Summary[]
Yakuza, later rebranded as Like a Dragon, is a video game franchise developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by SEGA. Unlike the title, this video game series was about the grittiness of the yakuza life and how the heroes fight against the bad side of the gangsters.
Morality Standard of The Verse[]
Admirable Standards[]
- Safe Nobility: Although the franchise is branded as a crime drama/gangster game, the main heroes were not active criminals at all, they are selfless heroes who tried to reform themselves, as well as to stop the dangerous criminal threats from harming the innocents. Therefore, some heroes might need to do some selfless deeds with significant impact to stand out.
Heinous Standards[]
- Frequent Common Hostility: The Heinous Standard of the verse is really high, as it does not just involve murder or blackmail, but also many unique crimes, such as torture, human trafficking, genocide or abuse. This is why generic murderers or torturers find it hard to pass the standard of the verse.
The Moral Rankings[]
Pure Good[]
- Ichiban Kasuga (The Ultimate Good)
Near Pure Good[]
- Kazuma Kiryu (The Ultimate Good)
- Shun Akiyama
- Taiga Saejima
- Daigo Dojima
- Takayuki Yagami
Inconsistently Admirable[]
- Goro Majima
- Akira Nishikiyama
- Shintaro Kazama
- Masayoshi Tanimura
- Jin Kuwana
- Yutaka Yamai
Heroic Benchmark[]
- Pocket Circuit Fighter
- Wen Hai Lee
- Billiken
- Reina
- Masaru Sera
- Yukio Terada
- Joji Kazama
- Mikio Aragaki
- Shigeru Nakahara
- Goh Hamazaki
- Takeshi Kido
- Seiji Kosaka
- Takaaki Matsunaga
- Naoto Tagashira
- Takumi Someya
- Ryuzo Genda
- Saori Shirosaki
- Mafuyu Fujii
- Issei Hoshino
- Kazuya Ayabe
- Jo Sawashiro
- Ryuhei Hoshino
- Eri Kamataki
- Nick Ogata
- Tesso
- Kihei Hanawa
- Yuki Tsuruno
- Akame
Standard Heroism[]
- Sotaro Komaki
- Bacchus
- Miss Tatsu
- Yuki
- Mr. Libido
- Gary Buster Holmes
- Mack Shinozuka
- Sosuke Komaki
- Tsukino Saotome
- Yoko Sawa
- Akane Kishida
Completely Ambiguous[]
- N/A
Standard Villainy[]
- Mr. Shakedown (all versions)
- Jo Amon
- Hiroaki Arai
- Shigeki Baba
- Masato Aizawa
- Takumi Someya
- Daimu Akutsu
- Jin Kuwana
- Yui Mamiya
Villainous Benchmark[]
- Daisaku Kuze
- Yoneda
- Lao Gui
- Akira Nishikiyama (PS2)
- Ryuji Goda
- Lau Ka Long
- Junji Sugiuchi
- Kamon Kanai
- Kanji Koshimizu
- Matsuhisa Koga
- Sota Kume
- Shinya Kawai
- Kazuki Soma
- Kosei Shishido
- Eiji Mitamura
- Mortimer
Inconsistently Heinous[]
- Jun Oda
- Yukio Terada
- Andre Richardson
- Takechi Hanpeita
- Kyohei Hamura
- Masato Arakawa
- Masataka Ebina
Near Pure Evil[]
- Futoshi Shimano
- Keiji Shibusawa
- Kyohei Jingu
- Wataru Kurahashi
- Saito
- Tetsuo Nikaido
- Tsubasa Kurosawa
- Yamauchi Yodo
- Katsumi Sugai
- Yoji Shono
- Hiro Mikoshiba
- Homare Nishitani III
- Dwight Mendez
Pure Evil[]
- Sohei Dojima (The Ultimate Evil)
- Kei Ibuchi
- Ryo Takashima
- Isao Katsuragi
- Seishiro Munakata
- Yuji Katsuura
- DD
- Tsuneo Iwami
- Mitsuru Kuroiwa
- Kaoru Ichinose
- Kyoya Sadamoto
- Bryce Fairchild
Status Under Debate[]
- Koichi Adachi
- Yu Nanba
- Saeko Mukoda
- Joongi Han (LaD)
- Tianyou Zhao
- Seonhee
- Eric Tomizawa
- Chitose Fujinomiya
- Osamu Kashiwagi
- Masaharu Kaito
- Fumiya Sugiura
- Toru Higashi
Note[]
- The characters marked in bold are from non-canon spin-offs.