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==Production credits== | ==Production credits== | ||
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+ | *'''Original Concept:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] | ||
+ | *'''Planning:''' [[Masayoshi Kikuchi]] | ||
+ | *'''Script:''' [[Masayoshi Yokoyama]], [[Makoto Itakura]] | ||
+ | *'''Director:''' [[Ryuta Ueda]] | ||
+ | *'''Art Director:''' [[Daisuke Sato]] | ||
+ | *'''Technical Director:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]] | ||
+ | *'''Overall Design:''' [[Takeshi Tanaka]] | ||
+ | *'''Action Director:''' [[Jun Orihara]] | ||
+ | *'''Scenario/Storyline:''' [[Masayoshi Yokoyama]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|Cast}} | ||
+ | *'''Kazuma Kiryu:''' Takaya Kuroda | ||
+ | *'''Kaoru Sayama:''' Yu Daiki | ||
+ | *'''Makoto Date:''' Kazuhiro Yamaji | ||
+ | *'''Haruka:''' Rie Kugimiya | ||
+ | *'''Kage:''' Yoshiaki Fujiwara | ||
+ | *'''Tsutomu Bessho:''' Hidekazu Akai | ||
+ | *'''Wataru Kurahashi:''' Shun Sugata | ||
+ | *'''Yayoi Dojima:''' Orine Fukushima | ||
+ | *'''Goro Majima:''' Hidenari Ugaki | ||
+ | *'''Kazuki:''' Hiroshi Tsuchida | ||
+ | *'''Yuya:''' Kenta Miyake | ||
+ | *'''Tamiyo Sayama:''' Yoko Fujimoto | ||
+ | *'''Toranosuke Sengoku:''' Tadahisa Saizen | ||
+ | *'''Yukio Terada:''' Gou Shinomiya | ||
+ | *'''Jin Goda:''' Masuo Amada | ||
+ | *'''Ryuji Goda:''' Masami Iwasaki | ||
+ | *Ryuji Mizuki, Naomi Kusumi, Shunsuke Sakuya, Kenji Nojima, Tomoyuki Dan, Hideyuki Kanaya, Shunsaku Kudo, jyunichi kawamoto, Kappei Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka Tanaka | ||
+ | *''''Grand' Manager/Suzuki:''' Kazutoshi Iida | ||
+ | *'''The Masked Yakuza/Patriarch Yamazaki:''' Suda51 | ||
+ | *'''Nana (Hostess):''' Nana Natsume | ||
+ | *'''Yuma:''' Yuma Asami | ||
+ | *'''Kaede:''' Kaede Matsushima | ||
+ | *'''Masseuse:''' Aya Koizumi | ||
+ | *Keichi Asada, Masato Ishii, Taketsugu Ishidai, Yohei Inoue, Uoken, Yasuki Uchida, Keisuke Okubo, Yoshiko Ogata, Makisuke Okamura, Kazuma Oku, Orenge, Yoshikazu Kazuma, Katsuya, Kou Kaneshiro, Kotaro Kano, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Orie Kimoto, Takuya Kinimoto, Koichi Kuriyama, Kesuke, Kiyotaka Koga, Takafumi Koshima, Kazuhiro Goto, Nobuko Koyashu, Ryuhei Sakata, Chie Sawaguchi, Kentaro Shimazu, Mako Shimizu, Daigaku Sekine, Kaou Dai, Shingo Takaguchi, keiichi Takahashi, Ken takigawa, Satoshi Taki, Munetoshi Takubo, Mikami Tachibana, Katsumi Tyou, Chon Ganson, Kouko Tsukimoto, Ayako Teraoka, Aya Tenshou, Jin Domon, Kayou Nakajima, Yoshikazu Nagano, Daisuke Nagamine, Ken Nishiyama, Maya Nemoto, Satoru Hamaguchi, Yutaka Funasaka, Babe Hanna, Masanori Machida, Shinya Matsukawa, Kengo Mine, Masonori Machida, Rie Miyoshi, Kazuya Mori, Naoki Yanagi, Kiyo Yoshizawa, Keita Yoshida, Hiroaki Yoshida, Yukiko Wakai | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Motion Capture Performance}} | ||
+ | *'''Kazuma Kiryu:''' Masanori Mimoto | ||
+ | *'''Makoto Date, Others:''' Keichi Asada | ||
+ | *'''Ryuji Goda, Others:''' Daisuke Nagamine | ||
+ | *'''Shintaro Fuma, Others:''' Makisuke Okamura | ||
+ | *'''Kaoru Sayama, Others:''' Nobuko Otani | ||
+ | *'''Yukio Terada, Others:''' Takestsugu Ishidai | ||
