something similar also mentioned in the post climax scene but doesnt explicitly say he didnt know.not much clarity there either. Age Daigo says that together with the Omi Alliance, they would disband both Yakuza organizationsto prevent the Yakuza way of life from being twisted by the government. Kazama machinations are pretty much the plot calls for it, whereas Arakawa is basically a tired dad that wants the fighting to stop, but will fight as needed. https://twitter.com/ryugagotoku/status/1609202827124948994, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, The given height of 185 cm (6 1) is based on the character model's scaling factor within. In December 31, 2000, Kasuga is on a collections job for Jo Sawashiro with Mitsuo Yasumura, interacting with his friends on the way. Kamurocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 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. George TakeiWPJohnny Yong BoschWP (young adult)Zach AguilarWP (teen)[2] Before they part, Masumi talks about a strange dream where Kasuga and Masato swapped places in their births. Horinouchi is also the person responsible for having Adachi demoted. Character skills unlocked from other jobs will still be usable. Japanese The three are directed to Otohime Land to work for Isao Nonomiya, and rescue Nanoha Mukoda from having to pay large fees to Sunlight Castle, and meet Ryuhei Hoshino, who recognizes the bill. He eventually grew to view Ichiban as his son and entrusted him with looking after Masato. Theater actor (formerly)Member of the Hikawa Family (formerly)First patriarch of the Arakawa FamilyActing captain of the Omi Alliance During their preparations, Ichiban hears of an important Omi Alliance meeting in Osaka that Arakawa will attend. I dont think ichiban realized that this just wasnt a prison sentence but this was for life meaning to never return once he got out cause if he returned then the other family would know that it was the family that ichiban was part of that did kill their guy which is why ichiban boss shot him once he opened the door. He has a faint mustache in his twenties but is clean-shaven through his thirties and forties. Occupation Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. One day, in 1993, he was called to the offices of the Shinomiya Family to take responsibility for Ichiban Kasuga, a sixteen-year-old boy who had hospitalized one of their members and was claiming to be from the Arakawa Family. She joins the trio after tearfully asking for their help, and they eventually learn they might meet him at the Yokohama Trading Company. Occupation Part of his little finger on his left hand is missing. Yokoyama said that Nakaya's reading of the character's scripted lines projected a rebellious personality which stood out to the developers. 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. Relationships 1957[b] His long history as a hitman and his reputation as the militant leader of the Arakawa Family earned him the nickname "Arakawa the Assassin" (, Koroshi no Arakawa). Kazuhiro Nakaya Ichiban did turn out fine in the end. He spent most of his days fighting people for money, regardless of who they were. 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 . At the Arakawas' funeral, Kasuga turns down an invitation into a security firm by the ex-Tojo and Omi officers to stay with his newfound treasured friends in Ijincho, and reflects on Aoki's last words to him. [2] Toshihiro Nagoshi approved of the decision to change the franchise's lead character from Kiryu to Ichiban. 39 (Wanderings of the Golden Dragon)62 (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)[a] There, he explains that Arakawa is at peace, and that Ichiban should get revenge on Aoki. So he asked his son to go in prison instead of Masato- that's what I dont understand. Masumi held onto the bill from that point onward. By Kasuga's release in 2019, Masumi had been appointed the acting captain of the Omi Alliance and continues to cooperate with Aoki. Kamurocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan In 2019, his attire changes a bit, with the hat now gone, his shoes now brown instead of dark red, and his trench coat now complemented with a suit jacket and a vest. Arakawa and Kasuga catch up after returning to Yokohama, but the next day, he learns Arakawa was killed. Unaware that he was not the baby's biological father, he raised him as his own. Kasuga hoped mentioning his name would somehow get him free, but it only backfired. Is Arakawa Ichiban's dad? Ichiban was designed by franchise developers Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio for Ryu ga Gotoku ONLINE, though a decision was later made by executive director and franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and his team to position Ichiban as the lead character of