Masu ⚔️✨ RGG Wiki 会長
@04tenno.bsky.social
Masu・He/Him
Chairman of the official Yakuza/Like a Dragon Wiki and niche reporter
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Chairman of the official Yakuza/Like a Dragon Wiki and niche reporter
RGG Art/News/Translations TUE-THU・QRTs🆗・日本語🆗
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” by makbak3_kiwami, V1Vtorious, and 04tenno:
“His other victim, Mirei (pseudonym), was a bright and cheerful hostess in her 30s known to be able to handle drunk guests, which Kagawa targeted her for. Soon after she sat next to him, he reached into her dress, tore off her bra, kissed her, and groped her. She escaped with the help of staff, but upon returning for her things, Kagawa forced her to stay and SAed her again on video call to a junior kabuki actor. Word of his conduct spread through the club, humiliating her further when concerned customers called out to her after she got away.
“These were, allegedly, not isolated incidents. Kagawa was accused of violently hitting a female production staff member in the head in 2018. He’d been banned from most hostess clubs in Minato leading up to the incident in Ginza in 2019. One witness even claimed to have seen him groping hostesses on other occasions. His pattern of misconduct, however, would remain an “open secret” left unaddressed for years to come.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreia2geffokpjvpxx3baikrsjf4glczhpfo3uw7idvooqr32sbxfoka@jpeg)
A video I cowrote that tackles #REMOVEKAGAWA from a different angle than any I've seen just went up.
If you have 15 minutes, please check it out!
If you have 15 minutes, please check it out!
So that's at least two journalists who tried to get in touch about #REMOVEKAGAWA and got declined?
![Excerpts from a Rock Paper Shotgun article published 2026-01-29 and titled “Yakuza fans are demanding Sega recast a Kiwami 3 actor, and Dark Ties may make the situation worse” and a Polygon article published 2025-11-03 and titled “Yakuza 3 remake stirs up backlash with new trailer starring actor who admitted to assault.”
The Rock Paper Shotgun excerpt says, “We asked Sega to comment on Kagawa's casting and for their response to the petition calling for his removal. They declined to provide a statement.”
The Polygon excerpt says, “Polygon has contacted Sega for comment on Kagawa's role in the upcoming game and will update when the company responds. [Polygon received no response.]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreibrq5tzagqfltyotsp4c6ms7hg6eifgnkvmexry5kttgruiszlg2q@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
So that's at least two journalists who tried to get in touch about #REMOVEKAGAWA and got declined?
Now fully subtitled!
Give it a watch if you haven't: youtu.be/zai3do844Dk
Incidentally, there are as many lines in this 16-minute video as Hamazaki has in the entirety of Yakuza Kiwami 3. So that's no reason not to #REMOVEKAGAWA, if it ever was.
Give it a watch if you haven't: youtu.be/zai3do844Dk
Incidentally, there are as many lines in this 16-minute video as Hamazaki has in the entirety of Yakuza Kiwami 3. So that's no reason not to #REMOVEKAGAWA, if it ever was.
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Now fully subtitled!
Give it a watch if you haven't: youtu.be/zai3do844Dk
Incidentally, there are as many lines in this 16-minute video as Hamazaki has in the entirety of Yakuza Kiwami 3. So that's no reason not to #REMOVEKAGAWA, if it ever was.
Give it a watch if you haven't: youtu.be/zai3do844Dk
Incidentally, there are as many lines in this 16-minute video as Hamazaki has in the entirety of Yakuza Kiwami 3. So that's no reason not to #REMOVEKAGAWA, if it ever was.
A video I cowrote that tackles #REMOVEKAGAWA from a different angle than any I've seen just went up.
If you have 15 minutes, please check it out!
If you have 15 minutes, please check it out!
January 27, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A video I cowrote that tackles #REMOVEKAGAWA from a different angle than any I've seen just went up.
If you have 15 minutes, please check it out!
If you have 15 minutes, please check it out!
