He wields a bat that does a decent amount of damage, so focus on your blocks. [15] A cologne label titled "Ichiban Kasuga Eau de Toilette", which was developed as a collaboration with fragrance company Fits Corporation, was unveiled during the franchise's 15th anniversary live stream by Sega. The duo eventually encounters their targets in Nagasugai, Fukuoka. Valve Corporation. Damage an enemy with an onslaught of headbutts. Kasuga defeats Tendo, and engineers a confession with the help of Mirror Face to end Aoki's political career. Yakuza Like a Dragon - Ichiban Confronts Masumi ArakawaTwitter: https://twitter.com/Santosx07 22 (Wanderings of the Golden Dragon)23-41 (The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga: Part 1) Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Masumi talks about his concerns with Masato and his plans for post-yakuza life and Kasuga expresses his desire to be a family again. [6], Auditions of the character started early in development to appreciate him sooner. Unlike in Like A Dragon, this incarnation of Ichiban never leaves Kamuroch, and encounters a different cast of supporting characters as well as enemies. Initially a street thug, Daigo becomes the Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan by Kazuma Kiryu's recommendation, representing a new generation of yakuza. It is implied that he may hav felt like kasuga is the real son. Also Known As Appearance Kasuga hypes himself up and attunes to the flow of battle, boosting his Evasion and Attack for 2 turns. Yakuza: Like a Dragon / Characters - TV Tropes Although he had a loving father, Masumi had a troubled home life as a child, and received the scar on his face at the hands of his mother at a young age. Modeled After Masumi's first card in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online, SSR Masumi Arakawa (Black), was first released on September 24, 2020 and depicts the version of him seen in the main story of Ryu Ga Gotoku Online. So after this, Kiryu and Saejima go to jail. Aliases Trying to find answers as to why, Kasuga ends up shot and . Appearance Physical Advance Offense-type allies' cooldown timer by up to 24%. With the rough events, Kasuga starts to lose himself, but an exchange of blows with Kazuma Kiryu gets him back to his senses. Appears In [28] Hayes Madsen from Screen Rant said Ichiban is the most important protagonist in games for the year 2020, and called him an inspiring character due to his unfailing kindness and warmth of humanity, and that his story arc in Like a Dragon put forward meaningful commentary on the inequalities of society. Tendo anticipated an attempt on Masumi's life by Reiji Ishioda and intercepts him. The way I see it, he either knew or was very suspicious and hoped Ichi was his real son. Aliases Arakawa asks Kasuga to shoulder the blame and go to prison on Sawashiro's behalf, and that he is banished from the family. The two went on to become akin to father and son, with Kasuga being tasked to care for his adoptive brother, Masato Arakawa, sometime after his induction to the family. He believes that Ichiban fits the Yakuza setting due to his love for Dragon Quest, as well as his heroic demeanor which goes along the new type of gameplay Like a Dragon provided to the franchise. Sawashiro reveals that he did not commit the murder all those years ago, but it was in fact Arakawa's own son. Damage an enemy with a flying kick. What do you want to see in a sequel? *spoilers* - GameFAQs On his 24th birthday, Kasuga is called into the Arakawa Family office, where Arakawa informs him of Sawashiro's involvement in the murder of a member of the Sakaki Family. [7] Following the worldwide release of Like A Dragon by late 2020, Nakaya indicated in an interview with Famitsu that Ichiban will lead the series for the foreseeable future, and that he was grateful for the support from Takaya Kuroda, Kiryu's voice actor, with regards to the transition. His eyes are gray and he has medium-length dark hair styled into a massive afro after his release from prison, as well as a beard. Nationality Member of the Arakawa Family (formerly) Kaiji Tang shares his experiences voicing Ichiban in Yakuza: Like a Dragon", "Kaiji Tang Interview - Ichiban's voice talks Yakuza: Like a Dragon, 13 Sentinels & Trails of Cold Steel", "Say Hello To Kazuga Ichiban, The Next Hero Of The Yakuza Series", "Ichiban Kasuga Teaches Everyone How to Make an Omelet", "Yakuza Series April Fool Joke Involves Ichiban Kasuga In An RPG Battle", "Yakuza SuperGroupies Items Are Inspired By Kiryu, Majima, and Kasuga", "Smell Like Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga With the Latest Yakuza Colognes", "Yakuza: Like A Dragon - Everything We Know About Sega's Newest Yakuza Game", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon preview: What turn-based combat means for a Yakuza lover and JRPG hater", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon Cosplay Performance Is Impressively Accurate", "Best Games Of 2020 - Yakuza: Like A Dragon", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon's secret weapon isn't a magic baseball bat, it's optimism", Ichiban Kasuga Is A Worthy Successor To The Yakuza Throne, "Yakuza's Ichiban Kasuga is an awesome dude, and his story may have only just begun", "Ichiban Kasuga hat das, was vielen Helden fehlt: ein groes Herz und Emotionen", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon Proves that It's Time for the Yakuza Series to Grow Up", "2020 may have been a crap year but it gave us some amazing new characters", "2020's best video game hero exposes the worst part of 'Last of Us 2', "Yakuza's Ichiban Is the Most Important Protagonist of the Year", "Yakuza's Latest Protagonist Is The Hero I Need Right Now", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon reinvigorates the series, but can't shake all of Yakuza's flaws", "Yakuza: Like a Dragon Review Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam", "I Wish Kingdom Hearts' Sora Was More Like Yakuza's Ichiban Kasuga", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ichiban_Kasuga&oldid=1126987462, This page was last edited on 12 December 2022, at 08:29. [27], The performances of both Kazuhiro Nakaya and Kaiji Tang as the Japanese and English voices of Ichiban were also praised by Polygon and Atomix. Due to how often the troupe moved from place to place, Masumi never developed friendships in school. Really cool twist but I can't believe Arakawa never knew under these circumstances. [29] Chingy Nea from Kotaku praised Ichiban as the Yakuza series most relatable protagonist and one of its best characters, and the main reason why Like a Dragon was a source of comfort and joy for her in late-2020. Also did ichiban providers never mention his mother's name, and if they did why wouldn't it ever come up in passive conversation between Arakawa and ichiban? Kamurocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Really, Ichiban's relationship with Arakawa as a whole is one big Crowning Moment of Heartwarming given the later reveal that Ichiban is Arakawa's true son. In fact,Ichiban spends the majority of game saying that he has always felt like Arakawa is a father to him, so the reveal that he might actually be his father drives that connection even deeper. In 1969, when he is not wearing his Onnagata outfit, he wears a white dress shirt with the top button unbuttoned, khaki pants, a black leather belt with a silver buckle, and white Velcro sneakers. The three are directed to Otohime Land to work for Isao Nonomiya, and rescue Nanoha Mukoda from having to pay large fees to Sunlight Castle, and meet Ryuhei Hoshino, who recognizes the bill. They meet Hamako and Bleach Japan after a bodyguard job, and Adachi rejoins them afterward. Arakawa explains that it was he who leaked inside information to his son, giving him the chance he needed to bring the 3K strategy into play, forcing the Tojo Clan out. Noting everything is going according to plan, Masumi shoots Kasuga non-lethally and has him taken to Isezaki Ijincho, a location out of the Omi's reach. as far why he didnt send someone else to prison.. Well even if u r the patriarch.. No wud just accept to go away for years. Aoki escapes, leading him and Ichiban to the lockers where they were put as babies. Sneaking into the Omi Alliance Headquarters to meet Arakawa, he and his party are met upon by Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima. Daigo Dojima | Yakuza Wiki | Fandom Ichiban starts accepting work from an employment agency to earn a living, and later investigate the Liumang with his friends to learn the truth behind the murder of one of their employers, a soapland proprietor named Nonomiya. He asks Kasuga to turn himself in, telling him the lie that it was Sawashiro who committed the murder. Eye Color Associations RGGO He is more human than Kazama is. Tojo Clan (formerly)Omi AllianceArakawa Family RGGO Overview Kasuga hoped mentioning his name would somehow get him free, but it only backfired. [19], Ichiban has received a very positive response from the video game community following the release of Like a Dragon. Yakuza's Latest Protagonist Is The Hero I Need Right Now - Kotaku Australia [21] Jorge Jimenez from PC Gamer praised Ichiban's optimistic characterization, a "goofy, happy go lucky gangster who loves classic JRPGs", as an effective way of explaining the franchise's drastic genre shift with Like a Dragon. Appears In However, Sawashiro later claims that after Arakawa left with Sawashiro's son (Ryo Aoki), the owner of the local brothel came to pull another baby out of the locker (Ichiban Kasuga), who is Arakawa's actual son. A Chinese legend tells of a koi fish that ascended a great waterfall . 