Yakuza Characters That Disappeared

[@MikeJr9284]

The Florist would have made 6's plot even shorter. He's way too overpowered.

[@Casshio]

They should've killed or retired him

[@XanathosAMV]

He would've just went: oh you wanna know who the father is? Look at this camera I placed in harukas left toe

[@Demonxsmit]

He shoulda at least made a appearance in lad 8

[@Demonxsmit]

Part of the bucket list

[@degmcgee]

feel like he could easily be shoveled into the daidoji one way or anither especially if none of his previous bases are still standing

[@JD-pz3zk]

Strange how the florist doesn’t even get a bucket list memory in IW considering how important he was to kiryu in the first 3 games

[@Vault_69]

Purgatory gets a memoir at Kamarocho Hills and the Florist is mentioned in it, but that's all we get

[@solidgent7870]

Nor did Kuze or Shibusawa, which I found completely baffling

[@ClericV]

Kuze and shibusawa I get why Kiryu wouldn't want to think about them. But the florist was a close ally and Kiryu even helped his family. You would think he would at least get a goodbye even if he wasn't an informant anymore.

[@giantcrayfish2866]

@@solidgent7870 Zero has a questionable amount of relevance to the overall franchise unfortunately.

[@Ulqui_210]

​@@giantcrayfish2866well thats what happens when a prequel is made when the series is already five mainline games deep with two remakes for the first two games that expands a bit on some stuff 0 established, with the "finale" for Kiryu supposedly being in 6

[@GooberGaGotoku]

Mfs when the Ryudo family atleast gets a “mention” in 8

[@redbaronmars4176]

ion remember. what was the "mention"?

[@DatisDHShorts]

@@redbaronmars4176 at the start of the game when Ebina and Ichiban are talking by the docks, he talks about the 2nd great dissolution and mentions that they're also trying to involve the Ryudo family, Kitakata family (or whatever the guys who wore red were in Y5) and the Hiroshima Yakuza (either the Yomei alliance or the Hirose family)

[@diegordi1394]

​@@DatisDHShorts The guys in red tracksuits were the Yamagasa Family, from Kiryu's part of the game. The Kitakata would be the ones from Hokkaido.

[@chubburito6398]

It was crazy how a 1/3 of the ryudo family was killed over the course of yakuza 3

[@jackarisho6607]

3:10 The real reason we probably never saw Joji again is cuz his va (who also voiced Kazama) sadly passed from pneumonia. Won’t be surprised if his illness is what caused him to be replaced in ishin, have only like 3 lines of dialogue in 0, and remaster his audio for the kiwamis.

[@oscarprudencio1799]

Except Kazama/Joji's VA passed away in 2020. Eleven years after Y3, five years after Y0. His Ishin counterpart was voiced by someone else who also passed away. So no, that is not the reason why Joji never came back.

[@jackarisho6607]

@@oscarprudencio1799 Sorry I misspoke. I know he died in 2020. I’m saying that I wouldn’t be surprised that his illness (which was probably made worse to due to his age) is what caused said cast change and short 0 screen time before his passing. Didn’t mean to pass it as fact, although the reason we’re not seeing him from here on out is cuz of his death.

[@garrettoliva5154]

Even in a video about forgotten characters, Tanimura still gets forgotten. 💀Little Asia burns to the ground and he just dips forever.

[@zifighterz]

LOL

[@scuti7952]

he was mentioned in infinite wealth, so not truly forgotten

[@KeanuRhys01]

Not sure if someone said it, but my headcanon on what happened to The Florist is that he retired and started becoming a dad to Takashi

[@samfire3067]

A grampa. 4 years he could've even Gonna back to The police or a private detective

[@yankoelgueta1116]

I like to imagine it , or at least have heard it from the games after 5 , they completely vanished him into the shadow realm

[@joelrobinson5457]

I like to imagine he did, but it wasn't public to protect his identity

[@possiblestranger]

Like it or not, RGG are amazing at creating characters that people love and then vanishing them forever

[@phantomend9442]

I wish they would have brought back Taichi Suzuki after yakuza 5. He was cool as fuck

[@OneAndOnlyDave117]

But they did! you can actually play as him in infinite wealth, but people are stupid and think it's Kiryu (minor character from dead souls) i hope that one day we will be able to play as joryu again

[@maxisdead2153]

​@@OneAndOnlyDave117Play Gaiden, Joryu is actually Taichi Suzuki, that's why they're so similar!

