In every era in which his devastating fighting prowess is manifested, Kazuma Kiryu asserts his dominance against all odds as the Dragon of ‘Ryu ga Gotoku’.
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Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! witnesses the series protagonist assuming the identity of the Sengoku era’s legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, while Ishin! finds him taking on the role of Edo period samurai Sakamoto Ryōma. The rich history of the Yakuza franchise not only extends into the past with its prequel entry, but has even attempted historical fiction. The direct translation of ‘Ryu ga Gotoku’ is ‘Like A Dragon’, which became the moniker for the Western-localized title of the seventh and, at the time of writing, most recent entry in the series. Since then, Shoji has contributed to every entry in the Yakuza series, both front-and-centre as a composer and behind-the-scenes as music director. It first hit home for the composer that his work was making an impact on the world stage when the famous singer Christina Aguilera posted to her website that her favourite video game was Super Monkey Ball - the arcade platformer prominently features Shoji’s music. Since the mid-1990s, Hidenori Shoji has been recording music for Sega games for arcade cabinets and home consoles. The Standard Edition 6LP box set and double LP are out of stock at the time of publishing, but may be restocked in future. The 2021 6LP Limited Edition is now sold out. Laced Records first pressed the Yakuza 0 6LP vinyl box set and double LP in 2021 - check for availability: and via other retailers. The game’s music director and co-composer Hidenori Shoji chatted to us about creating the high-energy battle tracks, the challenges the team encountered in utilising motion capture for music-oriented cut scenes, and the musician’s aims in collaborating with fellow composers at Sega. Flashing back to the streets of the fictional red light district of Kamurocho in the winter of 1988, the sprawling crime drama Yakuza 0 presents players with the origin stories of protagonists Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima as they face off against high-ranking yakuza bosses. We interviewed the music director for the critically acclaimed Ryu ga Gotoku Studio prequel, set in late ’80s Tokyo.īy Jerry Jeriaska (The Ongaku), translated by Hidenori Arikawa and edited by Thomas Quillfeldtįollowing five commercially successful mainline entries in the Ryu ga Gotoku franchise - known as Yakuza in the West - the developers at Tokyo-based RGG decided to create a prequel title.
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