Kotobukiya has opened pre-orders for its figure featuring Kazuma Kiryu, the first protagonist of Sega's Yakuza game series, which is nowadays known formally as Like a Dragon. The company will release the figure in October 2025.

The figure will have a scale of 1/6 with a total height of around 29 cm (~11.41 inches). Kotobukiya will depict Kiryu in a pose where he is about to launch a punching attack with meticulous detail to the attire, including the watch under the sleeves. However, the figure will be completely static without any swappable or movable parts.

This figure will have a tax-inclusive price tag of 27,500 yen (~$192). People who place orders for the figure on the Japan-exclusive Kotobukiya Online Shop by May 27, 2025, can get an exclusive acrylic block featuring the dragon tattoo motif on Kiryu's back. Those who reside outside the country can alternatively order the figure via AmiAmi, which s worldwide shipping with a discounted price of 26,120 yen (~$182).

Here are some of the sample images for the figure:

Kotobukiya is not the only company working on a figure based on Kazuma Kiryu. Good Smile Company is producing the chibi Nendoroid figure of Kiryu, along with Ichiban Kasuga and Goro Majima. Previously in 2024, Digsta released the figure showing topless Kiryu that also revealed the tattoo on his back.

The 1/6 scale figure of Kazuma Kiryu from the Like a Dragon / Yakuza series by Kotobukiya will be available in October 2025.

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Sega announced that it has given an official license to BBGame to release a mobile game themed after the Yakuza game series, which is nowadays formally known as Like a Dragon. The game's full title is City of Wars Powered by Like a Dragon, and BBGame just released it in Japan and East Asia on March 27, 2025.

BBGame also set up the Yakuza mobile game's official website, which includes a video message from Masayoshi Yokoyama, the head of the Like a Dragon series developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. The site also includes a set of images that explain the mobile app's gameplay systems.

City of Wars Powered by Like a Dragon will have players build their own town and a faction while cooperating with fellow to capture towns owned by other opposing factions. The mobile game has a single unified global server, so players will engage in cross-regional interactions regardless of their set languages.

Players can also recruit characters from the Like A Dragon / Yakuza game series, including Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima, to their fighting team. Their respective Japanese voice actors, such as Takaya Kuroda and Hidenari Ugaki, will also return to reprise their roles. The mobile game also has a Yakuza series staple feature where players can interact with cabaret club hostesses and give them gifts to receive skills in return.

Here are official images of the Yakuza mobile game.

City of Wars Powered by Like A Dragon is now available for iOS and Android mobile devices in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

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A new collab is coming to Among Us featuring various iconic characters from the Like a Dragon, aka Yakuza, series. The collaboration is set to start on March 26, 2025, and it will run in-game until June 24, 2025.

Innersloth teased the collaboration by sharing a picture on a social media post in which silhouettes of the crewmates doing karaoke appeared to be dressed in cosplay and singing karaoke. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (RGG Studio) would later confirm the crossover by revealing the characters present in the image on its social media .

The Like a Dragon character skins featured in the new Among Us collab include Kazuma Kiryu, Ichiban Kasuga, Tianyou Zhao, Taiga Saejima, various versions of Goro Majima including his classic design, his design from Yakuza 0, and his latest appearance as a pirate captian in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, as well as the lobster Nancy.

Furthermore, the latest showcase by RGG Studio included a music video of the famous “Bakamitai” Yakuza song performed by Kiryu Kazuma’s voice actor Takaya Kuroda with the video featuring the Among Us crossover. The music video appears on minute 1:21 of the stream, and you can check it out here:

Innersloth has added various crossover characters to Among Us in the past including ones from Hololive, Ace Attorney, Untitled Goose Game, and Undertale. Additionally, the crewmates also appeared in other games like Balatro, with the most recent one being an appearance in the Switch exclusive title Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble.

Among Us is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and the Yakuza Like a Dragon crossover is on the way.

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Microsoft announced the next round of games leaving Xbox Game , and four games from the Yakuza series will be removed from all tiers of the subscription service by the end of the month. Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon will all be unavailable from March 31, 2025.

