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:''This article refers to the Yakuza as a gang. For the Yakuza gang car in GTA Advance, see [[Yakuza Stinger]].''
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*[[Yakuza in 2D Universe]] (for the Yakuza appearing in [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]]).
| caption = The GTA III Era Yakuza logo
*[[Yakuza in 3D Universe]] (for the Yakuza appearing in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]).
| game = GTA1
| game2 = GTA2
| game3 = III
| game4 = A
| game5 = LCS
| territory = '''GTA 2'''<br>[[Funabashi]], [[Shiroto]] and [[Ukita]], [[Downtown District]], [[Anywhere City]]<br>'''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Belleville Park]], [[Aspatria]], [[Torrington]], [[Liberty Campus]] and [[Bedford Point]], [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]<br>[[Pike Creek]] and west [[Wichita Gardens]], [[Shoreside Vale]], Liberty City
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| leaders = '''GTA 2'''<br>[[Johnny Zoo]]<br>'''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Kazuki Kasen]] (? - [[1998]])<br>[[Asuka Kasen]] ([[2000]] - [[2001]])<br>[[Kenji Kasen]] (? - [[2001]])
| type = Criminal Organization
| enemies = '''GTA 2'''<br>[[The Zaibatsu Corporation]]<br>[[Loonies]]<br>'''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Leone Family]]<br> [[Uptown Yardies]]<br>[[Diablos]]<br>[[Colombian Cartel]]<br>[[Forelli Family]]
| affiliations = '''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Ray Machowski]], [[Claude]], [[Maria Latore]]
| colors = Dark Red and Dark Blue.
| cars = '''GTA 2'''<br>[[Miara]]<br>'''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Yakuza Stinger]]
| weapons = '''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Pistol]] and [[Uzi]]
| businesses =Gambling, protection, slavery, gun running
| fronts = '''GTA 2'''<br>[[Hochi-ban Bar]]<br>'''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Big Shot Casino]], [[Kenji's Casino]], import/export business and Sushi Restaurants
| members = '''GTA 2'''<br>[[Johnny Zoo]], [[Doctor ZitZaki]], [[Hiroshi]], [[Gama Rei]], [[Refried Noodle]], [[Danny Zoo]], [[Hana Funabashi]], [[Yonsi Zoo San]] and [[Tetsuo]]<br>'''GTA III Era'''<br>[[Kazuki Kasen]], [[Asuka Kasen]], [[Kenji Kasen]], [[Toshiko Kasen]], [[Yuka]], [[Yamazaki]] and [[Kanbu]].
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The '''Yakuza''' is a [[Japan|Japanese]] criminal organisation that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto 1]], [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. They are a reference to real-life Japanese mafia, likely the [[:wp:Yamaguchi-gumi|Yamaguchi-Gumi Yakuza family]].
 
==GTA 1==
The Yakuza appears in the second [[City of San Andreas|San Andreas]] chapter, in the [[Tequila Slammer]]. They have stolen shipments from [[El Burro (GTA 1)|El Burro]]. Then you are told to destroy some of their [[Limousine|limousines]] and finally steal one from them.
 
==GTA 2==
In GTA 2 the Yakuza, led by [[Johnny Zoo]], are based in [[Anywhere City]] and control the [[Funabashi]], [[Shiroto]] and [[Ukita]] areas of the [[Downtown District]]. The Yakuza are involved in a violent war against [[The Zaibatsu Corporation]] and the [[Loonies]]. Zoo employs [[Claude Speed]] to [[Get ZitZaki!|move]] [[Doctor ZitZaki]], who is being targeted by The Zaibatsu Corporation. He then has Claude work as a [[Bank Robbery!|getaway driver]] for [[Hiroshi]], who commits a bank robbery, and then [[Happy Gas Smash!|attack]] the Loonies. The Loonies then [[Get Gama Rei!|attack]] [[Gama Rei]], with Claude rescuing him with a [[Ambulance|Medicar]]. Zoo then turns his attentions to The Zaibatsu Corporation, [[Follow That Traitor!|who have a Yakuza snitch]], who is followed by Claude to his base, allowing Claude to collect torturer [[Refried Noodle]] and bring him to the snitch. Zoo then has Claude [[SWAT Van Swipe!|steal]] a [[SWAT Van]] and then [[Stop the Tank!|destroy]] a [[Rhino|Tank]]. Claude then begins to work for The Zaibatsu Corporation and the Loonies, working against them, and at one point has to [[Big Bank Job!|escape from pursuing]] Yakuza members. Zoo, angry at Claude, begins to chase Claude in an attempt to kill him (at the same time as Zaibatsu leader [[Trey Welsh]] and Loonies leader [[Elmo]]), although all of them are killed.
 
