THE WORLD'S BEST COMPOSERS - Yakuza Composer Appreciation

The composers of the Yakuza/Like a Dragon/Ryu Ga Gotoku/whatever ya wanna call it franchise are legitimately some of the most talented people in the video game industry. Don't agree with me? WELL that's okay you're allowed to have your own opinion but I hope you like the video anyway.

For full (AKA as good as I can get) discographies of the different composers that were mentioned (and some that weren't) in this video you can check out their playlists here: https://www.youtube.com/@SnowiestAnge...

Or alternatively you can check the homepage on my channel where I have the shelf "Yakuza Composer Discographies" which contain all of the playlists there :)

Most of my information was sourced from memory... but the memories were created from checking the composers' and games' pages from VGMdb.

Songs (Composer/Arranger (Game) - Song Name (Original name if available)):
Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza) - Receive You
Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza) - Funk Goes On
Hidenori Shoji (Ishin!) - Assassination of the Bodhisattva (菩殺)
Satoshi Okamura (Lost Judgment) - Lost In The Rain
Satoshi Okamura (Lost Judgment) - Dialogue
Hyd Lunch (Yakuza 5) - Victory Road
ZENTA (Yakuza 6) - Lots of Lights
Hyd Lunch (Judgment) - Hyenas Wheezing
ZENTA (Ishin!) - Lost Lewisite
Saori Yoshida (Judgment) - My Own Style
Saori Yoshida (Yakuza 6) - DESTINY
Yuri Fukuda (Yakuza 4) - Pure Love in Kamurocho (神室純恋歌)
Yuri Fukuda (Judgment) - Destination
83key (Judgment) - Λ (Lambda)
83key (Judgment) - Rake Your Inside
Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza) - Receive You The Prototype
Hidenori Shoji/83key (Yakuza: Like a Dragon) - Receive You The Hyperactive
Chihiro Aoki/83key (Lost Judgment) - Dig In Your Heels
Chihiro Aoki (Yakuza 4) - Infinite Handcuffs
Chihiro Aoki (Yakuza 5) - Be the Star!!
Chihiro Aoki (Yakuza Kiwami 2) - Rebellious Phase
Chihiro Aoki (Lost Judgment) - In The Rhythm
Chihiro Aoki (Lost Judgment) - Blue Stompin'
Yuri Fukuda/Chihiro Aoki (Lost Judgment) - Final Destination
Chihiro Aoki (Lost Judgment) - Unwavering Belief
Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza 2) - A Scattered Moment
Hidenori Shoji/Chihiro Aoki (Yakuza Kiwami 2) - A Scattered, Eternal Moment
(散るは永遠の刹那)
Yakuza 5 - Daigo's Western Theme (no official details)
Mitsuharu Fukuyama (Yakuza 4) - Solitude
Mitsuharu Fukuyama (Yakuza 5) - Affected Fight
Mitsuharu Fukuyama (Yakuza 5) - The Battle For The Dream
Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files - Blood-Drunk Master's Theme (no official details)
Hyd Lunch (Judgment) - Hyenas Wheezing (second time for the video)
Yakuza Kiwami 2 - Jingweon Mafia Final Long Battle (no official details)
Chihiro Aoki (Yakuza: Like a Dragon) - Monken’s Beeper
Chihiro Aoki (Lost Judgment) - Unwavering Belief (second time for the video)
Yakuza Kiwami 2 - Man in Black Final Fight (no official details)
Saori Yoshida (SMT Dx2 Liberation) - # Normal Battle
Chihiro Aoki (SMT Dx2 Liberation) - # Boss Battle AuraGate2
Chihiro Aoki (SMT Dx2 Liberation) - # Boss Battle Tokyo Abyss
Hideki Sakamoto (Yakuza 3 but officially on the Yakuza 4 and not the 3 soundtrack though for whatever reason) - Saturday Night☆Lover
Ryohei Kohno (Ishin!) - Kill! The Tengu Gang (必殺！天狗党)
Jin Senbonmatsu (Judgment) - The Flower of Chivalry (義侠の華)
Hideki Naganuma (Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō) - YOUR KNIFE FEELS GOOD
Saori Yoshida (Yakuza Kiwami) - The Wicked
Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza 0) - t u s k
Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza 2/3) - Kamurocho Lullaby (神室雪月花)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Keves Battle

That's quite the list. Why do I do this to myself? No one even reads these.