Kamurocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan He infiltrates the meeting and finds Arakawa with several Tojo Clan figures. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, character_model_model_data (.BIN file), ONLINEPS, , Yakuza: Like a Dragon Playable Characters, Ryu Ga Gotoku Online#Wanderings of the Golden Dragon, https://www.thegamer.com/like-a-dragon-ishin-interview-hiroyuki-sakamoto/. Masumi earned the resentment of the patriarch of the Sakaki Family, Sakaki, when he interrogated Sakaki on the fact the Sakaki Family was selling Tojo Clan information to the Omi Alliance at a meeting in front of Tojo executives. He invited Hoshino to Ijincho's Heian Tower where he interrogated him at gunpoint regarding his motives. 39 (Wanderings of the Golden Dragon)62 (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)[a] Aliases Occupation Basically, everyone is backstabbing everyone. Is Arakawa Ichiban's dad? [21] Jorge Jimenez from PC Gamer praised Ichiban's optimistic characterization, a "goofy, happy go lucky gangster who loves classic JRPGs", as an effective way of explaining the franchise's drastic genre shift with Like a Dragon. One of Like a Dragon's main characters is Saeko Mukoda, a mama at a hostess bar who joins Ichiban's party. Professional wrestlingBrawlingBaseball bat Arakawa the Assassin IchiIcchanKasugamaru Kasuga was instead taken in by Shangri-La's manager, Jiro Kasuga, and raised by the people of Kamurocho. Date of Birth Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Masumi's face is modeled after his voice actor, Kiichi Nakai. An orphan, raised by homeless people, pledging himself to the service of the Arakawa Yakuza Family, after their boss sacrificed a finger to save Ichiban from harm. Sawashiro tries to have Kasuga's finger cut off, but Arakawa interrupts them and takes Kasuga out for dinner. It explains this and technically he didnt send him to prison ichiban went willingly out of his own choice but it explains he went for masato so masato doesnt get the blame, I know that. In his younger years, he has somewhat androgynous features allowing him to perform in female roles with ease. Associations Commenting on the transition of genres between an action-adventure game to a turn-based role-playing game for Like A Dragon, he said the change occurs because of the different objective, which itself had changed because of Ichiban's different personality to Kiryu's since they speak, think and act differently. After vowing to make Kasuga pay for all the pain the Tojo Clan has inflicted to the Jingweon, Han and Kasuga start fighting. However, one day, he severely injured and hospitalized a yakuza. Initially hesitant, he accepts after learning the Liumang had sent assassins after Nanba. Physical In 2001, yakuza Ichiban Kasuga agrees to go to prison for a murder that he did not commit to repay Arakawa Family patriarch Masumi Arakawa for saving his life in his youth. Daigo goes on to explain that he asked Arakawa to play the role of "traitor" leading him to shoot Ichiban. Ichiban goes to prison on the first night of the 21st century, and doesn't get out until 18 years later, with nearly two decades' worth of culture and change having passed him by, not to . [3] Yokoyama positioned Ichiban's personality as the opposite of Kiryu's in many ways: "thoroughly uncomplicated, direct, cheerful, reckless". His default job is "Homeless Guy", which is a Squishy Wizard setup involving strong area-of-effect skills and strong debuffs. Japanese Araboshi-za (formerly)Tojo ClanOmi AllianceHikawa Family (formerly)Arakawa Family Relationships Cookie Notice "Yakuza: Like a Dragon" takes that formula and gives it a fresh set of characters with a JRPG framework. Through Saeko Mukoda, they learn one of the Liumang's bosses Akira Mabuchi may be involved. Affiliation If you have any familiarity with the "Yakuza" franchise, you know that developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio likes to blend soap opera-style drama with absurd gameplay and side stories. The incident had a profound effect on Masumi, who spent the next seven years searching for the killer. He has two character-specific jobs that remain exclusive to him; Also in Kasuga's arsenal is the Poundmates system, which allows him to summon various characters Kasuga and his team have befriended to give the party various buffs, and attack/de-buff enemies during battle. Ichiban spent much of his youth in Arakawa's Yakuza family, so its understandable that he would feel like Arakawa had a direct hand in raising him. Adachi confronts Horinouchi with evidence of the bribes, and the villainous cop is arrested, bringing closure to Adachi's storyline and leaving him feeling vindicated at last. At Omi Alliance