Other members include [[Hana Funabashi]] (Johnny Zoo's girlfriend), [[Danny Zoo]] (who maybe related to Johnny), [[Yonsi Zoo San]] (an elderly man barely kept alive on Zaibatsu drugs) and business man [[Tetsuo]] (who owns the [[Hochi-ban Bar]]).
 
==GTA III Era==
===GTA Liberty City Stories===
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 in GTA III Era|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]], south [[Belleville Park]], [[Aspatria]], [[Pike Creek]], west [[Wichita Gardens]] and [[Liberty Campus]].
 
===GTA Advance===
By [[2000]], [[Asuka Kasen]] becomes the leader of the Yakuza, taking over from her brother Kazuki, although it is unknown whether her brother [[Kenji Kasen|Kenji]] is co-leader. The Yakuza lose [[Belleville Park]], [[Aspatria]], [[Pike Creek]] and [[Wichita Gardens]]. The Big Shot Casino has also been lost, although they are paid protection money from the new owner. The Yakuza do manage, however, to gain [[Bedford Point]], where Asuka bases herself. Yakuza member/associate [[Yuka]], Asuka's niece, is [[School's Out|kidnapped]] by [[Mike]] on orders from [[Colombian Cartel]] leader [[Cisco]], although Mike later rescues her on orders from Asuka. Asuka then begins to employ [[Mike]], later seemingly in love with him, and help him look for [[Vinnie|Vinnie's]] killer. Mike first collects some protection money from a casino owner, before helping the [[Liberty City Cocks]] by injuring a [[Vice City Mambas]] player, to help Asuka's gambling business. She then sends Mike to kill actor [[Biff Rock]] and bring back his shoes as proof, although Mike spares him, but does take his shoes to Asuka as proof. Mike then discovers that the [[Uptown Yardies]] are [[Sue Me Sushi|delivering bad fish]] to Asuka's sushi restaurants and then [[Down The River|kidnaps]] [[Mafia]] members to send to Asia as slaves. Mike decides to stop working for Asuka, agreeing to help her one more time by killing a rival pimp in [[Newport]]. Asuka later contacts Mike in regards to Yardies leader [[King Courtney]], who they both dislike. Asuka tells Mike [[Assault Joint|where he can locate Courtney]], but is ambushed. Later, Asuka sends some of her men to assist Mike, who then leave him to tackle the Yardies on his own. The Yakuza betrayal of Mike may have occurred due to Asuka discovering either Mike's kidnapping of Yuka or his failure to kill Biff Rock, with Asuka describing him as a 'means to an end'.
 
