Series of open-world action games developed by Ryuu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by [[Sega]]. Originally known outside of Japan as the [b]Yakuza[/b] series, before switching to [b]Like a Dragon[/b] after the 7th mainline game.

The series is famous for the contrast of a serious main stories and comical side stories, numerous minigames, as well as tie-in with several [[real life]] Japanese brands.

h4. Games

* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 1]] (Yakuza)
** [[Ryuu ga Gotoku Kiwami]] (Yakuza Kiwami)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 2]] (Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan]]
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 3]] (Yakuza 3)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 4]] (Yakuza 4)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku Of The End]] (Yakuza: Dead Souls)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 5]] (Yakuza 5)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku Ishin!]] (Like A Dragon: Ishin!)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 0]] (Yakuza 0)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 6]] (Yakuza 6: The Song of Life)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 7]] (Yakuza: Like A Dragon)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 7 Gaiden]] (Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name)
* [[Ryuu ga Gotoku 8]] (Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth)

h4. Characters

h5. Playable characters

* [[Kiryu Kazuma]] (0-6, 8, Of The End, Gaiden)
** [[Miyamoto Musashi (Kenzan)|]] (Kenzan)
** [[Sakamoto Ryouma (ishin)|]] (Isshin)
* [[Akiyama Shun]] (4, Of The End, 5)
* [[Saejima Taiga]] (4, 5)
* [[Tanimura Masayoshi]] (4)
* [[Majima Goro]] (Of The End, 0)
* [[Goda Ryuji]] (Of The End)
* [[Sawamura Haruka]] (5)
* [[Shinada Tatsuo]] (5)
* [[Kasuga Ichiban]] (7, 8)

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 1

* [[Date Makoto]]
* [[Kashiwagi Osamu]]
* [[Nishikiyama Akira]]
* [[Reina (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Sai no Hanaya]] (Kage the Florist/The Florist of Sai)
* [[Sawamura Yumi]]
* [[Sera Masaru]]
* [[Shimano Futoshi]]
* [[Tanaka Shinji]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 2

* [[Dojima Daigo]]
* [[Sayama Kaoru]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan

*  [[Shishido Baiken (Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan)|]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 3

* [[Ayako (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Mine Yoshitaka]]
* [[Shimabukuro Rikiya]]
* [[Taichi (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 4

* [[Arai Hiroaki (RGG)|]]
* [[Hana (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Hisai Satoshi]]
* [[Kido Takeshi]]
* [[Mei Hua]]
* [[Minami Daisaku]]
* [[Nair (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Saejima Yasuko]]
* [[Sugiuchi Junji]]
* [[Zhao (RGG4)|Zhao]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 5

* [[Komaki Sousuke]]
* [[Kugihara Hiroshi]]
* [[Park Mirei]]
* [[Watase Masaru]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku Isshin
* [[Okada Izou (ishin)|]]
* [[Okita Souji (ishin)|]]
* [[Toudou Heisuke (Ishin)|]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 0

* [[Abeno Miku]]
* [[Arimura Chika]]
* [[Awano Hiroki]]
* [[Doll Girl (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Kuze Daisaku]]
* [[Makimura Makoto]]
* [[Nishitani Homare]]
* [[Oda Jun]]
* [[Sagawa Tsukasa]]
* [[Shibusawa Keiji]]
* [[Shirashi Marina]]
* [[Tachibana Tetsu]]
* [[Lee Wen Hai]]
* [[Yuki (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 6

* [[Han Joon-gi]]
* [[Hirose Tohru]]
* [[Sawamura Haruto]]
* [[Someya Takumi]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 7

* [[Aoki Ryo]]
* [[Adachi Koichi]]
* [[Arakawa Masato]]
* [[Arakawa Masumi]]
* [[Kamataki Eri]]
* [[Kume Sota]]
* [[Mabuchi Akira]]
* [[Mukoda Saeko]]
* [[Nanba Yu]]
* [[Sawashiro Jo]]
* [[Seonhee]] (Seong-hui)
* [[Zhao Tianyou]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 7 Gaiden

* [[Akame (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Kei (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Nishitani Homare III]]
* [[Shishido Kosei]]
* [[Tsuruno Yuki]]

h5. Ryuu ga Gotoku 8

* [[Eric Tomizawa]]
* [[Fujinomiya Chitose (Ryuu ga Gotoku)|]]
* [[Yamai Yutaka]]
* [[Yeona]]
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