Yakuza: Like a Dragon Composer Appreciation

After 2 years we finally have some more information of the incredible music of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, such as who composed what and the names of the songs. This video takes a look at a handful of these songs so enjoy :) I also apologise for mistranslations I don't speak Japanese lol.
I may update this to have other places to listen to the OST, but for now you can check out the FULL Yakuza: Like a Dragon OST on Spotify here:
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Just as a side note, there is a composer in here named Yusuke Takahama who I don't believe has composed for any other Yakuza game so consider him a guest composer. He did all the Can Quest songs.
Playlist of the rest of the series, as well as each composer's discographies can be found on my channel or with the following link: • Yakuza Composer Apprec...
Yes, I have indeed updated the discographies to have all the Like a Dragon music :)
Songs (all from Like a Dragon)
Hidenori Shoji - Light in Darkness (光の中の闇) (press any button menu theme)
Hidenori Shoji - Darkness in Light (闇の中の光) (select option menu theme)
Chihiro Aoki - Ascension Point
Chihiro Aoki - Pellagra
Hidenori Shoji - Asphodelos
Tomoyuki Tanaka - Subterranean Castle
Hidenori Shoji - Yokohama Crackhouse
Hidenori Shoji - Foul Odor
Hidenori Shoji - Lingering Odor
Chihiro Aoki - Hello-Work
Chihiro Aoki - Backscratcher of Coins (銭貨の孫の手)
Yusuke Takahama - Survival Can Collecting
Chihiro Aoki - Baa Revival House (メェ画座)
Tomoyuki Tanaka - From Today I am a Dragon Racer (今日から俺もドラゴンレーサー)
Chihiro Aoki - Speedrun
ZENTA - Grand Prix 3rd Round
Chihiro Aoki - Shareholder's Meeting (株主総会)
Chihiro Aoki - Dive Into Ounabara! (大海原に飛び込め!)
Hidenori Shoji - Chaos of the Seiryu (星龍の乱)
83key - Answer From Geomijul
83key - War Maker
Chihiro Aoki - Monken's Beeper
Chihiro Aoki - Enter The Tiger
Chihiro Aoki - appassionato
83key (arrange) - Receive You The Hyperactive
Chihiro Aoki - Brutality
Chihiro Aoki (arrange) - Rolling Eyes Fall Down the Dragon Wall
Hidenori Shoji - REIWA LABYRINTH
Hidenori Shoji - Triplet After Triplet
Chihiro Aoki - ism

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Unfortunately, we still don't have any information on the Kiwami 2 tracks beyond a few they released ages ago, but this OST shows us that Chihiro Aoki handled the arrangement of Outlaw's Lullaby in Kiwami 2, known as Lullaby of Outlaws. So creative. Anyway, check the description for some links to the full OST or the discographies of all the different and wonderful composers for the Yakuza franchise. Also I apologise if there are any mistranslations. If there are, go ahead and blame Google. Don't blame me definitely wasn't my fault. Not at all...

[@da_Heino]

Chihiro Aoki really is the MVP of this soundtrack, and Shoji is still kicking ass after 15+ years. Good job on making these composer videos! really digging it

[@Hezzadude12]

Literally chad

[@MetaroidAlpha]

It would be hillarious if they decide to name the sequel Yakuza: Like 2 Dragon lol

[@jj_is_ponytaku]

We also don't have word on Yakuza 6's OST being released yet, unfortunately

[@frootloop3568]

@@da_Heino The dude who compoed Bakamitai (Mitsuharu Fukuyama) I love

[@KusabiTetsugoro]

If anyone asks about what religion I belong to, I will proudly declare that I am a humble servant of the Father, Hidenori Shoji, the Daughter, Chihiro Aoki, and their Holy Spirit, 83key. Amen. Wait, no. Amon. That’s more like it.

[@MageLufaine]

So basically I can thank Chihiro Aoki for a lot of my favourite songs from this OST. What a queen. Also this is the first time Theory of Beauty has been available officially because we still don't have the OST for Yakuza 6.

