The Nikkyo Consortium: Yakuza's Most Mysterious Organization

[@marcelosoares7148]

The Saejima Family and Nikkyo Consortium competing to see who's the most elusive organization in all of Yakuza.

[@devilleon7]

The Nikkyo Consortium maybe the most mysterious group but the Saejima Family is 100% the most elusive one

[@DarshanBhambhani]

Has to be Saejima gumi cause we literally never saw them

[@HardcoreYakuzaFan1836]

I kind of view them as like the occasional good guys that have good intentions sometimes but are still morally gray and have their own agendas and goals even though they have the occasional moments of compassion

[@adamali8754]

@@HardcoreYakuzaFan1836it always depends on who’s running them

[@VXMasterson]

My friend and I have an inside joke that the Saejima Family is just Saejima and a framed photo of Hamazaki

[@FlameOfUdun96]

When they got a name drop in Lost Judgment, I did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme IRL

[@devilleon7]

Same, same

[@MikeJr9284]

Gotta love whenever the Judgment games reference the mainline Yakuza series and vice versa.

[@mechashadow]

​@@MikeJr9284thank nagoshi leaving.

[@gianncmedina7805]

​@@mechashadow Why, how come?

[@mechashadow]

@@gianncmedina7805 There's a Kotaku Interview on KZbin of him repeatedly insisting very hard that it is of high import that Yakuza and Judgment stay as seperated worlds as much as possible even if they occur in the same place.

[@stefanavious]

Kazama, who was already established as an efficient assassin Yakuza, being a mentor of sorts to Sera was something I had forgotten over the years since unlike the other two people he "mentored," Sera actually seems competent at the Yakuza business. Who knows? Maybe Kazama had a hand in the founding of the Consortium. Taking how we see members like Soma act, who probably got even more devilish once he saw how the Consortium operated, into account, it goes to show just how different a man Kazama could actually be compared to what we see and hear through Kiryu.

[@devilleon7]

True, a lot of what we know about Kazama is said from Kiryu's perspective. Yakuza 0 did an amazing job in giving the player doubts about Kazama's nature. They implied and said that he would be aware of the risks of his plans to keep Dojima at bay; those risks being involving civilians like Tachibana and Makoto, and we know how that went.

[@gazover_]

Gaiden substory gives Kiryu a food for tought about Kazama and his "kindness"

[@HardcoreYakuzaFan1836]

Especially when we take into account that they actually were responsible for killing a lot of Omi officers during the Tojo/Omi war in the 80s. I'm assuming that's how they got their reputation in the lore and became one of the most fearsome groups in the Tojo Clan

[@Niacrimsonsnow]

It's always on my mind of how certain character are glazed both by stories that are told and the fans and making people forgot overall picture For example Kazama , He is Tojo Clan Legendary Hitman with over 100+ confirmed kill , now that's terrifying but one small part that i think most people are likely to forgot (since the game doesn't tell you directly) Kazama run an Sunflower Orphanage , which he admitted himself that he built it for a children of the parent that he killed If children are the only surviving member , this means that He willing to kill both men and "women" if it's Tojo Order , while Killing is a norm in Yakuza games , Women Victim is pretty rare and who knows how many parents did he actually killed same goes for OG Nishitani in Y0 , fans really like him and sad to see him gone mid way through the game , but i just can't help but remembered the fact that either he himself or he ordered his men to kill Makimura Makoto Lookalike one of the plan to keep Makoto safe was to find someone who looked similar to Her this plan was proposed by Lee and Majima reject it because he couldn't bring himself to murdered an innocent women with 0 involvement next thing we know there's Makimura Makoto Lookalike body who's been killed and her face is disfigured beyond recognition. i'm not saying you can't like these character , but let's not forget that most character still a criminal who's willing to do horrible stuff if it's an order.

[@HardcoreYakuzaFan1836]

@@Niacrimsonsnow even though they're portrayed as heroic people who will do whatever it takes to protect the innocent but they're still criminals who are willing to cross lines and hurt people just to make sure an order is achieved.

[@itsybitsycherry]

Sera definitely intended to just injure Sagawa like he did when he’s first revealed. Think about it - he’s not only a high-ranking Tojo officer, but he also heads their “shadow ops” division; the one with the nastiest assignments which simply can’t go public. Someone in that position killing Omi’s Chief of HQ would be far too high of a risk. The Omi could openly declare war on the Tojo and it’d likely blow up the existence of the Nikkyo into the public eye.

