Important Characters

Learn about the important characters returning in Yakuza 3, including Kazuma Kiryu, Haruka Sawamura, Daigo Dojima, Goro Majima, and more.

This section covers characters who had appeared in the first two _Yakuza_ games who make a significant return in this game, or whose past events affect this game's story.

Kazuma Kiryu - The _Yakuza_ series protagonist. He's known on the streets as the "Dragon of Dojima", a title he earned entirely by accident as a result of the events of _Yakuza 0_. Following the events of _Yakuza 1_, he was given the position of Chairman of the Tojo Clan, which he abdicated after a single day. He is currently trying to live a simpler life with his adopted daughter, Haruka Sawamura.

Haruka Sawamura - Kiryu found Haruka in the aftermath of a massacre in a bar, hiding and clutching a pistol. As she carried with her a clue to the _Yakuza 1_ incident, Kiryu took her under his protection. As a result of the events of the first game, it comes to light that Haruka is the daughter of Kiryu's love, Yumi Sawamura. Kiryu adopts her following those events. She is a sweet, yet street smart young girl. For the majority of this game, she's twelve years old.

Daigo Dojima - The current Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan. The son of Kiryu's old boss, Daigo was found by Kiryu in the second game and groomed to become the chairman he is now through his strength and charisma.

Makoto Date - One of the few people Kiryu can truly call "friend", Date was until recently a detective in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Force. He handled the first case that sent Kiryu up for ten years in prison, and never believed he was guilty of it. The two reconnect after Kiryu leaves prison, and Date serves as Kiryu's ally with connections to the police and the civilian world.

Goro Majima - The famous patriarch of his own family, Goro Majima is a one-eyed warrior known as the "Mad Dog of Shimano". In the first game, he and Kiryu encounter each other to fight, but he never seems deeply invested in the greater conflict, and more concerned with his personal rivalry with Kiryu. He even departs from the Tojo Clan in the second game, not really caring about the internal politics.

Osamu Kashiwagi - Formerly the captain of the Kazama Family, and now its patriarch. Kashiwagi is a stern, but level-headed yakuza officer who serves as a mentor figure to Kiryu after Kazama's death. He's also doing his best to hold the Tojo Clan together and support Daigo Dojima however he can.

The Florist of Sai - Kiryu discovers this man of luxury and leisure while trying to find information in the first game. What he discovers is a man operating as an information broker for the entire city, which he does so through hiding in the underground pleasure palace known as Purgatory. In past games, he was known as "Kage", or "Kage the Florist".

Shintaro Kazama - Deceased. The former patriarch of the Kazama Family. He was a well-respected yakuza who ran the Sunflower Orphanage where Kiryu, Nishiki, and Yumi spent their youths. Because of this close connection, Kiryu considered him much like a father. He conspired to create the Ten Billion Yen Incident and lost his life protecting Haruka from Shimano. This character was known as "Shintaro Fuma" in the English versions of the first three Yakuza games. His name was originally changed because of the similarity between "Kazama" and Kiryu's first name, "Kazuma".