+ | *'''Haruka, Others:''' Shizuka Moriyama | ||
+ | *'''Action Assistance:''' [[ALPHA STUNTS Inc.]] | ||
+ | *'''Director:''' Tatsuro Koike | ||
+ | *'''Action:''' Akihiro Noguchi, Makoto Arakawa, Tomoaki Kawasumi, Fumihito Minimitsuji, Hiromi Sunaoshi, Yoshio Miyaki | ||
+ | *'''Ring Announcer:''' Kei Grant | ||
+ | *'''Jiro Kawara:''' Susumu Terashima | ||
+ | *'''Ryo Takashima:''' Hiroshi Tachi | ||
+ | *'''Shintaro Fuma:''' Tetsuya Watari | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|"Yakuza 2" Production Team}} | ||
+ | *'''Chief Development Lead:''' [[Ryuta Ueda]] | ||
+ | *'''Adventure Mode Lead:''' [[Takeshi Tanaka]] | ||
+ | *'''Battle Lead:''' [[Jun Orihara]] | ||
+ | *'''Sub-Story Development:''' [[Hiroyuki Sakamoto]] | ||
+ | *'''Battle Production:''' [[Tadashi Okuda]] | ||
+ | *'''Adventure Mode Production:''' [[Mariko Kawase]], [[Kazunobu Takeuchi]] | ||
+ | *'''Development/Production Assistant:''' [[Ryousuke Horii]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|"Yakuza 2" Design Team}} | ||
+ | *'''Lead Designer:''' [[Daisuke Sato]] | ||
+ | *'''Event Sequence Lead:''' [[Yuichi Higuchi]] | ||
+ | *'''Background Lead:''' [[Nobuaki Mitake]] | ||
+ | *'''Background Produciton:''' [[Tsuyoshi Tsunoi]], [[Naoki Someya]], [[Michihiko Hatoyama]], [[Eiji Hamatsu]], [[Kumiko Sakurai]], [[Kenichiro Kimizuka]], [[Mari Tamayose]], [[Kohei Shimizu]], [[Takahiro Yamada]], [[Hidenori Oda]] | ||
+ | *'''Character Design Lead:''' [[Daisuke Tomoda]] | ||
+ | *'''Character Production:''' [[Toshihiro Fujimaki]], [[Yukie Shimizu]], [[Maiko Hagiwara]], [[Chiharu Ariga]], [[Tomohiko Takeuchi]], [[Miho Hashimoto]], [[Kaori Tsuruta]] | ||
+ | *'''Animation Lead:''' [[Michio Shirako]] | ||
+ | *'''Animation Production:''' [[Yuji Saito]], [[Takayuki Sorimachi]], [[Tatsuya Zaizen]], [[Kunihito Ihara]], [[Shinji Ito]], [[Keiichi Kizu]], [[Makoto Ichimura]], [[Kazuhito Tamukai]], [[Hiroyuki Abe]] | ||
+ | *'''Visual Effects Lead:''' [[Takashi Iwade]] | ||
+ | *'''Visual Effects Production:''' [[Masaharu Ijichi]], [[Gyou Ueda]], [[Tsuyoshi Tanaka]], [[Hiroko Yamamoto]], [[Daisuke Fukuda]] | ||
+ | *'''2D Graphics Production:''' [[Yosuke Karasawa]], [[Miho Nakamura]] | ||
+ | *'''Movie Special Effects:''' [[Kazuki Hosokawa]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|"Yakuza 2" Programming Team}} | ||
+ | *'''Programming Lead:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]] | ||
+ | *'''Chief Programmer:''' [[Koji Tokieda]] | ||
+ | *'''Event Programmer:''' [[Kazuhisa Hasuoka]] | ||
+ | *'''Adventure Mode Programming:''' [[Yutaka Ito]], [[Kazunori Oyama]], [[Fumiaki Hara]], [[Shoji Katsuragawa]], [[Tamotsu Maeno]], [[Yusuke Sekine]], [[Kouta Sato]], [[Daiki Tsuchimoto]], [[Tatsuya Kato]], [[Yasunori Yamamoto]] | ||
+ | *'''Battle Programming:''' [[Hirohito Horino]], [[Tomoaki Nakamura]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|"Yakuza 2" Sound Team}} | ||
+ | *'''Music Directors:''' [[Haruyoshi Tomita]], [[Hidenori Shoji]] | ||
+ | *'''Sound Effects Directors:''' [[Takashi Nagasaka]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|"Yakuza 2" Technical Support Team}} | ||
+ | *'''Developer Support Manager:''' [[Mitsunori Fujimoto]] | ||
