This exclusive remix, which you’ll hear in the opening cinematic, was created by Mitsuhara Fukuyama, who fans may recognize as one of the composers for Yakuza 4, Binary Domain, and other popular SEGA titles like Super Hang On. If you’ve ever rocked out to a Yakuza battle theme before, he may have had a hand in it.

Now, this track is free for you to download as our thanks to the fans for supporting the series. We hope you’ll enjoy it!

Download Now!

Today marks the one- year anniversary of the 9.0 earthquake, and subsequent tsunami, that devastated Japan and left many without power, water, or even a place to call home.  Last year, Aaron Webber (known to many fans as RubyEclipse) was in Japan with the winners of our Sonic’s 19th Birthday contest when the earthquake hit. When asked to describe his experience, he said:

We were there as tourists at the time. We left anything but; witnesses firsthand to the panic and chaos caused that day. Yet we also witnessed something remarkable: the determination and the kindness of the human soul, shining both within the Japanese people, and in others across the world.

Thanks to the efforts and donations of so many, much has been rebuilt in Japan. But the damage caused is far from fully healed, and the support of people just like you is just as crucial now as it was a year ago.

SEGA is once again proud to donate an item to raise money for relief in Japan. We’ll soon be putting a super-rare, exclusive “Yakuza” game jacket (valued at $1600)  for charity auction to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross. We hope that it will make one Yakuza fan very proud to own – and even moreso knowing that the money they spent earning it went to help people in Japan who need it the most.