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KikanshaLewds

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You aced your test, now go get your reward. #persona5 #sadayokawakami #nsfwart

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December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM

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Candy Corn Studios🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇽

@candycornstudios.bsky.social

Pixel art Í made of one of the GOAT fighting game trans gals. She is originally from Final Fight but has made her way to Street Fighter series.

We (Las Muñecas) have redrawn it on Wplace too. Thanks KaylaRaiko and GraceTheMace for your contributions

#fgc #pixelart #art #streetfighter #spriteart

A pink haired trans woman with toned abs, short shorts, a tank top, and red heels. Her name is Poison. her arms are crossed and one of her legs leaning to the left. She is holding a trans flag on her right hand

Poison pixel art as seen on Wplace, she is located in Latuvi, Oaxaca Mexico. She is next to Hibari Oozora, Abigail from Metal Slug Attack, Frisk from Undertale, Papyrus, Shadoll Winda, Chiitan, Bridget from guilty Gear, Robó-ky, Testament, Venom, and Unika

November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM

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KikanshaLewds

@kikanshalewds.bsky.social

Models - Xelandis

Alts:

October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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KikanshaLewds

@kikanshalewds.bsky.social

rise moment #persona4 #nsfwart #feet

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October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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KikanshaLewds

@kikanshalewds.bsky.social

Rank 11 #persona4 #nsfwart

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October 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM

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Yakuza/Like a Dragon Brasil

@rggbrasil.bsky.social

Recentemente, foi descoberto por fãs da RGG que o ator Teriyuki Kawaga (novo ator do Goh Hamazaki no YK3) foi acusado de assédio a uma hostess no Japão. Ele admitiu a culpa e foi removido de diversos trabalhos.

Acho inaceitável que um ser humano como este esteja em um jogo da RGG.

#REMOVEKAGAWA

September 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM

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Ramblin Hag

@ramblinhag.bsky.social

#REMOVEKAGAWA #yakuzakiwami3

If you have the time, I recommend you contact SEGA's customer service team to also let our voices be heard.

support.sega.com/hc/en-gb/req...

I have written a template that you only need to add your name to, should that be helpful. I will include it in the replies.

A screenshot of the SEGA Customer Feedback form

Subject: Regarding Teruyuki Kagawa

Hello, my name is [NAME] and I am contacting you regarding the recent casting of Teruyuki Kagawa in the upcoming release Yakuza Kiwami 3.

Kagawa admitted to several instances of sexual harassment that he enacted in 2019.

As a long time fan of the series and someone who was otherwise looking forward to purchasing and playing Kiwami 3, I am extremely disappointed that SEGA and RGG Studios have made this casting decision. I will no longer be supporting the game as long as Kagawa remains a part of the project.

I am not the only customer who is withdrawing my support. There is a change.org petition that is also calling for the removal of Kagawa from the game.

https://www.change.org/p/remove-teruyuki-kagawa-from-his-role-as-goh-hamazaki-in-yakuza-kiwami-3

I hope you will consider the irreparable damage this casting decision has already done and will continue to do to the Yakuza: Like A Dragon franchise and its reputation, and that you will make the decision to remove Kagawa from the game.

I understand recasting and remodelling is not an easy task, but I also know that many customers including myself would rather have a delayed release than to see someone guilty of sexual harassment attached to this game.

Should Kagawa remain a part of Kiwami 3, I will not be purchasing the game, or any related releases.

Thank you for your consideration, and I hope to hear an update from you soon.

Regards

[NAME]

October 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM

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Masu ⚔️✨ RGG Wiki 会長

@04tenno.bsky.social

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.’ ”

October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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aoi

@aaoi69.bsky.social

香川照之「龍が如く極3」の起用反対オンライン署名✏️
新作を楽しみたいから勘弁。

#龍が如く
#REMOVEKAGAWA

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Remove Teruyuki Kagawa from his role as Goh Hamazaki in Yakuza Kiwami 3

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October 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM

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@queengizzard.posts.cat

big update on #REMOVEKAGAWA: snowiestangeman, one of the biggest rgg youtubers made a big post abt the situation. please give it a read: www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxc3-...

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October 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM

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@leashk.bsky.social

Even if you're not from the RGG fandom, sign the petition. His behavior isn't acceptable. He doesn't deserve anything!

#REMOVEKAGAWA

www.change.org/p/remove-ter...

Sign the Petition

Remove Teruyuki Kagawa from his role as Goh Hamazaki in Yakuza Kiwami 3

www.change.org

September 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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Christine Kenson

@christinekenson.bsky.social

#REMOVEKAGAWA I think this is bigger than asking for a recast. I think real fans of the series know this contradicts the messages in the games, and I think if you are arguing or dismissing those who are fighting for change, you shouldn’t be in this fandom.