+ | *'''Developer Environment Assistance:''' [[Yukie Hisadomi]], [[Hiroshi Okamoto]], [[Atsushi Suzuki]], [[Wataru Yamanaka]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|Event Movie Production Assistance}} | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Scene Production/Editing Assistance}} | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[AVANT Inc.]]}} | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Yoshimi Fujii | ||
+ | *'''Director:''' Daisuke Fukagawa | ||
+ | *'''Scene Editing:''' Yukie Chiba, Naoki Moro, Kei Jumonji, Tadashgi Tsukahara, Atsushi Sugiyama, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Megimi Nagoya, Takahiro Abe, Yuki Ito, Takayuki Unemoto, Harumi Noguchi, Takafumi Moro, Yuki Kato, Takanori Daito, Akira Fujisaki, Tetsuya Yabumoto, Hiroko Morita, Naoki Shibata, Daisuke Kanabayashi, Tsukasa Shigaki, Ryo Takagi, Naoyuki Yamashita, Chinatsu Ishida, Ryohei Kawai | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[Digital Frontier Inc.]]}} | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Yusaku Toyoshima | ||
+ | *'''Production Managers:''' Nobuhiro Suzuki, Takehisa Yoshimura, Sachiko Sakamoto | ||
+ | *'''Director:''' Yasuhiro Ohysuka | ||
+ | *'''Designers:''' Yukinobu Fujimatsu, Akihiko Kawashima, Kiyoshi Ishimaru, Goichirou Inoue, Lin Hsuan fu Anderson, Rikiya Masuda, Wataru Osada, Satoko Kobashigawa | ||
+ | *'''Technical Engineer:''' Hiroyuki Goto | ||
+ | *'''Motion Capture Team:''' Kouki Koshita | ||
+ | *'''Technical Director:''' Hitoshi Araki, Kouta Tanaka | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[LinksDigiWorks Inc.]] Sakuratei}} | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Shigeru Ohata | ||
+ | *'''Chief Editor:''' Ryuji Tominaga | ||
+ | *'''D.A.G. Inc.:''' Yuichi Sakai, Takashi Kogure, Hiroshi Tomiyama | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|Animation Design Assistance}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{incompleteList}} | ||
+ | <!-- | ||
+ | *'''Sound Section:''' | ||
+ | **'''Sound Creation:''' [[Hiroaki Funane]], [[Yuri Fukuda]] | ||
+ | *'''Assistance & Cooperation:''' | ||
+ | **'''Assistant Planners:''' [[Hiroyuki Yamaguchi]], [[Takuma Abe]], [[Masato Tsurumaki]] | ||
+ | **'''Assistant Designers:''' [[Tadakazu Aramaki]], [[Hiroyuki Abe]], [[Kunihito Ihara]], [[Kiniko Nakaizumi]], [[Mariko Sanafuji]], [[Hikaru Murakami]] | ||
+ | ***'''[[Neverland co.,ltd.]]''': Tomoki Doi, Kenji Takahashi, Shunsuke Takenaka, Takanobu Tsujihata, Hidenori Machida, Nobuhiro Arai | ||
+ | **'''Storyboarding/Script Assistance:''' [[Tsuyoshi Furuta]] | ||
+ | **'''Storyboarding Collaboration:''' [[Business Design, Inc.]] | ||
+ | ***'''Producer:''' Atsuki Ichikawa | ||
+ | ***'''Directors:''' Katsurao Hirano, Yoshinari Fuse | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[ORBITAL LINK Inc.]]}} | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Tomoatsu Godai | ||
+ | *'''Motion Editing:''' Mitsuhiro Kubo, Isao Matsuda, Seiichi Tanabe, Issei Tokuda, Tatsuya Izumi, Shinya Tazaki, Rie Nagaki, Suguru Watanabe, Kenzi Kumagai | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[EEN Inc.]]}} | ||
+ | *'''Chief Motion Editor:''' Shinya Kazumata | ||
+ | *'''Motion Editor:''' Yuho Arima, Yoshihisa Sasaki, Kazunao Tokuda, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Keito Koda, Ryota Yamaga | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Motion Coopration}} | ||
