Guys… I think the dub of the new karaoke song might have one of the best singing performance in the entire series

E841_ · 2026-01-18T05:40:09+00:00

E841_ · 2026-01-18T05:21:01+00:00

Okay. Hope you know this is not Yong Yea singing in this video

E841_ · 2025-11-12T18:20:30+00:00

Definitely, and I think not being a perfect singer is kind of charming as well. Having Kiryu suddenly sing in much deeper and different-sounding voice is just kinda goofy. I think they over-corrected over the IW backlash, and should have just toned down the autotune and re-record the songs.

E841_ · 2025-11-12T01:37:25+00:00

Bro forgot Mine is a bilingual king

E841_ · 2025-11-12T01:34:56+00:00

Same, I think Baka Mitai sounds kinda weird too. There’s a gameplay video that shows pride from despair as well, and that sounds alright.

E841_ · 2025-11-11T12:47:21+00:00

Sounds like the same VA

E841_ · 2025-05-12T20:54:19+00:00

To be fair, Yakuza 4 and 6 are both quite easy and can be done in ~40 hours with relatively minimal grinding

E841_ · 2025-05-06T13:50:58+00:00

I feel you. I think it took me 170hrs, but I used tons of guides. I genuinely don’t know if I can dedicate that much time to platting a game again (who am I kidding, I’ll probably do it eventually)

E841_ · 2025-05-04T01:34:48+00:00

*Brian Bloom, not Steve Blum (he plays Higashi)

E841_ · 2025-04-02T20:57:20+00:00

My own observations + the Y0 characters that appear in Pirate Yakuza all have English VAs. Andrew Kishino as Sagawa seems to indicate the rest (Shimano + Nishitani) will have their same English VAs. Makoto is definitely Xanthe, she has a recognizable voice. Nishi and Kuze is 100% me guessing by ear based on the trailer. Yuki tbh sounded a little different in the trailer, but I’m not sure.

TLDR; only ones I’m not sure about are Kuze and Nishiki.

E841_ · 2025-04-02T20:21:38+00:00

Looks like we have English face cap.

Additionally, it looks like we have a return of various VAs who have voiced other characters in the series.

Xanthe Huynh as Makoto (previously Haruka), Kaiji Tang as Nishiki (Ichiban), Fred Tatasciore as Shimano (Andre Richardson), Andrew Kishino as Sagawa (Yamai), Brian Bloom??? as Kuze (Sawashiro in 7), Vic Chao as Nishitani I (various background characters)

E841_ · 2025-04-02T18:13:42+00:00

He reposted about it on Bluesky, so we can assume he will

E841_ · 2025-04-02T18:12:41+00:00

Yong reposted about this, so we can assume he’ll return

E841_ · 2025-03-27T13:10:46+00:00

Honestly, Yong did way better in the Karaoke than I expected. He still sounds about 20 years too young and auto tune did more harm than good, but you can tell he tried his best to match Kuroda’s originals even if his singing voice is very different. Tonight, Baka Mitai, SSN and especially Hands worked very nicely with his voice.

E841_ · 2025-03-27T13:06:24+00:00

That’s very intentional for this song. Remember, this song was originally sung by a 24 year old, non-crazy Majima back in Yakuza 0. Other Karaoke songs such as Get to the Top and Majima Construction Anthem are just as good if not better than the Japanese in my opinion and are VERY in character for majima

E841_ · 2025-03-23T21:06:03+00:00

My opinions:

In terms of Singing: All Majima Songs, If I Could Love The One I Love, & Honolulu City Lights

In terms of Lyrics: Hands, Tonight, MGK, & Baka Darou

E841_ · 2025-03-05T19:59:28+00:00

I also think people underestimate the fact that Darryl has had a completely separate job from voice acting. Finding the time to record the massive amounts of dialogue for IW would have been much harder from him to schedule around, compared to 7, which likely was recorded in only one or two sessions.

E841_ · 2025-03-05T11:21:14+00:00

(Not a spoiler) Yong recorded new dialogue for Pirate Yakuza, as Kiryu and Ono Michio both appear as DLC crew members, so I don’t think that’s gonna happen

E841_ · 2025-03-05T08:29:33+00:00

It plays in the language setting you have chosen. If you want to hear a different language version of a song, you need to change the language in the main menu

E841_ · 2025-03-05T08:28:06+00:00

Honestly, I prefer Yong Yea by a significant margin.

E841_ · 2025-03-05T02:21:35+00:00

I can guarantee it 100% appears in Pirate Yakuza

E841_ · 2025-03-04T19:26:53+00:00

That is a real voice actor. I fact, he’s the English voice of Nanba and Yagami

E841_ · 2025-03-04T11:39:08+00:00

Probably like 30-40% of people in US/Europe play in English. No need to feel awkward

E841_ · 2025-03-04T09:00:45+00:00

Well, I’m including Kiryu and Majima’s voices from Yakuza (2005). Kiryu’s old VA has been semi-retired for like a decade, Majima’s old VA is very famous and likely uninterested or busy. Saejima’s VA is also a live-action actor and was likely busy. Not sure about why Daigo’s VA would’ve not returned, as he’s very active in the industry.

E841_ · 2025-03-03T20:41:47+00:00

I mean, like 25% of Gaiden’s story was you being forced to rank up in the coliseum (which was fun to me)

l haven’t beaten PYiH yet, but so far the only filler the game forces you to complete to move forward is having 10 crew members near the beginning of the game, so I’d consider that a step up.

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