future mainline entry games. IchiIcchanKasugacchiSoapy IchibanIchi-badNumber One Kasuga arrives in Kamurocho and is shocked by how much society changed during his prison term. However, one hundred million yen in counterfeit bills turned up missing while in Toshio's possession, prompting the Seiryu Clan to eliminate him; in reality, the money had been stolen by Yoko and the man she was having an affair with at the time, his former co-star Tora. Ichiban confronts Aoki during an election rally and tricks him into sending his men to the Millenium Tower at Kamuroch after lying about Sawashiro leaking the existence of incriminating evidence at the Arakawa Family office. As a Defense-type Yin card, this card places Masumi in an inactive role, with skills that emphasize his militaristic and inspirational qualities as a leader that earned him his nickname and his subordinates' adoration. Yokoyama does not believe in portraying unconditional good and evil, as he believes that people with criminal records are capable of righteousness, while members of society who are respected by the public are capable of evil. Place of Birth 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). Upon his release 18 years later, Ichiban discovers that Arakawa has apparently betrayed the rest of the Tojo Clan to the Omi Alliance, a rival yakuza organization based in Osaka, and finds himself stranded in the city of Yokohama after he is shot by Arakawa following an attempted confrontation. Biographical Information In his younger years, he has somewhat androgynous features allowing him to perform in female roles with ease. )Ichiban Kasuga (son, former subordinate)Masato Arakawa (adoptive son)Hikawa (former patriarch)Mitsuo Yasumura (subordinate)Reiji Ishioda (subordinate)Yosuke Tendo (subordinate)Masaru Watase (ally)Daigo Dojima (ally)Goro Majima (ally)Taiga Saejima (ally)Ryuhei Hoshino (acquaintance)Tora (former co-star) Nationality They get what Zhao wanted, but an established conflict between the Geomijul and Nanba causes him to leave and Han to fight the others. Any other thug would simply refuse to go to jail for Sawashiro/Masato. They sneak through the sewers and rooftops to where Arakawa is. Aoki escapes, leading him and Ichiban to the lockers where they were put as babies. Relationships Yoko Arakawa (mother)Toshio Arakawa (father)Unnamed ex-fianceAkane (girlfriend)Jo Sawashiro (right-hand, co-parent? He later learned that Akane was caught by the yakuza and murdered while he was on his way to the hospital. 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. At the funeral, Daigo offers Ichiban a job at a security company. Afterwards, Ichiban gets to reunite with Arakawa, whom he tells he feels is like a surrogate father, and the two share a nice moment. Affiliation After over 40 hours of gameplay, here is everything that happens at the end of "Yakuza: Like a Dragon.". The year after the death of his father, he stopped going to junior high school at fifteen and resorted to whatever means necessary to earn money and support himself, leaving his education behind for good. We also get to see her twin sister Nanoha Mukoda in a smaller role during the main plotline. For each Attack-type ally, nullifies 15% of all damage received (except damage received from status abnormalities) and accelerates all allies' cooldown timers by 15%. Afterwards, he interrogates Ogasawara to learn of Aoki's ambitions and plans to use the Omi. These traits have made him an infectiously charismatic person that never fails to inspire admiration from the people around him. With the troupe disbanded after Toshio's death, Masumi drifted to Kamurocho along with some fellow troupe members. https://twitter.com/airzach/status/1330802989183893504, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, KSR [Bullet with a Message] Masumi Arakawa (Y:LAD Kiwami), While Masumi's exact age is not stated in-game, the game files differentiate his models by age. Japanese [34] RPGFan also regarded Tang as one of the best actors in the entire game based on the impact of his deliveries. [19], Ichiban has received a very positive response from the video game community following the release of Like a Dragon. 