Yakuza 0: Director's Cut Game Unveils English Dub Cast, Opening Theme Song Trailer
New cast includes Kaiji Tang as Nishikiyama, Risa Mei as Makoto, David Hayter as Kashiwagi
On Wednesday, Sega announced the English voice actors for the updated Nintendo Switch version of their 2015 game Yakuza 0: Director's Cut. They shared videos of Kiryu and Majima's voices. Additionally, they streamed a trailer featuring the theme song "Bubble" by Shōnan no Kaze, which was originally used as the opening theme in Japan but was removed from Western releases.
Kazuma Kiryu Dub Clip
Goro Majima Dub Clip
The English cast, which features returning members from other Yakuza/Like a Dragon games, includes:
- Yong Yea as Kazuma Kiryu with Topher Ngo as the singing voice
- Matt Mercer as Goro Majima
- Kaiji Tang as Akira Nishikiyama with Greg Chun as the singing voice (Note: Kaiji Tang is also the voice of another protagonist in the franchise Ichiban Kasuga. In a similar fashion, Kazuhiro Nakaya is the voice of both Nishiki and Ichiban in Japanese.)
- Risa Mei as Makoto Makimura
- David Hayter as Osamu Kashiwagi
- Alejandro Saab as Jun Oda
- Andrew Kishino as Tsukasa Sagawa
- Howard Wang as Tetsu Tachibana
- Bill Millsap as Wen Hai Lee
- Keston John as Daisaku Kuze
- Eliah Mountjoy as Hiroki Awano
- Vic Chao as Homare Nishitani
- Jon Ohye as Keiji Shibusawa
- Nobi Nakanishi as Masaru Sera
- Adam Gold as Billiken
- Imari Williams as Sohei Dojima
- Frank Todaro as Takashi Nihara
- Fred Tatasciore as Futoshi Shimano
- Paul Nakauchi as Shintaro Kazama
The game will launch on June 5, the same release date as Switch 2.
The revised edition includes fresh visual sequences, internet-based cooperative play, as well as a recently recorded English voice-over. Additionally, it offers text in French, Italian, German, and Spanish languages.
In Japan in 2015, Yakuza 0 was released on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Sega also made available a free-to-play app for PlayStation Vita that same year. North America and Europe received the game in January 2017, while it was launched on PC via Steam in August 2018. Lastly, it was released on Xbox One in February 2020.
On October 24th for Nintendo Switch, Sega launched a revised version of their initial action game titled Yakuza Kiwami, which is based on Ryū ga Gotoku or Like a Dragon .
On February 21st, worldwide release of Like a Dragon: Pirates in Hawaii for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Steam was made one week earlier than its originally scheduled release date of February 28th.
The game "The Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth" was released in January 2024 for various platforms including PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC via Windows and Steam. It is a sequel to "Yakuza: Like a Dragon" and is the eighth mainline entry in the Yakuza/Like A Dragon franchise, which was announced by Sega in September 2022.
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