SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced the Like a Dragon: Yakuza Panel will be held at San Diego Comic Con 2024 on Friday, July 26 at 2:30 p.m. PDT. The panel will be held at room 5AB in the San Diego Convention Center.
Kazuma Kiryu actor Ryoma Takeuchi, the producers of Like a Dragon: Yakuza Prime live-action series, and a “surprise A-list star” will be at the panel. More new information about the live series will be revealed.
The new Like a Dragon: Yakuza Prime Video series will premiere this fall. The series will span six episodes and release in two waves: one on October 25 and the other on November 1.
The series will somewhat follow the events of the first game. The story centers around Kazuma Kiryu and takes place in both 1995 and 2005. Characters such as Goro Majima, Haruka Sawamura, Reina, Makoto Date, Shintaro Kazuma, and Akira Nishikiyama will appear in the retelling.
The series itself will mostly take place in the fictional city of Kamurocho, based on the Kabukicho district in Tokyo. The first Yakuza title follows Kazuma Kiryu after he is sentenced to 10 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Once free, he gets involved in a massive mystery with 10 billion yen missing from the Tojo Clan.
Like a Dragon is one of SEGA’s biggest properties. Earlier this year, the eighth mainline installment, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, released with Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu as protagonists. Final Weapon’s 5/5 review, we stated the game “is a grand, momentous adventure that sees players control both of the series protagonists in a story that ultimately shapes the future of Like a Dragon.”
