Yakuza 3

=== Setting ===
Yakuza 3 continues the adventures of Kazuma Kiryu, picking up after the events of Yakuza 2. The game takes place both in Kamurochō, a fictionalized version of Tokyo's red-light district Kabukicho, from the first two games, and in a brand new location called Downtown Ryukyu, located in Naha, Okinawa.
The area of Okinawa where the story takes place is a fictional area, based upon Naha's Makishi district. It includes real life landmarks such as the Ichiba Hondori (linked to Mutsumibashi Dori and Heiwa Dori) covered shopping arcade renamed "Karyushi Arcade" (かりゅしアーケード, karyushi ākēdo) in the game as well as the popular Makishi Public Market shortened "Public Market" (公設市場, Kōsetsu Ichiba), the famous entertainment strip Kokusai Street called "Ryukyu Street" (琉球通り, Ryūkyū Doori), the Okinawa Monorail Kencho-mae Station as "Ryukyugai-mae Station" (琉球街前, Ryūkyūgai Mae) or the Mitsukoshi department store (Okinawa Mitsukoshi) which kept its actual name as part of the game's tie-in policy.

Synopsis

In January 2007, after ending the war with the Omi Alliance, Kazuma Kiryu (Takaya Kuroda) and Haruka Sawamura (Rie Kugimiya) visit the cemetery where their loved ones rest. They are joined by Kaoru Sayama (Yū Daiki), who is preparing to leave for the United States. Kiryu accepts custody of an orphanage in Okinawa, hoping to raise orphans like his adoptive father, Shintaro Kazama, raised him. Before leaving, he enlists Goro Majima (Hidenari Ugaki) to assist Daigo Dojima (Satoshi Tokushige), Kiryu's successor, in his duties as Tojo Clan chairman.
A year later, Kiryu has settled into the orphanage and is dealing with eviction notices from the Ryudo Family, who owns the land the orphanage is built on. He confronts the Ryudo captain Rikiya Shimabukuro (Tatsuya Fujiwara), and meets the family's patriarch, Shigeru Nakahara (Shigeru Izumiya), who informs Kiryu that the land is wanted for a seaside resort. Kiryu refuses to close the orphanage, despite Nakahara's threats. The following week, Rikiya asks Kiryu for help in finding Nakahara's adoptive daughter, Saki (Umeka Shōji). Kiryu and Rikiya learn that Saki's mother is working with Tetsuo Tamashiro (Unshō Ishizuka), the patriarch of a rival family, who plans to use Saki as leverage to seize Nakahara's territory. Kiryu defeats Tamashiro and banishes his gang, and Saki returns to Nakahara when her mother rejects her. Nakahara pledges an oath to Kiryu in return. Daigo later meets with them and reveals that Tamashiro was recruited to secure the land in a scheme tied to Defense Minister Ryuzo Tamiya's (Akio Otsuka) "Military Base Expansion Bill". Daigo refuses to involve the Tojo Clan with the resort.
In March 2009, Daigo and Nakahara are shot in separate incidents, leaving Daigo comatose and the deed to the orphanage stolen. Kiryu learns from Saki that Nakahara's shooter is a man resembling Kazama, much to his shock. He travels to Kamurocho and meets Osamu Kashiwagi (Shunsuke Sakuya), Kazama's successor, who is assassinated. Fleeing from the scene, Kiryu is rescued by his old friend Makoto Date (Kazuhiro Yamaji), who informs him of three Tojo Clan lieutenants who are suspects in Kashiwagi's death: Yoshitaka Mine (Nakamura Shidō II), chairman of the Hakuho Clan; Goh Hamazaki (George Takahashi), a patriarch with ties to the Yokohama triads; and Tsuyoshi Kanda (Hiroyuki Miyasako), who controls Akira Nishikiyama's former gang.
Kiryu and Rikiya interrogate Kanda, and learn he is uninvolved. Kiryu later learns that Majima was contracted to build the resort, at the behest of Hamazaki who is working with Kiryu's old nemesis, Lau Ka Long (Shinichi Takizawa). Lau has Rikiya kidnapped and forces Kiryu to fight him. Rikiya is saved by Nakahara's shooter, who kills Lau. Kiryu later meets Mine, who presents him with Kanda's severed head as both a scare tactic and a peace offering. Mine also reveals that Hamazaki has disappeared, and his men have been killed, presumably by the triads.
Minister Tamiya meets with Kiryu and Date, and reveals that the Military Base Expansion Bill is part of a CIA operation to eliminate an arms smuggling group known as "Black Monday", and Nakahara's shooter is Kazama's brother Joji (Tetsuya Watari), who is a senior CIA operative. Tamiya agrees to stop the resort if Kiryu protects his former secretary from a planned hit by Joji. Kiryu intercepts Joji and defeats him. Returning home, Kiryu finds the orphanage in ruins; Mine had promised Tamashiro a share of the resort for securing the remaining land. Nakahara is attacked by bulls in Tamashiro's bullring hideout; just as he is about to be gored, Saki regains her voice and calls out to him, giving him the vigor to toss the bull away. Kiryu defeats Tamashiro, who attempts to shoot him from behind; Rikiya defends Kiryu and is fatally wounded. Joji kills Tamashiro, while the dying Rikiya asks Kiryu to stop Mine.
Joji has a jet fly Kiryu to Tokyo. Kiryu arrives at Touto University Hospital where Daigo is being treated, where he defeats the Hakuho Clan and a rogue CIA team led by Joji's colleague, Andre Richardson (Charles Glover). He locates Mine and Daigo on the hospital roof. Mine reveals that he idolizes Daigo, intending to euthanize him and take over the Tojo Clan. After Kiryu defeats Mine in combat, Richardson arrives with his team and reveals himself to be the leader of Black Monday. Before he can kill Mine and Kiryu, Daigo wakes up and kills Richardson's agents. Mine sacrifices himself to save Daigo and Kiryu by tackling Richardson off the roof to their deaths.
The next day, Kiryu bids farewell to his friends Kazuki (Hiroshi Tsuchida) and Yuya (Kenta Miyake) as he and Haruka prepare to go home. Kiryu is confronted by Hamazaki, who blames him for his misfortune and stabs Kiryu before Kazuki and Yuya subdue him. In a post-credits scene, Kiryu is revealed to have survived the stabbing as he rests at the orphanage.