At present, throughout a livestream from Tokyo, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio introduced the 5 winners of the audition for Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify.
The 5 winners, portrayed above, are Ayu, Ai Kaname, Kson, Ai Sayama, and Kokoro Nakayama. They are going to play live-action roles as hostesses working at a cabaret membership that can seem within the sport. They have been chosen amongst numerous contributors competing through a collection of auditions.
If you have not performed the Like a Dragon (previously often called Yakuza within the West) collection earlier than, you could not know what a “Cabaret Membership” is. It is a (maybe excessively) literal translation of the Japanese time period “Kyabakura” which signifies Hostess Golf equipment. They’re institutions usually visited by businessmen through which they will pay to drink and chat with enticing women. They’ve appeared in a number of installments of the collection, and we’ll see one once more in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify.
The collection’ protagonist Kazuma Kiryu has been each a buyer and a supervisor of a number of Kyabakura and even labored as a bunch membership (the model supposed for women using enticing males) himself. It is price reminding that, whereas the media (largely Western) usually associates Kyabakura with a type of intercourse commerce, any sexual interplay with hostesses and hosts is often strictly forbidden, not less than on the office itself.
For those who observe YouTubers and vTubers (digital YouTubers) one of many names included among the many winners will probably sound acquainted: Kson is a well-liked YouTuber and vTuber identified for the channel Kson ONAIR. Moreover being a giant fan of the franchise, many followers consider her to be the identical particular person behind Hololive’s Kiryu Coco, who retired after a widespread harassment marketing campaign by Chinese language customers and bans on native media began with the point out in passing of Taiwan as a separate nation throughout certainly one of her streams.
Seeing Kson star in Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify will definitely please many Western and Japanese followers, who supported Kiryu Coco by way of that ordeal. By the way, the identify “Kiryu” was an intentional homage to the franchise.
In the course of the livestream, we additionally heard from studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama that that is most likely the final audition of this sort to be hosted for the franchise. Whereas he had stated this earlier than, and he ended up doing it once more as a result of there was the time for it, he believes that this group of girls actually represents the finale of this custom. In fact, this does not imply that there will not be non-public auditions going ahead.
By the way, we already know that an total winner shall be chosen amongst them to play a job in Like a Dragon 8, however her id was not revealed as we speak. In keeping with the builders, we’ll have to attend for the official reveal of the sport to be taught her identify. Be at liberty to think about me biased, however I am rooting for Kson.
You’ll be able to try the complete livestream under.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify is coming later this 12 months for PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, and PC. It’s going to mark the return of protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and showcase the occasions between Yakuza 6: The Music of Life and the following sport, Like a Dragon 8, which can see Kiryu Share the protagonist function with Yakuza: Like a Dragon hero Ichiban Kasuga and can launch in 2024 for PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC.
Not too long ago, we noticed movies displaying behind-the-scenes footage of improvement and voice performing for Like a Dragon 8.