[@OneAndOnlyDave117]

@@maxisdead2153 they’re not, at the end of gaiden, Joryu changes his name to Taichi Suzuki to commit identity theft

[@samfire3067]

You mean taichi suzuki from The Second part of y4

[@kakugowaii5854]

I think its a shame we never got to see Kido or Arai again. They were two of the most interesting characters from 4 and I feel they have a lot of storytelling potential left in them, especially Kido trying to figure out what being a Yakuza means to him

[@DarkkirbyKRPG]

I can explain to you why they never came back with a simple phrase: They are modeled after their actors.

[@drandescancelled2825]

@@DarkkirbyKRPG i mean, there are other characters who were based on their actors and still able to come back in later entries. Not all, but still

[@diegordi1394]

​@@drandescancelled2825Only the important ones like Yagami or Nanba.

[@joesama3282]

Kido get the Yuta treatment, one time contract only

[@iskanderrg]

@@diegordi1394 I mean, Arai is literally a second villain after Munakata

[@muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846]

Another prominent character that disappeared not mentioned is Chief Junichi Sudo. Date's first partner in the series who seemingly disappeared after Yakuza 4.

[@samfire3067]

Probaly got put in The car ticket departament after he helped a civilian journalist date drop some paper with The police helicopter.

[@scarymeunster9095]

@@samfire3067As sad as it is, that would canonically fit perfectly. Seeing as Horinouchi would almost definitely be Commissioner of Tokyo by the time of 5 following Munakata (then Deputy Commissioner) being exposed as a criminal mastermind, he had no reason not to do to Sudo what was done to Adachi. Hopefully Date mentions him or Ichiban gets to meet him. I’d still like to see Date pop in now and then somewhere like New Serena if we get to make a stop in Kamurocho just bartending and having a chat. He’s basically the only adult character from 1 who isn’t Kiryu’d or dead.

[@Ulqui_210]

Infinite Wealth spoilers . . . . . . . . Man, what a wasted opportunity to not have Sudo reappear in 8, even if its as part of Date's Poundmate attack.

[@IanMalcolm99]

@@Ulqui_210 continuing the spoilers a little . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . I'm kinda annoyed he wasn't there at the return to japan scene instead of a nameless policeman with date, it was the perfect place to have him return, but it didn't happen

[@dialnh]

I always thought Minami was underrated and underutilized, glad to see someone else feel the same.

[@trashcan7594]

one of the coolest tattoos in the series too

[@Casshio]

Yesss! I really wanted to see him alongside Majima. Majima could have a spinoff game where he and Nishida appear as his offices. I would've loved more focus on the Yakuza families anyway. Like, not only Majimas but also Saejimas which we know nothing about.

[@try_wk4687]

Florist would end yakuza 6 in 30 mins

[@drandescancelled2825]

He might got killed after accidentally stumbled upon the secret of onomichi

[@ajajaj75]

shintaro/joji kazama's voice actor passed away in 2020

[@WaddleDee45]

Watase was probably still out fishing or wrestling sharks when Kiryu rolled up to the Jima Shed and missed the entire endgame as a result.

[@RemyDyte]

the whole time i was watching this i was thinking “there’s no way this dude is gonna mention Hasebe” and then boom Hasebe shows up

[@TostadoMafioso]

it feels like a lot of stuff in yakuza 3 is just forgotten about by everyone

[@literaryloser4470]

Feels more like filler than anything. Yeah we establish the Orphanage and Kashiwagi dying, but other than that the plot is so self contained (and terrible) that you could essentially remove the main plot from canon and it wouldn't matter.

