{"id":14142,"date":"2022-07-20T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T01:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14142"},"modified":"2022-07-20T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T01:53:56","slug":"20220720-14142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220720-14142\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at Yakuza 8 revealed by MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura who will be appearing in the game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220719-21945\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-07-19 22:49 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>It has been revealed that MMA fighter <strong>Mikuru Asakura<\/strong> will appear in Sega\u2019s <strong><em>Yakuza 8<\/em> (working title)<\/strong> which is currently in development. Asakura, who is also an active YouTuber, posted footage of his visit to Sega\u2019s offices, and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio representative Masayoshi Yokoyama commented, \u201cWe\u2019ve requested something unthinkable from you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3068\u3093\u3067\u3082\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u30fc<br>\u304a\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BPUL1hLf5z\">https:\/\/t.co\/BPUL1hLf5z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6a2a\u5c71\u660c\u7fa9 (@yokoyama_masa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yokoyama_masa\/status\/1549345480919814146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Yakuza 8<\/em> is the latest title in Sega\u2019s <em>Yakuza <\/em>series and was revealed in October of last year when the studio underwent an organizational restructure. As a part of this restructure, Toshihiro Nagoshi who had been the studio head up to that point departed with Yokoyama stepping in to lead the studio going forward. At that time, Yokoyama stated that the next game would be a continuation of Ichiban Kasuga\u2019s story from the previous game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Asakura\u2019s video, we see him meet with Sega CEO Haruki Satomi and accept an offer to appear in <em>Yakuza 8<\/em>, making the fighter the first person to be asked to appear in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second half of the video then shows Asakura and Yokoyama take a look through the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio development floor where we can see in-development footage of the upcoming game on monitors in the studio. With Yokoyama\u2019s permission, this became our first look at <em>Yakuza 8<\/em>. In addition to Ichiban Kasuga, we can also see characters from past games like Nanba and Koichi Adachi. It looks like Ichiban has a new hairstyle as well.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-696x390.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-1068x599.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719-21945-001-749x420.jpg 749w\" \/><figcaption>Image Credit: Mikuru Asakura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3068\u3093\u3067\u3082\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u304c\u6c7a\u307e\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5BZpiZ3HrCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>*Development floor footage begins around 9:16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Next, we can see them perform image capture on Asakura making a variety of facial expressions and putting together a 3D model. While that\u2019s all we got to see in this video, during Asakura\u2019s conversation with Sega\u2019s CEO, there was a mention of having Asakura also perform action motion capture, so maybe that\u2019s the next task on the list. However, nothing has been revealed about what role Asakura will play in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <em>Yakuza 8<\/em> is currently in development, nothing has been revealed about the content of the game itself, so we still have plenty to look forward to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been revealed that MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura will appear in Sega\u2019s Yakuza 8 which is currently in development. 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