[@da_Heino]

Same for "Lullaby Of Outlaws" which is from Kiwami 2

[@suparsonik]

Yakuza 6's soundtrack has been out since 2017?

[@MageLufaine]

@@suparsonik Not officially through places like Spotify though

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Yeah pretty sure it’s the only Yakuza 6 song on Spotify. Don’t know if that’ll change one day but who really knows

[@charlescalthrop2535]

Yeah, she absolutely killed it.

[@OkinawaGabs]

Chihiro Aoki is soooo underated, she makes beautiful OST's omg

[@sapphire3084]

And she can sing too~

[@vashido1866]

7:53 "Rolling eyes fall down the dragon wall" is such a cool name for a Kiryu theme

[@DojimaNoRyu]

i just learned D2A (from yakuza 3) is also made by Chihiro Aoki. What a queen she literally doesnt miss.

[@snesmocha]

Chihiro is a goddess which we don’t deserve 😭

[@bonkgameing]

You can definitely hear how 83key and Chihiro have different styles, but still have a passion in making absolute BANGERS in these games. Also RIP judgment no PC release 4ever :(

[@mergenchannel]

Aged like milk

[@bonkgameing]

@@mergenchannel Lol I know! Ishin too!!!! Kenzan is now on the horizon at this rate

[@DonVecta]

The true bangers for me were: - Mabuchi's theme (great track even for a backstabbing pig like him). - Receive You remix (Majima & Saejima theme) - The Millennium Tower theme (probably not as cool as Lots of Lights from Y6, but still amazing) - Tendo's theme (wonderful for a final boss theme). Oh yeah, I can't stand the dungeon track, puts me on my nerves.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I think the dungeon theme on its own is fine but in game it feels like a 2 second torture scene on repeat for an hour lol

[@briannawilliams3155]

Holy shit you were quick with this one. Gotta say Chihiro Aoki and Hidenori Shoji surprised me alot with this soundtrack. And apparently Chihiro Aoki made the majority of my favorite tracks for Y:LAD so she indeed based as hell. I'm starting to think they should both share the title of Jack-of-all-trades cause damn, what can't they do at this point?

[@SnowiestAngeman]

For real. Then she casually went ham in Lost Judgment too

[@nostradamusnew6301]

My god, I just realised by now that Enter the tiger is actually sampled from "Tiger flute" in the Yakuza 0 ost. And I believe that Chihiro even worked on that song...

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Is it really? But also Aoki didn’t compose Tiger Flute but that’s not to say that she didn’t have any input on it. Maybe both songs actually sample tiger noises. Ya never know

[@MNB730]

I remember somebody saying The Way Of Life and Kiryu's Theme in 7 sounds a bit similar in the start, and now it makes all the sense. Kiryu got into hiding mainly because of Iwami, and now his theme in 7 kinda reflects it but it turns mellow because he founds peace, this woman is legit incredible man.

[@MetaroidAlpha]

I admitted that I really like the soundtrack name, because it great to know the full name of some of the Battle Theme (Especially Yokohama Crackhouse :v) and the ending of some of the song is so great (with The ism Between Light And Darkness, Receive You ~ Over the Dragon Wall, The Brutality of the Confrontation, and Coin's Scratchers). My ear are now really blessed and Chihiro Aoki is really based.

[@Hezzadude12]

Bruh how did Chihiro Aoki manage to give so many absolutely BOPPIN themes in this game? I always thought Shoji was the King but it looks like Chihiro Aoki is now the Queen of these damn OST’s. Also surely they dropped this OST because they’re about to release a trailer for Yakuza: Like 2 Dragons, or Yakuza 8, or Yakuza: Like a Ryu ga Gotoku, or even better, Yakuza: Ryu ya Gotoktwo?

[@TheRealGuywithanEyePatch]

They basically release it before the release of a trailer for yakuza 8. I'm already feeling it coming

[@Jack75188]

I hope they will bring back Akiyama this time.

