Returning characters for Yakuza Ishin, return of Nishiki, Goda

[Lady Lilith]

http://segabits.com/blog/2013/09/01/new-returning-characters-announced-for-yakuza-ishin-including-the-return-of-nishiki/

 

 

Nine returning characters have been announced for the upcoming Yakuza Ishin. The list so far includes popular characters like Ryuji Goda, Akira Nishiki and Date. But who are they playing in this game? If you haven’t read, the game will take old characters from theYakuza universe and plant them as characters during the bakumatsu period in Japan.

To see all twelve returning characters and their roles in the new game, hit the jump.

 

• Akira Nishiki as Okada Izo - voiced by Kazuhiro Nakaya

• Ryuji Goda as Saigo Kichinosuke - voiced by Masami Iwasaki

• Date as Nakaoka Shintarou played by Yamaji Kazuhiro

• Kage as “mysterious informant” played by Yoshiaki Fujiwara

• Hiroshi Hayashi as Takeda Kanryusai - voiced by Shun Sugata

• Yahata as Tani Sanjuurou (captain of the 7th Shinsengumi unit) played by Kenji Hamada

• Masaru Watase playing Sasaki Tadasaburo voiced by Rintaro Nishi a member of the Kyoto Mimawarigumi

• Yuu Morinaga playing Matsubara Chuji voiced by Hiroki Touchi captain of the 4th Shinsengumi unit

• Ogita Kan playing Suzuki Mikisaburo voiced by Ryota Takeuchi captain of the 9th Shinsengumi unit

 

I'd love to be able to see Nishiki and Goda (yes, I know Goda was in Dead Souls) again, even if it'd just be their character model.  This game is sounding better and better, I really hope it gets localized.  

 

As for Yakuza 5...I suppose we can always hope that something will come out of that Rainfall poll, Yakuza 5 has had a rather landslide lead for a while.  It's currently ahead by over 2000 votes.