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Masu ⚔️✨ RGG Wiki 会長
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Masu・He/Him
Chairman of the official Yakuza/Like a Dragon Wiki and niche reporter
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Just saying.
The full set of marriageable characters (9 male, 2 female) for RGG Studio’s upcoming wedding exhibition accompanied by excerpts from a Masayoshi Yokoyama interview with AnAn on 2024-10-18, an Ashita Yamazaki interview with Nikkei Cross Trend on 2025-03-07, and a Yokoyama interview with influencer Hiroyuki on Denfa Minico Gamer’s YouTube channel livestreamed on 2025-09-26. “In the beginning, the ratio of players was 90% male and 10% female, but these days it’s half-and-half.” — Masayoshi Yokoyama Source: AnAn (2024-10-18) 70 to 80% of merch buyers are female. — Ashita Yamazaki Interview Source: Nikkei Cross Trend (2025-03-07) “Around 90% of event attendees are female.” — Masayoshi Yokoyama Source: Denfa Minico Gamer (2025-09-26)
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#REMOVEKAGAWA has reached 38 articles published. Massive influx after our protests on the new trailer. Polygon has contacted Sega for comment.
Mobile screenshots of 38 articles about the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement, captioned “38 #REMOVEKAGAWA articles published. Polygon reaches out to Sega.” There is a screenshot of the Polygon article at the bottom that reads, “Polygon has contacted Sega for comment on Kagawa’s role in the upcoming game and will update when the company responds.”
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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.]
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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.
Just after 12am local time (8am BST) on October 16th 2025, Nevvie collapsed mid-sentence and never regained consciousness. Despite the best efforts of myself and the emergency services she slipped away rapidly and was pronounced dead within the hour. The LA coroner won’t be investigating the cause of her sudden death because “she was fat”. I am pursuing a 3rd party investigation and waiting for more information. This happened six days after our 16th anniversary, Nevvie was 47. Four years ago we lost our home to a fire. This year she lost her father while I was in hospital for emergency spine reconstruction surgery. Though it could be stressful she had a job she loved at Sega, a company she could be proud to be part of, one she helped to unionize.
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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
Baseline (Aug 24–Sep 23) RGG Studio’s typical social media activity ・RGG West made 35 posts ・RGG Japan made 56 posts ・Aug 28: Shark spike due to RGGTV #43 RGG Summit 2025 (Sep 24–Oct 24) RGG Studio’s social media activity for the month after the announcement of K3/DT ・RGG West made 46 posts ・RGG Japan made 132 posts ・Sep 24: Sharp spike due to RGG Summit and Tokyo Game Show ・Sep 28: Sharp decline due to #REMOVEKAGAWA starting activities ・Oct 11: Masayoshi Yokoyama stops posting ・Oct 13: RGG Studio resumes promoting K3 ・Oct 16: Ryosuke Horii stops posting RGG Summit 2024 (Sep 20–Oct 20) RGG Studio’s social media activity for the month after the announcement of PYIH ・RGG West (@RGGStudio) made 79 posts ・RGG Japan (@ryugagotoku) made 109 posts Overall, trends show a massive decline in the promotion of Kiwami 3/Dark ties after the start of #REMOVEKAGAWA on Sep 28 onwards compared to the same period after RGG Summit 2024 and a slow rise from Oct 13 onwards
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The Yakuza/Like a Dragon Wiki community's statement on #REMOVEKAGAWA. This took a month to get published. Fight on.
