Who Exactly Is Kihei Hanawa - Like A Dragon Gaiden

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@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
I noticed I said "Sunflower Orphanage" instead of "Morning Glory Orphanage" I'm sorry about that; it was difficult to write while shedding tears after that ending.
@MudkrabLord
@MudkrabLord 10 ай бұрын
It's totally fine man, I'm sure we all feel the same way
@marcelosoares7148
@marcelosoares7148 10 ай бұрын
The craziest thing about Hanawa's identity is that it made people remember Morinaga lol
@nightingalelaurence6092
@nightingalelaurence6092 10 ай бұрын
I just replayed Y5, so i didn't forget him.
@satyamSaha
@satyamSaha 10 ай бұрын
never exactly forgot him
@cdswalkthrough
@cdswalkthrough 10 ай бұрын
Not only that he has the same voice actor Hiroki Toichi and Kiryu previous alias Taichi Suzuki and that he met Kiryu before
@nateg3998
@nateg3998 10 ай бұрын
I was really sad when Aizawa said what he did to him. I never forgot him.
@ikarovski12
@ikarovski12 10 ай бұрын
never forgot him. They kept mentioning him throughout the story
@ColonelKebabShop
@ColonelKebabShop 10 ай бұрын
Hes actually Kiryu's taxi boss, he just lost a lot of weight (Source my dad works at the Daidoji)
@revv0o
@revv0o 10 ай бұрын
possible just like what another comment here said, hanawa previously said that the yakuza life is alien to him and that the priest brought him into the criminal world (implying that he's never been in it)
@hiding40
@hiding40 10 ай бұрын
I actually thought the same, who is to say the taxi boss wasn’t undercover in yakuza 5
@mjc0961
@mjc0961 10 ай бұрын
Makes more sense to me than Morinaga. Hanawa does say the yakuza life is alien to him, and also Hanawa does not look like Morinaga.
@majimbo8528
@majimbo8528 10 ай бұрын
Bruh I thought the same
@lesterama6110
@lesterama6110 10 ай бұрын
I also thought it was the boss. Hanawa looks more like him, just thinner
@BenetteG
@BenetteG 10 ай бұрын
Another clue to this theory is the secrecy of his death. When asked, Aizawa's answer was very vague whether or not Morinaga is dead. And Saejima (and us the players) couldnt find Morinaga's body. He simply died offscreen and disappeared from the story.
@ikarovski12
@ikarovski12 10 ай бұрын
Here's the thing though. At the end of Kiryu's part, Kurosawa, still posing as an Osaka police officer, mentions that a corpse, likely from a Tojo Clan soldier (due the presence of their crest), was found near some mountains, in a state beyond recognition. Note that this was after Morinaga tells Kiryu that Aizawa was dead, that he killed him and buried him somewhere. What I'm trying to say is that it was suggested to the player that this body belonged to Aizawa. Later on the story though, we came to know that Aizawa was very much alive and kicking, Morinaga was killed off somewhere and he and the Osaka cop were working together all along to bring about a new era of succession to the Yakuza. Who did that corpse belong to, then? He was discovered immediately after Morinaga disappeared and we never saw any autopsy, nor the body itself. And if you think about it, he was a hindrance to both Aizawa and his father. When Aizawa mentions that Morinaga had died, he could be speaking both objectively and figuratively. As in "I loved him like a brother, but he despised me, demeaned me. From now on, he's dead to me ." As if getting rid of possible sentimental weaknesses. And, despite not directly killing, Aizawa knew that his brother's death was for the best, as he would be able to reach the top alone. This would also cement his father's goals. Taking this into consideration, I came to this conclusion: The corpse was Morinaga's (the game itself vaguely confirms that the corpse was his too, but we're not sure if it was a set up by Kurosawa), he was killed by Kurosawa outside of Tokyo as to not draw the Florist of Sai attention (which could cost him his plan) and then sent Aizawa to purgatory under the pretext that he would find his oath brother after their supposed fight. Also, he would then send Saejima as well as to make sure that nobody there knew the truth. Once there, Aizawa would find out that Morinaga was dead and this would naturally shock him... But he would surpass this grief abnormally quickly with Saejima's advice, who was going through similar pain, supposedly losing his brother and all that jazz, another reason why Kurosawa wanted them to meet. Aizawa, with his determination restored, would then seek strength to prove to everyone, even his "dead" brother, that even a newbie, worthless nobody like him can also take his shot at the top, which is basically the point of his whole character and the Koi's symbolism.
