{"id":23191,"date":"2023-11-21T18:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=23191"},"modified":"2023-11-21T18:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:22:38","slug":"20231121-23191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231121-23191\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth \u2013 actor of Tomizawa the taxi driver \u201cbroke down crying\u201d when he read his scenario\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio official YouTube channel uploaded an interview with Japanese singer and actor Satoru Iguchi on November 20. In the brief interview, Iguchi talks about his role as Eric Tomizawa in <strong>Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>and mentions being moved to tears upon reading the character\u2019s scenario for the first time.\u00a0<\/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=\"\u300e\u9f8d\u304c\u5982\u304f\uff18\u300f\u4e95\u53e3\u7406\uff08\u30a8\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30fb\u30c8\u30df\u30b6\u30ef \u5f79\uff09\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\u6620\u50cf\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8LyKZotCaOQ?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>Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is set to launch on January 26 next year, and with the release date approaching, snippets of information about the new Yakuza title, such as its <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231114-23005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive length,<\/a> have been contributing to the anticipation greatly. Among what\u2019s been confirmed so far is a new playable character called Eric Tomizawa \u2013 a Hawaiian taxi driver. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not much is known about Tomizawa\u2019s character yet \u2013 the official site describes him as charming and friendly, and it seems he will be contributing to the crazy action by hurling tires and wrenches at enemies and whatnot, but his story may be hiding some angst.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"677\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header.jpg 962w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-380x267.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-696x490.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-597x420.jpg 597w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-header-100x70.jpg 100w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Satoru Iguchi, member of the popular Japanese band King Gnu, was cast in the role of Tomizawa. In a recent interview, he comments on Tomizawa\u2019s personality, describing him as \u201chaving his slightly pathetic sides, like Nanba\u201d but also being reliable, adding that this kind of character has always appealed to him. Furthermore, Iguchi goes on to reveal, \u201cIt\u2019s a bit embarrassing, but when I was first handed the scenarios for Takizawa\u2019s bonding scenes, I read them at home and cried my eyes out.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explaining why, Iguchi comments that Takizawa is a character that bears a lot of regret, and that his burden is a universal one that could befall most people, which is what made him empathize to such an extent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"648\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-23191-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the story trailer for Infinite Wealth revealing that the series\u2019 protagonist Kiryu is battling cancer and may not live for much longer, fans have already been bracing themselves for heartbreak, but it seems there may be even more angst lying ahead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infinitewealth.sega.com\/index.html?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth<\/a> is scheduled for release on January 26, 2024 for the PC (Windows\/Steam)\/Xbox Series X|S\/Xbox One\/PS4\/PS5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview about his role as Eric Takizawa, the new playable character in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, actor and singer Satoru Iguchi revealed that his first reading of the scenario was quite emotional for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":23009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-23191","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 - 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