Yakuza: Difference between revisions

| locations = '''GTA 2'''<br>[[Funabashi]], [[Shiroto]] and [[Ukita]], [[Downtown District]], [[Anywhere City]]<br>'''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Belleville Park]], [[Aspatria]], [[Torrington]], [[Fort Staunton]], [[Liberty Campus]] and [[Bedford Point]], [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City]]<br>[[Pike Creek]] and west [[Wichita Gardens]], [[Shoreside Vale]], Liberty City

The Yakuza's influence in the [[United States]] dates at least from 1991, when future co-leader of the Yakuza [[Asuka Kasen]] moves to the country, presumably from Japan. By [[1998]] the Yakuza are beginning to move into [[Liberty City]]. They are not the strongest gang but have begun to stock up on weapons, including a tank, which [[Toni Cipriani]] [[Shogun Showdown|destroys]] on orders from [[Salvatore Leone]]. Due to his actions, Toni gains the interest of [[Toshiko Kasen]], wife of the Yakuza leader [[Kazuki Kasen|Kazuki]], who starts to hire Toni to destroy her husband before killing him. First, she has Toni [[More Deadly Than the Male|steal the weapons]] and deliver them to businessman [[Phil Cassidy]]. Then, she has Toni reluctantly [[Cash Clash|destroy money]] from the [[Big Shot Casino]] whilst it is being transported. Toshiko then decides to reveal her links to Toni, by [[A Date with Death|going to an opera]], where they are attacked by the [[Forelli Family]]. They survive and a Yakuza gang member spots them entering Toshiko's apartment, leading to Toshiko giving Toni the orders to kill her husband. Toni kills him, on the roof of his casino, and returns to Toshiko's apartment, where she commits suicide, leaving the Yakuza without a leader. Despite having no leader, they maintain their control of [[Torrington]], [[Belleville Park]], [[Aspatria]], [[Pike Creek]], west [[Wichita Gardens]] and [[Liberty Campus]].