[@divinecomedy1088]

@@literaryloser4470 not only that, RGG also takes the things they establish there in the canon and just retcon it by having 3 people that got killed in that game actually survive and come back in Yakuza 7 and 8, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if Mine will come back for Yakuza 9 teaming up with Ryuji or something lol

[@maqvy]

Watase showed up in gaiden being a really important character in there, shortly after followed by infinite wealth where he didnt show up which is a shame but understandable because they probably couldnt bring every single actor for the game. LaD as a whole just has way too much characters lol

[@CabaretGrand]

I always thought about doing a video on this subject; shout-out to Date’s detective friend Sudo who also disappears randomly despite being in several games.

[@Mel9188]

Yokoyama randomly deciding Aizawa was going to be the final boss is hilarious, but he's a nice character

[@DeathCrunch]

What hilarious is his script notes being included as dialogue. "Why are you here" "I'm not actually sure" 💀

[@Mel9188]

@@DeathCrunch the 4th wall is in crumbles with this one

[@peropero2208]

Him being there and not even being sure why feels like a meta joke

[@mijofalco6355]

Seeing as the yakuza games are written are written chapter by chapter instead of having a laid out plan from the get-go, I can see how a lot of these characters were just forgotten over time. But also, I feel like starting with y6, they wanted to revamp the series and get rid of the out there characters that just didn't fit their new take anymore. Characters like the florist, Bob, the fortune teller, Mac and komaki. Now, komaki did return, because he had to, but the others just weren't necessary anymore, and were just too ridiculous.

[@bebrasmachnayq5691]

Not gonna sugar coat it, Rikiya will always gonna be in our hearts....

[@scottlil01]

I'm surprised Katsuya from 5 isn't mentioned here. I feel like he could have had a part to play in either LaD or Gaiden, given how close he was to Watase.

[@DarkkirbyKRPG]

He's modeled after his actor. That should be explanation enough for him, alongside every other character with this feature.

[@thebeastwithin6978]

For I sec I thought you meant the chef who gives you the food boosts

[@Demonxsmit]

​@@thebeastwithin6978 that's tatsuya

[@mohdshahariar5833]

Katsuya is the biggest disappointment mainly cause of his short stint, and not a mention afterwards, disbanding of Omi is one huge incident and we dont even hear a peep from him

[@cameronj174]

Unrelated but I hope we’ll have ichiban around for a while, his age worries me seeing as he’s currently 47 years old and RGG are weirdly obsessed with doing time jumps to the year the games are set and seeing as it will take 4-5 years for the next mainline game Ichi will be older than Kiryu was in Gaiden, it worries me because as a long time fan of the series since the PS2 days I hope we will have ichiban around for a long time.

[@kamenjojo]

Maybe in Yakuza 12 Ichi will be 62 Years old. 😂 but on the serious note. They could make him slightly younger. Like his brith year could have been 1980

[@DarkkirbyKRPG]

That's a point I hadn't considered, and a very interesting one. RGGS making the games take place when the game released made sense as a practice because it both kept the setting current and also because RGGS used to have a "at least one game every year" policy, so you never really had that much of a timeskip per games. Now that games take much longer to make, perhaps they should stop trying to set each game in the year they release in, specially with Ichiban's age being a factor. Granted Kiryu was a playable protagonist at age 55, and Ichiban is never leaving the RPG style, so maybe it could work well into his 50s. However I do agree it'd be best not to keep doing the timeskips.

[@kamenjojo]

@@DarkkirbyKRPG do you think a Ichiban prequel could work perhaps add Yamai do the mix i’m not sure it could work I mean ask an RGG fan pre 0 of a prequel maybe they say, like how could that work? I don’t know 😆

[@CrystalFissure]

Really enjoyed this! I still want to see Tanimura and Shinada, even though they were shouted out through the Bucket List pictures.

[@KaroshiSalad2000s]

RGG Studios Making The Most Banger Characters Ever Seen To Mankind Just To Either Kill Them Or Make Them Appear In One Game Just To Vanish And Never Appear Again.

