Kazuma Kiryu

Kazuma Kiryu is the main protagonist of Sega's Yakuza series.

Kiryu has appeared in every mainline Yakuza game to date, with him being either the sole protagonist or one of the main protagonists, the only exception being Yakuza: Like A Dragon, where he is a supporting character.

Originally a member of the Tojo Clan's Dojima Family, Kiryu was expelled due to supposedly killing his patriarch, Sohei Dojima. Since then, he has tried to distance himself from the yakuza, which usually ends up failing due to his legend status as "The Dragon of Dojima". Since then, he's spent his time running an orphanage, working as a taxi driver, and working as a bodyguard.

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Kiryu is seen as one of the most elite contestants in all King of /v/, as shown by his consistently strong tournament runs and for being capable of blowing out other beloved contenders in votes with ease. However, this has made him develop an inversely infamous reputation, in due part for being considered a silent vote because of an almost total lack of presence during the tournament season - a common joke among tourneyfags is to talk about Kiryu's runs as if he had literally sleepwalked through the bracket. In spite of this, the yakuza remains a visibly popular choice.

Tournaments History

Starting in his first appearance during the inaugural tournament in 2019, the Dragon of Dojima had a mostly successful run and made it to the semi-finals stage without much toruble before losing to Doomguy, becoming a member of the original Elite Eight, placing 3rd after beating the acclaimed lawyer Phoenix Wright in the consolation match.

Kiryu would come back two years later in 2021 and expectably won most matches by wide margins, even taking down fan favorites such as Garland from Final Fantasy and AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. His run came to an end in the semi-finals, where he lost to Dr. Eggman. In the consolidation match, he beat Legend of Zelda merchant Morshu, placing third once again.

Kiryu will be eligible to compete again in King of /v/ 2023.

Results

King of /v/
Round	Opponent	Votes	Series	Pct. For
2019 - seed 13
Round 1	(114) Guile	226 - 173	Street Fighter	56.6%
Round 2	(52) Bridget	244 - 103	Guilty Gear	70.3%
Round 3	(20) Luigi	165 - 110	Super Mario	60%
Round 4	(123) Jack Frost	179 - 134	Shin Megami Tensei	57.2%
Quarterfinals	(12) Duke Nukem	148 - 130	Duke Nukem	53.2%
Semi-finals	(22) Doomguy	112 - 185	Doom	37.7%
3rd Place Match	(1) Phoenix Wright	450 - 399	Ace Attorney	53%
2021 - seed 12
Round	Opponent	Votes	Series	Pct. For
Round 1	(117) Reynauld	886 - 273	Darkest Dungeon	76.4%
Round 2	(76) Donkey Kong	786 - 421	Donkey Kong	65.1%
Round 3	(21) Garland	799 - 399	Final Fantasy	70.2%
Round 4	(69) AM	820 - 636	I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream	56.3%
Quarterfinals	(13) Leon Kennedy	729 - 619	Resident Evil	54.1%
Semi-finals	(16) Dr. Eggman	553 - 668	Sonic the Hedgehog	45.3%
3rd Place Match	(47) Morshu	822 - 596	The Legend of Zelda	58%

Navigation

King of /v/ 2019
Finalists	Senator Armstrong • 2nd Doomguy
Semi-finalists	3rd Kazuma Kiryu • 4th Phoenix Wright
Quarter-finalists	5th Solid Snake • 6th Heavy • 7th Duke Nukem • 8th Wario
Round 4 (Top 16)	Bowser • Dante • Funky Kong • Gordon Freeman • JC Denton • Jack Frost • Leon Kennedy • Scout
Round 3 (Top 32)	Alien (Alien Hominid) • Doc Louis • Dr. Eggman • Earthworm Jim • Geese Howard • Gene • Godot • Kyle Hyde • King Of All Cosmos • Kirby • Luigi • Mega Man X • Priest • Rance • Richter Belmont • Travis Touchdown
Round 2 (Top 64)	Arthas • Arthur Morgan • Asura • Bridget • Captain Falcon • CJ • Chief • Dagoth Ur • Dynamo (Mega Man) • Easy Pete • Emil (Nier) • Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Fargoth • Fox McCloud • Francis York Morgan • Gex • Isaac • King K Rool • Kratos • Link • Marco Rossi • Nagito Komaeda • Nero • Proto Man • Scorpion • Sissel • Sol Badguy • Sub-zero • Subject Delta • Super Macho Man • Vulpes Inculta • X-Com Guy
Round 1 (Top 128)	9-Volt • Adol Christin • Albert Wesker • Banjo • Battler Ushiromiya • Caim (Drakengard) • Dad (Dad n' me) • Dutch Van Der Linde • Eddie Riggs • GF Buyer • Geno • Goose (Untitled Goose Game) • Goro Majima • Guile • Hifumi Yamada • Jak • James Earl Cash • Ren Amamiya • Kain • Ken Masters • Kenji Setou • King • Kiwi The Bard • Knight Lautrec of Carim • Larry Foulke • Louie • Lucio • Luka • Main Character (My Friend Pedro) • Marche • Metal Sonic • Mettaton • Mr. Game & Watch • Neku Sakuraba • Ness • Orionos • Phantom R • Pit • Plague Knight • Professor Layton • Quote • Ralsei • Raziel • Rean Schwarzer • Ridley • Robloxian • Ryu Hayabusa • Sigurd (Fire Emblem) • Sir Daniel Fortesque • Sora • Spectre Knight • Steve • Sweet Tooth • Terry Bogard • The Warlock • Tingle • Vivi • Walter (SMT) • Walter Bennet • Wheatley • Wise Old Man • Y.V • Yoyo • Yu Narukami
Excluded by Series Limit	Template:Gray Fox • Big Boss • Template:King Harkinian • Vergil • Sans • Template:Makoto Yuki • "Fuhrer"
Did not qualify	Not Important • JPEG Dog • Template:Sho Minamimoto • Template:Klonoa • Template:Gilgamesh (Fate) • Template:Dimitri Aleixandre Blaiddyd • Template:Goemon

