In addition to some new faces, familiar friends are returning in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. The following lists include all the returning characters in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth with spoilers for previous Yakuza/Like a Dragon games.
All Returning Party Member Characters in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Ichiban Kasuga
Ichiban, the hero of Yakuza: Like a Dragon returns in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. He’s bound for Hawaii in search of his mother, who was presumed dead until now.
Kazuma Kiryu
The classic Yakuza series protagonist Kiryu appears as a playable character once again in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. He is sent to Hawaii on a mission for Daidoji, the organization he’s been working for since after Yakuza 6. Once in Hawaii, he crosses paths with Ichiban.
Yu Nanba
Nanba returns to the party from Yakuza: Like a Dragon. No longer homeless (although his starting class still appears to be Homeless Guy), he works for a medical equipment manufacturing company.
Koichi Adachi
Back from Yakuza: Like a Dragon, ex-detective Adachi now runs his own security firm.
Saeko Mukoda
Another returning party member from Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Saeko is now a cabaret club manager.
Joongi Han
Joongi Han is back from Yakuza: Like a Dragon (not from Yakuza 6). He is still the Geomijul’s second in command.
Tianyou Zhao
Zhao is no longer the leader of the Yokohama Liumang; instead, he works as a chef.
Seonhee
Seonhee (incorrectly transliterated as Seong-hui in Yakuza: Like a Dragon) is back in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, this time as a party member. She is still the commander of the Geomijul and Yokohama Liumang.
All Returning Secondary and Minor Characters in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Jo Sawashiro: Jo Sawashiro was in jail at the end of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but is confirmed to somehow meet up with Ichiban in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
Kihei Hanawa: Hanawa first appears in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. He is Kiryu’s manager, and the one who sends him to Hawaii.
Akane: Not quite a “returning” character because she was presumed dead in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Ichiban’s mother Akane may in fact be alive somewhere in Hawaii.
The following characters make physical or voice appearances in various Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth trailers, and as such are presumed to appear in the game in some manner:
Haruka Sawamura is Kiryu’s adopted daughter and biological daughter of Yumi Sawamura, one of Kiryu’s oldest friends. She has appeared in every game besides Yakuza 0, when she wasn’t born yet, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon. She helps Kiryu run an orphanage starting in Yakuza 3, but she leaves in Yakuza 5 to pursue dreams of becoming a pop star and is a playable character.
Goro Majima, Kiryu’s friend and rival; he appears in almost every game, most of the time as a boss character, and as a co-protagonist in Yakuza 0.
Taiga Saejima, Majima’s sworn brother from the Tojo Clan, is a playable character in Yakuza 4 and 5, and a boss alongside Majima in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Daigo Dojima, a former patriarch of the Tojo Clan introduced in Yakuza 2, who appears in almost every game after; he was instrumental in dissolving the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Shun Akiyama, a playable character in Yakuza 4 and 5 who owns a loan agency where he gives out 0% interest loans to people who are truly in need.
Kaoru Sayama, a police detective and Kiryu’s romantic fling in Yakuza 2 who helps him take down the Jingweon Mafia; she left Japan at the start of Yakuza 3 and hasn’t been seen since.
Osamu Kashiwagi appears in Yakuza 0, 1, 2, and 3; he is presumed dead after a shootout but returns in Yakuza: Like a Dragon as the unnamed bartender of Survive Bar.
Nancy-chan is a crayfish from a substory in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, who returns in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and appears to have found true love with a hermit crab named Olivia.
Kazuki and Yuya run the host club Stardust in Kamurocho, acting as Kiryu’s allies and informants.
Sotaro Komaki is a martial arts master who taught Kiryu the Komaki Style.
Fujisawa, otherwise known as Pocket Circuit Fighter, is a recurring character who runs pocket circuits (toy racing cars) in various Yakuza games starring Kiryu, and Dragon Kart in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Yuki and Koyuki work at the Four Shine cabaret club; Yuki used to be the star hostess but became its owner, and Koyuki is her protege.
Makoto Date is a police detective who appears in almost every Yakuza game, including Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Taichi is a boy from the orphanage Kiryu and Haruka ran together; he is now in his 20s.
Masumi Arakawa, who dies during the events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, may appear in a flashback, as his character and voice actor, Kiichi Nakai, are listed in the game’s cast on the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth website.
This list will continue to be updated as more information is revealed about returning characters in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
Published: Jan 9, 2024 08:34 pm