Yakuza/Like a Dragon Wiki Community Notice Regarding Yakuza Kiwami 3 - Please Read: https://yakuza.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000137222
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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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.’ ”
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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This also shows Kagawa's mocap still works for a different face even if they were to only change the voice+appearance like Hamura. I'd rather they use the original motion data with Masanori Mimoto redoing the added/altered scenes as usual, but it's viable. (from @REMOVEKAGAWA on Twitter)
Teruyuki Kagawa doing the mocap for Goh Hamazaki in Yakuza Kiwami 3; Yosuke Tendo's model is being used as a temporary substitute for Hamazaki's
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Different circumstances, but this is how much time Sega took to recast actors over scandals in the past. #REMOVEKAGAWA
A comparison of Pierre Taki as Kyohei Hamura in Judgment and the new, original model for Hamura after he was recast, captioned: “Pierre Taki Recast in 15 Days Following Scandal “March 17, 2019: Pierre Taki is arrested on suspicion of drug use. Sega announces it is halting sales of Judgment. “March 22, 2019: Sega announces it is replacing Pierre Taki’s likeness and performance in the West. “April 6, 2019: Nagoshi states the replacement process is complete. “June 25, 2019: Judgment releases with no delays four months after the scandal.” The cover of Metaphor: ReFantazio and a photo of Toru Furuya, captioned: “Toru Furuya Recast in 6 Weeks Following Scandal “May 22, 2024: Toru Furuya admits to abusive affair on social media as reported earlier the same day. “June 11, 2024: Sega announces it is replacing Furuya’s performance in Metaphor: ReFantazio. “July 6, 2024: Sega reveals the recast actor, Takehito Koyasu. “October 11, 2024: Metaphor releases with no delays six months after.”
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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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...’ ”
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Compiled what we know about RGG Studio's censorship of the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement. Keep speaking up.
Four sets of screenshots depicting RGG Studio’s acts of censorship as captioned: “RGG Studio (9k followers) limits, filters, and deletes #REMOVEKAGAWA comments on Instagram. RGG West (111k) currently does not, despite receiving more comments.” “Yakuza Kiwami 3 director/producer Ryosuke Horii hides #REMOVEKAGAWA comments, deletes tweet, and says he’ll block spam replies (“annoying replies”).” “Parody account RGG Studio UK suspected of being taken down for speaking up about #REMOVEKAGAWA despite being clearly marked as a parody account.” “Sega summarily marks feedback forms regarding #REMOVEKAGAWA as solved with no response. Fans resort to repeatedly asking for follow-ups and responses to keep tickets open.”
October 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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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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RGG Studio suppressing #REMOVEKAGAWA on Instagram
Several screenshots of the ryugagotokustudio Instagram page with comments with the all-caps hashtag #REMOVEKAGAWA and an error saying “Comments on this post have been limited.” A lowercase #removekagawa hashtag seems to have gotten through. The screenshots are accompanied by a caption stating: “RGG Studio Is Limiting and Deleting Comments About #REMOVEKAGAWA on Instagram “The #REMOVEKAGAWA tag appears be filtered out when written in all-caps, but not in lowercase. One Twitter user reports comments were disabled while #REMOVEKAGAWA comments were mass-deleted. According to another user, the filter was briefly lifted and the account was being flooded with #REMOVEKAGAWA comments, but seems to have been reinstated. The situation is currently in limbo.”
October 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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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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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Dark Ties to be 8-12 hours long!
A stylized, moody black and white shot of Yoshitaka Mine in the trailer for Dark Ties, accompanied by a quote from Jason Parker for Sportskeeda on 2025-09-25: “During my time, I asked about how long it’s going to be, and it sounds like we can expect a run time similar to Kiryu’s Like a Dragon: Gaiden.”
September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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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.”
September 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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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.”
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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All 114 character birthdays released today!
A collection of birthdays and years with pictures for 123 RGG characters compiled by 04tenno from the Dragon Calendar. There are too many to list within the character limit.
September 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Yakuza 0 was localized on a hacked Chinese copy
The Chinese cover of Yakuza 0 featuring Sam Lee as Lao Gui, accompanied by a quote from Scott Strichart, localization producer, from a stream on his Twitch channel @TriggerRedd on 2021-11-07: “In fact, it was so from-the-ground-up that we didn’t even have Sega of Japan’s help localizing it. I mean, we had their help, but […] Sega of Japan had moved on. Like they had archived Yakuza 0, we were so far behind. And we ultimately had to rely on this group of programmers who [took] the […] Chinese version of Yakuza 0 and essentially kind of hacked the English over it. And you see that a little bit. […] That little mix up at the end with [Lao Gui] who was specifically replaced in the Chinese version [with] a famous Chinese actor, and […] we didn’t know Chinese—we had accidentally left this Chinese audio in. Think it was [Devilleon7] who discovered that.”
