Shun Akiyama (秋山 駿,Akiyama Shun?) is a recurring major character in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series. He is featured as a protagonist in Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5. He is also featured as a supporting character in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and a minor character in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
With a net worth of over ¥100 billion, Akiyama is known as "The Lifeline of Kamurocho" (神室町の駆け込み寺, Kamuro-chō no Kakekomi-dera) due to providing limitless, interest-free loans to those who pass his tests. He runs Sky Finance alongside his secretary Hana.
Akiyama is a man of above-average height with a medium, toned build and slicked-back, black hair. He has a short mustache and short goatee; during his banking days, he had no facial hair; as a homeless man, he sports a short beard.
Attire[]
Akiyama's signature attire consists of a pair of black chukka boots, black slacks, and a black silk dress shirt under a maroon pinstripe jacket. He also wears a gold chain necklace with a gold circular pendant and a black crocodile leather belt with a gold buckle. In Yakuza 4 and Dead Souls, he is seen wearing a gold watch with a black face, whereas in Yakuza 5 it is replaced with a silver watch with haphazardly aligned numbers on its face and a brown leather band.
During flashbacks in Yakuza 4 as well as the beginning of Yakuza 6 when Akiyama is homeless, he wears a stained grey hoodie over a blue tee shirt, black track pants with a white stripe down the leg, a brown baseball cap, and a pair of black and white sneakers. At the end of Yakuza 4, he wears a black unbuttoned suit with a white dress shirt, and black leather dress shoes. In a photograph in the Sky Finance office with his ex girlfriend, he is seen with a shorter slicked back side part hairstyle and wearing a dark gray suit with a white dress shirt, blue neck tie, and a lanyard around his neck. At the end of Yakuza 6, his outfit is similar with his black suit and shoes, though he now wears a black dress shirt instead of a white one in addition to a gold chain necklace with a red pendant.
History[]
Past[]
Yakuza 4[]
Yakuza 5[]
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life[]
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth[]
Other appearances[]
Yakuza: Dead Souls[]
Binary Domain[]
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Sega Heroes[]
In Sega Heroes, Akiyama is a playable red epic hero who was added on April 7, 2020. He has the following gameplay characteristics:
