30 Facts About Goro Majima

Goro Majima is a major recurring character in Sega's Yakuza video game series, previously known as Yakuza outside of Japan.

Goro Majima is one of the main playable protagonists of Yakuza 0 and Yakuza: Dead Souls, as well as the Majima Saga of Yakuza Kiwami 2.

Goro Majima is seeking continually to fight him, seeing him as the perfect rival, but eventually, bonds with him across the franchise and becomes an important ally of his.

Goro Majima is the sworn brother of Taiga Saejima who is one of the protagonists of Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5.

Goro Majima's character is explored in more detail during the prequel Yakuza 0, in which he is a 24-year-old former Yakuza and a playable protagonist along with Kiryu.

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Goro Majima appears in the spin-off Dead Souls as well as the crossover Project X Zone 2.

Goro Majima has been popular with the Yakuza fanbase, having earned a CD with all the songs Ugaki plays in his karaoke mini-games while topping a popularity poll.

Strichart said that while fans might miss previous Yakuza characters like Kiryu and Goro Majima, he hoped they would be receptive to Takayuki Yagami, the protagonist from the next game Judgment.

Series' producer Daisuke Sato said that ever since the release of Yakuza 0, Goro Majima has become far more popular, to the point that many developers thought it was possible to create a new spin-off game focused around him.

Goro Majima first appears in the original Yakuza game as a supporting character, head of the Majima Family and a lieutenant of Futoshi Shimano.

In between the events of the first and second games, Goro Majima left the Tojo Clan because of disagreements with its new leader, Chairman Yukio Terada.

Goro Majima then formed his own criminal organization, the Majima Construction Company, which ran several construction rackets, along with an underground fighting arena and an illegal casino.

Goro Majima helps save the city when he disarms the bombs planted all over Kamurocho by another rival crime syndicate, the Korean Jingweon Mafia.

Sometime later, Goro Majima is blackmailed by Goh Hamazaki as a suspect in the clan's internal dispute.

In Yakuza 4, Goro Majima follows the trail of Yasuko Saejima, determined to protect her on behalf of Taiga Saejima.

Goro Majima tells Shun Akiyama of Sky Finance that he is looking for Yasuko to protect her and to make amends with Saejima.

On his way to see Goro Majima, Kiryu, having returned to Kamurocho, witnesses Goro Majima's arrest and calls out to him.

In Yakuza 5, Goro Majima is in negotiations with the Tsukimino branch of the Omi Alliance under Dojima's orders to help put a stop to the rising tensions between the two clans.

Goro Majima reveals that the reason he was unable to resist Kurosawa was the threat to Haruka at her debut concert as an idol.

Prequel Yakuza 0 provides additional backstory for Goro Majima, presenting a different and much more controlled version of the character years prior to his first appearance.

Goro Majima was tortured for a year and his left eye gouged out, after which he was handed over to Shimano's sworn brother Tsukasa Sagawa in the Omi Alliance.

Sagawa forces Goro Majima to manage the Cabaret Grand in Sotenbori, Osaka, where he is nicknamed by the locals the "Lord of the Night" due to his managerial acumen and proven success in turning the club's fortunes around.

Goro Majima manages to protect Makimura and rejoins the Shimano Family, but he distances himself from her as he returns to his yakuza life, hoping Makimura enjoys a peaceful life instead.

Additionally, Goro Majima decides to develop his infamous sadomasochistic persona based on the many eccentric men he encountered in his quest, to rise above the world that mistreated him and meets Kiryu for the first time at the end of the game.

Goro Majima appears in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life as a minor character, and reappears as a major character and summonable ally alongside Saejima in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

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Outside of the main Yakuza series, Goro Majima is playable in Yakuza: Dead Souls, fighting against an army of zombies.

Goro Majima appears alongside Kiryu in the crossover game Project X Zone 2 as well as Binary Domain.

Goro Majima's songs performed during his appearances were collected in 2017 on a CD titled Goro Majima's Best Hits.

Polygon stated that Goro Majima was quite different from his portrayal in the regular games in the series because his story was set in the past.

Game Informer noted despite not being playable with his longer screen time Goro Majima manages to aid the player to make Kiryu a stronger fighter.