, 2015 in Japan, May 4, 2015 in Taiwan, and January 24, 2017 in NA and Europe; later ported to PC and [=XBO=].\\\
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza6: The Song of Life''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 6: The Poem of Life.'' (龍が如く6 命の詩; "Ryū ga Gotoku 6: Inochi no Uta."): Released for the [=PS4=] on December 8, 2016 in Japan, and on April 17, 2018 in the West.\\\
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza6: The Song of Life''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 6: The Poem of Life.'' (龍が如く6 命の詩; "Ryū 命の詩。"Ryū ga Gotoku 6: Inochi no Uta."): Released for the [=PS4=] on December 8, 2016 in Japan, and on April 17, 2018 in the West.\\\
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza4''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend'' (龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの "Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono"): Released in March 18, 2010 in Japan, March 15, 2011 in North America and March 18, 2011 in Europe.\\\
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza4''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 4: Successor of Heir to the Legend'' (龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの "Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono"): Released in March 18, 2010 in Japan, March 15, 2011 in North America and March 18, 2011 in Europe.\\\
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* '''''VideoGame/Yakuza6: The Song of Life''''' aka ''Like a Dragon 6: Poems The Poem of Life'' Life.'' (龍が如く6 命の詩 命の詩; "Ryū ga Gotoku 6: Inochi no Uta"): Uta."): Released for the [=PS4=] on December 8, 2016 in Japan, and on April 17, 2018 in the West.\\\
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* '''''Kurohyō''''' (クロヒョウ ''Black Panther''): Japan-only PSP spin-offs developed by [[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Syn Sophia]]. As a [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] PSP game.
** ''Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō'' (クロヒョウ 龍が如く新章 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter"): Released in September 22, 2010. In September 2010, while posing as a Tojo Clan enforcer, the delinquent Tatsuya Ukyo kills Tojo member Naoki Toda in a botched robbery. On an ultimatum from Toda's boss Ryutaro Kuki, Tatsuya is forced to enter the Dragon Heat fight club while trying to clear his name.
** ''Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura-hen'' (クロヒョウ2 龍が如く 阿修羅編 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter"): Released in March 22, 2012.
** ''Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō'' (クロヒョウ 龍が如く新章 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter"): Released in September 22, 2010. In September 2010, while posing as a Tojo Clan enforcer, the delinquent Tatsuya Ukyo kills Tojo member Naoki Toda in a botched robbery. On an ultimatum from Toda's boss Ryutaro Kuki, Tatsuya is forced to enter the Dragon Heat fight club while trying to clear his name.
** ''Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura-hen'' (クロヒョウ2 龍が如く 阿修羅編 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter"): Released in March 22, 2012.
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* '''''Kurohyō''''' '''''[[VideoGame/{{Kurohyo}} Kurohyō]]''''' (クロヒョウ ''Black Panther''): Japan-only PSP spin-offs developed by [[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Syn Sophia]]. As a [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] PSP game.
**''Kurohyō: ''[[VideoGame/KurohyoRyuGaGotokuShinsho Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō'' Shinshō]]'' (クロヒョウ 龍が如く新章 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter"): Released in September 22, 2010. In September 2010, while posing as a Tojo Clan enforcer, the delinquent Tatsuya Ukyo kills Tojo member Naoki Toda in a botched robbery. On an ultimatum from Toda's boss Ryutaro Kuki, Tatsuya is forced to enter the Dragon Heat fight club while trying to clear his name.
**''Kurohyō ''[[VideoGame/Kurohyo2RyuGaGotokuAshuraHen Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura-hen'' Ashura-hen]]'' (クロヒョウ2 龍が如く 阿修羅編 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter"): Released in March 22, 2012.
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* '''''Ryū ga Gotoku Online''''' (龍が如く ONLINE "Like a Dragon Online"), an online RPG for mobile devices and PC, released in Japan on November 21, 2018. The game's story is set after the events of ''Yakuza 6'', and introduces ''Yakuza 7'''s protagonist Ichiban Kasuga.
