The Story of Kazuma "John Yakuza" Kiryu

Kazuma John Kiryu from the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series has lived through so many crazy experiences. For example: Leaving a criminal organisation to create a gang to fight people on the streets of Hiroshima; rescuing 2 shiba inus; obliterating signs by running into them; and karaoke.
I reckon if Kiryu was actually a real person he would like my videos so much that he'd join the channel. You wanna be like Kiryu, don't you? Surely. Yes you do. I know you do. I am in your walls:
/ @snowiestangeman
His middle name is actually John by the way Nagoshi himself told me that the other day when we were playing Warzone.
Songs:
Yakuza 0 - Rocket Nuts Groove
Tekken 5 - Ground Zero Funk
Minecraft - Left to Bloom
Yakuza Kiwami 2 - Unity of Metal
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix - Destiny Islands
Yakuza: Dead Souls - Start OF THE END (Hyd Lunch Remix)
Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! - Assassination of the Bodhisattva (菩殺)
Yakuza 5 - Sleepy Eyes
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Noah and N (Phase 2)
Yakuza 6 - The Way of Life
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Main Theme Piano Solo
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Rolling Eyes Fall Down the Dragon Wall
Tekken 7 - Heat Haze Shadow 1
#yakuza #likeadragon #rggstudio

[@SnowiestAngeman]

This was an idea I came up with back when they announced Like a Dragon: Gaiden as a sort of "preparing for the release" kinda video parody but the RGG Summit felt like it was 100 years ago and Gaiden isn't coming out until 2077 or something I dunno I gave up waiting so here it is.

[@cloacky4409]

Isn't Yakuza Gaiden supposed to come out in 2023?

[@Just_normal_youtube_channel]

John Yakuza 2077

[@samuel.jpg.1080p]

@@cloacky4409 yes, obviously he's joking lol. It will most likely come out in 2nd half of 2023

[@HannyaKai]

I finished Ishin way too fast. Now I have no John Yakuza until Gaiden. I know this feel.

[@salt2209]

Wake up Kiryu-chan, we have a yakuza HQ to burn

[@jordanium5593]

"i left the yakuza, guess you could call me yakuza 0" "you may be yakuza, but i am yakuza kiwami!" "there can only be yakuza kiwami 2 of us kiryu" "there used to be yakuza 3 of us, now its just me" "i guess you could call us the yakuza 4" "what are we now? the yakuza 5?" "can you hear it kiryu? thats it, thats the yakuza 6: the song of life" "i must defeat you and become yakuza: like a dragon!!!" ✍✍🔥🔥🔥

[@kevinjohn319]

Tolkien gave up writing after reading this masterpiece

[@posteriorpepperoni]

"This is the Like a Dragon Gaiden,now I'm just The Man Who Erased His Name"

[@bobbaseball]

This truly was... a like a dragon ishin!

[@_Alex_Zer0_]

Martin Scorsese realizing his writing is shit after “What are we? The Yakuza 4?”

[@unofficial_gamer6813]

Reddit joke. Love it.

[@julesrohloff8228]

RIP to James and Janine Yakuza, they will be missed

[@akiyomer]

Jane Mafia vs John Yakuza

[@ThisJWord]

more like Jesse and James Yakuza

[@akiyomer]

​@@ThisJWord Jesse Mafia vs James Yakuza

[@White15329]

@@akiyomer jesus mafia vs jamesrs yakuza

[@akiyomer]

@@White15329 JOSH YAKUZA VS JAMIE MAFIA

[@kaiserkreuz4155]

I love how accurate this all is. Also, can't wait to have Gaiden's plot be like "You're a hitman, Joryu. Do what you're told." and then he goes karaoke or baseball or whatever.

[@garryhlambert]

hittin town

[@lyricsghost2547]

~X3 SHINE~ Dandan, dan dan dan - da da * clap * Dandan, dan dan dan - da da * clap * DAN (OI) DAN DAN! (OI) DAN DAN DAN! (FUWA FUWA FUWA...OI) - Jozuma Joryu, The John Yakuza who erased his name... again. 2023

[@IrisXen]

Then he falls in love with the blind woman he was hired to kill and they get into many hijinks before she gets shot, her brother dies, gets unblinded, and they never see each other again

[@adrir-u2l]

Wait, wasn't he a bodyguard???

