Daigo Dojima (堂島 大吾, Dōjima Daigo) is a recurring major character in the Like a Dragon series introduced in Yakuza 2. He is featured as a supporting character in Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza 3, Yakuza 5, Yakuza 6, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. He is also featured as an antagonist in Yakuza 4. In Ryu Ga Gotoku Online, he is the protagonist of the story Daigo Dojima: At the Time of Adversity. In Yakuza 0, he makes a minor appearance in a substory as a preteen boy.
Once a lowly street thug, Daigo becomes the sixth chairman of the Tojo Clan by Kazuma Kiryu's recommendation, representing a new generation of the yakuza.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Daigo is a strapping, powerfully-built man who stands as tall as Kiryu. In Yakuza 0, his hair is a bowl-cut. In Yakuza 2/Kiwami 2, it is messy and strewn across his face. In all subsequent games, he wears it in a slicked back style, with it becoming unkempt in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. At this time, he also shaves his goatee at the sides.
Tattoo[]
Daigo Dojima's tattoo
Daigo's tattoo depicts Fudo Myoo, also known as Acala, defender of the Buddhist faith. His name means “Immovable Wisdom King,” sitting upon a rock throne. The sword represents knowledge and power, while Fudo Myoo binds evil with the rope in his left hand. Fudo Myoo is surrounded by flames, which represent cleansing. In Esoteric Buddhism, there are cleansing fire purification ceremonies to destroy negative energy during which this deity is evoked. The dragon that surrounds the sword is evocative of Kiryu's guidance for Daigo over the years.
Attire[]
In Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2, Daigo wears a white down jacket over a black T-shirt, a pair of black leather pants, black shoes, and a silver chain necklace with a silver cross pendant. As the Chairman, he wears a black double-breasted 4-button suit with peaked lapels over a white dress shirt, a Tojo clan crest, a black leather belt with a silver buckle, and black leather oxfords. He usually wears a gray necktie with a white or yellow windowpane pattern. In Yakuza 5, he wears a black trench coat, a pair of sunglasses, and a surgical face mask to disguise himself in Kineicho, along with a gray shirt and white necktie. As a child in Yakuza 0, he wears a white short sleeve dress shirt with a black bow tie, gray suspenders, black shorts, long black dress socks, and black leather oxfords.
Personality[]
・・・もともとは俺を推薦してくれた人の期待に答えるためだった。だが今は・・・自分の家族とも言える構成員たちを守るためだ。うちに所属している連中は、一般社会ではやっていけないような、はぐれものばかりだ。かつては俺もそうだったんだが・・・どいつもこいつもまっとうに生きるのも難しいような連中ばかりだ。ここはそんな連中が、居場所を求め集まってくる場だ。俺は彼らのそんな居場所を守りたい。
— Daigo to Mine, Ryu Ga Gotoku Online... Originally, I wanted to answer the expectations of the man who entrusted me with the position. But now, the Tojo Clan is family to me—I do this to keep them safe. Our ranks are made up of those who can't get by in day-to-day society. I used to be the same way myself, but... every last one of them is living a hard life too. We give these people somewhere to belong. For their sake, I want to protect that.
As the son of the infamous Sohei Dojima, Daigo is a reluctant Chairman for the Tojo Clan as he has known of his father's ruthlessness and cruelty in the Tojo Clan and sought to avoid the same fate as his father in creating another ruthless successor to the Chairman, a position his father coveted. In his youth, he barely associated himself with the Tojo Clan and befriended Shinada, to whom he never revealed his associations to the Yakuza. In his first appearance as an adult in the second game, he is somewhat impulsive, apparent when he recounts being imprisoned after fallen to a trap set by Ryuji Goda as well as many of his scenes throughout the game. As a chairman, his inexperienced side shows on several occasions. During the events of Yakuza 3, his refusal to accept the plans for the development of the land in Okinawa leads to an assassination attempt on his life. In Yakuza 4, his lack of authority is one of the reasons the Ueno Seiwa was able to run roughshod with the terms and put the Tojo in grave danger, as Munakata's true plan was to eliminate the Tojo Clan.