headquarters, Masumi interrupts Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima's fight against Kasuga and his party and introduces the latter to Dojima. From watching the trailer seeing ichiban take the fall for the other guy. Aoki is about to come around but is fatally stabbed by a disillusioned Kume. Yakuza: Like a Dragon: In his younger days, Masumi wears a black double breasted leather trench coat over a gray snakeskin patterned dress shirt, black slacks, a pair of dark red leather oxfords, a black leather belt with a gold buckle, a pair of black leather gloves, and a black fedora hat. Biographical Information Masumi talks about his concerns with Masato and his plans for post-yakuza life and Kasuga expresses his desire to be a family again. Biographical Black Theater actor (formerly)Member of the Hikawa Family (formerly)First patriarch of the Arakawa FamilyActing captain of the Omi Alliance Nationality [8][9], Ichiban's English voice actor, Kaiji Tang, describes him as a "whimsical" character who, despite being the game's protagonist, also serves the role of a supporting character due to how he often assists his allies. Height [35], Render of Ichiban Kasuga as he appears in, Last edited on 12 December 2022, at 08:29, "Ichiban Kasuga Voice - Yakuza: Like a Dragon", "Yakuza: Like A Dragon Dev Explains Creating A New Hero And What's Next", "Yakuza 7 (Shin Yakuza) New Details Revealed, Dev Discusses Possibilities For Yakuza 0 Sequel", "Yakuza series general director on Ichiban Kasuga game: "I'd like to change the game drastically", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon Goes Into Kasuga Ichiban's Birth And Reason For Joining Organized Crime", "Yakuza: Like A Dragon's city is reported to be around 3-4 times larger than past games", "Ichiban Kasuga will lead 'Yakuza' "for the next ten years", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon Voice Actor Confirms Ichiban Will Now Lead the Series", "Ichiban Kasuga wears his heart on his sleeve, and he'd lay his life down to stand up for a friend. Restores all allies' health by up to 50% at the start of battle, provided they are still conscious. Masumi Arakawa ( , Arakawa Masumi), also known by his stage name Taro Arayoshi ( , Arayoshi Tar), is a supporting character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Wanderings of the Golden Dragon in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online. Meeting Aoki in person, he learns of his recovery in the US, that he is intending to purge Ijincho of its residents reliant on gray zones, and that Kasuga had taken the fall for Aoki's murder, not Sawashiro's. Other Upon his return to Kamurocho, he crushed the Hikawa Family completely as vengeance. [25] On the other hand, Dia Lacina from Paste Magazine expressed mixed feelings over Ichiban's portrayal: while Lacina liked that Ichiban is more imminently relatable and achievable as a hero archetype, she criticized the naive speech Ichiban gives to defend Nonomiya's reprehensible behaviour based on his own experience of having grown up under the care of a brothel manager as unconvincing and somewhat insulting. *spoilers*" - Page 2. The dragonfish tattoo on his back earned him the nickname "The Rock Bottom Dragon" (, Donzoko no Ry). However, unbeknownst to him, she hid the baby in locker number 0101, adjacent to locker 0099 where Jo Sawashiro and his girlfriend at the time had abandoned their newborn. English i don't think the arakawa family was big enough for anyone to willingly serve 15 years in prison for them except for ichiban because well, he did it 100% out of love for arakawa. Kamurocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan A Chinese legend tells of a koi fish that ascended a great waterfall . January 1, 1977 Kasuga defeats Tendo, and engineers a confession with the help of Mirror Face to end Aoki's political career. [27], Several publications rated Ichiban as among the best video game characters featured in 2020, a year where Like A Dragon saw an international release. He is also the protagonist of Daigo . Tang and has cited Chun's work as an inspiration. Kasuga faces Sawashiro upon arrival and defeats him, then opens the door to a dinner between Omi officers, looking for answers, but is shot in the chest by Arakawa. Sawashiro felt indebted to the man raising his child and joined his Yakuza family. After over 40 hours of gameplay, here is everything that happens at the end of "Yakuza: Like a Dragon.". [2] Toshihiro Nagoshi approved of the decision to change the franchise's lead character from Kiryu to Ichiban. When Ichiban gets out of prison in 2019, 18 years after his incarceration, the world has changed rapidly, but the biggest shock is probably that the Arakawa family has joined the