Goro Majima

Goro Majima
Developer	Toshihiro Nagoshi
Publisher	Sega
Platforms	As noted below
Released	2005-present (video games) 2007 (film)
Added to Museum	As noted below

Goro Majima is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, films, books, and music.

Goro Majima is a non-playable character in most games in the Like a Dragon series, but became a playable character in the spin-off Yakuza: Dead Souls and in the main series in Yakuza 0.

Fictional character biography

Goro Majima joined the yakuza and became sworn brothers with Taiga Saejima.

He was supposed to be part of a hit in 1985 on a rival gang with Saejima.

Instead, Saejima conducted the hit himself while Majima was captured, lost his eye, and was chained up.

After a year of torture, he was released to civilian life in Sotenbori, however, he was constantly watched by the yakuza.

In Sotenbori, he ran a successful cabaret with the promise that he would be able to return to Shimano's family if he raised 100 million yen.

He raised the money, but Shimano raised the debt to 500 million unless he killed a woman named Makoto Makimura.

Instead, Majima discovered a conspiracy surrounding Makimura. He protected her, uncovered the conspiracy, and returned to the yakuza.

When he returned to the yakuza, he adopted a manic personality and became known as the Mad Dog of Shimano.

Video games wherein Goro Majima is a playable character

Title	Developer	System	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Yakuza: Dead Souls Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END (龍が如 OF THE END, "Like a Dragon: OF THE END")	Sega CS1	PS3	2011	August 6, 2020	Zombies have appeared in Tokyo, and Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Goda, and Kazuma Kiryu try to stop them.
Binary Domain	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3 Xbox 360 Windows	2012	Windows: December 23, 2018	Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Taiga Saejima, and Ryuji Goda were available as DLC in the Japanese version of this third-person shooter set in 2080 in a Tokyo that has been ravaged by global warming.
Project X Zone 2	Monolith Soft	Nintendo 3DS	2015	Not yet	Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima are in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo.
Yakuza 0 Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Chikai no Basho (龍が如く0 誓いの場所, "Like a Dragon 0: The Place of Oath")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3	2015	PS4: October 24, 2018	Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima are kicked out of the Yakuza and find their way back in after discovering a conspiracy.
Like a Dragon Online (Ryū ga Gotoku Online, 龍が如くOnline)	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	Android iOS Win	2018	Android: January 20, 2019	Goro Majima is one of the fighters that can be part of Ichiban Kasuga's team.
Streets of Kamurocho	Empty Clip Studios	Windows	2020	October 20, 2020	Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit Streets of Rage style, with Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and Ichiban Kasuga as the playable characters.

Video games wherein Goro Majima is a non-playable character

Title	Developer	System	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Yakuza Ryū ga Gotoku (龍が如く, "Like a Dragon")	Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS2	2005	PS4: July 17, 2018	Before Kazuma Kiryu goes to prison, Goro Majima tells him to learn discipline. After Kiryu is released, they fight, and Majima tells Kiryu that he admires his strength.
Yakuza 2 Ryū ga Gotoku 2 (龍が如く2, "Like a Dragon 2")	Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept. Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS2	2006	PS4: October 18, 2018	After the death of Shimano, Majima leaves the yakuza and forms Majima Construction with members of his former yakuza family, building a complex known as Kamurocho Hills on the old Purgatory site.
Yakuza 3 Ryū ga Gotoku 3 (龍が如く3, "Like a Dragon 3")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3	2009	PS3: October 26, 2018	Kazuma Kiryu convinces Majima to rejoin the Tojo Clan and to support the sixth chairman, Daigo Dojima.
Yakuza 4 Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono (龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの, "Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3	2010	PS3: October 26, 2018	The Majima family has moved into the old Dojima family office in the Millenium Tower. He tries to protect Yasuko Saejima, the sister of his sworn brother Taiga Saejima.
Yakuza 5 Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume, Kanaeshi Mono (龍が如く5 叶えし者, "Like a Dragon 5: Fulfiller of Dreams")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3	2012	PS3: October 26, 2018	While trying to negotiate a treaty between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance, Majima is shot at the orders of Tsubasa Kurosawa and is presumed dead.
Like a Dragon: Of the End Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END (龍が如 OF THE END, "Ryū ga Gotoku")	Taiyo Elec	Pachislot	2015	Not yet	Pachislot game based on Yakuza: Dead Souls.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Ryū ga Gotoku 6: Inochi no Uta (龍が如く6 命の詩, "Like a Dragon 6: Poetry of Life")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4	2016	July 17, 2018	Daigo Dojima and Goro Majima are arrested after being blamed for the arson in Little Asia.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ryū ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue 龍が如く7 光と闇の行方 ("Like a Dragon 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness")	Sega CS1 Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4 PS5 Windows Xbox One Series X/S	2020	Not yet.	Goro Majima fights Ichiban Kasuga.

Films featuring Goro Majima

Title	Production company	Distributor	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Art Port	Toei	2007	DVD: August 1, 2020	Based on Yakuza.