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
General trivia:
- This is the first game in the Like a Dragon series to receive a Chinese dub.
Trivia tropes:
- Acting for Two:
- Patrick Seitz voices both Yuya and Patriarch Gondawara.
- Johnny Yong Bosch reprises all three of his roles from the previous game: young Masumi Arakawa, Ikari, and Chau Ka Long.
- Blooper: Jo Amon and the rest of his brothers Sango, Kazuya and Jiro, are all seen using Shin Amon's face model (and hair as is with Jo) from past games for reasons unknown.
- Celebrity Voice Actor:
- Japanese version:
- Satoru Iguchi, vocalist and keyboardist for the band King Gnu, lends both his voice and physical likeness to newcomer party member Eric Tomizawa.
- Hiroki Hasegawa, a stage and screen actor best known playing Rando Yaguchi in Shin Godzilla and starring in various dramas such as Manpaku and Yae's Sakura, lends both his voice and physical likeness to Seiryu Clan acting chairman Masataka Ebina.
- English dub:
- Danny Trejo lends not only his voice to the English Dub, but his physical likeness to the dual machete-wielding Dwight.
- Daniel Dae Kim, known for his time on television series' like Hawaii Five-0 and The Good Doctor and his role as Johnny Gat in the Saints Row games, not only voices Seiryu Clan yakuza Masataka Ebina in the English dub, but also lends his physical likeness to Wong Tou, the leader of the Ganzhe and owner of the Nirvana Hotel.
- Japanese version:
- The Cast Showoff:
- Elizabeth Maxwell, Robbie Daymond, and Greg Chun all return from the previous game and once again get to show off their singing chops during the game's karaoke segments.
- Additionally, Keong Sim, Fiona Rene and Suzie Yeung also get to flex their singing chops during their respective karaoke numbers as well. And while off to a rocky start in the Demo build of the game, the final release and Gaiden shows that Yong Yea can sing pretty well as Kiryu, too.
- Content Leak: Quite a bit of content leaked with the release of Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and the Infinite Wealth demo included with it:
- The entire Infinite Wealth soundtrack was leaked, creating a wealth of potential Musical Spoilers, as well as all of the full game's character models, which were somehow left over in the demo 2 months before the full game's release, making it an unexpected surprise for model modders.
- The various playable party members and Jobs have also been leaked via the demo.
- A portion of the Infinite Wealth English dub credits for various new and returning characters was included in the demo's files — largely following the order of the Japanese cast in the opening movie — making pairing actors with their characters relatively simple before any official announcements.
- Cross-Regional Voice Acting: While most of the English dub was recorded at PCB Productions in Los Angeles, Daniel Dae Kim recorded his lines at Island Sound Studios in Hawaii.note
- Dear Negative Reader: After an article
came out of overseas players increasingly influencing Japanese titles, featuring an interview with the executive producer of the series where he stated that they changed elements in the script if the Western teams deems them unacceptable, there was noticeable backlash from players concerned about potential censorship and bad localization, with some citing Fire Emblem Engage as one notable example. The executive producer responded on Twitter/X a few days later, denying that there were any differences between versions of the game or that he's been asked to change anything, while stating that he will embrace change. - Harpo Does Something Funny: During her own playthrough of the game, KSon says she was instructed to act like she always does, and that it was okay to go off-script. One example is during Kei and Ichiban's first meeting when she gushes at Kiryu being there.
- Multiple Languages, Same Voice Actor: Kson On Air voices her character Kei in both the English and Japanese dubs of the game.
- Real Song Theme Tune: "Ariamaru Tomi -The Invaluable-" by Sheena Ringo plays in the game's ending montage.
- The Other Darrin:
- Christopher Sean replaces Keith Ferguson as Kazuki.
- Patrick Seitz replaces Dave Fouquette as Yuya.
- Fred Tatasciore replaces Charles Glover as Andre Richardson in English, and an unknown voice actor in Japanese.
- Promoted Fanboy: Hot off of her appearance in Gaiden as a cabaret club hostess, streamer and Vtuber Kson On Air — a passionate Like a Dragon fangirl — makes an appearance in Infinite Wealth as a waitress at a karaoke bar.
- Throw It In!: According to Kson herself, she was encouraged to add in things off-script for flavor during recording, and she was shocked at how much they actually added into the game, including her excessively rapid Kiryu fan-gushing.
- Voice-Only Cameo: Will Yun Lee reprises his role as Masato Arakawa/Ryo Aoki in a brief flashback taking place during the events of the previous game.
- You Sound Familiar:
- Japanese: Takehito Koyasu, who voices Yutaka Yamai here, previously played Kei Ibuchi in Yakuza Kiwami 2.
- English:
- Eric Tomizawa is voiced by Matthew Yang King, who previously voiced Kazuya Ayabe in Judgment, and Kazuki Soma in Lost Judgment.
- Suzie Yeung, who voices Chitose Fujinomiya, previously played Mikiko Sadamoto in The Kaito Files.
- Andrew Kishino, who voices Yutaka Yamai, previously played Hidemi Bando in Lost Judgment.
- Aleks Le, who voices Eiji Mitamura, previously played Shinya Kawai in Lost Judgment.
- Patrick Seitz, who voices Yuya, previously voiced Yamato Totsuka and Susumu Gondawara in Yakuza: Like A Dragon, also reprising his role as the latter.
- Stephen Fu, who voices Shun Akiyama, previously played Kyoya Sadamoto, also in The Kaito Files.
- Xanthe Huynh, who voices Haruka Sawamura, previously played Lin in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, a Like a Dragon spinoff and Kyoko Amasawa in Lost Judgment.
- Fred Tatasciore, who voices the Revolve Bar bartender, previously played Kyohei Hamura in Judgment.