Omi Alliance,. Member of the Arakawa Family (formerly) While ending the two largest Yakuza organizations in Japan is a significant development (after all, this is a series based entirely around organized crime), it's interesting to see such an action-packed series make this decision through the use of real-world politics (or at least something that resembles the real world). Despite his efforts, this only fanned the flames of the existing rivalry between the Arakawa Family and the Sakaki Family. So he asked his son to go in prison instead of Masato- that's what I dont understand. Ryo Aoki rose to power with a group called Bleach Japan, which focused on getting rid of "gray" areas and crimes in Japan, like the Yakuza and brothels. [20] Michael Higham from GameSpot praised Ichiban as an endearing lead character who is immediately loveable and helps gives the franchise "a fresh start". Noting everything is going according to plan, Masumi shoots Kasuga non-lethally and has him taken to Isezaki Ijincho, a location out of the Omi's reach. He is an antagonist in The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online. He also makes use of a baseball bat in an extremely professional manner. Following the funeral service for Arakawa and Aoki, Ichiban decides to remain in Ijincho to stay with his friends. At the funeral, Daigo offers Ichiban a job at a security company. In 1969, after the troupe's final show of the season in Isezaki Ijincho, Yokohama, Toshio planned to treat Masumi to Peking duck at a Chinese restaurant called Heian Tower. eventually meeting back up with Masumi Arakawa, when Ichiban and company must fight off the angry former Yakuza, because he feels like he has a life debt to him, Sawashiro felt indebted to the man raising his child, owner of the local brothel came to pull another baby out of the locker, Ichiban shows a video of Aoki admitting to his crimes, Kume, a member of Bleach Japan and a newly elected representative, stabs Aoki. Japanese This soon fizzled out due to a mutual lack of interest, and Masumi began seeing a woman named Akane in secret. After Ichiban leaves prison, he confronts Arakawa to just for Arakawa to shoot him point blank and leave him for dead in Yokohama. 1959/1960[d] He only made his relationship and the pregnancy known to his patriarch the day Akane was due; however, having lost face, his patriarch had his men beat him badly and ordered them to kill both Akane and the baby. Really, Ichiban's relationship with Arakawa as a whole is one big Crowning Moment of Heartwarming given the later reveal that Ichiban is Arakawa's true son. When assigned his unique class, Hero, the way he envisions his attire changes slightly in battle; his sleeves are rolled up to the elbow, he wears black leather gloves, and his necklace is replaced by a red silk ascot. Part of his little finger on his left hand is missing. The Hope of KamurochoPrisoner 1119 He was hidden in coin locker #101 at Shinjuku Station by Akane on Arakawa's instructions in order to keep him safe while they were being pursued by members of Hikawa Industries; however, Arakawa unknowingly retrieved the baby locked in the adjacent locker #99. On New Year's Eve in 2000, Arakawa takes Ichiban Kasuga out for Peking duck, but all restaurants serving it are closed. Ichiban Kasuga ( , Kasuga Ichiban) is the protagonist of the Like a Dragon series from Yakuza: Like a Dragon onward, as well as the protagonist of The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga: Part 1 in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online. With the rough events, Kasuga starts to lose himself, but an exchange of blows with Kazuma Kiryu gets him back to his senses. Actors Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Arakawa's son Masato, whom he used to serve as his personal attendant, had apparently died due to illness, the tragedy of which supposedly fuels Arakawa's ruthlessness behind his rise to power. He gave him the name Masato; (masa), the first kanji in Masumi and (to), the first kanji in Toshio. Several hours later, he received a phone call from Akane, who told him that Hikawa Family yakuza were closing in, prompting her to run away with the newborn baby to Shinjuku Station. Within the series, Ichiban is originally a low-ranking member of the Arakawa Family, a subsidiary yakuza family of the Kanto-based Tojo Clan. Beyond being a wild plot twist, this also ties nicely into Ichiban's character arc. Masumi escaped and told Akane to meet him at Cafe Alps after she had given birth. Other we dont know for sure the dream that arakawa has started occuring even before he sends him to prison. Zhao joins Kasuga's party, and they decide to meet with Aoki for answers. The given height of 185 cm (6 1) is based