These four games are available to play on the Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC while available, and cloud streaming is ed. Those who want to play the games have less than two weeks to finish them.

In total, 10 games will be leaving Xbox Game at the end of March 2025. Alongside the four Yakuza titles, Monster Hunter Rise is another critically acclaimed Japanese game leaving the subscription service this month.

Here is the list of all 10 games leaving Xbox Game on March 31, 2025. The only one that doesn't play on the cloud, consoles, and PC is MLB The Show 24, as it isn't available on Windows.

• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2
• The Lamplighter’s League
• Lil Gator Game
• MLB The Show 24 
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Open Roads
• Yakuza 0
• Yakuza Kiwami
• Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon

If you are subscribed to Xbox Game , nine games are being added to different tiers of the service throughout March 2025. How many games you get access to will depend on your tier.

Here are the games arriving on the different Xbox Game tiers this month:

• Out now
  • 33 Immortals – Ultimate, and PC
• March 19, 2025
  • Octopath Traveller II – Standard
  • Train Sim World 5 – Standard
• March 20, 2025
  • Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island – Ultimate, Standard, and PC
• March 25, 2025
  • Blizzard Arcade Collection – Ultimate, Standard, and PC
• March 26
  • Batman: Arkham Knight – Core
  • Monster Sanctuary – Core
  • Tunic – Core
• March 27
  • Atomfall – Ultimate, and PC

Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon will leave Xbox Game for consoles and PCs on March 31, 2025.

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Ahead of the release of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, several Yakuza games will be leaving Xbox Game . Thankfully, neither of the titles that will be leaving the service aren't integral to enjoying the spin-off game. As of February 28, 2025 Yakuza 3 Remastered and Yakuza 4 Remastered will be leaving Xbox Game on console, cloud, and PC.

The Yakuza 3 and 4 Remaster won't be the only games that will be removed from Game . Microsoft shared a list of what will no longer be accessible once February 28, 2025 rolls around. This includes the following:

• F1 22
• Gris
• Maneater
• PAW Patrol World
• Space Engineers
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
• Wo Long Fallen Dynasty

That said, Microsoft has added a handful of games to the Xbox Game service, which includes Avowed and Eiyuden Chronicle.

However, those looking for another taste of the Like a Dragon, or Yakuza series, will be able to get their hands on a Dave the Diver crossover DLC. This DLC will see the addition of Like a Dragon series protagonist Kasuga Ichiban to the game sometime in April 2025.

Yakuza 3 Remastered and Yakuza 4 Remastered will be available on Xbox Game until February 28, 2025, after that date it will be leaving the service.

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Though it’s always been some part of the franchise’s DNA, more and more of the Like a Dragon games increasingly operate on an ethos of “why not.” Instead of flipping a switch between gritty crime drama and hijinks, the latest releases spend almost all their time on the silly side. So given that, why not make Majima a pirate captain? Someone at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio inevitably made a joke about his eyepatch and here we are with Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, an entire adventure bent around the goal of making that joke work.

So yep, the Mad Dog of Shimano washes up on a beach with amnesia and becomes a real-fake pirate in a world where a gambling scheme has made old ships and cannons all the rage. Like previous side-story releases, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is made to recycle the environments from the main games and offer something a little different. So in addition to Infinite Wealth’s Honolulu, the new release tacks on sailing and a few islands and makes traversing between locations a big part of the draw.

The narrative is framed as Majima recounting his story months later, making any inaccuracies and embellishments for the sake of fun gameplay totally intended. The first big opponent is a pirate with the less-than-fierce name Keith, and the number of times the game manages to put a full-screen, serious-looking “Keith” interstitial up on screen tells you everything you need to know about the game’s tone. Augmenting this feel is the mix of Yakuza rock with pirate instrumentation and shanties. You can tell the audio team had fun with this one.

