Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Founders Step Down as Studio Confirms Yakuza: Like a Dragon Sequel

The passing of the Yakuza torch has occurred, with the heads of video game studio Ryu Ga Gotoku stepping down from their roles at the studio and SEGA as a whole.

Due to the departures, the management of Ryu Ga Gotoku has been reconstructed, with Yakuza: Like a Dragon head writer Masayoshi Yokoyama becoming the Director of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and an executive producer, while Ryosuke Horii, the director of Yakuza: Like a Dragon will stay on as the Chief Director of the franchise.

Both Toshihiro Nagoshi, who was a Creative Director at SEGA and the general director of Ryu Ga Gotoku and the Yakuza/Judgment series, and Daisuke Sato, who was a producer on the Yakuza/Judgment franchise, as well as an original designer and director on the series, left the studio in a message posted on the Ryu Ga Gotoku website for the studio’s 10th anniversary.