The new RGG x Nihon Touitsu trailer
December 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The new RGG x Nihon Touitsu trailer
Character popularity contest final results (duplicates are draws)
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Character popularity contest final results (duplicates are draws)
Interim popularity contest results since final results are up next week
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Interim popularity contest results since final results are up next week
#REMOVEKAGAWA has reached 38 articles published. Massive influx after our protests on the new trailer. Polygon has contacted Sega for comment.
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#REMOVEKAGAWA has reached 38 articles published. Massive influx after our protests on the new trailer. Polygon has contacted Sega for comment.
According to a Japanese lawyer, Teruyuki Kagawa could be arrested at any time. Why risk it? #REMOVEKAGAWA. Stop the censorship.
![Let’s hear lawyer and former deputy chief of the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Masaru Wakasa, explain how Kagawa’s conduct in this case should be judged under the law.
“If a hostess suddenly had that done to her without her agreement or consent, then in theory, it would constitute the crime of Indecency through Compulsion under Article 176 of the Penal Code, punishable by [between 6 months and 10 years] of imprisonment. […] Indecency through Compulsion was a private offense in the past, and there could be no case without a formal complaint from the victim, but […] after the 2017 revision to the Penal Code, it is now possible to punish as a crime even with no complaint.”
The statute of limitations is completed upon the lapse of the following time periods: […] 7 years for offenses punishable with imprisonment […] maximum term is less than 15 years [but not less than 10 years]. [Kagawa’s case occurred in July 2019, 6 years ago.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreiawafhoa5nailz4kvh3dneu43xyhajb4e5ebrr5uzliutth32ee6y@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
According to a Japanese lawyer, Teruyuki Kagawa could be arrested at any time. Why risk it? #REMOVEKAGAWA. Stop the censorship.
RGG localizer Michele Howe (Neverwhere/Nevvie) has just passed. If you can, please share or donate to the fundraiser for a proper coronary report and final expenses.
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RGG localizer Michele Howe (Neverwhere/Nevvie) has just passed. If you can, please share or donate to the fundraiser for a proper coronary report and final expenses.
Analyzed RGG Studio’s social media activity the past month. #REMOVEKAGAWA is ABSOLUTELY having an effect. Whatever you do, don't give up.
- Post activity down 71% (now 62%) after the movement started (not charted)
- Kiwami 3 promos down 94% (now 80%) after the movement started
- Post activity down 71% (now 62%) after the movement started (not charted)
- Kiwami 3 promos down 94% (now 80%) after the movement started
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Analyzed RGG Studio’s social media activity the past month. #REMOVEKAGAWA is ABSOLUTELY having an effect. Whatever you do, don't give up.
- Post activity down 71% (now 62%) after the movement started (not charted)
- Kiwami 3 promos down 94% (now 80%) after the movement started
- Post activity down 71% (now 62%) after the movement started (not charted)
- Kiwami 3 promos down 94% (now 80%) after the movement started
The Yakuza/Like a Dragon Wiki community's statement on #REMOVEKAGAWA. This took a month to get published. Fight on.
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Yakuza/Like a Dragon Wiki community's statement on #REMOVEKAGAWA. This took a month to get published. Fight on.
THIS is why #REMOVEKAGAWA matters. Because plastering his face all over TGS and trailers like RGG Studio is doing greatly contributed to his victim’s PTSD in the first place.
![Photos of massive screens at Tokyo Game Show advertising the cast of Yakuza Kiwami 3, including Goh Hamazaki as played by Teruyuki Kagawa, accompanied by a translated excerpt from a Daily Shincho article published 2022-12-28:
“[Kagawa’s] victim, Mirei-san [(pseudonym)], has remained silent and not given interviews. According to court records [for a now-dropped lawsuit to which he was not a party], despite her efforts to avoid TV programs Kagawa appeared in, because he frequently appeared in commercials, including as editor-in-chief of the Toyota Times, ‘the psychological damage of being forced to see Kagawa’s face every day against her will accumulated day by day.’ ”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreigq3s7q5wflr5ksaihzar7uiksowsfvfwarbq74o6crmi6hjuinwy@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
THIS is why #REMOVEKAGAWA matters. Because plastering his face all over TGS and trailers like RGG Studio is doing greatly contributed to his victim’s PTSD in the first place.
