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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Reveals Major Characters

by Alex Fuller · October 22, 2024

Sega and Ryū ga Gotoku Studio released new details for the upcoming Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Set a year after the events of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the game sees Goro Majima shipwrecked on a deserted island, where he is unable to remember even his name. He travels across the ocean to uncover his identity, joined by a boy named Noah who saved his life. The new information introduces various members of the cast as well as parts of its setting. The cast members revealed (alongside their Japanese voice actors are as follows):

Goro Majima (Hidenari Ugaki) — The protagonist and a violent yakuza known as the Mad Dog of Shimano. After being marooned and losing his memories, he is saved by Noah and chooses to help fulfill Noah’s dream of seeing the world.
Noah Rich (First Summer Uika) — A young boy who dreams of seeing the world, but he is confined to Rich Island at the orders of his father due to a chronic illness.
Jason Rich (Kenji Matsuda) — Noah’s father and the owner of the only bar on Rich Island. A former treasure hunter, who previously sailed the world, he is now rarely seen sober.
Masaru Fujita (Ryūji Akiyama) — A bodyguard and chef who has served on many pirate ships. He currently runs the kitchen of a pirate ship anchored at Rich Island.
Teruhiko Shigaki (Munetaka Aoki) — The patriarch of the former Tojo Clan’s Shigaki family. He is volunteering to clean up pollution on Nele Island after the Great Dissolution.
Rodriguez (Ayumi Tanida) — An elite disciple of Palekana religious organisation, he stays to guard the holy site on Nele Island and assist with its cleanup despite many others leaving after the events of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

Mortimer (Shunsuke Daitoh) — Head of the Mortimer pirate armada and champion of Madlantis’s Pirates’ Coliseum. There appears to be history between him, Jason, and Masaru.
Goro (Kazuhiro Nakaya) — Noah’s companion. A “cat” that escaped from a ship and managed to make its way to Rich Island, where he was found by Noah, with the two becoming inseparable.
Moana Rich (Reina Ueda) — Noah’s older sister and the face of the bar at Rich Island. She is cheerful and able to keep the bar running despite its lack of customers.
Naomi Rich (Yoko Hikasa) — Noah’s eldest sister. Jason lost track of her whereabouts after she attended Honolulu University but she appears as secretary and bodyguard in the service of Queen Michele.
Queen Michele (Romi Park) — The ruler of the secret island of Madlantis. Formerly considered the belle of Hawaii’s criminal underworld, she brings back an “Age of Discovery” with her aristocratic tastes.
Raymond Law (Miou Tanaka) — Also known as the Pirate King. He manages the finances of Madlantis, making Queen Michele’s idea of the Pirates’ Coliseum into a profitable business.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii sees Goro Majima exploring the vast ocean on his own ship, discovering lighthouses, treasure islands, and more. Players will need to fight hostile foes while on the waves, using cannons to damage opposing ships before boarding them in hand-to-hand combat. Players will be able to modify their ship, while powering up their crew from over a hundred recruitable members.

The game being on Rich Island, which was named by Noah’s grandfather after himself. It is mostly inhabited by fishermen, but has just a single bar and only gets visits from other ships every few months. Another important location is Madlantis. It is a secret island inhabited by numerous criminal gangs, and hides a sprawling pleasure district within it. The Pirates’ Coliseum at Madlantis hosts naval battles, with those who impress in it invite to an audience with Queen Michele.

Elsewhere, Nele Island is a holy site of Palekana, a religious organisation in Hawaii, and the home to a particularly devout group within Palekana called the Haku. It is larger than Rich Island with a proper harbour, and following recent events many former yakuza have taken up lodging on the island near Palekana’s training ground. Finally, the district of Honolulu that appeared in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will also play a part in the game.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii currently has a worldwide release date of February 21, 2025. The game will be available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Source: Gematsu