But that’s just me.

So many people are missing the entire point of why fans are at this point begging for RGG to say or do something. This isn’t just solely about Kagawa. This isn’t just because people don’t like the likeness character aspect, so they’re finding ‘a way’ to get him removed. This is about how Japan (like many countries) shows leniency to men who commit sexual assault, especially those who are seen in high regard, and especially when the woman is a hostess (which reminder, is not the same as a sex worker, but that shouldn’t matter, they’re still people).

The fact that this studio has pumped out games that 1) try to highlight hostesses as people deserving respect, 2) have scenes of men who assault hostesses getting mocked or beaten, and 3) have protagonists who champion being kind to those who deserve it, makes hiring Kagawa feel like a slap across the face. In Japan alone, 40% of the fanbase is female. Most game franchises don’t get that close to a 50/50 split, so 40% is incredibly significant. The studio has known they’ve had a sizable female fanbase

for years, as seen when most of the votes for the original Ishin cast in 2014 were from female voters.

People want to see a change not solely because they don’t want to see Kagawa, but because they want SA against women to be treated more seriously. There are Japanese fans who are speaking up and thanking the Western fans for using their voices because they feel like they can’t. We are causing ‘a fuss’ in an attempt to bring to light that these actions should have real consequences.

At this point, if you are telling fans that this is stupid, or “Japan already handled this” (they really didn’t), I’m going to assume YOU are a fake fan. You lack the simplest levels of media literacy if you believe that a character like Kiryu or Ichiban would forgive men who commit SA against women, especially women who are already societally treated as ‘lower’ than others. And no, before you try to say, “they believe in second chances,” that is not what this is and

you know it. You know very well that both characters have limits and know when someone is irredeemable OR they want proper atonement before a second chance. Hagawa did not atone. He gave a half-assed apology to one woman, and then didn’t perform for a period of time. That was not taking accountability, that was performative and treated as ‘enough’ to allow him back.

If you as a ‘fan’ cannot understand why this issue of hiring Kagawa needs to be addressed, I will have to assume you do not care about women in the slightest. A man sexually assaulted a woman at her place of work, and got away with a slap on the wrist, and is now welcomed with open arms? One of the women developed PTSD from the incident. Why are you playing a series that has championed for the outcasts of society, only to allow for a sex-pest with no remorse to play a part in said series? This is why fans are mad.

We as the fans who felt seen or uplifted by

the messages in this series, feel like our trust has been broken. No, we never expected perfectly political correctness or for the games to not have an ounce of sexism, but whenever an outcast in Japanese society was portrayed, the protagonists were kind, empathetic, and stood up for those people. The message to us was clear, but the studio is now telling us those things don’t matter. The hostesses regardless of their occupation, are still women. The studio is telling us that the safety and rights of 40% of their fans don’t matter.

This is why this movement and these voices need to be seen and heard. This is why we are begging for a statement. This is much bigger than a Kabuki actor vs Hostess, or bigger than the games industry. We want women as a whole to feel safer that those who commit assault against them are properly punished. That perhaps men will think twice if the consequences are more severe than simply staying out of the public eye for a time.

October 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM

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Masu ⚔️✨ RGG Wiki 会長

@04tenno.bsky.social

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.

September 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM

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Masu ⚔️✨ RGG Wiki 会長

@04tenno.bsky.social

Note that unlike with Mirei, Kagawa (via his agency) outright refused to apologize to the mama and discredited her story as a “distortion of logic” and “past the statute of limitations.” I don’t want to hear another word about him “deserving redemption.” www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2022...

香川照之のセクハラ暴行、被害ママが真相を初告白　新たなワイセツ証拠写真を入手（全文） | デイリー新潮

あのアクの強い顔がテレビから消えて早4カ月――。本誌（「週刊新潮」2022年9月1日号、8日号）が“性加害”トラブルを報じるや、香川照之（57）はワイドショーのMCに連続ドラマ、大企業のCMを相次いで降板。…

www.dailyshincho.jp

September 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM

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Masu ⚔️✨ RGG Wiki 会長

@04tenno.bsky.social

RGG Studio has chosen suppressing #REMOVEKAGAWA as their PR strategy

A screenshot of hidden replies regarding #REMOVEKAGAWA on a Ryosuke Horii (@RyosukeHorii) tweet, captioned "Ryosuke Horii, director and producer of Yakuza Kiwami 3, is hiding #REMOVEKAGAWA-related comments on a promotional tweet. This action follows RGG Studio’s Japanese Instagram account limiting and deleting #REMOVEKAGAWA-related replies."

October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM

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