[@kazuhirokawamoto7213]

my take is Kazama founded the nikkyo which would explain why he a lot of tojo members even shimano is afraid of him a number of bodies Kazama buried help the dojima family and Tojo clan became the most feared clan in Japan

[@RodgerSkelton]

All I know is they had a yacht.

[@devilleon7]

They did indeed have a yacht

[@Sarahm2261]

Those darn yakuza having a yacht, when will they learn that will be their downfall

[@NightmareSnake]

I JUST played that part in Lost Judgment, and I popped off when they got name dropped. I thought I was never going to hear about them again.

[@rednekzombie2988]

tbh, I think this is something that sets 0 apart, giving us more info about the Tojo Clan itself. Like sure we get families in other games, but they're two bit compared to a whole black ops division of the clan.

[@ogPunkcln]

Sera not killing Sagawa in 0 was to prevent a war. Tension of Tojo vs Omi in that game was at the boiling point already. One dead Omi high rank member would mobilize the entirety of Kansai down to Tokyo. From the cutscenes it's pretty clear that Sera is more capable with a gun more than his hands, so he chose to incapacitate Sagawa by shooting him.

[@Abo3aBD229]

True , afterall he is a retainer to the omi alliance chairman , he being killed will cause a big trouble to both omi and tojo groups

[@obafrog]

The Nikkyo being included in Lost Judgment was really cool, it's nice to see that RGG thinks of stuff like that and it's not just a random new organization that does the exact same thing. While I do think the Nikkyo being a mystery is cool, I'd love to get a game where we actually play as someone within the yakuza, back when they were at their peak/early days when they were being founded to really learn more about the inner workings of stuff like the Nikkyo and other families and general hierarchy. Tbh, Makoto Tojo as the protagonist would be an amazing opportunity for a spinoff like that with completely new characters and setting (people like Acting Chairman Nihara and the mysterious Second Chairman and Kazama in their younger years, could also include others in substories like the Ryuji substory in 0). Anyway, I really liked this video! Would love more lore-type videos like this one between all the new game announcements. Also love the Toru Higashi appreciation at 25:16.

[@JudgementBruno]

There's a rumour 😏 that our money 🥵 in the Toto Bank 😳 all 10 billion Yen 🙄 was stolen 😱 is this true? 💅

[@Tybell702]

If we ever do get kiwamis of the mainline games, they could 100% sneak the consortium into them

[@ckn3481]

Makes you wonder how much of the consortium is left. Former members have so far still proven to be dangerous in different ways. Great job making the vid, leon!

[@idfkimaclown]

As per one of the last substories in Kiwami, it was still functioning even after Sera’s death, honestly they probably are still active albeit now no longer under the Tojo clan umbrella.

[@leahwagner9798]

Honestly if you did a series on each family/group/gang I’d watch it. Like explaining their “origins” if any and how they impact the story or game they’re in.

[@SarmInTheHat7030]

Definitely one most interesting organization in the series really shows you rgg can seriously beef up a character if they want to like if sera went chairman for 5 minutes to this mysterious organization leader imagine the type of story we get if we actually see the saejima family in action that when rgg decide to do so untill then it sit with pile of rgg mysteries

[@funnidud0604]

Kinda makes me wonder if they could have potential lore run-ins with the Daidoji regarding undercover and secretive deals, or shadowy and covert conflicts.

[@danielhuang6331]

This was one of my first thoughts when the Daidoji were introduced too! [SPOILERS FOR ENDING OF INFINITE WEALTH] Due to Kiryu's decision to accept his name at the end of IW, it possibly means that the Daidoji will be the main antagonists of Y9. If that does end up being the case, I really hope the remnants of the Nikkyo from Daigo's company help Ichiban & co fight against the Daidoji, using their experience as a black ops group as well as potential past dealings with the Daidoji to their advantage.

[@LYK1003]

It's kinda interesting seeing Nikkyo Consortium reference from Yakuza 0 in Lost Judgment. And the fact that while little conversation with Irie doesn't play a big part, knowing the aftermath of Tojo Clan dissolution make players, who went through from 0 to 7 (Or even Gaiden), feel the previous playthrough paying off from the golden era of Tojo Clan back in the 80s to the modern era where it's impossible to maintain the Yakuza business thanks to Karumocho 3k Plan and those Anti-Yakuza Laws :3

[@NyomiHendon]

The Nikkyo Consortium still kinda scares me to this day

[@DH_29]

Can you do more mystery yakuza we don’t know?

[@abdullahgamer7575]

I love the free camera shots!

