A year after leaving his former life in the Tojo Clan behind, ex-
yakuza Kazuma Kiryu (
Takaya Kuroda) is called back into action when the clan's Fifth Chairman, Yukio Terada (
Kenji Nomura), is murdered by assassins from a rival organization, the Omi Alliance. Returning to Kamurocho, Kiryu must find a new chairman for the Tojo Clan and prevent an all-out war between the Tojo and the Omi, bringing him into conflict with
Ryuji Goda (
Masami Iwasaki), the legendary "Dragon of Kansai" of the Omi Alliance. Kiryu also comes into contact with several new allies and enemies, including: Daigo Dojima (Satoshi Tokushige), the son of the late Dojima Family patriarch whose death was blamed on Kiryu; Kaoru Sayama (
Aya Hisakawa), an Osakan police detective who has disdain for the yakuza; Jiro Kawara (
Susumu Terajima), a veteran detective who is investigating the resurgence of the Korean syndicate Jingweon Mafia; Ryo Takashima (
Hakuryu), an ambitious Omi Alliance lieutenant; and Wataru Kurahashi (
Houka Kinoshita), the chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Foreign Affairs Division. A new scenario, entitled "The Majima Saga", is centered around
Goro Majima (
Hidenari Ugaki) and explains how he came to leave the Tojo Clan following the death of his patriarch, Futoshi Shimano, a year earlier and form a legitimate enterprise, "Majima Construction", between the events of
Yakuza and
Yakuza 2.
Majima Saga In February 2006, the Tojo Clan's Fifth Chairman Yukio Terada announces a reformation plan for the organization, which requires a replacement for the clan captain position. In the running for the position are newcomers, Akinobu Uematsu (
Miou Tanaka) and Kei Ibuchi (
Takehito Koyasu), as well as Goro Majima, all of whom were making the most profits among the clan. Majima, however, has no interest in the position and only participated to ensure the other families can band together to keep the newcomers from seizing power. Majima later returns to Kamurocho, where he finds himself ambushed by several assassins. After quickly dealing with them, Majima returns to his family office, where he finds his men supposedly beaten up by the Uematsu Family. Majima heads to Uematsu's office, but finds Uematsu himself having been killed. After reporting the incident to Tojo Clan members, Majima is tipped by Kazama Family patriarch Osamu Kashiwagi (
Shunsuke Sakuya) to find the Florist of Sai (
Yoshiaki Fujiwara), an information broker who can assist him. Upon meeting with the Florist, he agrees to help Majima in exchange for the latter taking over his old base in the secret adult entertainment hub Purgatory. Majima learns that one of his subordinates, Ryota Kawamura (Naoto Takeda), was last seen at the crime scene. He travels to Sotenbori to track down Kawamura, and eventually learns that he's a regular gambler who frequents the massage parlor Hogushi Kaiken. While at the parlor, Majima receives service from Makoto Tateyama (
Miyuki Sawashiro), a woman whom Majima saved from the Tojo Clan 18 years prior. Majima, while attempting to hide his identity, learns that Makoto still keeps her old watch as a memento of her savior. Majima later picks up a tip that Kawamura murdered an Omi Alliance officer at the Cabaret Grand. He heads there and confronts Kawamura. The latter is easily defeated, but is then killed by Ibuchi, who exploited Kawamura's debt and used him to get rid of Uematsu, in order to spark a war between the Omi Alliance and the Tojo Clan, which would lead to their eventual merging and Ibuchi seizing power from Terada. Majima defeats Ibuchi, but the latter commits suicide rather than allowing himself to be arrested to incite conflict between both sides. In the aftermath, Majima and Terada come to an agreement to disband his family, as a gesture of apology for Kawamura's action against the Omi Alliance. Majima and the remnants of his family then form Majima Construction, and begin work on the Kamurocho Hills complex. Some time later, Makoto leaves the country with her family; she receives an anonymous gift prior to her departure, which turns out to be a replacement strap for her watch. Realizing that her customer was her savior from 18 years ago, Makoto finds comfort knowing she has no regrets leaving Japan. ==Development==