Millennium Tower (ミレニアムタワー, Mireniamu Tawā) is a 60 floor skyscraper/office tower located in Kamurocho, being its largest building. As the tallest building in Kamurocho, the Millennium Tower has appeared throughout the Like a Dragon series, often bearing witness to key moments in the franchise's storyline.
History[]
In 1988, the land it was to be built on was filled with dilapidated shops, collectively known as the Kamuro Shopping District. Part of the area, called the Empty Lot, was a small patch of contested land that prevented the construction of the building. The lot acted as the center of Yakuza 0's story, pitting the Tojo Clan's Dojima Family against Kansai's Omi Alliance in a race to acquire the lot and thus its riches. Ultimately, thanks to the efforts of Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima, the lot's owner Makoto Makimura was able to sell the land to Masaru Sera. As well as creating a seismic shift in the Tojo Clan's power structure away from the cantankerous Sohei Dojima, this outcome also paved the way for Millennium Tower's construction to begin.
Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami[]
Construction of the Millennium Tower completed around 2001[1] and serves as the place where Mizuki Sawamura (with the help and guidance of Shintaro Kazama) hid the stolen 10 billion yen from Kyohei Jingu. Kazuma Kiryu faces off against Akira Nishikiyama in the tower's penthouse, and after Nishikyama loses, he stabs Jingu and sacrifices himself by destroying the vault containing the 10 billion yen with explosives, causing scattered money to rain down on the streets of Kamurocho.
The incident, recounted through a flashback in Yakuza 4, helped the homeless Shun Akiyama regain his wealth, as he was present during the explosion and collected money as it fell.
Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2[]
The events of Yakuza 2 start with the Millennium Tower's top floor (a gift by Fifth Chairman Yukio Terada to the Kazama Family), now the Kazama Family office, being blown up again. The investigation into this event, as well as Ryuji Goda's involvement, is a central driver of the plot of the game.
Between the events of Yakuza and Yakuza 2, The Florist moved his base from Purgatory to the 50th floor of the tower due to him being subcontracted by the police. His old office in Purgatory is put under Majima's care, which the latter uses as a base of operations for his company. The Kazama family moves its office to the top floor of the tower, under the leadership of its new patriarch Osamu Kashiwagi. The Florist's new headquarters is the location where Jiro Kawara is killed by Wataru Kurahashi. Later, he moves back into Purgatory.
Yakuza 3[]
The Kazama Family still operates at the tower's top floor, until Kashiwagi was violently gunned down by a helicopter sent by Black Monday. Kiryu's first fight with Majima in the game happened at the tower's rooftop.
Yakuza 4[]
A number of events in Yakuza 4 happened here, such as the exchange between Akiyama and Yasuko, Taiga Saejima's fight against Daisaku Minami, Masayoshi Tanimura's handover of 100-million-yen to Katsuragi on behalf of Yasuko Saejima, Majima's arrest, and the final fights. An underground passageway is accessible from the back, prominently used by Saejima to avoid the police.
The top floor became the Majima Family's base of operations at this point.
The front of the Tower is also the meeting spots for dates, from hostesses from Club Shine:
- Rio for Shun Akiyama.
- Himeka Kawasaki for Masayoshi Tanimura.
- Shizuka Saito for Kazuma Kiryu.
Kurohyou: Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinsho[]
While looking for for clues to prove his innocence in Naoki Toda and Ryutaro Kuki's murder, Tatsuya asks Yurika for help to find where Toda's girlfriend works at, being revelead to be in a bar called Alexander, which is located inside the Millennium Tower.
In the last chapter, Tatsuya, Saki and Taizan get ambushed by Nioka Family thugs while looking for Toda's microcard. After that, Masatoshi Tsutsui alongside his secretary Reiji Shinjou show up with the intent of disposing of Tatsuya and the others, also revealing Reiji is the one behind the killings of Toda, Kuki and Isamu Washio. Both parties then walk up to the top of the tower, where Tatsuya has a fight against Reiji.
Yakuza 5[]
In the finale of the game, Saejima and Majima are forced to fight to the death in the roof of the tower for Haruka's safety, who is being held at gunpoint by Shigeki Baba under orders of Tsubasa Kurosawa. Neither of them die, however, as Baba was taken down by Tatsuo Shinada while the two yakuza were fighting.
Yakuza 6[]
Takumi Someya is forced to fight against Kiryu in order to save his ex-wife Kiyomi, which Someya loses. Finally he kills himself to save her.
Judgment[]
The Millennium Tower's bottom floor contains Drone Racing and the Drone Lab.
They unlock on Chapter 3.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon[]
The tower can be seen under construction in December 31, 2000 and the following day.
In 2019, Ichiban Kasuga and his group infiltrated the Millennium Tower and fought many Omi Alliance members. After reaching the Arakawa Family Office, Ichiban and his group would fight Yosuke Tendo, and soon they'd fight Ryo Aoki and his men afterwards.
The tower is also featured as an additional dungeon (named the Final Millenium Tower) which will be available after completing the main story. After climbing through the tower and reaching the Arakawa Family Office, the player will fight Shin Amon, who worked as the manager of the tower. Defeating him for the first time will allow the player to unlock the True Final Millenium Tower, an even harder version of the dungeon available from the "Premium Masters Pack" DLC. This harder new dungeon's entrance is on the back entrance of the tower.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth[]
In 2023, Masataka Ebina would kidnap and brutally torture Jo Sawashiro within the Millennium Tower after uncovering Jo's efforts to sway his plans.
Later, Kiryu, Yu Nanba, Seonhee, Saeko Mukoda, and Tianyou Zhao would infiltrate the tower to defeat Ebina and save Sawashiro, fighting many Seiryu Clan members along the way. They would also be assisted by Saejima, Majima, and Daigo.
In Other Media[]
Yakuza: Dead Souls[]
Majima's first chapter starts here. It is revealed he owns a flat unit in the 57th and 58th floor of the tower, with it also being used as the Majima Family's office and storage room subsequently.
Project X Zone 2[]
It appears in Chapter 38: Undying Souls. The group responsible for the Thanatos attack is the Shadaloo organization led by M. Bison (Street Fighter series).
Locations[]
- Ares
- Drone Lab
- Kazama Family's Office
- Majima Family's HQ
- Arakawa Family Office
Trivia[]
- In the 1995 portion of Yakuza Kiwami, the Millennium Tower's base is present if the player walks out of bounds.
- Majima Family's Office from Yakuza: Dead Souls is used in a single cutscene in Yakuza 5 when Majima and Kurosawa first meet inside the Millennium Tower.[2]
- Since it was built, outside of Boss fights and main missions, only the bottom 3 floors are accessible in free roam.
- In reality, it is the site of Shinjuku Toho Building
- In Judgment and Lost Judgment: The Millenium Tower Taxi stand is a drop-off only stop, but they were never specified on the map or on the apps. Games released after that has it labeled on the maps.
Gallery[]
Yakuza 3[]
Yakuza Kiwami 2[]
Yakuza: Dead Souls[]
Judgment[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, “Chapter 4: An Encounter”, Yakuza Kiwami (2016; Tokyo: SEGAWP, 2017), PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4/Windows/Xbox One/Amazon Luna.
Businessman —
That eyesore of a skyscraper changed this whole town. Changed the whole damn mood, really.
Kiryu —When was it built?
Businessman —Oh, about four years ago. It's called the Millennium Tower.
— Kiryu and an unnamed businessman conversing outside the Millennium Tower - ↑ https://youtu.be/iGkwdFanfbQ?t=23884