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Yayoi Dojima (堂島 弥生, Dōjima Yayoi) is the wife of Sohei Dojima and the mother of Daigo Dojima. In the events of Yakuza 2, she becomes the acting Chairwoman of the Tojo Clan because of the murder of fifth chairman Yukio Terada, and she asks Kiryu to negotiate with the Chairman of the Omi Alliance, Jin Goda, for a truce. Later, she is ...
They work to take over Kamurocho and protect the Empty Lot's owner, Makoto Makimura, who is also Tachibana's sister, from the bloodthirsty Dojima Family. After the Dojima Family admits defeat, Kiryu rejoins so that he could find purpose as a true yakuza. He also meets Goro Majima, his future rival, for the first time.
Yakuza 2 was followed up by a spinoff, Yakuza Kenzan, in 2008, and then by a direct sequel, Yakuza 3, in 2009. A PlayStation 4 remake of the game that utilized the engine of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, named Yakuza Kiwami 2 (a sequel to the remake of the original Yakuza), was released in 2017, and later ported to Windows and Xbox One.
Kiryu is an honorable yakuza of the Dojima Family, known as the "Dragon of Dojima" for his strength and ferocity. He takes the fall for a murder committed by his blood brother to protect him. Mikio Ohosawa as Akira Nishikiyama (錦山彰). Nishikiyama is Kiryu's sworn brother and a member of the Dojima Family.
Yakuza – retroactively called Yakuza 1 by fans – was the first game in the series to be released, and prior to the release of Yakuza 0, was the earliest point in the story’s timeline.
Along with his sister Yuko, Nishiki grew up with Kiryu and Yumi Sawamura in Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage, before joining Kazama's yakuza family in his teenage years. In 1995, Nishiki fatally shoots his boss, Sohei Dojima, to protect Yumi after she is kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Dojima.
Goro Majima first appears in the original Yakuza game as a supporting character, head of the Majima Family and a lieutenant of Futoshi Shimano. Nicknamed "The Mad Dog of Shimano" (嶋野の狂犬, Shimano no Kyōken), he takes an interest in protagonist Kazuma Kiryu because Kiryu refuses to fight him when provoked.
Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu, [5] a former Yakuza who returns to society following a ten-year prison sentence. In light of recent events regarding his best friend Nishiki becoming the new head of the former Dojima Family as well as the recent disappearance of 10 million yen from the Omi Alliance, Kiryu is called back into action.