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
- Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: Gamespot's text review claimed that the game shows its age because its combat has no counters, even though there have been counters since the first game, and Yakuza 4 even had a playable character whose moveset was based around them.
- The Danza: Mirei Park is voiced by Romi Park. Doubles as Actor-Shared Background; both are half-Korean and half-Japanese.
- Late Export for You: Originally released in Japan in 2012, Yakuza 5 was localized in 2015. By that point, the PlayStation 4 had been out for two years.
- Milestone Celebration: The digital version for North America and Europe was released on December 8, 2015, marking the ten year anniversary of the first game's release in Japan.
- Network to the Rescue: Sega initially had no plans to localize any further entries of the series after the commercial failure of Yakuza: Dead Souls, and even took down the English Yakuza websites in 2013. When Sony's third party relations asked gamers what games they wanted localized, Ryu Ga Gotoku 5 was among the most requested, and it was announced in 2014 that they would localize Yakuza 5 for a digital release the following year. Noticing the demand, Sega announced Yakuza 0 would also be released in English-speaking regions right before the fifth game's release, and they would handle the localization themselves.
- The Other Darrin: Hayato Horiuchi voices the ring announcer instead of Kei Grant.
- What Could Have Been: Series Writer and and current Director Masayoshi Yokoyama revealed
that early in the development of 5, he had considered making Masaru Watase a playable protagonist. He ultimately gave up on the idea primarily because he's always been firmly against having active yakuza being in that role. - You Sound Familiar:
- Naomi Kusumi voiced Futoshi Shimano in Yakuza and Yakuza 2 before voicing Youtaro Nakajima.
- Masato Obara previously voiced Saito the Prison Guard from Yakuza 4 before voicing Christina. For modern players starting with the Kiwami remakes, he also voiced Officer Junichi Sudo.
- Hideo Ishikawa voiced Daisaku Minami in Yakuza 4 before voicing Kamon Kanai.
- Takahiro Fujimoto voiced Masaru Ihara in Yakuza 4 before voicing Kubota.
- Show Aikawa (Koichi Takasugi) previously had a tiny role in the Like a Dragon film as Date's assistant.
- According to Hideki Naganuma, "VENDOR POP", which plays during the "Shinada's Interview" substory fight, was actually an unused song originally produced for Super Monkey Ball 3D. In any case, it's first official use was in the Japan-only spin-off Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen before being used in 5.
- Haruka's final song, "Dream", which she sings during the game's climax, was written and composed by popular Japanese singer/songwriter Kazuo Zaitsu.
