Kiryu Kazuma

The main character of the Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku) series for the most part and a main character in TFR Season 0.

Like A Dragon
Kiryu was an orphan in an orphanage who was adopted by a member of a Yakuza clan, which he would join as well until he was "framed" for murder and have to take a long time in prison.

Off-Season 2
Kiryu debuts in TFR in the SoL off-season.

Season 3 (Tomodachi Life)
Married Jill Stingray and had babby, also became our friend. They had a son named Jackson Kiryu, but was mentally unstable due to the fighting between Kiryu and Jill. Almost divorced Jill, but Waluigi helped them make up, and although it didn't work, they still ended making up.

Off-Season 3
Meeting with his old friend Majima, who had gone overseas, Majima offered him a place where he wouldn't be found by the Yakuza again, but he had to do him a favor in exchange. That favor and place was The Final Rumble's ring, and Kiryu has come to Heat it up.

Episode 3

 Substory - The Demonic Cuckolding 

Kiryu first had a match with the HOYing star Walter who is also supported by his gf Alice. Supported by Majima, Kiryu actually won his first match, but only because the ref literally rang the bell for no reason at all.

However, he lost the rematch.

Season 4
That favor Majima asked him, was to dress as a girl for the Mixed Match Tournament, which Kiryu after some convincing obliged.

Episode 1

However, like anything Majima comes up with, it did not go as planned.

Episode 2

 Substory – Imageboard Champion 

Crossing against a senator on his way to a match, Kiryu bumps into him and he calls out his bullshit as an alien threat. Apparently being the qualifier match for a tournament, Kiryu gets roped into participating. Kiryu recognizes Armstrong's strength and lets him advance into the tournament, having no intention to participate himself.

Episode 4

 Substory – The Summoner 

Some guy calling himself "The XIV Kuzunoha Raidou Devil Summoner" challenged Kiryu to a fight. Kiryu rejected his chaotic ways and showed him that a true DRAGON can defeat even demons.

Episode 7

 Substory – MAJIMA EVERYWHERE 

Walking backstage, a marauding Majima sees Kiryu-chan and forces him into a fight. As it seems, Kiryu has lost his edge yet again.

Episode 8

 Substory – MAJIMA EVERYWHERE 

Backstage again, he was challenged by a mysterious "Hannya Man" with a very familiar style. Again, this inopportune challenger defeated Kiryu.

Episode 9

 Substory – MAJIMA EVERYWHERE 

Receiving a notification that he would be in serious trouble if he didn't come to the boiler room, there he met with a very suspicious Cop, who gave him some "hard" interrogating.

Episode 10

 Story – Kamurocho Blues 

With The Final Impact on hand, Kiryu and Majima had one final confrontation at the doors of the Tojo Clan HQ. In a long and arduous fight, Kiryu finally managed to regain his edge, defeating Majima.

Episode 11

 Story – The Final Dragon 

For his match, Kojima used his Script to turn Kiryu into a literal dragon in his fight.

Season 5
Looking to upgrade his wrestling abilities, he looked into some important conference that was happening and The Dragon ended up trapped in La Parka's Death Game.

He was deemed a Candidate.

Episode 1

He was subjected to a surprise, where he received , concluding with HUNK being instantly.

Episode 2

Participates in an Immunity Free-for-All between  candidates and non-candidates. Senator Armstrong wins the 2 weeks of .

Episode 4
Majima gets another chance to escape La Parka's Special Vote, but it's Samoa Joe who he will have to defeat, and he has called the one candidate he respects to aid him, Senator Armstrong. Kiryu joins with his friend, but the best they can manage with such evil opponents is a draw, which doesn't save them from the vote.

Kiryu participates in the Special Vote. He receives. Winnie the Pooh, Jeff Mangum and The Prince of Persia are the three participants.

Episode 6

Majima doesn't feel good about having to fight his rival Kiryu, even thought he promised to be the one to kill him, it doesn't feel good this way. He vows that both will escape and return to Kamurocho someday.

Kiryu wins the match, despite being attacked by Godzilla, and won .

Episode 8

Kiryu and Majima have to fight doll versions of Big Show and The Undertaker.

They defeat them and win .