[@trav5110]

and this is why we love it so! lol

[@drinkkp]

Like a Dragon Gaiden won’t be the last time we see John Yakuza. After all, his Song of Life isn’t over and he hasn’t truly become the Yakuza Kiwami. I hope that Taichi Suzuki won’t be Yakuza 6 feet under in Ryu Ga Gotoku 8, it would be a shame to see The Man Who Erased His Name turn up Dead Souls. He has beautiful eyes after all.

[@garryhlambert]

you let the intrusive thoughts win

[@b-mansly7550]

The ramblings of a madman

[@samuel.jpg.1080p]

Kiryu's life is the equivalent of Godfather 3 Michael's line "Just when I thought I was out , they pulled me back in!!!"

[@lyricsghost2547]

The also suffer from cutscene guns.

[@mattmark94]

Yakuza 4 Kiryu: From now on, I'll stop running away (and ruining everything). Kiryu from Yakuza 5 onward: I ran away and ruined everything. Also Haruka is dumb now.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I'm excited to watch him run away from his problems in Gaiden and 8 and do something else stupid lol

[@MikeJr9284]

A pretty accurate summary of the Kiryu Saga.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

There is nothing false within this video

[@Bbimsoundrgrnd]

*John yakuza

[@whytide.]

swapping between languages mid-cutscene has gotta be one of the bits of all time

[@queuedjar4578]

Kiryu: "You sound just like him" Ichiban: *strategically completely changes to a different person's voice*

[@purpleyam2854]

bro really called Nishiki the 'fish' guy. It would take more than 10 years in the joint to recover from this.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Bro really called 10 years in the joint guy 'Nishiki'. It would take more than 10 fish to heal from this

[@zzk8616]

1:22 HE SAID IT. HE SAID THE LINE

[@amitojsingh7583]

Cringer

[@zzk8616]

@@amitojsingh7583 🤓

[@sarcacetic]

​@@amitojsingh7583 10 years in the joint made you have no sense of humor

[@bluscout1857]

@@amitojsingh7583 were you someone’s lunch money dispenser?

[@floorwatching]

It's so weird that Kiryu changes faces in each engine yet the others just kinda don't

[@Yanramich]

Funniest shit is that this is practically almost spoiler free

[@politicalchair487]

the fact that in between kiwami 2 and 4 almost no progress in construction was made at Kamurocho Hills is so god damn funny to me

[@kaliquis01010]

Now that you mentioned it, it would be a really nice to see other kids from the orphanage that Kiryu grew up in. Maybe we might see some of them in Yakuza Gaiden (although I highly doubt that RGG Studio will even go that far in the past)

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

Imagine if one of those kids becomes a new villain for Kiryu in the future?

[@daeganislegit]

​@@JoaoVictor-rg5ix I would fucking cry

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

@@daeganislegit its not impossible. Ebina was Ichiban half bro right?

[@zatknis595]

​@@JoaoVictor-rg5ixTaichi

[@jts6134]

We need Jack Judgement's backstory next

[@BnanaDuk]

Well this was a genuinely funny watch, great video as per usual

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I am glad you enjoyed it :)

[@hubertcumberdale5191]

i love this, it's like he played the games with no subtitles because he thought watching anime was enough

[@forgottenvoid2183]

the tekken part was fantastic, i always made a joke how Kazuya is just Kiyru it was given justice. 😭

[@hanthemaa]

my favorite john yakuza moment was when he got the keyblade back through the pure strength of his friendship with goofy and donald duck and then fought riku 1 on 1

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Yeah but if you think about it Yakuza has all of the Kingdom Hearts characters in it: - Goofy's English voice actor is also English Date's - Donald's Japanese voice actor is also Akiyama's - Sephiroth's Japanese voice actor is also Shinada's - Axel's Japanese voice actor is also Nishitani's - And then probably some other ones I dunno

[@rezz__emiya5948]

finally, a comprehensive analysis of this series, thank you for your service

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

This is 100% accurate, great job man.

