{"id":16640,"date":"2022-11-11T12:50:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=16640"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:51:41","slug":"20221111-16640","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20221111-16640\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a Dragon 8: More celebrity cameos revealed on a Japanese radio program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio representative Masayoshi Yokoyama appeared on the Japanese radio program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbsradio.jp\/a6j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">After 6 Junction<\/a> on November 10 (JST) where it was revealed that the show\u2019s radio personalities, Utamaru of RHYMESTER and Risa Unai, would be appearing in <em>Like a Dragon 8<\/em>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221110-226232-header-1-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Like a Dragon 8<\/em> is being developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and is the latest mainline title in what was formally known as the <em>Yakuza<\/em> series. The game will feature both Ichiban Kasuga from <em>Yakuza: Like a Dragon<\/em>, the 7<sup>th<\/sup> mainline title in the series, and Kazuma Kiryu with a new haircut. It has dual protagonists, something the series hasn\u2019t seen since <em>Yakuza 0<\/em>, with a story where one man bears all the responsibility of the past while the other carries the weight of the future. <em>Like a Dragon 8<\/em> will weave its story by depicting both of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 6 Junction is a radio program that features a lot of guests from the video game industry, including their latest guest Yokoyama. Yokoyama discussed how he came to be involved in the <em>Yakuza<\/em> series, behind-the-scenes stories about <em>Jet Set Radio<\/em>, and the above announcement regarding the show\u2019s hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utamaru is a member of the Japanese hip-hop group RHYMESTER. Besides music, he\u2019s active in a number of fields including radio, movie critique, and more. Risa Unai is a broadcaster for Japan\u2019s TBS Television. She\u2019s known for enjoying video games and has her own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCqeVHoGt2QrcVbxb4fK_zZQ\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> where she mostly uploads let\u2019s play videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sounds like both of them have already been to the Sega offices for face capturing and voice recording. Unai will be appearing as herself playing the role of \u201cTBS Announcer Risa Unai.\u201d Utamaru will also be playing the role \u201cUtamaru,\u201d but they say that the character will be more fictional than that of Unai.<\/p>\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=\"Like a Dragon 8 | Announcement Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJhqN7R_oAg?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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like a Dragon 8<\/em> is scheduled to release in 2024 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam\/Windows).<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f9\"><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20221013-16156\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why did Sega change Yakuza to Like a Dragon? 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Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20221110-226232\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-11-10 18:57<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio representative Masayoshi Yokoyama has revealed that Utamaru of RHYMESTER and Risa Unai, would be appearing in Like a Dragon 8. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":16642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-16640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Like a Dragon 8: More celebrity cameos revealed on a Japanese radio program - 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