Episode 10

After the failure of an attempt to foil the death game, Kiryu and Majima have to carry the now uncorrupted Richtofen to his match, and his likely demise.

Episode 12
Kiryu and Majima reach their final challenge in the Final Twilight, The Final Trial.

Kiryu, Mr. America, Knoxville, and Edgeworth are up for the question "Which episode is this?". However, all three but Edgeworth answer wrong, with the true answer being that this is the 53rd episode of TFR.

On the match to determine who will be executed instantly at the end of the trial, Kiryu and Knoxville were defeated.

Season 6
Kiryu's soul was probably in the Reservoir of Souls, if the dragon really even knew death that day...



Season 0
Suzuki Taichi, a taxi-driver, gets called to pick a passenger on the mountain pass. His real identity, however, is that of ex-yakuza Kiryu Kazuma, who had long since left his life behind after the tragic events that took place in the city many years prior, which took away the life of his sworn brother Matou Kariya.

Episode 1

 Substory #86 - The Double Crash 

While on his way, the street racer Shoji Shingo suddenly starts a race with him (without his knowledge) and uses his technique, the double crashu.

Kiryu teaches the kid a lesson for wrecking his car, and goes on to search where to fix it.

Episode 2

Searching for where to repair his car, he stumbles upon a small car repair shop on the roadside. Initially finding it empty, a mysterious figure wearing a disguise shows up, somehow knowing Kiryu's real identity and searching for him. Kiryu wanting nothing to do with him, the man says that Kasai's biggest enemies are surveying the area, intrigued Kiryu asks who, to whom the man responds with the group known as Evolution, four of Kasai's biggest enemies who seek to put an end to the Sonozaki Family. The stranger remind Kiryu of what he owes to Kasai, and despite Kiryu never being able to forget, he still says that they parted a long time ago, and he's capable of fighting for himself. When the man begins to speak of their unclean methods, a lone bullet nearly avoids the two, and the man runs off into hiding.

With his surprise factor blown, Kiryu confronts the shooter, who turns out to be a powerful martial artist: The Dragon of Switzerland, Japan Cesaro. It was an intense struggle, but Kiryu managed to defeat him.

Episode 3
After being pushed quite far in the last match, Kiryu realizes he's not in his best form. With the masked man disappearing, he's already too deep to back out, and calls Date to inform him of "Evolution" and how strong they must be to be able to hire Cesaro, Evolution... is a mystery, but he wants to learn more about it, and tells Date to call later.

 Substory #87 - Getting a Clue 

Kiryu finds a nearby gym and with the fares of his rides he pays to get into shape again. Kiryu notices a lonely man struggling, and asks if he's alright; he's a detective, and one day thought about the risk of his work and if he could really defend his family; after some horrible images flowed into his head, he instantly decided to get stronger, but his regime isn't looking well at all. Kiryu offers to spar with him so he could gain a thing or two, and the man accepts.

After the fight, that man not only was pushed beyond his limits, but beyond any limits he thought he ever had, gaining his clue. He thanks Kiryu and asks him his name, and is responded with Susuki Taichi. He initially compares him to the legendary dragon he heard so about, but realizes he must've been mistaken and gives his name in kind, Narihisago Akihito. Kiryu wishes him well on defending his family, as he has to do the same, and the man parts way with "See you some other time, Kiryu."

Behind the scenes, Evolutions plan for meeting the dragon...

Episode 4
Somehow, Kiryu is once again drawn to this damn city...

Arriving at Coolsville, Date had told him to meet at the Survive Bar, but instead he is greeted by Suou Katsuya since Date has been busy investigating some underground group. Despite how big Evolution seems to be, it remains a mystery, they operate in the shadows and seek some sort of "change"; however, Kiryu's actions have caught their eyes, and are searching for him in places like the club pertaining to one of Kiryu's friends. With a chance Evolution's Ryback family might attack at any moment, Katsuya decides to patrol the area nearby, but Kiryu says that since they're looking for him, then it's his duty to show up, which makes Katsuya admire his sense of justice.

After leaving and arriving at the Eden of Coolsville and meeting with it's manager and close friend Vergil, the goons of Ryback arrive, with Kiryu and Vergil take most of them out. The boss himself arrives, and Kiryu asks Vergil to take everyone out, since he will fight alone, and Vergil obliges.

