The Yoshida Batting Center (吉田バッティングセンター Yoshida Battingu Sentā), also known as the Yoshida Batting Cage, is located in Kamurocho's Hotel District. It is the location for the Batting Cages minigame.
History[]
The Yoshida Batting Center is a fixture of Kamurocho that has existed as far back as 1985.[1] The rules of the Batting Center's games and the configuration of the scoring panels has changed over the years, but the building itself has been a constant for decades.
Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami[]
Kazuma Kiryu first meets The Florist of Sai's son Takashi and his girlfriend Kyoka in the Yoshida Batting Center. Later on, Kiryu fights Goro Majima in order to get Haruka Sawamura back.
Yakuza 4[]
Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima battle in the Yoshida Batting Center, a place they used to visit prior to reuniting.
Yakuza 5[]
Majima has Saejima fight off the Majima Family in order to test him before his imprisonment.
Yakuza: Dead Souls[]
Goro Majima and Shun Akiyama have a boss fight against Tsuchigumo Prototype here. There is a baseball launcher located just south of the Batting Center that the player character can use to kill zombies.
Side Content[]
Minigames[]
Substories/Side Cases[]
Yakuza 2[]
Yakuza 3[]
Yakuza 4[]
- The Twist is Back In Style
Yakuza Kiwami[]
- Takashi and Kyoka
Yakuza Kiwami 2[]
Judgment[]
Friendship Events[]
Judgment[]
- Shuichi Hatano
- Yoshida
Prizes[]
Yakuza 4[]
Easy Game:
Image | Rank | Points | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
Rank S | More than 2,300 | Southpaw Bracelet | |
Rank A | More than 1,900 | Chunk of Wood (Maple) | |
Rank B | More than 1,500 | Tauriner | |
Rank C | More than 1,100 | Salmon Rice Ball |
Normal Game:
Hard Game:
Image | Rank | Points | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
Rank S | More than 3,000 points | Metal Bat | |
Rank A | More than 2,600 points | Staminan XX | |
Rank B | More than 2,200 points | Staminan X | |
Rank C | More than 1,800 points | Tauriner + |
Extra Hard Game:
Yakuza: Dead Souls[]
Easy Game:
Image | Rank | Points | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
Rank S | 2,300+ | Protective Amulet | |
Rank A | 1,900+ | Tauriner | |
Rank B | 1,500+ | Tuna & Egg Sandwich | |
Rank C | 1,100+ | Salmon Rice Ball |
|-|Normal Game=
Image | Rank | Points | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
Rank S | 2,800+ | Power Stone Bracelet | |
Rank A | 2,400+ | Gauntlets | |
Rank B | 2,000+ | Tauriner | |
Rank C | 1,600+ | Club Sandwich |
|-|Hard Game=
Image | Rank | Points | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
Rank S | 3,000+ | Carbon Nanotube Fabric | |
Rank A | 2,600+ | Bull's Eye Amulet | |
Rank B | 2,200+ | Block of Steel | |
Rank C | 1,800+ | Toughness Z |
Extra Hard Game:
Image | Rank | Points | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
Rank S | 3,500+ | Staminan Spark | |
Rank A | 3,000+ | Sacred Wood | |
Rank B | 2,500+ | Toughness ZZ | |
Rank C | 2,000+ | Staminan X |
Trivia[]
- The Yoshida Batting Center is based on the Shinjuku Batting Center located in the real-life Kabukicho district of Tokyo.
- The dashes on the Katakana ン (n) characters on the Batting Center's sign are represented by baseballs.
Gallery[]
Yakuza 2[]
Yakuza 5[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, “Part 2 Chapter 4: Oath of Brotherhood”, Yakuza 4 Remastered (2010; Tokyo: SEGAWP, 2019), PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Windows.
Saejima —
Where're you takin' me?
Majima —Our old stompin' grounds.
Saejima —Still there, huh?
— Taiga Saejima and Goro Majima regarding the Yoshida Batting Center