@ikarovski12
@ikarovski12 10 ай бұрын
Jesus I didn't want this to become so long. That's basically just me trying to give an articulated reason to what the hell everything happened at Y5's finale.
@ikarovski12
@ikarovski12 10 ай бұрын
I could also be wrong and Morinaga is actually alive :))) We will never know and I'm fine with it. Y5's story would remain practically the same regardless
@DavidHosey1
@DavidHosey1 10 ай бұрын
@@ikarovski12at the end of the day, either you’re right and we don’t hear anything about Morinaga being alive ever, or you’re wrong and it’s directly brought up (since the writers would obviously want to capitalize on the broader connections of the series). So if we don’t hear anything concrete in 8, that basically confirms he’s dead
@darthvaderreviews6926
@darthvaderreviews6926 9 ай бұрын
@@ikarovski12 A pretty simple answer to the corpse beyond recognition is that it was the moment the Daidoji recruited Hanawa, they used a Tojo grunt as a decoy body. We see via the end of Gaiden they seemingly actively look out for opportunities to recruit yakuza in this way
@Landeyx
@Landeyx 10 ай бұрын
It'll either be Morinaga, which I'd like so his character could be deepened, or it'll be a new retconned in character we've never seen. Overall Hanawa's appreciation for Kiryu unknowingly knowing him and having done something important for him reminds me a lot of Takasugi & Shinada's relationship from Yakuza 5.
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
Men, I miss Shinada so much
@RedCruuve
@RedCruuve 10 ай бұрын
To all the people that think Hanawa is Nakajima, I have 1 question for you. In what scenario would the Daidoji approach a middle-aged taxi-driver boss, with no combat experience, and essentially force him to work as an agent (as we know Daidoji seems to recruit through threats and coercion), to abandon his former life and identity, and completely change his own voice, personality, and accent?
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
*Daidoji rides a taxi:* WOW! this driver would make for a fine agent
@ladisloved
@ladisloved 6 ай бұрын
Wasn't he hiding from his past life too? I didn't complete all taxi story from 5, so I am not sure on that one, but it would be crazy, if Nakajima was some sort of dragon, like Kiryu, before retiring from underworld.
@work1907
@work1907 5 ай бұрын
Wth? mild spoiler but have they played Infinite Wealth life link yet to think that?
@RedCruuve
@RedCruuve 5 ай бұрын
@@work1907 the people that had the theory that 'Nakajima was Hanawa' (for some reason) came about before IW release
@IMysticCobaltI
@IMysticCobaltI 10 ай бұрын
I really hope Hanawa is Morinaga, it’d be awesome and would have him redeem himself
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
Hopefully, we can see an interaction between Hanawa and Aizawa
@SylDragonia
@SylDragonia 10 ай бұрын
The only thing that stops me from accepting that is his way of talking about the Yakuza.
@Ulqui_210
@Ulqui_210 10 ай бұрын
​@@SylDragoniahe could always be lying. It would bring attention to him in front of the likes of Tsuruno that someone from the Daidoji that is not Kiryu would be familiar to the Yakuza life.
@SylDragonia
@SylDragonia 10 ай бұрын
@@Ulqui_210 yes I actually thought that. Then it would make sense.
@unamusedrohan1666
@unamusedrohan1666 10 ай бұрын
I think there's stronger evidence to suggest that Hanawa is actually Kanda's body from 3 using his excess biomass to regrow a head. Kanda's head obviously regrew a body and became Nagumo.
@BlueGuyTube
@BlueGuyTube 10 ай бұрын
Even the change in fighting style isn't really a point against Morinaga since he certainly went into extensive training as a Daidoji agent in the 7 years between Yakuza 5 and Gaiden
@marcelosoares7148
@marcelosoares7148 10 ай бұрын
Even more so if we think on the technical side because RGG is all about reusing assets, so in the end, its probably them just reusing a moveset from another character like always.