[@anom2619]

Soma is one of the best killers I think RGG have done. Upon his first introduction and meeting him on my first playthrough, off the bat I just felt creeped out by him lol. He was thin, tall and way too polite. Way before anything was revealed about him, I just got a dangerous vibe from him and my intuition came out to be more than correct. (His theme is also one of the best in the franchise). Soma being a part of the Nikkyo Consortium adds onto it, for a group that is supposed to be relatively threatening considering their work and how professionally and covertly it’s handled, we never really had a reason to feel threatened by them. Having Soma be an Ex member of the Nikkyo Consortium, but also one that even his coworkers and other family members felt creeped out/afraid of adds a whole new layer to both the Consortium and Soma himself. Also, these types of videos are great. Just like you said at the end, I also often watch lore videos covering topics/stories I’m already familiar with, just to see if I missed something or if someone else caught something that I didn’t and I hope you do more 😮

[@CogzillaOfDojima]

Ill still never forgive Sera for what he did to me in Climax Battles

[@Max-qb5ui]

I love this game theory-style video you should do more!

[@richardharrow2513]

Before Lost Judgment I just assumed Terada disbanded Nikkyo as part of his reformations

[@OneManCast]

BRO! That Black Light District theme from Daybreak in the video!

[@starthederpyoctoling]

I been thinking, you know what could be cool? A Daigo Gaiden game involving with this group. As Tojo's black ops you think the chairman would have contacts and commands them in some ways. The stories of it can be possibly endless.

[@obafrog]

Could be around Y5 to show his full perspective since he was being sneaky in that game tho I don't recall if everything had already been fully explained during the story. Kinda like how Gaiden is just Y:LAD from Kiryu's perspective. Regardless, they could write like 50 different stories with Daigo since neither he nor the Tojo Clan have been explored nearly as much as someone like Majima, who can only really get one relevant present-day game and maybe a game between 0 and 1. Either way, it'd be peak.

[@idfkimaclown]

Honestly that would be a pretty good concept for a Tanimura game. Keep the whole man vs organisation thing from 4 and blend it with the noir detective style of Judge Eyes. Tani investigates the dirty work of a Nikkyo consortium that has simply gotten out of hand after the Tojo disbanded.

[@tamsend]

This is really cool, and way more in depth than a wiki article can provide.

[@CaptainChurch]

Would like to watch more yakuza lore videos there are so many organizations and such within the game it would be nice to have more videos exploring them like this one

[@HorrorCoffee]

Would love to see more these kinds of faction lore videos. Perhaps the Kijin Clan next?

[@DeanRGG]

Vids like these and your character analysis from a few years ago are honestly your best work! Super impressive high quality effort here, particularly discovering that mistranslation in Kiwami & the clean chronological presentation/summarization throughout 🔥

[@billcipher147]

I'd love to see more lore videos like this. You did a really good job with this one.

[@EdoloChannel]

The VaatiVidya esque presentation in the intro goes so well with these games

[@Fishman465]

Sera strikes me as a sleeping dragon; someone who aims to be taken lightly to surprise others. But the downside is it costs him the feeling of strength desired in a chairman Personally I feel Sera isn't fit to be leader as he's more brains than brawn/charisma, rather he's best at supporting the leader. Had he survived, he would have been a highly valued advisor to Daigo or Kiryu I think when Sera ascended, he had to give up active leadership, hence... I get the feeling with how many bad periods/etc the Tojo clan had, some pinching of the NC isn't surprising. I feel their mention were limited due to how having such a faction on Kiryu's side would have disrupted the plot. I def enjoyed it

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

I always felt he was just Kazama's puppet. Trained by him and supported by him to be the heir to the clan so he could indirectly wield influence over the whole clan, which was largely understood by everyone else. Which is why the Tojo clan in Yakuza 1 isn't really in trouble once Sera is assassinated, but instead when Kazama is shot.

[@Slabby101]

Devilleon7 with another banger vid. Hope to see more lore videos like this, so much to talk about in this series we truly love!

[@HardcoreYakuzaFan1836]

Honestly though the one organization I want to see explored a little bit are the various Color Gangs that were present in the first game

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

I'm not sure that one's all that deep. Gangs represented by colors was a thing in the 90's in the US, with the Bloods (Red) and Crips (Blue) using colors to identify each other in the west coast throughout the 90's, for both friend and foe. The concept is very simple and tribal and I'd assume street gangs everywhere, including Japan, do similar things.

[@cubby4ever2011]

Good vid Leon. I certainly wouldn't be opposed to lore vids from you.