King of /v/ 2021
Finalists	The Batter • 2nd Dr. Eggman
Semi-finalists	3rd Kazuma Kiryu • 4th Morshu
Quarter-finalists	5th Wario • 6th Leon Kennedy • 7th Heavy • 8th Nyarlathotep
Round 4 (Top 16)	AM • Brad Armstrong • Charles • Doomguy • Kirby • Phoenix Wright • Solid Snake • Spamton
Round 3 (Top 32)	Agent 47 • Albert Wesker • Big Boss • Demi-fiend • Dracula • Duke Nukem • Garland • Godot • Goro Majima • Jack Frost • King Dedede • Max Payne • Rance • Revolver Ocelot • Solaire • Soldier
Round 2 (Top 64)	Alucard • Asura • Baba • Big Daddy • Big Smoke • Captain Falcon • CJ • Cave Johnson • Chaos • Chief • Chris Redfield • Coach • Donkey Kong • Dick Gumshoe • G-Man • Gordon Freeman • Grimm • Isaac Clarke • Luigi • Meta Knight • Neo Cortex • Nero • Niko Bellic • Not Important • Pepsiman • Postal Dude • Regigigas • Ridley • Sekiro • Simon Belmont • Spy • Tohru Adachi
Round 1 (Top 128)	9S • Adam Jensen • Alex Eggleston • Ancestor • Artorias • Ayin • Banjo • Battler Ushiromiya • Bowser • Conker • Crash Bandicoot • Cuphead • Dagoth Ur • Template:Daisaku Kuze • Dark Sun Gwyndolin • Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd • Francis • Frank West • Frog • Funky Kong • Template:Ganondorf • Gene • Gex • Handsome Jack • Harry Du Bois • Helltaker • Henry Stickmin • Impostor • Jevil • Joshua Graham • King Dice • King K Rool • Template:King of All Cosmos • Kratos • Link • Ludwig • Mega Man • Missile • Mothman • Mr. Game & Watch • Mr House • Nick • Papa Nier • Pyramid Head • Quote • Rando Armstrong • Raven Beak • Reynauld • Roland • Ryu Hayabusa • Sephiroth • Shadow The Hedgehog • Sissel • Sol Badguy • Sonic the Hedgehog • Starwalker • Steve • Strelok • Terry Bogard • The Hunter • The Knight • Tom Nook • Waluigi • Zagreus
Excluded by Series Limit	Engineer • Template:Medic (TF2) • Sundowner • Template:Demoman (TF2) • Template:Sniper (TF2) • Template:Saxton Hale • Sans • Template:Kris Dreemur • Template:Pyro (TF2) • Template:Berdley • Template:Monsoon (Metal Gear) • Template:Merchant (Resident Evil) • Template:Lancer • Template:Papyrus • Template:Kazuhira Miller • Template:Ethan Winters • Template:Annoying Dog • HUNK • Ichiban Kasuga • Template:Louis (L4D) • Template:Mettaton • Template:Rouxls Kaard • Mario • Groose • Template:Matador (SMT) • Template:Blade Wolf (Metal Gear)
Did not qualify	Template:Nahobino • Ralsei • Isaac • Template:Dismas • Plague Knight • Template:Argalia • Parappa • Bomberman • Giygas • Lucas

King of /v/
Tournaments	2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023
Champions	Senator Armstrong • Dante • The Batter • Jack Garland • Grimm
Elite Eight
Bold indicates semifinalist status. Bold underlined indicates finishing as runner-up at least once.
AM • Albert Wesker • Demi-fiend • Doomguy • Duke Nukem • Dr. Eggman • "Fuhrer" • Heavy • Jack Frost • JC Denton • Jetstream Sam • John Ward • Kazuma Kiryu • Leon Kennedy • Luigi • Miles Edgeworth • Morshu • Phoenix Wright • Raiden • Rayman • Scout • Solid Snake • Travis Touchdown • Vergil • Wario
Qualified Characters
Adam Jensen • Agent 47 • Ancestor • Ayin • Baba • Banjo • Battler Ushiromiya • Brad Armstrong • Captain Falcon • Charles • Chris Redfield • Christopher Robin • CJ • Coach • Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd • Doc Louis • Dracula • Engineer • Frank West • Frog • Gene • Geralt of Rivia • Giygas • Gordon Freeman • Goro Majima • Harry Du Bois • Hollow Knight • Isaac Clarke • Isaac Kleiner • Jacket • James Sunderland • Jevil • Joshua Graham • JPEG Dog • Kefka • King Boo • King Dedede • King Of All Cosmos • Kirby • Little Mac • Luka • Mario • Max Payne • Meta Knight • Pepsiman • Postal Dude • Rance • Regigigas • Revolver Ocelot • Ridley • Roland • Sekiro • Soldier • Spamton • Spy • The Hunter • The Knight • Tohru Adachi • Waluigi • Zero
Other Characters
Claptrap • Philemon • Yugi