on the character model's scaling factor within. During the campaign, he learns Hoshino is being targeted by Sawashiro, but arrives too late to save him, and learn from Sawashiro that Aoki is his son and Kasuga is Arakawa's. as far why he didnt send someone else to prison.. Well even if u r the patriarch.. No wud just accept to go away for years. Eye Color While it is never revealed that Sawashiro was telling the truth, Ichiban still felt as though both he and Aoki were sons to Arakawa. His eyes are gray and he has medium-length dark hair styled into a massive afro after his release from prison, as well as a beard. Now, he is given the opportunity to pursue whatever he wants alongside his friends. Advances Heat Gauge by 200 at the start of battle. Sawashiro reveals that he did not commit the murder all those years ago, but it was in fact Arakawa's own son. The given birth years of 1959/1960 are an estimate based on Arakawa's age and are not intended as a substitute for an official date. After he joins the yakuza, he slicks part of his hair back in a more clean-cut style. These skills mainly focus on increasing the survivability and offensive capabilities of Offense-type allies and confer a huge boost of up to 92% in total to criticality rate. He cares deeply about his party members and leads them with grace and in turn, they stand by him and are ready to have his back no matter how overwhelming the odds are. )Mitsuo Yasumura (former subordinate)Tsukasa Mikuni (subordinate)Vincent Lowe (subordinate)Yosuke Kagami (subordinate) Ryu Ga Gotoku Online: Masumi has a solid build. He's got a big heart, but I just don't see an actual reason as to why he would get involved. Relies on bare-knuckle brawling and Kasuga's pro wrestling moves to knock enemies senseless. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Chapter 15 is the final chapter of the game and culminates with a fight against Ryo Aoki, the son of Arakawa and the governor of Japan. [26], In a year as tough as 2020, many video game fans looked to the media as a vicarious escape from the misery of an unjust world. Afterwards, he interrogates Ogasawara to learn of Aoki's ambitions and plans to use the Omi. A destitute Ichiban starts a new life and forges new connections in an unfamiliar city, where he is eventually thrust into a conspiracy involving a money laundering scheme which involves Japan's political establishment. arakawa didnt know for sure. In Ryu Ga Gotoku Online, he is the patriarch of the Arakawa Family and the captain of the Omi Alliance. In the ensuing chaos, Kasuga is called by Han and Seong-hui. something similar also mentioned in the post climax scene but doesnt explicitly say he didnt know.not much clarity there either. Also Known As Kasuga is also a huge fan of Dragon Quest, a video game he loved to play ever since his youth. Arakawa and Kasuga catch up after returning to Yokohama, but the next day, he learns Arakawa was killed. [31] Naming Ichiban one of the best new characters of 2020, Destructoid staff observed that Ichiban managed to fill the void left by Kiryu "with relative ease", and that his immediate popularity with the video game community successfully secures the Yakuza franchise's future in their view. Tojo Clan (formerly)Omi AllianceArakawa Family By his most recent appearance in 2019 he has a neatly-trimmed goatee. Overview Gallery Following his defeat, Sawashiro informs Ichiban that Arakawa's son was switched for his own son as an infant, and implies that Arakawa may have been Ichiban's birth father all along. 185 cm (6 1)[c] He later takes Masato to the cabaret club he frequents and receives money from him, which he tries to use as payment for his captain, who realizes where the money actually came from. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). (Arakawa Masumi) He was unequipped to handle Masato's dejection and resentment surrounding his disability, and even as a toddler, Masato was prone to tantrums he never had the heart to resist. Also Known As Sneaking into the Omi Alliance Headquarters to meet Arakawa, he and his party are met upon by Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima. Granted, he had a good reason to do so, but when it turns out that Ichiban is Arakawa's biological son, must've been quite painful for him to have to shoot his own son (or rather someone that he regarded as a son) just to get said plan going. Ichiban is presented with the chance to choose his own path for the first time in almost 18 years. The tattoo represents the strength and perseverance of the koi as it struggles upstream, as well as a greater destiny that lies ahead, as the koi has not fully finished its transformation into a dragon.

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