@Rubyape
@Rubyape 6 ай бұрын
And all of that doesn't matter now😂😂😂 Goddamnit, i can't believe they wasted him like THAT🤦‍♂️
@rodanandme
@rodanandme 10 ай бұрын
So the like final bosses of the game were basically taken by the Daidoji on the brink of death, so I would way more expect a character that “died” to be Hanawa (Morinaga or not)
@anonymousperson0
@anonymousperson0 10 ай бұрын
Maybe Mine since Richardson was in 8?
@rogueninjagaming248
@rogueninjagaming248 10 ай бұрын
@@anonymousperson0 Mine didn't knew Taichi Suzuki tho so he's not Hanawa
@LaVitaNouva
@LaVitaNouva 10 ай бұрын
@@rogueninjagaming248 Not to mention Mine is about the same height as Kiryu, while Hanawa is clearly shorter.
@stuartlittle281
@stuartlittle281 10 ай бұрын
Hanawa makes various comments throughout the story about not "getting" how the Yakuza works, which is a weird stance to take if he's supposedly a former member. The facial reconstruction idea doesn't make much sense either because if that was the case, surely Kiryu would have been expected to undergo the same process since he's FAR more recognisable. I also just don't see what his motive would be to conceal this from Kiryu. If he truly knows Kiryu that well, he knows Kiryu is willing to work with former enemies and put aside grudges for the sake of a greater goal (the guy forgave the dude who stabbed him at the end of 3, to name just one example), and wouldn't hold anything against Morinaga if they were in the same boat. This is probably not a returning character at all and is going to be a whole new thing, if it even comes up again and wasn't just a fun ambiguous thing to throw in to create these sorts of discussions.
@cius2112
@cius2112 10 ай бұрын
You take everything at face value huh?
@fugutamasuoable
@fugutamasuoable 4 ай бұрын
But it was confirmed that Hanawa is indeed Morinaga😮
@gonza114
@gonza114 10 ай бұрын
It's a very good theory, in Yakuza 5 the truth was never revealed to us after Morinaga's death. Knowing Rgg Studio, I wouldn't be surprised if Hanawa and Morinaga are the same person, unless everything is a simple coincidence, such as Kiryu having picked up Hanawa in his taxi in 2012 and that Morinaga was simply a different person who perhaps ended up dying
@markkoi6874
@markkoi6874 10 ай бұрын
I don't think it's Morinaga. Temples monk scouted him out and he said: -"I needed someone capable to work under me, so i pulled him into this criminal underworld. He was slightly lacking in personality... but when it really mattered, you could always count on him." Doesn't fit Morinaga. He would be at least pulled BACK and personality part also doesn't fit if we assume it's him.
@markkoi6874
@markkoi6874 10 ай бұрын
I think it would fit Shinada more then Morinaga since he has a connection to Daigo and could get all of the knowledge about Tojo from him and personality... i don't think i need to say anything
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
Interesting, I do remember the monk saying that. If we're getting Shinada back, I want the actual Shrimpnada
@TruBaus210
@TruBaus210 7 ай бұрын
Shinji
@fugutamasuoable
@fugutamasuoable 4 ай бұрын
It is Morinaga, as confirmed
@dankbuster2181
@dankbuster2181 10 ай бұрын
When Hanawa first told kiryu that he knew about the taichi suzuki alias, I though he was the one kid that kiryu gave a job in the taxi indusrty. Not so sure tho
@Ulqui_210
@Ulqui_210 10 ай бұрын
I think the main reason Morinaga is suspected to be Hanawa's true identity is because of his knowledge of the Taichi Suzuki alias (also helps that both characters share voice actors). There's really only very few people that would reasonably know about Kiryu's identity as Taichi Suzuki that are still alive. Aoyama is one but he's literally killed by Morinaga with a shit ton of witnesses. Kurosawa knows but he's more than likely dead from his cancer at this point. Nakajima knows too but I doubt he would be a viable agent in the Daidoji's eyes, nor would there even be a reason for Nakajima to join. Madarame is most likely dead at this point in time as well. Daigo and Watase do not count for obvious reason. Yahata's probably busy running the Madarame family. Aizawa is currently MIA but I don't think Hanawa's body build comes close to Aizawa's. If we are gonna count on Hanawa being a past character that knows about Kiryu's life as Taichi Suzuki, its really only Morinaga that rings any bells for me.
