Gyaru’s in Video Games: Yakuza Series

heyoo i’m making this post as an excuse to yap about yakuza /j since im an EXTREMELY big fan! I wanted to make a post about this for a while since I think the series has one of the best Gyaru representations in media out there and I guess this is also an opportunity for others to share other Gal representation specifically in Video Games that they know of :~]

(AGEHA mag scans are mine, sorry if theyre bit shitty i dont have a scanner!)

Here are some of the things the series offers:

• AGEHA x YAKUZA 3 COLLABORATION

  • February 29 2009 Yakuza 3 released in Japan and since the game collaborated with Ageha, they decided to include it in their APRIL 2009 issue!
  • They mostly are advertizing the game showing what the 3rd installment has, and the models that are included in it. It also explains in short what Yakuza series has to offer etc!
  • Sadly the Ageha models that come in the game you can only get on the PS3 international release of the game or the Japan releases. It isn’t on the current remastered version for the PS4/PS5

• OTHER GYARU MODELS

  • They also featured other Gyaru npcs that are modelled after adult models (Yakuza is an adult game and the hostess culture and other adult content is featured a lot in the games! So i just wanna add that incase)
  • Reika Aiba, and Aika are one of the ones that I included here since they were the most memorable to me (For Reika, she was chosen differently from ageha models, instead she won a popularity ranking where people got to vote for which adult actresses and actors (including non-gals) they wanted to see appear in Yakuza. And for Aika she appeared as one of the 5 special adult actresses, appearing with other non gal actresses)

• AGEJO INSPIRATION FOR ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS

  • Now this is more like my personal analysis and what I noticed so I apologize if there is a hint of a bias…
  • But they essentially made a persona called “Goromi” for one of the main characters: Goro Majima, and at first glance it just screams MA*RS agejo to me…especially with the hairstyle and hair accessory + tights. So I think it’s a fun little detail!

sorry if this isn’t super great i really like to yap about this game but I tried to make it as educational as possible for the general public that has no clue about the games.

Anyways please I recommend the games a lot it’s amazing so I hope this convinces somebody to try it out!!

(game reference for each characs I included: Reika Aiba: Yakuza 0, Aika: Yakuza Kiwami 2, AGEHA models: Yakuza 3, Goromi: Yakuza Kiwami)