+ | *'''Main Actors:''' Masayoshi Takeshima, Keichi Asada, Taketsugu Ishidai, Shizuka Moriyama, Haruna Sasaki | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[SEGA Creative Center]]}} | ||
+ | *'''Artist:''' Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yuki Hagiwara | ||
+ | *[[ALL TEMPO INC.]] | ||
+ | *[[Dynamo Pictures, Inc.]] | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Localize: [[Unicon Product Inc.]]}} | ||
+ | *'''Executive Producer:''' Mike Sakamoto | ||
+ | *'''Localize Producer:''' Yoshihiro Ihara | ||
+ | *'''Localize Director:''' Keisuke Ichinose | ||
+ | *'''Voice Director:''' Michael Rhys | ||
+ | *'''Localize Manager:''' Naoko Oomori, Derec Carner | ||
+ | *'''Localize Engineer:''' Kentarou Suzuki, Koutarou Yamaguchi | ||
+ | *'''Translator:''' Ryu Kuwako, Minako Mori, Riyoko Sakemoto, Demian Ryu Ichinose Smith | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Casting, Celebrity Aquisition, Voice Production By [[Blindlight]]}} | ||
+ | *'''Casting Director:''' Dawn Hershey, CSA | ||
+ | *'''Casting Associate:''' Dave Lieber | ||
+ | *'''Voice Director:''' Jack Fletcher | ||
+ | *'''Additional Voice Direction:''' Lisa Schaffer | ||
+ | *'''Blindlight VO Producer:''' Alexandra Dorris | ||
+ | *'''Recording & Editing:''' J. David Atherton & Tal Miller | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Sound Cooperation}} | ||
+ | *'''Movie M.A.:''' [[Tatsutoshi Narita]], [[Seiichi Hamada]], [[Shinichi Goto]] | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Opening Theme}} | ||
+ | *'''Vocals:''' Makototch (From Airstrike) | ||
+ | *'''Chorus:''' Tomica Yuri | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|Ending Theme}} | ||
+ | *'''Vocals - Chorus:''' Eri Kawai | ||
+ | *Manual of Errors Artists, Inc | ||
+ | |||
+ | *'''Special Thanks:''' [[Hideaki Naganuma]], [[Haruyoshi Tomita]], [[Yukio Ogawa]], [[Fumio Ito]], [[Keitaro Hanada]], [[Masao Tsunoda]], [[Saizo Nagai]], [[Mikio Hayashi]], [[Tanase Kenichi]], [[Kota Sano]], [[Hiroko Yokosuka]], [[Yasushi Yamashita]], [[Haruki Satomi]], [[Kazuhiro Asami]], [[Yoshiaki Yamazaki]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | *'''Product Support Team:''' [[Junichi Shimizu]], [[Akira Nishikawa]], [[Hiroyuki Miyano]], [[Kenji Takano]], [[Masashige Otoguro]], [[Tadaomi Fujita]] | ||
+ | *'''Manual Production:''' [[Yoshihiro Sakuta]], [[Hisakazu Nakagawa]], [[Makoto Nishino]] | ||
+ | *'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]], [[Yuka Yoshida]] | ||
+ | *'''Director of Overseas Version:''' [[Hiroyuki Sakamoto]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[Sega of America]]}} | ||
+ | *'''CEO Sega of America:''' [[Naoya Tsurumi]] | ||
+ | *'''President/COO Sega of America:''' [[Simon Jeffery]] | ||
+ | *'''VP of Product Development:''' [[David Cobb]] | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' [[Justin Lambros]] | ||
+ | *'''Assistant Producer:''' [[Kevin Frane]] | ||
+ | *'''Production Assistant:''' [[Beejey Enriquez]] | ||
+ | *'''Senior Publishing Manager:''' [[Klayton Vorlick]] | ||
+ | *'''QA Manager:''' [[Deni Skeens]] | ||
+ | *'''QA Supervisor:''' [[Josh Morton]] | ||
