

Ichiban is described by Yokoyama as the opposite of Kiryu: "Ichiban is thoroughly uncomplicated, direct, cheerful, reckless.
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Since Yakuza 6: The Song of Life concludes the story arc of recurring series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, the franchise's developers Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio wanted to create a new lead character to continue the narrative of the fictional universe they have created, with chief producer and writer Masayoshi Yokoyama describing Ichiban Kasuga as a "catalyst" for change. Yu Suzuki introduced 3D scanning technology back in 1998 for Project Berkeley / Shenmue. Cyberware Inc.'s head & face color 3D scanner is used in Hollywood's film industry and was exploited to reduce 3D model production time. Many characters of the Yakuza series have had their faces modeled and mapped after their Japanese voice actors since the 2008 spinoff Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!. In Yakuza 4, he is referred to primarily by his family name, Kiryu, which more closely reflects the original dialogue. In addition, some conventions were changed in previous Western localisations, protagonist Kazuma Kiryu had been referred to primarily by his given name. This included reversing several name changes. Producer Noguchi noted that there was an attempt to "bring a more complete localization that was more faithful to the source material". Yakuza 4 adjusted several of these localisation changes, following criticism of the previous games, and in particular the content excised from the Western release of Yakuza 3. By Yakuza 4, Kiryu was seen as "indestructible" by the staff, and as a result, he was made the last character playable in the game, following three new characters that stood out thanks to their different traits. Writer Hasei Seishu was in charge of conceiving the cast of Yakuza, mostly Kiryu and Date in order to make them fit into the narrative. The PlayStation 3 installments' realistic character design is based on Cyberware 3D scanner, Softimage XSI 6.5 3D models and Sega's Magical V-Engine. This was also done in order to attract more gamers with this theme, believing there were less gamers during the time the game was made.

Nagoshi chose the focus on yakuzas due to the amount of violence the subject tends to incorporate.
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Yakuza caught his attention though, and he decided to accept the project even though it came at the busiest point of his professional writing career. Seishu had been a video game player since the days of Space Invaders, but over the past four or five years he had lost interest, as he was less concerned with 3D visuals and gameplay than he was with story. Nagoshi brought his story for Yakuza to scenario supervisor Hase Seishu two years before the game started development. Portrayals of the Japanese underworld were common in manga and movies, but not in video games. Nagoshi initially struggled to greenlight the project.

The series originated from creator Toshihiro Nagoshi's desire to design a game that would tell the way of life of the yakuza.

Players take control of a group of companions led by Ichiban Kasuga. The most recent mainline installment, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, features a new cast of characters. Kiryu is the only playable character in Yakuza 6, while an additional story played from Majima's perspective was added to the remake of Yakuza 2, Yakuza Kiwami 2. The prequel installment Yakuza 0 featured two protagonists, Kiryu and recurring supporting character Goro Majima. Yakuza 5 continued this trend and features five playable protagonists including Haruka Sawamura, a ward of Kiryu's whose story arc is devoid of combat mechanics. Yakuza 4 introduces three playable protagonists in addition to Kiryu. In the first three installments, the sole playable protagonist is Kazuma Kiryu, a former yakuza who after ten years of imprisonment deals with chaos emerging from the yakuza organization he was formerly affiliated with, the Tojo clan. The English-language adaptation equivalents are mentioned when available. This article describes notable characters who appear in the Yakuza main series video games and associated remasters or remakes, with characters sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works. "Like a Dragon") in its native Japan and other Asian territories, features an extensive cast of characters. Japanese video game developer Sega's Yakuza media franchise, known as Ryū ga Gotoku ( 龍が如く, lit. From left to right: Joon-gi Han, Saeko Mukoda, Ichiban Kasuga, Yu Nanba, Koichi Adachi, and Tianyou Zhao. A screenshot of a cutscene in Yakuza: Like a Dragon which shows the game's main cast of playable characters.