[@nicolasgomez3758]

@@Jack75188 fr they gotta stop doing my boy dirty

[@fenris-prime4921]

Chihiro Aoki did the Kamurocho Battle theme, Sawashiro's theme, AND the final boss theme? I mean no disrespect to Yakuza's many talented composers, but Aoki might just be the best composer in the series.

[@Kao108]

I can't believe I just went by a lot of those Aoki tracks without listening to them, but having them now isolated I realize of how good they can be. Thanks for your work ! EDIT: And of course she's responsible for my two favorite tracks in the song (enter the tiger and appassionato)

[@efeyy]

-Rolling Eyes Fall Down the Dragon Wall That's a mouthful but pretty cool

[@da_Heino]

Finally! still waiting for Kiwami 2 and Y6 soundtracks to show up on spotify

[@SasukaRH]

chihiro aoki a legend

[@suparsonik]

Chihiro Aoki did Sawashiro's theme too? I feel like she's done almost all of the music I love most in this game!

[@digitalbooklett9357]

Can't believe the LAD soundtrack release is its own holiday, complete with this gift of a video to go along with it ❤ Thank you for your hard work as always!!!

[@SnowiestAngeman]

And thank you for watching. I hope you have a good day

[@orangegesture6405]

All I need to know is does the Omi Alliance Stealth theme and the Battle Theme transition seamlessly similar to how Growling Hound and Wounded Hound transition seamlessly in the Yakuza 0 OST.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Yeah I think it does pretty well. I think I saw someone already do a mashup of them so you can probably find it

[@chainsawplayin]

Woah! They gave the tracks fancy names this time!

[@deviljho4260]

Like “Yokohama crackhouse”?

[@ahuman5192]

Chihiro Aoki out here composing all the best songs

[@damn_igoshka]

6:00 - I laughed my lungs out at this sync

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I hope your lungs are aight

[@Cizma77]

Me who hasn't played Like a Dragon yet but likes the lit music: *"ah yes, mucho sexo"* Edit: IN THIS HOUSE WE STAN CHIHIRO AOKI

[@virikan3518]

Chihiro Aoki 🤝 Hidenori Shoji Being the best Yakuza composers of All Time

[@reissyboi7527]

I think Chihiro Aoki is pretty much on par with Hidenori Shoji. She’s released so many fantastic bangers and great ambient/menu themes. Looking forward to hearing more of her work in future titles. I do also love 83 Key’s style and most of my favourite tracks are made by him

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I’m kinda struggling between 83key and Chihiro Aoki as my favourite at this point

[@darrylaz3570]

Hidenori Shoji, Chihiro Aoki, 83key, Saori Yoshida, and Yuri Fukuda. The Five Goated Horsemen of Yakuza Bangers. 😂😂😂 (I know the latter two isn't in the video but still gotta mention them). Edit: Forgot Hyd Lunch. Make that Six Horsemen instead lmao

[@SnowiestAngeman]

You could name every Yakuza composer and they’d still be one of the GOATs to be honest

[@goldexp1882]

What a great video to wake up to, thank you for making my day better Yakuza song man

[@SnowiestAngeman]

No problem Jotaro Kujo from popular Anime/Manga series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

[@__bepis____bepis__308]

I mean she has all the talent in the world for it, and has proven it twice, but letting Chihiro Aoki take some of the more major conducting roles for LAD and LJ (which she led) is surprising. Mostly for LAD which I didn’t know about until this video. I welcome that fact entirely Edit: watching back at your videos I re-learned she took lead roles for 6 and Ishin as well, so excuse my ignorance

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I bet one day she will take the role of head composer for RGG Studio. Wouldn't surprise me though considering Shoji has done over 200 songs so he kinda deserves the break haha

[@junmasuda109]

I legit wonder what would happen of Hideki Sakamoto came back to do a Yakuza OST once again like he did on Y2. Man literally carried the OST by doing almost all the songs. Sad he didn't return for K2 or at least give permission to remix the themes.

