Yakuza series
Yakuza | Yakuza 2 | Yakuza 3 | Yakuza 4 | Yakuza 5 | Yakuza 0 | Yakuza 6
Like a Dragon series
Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name | Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Judgment series
Judgment | Lost Judgment
Other Spin-Offs
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! | Yakuza: Dead Souls | Like a Dragon: Ishin! | Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
- Acting for Two: As well as voicing Mafuyu, Cherami Leigh voices an early NPC that Yagami questions, the receptionist at the ADDC, and Miku the hostess, Todd Haberkorn voices the Charles Shop Clerk and Ishimatsu, and Ray Chase voices both Izumida and Koga of the Keihin Gang.
- All-Star Cast:
- The protagonist Takayuki Yagami is portrayed by Japanese entertainment icon Takuya Kimura. He was a member of SMAP, Japan's best-selling boyband, for 28 years until they broke up in 2016. Since his first lead acting gig in 1996, he has received high audience ratings for multiple TV series—earning him the title of "The King of Ratings"—as well as a ton of accolades. Judgment is his first time working on a video game, though not his first time voice acting in general; he was Howl in Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle.
- Yakuza lieutenant Kyohei Hamura was originally portrayed by Pierre Taki, the frontman of the electronic music duo Denki Groove who wrote the hit songs "Shangri-La", "N.O.", "Niji" and the DEVILMAN crybaby opening theme "MAN HUMAN". He later became a distinguished multitalent working as a radio-TV personality and an actor starring in various dramatic or comedic roles. His most famous role is as the Japanese dub voice of Olaf in the Disney blockbuster Frozen (2013).
- Except for Kimura, all the actors whose likenesses are/were used as their character models have starred on the big screen in one or more of the Godzilla films. This includes Taki, Shosuke Tanihara (Mitsuru Kuroiwa), Kenichi Takito (Kazuya Ayabe), and Akira Nakao (Ryuzo Genda).
- The international release of the game features a cast of veteran dub voice actors, with Greg Chun starring as Yagami. He is joined by Crispin Freeman, Yuri Lowenthal, Matthew Mercer, Cherami Leigh, Cristina Vee, Steve Blum and more.
- Celebrity Voice Actor:
- James Hong plays Kim Won Soon in the English language version.
- Yagami's voice and appearance is provided by Takuya Kimura, one of Japan's biggest celebrity actors who's referred to as "The King of Ratings."
- The Danza: Morita has the same last name as his Japanese voice actor.
- The Other Marty: After Pierre Taki's cocaine bust, his character was re-dubbed by Miou Tanaka in addition to being replaced with an original model. While the change was early enough before the Western release that it wouldn't hamper its release, Sega said that they would be re-releasing the game at a discount with the changes in place on July 18 and original run copies wouldn't be getting an update to replace Taki's voice work and model.
- Real Song Theme Tune: The game's opening, "Arpeggio
", is performed by [ALEXANDROS]. - Role-Ending Misdemeanor: On March 13, 2019, Pierre Taki was arrested for illegal possession and use of cocaine. Despite being three months past release, Sega halted game sales, deleted all previous tweets related to the game, and removed the title from the Japanese Sega website with the Judge Eyes page redirecting to an official press release. The Western release was still on schedule, but Taki's likeness was replaced with an original character model and another voice actor, Miou Tanaka, in all versions of the game. Sales for the game in Japan resumed on July 18, 2019, with these changes in place and at a discounted price.
- What Could Have Been: Dummied Out files in Yakuza Kiwami 2 offers a look at Yagami's original appearance◊, likely from before the decision to make him an Ink-Suit Actor of Takuya Kimura was made.
- Working Title: While the Western release was confirmed at the same time the game was announced in Japan, its localized title was not, with Project Judge serving as a placeholder. It was later confirmed as Judgment.
- You Sound Familiar:
- Miou Tanaka had already voiced Akinobu Uematsu in Yakuza Kiwami 2 before voicing Kyohei Hamura here. He would also go on to voice Yosuke Tendo in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
- Takuya Kirimoto, voice of Masamichi Shintani had previously voiced Seiji Kosaka from Yakuza 5.