Kiryu faces the patriarch, Ryback, in a single combat that has both men giving his all, but even despite being tired from the earlier fights, Kiryu manages to persevere and defeat Ryback. Being too much for the big guy to handle, he was reminded of the book that changed his life, The Secret, and Ryback decided to turn his life around and begged Kiryu to let him join his ranks. Kiryu accepts if he truly repents, and Ryback and his subordinates begin to clean the place...

Episode 5
While walking through the city after Evolution's goons stopped attacking him, Kiryu thinks back on what to do next, reminded that he must not let a single one escape and hurt his family, and the memories of his past at Kasai's Orphanage came flowing back as he could not stop from reminiscing all of his friends.

He could remember a big kid and his brother Eric, the strongest kid, a catlover girl and her friend, the studious Nick and his hardworking brother; it really was his home, and most importantly, Kasai's lessons that would end up shaping him, most important of all "The way of the virgin".

All in life, Kiryu owes to Kasai, but to save his family he needs to know what the enemy is after, and only one man can give him that...

A desolate place for a desolate man: NXT. The Dragon finally arrives back at this old place, but a strange group stands at the entrance, and Kiryu wonders what they're doing around here. The stoic man throws it right back at him, since no one should be at NXT, the drunk-like man proclaims he could only be related to the ones who took "Ada". Kiryu tries to solve the situation peacefully since he's merely visiting a friend, but Fred puts fists together in preparation. He explains he comes for info and only mistook them for Evolution guys, but the visitors won't fall for any traps, and so they will let their fists do the talking.

Despite a grueling fight where Leon acted drunk out of his ass and Fred pinned Kiryu, somehow, he still managed to win and pinned them both in such an incredible way that left them confused long after it was over. Having taught them a thing or two, the man he came to see showed himself up; celebrating another amazing display, The Cagist is naturally already informed of Kiryu's intention. Unlike other dirtsheets around that say things like "P-P-Plans change", Cagist's information is as flawless as his booking. He invites all three of them to talk, but especially wants A+ player Kiryu to be his main event. Wanting to relax, Kiryu walks into the Karaoke backstage before negotiation time...

Episode 6

Near the end of the night, The Cagist approaches Kiryu with his request, that being him participating in the main event naturally as he's an A+ player. Cagist even wishes he would request info more often, since >NXT >audience goes crazy every time they see him. Sadly, Kiryu is already busy enough and the legendary dragon never gets a break. As for his opponent, he'll find out in the ring it's a fierce rival of his.

In the ring, he finds none other than Hayashi Hiroshi, who laughs at him for expecting an easy time, but Kiryu returns to him that he expected something tougher. Hayashi smirks at his remark, but states he's more dangerous than he might think. After cutting ties with the Omi and their encounter in Sotenbori, he was left wandering, wandering until he realized he couldn't afford to walk the streets while Kiryu also did the same with his life, and so he came to take that from him and nothing else. Kiryu senses that Hayashi is not only just a shady guy anymore, but his aura has grown worse than before, he might have even become... Evil Itself. Maybe I have. But you've always been one to think you could defeat anything in your path, haven't you?

It's time for me to prove that wrong.

I'll kill you, arrogant moth er fu cker! Episode 7

Showing that evil will never prevail, Cagist finally agrees to give Kiryu information about Evolution: The next one to go after him will be The Masterpiece Chris Masters with his feared Masterlock finishing move, the second most painful lock Cagist has ever experienced, the first being Steph's. However, Masters is narcissistic enough to come without reinforcements, and in fact, he's already waiting on NXT's ring!

After another hard fought match, but probably not as hard as Evil Itself, Masters realizes what a true masterpiece truly is, and his one request before revealing information about Evolution is for Kiryu to accept him as a disciple; who accepts if he's willing to redeem himself. Masters' information comes hitting like a brick to Kiryu: something no one else would dare to reveal, the owner of NXT, The Game, is a founding member of Evolution. Kiryu is taken aback as Masters leaves, wondering how could he be part of something that stands against his trusted friends Kasai and Steven, or maybe... Evolution changed? Or something made The Cagist himself change?