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. When he finds Daigo, he tells Ichiban about where Kiryu's at, and then, just as Ichiban tries to get the truth from Daigo about Arakawa, Daigo gets shot by a character looking to silence anyone saying anything about the Omi Alliance and its plan. Along with Dojima and Watase, he plans to start up a security company in Sotenbori to serve as a home for the yakuza who would have nowhere else to go after the dissolution. Kiichi NakaiWPTaishi MurataWP (teen) Kazuhiro Nakaya, the voice actor of Ichiban Kasuga in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, has addressed the future of the Yakuza . Biographical Appears In Masumi then heads to Heian Tower for dinner with Hoshino. Masumi talks about his concerns with Masato and his plans for post-yakuza life and Kasuga expresses his desire to be a family again. At Omi Alliance headquarters, Masumi interrupts Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima's fight against Kasuga and his party and introduces the latter to Dojima. He left Kamurocho for several days following the incident. To Yokoyama, Ichiban's comical "fool" deliberately contrasts the dark setting of Like A Dragon, and that his most important role in the game is to overturning "worldly prejudices" and fight against "invisible discrimination". He meets Koichi Adachi, who did his research on Kasuga, but he is not interested in partnering with the detective. [22] Leah Williams and Tegan Jones from Kotaku Australia welcomed the decision to have Ichiban succeed Kiryu as the new lead character of the franchise, lauding his character arc to be simultaneously moving as well as one filled with ridiculous fun. Affiliation In 2019, now 42, Kasuga is freed from prison with no one from his old days waiting for him. He is also the protagonist of Daigo . When the dissolution is announced, they join Arakawa in defending Dojima and Watase alongside Yosuke Tendo, who had deccided to fight for them, and Watase's mysterious bodyguard. Here, it is revealed that Governor Ryo Aoki (who is also Masato Arakawa, the son of Masumi) was able to drive crime, and the Yakuza, out of Kamurocho using information from Arakawa with Daigo's permission. He has a scar on the right side of his face he received from his mother in childhood, which is shallow enough to cover with makeup. He also wears his short black hair parted to the right. This contributed to his strong sense of imagination where he imagines his battles as if they were a turn-based JRPG. 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. His default job is "Homeless Guy", which is a Squishy Wizard setup involving strong area-of-effect skills and strong debuffs. The given height of 185 cm (6 1) is based on the character model's scaling factor within. Like many of the gangsters in Yakuza, Ichiban has a prominent back tattoo. Associations Kasuga asked him why he would go to such lengths for someone he didn't even know, to which Arakawa responded, "Maybe I just wanted to look cool in front of a kid who knew who I was.". Relies on bare-knuckle brawling and Kasuga's pro wrestling moves to knock enemies senseless. He appears to have a relatively slim build. A high-ranking member of the family like Sawashiro would've probably hurt their reputation too much. Age During recording of the game, Tang befriended Greg Chun, who voices supporting character Nanba. Y:LAD I dont think ichiban realized that this just wasnt a prison sentence but this was for life meaning to never return once he got out cause if he returned then the other family would know that it was the family that ichiban was part of that did kill their guy which is why ichiban boss shot him once he opened the door. The ending feels like information overload, but it's not as completely insane as it might seem at first glance. Ichiban appears as an unlockable player character of the promotional freeware game Streets of Kamurocho, developed and released as part of Sega's 60th anniversary celebrations in October 2020. The two reconcile, but before Aoki can turn himself over to the police, Kume, a member of Bleach Japan and a newly elected representative, stabs Aoki. Brown He is a former member of the Arakawa Family, a Tojo Clan subsidiary. Grants Refresh (nullifying up to 24,000 damage) to the 3 allies with the highest Attack. Black [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. Tojo Clan (formerly)Arakawa Family (formerly) Ryu Ga Gotoku OnlineYakuza: Like a DragonLike a Dragon 8 23-41 (The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga: Part 1). Kazuhiro Nakaya, who previously voiced recurring franchise character Akira Nishikiyama, was one of the candidates who read for the role. [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. It puts the pain of shooting Kasuga and the importance of the counterfeit bill into proper perspective, and the finality of Arakawa's life, of being able to finally look at his own son, not as. Once he learned the truth, Masumi spared Hoshino's life and left quietly. Arakawa offered them his finger in exchange for Kasuga's freedom and the men quickly let Kasuga go. After facing the Omi, Ichiban reconciles with Arakawa, but is shocked next day to learn of his death. Draven125 2 yr. ago 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. Brown Advance Offense-type allies' cooldown timer by up to 24%. 