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Yakuza 3 (2009)

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Yakuza 3 is a PlayStation 3 video game, originally released in Japan as As Though a Dragon 3 (龍が如く3 "Ryū ga Gotoku 3"?), the sequel to Yakuza 2 and the fourth installment in the Yakuza series. It is developed by Sega Japan's CS1 Team and published by Sega. It was released in Japan and South East Asia on February 26, 2009 and in North America and Europe on March 9, 2010 and March 12, 2010, respectively.The sequel, Ryū ga Gotoku 4, was released on March 18, 2010 only in Japan.
Yakuza 3 main characters are Kazuma Kiryu and Haruka Sawamura though it has a casting of three hundred and sixty characters appearing in the main adventure and sub-scenarios.
The game's main characters have their face modeled in 3D after their voice actors who are Japanese celebrities. Softimage XSI 3D data are obtained by scanning a human head with Cyberware Inc.'s latest scanner. These include returning voice actors Takaya Kuroda (as Kazuma Kiryu), Rie Kugimiya (as Haruka Sawamura), Hidenari Ugaki as Goro Majima, and TV series actor Satoshi Tokushige (as Daigo Dojima).
New faces are film actors Tatsuya Fujiwara (as Rikiya Shimabukuro) known overseas for his Shuya Nanahara role in Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale and Battle Royale II: Requiem, Nakamura Shidō II (as Yoshitaka Mine) who played in Ronny Yu's Jet Li is Fearless and Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, veteran actor Tetsuya Watari (as Joji Kazama/Fuma) famous for his yakuza roles in Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter, Kinji Fukasaku's Graveyard of Honor and Takeshi Kitano's Brother, veteran singers and tarento Shigeru Izumiya (as Shigeru Nakahara) and George Takahashi (as Goh Hamazaki), veteran seiyu Akio Ohtsuka (as Ryuzo Tamiya), tarento Daisuke Miyakawa (as Mikio Aragaki) and Hiroyuki Miyasako (as Tsuyoshi Kanda).

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