+ | *'''Build Mastering & Duplication:''' [[Rhianna Kellom]] | ||
+ | *'''Sr. QA Lead:''' [[Shawn Dobbins]] | ||
+ | *'''QA Lead Tester:''' [[Nestor Protacio]] | ||
+ | *'''QA Assistant Lead Tester:''' Chris Rose | ||
+ | *'''QA Testers:''' Anthony Banks, Dan Kingdon, Dennis Constantino, Jasper Kaw, Jesse Dunne, Mabel Chjung, Mark Flores, Patrick Tello, [[Rey Buzon]] | ||
+ | *'''Compliancy Team:''' | ||
+ | **'''Compliancy Team Lead:''' [[Stephan Akana]] | ||
+ | **'''Compliancy QA Team:''' [[Joe Floyd]], [[Jose Venegas]], [[Lawrence Mann]] | ||
+ | *'''Vice President of Marketing:''' [[Scott Steinberg]] | ||
+ | *'''Sr. Brand Manager:''' [[Don Mesa]] | ||
+ | *'''Assistant Product Manager:''' [[Yosuke Moriya]] | ||
+ | *'''Creative Services Manager:''' [[Jen Groeling]] | ||
+ | *'''Production Specialist:''' [[Heather Lucchetti]] | ||
+ | *'''PR Specialist:''' [[Jennie Sue]] | ||
+ | *'''Additional PR by [[One PR Studio]]:''' Dana Whitney, Anne Marie Stein, Jeane Wong | ||
+ | *'''Special Thanks:''' [[Erica Mason]], [[David Lee]], [[Lev Chapelsky]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{creditsheader|Sega Europe Limited Staff Credits}} | ||
+ | *'''CEO:''' [[Naoya Tsurumi]] | ||
+ | *'''President/COO:''' [[Michael Hayes]] | ||
+ | *'''Development Director:''' [[Gary Dunn]] | ||
+ | *'''Creative Director:''' [[Matthew Woodley]] | ||
+ | *'''Director of European Marketing:''' [[Gary Knight]] | ||
+ | *'''Localisation Producer:''' [[Akiko Uchida]] | ||
+ | *'''European PR:''' [[Kerry Martyn]] | ||
+ | *'''Assistant Brand Manager - Japanese Studios:''' [[Claire Brummel]] | ||
+ | *'''International Brand Manager:''' [[Ben Chalmers-Stevens]] | ||
+ | *'''Senior Team Lead:''' [[Ed Bushell]] | ||
+ | *'''Project Team Lead:''' [[Dwayne Buck]] | ||
+ | *'''TRC Specialist:''' [[Imran Yusuf]] | ||
+ | *'''Localization Team Lead:''' [[Alessandro Irranca]] | ||
+ | *'''Localization Testers:''' [[Karim Belbachir]], [[Luis Paredes]], [[Maria Chironi]], [[Mirko Stoeckigt]], [[Pedro Ortega]] | ||
+ | *'''Testers:''' Caroline Walker, Richard Haw, Man Lung Cheung, Jamie Joseph | ||
+ | |||
+ | *'''Marketing Manager:''' [[Ken Shimizu]] | ||
+ | *'''Executive Management:''' [[Masanao Maeda]] | ||
+ | *'''Executive Producer:''' [[Hajime Satomi]], [[Hisao Oguchi]], [[Hideki Okamura]] | ||
+ | *'''In Cooperation With:''' SUNTORY LIMITED, Don Quijote Co., Ltd, SPA!, ISHIHARA PROMOTION | ||
+ | *'''Tattoo Design:''' Horitomo | ||
+ | *'''Story Editor:''' [[Seishu Hase]] | ||
+ | *'''General Supervisor - Producer:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] | ||
+ | *© [[SEGA Corporation]],2005 | ||
+ | *'''Presented By:''' Sega® | ||
+ | --> | ||
+ | | console=PS2 | ||
+ | | source=In-game credits | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |cols=3 | ||
+ | }} | ||
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Developer: New Entertainment R&D Dept. #1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: Avant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakuza 2, known as Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (龍が如く2) in Japan, is an action game developed by New Entertainment R&D Dept. #1 and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2 as a direct sequel to Yakuza.