[@Just_normal_youtube_channel]

1:52 Nice detail having them play a PS2 because it’s 2005.

[@orangeoffline]

I like how at the start it just seems like a funny (but accurate) summary of yakuza but more and more it just gets unhinged

[@snareJB]

RIP John Kiryu.... this would never happen if japan had stricter gun laws :'(

[@CyricZ]

The Fish? THE FISH? He HAS a NAME! It's James Magikarp.

[@devilmaycrysarockingdontcome]

Its the guy from gamefucks holy shit😊

[@akiyomer]

John Ten years "Fishker" in the Joint

[@MidnightKingL]

While Kazuya fits Kiryu, I think he'd try to main King. Since King also looks after an orphanage and even one of Kiryu's kids loved wrestling and had him wrestle in Y3.

[@ChinaOfficial69]

finally some good lore video

[@NicknamingName]

thank you for the amazing representation of john yakuza transforming into joryu jazuma

[@necus64]

How John Yakuza became Taichi Suzuki

[@SnowiestAngeman]

BASED Shulk profile pic

[@mattieice4785]

5:47 yeah I actually haven’t gotten around to playing Ishin yet due to my giant backlog. Kiryu and I are in the same boat.

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

John Yakuza completed his journey. By becoming the dad who disappears on his kids.

[@Hezzadude12]

One thing I couldn’t help but notice is that you mention this “Kiryu” or “John Yakuza” person in Gaiden and LAD 8, however to my knowledge, the person presented in those games is actually “Joryu”. I’m not sure why you called him Kiryu though??

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Sorry, Kiryu was his original name in the Manga, that was later retranslated to be "Joryu" Hope that clears things up!

[@carlitosinthecut]

I looked up “yakuza story in five minutes” and found this, did not disappoint🤣 i guess you can pick any one them and play regardless of story

[@lilj0dan168]

Rest in Peace to Ten Year “James Yakuza” Joint.

[@Richard_Daniel333]

Dude went from yakuza to samurai to a turn base RPG boss.

[@PsychicGirl]

It's getting to the point where even if we see Kiryu die and we see his body go into the ground, they are are still gonna bring him back in a sequel to Dead Souls or something.

[@Ludguy]

this is my favorite john yakuza moment

[@BigMike24k]

John Yakuza has a sniper rifle and says "these Yakuza, have Dead Souls"

[@MetaroidAlpha]

This is the most informative video, can't wait for Goro "Menegetis" Majima fr fr.

[@ize3]

this video is actually so underrated, surprised it didnt pass 100k views yet

[@arcueid0773]

kiryu needs to be more careful... there are only two lives remaining

[@TitanChromeE]

John yakuza: infinite wealth

[@ratt__mann9220]

Considering how Kiryu, at 20, is an absolute beefcake of a man that could turn people inside out makes me wonder what his parents were like.

[@jojofan8810]

this video truly makes my rocket nuts groove

[@FickleNickel]

All John Yakuza wanted to do was, ironically, get out of the Yakuza, going as far as erasing his name to John Civilian for the upcoming game

[@patrickkhiev8596]

Well here we are in yakuza 8 and he’s still kicking kinda

[@malty776]

I cryed when they said "i am jhon yakuza, and we are the yakuza 8"

[@Taikofan04]

So john yakuza got cancer

[@pforgottonsoul]

you could tell me that Kiryu is in the next mainline game and that he beat cancer by literally beating the shit out of it and i'd believe it.

[@tomatosauce459]

this is so awesome i wish dying existed in yakuza

[@kosaido2588]

That Kiryu and Nishiki playing Tekken is so relatable to me and my friend XD Minus the blowing up a whole tower cuz of it

[@Cestyxx]

the video of all time

[@neku-fn8dq]

This is the most accurate summary of yakzuza series i ve veber senn s

[@gnome5057]

rip in peace both ceo's of boats. died from the invention of planes

[@adamvancleave9200]

And then John Kazuma joined the circus of smile on their tour to Hawaii.

[@Raymond670]

Ten Years in the Joint vs Five Seconds in the Joint

[@TheWolfsHD]

Forgot the part where he joined the Devil May Cry crew

[@Irunts]

Currently downloading Ishin and 5:47 was perfect in my situation!

