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Majima Voice Actor Talks About His Role in Pirate Yakuza
In an interview, Hidenari Ugaki, the voice actor for Majima Goro in the Like a Dragon (or Yakuza) series spoke about his role in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. This includes discussion about the potential of a Majima focused game in the Like a Dragon series. [Thanks, Famitsu!] The interviewer asks Majima's voice actor about his role in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, to which he gives quite a lengthy response. He mentioned that Kenji Matsuda approached him after playing Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and found it curious that despite Majima's lack of presence in the game that the character managed to retain a huge amount of popularity. He briefly goes into his role while sharing a conversation he had with Yokoyama at Tokyo Game Show. .. At Tokyo Game show, about two years ago, we discussed the future of the series with Yokoyama. During that time I said, "What if we made a Hannya ga Gotoku with Majima as the main character" to which he [Yokoyama] said "That's not going to happen." Despite that, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was produced, and the 20th anniversary logo for the series wasn't drawn with a dragon, but with a hannya. I feel happy that I was able to play Majima again. And I would like to thank each and every fan that has shown their support. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is the latest in the "Gaiden" series. The previous entry, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, focused on previous series protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu after the events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii focuses on Majima Goro and his escapades sometime after Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will come out for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam on February 21, 2025. A Captain Majima – EP album will release in Japan on February 7, 2025. The post Majima Voice Actor Talks About His Role in Pirate Yakuza appeared first on Siliconera.
In an interview, Hidenari Ugaki, the voice actor for Majima Goro in the Like a Dragon (or Yakuza) series spoke about his role in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. This includes discussion about the potential of a Majima focused game in the Like a Dragon series. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
The interviewer asks Majima's voice actor about his role in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, to which he gives quite a lengthy response. He mentioned that Kenji Matsuda approached him after playing Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and found it curious that despite Majima's lack of presence in the game that the character managed to retain a huge amount of popularity.
He briefly goes into his role while sharing a conversation he had with Yokoyama at Tokyo Game Show.
.. At Tokyo Game show, about two years ago, we discussed the future of the series with Yokoyama. During that time I said, "What if we made a Hannya ga Gotoku with Majima as the main character" to which he [Yokoyama] said "That's not going to happen." Despite that, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was produced, and the 20th anniversary logo for the series wasn't drawn with a dragon, but with a hannya. I feel happy that I was able to play Majima again. And I would like to thank each and every fan that has shown their support.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is the latest in the "Gaiden" series. The previous entry, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, focused on previous series protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu after the events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii focuses on Majima Goro and his escapades sometime after Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will come out for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam on February 21, 2025. A Captain Majima – EP album will release in Japan on February 7, 2025.
The post Majima Voice Actor Talks About His Role in Pirate Yakuza appeared first on Siliconera.