185 cm (6 1)[c] We also get to see her twin sister Nanoha Mukoda in a smaller role during the main plotline. As part of Hikawa Family, Masumi came to be a hardened killer. It puts the pain of shooting Kasuga and the importance of the counterfeit bill into proper perspective, and the finality of Arakawa's life, of being able to finally look at his own son, not as. [30] Game Informer ranked Ichiban third place on the publication's list of the top 10 characters of 2020, with Joe Juba commenting that Ichiban's characterization balances the story's tension "with an infectious desire to help the people society overlooks". Now, he is given the opportunity to pursue whatever he wants alongside his friends. Y:LAD 1957[b] They beat Kasuga to the brink of death, and fearing for his life he blurted out the name of a feared yakuza, Masumi Arakawa, saying that if they killed him they'd be hearing from him; in reality, he had never met the man and was only aware of him due to his reputation as "Killer" Arakawa. [4], Ichiban is an orphan raised in Kamuroch by Jiro Kasuga, the manager of a soapland, a type of prostitution establishment that provides its services based on the exploitation of a loophole in Japanese law. Ichiban Kasuga ( , Kasuga Ichiban) is the protagonist of the Like a Dragon series from Yakuza: Like a Dragon onward, as well as the protagonist of The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga: Part 1 in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online. Hoshino is able to get him to cheer up and suggests he run in the upcoming election to get close to Aoki. So, since only Ichiban was extremely loyal to Arakawa, they decided to choose him. Arakawa, who serves as a father figure to protagonist Ichiban Kasuga, proved to be a much more compelling character than he thought. Arakawa says that Ichi was like a son to him, but isn't it hypocritical that only moments later of him stating that Ichi felt like a son to him, he still sells him out making him go to prison because his other actual son (or so he though) messed up ? The game follows Ichiban Kasuga, who spends 18 years in prison for a murder that he didn't commit at the request of his patriarch, Masumi Arakawa. Kazama machinations are pretty much the plot calls for it, whereas Arakawa is basically a tired dad that wants the fighting to stop, but will fight as needed. The Rock Bottom DragonPrisoner 1119 Yokoyama said that Nakaya's reading of the character's scripted lines projected a rebellious personality which stood out to the developers. Although beloved, he lived in poverty and the people who raised him were considered "trash" by the rest of society. Interestingly, in the English dub, Saeko is voiced by Elizabeth Maxwell, and Nanoha is voiced by Cherami Leigh. GameSpot compared him to Goro Majima based on similar traits they share "though a lot less deranged", while also noting that he is quite different from Kiryu despite sharing other traits in their backstories. He waited outside of the Arakawa Family office for one hundred days before Arakawa finally gave in and agreed to swear him into the family at sixteen, against Jo Sawashiro's wishes. Chapter 12: The End of the Yakuza - Yakuza: Like a Dragon - GameFAQs As such, this card has a strong affinity towards Offense-type cards that attack multiple times at once. Like many of the gangsters in Yakuza, Ichiban has a prominent back tattoo. He also wears his short black hair parted to the right. [16], Ichiban was generally well received by critics in their preview commentary of Like a Dragon. Following the funeral service for Arakawa and Aoki, Ichiban decides to remain in Ijincho to stay with his friends. Kamurocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan However, one day, he severely injured and hospitalized a yakuza. He passes the information to Aoki, who uses it to drive the Tojo Clan from Kamurocho and allow the Omi Alliance to take over uncontested, with police commissioner Juro Horinouchi being bribed into allowing it to happen. It depicts a dragonfish (, rygyo), the in-between state of the koi in the legend of a koi that swims up to the top of a waterfall and is rewarded for its tenacity by being transformed into a dragon. He invited Hoshino to Ijincho's Heian Tower where he interrogated him at gunpoint regarding his motives. He meets ex-detective Koichi Adachi, who explains that while Ichiban was in jail, Arakawa defects to the Osaka-based Omi Alliance and betrayed the Tojo Clan to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Date of Birth Draven125 2 yr. ago They went back to save the baby, but Arakawa had already freed the baby from the locker, declaring that it was now his child.