[@santinodelgado281]

Majima: You used me just like Shimano 😡😡😡 Sera: how would I predict you absolutely decimating an entire family, its captain and a professional hitman bro

[@WebbedManiac]

Awano was a lieutenant not a captain, but yes

[@irtazakhan2243]

Love the editing style of this video!

[@herlockburger7821]

Another thing about the substory in kiwami the camera panning over to the two flames when kiryu was saying that he wanted to deal with nishiki, it’s probably a metaphor of sera passing the torch on to kiryu. I got this from tehsnakerer’s yakuza 0 video btw.

[@Cryptico7]

Haven't watched the vid, but I remember mentions of Akutsu and/or Soma being from Nikkyo Consortium.

[@theabyssfarer]

Its a good day whenever Leon uploads a video essay 🙏

[@1ove1ess]

That’s an excellent video. Would enjoy more of them very much

[@Crus257]

I really loved this

[@asamnation]

30:56 Warning to headphone/earphone user

[@devilleon7]

Woops, I didn't intend for it to be loud 😂

[@asamnation]

@@devilleon7 Nah it's not too loud. It's just catch me off guard.

[@Cidiuss]

I love your stance on mysterious origins. It could be the lowest of the low hanging fruits that RGG Studios could grab and make tons of money (and burrow themselves in endless retconing and inconsistencies of John Tojo Yakuza origin story). Lovely topic, would def watch some more laid back yakuza content like this.

[@SMT_Enjoyer69]

If all your ideas are as good as this one then oh boi it's definitely worth waiting for

[@Poccoloco292]

A really interesting video good job

[@jimmyolson9656]

This was great! I do wish we got to see more of what this group was up to but at the same time getting to theorize what they were up to does up the fear factor a bit. Especially seeing how Soma in Lost Judgment operates it’s scary to think of a whole group of that😬 I’d definitely love more of these lore videos like maybe one on the Omi Alliance? They’re a big group like the tojo but I don’t feel like they get as much time to shine. Just a suggestion so please don’t feel like you have to😁

[@HardcoreYakuzaFan1836]

@@jimmyolson9656 then you're probably going to love the fourth installment of my Yakuza fanfiction series that gives them more spotlight especially because one of the main villains is tied to them and the basis of the entire plot of it

[@DukesGuard]

All I know is that their mask’s are really cool and spooky.

[@HunterForHire422]

HA! I was gonna comment about the yakuza 1 mistranslation when you mentioned the scene. Good catch

[@JohnnySilverhand-wd3rz]

One of My favorite parts of Yakuza 0 🔥

[@risktorise2103]

Great topic,I enjoyed the video from beginning to the end.

[@KYODAII20]

Good job on the video man !

[@jamesb687]

I started watching this a few days ago when it came out but just didnt have enough time to sit down and watch it. Now that I have, I gotta say this was very interesting cause I didnt know much about this organization in the series except for the bits in Yakuza 0. Wasnt expecting this type of video from you but glad you found another angle of the Yakuza universe to talk about on your channel.

[@rahwim]

Maybe the surprise game is about the starting of the tojo clan

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

No, its a mobile game.;

[@rahwim]

@@JoaoVictor-rg5ix Fr?

[@walderoni9865]

Great video, I would be happy if you did more lore/story videos! Yakuza 5 cough cough

[@azampoco65]

A really good in-depth video bro

[@DarkMistofNgiht]

Personally, I like videos like this. I do agree that keeping a few skeletons in the closet is good in the case of these games, especially Yakuza/Like A Dragon series. I wouldn't turn my nose up to more videos like this from you, Leon. Funnily enough, I was thinking about this one. Sera is definitely more put together than your typical Yakuza and to have so much command without having to really work for it amazed me when they were introduced in 0.

[@THE-META]

New half an hour video, what a day this is 😍

[@LuisManeIII]

Like A Duty Tojo Ops 2

[@shingkung3974]

25:00 yay your fav song :)

[@TribeoftheOni.Onilover]

Hey you did a great job! I think it was very good. Even if this was created by someone else, your chill nature and good questions and answering makes this video great. I forgot about this group. Thanks for reminding me!

[@cezarjulian0320]

It would be really cool if you talked about other lesser known groups in the games. Worldbuilding in yakuza is very straightforward but I was always interested in the extra information from RGG online. If you could talk a little about that it would be awesome

[@swagmaster-vn2dx]

these shots in the beginning are so good how did you manage to take them?