[@Ghhumor]

I hope that RGG willl make more Gaiden games (in the past) that touch up on these forgotten characters

[@MrLevRocks]

Finally some Nishida respect. I always found his character intriguing. He's a dependable, soft type that I can see someone like Majima taking a liking to (even if as a victim of his abuse). So many questions. How did someone like him get into the yakuza (and moreso the Majima family)? What's his rank? Since he's often shown as Majima's right-hand man it must be pretty high. Where is he post-7, since I feel like he'd be loyal to Majima to the end? How can such a non-character like him be so captivating?

[@yungjunkie666]

High quality youtubers rarely exists didnt save florist for last or middle got straight to the point you earned my sub

[@Casshio]

Hayashi was so fucking cool. I don't know why. The series really needed a no nonsense Yakuza. Just a loyal and competent subordinate who gets sent by the Omi to get shit done. He could've fought alongside Kiryu at some point or something. And he had some cool ass themes too.

[@Alex169o]

2:05 my poor boy leaved the series way to early... 😢

[@collinrogers4742]

super sad minami never showed again, absolutely loved his character, especially as a member of the majima family, he just makes sense as majimas suboordinate.

[@ikedatike2533]

I mean in the next game that's being released like a pirate gaiden he does show up. I don't know how long he's in it but he does show up again

[@moroxian8920]

I just like to believe the Florist died of heart failure after 5.

[@OneAndOnlyDave117]

he died of fentanyl overdose

[@salt2209]

You forgot the legend who had a 10-win streak, KAMUROCHO’S MAD DRAGON, UUUUUKYOOOOOOOOOOO TAAAAAATSUUUUYAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Mr.ANDERSONYOURASCAL]

Tanimura fans have to find solace in the fact that he gets a single mention in yakuza 5 during the "secret" Amon boss fight

[@finalfursonavii8635]

the ryudo family and yakuza 3 may be one of my favourites... yakuza 3 gets bashed so much, but i think it still has one of my favourite stories

[@malakarvonstroheim5372]

Yakuza 3's problem was never the story

[@cyber_stealth]

unrelated but the scene in yakuza 1 when kiryu reveals he's the 4th chairman felt way more impactful when i was replaying it before 8

[@arsenal4739]

My headcanon with Hasabe is that he was possibly killed by Mine’s crew or expelled since he not only fought Kiryu but tried taking over Kazama family territory.

[@peropero2208]

I remember seeing a joke (or maybe not) headcanon that Joji is actually Shintaro who was brainwashed into believing that he is another person

[@theepitomeofsadness5726]

Not even an honorable mention of our boy Tanimura... I guess that's fair, most of the fandom hates him. I got into an argument with someone over Tanimura. They hated him just because he was a cop, and well ACAB applies to fiction characters, I guess

[@Shade497]

Most of the fandom loves him, you just met a twitter user

[@DarkkirbyKRPG]

This video mostly focuses on characters that didn't get a sendoff or mention in Infinite Wealth. Tanimura, surprisingly, gets a reminiscence moment from Kiryu, regretting letting him drop off his life but also not wanting to put his career at risk by contacting him. Same reason why Shinada is not mentioned by the video either. He gets a moment too.

[@theepitomeofsadness5726]

@@DarkkirbyKRPG Ah, I haven't gotten to that point in Infinite Wealth yet.

[@oktogon5137]

A lot of people hate him for being a cop in a yakuza game, which is a dumb reason since he’s pretty cool

[@DeathCrunch]

No mention of the 3jima's? They forgot how to be in the plot after Y5.

[@thebeastwithin6978]

Don’t forget the whole Saejima Family as well as Kido and the rest of his boys from jail

[@oktogon5137]

They don’t really need to be in the plot, aside from fanservice. They’re cool but they’re not always 100% needed

[@ChamChamRealSmooth]

And every time the 'jimas come back, their only role is to be jobbers. First they job to Ichiban and his party, then to Shishido. They deserve better.

[@WebbedManiac]

​@@ChamChamRealSmoothTf? Did you play the game bro? Majima and Saejima don't lose to Ichi and crew, they just stop fighting after Arakawa and Dojima arrive. As for Shishido, Kiryu wanted to deal with him alone so they let him do that.

