Akira Nishikiyama (錦山 彰, Nishikiyama Akira), often shortened to Nishiki (錦), is a recurring character in the Yakuza series first featured in the original Yakuza. He is a supporting character in Yakuza 0 as well the main an...

Joon-gi Han (한 준기, Han Joon-gi/ハン・ジュンギ, Han Jungi), born Yeonsu Kim (김 연수, Kim Yeonsu/キム・ヨンス, Kimu Yonsu), is a major supporting character and playable character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth....

Tianyou Zhao (趙 天佑, Zhào Tiānyòu/Chō Ten'yū) is a supporting character as well as one of the seven playable characters in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. He is the leader of the Yokohama Liumang

Ichiban Kasuga (春日 一番, Kasuga Ichiban) is the protagonist of the Yakuza/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. He...

Kyohei Hamura (羽村 京平, Hamura Kyōhei) is a major antagonist in Judgment. He is the captain of the Matsugane Family, a Tojo Clan subsidiary, but due to his financial influence over the family, he is effectively in control of it

Daimu Akutsu (阿久津 大夢, Akutsu Daimu) is a major antagonist in Lost Judgment. He is RK's second-in-command, and is a former member of the Tojo Clan's Nikkyo Consortium

The son of Arakawa Masumi. Ryo aoki was known as Masato Arakawa in 2000 before he changed his name.

Mitsuru Kuroiwa (黒岩 満, Kuroiwa Mitsuru) is the main antagonist and final boss of Judgment. He is a detective under the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Organized Crime Division

Masaharu Kaito (海藤 正治, Kaitō Masaharu) is a major supporting character in Judgment and Lost Judgment, as well as the protagonist of "The Kaito Files" in Lost Judgment. He is the former lieutenant of the Matsugane Family, a...

Toru Higashi (東 徹, Higashi Tōru) is a supporting character in Judgment and Lost Judgment. He is a former member the Matsugane Family as well as the former manager and current owner of Charles.

Ryo Aoki (青木 遼, Aoki Ryō?), formerly known as Masato Arakawa (荒川 真斗, Arakawa Masato), is the main antagonist and final boss of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. He is the current governor of Tokyo as well as a co-founder of the non-p...

Takayuki Yagami (八神 隆之, Yagami Takayuki) is the protagonist of Judgment and Lost Judgment. He is a former defense attorney at Genda Law Office and the director of the Yagami Detective Agency, where he works as a private i...

Reina (麗奈) is a supporting character in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami. She is the proprietor of Serena, a bar on Tenkaichi Street in Kamurocho

Taiga Saejima (冴島 大河, Saejima Taiga) is a recurring protagonist and character in the Like a Dragon series. He appears as one of multiple main protagonists and playable characters in both Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5. He appears i...