[@devilleon7]

I asked Mr. Yokoyama to give me a dev build of the games

[@mayor6366]

I would guess that part of the Nikkyo’s deal was stamping out clan traitors. I could see clan brass not wanting their secret police to be public knowledge. Sera tasks Majima with taking out Shimano, who was in kahoots with the Omi. He also sent the hitman to kill Kiryu (though that’s what he wanted everyone to think), a supposed patriarch slayer.

[@Flawcreek]

omg leon, that b-roll is lookin sexy 👀

[@snxffys6436]

i’m still pissed off that, to my knowledge anyway, we never got a game where we’re actually part of a family from start to finish. over leaving at the start of the game/already being exiled

[@yoloberto1025]

Leeeeeon please upload more lore videos. They are awesome!!!

[@garou12]

the nikkyo doesn't make sense because if they were legit why would they need saejima to carry out that hit

[@danielnguyen2873]

The Consortium(mainly Sera) made a good amount of appearances in RGGO ngl

[@gun_toucher_LLC]

infuriated i likely wont be told the secret of how you got all those panning shots without the HUD in the intro. assuming the drone is involved at the very least. regardless love the topic edit: 19:20 "this guy's a beast i tell you" lol

[@badgertje]

On the couch with my morning coffee, outside its chilly and rainy and devilleon7 uploaded a new video to watch. Todays gonna be a good day

[@devilleon7]

Hell yeah, enjoy the heck outta that coffee for me :D

[@ermangenc6275]

I feel like they will either make a kazama prequel next or a game set between 1988 and 1995 next. Or may judgment 3 with yagami fighting racism

[@ryanbhadain5867]

Is it a good idea to have a game on Makoto Tojo and the creation of the Yakuza Tojo clan ?

[@jaypoison]

RGG lore are the best videos. Thanks for that.

[@I_love_bread_and_Hungry_Jacks]

I always assumed they were still active during Sera's Chairman reign, & then completely defunct after the funeral or Kiwami 2, with the members either just retired or absorbed with other family groups

[@The56567878]

Loved the video, leon! By the way, did you see how s-boosts are going to work in Daybreak 2? You have to spend 2 every time you use an s-craft, so no more vandalize raid spam😭

[@devilleon7]

I did hear something about them limiting them 😢

[@greybigfoot1722]

It’s almost 4 AM here, i can’t watch it tonight noooo

[@kamarocho]

I love the Nikkyo and wanna port it for LAD:S so bad but attempting to makes me wanna drown in lava

[@ReLLaKaT316]

Anyone wonder what happen to "Lao Gui"?

[@jahnhub]

letsgoooo i saw this video right as im about to eat

[@daniellins4114]

I could have sworn I've heard of the consortium between my playthroughs of Y0 and LJ , maybe it was mentioned in Like a Dragon? Or Gaiden?

[@mechashadow]

Shoulda ended with " BUT THAT'S JUST A THEORY, A YAKUZA THEORY!THANKS 4 WATCHING!" But seriously though, keep the Ace Attorney BGMs rolling.

[@Chadfill8348]

Makoto Tojo will appear in Dead Souls Kiwami, mark my words

[@comebackkid1216]

I know they be sorting shit….

[@duckyducky1759]

I am a 2 AM gamer

[@walderoni9865]

It's 4 pm where I'm at

[@vietorytran]

Hi. 🙂🍶🍢

[@cyber_stealth]

pls more lore videos😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢talknow😂😂😂😊😊

[@VirtuousAezon]

YES I LOVE YOU DEVILLEON DADDY MORE LONG FORM PLEASE

[@Gouda992]

Hey Leon, you seen the new Yakuza Wars leaks? they could be fake, keep that in mind

[@devilleon7]

I did, apparently it's real. There's a trailer for it and all, it was outsourced to some Chinese company iirc who already made a couple of mobile games.

[@Gouda992]

@@devilleon7 rgg online 2 let’s go

[@HardcoreYakuzaFan1836]

Is there any way to play RGG online even though I believe it's only exclusive to Japan

[@greybigfoot1722]

I'm so childish that when you posed the question "what shady things does the Nikkyo Consortium do?" my first thought was 9/11 because that was today's date 💀 Great video Leon, I love the background displayed between sections.

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

They are in fact so mysterious, i forgot they existed. lmao.

[@THEHANINATOR]

During the 10 billion yen meeting in Kiwami, Sera looks like the crying cat meme the entire time

[@lorddragonya]

We need a spin-off game about kazama and sera getting their start in the Tojo clan. A post ww2 yakuza story would be great