Summary

• Yakuza series popularity soared since 2015, with Xbox and PC ports finding new homes through Xbox Game Pass.
• Games offer rich storylines and unexpected side content like karaoke, loved by fans for its charm and hilarious and emotional music videos.
• Newer entries Like A Dragon Gaiden and Infinite Wealth include new songs and also present new protagonists singing.

The Yakuza series has been constantly gaining tons of popularity ever since 2015's Yakuza 0 and continues to reach new heights to this day. Both Xbox and PC ports of the games have come to allow more people to play the games with nearly the entire series available on Xbox Game Pass.

The games feature in-depth stories along with tons of fun side content (many of which aren't exactly expected in a crime drama game). One of the many that fans have fallen in love with is karaoke, a rhythm minigame available in almost every entry. These feature many different characters singing the songs along with music videos to go with many of them.

Updated on April 30, 2024, by Johnny Garcia: The Yakuza series (now 🦋kno🌊wn as Like A Dragon globally) continues to grow, with new games being released into the franchise.

Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased shows the events that led to Kiryu's role in Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and Yakuza: Infinite Wealth continues the story of Ichiban Kasuga, the new main protagonist of the Like A Dragon series, and brings Kiryu's story close to its end.

As is tradition with all Yakuza/Like A Dragon games, both new titles feature the karaoke minigame and include songs new and old for the protagonist and their friends to sing along to.

10 ♊ Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Eras꧒ed His Name

Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Naဣme is a spin-off of the Like A Dragon series, showing what Kiryu was doing during the events and leading into Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Taking on the name Joryu, Kiryu embarks on a journey that throws him all around Sotenbori.

Like A Dragon: Ga💦iden features the lowest amount of unique singers in any Yakuza game, with all but one being sung exclusively by Kiryu, Like A Butterfly — this is the one exception because Akame can sing it along with him.

9 ಞ Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth returns to the multi-protagonist formula last seen in Yakuza 0 prior to Infinite Wealth. With both Ichiban and Kiryu getting their own party members, 𓆉the number of karaoke songs is the highesꦍt it has ever been in the franchise, boasting a grand total of 15 different songs.

It has the largest variety of singers on top of this, with nearly all main characters getting a chance at the spotligh꧒t (sorry Tomizawa).

8 Yakuza 0

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yakuza 0 features some of the most popular karaoke songs in the entire series. This includes everyone's idol Goro Majima singing "24-hour Cinderella" to Kiryu singing the iconic "Bakamitai". It's also the first appearance of "Judgement -Shinpan-", Kiryu's favorite song which is also the only time Nishikiyama has performed a song.

Other c💞haracters such as the hostesses also show off▨ their singing chops.

7 Yakuza💦 Kiwami 𓃲

A remake of the original Yakuza game, Yakuza Kiwami took parts of what 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:made Yakuza 0 so good and added them in when remaking the original. Unlike the original Yakuza, Yakuza Kiwami features minigames introduced later in the series including karao🎶ke (which was initialܫly absent in the original game).

There is a little less variety in singers as there's only one protagonist in Yakuza Kiwami, but Kiryu continues to show off his singing prowess.

6 ♛ Yakuza Kiwami 2

Like its predecessor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a remake of the original Yakuza 2 with more content packed into it. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:It gave more of a glimpse into Majima's character with the Majima Saga which gave closure to various plot points from Yakuza 0 relating to Majima himself. Unlike the original Kiwami which borrowed a lot from Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami 2 takes a lot more from Yakuza 6 for a fantastic remake of the original Yakuza 2.

5 Yakuza 3

Yakuza 3 is the entry to the series that introduced karaoke to the franchise. Ever since then, it's appeared in every Yakuza game after it. It's become such a permanent staple to the franchise that helped shape its identity.

While it never got the Kiwami treatment like Yakuza 1 and 2, it still stands great on its own and was both upscaled ℱ168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and included in the Yakuza Remastered Collection.

4 Yakuza 4

Yakuzꦍa 4 was the first game to feature multiple protagonists, and as such accommodated with a ton of karaoke son𒁏gs for players to sing along to.

You might think that some of the songs would be stinkers in Yakuza 4, but they're all fantastic. With four different protagonists, there's plenty of singing to go around, too.

3 Yakuza 5

Yakuza 5 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:features the most protagonists out of ⭕any other Yakuza game with five different ones to play as. Each one gets to show off their voices in karaoke, as well. Yakuza 5 was the first time that the most iconic Yakuza song made an appearance with Bakamitai. Fan favorites like "Machine Gun Kiss" and "GET to the Top" make a retur🐻n, too.

2 Yakuza 6

Yakuza 6 scaled the multiple protagonists back🐓 with only Kiryu taking the spotlight. It also cut back down on the number of karaoke songs to the usual six.🌳 The trade-off, however, is that mostly new karaoke songs take their place.

All of these songs are fantastic in their own right. The music video for "Today is a Diamond" even features 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the rare image of Kiryu smiling.

1 Yakuza: Like A Dragon ꦯ 🐻

Yakuza: Like A Dragon (also known as Yakuza 7) is a soft reboot to the franchise; it provides 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a new protagoꩵnist in the loveable Ichiban. He's a big contrast to the much more stonefaced Kiryu but the contrast works to tremendous success. He recruits a sizeable party many of who get their own chance to sing some karaoke.