Different circumstances, but this is how much time Sega took to recast actors over scandals in the past. #REMOVEKAGAWA
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Different circumstances, but this is how much time Sega took to recast actors over scandals in the past. #REMOVEKAGAWA
Kiryu can't hit a woman in a tournament setting, but Kagawa can (allegedly) hit a woman he has power over? At what point will RGG Studio acknowledge this man is a danger to women? #REMOVEKAGAWA.
![A poster for the drama 99.9: Criminal Lawyer featuring Teruyuki Kagawa accompanied by an excerpt from a Shukan Bunshun article published 2022-08-31:
“Actor Teruyuki Kagawa (56) […] has been accused of drunkenly assaulting a female staff member at a drama function [he held].
“The incident occurred one night in January 2018 ahead of the broadcast of TBS’s Sunday Theater drama 99.9: Criminal Lawyer Season 2. […] According to someone involved with the production, ‘[...] In the middle of it all, he suddenly confronted a female staff member and struck her violently in the head. He did have a habit of berating others when he’d been drinking, but that day, it was beyond that level. Other people around him intervened and restrained him, saying ‘You've had too much to drink!’ ’
“When he apologized to the female staff member at the time, Kagawa reportedly said, ‘I’m at my limit too, you know...’ ”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreib47j53x2nduhlxiwlkwtovaqsdkqs7rbhxb2a4huwnp5ui6as434@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Kiryu can't hit a woman in a tournament setting, but Kagawa can (allegedly) hit a woman he has power over? At what point will RGG Studio acknowledge this man is a danger to women? #REMOVEKAGAWA.
Compiled what we know about RGG Studio's censorship of the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement. Keep speaking up.
October 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Compiled what we know about RGG Studio's censorship of the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement. Keep speaking up.
RGG Studio has chosen suppressing #REMOVEKAGAWA as their PR strategy
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
RGG Studio has chosen suppressing #REMOVEKAGAWA as their PR strategy
RGG Studio suppressing #REMOVEKAGAWA on Instagram
October 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
RGG Studio suppressing #REMOVEKAGAWA on Instagram
Let no one tell you Teruyuki Kagawa has “atoned” for SAing two women in 2019. #REMOVEKAGAWA
![A photo of Teryuki Kagawa accompanied by excerpts from Shukan Josei PRIME on 2022-12-24 and from Daily Shincho’s interview with Kagawa’s second SA victim on 2022-12-27:
Shukan Josei PRIME:
“Teruyuki Kagawa returns to the kabuki stage four months after sexual assault report. He is set to appear in the December Grand Kabuki starting December 5 under the name Ichikawa Chusha. […] ‘The incident began with Shukan Shincho’s article published August 24, which reported that […] a drunken Kagawa had forcibly kissed a hostess, torn her bra off, and groped her breasts.’ […] ‘In his live apology [on THE TIME, August 26], he […] initially said he had no plans to self-impose a [suspension].’ [He was later forced to due to public outcry.]”
Kagawa’s second victim via Daily Shincho:
“Kagawa-san seems to have apologized to [his first victim] and received her ‘understanding and forgiveness,’ but he has yet to utter a word of apology to me. All [I] received from Kagawa-san’s side was a document lined with things like, ‘taking advantage of the recent report,’ ‘a bait-and-switch of logic to make something that wasn’t assault out to be assault,’ ‘it's past the statute of limitations anyway.’ ”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreiamoultcfd2auh2uiwbokkth2bfjiug7gm74i6aojkl5g4cqicc2m@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Let no one tell you Teruyuki Kagawa has “atoned” for SAing two women in 2019. #REMOVEKAGAWA
Kagawa SAed two women that night, not one. “Mirei” (pseudonym) and the club’s former mama. The mama is the woman in the photos. This is the story behind them. #REMOVEKAGAWA
![“I worked in Ginza for 15 years, but that was the only time my hair, a tool of my trade, had been mangled like that.”