Sailing is fairly simple, and much like random ruffians on the games’ streets, you’ll have small ship fights along your way too. These battles, as well as more momentous ones in boss fights and coliseum matches, serve as the primary game progression. You collect crew to operate cannons and machine guns, as well as some to be part of boarding party combat. Money and materials can craft and upgrade better weapons. Pirate renown gates progression. All the side activities feed into at least one of these systems. It ultimately works to tie the game together, in our experience, as everything feels like it’s at least a bit productive.

On land, Majima has access to two combat styles. Mad Dog feels like an offering to old fans, recreating his punching and slicing sort of approach from older games. But most of the work feels like it went into Sea Dog, his pirate-y style. You have swords you can throw, a powerful gunshot and, our favorite, a grappling hook. You can use this to essentially teleport across the fight to a distant foe, and since so many enemies back away and shoot guns, this speeds things up considerably.

The hook is also used outside of battle to retrieve items or swing up to roofs and other platforms for hidden treasures. The generous lock-on function really makes fishing or bug collection easy, and we appreciate that the dev team didn’t insist on making it a test of skill. It’s also not the only unlikely battle accessory you’ll find along the way, but we won’t spoil anything.

While there’s no Animal Crossing island or Pokemon spoof this time, there’s a decent collection of side activities. Of note are the return of Dragon Kart and a nice selection of Master System games! But it’s a bit thinner, for sure. It puts its new ideas largely into the main quest sequences, like ill-advised attempts at 2D sword-fighting and laser-dodging platforming. Hey, they don’t work well, but they’re short! And that makes them tolerable.

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is fairly long by side game standards, though length will vary wildly depending on how much you get into the side stuff. You can probably power through the five story chapters in 15-20 hours if you only pause to gather what you need, and if you prefer more challenging combat to grinding for power and health upgrades. If you invest fully in completing every single thing? We wouldn't be surprised if you get 45 to 50 out of it. We landed right around 35, working through most main activities while only dabbling in the staple minigames like karaoke and gambling and such.

Without the, ahem, near-infinite wealth of content of its predecessor, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is unlikely to be anyone’s favorite Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio game. But as a side story? It’s a great time.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches February 21, 2025 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One and PC.

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Dave the Diver is going to crossover with another series, and this time Like a Dragon characters are coming in Yakuza inspired Ichiban’s Holiday DLC. It is named after Ichiban Kasuga, the hero of Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. We’ll see the add-on appear in April 2025. 

A trailer appeared offering an idea of what to expect. Ichiban himself will appear at the restaurant to eat. We also see him diving alongside Dave. A beat’em up minigame element showed as well. That looked like a Streets of Rage style 2D beat’em up with Ichiban fighting alongside Cobra.

Here’s that trailer:

There have been a ton of Dave the Diver crossovers prior to this Yakuza one with Like a Dragon lead Ichiban Kasuga. For example, one involved Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. Another brought in elements of Guilty Gear. A Godzilla crossover event happened too. However, Godzilla only appeared for a limited time. 

Dave the Diver is available for the PC, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch, and the Ichiban's Holiday DLC will debut for the game on all platforms sometime in April 2025. However, an exact date isn't available yet for the new add-on and character cameo.

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Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio are running a survey for fans of the Like a Dragon (or Yakuza) series to vote on the items included in the next merchandise line inspired by the games. The survey features 100 different items, including the “great fortune gold undies” armor and a karaoke mic, among others.

Fans can now vote on the survey from its official website and the deadline is March 21, 2025. The merchandise survey is being held in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Yakuza video game series on December 8, 2025, and to involve fans in the 20th anniversary project. The highest ranked items will be turned into merchandise goods and sold within the next two years.

However, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio didn’t specify the number of items will be considered the top. Most of the images used for the goods in the site are only for reference, with the exception of some reproductions. The look of these items might change if they become merchandise.

In addition to the aforementioned items, some other options available to vote include a golden Majima statue, a tattoo gold folding screen, gold plate, 20th anniversary logo crystal trophy, a 20th anniversary sake bottle, character pins, clan pins set, a RGG Studios hoodie, a variety of different types of glasses, a sommelier knife, a karaoke tambourine, a MesuKing card collection, themed apparel such as kimono’s or Yamai’s coat, and more.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will come out for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam on February 21, 2025. A Captain Majima – EP album featuring various tracks from the game will come out in Japan on February 7, 2025.