[@LunarJolt]

weirdly enough I feel like yakuza is the series will one day make these kind of things return in some form. Like giving them some spotlight in a judgement game, or even another gaiden game, given how that one blantly sets up a lot for later.

[@NoForksGiven]

Never seeing Yayoi again is an unforgivable crime

[@sezunemizuhana3870]

Komaki's grandson Sosuke from 5 was also pretty cool and will probably never appear again.

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

Ok lmao i gaslit myself into believen hayashi died after the fight against him in kiwami 2. I honestly believed that until now and i played the game...

[@solidusgadget]

There's an even better way to bring Aizawa back. So, he's a son that didn't care for his father's dream, right? Let's turn it upside down. A loyal son who carries his father's dream. Boom, not only Aizawa was anti-Kiryu from 0 (look at their suits, Kazama-Kurosawa parallels and final boss fights in 5 and 0) and Ichiban is reverse Kiryu but Aizawa was anti-Ichiban this whole time. Ichiban was planned since early 10s and the series is gonna end with Ichiban and Aizawa fighting for their dreams and the future of the yakuza!

[@hello_nishiki]

Strange that tanimura wasn’t included

[@aYtto]

Nakahara literally became Kiryu's sworn brother and they did nothing with that. crazy.

[@youseenednedisdead]

I wish we could've seen Kuze and Shibusawa as decrepit ancient old men

[@GottderZocker42069]

Maybe in Yakuza 9 it will be revealed that the Florist is the master of Seonhee and he showed her how information gathering worked. But then he appears out of nowhere, just to tell Seonhee that she still isn't worthy of the Title "The Florist"

[@parllax]

Not to mention the multiple family never mention again.

[@derrkadurr473]

I wonder if Yayoi has tats

[@fakecheems]

Me and my friend always talk about how cool hayashi is and were disappointed that he didn't appear in any other games after 2 Good to know we're not the only ones lmao

[@LAUTICITO998]

It can't possibly be the end of the two other alive Dojima lieutenaunts in Yakuza 0, I was expecting them to atleast be mentioned in future games, in a substory or so, but I suppose it's the end for them in the joint.

[@ArmandobartolomeoGimenez]

man i hope we get at leasta dlc in IW about some of these characters

[@shinvertigo8410]

Still hoping we get to see Ukyo Tatsuya again, either in a remake/remaster of the Kurohyou games or in a new game. Would love to see Shinada mentioned as well as Tanimura too

[@bee-zeesoul1018]

You can’t make a video like this without addressing Masayoshi Tanimura. Yes, we know why; but the game doesn’t give an explanation.

[@omnicrete7470]

It’s probably since a good chunk of the fans didn’t actually play 3 4 or 5 and just have knowledge of the series through 0 and the Kiwami games Maybe we will get these characters back in yakuza 9 when the Amon clan cures kiryu’s cancer by spiking his cancer medicine with staminan sparks

[@natedoggbruh]

Yakuza 9 infinite health

[@CRAZYWIZARD]

Man watase is still my favorite hopefully he comes back as an informant or something

[@AmelpsXett]

i genuinely for a second thought it was an april fools video the only ones who are worthy of return here are Ryudo family and maybe Aras and Aizawa with a stretch. Everyone else either has a complete arc or is very irrelevant. Or just a one off (which is another term for irrelevant)

[@ChamChamRealSmooth]

Not sure if it counts, but Akiyama would've been perfect in Nick Ogata's place in 7 if you really think about it. They have pretty similar roles and quirks after all.

[@WebbedManiac]

I'm convinced that the Nick Ogata role was originally meant for Akiyama. He knows about all the 3jimas and is friends with them. Why wouldn't he hide them. Since he didn't appear, they had to explain why in 8 saying that he was out of country.

[@georgekitchen7046]

Fake Kiryu deserved a nod in IW

[@thedarkderp2520]

He does he's in the english dub 😂😅

[@mjc0961]

Hana-chan is so forgotten that she can't even get a mention in the forgotten Yakuza characters video :(

[@WebbedManiac]

Hana isn't forgotten though. She shows up in 4, talks with Akiyama in 5, and is mentioned in 6 that he sent her home for her safety. In 7 Akiyama himself doesn’t appear and only appears in 8 in two of Kiryu's life links, so there's no reason for Hana to be there.