[@baileyayyy5085]

I mean it makes sense to be so good at crime if its impossible to kill him

[@zedreamcast4575]

"Some other kids will never see" Well Gaiden sure proved you wrong.

[@RealCFZ]

As a John Yakuza fan, this is accurate

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

Honestly now that i think about it congratiulations to john yakuzer for dying 7 times in 6 games that's a new record.

[@shizenrisen7351]

I love this video.

[@ArnnFrost]

Dude will be forced into more games till all his OG fans die from old age before he does at this point lol

[@godhimself9396]

I can't wait to see Joe Yakuza (silver haired brother of John Yakuza) die in Yakuza 8 : Like a Dragon 2

[@jgalla5549]

I've played all 8 mainline Yakuza games, replayed some 2 to 3 times, and didn't know Kiryu's fathers name is with an A and not a U... I thought they both had the name Kazuma...

[@connorkinsman3164]

Right. So think of it like this. Kazuma is Kiryu's given name. If it had been a name changing adoption, he'd be Kazuma Kazama Oh, and who'd have thought you'd learn something from a shitpost

[@anthonykeller1957]

Same I feel ashamed for never noticing

[@hoyhoy852]

do you guys not have ears they're pronounced very differently

[@dampermule]

Mr Yakuza is just too angry to die

[@baptistuk]

I came for the actual story, I stayed for the top bants.

[@thequester8271]

Akira "The Fish" Nishikiyama I'M FUCKING DYING!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@DamperMoney]

Man this John Yakuza seems like a good guy, he dies a lot though.

[@TheOneHi-C]

"Shut up man, i haven't played iishin yet" 😂😂😂

[@mindblur]

No way voice reveal? Actually didn't expect this.

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

And Then JOHN YAKUZA KIRYU revives once again for Yakuza 8!!!

[@AeriaVelocity]

Good old John

[@FlowersSmoke]

Honestly if nishiki just used king he wouldve won

[@soulbuddy1648]

0:55 oh my god that was the realest shit i've ever heard

[@LootboxOfTruth]

The yakuza man has the legendary doobie of dojima

[@AK-jj4ww]

It’s aboutta be 8 soon I bet

[@28.bachthiminhtam53]

In short, Kiryu's past always has to be blamed on others😢

[@hellnou2527]

I think "Like a Dragon 8" is just a Devil may Cry spin-off

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Ah that makes so much sense now! Thank you for clearing things up for me :)

[@hellnou2527]

@@SnowiestAngeman Got you fam

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

5:04 Медиаданные в автономном режиме.

[@Scuba_Bro]

if you don't know yakuza 0 is a prequel and start with that... and then make your way to kiwami you may find yourself feeling hella confused 🤣

[@HoroJoga]

lol at that Akiyama jumpscare scene, I have no idea how that passed through QA

[@SnowiestAngeman]

It's 'cause I did a cheeky bit of modding to even be able to see it lol. It's normally hidden beyond the borders of a 16:9 display area

[@slashin3645]

Yakuza. (Translates to "Good video my guy")

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Like a Dragon. (Translates to “Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it mate”)

[@thehomiethin4790]

tekken 5 bit was solid

[@Artemisthemp]

Funny he also appear in Like a Dragon Infinite DLC

[@hayleygerbil3109]

Kazuma John Kiryu 😂

[@Yu_Narukami-P4G]

I prefer this version of events

[@josephsquid5075]

5:03 is the best part

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

Calling joint guy "the fish" is pretty disrespectful imo

[@maniik_flix4837]

Sometimes I'm glad I dont know Japanese. Cause those replaced subtitles could be convincing xDD

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Yakuza Garden - "Kiryu" dies. Yakuza 8 - Kiryu "dies"

[@arianagrandefanq88]

His name is freaking jeff

[@MONO4608]

Joryu may cry

[@ThingsUnknown]

and now hes a cancer patient

[@esqueletomatadordeotakus4119]

Do one about Brent business next

[@ryubeno14]

Jonathan Hajime Taichi Sakamoto Kazama Kazuma Kiryu Yakuza

[@praisethesun154]

Yello mates have a nice day and night

[@NotReallyRicky]

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