Kiryu then remembers about the fight that changed his life... the day Steven changed him...

A legendary match...

Episode 8
The Cagist was already expecting Kiryu, but some information just can't be spread and tells Kiryu to turn around and leave, for what is best for him. But Kiryu knows that Cagist isn't like that and asks him who's getting to his head.

But that doesn't matter anymore, because Cagist feels like it's 11:59PM on Locktober 31st, and not even Steph can stop him now. Kiryu tries to make him remember what Steven did for him... for both of them, why betray him and found Evolution? But if Kiryu wants to know, he already knows the price: this'll be his send-off from NXT, and Triple H will make sure to savor every last dime.

After putting such a classic together, Flair would be proud, and who else to put it with than another man who was taught much by Steven. Even thought he might not have raised him, he changed his life by saving him from Shimano Futoshi, and that's exactly why Cagist could never betray him. Evolution with him was created with a different purpose, they were rebels, what Evolution turned into... is a mystery to Cagist. As for Kiryu, Steven changed his life when he got him the starring role in Hideo Kojima's "Dragon", and that's how the legend of "The Dragon of Kojima" was born. But such fame made his life take a turn, and he had to avoid people to not get them hurt, but at least Kiryu is glad Cagist will always stay by his side, much like Steven when he saved Cagist's life from Shimano. Kiryu has only heard legends of how Steven heroically stalled him and allowed Cagist to escape.

Cagist thanks Kiryu for the match and reminding him what really matters, and Kiryu reminds him that they can never forget those they're fighting for. Or the reasons why they keep walking this path... This is what life is for them.

Before Cagist can finally announce he's free from the cage, Steph bitches at him that one dime isn't gonna keep the show running and they need more dimes. Cagist tries to debut a new signing, Mid Show, but Steph calls him low midcard at BEST, and sends Haitch back to the cage for No Nut November.

Unbeknownst to Kiryu, Evolution had already prepared their next warrior....

Episode 9

Kiryu thanks Cagist for being a true friend and he likewise thanks him for raising NXT to it's highest interest in decades and getting him closer to selling off his tarps, as Kiryu reminds him that life is about dreaming for the impossible; however, Steph stops him from dreaming too much since he's still got the rest of NNN left as well as DDD.

Kiryu is comforted by the fact that much like him, the day HHH changes as a man will never come, and bids his goodbye. On his way, Kiryu thinks about what strategy to take, and thinks that taking an evasive stance for Jindrak's Mark of Excellence would leave it not-so-excellent. Before he can consider it, Sheamus arrives trying to take him off-guard with his Brogue Kick, but Kiryu is never off-guard.

Sheamus proves to be a difficult opponent, not only having some strengths of Kiryu's previous Evolution enemies without their weakness, but his sneaky and deceptive ways coupled with his cleverness make a tough opponent for Kiryu. After Kiryu's attacks fail time and time again to Sheamus' deceivings, he figures that to win against such an opponent he has to outsmart him, and so to win Kiryu tricks him by doing a surprise pin off a frankensteiner, catching him off-guard in a reversing of his tactics.

Kiryu commends him for his intense enjoyment he derived from the fight, which comes naturally from his Irishman spirit. Sheamus decides to make way to a pub with the dragon so he can teach him a few things, but Kiryu declines and asks him for Jindrak: as Sheamus tells he's stronger than the rest of Evolution put together, and he's horrifyingly focused on beating Kiryu, but Sheamus offers to show Kiryu the way, if he has the gall. Just then, Kiryu gets a call from Date; Steven was at a hostess club and through an accident ended up bedridden, and now rests at the Sonozaki residence. Kiryu instantly turns down Sheamus' offer, even if it means Jindrak will be even stronger, for the sake of checking on his family, and Sheamus says will tell him what he knows at some other point on his way to the pub.

Episode 10

On the Sonozaki Residence, Kiryu finds out Steven is very sick, and he almost can't believe a man who could survive helicopter machine-gun fire would, somehow, fall ill. Kiryu and Kasai talk about recent events and Kasai mentions the Shimano family being on the move, likely because of Steven's condition, and that this might be the Sonozaki's greatest conflict yet. But somehow, that's not what's bothering Kasai, because something more terrifying than even that has surfaced; the thing that was found near the are where Steven lost consciousness was... a Keyboard.