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 . They beat Kasuga to the brink of death, and fearing for his life he blurted out the name of a feared yakuza, Masumi Arakawa, saying that if they killed him they'd be hearing from him; in reality, he had never met the man and was only aware of him due to his reputation as "Killer" Arakawa. Arakawa is a yakuza and saved his life, he grew up in the slums where the proper Japanese job archetype would spit on his face and it's the Assassin that gives him a job and some sense of worth. Their fight is soon interrupted by a group of thugs led by Shou Takayama, the acting chairman of the Go-Ryu Clan, who has been chasing Ryuji for a while. The game then dramatically rolls into a flashback from when Sawashiro was 15, and his girlfriend at the time was pregnant. [32][33] Anime News Network in particular enjoyed Tang's performance as "absolutely spot-on" due to the multiple expressions he gives to his character. we dont know for sure the dream that arakawa has started occuring even before he sends him to prison. Overview Kasuga's unconscious body is placed in a homeless camp whose chief has a pact with the Arakawa Family and Masumi had secretly placed one of Ryuhei Hoshino's defective counterfeit bills in his suit's chest pocket as a message to Hoshino. Kasuga is also a huge fan of Dragon Quest, a video game he loved to play ever since his youth. Due to how often the troupe moved from place to place, Masumi never developed friendships in school. Eye Color Beyond being a wild plot twist, this also ties nicely into Ichiban's character arc. He told her to hide the baby in a coin locker and to get to a safer location as soon as possible to ensure their safety. Counterpart In Ryu Ga Gotoku Online, he is the patriarch of the Arakawa Family and the captain of the Omi Alliance. Sawashiro felt indebted to the man raising his child and joined his Yakuza family. [4], Ichiban is an orphan raised in Kamuroch by Jiro Kasuga, the manager of a soapland, a type of prostitution establishment that provides its services based on the exploitation of a loophole in Japanese law. Basically, everyone is backstabbing everyone. He explained to Kasuga that being a yakuza meant you had a reputation to uphold, and he would have lost face if he simply bowed his head and asked for him back. Cookies help us deliver our Services. His moveset, much like that of Kiryu and Majima, is a reskinned version of the Streets of Rage series' main character, Axel. Adachi confronts Horinouchi with evidence of the bribes, Ichiban says that he doesn't feel the need to get a DNA test to prove if Arakawa was his real father, Daigo offers Ichiban a job at a security company. 18 years later, Ichiban is released from prison. While it is never revealed that Sawashiro was telling the truth, Ichiban still felt as though both he and Aoki were sons to Arakawa. When he returns, Aoki has the Arakawa Family support him in his political career. Damage an enemy by putting them in a headlock and throwing them. Relationships 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/. On his 24th birthday, Kasuga is called into the Arakawa Family office, where Arakawa informs him of Sawashiro's involvement in the murder of a member of the Sakaki Family. and our Ichiban denies this, saying he'd rather bring Arakawa's vision of improving the yakuza to life. Ryu Ga Gotoku OnlineYakuza: Like a Dragon 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. He turns himself in to the police and is sentenced to 15 years in jail, which is extended to 18 years following an incident in the summer of 2002. Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Masumi's face is modeled after his voice actor, Kiichi Nakai. So, since only Ichiban was extremely loyal to Arakawa, they decided to choose him. Masumi approaches the sixth chairman Daigo Dojima with the plan, who approves it as both he and Omi Alliance captain Masaru Watase were planning to disband the Tojo and the Omi to prevent the law from using them as pawns, and the Kamurocho 3K plan succeeding would work towards that goal. 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. Ichiban Kasuga Place of Birth 185 cm (6 1)[a] As to why he asked Ichiban to take the fall, probably because he thought Ichi could handle prison, being so tough and all. Giovanni Colantonio from Inverse considered Ichiban to be the best playable protagonist of 2020 because he is allowed to be a naive and flawed character who makes plenty of mistakes, a trait rarely seen in most video game heroes, which led to the best character development of any other character in the industry in his view. Actors 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. Kaiji Tang Yakuza Like a Dragon - Ichiban Confronts Masumi ArakawaTwitter: https://twitter.com/Santosx07 Yakuza Like a Dragon - Arakawa Death Scene / Ichiban And Arakawa Catch