Yakuza producer still won't put Kiryu in a goddamn fighting game, or possibly any future videogame for that matter: 'I think going cross-medium is the better way to go about it'

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Despite Kazuma Kiryu spending smacking people across the face with his fists and throwing whole-ass motorbikes at them, he's still shied away from guest-starring in any fighting games. That's largely down to original series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi telling Red Bull back in 2020 that he didn't want to see Kiryu attacking any women.

With Nagoshi departing Sega in 2021 and leaving things in the hands of Masayoshi Yokoyama, I've been secretly hoping that the series' new producer would have a different opinion on Kiryu's place in the FGC. Well, he kinda does, but don't get too excited: It's still looking pretty dang unlikely.