Millennium Tower (ミレニアムタワー, Mireniamu Tawā) is a skyscraper/office tower located in Kamurocho, being its largest building.
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 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 deposed. 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, 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.
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.
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 the Omi Alliance members. After reaching the Arakawa Family Office, Ichiban and his group fought Yosuke Tendo, and fought 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.
In Other Media[]
Yakuza: Dead Souls[]
Majima's first chapter starts here. He owns a flat unit at the tower's top.
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[]
Trivia[]
- In the 1995 portion of Yakuza Kiwami, the Millennium Tower's base is present if the player walks out of bounds.
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