Daigo also prefers an even-handed approach to dealing with the other factions, seeking equal term treaties even if they are inferior in size to him. Such factions include the Yamagasa and Ueno Seiwa clan which in turn for paying their cut to the Tojo are treated as equals under the terms of these treaties. He draws this from from his experiences in his youth with Kiryu who had taught him that the meaning of being a patriarch goes beyond using money and their name to obtain peers - something which molded Daigo to become the man he is now.
Background[]
Daigo was born around 1976 to Yayoi Dojima and Sohei Dojima. He met Kazuma Kiryu after the latter's induction into the Dojima Family in 1985. The two grew close, as Daigo's father would end up neglecting him due to his occupation as a patriarch of a powerful family.
Involvement[]
Yakuza 0: 1988[]
- Main article: Heir to the Family
Daigo, wanting to spend time with Kiryu due to his father being too busy, sends a messenger. He is aware of Kiryu's expulsion from the Dojima Family but is assured that no one will dare touch him while Daigo is with him. When Kiryu arrives, Daigo dismisses the three teenagers who had been keeping him company.
Daigo asks Kiryu to bring him various places around town, such as the arcade and an adult-only karaoke lounge, using his father's name as a form of intimidation to enter the latter. Daigo makes several unreasonable requests and insults the bartender, the lounge itself, and the hostess who sits with him. Daigo's behavior is chastised by Kiryu, who was apologizing on his behalf, to which Daigo blames his bad mood on not having any real friends, due to his position as the patriarch's son.
On the way out of the lounge, Daigo is kidnapped by three masked men. After they are beaten, Daigo sees the same three teenagers he dismissed earlier when they are unmasked. Daigo wants to punish them in return for the beating they gave him, but Kiryu scolds Daigo for acting like a spoiled child, and that he should know better. Daigo breaks down and apologizes, explaining no one disciplines him due to their fear of his father. Kiryu advises him that he can't just rely on his family name and wealth if he wants to have friends and peers treat him as an equal.
Kiryu offers to escort him home, but Daigo states he'll be fine on his own. He asks once more for Kiryu to be less formal with him, and addresses Kiryu more respectfully (calling him Kiryu-san rather than Kiryu-kun) before taking his leave.
c. 1991-2006[]
Daigo attends Kamuro West High School in his teens, along with Tatsuo Shinada, who sees Daigo as an intelligent student with good grades, but always in trouble for getting into fights.
In 1993, during Daigo's senior year, Kamuro West's baseball team is matched against their rivals from Kamuro Tech High for the finals of the national high school baseball league tournament. KTH's students would frequently harass and bully KWH's players to demotivate them for the finals, but none of the students could prove it to either school's faculty. Daigo, knowing he would inevitably go into the family business, decides to help out his high school even if it cost him.
A week before the final, he goads the KTH students who had been harassing his classmates into a fight and defeats them all, hospitalizing some. This stunt has him expelled and sent to juvenile detention, but it allows his school's team to compete without fear of being harmed by KTH students.
By 1995, Daigo had joined the Dojima Family. After learning that his father Sohei had been murdered by Kiryu, Daigo is sent into a rage, and continues to work in the Tojo Clan, fueled by his rage.
Around 2001, Daigo decides to make a move on the Omi Alliance. He challenges Ryuji Goda to a one-on-one duel, and heads out to Kansai armed with a weapon. However, once he arrives, he is met with a police setup by Ryuji, and is subsequently sentenced to five years in prison for weapon violations. After his release, Daigo learns of Sohei's true killer, and loses his purpose in life. He began drinking around Kamurocho, and eventually finds himself heading a small gang of his own admirers.
Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2: 2006-2007[]
Following the death of Yukio Terada, Kiryu requests from Yayoi Dojima the permission to bring Daigo back into the fold as a way to unify the splintering Tojo Clan. He finds Daigo and his gang in Club Shine, taking them on. Kiryu asks a bitter Daigo if he would come back, but Daigo refuses - he says he was disillusioned towards Kiryu, his childhood hero, when he allegedly killed his father. However, once Kiryu fights him, Daigo agrees to go back to the Tojo Clan.
Daigo accompanies Kiryu to Osaka to settle a score with Ryuji Goda, the man who sent him to prison 5 years ago as part of a set-up. Kiryu and Daigo go to Omi Alliance Headquarters to meet with the leaders of the Omi Alliance to secure an alliance. Daigo, sitting in a casual position unlike the other figures there, aggressively accuses the Omi of not being trustworthy, as he believes they killed Terada. However, the meeting is cut short by Ryuji, who steps in and takes his father outside. Daigo beckons Kiryu to find him while he takes care of Ryuji.
Once Kiryu reaches Chairman Goda, Daigo comes out and reveals that he has fought and held off Ryuji for some time, but has been injured heavily in the process. Kiryu tells Daigo to take Chairman Goda and drive to Tokyo while he takes on Ryuji himself.
On the road between Osaka and Tokyo, Daigo is kidnapped by the Go-Ryu Clan and put in Shangri-La. However, he is eventually recovered - the first thing he asks for is a drink, having been deprived of any water by his captors.
Daigo returns to Tojo Clan HQ for Terada's funeral, and faces off with Ryuji before he leaves. Later on, during an attempted coup carried out by the Nishikiyama Family, Daigo is held hostage in Tojo Clan HQ at gunpoint. After Kiryu deals with the Nishikiyama Family, Daigo makes a rousing speech to the Tojo Clan, marking his taking up of a leadership role within the clan. The people present acknowledge that this event would put him on the road to being seen as a legitimate candidate for Tojo Clan Chairman.
Daigo brings Kashiwagi's 300 men together to lead them into Kamurocho to stop the Jingweon Mafia and the Go-Ryu Clan from destroying the city. They succeed in defusing all but one bomb, which only surfaced after the death of Wataru Kurahashi, but was defused by the unexpectedly alive Terada after he suspected Ryo Takashima of betrayal.
Yakuza 3: 2007-2009[]
Some time after his successful defense of Kamurocho, Daigo becomes the Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan. Before Kiryu leaves for Okinawa in January 2007, he requests for Majima to be his right-hand man, as he believes Daigo will not be easily accepted as the new chairman. At some point, Daigo meets Yoshitaka Mine after he joined the Nishikiyama Family under Tsuyoshi Kanda's leadership, and earns Mine's respect.
In March 2008, Daigo visits Shigeru Nakahara and Kiryu along with Shoyo Toma and reveals that he had originally planned to acquire the land Nakahara owns for Ryuzo Tamiya to open a military base there (with Minister Suzuki insisting on building a resort instead), but did not account for Kiryu living on said land. He promises Kiryu that the land will remain untouched. In September that same year, he asks the Florist of Sai to look into Goh Hamazaki, whom he suspects wants the resort built.
One year later, due to his refusal to hand over Nakahara's land, Daigo is targeted for assassination by Joji Kazama of the CIA, and is shot by his accomplice, Andre Richardson, who is secretly part of Black Monday. His fate is left uncertain until Kashiwagi reveals that he has stashed him in a hospital to recover, but has not told anyone of Daigo's whereabouts.
Mine eventually finds his way to the hospital (as does Kiryu), and Mine prepares to kill Daigo out of compassion as he resents seeing him on life support. Kiryu defeats Mine, and Richardson and his men appear to finish them both off. To everyone's surprise, Daigo awakens and uses Mine's pistol to save the two from Black Monday. Although Richardson himself survives, Mine sacrifices himself and jumps off the roof with Richardson in tow. When Daigo asks if Mine was the traitor, Kiryu states that he would've never betrayed him.