Episode 11
For his enemies to put all organized crime at risk with the use of such weapons, Kiryu is astounded.

After crawling from swamp at the back of the Sonozaki Residence, the leader of the Avatars of Allah and an old rival of the Sonozaki Family, Osama bin Laden, appears behind Kiryu, who's surprised to see him after all this time alive. Osama comes with the intentions to reveal the truth however, for the sake of the two followers of Allah he met in prison that taught him so much, and reveals what he was looking for in prison in the first place. The bank records situate the moving of huge amounts of money: The documents bring Kiryu back to the Keyboards Incident, where Cawdy betrayed them, Sudou Tatsuzou used everyone to further his goals, and his brother Kariya sacrificed his life to take out Sudou with the explosives at the top of the Millennium Tower. The documents reveal that everything was funded by "Rob Wellington".

Osama wants to correct his actions from being on Sudou's payroll back then, and this time stop their plan from coming to fruition. Their contact in the Coolsville Police Department is amassing keyboards at the docks, so Kiryu decides to go with Osama to stop them. At the docks, while Osama opens the door, Warden Osborne after surviving the explosion followed Osama to take revenge and return him to prison, but Kiryu tries to stop him.

While Osborne has the advantage, Kiryu strikes a good hit while he thinks he won and takes him out. Osama is done with the door and Kiryu turns around to go inside, but Osborne was pretending to be more hurt than he is and tries to deliver a terrible headbutt to Kiryu–but Osama takes the hit over his previous wounds and is severely injured. Osama encourages Kiryu to keep going before his reinforcements arrive, and make his mission to stop the keyboards before they end the thing most important: their legacy.

Kiryu leaves to put an end to this nightmare, and Osama collapses...

Episode 12

Entering the cold, freezing warehouse, Kiryu is met with it's current owner, Policeman Ooishi, who tries to get Kiryu to turn back since he doesn't know what kind of operation he's stepping into, but Kiryu won't let his evil schemes to end the yakuza come to pass. Before he's taken to an even colder car, Ooishi's partner Suou arrives having discovered that Ooishi is on something shady, but Ooishi wasn't alone as mercenary Tony Redgrave had been hired beforehand to deal with a "Dragon".

With the odds against Kiryu, suddenly his friend Vergil arrives, meeting his brother for the fist time since he began managing Chuck's, but this time he'll make sure things go a different way, and allows Kiryu to push forward to end this long-winded tragedy. The two demonic brothers face each other once more (about as many times as Raiden has faced Armstrong), and Vergil comes on top once again. While his club has kept him busy, he still has the touch, unlike Redgrave who lost sight of Kiryu, but he's not nearly old enough to be done yet, and the two engage once more.

Katsuya meanwhile tries to question Ooishi, who instead just reminds the old cop of his previous partner, Suou's father. Ooishi's partner had been arrested for having illegal material, a Porno Mag, which got him on contraband charges, but Katsuya never believed he would do something like that... and it was true because the mag was Ooishi's! Both men fight, but neither really wants to, and Katsuya begs the person he looked to for so long to tell him why he did such a thing; the truth was... he didn't have a choice if he wanted to keep his pension, and to this day he continues to do such unlawful actions to protect it. Katsuya understand such a grave moral dilemma and still considers Ooishi family, and he in turn realizes he's learned more from young partner than the other way around, and realizes what's right and begins to tell his story–BANG–Ooishi falls to the floor from an unseen gunner and Katsuya calls for support...

Kiryu almost reaches the room with the documents that will reveal the truth, when he is ambushed by the most feared keyboard-wielding assassin of powerful and old yakuza: Zoomer. Kiryu manages to knock him out with a rush kick, and stands a step before the knowledge of the one that caused all this, that took the life of Kariya, and after that he'll only have Evolution left. Zoomer receives a call from "Boss" and Kiryu decides to answer and know who was the one who would be powerful enough to hire a legendary assassin such as him... and to his horror, it was... a badass voice.

