Tetsuya Watari is the voice of Joji Kazama in Yakuza Online. Kiryu Kazama’s voice actor Takaya Kuroda takes the lead once again as the warrior Kenshiro. voiced by Kenyu Horiuchi. Circa 1979, Joji, who maintained his work as a police officer, desired to escape the possible persecution of Kazama's position as a yakuza. He is the patriarch of the Kazama Family. He then confronted Sera before witnessing Yumi regaining her memory. Regardless, Kazama was a very humble person, and used to lecture to both Kiryu and Nishiki about the dangers of power, ambition and cruelty. Height Horrified by his own actions and by his boss' ruthlessness, Kazama started to secretly undermine Dojima's organization from within to keep Dojima from becoming too powerful. However. On December 5, a day before Kiryu's parole, Kazama sent him a letter. Kiryu Kazuma was brought up in the Sunflower Orphanage, and has been protected since his childhood by a lieutenant of the Dojima Family, affiliated with the Tokyo-based Tojo Clan of the Japanese organized crime syndicate, the yakuza. Images of the Shintaro Kazama voice actors from the Yakuza franchise. Akira "Nishiki" Nishikiyama (Japanese: 錦山 彰, Hepburn: Nishikiyama Akira), known as Akira Nishiki in the English localization of the first Yakuza game, is a fictional character from Sega's action-adventure game series Yakuza.He is the sworn brother and childhood best friend of series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, who insists on taking the blame for Nishiki after he murdered their … Kazama expressed gratitude for Kiryu's visit and apologized to his surrogate son for putting him through the internal conflicts of the family. In 2010, Kiryu learnt that the ten billion yen incident five years ago was part of a greater conspiracy by a high-ranking police officer called Seishiro Munakata. c. 1940sJapan While Joji pursued the life of a peacemaker and enlisted within the National Police Agency, Kazama eventually fell into the yakuza life. Before they could resolve the issue, however, Kiryu stormed into the exchange fearing for Kazama's life. A former pro boxer, he serves … In Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami, he wears a three-piece suit over a white shirt, a silver tie, and a pair of bl… In both the 1995 and 2005 segments of Yakuza Kiwami, an older Kazama is depicted with graying features and a fading blue, stripped outfit completed with a green tie. In 1980, while the Tojo Clan was in the midst of a violent war with the Jingweon Mafia, Sohei Dojima received a tip informing him that the Jingweon's leaders would all be at a Christmas party to be held in an office building behind one of their clubs. On a rainy day in 1985, Kiryu and Nishiki confronted Kazama once more asking to join the yakuza, but he simply beat them up. English As Kiryu has to flee the scene over being suspected to have shot him, Kazama is helped to a secret hospital by Shinji. Kazama's kindness to him over two decades before eventually caused Terada to rig his own plan about blowing up Kamurocho Hills before dying himself. Relationships After a difficult fight, Kiryu and the Kazama Family defeated Shimano, who in a final act of spite threw a grenade at Haruka before getting shot dead by Terada. 177 cm (5′ 10″)[1] While coming close to realizing his plot, Terada was ultimately conflicted with his loyalty to the deceased Kazama. However, Kiryu burst in mid-negotiation, thinking that Kazama was in peril, and attacked the Jingweon leader. In 2005, Kazama arrived at the Tojo Clan HQ for an executive meeting alongside Shimano and Nishikiyama. Kazama is kept safe and recovers on Terada's yacht until Kiryu can meet him. when Shimano patriarch Futoshi Shimano throws a grenade Kazama is fatally injured as he protects Haruka. He died on August 10, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Kamurocho district, Tokyo, Japan Aided by Shinji Tanaka, Nishikiyama's lieutenant, planted in the family by Kazama, he and Kiryu meet secretly at Masaru Sera's funeral. He also founded … Kazama later learned about Dojima's murder and Kiryu's arrest. Yakuza Online Cast. Deceased Appears in However, during the rescue Kazama was badly injured in his left leg. Ultimately, the attack resulted in the deaths of all the Jingweon's bosses and most of their bodyguards. Deceased Without his favored protege by his side, Kazama had Nishiki found a subsidiary in Kiryu's place through Kashiwagi. Kazama also killed Kiryu's parents, along with the parents of all the children he takes into his orphanage. 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