[@dylanyongtine6810]

Dang, Chihiro Aoki has a lot of good soundtracks. Dig In Your Heels, Unwavering Belief, Pellagra, Rolling Eyes Fall Down the Dragon Wall and many more

[@ArtyIF]

5:13 "yakuza: like 2 dragons" did you really predict like a dragon 8's reveal trailer

[@woskis9161]

i absolutely love this soundtrack, and i'm incredibly happy that we finally have the soundtrack available. unfortunately we have another yakuza OST without The Only Way Out included...

[@unofficial_gamer6813]

Best line nominates *Adachi do hm hm hm hm like in regular show... lol I think rigby is there too" *Korean Moaning when do berserker skill* Fuckin Tendo!

[@IJIKAI]

Of all the theme song in the game that i've heard The Seriyu clan and Majima/Saejima theme go so hard

[@MoopMoopRS]

History has been made

[@929Finn]

I still think it's great one of the tracks was called Yokohama Crackhouse lmao

[@lecharlie4847]

Let's go!

[@GunGun-cf3ss]

New fuel for ye olde workout playlist 😈

[@MetalDialga1998]

I had to cop this the min it came out. Best 30 bucks I spent on an OST

[@HadoukenHero]

Bro im 70 hrs into this game and its amazing and the music is fucking off the hook. Chihiro Aoki.. what a gift.

[@DojimaNoRyu]

1:38 OH NO P T S D

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Horrible memories hearing that theme to be honest haha

[@nexus2046]

An historical event

[@spencerbell3738]

Was "the only way out" even on this OST, I need this song

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Don’t think so :/ I don’t know if it was in any of the other games OSTs though like Lost Judgment for example. But at the very least it doesn’t seem to be in LAD’s

[@putraharith8426]

Finally

[@OneTrueBelmont]

These actual song names are fantastic, but I actually like "Receive and Turn You" more than the official title.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Yeah same but at least we finally don’t have to say things like Yokohama Battle Theme anymore haha

[@OneTrueBelmont]

@@SnowiestAngeman All hail Yokohama Crackhouse.

[@sibui2977]

2:51 Dubstep in the velvet room

[@DepressedCrow]

The creator of mabuchis theme deserves a fucking medal

[@TMSFE]

I'm glad the ost came out 3 weeks after I finished the game

[@felipebastos7661]

Jo’s theme “Brutality” is worthy of a Final Boss

[@Hat_Cola]

Enter the tiger and the new Receive you are my favorites from this game, both of them made me stop playing just to listen to them when I first heard them

[@yash3576]

Foul odour and lingering door sound like something composed by Ken Arai right out of parasyte

[@desertsage6932]

8:34 I mean, what else do you call that track? It's Triplets all the way down.

[@Sune]

Thanks for making this video and others for all these different composers. I only realize now that Chihiro Aoki made so many of my favorites in these RGG games 🥲 GOAT

[@tentayeprimo6674]

How do they come up with the names for these?

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Dartboard with random syllables, probably

[@shadowmamba95]

In Kasuga’s mind: Why is there boss music? Why is there a flowing aura of red, white and dark blue all at once? Surely this ain’t a problem… oh [ __ ]! *KAZUMA KIRYU* *EX-TOJO CLAN FOURTH CHAIRMAN* *桐生一馬* *元東城会の四代目会長* Auras: - Traditional Azure/Dark Blue (Brawler) - Phlox/Dark Blue (Rush) - Golden Yellow/Dark Blue (Beast) - White/Dark Blue (Dragon Reborn) - Red/Dark Blue (Dragon of Dojima) In Kasuga’s mind again: …

[@iankuhnert2073]

The seiryu clan theme its just perfect

[@dhimasreza6449]

Lots of shoji and aoki works. I wonder why? Not a bad thing though, just curious.

