Many English Voice Actors Return for Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut

Sega announced the English voice actors who will play characters in Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut on the Switch 2, and many will return to voice people they played in past games. Most notably, Matt Mercer, who played Goro Majima in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and Yong Yea, who was Kazuma Kiryu in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, will return for this installment. There are also two trailers highlighting moments with Kiryu and Majima in English. First, here’s how Yea sounds when he appears as Kiryu again in the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXj5Z5kM3Gc&ab_channel=SEGA Next, we can see how Mercer portrays Majima. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jRN98QEAes&ab_channel=SEGA Here’s the full list of Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut English voice actors Akira Nishikiyama – Kaiji Tang Akira Nishikiyama (Singing) - Greg Chun Billiken – Adam Gold Daisaku Kuze – Keston John Futoshi Shimano – Fred Tatasciore Goro Majima – Matt Mercer Hiroki Awano – Eliah Mountjoy Homare Nishitani – Vic Chao Jun Oda – Alejandro Saab Kazuma Kiryu –Yong Yea Kazuma Kiryu (Singing) - Topher Ngo Keiji Shibusawa – Jon Ohye Makoto Makimura – Risa Mei Masaru Sera – Nobi Nakanishi Osamu Kashiwagi – David Hayter Shintaro Kazama – Paul Nakauchi Sohei Dojima – Imari Williams Takashi Nihara – Frank Todaro Tetsu Tachibana – Howard Wang Tsukasa Sagawa – Andrew Kishino Wen Hai Lee – Bill Millsap There’s also a video highlighting the “Bubble” theme song for the Switch 2 release of Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nl022hCrmY&ab_channel=SEGA As a reminder, in addition to the new English voice actors appearing in Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut, there are a number of other exclusives in this new Nintendo-exclusive version of the game. It runs at 60fps in 4K. There will be 30 new cutscenes to help expand on the game’s story. A co-op, online multiplayer mode called Red Light Raid also ended up being added. Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut will come to the Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. The original version of the game is on the PS3, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The post Many English Voice Actors Return for Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut appeared first on Siliconera.

May 7, 2025 - 18:32

Many English Voice Actors Return for Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut

Sega announced the English voice actors who will play characters in Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut on the Switch 2, and many will return to voice people they played in past games. Most notably, Matt Mercer, who played Goro Majima in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and Yong Yea, who was Kazuma Kiryu in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, will return for this installment. There are also two trailers highlighting moments with Kiryu and Majima in English.

First, here’s how Yea sounds when he appears as Kiryu again in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXj5Z5kM3Gc&ab_channel=SEGA

Next, we can see how Mercer portrays Majima.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jRN98QEAes&ab_channel=SEGA

Here’s the full list of Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut English voice actors

Akira Nishikiyama – Kaiji Tang
Akira Nishikiyama (Singing) - Greg Chun
Billiken – Adam Gold
Daisaku Kuze – Keston John
Futoshi Shimano – Fred Tatasciore
Goro Majima – Matt Mercer
Hiroki Awano – Eliah Mountjoy
Homare Nishitani – Vic Chao
Jun Oda – Alejandro Saab
Kazuma Kiryu –Yong Yea
Kazuma Kiryu (Singing) - Topher Ngo
Keiji Shibusawa – Jon Ohye
Makoto Makimura – Risa Mei
Masaru Sera – Nobi Nakanishi
Osamu Kashiwagi – David Hayter
Shintaro Kazama – Paul Nakauchi
Sohei Dojima – Imari Williams
Takashi Nihara – Frank Todaro
Tetsu Tachibana – Howard Wang
Tsukasa Sagawa – Andrew Kishino
Wen Hai Lee – Bill Millsap

There’s also a video highlighting the “Bubble” theme song for the Switch 2 release of Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nl022hCrmY&ab_channel=SEGA

As a reminder, in addition to the new English voice actors appearing in Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut, there are a number of other exclusives in this new Nintendo-exclusive version of the game. It runs at 60fps in 4K. There will be 30 new cutscenes to help expand on the game’s story. A co-op, online multiplayer mode called Red Light Raid also ended up being added.

Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut will come to the Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. The original version of the game is on the PS3, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

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