• Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, IPA: [jaꜜkɯdza]; English: /jəˈkuːzə, ˈjækuːzə/), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]), are members of...
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  • Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, [jaꜜkɯza]), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path"), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in...
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    (Japanese: 龍が如く, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku), formerly known outside of Japan as Yakuza, is a video game franchise created, owned and published by Sega. It incorporates...
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  • Yakuza Kiwami is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is a remake of Yakuza, the first game in the...
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  • Yakuza film (Japanese: ヤクザ映画, Hepburn: Yakuza eiga) is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, Japanese...
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  • Yakuza is a 2005 action-adventure game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2. It was released in December 2005 in Japan and in September...
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  • Yakuza 3 is a 2009 action-adventure game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3. The third main entry in the Like a Dragon series, it was...
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  • The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting (Japanese: 組長娘と世話係, Hepburn: Kumichō Musume to Sewagakari, transl. "The Yakuza Boss's Daughter and her Caretaker") is...
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  • old school, good-hearted old man yakuza, Nagamasa Ryumatsu, is still hellbent on defending his turf when some young thugs ambush him and he ended up losing...
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  • Yakuza Graveyard, known in Japan as Yakuza no Hakaba: Kuchinashi no Hana (やくざの墓場 くちなしの花, "Yakuza Burial: Jasmine Flower"), is a 1976 Japanese yakuza film...
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  • mainline entry of the Like a Dragon series, serving as a direct sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) and a spin-off of Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who...
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  • Japanese video game developer Sega's Yakuza media franchise, known as Ryū ga Gotoku (龍が如く, lit. "Like a Dragon") in its native Japan and other Asian territories...
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  • Clan, a powerful yakuza syndicate. Meanwhile, in the streets of Kamurocho, former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu and his adopted daughter, a young girl called Haruka...
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    pjɛʁa kakɔma]; born 27 May 1996), known professionally as Lous and the Yakuza, is a Congolese-Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter, model, and artist. She...
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  • The Way of the Househusband (category Anime and manga about the Yakuza)
    magazine Kurage Bunch since 2018, The Way of the Househusband follows an ex-yakuza member who retires from crime to become a househusband. The series was adapted...
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  • Like a Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza in English localization). She is introduced in the first Yakuza game as a young child searching for her missing...
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  • commonly known in English localization as Yakuza and the first game in the series to drop the name “Yakuza” in favor of a direct translation of the original...
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  • Kazuma Kiryu (category Fictional yakuza)
    of Sega's action-adventure beat 'em up Japanese role-playing game series Yakuza / Like a Dragon. He is popularly known as "the Dragon of Dojima" (堂島の龍,...
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  • Ichi the Killer (film) (category Yakuza films)
    romanized: Koroshiya Ichi, lit. 'Hitman One') is a 2001 Japanese horror yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Sakichi Sato, and starring Tadanobu...
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    major breakthrough as an actor came when he was given the part of Jo, a young yakuza in Black River, another film directed by Kobayashi. Nakadai continued...
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  • Anime News Network. September 21, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024. "Yakuza Fiancé TV Anime Unveils 1st Promo Video, More Cast, Ending Theme Song Artist"...
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  • Tokyo Vice (TV series) (category Works about the Yakuza)
    centers on Adelstein (Elgort), an American journalist investigating the yakuza in Tokyo. The first season of Tokyo Vice premiered on April 7, 2022, on...
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  • is frequented by a varied group of customers, ranging from salarymen, to Yakuza, and prostitutes. Each episode deals with a story focused on a particular...
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  • partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and...
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  • narrative sequel. Kenzan's gameplay utilizes a similar combat system as Yakuza and Yakuza 2, with little change and innovation, except for the new item storage...
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  • a young Yakuza boss, Kojiro in film Yakuza Princess, directed by Vicente Amorim entirely shot in Brazil. Voiced two roles: General Kato and young detective...
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  • Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai), also known in the West as The Yakuza Papers, is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company. Inspired by a series...
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  • The Outsider (2018 film) (category Yakuza films)
    are yakuza criminals, recognizable by their irezumi tattoos. Nick saves a yakuza named Kiyoshi from being hanged to death. Shiromatsu, a yakuza clan...
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    who is obsessed with curing tuberculosis in his patients, including a young yakuza (Toshirō Mifune) whose illness is being used by his organization as a...
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    Drunken Angel (category Yakuza films)
    small-time yakuza named Matsunaga after a gunfight with a rival syndicate. The doctor, noticing that Matsunaga is coughing, diagnoses the young gangster...
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