[@da_Heino]

it probably depends on which composer is available at that time and/or if they have a good idea on how the soundtrack should sound like

[@journie3042]

Chihiro Aoki is the main composer it seems, nice

[@Orkbank]

I think Monken's Beeper (Ishioda's theme) is CRIMINALLY underrated

[@MrOof-ob8uw]

5:23: Answer #4

[@FIREWING760]

You work really fast

[@dall0712]

thx digest😊

[@thedragonofdismashq]

I love the soundtrack in this game, although I wasn't a fan of the TB combat and wished for this game to be a beat em up, I still had fun 😊

[@iamfourmana]

1:35 - 1:46 Trigger warning Gotta keep my homies safe from PTSD

[@jetstreamshun1738]

Chihiro Aoki is based

[@dababyvevo3634]

chihiro the goat

[@Maxler5795]

Personally i prefer the names random collection gave the regular themes. "Heroes of (insert location here)"

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Yes however Yokohama Crackhouse

[@Maxler5795]

@@SnowiestAngeman hes got me there.

[@superboy1798]

Chihuro Aoki is OP

[@primarchjackfrost8117]

I'm Certain that Chihiro used a part of Aria of the Soul from persona in the Substory battles

[@thienhoata8910]

what happened to your ranking all yakuza games video? i was trying to find it to eat while watching youtube vids

[@jgalla5549]

My favorite track is kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJe0ZaihrtOfeck though for some reason its not on the OST. I'm a sucker for math rock with the clean telecaster sounding guitars with all the tappy/slide-y sounds. Anyone know who composed this one?

[@yash3576]

I’m a bit confused about the titles of a few songs 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ especially receive and turn you which is now called receive you the Hyperactive? Like why 🤔 and isn’t mabuchi’s theme called “cold blooded” why is it war maker here? And tendo’s theme “overcoming the dragon” is triplet after triplet here ? This title doesn’t even make sense 🤦🤦

[@dalelumina3]

ik man. whoever named the songs probably didn't see the fan names (which are much better)

[@shvmoovr1310]

Sigma OST releases with weird names for it's songs that confuse fans Sigma rule#2020 Name your soundtracks what ever you want to no matter how silly they sound #LIKEADRAGON #GOTTEM #DAMEDAME #BALLSINYOJAWS

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I dunno if fans gave them that name because they were called that in the files or something but that’s just what they’re called now I guess. They’re silly, but Yakuza is quite often silly. Especially Like a Dragon

[@NutsorSomethingBerserk]

Hey SnowiestAngeman, where’d your Yakuza games ranked video go? That video was amazing and was lookin for it earlier.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Ded

[@NutsorSomethingBerserk]

@@SnowiestAngeman Yo, youtube killed it?

[@SnowiestAngeman]

I am the killer. I unlisted it a while ago because it kept getting recommended to people when I didn’t want it to and then people kept commenting on it so I privated it lol

[@NutsorSomethingBerserk]

@@SnowiestAngeman Ah, I gotchu. That’s fair. R.I.P

[@y0rk597]

Is there Theory of Beauty remix, Joon-Gi first appearance?

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Yeah in the OST it’s placed right before Theory of Beauty and it’s by Hyd Lunch

[@y0rk597]

@@SnowiestAngeman hell yeah!

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

5:16 i only now noticed you edited this sheet of paper lol (or is this actually in the game?)

[@SnowiestAngeman]

No, it's an edit haha

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

​@@SnowiestAngeman really well done edit lol

[@replacetadecapullo8559]

And the song called unofficially "Frienship". ¿Anyone?

[@DimitriAwesometh]

Yokohama Crackhouse. That's all thanks

[@tacodeyakul1235]

El comentario final está muy basado 😎

[@ohemjei]

SPOILERS Does anyone know if we finally have the OST of the moment when kiryu arrives ? Some remix of receive you

[@rosemizer]

Songs that play only on cutscenes unfortunately don't appear on the OST, for some reason

[@DarthXelion]

@@rosemizer some cutscene specific songs are in the OST. But not all. It's weird which ones do which ones don't

[@rosemizer]

@@DarthXelion Yeah, it's a little weird This happens often since the original yakuza

[@0verRock17]

Am I the only one who noticed something is kinda... Off with Adachi's face on the cover art?

[@unofficial_gamer6813]

5:52 Surprise pikachu. The title is war machine.

