 The music was composed by Hidenori Shoji, Hideki Sakamoto, Norihiko Hibino and Takahiro Izutani.During the development of "" for the Wii, Sega sound manager Haruyoshi Tomita became interested in the company's approach to sound design.As it so happened, Sakamoto was a huge fan of the original "Yakuza" game title, so being commissioned for the sequel was not the kind of offer that he was about to pass up.