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There’s a new update on the Yakuza Nendoroids from WonFes 2025 Winter, and Good Smile Company shared prototypes of the Goro Majima, Ichiban Kasuga, and Kazuma Kiryu Like a Dragon figures. Two are further along in development than the other. As they appeared as painted prototypes, this could mean that we’ll see pre-orders open for one or both in the next few weeks.

Good Smile Company announced all three of the Like a Dragon figures at WonFes 2023 Shanghai, before revealing the Yakuza Nendoroids concept art for Kasuga, Kiryu, and Majima at WonHobby 38. At that point, it seemed like all three were at about the same stage of development, as we saw chibi renderings of the three leads. However, at this point both Kasuga and Kiryu photos showed them as painted prototypes, while Majima is only an unpainted one.

All three characters are wearing their most memorable outfits. Kiryu is in his grey suit with crimson shirt. No accessories are shown with him, and the face plate features his stoic expression.  Kasuga is wearing his red suit with grey shirt. His hair isn’t tied back, and his expression shows him with a smile and raised eyebrow. He’s carrying a baseball bat over his shoulder, hinting at one of his included weapons. In the case of Majima, his suit jacket is open and he has no shirt on. He isn’t holding any accessories. His face place shows him with a wild-eyed, possibly laughing, expression. While he isn’t painted, we can see the design on his eye patch will be recreated.

Here’s how all three look so far:

There’s no release window for any of these three Yakuza Nendoroids will be released, though it seems the Kasuga and Kiryu figures will appear before the Majima one. The most recent Yakuza game is Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which is available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC, and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii comes to the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC on February 21, 2025. 

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Goro Majima will sing new karaoke songs from Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii on a new album to be released on February 7, 2025 ahead of the game’s release. The “Captain Majima – EP” album will feature 3 songs performed by Goro Majima’s Japanese voice actor, Hidenari Ugaki. [Thanks, PR Times!]

The EP costs 1,500 yen (or approximately $9.87) and will be available for sale from the Wave Master Store. The new Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii album includes 3 tracks performed by Goro Majima’s Japanese voice actor, Hidenari Ugaki. These are “36.5C°Sun,” “Midnight Desire,” and “Goro Pirate Crew Theme” (“Goro Kaizokudan no Tema”) as well as the instrumental version for each one. The album also includes an original sticker as a bonus gift.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a new spin-off title in the Like a Dragon series formerly known as Yakuza outside of Japan. The game follows Goro Majima, the Mad Dog of Shimano, after he wakes up in a Hawaiian island with amnesia and embarks on a pirate adventure to recover his past as well as discover hidden treasures.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will come out for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam on February 21, 2025. The “Captain Majima – EP” album costs 1,500 yen (~$9.87) and will release on February 7, 2025.

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Good Smile Company offered us a first look at the initial Like a Dragon Nendoroid, which is a figure of Yakuza staple Kazuma Kiryu. The unpainted prototype of the figure debuted at WonFes 2024 Shanghai, showing what we can expect from it at launch.

As this is an early take on Kazuma, it’s a very stark picture. We only get to see the character in a stoic pose. He’s wearing a suit, and holding no accessories. However, the little paint that is present does show how his beard will look on the face plate. The design does match the concept art that showed up at WonHobby 38 in February 2024.

To compare, here’s how the concept art for the Kazuma Kiryu figure looked alongside the new unpainted prototype.

We first learned Good Smile Company committed to a Like a Dragon Nendoroid line back in October 2023, and the first announcement for each Yakuza figure only included official art. We don’t know how the Goro Majima and Ichiban Kasuga ones are coming along yet.

There’s no release window for the Kazuma Kiryu Nendoroid yet. The next game in the series is Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. It stars Goro Majima and will be out on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC on February 28, 2025.