* '''''Streets of Kamurocho''''': Given a [[FreewareGames free]] limited release from October 17, 2020 to October 19, 2020 as part of a [[MilestoneCelebration celebration of Sega's 60th anniversary]], as well as a second run by popular demand from November 13, 2020 to November 16, 2020. A VideoGameDemake done in the style of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' while loosely retelling the story of the first ''Yakuza'' game. Players control either Kiryu or Majima [[spoiler:as well as [[SecretCharacter Ichiban]]]] as they fight their way through the [[TitleDrop streets of Kamurocho]] following the unexpected death of the Tojo Clan's third chairman.
* '''''Streets of Kamurocho''''': Given a [[FreewareGames free]] limited release from October 17, 2020 to October 19, 2020 as part of a [[MilestoneCelebration celebration of Sega's 60th anniversary]], as well as a second run by popular demand from November 13, 2020 to November 16, 2020. A VideoGameDemake done in the style of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' while loosely retelling the story of the first ''Yakuza'' game. Players control either Kiryu or Majima [[spoiler:as well as [[SecretCharacter Ichiban]]]] as they fight their way through the [[TitleDrop streets of Kamurocho]] following the unexpected death of the Tojo Clan's third chairman.
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* '''''Ryū '''''[[VideoGame/RyuGaGotokuOnline Ryū ga Gotoku Online''''' Online]]''''' (龍が如く ONLINE "Like a Dragon Online"), an online RPG for mobile devices and PC, released in Japan on November 21, 2018. The game's story is set after the events of ''Yakuza 6'', and introduces ''Yakuza 7'''s protagonist Ichiban Kasuga.
*'''''Streets '''''[[VideoGame/StreetsLfKamurocho Streets of Kamurocho''''': Kamurocho]]''''': Given a [[FreewareGames free]] limited release from October 17, 2020 to October 19, 2020 as part of a [[MilestoneCelebration celebration of Sega's 60th anniversary]], as well as a second run by popular demand from November 13, 2020 to November 16, 2020. A VideoGameDemake done in the style of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' while loosely retelling the story of the first ''Yakuza'' game. Players control either Kiryu or Majima [[spoiler:as well as [[SecretCharacter Ichiban]]]] as they fight their way through the [[TitleDrop streets of Kamurocho]] following the unexpected death of the Tojo Clan's third chairman.
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** ''Kamutai Magazine'' (カムタイマガジン): a [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] PreOrderBonus full-color print book for ''Ryū ga Gotoku'', with articles about the many in-game locations and Japanese adult film actress Mihiro Taniguchi as the cover girl, in-character as the hostess Rin. More "issues" were released with other games, featuring different cover girls, and further were printed for ''Ryū ga Gotoku 4'' and ''Kurohyō''.
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** ''Kamutai Magazine'' ''Literature/KamutaiMagazine'' (カムタイマガジン): a [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] PreOrderBonus full-color print book for ''Ryū ga Gotoku'', with articles about the many in-game locations and Japanese adult film actress Mihiro Taniguchi as the cover girl, in-character as the hostess Rin. More "issues" were released with other games, featuring different cover girls, and further were printed for ''Ryū ga Gotoku 4'' and ''Kurohyō''.
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* ComicBookTime: Averted; The games are all set in the year in which they were originally released, meaning that characters age in real time. As such, Kiryu has gone from being 36 at the beginning of the series to being in his 50s.
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* DesperationAttack: There are a few abilities and heat actions in the series which can only be used while the user's health is critical. The most frequently recurring example is Kiryu's Essence of Wreckage. Normally, using a heat action on a prone opponent will make Kiryu hit the victim either a head stomp or a kick to the gut. At critical health, he will instead give the victim a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
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* DesperationAttack: There are a few abilities and heat actions in the series which can only be used while the user's health is critical. The most frequently recurring example is Kiryu's Essence of Wreckage. Normally, using a heat action on a prone opponent will make Kiryu hit the victim with either a head stomp or a kick to the gut. At critical health, he will instead give the victim a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