Contents
Story
Taking place nearly one year after events of Yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu leaves Kamuro-cho with his adopted daughter Haruka and lives in the outskirts of the city. During a visit to cemetery which he prays for his friends who lost their lives during the "10 Billion Yen" incident, Kiryu meets Hanada, who he let to take control of Tojo Clan at the end of the first game. Hanada tells Kiryu that a gang war between Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance is immiment.
Omi Alliance is a very powerful Yakuza organization in the Kansai area and since Tojo Clan is still recovering from the civil war from the last year, a war between two clans would be disasterous. Kiryu, who wants to leave his old life behind, rejects Hanada's request of assistance at first. Immadiately after they are attacked by men with guns. Hanada is gravely wounded and eventually dies in Hospital from his wounds. Realizing that everything in Tojo Clan, and by that extension, Kamuro-cho is in danger, Kiryu decides to act as a mediator between two families and travels to Osaka. Kiryu teams up with old friends and new allies to solve the mystery, such as Kaoru Sayama, a police detective from Sotenbori who keeps him under close watch.
Kiryu eventually realizes there is another group playing with both sides from the shadows and bring two clans to brink of war for their own reasons.
Kiryu's primary rival in this game is Ryuji Goda, son of the chariman of Omi Alliance and leader of Go-Ryu family. (He can be seen in the cover with Kiryu)
Game takes place in both Kamuro-cho and Sotenbori, another fictional district, this time modelled after Osaka.
History
Legacy
A big success in Japan, Yakuza 2 received positive reviews much like its predecessor, however some parts of the story were criticized for being xenophobic, particulary anti-Korean. The game was later re-released in Japan as part of "PlayStation 2 The Best" budget range on 6 December 2007 for ¥1,800 (1,890 inc. tax), and was remastered as part of the 2012 release of Ryu ga Gotoku 1&2 HD Edition.
For a while a Western release seemed unlikely as the original Yakuza failed to live up to expectations (not to mention declining support for the PlayStation 2 console as developers and consumers moved to its successors), however an English version emerged in late 2008, nearly two years after the Japanese version, potentially spurred on by fan petitions. Yakuza 2 sold adequately in the West - while not enough for Sega to part with spin-off Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!, it appeared to justify the release of Yakuza 3 and Yakuza 4 in the years that followed.
Yuma Asami, a famous Japanese adult video star, shows up in the game as a hostess.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Yakuza 2 | Yakuza 2 |
English (US) | Yakuza 2 | Yakuza 2 |
Japanese | 龍が如く2 | Ryu ga Gotoku 2 |
Korean | 용과 같이2 |
Production credits
- Original Concept: Toshihiro Nagoshi
- Planning: Masayoshi Kikuchi
- Script: Masayoshi Yokoyama, Makoto Itakura
- Director: Ryuta Ueda
- Art Director: Daisuke Sato
- Technical Director: Tetsuya Kaku
- Overall Design: Takeshi Tanaka
- Action Director: Jun Orihara
- Scenario/Storyline: Masayoshi Yokoyama
- Kazuma Kiryu: Takaya Kuroda
- Kaoru Sayama: Yu Daiki
- Makoto Date: Kazuhiro Yamaji
- Haruka: Rie Kugimiya
