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Yakuza

2005 action-adventure video game
VideoGame video_game Q1608476
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Summary

Yakuza is a video game[1]. Yakuza ranks in the top 3% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,474 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Publisher: Sega[3]
  • Genre: action-adventure game[4]
  • Followed by: Yakuza 2[5]
  • Producer: Toshihiro Nagoshi[6]
  • Developer: Sega[7]
  • Part of the series: Yakuza[8]
  • Designed by: Toshihiro Nagoshi[9]
  • Platform: PlayStation 2[10], PlayStation 3[11], Wii U[12]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[13]
  • Distribution format: DVD[14]
  • Input device: gamepad[15]
  • Country of origin: Japan[16]
  • Publication date: December 8, 2005[17]
  • Characters: Kazuma Kiryu[18]
  • Narrative location: Tokyo[19]
  • ESRB rating: Mature 17+[20]
  • CERO rating: D (Ages 17 and up)[21]
  • Official website: https://yakuza.sega.com/project/yakuza[22], https://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/one/main.html[23]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 18[24]
  • USK rating: USK 18[25]
  • Derivative work: Like a Dragon: Prologue[26], Like a Dragon[27], Yakuza Kiwami[28]
  • Media franchise: Yakuza[29]

Why It Matters

Yakuza has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Yakuza is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 18, USK 18
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Usk rating: USK 18"
  2. 19d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'lld', 'pl', 'pt',
    Derivative work → Like a Dragon: Prologue, Like a Dragon, Yakuza Kiwami
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Yakuza Kiwami, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790846661412"
  3. 5w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Senscritique work id → 62004
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Senscritique work id: 62004, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/134725287|Yakuza (#134725287)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5146|SensCritique video games]"
  4. 14w ago · Teiron · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 4842
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gry-online game id: 4842, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180135263|Yakuza (#180135263)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online games]] #mix'n'ma"
  5. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Tokyo
    Instance of → —
    Pegi rating → PEGI 18
    Followed by → —
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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