===GTA III===
In 2001, the Yakuza is lead by siblings Asuka and Kenji, although it is unknown whether Kenji became co-leader in 2001. Asuka first comes into [[Claude]] through an old friend named [[Maria Latore]], the daughter of Leone Family Don Salvatore Leone. Asuka, seemingly wary following Mike's actions, has him prove his ties to the Leone Family are over by [[Sayonara Salvatore|killing Salvatore]] when he leaves [[Luigi's Sex Club 7]]. Claude kills him and later [[Under Surveillance|kills a number of Leone hitmen]] and a [[Paparazzi Purge|reporter]]. She then introduces him to corrupt [[LCPD in GTA III Era|LCPD]] officer [[Ray Machowski]] and her brother Kenji. An undercover police officer, posing as a Yakuza member, is [[Two-Faced Tanner|killed]] on Asuka's orders, from information provided by Machowski. Ray has Claude [[Silence The Sneak|kill]] [[Leon McAffrey]], his old partner, who threatens to reveal his links to the Yakuza. Claude fails to kill him, however, and is sent again to [[Plaster Blaster|kill]] him, this time successfully, as well as his [[Gone Fishing|current partner]] who thinks is a rat. Claude also begins to work for Kenji, who first has Claude bust [[Kanbu]] [[Kanbu Bust-out|out of jail]]. Then he has Claude [[Grand Theft Auto (mission)|collect cars]] to re-pay a debt, [[Deal Steal|kill some Yardies]] attempting to form an alliance with the Cartel and collect some protection money. However, Kenji becomes irate when the Yardies and Cartel form an alliance and has Claude [[Smack Down|destroy some street vendings and kill the vendors]].
 
Claude then begins to work for [[Donald Love]], who has Claude [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout|kill Kenji]] disguised as a Cartel member, to start a gang war, which would drive down house prices. Claude succeeds in starting a war, leading to the Yakuza [[Grand Theft Aero|taking control of a construction site]] in [[Fort Staunton]]. Whilst attacking the site, Asuka manages to capture [[Miguel]], a high-ranking member of the Cartel, who she tortures mercilessly. Miguel begins to tell off the Cartel plans, allowing Claude to [[Bait|kill squads hunting him down]], [[Espresso-2-Go!|stop the sale of SPANK by the Yardies]] and [[S.A.M.|steal some SPANK]] being delivered to [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]]. Claude then discovers that [[Catalina]], the Cartel leader, has [[Ransom (III)|killed both Asuka and Miguel, and kidnapped Maria]], leading to Claude killing Catalina and rescuing Maria. The Yakuza, leaderless, continue to show friendly relations towards Claude.
 
==Trivia==
*Yakuza members wear colorful suits and jewelry. In GTA Liberty City Stories, Yakuza members sport tattoos, common amongst real-life Yakuza members.
*Their favorite radio station is [[Lips 106]] (GTAIII) and [[MSX FM|MSX 98]] (GTALCS).
 
==Gallery==
 
<center><gallery>
KenjiKasen-Artwork.jpg|GTA III game art of [[Kenji Kasen]], co-leader of the Yakuza in 2001.
AsukaKasen-GTAIII.jpg|[[Asuka Kasen]], co-leader of the Yakuza in 2001.
Yakuza (GTA3) (members).jpg|Yakuza members in GTA III.
YakuzaStinger-GTA3-front.jpg|The [[Yakuza Stinger]], the Yakuza's gang car in GTA III.
AsukaKasen-GTAA.jpg|Asuka Kasen, as depicted in GTA Advance.
Yakuza-car-GTAA.png|The "Yakuza" gang car in GTA Advance.
KazukiKasen-GTALCS.jpg|[[Kazuki Kasen]] in GTA Liberty City Stories, head of the Yakuza circa 1998
Yakuza Member LCS.JPG|A Yakuza member in GTA Liberty City Stories.
YakuzaStinger-GTALCS-front.jpg|The gang's [[Yakuza Stinger]] in GTA Liberty City Stories.
</gallery></center>
 
==External links==
*[http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/jun2001/story3.html News Article] [[Yakuza Operating With Impunity]] article from the [[Liberty Tree]] website.
*[http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/aug2001/story4.html News Article] [[Internal Affairs Investigate Links Between Yakuza and Police]] article from the Liberty Tree newspaper.
 
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[[Category:Gangs in GTA 2]]
[[Category:Gangs in GTA III]]
[[Category:Gangs in GTA Advance]]
[[Category:Gangs in GTA Liberty City Stories]]

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