- Kage: Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Tsutomu Bessho: Hidekazu Akai
- Wataru Kurahashi: Shun Sugata
- Yayoi Dojima: Orine Fukushima
- Goro Majima: Hidenari Ugaki
- Kazuki: Hiroshi Tsuchida
- Yuya: Kenta Miyake
- Tamiyo Sayama: Yoko Fujimoto
- Toranosuke Sengoku: Tadahisa Saizen
- Yukio Terada: Gou Shinomiya
- Jin Goda: Masuo Amada
- Ryuji Goda: Masami Iwasaki
- Ryuji Mizuki, Naomi Kusumi, Shunsuke Sakuya, Kenji Nojima, Tomoyuki Dan, Hideyuki Kanaya, Shunsaku Kudo, jyunichi kawamoto, Kappei Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka Tanaka
- 'Grand' Manager/Suzuki: Kazutoshi Iida
- The Masked Yakuza/Patriarch Yamazaki: Suda51
- Nana (Hostess): Nana Natsume
- Yuma: Yuma Asami
- Kaede: Kaede Matsushima
- Masseuse: Aya Koizumi
- Keichi Asada, Masato Ishii, Taketsugu Ishidai, Yohei Inoue, Uoken, Yasuki Uchida, Keisuke Okubo, Yoshiko Ogata, Makisuke Okamura, Kazuma Oku, Orenge, Yoshikazu Kazuma, Katsuya, Kou Kaneshiro, Kotaro Kano, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Orie Kimoto, Takuya Kinimoto, Koichi Kuriyama, Kesuke, Kiyotaka Koga, Takafumi Koshima, Kazuhiro Goto, Nobuko Koyashu, Ryuhei Sakata, Chie Sawaguchi, Kentaro Shimazu, Mako Shimizu, Daigaku Sekine, Kaou Dai, Shingo Takaguchi, keiichi Takahashi, Ken takigawa, Satoshi Taki, Munetoshi Takubo, Mikami Tachibana, Katsumi Tyou, Chon Ganson, Kouko Tsukimoto, Ayako Teraoka, Aya Tenshou, Jin Domon, Kayou Nakajima, Yoshikazu Nagano, Daisuke Nagamine, Ken Nishiyama, Maya Nemoto, Satoru Hamaguchi, Yutaka Funasaka, Babe Hanna, Masanori Machida, Shinya Matsukawa, Kengo Mine, Masonori Machida, Rie Miyoshi, Kazuya Mori, Naoki Yanagi, Kiyo Yoshizawa, Keita Yoshida, Hiroaki Yoshida, Yukiko Wakai
- Kazuma Kiryu: Masanori Mimoto
- Makoto Date, Others: Keichi Asada
- Ryuji Goda, Others: Daisuke Nagamine
- Shintaro Fuma, Others: Makisuke Okamura
- Kaoru Sayama, Others: Nobuko Otani
- Yukio Terada, Others: Takestsugu Ishidai
- Haruka, Others: Shizuka Moriyama
- Action Assistance: ALPHA STUNTS Inc.
- Director: Tatsuro Koike
- Action: Akihiro Noguchi, Makoto Arakawa, Tomoaki Kawasumi, Fumihito Minimitsuji, Hiromi Sunaoshi, Yoshio Miyaki
- Ring Announcer: Kei Grant
- Jiro Kawara: Susumu Terashima
- Ryo Takashima: Hiroshi Tachi
- Shintaro Fuma: Tetsuya Watari
- Chief Development Lead: Ryuta Ueda
- Adventure Mode Lead: Takeshi Tanaka
- Battle Lead: Jun Orihara
- Sub-Story Development: Hiroyuki Sakamoto
- Battle Production: Tadashi Okuda
- Adventure Mode Production: Mariko Kawase, Kazunobu Takeuchi
- Development/Production Assistant: Ryousuke Horii
- Lead Designer: Daisuke Sato
- Event Sequence Lead: Yuichi Higuchi
- Background Lead: Nobuaki Mitake
- Background Produciton: Tsuyoshi Tsunoi, Naoki Someya, Michihiko Hatoyama, Eiji Hamatsu, Kumiko Sakurai, Kenichiro Kimizuka, Mari Tamayose, Kohei Shimizu, Takahiro Yamada, Hidenori Oda
- Character Design Lead: Daisuke Tomoda
- Character Production: Toshihiro Fujimaki, Yukie Shimizu, Maiko Hagiwara, Chiharu Ariga, Tomohiko Takeuchi, Miho Hashimoto, Kaori Tsuruta
- Animation Lead: Michio Shirako
- Animation Production: Yuji Saito, Takayuki Sorimachi, Tatsuya Zaizen, Kunihito Ihara, Shinji Ito, Keiichi Kizu, Makoto Ichimura, Kazuhito Tamukai, Hiroyuki Abe
- Visual Effects Lead: Takashi Iwade
- Visual Effects Production: Masaharu Ijichi, Gyou Ueda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroko Yamamoto, Daisuke Fukuda
