Yakuza Kiwami

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Yakuza Kiwami North American box art Release Date: 2015 (JP) 2017 (WW) Developer: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios Publisher: SEGA (JP/NA) Deep Silver (EU/AUS) Series: Yakuza Platforms: PS3 (Japan only) PS4 PC Genre: JRPG, Brawler

Yakuza Kiwami (Japanese:　龍が如く　KIWAMI Lit. Like A Dragon: Extreme) is a Japanese video game released in late 2015 in Japan, August 2017 in English-speaking regions on PS4, and in February 2019 on PC. It is a remake of the original 2006 Yakuza game. However, most of the types of guns used on this game are different models compared to the original. It is likely that the guns were modelled on airsoft derivatives, as the game developer has previously credited Tokyo Marui for lending them airsoft models to use for Binary Domain.

The following weapons appear in the video game Yakuza Kiwami:

Handguns

Nambu Model 60

The Nambu Model 60 is the standard issue pistol for Japanese police officers and is seen at various points during the game. Kiryu uses Date's 9.65mm pistol during the Yokohama car chase, and due to possible code re-use from Yakuza 0's car chase, it shares the same 15-round capacity (!) as the SIG P226 used in 0.

Nambu Model 60 snub nose - .38 Special.

Kiryu holding the .38 Special in front of Sohei Dojima's body. In the original Yakuza game, this was a Colt 1911

A screenshot showing the 5-round cylinder

Remington 1858

A revolver, similar in appearance to a Remington 1858 (although without the brass trigger guard), can be purchased from the weapons dealer as the "Antique Gun." The Remington 1858 was produced between 1858 and 1875, which fits in with the game description about being made at some point around the Meiji restoration of 1868. It is also shown with cartridge conversion.

Remington 1858 New Army (Cartridge Conversion) - .45 Long Colt

"Antique Gun" in the game menu.

Beretta 92FS

This Beretta 92FS is used by members of the MIA, in contrast to the original game where they used Glock 26s. A slow-motion sequence during the game correctly shows the delayed-blowback mechanism, where the barrel rotates around its axis to unlock the breech. However, the sequence is chronologically incorrect, as the gun starts blowing back before the projectile exits the barrel.

Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm

A close-up of the gun from the beginning of the incorrectly-timed slow-mo sequence

Makarov PM

Makarov PM is used by a number of Yakuza gangsters and can also be purchased by Kiryu from the weapons dealer. Compared to an actual Makarov, the barrel appears to be extended, and it has a ring hammer. The trigger guard is shaped at a straighter angle, like a Makarov PB. A rainbow-coloured version of this gun called "Mr Random" is available from a weapons dealer, where each bullet fired has a random effect.

Russian Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov

Akira Nishikiyama uses the Makarov PM. In the original game, the gun used in this scene was the same model of Colt 1911 that he used to slay Dojima

SIG Pro

The SIG Pro can be seen used by Shintaro Kazama on a couple of flashback sequences. The first is when he dual-wields them to rescue Kazuma Kiryu by shooting the Snake Flower Triad men who were torturing him. The second is when he shoots the would-be assassin of Yumi and baby Haruka. Interestingly, although the pistol is named as a SIG Pro in the game files, both these flashbacks take place in the mid 1990s, before the SIG Pro actually went into production. Also, Kazama's SIG Pros feature a number of custom touches, including a vented front slide and wooden hand grips. A version of this gun that has been modified to fire tranquillizer darts can be purchased from a weapons dealer as the imaginatively-named "Drow-Z" (although not so imaginative if you live outside the USA and thus do not pronounce Z as "zee...")

SIG Pro SP 2009 -9x19 mm

Shintaro Kazama holding the SIG Pro-style pistol

Drow Z 55 tranquillizer 55 Pistol

1911-Derived Pistol

A Colt 1911 style pistol can be seen in the game used by character Shinji Tanaka, as well as being held by Haruka Sawamura after surviving the mass shooting at Bacchus. It most closely resembles a Para Ordinance LDA 7.45, although there are differences, such as the differently shaped hammer and truncated rear spur.

Para Ordnance LDA 7.45

Haruka with the pistol

Walther PPK

Antagonist Kyohei Jingu uses a Walther PPK to graze Kiryu and murder the love of his life Yumi during the closing stages of the game. His subordinates, the "MIA Sergeants," also use suppressed versions during battle. The lever in front of the handgrip appears to have been deleted from the SIG Pro on the game and transferred onto this gun instead.