[@Alex169o]

7:27 sadly my another boy who leaved early 😢

[@cutekyuu1]

yakuza dead souls is canon specifically for Hiyashi

[@drandescancelled2825]

It would've been neat if Baba actually stick around with Saejima

[@БогданКрименюк]

Kido on the bottom of the river:

[@spundt125]

Man, "Male voice" # 13 really went underutilized in the yakuza 2 and 3. Really wished we could hear them again in Infinite wealth 😢

[@mogusgaming3841]

doing a school project vs random yakuza videos

[@avito502]

mack was supposed to be in ishin kiwami but he was cut in favor of 0 and 7 dudes instead

[@JessePinkmanreal]

i mean, aizawa's probably dead. bro was left beat up in the cold, no shirt. no wonder he disappeared

[@rikustorm13]

I do like how Florist or rather "Bathkeeper" is in Ishin :D

[@asneakylawngnome5792]

God this reminds me of how much Yakuza can piss me off. All these great characters, wasted.

[@dastanovich2476]

He should've been part of Kiryu's Life Link instead of that nothingburger that was Sayama's

[@thareqprimaharianto8725]

Do you guys even remember what happened to Morinaga

[@gundle_]

He erased his name and became Hanawa

[@satyamSaha]

He died in Infinite Wealth

[@БогданКрименюк]

Yeah... About that

[@RobClober]

The Kuze disrespect is crazy

[@isaacmurillo1811]

To be honest, I feel Kuze served his purpose in Kiryu's story, I think the final words he exchanged with kiryu was a good sendoff before he was arrested in 0.

[@nasseraldosery6619]

Bruh you forgot tanimura and shinada 💔

[@ennie7287]

Rip tanimura and shinada

[@snowpysnowbell]

Anyone not gonna explain what happen to shinada after yakuza 5? He just suddenly disappeared & never mention or show in yakuza 6

[@BenetteG]

Its a shame Tanimura and Shinada never show up outside of the games they were introduced in (Y4 & Y5 respectively), well in mainline ones at least.

[@scarymeunster9095]

Their occupations meant that they had very little leeway in maintaining connections to career criminals. Tanimura really only passed in 4 because he helped arrest a national criminal, and Shinada was just a normal guy who happened to train like an anime character because he loves baseball.

[@Hizelly76]

im a proud hasabe fan !!!

[@Demonxsmit]

Let's not forget about kanai baba florist nakahara nagumo yuta shinada tanimura

[@Theta117]

what's the background music?

[@Sidhuhalalwala]

Where kuze at????

[@Kosei_0]

His arc was finished in 0, he's an actor based character, and most games were made before 0.

[@AzysAnimzimr]

According to RGG Online "After spending 10 years in prison, Kuze is released and is offered a chance to return to the Tojo Clan by Third Chairman Masaru Sera and his predecessor, Takashi Nihara, if he completes a special mission for them. Tojo headquarters had learned that the Jingweon Mafia were currently trying to recruit Ryuji Goda for a partnership, which could lead to the Jingweon and the Omi Alliance joining forces against the Tojo. Kuze's and Ichiban Kasuga's mission would be to assassinate Ryuji and the Jingweon agent trying to recruit him, Han Jon Gi"

[@БогданКрименюк]

@AzysAnimzimr Spending 10 years WHERE ???

[@SecondCitySavior6969]

Shinada hurts the most, plus would love to see Kuze and Shibusawa gain

[@fuzzenstein]

... Tanimura?

[@heisenballs6944]

shinada

[@lordodin5755]

RETVRN RYUJI TO ME DAMN IT.

[@DarkkirbyKRPG]

He's dead

[@gambeano]

​@DarkkirbyKRPG so were Kashiwagi, Lau, and Richardson

[@Pernas11heat]

isaac eres mi padre

[@ziqqerlad]

watching this after RGG studios tweeted a screenshot of both minami and nishida being in the pirate majima game is so surreal. im so glad the 2 is back