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Nah it’s War Maker unless it’s called War Machine in other regions or somethin’

[@commandershepard6241]

0/10 Doesn't have Nanba's full version of Baka Mitai. I'm Commander Shepard, and Baka Mitai is my favorite song on the citadel.

[@thomasdestradis5378]

good i love bewbiez

[@SnowiestAngeman]

ay my man

[@seatbeltpillows8844]

What is the footage of chihiro Aoki at 0:50 from?

[@SnowiestAngeman]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGekfHuGfKxmY8k it is from this video where her and a few other RGG people sing karaoke songs. I was watching it for fun and then they casually dropped the announcement of this soundtrack haha

[@seatbeltpillows8844]

@@SnowiestAngeman that sounds awesome thanks!

[@waris2208]

Damn, gotta say I enjoyed Light and Darkness before knowing its actual name is "ism". Like legit wtf thats supposed to mean.

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

Might be a mistranslation

[@briannawilliams3155]

@@DanielFerreira-ez8qd LOL nope. On the soundtrack, it's literally just called "Ism". Couldn't tell you why tho. This soundtrack has some of the strangest names I've seen since Voreaphilia on the Lost Judgment ost. 😂

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@briannawilliams3155 I like the new name for Kiryu and Majima's theme so it's alright in the end

[@evelynmeenan2608]

Ism is an actual word with an actual meaning, you should look it up

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Apparently ism is an actual term for something but it might secretly just be Chihiro slapping her keyboard

[@paybackmad]

Did they release Yakuza 6 soundtracks?

[@SnowiestAngeman]

They released the Yakuza 6 soundtrack physically in Japan a while ago, but not on any music streaming platforms

[@HareHeadGFX]

I wish I liked 7's OST more. Outside of remixes from other games (or franchises in the case of the substory battle theme), Enter the Tiger might be the only song on the entire ost that I like.

[@lewhanwen4302]

Honestly, some of these names suck compared to what Hai Du gave them...

[@tendeezbutnot5277]

The official names of these tracks are so bad lmao

[@yojojo6570]

Yokohama Crackhouse is pretty great wdym

[@dalelumina3]

except for yokohama crackhouse

[@Anthem34]

the only one i don’t understand is ishioda’s. the other ones are fine

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Yakuza’s always had nonsensical names like why is there a song named t u s k?

[@dalelumina3]

all the song names are garbage except Y̸̢͕͇̞͔̠̖͔̭̫͈̯͑̅͗̉̅͝Õ̴̡̲̦̜̤̬̼͈̰͕͈̳̱̟͜K̷̢̢̖̩͓̜̱͔͒̋̑̀̒̃̃̽̈́̅̀̂̊̚͠Ò̸͓̻̀H̷̦̺͉͚̥̦̲̥͕͇̼͉̓̂͐̍͆͋͛̃͐̀̅͗̎̇̕ͅͅA̴̠̭͊̓̉͋̎͒͂̓̚M̷̯̦͔̟̿̓̏͘̚͝Ȃ̷̢̟̞͙̱̼̭̜̽̽͂̔͂̄̏̓̒́̚̕͠ ̸̢̝͓̠̗͛̇͆Ç̶͈̬̼͗̒̿̉̇͊͑͛̃̏͆̂̀̕Ṟ̶͕͈͎́͜Ă̸̝̝̲̤͓̠̳̰̍̑͌́͂̈́͛̔͑̊̍̀̓́͜Ć̵̡̮̦͙̼̥̠̈́͋͋̐K̴̢̞̰̪͍̳̗͈̠̀͗̓̾̀͋͂͑̋͜͜͠Ḥ̸̨̝̞̮̭̳̬͍̼̳̳̈́͐́́͒͒͑̋̉͒̑Ȯ̷̡͓͝Ȗ̶̢̧̩̻̺͙̦̙̪̲̙͙̩͙̌͐̎͘͜Ṣ̴̢͖͇̹̥̪̜̰͎̙̅͝E̴̢͖͎̤̤̖̺̒̌̈́̈́̆̽͛̽͜͜͝ also holy shit how many songs did chihiro aoki compose she is a chad