Walther PPK - 9x17mm AKA 9mm Kurz (short)

Kyohei Jingu with the Walther PPK

MIA Sergeants with suppressed Walther PPKs making the fatal mistake of thinking that because Kiryu is down, it means he's out.

Desert Eagle

A Desert Eagle is purchasable from a weapons dealer as the "Tiger's Bane," and is copied from the "Tiger Pistol" on Yakuza: Dead Souls.

Desert Eagle Mk1 - .357 Magnum

Kiryu with the Desert Eagle

Submachine Guns

MAC-10

MAC-10s modified to have front hand grips are used by Snake Flower Triad man in the car chase sequence.

Ingram MAC-10 open bolt submachine gun - 9x19mm

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Two Snake Flower Triad men with modified MAC-10s (left, middle)

Shotguns

Remington Model 31

The Remington Model 31 is used in a side mission by a man in drag, as well as a man on the Yokohama car chase sequence. A version without a stock that has been modified to fire slimy liquid can also be purchased from the weapon dealer.

MGC Replica Remington Model 31

A Yakuza dressed in drag with the Remington Model 31

Baikal MP-133

The "Broken M1985" is based on a Baikal MP-133. Note the 3 distinctive rivets underneath the ejection port.

Baikal MP-133 - 12-gauge

Broken M1985 in game

Franchi SPAS-12

A Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun can be purchased from a weapons dealer as the "MJM56-55 Exorcist" Like the Tiger Pistol, this model is lifted directly from Yakuza: Dead Souls. It is based on the Franchi SPAS-12, as well as the SPAS-14 prototype, a box-magazine-fed variant which was once described in Jane's Infantry Weapons.

Franchi SPAS-12 - 2.75" 12-gauge

Kiryu with the SPAS-12 shotgun

Sniper Rifles

Remington 700

A Remington 700 rifle with high-magnification scope and laser attachment can be briefly seen in the moments before it is used to shoot Shintaro Kazama.

Remington Model 700 (1970s Production) - .308 Winchester

A mysterious would-be assassin about to shoot Shintaro Kazama with the Remington 700

Golden Rifle

This rifle can be purchased from the pawn shop. Despite its appearance as a double-barrel break-action weapon, it appears to function in game as a pump or lever-action firearm, with a double-click being heard between shots.

Bentley and Playfair double rifle - .470 nitro express. Like the "Golden Rifle," this is a double-barrelled break-action weapon

Kiryu with the golden rifle

Assault Rifles

AK-type rifle

A Snake Flower Triad man uses an AK-based assault rifle that looks to be chambered in 5.56x45mm. It is likely that the model is based off some kind of airsoft derivative.

A Snake Flower Triad man holding the rifle.

Unknown Rifle

A rather strange looking set of rifles, with top sight and brown furniture similar to an Armalite AR-10, but clearly in a smaller calibre with an odd front grip, appear in the BEAM weapon shop.

AR-10 transitional model - 7.62x51mm

strange rifles

Other

Missile Launcher

On the car chase sequence, various men with missile launchers try to blow up Date's car. The model is loosely based on an RPG type missile launcher, with a warhead that sticks out the front of the actual launcher.

RPG-7 - 40mm

rendering of the missile launcher model from Yakuza Kiwami

Snake Flower Triad man with missile launcher(right)

CZ P-09/IMI Jericho 941 derived air gun

This is labelled as a CZ-75 in the game files, suggesting that it is based on a CZ P-09, but it also resembles a Jericho 941 "Baby Eagle." There are also unique features such as the shape and location of the safety catch, and the truncated rear spur. Also, the magazine release is triangular shaped, like the aforementioned SIG Pro.

CZ P-09 - 9x19 mm.

IMI Jericho 941 R (early model) - 9x19mm.

"Modified Model Gun" as it appears in the game menu

Type 97 Hand Grenade

Antagonist Futoshi Shimano throws a Type 97 hand grenade near the end of the game, resulting in the death of Kiryu's father figure Shintaro Kazama.

Type 97 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade (minus pin)

Futoshi Shimano about to throw the grenade

Marlin Cannon

As the title suggests, this is a cannon housed inside a fake marlin. The size of it would suggest it is a 20-25mm cannon or anti-materiel rifle of some sort.

After 30 different random encounters, Kiryu decides to show Goro his opinion via a shot with the Marlin Cannon.

Destroyer of Lands

The only cannon on the game which fires balls as big as Kiryu's.

Destroyer of Lands in the game menu