Yakuza 4: 2010[]
Following the dissolution of the Hakuho Clan, the Tojo Clan veers into bankruptcy. After the death of Masaru Ihara at the hands of Hiroaki Arai, Isao Katsuragi is able to take advantage of the new developments to take advantage of Daigo. Daigo has Takeshi Kido secretly work for him and, pushed into a corner, joins forces with Seishiro Munakata in order to rebuild the ruins of the Tojo since Kiryu's departure from Kamurocho. As part of this collusion, Daigo sells out Goro Majima to the police.
Kido informs Daigo of Shun Akiyama's 100 billion yen, and Daigo has him use the money to lead Katsuragi to his death. His plan is hampered by the death of Yasuko Saejima, as now Kiryu and Taiga Saejima are staying in Kamurocho to fight. At the top of the Millennium Tower, Daigo is present with Kido, Arai, and Munakata when Kiryu, Akiyama, Saejima, and Masayoshi Tanimura arrive. Kiryu fights Daigo and apologizes for putting him in charge with little preparation.
Following Munakata's death, Majima is freed and Daigo resumes chairmanship of the Tojo. He is present at the inauguration of the Saejima Family.
Feather mentions that he and Daigo went to middle school together and Daigo "showed him a thing or two". Daigo told Feather of Kiryu's incredible strength. Eventually, Daigo would offer Feather a chance to join the Tojo Clan, which he politely refused.
Yakuza 5: 2012[]
With the completion of Kamurocho Hills, the Tojo Clan gains significant capital. However, the Omi Alliance is in need of a new Chairman with the current leader, Tsubasa Kurosawa gravely ill. Daigo seeks allies across Japan, from Nagoya to Fukuoka, sending his most trusted subordinates (including Goro Majima to Tsukimino) out to create treaties.
He meets with the leader of the Yamagasa Family, Tadashi Madarame, as planned, changing their meeting spot last minute in order to prevent an assassination attempt that he fears would have come to pass due to a suspected traitor in their midst; someone who is trying to sabotage the Tojo Clan. During this time, he arranges a chance conversation with Kiryu in order to give him a run-through of the situation, asking for his support.
Daigo then disappears suddenly, his subordinates believing that he has been kidnapped or killed. In reality he has left for Nagoya, seeking out his old classmate, Tatsuo Shinada. He appears in the alleyway near Shinada's house, offering ¥20,000,000 to repay his debts should he be able to reveal the truth behind his first and only pro baseball game.
Shinada calls him after learning of the Nagoya Family's true nature and history, allowing Daigo to confirm the Kuroha Family's involvement. Daigo then reveals his identity, promising that he'll negotiate for Shinada's lifetime ban to be lifted and have him reinstated. Shinada angrily refuses, saying that he won't accept any more yakuza meddling, and the two have a brawl, which ends in a draw. Daigo, impressed with Shinada's resolve allows him to accompany him to Kamurocho.
In Kamurocho, Daigo is able to save Kiryu, Saejima, Masaru Watase, and Naoki Katsuya from the mastermind Tsubasa Kurosawa, but his act of mercy towards Kurosawa causes him to be shot from behind by Kamon Kanai and rendered unconscious. He and Katsuya are taken to Touto University Hospital to recover, but they leave before making a full recovery to save Majima and Saejima from Kurosawa.
Yakuza 6: 2012-2017[]
At the roof of their hospital, Daigo and Kiryu have a talk. Daigo asks him why he is going to prison despite being able to easily dismiss charges, to which he replies he wants to be able to return to his family in peace. Daigo warns him that his children may be left alone for a long time depending on his sentence, but Kiryu has made up his mind.