Episode 13
Shimano and Steven meet in person for the first time in ages. Since Steven is a kind man with all kinds of people (and he even was in an all-black band before drummer Dwight got arrested) he's willing to listen to his peace propositions. Shimano tries to intimidate with his political power for him to leave with the Sonozaki Family at the end of the week, but with the Aikido that guides his body and soul, Steven doesn't fear any kind of Shimano's powers. Seeing his kindness rejected, Shimano calls his goons, and in turn Steven gives the signal to enter to several cops (and Date) from Coolsville Police Department lead by BSAA Captain Chris Redfield, which surprises Shimano but quickly brushes it off as more of his troops are on the way along with the now fully bent to his will Yeagerists.

As BSAA, Chris tries to pin bioterrorism charges on him for taking the top-secret object his team has been searching, which amuses him as he didn't even know what it was. He had given it to Hazz to guarantee his place as his right-hand shortly before his death, and still holds the key to the safe. Chris calls him nothing but a filthy betrayer who has accomplished nothing, and the comrades he has caused to lose give him power to defeat even God; but Shimano calls him incompetent if he lost so many people he would have to take on Shimano, as only a man with nothing left to lose would do something that stupid. But Chris has enough talk of his stupid ideals, and they take their shirts off to make punches do the talking.

On the other end of the room, Steven considers bringing the tanks with his secret weapon to put an end to this once and for all, but to his surprise, Kiryu appears with the knowledge that he's became the one managing the keyboards operation. Backed into a corner, Steven discloses what was revealed to him with the wise of age: The time for their kind of men is past and gone, and his actions have caused many lives and dreams to be lost, and the only way to atone for the actions of his young self is to end the Yakuza as a whole. But by bringing Keyboards into the question, he has gone too far, he has lost sight of what he was and fought for, and Kiryu must stop him for everyone's sake.

Even using his most deadly Aikido techniques, Kiryu survives what no human could before when facing Steven, and so he reveals the incredible, forbidden truth: he's an undercover cop, a reserve deputy sheriff in Coolsville (also not japanese), and how the Police allied with him and he was able to put his hands on CPD's property to manage the keyboards; he had to keep this secret so he could continue to fight the Shimano Family. As Steven sees it, the time for yakuza is over, keyboard production is on the rise, and they have become too weak, their only option now to cease to exist. But Kiryu reminds Steven what being a man is about, to keep struggling in spite of weakness, and Steven finally realizes how conceited age has made him. More of Shimano's goons and yeagerists arrive, and Steven asks Kiryu to accept his old foolish self in combat once more.

Chris, Kiryu and Steven are backed into a corner by the sheer numbers of the Shimano family, until Kasai arrives with two truckloads of reinforcements after being delayed defending the Sonozaki State with Leo. Kasai and Steven mow down the enemy forces, while Kiryu and Chris deliver a deadly double punch to Shimano, Chris loses it for a moment, but Kiryu reminds him no matter how many of his friends Shimano has killed, as a main character he can't afford to stoop to his level, and Chris just takes the key as him and Kiryu turn around for the police to take care of him. Suddenly, Shimano draws out a hidden Keyboard and throws it at Kiryu, but Steven blocks it, and Shimano intends to throw one at Chris, before suddenly being shot in the head by an unknown assailant, which Chris chalks up to a stray bullet.

The now dying Steven tells Kiryu he's the only true heir to Aikido, putting an end to the yakuza was his only choice since he was indebted to him, and more importantly, he hopes Kiryu can forgive him since of the parents of all the children at the orphanage... he snatched their punani. Steven passes away as he wishes Kiryu to continue to protect the Sonozaki Family, and the three former members of Evolution arrive to inform that the entire Evolution Alliance is on the move... Kiryu and Chris realize now where to end this:"Coolsville Hills... So that's where I need to go."

Season 7
Being done with the story and conspiracy that took place, Kiryu once again left that city, that city that always seems to try to pull him back in, and leaves his dragon identity behind once again.

Feats

 * Disguised as a woman. (Probably forced by Majima or OP McMahon)
 * Mysteriously survived the death game while Fake Kiryu died in his place.
 * Defeated The Dragon of Switzerland (Japan).

Trivia

 * Debuted on Off-Season 3.
 * Is chungus.