[Earlier: “I suddenly noticed Kagawa-san looming over me from behind. He grabbed my hair and started pulling out hairpins one by one, ripping out the hair that had been set and secured in place.”] […] “I had no choice but to endure the pain and humiliation. [...] I didn't want to resist and risk him flying into a rage or have him target a different hostess."
The proof is a photo showing Kagawa grinning with satisfaction as he grabs her hair.[...] Newly obtained images reveal Kagawa, having grabbed the former mama's hair, burying his face in the nape of her neck and sniffing. Furthermore, when she turned to reprimand him, he wore a sullen expression and proceeded to stick his fingers under her armpit to sniff its scent.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreicwlhvj6jjzenu6aqwfbnkmgjn6pi5lx6e2ey37h7nhp5sfn3iwde@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Kagawa SAed two women that night, not one. “Mirei” (pseudonym) and the club’s former mama. The mama is the woman in the photos. This is the story behind them. #REMOVEKAGAWA
Reposted by Masu ⚔️✨ RGG Wiki 会長
September 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Writing to every gaming news outlet I can. I don't want to just post normally while #REMOVEKAGAWA is ongoing.
I know I can't do much on my own, but... I can't muster that excitement and goodwill for a game starring a sex offender either.
って後はどうしたらいいのか、分からない
I know I can't do much on my own, but... I can't muster that excitement and goodwill for a game starring a sex offender either.
って後はどうしたらいいのか、分からない
September 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Writing to every gaming news outlet I can. I don't want to just post normally while #REMOVEKAGAWA is ongoing.
I know I can't do much on my own, but... I can't muster that excitement and goodwill for a game starring a sex offender either.
って後はどうしたらいいのか、分からない
I know I can't do much on my own, but... I can't muster that excitement and goodwill for a game starring a sex offender either.
って後はどうしたらいいのか、分からない
Dark Ties to be 8-12 hours long!
September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Dark Ties to be 8-12 hours long!
Dark Ties’ origins as an RGGO story
![A stylized, moody black and white shot of Yoshitaka Mine in the trailer for Dark Ties, accompanied by an excerpt from a Famitsu interview with Masayoshi Yokoyama and Kazunobu Takeuchi on 2019-09-25:
Yokoyama: “When I saw the story for [Ryuji’s RGGO event], I even said to [Kazunobu] Takeuchi, ‘Couldn’t this be Yakuza 0-2?’ […] Mine’s event was the same. It was so well-done I just felt like, ‘Are we really only releasing this [in RGGO]?’ […] Takeuchi is intimately familiar with the story of Yakuza, so I think he’s the best there is at writing spin-off episodes for past Yakuza characters. I don’t think I could have written [Legend of the Golden Dragon.]”
Takeuchi: “Yokoyama doesn’t often praise me, so I’m glad to hear that (laughs). I’ve been involved with the development of the series since Yakuza 2, but there was a time when I was just a Yakuza fan. Perhaps that’s working to my advantage.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreibgispwimufu6dqfgv3dggdzxpde7gi5uwyvwemvt5der2cqeweni@jpeg)
September 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Dark Ties’ origins as an RGGO story
Composer Hidenori Shoji on the role of characterization in music
![An arrangement of pictures of the Florist of Sai, Makoto Date, Andre Richardson, and Goro Majima, with Yoshitaka Mine in the center, accompanied by translated Hidenori Shoji quotes from Game Design Current on 2010-07-28 and GameSetWatch on 2010-07-29:
"Because sound can be used as symbolism, I think things like a character's personality and relationship to [Kiryu] are important factors in sound design. In the original Yakuza, [a strumming harp stood in for a good-natured Florist, while an acoustic guitar twang followed cool and dispassionate Date around. (GameSetWatch)], which I think led players to subconsciously pick up on the characters’ personalities and points of contrast. For Yakuza 3, we consciously returned to our roots and revived this technique. An easy-to-understand example is the music box tune preceding the Richardson and Majima fights that was made into a symbol in Mine’s scenes. Playing while paying attention to the sound might offer a different kind of enjoyment.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreifp3qb2c5yyofq2f3cxwjgzt2a3anewpilclgwgjbz6umc5tiickq@jpeg)
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Composer Hidenori Shoji on the role of characterization in music