Daigo is arrested for taking the fall for the fire in Little Asia, eventually being imprisoned in December 2016. He is released from prison at least one month later, along with his lieutenant advisors, Majima and Saejima thanks to Kiryu's negotiations. He is the one to receive Kiryu's last will and testamentWP, wherein Kiryu admits that he has always seen Daigo as a son to him and apologizes for failing him as a father figure. Daigo proudly calls him his father in return. Despite the majority of the clan's wishes, he refuses to war with the Yomei Alliance, following Kiryu's wish.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: 2017-2019[]
Some months after Daigo's release from prison, the upstart Ryo Aoki is elected as the Governor of Tokyo, soon implementing the Kamurocho 3K Plan to crack down on crime in the area, with the Tojo Clan being targeted. Masumi Arakawa informs Daigo that Aoki is demanding he leak Tojo intel or Aoki will have him arrested, and Jo Sawashiro is suggesting giving the intel in exchange for sparing the Arakawa Family.
Both Daigo and Masaru Watase had been planning to disband the Tojo and Omi so that the Japanese political establishment cannot use them as expendable pawns, and Arakawa's circumstance creates an opportunity. Daigo orders Arakawa to play traitor and sell out the Tojo. This allows the TMPD to effectively force the entire Clan into exile, with the Omi Alliance supplanting them and Arakawa being named Acting Captain, splitting the Kansai power base and reducing the number of would-be opponents to the dissolution.
Despite officials targeting the Clan, Daigo manages to flee Kamurocho alongside Majima and Saejima, and the three of them hide with Nick Ogata's assistance. The 8th Omi Chairman approves of the plan, and preparations are complete by the day Watase is released from prison in 2019. Ichiban Kasuga is told of the plan after impatiently barging in to the Omi Alliance HQ the day before the dissolutions, and becomes an ally to protect Daigo and Watase after the announcement.
Watase, after arriving at Omi HQ, announces the dissolution of the Omi Alliance, with Daigo announcing the Tojo Clan dissolution afterwards. During the ensuing brawl, Watase is attacked, but protected by none other than Kiryu. When Daigo asks how he was found, Watase indirectly tells him Kiryu is acting undercover. The day after, Arakawa is killed and Daigo and Watase are targeted for assassination by ex-Omi yakuza, but they are protected by Kiryu, Majima, and Saejima.
After the deaths of both Arakawa and Aoki, Daigo attends their joint funeral service in Isezaki Ijincho, where he and Watase state they will form a security company based in Sotenbori for former Omi Alliance and Tojo Clan members, which Arakawa had been pegged to aid them with. They offer Kasuga a position at the company to help finish Arakawa's work, but Kasuga politely declines, choosing to instead continue Arakawa's work in his own way in Ijincho.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: 2023[]
Despite finding initial success with the security company he co-founded with Watase, a series of damaging accusations by the Tatara Channel caused the company to go under after one year. As a result, Daigo now lives in a remote settlement as a fisherman alongside Majima and Saejima, all three of them disillusioned. The three have chosen to do this as they believe their influence would be enough to start a revival. They are soon visited by Kazuma Kiryu and his newfound party, who explains to them that he has cancer. Daigo is heartbroken and demands Kiryu return to Tokyo and seek treatment, but Majima convinces Daigo to hear Kiryu out and share drinks with him.
Kiryu asks that the trio assist Jo Sawashiro in defeating Masataka Ebina and preventing the yakuza from being shipped to Nele Island to die of radiation poisoning. After refusing this request, Kiryu attempts to rile their fighting spirits by insulting their pride. Daigo, angered and hurt, reluctantly charges at his father figure, forcing his party and Daigo's lieutenants to intervene. After a long battle which ends in a draw, Kiryu attempts to rise his friends one last time before leaving, telling them that they must be responsible for their actions. The three - especially Daigo - beg Kiryu not to throw his life away, but he leaves for Tokyo without saying another word.
After some time, the three decide to take Kiryu's advice to heart, and arrive in the nick of time at the Millenium Tower to assist Kiryu and his party. Saejima rescues Kiryu and his party from a helicopter with a gatling gun by firing a rocket launcher at it, and the three assist Kiryu in a heated battle against the former Omi officers. Though the officers put up a good fight, Daigo, Kiryu, Saejima, and Majima easily triumph, and the three instruct Kiryu to go forth and defeat Ebina while they take on the remaining Ex-Omi officers. In doing so, the three triumphantly state they are done hiding.
After Kiryu defeats Ebina once and for all, Daigo, Majima, and Saejima burst through the doors, having defeated all of the Seiryu Clan. They witness a heavily battered Kiryu tearfully beg Ebina not to pursue a pointless revenge, before collapsing due to exhaustion. A heartbroken Daigo then rushes over and cradles Kiryu in his arms and tearfully begs him not to die.
Daigo, Majima, and Saejima later witness Kiryu be taken away in a helicopter to a hospital.
Other Media[]
Ryu Ga Gotoku Online[]
At the Time of Adversity: 1995-2006[]
Yakuza: Dead Souls[]
Daigo and the rest of the Tojo Clan are celebrating the grand opening of Kamurocho Hills when the zombie outbreak begins. By the time Majima reaches the building, Daigo has barricaded himself in a grocery store along with the rest of the survivors. He and Majima work together in order to push the droves of zombies away from the doors, and he accompanies Majima to Purgatory, where he stays until meeting Kiryu in the Children's Park later on.
He's featured in the substory The Sixth Chairman's Woes, where due to suspicions of a zombie infiltration of Kamurocho Hills, Majima suggests posing as a couple in order to lure them out. Daigo plays the part of the woman, much to his dismay (and Majima's amusement).
Fighting Style[]
Daigo is a proficient fighter and has an incredible amount of strength. He seems to have a natural talent for fighting, as he was able to beat up multiple Kamuro Tech High students alone in a fight as a teenager. He is noted by Kiryu to be a tough fighter, having stood his ground against the likes of himself, Ryuji Goda, and Tatsuo Shinada.
His most prolific ability is his efficiency with firearms. Examples include killing Shindo with a pistol before the latter had a chance to shoot Kiryu, shooting Andre Richardson's bodyguards before shooting the gun out of Richardson's hand and then shooting him in the chest, shooting the gun out of Kurosawa's hand before fatally shooting six of his men, and using a pistol in his Poundmates summon.
Yakuza 2[]
Daigo is a decent fighter who can hit like a truck, but he has a very small moveset and can go down quickly and easily. His stance is the opposite of Kiryu's — he holds his left forearm up in front of his body, and his right arm down low behind him. His attacks consist of the following:
- a right cross-left side kick Rush Combo,
- a spinning right heel kick,
- Hiroshi Hayashi's flying side kick from Yakuza,
- Hayashi's double clothesline from Yakuza, and
- a generic enemy front grab attack.
Yakuza 4[]
Daigo's new fighting style bears a resemblance to Kiryu's Dragon of Dojima style — a jack-of-all-trades comprised of a various punches, kicks, throws, and other techinques; however, it does not quite capture the power or finesse of the latter. He even takes a similar stance to Kiryu, but with his body facing further to the right and his right arm held at an angle. His moveset consists of:
- a Rush Combo comprised of a left jab and right body hook, followed by:
- a left calf-kick, or
- a left haymaker and a right uppercut;
- stepping back before throwing a left superman punch,
- a right uppercut as a running attack,
- a left back kick as a directional attack (unused),
- two damage reversals, including:
- a right haymaker when hit on the head, followed by a spinning left push kick; and
- a right body hook when hit in the center-mass, followed by a jumping right knee strike;
- Kiryu's Knockdown Reversal, which can stun Kiryu;
- a leaning sidestepping right/left hook as a right/left dodge attack respectively, which can stun Kiryu; and
- a taunt where he claps his right fist with his left hand.
Daigo gains a plethora of extra attacks upon entering Heat Mode. His aura is a pale, navy blue, and his attack trails are han purple, accompanied by rings and spiral effects. His additional moves include the following:
- Finishing Blows for his Rush Combo, including:
- a left haymaker after his right uppercut, and
- a spinning right heel kick and Yuya's jumping spinning heel kick after his left haymaker;
- a flying right knee strike,
- grab attacks, including:
- a large outer reap as a front grab attack, and
- a dragon suplex as a rear grab attack;
- stepping back before throwing an overhand right as a guard reversal,
- a left foot stomp as a downed attack.
When he enters his second Heat Mode, Daigo takes a far more aggressive approach to combat. This grants him hyper armor, making all regular attacks completely ineffective for staggering him or making him flinch. He also starts using a parry stance where he performs a left-arm dragon screw if Kiryu attacks, which he can cancel out of by attacking or quickstepping. It can be interrupted if Kiryu grabs him.
Daigo gains a brighter aura with a white outline around his body, contrasting with Kiryu's Red Heat aura.
Yakuza 5[]
Daigo reprises his moveset from Yakuza 4; however, it has been reworked significantly from the previous installment. The tweaks made to his attacks are listed below:
- he can use his spinning heel kick finisher in his calm state,
- he can use his flying knee strike in his calm state,
- he can use his directional attack,
- his grabs function as command grabs,
- Kiryu's Knockdown Reversal is excluded, and
- he can use his downed attack in his calm state.
He also possesses one new move:
- a counter to Shinada's My Meteor Tackle where he hits him in the stomach with a right knee strike before executing a hip throw-body slam.
Daigo only has one Heat Mode level instead of two. When he enters his parry stance, he is unable to cancel it with attacks or quicksteps, forcing him to remain in the stance until the animation ends or Shinada attacks him and triggers his counterattack. It can no longer be interrupted by grabbing Daigo either.
His Heat Mode aura is han purple, and his attack trails have the same effects from Yakuza 4.
A neutered version of Daigo's moveset is reused by Jun Oda as an AI companion in Yakuza 0, Iron Fist Sakai in Yakuza Kiwami 2, Judge Creep 'n' Peep in Judgment, and Shiro Senda in Lost Judgment's DLC, The Kaito Files, as well as several miniboss enemies in the Dragon Engine titles.
Yakuza Kiwami 2[]
Daigo uses Yuta Usami's moveset without his damage reversals, dancing taunt, or Akira Nishikiyama's haymaker. He also has access to his flying knee strike from Yakuza 4 and 5.
His attack trails are red, like every other boss in Yakuza Kiwami 2.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon[]
Daigo can be unlocked as a part of the Poundmates system to aid Kasuga in battle. After Chapter 12 is complete, Kasuga can purchase the license to call Daigo from Kamulop via Tojo Clan Crests. In his attack, Daigo calls on the spirits of Sohei Dojima, Shintaro Kazama and Futoshi Shimano while also summoning Osamu Kashiwagi out of nowhere, before all five Tojo Clan legends open fire on the enemy with a variety of guns, potentially silencing enemy skills.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name[]
Daigo fights with his moveset from Yakuza 4. Though he does not have access to his counter throws and quickstep attacks, his DLC AI and M-DIG can perform these moves. He has access to a heal, with extremely low cooldown. His ultimate move is a larger heal. His AI possesses a mortal attack unlike Majima and Saejima, which is his taunt followed by his jumping haymaker.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth[]
Daigo once again fights with his moveset from Yakuza 4 for all of his attacks and skills. He is weak to Electric elemental damage. He has the least health of the three Tojo Legends, but this is somewhat nullified by his defense-buffing skills. He deals less damage than Saejima, but more than Majima.
- His Default Attack is his flying knee strike.
- Acala's Spirit, which buffs his, Majima's, and Saejima's defense. He will perform this move immediately upon starting the battle and can perform it any time after.
- Quick Combo, which is his rush combo plus the third finisher involving an uppercut and a left haymaker.
- Heavy Combo, which is his full rush combo with the flying roundhouse kick.
- Counter Stance, which is his taunt. If attacked in this state, he will perform an untrained version of the Komaki Tiger Drop.
- Counter Stance Lowered, which simply removes Daigo from his countering state. He can only perform this move after using Counter Stance, and may attack again after performing this move.
- Downfall, which is his jumping haymaker. Daigo's strongest move, and it can deal collateral damage to nearby party members.
- Acala's Wrath, which is his own version of Kiryu's Dragon's Resurgence. Daigo can only use this move when he reaches 1% of his health. During it, he has access to Quick Combo, Heavy Combo, and Downfall, and he can attack freely.
Daigo can also follow up and do combo attacks with Saejima and Majima, similarly to how Kiryu's own party can. His combo attack is his flying knee. As an AI partner, he has access to all of his moves except for Acala's Wrath. He will also still use Acala's Spirit on the whole party, even though Saejima and Majima cannot be targeted by the enemy AI.
His heat aura remains lavender as it was in 4 and 5, though his attack trails are now more pink in color.
Related Minigames[]
Management[]
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Daigo can be hired as an employee of Ichiban Holdings.
| Description | Rarity |
|---|---|
| A legendary yakuza. His charismatic leadership during his time as chairman for one of Japan's largest yakuza organisations would undoubtedly prove beneficial to running a private corporation. | UR |
Trivia[]
- While Yakuza: Like a Dragon was still in the process of being localized, Daigo's poundmate summon was originally given the name "Guns of the Patriarchs", but the name was changed to avoid a reference to the Metal GearWP game Guns of the PatriotsWP.[3]
- In Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, a robot with the name "M-DIG" with Daigo's Yakuza 4 moveset and theme music can be fought in the Coliseum's "Minamida Grand Prix". The robot displays Daigo's likeness colored white on a screen that acts as the face.
- Out of all the final bosses of Yakuza 4, Daigo is the only character who's not modeled after his voice actor.
Notes[]
- ↑ The given birth years of 1975/1976 are an estimate based on Daigo's age and are not intended as a substitute for an official date.
- ↑ The given height of 185 cm (6′ 1″) is based on the character model's scaling factor within Yakuza: Like a Dragon's data.[2] For Dragon Engine games, this method is believed to be very accurate (±2 cm). However, this is intended as an estimate, not a substitute for an official statistic.
References[]
- ↑ Ezaki Kazuo 江崎 和生, Sugawara Tomoyuki 菅原 智行, Kamiōsako Kanji 上大迫 貫志 and Ashibe Satoshi 芦部 聡, “Jinbutsu shōkai” 人物紹介 [Character Introduction], in Ryū Ga Gotoku 2 kanzen kōryaku kiwami no sho 龍が如く2 完全攻略極ノ書 [Yakuza 2: The Definitive Extreme Guidebook], ed. Seki Tomomi 関 朋美 and Takahashi Tomohide 高橋 知秀 (Tokyo: Enterbrain, 2007), 8.
３０歳という若さながら、極道としての器は十分だと桐生が見込み、弱体化した東城会を立て直す切り札として推薦する。
— Yakuza 2: The Definitive Extreme Guidebook, 8Despite [Daigo] being only 30 years old, Kiryu believes in his potential to be a capable yakuza, and endorses him as a trump card to restore the weakened Tojo Clan.
- ↑ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, “character_model_model_data” (.BIN file), Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020; Tokyo: SEGAWP, 2020), PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X and S/Windows/Amazon Luna.
- ↑ Scott Strichart (@TriggerRedd), “The first name for this I put in was 'Guns of the Patriarchs' and I stopped and was like, why is that so cool and famili— NOOO. I couldn’t let this go down as a metal gear reference. Final name works well too but damn you Metal Gear, ” Twitter, June 26, 2021, 16:30 UTC, https://twitter.com/TriggerRedd/status/1408824999020924929. (Archive)