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At Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS 2024), attendees will be able to purchase exclusive Like a Dragon merchandise, with a special focus on Goro Majima in celebration of his 60th birthday. Featured items include a Goro Majima "Hannya" T-shirt, a commemorative big towel, and a tumbler wrapped with Majima's image and gold brushstroke designs. [Thanks, Dengeki!]

Other merchandise from the Yakuza series will also be available, including face cushions of characters such as Kazuma Kiryu, Ichiban Kasuga, and Majima himself, as well as a large embossed pouch featuring Majima's signature eye patch and Hannya tattoo design. Prices for these items range from 900 yen (approximately $6 USD) for acrylic key holders to 4,800 yen (approx. $32 USD) for the big towel.

In related news, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was recently announced, featuring Majima as a pirate yakuza in a new spinoff. The game, set for release on February 28, 2025, returns to the series' hack ‘n’ slash combat and includes customizable pirate ships and karaoke mini-games.

These items will be available for purchase at the Sega/Atlus booths during the event from September 26 to 29, 2024, and online pre-orders are now live through the Sega Store and Chara-Ani.

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A Nintendo Switch version of Yakuza Kiwami, the first Like a Dragon game, is on the way, as announced at the Nintendo Indie World and Partner Showcase on August 27, 2024. The new version will launch for the Nintendo Switch on October 24, 2024, ing versions already available on the PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Kiwami is a remake of the first Yakuza game, also known as the Ryu Ga Gotoku or Like a Dragon series, and it originally released in Japan back in 2016. The new Switch version looks to preserve all the features new and old, like the four different fighting styles, improvised weaponry, and Majima Everywhere system. The trailer also emphasized the game's well-known side stories and minigames, including baseball and Mahjong, or bonding with Kiryu's adoptive daughter Haruka.

You can watch the trailer from the Nintendo Direct via YouTube below:

Back in June, 2024, the entire Yakuza series for PC arrived on GOG's store, without any DRM packaged with it. Meanwhile, earlier this month the iconic song Baka Mitai received a vinyl release, sung by Kiryu's voice actor Takaya Kuroda.

Yakuza Kiwami will be the first Like a Dragon game on the Nintendo Switch on October 24, 2024. The game is already available on PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Sega and Atlus have updated their annual Tokyo Game Show website with the TGS 2024 edition. The companies have yet to announce the list of games they will feature at the event. However, they have revealed the list of items that will be available for purchase at their t merchandise booth.

The lineup will include franchises from both companies. Sega is listing items from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise—including those branded with the title Sonic X Shadow Generations—and the Like a Dragon series which was formerly known as Yakuza. Meanwhile, Atlus will bring in items themed after Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance as well as Persona 3, 4, and 5 titles.

Some of the items in the list are also available for online pre-orders. Amazon Japan will release the items on October 12, 2024, and it can also ship them internationally. However, it only lists items from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog and Like a Dragon series. That means people who are after Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei and Persona merchandise will have to get the items directly from the physical booth at TGS 2024.

Tokyo Game Show 2024 will take place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on September 26-29, 2024. Sega and Atlus will set up their TGS 2024 merchandise booth at Hall 11.

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Sega announced that the iconic Yakuza and Like a Dragon song “Bakamitai” will receive an official vinyl release. The record will go on sale on November 3, 2024 to commemorate Record Day in Japan, and there is no confirmed price nor release regions for the vinyl yet.

The Yakuza (also known as Like a Dragon) “Bakamitai” vinyl record will include "Bakamitai (Taxi Driver Edition)" as the main Side A feature, with the remix song “Bakamitai -sorrow-” as its Side B. Both sides will include full, short, and karaoke versions of each song for a total of 6 tracks. The song is performed by Kazuma Kiryu's Japanese voice actor Takaya Kuroda.

The vinyl record is wine red imitating Kiryu's iconic shirt color with the jacket having the same color. In addition, the jacket features Kiryu in his appearance in Yakuza 5, the game which first introduced “Bakamitai.” The song also made appearances in Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, among other titles in the series.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the latest title in the Yakuza series and it is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.

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