- 2D Graphics Production: Yosuke Karasawa, Miho Nakamura
- Movie Special Effects: Kazuki Hosokawa
- Programming Lead: Tetsuya Kaku
- Chief Programmer: Koji Tokieda
- Event Programmer: Kazuhisa Hasuoka
- Adventure Mode Programming: Yutaka Ito, Kazunori Oyama, Fumiaki Hara, Shoji Katsuragawa, Tamotsu Maeno, Yusuke Sekine, Kouta Sato, Daiki Tsuchimoto, Tatsuya Kato, Yasunori Yamamoto
- Battle Programming: Hirohito Horino, Tomoaki Nakamura
- Music Directors: Haruyoshi Tomita, Hidenori Shoji
- Sound Effects Directors: Takashi Nagasaka
- Developer Support Manager: Mitsunori Fujimoto
- Developer Environment Assistance: Yukie Hisadomi, Hiroshi Okamoto, Atsushi Suzuki, Wataru Yamanaka
- Producer: Yoshimi Fujii
- Director: Daisuke Fukagawa
- Scene Editing: Yukie Chiba, Naoki Moro, Kei Jumonji, Tadashgi Tsukahara, Atsushi Sugiyama, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Megimi Nagoya, Takahiro Abe, Yuki Ito, Takayuki Unemoto, Harumi Noguchi, Takafumi Moro, Yuki Kato, Takanori Daito, Akira Fujisaki, Tetsuya Yabumoto, Hiroko Morita, Naoki Shibata, Daisuke Kanabayashi, Tsukasa Shigaki, Ryo Takagi, Naoyuki Yamashita, Chinatsu Ishida, Ryohei Kawai
- Producer: Yusaku Toyoshima
- Production Managers: Nobuhiro Suzuki, Takehisa Yoshimura, Sachiko Sakamoto
- Director: Yasuhiro Ohysuka
- Designers: Yukinobu Fujimatsu, Akihiko Kawashima, Kiyoshi Ishimaru, Goichirou Inoue, Lin Hsuan fu Anderson, Rikiya Masuda, Wataru Osada, Satoko Kobashigawa
- Technical Engineer: Hiroyuki Goto
- Motion Capture Team: Kouki Koshita
- Technical Director: Hitoshi Araki, Kouta Tanaka
- Producer: Shigeru Ohata
- Chief Editor: Ryuji Tominaga
- D.A.G. Inc.: Yuichi Sakai, Takashi Kogure, Hiroshi Tomiyama
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Magazine articles
- Main article: Yakuza 2/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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8,288,305,152 | DVD-ROM(2) (EU) | SLES-55242 (V1.00) | ||||||||||
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8,304,885,760 | DVD-ROM(2) (JP) | SLPM-74301 (V1.00) | ||||||||||
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4,584,734,720 | DVD-ROM (JP) | SLPM-66602 (V1.04)(Disc 1) | ||||||||||
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4,501,733,376 | DVD-ROM (JP) | SLPM-66603 (V1.04)(Disc 2) | ||||||||||
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8,288,305,152 | DVD-ROM(2) (US) | SLUS-21769 (V1.01) |
External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2
- Official website on Sega.com (English)
- Official website on ryu-ga-gotoku.com (Japanese)
- Yakuza 2 on PlayStation.com: JP, JP (PS2 the Best), US, KR
References
- ↑ File:Yakuza2 OneSheet Final.pdf
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm66602.html (Wayback Machine: 2006-10-28 17:24)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm74301.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-12-04 21:27)
- ↑ http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/992 (archive.today)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.techshout.com/internet/2009/16/e-xpress-to-bring-four-sega-titles-for-ps2-in-india/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-16 14:55)
- ↑ Famitsu, "2006-12-15" (JP; 2006-12-01), page 1
- ↑ Hyper, "November 2008" (AU; 2008-10-01), page 71
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