September 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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RGG Studio potentially diversifying
A shot of Akira Yuki from behind in the Virtua Fighter 6 trailer accompanied by quotes from Riichiro Yamada, Virtua Fighter 6 producer, from an interview with Loot Level Chill on 2025-09-02: “This is just my personal opinion, but while [Yakuza] has been a major success, I sometimes feel that its image has become too fixed in the minds of gamers. With [Virtua Fighter 6], I’m hoping we can break through that perception and show a different side of what we’re capable of. [RE: a “dream franchise” to work on for RGG:] If we’re going to make something, I’d rather it be something new. Back when we were younger, I actually worked with Yokoyama […] on a proposal for a ninja game—so I’d love to bring that to life someday.”
September 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Commentary on 0's opening scene
A shot of Kazuma Kiryu standing over a beaten and terrified Taichi Kurihara in Yakuza 0 accompanied by a quote from Scott Strichart, localization producer, from a stream on his Twitch channel @TriggerRedd on 2021-11-07: “This cutscene is my number one argument for like, ‘Maybe Yakuza 0 isn’t where you start?’ Which is blasphemy. […] And I agree. Yakuza 0 is absolutely the place to start. But […] if you go into this cutscene not having known any previous Yakuza […] you don’t get that this scene is supposed to shock you.[…] Kurihara is weak, trying to escape, begging for him to stop, and Kiryu’s just kicking his ass. That is not what Kiryu is, that is not what his character’s about, and when this is your first cutscene, you don’t understand that. You’ve missed all the context, what this cutscene is trying to imply, that in the ages of past Kiryu wasn’t Kiryu yet. Which is cool.”
September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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RGG Studio to hold performance(s) based on the concept “RGG: An Alternate History”
Labeled photos of the ten winners of the Cosplayer Audition accompanied by an excerpt from a press release published on ryu-ga-gotoku.com on 2025-08-28. The winners are as follows: - Araburu Mosshi as Noah Rich - Kenken as Shintaro Kazama - Rio Takamori as Mai Sanada - Mike as Lau Ka Long - Katagiri as Pirate Goro Majima - Yuno as Devil Rocker Yu Nanba - Yukari Shimotsuki as Goro Majima - RiuRiu as Pocket Circuit Fighter - Kyu as Azusa Osawa - Hikaru Shida as Akira Nishikiyama The excerpt is as follows: “Winners Announced for the Cosplayer Audition Project to Commemorate the [RGG] Series’ 20th Anniversary in December 2025 “[…] All winners will perform in costume as minor characters and Gaiden characters at event(s) RGG Studio exhibits at, based on the concept “RGG: An Alternate History.” Furthermore, some winners will appear as different characters to those they cosplayed during the audition.”
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Original Yakuza was planned to be dual-audio
The cover of the original Yakuza accompanied by an excerpt from a GameSpot interview with the game’s US producer Justin Lambros on 2006-06-20: GameSpot: Did you ever consider just subtitling everything and sticking with the original cast? Justin Lambros: We chose to include English dialogue in Yakuza so that the game would appeal to the widest possible audience in the US. The gameplay is engaging and accessible, so we wanted the same thing for the story as well. We were hoping to include the Japanese dialogue as an alternate track, but unfortunately there just wasn’t enough room on a single disc to put both sets of voice files.
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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All birthdays revealed on stream today!
Character portraits with names and dates of birth: Kosei Shishido - 1975.08.28 Ryuji Goda - 1976.08.18 Tatsuo Shinada - 1975.07.04 Tetsu Tachibana - 1963.05.01 Joongi Han - 1983.09.03 Yu Nanba - 1978.02.02 Ryo Takashima - 1966.06.01 Noah RIch - 2014.06.04 Mai Sanada - 1995.08.03
August 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM