Jobs (ジョブ, Jobu) are a game mechanic featured in Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Jobs allow a party member to change their stats, skills, resistances, and/or style of play.
Overview[]
Jobs are vastly different from one another and serve various purposes in combat. Leveling up unlocks skills exclusive to each job and gives stats. At certain Job rank-ups, the character will receive a permanent stat bonus, which will carry over to other jobs. Job skills are exclusive to each job, with the exception of Character Skills, which carry over to other jobs. Each job has two character skills. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth alters this by allowing any unlocked job skill to be put into a skill inheritance slot, 5 slots for normal skills and 1 slot for a Kiwami skill, and each slot is unlocked by increasing a party member's bonds, with the exception of Kasuga who has all slots already unlocked.
While armor can be used regardless of job, each job has a class of weapons assigned to it (with the exception of Freelancer, Dragon of Dojima, and Sujimancer, which do not use weapons), and some job-exclusive accessories.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon[]
Jobs can be changed starting in Chapter 5.
A double-dagger (‡) indicates that the job is DLC-exclusive.
| Icon | Name | User(s) | Damage Types | Stat Focus |
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Barmaid | Saeko | Blunt, Fire | MP, Magic |
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Bodyguard | Male | Blade, Electric | Attack, Dexterity |
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Breaker | Male | Blunt | Attack, Agility |
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Clerk | Eri | Blunt, Blade | Attack, MP |
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Chef | Male | Blunt, Blade, Fire | Magic, Agility |
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Dealer | Female | Blunt, Blade, Bullet | Agility, Dexterity |
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Detective | Adachi | Blunt | HP, Defense |
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Devil Rocker‡ | Male | Blunt, Blade, Magic, Fire | — |
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Enforcer | Male | Blunt, Electric | HP, Defense |
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Freelancer | Kasuga | Blunt | Attack, Agility |
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Foreman | Male | Blunt, Fire | HP, MP |
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Fortuneteller | Male | Blunt, Magic, Electric | Magic, Healing |
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Gangster | Zhao | Blunt, Blade, Fire | MP, Attack |
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Hero | Kasuga | Blunt | HP, Defense |
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Hitman | Han | Blunt, Blade, Bullet | Agility, Dexterity |
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Homeless Guy | Nanba | Blunt, Magic, Fire | MP, Magic |
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Host | Male | Blunt, Fire, Ice | Magic, Healing |
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Hostess | Female | Blunt, Blade, Fire, Ice | MP, Magic |
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Idol | Female | Blunt | Defense, Healing |
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Matriarch‡ | Female | Blade, Bullet | — |
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Musician | Male | Blunt, Blade, Magic | MP, Dexterity |
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Night Queen | Female | Blunt, Fire | HP, Attack |
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth[]
Jobs can be changed starting in Chapter 5.
A double-dagger (‡) indicates that the job is DLC-exclusive.
| Icon | Name | User(s) | Damage Types | Stat Focus |
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Action Star | Male | Blunt, Bullet | HP, Attack |
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Assassin (Job) | Seonhee | Blunt, Bullet, Blade, Magic, Electric | Attack, Agility |
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Aquanaut | Male | Blunt, Magic, Water, Electric | MP, Magic |
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Barmaid | Saeko | Blunt, Magic, Water, Fire | MP, Magic |
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Breaker | Male | Blunt | Attack, Agility |
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Cabbie | Tomizawa | Blunt, Bullet, Magic, Fire, Water, Electric | MP, Magic |
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Chef | Male | Blunt, Blade, Magic, Fire | Attack, Magic |
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Desperado | Male | Blunt, Bullet, Blade, Magic, Water, Fire | MP, Attack |
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Detective | Adachi | Blunt, Magic, Fire | HP, Defense |
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Dragon of Dojima | Kiryu | Blunt, Blade, Bullet, Fire | HP, Attack |
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Freelancer | Ichiban | Blunt | Attack, Defense |
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Gangster | Zhao | Blunt, Blade | Attack, Magic |
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Geodancer | Female | Magic | MP, Magic |
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Heiress | Chitose | Blunt, Blade | MP, Agility |
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Hero | Ichiban | Blunt | All-Around |
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Hitman | Joongi | Blade, Bullet, Blunt, Electric | Agility, MP |
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Homeless Guy | Nanba | Magic, Fire | All-Around |
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Host | Male | Magic, Fire, Water | MP, Magic |
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Housekeeper | Female | Magic, Water, Fire | Magic, Willpower |
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Idol | Female | Blunt | MP, Magic |
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Kunoichi | Female | Bullet, Blade, Blunt, Magic, Fire | Agility, MP |
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Linebacker‡ | Male | Blunt, Bullet, Magic, Fire | Defense, Agility |
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Night Queen | Female | Blunt, Magic, Fire, Electric | HP, Attack |
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Pyrodancer | Male | Blunt, Blade, Magic, Fire, Electric | HP, Attack |
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Samurai | Male | Bullet, Blade, Fire | Attack, Defense |
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Sujimancer | Ichiban | Blunt, Magic, Fire, Water, Electric | Magic, Willpower |
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Tennis Ace‡ | Female | Bullet, Blunt, Fire, Electric | HP, Agility |
Gallery[]
Yakuza: Like a Dragon[]