@hotness1113
@hotness1113 10 ай бұрын
There is one other thing: When Hanawa is forced to shoot Kiryu or die, he mentions that Kiryu saved his life twice. Now I'm not sure what this first time was supposed to be, but it could be when Morinaga had to take shelter at Kiryu's place back in Y5 when he got beat up.
@DavidHosey1
@DavidHosey1 10 ай бұрын
Nah he mentions that the first time was from the Watase family, and makes it clear that he “just saved him again,” by being a good role model and friend to him that made him realize the kind of man he wanted to be and what he should stand up to. Him deciding to spare Kiryu was his 2nd time being “saved” from what he meant
@purpzz6285
@purpzz6285 10 ай бұрын
Well at the start of the game he gets rescued from kidnapping, then is rescued much later again.
@hotness1113
@hotness1113 10 ай бұрын
​@purpzz6285 oh yeah I forgot about that
@bigtacotime4382
@bigtacotime4382 10 ай бұрын
bringing up mirror face is good but should've also included new joon-gi. cosmetic surgeons in the yakuza-verse are fucking amazing.
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
Watch out! The Daidoji faction is right behind you
@DavidHosey1
@DavidHosey1 10 ай бұрын
To be fair, Mirror Face is most likely not just a single person. It’s clear they’re using realistically printed faces and voice modulators (both mentioned again in the subsequent game of Lost Judgment), so it only makes sense that people with similar physiques to their targets are chosen and then sent out The Jingweon cosmetic stuff is impressive tho ngl
@deluxe110yt
@deluxe110yt 10 ай бұрын
This might be a far-fetched theory but Hanawa's face model looks eerily similar to Yotaro Nakajima from Yakuza 5, Kiryu's employer at Nagasu Taxi. If you make him thinner, he might resemble Hanawa in a way, plus him knowing Kiryu's Taichi Suzuki alias and the fact that a lot of times in the story, Hanawa says that the yakuza life is alien to him and the priest told Joryu that he brought Hanawa to the criminal underworld. I know there ain't much to solidify that theory but that was my first instinct when I first saw Hanawa on the trailers.
@Crudecoronet
@Crudecoronet 10 ай бұрын
I think nakajima is too old to be hanawa but I guess its still a possibility
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
So we're getting Taxi missions for the next Gaiden? I'm down with that!
@rogueninjagaming248
@rogueninjagaming248 10 ай бұрын
Nakajima is a bit too old to be Hanawa. Personality wise they don't match either.
@RedCruuve
@RedCruuve 10 ай бұрын
There are too many inconsistencies for that to be true. 1: They sound nothing alike 2: They have completely different accents 3: Hanawa looks significantly younger than Nakajima
@hphunter
@hphunter 10 ай бұрын
Hmm Nakajima was just a regular company boss wasn't he? Would need to make a big story to make the Daidoji force him to become an agent which while possible, would be harder to fit in the plot than just using Hanawa.
@moister3727
@moister3727 10 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure Hanawa was one of the thousands of customers of Taichi Suzuki has in his runtime as a Taxi Driver. Most cameos of past characters were really obvious and to the point; A clone, face surgery, or what not. This one though? It's really hard to tell. Really cool theory nonetheless.
@FloorFourteen
@FloorFourteen 10 ай бұрын
If he was some random passenger, why would he remember Taichi Suzuki? It's not like Kiryu even interacted with his passengers at all. Daigo could barely get a word out of him.
@moister3727
@moister3727 10 ай бұрын
@@FloorFourteen Maybe he was a regular and could've got a word or two with him. Maybe that was his appeal, being the silent driver in Nagoya. And as Hanawa is, things may have got well between the two of them. Maybe this doesn't even make sense, and Hanawa simply decided to make a quick investigation on Kiryu and his past.