UpTwitter: https://twitter.com/Santosx07 On the way back home, he encounters Tendo and they discuss the events that transpired. There, they meet the Liumang leader Tianyou Zhao and convince both him and Mamoru Takabe to stand down temporarily. Arakawa is murdered shortly after he and Ichiban part ways, and Ichiban believes that Jo Sawashiro, one of Arakawa's captains, killed him. One of Like a Dragon's main characters is Saeko Mukoda, a mama at a hostess bar who joins Ichiban's party. Hair Color Arakawa explains that it was he who leaked inside information to his son, giving him the chance he needed to bring the 3K strategy into play, forcing the Tojo Clan out. After he joins the yakuza, he slicks part of his hair back in a more clean-cut style. Ichiban is the lead character in the 2020 video game Yakuza: Like A Dragon, the first main series Yakuza title which does not feature recurring series lead Kazuma Kiryu as a playable character. It is implied that he may hav felt like kasuga is the real son. In 1984, the year the design of the 10,000 bill changed, he was gifted a defective counterfeit by Hoshino. 1959/1960[d] arakawa didnt know for sure. 42 His plans, besides shooting Ichiban, actually make a lot more sense than Kazama. Also did ichiban providers never mention his mother's name, and if they did why wouldn't it ever come up in passive conversation between Arakawa and ichiban? So then I decided on Ichiban Kasuga. 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. With the rough events, Kasuga starts to lose himself, but an exchange of blows with Kazuma Kiryu gets him back to his senses. His eyes are dark brown and described as having the "hard, flinty gaze of an old killer"[4] by the age of twenty. [6], Auditions of the character started early in development to appreciate him sooner. Member of the Arakawa Family (formerly)President of Ichiban ConfectionsLeader of the Kasuga PartyIndependent politician Japanese Nanba joins Kasuga after Yokohama Liumang member Zheng demands payment from the homeless, and the two drive him off. The family the yakuza belonged to sought revenge and managed to capture him. They attempt to expose the company's counterfeiting scheme, but their plan goes awry and they are captured and framed by Mabuchi. Born and raised in a popular theater troupe called Araboshi-za, Masumi surpassed Toshio as a top-billing actor in the taish engeki genre by the age of fourteen and was celebrated for his female roles as an onnagata. Ichiban Kasuga. Nanba explains the situation with the Ijin Three and shows Kasuga the severity of his bullet wound, which leads to him discovering a defective counterfeit 10,000 yen bill. Hair Color Nationality He briefly became an antagonist and was the final boss for Kiryu in Yakuza 4. Damage an enemy with a wrestling technique known as a release German suplex. His features are typically obscured by his fedora or by shadow, but he appears to have short black hair and brown eyes. In order to complete this plan, Masumi feigns turning over to the Omi. From watching the trailer seeing ichiban take the fall for the other guy. GameSpot compared him to Goro Majima based on similar traits they share "though a lot less deranged", while also noting that he is quite different from Kiryu despite sharing other traits in their backstories. He realizes far too late how important his family is. He invited Hoshino to Ijincho's Heian Tower where he interrogated him at gunpoint regarding his motives. 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. 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. *spoilers*" - Page 2. Kazuhiro Nakaya He willingly goes to prison for a murder that he did not commit at the turn of the 21st century, having acquiesced to the request of his clan patriarch, Masumi Arakawa. It also has been revealed that Aoki used the Yakuza to help him attain power, which is why the Tojo and Omi were disbanded. "Yakuza: Like a Dragon" has multiple storylines that all begin to culminate at the end of the game, with the toppling of multiple crime families and the possibility of some babies being swiped at birth all being thrown at the player. Age Tendo anticipated an attempt on Masumi's life by Reiji Ishioda and intercepts him. Height Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Following the funeral service for Arakawa and Aoki, Ichiban decides to remain in Ijincho to stay with his friends. We were still figuring the new protagonist out when Nagoshi said, "I want to burden this man with the name 'Ichiban.'" Sawashiro tries to have Kasuga's finger cut off, but Arakawa interrupts them and takes Kasuga out for dinner. 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. Press J to jump to the feed. Appears In But more towards that arakawa didnt know. 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