If it wasn't obvious, yes, this is in part to do with #REMOVEKAGAWA. RGG Studio should not be allowed to get away with spitting in the faces of at least half its fanbase.

- AnAn (2024-10-18) ananweb.jp/categories/e...
- Nikkei Cross Trend (2025-03-07) xtrend.nikkei.com/atcl/content...
- Denfa Minico Gamer (2025-09-26) www.youtube.com/live/dvpxDaL...
- SIGN THE PETITION: www.change.org/p/remove-teruyuki-kagawa-from-his-role-as-goh-hamazaki-in-yakuza-kiwami-3

I would normally link all the articles and thank the authors, but there are way too many this time around.
Sign the petition: change.org/p/remove-ter...

Polygon article: www.polygon.com/yakuza-3-rem...

In the meantime, our community notice on the wiki has those details in written form: yakuza.fandom.com/f/p/44000000...

Main thing to link while I work on another post about the recent censorship on the livestream and Twitter. bsky.app/profile/04te...

THIS is the power of "spam." We'd be stuck at about half the number of #REMOVEKAGAWA articles if we didn't ratio the trailer. Worth noting though that very few of these mention the censorship, so if you can, please write to these outlets asking for an amendment or update.

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

Masaru Wakasa via Daily Shincho: www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2022...
Penal Code: www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view...
Criminal Code of Procedure: www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view...

Original post: neverwhere.tumblr.com/post/7987771...

Aquarium of the Pacific: support.aquariumofpacific.org/give/230828/...
American Association of People with Disabilities: www.aapd.com/donate-to-aa...
LGBTQ Center in Long Beach: www.centerlb.org/donate/
UK Wild Otter Trust: ukwildottertrust.org/donate/
MindOut, UK LGBTQ Mental Health mindout.org.uk

Fundraiser: gofund.me/ff8ebcd30

Lastly, I'm not going to claim my methodology or math here are perfect, but I think the overall results are conclusive nonetheless. Don't let anyone tell you we're not accomplishing anything. That we're obstructing promotion, even in a small way, is great.

Just for comparison, activity is also way, way down post-28th compared to Pirate Yakuza during the same period, even though it was way up at the start. Regardless: don't let them crawl back.

Sharp declines in activity line up perfectly with the start of the movement on September 28. If you've noticed an uptick in activity since October 13, you're right; maybe a behind-the-scenes decision was made then. (Incidentally, Yokoyama+Horii stopped posting on the 11th+16th.)

Sources:
- www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2022...
- www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2022...
- www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_...
- mainichi.jp/english/arti...
- www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainmen...
- www.asagei.com/excerpt/233119
- www.asagei.com/excerpt/229978
- www.jprime.jp/articles/-/2...

Read here: yakuza.fandom.com/f/p/44000000...

Photos from mas_0619nori and lz_qmm9 on Twitter. Please don't bug them, they're just regular fans who attended TGS. I've cropped a small portion of their photos to illustrate the point I'm making in this report.

Excerpt is from here: Daily Shincho (2022-12-28) www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2022...

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)

And with Furuya (who played Bryce in IW before the news came out), his case was similar to Kagawa in that he was never charged. It was a scramble to not be associated with infidelity and domestic violence, just as RGGS should be scrambling to not be associated with SA.