@manukau5271
@manukau5271 10 ай бұрын
No
@Zephhi
@Zephhi 10 ай бұрын
Nah probably not likely. They wouldn't do something like this just for it to be a random person, it would be someone we know @@moister3727
@hakzource8660
@hakzource8660 10 ай бұрын
@@FloorFourteenin the mini games he actually makes a lot of small talk. Although it isn’t exactly “canon.
@revv0o
@revv0o 10 ай бұрын
Very plausible, but Hanawa expressed several times throughout the game that he does not understand nor know much about Yakuza things.
@funnynamelol3156
@funnynamelol3156 9 ай бұрын
So Yokoyama just straight up confirmed it lol
@Faceu7745
@Faceu7745 8 ай бұрын
Wdym
@funnynamelol3156
@funnynamelol3156 8 ай бұрын
@@Faceu7745 that Hanawa is Morinaga.
@5persondude
@5persondude 10 ай бұрын
When I saw that last cutscene, weirdly enough my first guess was the young guy in Nakajima’s taxi business. Mostly because he’d be one of the people who knew Kiryu as “Taichi Suzuki”, plus he was one of the targets you had to take down in that street racing side-story. My head cannon was that, because he was part of the street racing gang, he might’ve gotten into trouble and had to vanish. …then I thought about it a little more and realized that it most likely wasn’t him. Maybe I had brain fog after bawling my eyes out at the scene before it 😅
@SteelBallRun1890
@SteelBallRun1890 8 ай бұрын
Hearing about how Yokoyama wrote 5, he writes it chapter by chapter, its not written with the endgame in sight and prefers writing in a way that the script takes him to the end. I guess its a good reason for why plot twists are heavy when the final chapter looms in. I truly believe that Yokoyama wrote Hanawa being Morinaga in, to remedy how Morinaga just seemingly dies off-screen in 5 after Kiryu's chapter ends with Morinaga being set up as a final boss or at least someone who will be a prelude to it. Its hard to even believe he died in the game because Morinaga did the same off-screen death announcement to Kiryu with Aizawa and then Aizawa shows up alive in the final chapters of 5.
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 8 ай бұрын
NGL, I was expecting Mori to show up after the Aizawa fight
@muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846
@muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846 7 ай бұрын
Morinaga or not. Its... pretty sad what happened to him after Gaiden. 😔
@yoshidude26
@yoshidude26 7 ай бұрын
Yeah I know cuz I feel that Hanawa could take over the brawler series
@ezzili
@ezzili 10 ай бұрын
When I saw the trailer for this game, I immediately thought Hanawa was Kazama Joji from Y3. The look, the suit with blue shirt, the fact he knows Kiryu and his connection with the orphanage, AND the fact Joji is connected with the CIA, while Daidoji is AS WELL. However, that doesn't add up with the Suzuki alias used in Y5, but maybe the CIA were monitoring him in Y5 or something. The fact Kashiwagi is probably also still alive (got fake "killed" in Y3, same game as Joji), might make him connected with this whole thing. I still think it's probably Joji.
@werevin649
@werevin649 10 ай бұрын
i think this theory is neat. i like it a lot. regarding the people saying he died, Kashiwagi got shot by helicopters and survived. Andre richardson survived a fall. Lau Ka long survived a bullet in the brain. Great video!
@Weewoo343
@Weewoo343 10 ай бұрын
High chance Nishiki and Mine being alive then
@leonardo25gabriel
@leonardo25gabriel 10 ай бұрын
After the ridiculousness of Kashiwagi being brought back, anything goes, honestly, death doesn't exist in the Like a Dragon universe.
@IMysticCobaltI
@IMysticCobaltI 10 ай бұрын
@@Weewoo343I hope Mine is alive, he is the GOAT
@marcelosoares7148
@marcelosoares7148 10 ай бұрын
​@@Weewoo343Nishiki survived by rebuilding himself piece by piece after the bomb exploded, trust me.
@mjc0961
@mjc0961 10 ай бұрын
@@marcelosoares7148 Nishiki took a page from Zero in Mega Man X6 and hid himself while he repaired himself.
@Alexyahoo10
@Alexyahoo10 9 ай бұрын
The phrase “Yakuza costumes are alien to me” that Hanawa says in the final chapter has me doubting the whole Morinaga theory, but if it’s not him, I don’t who it could be, so I’ll be sticking to it for now
@andresashura5550
@andresashura5550 10 ай бұрын
1) morinaga 2) a few other Taxi drivers who worked with kiryu during the taxi driver era
@chrisckvan
@chrisckvan 10 ай бұрын
If Ryuji is alive I will lose my shit.
@Zephhi
@Zephhi 10 ай бұрын
Must've gotten a face change or something cause he looks a little different but other than that, everything matches up to be him, even the voice actor. Though it definitely could be Nakajima (Kiryu's taxi boss) because Hanawa looks like a skinnier version of him and both have glasses, but it's hard to say. It's definitely one of the two tho.
@revv0o
@revv0o 10 ай бұрын
i'd say the "same va" thing doesn't really matter, unless they make it lore accurate. nishiki and ichiban have the same va but obviously they're not the same person and same with other characters, like ibuchi from yk2 and the new guy in IW
@Zephhi
@Zephhi 9 ай бұрын
@@revv0oWell it’s more like the cherry on top when the character in question is clearly from Yakuza 5
@idfkimaclown
@idfkimaclown 9 ай бұрын
I’m telling you guys it was Kiryu’s taxi boss in 5.
@thebeastwithin6978
@thebeastwithin6978 10 ай бұрын
Even tho Morinaga and Hanawa share VA’s doesn’t mean they are the same people. Yuta and Rikiya as well as Shinada an Nagumo share VA’s and they are different characters. Given that Hanawa seems like he doesn’t understand the Yakuza life, it could be Kiryu’s Taxi Driver Boss (or maybe even Mine to an extent)
@Kagetora-
@Kagetora- 9 ай бұрын
It's only a speculation that Hanawa and Morinaga are the same
@fugutamasuoable
@fugutamasuoable 4 ай бұрын
@@Kagetora-which is confirmed by Yokoyama
@Krow621
@Krow621 8 ай бұрын
Another thing is the Daidoji kidnapped Nishitani III and Shishido supposedly plans to make them agent and in a similar fashion that's what happened to Hanawa aka Morinaga. Especially his death happened off screen and the only confirmation of his death is the Florist stating that his body is in Kamurocho PD's morgue. Kamurocho PD is known for being corrupt and the Daidoji faked Kiryu's death so whose to say the Daidoji did not get Morinaga.
@jasperdrewery09
@jasperdrewery09 10 ай бұрын
I think he was a taxi driver along kiryu in yakuza 5
@OwysGaming
@OwysGaming 10 ай бұрын
I dont see any resemblance in Hanawa and Morinaga's faces tho...
@None-ub8nq
@None-ub8nq 10 ай бұрын
Joon-Gi Han had plastic surgery before so rgg might've done that.
@satyamSaha
@satyamSaha 10 ай бұрын
plastic surgery is a thing
@portagasdace21117
@portagasdace21117 9 ай бұрын
Wasn’t morinaga beaten to the point of where he couldn’t be identified in yakuza 5
@stevegonzales527
@stevegonzales527 9 ай бұрын
Seems like I was the only one who played the whole game in the dragon fighting style 😂
@Kagetora-
@Kagetora- 9 ай бұрын
Agent is really fun tho
@ryan_1099
@ryan_1099 10 ай бұрын
First thing that popped in my head was the Taxi company dude lul.
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
TBH, They really look alike
@omarelric
@omarelric 10 ай бұрын
Hanawa is Takaki Horigome
@maxislate5741
@maxislate5741 9 ай бұрын
Let’s remember that they knew his name ,, Suzuki,, so it must be someone that knew that name
@Kagetora-
@Kagetora- 9 ай бұрын
I like how some people think it's Kiryu's taxi boss or Hanawa
@bancobanquito509
@bancobanquito509 10 ай бұрын
Man when i saw richardson in Y8 my fanboy ass thought Hanawa was Mine but then i realized he never knew Taichi Suzuki lo
@ColdAssailant29
@ColdAssailant29 10 ай бұрын
After finishing the game, I'm legit sure that Hanawa is indeed Morinaga from Yakuza 5. Their last conversation gave a lot of hints to that already.
@izwaspayne
@izwaspayne 9 ай бұрын
Yeah that last line is just straight up saying morinaga saying to kiryu
@Quickscop3r4u
@Quickscop3r4u 7 ай бұрын
Only thing that makes no sense is how hanawa finds the yakuza lifestyle alien to him and also saying that how far would you risking your life for those above you considering that morinaga was daigos personal bodyguard with aizawa
@jcman-lp6lg
@jcman-lp6lg 8 ай бұрын
seeing how Ichiban's tattoo is a carp turning into a dragon and nishiki's is a carp pretty sure making them have the same VA is done intentionally
@AhmedKalad-pv6lj
@AhmedKalad-pv6lj 9 ай бұрын
Someone who claims to have talked with Yokoyama says Hanawa is indeed Morinaga as Yokoyama confirmed it. Not sure if it's bs tho.
@ItsDanbo
@ItsDanbo 6 ай бұрын
Still think it’s Mine. If Richardson survived, so can Mine
@OceanEyesTwentyEight
@OceanEyesTwentyEight 8 ай бұрын
Hanawa looks alot like the taxi boss in 5 aswell could be funny
@kiiroitooru
@kiiroitooru 9 ай бұрын
not rgg teasing us with ryuji💀 Im so curious with what he is doing rn, because that mf aint dead fs
@PsychicGirl
@PsychicGirl 9 ай бұрын
This game fixed a lot of my biggest plot issues with 7 and 6 so Hanawa being Morinaga would add fixing 5 as well.
@Kagetora-
@Kagetora- 9 ай бұрын
I didn't have much issues with 7 tbh
@fugutamasuoable
@fugutamasuoable 4 ай бұрын
I believe it was mainly homage to 5. It fixed quite a few issues with 5.
@13anderst
@13anderst 7 ай бұрын
I honestly think that Hanawa is one of the minor characters but I don’t think he’s the taxi boss. I think he’s the taxi driver that wanted to be a pro racer. His name is Tomoaki Muramatsu. They look more similar, than anything
@Temperance_XVII
@Temperance_XVII 7 ай бұрын
Yeah the taxi boss was in a substory after Hanawa died, so it’s not him
@dj_deadhead
@dj_deadhead 10 ай бұрын
a lot of people are against tojo/yakuza, im not sure why making that point would connect the lines to morinaga
@Temperance_XVII
@Temperance_XVII 10 ай бұрын
The sheer fact he knew that taichi suzuki was a fake name pretty much narrows it down to Hanawa being Aizawa or Morinaga and it makes a lot more sense for him to be Morinaga
@anoka42852
@anoka42852 10 ай бұрын
@@Temperance_XVII suzuki taichi
@DavidHosey1
@DavidHosey1 10 ай бұрын
@@Temperance_XVIIor just the fact that the Daidoji have eyes and ears everywhere for decades at this point, particularly on people in positions of power that huge conflicts revolve around like Kiryu? Pretty likely they simply found out and kept it on record
@Temperance_XVII
@Temperance_XVII 10 ай бұрын
@@DavidHosey1 that still doesn’t change the fact that Hanawa said he knew Kiryu in another life
@DavidHosey1
@DavidHosey1 10 ай бұрын
@@Temperance_XVII agreed, and I think it’s Morinaga too. But it still could just be to show how Kiryu affects people in life even when under a different name, living a different life. Kiryu was at his lowest point and doing the least, and this shows that he still managed to change lives just by being who he is
@masterbaiter3807
@masterbaiter3807 10 ай бұрын
I didn't play yakuza games, just watched the gameplay but did Kiryu ever save Morinaga in Y5? because Hanawa mentioned that Kiryu saved him twice, at first we would assume he meant once at the dock and 2nd time when he was actually kidnapped, but now that we learned that he knows Kiryu prior joining Daidoji faction could change that
@OtakuDefined
@OtakuDefined 10 ай бұрын
If I remember correctly, once in Y5 and then again in LAD Gaiden
@saifulfarhan5384
@saifulfarhan5384 9 ай бұрын
I haven't seen the video but I'm gonna say that Hanawa is actually Morinaga with plastic surgery. We didn't actually see Morinaga's body so it's entirely possible. It's happened before so it can happen again
@Kagetora-
@Kagetora- 9 ай бұрын
That could be a possibility
@lurkingshiba5688
@lurkingshiba5688 10 ай бұрын
filo yakuza fan = auto sub
@SturkGaming
@SturkGaming 10 ай бұрын
This feels like a stretch, but one that would be absolutely awesome if they pulled it off well. Nice!
@portagasdace21117
@portagasdace21117 9 ай бұрын
Morinaga or Kiryu’s 🚕 boss.
@unusualpizza
@unusualpizza 10 ай бұрын
i thought in rgg online aizawa offed morinaga lol
@masteroflight7296
@masteroflight7296 10 ай бұрын
Off screen with no confirmation. Just the word that he did.
@stargateheaven23
@stargateheaven23 10 ай бұрын
what if hes aizawa...!
@portagasdace21117
@portagasdace21117 9 ай бұрын
Too small to be aizawa
@mencobasukses97
@mencobasukses97 7 ай бұрын
funny enough, this january I decided to buy gaiden and 5 on a whim
@LinkcarioX
@LinkcarioX 10 ай бұрын
They have the same VA, I have no doubt they are the same person.
@DavidHosey1
@DavidHosey1 10 ай бұрын
So Ichi is Nishiki? And Nanba is Yagami, but only when playing in English? And Yamai from 8 is Ibuchi from K2, but only in Japanese? Don’t think that makes sense lol
@roygreed
@roygreed 10 ай бұрын
​@@DavidHosey1ichi is reincarnation of nishiki, namba btw
@CheLovEkoShpRoT
@CheLovEkoShpRoT 10 ай бұрын
But he doesnt look like him
@RobSikes
@RobSikes 10 ай бұрын
It could be Morinaga, but if they could change faces why didnt they do that for Kiryu. Watch it be something silly has one of fhe people that worked at taxi company or that dude in the sidequest where he reunited the father and daughter. The dad fought in that mission.
@fugutamasuoable
@fugutamasuoable 4 ай бұрын
LOL change Kiryu’s face? Absolutely not 😂
@TruBaus210
@TruBaus210 7 ай бұрын
Don't forget about shinji
@TruBaus210
@TruBaus210 4 ай бұрын
SHINJI!!!!
@snakefh
@snakefh 7 ай бұрын
For some weird reason... when i played this game, i still don't understand why but i though he was Masato Arakawa. I literally don't know why...
@apoloshand4746
@apoloshand4746 8 ай бұрын
I really think that Hanawa looks like Mine Yoshitaka 😮
@skyclouds24
@skyclouds24 9 ай бұрын
Hes not morinaga. Morinaga is a bartender in yokohama u can see him if u go there as ichiban
@Griefy74
@Griefy74 9 ай бұрын
That's not morinaga that's kashiwagi he literally has the same scar
@MrRobertGillan
@MrRobertGillan 7 ай бұрын
Bruh 🤦🏻
@wolfder6661
@wolfder6661 10 ай бұрын
I believe its probably Hanawa cuz same VA but he and SPOILERS for anyone who hasn't played the Like a Dragon 8 demo.................................................. Part of me Really hopes it's Mi'ne he's got a simular face to Mi'ne and it's possible cuz Richardson/Anderson is what seems to be alive and well
@Kagetora-
@Kagetora- 9 ай бұрын
I doubt it's Mine lol.
@simon_1987
@simon_1987 10 ай бұрын
Hanawana is hakura after a sex change operation
@CoderSV3
@CoderSV3 10 ай бұрын
A LOT of this was a stretch imo, save for VA and that "I already met you in 2012", unless Hanawa himself confirms it. Imma still not 100% believe it
@Zwste
@Zwste 8 ай бұрын
Imagine it was that one nerd employee from the taxi company
@MrRobertGillan
@MrRobertGillan 7 ай бұрын
You mean the boss?
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